History Anime / MegaManNTWarrior

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''[=MegaMan=] NT Warrior'' is the anime and manga adaptation of the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series (''Battle Network Rockman.EXE'' in Japan, and later just ''Rockman.EXE''). Specifically, it's Viz Media's Western title for the anime and manga, referred to as ''Rockman.EXE'' in Japan. The manga had 16 volumes and the anime had 5 series (Rockman.EXE, Axess, Stream, Beast, and Beast+) along with a movie, though only EXE and Axess got an official English release. Despite all being under the same label and sharing the same basic concept, both the anime and the manga are separate entities from each other and the original UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance games.

The chief concept is the series' famous ForWantOfANail: In the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic classic verse]], Drs. Light and Wily saw incredible advances in the field of robotics, though Wily's jealousy at Light's more immediate success with the general public saw his arguably greater intellect twisted to petty theft and then increasingly devastating assaults on the world itself. In the Battle Network verse, however, Dr. Light (here named ''Hikari Tadashi''),[[note]]A pun on the Japanese-English L/R confusion in romanisation -- the name translates out to ''Right Light''[[/note]] turned his mind to the world of computer networking and carried the population of the world with him anyway, leaving Wily, who was left with his robotics to stew in misery. In the present, or rather, the far, far future of [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture 20XX]], the world has seen mind-boggling advances of technology, each and every bit of it connected through the vast cybernetic sea of the internet. Everything -- cars, refrigerators, schools, the weather, you name it -- [[EverythingIsOnline everything is]] ''[[EverythingIsOnline literally]]'' [[EverythingIsOnline online.]]

This has gotten to the point where the internet has become its ''[[AnotherDimension own dimension]]''. In order to easily navigate this massive dimension, humans created a series of Artificial Intelligences, roughly human in form, called Network Navigators, more commonly known as "Net Navis" or just "Navis". Net Navis each have their own personalities and assist humans with the normal internet stuff: shopping, web surfing, interacting with friends, searching for information, defeating the wild viruses roaming around with their built-in weapon or [=BattleChips=], [[BreadEggsMilkSquick illegal Net Battles between Navis]]...

However, nothing is ever ideal. The internet is under [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed almost constant threat]] from a number of villainous entities, most notably the [=WWW=] (pronounced "World Three"). The Grandson of Dr. Light, 10-year-old Lan (Netto) Hikari and his partner, [=MegaMan.EXE=] (Rockman), find themselves dealing with everyday life ''and'' taking down said villainous entities that threaten to destroy the Net and the world along with it. They won't just be fighting online; when malevolent entities strike, the machine system connected to that part of the hardware will often malfunction dangerously which means Lan will have to take as much initiative offline to stop threats as [=MegaMan=] does in Net Battles. For example, Lan's and [=MegaMan's=] introduction to the world of crimefighting has the pair take down an arsonist who set housefires using electronic ovens.

However, following that moment, the various adaptations diverge wildly.

* In the Anime, Lan and his [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest childhood friend/love interest]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Maylu]] (eventually joined by [[TheBully schoolyard bully]] [[BoisterousBruiser Dex]], [[Fiction500 insanely rich]] [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Kinglish]] [[ForeignExchangeStudent transfer student]] [[SpoiledBrat Yai]], and quiet but loyal ally [[AscendedExtra Tory]]) find themselves caught up in the various strikes and counter-strikes between the [=WWW=] and a small group of Net Agents led by the mysterious Commander Beef. The Commander and his Net Navi [=SharkMan=] will often spend time giving Lan and [=MegaMan=] subtle guidance on how to grow, or outright enable them to succeed when given no other choice. Also standing in the boys' way are the enigmatic [[TheRival Chaud Blaze]] and [[AloofAlly ProtoMan.EXE]], the absolute best of the best.
** The first portion of the anime consisted of two seasons consisting of a loose and then tighter and then loose again [[AnimeOfTheGame Anime of the first two]] ''[[AnimeOfTheGame Battle Network]]'' [[AnimeOfTheGame games]], ending on a relatively satisfactory note with the end of the Gospel arc ...before tripping over a series of {{Filler}} episodes at the end in March 2004. However, that October saw the airing of the new [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Rockman.EXE Axess]], which [[SubvertedTrope abandoned the straight adaptational approach]] in favor of introducing the concept of [[AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield Dimensional Areas]][[note]]A dimensional convergence between the cyberworld and the real world that turns a set area into its own phantom zone.[[/note]] and [[HenshinHero Cross Fusion]] along the way. The series continued, cycling uninterrupted through ''Rockman.EXE Stream'' and ''Beast'' before the airing of ''Beast+'', whose episodes were shortened to only ten minutes and officially came to an [[NoEnding abrupt and unyielding halt]] on September 30, 2006.[[note]]The ten minute episodes would also be inherited by the AnimeOfTheGame of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Ryuusei no Rockman]][[/note]]''
* The Manga released to North American shores, by Ryo Takamisaki, is a loose adaptation of the main [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork six games]] set across 13 volumes. Notable for both avoiding {{Filler}} ''and'' for adapting various side stories only vaguely mentioned in the games, including [[spoiler:Bass' origin story and his legend-spawning fight with Serenade]]. The very first chapter sees the popular, skilled, and rather wayward Lan have Mega Man fight off a serial arsonist and his Navi when the local elementary school is targeted going so far as to outright delete the threatening [=TorchMan=],[[note]]Deletion was held off to the end of the first season of the anime, by comparison.[[/note]] and the next has the freshly backup-restored [=TorchMan=] II.[[note]]Who makes a point of distinguishing himself from his "previous me".[[/note]] [=TorchMan=], along with his operator, the fierce Mr. Match) invite Lan to put his Net Battle skills to use against the people who deserve it by participating in a [[TheCracker crack run]] on the ''board of education''. A third attack by the [=WWW=] sees Lan fall into a short coma, and when he wakes up, it is revealed that he has a special talent indeed -- Lan and [=MegaMan=] can share a state of perception called ''[[{{Synchronization}} Full-Synchro]]'', which allows Lan to shorten the time lapse between himself and [=MegaMan=] to nigh instantaneous speeds. With this knowledge comes the special license, enabling Lan and [=MegaMan=] to participate in otherwise forbidden Net Battles, but this time, in the service of good.
