History Characters / MegaManBattleNetwork4RedSunAndBlueMoon

An autonomous Navi known as a Darkloid, Navis who are infused with power from a Dark Chip. He first appeared in 4 where he attacked other Navis to consume their energy and kidnapped Roll.EXE to have her for "dessert". He started out invincible to all attacks, which pushed Lan and [=MegaMan=] into using the Dark Chip he had dropped earlier. As he died he laughed that [=MegaMan=] was now infused with evil from the Dark Chip. He returns in 5 as part of Nebula, occupying the Net and helping towards the activation of Soul Net. In Axess [=ShadeMan=] was the leader of the Darkloids, turning a portion of the Net into their fortress. They were tasked by Nebula to perform missions in exchange for Dark Chips, which he discovered later would lead to their deletion. He was betrayed by Dr. Regal and his Navi [=LaserMan=] and later attacked them toward the end of the series, but was deleted by the [[FusionDance cross-fusion]] of human and Navi.

* SocietyIsToBlame: Regal claims that civil society and "good" people are the true evil in the world and the cause of all other evil like what he and Nebula do....[[InsaneTrollLogic because they judge them for their evildoing and don't simply allow them to do evil]], making this a case of NeverMyFault on Regal's end. This is implied to be due to his father's fall to evil, which he refuses to acknowledge as Wily's own choice. Additionally, Dr. Hikari inwardly acknowledges Regal's point about how maintaining Net Society also enables net-based crimes, but Hikari seeks to improve society while Regal instead wastes his own talents trying to drag everyone down to his level.

* FusionDance: With Dr. Regal in the anime.

After [=MegaMan=] is forced to use a [[TheCorruption dark chip]] in order to defeat [=ShadeMan.EXE=] a dark soul is created inside him. [=MegaMan=] is then tempted with the possibility of using dark chips throughout the game, corrupting him further and making his dark soul stronger. At the end, Duo extracts the dark soul from [=MegaMan=] and forces him to fight it as a test of humanity. Later, in ''Battle Network 5'', Nebula directly injects [=MegaMan=] with dark power, turning him into Dark [=MegaMan=] and making him one of their commanders until he is saved by his liberation team. Afterwards, [=MegaMan=] gains the ability of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Chaos Unison]], a Double Soul activated by sacrificing a dark chip.

* MysteriousBacker: Provides some minor assistance in the last two games by granting [=MegaMan=] battle chips that summon his fists.

* TheVoice: [[spoiler:He's the one who tells you about Chaos Unisons in ''Battle Network 5'' after Megaman is freed from the Dark Power. In the postgame of ''5'' and ''6'' he also returns as a disembodied voice bestowing Mega and Lan with powerful battle chips themed after his attacks, encouring them to continue their fight against evil.]]

* LightEmUp: Downplayed. There's no visual effect to indicate it, but Duo has a nasty surprise for those who become over-reliant on Dark Chips- they are disabled utterly during the battle against him, robbing Dark Megaman of his easy win button.
** There's also his chest laser, which disables the NaviCust if it hits you

* RestoredMyFaithInHumanity: [[spoiler:His final fate in the game.]]

* TheVoice: [[spoiler:He's the one who tells you about Chaos Unisons and gives you chips themed after his attacks from the fourth game in ''Battle Network 5''.]]

* SmartPeopleShoot: SearchMan.EXE works as TheSmartGuy in Mega Man Battle Network 5, and he's a sniper with much better aim than the other shooters, at the cost of being worse in melee.

%%* SmartPeopleShoot: SearchMan.EXE
%%works as TheSmartGuy in Mega Man
%%Battle Network 5, and he's a sniper with
%%much better aim than the other shooters,
%%at the cost of being worse in melee.

* OutsideContextProblem: In his debut game. Dr. Regal wanted to send his own Navi to take control of the incoming cyber-meteor. No one expected that the meteor would already have a Navi piloting it.
* PhysicalGod: Exaggerated in the anime, where he is invincible.

* OutsideContextProblem: In his debut game. Dr. Regal wanted to send his own Navi to take control of the incoming cyber-meteor. No one expected that the meteor would already have a Navi piloting it.
* PhysicalGod: Exaggerated in the anime, where he is invincible.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: His actions is a reminiscent of Dr. Regal's plans in the fourth game; sabotage a Hikari who tries to solve a disaster (Yuichiro's laser cannon and Lan restoring the global network connection in case of Regal, Lan fixing the [=WaterGod=] in case of Paulie) to make them look bad so that they can step in with another plan and be seen as the heroes instead.

* LightEmUp: Downplayed. Duo has a laser-cannon in the center of his battle-body, but the real danger is that he makes it impossible to use Dark Chips in battle.

* NightmareFace: Weaponized. At low health, he will use an attack called "Anger Impact", which projects an angry face as a laser attack that cracks panels.

* AdaptationalBadass: [[VideoGame/MegaMan8 SearchMan's original Robot Master counterpart]] is a goofy two-headed gunman who gets himself confused due to a development error. He's almost unrecognizable here.

* HeelFaceTurn: Yuichiro urges him to do this, specifically returning to the mouth of ''[[{{Determinator}} an erupting Mt. Belenus]]'' to offer him a LastSecondChance. While his mind reels at this ([[EvilCannotComprehendGood and with good reason]]), Regal [[SubvertedTrope feebly manages to refuse]]. [[spoiler:And then [[DoubleSubversion Papa Wily Shows Up]] and gives him a [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Bright Slap]] to remember. [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Or not]].]]

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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: In the video games, they are possibly nonbinary or a trans woman. They have a female chosen name (both Narcy could be viewed as a feminine sounding name, as well as Hide being a typically female name in Japanese meaning "excellence"/"esteem"), claims to have gone "beyond gender", and hates it when people use their birth name (which is a strictly masculine one) to the point of anger. Nothing is confirmed however, and the anime just makes him a guy.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: In the video games, they are possibly nonbinary or a trans woman. They have a female chosen name (both Narcy could be viewed as a feminine sounding name, as well as Hide being a typically female name in Japanese meaning "excellence"/"esteem"), claims to have gone "beyond gender", and hates it when people use their birth name (which is a strictly masculine one) to the point of anger.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: In the anime, Dr. Regal uses data from viruses to create several giant copies of [=MegaMan=] to attack the city. He even merges with one of them to fight [=MegaMan=].

* IconicItem: Shuko's perpetually empty wallet lives on a string around her neck, regardless of what she's wearing; she even wears it during in her {{Swimsuit|Scene}} card from ''VideoGame/RockmanXover''.

* IconicItem: Shuko's perpetually empty wallet lives on a string around her neck, regardless of what she's wearing.

* PauperPatches: Shuuko's shirt and apron both have patches in ''Battle Network 4''; even in ''Battle Network 6'', where she has a new job as a teacher and a new tracksuit to show for it, she has patches at the knee and shoulder.

* PoorCommunicationKills: [=AquaMan=]'s scenario in ''Blue Moon'' happens because [[OutOfContextEavesdropping he overhears]] that Shuko's brothers intend to replace the leaky thing that goes "woosh" that Shuko owns and concludes (since "woosh" is his own VerbalTic) they must be talking about him, which causes him to run off in tears. They were actually [[CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot talking about her washing machine]].