History Characters / MegaManXVillains

* TheFaceless: One wonders if there ''is'' a face underneath that helmet ''at all''. Artwork for Vile Mark II shows him having a red eye, though if it is meant to indicate a face or if he is a CyberCyclops is unknown.

* ShoutOut: To [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]]. The fact that the Japanese use "V" and "B" interchangeably means that his original name could be translated as ''BABA'' kind of puts the icing on the cake.
** WordOfGod states that Vile's Japanese name was actually based on [[Film/MadMax1 Bubba Zanetti]].

---> '''Vile''': Don't you ever get tired of the whole "justice" thing?
---> '''Zero''': Don't ''you'' ever get tired of being Sigma's lapdog?

** Yes, his character design is based on Boba Fett. Why do you ask? Becomes even more obvious in X8 where his armor is the same color as Fett's. Also, he has more in common with Bass, being TheRival of their era's Mega Man who even rebel against their superiors because of it.

* DependingOnTheWriter: ''X1'' and ''X3'' establish Vile as a PsychoForHire who just wants to torment X. Vile's personality takes a notable shift in ''X8'', where he's a nihilistic futurist loyal to Sigma's space race. Then in ''Maverick Hunter X'' he's a petty GreenEyedMonster and WildCard.

* CyberCyclops: Most often in his Vile MK-II design from ''X3''. However, also had it in the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.

** He also appears in ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 2'' as a summoned illusion in one of Phoenix Magnion's attacks.

* CyberCyclops: In his ''Mega Man X3'' artwork, the ''Rockman X3'' manga, the Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon, and ''Project X Zone 2''.

* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: the first game had the Maverick insignia on his helmet, while the third was Dr. Doppler's, and ''X8'' has none. ''Maverick Hunter X'', on the other hand, replaced both symbols with his own letter "V".
* TheCameo: Yes, he also appears in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', but ''not'' in Zero's ending like all the other aforementioned cameos. Instead, he showed up in the ''[[VideoGame/LostPlanet PTX-40A pilot's]]'' ending.

A former Maverick Hunter who was detained for [[SociopathicSoldier use of excessive force]], released by Sigma to act as his [[TheDragon second in command]] during the events of ''X1'' ([[AnotherSideAnotherStory or]] take on ''both'' [[MeleeATrois X and Sigma]] in ''[[VideoGameRemake Maverick Hunter X]]''). He is later [[BackFromTheDead revived]] by Dr. Doppler as "Vile MK-II" in ''X3'' in order to defeat X. After a long absence from the series, he returns in ''X8'' as "Vile V" to kidnap Lumine and spearhead the new-generation Reploid revolution. He can be distinguished by his use of [[MiniMecha Ride Armor]], his [[{{BFG}} shoulder cannon]], and his [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett-esque]] helmet.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Played with. The moral ambiguity of the conflict gets switched up in the manga, as several characters act much differently than was suggested in-game.

Bit is the smaller of the Nightmare Police, who directs the Maverick forces of Dopple Town. He was constructed with a balance of offense, defense, and speed in mind.

* ReligiousBruiser: Despite not having much religious to say (aside from Byte claiming he is destined to fight X), the two are rife with references to East Asian spirituality. Both share Hindu ThemeNaming, Byte's design is based on the Buddhist Nio, and Bit has magatamas on his body and a mizura hairstyle.

* BonusBoss: Like the X-Hunters, they (and Vile Mk. II) can be optionally encountered in the 8 stages. If you defeat them normally, they'll still appear in the final stages; defeat them with their weaknesses, however, and they'll be replaced by other bosses in the final stages.

* LaughingMad: His reaction to Zero defeating High Max in his BonusBoss encounter, amazed at how Zero was able to beat him while X couldn't.

* TheUnfought: He is never fought in a boss battle, though he promises to destroy X if he beats High Max as a BonusBoss.

* BonusBoss: A variation - he can be accessed in the secret areas in the game, after you beat Nightmare Zero in another secret area. And later, he becomes the boss in one of the fortress stages.

* BonusBoss: in ''X6'', the irony of which is that he's the easiest part of the [[NintendoHard whole game]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Infamously, he disappears from ''X5'' only to reappear as a BonusBoss in ''X6'' and then never appear again.

* AuthorityGrantsAsskicking: Subverted. Serges is physically the weakest X-Hunter, relying on machines to fight, and is actually defeated before Agile. Despite this, his intelligence and planning made him a perfect leader for the Unification project.

* DarkMagicalGirl: One of the evil variety.

* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Serges seems to have built as a tiny robotic old man. Interesting design choice for a robot.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Sting Chameleon, as shown by Maverick Hunter X's Vile Mode[[note]]They're even voiced by the [[Creator/RogerRhodes same guy!]][[/note]], with Vile, of all people, [[OOCIsSeriousBuisness asking Chameleon (If a little rude about it) to stand down and let him pass]], in contrast to his interactions with Chill Penguin, Boomer Kuwanger, Spark Mandrill, Flame Mammoth, Launch Octopus, Armored Armadillo, and ESPECIALLY Storm Eagle, though the former Maverick Hunter of the 9th Special Forces tells him they'll have fight, with Vile reluctantly agreeing.

* CloningBlues: He's aware of the fact he's a copy of X [[IdentityBreakdown and it brings him a great deal of pain and anguish]] to the point of trying to kill X in order to gain an identity for himself. X actually expresses sympathy for him, but also tells him [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse that doesn't justify the harm χ-kai- has inflicted on other people, especially innocent people who aren't his explicit target.]]

* CutsceneBoss: If you are playing as Zero, the first duel with Colonel occurs entirely during an FMV rather then a playable fight and ends with Iris breaking up the duel midway.

[[Characters/MegaManXHeroes Heroes]] ([[Characters/MegaManXX X]] | [[Characters/MegaManXZero Zero]]) | '''Villains''' ([[Characters/MegaManXSigma Sigma]]) | [[Characters/MegaManXMaverickBosses Maverick Bosses]] | [[Characters/MegaManXSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]]]]]-]

* CyberCyclops: In his Mega Man X3 artwork, the Rockman X3 manga, and Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon.

* PracticallyJoker: A psychopath with purple as his main color, [[note]]And in ''X8'', green[[/note]] a defect in his electrical circuit, loves causing destruction for the hell of it even when he was a Maverick Hunter, has a tendency to disobey or talk back to people, tries to corrupt the Hero (In this case, X, the idealist of the Maverick Hunters) into a version of himself while saying that they’re the reason they exist (Especially in the ''X3'' manga and ''Project X Zone 2''), and [[JokerImmunity even come back from death or outright survive it]], Vile is a Maverick version of the Clown Prince of Crime. Additionally, both work with [[note]]Or disobey[[/note]] a stoic BaldOfEvil character with secret megalomaniacal ambitions (Sigma and Lex Luthor), and even strike up a VillainousFriendship with someone as psychotic as them, as seen with Zagi in ''Project X Zone 2''.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Sting Chameleon, as shown by Maverick Hunter X's Vile Mode[[note]]They're even voiced by the [[CreatorRogerRhodes same guy!]][[/note]], with Vile, of all people, [[OOCIsSeriousBuisness asking Chameleon (If a little rude about it) to stand down and let him pass]], in contrast to Chill Penguin, Boomer Kuwanger, Spark Mandrill, Flame Mammoth, Launch Octopus, Armored Armadillo, and ESPECIALLY Storm Eagle, though the former Maverick Hunter of the 9th Special Forces tells him they'll have fight, with Vile reluctantly agreeing.

* PracticallyJoker: A psychopath with purple as his main color, [[note]]And in ''X8'', green[[/note]] a defect in his electrical circuit, loves causing destruction for the hell of it even when he was a Maverick Hunter, has a tendency to disobey or talk back to people, tries to corrupt the Hero (In this case, X, the idealist of the Maverick Hunters) into a version of himself while saying that they’re the reason they exist (Especially in the ''X3'' manga and ''Project X Zone 2''), and [[JokerImmunity even come back from death or outright survive it]], Vile is a Maverick version of the Clown Prince of Crime. Additionally, both work with [[note]]Or disobey[[/note]] a BaldOfEvil character (Sigma and Lex Luthor) and even strike up a VillainiousFriendship with someone as psychotic as them, as seen with Zagi in ''Project X Zone 2''.

* InformedAbility: His combat process in the original game. Outside of the Ride Armor, which the player can't damage, his abilities are woefully unimpressive.

* NominalHero: Back when he was still a Maverick Hunter. Oh sure, he could hunt them down with the best of them...it's just that not only was he more interested in killing Mavericks than actually saving civilians, he couldn't care less how much property he destroyed ''or'' if any civilians got caught in the crossfire of his hunts.

* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: In ''Maverick Hunter X'', his motivation is changed into him trying to prove his superiority over X to everyone. In ''Vile Mode'', that includes the baddies themselves.

* PsychopathicManchild: In ''Maverick Hunter X'', Vile tends to act like an angry teenager half the time, leading to situations where he erupts into a tantrum because Armored Armadillo, who he'd previously been mocking, said he pitied him, and one where a civil conversation with Storm Eagle turns into a death match because Vile apparently doesn't like his face. This serves as a further contrast to the naive-but-well-mannered X. Other Mavericks even treat him like a school bully in need of counseling.

