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* FaceDeathWithDignity[=/=]GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: When Weil asks her to follow Craft and be under Weil's rule, ir be destroyed with Area Zero, Neige defiantly answers that she'd rather laugh at the face of death and face it with dignity than live a living death under him.
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Uh, she was actually referring to Craft (she references him saying \"greater good\"), but then she looks back at Zero... it\'s confusing.
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* WhatTheHellHero: She When she overhears Craft's talk about "doing things for greater good" after his battle with Zero, she comes in and most of calls him (and Zero) out on them bringing out trouble to the others at Area Zero are not afraid of reminding Zero and disrupting the peace and that it's partly his fault things are as bad as they are. [[SubvertedTrope Too bad that things would be]] ''[[SubvertedTrope worse]]'' [[SubvertedTrope if he hadn't intervened.]] Maybe not worse for ''them'', but it really comes across as [[BrokenAesop them being selfish, content with letting Reploids get slaughtered in the name of human decadence.]] Thankfully, their actions, no matter how noble their goals are, end up causing more harm than good. Though she later thinks over of the words she said and apologizes to Zero later.Zero.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: If His speech at the end of the first game mentions that he's no longer caring about his TearJerker dialogue was to be believed...in which case it would produce more tears, opponents he fought. Ironic and tragic, seeing as [[MartialPacifist it's X]]... he was born and raised with that very quality]]... Thanks to ExecutiveMeddling, ExecutiveMeddling[[note]]X originally would become insane due to the stress and become the KnightTemplar BigBad that Zero has to stop; it later is changed to a copy[[/note]], X actually realized that this was happening to him and took himself out of the fight [[spoiler:by using his body to seal the Dark Elf]] before he could go over the edge.
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** GenreSavvy:X]]... Thanks to ExecutiveMeddling, X actually realized that this was happening to him and took himself out of the fight [[spoiler:by using his body to seal the Dark Elf]] before he could go over the edge.
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* PassingTheTorch: Since Zero, as of the end of ''Z3'', [[spoiler:is the ''only'' hero left alive and Weil is still lurking around somewhere]], X decided to make it official before "finally retiring to Cyberspace."
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* BodyHorror: In the introduction of the first game, several of Ciel's companions were ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cut in half]]'' by Golem's lasers. Even worse in the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Mmz-differences.png original versions]], with [[HighPressureBlood tons of blood spilling out.]]
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* ImmuneToMindControl: He's among the only few that can ignore the Dark Elf's mind control abilities, and can even cure controlled Reploids from it. It's attributed to how Dark Elf is practically Maverick Virus and X still has his Suffering Circuit.
* ImmuneToMindControl: He's among the only few that can ignore the Dark Elf's mind control abilities, and can even cure controlled Reploids from it. It's attributed to how Dark Elf is practically Maverick Virus and X still has his Suffering Circuit.
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* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: He does this to Zero in the ending of the first game, after Zero exhausted himself fighting with Copy X, briefly explaining what he was doing during Zero's absence before he decides to "rest" and tells Zero to take care of the world for him. When Zero wakes up after, he does heard X. [[spoiler:This also happens in the end of the third game where X, now is about to rest permanently in Cyberspace, again tells Zero (fainted after Omega final boss fight) to keep watch on the world for him.]]
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* AProtagonistShallLeadThem: He became the ruler of Neo Arcadia. But he left his place to make himself the seal for the Dark Elf, and a copy is then made on his stead.
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* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Arguably. He's technically a member of LaResistance, and, as the original leader of Neo Arcadia, the information he gives is invaluable to the former's cause.]] That's how much he really [[CloningBlues hates his clone.]]
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*[[spoiler:ReverseMole: ReverseMole: Arguably. He's technically a member of LaResistance, and, as the original leader of Neo Arcadia, the information he gives is invaluable to the former's cause.]] That's how much he really [[CloningBlues hates his clone.]]
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* EmpathyDollShot: In the first game, the resistance base is stormed by Neo Arcadian Forces. While the bodies of a few resistance solders are found, if Zero enters the hallway where [[TokenMiniMoe Alouette]] is usually found, only the stuffed animal she always clutches will be lying on the ground. [[spoiler:Once the threat is taken care of, she reclaims her lost companion.]]
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* EmpathyDollShot: In the first game, the resistance base is stormed by Neo Arcadian Forces. While the bodies of a few resistance solders are found, if Zero enters the hallway where [[TokenMiniMoe Alouette]] is usually found, only the stuffed animal she always clutches will be lying on the ground. [[spoiler:Once Once the threat is taken care of, she reclaims her lost companion.]]companion.
* TheEngineer: Doigt in particular assisted Cerveau in making the Recoil Rod.
* TheEngineer: Doigt in particular assisted Cerveau in making the Recoil Rod.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alouette; she's as sweet and innocent as a reploid child could be.
* IconicItem: The [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]] made especially for her by Ciel. [[spoiler:She even carries it a hundred years later, as Prairie.]]
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** HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alouette; she's as sweet and innocent as a reploid child could be.
** IconicItem: The [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]] made especially for her by Ciel. [[spoiler:She even carries it a hundred years later, as Prairie.]]
** ShipperOnDeck: Slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
** NerdGlasses: Perroquiet, full stop. [[spoiler:''If'' he really is Fleuve, then that's just carrying it too far, and ''too long''.]]
*** GadgeteerGenius: Really, is there anyone else in LaResistance who's ''not'' a genius?
** HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alouette; she's as sweet and innocent as a reploid child could be.
** IconicItem: The [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]] made especially for her by Ciel. [[spoiler:She even carries it a hundred years later, as Prairie.]]
** ShipperOnDeck: Slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
** NerdGlasses: Perroquiet, full stop. [[spoiler:''If'' he really is Fleuve, then that's just carrying it too far, and ''too long''.]]
*** GadgeteerGenius: Really, is there anyone else in LaResistance who's ''not'' a genius?
* NerdGlasses: Perroquiet, full stop. [[spoiler:''If'' he really is Fleuve, then that's just carrying it too far, and ''too long''.]]
