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** In ''Zero 4'', after defeating Craft for the second time, [[ChaoticGood Zero]] finally showing where his true loyalties lie. And this was ''before'' his [[Awesome/MegaMan immortal]] WorldOfCardboardSpeech.
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** In ''Zero 4'', after defeating Craft for the second time, [[ChaoticGood Zero]] time, Zero finally showing where his true loyalties lie. And this was ''before'' his [[Awesome/MegaMan immortal]] WorldOfCardboardSpeech.
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* FridgeHorror:
** Omega, the AxCrazy psychopath whose HatePlague powers and ceaseless thirst for blood that ended up killing 75% of sentient life. The horror kicks in when you realize that Omega was exactly what Dr. Wily ''intended Zero to be.'' In fact, given what happens in the whole timeline, actually ''letting Dr. Wily win'' seems to be genuinely preferable to just thwarting his plans. As bad as his schemes got, they never went as far as what Sigma or later villains wanted.
*** Remember, Wily became evil because his pride was hurt. Meaning if he won, it would be more or less just to prove he's better than Dr Light. If he won, mankind would probably just have to deal with his ego for a couple decades until Dr Wily dies(he's already quite old.) Compare that with [[WellIntentionedExtremist Sig]][[KillAllHumans ma]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe Doc]][[FantasticRacism tor]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans We]][[CompleteMonster il]], and [[RootingForTheEmpire you'll be rooting for Dr Wily in no time.]]
** Think of the attitudes humanity has towards genuinely non-violent robots: in MM9 we see [[spoiler:the Robot Masters are still online when Wily finds them.]] In MMX6, Gate's Reploids are killed off due to their potential risks instead of merely reassigned; in the context of this series, robots are basically sentient, so humans are willing to leave living people ''to basically starve to death, or outright kill them, out of convenience.'' Yet, people like Dr. Wily and Weil get to live, with no "kill on sight" orders established before being captured. How ''horrifically'' skewed are humanity's priorities towards robots and humans to even allow this to happen? The worst part about this? This means that [[CompleteMonster Dr Weil's]] HannibalLecture ''[[StrawmanHasAPoint has ground.]]'' [[HumansAreBastards Only humans understand the joy of power, indeed.]]
*** This goes double when you read [[AllThereInTheManual Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works]]; his reason for starting the Elf Wars was that he thought Reploids were getting off too easy for the massive destruction caused in the Maverick Wars, especially once the plan to solve the Maverick problem was to basically install anti-virus software and call things even. On the surface it makes sense; each X series game chronologically takes place a few months after the last one, meaning not even half a decade had passed since Reploids were made before Sigma caused multiple wars and a ColonyDrop. And similar to how Weil fails to grasps his exile was his own fault, the wars were humanity's fault for making Reploids so powerful in the first place.
*** All of them makes Weil [[BeyondTheImpossible even more terrifying.]] How? Because it means he had a good reason behind his FantasticRacism. ''The CompleteMonster [[WellIntentionedExtremist ha]][[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope d]]'' '''JUSTIFICATION.'''
** Omega, the AxCrazy psychopath whose HatePlague powers and ceaseless thirst for blood that ended up killing 75% of sentient life. The horror kicks in when you realize that Omega was exactly what Dr. Wily ''intended Zero to be.'' In fact, given what happens in the whole timeline, actually ''letting Dr. Wily win'' seems to be genuinely preferable to just thwarting his plans. As bad as his schemes got, they never went as far as what Sigma or later villains wanted.
*** Remember, Wily became evil because his pride was hurt. Meaning if he won, it would be more or less just to prove he's better than Dr Light. If he won, mankind would probably just have to deal with his ego for a couple decades until Dr Wily dies(he's already quite old.) Compare that with [[WellIntentionedExtremist Sig]][[KillAllHumans ma]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe Doc]][[FantasticRacism tor]] [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans We]][[CompleteMonster il]], and [[RootingForTheEmpire you'll be rooting for Dr Wily in no time.]]
** Think of the attitudes humanity has towards genuinely non-violent robots: in MM9 we see [[spoiler:the Robot Masters are still online when Wily finds them.]] In MMX6, Gate's Reploids are killed off due to their potential risks instead of merely reassigned; in the context of this series, robots are basically sentient, so humans are willing to leave living people ''to basically starve to death, or outright kill them, out of convenience.'' Yet, people like Dr. Wily and Weil get to live, with no "kill on sight" orders established before being captured. How ''horrifically'' skewed are humanity's priorities towards robots and humans to even allow this to happen? The worst part about this? This means that [[CompleteMonster Dr Weil's]] HannibalLecture ''[[StrawmanHasAPoint has ground.]]'' [[HumansAreBastards Only humans understand the joy of power, indeed.]]
*** This goes double when you read [[AllThereInTheManual Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works]]; his reason for starting the Elf Wars was that he thought Reploids were getting off too easy for the massive destruction caused in the Maverick Wars, especially once the plan to solve the Maverick problem was to basically install anti-virus software and call things even. On the surface it makes sense; each X series game chronologically takes place a few months after the last one, meaning not even half a decade had passed since Reploids were made before Sigma caused multiple wars and a ColonyDrop. And similar to how Weil fails to grasps his exile was his own fault, the wars were humanity's fault for making Reploids so powerful in the first place.
*** All of them makes Weil [[BeyondTheImpossible even more terrifying.]] How? Because it means he had a good reason behind his FantasticRacism. ''The CompleteMonster [[WellIntentionedExtremist ha]][[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope d]]'' '''JUSTIFICATION.'''
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* MoralEventHorizon: Copy X was just more of being morally ambiguous in the first game (performing genocide on Reploids because of the energy crisis, supposedly for the better for humanity). However, in the third game, he's willing to launch a missile to a city block full of innocent humans just to obtain the Dark Elf. At this point, HeroAntagonist [[NobleTopEnforcer Harpuia]] can't stand it anymore and defects from Neo Arcadia. A bit later, when Copy X and Weil contact the resistance to cooperate, [[RebelLeader Ciel]] cites this event as why they can't be trusted.
** To be fair, Copy X is reborn as Copy X Mk. II by the ObviouslyEvil [[CompleteMonster Dr. Weil]] and he also manipulates Copy X to do so. Clearly Weil must have done things in him, including the ElectronicSpeechImpediment and [[spoiler:the booby trap implanted in his body which activates when he goes OneWingedAngel]].