* The second manga, [=Battle Story Rockman.EXE=] by Jun Keijima and Miho Asada, saw European release starting in 2006. By 2007, all four volumes had been translated to French.

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[[folder:More than one of the adaptations contain examples of:]]
* AbortedArc:
** A few in the anime, but the one that sticks out the most is Bass' arc. Towards the end of ''Axess'', he made it quite clear that he was very slowly planning on making his own play for power and was shaping up to be a major villain in the next arc. In ''Stream'', however, he's banished to the [=UnderNet=] by Slur and not heard from again until TheMovie. And then he only shows up in the final episodes of the arc [[spoiler: to finish off Slur]] and is never seen again.
** Everything in the dub past Axess is this, as they still set up the coming of Duo in the final episodes of the season, and end it with Yuri looking at Duo's comet ominously arriving in the sky. However the next season which follows up on that was never dubbed.
** The early Takamisaki manga spent very little time on filler, and would occasionally cast blatant foreshadowing on Mega Man's relationship with Lan and his uniqueness as a NetNavi. These threads were ultimately LeftHanging during the Style Change arc.
* AdaptationExpansion:
** On the flip side, the anime has a few new things to show us, such as the inventor of the Copyroids, Mr. Famous' ex-girlfriend. Other characters such as Tory, Raika, Dingo, and Ms Yuri become {{Ascended Extra}}s.
** Being only a loose adaptation, there's not much in the main story of Takamisaki's manga, but there are a number adapted sidestories that could quite easily fit into proper ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]]'' {{Canon}}.
* AdultsAreUseless: Although [[DownplayedTrope they provide a lot of support]], it's the kids that wind up saving the world time and time again.
** In the anime, ''Stream'' averts this, introducing adult members of the team. Also, from the beginning, Commander Beef and his squad. The adult cross fusion characters occasionally prove to be significantly stronger than the kids. For example, at one point Lan, Fyrefox and Dusk each attack one of Dark [=MegaMan=]'s minions, and while Lan can only manage to log [=CosmoMan=] out, the other two delete their foes. Also shown when Lan and Chaud can't make a dent in [=ShadeMan=], but Yuri can.
** In the manga, Lan and [=MegaMan=] are given unofficial invitations to an [=anti-WWW=] task force filled with [=NetNavis=] piloted by competent adults picked specifically to take down Wily's organization. After everyone [[TheWorfBarrage gets in a hit against the Life Virus]], [[GenreBlindness they celebrate]]...and [[RedshirtArmy then get annihilated]], leaving only [[ConservationOfNinjutsu [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=]]].
* AlternateHistory: In Classic Mega Man, robot technology is the way of the future; in ''NT Warrior'', it's networks. Carrying over from the games, [[ForWantOfANail Tadashi Hikari chose to study network technology instead of robotics like Wily did]]. Most of the Robot Masters from previous [=MegaMan=] titles appear in this series as [=NetNavi=] programs with different personalities.
* BigDamnHeroes: Every main character and most of the secondary cast gets a couple of these. Lan usually has at least one an episode, especially once Axess starts. Enzan/Chaud has some truly awesome ones mid-Axess, [[spoiler:probably to make up for having to turn his Navi evil a few episodes later.]]
** [=MegaMan=] saves [=ProtoMan=] this way (and vice versa) at least once in the Manga, most notably when [=ProtoMan=] is about to bite it under attack from Gospel. He immediately starts grousing for [=MegaMan=] to back off, and [=MegaMan=] [[CasualDangerDialog teases him for taking himself so seriously]].
* CanonForeigner:
** Among the handful of anime-specific characters, there are a few notables. First is Gorou Misaki, a Net Saver and original test subject for Cross Fusion who runs afoul of Nebula's plotting [[spoiler: and is tricked into undergoing Dark Cross Fusion with his Navi, [=PrisMan.EXE=]]].
*** Then there's Keifer and Manuela, more commonly known by their original names of Inspector Kifune and Manabe, who serve with the [=NetPolice=] and "oversee" the activities of the [[FreeRangeChildren Net Savers]].
*** Then there's Makoto Aoki, a programmer notable for being one of the few prominent females on the cast and Mr. Famous' ''ex-girlfriend''.
*** Slur, the extra terrestrial navi and Duo's [[TheDragon second-in-command]] from ''Stream''.
*** The Asteroid Navi operators in ''Stream'' excluding the Neo WWW members and Ivan Chillski, who are from the games themselves.
*** Trill, the child navi allowing [=MegaMan=] to beast out.
*** [=CutMan=]'s brothers, who appear far more frequent than even [=CutMan=] does. They actually posed a threat against Lan and Mega in their debut episode, though their competence reduced after that.
** In the manga, there's Inspector "Slick Daddy" Oda, Lan's and Mega's liaison with law enforcement. He's a significant figure for the first half of the manga, but disappears [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse without a trace or a mention]] once the Darkloids arrive.
*** The manga also briefly features a boy named Akira, Lan's partner-in-pranks. He doesn't last long, moving out of town during his debut chapter and mattering not a whit afterwards.
