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The storyline revolves around "Mega Man Volnutt" and his friends/surrogate family Roll and Barrel Caskett -- a team of "Diggers" exploring the ruins left by the {{Precursors}} searching for energy-generating refractors that are more precious than gold in their ScavengerWorld. Opposing them are the Bonne Family, a trio of IneffectualSympatheticVillain Pirates. Other foes include Glyde, a pirate who hates Teisel Bonne's guts, Bola and Claymore, two former pirates/bounty hunters who kick some serious ass, despite being very old, and others.

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The storyline revolves around "Mega Man "[=MegaMan=] Volnutt" and his friends/surrogate family Roll and Barrel Caskett -- a team of "Diggers" exploring the ruins left by the {{Precursors}} searching for energy-generating refractors that are more precious than gold in their ScavengerWorld. Opposing them are the Bonne Family, a trio of IneffectualSympatheticVillain Pirates. Other foes include Glyde, a pirate who hates Teisel Bonne's guts, Bola and Claymore, two former pirates/bounty hunters who kick some serious ass, despite being very old, and others.



* AccidentalPervert: Mega Man seems to fit this trope to a tee. Both of the main games involve optional events where Mega Man ends up walking in on Roll when she's undressed.
** In ''Legends 1'', Mega Man walks in on Roll while she is in her room changing, and in ''Legends 2'', he enters the bathroom just as Roll is getting out of the bathtub. Both times are completely accidental ([[LampshadeHanging although in her diary, Roll wonders if Mega Man is doing it on purpose since it happened twice]]).
*** In both games, [[AllMenArePerverts Mega Man pumps his fist triumphantly after leaving the room, and you get the short music of a goal accomplished]], which calls into question how accidental it was. Note that the fist bump was removed in the English version of ''Legends 1'', but maintained in the N64 port.
** Also, in ''Legends 2'', Tron Bonne is left [[ClothingDamage naked when her clothes burn off]] when the robot she was piloting explodes after a fight with Mega Man. The camera is on Mega Man as Tron questions why he is just staring blankly at her until one of her [[MechaMooks Servbots]] points out to her that she is [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]].

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* AccidentalPervert: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] seems to fit this trope to a tee. Both of the main games involve optional events where Mega Man [=MegaMan=] ends up walking in on Roll when she's undressed.
** In ''Legends 1'', Mega Man [=MegaMan=] walks in on Roll while she is in her room changing, and in ''Legends 2'', he enters the bathroom just as Roll is getting out of the bathtub. Both times are completely accidental ([[LampshadeHanging although in her diary, Roll wonders if Mega Man [=MegaMan=] is doing it on purpose since it happened twice]]).
*** In both games, [[AllMenArePerverts Mega Man [=MegaMan=] pumps his fist triumphantly after leaving the room, and you get the short music of a goal accomplished]], which calls into question how accidental it was. Note that the fist bump was removed in the English version of ''Legends 1'', but maintained in the N64 port.
** Also, in ''Legends 2'', Tron Bonne is left [[ClothingDamage naked when her clothes burn off]] when the robot she was piloting explodes after a fight with Mega Man. [=MegaMan=]. The camera is on Mega Man [=MegaMan=] as Tron questions why he is just staring blankly at her until one of her [[MechaMooks Servbots]] points out to her that she is [[NakedPeopleAreFunny naked]].{{naked|PeopleAreFunny}}.



** Mega Man Juno is polite and calm and sounds like he's taking out the trash when he speaks of genocide. There's no malice at all in his actions.
** The Bonnes definitely count. In particular, the [[MascotMook Servbots]], who start a burger restaurant in the first game, and write friendly, polite letters to Mega Man in the second one.
* AlasPoorVillain: Mega Man and Roll's reaction to the Bonnes' apparent death in the middle of the first game. They are naturally relieved when it turns out that they survived.
* AmbiguousRobots: Pretty much everyone. Cybernetics are so widespread in this world that it's impossible to tell for sure who is a robot and who is a human. [[spoiler:Mega Man and the other System Units are confirmed as {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s, and the "Carbons" are {{Artificial Human}}s]], but on an individual basis it's possible some of the "people" you meet are robots with biological components.
* AmnesiacHero: Toyed with: [[spoiler:while Mega Man remembers his life with Barrell and Roll just fine, he has absolutely no recollection of his past as a System Unit. Fortunately, all of his memories from ''that'' time are stored inside Data, ready to be restored when necessary.]]
* AntiClimax: After collecting the first refractor and having to perform a daring escape afterwards, Mega Man carefully grabs the second one, fully expecting all hell to break loose... only to be surprised that nothing happens. He does the same thing with the third refractor, and once again nothing happens... [[SubvertedTrope until he invokes the wrath of a gigantic Reaverbot on the way out.]]