** To be fair, Copy X is reborn as Copy X Mk. II by the ObviouslyEvil [[CompleteMonster Dr. Weil]] and he also manipulates Copy X to do so. Clearly Weil must have done things in him, including the ElectronicSpeechImpediment and [[spoiler:the booby trap implanted in his body which activates when he goes OneWingedAngel]].
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* WhatAnIdiot:
** Dr. Weil has just been captured, after cursing the Dark Elf and creating [[OmnicidalManiac Omega]], who has wiped out 60% of human population and 90% of Reploid population. All mostly ForTheEvulz.\\
'''You'd expect''' His captors deem him too [[CompleteMonster dangerous]] and ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable irredeemable]]'' and [[NoNonsenseNemesis just kill him already.]]\\
'''Instead''' They decide to get more 'theatrical', thought he could redeem himself, and gave Weil an escapable FateWorseThanDeath: seal him in a capsule that prevents aging, but ''keeps'' his memory intact, hoping to make him repent. Naturally, when some idiot centuries later break the seal down, he becomes more monstrous and vengeful and eventually succeeds in [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] and make it so [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] that it's worse than hell.
** The Dark Elf is breaking free and X's body is the only thing he knows that can seal it.\\
'''You'd expect''' He'd tell someone what he's doing and set up a successor or a cover story.\\
'''Instead''' He goes away without so much as a word, resulting in the need to replace him, placing a psychotic KnightTemplar clone in charge.
** Elpizo is making headway into the Dark Elf's seal with the Baby Elves in tow.\\
'''You'd expect''' Neo Arcadia would dispatch every available resource including and especially the Guardians to intercept Elpizo.\\
'''Instead''' Only Harpuia is sent, while Leviathan and Fafnir dick around waiting to play with Zero.\\
'''However''' Harpuia's in charge of Neo Arcadia's military forces if not all of Neo Arcadia. He could have ordered the other two to deal with Zero. And last time Elpizo was a problem, they put him down with ease. Overconfidence? Maybe. Intelligence Failure? Quite possibly.
** Dr. Weil has just been captured, after cursing the Dark Elf and creating [[OmnicidalManiac Omega]], who has wiped out 60% of human population and 90% of Reploid population. All mostly ForTheEvulz.\\
'''You'd expect''' His captors deem him too [[CompleteMonster dangerous]] and ''[[ThisIsUnforgivable irredeemable]]'' and [[NoNonsenseNemesis just kill him already.]]\\
'''Instead''' They decide to get more 'theatrical', thought he could redeem himself, and gave Weil an escapable FateWorseThanDeath: seal him in a capsule that prevents aging, but ''keeps'' his memory intact, hoping to make him repent. Naturally, when some idiot centuries later break the seal down, he becomes more monstrous and vengeful and eventually succeeds in [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] and make it so [[CrapsackWorld crapsack]] that it's worse than hell.
** The Dark Elf is breaking free and X's body is the only thing he knows that can seal it.\\
'''You'd expect''' He'd tell someone what he's doing and set up a successor or a cover story.\\
'''Instead''' He goes away without so much as a word, resulting in the need to replace him, placing a psychotic KnightTemplar clone in charge.
** Elpizo is making headway into the Dark Elf's seal with the Baby Elves in tow.\\
'''You'd expect''' Neo Arcadia would dispatch every available resource including and especially the Guardians to intercept Elpizo.\\
'''Instead''' Only Harpuia is sent, while Leviathan and Fafnir dick around waiting to play with Zero.\\
'''However''' Harpuia's in charge of Neo Arcadia's military forces if not all of Neo Arcadia. He could have ordered the other two to deal with Zero. And last time Elpizo was a problem, they put him down with ease. Overconfidence? Maybe. Intelligence Failure? Quite possibly.
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* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia (more evident later in the series) even if he is a [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} dick about it]].
** NeutralGood: Ciel
** ChaoticGood: Zero
** LawfulNeutral: Phantom
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (type 6), Neige (type 11 survival type), Craft (type 11)
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir (very impulsive and firey)
** LawfulEvil: Copy X
** NeutralEvil: Weil
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (type 2), Elipzo (type 5).
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia (more evident later in the series) even if he is a [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} dick about it]].
** NeutralGood: Ciel
** ChaoticGood: Zero
** LawfulNeutral: Phantom
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (type 6), Neige (type 11 survival type), Craft (type 11)
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir (very impulsive and firey)
** LawfulEvil: Copy X
** NeutralEvil: Weil
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (type 2), Elipzo (type 5).
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* IronWoobie: Almost all the tragedies in the ''X series'' are inflicted on Zero, and even more are piled on here. Like the fact that [[spoiler:he wakes up seeing the current state of the world, and freshly awoken, he has to continue fighting, ''again'']], and [[spoiler:he was able to finally return the world to a peaceful state, which was what he and X have been fighting for a long time, only for him not to see it come to fruition, seeing as ''he's dead''...]]
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** After looking at Harpuia's motives and the situation he's in, it's pretty easy to feel sorry for him.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Some find Elpizo quite sympathetic.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Some find Elpizo quite sympathetic.
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** IronWoobie: Almost all the tragedies in the ''X series'' are inflicted on Zero, and even more are piled on here. Like the fact that [[spoiler:he wakes up seeing the current state of the world, and freshly awoken, he has to continue fighting, ''again'']], and [[spoiler:he was able to finally return the world to a peaceful state, which was what he and X have been fighting for a long time, only for him not to see it come to fruition, seeing as ''he's dead''...]]
** StoicWoobie: After looking at Harpuia'smotives motives, personality and the situation he's in, it's pretty easy to feel sorry for him.
* ** WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Some find Elpizo quite sympathetic.
** StoicWoobie: After looking at Harpuia's
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** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia (more evident later in the series) even if he is a [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} dick about it]].
** NeutralGood: Ciel
** ChaoticGood: Zero
** LawfulNeutral: Phantom
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (type 6), Neige (type 11 survival type), Craft (type 11)
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir (very impulsive and firey)
** LawfulEvil: Copy X
** NeutralEvil: Weil
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (type 2), Elipzo (type 5).
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia (more evident later in the series) even if he is a [[{{GoodIsNotNice}} dick about it]].
** NeutralGood: Ciel
** ChaoticGood: Zero
** LawfulNeutral: Phantom
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (type 6), Neige (type 11 survival type), Craft (type 11)
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir (very impulsive and firey)
** LawfulEvil: Copy X
** NeutralEvil: Weil
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (type 2), Elipzo (type 5).
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* ItWasHisSled: Zero's DyingMomentOfAwesome in the last game, and Copy X's very existence.
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* LoveItOrHateIt: Not the games, but the manga.