*** Another notable from the manga include Rhythm, a joke character created by Takamisaki to be Blues' answer to [=RockMan's=] Roll.
* CastingGag: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFqVBuUJHng As noticed in this video]], some voice actors from the Megaman cartoon also did some roles in the anime. Same deal in the Brazilian dub.
** [[Creator/KirbyMorrow Speedy Dave]] and [[Creator/KellySheridan Sal]] are close friends [[Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne once]] [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} again.]]
** Fabio Lucindo voiced Ash Ketchum, a {{Mon}} trainer. In the anime, he voices [=MegaMan.EXE=], basically a virtual {{Mon}}. Same deal with Ash's Mexican Spanish voice actor, Creator/GabrielRamos.
* ChekhovsClassroom:
** The episode 'Robotic Fish Gone Wild!' revolves around this. Did you know that jellyfish are 90% water? So are Jellyfish Viruses! Water conducts electricity! ELECTRO-SWORD!!!!
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in the manga, where [=MegaMan=] reminds Lan of a history lecture that went awry when it broke off into "sensationalist tripe" about hyperadvanced prehistoric civilizations after Dex asked about [[{{Atlantis}} Atlantis and Mu]] and gets laughed down for it. Lan has a good reason [[SubvertedTrope for not remembering]] - [[AsleepInClass he slept through the whole thing]].
* ChildProdigy:
** Chaud, Vice-President of a major corporation (and in the manga, top-flight Official). It's implied that he's been VP since he was a little kid.
** Lan, barring a couple of necessary defeats in the beginning, catches up to and later surpasses Chaud's skill. A major case of BrilliantButLazy.
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* DarkerAndEdgier:
** In general, ''Axess'' compared to the original series, with villains far closer to the MoralEventHorizon than the more comical WWW and even Gospel.
** Lan is not a "good guy" by any definition in the earliest portion of Takamisaki's manga until the police hire him. (Mr. Match actually convinced him to contribute to an attack on the Board of Education).
** ProtoMan gets a vicious KickTheDog when he [[spoiler:slays a helpless navi after he begs for mercy]].
* DiscardAndDraw: The anime and manga had to justify Mega's sudden shifts in SuperMode availability, most prominently the switch from Style Change to Double Soul. In the anime, Mega loses the Style Change [[HandWave explicitly as a result]] of gaining Cross Fusion capabilities (and Double Soul naturally tags along); in the manga, he only had Hub Style, which was [[PowerNullifier negated and absorbed]] by Dark Power, but didn't get the Double Soul ability [[spoiler: until Serenade snuck it into his system]]. Neither really makes use of the Cross System when it becomes relevant, instead focusing only on [[SealedInsideAHumanShapedCan Beast Out]], though a few Cross Beast forms appear in ''Beast+''.
* EagleLand: Amerope (The anime's English tends to be phonetic, so you may see "Ameroppa" instead), known as Netopia in the games, is an amalgamation of America and Europe as a whole (as you may have guessed). It is the most-featured foreign country in the series. In the anime, Lan visits it as part of his Championship Tour in the early second season. In the manga, he visits it [[spoiler: to try and collect [=MegaMan=], who's on the run from military detention.]]
* EleventhHourSuperpower: Pretty common.
** Anime: [[spoiler:Bug Style in season 2, Full Synchro in Axess, Forte Cross in the movie, and Beast Style in Beast.]]
** Manga: [[spoiler: Proto Soul in the fight with Bass GS, which is kept later on; Bass Cross [=MegaMan=] and then Beast [=MegaMan=] against Nebula Grey; Super Beast [=MegaMan=] against the Super Cyber Beast. Hub Style is DieOrFly, yes, but occurs ''in between'' the [=WWW=] and Grave arcs, so it doesn't count.]]
* EverythingIsOnline: ''Everything''. Even doghouses and hospital beds.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Both Higsby and Yahoot. [[spoiler: Funnily, Yahoot has to impersonate Higsby during the tournament at one point]].
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence:
** Naturally by virtue of [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman being data]] Navis can get blown up, impaled etc., with impunity. Special mention must go to [=SearchMan=] dismembering [=ShadowMan=] in ''Axess'' before deleting him by blowing a hole right through his chest, echoed by [=ShadeMan=]'s brutal deletion at the hands of R-Laserman at the season's end.
** The manga's even worse. Lan winds up bleeding and badly beat up on more than one occasion, and due to the fact that it lacks the animation constraints of the anime, Navi wounds look a lot more like, well, ''open wounds.'' [=MegaMan=] literally ''tears [=ShadeMan=] apart.''
* FreeRangeChildren: Netto/Lan and his friends take this to ridiculous levels, even before he becomes a Net Savior. This is more often than not due to Yai having her own Personal Jet and ''ROCKET SHIP''.
** Not as bad in Takamisaki's manga, since most of the exotic locales are digital, but Lan still wanders about without much parent supervision. One arc sees him put in the employ of the Netopian army. In [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Netopia]]. (Technically, he brings Chaud with him, but they get separated when Lan gets taken for a helicopter joyride...and then shot at by military choppers).
** In Axess, Dex travels to Jawaii Island to work at WWW's curry shop. In Stream, Dingo does the same thing when WWW moves back to ACDC.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Lan winds up doing this for Chaud [[spoiler: after [=ProtoMan=] is corrupted by the dark chip.]] Chaud gets meta return points for trying to get Lan back on his feet in the manga.
* ImprobableAge: Chaud, Vice-President of a major corporation. It's implied that he's been VP since he was a little kid.
* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl: Sorta: Lan's control isn't total (it varies between incarnations), and it's based in part on teamwork and empathy.