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** Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Juno is polite and calm and sounds like he's taking out the trash when he speaks of genocide. There's no malice at all in his actions.
** The Bonnes definitely count. In particular, the [[MascotMook Servbots]], who start a burger restaurant in the first game, and write friendly, polite letters to Mega Man [=MegaMan=] in the second one.
* AlasPoorVillain: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] and Roll's reaction to the Bonnes' apparent death in the middle of the first game. They are naturally relieved when it turns out that they survived.
* AmbiguousRobots: Pretty much everyone. Cybernetics are so widespread in this world that it's impossible to tell for sure who is a robot and who is a human. [[spoiler:Mega Man [[spoiler:[=MegaMan=] and the other System Units are confirmed as {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s, and the "Carbons" are {{Artificial Human}}s]], but on an individual basis it's possible some of the "people" you meet are robots with biological components.
* AmnesiacHero: Toyed with: [[spoiler:while Mega Man [=MegaMan=] remembers his life with Barrell and Roll just fine, he has absolutely no recollection of his past as a System Unit. Fortunately, all of his memories from ''that'' time are stored inside Data, ready to be restored when necessary.]]
* AntiClimax: After collecting the first refractor and having to perform a daring escape afterwards, Mega Man [=MegaMan=] carefully grabs the second one, fully expecting all hell to break loose... only to be surprised that nothing happens. He does the same thing with the third refractor, and once again nothing happens... [[SubvertedTrope until he invokes the wrath of a gigantic Reaverbot on the way out.]]



** [[spoiler:Turns out almost ''everyone'' in the Legends series (except the System Units, which, including Megs himself, are {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s) is a "Carbon." Mega Man and Data were charged with safeguarding the Master of the Ancients' DNA, presumably the last remaining sample of completely human genetic code.]]

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** [[spoiler:Turns out almost ''everyone'' in the Legends series (except the System Units, which, including Megs himself, are {{Ridiculously Human Robot}}s) is a "Carbon." Mega Man [=MegaMan=] and Data were charged with safeguarding the Master of the Ancients' DNA, presumably the last remaining sample of completely human genetic code.]]



* TheBadGuyWins: ZigZagged. [[spoiler:At the end of the first game, the Bonnes successfully escape with Kattelox Island's treasure like they intended; Mega Man having his hands full keeping Juno from sterilizing the island. Sure, they lost all the gear they actually brought with them and had to escape in one of Tron's patchwork specials, but the giant refractor they scored while Mega Man was off fighting the FinalBoss was worth even more than what he blew up. They even stated their plan to use him as a MacGuffinDeliveryService beforehand -- and pragmatically turned him loose to save them from Juno's scheme while they ran off with the prize. However, by [=MML2=], Tiesel had blown most of the spoils on an unsuccessful department store -- he only stocked it with stuff ''he'' liked and he has '''really''' bad taste -- leaving them pretty much in the same condition as when they first attacked the island]].

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* TheBadGuyWins: ZigZagged. [[spoiler:At the end of the first game, the Bonnes successfully escape with Kattelox Island's treasure like they intended; Mega Man [=MegaMan=] having his hands full keeping Juno from sterilizing the island. Sure, they lost all the gear they actually brought with them and had to escape in one of Tron's patchwork specials, but the giant refractor they scored while Mega Man [=MegaMan=] was off fighting the FinalBoss was worth even more than what he blew up. They even stated their plan to use him as a MacGuffinDeliveryService beforehand -- and pragmatically turned him loose to save them from Juno's scheme while they ran off with the prize. However, by [=MML2=], Tiesel had blown most of the spoils on an unsuccessful department store -- he only stocked it with stuff ''he'' liked and he has '''really''' bad taste -- leaving them pretty much in the same condition as when they first attacked the island]].



* {{BFG}}: The Active Buster and Powered Buster special weapons. Mega Man looks unwieldy swinging around a gun as tall as he is.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: Every instance of the name "Rock" [[spoiler:and later Rockman]] was replaced with Mega Man. This causes some weirdness as this made "Mega Man" both his first name and [[spoiler:his title given to him by Mega Man Juno, who calls him "Mega Man Trigger"]]. (''Legends 2'' attempts to rectify this by saying Roll named him after her [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic favorite video game character]], which doesn't make sense since [[VoodooShark Roll would've been a baby at the time they found him]].) In the Japanese version, his name was Rock Volnutt, [[spoiler:who was revealed at the end to actually be "Rockman Trigger"]].