* RoboticSpouse: Andrew used to be one for a human woman. He apparently makes himself look older as his spouse ages so she wouldn't feel bad, and after she dies, he keeps his old look as a way to remember her.
* ShipperOnDeck: Alouette slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
* ShipperOnDeck: Alouette slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
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* BullyingADragon: Played straight and averted. Considering that they resent Reploids for being warmongers, they spend a lot of time yelling at Zero. Rafale also makes a vow [[DramaticIrony (in Zero's presence)]] to kill the Reploid who killed X. However, he does not attempt it after realising who Zero is.
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* BullyingADragon: Played straight and averted. Considering that they resent Reploids for being warmongers, they spend a lot of time yelling at Zero. Rafale also makes a vow [[DramaticIrony (in Zero's presence)]] to kill the Reploid who killed X. However, he does not attempt it after realising realizing who Zero is.
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* SplitAtBirth: A variation -- according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Official Complete Works]], this is how the 4 Guardians came to be. [[spoiler:When X sealed the Dark Elf, the shock during the sealing split his soul into 5. 1 of them becomes the Elf-X we see in the games, while the other four (somehow) become the Guardians.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: she is this to the Caravan, mostly when her association with Craft is brought into light. She herself experiences this in regards to Craft, wondering how such a honorable soldier would stoop to serving Weil.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Andrew; he's supposedly a living ShoutOut to ''BicentennialMan''.
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* IWasQuiteALooker: Andrew; he's supposedly a living ShoutOut to ''BicentennialMan''.''Film/BicentennialMan''.
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* JapanesePronouns: Alouette, Jaune and Rouge uses ''watashi''. Andrew uses ''washi''.
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* JapanesePronouns: Alouette, Jaune and Rouge uses use ''watashi''. Andrew uses ''washi''.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: He "died" to absolve the war between man and reploid once and for all, continued watching over them as a spirit, reappeared before those who'd followed him in an angelic form complete with halo and cross on his garb, and only acted in protection rather than violence. Let's see you deny that with a straight face.
* RuleOfSymbolism: He "died" to absolve the war between man and reploid once and for all, continued watching over them as a spirit, reappeared before those who'd followed him in an angelic form complete with halo and cross on his garb, and only acted in protection rather than violence. Let's see you deny that with a straight face.
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* CloningBlues: X is by no means fond in the slightest of Copy-X. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it has nothing to do with him being X's replacement, as that was the intention. Rather, said Copy deciding he would joss everything X had fight and suffered for, for over two centuries, just because ''he'' wanted to be the hero.
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* CloningBlues: X is by no means fond in the slightest of Copy-X. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it has nothing to do with him being X's replacement, as that was the intention. Rather, said Copy deciding he would joss everything X had fight fought and suffered for, for over two centuries, just because ''he'' wanted to be the hero.
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* CloningBlues: X is by no means fond in the slightest of Copy-X. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that it has nothing to do with him being X's replacement, as that was the intention. Rather, said Copy deciding he would joss everything X had fight and suffered for, for over two centuries, just because ''he'' wanted to be the hero.
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* PhysicalGod: Well, ''virtual'', but by the time Zero reawakens, even at 1/5 his former self, it's quite clear that X has effectively become the most powerful character in the series so far. [[FridgeBrilliance Then again, he did fight a century-spanning war without Zero, with a body made to infinitely evolve.]]
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* ExecutiveMeddling: Keiji Inafune originally intended for the real X to be the BigBad of the original game, but because of the ExecutiveMeddling in the ''X'' series, he was forced to change it to a copy.
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* {{Expy}}: Inverted, just like how Zero (a Protoman Clone) has taken over Megaman's role, X (a Megaman clone) has Has taken over Proto Man's role this time around. By the time the third game rolls around, he, like big brother Blues, is living on borrowed time...and probably gets the most focus he's ''ever'' gotten in a storyline. This isn't saying much.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "Literature/CrimeAndPunishment". This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "Literature/CrimeAndPunishment".''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment''. This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "Crime and Punishment"."Literature/CrimeAndPunishment". This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
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* {{Expy}}: Has Inverted, just like how Zero (a Protoman Clone) has taken over Megaman's role, X (a Megaman clone) has taken over Proto Man's role this time around. By the time the third game rolls around, he, like big brother Blues, is living on borrowed time...and probably gets the most focus he's ''ever'' gotten in a storyline. This isn't saying much.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "CrimeAndPunishment". This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
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[[folder:'''Cerveau''']]
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-->''The world is too much for Ciel to bear alone...Take good care of her, Zero...''
The Resistance engineer. He gives Zero the Shield Boomerang and the Rod of the Week at the beginning of every game, except the fourth where he just gives him the Z-Knuckle. He also stores information disks for the player.
* {{Expy}}: his role is essentially succeeded by Fleuve of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''.
* GadgeteerGenius
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Although in a subtle context, he performs one to [[spoiler:Harpuia]], of all people.
-->'''Cerveau:''' Oh, you're awake. How do you feel?
-->'''[[spoiler:Harpuia]]:''' Horrible. Just the thought of being helped by you makes me nauseous. Stripped of my position, and driven out of Neo Arcadia. I'm used goods...
-->'''Cerveau:''' That's not true. [[NotSoDifferent You just stood up for your beliefs, just like we do.]] You've made no mistakes.
-->'''[[spoiler:Harpuia]]:''' My beliefs...
* MeaningfulName: His name means "brain". Fitting for a genius.
* TheMedic
* OlderSidekick: to Ciel and maybe Zero [[OlderThanTheyLook (sorta)]], he's almost like a father to them, and acts like one. A GadgeteerGenius on his own, but he plays second fiddle to Ciel, assisting (but not spearheading) her research.
* ShipperOnDeck: Just look at his quote.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: looks like a bulkier version of [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops']] own CoolShades.