* LargeHam: Plenty, but Count Zapp, Masa and Commander Beef stand out. Higsby, too, when he's motivated.
--> "I am '''the...Number One Net-Battler Instructor!! Known far, wide, and handsome as...Mr. Famous!!'''
* MagneticHero: Lan and Mega know how to make friends.
* LimitedWardrobe: In both the anime and manga, it's notable if a character is seen in more than one or two outfits. It's more notable in the manga, in which Lan is seen sleeping in his usual outfit, and is shown to have worn that same outfit way back when he was ''five'' and first got [=MegaMan=].
* {{Mons}}: The Navis, with a dash of BondCreature. The viruses, too.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The manga is loaded with characters and viruses that defer to Takamisaki's personal style rather than the original games. Mostly averted in the anime, but there are a few instances of really strange looking viruses.
* OpenMindedParent:
** Lan's mother, Haruka. Lan flies all over the world and has even gone into ''outer space'' on several occasions. He saves the world on a regular basis. Not once have we seen Haruka act nervous about her son going on all of these dangerous adventures.
** Several of these adventures are actually encouraged by the father, and she's been [[JustifiedTrope putting up with him for years]].
** Lampshaded in the manga. During the third major arc, [=NetNavis=] materialize in the real world, and Haruka ends up hosting for Tora and [=KingMan=] (the latter of whom is an eight-feet-tall chess piece). She mentions offhandedly that she's not as calm as she looks.
* PowerGlows: Program Advances, Style Changes, Soul Unisons. The first episode of Axess indicated that Cross Fusion sequences appeared this way from the outside, too. Also, [[spoiler:Full Synchro R-Rockman in the Axess finale.]] Hub Style in the manga is interesting, as it a) doubles as a [[PlotRelevantAgeUp visual age up]], and b) makes it seem as though the power is leaking out through [=MegaMan's=] helmet.
* ThePowerOfFriendship:
** This gets a big send-up during the final battle of the N-1 Grand Prix, with Lan as its representative. This is also [[spoiler: what brings [=MegaMan=] back after he was deleted]] near the end of the first season of the show.
** Soul Unisons are a more blatant example later on. Also, Cross Fusion is said to rely on the 'synchronization rate' of the Navi/Operator pair; while friendship isn't the only factor, it still seems to be a key one.
** The manga focuses specifically on a small number of relationships: Lan and [=MegaMan=], Lan and Chaud, [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=], [=MegaMan=] and Bass. Lan and [=MegaMan=] see this trope in action the most.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Everyone is usually in character, the storylines are true in spirit to the games (though not taken from them), and quite a lot of thought went into designing a society around the games' play mechanics.
* RedOniBlueOni: Plenty.
** Lan is the Red to [=MegaMan's=] Blue.
** And the red to Chaud's blue. And let's throw Lan vs. Laika in here, though technically they all form a team of three.
** [=MegaMan=] plays double duty by being the more generally cheerful contrast to [[TheStoic ProtoMan]] and [[ColdSniper SearchMan]].
*** Inverted with the Lan[=/=]Chaud and Mega[=/=]Proto relationships, since the Hikari brothers have associations with the color of blue and the other pair are associated with reds.
** [[BlueBoyPinkGirl Roll]] can generally be counted on to be far more perky than [=MegaMan=]. Averted with Lan and Mayl, who are more [[BelligerentSexualTension Jerk and Tsundere]].
** Anime-specific example: Sal and Miyu. [[LampshadeHanging A nod to the trope]] appears when the two are "working" (read: [[BeachEpisode lounging and sun-bathing]]) in [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Jawaii]]: Sal is sporting a red bikini and Miyu is relaxing in a light blue one-piece.
* TheRival: Chaud, and in the anime Raika as well.
* SayMyName:
** The anime loved this and loved employing dramatic cliffhangers to get these out there. In the Japanese version, Lan's catchphrase could very well be "[[OhCrap ROKKUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN]]!!"
** Lan does it in the manga whenever [=MegaMan=] succeeds at a HeroicSacrifice.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: [=Bass-Cross MegaMan=].
* ThreateningShark: Subverted with anime![=SharkMan=], who's actually a pretty nice guy. However, followed to a T in one scene of the episode with Yai and Chaud trapped in the underwater restaurant.
** Not to mention the episode Lan and his friends [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg (and Masa)]] were chased all over the city by an out-of-control giant mechanical shark.
** In the Manga, [=SharkMan=] is, well, much less plot-significant, and more of a {{Jerkass}} than his Anime [[TheAce counterpart]]; then again, Dex and [=GutsMan=] didn't help things by lying to him and Masa about their abilities.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Yai can be quite prickly before you get to know her.
** Mayl also develops a fair few Tsundere tendencies, especially ''Axess'' on. (Ironically, her game counterpart was originally explicitly meant to be one, but this was thwarted by the higher-ups).
*** She [[CharacterExaggeration already had them]] in the manga. And then some - it's quite a feat watching how quickly she and Lan will swap between mutual cheer, angry shouting, and even [[BelligerentSexualTension outrighting brawling on the floor]].
* TransformationSequence: Style Changes in the original, Soul Unisons and Cross Fusion in Axess and Stream, Beast Out and Beast Cross in Beast, Cross in Beast+.
** In the manga, the time delay during Style Change effectively puts it out of the fight. [[NoSell Not that it's any use against the Dark Power.]]
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: '[[YearX 200X]].'
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim:
** While the battles in which the bad guys are in a completely separate building than the Net Saviors are justifiable, WWW and Regal would have won ''long'' ago if they were willing to, ''punch Lan and co'' while they're busy with their PET units? This is sometimes averted in the manga, in which Lan and Chaud take on any injuries [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=] sustain due to their synchronization. The Darkloids even manage to separate Lan and [=MegaMan=] at one point, and then directly attack Lan.
