History Characters / MegaManClassicVillains

!!Stardroids (Space Rulers)
-> [[quoteleft:250:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e44a756b09b584e8f278f5996482837.jpg]]
-> [[caption-width:250:Top row: Pluto, Neptune, Terra | Middle row: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus | Bottom row: Mercury, Venus, Mars]]

-> Alien Robot Masters from Game Boy's ''V''. They are designated by the serial number of ''SRN.XXX'' ('''S'''pace '''R'''uler '''N'''umber), even in English.

* AllThereInTheManual: The Stardroids' ancient alien origins aren't alluded to in ''V'', and anyone playing the game without that knowledge would most likely assume that they're merely Wily-made robots pretending to be alien in origin.
* ALoadOfBull: Uranus seems to be based on a bull or Minotaur.
* AnimeHair: In the entire Classic series, nobody's got anything on Terra when it comes to this.
* ArtifactOfDeath: All of them hail from an ancient alien civilisation.
* BambooTechnology: Ancient alien war robots who happen to be on par with Robot Masters made in the futuristic 20XX.
* BubbleGun: Venus' Bubble Bomb, which can trap and immobilize enemies. [[GameplayAndstorySegregation Not that it can do that ingame...]]
* {{Cat|girl}}boy: Pluto has the ears, claws, and tail of a wildcat.
* CollapsingCeilingBoss: Neptune can stomp the ground, making damaging bubbles drop from the ceiling. Also, Uranus is capable of ''closing an entire half of his chamber'' with his quakes, which [[OneHitKill kills Mega Man instantly]].
* DishingOutDirt: Uranus' Deep Digger, which works much like Guts Man's Super Arm. During your rematch with him in the Wily Star, it's difficult, although possible, to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard cause him to fall to his death using this very weapon]].
* TheDragon: Terra to Dr. Wily, although he's the leader of the remainder of the group.
** The [[ComicBook/MegaMan Archie comics]] show him as this to Ra Moon 20,000 years ago.
* EnergyAbsorption: Mercury's Grab Buster. He can also use it to steal items like E-Tanks from Mega Man.
* {{Expy}}: Hello there, Toad Ma...Venus. The GameBoy's graphical limitations doesn't help your case, does it?
** In a sense, Mars could be considered as an alternate version of Napalm Man, with [[MoreDakka all of those weapons]] and everything.
** Reversed with Pluto, who in-universe ended up having Slash Man from ''7'' as one for him.
* FashionableAsymmetry: Terra's left arm is shown to be more robotic compared to his other limbs. It's unclear if this is simply a "buster-mode" for his arm, or if it's a replacement limb.
* FishPeople: Neptune is as close as you can get in regards to a Robot Master. Even moreso than Splash Woman!
* FrickinLaserBeams: Terra's Spark Chaser.
* GravitySucks: Saturn's Black Hole, which he also uses to pull opponents towards him.
* InvulnerableAttack: Pluto's Break Dash, although if [[ChargedAttack uncharged]], it will simply fire off [[EnergyWeapon small bursts of plasma]] instead.
* JetPack: Jupiter is able to fly with one.
* MakingASplash[=/=]KillItWithWater: Neptune's Salt Water, which [[SpreadShot splits into up to 3 orbs of water]] and is corrosive.
* NoSell: As his body was constructed from extraterrestrial materials, conventional weapons (i.e. the ''Super'' Mega Buster) don't work on Terra. Luckily, that's where the [[RocketPunch Mega Arm]] (and Deep Digger) come in handy...
** Dr. Light's dialogue in the intro suggests that this applies to ''all'' the Stardroids.
* PrettyInMink[=/=]FurAndLoathing: Pluto. According to his official bio, he's got other RichBitch qualities such as a love for manicures (which he confuses with pedicures, but since he doesn't have claws on his feet...)!
* Really700YearsOld: The Stardroids are ancient alien robots who just happen to resemble Robot Masters from circa-20XX.
* RingsOfDeath: Saturn has one, which he can use to stop time and create black holes.
* ShockAndAwe: Jupiter's Electric Shock, which is powered by a ''megaton bomb''.
* StealthPun and VisualPun: Some of the Stardroids' designs (Neptune and Jupiter's power over water and thunder respectively, Saturn's use of rings, etc.).
** Mercury's power to melt into a liquid state is a double pun -- Mercury the planet is the closest to the sun (meaning any metals would melt almost instantaneously when on its surface), while mercury the element is the only metal that's liquid at room temperature.
* TimeBomb: Mars' Photon Missile, which intentionally lags before launching, making it the perfect tool for traps. He also drops landmines that detonate after a short period of time.
* TimeStandsStill: Saturn seems capable of afflicting this. To some extent, Terra can also do this by firing shots that freeze Mega Man in place.
* ThemeNaming: The Stardroids are all named after planets of the Solar System ([[ScienceMarchesOn well, eight planets and a dwarf planet...]]).
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: Jupiter used to do this in the era he was created in, but changed it to channel the Electric Shock as he felt it was too dangerous for him.
* TremorTrampoline: Both Neptune and Uranus can do this, whose quakes can just slightly make Mega Man bounce. This bouncing knocks Mega Man out of sliding and the usage of Break Dash, which Uranus is weak against.
* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Terra, as it currently stands, is the only villain to have ever, ''ever'' defeated Mega Man in battle (you hear that, Bass? Oh, don't give us that look...). In fact, you could argue that it was a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. [[GenreBlindness Not expecting Mega Man to become sufficiently stronger and gain new weaponry in due time]], Terra pretty much ''{{job|ber}}s'' when you face him again.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Stardroids' fate in ''V'' is unclear, as they disappear from the game once Mega Man finishes refighting them. They never made any appearances in other games either, so it's unclear if Wily rebuilt them and they continue working for him offscreen (like some Robot Masters) or if they [[KilledOffForReal stayed destroyed]] after the Wily Star's destruction.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green]] RapunzelHair: Terra.