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* {{BFG}}: The Active Buster and Powered Buster special weapons. Mega Man [=MegaMan=] looks unwieldy swinging around a gun as tall as he is.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: Every instance of the name "Rock" [[spoiler:and later Rockman]] was replaced with Mega Man. [=MegaMan=]. This causes some weirdness as this made "Mega Man" "[=MegaMan=]" both his first name and [[spoiler:his title given to him by Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Juno, who calls him "Mega Man "[=MegaMan=] Trigger"]]. (''Legends 2'' attempts to rectify this by saying Roll named him after her [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic favorite video game character]], which doesn't make sense since [[VoodooShark Roll would've been a baby at the time they found him]].) In the Japanese version, his name was Rock Volnutt, [[spoiler:who was revealed at the end to actually be "Rockman Trigger"]].



* BrokenBridge: Teisel digs a giant hole in the ground around the entrance to the Clozer Woods Sub Gate in an attempt to [[DungeonBypass bypass the locked door,]] resulting in Mega Man being unable to get to the entrance until the Flutter is repaired.
* CameraLockOn: As mentioned above, Mega Man's lock-on ability is similar to Link's.
* CatchPhrase: "Miss Tron!", said by every Servbot.

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* BrokenBridge: Teisel digs a giant hole in the ground around the entrance to the Clozer Woods Sub Gate in an attempt to [[DungeonBypass bypass the locked door,]] resulting in Mega Man [=MegaMan=] being unable to get to the entrance until the Flutter is repaired.
* CameraLockOn: As mentioned above, Mega Man's [=MegaMan=]'s lock-on ability is similar to Link's.
* CatchPhrase: CharacterCatchphrase: "Miss Tron!", said by every Servbot.



* CherryTapping: Inverted and only accessible if the player invokes it onto him/herself. In ''Legends 2'', when Roll is accompanying Mega Man to the first ruins, trying to use the Lifter on Roll will result in her slapping Mega Man, doing a ''very'' tiny amount of damage. Do this enough and...
** You can carry one special weapon at a time. Unequip it, and Mega Man will resort (in [=MML1=]) to a kick that inflicts minimal damage on anything that's not an empty soda can. It can be used to defeat enemies.

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* CherryTapping: Inverted and only accessible if the player invokes it onto him/herself. In ''Legends 2'', when Roll is accompanying Mega Man [=MegaMan=] to the first ruins, trying to use the Lifter on Roll will result in her slapping Mega Man, [=MegaMan=], doing a ''very'' tiny amount of damage. Do this enough and...
** You can carry one special weapon at a time. Unequip it, and Mega Man [=MegaMan=] will resort (in [=MML1=]) to a kick that inflicts minimal damage on anything that's not an empty soda can. It can be used to defeat enemies.



* ClothingDamage: In ''Legends 2'', Tron Bonne is declothed from an explosion right in front of Mega Man. The whole ordeal takes place off-screen, but it is still humorous to see Mega Man's expression, and hear Tron's embarrassment.

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* ClothingDamage: In ''Legends 2'', Tron Bonne is declothed from an explosion right in front of Mega Man. [=MegaMan=]. The whole ordeal takes place off-screen, but it is still humorous to see Mega Man's [=MegaMan=]'s expression, and hear Tron's embarrassment.



* DownerEnding: By the end of ''Legends 2'', [[spoiler:Roll and Tron are trying and failing to make a space program to retrieve Mega Man, who's stuck on Elysium with Yuna (who's still in Roll's mom's body) and Sera (in Yuna's body) -- and the three of them are most likely at the mercy of the Elder System, whose Reaverbots (or commands for the existing Reaverbots) may be more on the [[KillAllHumans "Kill All Carbons"]] side than the Ancients we've seen.]]
* DropPod: Used to get Mega Man to Forbidden Island.

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* DownerEnding: By the end of ''Legends 2'', [[spoiler:Roll and Tron are trying and failing to make a space program to retrieve Mega Man, [=MegaMan=], who's stuck on Elysium with Yuna (who's still in Roll's mom's body) and Sera (in Yuna's body) -- and the three of them are most likely at the mercy of the Elder System, whose Reaverbots (or commands for the existing Reaverbots) may be more on the [[KillAllHumans "Kill All Carbons"]] side than the Ancients we've seen.]]
* DropPod: Used to get Mega Man [=MegaMan=] to Forbidden Island.



* DungeonBypass: When the Bonnes are unable to get the key to the Sub Gates in the first game, Teisel attempts this by just digging his way down around the Sub Gate entrance in the Clozer Woods. Unfortunately, the ruin elevator goes down far deeper than he expected, and he doesn't get very far before Mega Man intervenes.