** Notably averted in one episode of ''Stream''. [=MegaMan=] defeats [=BeastMan=], but instead of Inukai yielding and running off like most villains and he himself usually does, he sics his pet lion on Lan in the real world where [=MegaMan=] can't help him. Fortunately Famous runs in with about a dozen Net Police officers, odds that even having the help of a lion wouldn't work against. Inukai does the same thing against Jasmine but fails thanks to Hoshi the dolphin saving her.
** One episode of Axess has [=SwordMan=] attack Lan before he can cross fuse with [=MegaMan=].
* TheWorfEffect:
** Mega positively ''humiliates'' [=GutsMan=] during his premiere battle in the anime, rendering him an irrevocable ButtMonkey for the rest of the show's run.
** In full force in the manga. It's particularly bad since the stories had a tendency of introducing new bad guys literally ''just after'' the last ones were defeated, with the heroes saved only by a new set of allies arriving on the scene. Why these allies have never bothered to show up beforehand is '''never''' explained.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects:
** [=StoneMan.EXE=] and [=GravityMan.EXE=] are the only navis that are never shown in the regular, hand-drawn, cel-shaded animation style.
** The [=RockCube=] battlechip is always presented with 3D effects, and likewise every explosion dust-cloud in the series.
** Aki-chan the IdolSinger is this, even moreso than everyone else as she is designed to look as "realistic-looking" as possible. Lampshaded and justified on the grounds that she's constructed from a different type of program than the Navis, so she can't properly interact with them.
** Nearly every scene in ''Beast'' where there's an ungodly amount of viruses charging at the heroes, the viruses themselves will just be CG duplicates of one another. Used sparingly, probably for budget reasons.
* AdaptedOut:
** Since the Gospel Leader is a robot, [[spoiler:Sean Obihiro]] doesn't appear in the anime.
** Aside from certain names like [=BubbleMan=], chances are if they're from the third game and did not get DemotedToExtra they are removed entirely instead. Cossak, Sean, Mamoru, Alpha and Serenade are plot-relevant characters, but none of them make an appearance here. This is as a result of ''Battle Network 3'' being released months after the anime is aired, which covers mostly the first two games. By the time the Gospel arc ended, ''3'' is already out for a long time and the series is preparing to transition into ''Axess'' (which was heavily influenced by ''Battle Network 4''), so there is simply no place to put most of these characters or the plot elements in.
** From [=Battle Network 4=], Atsuki Homura and Terry Jomon ([=BurnerMan and SparkMan=]'s operators respectively) didn't show up, though not their Navis.
** Gyro Soul is the only new Double Soul introduced in ''Battle Network 5'' that is used. Likewise, Chaos Unison is not used at all. This is likely because ''Stream'' focuses more on Cross Fusion where the battles takes place in the real world.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Chisao is aware of his brother's incompetence in the anime and doesn't fully support him at times. Similarly, he is much friendlier towards Lan while in the games he attempts to get Lan disqualified in one of the tournaments from the fourth game.
* AffablyEvil: The WWW henchmen and their Navis have a strong family-like relationship among themselves, which prompted them to perform the occasional good deed.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The female {{Jerkass}} in Episode 3 causes this by angrily kicking against a pole.
* AnimeThemeSong: [[ReplacedTheThemeTune Several]], all well loved by the fans. Some were disappointed ''Futatsu no Mirai'' never came out with a non TV Size version.
** AlternativeForeignThemeSong: The English Dub instead settled for Techno Lite beeping and had a couple voice modulated "Mega Man: NT Warrior!"s thrown in for good measure, and then [[ReplacedTheThemeTune replaced]] ''that'' with a new set of [[RunningGag Techno Lite beeping]] for the Axess dub.
** The German version plays with this, re-dubbing the English anime (well, they did that for the Ruby Spears cartoon). Still, they took the original English theme and gave it actual music, which is an all-around improvement.
* AscendedExtra:
** Hikawa Tohru (Tory Froid) in the games was a satellite character with a generic sprite. In the anime, he had an original design, was [=IceMan=]'s operator instead of his father, and became part of TheTeam. And then this was downplayed in ''Axess'', where he was relegated to "recurring character" status with Ms. Mari and Rush (to be fair, Dex and Yai were so completely DemotedToExtra that they left the main cast entirely), but by ''Stream'' he was demoted even further to just occasional appearances. An episode in ''Beast+'' basically [[LampshadeHanging devoted itself to]] how bizarre it was that he and [=IceMan=] had become significant again.
** Rush as well. A random virus in the games; Roll's pet in the anime, though rather independent.
** After a straight two-seasons of anime without a hint of her in sight, everyone was surprised to find Mari's twin sister Yuri as an UnexpectedCharacter in Axess. [[spoiler:Still less were they expecting her to be TheDragon, or a member of the squad in Stream]].
** And of course Mr. Famous, who only appeared about 3 times in season 1, though always in a plot important role who starting with Axess more or less appeared in every episode as Lan's Net Savior backup.
** Also from ''Axess'' on, Raika, who was one of the many possible scenarios in the 4th game and the second to last Team [=ProtoMan=] member acquired in the 5th. In the anime he becomes a member of the main cast, more involved in the plot than just about any other character from the same games, barring the ones that were already main characters. Heck, by ''Stream'' he'd gotten more focus than most of them! By ''Beast'', he's a full member of the three heroes with Lan and Chaud.