!!Sunstar (Sun God)
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--> An ancient super robot from the same civilisation as the Stardroids. Dr. Wily releases him against Mega Man for the final battle of ''V''. He promptly blows Wily off the battle field, before facing Mega Man.

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** [[spoiler: BiggerBad: By WordOfGod, Wily somehow restored himself after his death to manipulate Sigma, and his virus has been plaguing the world for hundreds of years after his passing. Even as far as the ZX series, it's still around by means of Model W and general infection.]]

A team of seven Robot Masters who have willingly come to the past to destroy peace between mankind and robotkind. They are lead by Mega Man Shadow, a robot with the look and power of Mega Man.

A series of Dr. Wily's robots that usually act as the guards of his castles. Sometimes they guard the outside of his base, and sometimes they are fought a little bit into the stage, but most of them are notorious for their [[ThatOneBoss difficulty]]

-> A rare Non-robot master bosses, appearing multiple times throughout the series. The Yellow devil is perhaps one of the best known of the "devil" series Wily Castle bosses. Its takes the form of a sort of a sort of clay golem with a single eyeball which can fire EyeBeams and separate to attack.

-> Weakness: Thunder Beam ([=MM1=], [=MMPF=]), Fire Storm,([=MMPU=]), Super Arm ([=MMPB=]), Gyro Attack ([=MMPB=]),

* {{Bowdlerise}}: At the time nintendo was much less forgiving with religious references than today, which led Yellow Devil to be originally renamed "Rock Monster" in North America.

** GoForTheEye: Its its only weak spot, and is only vulnerable when it tries firing its EyeBeams at you.

* HeelFaceTurn: Ballade.

* MookChivalry: In any instance where the Yellow Devil splits itself into Mini-Devils, only one will actively pursue the player, as the others hang back.

!! The Dimensions

* CallForeword: Instead of using the usual array of mooks, the Dimensions bring their own army with them, many of which are Mechanaloids from the ''X'' series.
* TheDragon: Compa[[SpellMyNameWithAnS s]] Man is always the penultimate boss

A team of seven Robot Masters who have willingly come to the past to destroy peace between manking and robotkind. They are lead by Mega Man Shadow, a robot with the look and power of Mega Man.