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* VillainDecay: Copy X goes from being the BigBad of Zero 1 to a mid-game boss and UnwittingPawn in Zero 3.
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** This is actually FridgeBrilliance when you understand the Zeroth Law of Robotics which states "A robot must not allow humanity to come to harm through action or inaction". Law Zero is an "emergency clause" for when breaking laws 1-3 becomes nessecary in order to protect the human race or a large number of innocent people from a CompleteMonster such as AdolfHitler or Weil. Once Law Zero is triggered, a robot is allowed to terminate said uber evil human in order to protect mankind from his depredations. Should it be one person trying to murder another person, then law 1 is still in effect as said robot would simply be able to use non lethal force (such as restraining attacker with his most certainly superior strength) to stop the murder. Despite being programed to be aware of Law Zero yet balanced by a "suffering circuit", during the one time Law Zero became nessecary, X faltered, inadvertently causing the events of Zero 3 and 4.
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** This is actually FridgeBrilliance when you understand the Zeroth Law of Robotics which states "A robot must not allow humanity to come to harm through action or inaction". Law Zero is an "emergency clause" for when breaking laws 1-3 becomes nessecary necessary in order to protect the human race or a large number of innocent people from a CompleteMonster such as AdolfHitler or Weil. Once Law Zero is triggered, a robot is allowed to terminate said uber evil human in order to protect mankind from his depredations. Should [[hottip:*:Should it be one person trying to murder another person, then law 1 is still in effect as said robot would simply be able to use non lethal force (such as restraining attacker with his most certainly superior strength) to stop the murder. murder.]] Despite being programed programmed to be aware of Law Zero yet balanced by a "suffering circuit", during the one time Law Zero became nessecary, necessary, X faltered, inadvertently causing the events of Zero 3 and 4.
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*** There's also Alouette. Zero's [[spoiler:last (optional) conversation with her has the girl extract a promise from Zero that the three of them (including Ciel) should someday explore Area Zero together]]. Oh, and [[spoiler:if her dialogue as Prairie is taken into consideration, it might imply that she's fallen for Zero herself (seeing as she had feelings for Giro, Zero's {{Expy}}, because she herself stated that the man reminded her of Zero.]]
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*** It does not help that he's wearing the exact same clothes as Leviathan (the female Guardian) with a PaletteSwap (what appears to be a [BareYourMidriff midriff-baring shirt]] and panties).
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*** It does not help that he's wearing the exact same clothes as Leviathan (the female Guardian) with a PaletteSwap (what appears to be a [BareYourMidriff [[BareYourMidriff midriff-baring shirt]] and and...panties).
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*** It does not help that he's wearing the exact same clothes as Leviathan with a PaletteSwap (what appears to be a [BareYourMidriff midriff-baring shirt]] and panties).
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** This is actually FridgeBrilliance when you understand the Zeroth Law of Robotics which states "A robot must not allow humanity to come to harm through action or inaction". Law Zero is an "emergency clause" for when breaking laws 1-3 becomes nessecary in order to protect the human race or a large number of innocent people from a CompleteMonster such as AdolfHitler or Weil. Once Law Zero is triggered, a robot is allowed to terminate said uber evil human in order to protect mankind from his depredations. Should it be one person trying to murder another person, then law 1 is still in effect as said robot would simply be able to use non lethal force (such as restraining attacker with his most certainly superior strength) to stop the murder. Despite being programed to be aware of Law Zero yet balanced by a "suffering circuit", during the one time Law Zero became nessecary, X faltered, inadvertently causing the events of Zero 3 and 4.
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** After looking at Harpuia's motives and the situation he's in, it's pretty easy to feel sorry for him.
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Omega - Technically, since he's completely mindless (he's simply programmed to kill, period) and having destroyed the world once.
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** Also, in X4, This exchange is made by Sigma and the General in regards to Humanity's views on Reploids when the former was trying to recruit the latter:
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* HarsherInHindsight: In ''{{Mega Man X}}4'', This exchange is made by Sigma and the General in regards to Humanity's views on Reploids when the former was trying to recruit the latter:
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** As this series, and especially Dr. Weil's speech to Zero in Zero 3, showed, Sigma actually turned out to be ''right.''
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** As this series, and especially Dr. Weil's speech to Zero in Zero 3, ''Zero 3'' showed, Sigma actually turned out to be ''right.''
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* GoddamnedBats: The spiked wheel enemies. They are inordinately tough (two saber slashes when one will do in most anything else that moves), coming rolling from offscreen towards you (or occasionally from behind) with no warning, do a ridiculous amount of damage (more than virtually any other normal enemy), move just fast enough that it would take split-second reflexes to dodge them, spawn again if you move mere ''pixels'' backward from where they appeared, and are sometimes dropped in by lifter robots for added cheapness.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The antagonists of the first three games in this series all have the Greek letter Omega [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS as their symbol]]. Sure most of them are {{Knight Templar}}s, but they still mean well, fighting for the sake of humanity. But later we're introduced to an actual character named Omega, who is everything that the antagonists ([[CompleteMonster except one]]) ever stood against.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The antagonists of the first three games in this series all have the Greek letter Omega [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS as their symbol]]. Sure most of them are {{Knight Templar}}s, but they still [[WellIntentionedExtremist mean well, well]], fighting for the sake of humanity. But later we're introduced to an actual character named Omega, who is everything that the antagonists ([[CompleteMonster except one]]) ever stood against.
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-->'''Sigma:''' It's about the Maverick Hunters, General. They are far too eager to please the humans and hunt down the Reploids! Do you believe they pose a significant threat?!
-->'''General:''' Perhaps...
-->'''Sigma:''' You already know the truth, General! Their sole mission has been to destroy any Reploids who fail to do as the humans order!
** As this series, and especially Dr. Weil's speech to Zero in Zero 3, showed, Sigma actually turned out to be ''right.''
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' Hehehehe... How pitiful. Of course, a Reploid like you would never understand. The joy of ruling all that you see... Only a human could possibly understand!
-->'''Zero:''' A...human?
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' That's right! I'm a bona fide human. The creator of Reploids... A human being!
-->'''Zero:''' ...
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' The desire for power. The joy of making everything work for you. You have no way of experiencing this without a human brain. It's the ultimate joy! No mere Reploid could ever understand!
-->'''Sigma:''' It's about the Maverick Hunters, General. They are far too eager to please the humans and hunt down the Reploids! Do you believe they pose a significant threat?!
-->'''General:''' Perhaps...
-->'''Sigma:''' You already know the truth, General! Their sole mission has been to destroy any Reploids who fail to do as the humans order!