** SeeThruSpecs: only in ''Zero 1''. Afterwards, it's turned into OpaqueLenses.
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[[folder:'''Mega Man X''']]
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-->''I'll leave this world to you...''
--->''Voiced by Creator/TakahiroMizushima''
[[TheHero The previous hero]] ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is still around, but in the form of a Cyber-Elf. He returns the Z-Saber to Zero at the beginning of the first game, then shows up to be TheObiWan at random times. In the second game, it's revealed that he used his body to lock up the Dark Elf.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: That doesn't stop him from helping out the people he cares about, human and Reploid alike.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Not in-series, but his powerset is fairly well-known and he more or less fought the Elf Wars alone.
* BarrierMaiden: He is [[spoiler:the living seal of the Dark Elf, after all.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Zero 3'', when Zero and Ciel are trapped between the {{Mind Control}}led Resistance soldiers, all hope seems lost...until X comes from above and promptly disables the mind control of all the people in the whole building.
* BigGood
* CannotSpitItOut: See Zero's LockedOutOfTheLoop entry above. X almost tells Zero this vital piece of information, but holds himself back instead, only confirming the truth once it has already surfaced.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: His garb, see above.
* DespairEventHorizon: It's implied that he got hit with this between his series and this series, specifically in the Elf Wars in which he fought most of it alone. The original concept was that he would lose all hope for human and reploid coexistence and begin the oppression and genocide of his descendant species, since they were incapable of living peacefully with humanity (this concept became Copy-X later). Fortunately, he's still GenreSavvy enough to TakeAThirdOption, and he chose to seal what caused the war, the Dark Elf. While most of his dialogue as a Cyber-Elf is fairly normal, there are a couple times when he implies his AxCrazy[=/=]BloodKnight tendencies he's holding back, which is extremely jarring coming from a former ReluctantWarrior and poster android for IncorruptiblePurePureness. The fact it could break AllLovingHero shows how bad things really are.
* DeusExitMachina: Okay, so his physical body is busy, so no playable X, no Dr. Light capsules, whatever. He should still be able to manifest before his underlings as the acknowledged lord of Neo Arcadia and tell them to cut the crap. Copy-X's presence might have been the problem.
* EnergyBeing
* ExecutiveMeddling: Keiji Inafune originally intended for the real X to be the BigBad of the original game, but because of the ExecutiveMeddling in the ''X'' series, he was forced to change it to a copy.
* {{Expy}}: Has taken over Proto Man's role this time around. By the time the third game rolls around, he, like big brother Blues, is living on borrowed time...and probably gets the most focus he's ''ever'' gotten in a storyline. This isn't saying much.
* TheFaceless: ''Zero 2'' onwards; prior to that, he's literally, and figuratively, a ball of light.
** His sprite still has a definite face: It's just his dialogue picture that is only a glowing silhouette.
* FanNickname: "The Blue Legend" sees its share of use.
* HeroicSacrifice: Him sacrificing his body to seal the Dark Elf, and later sacrificing most of his energy to break the Resistance out of MassHypnosis.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: If his TearJerker dialogue was to be believed...in which case it would produce more tears, seeing as [[MartialPacifist it's X...]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: His leftover body, anyway, by Elpizo. He does that to open the seal to the Dark Elf.]]
* JapanesePronouns: Use ''boku''. [[note]]An interesting case for the real X; in his own games, he uses ''ore''. ''Boku'', in short words, is generally "weaker" than ''ore''. This adds to the implication (among other things) that his mind is broken during the Elf Wars (a catastrophic war between the ''X'' and ''Zero'' series).[[/note]]
* LegendaryInTheSequel: Most people knew X as their "legendary savior".
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Cyberelf".
* LiteralGenie: Thirty years of testing assured that he would never attack a human being. Confronted with the monster that is Weil, he takes this to the extreme, [[ThePunishment ensuring that no death will ever come to put an end to his suffering]].
* MrExposition
* TheObiWan: Right down to being a spirit.
* [[spoiler:PlotlineDeath: Seeing as fixing dead robots/reploids/whatever is entirely workable in-canon, it probably has to do with his desire to finally rest in peace. His body was also blown up in the second game.]]
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Arguably. He's technically a member of LaResistance, and, as the original leader of Neo Arcadia, the information he gives is invaluable to the former's cause.]] That's how much he really [[CloningBlues hates his clone.]]
-->'''X:''' I've cracked the Security system of the [[WarpWhistle Trans Server...]]Now go...Terminate that copy of me...terminate with extreme prejudice...
* RogueProtagonist: Thankfully subverted, because of the ExecutiveMeddling in the ''X'' series; he's supposed to be the BigBad, but then a copy took up the role.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Technically speaking ''again''.
* SpiritAdvisor
* SplitAtBirth: A variation -- according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Official Complete Works]], this is how the 4 Guardians came to be. [[spoiler:When X sealed the Dark Elf, the shock during the sealing split his soul into 5. 1 of them becomes the Elf-X we see in the games, while the other four (somehow) become the Guardians.]]
* TakeUpMySword: X asks Zero to continue the battle for peace. Taken literally in the first game, where X gives Zero a sword in the first Boss fight, only it was actually Zero's own Z-Saber.
** PassingTheTorch: Since Zero, as of the end of ''Z3'', [[spoiler:is the ''only'' hero left alive and Weil is still lurking around somewhere]], X decided to make it official before "finally retiring to Cyberspace."
* VirtualGhost
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[[folder:'''The Resistance''']]
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Not just a character, but a ''whole lot'' of characters. The characters within LaResistance are worth mentioning enough.
--->''Jaune voiced by MegumiOgata''\\
''Rouge voiced by YukaImai''\\
''Alouette voiced by Creator/RyoHirohashi (in one of the dramas)''\\
''Milan voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi''
* TheAlliance: Minor example, used to avert RememberTheNewGuy: after the damage done by Neo Arcadia's forces in the first game, the remains of Zero's allies have merged with another Resistance group (or maybe more than one), increasing their numbers drastically. [[RedshirtArmy Not that it helps.]]