* TriangleShades

-> Robot Masters designed, controlled, or modified by Wily usually bear the serial number ''DWN.XXX'' ('''D'''octor '''W'''ily '''N'''umbers), although some special-purpose ones such as Bass have the serial number ''SWN.XXX'' ('''S'''pecial '''W'''ily '''N'''umber).

* LaughablyEvil: Arguably for the entire series, but ''less'' arguable in ''10''.: [[spoiler:"The World is mine! [[EvilLaugh HA-HA-HA-HA...]]''[[MoodWhiplash achoo!]]''"]]

* [[MyNameIsQuestionMarks My Serial Number Is Question Marks]]: "???-???", to be exact.

* AntiVillain: In ''10'', he [[spoiler:leaves behind enough cures for Roboenza following his escape]], and in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', he [[spoiler:calls Zero his son and doesn't really care that he hasn't killed X anymore.]]

* FalseFriend: In ''Mega Man 3'', where he "reformed" as Dr. Light's partner (although the [[AlternateContinuity Archie version]] portray him as more [[ConflictingLoyalty internally conflicted]] than he allows to show).

-> The main antagonist of the series, and Dr. Light's former partner at Light Labs. Jealous of being overshadowed by Light's success, he reprogrammed the original Robot Masters and used them to take over the city, and would eventually attempt to conquer the world with them.

* BigBad: The mad scientist to contrast Dr. Light, he is the evil guy making all the robot masters and trying to take over the world. Every game in the classic series is about stopping him.

* TheChessmaster: He was mainly responsible for the events of almost all of the games, sometimes even doing it in such a way where the blame couldn't possibly be pinned on him. In fact, the only game that had something happen that he was not responsible for at all (or at least, he certainly didn't intend for it to go that way at all) was Rockman and Forte: Mirai Kara no Chousensha, where, although Wily did technically create Rockman Shadow, he was not involved in Shadow's attack at all.

* GreenEyedMonster: This is why Dr. Wily became a villain. Depending on which translation and instruction manual you're using, either he started out as Dr. Light's colleague and then wasn't given credit for his help by the public, or he started out as a rival scientist but Dr. Light kept outshining him. Either way, he became a villain because he couldn't stand the public seeing Dr. Light as better than him, so he wants to take over the world so everyone will see how brilliant ''Wily'' is instead of Light!

** And ''10'', where [[spoiler:if not for [[SpannerInTheWorks Roll]], he would have ''won''.]]

* GoodBadBugs: In the first games original release, you could beat it quickly by firing a Thunder Beam at Yellow Devil, then pause and unpause, with each repeat counting as an individual hit.

-> Robot Masters designed, controlled, or modified by Wily usually bear the serial number ''DWN-XXX'' ('''D'''octor '''W'''ily '''N'''umber), although some special-purpose ones such as Bass have the serial number ''SWN-XXX'' ('''S'''pecial '''W'''ily '''N'''umber).

-> Minor but memorable characters from the GameBoy games, the Megaman Killers, consisting of Enker, Punk, and Ballade, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin designed for the sole purpose of destroying Mega Man]]. They are designated by the serial number of ''RKN-XXX'' ('''R'''ockman '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in Japanese and ''MKN-XXX'' ('''M'''egaman '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in English.

-> Appearing in the CompilationRerelease[=/=]VideoGameRemake ''Wily Wars'', the Genesis Unit, consisting of Buster Rod.G, Mega Water.S, and Hyper Storm.H, are the three bosses featured in the secret fourth game, ''Wily Tower''. They are given the serial number of ''MWN-XXX'' ('''M'''ega'''W'''orld '''N'''umber) in Japanese and ''WWN-XXX'' ('''W'''ily '''W'''ars '''N'''umber) in English.

-> Alien Robot Masters from Game Boy's ''V''. They are designated by the serial number of ''SRN-XXX'' ('''S'''pace '''R'''uler '''N'''umber), even in English.

