History YMMV / MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace

* AssPull: [[spoiler:Proto Man having his pre-programmed obedience to Wily accidentally erased by the programing that removed his confidence in Episode 11. While not completely impossible, it only comes up in the narration right before Proto Man has to decide to kill Mega Man or not to give that last little push for him to change sides.]]

* GrowingTheBeard: While the first two episodes are good, the story really hits its stride with Episode 3.
* HeartwarmingMoments: [[Heartwarming/MegaManDefenderOfTheHumanRace Has its own page]].

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Wily crosses this and keeps on running when he attempts to murder his former partner by blowing him up with a bomb and kidnapping his children despite his protests.

* MoralEventHorizon: The Stardroids crossed it in a flashback by destroying a planet in front of Duo, stalling him long enough to make him watch.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Wily has done all sorts of horrible things. It's noted in-story. In order:
** Episode 1: Kidnapping Rock and Roll and tormenting Dr. Light about how scared they looked as he carted them off to be reprogrammed, then ordering a reprogrammed Bomb Man to kill Light.
** Episode 3: Killing Doc while trying to kill Roll.
** Episode 5: Making [=ProtoMan=] be a HeelFaceMole for his plan.
** Episode 6: Kidnapping Kalinka Cossack to frame Mega Man, then shackling her to an ion bomb when he intervened.
** Episode 7: Torturing an innocent Metool by way of a direct pain program, and considering using it on [=ProtoMan=].
** Episode 8: Talking about wiping the female robot master's memory ''within earshot of her'' and ordering Drill Man on a suicide mission. [[spoiler: This proves atrocious enough to make Drill Man pull a HeelFaceTurn.]]
** Episode 10: Giving a direct order for the Mega Man Killers to kill Kalinka right in front of Mega Man, in as painful a way as possible. When that fails, he [[spoiler:forcibly takes control of the Ballade Crackers]] and detonates them ''right before'' [[spoiler: Ballade's]] self-sacrifice.
** Episode 10 epilogue ('''Major spoiler!'''): [[spoiler: Torturing [=ProtoMan=] in cold blood after interrogating him, with a much more potent version of the pain program mentioned above. For hours. All because [=ProtoMan=] refused to fight Mega Man ''once'' due to an injured girl who needed help]]. And, as revealed later in Episode 11, [[spoiler: he also removed [=ProtoMan=]'s positive traits]].
** Episode 11: [[spoiler: Forcing [=ProtoMan=] to verbally assault, betray, and vent against Mega Man during what was supposed to be a peaceful conversation, shattering their shaky familial bond]]. Then, in the climax, he [[spoiler: orders [=ProtoMan=] to kill Mega Man with the Mad Grinder, and reinstills the fear program in him so he won't rebel]].
** The Stardroids crossed it in a flashback by destroying a planet in front of Duo, stalling him long enough to make him watch.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Wily crosses this repeatedly; it's noted in-story. In order:

** Episode 10: Giving a direct order for the Mega Man Killers to kill Kalinka right in front of Mega Man, in as painful a way as possible. When that fails, he forcibly takes control of the Ballade Crackers and detonates them ''right before'' [[spoiler: Ballade's]] self-sacrifice.

** Episode 10: Giving a direct order for [[spoiler: the Mega Man Killers]] to kill Kalinka right in front of Mega Man, in as painful a way as possible. When that fails, he [[spoiler: forcibly takes control of the Ballade Crackers]] and detonates them ''right before'' [[spoiler: Ballade's]] self-sacrifice.

** Nomad is activated by mistake, feels pain almost immediately upon waking, is unable to speak, overhears Wily talking about ''wiping her memory'', and doesn't get a name before running off.

** Episode 3: [[spoiler: Killing Doc]].

** Episode 10 epilogue ('''Major spoiler!'''): [[spoiler: Torturing [=ProtoMan=] in cold blood after interrogating him, with a much more potent version of the pain program mentioned above. For hours. All because [=ProtoMan=] refused to fight Mega Man ''once'' due to an injured girl who needed help]]. And, as revealed later in episode 11, [[spoiler: he also removed [=ProtoMan=]'s positive traits]].

* {{Squick}}: In episode 11 [[spoiler:Wily remarks that people in pain and terror turn him on]]. Lampshaded by [=ProtoMan=].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music in a fanfiction? Well, sort of. The author suggests playing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFKtYCcMWT4 Wily]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrJ01QgPQ0 Castle 1]] from Mega Man 2 during Rock's first raid on Skull Castle. It's even more fitting considering that the Mecha Dragon shows up during the raid.

* MoralEventHorizon: Dr. Wily crosses this repeatedly; it's noted in-story. In rough order:

** Episode 5: Making Protoman be a HeelFaceMole for his plan.
** Episode 6: Kidnapping Kalinka Cossack to frame Megaman, then shackling her to an ion bomb when he intervened.
** Episode 7: Torturing an innocent Metool by way of a direct pain program, and considering using it on Protoman.

** Episode 10: Giving a direct order for [[spoiler: the Megaman Killers]] to kill Kalinka right in front of Megaman, in as painful a way as possible. When that fails, he [[spoiler: forcibly takes control of the Ballade Crackers]] and detonates them ''right before'' [[spoiler: Ballade's]] self-sacrifice.
** Episode 10 epilogue ('''Major spoiler!'''): [[spoiler: Torturing Protoman in cold blood after interrogating him, with a much more potent version of the pain program mentioned above. For hours. All because Protoman refused to fight Megaman ''once'' due to an injured girl who needed help]]. And, as revealed later in episode 11, [[spoiler: he also removed Protoman's positive traits]].
** Episode 11: [[spoiler: Forcing Protoman to verbally assault, betray, and vent against Megaman during what was supposed to be a peaceful conversation, shattering their shaky familial bond]]. Then, in the climax, he [[spoiler: orders Protoman to kill Megaman with the Mad Grinder, and reinstills the fear program in him so he won't rebel]].