* BaseOnWheels: In ''Zero 4''.
* BigEater: Hibou consumes E-crystals, possibly the Reploids' equivalent to energy foods, to no end. He is actually a hard worker, though...
** Or at least when he's trying to impress someone, or if the situation is ''serious.''
* BrattyHalfPint: Subverted with [[TheCutie Alouette]] and [[ShorterMeansSmarter Perroquiet]]. Played straight with Menart.
* BridgeBunnies: Rouge and Jaune. The LowerDeckEpisode in the third game's soundtrack reveals they are sort of RedOniBlueOni, with Rouge being serious and formal and Jaune being more relaxed.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: In ''Zero 1''.
* EmpathyDollShot: In the first game, the resistance base is stormed by Neo Arcadian Forces. While the bodies of a few resistance solders are found, if Zero enters the hallway where [[TokenMiniMoe Alouette]] is usually found, only the stuffed animal she always clutches will be lying on the ground. [[spoiler:Once the threat is taken care of, she reclaims her lost companion.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Prairie and Fleuve]], for Ciel and Cerveau respectively.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Autruche.
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: in ''Zero 4'', Hirondelle will ask for two S-crystals from Zero in exchange for his [[EmergencyEnergyTank Sub-Tanks]].
* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "CrimeAndPunishment". This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
* GratuitousEnglish: The Resistance are called "Resistance", even in Japan.
* HelloInsertNameHere: The name of ''Zero 4's'' cyber-elf, but subverted; the choices are pre-determined, and all you have to do is ask one of the members for it. Plus, due to the theme of the game, Croire ([[ArcWords Believe]] in French) is the default one.
* HopeBringer: This Resistance was made to consort any runaway reploids who were awaiting "retirement", as well as helping those in need, regardless of affiliation. However, the group itself is facing extermination from a tyrannical government, so the RebelLeader decided to find their own HopeBringer: the legendary Zero.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Andrew; he's supposedly a living ShoutOut to ''BicentennialMan''.
* JapanesePronouns: Alouette, Jaune and Rouge uses ''watashi''. Andrew uses ''washi''.
* KidSidekick: Alouette, and, to a lesser extent Perroquiet, serve this role to Ciel.
** EmpathyDollShot: Alouette's doll during Neo Arcadia's [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs raid on the Resistance Base]] in ''Zero 1''. However, it turns out that Alouette just left it behind when they were trying to evacuate.
** HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alouette; she's as sweet and innocent as a reploid child could be.
** IconicItem: The [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]] made especially for her by Ciel. [[spoiler:She even carries it a hundred years later, as Prairie.]]
** ShipperOnDeck: Slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
** NerdGlasses: Perroquiet, full stop. [[spoiler:''If'' he really is Fleuve, then that's just carrying it too far, and ''too long''.]]
*** GadgeteerGenius: Really, is there anyone else in LaResistance who's ''not'' a genius?
* KnowledgeBroker: Hirondelle.
* LaResistance: Well, [[CaptainObvious duh...]]
* LastBastion: The Resistance functions as this.
* LowerDeckEpisode: One portion of the [[AllThereInTheManual drama tracks]] depict Alouette's interactions with others in the LaResistance Base. ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLptTm6H5CM Link here.]])
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Happens to Andrew, [[RoboticSpouse an old Reploid who married]] [[InterspeciesRomance with a human woman]] in his backstory.
* TheMedic: Rocinolle; if things are beyond her expertise, it's left to Cerveau though.
* OverlyLongGag: When the Resistance members got BrainwashedAndCrazy in ''Zero 3'', they deliver this cheesy line:
--> Inscribe it upon the world...The name of our ruler...Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil!
* PlayerHeadquarters: The Resistance Base in all of its incarnations.
* PutOnABus: Reversed in the fourth game. It's the main characters (the ones in the FiveManBand above) who are put on a bus (truck, actually), yet the rest that remained in the base are written off the script (with only Jaune getting some minor lines, and [[spoiler:when Neo Arcadia gets shot by Ragnarok, several Resistance soldiers come to aid the civilians]]).
* RamblingOldManMonologue: Andrew can lapse into this. Poor Alouette had to listen to his monologues once when all she wanted was to ask him for names for the baby elves.
* RedshirtArmy: One wonders how they ever survived without Zero.
** BodyHorror: In the introduction of the first game, several of Ciel's companions were ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cut in half]]'' by Golem's lasers. Even worse in the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Mmz-differences.png original versions]], with [[HighPressureBlood tons of blood spilling out.]]
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: *Most* of them are only fighting Neo Arcadia for their own survival. Aside from this, Ciel sees the group as a means to [[AllLovingHero help anyone in need]], regardless of affiliation with their enemies or gratitude (Harpuia and the Caravan, respectively).
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite the katakana reading for the old man Reploid's name being ''Andoryuu'' (i.e. "Andrew"), it's officially "Andre".
* TheTeam: The setup of ''Zero 4'':
** TheHero[=/=]KnightInSourArmor: Zero.
** TheLancer: Arguably Hirondelle (appearance-wise, anyway).
** TheSmartGuy: Both Cerveau and Ciel.
** TheBigGuy: Faucon, with a {{BFG}} to boot.
** TheChick[=/=]TeamMom[=/=]TheLeader: Ciel
** MissionControl: Rouge
** TagalongKid: Alouette
** TeamPet: [[EnergyBeing Croire]]
* ThemeNaming: Most of the Reploids are named after French birds. To drive the point home, Ciel ("sky") was the one who named them.
** The BridgeBunnies Rouge and Jaune are named based on their hair colors instead (''Rouge'' is red, ''Jaune'' is yellow).
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Downplayed -- The reploids in the Resistance technically rebelled from the human society in Neo Arcadia, but it's because of the Reploid-cide order of Copy-X (because of the energy crisis, but still). They're rarely hostile, either.
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Surrendering missions in the first game will lead to a passive-aggressive form of this -- namely, epic guilt trips from Ciel and the Resistance members.
