Line #10 Fanon/MegaMan


1	There's a truckload of old theories concerning the ''Franchise/MegaMan'' series and its spin-offs.
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4	!!Classic Timeline Fanon ([[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]], ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'', ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX]]'', [[NonLinearSequel and]] ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'')
5	* Fans like to believe that [[EmergencyEnergyTank E-Tanks]] are VideoGame/{{Mega Man\|Classic}}'s [[TrademarkFavoriteFood favorite drink]]. This is largely due to the [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon]], despite the fact that they are not in the same continuity, and that in ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', Mega Man uses E-Tanks by inserting his ArmCannon into them.
6	* Fan works are more susceptible to the idea of female Robot Masters (or Robot Mistresses, if you will), who are barely seen in-universe. (The only canonical [=RMs=] of that nature are Light bots [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Roll]] and [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Splash Woman]], plus Plum from the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleAndChase Battle & Chase]]'' spin-off racer.) This actually seeped into other, non-official continuities, as the manga for ''VideoGame/MegaMan6'' had its incarnation of Centaur Man [[SweetPollyOliver revealed to be a woman with long, flowing hair]] and [[ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics the Archie comic]] introduced Tempo/Quake Woman, an [[OriginalGeneration OC creation]] of a former colleague of Light's named Dr. Lalinde, as well as her sister Vesper Woman (who is based, in-universe and [[DevelopmentGag out]], on Honey Woman, the original design for [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Hornet Man]]). Meanwhile, ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'' featured two original female Robot Masters named Hypno Woman and Blasto Woman respectively.
7	* The DWN Robot Masters living in Wily's fortress in-between/during the games. Probably canon for the TV series, but that's not the same continuity.
8	* One idea that comes up often is that there is a leader among each group of Robot Masters. While this has happened in some of the manga/comics, the games are ambiguous about it at best. [[note]]The only two exceptions to date, technically speaking, are that ''VideoGame/MegaManV'' establishes Terra as the leader of the Stardroids and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManTheWilyWars The Wily Wars]]'' designates Buster Rod G as the leader of the Genesis Unit, though he's TheAllegedBoss.[[/note]] The ones that fans tend to favor are [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 Elec Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Quick Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan3 Shadow Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan4 Pharaoh Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan5 Star Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan6 Knight Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan7 Freeze Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan8 Sword Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan9 Tornado Man]], [[VideoGame/MegaMan10 Blade Man]], and [[VideoGame/MegaMan11 Fuse Man]]. Outside of the (Roman) numbered titles, you'll sometimes see fans position [[VideoGame/MegaManIV Ballade]] as the leader of the Mega Man Killers, but few seem to bother with figuring out who's TheDragon to their respective BigBad among the [[VideoGame/MegaManAndBass King Numbers]] or [[VideoGame/RockmanAndForteMiraiKaraNoChosensha the Dimensions]].
9	* Blues, Proto Man's [[DubNameChange Japanese name]], is often treated by fans as his civilian name, like Rock is for Mega Man. (Officially he has none, and only goes by Proto Man or Blues, depending on the language.)
10	* An oft-overlooked piece of fanon is the assertion that Wily is German (or of German descent), owing to Wily being based on UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein and Creator/ScottMcNeil giving him a German accent in the Ruby-Spears cartoon (and ''[[VideoGame/SuperGemFighter Puzzle Fighter]]''). As such, it is very rare to see fan works that don't model his speech patterns after [=McNeil's=] performance even though there's no canonical statement on Wily's ethnicity and he's been given an American accent in every game with English-language voiceovers (''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', ''VideoGame/MegaManX4'', ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'', ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'') as well as the ''[[Anime/MegaManUponAStar Upon a Star]]'' OVA (where [=McNeil=] also [[RoleReprise reprised his role from the cartoon]]). This idea ''may'' hold true for the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' continuity, as [[spoiler:Dr. Regal, revealed to be Lord Wily's son in [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork5TeamColonelAndTeamProtoMan the fifth game]], hails from Nation Z, which is described as an "infamous military state" and therefore believed to be the series' FantasyCounterpartCulture to (Nazi) Germany]], but ''Battle Network'' is an AlternateTimeline with a few cases of AdaptationalNationality, most notably Dr. Light going from American to Japanese (or rather, Electopian).