** As this series, and especially Dr. Weil's speech to Zero in Zero 3, showed, Sigma actually turned out to be ''right.''
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' Hehehehe... How pitiful. Of course, a Reploid like you would never understand. The joy of ruling all that you see... Only a human could possibly understand!
-->'''Zero:''' A...human?
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' That's right! I'm a bona fide human. The creator of Reploids... A human being!
-->'''Zero:''' ...
-->'''Dr. Weil:''' The desire for power. The joy of making everything work for you. You have no way of experiencing this without a human brain. It's the ultimate joy! No mere Reploid could ever understand!
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** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
** Why is this in the YMMV page? Even if CompleteMonster is a YMMV entry, to call Weil's status as CompleteMonster to be YMMV is just... wrong. Nothing describes him better than Complete [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] Monster.
** [[strike:Arguably,]] he's the most despicable villain in the entire MegaMan series (Dr. Regal from ''Battle Network'' is a ''far'' second). He really succeeds in both [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying the world]], and then taking over what's left of it a century later, so that he can [[DisproportionateRetribution exact his revenge on the descendants of the humans who wronged him]]. That's just the tip of the iceberg, listing all of his monstrous deeds will really take a while. Simply put, the motivations of other {{Big Bad}}s pale in comparison to his; [[spoiler:[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] wants to dominate the world; Weil doesn't stop there even though he already has control, since he also wants to make everyone suffer and die. [[MegaManX Sigma]] is doing it for the Reploids, ''initially'', but Weil is doing all those things for himself.]] Fitting as the BigBad of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and edgiest]] of the series.
*** And he's also the closest thing in the series (original timeline, anyway) to a ''literal'' monster. He's ''neither'' human nor Reploid anymore.
** Why is this in the YMMV page? Even if CompleteMonster is a YMMV entry, to call Weil's status as CompleteMonster to be YMMV is just... wrong. Nothing describes him better than Complete [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] Monster.
** [[strike:Arguably,]] he's the most despicable villain in the entire MegaMan series (Dr. Regal from ''Battle Network'' is a ''far'' second). He really succeeds in both [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying the world]], and then taking over what's left of it a century later, so that he can [[DisproportionateRetribution exact his revenge on the descendants of the humans who wronged him]]. That's just the tip of the iceberg, listing all of his monstrous deeds will really take a while. Simply put, the motivations of other {{Big Bad}}s pale in comparison to his; [[spoiler:[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] wants to dominate the world; Weil doesn't stop there even though he already has control, since he also wants to make everyone suffer and die. [[MegaManX Sigma]] is doing it for the Reploids, ''initially'', but Weil is doing all those things for himself.]] Fitting as the BigBad of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and edgiest]] of the series.
*** And he's also the closest thing in the series (original timeline, anyway) to a ''literal'' monster. He's ''neither'' human nor Reploid anymore.
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* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
** Why is this in the YMMV page? Even if CompleteMonster is a YMMV entry, %%We tried very hard to call Weil's status as CompleteMonster to be YMMV is just... wrong. Nothing describes him better than make Complete [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] Monster.
** [[strike:Arguably,]] he'sMonster objective and failed. DO NOT add any natter about the most despicable villain in the entire MegaMan series (Dr. Regal from ''Battle Network'' is a ''far'' second). He really succeeds in both [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying the world]], and then taking over what's left of it a century later, so that he can [[DisproportionateRetribution exact his revenge on the descendants of the humans who wronged him]]. That's just the tip of the iceberg, listing all of his monstrous deeds will really take a while. Simply put, the motivations of other {{Big Bad}}s pale in comparison to his; [[spoiler:[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] wants to dominate the world; Weil doesn't stop there even though he already has control, since he also wants to make everyone suffer and die. [[MegaManX Sigma]] is doing it for the Reploids, ''initially'', but Weil is doing all those things for himself.]] Fitting as the BigBad of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and edgiest]] of the series.
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** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
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** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
fate.* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The antagonists of the first three games in this series all have the Greek letter Omega [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS as their symbol]]. Sure most of them are {{Knight Templar}}s, but they still mean well, fighting for the sake of humanity. But later we're introduced to an actual character named Omega, who is everything that the antagonists ([[CompleteMonster except one]]) ever stood against.
** Somewhat related: in ''MegaManX 2'', Zero, [[spoiler:freshly BackFromTheDead]], ''very easily'' destroys a weak clone of himself that the BigBad made. Cue the third game, where [[spoiler:Omega (the same one mentioned above) is the original body of Zero, while ''TheHero'' is the clone]]. But it was subverted, [[spoiler:the clone Zero didn't mind the irony of the situation he was in, and goes on to defeat Omega Zero ''easily''. Also, TheHero may be using a duplicate body, but the mind is real; he is still the ''real Zero''. Omega Zero is now just a mindless puppet]].
** Somewhat related: in ''MegaManX 2'', Zero, [[spoiler:freshly BackFromTheDead]], ''very easily'' destroys a weak clone of himself that the BigBad made. Cue the third game, where [[spoiler:Omega (the same one mentioned above) is the original body of Zero, while ''TheHero'' is the clone]]. But it was subverted, [[spoiler:the clone Zero didn't mind the irony of the situation he was in, and goes on to defeat Omega Zero ''easily''. Also, TheHero may be using a duplicate body, but the mind is real; he is still the ''real Zero''. Omega Zero is now just a mindless puppet]].
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* RonTheDeathEater: A rare canon (at least, WhatCouldHaveBeen) example: [[spoiler:X becomes a tyrant KnightTemplar dictator and Zero is the hero with a different body. Though probably Keiji Inafune had a reason for X becoming bad... At least, we can see the potential of it from the backstory for this game.]]
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* BestBossEver: It's highly regarded that Omega and Dr. Weil are this, for different reasons.
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* ItsHardSoItSucks: Regarded as this by some, to the point that the DS CompilationRerelease includes an "Easy Scenario" with includes lots of 1-ups and all of the cyber-elves. You can still die even in this mode, given how NintendoHard it is.
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--> ''Always overflowing in my heart,''
--> ''My feelings for you.''
--> ''There is no forever,''
--> ''so I want you by my side for now.''
--> ''My feelings for you.''
--> ''There is no forever,''
--> ''so I want you by my side for now.''
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-->'''X''': "Since you've disappeared I've been fighting this war alone against an uncountable number of Mavericks for nearly a hundred years... Battle after battle...so painful and so sad...but the hardest part was when I discovered that I no longer cared about [[strike: fighting enemies]] the enemies I fought..."