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* DungeonBypass: When the Bonnes are unable to get the key to the Sub Gates in the first game, Teisel attempts this by just digging his way down around the Sub Gate entrance in the Clozer Woods. Unfortunately, the ruin elevator goes down far deeper than he expected, and he doesn't get very far before Mega Man [=MegaMan=] intervenes.



* EnergyEconomy: Quantum Refractors are used to power virtually all technology, and are also the GlobalCurrency. It also [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] why almost all of the Reaverbots are {{Money Spider}}s.

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* EnergyEconomy: Quantum Refractors are used to power virtually all technology, and are also the GlobalCurrency. It also [[JustifiedTrope justifies]] {{justifie|dTrope}}s why almost all of the Reaverbots are {{Money Spider}}s.



** And then the Bonnes save Mega Man from Juno. Killing off an island of people is too far for them.

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** And then the Bonnes save Mega Man [=MegaMan=] from Juno. Killing off an island of people is too far for them.



* EyesAlwaysShut: Mega Man Juno again. Race memory from his Japanese VA having voiced [[{{Literature/Slayers}} Xelloss]] beforehand? You decide.

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* EyesAlwaysShut: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Juno again. Race memory from his Japanese VA having voiced [[{{Literature/Slayers}} [[Literature/{{Slayers}} Xelloss]] beforehand? You decide.



* GuideDangIt: The helmet seems like it's nothing more than a design change that carries into cutscenes, as it only says that it "protects your head". Turns out that if Mega Man gets hit hard enough to be sent flying and he impacts the ground head-first without the helmet, you take extra damage to the point where ''[[UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay the physical head trauma can potentially kill you.]]'' Nothing in the game actually outlines this tidbit whatsoever, you either have to know ahead of time or get slammed and find out the old-fashioned way.
* HarmlessVillain: The Mandomantal, a gentle manta-like Reaverbot found only in Nino Ruins, is the only one who doesn't attack Mega Man. Megs can even jump on its back to reach unreachable chests found in the highest pillars in the room the Reaverbot is in (that is, if the water in the room isn't drained). However, if he attacks it to the point where its health gets low, it will attack him with balls of electricity before sinking into the bottom of the room.

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* GuideDangIt: The helmet seems like it's nothing more than a design change that carries into cutscenes, as it only says that it "protects your head". Turns out that if Mega Man [=MegaMan=] gets hit hard enough to be sent flying and he impacts the ground head-first without the helmet, you take extra damage to the point where ''[[UnexpectedlyRealisticGameplay the physical head trauma can potentially kill you.]]'' Nothing in the game actually outlines this tidbit whatsoever, you either have to know ahead of time or get slammed and find out the old-fashioned way.
* HarmlessVillain: The Mandomantal, a gentle manta-like Reaverbot found only in Nino Ruins, is the only one who doesn't attack Mega Man.[=MegaMan=]. Megs can even jump on its back to reach unreachable chests found in the highest pillars in the room the Reaverbot is in (that is, if the water in the room isn't drained). However, if he attacks it to the point where its health gets low, it will attack him with balls of electricity before sinking into the bottom of the room.



* HoverSkates: Mega Man uses a pair of jet-skates.

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* HoverSkates: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] uses a pair of jet-skates.



* JustifiedSavePoint: Data is Mega Man's "peripheral memory storage device", and contains a backup of his original memories. He also saves your game.

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* JustifiedSavePoint: Data is Mega Man's [=MegaMan=]'s "peripheral memory storage device", and contains a backup of his original memories. He also saves your game.



** In the first game you can kick a can in one of the first areas behind a shop's counter in order to get money for "recycling", and doing this for a while will turn Mega Man darker, but without any negative effects. A similar can kicking into a garbage for money is in Legends 2, but it doesn't have the same effect.

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** In the first game you can kick a can in one of the first areas behind a shop's counter in order to get money for "recycling", and doing this for a while will turn Mega Man [=MegaMan=] darker, but without any negative effects. A similar can kicking into a garbage for money is in Legends 2, but it doesn't have the same effect.



** The Beast Hunter minigame also invokes a literal definition by having Mega Man kick balls at an animatronic dog, and occasionally kick a smaller dog as well for a chance at double points, meaning that you're Kicking The Dog... ''at another'' dog!

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** The Beast Hunter minigame also invokes a literal definition by having Mega Man [=MegaMan=] kick balls at an animatronic dog, and occasionally kick a smaller dog as well for a chance at double points, meaning that you're Kicking The Dog... ''at another'' dog!



* LandSeaSky: A subtle example with the fights against the Bonnes: first, Mega Man fights their land-based machines in the city and the forest on foot. Then he fights their sea-based machines on Lake Jyun on a borrowed boat. Finally, he fights their sky-based machines atop his own airship. Then they circle back to land for Theodore Bruno.