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[[folder:'''Neige''']]
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-->''Thus the war of the machines began and humans can only watch...''
--->''Voiced by YukoGoto''
A main character in ''Zero 4''. She is the leader of the LaResistance neutral-analogue Caravan, aspiring to bring all humans out of Neo Arcadia and into NewEden-esque Area Zero. She is in love with Dr. Weil's new second-in-command, Craft, a fact that none of her fellow evacuees know...
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Albeit briefly, she gets this treatment after her relationship with Craft was revealed, and the Caravan believed her to be a spy. Subverted, [[spoiler:Neige luckily ''wasn't even there'' when this happened, as she had already been kidnapped by Craft at the same time as the {{reveal}}]]. Another lucky break is that [[spoiler:Zero's words finally take an impact to the Caravan, breaking them away from their neutrality, and they personally asked Zero to rescue her.]]
* BareYourMidriff
* CannotSpitItOut: None of her fellow Caravan members know of her connection to Craft, and she wasn't ready to tell them yet. As thanks for rescuing them earlier, Neige also promises to keep Zero's identity (and his "involvement" with Copy-X's death) under wraps. All those secrets were revealed later, anyway.
* DamselInDistress: Halfway through the game, Craft kidnaps her, and Zero has to rescue her. In a subversion, [[spoiler:Craft ''thinks'' that ''he's'' rescuing her as excuse for the kidnapping, [[JustifiedTrope which makes sense]], because of Operation Ragnarok.]]
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Averted. The [[AllThereInTheManual Complete Works]] state that the artists once experimented on giving her a tan, but that was dropped in the final game.
* DestinedBystander: Her role doesn't get more pronounced until her connection to Craft was revealed later mid-game. However...
** DemotedToExtra: Upon the conclusion of Craft's storyline, her role is diminished, and the spotlight returns to Zero and Ciel.
* FingerlessGloves
* IntrepidReporter: Like most of the inhabitants of Caravan, she doesn't trust Zero, but she does wish to someday interview him regarding his "legendary exploits".
** [[spoiler:IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: ''Complete Works'' reveals that post-''Zero 4'', she published a biography of said exploits.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When escaping from the prison, she tells Craft that she'd rather die with dignity than live in fear. These words led to Craft taking them to heart and [[spoiler:blowing up Neo Arcadia with Ragnarok's cannon with Weil inside it, and indirectly Weil sending Ragnarok into a ColonyDrop.]]
* PreviouslyOn: She is the narrator of the prologue of ''Zero 4'', giving an insight of human opinion of the long-running RobotWar.
* TooManyBelts: On her arms.
* WhatTheHellHero: She and most of the others at Area Zero are not afraid of reminding Zero that it's partly his fault things are as bad as they are. [[SubvertedTrope Too bad that things would be]] ''[[SubvertedTrope worse]]'' [[SubvertedTrope if he hadn't intervened.]] Maybe not worse for ''them'', but it really comes across as [[BrokenAesop them being selfish, content with letting Reploids get slaughtered in the name of human decadence.]] Thankfully, she later thinks over the words she said and apologizes to Zero later.
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[[folder:'''The Caravan''']]
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A group of humans who escape Neo Arcadia with Neige. The prolonged {{Robot War}}s have jaded their view of Reploids. Unfortunately for them, Zero's the only one who can stop Ragnarok...
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Amazing Technicolor Hair]]: Rafale and Brise.
* BullyingADragon: Played straight and averted. Considering that they resent Reploids for being warmongers, they spend a lot of time yelling at Zero. Rafale also makes a vow [[DramaticIrony (in Zero's presence)]] to kill the Reploid who killed X. However, he does not attempt it after realising who Zero is.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Initially, Typhon and Brise are the only ones (apart from ''maybe'' Neige) who will give Zero the time of day.
* FantasticRacism
* FreudianExcuse: Rafale tells Zero that he hasn't spoken to a Reploid (present company excluded) since his parents died in a Maverick attack. Neige notes that most of them have similar backstories.
* NeutralNoLonger: At first, they prefer to stand out of the war between the Resistance and Neo Arcadia. However, over the course of the game, upon seeing that the Resistance's goals were no different from their own (and with the help of Neige being kidnapped), the Caravan finally welcomes their help in fighting off and finally defeating the Neo Arcadian army.
* NotSoDifferent: In ''4'', most of the Caravan humans insist that the Resistance Reploids and Neo Arcadian Reploids are this, claiming that no matter what their individual goals are, in the end they're both essentially causing bloody war after bloody war, and the humans are sick of it.
* ThemeNaming: Just as most of the Resistance are named after birds, these guys are named after winds.
* UntrustingCommunity[=/=]UngratefulBastard[=s=]: They get better later on.
* WhatTheHellTownspeople: Zero really chews them out after they decided to abandon Neige after she is kidnapped by Craft, telling them that they had no reason to leave Neo Arcadia if they were always like that.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Rafale suggests that Craft "must've been a good one" for Neige to fall in love with him.
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[[folder:'''Cerveau''']]
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-->''The world is too much for Ciel to bear alone...Take good care of her, Zero...''
The Resistance engineer. He gives Zero the Shield Boomerang and the Rod of the Week at the beginning of every game, except the fourth where he just gives him the Z-Knuckle. He also stores information disks for the player.
* {{Expy}}: his role is essentially succeeded by Fleuve of ''VideoGame/MegaManZX''.
* GadgeteerGenius
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Although in a subtle context, he performs one to [[spoiler:Harpuia]], of all people.
-->'''Cerveau:''' Oh, you're awake. How do you feel?
-->'''[[spoiler:Harpuia]]:''' Horrible. Just the thought of being helped by you makes me nauseous. Stripped of my position, and driven out of Neo Arcadia. I'm used goods...
-->'''Cerveau:''' That's not true. [[NotSoDifferent You just stood up for your beliefs, just like we do.]] You've made no mistakes.
-->'''[[spoiler:Harpuia]]:''' My beliefs...