*** What makes is worse is that [[MartialPacifist it's X]] we're talking about.
*** What makes is worse is that [[MartialPacifist it's X]] we're talking about.
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*** What makes
*** There's also Alouette. Zero's [[spoiler:last (optional) conversation with her has the girl extract a promise from Zero that the three of them (including Ciel) should someday explore Area Zero together]]. Oh, and [[spoiler:if her dialogue as Prairie is taken into consideration, it might imply that she's fallen for Zero herself (seeing as she had feelings for Giro, Zero's {{Expy}}, because she herself stated that the man reminded her of Zero.]]
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* GoddamnedBats: The spiked wheel enemies. They are inordinately tough (two saber slashes when one will do in most anything else that moves), coming rolling from offscreen towards you (or occasionally from behind) with no warning, do a ridiculous amount of damage (more than virtually any other normal enemy), move just fast enough that it would take split-second reflexes to dodge them, spawn again if you move mere ''pixels'' backward from where they appeared, and are sometimes dropped in by lifter robots for added cheapness.
* LoveItOrHateIt: Not the games, but the manga.
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*** Never show [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/7/7a/5b94bb03.gif this]] to kids. And then there's all the acts he's committed, which are NightmareFuel themselves...
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*** Not just that [[spoiler:he survived a KillSat attack which destroyed entire Neo Arcadia,]] but what he looks like afterwards. Never show [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/7/7a/5b94bb03.gif this]] to kids. And then there's all the acts he's committed, which are NightmareFuel themselves...
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* ThatOneBoss: Might tie with Fefnir for most difficult, but Phantom is far and away the cheapest of the four Guardians, and for bonus points doesn't suffer from the elemental weaknesses they do. Not to mention his [[TurnsRed low-health special attack]] literally makes him invisible. For added measure, virtually all of his attacks can't be interrupted, and he recovers quickly from the one that can. Add on to all of that his TakingYouWithMe in the second battle.
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* ThatOneBoss: Might tie with Fefnir for most difficult, but ThatOneBoss:
** Aztec Falcon from ''Zero 1'', the first mission boss from Zero is almost impossible the first time you fight him. You have no charge attack (unless you spent time grinding it out by going back to the Underground Base; if you're playing on Hard, you're screwed), he isn't vulnerable to combos, and the Z-Buster actually ''bounces off'' when the chance to shoot him presents itself.
** Phantomis far and away the cheapest of the four Guardians, and for bonus points doesn't suffer from the same game is spectacularly cheap compared to his fellow Guardians. Three of the Guardians have an elemental weaknesses they do. weakness which makes beating them fairly simply. Not Phantom. He's neutral, so it takes longer to mention kill him. Worse, the other Guardians can have most of their attacks interrupted. Only Phantom's dash attack can be interrupted. It is technically possible to interrupt his [[TurnsRed low-health special attack]] DopplegangerSpin technique with a charged blow, but for added cheapness Phantom will break the technique and strike you should you close in to attempt it. Speaking of the dash attack, he'll often do it until you hit him, and he charges to your position. If you don't hit him right off the bat, he'll get at least one hit in, maybe more if you don't score a knockback hit. Finally, his DesperationAttack makes him invisible, during which he'll throw kunai at you from random points on the screen. What's worse, he may potentially position himself above the reach of your weapons, or just plain ''above you''. To top this, he has a KaizoTrap ability in the second battle.
** Phoenix Magnion from ''Zero 2'' is plain ridiculous. It has an arena which spews fireballs from the floor, for starters. You can arrange it so the floor is blocked the first time you fight him, but not the second. What's worse, he [[TeleportSpam ''dodges every attack'']]. He literallymakes cannot be hit unless he's attacking. And when he dodges, he counterattacks with very wide-area abilities.
*** He's an Expy of M. Bison, which helps explain his difficulty (Of course). That huge fireball he "shoots" after dodging backwards is the Psycho Crusher. Hit the fireball (with himinvisible. For added measure, virtually all inside) with a thunder attack (It's your only chance of his attacks winning in Hard Mode!).
** Kuwagust Anchus in ''Zero 2'' on Hard Mode is just ''insane''! Not only is he really fast and powerful (two hits = dead, period), but he's the boss of ThatOneLevel! And he has an attack which can't beinterrupted, and he recovers quickly dodged, meaning you have to get him to change his flight path. And the only way to do this is to either shoot him with the buster enough times, which takes better timing than God to pull off, or deflect him with the Chain Rod. [[GuideDangIt As if you're just supposed to know this out of hand.]] And he'll keep using this attack till you die.
** Craft from ''Zero 4'' is a nightmare to fight against. The grenades, theone laser rifle that can. Add on requires you to all of dash underneath it with split second timing, the giant knife that damages you as it throws you across the arena, the missiles, and the fact that he's one of the few bosses willing to get right directly up in your face on a non-scrolling single-screen battlefield are awful.
* ThatOneLevel: Neo Arcadia Shrine, part 1. [[GoddamnedBats Those.]] [[PlatformHell Fucking.]] [[ThisIsSparta BIRDS!!]]
** And that's not all. {{Temporary Platform}}s abound. Temporary Platforms that have no side grip, ''shoot bullets downward'', leave no margin for error, and are placed above enemies which you will likely land on should you fall. There's also ''three bosses''.
** Neo Arcadia ''Tower'': SpikesOfDoom. EVERYWHERE!
* UnfortunateImplications: More than likely the result of Capcom's [[ExecutiveMeddling influence]] on the ''X'' series, which forced Inafune to change hisTakingYouWithMe desired plot for this series, but when you remember who [[Game/MegaMan originally]] [[BigBad created]] Zero, and thus who ultimately saved everything/one, it casts a negative light on quite possibly the whole franchise. Also, peace between humans and reploids came about ''after'' [[spoiler:every robot directly related to Dr. Light, X and the Four Guardians (who were cloned from X's DNA data) died. Their deaths weren't properly explained either (X exhausted himself in [=MMZ3=], but what kept him from retaking his body in [=MMZ2=]? The Dark Elf is a huge risk, but it's better than losing the sealing device. Why didn't [=MMZ3=] say the Guardians died the Omega's blast, leaving it to sourcebooks to explain?) Also, Zero killed the ''human'' villain, saying that race didn't matter; if it's evil, it dies. Unless there are details only explained in the second battle.sourcebooks, the Zero series basically suggests that Dr. Light, and by extension the first two heroes that laid the foundations of the franchise, were wrong. Completely, dangerously, ''wrong''.]]