* ShoutOut: To [[Franchise/StarWars Boba Fett]]. The fact that the Japanese use "V" and "B" interchangably means that his original name could be translated as ''BABA'' kind of puts the icing on the cake.

** In ''X1'', he has his shoulder cannon's Electric Shot Round, a spread attack from his knee's Head Bombs, and jet-powered dash and jump attacks.

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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakeshiAono (JP), John O'Corner (ENG)
Thought to have been gone since the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic series]], the mad doctor himself seemingly takes a page out of Dr. Light's book, in that he actually might have ''cheated death''. His influence throughout the entire conflict can still be felt with [[TheVirus the Maverick Virus]] that he (possibly) created, and, of course, his masterpiece, Maverick Zero. His plans have reached its peak at the SeriesFauxnale of the series, ''X5''.
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* AbortedArc: Hinted to be TheManBehindTheMan in ''X5'', but after that we only get a few half-hearted follow-ups. Revisited in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'', where Wily seems to come to terms with Zero being a good guy, saying how proud he is of Zero and wishing him well and to never give up, though there is a small hint towards Zero's original dark purpose.
* BackFromTheDead:
** The Japanese version of ''X2'' heavily implies that Serges/Sagesse is Dr. Wily. He [[WrongNameOutburst refers to X as "Rock" before correcting himself]], and [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay namedrops Dr. Light]] when defeated for good. Serges was also in charge of repairing Zero, in the game that first implied Zero was created by Wily.
** WordOfGod is that he returned to life for the ''X5'', something to do with the Maverick Virus. It's implied that the Virus is a creation of Wily, using the Evil Energy from ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', as a baseline. Doesn't help what with the Roboenza of ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' doing the EXACT SAME THING as the Maverick Virus.
** The Nightmare Investigator from ''X6'', Isoc, has the same voice actor as Dr. Wily's Japanese voice actor in other works, as well as a very too-detailed knowledge of Zero's systems. When found later on? Isoc is simply a dead Reploid shell, his AI simply gone. It's implied that [[BrainUploading Dr. Wily exists]] as a [[VirtualGhost formless AI]].
* BaldOfEvil: As usual for Wily.
* DeaderThanDead: If the backstory of ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' is anything to go by, the Maverick Virus was eradicated by the Mother Elf, likely also nullifying whatever was left of Wily within.
* EvilCounterpart: To Dr. Light, as always. Whereas Light lived on in the form of capsules made to help X, Wily took on the form of a virus that led to centuries of {{Robot War}}s.
* EvilPlan: Even though [[SpannerInTheWorks Sigma]] got in the way of either destroying or corrupting X, he still got a century of war out of it. Heck, the next series starts with Zero out of commission and an evil X running the last of the destroyed world -- while it's [[CloningBlues not the real thing]], he arguably ''won.''
* GreaterScopeVillain: As Zero was (unconsciously) responsible for Sigma's corruption, who in turn is the primary antagonist of the series, it is Dr. Wily who is the ultimate root of basically all of the ''X'' series' conflict.
* HijackedByGanon: If the series' conflict (through TheVirus and Zero) can really be attributed to him.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Ultimately it's Dr. Wily, a human scientist, who's directly and indirectly behind almost all the problems of the X series. [[TheVirus Not that he's human any longer]].
* {{Irony}}: Even after all the damage his creation(s) have done, who's the one who eventually ''ended it all?''
* TheManBehindTheMan: He created the virus responsible for pretty much every bad thing in the series and he's implied to have been this to Sigma directly in ''X5''.
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: It was (presumably) after his death that the Maverick Virus was unleashed. It's even implied he's somehow living ''through'' the virus.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: In the Classic series, Wily is depicted as a LaughablyEvil villain whose atrocities are downplayed by the games' lighthearted tone and [[PetTheDog his occasional redeeming moments]]. In the ''X'' series, his plans are of a much larger scale and are treated with an equally serious gravitas.
* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead, but [[PredecessorVillain he is to blame for all the Maverick incidents]] because of his creations, Zero and the Maverick Virus.
* SinisterSilhouettes: Appears this way in both of his physical "appearances". Justified since he only appears in Zero's memories, and Zero never knew him personally.
* SoProudOfYou: Surprisingly, yes. In ''Tatsunoko vs. Capcom'' he accepts that even if Zero was never quite what he designed him to be, that doesn't mean his creation never achieved greatness. He's so proud of Zero that he even acknowledges him as his son, something he'd never done for any of his other creations.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Dr. Wily in the Classic series was a villain, but he was never the kind of person to cause destruction on a worldwide scale for his own ends that he's become.
* WasOnceAMan: Human in the Classic series, Wily is all but outright stated to have become part of TheVirus by 21XX and it's implied two Reploid antagonists were his robotic avatars.