11	* One of the biggest problems is that early ''Mega Man'' (not ''Rockman'') stuff was prone to embellishment, so much that it could be considered [[http://themechanicalmaniacs.com/articles/USstory.php its own continuity.]] That in itself isn't too bad -- this happened a lot in the NES era -- but many fans aren't too happy with it. If they don't dismiss it all as mistranslations, they claim it's compatible with the original canon material, despite not perfectly overlapping at all, and then embellish further in order to explain certain points or cover plot hole (absolutely not helped by some people considering fan translations of dubious quality or ''fanfiction'' as canon, nor by assuming that everything the Japanese fans said was true; that's where those last names came from). While it's not as bad today as it was in the early days of the community, there's still people who think/insist that Doctor Light and Wily being partners is true for all regions, or that Mega Man knows that Proto Man is his brother in the Japanese continuity.
12	* Zero killing most/the whole cast of the original series in an event commonly referred to as the "Cataclysm." This was popularized by ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' but has been {{Jossed}} by [[AllThereInTheManual sourcebooks]] and direct WordOfGod.
13	* Fan works tend to portray X, Zero, and other humanoid Reploids with the ability to remove their helmets to reveal heads of hair. They've never actually done this in the games, but Mega Man and Proto Man both have multiple times, so it makes enough sense to fans. This was {{Jossed}} for X and Zero specifically ([[https://www.reddit.com/r/Megaman/comments/96akkg/according_to_this_concept_artx_and_zero_have_no/ concept art]] depicts them with nothing but metal plates underneath the helmets) but the idea persists nevertheless.
14	* One dealt with the last names of most of the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX X]]'' series characters (Signas Lancaster, Marty Gisbon, Iris Thorne, etc.). [[HarsherInHindsight The best]] was [[VideoGame/MegaManZero3 "Zero Omega."]]
15	* Serges from ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'' and Isoc from ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'' are both incarnations of/vessels for a [[JokerImmunity still living]] Dr. Wily, with Wily's survival usually chalked up to him [[BrainUploading somehow becoming one with the Maverick Virus]] and [[VirtualGhost living on through it]]. While never explicitly confirmed outside of Wily's involvement in the plot of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX5 X5]]'' as Sigma's [[TheGhost unseen]] [[BigBadDuumvirate collaborator]] (with Wily having [[BackFromTheDead come back to life]] in the process), the games heavily imply this on several different occasions [[labelnote:(including...)]]''X2'' ([[LostInTranslation Japanese version only]]): Serges [[WrongNameOutburst mistakenly refers to X]] as "Rock" and later calls him "the robotic memento of Light" -- [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay both comments made in an era where few would be aware of the events from 20XX]]; ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX4 X4]]'': Zero's story opens with him having a nightmare where Wily appears to him, ordering Zero to destroy his nemesis (presumably X); ''X6'': Isoc, who is voiced by Creator/TakeshiAono (who previously voiced Wily in ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'' and ''X4''), is a Reploid scientist with a fixation on Zero and knowledge of [[BlackBox his inner workings]] -- with the latter implying he may have been responsible for Zero's UnexplainedRecovery -- and when Isoc's lifeless body is discovered late in X's story, [[MissionControl Alia]] comments that it's similar to the [[VideoGame/MegaManXtreme2 Erasure Incident]], thereby suggesting his CPU left his body altogether[[/labelnote]] and the question of "Serges = Wily" was given a ShrugOfGod by Creator/KeijiInafune, causing many fans to run with the idea.
16	* In light of the debates over the original English localization for ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' renaming the Maverick bosses to have names [[MusicalThemeNaming based on]] the members of Music/GunsNRoses, only for ''[[CompilationRerelease Mega Man X Legacy Collection 2]]'' to throw them out in favor of ones closer to the original Japanese, some fans decided to TakeAThirdOption and treat the GNR names as nicknames.
17	* A popular theory which emerged following ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' is that [[spoiler:Lumine eventually pulls a GrandTheftMe on Axl, necessitating his destruction at the hands of X and Zero, thereby explaining in part why Axl is never brought up in any of the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero Zero]]'' games. [[TheStinger Axl's ending]], where it's shown that Lumine's LastBreathBullet embedded ''something'' in Axl's cracked PowerCrystal, and one of the game's unlockables being [[PaletteSwap a "White Axl" armor in Lumine's specific color scheme]] are held up as evidence for this line of thought. (Of course, this is strictly speaking from [[WatsonianVersusDoylist an in-universe perspective]]. That ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero1 Z1]]'' released before Axl's debut in ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'' likely accounts for some of this, and Zero's status as an AmnesiacHero in the ''Zero'' games coupled with [[BigGood X's]] [[LockedOutOfTheLoop occasional withholding of sensitive information]] probably gave the writers enough narrative justification to avoid mentioning Axl entirely.)]]