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* LandSeaSky: A subtle example with the fights against the Bonnes: first, Mega Man [=MegaMan=] fights their land-based machines in the city and the forest on foot. Then he fights their sea-based machines on Lake Jyun on a borrowed boat. Finally, he fights their sky-based machines atop his own airship. Then they circle back to land for Theodore Bruno.



* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: In the first game, Teisel has no interest in getting involved with the raiding, he claims he left that to Bon and Tron. Then he goes to turn on his favorite TV show, only to find it has been interrupted by an emergency news cast of Mega Man saving the town. Teisel does not take this well.

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* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: In the first game, Teisel has no interest in getting involved with the raiding, he claims he left that to Bon and Tron. Then he goes to turn on his favorite TV show, only to find it has been interrupted by an emergency news cast of Mega Man [=MegaMan=] saving the town. Teisel does not take this well.



* LikeBrotherAndSister: Mega Man Volnutt and Roll Caskett.

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Volnutt and Roll Caskett.



** [[spoiler:This results in them witnessing Juno pin Mega Man in a trap, the ensuing JustBetweenYouAndMe speech, realizing that all life on the island is about to be extinguished, then indulging in a pragmatic PetTheDog moment by freeing him to attempt to save the island. TheStinger reveals that this tiny gesture leads to a '''KarmicJackpot.''']]

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** [[spoiler:This results in them witnessing Juno pin Mega Man [=MegaMan=] in a trap, the ensuing JustBetweenYouAndMe speech, realizing that all life on the island is about to be extinguished, then indulging in a pragmatic PetTheDog moment by freeing him to attempt to save the island. TheStinger reveals that this tiny gesture leads to a '''KarmicJackpot.''']]



** Mega Man Volnutt can also do this with the Active Buster, especially if it's fully upgraded.

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** Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Volnutt can also do this with the Active Buster, especially if it's fully upgraded.



* MissionControl: Spotters act as these to the Diggers, providing proper directions in navigating ruins as well as detecting refractors and dangerous Reaverbots. In the case of Mega Man, Roll Caskett [[spoiler:and later Yuna]] act as this.

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* MissionControl: Spotters act as these to the Diggers, providing proper directions in navigating ruins as well as detecting refractors and dangerous Reaverbots. In the case of Mega Man, [=MegaMan=], Roll Caskett [[spoiler:and later Yuna]] act as this.



* MrFixit: Things don't stay broken around Roll Caskett; vehicles, equipment, and weapons. Roll fixes all of them to help Mega Man while Digging or fighting pirates. Anything broken she can set her hands on at all is her hobby.
* NakedFirstImpression: Sera is completely nude when she is first seen by Mega Man [[spoiler:when he unintentionally frees her at the center of the Forbidden Island]] in ''Legends 2''.

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* MrFixit: Things don't stay broken around Roll Caskett; vehicles, equipment, and weapons. Roll fixes all of them to help Mega Man [=MegaMan=] while Digging or fighting pirates. Anything broken she can set her hands on at all is her hobby.
* NakedFirstImpression: Sera is completely nude when she is first seen by Mega Man [=MegaMan=] [[spoiler:when he unintentionally frees her at the center of the Forbidden Island]] in ''Legends 2''.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:The only reason the [[KillSat Carbon Reinitialization Program]] didn't go off upon the Master's death was because Yuna successfully imprisoned Sera, the unit in charge of executing the Program, on Forbidden Island. So when Mega Man releases the latter from her prison, guess what she immediately decides to go do?]] Oops.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:The only reason the [[KillSat Carbon Reinitialization Program]] didn't go off upon the Master's death was because Yuna successfully imprisoned Sera, the unit in charge of executing the Program, on Forbidden Island. So when Mega Man [=MegaMan=] releases the latter from her prison, guess what she immediately decides to go do?]] Oops.



** In ''Legends 1'', there are two occasions where Mega Man has to shoot down enemies and a boss (two bosses the second time round) from atop of a vehicle. If the vehicle is destroyed, then it is a GameOver, regardless of Mega Man's remaining health.
** Then in ''Legends 2'', there are several battles where Mega Man must protect Nino Island from the Birdbots. If they get in, the Guildmaster [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled activates the self destruct mechanism, killing everyone]].

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** In ''Legends 1'', there are two occasions where Mega Man [=MegaMan=] has to shoot down enemies and a boss (two bosses the second time round) from atop of a vehicle. If the vehicle is destroyed, then it is a GameOver, regardless of Mega Man's [=MegaMan=]'s remaining health.
** Then in ''Legends 2'', there are several battles where Mega Man [=MegaMan=] must protect Nino Island from the Birdbots. If they get in, the Guildmaster [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled activates the self destruct mechanism, killing everyone]].