** Aztec Falcon from ''Zero 1'', the first mission boss from Zero is almost impossible the first time you fight him. You have no charge attack (unless you spent time grinding it out by going back to the Underground Base; if you're playing on Hard, you're screwed), he isn't vulnerable to combos, and the Z-Buster actually ''bounces off'' when the chance to shoot him presents itself.
** Phantom
** Phoenix Magnion from ''Zero 2'' is plain ridiculous. It has an arena which spews fireballs from the floor, for starters. You can arrange it so the floor is blocked the first time you fight him, but not the second. What's worse, he [[TeleportSpam ''dodges every attack'']]. He literally
*** He's an Expy of M. Bison, which helps explain his difficulty (Of course). That huge fireball he "shoots" after dodging backwards is the Psycho Crusher. Hit the fireball (with him
** Kuwagust Anchus in ''Zero 2'' on Hard Mode is just ''insane''! Not only is he really fast and powerful (two hits = dead, period), but he's the boss of ThatOneLevel! And he has an attack which can't be
** Craft from ''Zero 4'' is a nightmare to fight against. The grenades, the
* ThatOneLevel: Neo Arcadia Shrine, part 1. [[GoddamnedBats Those.]] [[PlatformHell Fucking.]] [[ThisIsSparta BIRDS!!]]
** And that's not all. {{Temporary Platform}}s abound. Temporary Platforms that have no side grip, ''shoot bullets downward'', leave no margin for error, and are placed above enemies which you will likely land on should you fall. There's also ''three bosses''.
** Neo Arcadia ''Tower'': SpikesOfDoom. EVERYWHERE!
* UnfortunateImplications: More than likely the result of Capcom's [[ExecutiveMeddling influence]] on the ''X'' series, which forced Inafune to change his
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: It's implied throughout the series that Zero regains at least some of his memories. What he remembers and when he remembers it is mostly left unknown, as well as how much any of that memory influences his decisions in any given situation.
* BrokenBase: No, really. [[spoiler:Zero's death]] is still a hot debate, no matter the [[{{Jossed}} Jossing]]. And, remember that the ''Zero'' series officially ended ''in 2005''.
** ItWasHisSled: Thanks to that long-standing argument, no one would be surprised about Zero's fate now.
** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
* BrokenBase: No, really. [[spoiler:Zero's death]] is still a hot debate, no matter the [[{{Jossed}} Jossing]]. And, remember that the ''Zero'' series officially ended ''in 2005''.
** ItWasHisSled: Thanks to that long-standing argument, no one would be surprised about Zero's fate now.
** Well, kind of. The Official Complete Works didn't really elaborate on his fate, and at best stated that he was missing in space. For a thing that would elaborate on a lot of things in the ''Zero'' mythos, it really seemed to screw up when it came to revealing Zero's fate.
* CharacterAlignment
** LawfulGood: X, Harpuia and Phantom (the latter two are mixed with LawfulNeutral).
** NeutralGood: Ciel and most of the Resistance.
** ChaoticGood: Zero.
** LawfulNeutral: Craft. The Mutos Reploids in Z1-Z2 also count (with possible exception of [[TrueNeutral Maha Ganeshariff]])
** TrueNeutral: Leviathan (with shades of ChaoticNeutral). Also Neige and the Caravans, but later they become NeutralNoLonger.
** ChaoticNeutral: Fefnir. Also Baby Elves and the Dark Elf.
** LawfulEvil: Copy X.
** NeutralEvil: Dr. Weil, since he has both lawful and chaotic aspects (although he's more heavy on the chaotic side). Also the Mutos Reploids in Z3 (with possible exceptions of [[LawfulEvil Glacier Le Cactank]], [[ChaoticEvil Volteel Biblio and Deathtanz Mantisk]]) and Z4 (with possible exception of [[ChaoticEvil Sol Titanion]] and [[TrueNeutral Tech Kraken]]).
** ChaoticEvil: Omega (and HOW) and Elpizo (with shades of NeutralEvil, formerly ChaoticGood)
** [[strike:Arguably,]] he's the most despicable villain in the entire MegaMan series (Dr. Regal from ''Battle Network'' is a ''far'' second). He really succeeds in both [[EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt destroying the world]], and then taking over what's left of it a century later, so that he can [[DisproportionateRetribution exact his revenge on the descendants of the humans who wronged him]]. That's just the tip of the iceberg, listing all of his monstrous deeds will really take a while. Simply put, the motivations of other {{Big Bad}}s pale in comparison to his; [[spoiler:[[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]] wants to dominate the world; Weil doesn't stop there even though he already has control, since he also wants to make everyone suffer and die. [[MegaManX Sigma]] is doing it for the Reploids, ''initially'', but Weil is doing all those things for himself.]] Fitting as the BigBad of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest and edgiest]] of the series.
*** And he's also the closest thing in the series (original timeline, anyway) to a ''literal'' monster. He's ''neither'' human nor Reploid anymore.
*** And he's also the closest thing in the series (original timeline, anyway) to a ''literal'' monster. He's ''neither'' human nor Reploid anymore.
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** And ''Awakening Will'', the theme of the first level and the credits of ''Z2'', but to make the long story short, let's just say: The whole soundtrack
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* TearJerker: The Japan-only (prior to ''Collection'') vocal intro to the ''Zero 4'' credits theme "Promise -Next New World-" translates as follows:
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** Harpuia. Also one of the most well developed characters in the franchise, which contributes to this.
** Omega, one of the more popular villains in the Mega Man franchise. Popular enough to come back as a bonus boss and an [[InfinityPlusOneSword infinity plus one artifact]] in ''MegaManZX''.
*** LoveToHate: In contrast to Weil.
*** Possibly because of the [[Awesome/VideoGameBosses climactic confrontation]] with Zero being a highlight of the series.
* EpilepticTrees:
** Ciel's unnamed ancestress provides one: Is she the one [[spoiler:who created Zero's clone body?]]
** A popular theory was that LaResistance [[spoiler:later become the Guardians of ''MegaManZX''.]] This theory was backed up by the fact that [[spoiler:the Guardians]] also wear green in their uniforms, and other EpilepticTrees that Alouette and Perroquiet are [[spoiler:Prairie and Fleuve, as {{Expy}}s of Ciel and Cerveau, respectively.]]
** Some fans still think that the Dark Elf could be quite based on [[MegaManX Iris]].
** In the English release, a popular belief was that Dr. Weil is [[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]], of all people, due to name similarity.
* EvilIsCool: Copy X's armor would spectacularly break any ''MegaManX'' game, essentially being ''X5's'' [[GameBreaker Falcon Armor]] with extra firepower and Charge Man's weapon thrown in for fun.