18	* According to fans, ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' occurs in 22XX, a century after the events of ''VideoGame/MegaManX''. (By proxy, this places ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'' circa 24XX.) Though taken to be true by many, this claim is actually a slight corruption of canon, where ''Zero'' takes place a century after ''the Elf Wars'', [[GreatOffscreenWar an event]] that in turn follows the ''X'' series, which has been LeftHanging with ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX8 X8]]''. (WordOfGod also states that Zero's ending from ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX6 X6]]'' is [[DistantFinale the last event in that series' timeline]], with some of the "22XX" misconception coming from the fact that Zero is scheduled to be in stasis for 102 years as a Reploid scientist studies his body in an effort to remove Zero's [[TheVirus viral]] [[PatientZero programming]].) The ''Zero'' games themselves never offer an exact chronological reference point, and while non-canon[[note]]in the sense of [[GaidenGame being set]] in what is likely an AlternateContinuity, [[LooseCanon that is]][[/note]], ''[[VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission Command Mission]]'' itself takes place in 22XX, with no signs present in-game of a bloody conflict initiated by a madman with a god complex that almost claimed all sentient life on Earth. (Though some fans have theorized that ''Command Mission'' could take place in early 22XX, [[FanWank so as to not overlap with]] the ''Zero'' series or ''X8''. The biggest roadblock in regards to this particular theory is [[spoiler:Axl's ultimate fate]], as mentioned above, due to how [[spoiler:Axl appears no worse for the wear in ''Command Mission'']] -- which can be taken in one of several different ways.)
19	* While it's never been revealed who built the [[EliteFour Four Guardians]], some fans think of them as X's children, possibly with Alia being their mother (as she's a popular shipping choice for X in the fandom, especially after ''X6''). Canonically, the Guardians can actually be thought of as X's biological children, as they were all created from his DNA data, making him a TrulySingleParent in a sense.
20	* Thanks to the "Vile's Incident" story included with the ''Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero: Physis'' soundtrack featuring an image of [[spoiler:X and the Four Guardians watching [[ColonyDrop the fall of Ragnarok]] during the finale of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 Zero 4]]'']], it is widely believed that [[spoiler:the Four Guardians [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence became]] [[EnergyBeings cyber-elves]] much like X before them and reside in Cyberspace with him]] despite this drawing being confirmed as nothing more than an EasterEgg on the part of ''Zero'' series illustrator Toru Nakayama. It helps that this scenario doesn't really conflict with the ''Zero'' series timeline and other official statements/materials[[labelnote:More details]]Phantom appears in Cyberspace as an OptionalBoss in ''Z3'' after dying in the first game, the ''Official Complete Works'' artbook states the surviving three Guardians perished in ''Z3'' [[HeroicSacrifice shielding Zero from Omega's explosion]], X no longer has enough energy to maintain a physical presence by the end of ''Z3'' and retires to Cyberspace, etc.[[/labelnote]] and also meshes with the idea that [[spoiler:the Biometals in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX]]'' are {{Soul Jar}}s for most of the characters they're modeled after]], something that is only implied but generally accepted as fact.
21	* It's commonly believed by fans that Doctor Ciel [[FullConversionCyborg fully converted her body into a machine]] after ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 Zero 4]]'', becoming the first Humanoid later seen in the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX ZX]]'' series. Evidence to back up this claim is the fact that Ciel was mentioned in ''ZX'' to have disappeared a few years prior to the game's events despite the series taking place over ''200'' years after ''Zero 4'', beyond any lifespan of a regular human, and the Sage Trinity in ''ZX Advent'' are revealed to be former humans who converted into Humanoids hundreds of years ago. Some fans even go further and suggest that Ciel was also the first person to Megamerge with Biometals, as seen with fan projects such as ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/MMZXG/225466 Mega Man ZX Genesis]]'' and ''[[https://note.com/p_rcl_zr ProjectRCL ZET REQUIEM]]''. [[labelnote:However... (Spoilers!)]]The fact that Ciel does not appear as one of the [[TheChosenMany "Chosen Ones"]] shown in the cipher unlocked after the battle with Aeolus in ''ZXA'' (which features all living and deceased Mega Men from both games except for Grey/Ashe, Prometheus, Pandora, and Master Albert) does call this idea into question, as this omission would suggest Ciel was not a past survivor of a Maverick raid deemed worthy by Albert and therefore did not have his DNA -- the true key to Megamerging according to said cipher -- infused in her body. Though [[UnreliableExpositor authorial bias]] could be in play here and there certainly could be