** The anime seemed to pick one character from each game and give them more than their share of screentime. For 5 it was Dingo, who becomes a regular instead of a recurring character like everyone else and remains so for ''Beast'', even though most of the other characters from his debut game had left the show at that point. He even gets to go to Beyondard while characters like Dex and Yai have to stay behind. For 6 it was Pat Fahran who followed the team around Beyondard til they left unlike everyone else who was a one episode character.
* AdaptationalBadass: Mayl and Roll were heroes already, but they increased in badass in the show. In season 1, they helped Lan fight battles against WWW and they beat Tory AND ''Madd'' during the [[TournamentArc N1 Grand Prix]][[note]]In the first game, Ms. Madd nearly kills Mayl in an urban terrorism attack and [=ColorMan=] spends some time torturing Roll[[/note]], even making it into the semi-finals of the tournament and becomes an unstoppable force [[spoiler:when corrupted]]. She still helped in season 2 and didn't do much in ''Axess'', but in ''Stream'', she and Roll actually managed to Cross Fuse. [[AffirmativeActionGirl And they said anime girls couldn't be badass. They were wrong.]]
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Mr. Higsby was a member of WWW in the first game. Here, he wouldn't even want to be associated with them. He's the same as he was in the games post-HeelFaceTurn, but he has his moments of hilarity and heartwarming, not awesome. It's easy to forget that he used to be a WWW member in the games since the other members are closer to each other in this adaptation while he hangs out with the main cast.
** Masa, Miyu, and Sal were optional bosses but had little to do with the plot and its going-ons. In the show, they're awesome Net Agents, and during the first series, they [[AdaptationalBadass had a lot of awesome moments]] and BigDamnHeroes moments too. Even in the second series, after most of the cast were DemotedToExtra, they had a brief return and they were awesome. Plus in ''Beast'', they had their own Beyondard counterparts who were heroic like them.
** Downplayed with [=Bass.EXE=], who in his early appearances had more a case of Adaptational Non-Villainy. Following his arrival, he actually saved [=MegaMan=]'s life, fought against [[TheDragon FreezeMan]], and even fought the [[EldritchAbomination Grave Virus]]. The plot of ''Axess'' forgot to really include him and he was banished at the beginning of ''Stream'' until TheMovie brought him back to play AntiVillain. He disappeared again until the finale of ''Stream'', for his last act in the series -- [[spoiler: completely vanquishing InvincibleVillain Slur in a CurbStompBattle]].
* BalloonBelly:
** Lan, Mayl, Dex and Chisao in episode 54 following their overeating misadventures.
** Yuika and Blackbeard in ''Beast+'' episode 9.
** Tends to show up whenever somebody eats a whole hell of a lot; various instances abound throughout the whole series, especially with Dex.
* BaseballEpisode: A later filler episode in the second season has Lan and company going out of their way to cheer up Kyuuta Hoshida, a OneShotCharacter. For some reason it wasn't dubbed.
* BeachEpisode:
** Netto and [=RockMan=] start the second season with a WorldTour, but after they arrive at the tropical island region of Jyawaii, they discover that their friends are already there. Fun in the sun ensues.
** Late in ''Rockman.EXE Stream'', Yuuichirou decides the Cross Fusion team should all attend training camp, which is really a summer getaway where everyone (except Netto's mom Haruka, who was left at home) can get some more fun in the sun.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Asteroid [=NetNavis=] are dangerous and powerful, but their Operators use their powers for banal things--this can get out of hand if the Asteroid Navis decides to break away from their Operator.
** [[GreenThumb Asteroid PlantMan]] helps his chosen Operator avoid having to eat his vegetables by ruining Japan's homegrown agriculture and then its international commerce, all to keep edible vegetation out of the country.
** [[GravityMaster Asteroid GravityMan]] is used by a pair of lowlife crooks [[EvilIsPetty to give Manabe weight issues]]. This climaxes in Gravity Man dragging a submarine down to the bottom of the ocean in the plot while they're on it.
* BenevolentBoss: Oddly, [=ShadeMan=] is this. When his minions fail, he simply gives their chance to someone else, never destroys able Darkloids, and he lets [=BubbleMan=], the most incompetent, annoying Darkloid ever follow him around like he's his older brother.
* BigFancyHouse: Yai's family lives in a GIGANTIC mansion on a sprawling estate. The mansion [[TransformingMecha can even turn into]] ''[[RefugeInAudacity A]]'' ''[[HumongousMecha GIANT]]'' ''[[InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha ROBOT]]''.
* BigNo: Lan, on [=MegaMan=]'s deletion in episode 22.
* {{BodyDouble}}: Used to convince the cast that Masa is not Commander Beef.
* Bowlderise: International dubs had this, mainly editing out scenes of busters pointed towards the camera, alongside blurring out swords; [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] as scenes such as [=MegaMan=]'s and [=ShadeMan=]'s deletions were left unedited, even with the latter's violent nature.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Roll gets an episode of this during the [[TournamentArc N-1 Grand Prix]]. [=ProtoMan=] gets an entire story arc of this during ''Axess''.]]
* ButtMonkey:
** Among his group of friends, Lan.
** Mr. Higsby and Masa. Usually in the butt of ''each other's'' actions due to their feud over Ms. Mari.
* CainAndAbel: Count Zap and Gauss Magnus is one villainous example. Also, Ms. Mari and [[spoiler:Ms. Yuri]].
* CerebusSyndrome: The final arc of each of the first two seasons is by far the darkest of each, but ''Axess'' is much darker and more ominous in general -- the first episode involves the mass kidnapping of almost every Navi in Cyber City, and there's an entire episode that counts as a Big Lipped Alligator Moment... in part because EveryoneDies.
* ClingyJealousGirl: It rarely comes up, but Maylu doesn't like other girls horning in on Lan's time and attention.