* IronWoobie: Almost all the tragedies in the ''X series'' are inflicted on Zero, and even more are piled on here. Like the fact that [[spoiler:he wakes up seeing the current state of the world, and freshly awoken, he has to continue fighting, ''again'']], and [[spoiler:he was able to finally return the world to a peaceful state, which was what he and X have been fighting for a long time, only for him not to see it come to fruition, seeing as ''he's dead''...]]
* MemeticSexGod: Zero. No, really.
* NightmareFuel:
** Elpizo's scream as he goes OneWingedAngel.
** Dr. Weil, all the way. Actually, HighOctaneNightmareFuel is probably a closer trope for him.
*** Never show [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/7/7a/5b94bb03.gif this]] to kids. And then there's all the acts he's committed, which are NightmareFuel themselves...
*** His OneWingedAngel. As pointed out [[YouTube elsewhere]], it looks incredibly ''organic''. Not to mention all the ''blood'' when he transformed ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Japanese-only, of course]]). BodyHorror in the series at its finest, folks. The [[AllThereInTheManual Rockman Zero Official Complete Works]] even went as far as to say that it was a "sinful abomination of a final form" when showing the art of it. If even it says that it was like that, you can pretty much guarantee that it is extremely horrific.
* PlayerPunch: Elpizo aims for getting the Dark Elf, and to do so, he had to destroy the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan seal]], X's body. [[spoiler: When Zero finally catches up to him near the seal, he [[ForcedToWatch forces Zero to watch]] by binding him with the Baby Elves' powers as he stabs X's body, destroying it and releasing the Dark Elf.]]
* RoboShip:
** Ciel with Zero...maybe...well, it ''is'' a popular pairing.
*** ShipTease: ''Lots'', which warranted the RoboShip "theory" above. In fact, some of the tropes listed in her bio are ShipTease in themselves (FearLeadsToAnger and the TearJerker, anyone?).
*** FanPreferredCouple: Thanks to the large amounts of the aforementioned ShipTease (whether it's a case of RelationshipWritingFumble or not), many fans warm up to the pairing better than the more "canonical" Zero/Iris. Then again, [[StrangledByTheRedString regarding the latter pair...]]
*** {{Starboarding}}: Unfortunately, because of Zero's mentality in this department, fans have settled for this.
** Neige with Craft, the most blatant example in the ''entire [[strike: series]] franchise'' (besides [[MegaManX Zero/Iris]]).
* SavedByTheFans: X. Not from death per se, but from being an AxCrazy dictator. Similar to what happened to [[KingdomHearts Axel]], this resulted in his inaction with regards to the Guardians' attempts to kill Zero. The sequels give him other things to worry about and the issue really doesn't come up again.
* TearJerker:
** The Japan-only (prior to ''Collection'') vocal intro to the ''Zero 4'' credits theme "Promise -Next New World-" translates as follows:
** Harpuia. Also one of the most well developed characters in the franchise, which contributes to this.
** Omega, one of the more popular villains in the Mega Man franchise. Popular enough to come back as a bonus boss and an [[InfinityPlusOneSword infinity plus one artifact]] in ''MegaManZX''.
*** LoveToHate: In contrast to Weil.
*** Possibly because of the [[Awesome/VideoGameBosses climactic confrontation]] with Zero being a highlight of the series.
* EpilepticTrees:
** Ciel's unnamed ancestress provides one: Is she the one [[spoiler:who created Zero's clone body?]]
** A popular theory was that LaResistance [[spoiler:later become the Guardians of ''MegaManZX''.]] This theory was backed up by the fact that [[spoiler:the Guardians]] also wear green in their uniforms, and other EpilepticTrees that Alouette and Perroquiet are [[spoiler:Prairie and Fleuve, as {{Expy}}s of Ciel and Cerveau, respectively.]]
** Some fans still think that the Dark Elf could be quite based on [[MegaManX Iris]].
** In the English release, a popular belief was that Dr. Weil is [[Game/MegaMan Dr. Wily]], of all people, due to name similarity.
* EvilIsCool: Copy X's armor would spectacularly break any ''MegaManX'' game, essentially being ''X5's'' [[GameBreaker Falcon Armor]] with extra firepower and Charge Man's weapon thrown in for fun.
* IronWoobie: Almost all the tragedies in the ''X series'' are inflicted on Zero, and even more are piled on here. Like the fact that [[spoiler:he wakes up seeing the current state of the world, and freshly awoken, he has to continue fighting, ''again'']], and [[spoiler:he was able to finally return the world to a peaceful state, which was what he and X have been fighting for a long time, only for him not to see it come to fruition, seeing as ''he's dead''...]]
* MemeticSexGod: Zero. No, really.
* NightmareFuel:
** Elpizo's scream as he goes OneWingedAngel.
** Dr. Weil, all the way. Actually, HighOctaneNightmareFuel is probably a closer trope for him.
*** Never show [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/7/7a/5b94bb03.gif this]] to kids. And then there's all the acts he's committed, which are NightmareFuel themselves...
*** His OneWingedAngel. As pointed out [[YouTube elsewhere]], it looks incredibly ''organic''. Not to mention all the ''blood'' when he transformed ([[{{Bowdlerization}} Japanese-only, of course]]). BodyHorror in the series at its finest, folks. The [[AllThereInTheManual Rockman Zero Official Complete Works]] even went as far as to say that it was a "sinful abomination of a final form" when showing the art of it. If even it says that it was like that, you can pretty much guarantee that it is extremely horrific.
* PlayerPunch: Elpizo aims for getting the Dark Elf, and to do so, he had to destroy the [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan seal]], X's body. [[spoiler: When Zero finally catches up to him near the seal, he [[ForcedToWatch forces Zero to watch]] by binding him with the Baby Elves' powers as he stabs X's body, destroying it and releasing the Dark Elf.]]
* RoboShip:
** Ciel with Zero...maybe...well, it ''is'' a popular pairing.
*** ShipTease: ''Lots'', which warranted the RoboShip "theory" above. In fact, some of the tropes listed in her bio are ShipTease in themselves (FearLeadsToAnger and the TearJerker, anyone?).
*** FanPreferredCouple: Thanks to the large amounts of the aforementioned ShipTease (whether it's a case of RelationshipWritingFumble or not), many fans warm up to the pairing better than the more "canonical" Zero/Iris. Then again, [[StrangledByTheRedString regarding the latter pair...]]
