History Characters / BlasterMasterZero

* PrettyBoy: In the original game, he was pretty much a typical 90's anime kid with a blue haircut. In ''Zero III'', he's grown into a tall and dashing man who scaled back on the AnimeHair quite a bit.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The strongest variants of the Mutant race have imposing titles like [[MonsterLord "Lord"]], [[DimensionLord "Overlord"]], and [[TheMaster "Mastro"]].

* UnexplainedAccent: Tae has an odd southern drawl in her dialogue. Given the "rural Japan" aesthetic of Montoj and its inhabitants, it's likely a cultural translation for a KansaiRegionalAccent.

* BladeOnAStick: Gonbei's weapon of choice is a spear, the handle of which is takeyari bamboo; hence, his title "The Legendary Takeyari Master".

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Tamako Miyazaki (''Trilogy'')

!!!Tae voiced by: Yurika Takagi (''Trilogy'')

!!!'''Kenwood voiced by:''' Hideki Makino (''Trilogy'')

!!!'''Stein voiced by:''' Taketora (''Trilogy'')
!!!'''Tesset voiced by:''' Azusa Iwakura (''Trilogy'')

** Kanna shares Kenwood's bovine aesthetic; horn-like "hair ornaments", cow's tail-like root, and GagBoobs all combine to give her a literal cowgirl motif.

* GagBoobs: Kanna's very sizable bust is held by a bra with a watermelon print. Literal melons! [[spoiler:Infinity Kanna takes this trope to an extreme level, as her breasts are ''planet-sized''.]] And art of her for ''Zero III'' shows she got [[FanservicePack even curvier]]. [[https://twitter.com/inticreatesen/status/1202423737959636992 Concept art]] showed one of her previous iterations even had MultiBoobage.

* ArtEvolution: His design is a stylized variant of his design in ''Azure Striker Gunvolt 2''. Namely, his suit has been more defined so it looks more like combat armor, the suit's chest is more pronounced, and his [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] is even ''less'' pronounced.

* BareYourMidriff: Downplayed; his design makes his midriff less pronounced compared to his ''Azure Striker Gunvolt 2'' design.

* BareYourMidriff: [[spoiler:The cover art of the ''III'' OST showcases her wearing a t-shirt tied into a knot and a pair of short shorts, completely exposing her midsection.]]

* [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]]: To [[spoiler:Goez aka the Master Boss/Underworld Boss. This becomes very apparent in the third game where he wields a whip and the antennae on his helmet (which he had since the first game) look like Goez's horns. He even becomes the boss (well, via Eve) to the good mutants in the GoldenEnding]].

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: [[spoiler: In ''III'', Stein and Tesset's conversations show that Stein adopted her as his daughter, and in that fight in particular she shows how much she takes after him despite her meek attitude, in unleashing [[NoKillLikeOverkill positively gigantic]] WaveMotionGun blasts that could put the ATOM to shame.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: In the original game, he was pretty much a typical 90's anime kid with a blue haircut. In ''Zero III'', he's grown into a tall and dashing man who scaled back on the AnimeHair quite a bit.

* ActionGirl: Don't let Kanna's demeanor fool you; she was able to get into a fight with GARUDA that ended in both of them walking away, meaning that she was at least able to fight Leibniz in GARUDA to a standstill, who himself gives Jason trouble and forces Jason to retreat in their first proper fight. Also shows up in gameplay; she's a dangerous pilot, and she isn't slacking off [[spoiler: when all the MA pilots unleash hell on Drolrevo to buy Eve time to fire the Acceleration Blast.]] In ''Zero III'', should Jason question Leibniz on why he hates Stranga so much, Leibniz confirms that, when he came for Kanna before, she brought him down. Jason even internally reflects on how remarkable it is that EIR prevailed over GARUDA when, as a close-range combat specializing MA against a lightspeed bombardment craft, [[LogicalWeakness Kanna would have been at]] ''[[LogicalWeakness disadvantage]]'' [[LogicalWeakness in that matchup.]]

* BreakoutCharacter: She became immensely popular the moment she was revealed, with her popularity eclipsing even that of the main protagonists. She became so popular she got her own spinoff game as [=DLC=]. She's also the only one of the three allied MA pilots to make a return in ''Blaster Master Zero III'' [[spoiler:outside the GoldenEnding]].

* FanservicePack: as if Kanna wasn’t already dripping hot with sexualization, her outfit is more daring in ''III''. Additionally, her body and especially her legs and thighs are noticeably larger than they were in ''II''.

* GoldenSuperMode: [[spoiler: In the rematch with Kanna in ''Zero III'', the EIR gains this if it manages to collect a gold fruit. Along with growing to gargantuan size.]]