* MeaningfulName: His name means "brain". Fitting for a genius.
* TheMedic
* OlderSidekick: to Ciel and maybe Zero [[OlderThanTheyLook (sorta)]], he's almost like a father to them, and acts like one. A GadgeteerGenius on his own, but he plays second fiddle to Ciel, assisting (but not spearheading) her research.
* ShipperOnDeck: Just look at his quote.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: looks like a bulkier version of [[ComicBook/XMen Cyclops']] own CoolShades.
** SeeThruSpecs: only in ''Zero 1''. Afterwards, it's turned into OpaqueLenses.
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[[folder:'''Mega Man X''']]
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-->''I'll leave this world to you...''
--->''Voiced by Creator/TakahiroMizushima''
[[TheHero The previous hero]] ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' is still around, but in the form of a Cyber-Elf. He returns the Z-Saber to Zero at the beginning of the first game, then shows up to be TheObiWan at random times. In the second game, it's revealed that he used his body to lock up the Dark Elf.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: That doesn't stop him from helping out the people he cares about, human and Reploid alike.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Not in-series, but his powerset is fairly well-known and he more or less fought the Elf Wars alone.
* BarrierMaiden: He is [[spoiler:the living seal of the Dark Elf, after all.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Zero 3'', when Zero and Ciel are trapped between the {{Mind Control}}led Resistance soldiers, all hope seems lost...until X comes from above and promptly disables the mind control of all the people in the whole building.
* BigGood
* CannotSpitItOut: See Zero's LockedOutOfTheLoop entry above. X almost tells Zero this vital piece of information, but holds himself back instead, only confirming the truth once it has already surfaced.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: His garb, see above.
* DespairEventHorizon: It's implied that he got hit with this between his series and this series, specifically in the Elf Wars in which he fought most of it alone. The original concept was that he would lose all hope for human and reploid coexistence and begin the oppression and genocide of his descendant species, since they were incapable of living peacefully with humanity (this concept became Copy-X later). Fortunately, he's still GenreSavvy enough to TakeAThirdOption, and he chose to seal what caused the war, the Dark Elf. While most of his dialogue as a Cyber-Elf is fairly normal, there are a couple times when he implies his AxCrazy[=/=]BloodKnight tendencies he's holding back, which is extremely jarring coming from a former ReluctantWarrior and poster android for IncorruptiblePurePureness. The fact it could break AllLovingHero shows how bad things really are.
* DeusExitMachina: Okay, so his physical body is busy, so no playable X, no Dr. Light capsules, whatever. He should still be able to manifest before his underlings as the acknowledged lord of Neo Arcadia and tell them to cut the crap. Copy-X's presence might have been the problem.
* EnergyBeing
* ExecutiveMeddling: Keiji Inafune originally intended for the real X to be the BigBad of the original game, but because of the ExecutiveMeddling in the ''X'' series, he was forced to change it to a copy.
* {{Expy}}: Has taken over Proto Man's role this time around. By the time the third game rolls around, he, like big brother Blues, is living on borrowed time...and probably gets the most focus he's ''ever'' gotten in a storyline. This isn't saying much.
* TheFaceless: ''Zero 2'' onwards; prior to that, he's literally, and figuratively, a ball of light.
** His sprite still has a definite face: It's just his dialogue picture that is only a glowing silhouette.
* FanNickname: "The Blue Legend" sees its share of use.
* HeroicSacrifice: Him sacrificing his body to seal the Dark Elf, and later sacrificing most of his energy to break the Resistance out of MassHypnosis.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: If his TearJerker dialogue was to be believed...in which case it would produce more tears, seeing as [[MartialPacifist it's X...]]
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: His leftover body, anyway, by Elpizo. He does that to open the seal to the Dark Elf.]]
* JapanesePronouns: Use ''boku''. [[note]]An interesting case for the real X; in his own games, he uses ''ore''. ''Boku'', in short words, is generally "weaker" than ''ore''. This adds to the implication (among other things) that his mind is broken during the Elf Wars (a catastrophic war between the ''X'' and ''Zero'' series).[[/note]]
* LegendaryInTheSequel: Most people knew X as their "legendary savior".
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Cyberelf".
* LiteralGenie: Thirty years of testing assured that he would never attack a human being. Confronted with the monster that is Weil, he takes this to the extreme, [[ThePunishment ensuring that no death will ever come to put an end to his suffering]].
* MrExposition
* TheObiWan: Right down to being a spirit.
* [[spoiler:PlotlineDeath: Seeing as fixing dead robots/reploids/whatever is entirely workable in-canon, it probably has to do with his desire to finally rest in peace. His body was also blown up in the second game.]]
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Arguably. He's technically a member of LaResistance, and, as the original leader of Neo Arcadia, the information he gives is invaluable to the former's cause.]] That's how much he really [[CloningBlues hates his clone.]]
-->'''X:''' I've cracked the Security system of the [[WarpWhistle Trans Server...]]Now go...Terminate that copy of me...terminate with extreme prejudice...
* RogueProtagonist: Thankfully subverted, because of the ExecutiveMeddling in the ''X'' series; he's supposed to be the BigBad, but then a copy took up the role.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Technically speaking ''again''.
* SpiritAdvisor
* SplitAtBirth: A variation -- according to the [[AllThereInTheManual Official Complete Works]], this is how the 4 Guardians came to be. [[spoiler:When X sealed the Dark Elf, the shock during the sealing split his soul into 5. 1 of them becomes the Elf-X we see in the games, while the other four (somehow) become the Guardians.]]
* TakeUpMySword: X asks Zero to continue the battle for peace. Taken literally in the first game, where X gives Zero a sword in the first Boss fight, only it was actually Zero's own Z-Saber.
** PassingTheTorch: Since Zero, as of the end of ''Z3'', [[spoiler:is the ''only'' hero left alive and Weil is still lurking around somewhere]], X decided to make it official before "finally retiring to Cyberspace."