** When Lan and friends visit Creamland at Princess Pride's behalf, Maylu happens upon a close moment between Lan and the princess, which prompts Maylu to get mad and storm off.
** In Episode 30 of ''Axess'', [=AquaMan=] decides to wrap himself around [=MegaMan=] and never let go, which leads to awkward encounters in which Shuuko has to get physically close to Lan in turn so she can look at the screen of his PET as well. Neither Maylu nor Roll are a fan of this arrangement.
** ''Stream'' had Jasmine and Meddy PromotedToLoveInterest for Netto and [=RockMan=], which naturally causes a problem for Meiru and Roll, who are not pleased to discover themselves to be in a LoveTriangle.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: [=JunkMan=]. He lives in an abandoned space station and uses it to collect space debris for his collection. He once tried to "collect" Yai's space shuttle and space station, until [=MegaMan=] and the gang showed him what he should collect.
* ContinuityNod:
** Despite not using a FillerVillain (yes, Regal is the bad guy), the ''Stream'' [[TheMovie movie]] could be considered totally [[NonSerialMovie Non-Serial]] with the exception of Baryl's PET getting nearly crushed--the cause of that weird crack across its face all series--and Bass getting left alone with the Nebula Grey (that nod doesn't show up until ''Stream'''s ending, when Bass shows up with newly-absorbed powers from the Nebula Grey).
** For a more [[RunningGag comical example]], from Season 1's filler episode we have Aki-Chan's hit single ''Install Your Heart''. Ever since the episode that first introduced Aki-Chan, any time any character starts singing, whether it's on stage or just a character singing to himself while he works, it will be that song. It got so bad that the fansubbers stopped translating it, instead putting text saying (I think we all know what this means by now.).
** Well, that only happened once. What fails to be remembered is that this particular instance occurs when ''[[BoisterousBruiser Mr. Match]]'' is singing the song.
** Another humorous example is Chaud and Raoul's disco outfits. Used once in ''Axess'' as a disguise in order to hide their identities from Lan, thought to never be seen again after that due to how ridiculous they looked and how out of character it was for Chaud to wear something like that. Until ''Stream'' that is, when they use them to do some undercover work. HilarityEnsues.
** There's an episode in which [[spoiler: Mega Man is severely damaged, so Lan is used as a base in order to help rebuild his body. The process is not pleasant for Lan, but it works.]] This is most-likely an allusion to the fact that in the games [[spoiler: Mega Man was based off of Lan's deceased twin brother, who died as an infant.]]
* CoolBigSis: Anetta for Meiru in ''Rockman.EXE Stream'', where she support Meiru's interest in Netto and [[ShipperOnDeck encourages her to go for it]] in the face of her new LoveTriangle with Netto Jasmine.
* CuteKitten: Why else would there be a BizarroEpisode where all of the Navis become cats? Perhaps as a ShoutOut to the infamous Lion Men BizarroEpisode in [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears the original Mega Man cartoon.]]
** Also, a cute little feline tends to make the rounds in Axess and Stream. In Axess, it stays with Mayl for a bit, which makes Rush jealous. In Stream, Yuri takes care of it for awhile.
* DemotedToExtra:
** Most of the cast introduced in ''Battle Network 3'' either suffer from this if they're not removed entirely. Tora only gets one filler episode in the second season, despite being one of Lan's allies in ''3'''s endgame. Neo-WWW members Rei Saiko and Sunayama barely get any screentime in ''Stream'', and when they do appear, it's always as second fiddle to either Inukai or Narcy. At least Sunayama got a single episode all to his self, though Saiko was not as lucky.
** Also, Dex, Yai, the Net Agents and [[AscendedExtra Tory]] from ''Axess'' onwards, though the Dex and Yai come back every now and then.
** Higsby and Ribitta (two members of Team Colonel) are replaced by Maylu and Ms.Yuri as members of the Cross Fusion team. Toadman is even worst, having only a few episodes worth of appearance.
** Ito and Vic were WWW members in the last game, but reduced to one episode each in Beast +.
* TheDitz: Our hero has a few moments. For example, in the N-1 Grand Prix, Enzan is shocked to see Netto and Rockman putting up a fight, given their chances were infinitesimal. Netto proudly responds that ''math is his worst subject''.
* DontCallMeSir: Mr. Famous is [[RunningGag constantly reminding people]] to call him "Just Famous." In the original Japanese, his refrain is "-san wa iranai," ("the [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics -san]] isn't needed"); at one point he complains that he's not even over 30, suggesting the formality makes him feel old.
* DubInducedPlothole:
** Some of the undubbed Axess episodes result in this in ''The Great Net Police Battle'', where [=MegaMan=] claims all of the Darkloids had been deleted even though [=BurnerMan=] and [=SparkMan=] were never shown deleted in the dub version. In the same episode, Lan uses some Soul Unison/Double Soul Navi chips that were never obtained in the dub, such as [=WoodSoul=] and Wind Soul.
** Another undubbed episode has Cross Fusion Mega Man battling Sword Man and deleting the red sword. Sword Man returns later with the red sword missing without an explanation in the dub.
** Also in the Japanese version Yai's family company is a game company "Gabcom" while Chaud's family is IPC a tech company. In the dub this is reversed, with Yai's family having the Ayanotech tech company and Chaud having Blazequest games, presumably so Yai comes off as more respectable than the initially jerkish Chaud. The problem is Yai's company and her wealth are only ever used for filler or gag purposes in the anime, while IPC ends up being kind of important plotwise from Axess on, with them developing important tech, such as the PET upgrades for each season. They then try to dance around the issue.