* OhCrap: In the first game, when Mega Man finally destroys the Gesselschaft and the Focke-Wulf, he and Roll suddenly realize [[spoiler:that the Bonnes didn't eject from it, though it later turns out that they made it out okay]].

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* OhCrap: In the first game, when Mega Man [=MegaMan=] finally destroys the Gesselschaft and the Focke-Wulf, he and Roll suddenly realize [[spoiler:that the Bonnes didn't eject from it, though it later turns out that they made it out okay]].



* PayingForTheActionScene: After Mega Man stops a pirate attack on the city in Mega Man Legends, he can contribute to the city rebuilding fund to help repair the damage the pirates caused during the attack.

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* PayingForTheActionScene: After Mega Man [=MegaMan=] stops a pirate attack on the city in Mega ''Mega Man Legends, Legends'', he can contribute to the city rebuilding fund to help repair the damage the pirates caused during the attack.



* RescueRomance: What made Tron fall for Mega Man? Him saving her from a dog.

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* RescueRomance: What made Tron fall for Mega Man? [=MegaMan=]? Him saving her from a dog.



* {{Rollerblade|Good}}/RocketBoots: Roll's able to make Mega Man a pair of shoes that have built in rocket-propelled roller skates. Which he's able to walk and run in without issue. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Maybe because]] they [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heelys balance on the heels]].

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* {{Rollerblade|Good}}/RocketBoots: Roll's able to make Mega Man [=MegaMan=] a pair of shoes that have built in rocket-propelled roller skates. Which he's able to walk and run in without issue. [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Maybe because]] they [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heelys balance on the heels]].



* ShockwaveStomp: Most of the bosses[[note]]mainly the massive ones, although Mega Man Juno's first form is a notable exception[[/note]] can do this in one way or another, which Mega Man has to jump over. One paticular example is at the end of the second game; [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel Sera]]'s shockwave is too high to jump over, and has to be avoided by [[spoiler:''literally siderolling through it'']].
* TheSiege: The Bonnes' preferred method of extortion, often leading to Mega Man having to shell out for repairs to damaged/destroyed buildings.

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* ShockwaveStomp: Most of the bosses[[note]]mainly the massive ones, although Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Juno's first form is a notable exception[[/note]] can do this in one way or another, which Mega Man [=MegaMan=] has to jump over. One paticular example is at the end of the second game; [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel Sera]]'s shockwave is too high to jump over, and has to be avoided by [[spoiler:''literally siderolling through it'']].
* TheSiege: The Bonnes' preferred method of extortion, often leading to Mega Man [=MegaMan=] having to shell out for repairs to damaged/destroyed buildings.



* SuicidalGotcha: ''Legends 1''[='s=] tutorial ruin ends with Mega Man pulling one.

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* SuicidalGotcha: ''Legends 1''[='s=] tutorial ruin ends with Mega Man [=MegaMan=] pulling one.



** In ''Legends 1'', [[spoiler:Mega Man Juno is going to "purge" the island! You have to chase and stop him! Oh, that's right, you can go back to the surface and finish up any unfinished sidequests and partake in any TV show minigames, it's not like Juno will purge the island anytime soon...]]
** And then in ''Legends 2'', [[spoiler:when Sera sets off to the Elysium to activate the "Carbon Reinitialization Program" and wipe out the entire population of Terra. There's nothing stopping you from continuing to run around farming Reaverbots for zenny for several hours]]. Although in this case, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since when you reach the [[spoiler:final boss chamber, Sera reveals she ''could'' have activated the Carbon Reinitialization Program at any time. However, she decided to wait for Mega Man Trigger to show up because she wanted to personally defeat him first, believing this would resolve her feelings of jealousy over the Master's favoritism towards him]].
* TankControls: Mega Man can turn while moving, but only barely, which puts him two generations ahead of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games on the same console. But he still has trouble with free movement. {{Averted|Trope}} with ''Legends 2'', as it was made after the Sony Dualshock controller had been out for a while and become common place, and thus 2 was designed accordingly for it.