* VirtualGhost
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[[folder:'''The Resistance''']]
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Not just a character, but a ''whole lot'' of characters. The characters within LaResistance are worth mentioning enough.
--->''Jaune voiced by MegumiOgata''\\
''Rouge voiced by YukaImai''\\
''Alouette voiced by Creator/RyoHirohashi (in one of the dramas)''\\
''Milan voiced by Creator/WataruTakagi''
* TheAlliance: Minor example, used to avert RememberTheNewGuy: after the damage done by Neo Arcadia's forces in the first game, the remains of Zero's allies have merged with another Resistance group (or maybe more than one), increasing their numbers drastically. [[RedshirtArmy Not that it helps.]]
* BaseOnWheels: In ''Zero 4''.
* BigEater: Hibou consumes E-crystals, possibly the Reploids' equivalent to energy foods, to no end. He is actually a hard worker, though...
** Or at least when he's trying to impress someone, or if the situation is ''serious.''
* BrattyHalfPint: Subverted with [[TheCutie Alouette]] and [[ShorterMeansSmarter Perroquiet]]. Played straight with Menart.
* BridgeBunnies: Rouge and Jaune. The LowerDeckEpisode in the third game's soundtrack reveals they are sort of RedOniBlueOni, with Rouge being serious and formal and Jaune being more relaxed.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: In ''Zero 1''.
* EmpathyDollShot: In the first game, the resistance base is stormed by Neo Arcadian Forces. While the bodies of a few resistance solders are found, if Zero enters the hallway where [[TokenMiniMoe Alouette]] is usually found, only the stuffed animal she always clutches will be lying on the ground. [[spoiler:Once the threat is taken care of, she reclaims her lost companion.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Prairie and Fleuve]], for Ciel and Cerveau respectively.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Autruche.
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: in ''Zero 4'', Hirondelle will ask for two S-crystals from Zero in exchange for his [[EmergencyEnergyTank Sub-Tanks]].
* GiverOfLameNames: Rouge turns out to be this in one audio drama. When pressed to give a name to the Baby Elves, she seriously proposes "CrimeAndPunishment". This gets her into an argument with the other operator (Jaune) where they accuse each other of being this.
* GratuitousEnglish: The Resistance are called "Resistance", even in Japan.
* HelloInsertNameHere: The name of ''Zero 4's'' cyber-elf, but subverted; the choices are pre-determined, and all you have to do is ask one of the members for it. Plus, due to the theme of the game, Croire ([[ArcWords Believe]] in French) is the default one.
* HopeBringer: This Resistance was made to consort any runaway reploids who were awaiting "retirement", as well as helping those in need, regardless of affiliation. However, the group itself is facing extermination from a tyrannical government, so the RebelLeader decided to find their own HopeBringer: the legendary Zero.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Andrew; he's supposedly a living ShoutOut to ''BicentennialMan''.
* JapanesePronouns: Alouette, Jaune and Rouge uses ''watashi''. Andrew uses ''washi''.
* KidSidekick: Alouette, and, to a lesser extent Perroquiet, serve this role to Ciel.
** EmpathyDollShot: Alouette's doll during Neo Arcadia's [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs raid on the Resistance Base]] in ''Zero 1''. However, it turns out that Alouette just left it behind when they were trying to evacuate.
** HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Alouette; she's as sweet and innocent as a reploid child could be.
** IconicItem: The [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals stuffed toy]] made especially for her by Ciel. [[spoiler:She even carries it a hundred years later, as Prairie.]]
** ShipperOnDeck: Slightly hints at supporting Zero/Ciel.
** NerdGlasses: Perroquiet, full stop. [[spoiler:''If'' he really is Fleuve, then that's just carrying it too far, and ''too long''.]]
*** GadgeteerGenius: Really, is there anyone else in LaResistance who's ''not'' a genius?
* KnowledgeBroker: Hirondelle.
* LaResistance: Well, [[CaptainObvious duh...]]
* LastBastion: The Resistance functions as this.
* LowerDeckEpisode: One portion of the [[AllThereInTheManual drama tracks]] depict Alouette's interactions with others in the LaResistance Base. ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLptTm6H5CM Link here.]])
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Happens to Andrew, [[RoboticSpouse an old Reploid who married]] [[InterspeciesRomance with a human woman]] in his backstory.
* TheMedic: Rocinolle; if things are beyond her expertise, it's left to Cerveau though.
* OverlyLongGag: When the Resistance members got BrainwashedAndCrazy in ''Zero 3'', they deliver this cheesy line:
--> Inscribe it upon the world...The name of our ruler...Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil! Weil!
* PlayerHeadquarters: The Resistance Base in all of its incarnations.
* PutOnABus: Reversed in the fourth game. It's the main characters (the ones in the FiveManBand above) who are put on a bus (truck, actually), yet the rest that remained in the base are written off the script (with only Jaune getting some minor lines, and [[spoiler:when Neo Arcadia gets shot by Ragnarok, several Resistance soldiers come to aid the civilians]]).
* RamblingOldManMonologue: Andrew can lapse into this. Poor Alouette had to listen to his monologues once when all she wanted was to ask him for names for the baby elves.
* RedshirtArmy: One wonders how they ever survived without Zero.
** BodyHorror: In the introduction of the first game, several of Ciel's companions were ''[[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe cut in half]]'' by Golem's lasers. Even worse in the [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/Mmz-differences.png original versions]], with [[HighPressureBlood tons of blood spilling out.]]
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: *Most* of them are only fighting Neo Arcadia for their own survival. Aside from this, Ciel sees the group as a means to [[AllLovingHero help anyone in need]], regardless of affiliation with their enemies or gratitude (Harpuia and the Caravan, respectively).
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Despite the katakana reading for the old man Reploid's name being ''Andoryuu'' (i.e. "Andrew"), it's officially "Andre".