more survivors of Maverick attacks possessing Albert's blood (various details about the "Game of Destiny" central to the ''ZX'' series hint that Chosen Ones were being scouted out and pitted against one another before ''ZX'' proper), every known character capable of using a Biometal, even those [[TheUnchosenOne not]] [[SpannerInTheWorks intended]] to take part in the Game of Destiny by Albert, indeed shares this trait -- including Grey and Ashe by dint of being [[RaisedAsAHost a backup body for Albert]] (DAN-003) and [[LukeIAmYourFather Albert's direct descendant]] respectively. The only possible outliers are [[CoDragons Prometheus and Pandora]], fellow creations of Albert (DAN-001 and DAN-002) who were each fused with a fragment of Model W but not expressly indicated to be Biomatches for Model W and never refer to themselves or are otherwise identified as "Mega Man Model W" (unlike Serpent and Albert).[[/labelnote]]
22	* [[TheReveal According to]] [[spoiler:Master Albert]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZX Mega Man ZX Advent]]'', the "A" in Model A stands for [[spoiler:Albert]], ''[[WhamLine not]]'' [[VideoGame/MegaManX7 Axl]], as it was designed as part of [[spoiler:Master Albert's backup plans for his Game of Destiny]]. Fans typically reject this claim, finding the various characteristics shared between and Axl and Model A (including color scheme, the use of firearms, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting A-Trans]], and a rather childish and immature personality) too strong to be a mere coincidence and thereby believe Model A is "Model Axl" in spirit, if not in name. The fact that Axl is at the center of many a {{Wild Mass Guess\|ing}} following ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' and [[SequelNonEntity goes completely unmentioned]] throughout the ''Zero'' series tends to be used in conjunction with this idea.
23	* Given the cliffhanger ending of ''ZX Advent'', where [[spoiler:Master Thomas wants to reset the world]], combined with how the world [[TheGreatFlood was flooded]] and [[spoiler:humanity replaced with [[ArtificialHuman Carbons]]]] in ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'' ([[DistantSequel set millennia later]]), fans ended up drawing the conclusion that [[spoiler:[[ArcWelding Thomas's actions somehow led to the flood]]]].
24	* Though not as widespread as some other examples, [[FanonDiscontinuity one part of the fandom]] believes that ''Legends'' is indeed a DistantSequel to the rest of the Classic timeline, albeit one that [[AlternateTimeline branches off]] only from the bad ending of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5''. This is because said ending [[spoiler:heavily implies X was responsible for the creation of Elysium (something that likely could not happen due to the events of the ''Zero'' series unless a {{Retcon}} was involved)]] as well as the fact that [[AfterTheEnd the state of]] [[ScavengerWorld the world]] by the time of ''Legends'' is [[CrapsaccharineWorld rather bleak]], [[ShootTheShaggyDog retroactively]] [[AllForNothing undermining]] hopeful events like the period of peaceful human-robot coexistence between ''[[VideoGame/MegaManZero4 Zero 4]]'' and ''ZX''.
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26	!!AlternateTimeline Fanon (''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Star Force]]'')
27	* In the ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' series, the premise of [=MegaMan.EXE=] and Lan Hikari's link has been debated in fanfiction due to its vagueness of detail in the games. Many fan works will include the link as having the two be able to communicate telepathically or control each other's bodies.
28	* Not unlike ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', AdaptationDisplacement sometimes causes aspects of [[Anime/MegaManNTWarrior2002 the anime]] [[Manga/MegaManNTWarrior2001 and manga]] [[Manga/BattleStoryMegaManNTWarrior continuities]] to bleed into game canon among the ''Battle Network'' fandom. This is especially prevalent in shipping matters, such as fans taking the ShipTease between Laika and Princess Pride in the anime to be canon despite the fact that [[ShipsThatPassInTheNight they most likely never even crossed paths in the games]]. [[note]]Both do appear in [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork5TeamColonelAndTeamProtoMan the fifth game]], but in [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo separate versions]].[[/note]]
29	* Speaking of Princess Pride, a number of ''Battle Network'' fans believe that her [=NetNavi=], [=KnightMan.EXE=], [[SamusIsAGirl is female underneath the armor]] (not unlike the aforementioned Manga!Centaur Man) despite being referred to with male pronouns by Pride and having male voice actors in the anime. There may be some conflation with the anime's continuity involved here ([[FandomSpecificPlot this reveal most commonly appears in Lan/Pride fan works]] thanks to ''NT Warrior'' teasing the pair) and the closest thing to a legitimate "female [=KnightMan=]" is the [[FusionDance Cross Fusion]] between Pride and [=KnightMan=] in the anime (as all [=NetNavi=]-Operator mergers go by the Navi's name but possess the [=NetOp's=] body even if they're the opposite gender).
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