* {{Squick}}: In episode 11 [[spoiler:Wily remarks that people in pain and terror turn him on]]. Lampshaded by Protoman.

* TheWoobie: Megaman, Roll, and Protoman all have moments of this at times.

* {{Squick}}: In episode 11 [[spoiler:Wily remarks that people in pain and terror turn him on]].

** The female Robot Master in the beginning of episode 8 is activated by mistake, feels pain almost immediately upon waking, is unable to speak, overhears Wily talking about ''wiping her memory'', and doesn't get a name before running off.

** Episode 8: Talking about wiping the female robot master's memory ''within earshot of her'' and ordering Drill Man on a suicide mission.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Music in a fanfiction? Well, sort of. The author suggests playing [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrJ01QgPQ0 Wily Castle 1]] from Mega Man 2 during Rock's first raid on Skull Castle. It's even more fitting considering that the Mecha Dragon shows up during the raid.

* NightmareFuel: [[NightmareFuel/MegaManDefenderofTheHumanRace Has its own page]].

* NightmareFuel: Most things about Wily, especially when he kidnaps Rock and Roll. Also [[spoiler: the voices in his head]].
** Gamma and its Wily-made successor, Project G-2, due to their sheer power and the scope of the battles with them.
** [[spoiler: Bass]] and how powerful he is left some readers ''very'' worried about their favorite characters.
** Mega and company coming ''this close'' to death via Galaxy Man's Black Hole Bomb.
** Like [[spoiler: Bass]], the presence of [[spoiler: the Megaman Killers]] is quite frightening; they've been shown to defeat a lot of Robot Masters and have severely injured both human and robot police. In their first confrontation with Mega, the only reason they ''don't'' kill him is due to in-fighting over who finishes him off.
*** Later on, [[spoiler: Bass and the Killers]] fought. [[spoiler:Bass]] won easily, which left readers and characters even more terrified.
** Mr. Black [[spoiler: invading Dr. Light's lab, tasering Beat, and hitting Light so hard he breaks a rib or two]].
** [[spoiler:Protoman's torture]] in the episode 10 epilogue.
** Mr. Black's memories of Wily's first attack in episode 11. [[spoiler: His wife, Tonya, dies, and rubble from the ceiling ''broke his spine'']]. He also saw a boy (who was related to minor character Captain Tallarico) die in front of him.
** In Episode 11 Wily storms the White House, and demands at one point that the President order a nuclear strike. In the following chapter, [[spoiler:the Mad Grinder]] nearly kills Megaman, and ''would'' have if not for [[spoiler:Protoman]]. Then there was Wily's order for [[spoiler:Protoman]] to do the deed.

** [[spoiler: The female Robot Master]] in the beginning of episode 8 is activated by mistake, feels pain almost immediately upon waking, is unable to speak, overhears Wily talking about ''wiping her memory'', and doesn't get a name before running off.

** Episode 11: [[spoiler: Forcing Protoman to verbally assault, betray, and vent against Megaman during what was supposed to be a peaceful conversation, shattering their shaky familial bond]].

** In Episode 11 Wily storms the White House, and demands at one point that the President order a nuclear strike.

** Mr. Black's memories of Wily's first attack in episode 11. [[spoiler: His wife, Tonya, dies, and rubble from the ceiling ''broke his spine'']]. He also saw a boy die in front of him.

** Episode 10 epilogue ('''Major spoiler!'''): [[spoiler: Torturing Protoman in cold blood after interrogating him, with a much more potent version of the pain program mentioned above. For hours. All because Protoman refused to fight Megaman ''once'' due to an injured girl who needed help]].

** Episode 8: [[spoiler: Talking about wiping the female robot master's memory ''within earshot of her'']] and [[spoiler: ordering Drill Man on a suicide mission]].

* TearJerker: So many the author termed them "Defender moments."
** The first major one is in episode 3, with [[spoiler: the death of Doc the Metool]].
** Dr. Cossack's near-heroic sacrifice in episode 6.
** Episode 8 has Mega's reaction to [[spoiler: Roll being trapped in the tower]]. He screams her name and pounds frantically on the walls, to no avail.
** Protoman being demoted in the episode 9 epilogue, as well as explicitly ordered to never leave the fortress without Wily's say-so.
** Episode 10 has Mega lamenting that after the war his friendships might fade. Then later [[spoiler: he discovers Kalinka's cutting scar, showing how badly she was hurting after her mom died]].
** Everything post home invasion in episode 10, especially Roll and Peekaboo, and [[spoiler: Kalinka's second kidnapping]].
** The climax of episode 10, with [[spoiler: Ballade's death]] and an innocent girl's paralyzation.
** ''Everything'' in the epilogue of episode 10. Tiesel finds out the hard way that he can't back out of his deal with the Conduit, Mr. Black is tormented over memories of his wife, Janet is paralyzed and hurt to such a degree that she can't be operated on, Megaman is horribly traumatized over this and cries with Kalinka and his family over it, and [[spoiler: Protoman is cold-bloodedly tortured by Wily even after ''begging'' him to stop]].
** The first chapter of episode 11 continues the sad train, ''especially'' the last scene, featuring Protoman.