** [[spoiler: And in ''Zero III'', when the defeat of Metal Cerbeboss reveals that there are other lifeforms like Kanna to be found on Stranga from its super-dimensional space, she breaks down crying in realizing she's no longer alone on the planet.]]
* HyperCompetentSidekick: If Kanna's backstory is to be believed, Kenwood is very much this trope, considering he had to travel much of Stranga alone looking for ''something'' to pilot the EIR, and literally raised Kanna into the role. Of course, given he's a support droid, his competence only goes so far; given that [[spoiler: Eve herself can pilot the SOPHIA models in I and II with great competency, and Tae can pilot the KUEBIKO in ''III'',]] the fact that Kanna is still the pilot must mean Kenwood doesn't think himself up to the task.

--> '''Yuji Natsume''': I thought I would try to grow... A new instinct (fetish) for mankind.

* ShoutOut: With Kanna's origin being fully revealed in III, all hints contained in Planet STRANGA, Kanna's flower theme, how Kenwood found her, her bunny creature Yacopu and lastly what STRANGA's dimensional vortex world looks like, all settles with everything being a clear cut reference to [[spoiler:another older Sunsoft title, an old platformer called ''Trip World'', released for the Game Boy in 1993, where a bunny creature called Yakopoo (in japanese it's actually the same spelling) must find a flower of peace to restore peace to the world; the scenery of Kanna's birth place as seen in ''III'' looks exactly like the views in Trip World, and how Kenwood found Kanna draws parallels with the flower of peace as well. To hammer it down, the narration of Kanna’s life during the reveal says it:]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Played with. Kanna's tactics in the rematch in ''III'' are actually identical to how she's fought in ''II''. What makes her harder is both the fact that she has the alternate Kannas supporting her with heals, buffs, and watermelon bombs, and the fact that this time around you don't have the Burn Spark which otherwise makes the fight very easy.]]

In the [=DLC=] game "Kanna Raising Simulator", a number of different alternative Kannas are revealed to players, based on their progress through the minigame's tree levels and what fertilizer they use on her.

* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: In ''Zero III'', the Alternate Kannas are officially adopted into canon as Kanna's extended race, establishing that her true origin is the super-dimensional space of Planet Stranga, and that side being where the world is both entirely peaceful and actually generally habitable.]]

* ArtEvolution: [[spoiler: Tesset has an older appearance in ''III'', going from looking like a young child to a girl in her early teens. It's especially notable as the ending, which shows images from all three games, shows both of Tesset's looks.]]

* BigBrotherInstinct: Stein cares deeply for Tesset as if she was his own family. He recognizes and admires the similar bond shared between Jason and Eve. [[spoiler: ''III'' has Tesset calling him dad.]]

* TeamPet: It goes unknown [[spoiler: until their battle in ''III'']], but that teddy bear Tes is holding ''is'' their support animal, Mr. Mug. [[spoiler: His ability seems to be [[KillerRabbit an incredible physical strength]], given he can deliver one hell of a whallop to the Metal Attacker if Kane isn't watching his back when Mr. Mug takes the field, being able to deliver an OneHitKill regardless of your remaining life and Life Guards if you get hit by his punch.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Leibniz being revealed to be a woman raises a new question on the nature of her relationship with Lucia, as the games make it unclear whether it was platonic or something more.]]

* IfICantHaveYou: [[spoiler: Played with, in regards to his own Support Droid Lucia, who perished when they tried to fight Planade-G. His attitude thereon is that if he lost his partner, no other MA pilot should be allowed theirs, and rationalizes to himself that he's [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery doing them a favor by ridding them of their Support Droid or killing them outright if they resist]].]]

* LittleBitBeastly: [[spoiler: Underneath that helmet, she's sporting a pair of vulpine ears. Bizarrely enough, the cover of ''III'''s soundtrack reveals [[BizarreAlienBiology she also has a set of human ears]].]]

** In between ''Zero II'' and ''Zero III'', he made some more improvements to both G-SOPHIA and his gear. And telling how much he improved his pilot gear was that one of the first bosses of ''Zero III'' are [[spoiler:a trio of partial clone of Goez aka the Mutant Overlord the area 8 boss from ''Zero'' and with proper use of the blast counter will inflict massive damage to them.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: His Blaster Rifle, which also serves as a CoolKey that provides manual control to SOPHIA III.

* ThePowerOfLove: Her WeaponOfChoice, of course.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Not a ''single'' mutant throughout the games is slightly hinted to be good, or even neutral, or at the very least not destructive. As Leibniz highlights in ''III'', literally all they know as a base instinct is to attack things indiscriminately. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''III'', where Eve shows that she became the first good mutant during the events of ''II''. She happens to be the newest Invem Queen or Mutant Queen. The only reason the mutants are antagonistic this time is because the planet Sophia's harsh treatment of her royally ticks them off and they attack in order to rescue her.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Much like prior Support Droids, Tesset appears to be subtly based on an animal. In her case, it's a skylark. One of her [[https://twitter.com/IntiCreatesEN/status/1201896422330765314/photo/2 concept designs]] bears a strong resemblenace to Alouette of the VideoGame/MegaManZero series (of which was also developed by IntiCreates), who is named after the same bird [[BilingualBonus in French]].