*** {{Starboarding}}: Unfortunately, because of Zero's mentality in this department, fans have settled for this.
** Neige with Craft, the most blatant example in the ''entire [[strike: series]] franchise'' (besides [[MegaManX Zero/Iris]]).
* SavedByTheFans: X. Not from death per se, but from being an AxCrazy dictator. Similar to what happened to [[KingdomHearts Axel]], this resulted in his inaction with regards to the Guardians' attempts to kill Zero. The sequels give him other things to worry about and the issue really doesn't come up again.
* TearJerker:
** The Japan-only (prior to ''Collection'') vocal intro to the ''Zero 4'' credits theme "Promise -Next New World-" translates as follows:
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** Accompanying [[spoiler:Ciel crying alone under a tree]], as the song becomes entirely instrumental. BittersweetEnding indeed...
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*** And after that, [[spoiler:she believes that Zero is still out there, and will be waiting for him to come back. What comes next? Zero's broken helmet lying in the desert, indicating he's been KilledOffForReal.]]
** This dialogue:
-->'''X''': "Since you've disappeared I've been fighting this war alone against an uncountable number of Mavericks for nearly a hundred years... Battle after battle...so painful and so sad...but the hardest part was when I discovered that I no longer cared about [[strike: fighting enemies]] the enemies I fought..."
*** What makes is worse is that [[MartialPacifist it's X]] we're talking about.
* ThatOneBoss: Might tie with Fefnir for most difficult, but Phantom is far and away the cheapest of the four Guardians, and for bonus points doesn't suffer from the elemental weaknesses they do. Not to mention his [[TurnsRed low-health special attack]] literally makes him invisible. For added measure, virtually all of his attacks can't be interrupted, and he recovers quickly from the one that can. Add on to all of that his TakingYouWithMe in the second battle.
* ViewerGenderConfusion:
** Harpuia's voice is MegumiOgata, a woman. Plus his name is derived from the legend of the Harpy, half bird, half-''women''.
** Cubit Foxtar, possibly overlaps with ShesAManInJapan.
*** Made more confusing by being based on a Kitsune, which can change genders. Makes more sense if you assume that his inhuman battle form is his true form.
** There's also Anubis Necromanc''ess'' (boss in ''Zero 1'' and ''3''), confirmed to be male [[hottip:*:His name in Japan is Anubistep Necromances, with one "s"]], and Polar Kamrous (in ''Zero 2'') which, despite the matching build and deep voice, is female.
*** Weirdly enough, the Complete Works book refers to Kamrous as [[FlipFlopOfGod male.]]
* TheWoobie: Ciel gets extra points for this. [[Woobie/VideoGames Hoo-boy...]]
** Alouette is implied to have gone through a BreakTheCutie livelihood, and might have suffered even worse, if Ciel hadn't found her.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Some find Elpizo quite sympathetic.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Some of the boss' names are changed overseas. In particular, Dr. Weil's name was originally Dr. Vile. There's already [[MegaManX another guy who's named Vile]] (who is originally called [[StarWars V]][[ShoutOut A]][[WritingAroundTrademarks VA]]), so the name change is to avoid confusion.
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** Why is this in the YMMV page? Even if CompleteMonster is a YMMV entry, to call Weil's status as CompleteMonster to be YMMV is just... wrong. Nothing describes him better than Complete [[PrecisionFStrike FUCKING]] Monster.
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* CompleteMonster: Dr. Vile/ Weil, probably a mix of [[{{Gundam 00}} Ali Al-Saachez and Ribbons Almark]] who is so irredeemable that even Craft turned against him in the end.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Zero, now TheHero this time around, gets a tad bit ''too'' many of these, even compared to the previous series. And no one is complaining. Shining example: Zero vs. [[ClimaxBoss Omega]].
** And another: {{Badass}} vs. CompleteMonster (everyone ''knows'' who's referring to what, of course). If ''that'' isn't enough, there are things which make it awesome [[SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome in]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech its]] [[GrandFinale own]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding way.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: At the beginning of the second game, a ''lot'' of LaResistance soldiers overjoyed to see Zero back with them once more, ''[[ShipTease especially]]'' Ciel.
** In ''Zero 4'', after defeating Craft for the second time, [[ChaoticGood Zero]] finally showing where his true loyalties lie. And this was ''before'' his [[Awesome/MegaMan immortal]] WorldOfCardboardSpeech.
** From ''Zero 4'', Zero keeping his promise to X up until the end.
** Andrew's backstory. Sure, he's a fairly non-important NPC but that doesn't make it any less heartwarming.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Zero, now TheHero this time around, gets a tad bit ''too'' many of these, even compared to the previous series. And no one is complaining. Shining example: Zero vs. [[ClimaxBoss Omega]].
** And another: {{Badass}} vs. CompleteMonster (everyone ''knows'' who's referring to what, of course). If ''that'' isn't enough, there are things which make it awesome [[SugarWiki/CrowningMusicOfAwesome in]] [[WorldOfCardboardSpeech its]] [[GrandFinale own]] [[EarnYourHappyEnding way.]]
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: At the beginning of the second game, a ''lot'' of LaResistance soldiers overjoyed to see Zero back with them once more, ''[[ShipTease especially]]'' Ciel.
** In ''Zero 4'', after defeating Craft for the second time, [[ChaoticGood Zero]] finally showing where his true loyalties lie. And this was ''before'' his [[Awesome/MegaMan immortal]] WorldOfCardboardSpeech.
** From ''Zero 4'', Zero keeping his promise to X up until the end.
** Andrew's backstory. Sure, he's a fairly non-important NPC but that doesn't make it any less heartwarming.
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** Zero's Theme is also amazing, as it's a redone version of his original ''X'' series theme.
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** Zero's Theme is also amazing, as it's a redone version of his original ''X'' series theme.theme.
* TearJerker: The Japan-only (prior to ''Collection'') vocal intro to the ''Zero 4'' credits theme "Promise -Next New World-" translates as follows:
--> ''Always overflowing in my heart,''
--> ''My feelings for you.''
--> ''There is no forever,''
--> ''so I want you by my side for now.''
** Accompanying [[spoiler:Ciel crying alone under a tree]], as the song becomes entirely instrumental. BittersweetEnding indeed...
* TearJerker: The Japan-only (prior to ''Collection'') vocal intro to the ''Zero 4'' credits theme "Promise -Next New World-" translates as follows:
--> ''Always overflowing in my heart,''
--> ''My feelings for you.''
--> ''There is no forever,''
--> ''so I want you by my side for now.''
** Accompanying [[spoiler:Ciel crying alone under a tree]], as the song becomes entirely instrumental. BittersweetEnding indeed...