-> Robot Masters recruited by King (except Tengu Man and Astro Man) have the serial number ''KGN-XXX'' ('''K'''in'''G''' '''N'''umber).

!!Mega Man Hunters (Rockman Killers)

-> Minor but memorable characters from the GameBoy games, the Mega Man Hunters, consisting of Enker, Punk, and Ballade, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin designed for the sole purpose of destroying Mega Man]]. They are designated by the serial number of ''RKN-XXX'' ('''R'''ockman '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in Japanese and ''MKN-XXX'' ('''M'''ega Man '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in English.

* {{Irony}}: Despite Punk's name and appearance, he fights fairly and is even a policy follower (if his American ''Mega Man & Bass'' CD Data is to be believed)!

* RecurringBoss[=/=]BossRush: All three Mega Man Hunters ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Quint]]) return in ''V'' for a final rematch with the Blue Bomber.

* TragicMonster: In the Manga, the ''Mega Man 3'' incarnation (Yellow Devil Mk-II) was originally a toy robot who's brain is removed in placed within the strange mass that makes its body. It escapes to go back to its "mother" [[spoiler: When Light and Roll find this out they ask Mega and Shadow leave him alone so it can see its mother, but Shadow Man didn't hear them and destroys it.]]

!!Dr. Albert Wily

-> Robot Masters designed, controlled, or modified by Wily usually bear the serial number ''DWN-XXX'' ('''D'''octor '''W'''ily '''N'''umber), although some special-purpose Robot Masters such as Bass have the serial number ''SWN-XXX'' ('''S'''pecial '''W'''ily '''N'''umber).

** Let's not forget ''Mega Man and Bass'', where one of his creations, King, ''bisected Proto Man in half''.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Similarly to Light, in the English language localizations of the first few games, his name was rendered as Wily, Wiley, and even Willy (which isn't even pronunced the same way!) before Wily became the standard English name/spelling.

* VillainOverride: Boosts King's brainwashing level in ''Mega Man and Bass'' when it becomes clear that the self-proclaimed lord of robots doesn't particularly want to kill his own kind.

!!The Mega Man Killers

-> Minor but memorable characters from the GameBoy games, the Mega Man Killers, consisting of Enker, Punk, and Ballade, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin designed for the sole purpose of destroying Mega Man]]. They are designated by the serial number of ''RKN-XXX'' ('''R'''ockman '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in Japanese and ''MKN-XXX'' ('''M'''ega Man '''K'''iller '''N'''umber) in English.

** FaceHeelTurn: He's back to working for Wily in ''V'' and ''10'' -- however, it is dubious as to whether those Ballades are the original, or copies (as several were seen in the Wily Star in ''V''.
* {{Irony}}: Despite Punk's name and appearance, he fights fairly and is even a policy follower (if his American ''Mega Man and Bass'' CD Data is to be believed)!

* RecurringBoss[=/=]BossRush: All three Mega Man Killers ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Quint]]) return in ''V'' for a final rematch with the Blue Bomber.

* TimeParadox: His victory would have resulted in one of these. He's stated in ''Mega Man and Bass'' to dislike these, however.

!!The Genesis Unit/[=MegaWorld=] Army Corp

-> [[caption-width:250:Clockwise from the left: Buster Rod G, Mega Water S, Hyper Storm H]]

-> Appearing in the CompilationRerelease[=/=]VideoGameRemake ''Wily Wars'', the Genesis Unit, consisting of Buster Rod G, Mega Water S, and Hyper Storm H, are the three bosses featured in the secret fourth game, ''Wily Tower''. They are given the serial number of ''MWN-XXX'' ('''M'''ega'''W'''orld '''N'''umber) in Japanese and ''WWN-XXX'' ('''W'''ily '''W'''ars '''N'''umber) in English.