* TheTeam: The setup of ''Zero 4'':
** TheHero[=/=]KnightInSourArmor: Zero.
** TheLancer: Arguably Hirondelle (appearance-wise, anyway).
** TheSmartGuy: Both Cerveau and Ciel.
** TheBigGuy: Faucon, with a {{BFG}} to boot.
** TheChick[=/=]TeamMom[=/=]TheLeader: Ciel
** MissionControl: Rouge
** TagalongKid: Alouette
** TeamPet: [[EnergyBeing Croire]]
* ThemeNaming: Most of the Reploids are named after French birds. To drive the point home, Ciel ("sky") was the one who named them.
** The BridgeBunnies Rouge and Jaune are named based on their hair colors instead (''Rouge'' is red, ''Jaune'' is yellow).
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Downplayed -- The reploids in the Resistance technically rebelled from the human society in Neo Arcadia, but it's because of the Reploid-cide order of Copy-X (because of the energy crisis, but still). They're rarely hostile, either.
* WhatTheHellPlayer: Surrendering missions in the first game will lead to a passive-aggressive form of this -- namely, epic guilt trips from Ciel and the Resistance members.
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[[folder:'''Neige''']]
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-->''Thus the war of the machines began and humans can only watch...''
--->''Voiced by YukoGoto''
A main character in ''Zero 4''. She is the leader of the LaResistance neutral-analogue Caravan, aspiring to bring all humans out of Neo Arcadia and into NewEden-esque Area Zero. She is in love with Dr. Weil's new second-in-command, Craft, a fact that none of her fellow evacuees know...
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Albeit briefly, she gets this treatment after her relationship with Craft was revealed, and the Caravan believed her to be a spy. Subverted, [[spoiler:Neige luckily ''wasn't even there'' when this happened, as she had already been kidnapped by Craft at the same time as the {{reveal}}]]. Another lucky break is that [[spoiler:Zero's words finally take an impact to the Caravan, breaking them away from their neutrality, and they personally asked Zero to rescue her.]]
* BareYourMidriff
* CannotSpitItOut: None of her fellow Caravan members know of her connection to Craft, and she wasn't ready to tell them yet. As thanks for rescuing them earlier, Neige also promises to keep Zero's identity (and his "involvement" with Copy-X's death) under wraps. All those secrets were revealed later, anyway.
* DamselInDistress: Halfway through the game, Craft kidnaps her, and Zero has to rescue her. In a subversion, [[spoiler:Craft ''thinks'' that ''he's'' rescuing her as excuse for the kidnapping, [[JustifiedTrope which makes sense]], because of Operation Ragnarok.]]
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Averted. The [[AllThereInTheManual Complete Works]] state that the artists once experimented on giving her a tan, but that was dropped in the final game.
* DestinedBystander: Her role doesn't get more pronounced until her connection to Craft was revealed later mid-game. However...
** DemotedToExtra: Upon the conclusion of Craft's storyline, her role is diminished, and the spotlight returns to Zero and Ciel.
* FingerlessGloves
* IntrepidReporter: Like most of the inhabitants of Caravan, she doesn't trust Zero, but she does wish to someday interview him regarding his "legendary exploits".
** [[spoiler:IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: ''Complete Works'' reveals that post-''Zero 4'', she published a biography of said exploits.]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When escaping from the prison, she tells Craft that she'd rather die with dignity than live in fear. These words led to Craft taking them to heart and [[spoiler:blowing up Neo Arcadia with Ragnarok's cannon with Weil inside it, and indirectly Weil sending Ragnarok into a ColonyDrop.]]
* PreviouslyOn: She is the narrator of the prologue of ''Zero 4'', giving an insight of human opinion of the long-running RobotWar.
* TooManyBelts: On her arms.
* WhatTheHellHero: She and most of the others at Area Zero are not afraid of reminding Zero that it's partly his fault things are as bad as they are. [[SubvertedTrope Too bad that things would be]] ''[[SubvertedTrope worse]]'' [[SubvertedTrope if he hadn't intervened.]] Maybe not worse for ''them'', but it really comes across as [[BrokenAesop them being selfish, content with letting Reploids get slaughtered in the name of human decadence.]] Thankfully, she later thinks over the words she said and apologizes to Zero later.
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[[folder:'''The Caravan''']]
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A group of humans who escape Neo Arcadia with Neige. The prolonged {{Robot War}}s have jaded their view of Reploids. Unfortunately for them, Zero's the only one who can stop Ragnarok...
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Amazing Technicolor Hair]]: Rafale and Brise.
* BullyingADragon: Played straight and averted. Considering that they resent Reploids for being warmongers, they spend a lot of time yelling at Zero. Rafale also makes a vow [[DramaticIrony (in Zero's presence)]] to kill the Reploid who killed X. However, he does not attempt it after realising who Zero is.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: Initially, Typhon and Brise are the only ones (apart from ''maybe'' Neige) who will give Zero the time of day.
* FantasticRacism
* FreudianExcuse: Rafale tells Zero that he hasn't spoken to a Reploid (present company excluded) since his parents died in a Maverick attack. Neige notes that most of them have similar backstories.
* NeutralNoLonger: At first, they prefer to stand out of the war between the Resistance and Neo Arcadia. However, over the course of the game, upon seeing that the Resistance's goals were no different from their own (and with the help of Neige being kidnapped), the Caravan finally welcomes their help in fighting off and finally defeating the Neo Arcadian army.
* NotSoDifferent: In ''4'', most of the Caravan humans insist that the Resistance Reploids and Neo Arcadian Reploids are this, claiming that no matter what their individual goals are, in the end they're both essentially causing bloody war after bloody war, and the humans are sick of it.
* ThemeNaming: Just as most of the Resistance are named after birds, these guys are named after winds.
* UntrustingCommunity[=/=]UngratefulBastard[=s=]: They get better later on.
* WhatTheHellTownspeople: Zero really chews them out after they decided to abandon Neige after she is kidnapped by Craft, telling them that they had no reason to leave Neo Arcadia if they were always like that.
* YouAreACreditToYourRace: Rafale suggests that Craft "must've been a good one" for Neige to fall in love with him.
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