* ActionGirl: Don't let Kanna's demeanor fool you; she was able to get into a fight with GARUDA that ended in both of them walking away, meaning that she was at least able to fight Leibniz in GARUDA to a standstill, who himself gives Jason trouble and forces Jason to retreat in their first proper fight. Also shows up in gameplay; she's just as dangerous a pilot as Stein is, and she isn't slacking off [[spoiler: when all the MA pilots unleash hell on Drolrevo to buy Eve time to fire the Acceleration Blast.]] In ''Zero III'', should Jason question Leibniz on why he hates Stranga so much, Leibniz confirms that, when he came for Kanna before, she brought him down. Jason even internally reflects on how remarkable it is that EIR prevailed over GARUDA when, as a close-range combat specializing MA against a lightspeed bombardment craft, [[LogicalWeakness Kanna would have been at]] ''[[LogicalWeakness disadvantage]]'' [[LogicalWeakness in that matchup.]]

* MythologyGag: A 100,000 downloads special wallpaper [[http://blastermaster-zero.com/en/zero/special/img/wp4EN1920.jpg shows Fred fantasizing himself as an enormous creature]], a reference to the introduction scene in the original ''Blaster Master'' where he makes contact with radioactive material and [[{{Sizeshifter}} grows huge]] as a result. In addition, in his fantasy, he looks like the original Fred.

* DramaticAmmoDepletion: Unlike Jason's Gaia-SOPHIA SV [[spoiler:and SOPHIA-J1]], Kane's Metal Attacker can run out of ammo for his subweapons, and recharging his ManaMeter does nothing to replenish his ammo. He must reload ammo by collecting SP capsules. He can get into big trouble if he runs out of subweapon ammo. In contrast, should Jason run out of subweapon energy, a heavy fall or a temporary time in shutdown mode will reload his subweapon energy, reloading his ammo in the process.

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* GreaseMonkey: Stein is able to maintain and fix mechanical hardware, but can't maintain computer-related parts or software.

* TheLoad: Tesset fears she's this. [[spoiler: Her interactions with Eve leave Eve thinking she might be this as well, at least until [[TookALevelInBadass the final section of the game.]]]] Thankfully for Tesset, Stein outright admits she's useful, since while he's more than capable of handling the ''hardware'' in the ATOM, the software is something he doesn't quite understand.

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Planade-G ate Leibniz's home planet to become a planet-sized mutant, making Leibniz have no home planet anymore.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Not a ''single'' mutant throughout the games is slightly hinted to be good, or even neutral, or at the very least not destructive. As Leibniz highlights in ''III'', literally all they know as a base instinct is to attack things indiscriminately. [[spoiler:Subverted in ''III'', where Eve becomes the first good mutant, who happens to be the newest Invem Queen or Mutant Queen; the only reason they're antagonistic this time is because the planet Sophia's harsh treatment of her royally ticks them off and they enact defensive measures to retrieve her.]]

* GuideDangIt: [[spoiler:You have to punish the Garuda with the correct weapons in your fights with it to force it to power up its attacks to get the "G vs G" achievement and set up the "NORA MA-07" achievement which requires you to defeat the fully-powered-up Garuda in the second fight. However, some of the chosen punishes are neither the most obvious punishes or the most efficient and damaging ones. For example, when Garuda charges you, the most damaging and efficient punish is the Burn Spark. However, you need to punish Garuda with the Repulsion Upper when it charges you to flip this attack's Enhance Flag on. The homing lasers are most efficiently dodged, but you have to respond with the Impact Wave to set this attack's Enhance Flag on. The Impact Wave is expensive in how much SP that it consumes for these fights.]]

* SNKBoss: [[spoiler:Jason is borderline this trope in the duel between him and Kane. Jason has access to all weapons and abilities ([[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard without the usual limits that come with spamming special weapons]]), and when his health is low, Eve comes in to protect and heal him, at which point he starts spamming the strongest attacks he has access to. It's only ''then'' that he finally needs to cool down, but for a very short time. If you don't deal with Eve's shield quickly, Jason will heal a lot of health, invalidating your progress. Notably, when you fight ''as'' Jason in this duel, it's considerably easier as your Metal Attacker wildly outclasses Kane's and Eve will still back you up if your health gets too low. In trope terms, Kane is more of a PostFinalBoss and Jason has all the makings of a really tough BonusBoss]].

* TrueFinalBoss: [[spoiler:In ''Zero III'''s postgame, since Jason/Kane is more of a BonusBoss, Leibniz in the souped-up Rising Garuda serves as the last mandatory challenge of the game.]]

* DramaticAmmoDepletion: Unlike Jason's Gaia-SOPHIA SV [[spoiler:and SOPHIA-J1]], Kane's Metal Attacker can run out of ammo for his subweapons, and recharging his ManaMeter does nothing to replenish his ammo. He must reload ammo by collecting it. He can get into big trouble if he runs out of subweapon ammo. In contrast, should Jason run out of subweapon energy, a heavy fall or a temporary time in shutdown mode will reload his subweapon energy, reloading his ammo in the process.