* ArmCannon: Buster Rod G uses one instead of his staff in the third Wily Tower stage.
* TheBrute: Hyper Storm H is the largest of the trio (and the second largest Robot Master of all, right behind Frost Man) and is in charge of the Unit's muscular.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Buster Rod G, based on one of the most famous simians in literature, Sun Wukong.
* EvilGenius: Mega Water S is described as being the "brains" of the Genesis unit.
* FullBoarAction: Hyper Storm H, being modelled after Zhu Bajie, looks like a humanoid pig.
* {{Kappa}}: Mega Water S is quite clearly based on one.

* ShoutOut: To ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'', with Buster Rod G as Sun Wukong himself, Mega Water S as Sha Wujing, and Hyper Storm H as Zhu Bajie.
* SimpleStaff: Buster Rod G's initial WeaponOfChoice.
* UnderwaterBossBattle: Mega Water S [[SubvertedTrope subverts the trope]] by jumping out of the water as soon as the battle begins and never jumping back in.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Buster Rod G initially leaves when brought down to his last unit of health, only to come back during the third Wily Tower stage in a brand new, completely different battle.
* YesMan: Hyper Storm H is one, and ''Mega Man and Bass'' seems to think that's a good point.

!!The Stardroids/Space Rulers

!!Sunstar/Sungod

* Expy: King is quite visibly what happens when Duo is your villain. [[AnAxeToGrind And you give him a big, scary axe.]] [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], in that before Mega Man 9 was released, [[AllThereInTheManual Mega Man & Bass was supposed to be an alternate course of events from 8]], and the big guy's gotta be in there ''somewhere''.

A series of Dr.Wily's robots that usually act as the guards of his castles. Sometimes they guard the outside of his base, and sometimes they are fought a little bit into the stage, but most of them are notorious for their [[ThatOneBoss difficulty]]

* {{Bowdlerise}}: At the time nintendo was much less forgiving with religious references than today, which led yellow devil to be originally renamed "Rock Monster" in North America.

* PokemonSpeak: In MegaManPoweredUp, it can only say "Bumo" and variants of it.

!! Yellow Devil Mk-II

-> The second Iteration of the Yellow Devil appearing in MegaMan3.

* TragicMonster: In the Manga, it was originally a toy robot who's brain is removed in placed within the strange mass that makes its body. It escapes to go back to its "mother" [[spoiler: When Light and Roll find this out they ask Mega and Shadow leave him alone so it can see its mother, but Shadow Man didn't hear them and destroys it.]]

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* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:To Mega Man.]]

** We ''do'' know what the question marks represent though. Want to know? [[spoiler:Just look at the number for the first character listed on this page.]]

* EnergyAbsorption: Mercury's Grab Buster. He can also use it to steal items from your inventory, so most walkthroughs suggest that you go after him first.

** Reversed with Pluto, who ended up having Slash Man from ''7'' as one for him (only, slightly more humanoid).

* GravitySucks: Saturn's Black Hole, which he also uses to pull the player towards him.

* ALoadOfBull: Uranus clearly looks like a bull.

** Mercury's power to melt into a liquid state is a double pun -- Mercury the planet is the closest to the sun (meaning any metals would melt almost instantaneously when on its surface), while mercury the element is the only metal that's liquid at room temperature
* TimeBomb: Mars' Photon Missile, which intentionally lags before launching, making it the perfect tool for traps.

* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Terra, as it currently stands, is the only villain to have ever, ''ever'' defeated Mega Man in battle (you hear that, Bass?). In fact, you could argue that it was a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown. [[GenreBlindness Not expecting Mega Man to become sufficiently stronger and gain new weaponry in due time]], Terra pretty much ''{{job|ber}}s'' when you face him again.

* BloodKnight: Claims that robots were created to fight.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Surprised by Mega Man showing kindness to him and offering to repair him at Light Labs, Sunstar ponders on Mega Man's resolve to fight only when it's needed to protect the world and belief that humans and robots can live in peace. Unfortunately, [[DeathEqualsRedemption Sunstar's already on his death throes]], [[HeelFaceDoorSlam so he doesn't get a chance to do much with this revelation.]]