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** In ''Legends 1'', [[spoiler:Mega Man [[spoiler:[=MegaMan=] Juno is going to "purge" the island! You have to chase and stop him! Oh, that's right, you can go back to the surface and finish up any unfinished sidequests and partake in any TV show minigames, it's not like Juno will purge the island anytime soon...]]
** And then in ''Legends 2'', [[spoiler:when Sera sets off to the Elysium to activate the "Carbon Reinitialization Program" and wipe out the entire population of Terra. There's nothing stopping you from continuing to run around farming Reaverbots for zenny for several hours]]. Although in this case, it's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] since when you reach the [[spoiler:final boss chamber, Sera reveals she ''could'' have activated the Carbon Reinitialization Program at any time. However, she decided to wait for Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Trigger to show up because she wanted to personally defeat him first, believing this would resolve her feelings of jealousy over the Master's favoritism towards him]].
* TankControls: Mega Man [=MegaMan=] can turn while moving, but only barely, which puts him two generations ahead of the ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' games on the same console. But he still has trouble with free movement. {{Averted|Trope}} with ''Legends 2'', as it was made after the Sony Dualshock controller had been out for a while and become common place, and thus 2 was designed accordingly for it.



* TitleDrop: The Japanese version's TomatoInTheMirror at the end of the first game is the first time the term "[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Rockman]]" is used. The localization ends up changing "Rock Volnutt" to "Mega Man Volnutt", thus averting the impact of this trope here.

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* TitleDrop: The Japanese version's TomatoInTheMirror at the end of the first game is the first time the term "[[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Rockman]]" is used. The localization ends up changing "Rock Volnutt" to "Mega Man "[=MegaMan=] Volnutt", thus averting the impact of this trope here.



* TremorTrampoline: A minor case happens during the cutscene before the first fight against Tron in the first game; she lands her robot quite hard that it literally bounces Mega Man off his feet. Averted during actual gameplay, though, as hard impacts from large foes like that create damaging shockwaves that have to be jumped over.

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* TremorTrampoline: A minor case happens during the cutscene before the first fight against Tron in the first game; she lands her robot quite hard that it literally bounces Mega Man [=MegaMan=] off his feet. Averted during actual gameplay, though, as hard impacts from large foes like that create damaging shockwaves that have to be jumped over.



* {{Tsundere}}: Tron Bonne towards Mega Man. She constantly antagonizes him whenever they run into each other, but is obviously carrying a torch for him behind the scenes.

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* {{Tsundere}}: Tron Bonne towards Mega Man.[=MegaMan=]. She constantly antagonizes him whenever they run into each other, but is obviously carrying a torch for him behind the scenes.



* ViciousCycle: The plot of the first game. Archaeological evidence indicates a "legendary disaster" wipes out all human life on Kattleox Island every 100 years. Guess what time it is when Mega Man shows up?

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* ViciousCycle: The plot of the first game. Archaeological evidence indicates a "legendary disaster" wipes out all human life on Kattleox Island every 100 years. Guess what time it is when Mega Man [=MegaMan=] shows up?



** The ''first boss'' only just subverts this. Mega Man Volnutt defeats it, but the boss decides to go for round two and follows him outside, but Volnutt only just gets away in the Flutter.

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** The ''first boss'' only just subverts this. Mega Man [=MegaMan=] Volnutt defeats it, but the boss decides to go for round two and follows him outside, but Volnutt only just gets away in the Flutter.



* VillainessesWantHeroes: Tron develops quite an interest in Mega Man as the series develops.

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* VillainessesWantHeroes: Tron develops quite an interest in Mega Man [=MegaMan=] as the series develops.



* WorthyOpponent: While initially having nothing but spite for him due to ruining their plans, Tiesel Bonne acknowledges Mega Man as this by the end of the first game.

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* WorthyOpponent: While initially having nothing but spite for him due to ruining their plans, Tiesel Bonne acknowledges Mega Man [=MegaMan=] as this by the end of the first game.
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* TheGoomba: The Horokko, green robots with onion-like heads which lob grenades at you from a distance. They are the first enemies Megaman encounters in the whole game, and show up in large numbers in the earlier levels, but as the game progresses they are gradually replaced by Red Horokkos, an upgraded EliteMook version which lobs harder-to-doge fireballs instead.

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* TheGoomba: The Horokko, green robots with onion-like heads which lob grenades at you from a distance. They are the first enemies Megaman [=MegaMan=] encounters in the whole game, and show up in large numbers in the earlier levels, but as the game progresses they are gradually replaced by Red Horokkos, an upgraded EliteMook version which lobs harder-to-doge fireballs instead.



* GracefulLoser: The Bonne Family, for the most part, reacts like this whenever they lose to Megaman; they don't particularly like him, but they definitely respect him. [[ShipTease And Tron a bit more than that...]]

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* GracefulLoser: The Bonne Family, for the most part, reacts like this whenever they lose to Megaman; [=MegaMan=]; they don't particularly like him, but they definitely respect him. [[ShipTease And Tron a bit more than that...]]



** The best example comes after Megaman destroys the Bonnes' flagship the Gesellschaft and then their backup fighter the Focke-Wulf, the following conversation occurring as the ship is about to explode:

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** The best example comes after Megaman [=MegaMan=] destroys the Bonnes' flagship the Gesellschaft and then their backup fighter the Focke-Wulf, the following conversation occurring as the ship is about to explode:



'''Megaman:''' Me? My name is...Megaman. Megaman Volnutt.\\
'''Teisel:''' Megaman, is it? You know, I've been in this business a long time, but this is the first time anyone's ever given me this much trouble. Yet, it feels good somehow being beaten by you like this. Almost as though I've met my match.\\

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'''Megaman:''' '''[=MegaMan=]:''' Me? My name is...Megaman. Megaman [=MegaMan=]. [=MegaMan=] Volnutt.\\
'''Teisel:''' Megaman, [=MegaMan=], is it? You know, I've been in this business a long time, but this is the first time anyone's ever given me this much trouble. Yet, it feels good somehow being beaten by you like this. Almost as though I've met my match.\\



'''Teisel:''' I can face the facts: I lost, you won. I'm gonna try to forget this entire incident. Ahh, it feels good to say that. My heart feels as clean as the blue sky on a cloudless day. See you around, Megaman.\\

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'''Teisel:''' I can face the facts: I lost, you won. I'm gonna try to forget this entire incident. Ahh, it feels good to say that. My heart feels as clean as the blue sky on a cloudless day. See you around, Megaman.[=MegaMan=].\\



* HousepetPig: After Megaman rescues Shu from the Birdbots' base on Calbania Island in the second game, she gifts him an adorable piglet. He, in turn, can gift it to a Farmer on Nino Island — at first, she plans on turning the piglet into her next meal, but a revisit to her room reveals she didn't have the heart to go through with it, keeping the piglet as a pet.

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* HousepetPig: After Megaman [=MegaMan=] rescues Shu from the Birdbots' base on Calbania Island in the second game, she gifts him an adorable piglet. He, in turn, can gift it to a Farmer on Nino Island — at first, she plans on turning the piglet into her next meal, but a revisit to her room reveals she didn't have the heart to go through with it, keeping the piglet as a pet.



* MacGuffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:A rare case of this actually ''[[TheBadGuyWins working out perfectly for the villains]].'']] The Bonnes harass Megaman ''constantly'' throughout the first game, resulting in our hero blowing all their cool toys to kingdom come. Once they're out of resources, they pretty much say "screw it" and just let him investigate the final ruin without bothering him, following quietly in his footsteps.

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* MacGuffinDeliveryService: [[spoiler:A rare case of this actually ''[[TheBadGuyWins working out perfectly for the villains]].'']] The Bonnes harass Megaman [=MegaMan=] ''constantly'' throughout the first game, resulting in our hero blowing all their cool toys to kingdom come. Once they're out of resources, they pretty much say "screw it" and just let him investigate the final ruin without bothering him, following quietly in his footsteps.



* OffscreenInertia: Megaman has been [[spoiler:stranded on Elysium while Tron and Roll argue incessantly over the rockets they're designing to rescue him]] since '''''2000.''''' This was actually {{lampshaded}} by Data;
-->'''Data:''' Sorry, Megaman, but it looks like you might be stuck up there for a little while more!

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* OffscreenInertia: Megaman [=MegaMan=] has been [[spoiler:stranded on Elysium while Tron and Roll argue incessantly over the rockets they're designing to rescue him]] since '''''2000.''''' This was actually {{lampshaded}} by Data;
-->'''Data:''' Sorry, Megaman, [=MegaMan=], but it looks like you might be stuck up there for a little while more!



** [[spoiler: The system units are RidiculouslyHumanRobots with tons of biological components including being able to age, eat and reproduce. This is to the point that it can almost impossible to tell a System Unit from a Carbon (it helps the latter can easily integrate cyborg parts into their bodies). Megaman himself is later revealed to be a system unit whom was reset in the past, causing him to turn into a baby which was subsequently adopted by Barrel Casket.]]

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** [[spoiler: The system units are RidiculouslyHumanRobots with tons of biological components including being able to age, eat and reproduce. This is to the point that it can almost impossible to tell a System Unit from a Carbon (it helps the latter can easily integrate cyborg parts into their bodies). Megaman [=MegaMan=] himself is later revealed to be a system unit whom was reset in the past, causing him to turn into a baby which was subsequently adopted by Barrel Casket.]]



** Balkon Gerät is entirely invincible, even as Megaman blasts its arms off. And then it decides to use the giant plasma cannon on its back, which turns out to be its weak point.

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** Balkon Gerät is entirely invincible, even as Megaman [=MegaMan=] blasts its arms off. And then it decides to use the giant plasma cannon on its back, which turns out to be its weak point.

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