** The German Dub of ''[=NT Warrior=]'' contains a few, since only 42 of the episodes were dubbed at all. While most of the undubbed episodes were just filler, some important plot points were lost, like the episode where Princess Pride spends a day as a [[KingIncognito Princess Incognito]] with Lan, the episode "The Good Dog Rush", where Rush appeared in the real world for the first time, or "Subzero Brawl", the episode that introduced Tory Froid and [=IceMan=] to the cast.
* DubNameChange: Doubles with InconsistentDub in reference to the [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]] series.
** Dubbed names from the anime deviate from the preestablished names in the video game canon, and the fans tend to find them obnoxious. [=FireMan=] became [=TorchMan=], [=ColorMan=] became [=WackoMan=], and then the anime hit us with [=SavageMan=] ([=BeastMan=]), [=HeavyMetalMan=] ([=MetalMan=]), and [=JunkDataMan=] ([=JunkMan=]).
** Inspector Kifune and Manabe of the Net Police became Keifer and ''Manuela''.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The BrainwashedAndCrazy Roll sounded like [[WesternAnimation/StormHawks Master Cyclonis]].
* EvilVersusEvil: Gregar and Falzer along with their respective Zoanoroids.
* EyeScream: In TheMovie, Dr. Regal kidnaps Yuuichirou to subject him to eye surgery. ItMakesSenseInContext, though that context is ''not pleasant at all.''
* {{Fanservice}}: After the first season, it became a OnceASeason feature to throw the cast into a {{Filler}} BeachEpisode or HotSpringsEpisode, not just Lan and his friends, but the older characters for ParentService.
* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Most are carried over from the games, but the anime adds some more like Kingland as a United Kingdom stand-in and Namasty, which serves as a ''Battle Network'' counterpart for India.
* FightingFromTheInside:
** [[spoiler:Subverted in Roll's example above; Mega Man/Rock Man tries to use ThePowerOfFriendship to try to get her to snap out of it. It seems to work for a few seconds...but it turns out that she was just trying to get him to let his guard down.]]
** Chaud gives the trope new meaning when [[spoiler: he crossfuses with [=Protoman=] in order to get in and drag him out.]].
* {{Filler}}: Most of ''Stream'', but every season has a couple of these here and there.
* {{Flanderization}}: Most of the main cast, though this is heavily dependent or who was writing them at the time due to some of the staff preferring to derail characters to fit their own writing cliche's. Chief cause of this was Staff Writer Mayori Sekijima, whose long-running preference for comedy filler stories throughout his career (See [[Anime/TenchiInTokyo Tenchi In Tokyo]]) was to turn all the characters into idiots and then exaggerate their character traits. Much of the character flanderization in the series is rooted in that, and many examples below ''come from episodes he wrote''.
** Mayl, grows increasingly, ah... ''expressive'' as the series goes on. While she had Tsundere tendencies from episode 1; In the early seasons she was more or less sharing the OnlySaneMan role of the crew (stuck in a group with Dex, Tori and Yai) with Lan, and generally much CloserToEarth. With the major genre-shift that happened in ''Axess'', she was assigned a bundle of extra cutesy character traits that became more and more exaggerated with each season. Near the end of ''Beast+'', she actually breaks down crying over a bag one of their recurring antagonists shredded...though to be fair on that, she'd spent the majority of the episode going through a bunch of trials to GET that bag in the first place.
** Roll is treated no better; [[ClingyJealousGirl she essentially acts as though she's Mega's one-and-only]] from ''Axess'' on. Her own personality is also heavily simplified and has more whiny behaviors.
** Also, during his introductory arc in Axess, Raika is much nastier to Lan than in the games[[note]]And by "in the games", we mean that this is the guy who ''punched Lan in the stomach'' after meeting him[[/note]]; he is consistently and unendingly condescending about Lan and his abilities (and is just fine taking all the credit for a successful mission in which he only had to outwit a few Mooks because the boss was occupied with Lan and Mega), and even after Lan and Mega Man save the day, he still refuses to allow for any contribution Lan makes, instead only acknowledging to Mega's impressive ability to Double Soul. He joins the main cast and becomes buddy-buddy with them later on (even moereso than his game counterpart), but ''damn''. ''{{Jerkass}} alert''.
** Lan caught this smack in the face in ''Axess'', though arguably got hit the hardest by the idiot stick in the Gospel/Grave arc episodes before Axess (the Japanese version, at least) ACTUALLY HAD TO DIAL IT BACK. This started, unfortunately, due to very inconsistent writing for the kid depending on which staffmember was behind each episode...and then the Dub massively exaggerated the idiot hero depiction as a result as they felt it was then keeping his character consistent. Regardless, While Lan is certainly no supergenius, he was otherwise competent and aware of his surroundings to the point of sharing a deadpan snarker straight man roll with Mayl. In example, he managed to piece together Commander Beef's true identity during the N-1 Grand Prix (though no one believed him and Miyu bailed Masa out, anyway). Come ''Axess'' (the Dub, at least; less so in the original japanese), Lan became a massive Idiot Hero with an ego that repeatedly limited his effectiveness... and he suddenly had ''[[PlotHole absolutely no idea]]'' that Masa and Commander Beef were the same person (which [[{{Retcon}} everybody else suddenly knew]] as obvious fact, just as they knew Black Rose and Miyu Miyu were Sal and Miyu).
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Episode 15 of ''Beast'' is a very silly episode, and even in a crisis one can find silliness going on in the background.
** While Netto and [=RockMan=] realize the whirlpool is the result of the park's computer being cracked, Mariko is riding it out in style by using Dekao as a personal flotation raft.
** While Netto is analyzing [=ElementMan=]'s attack pattern and countering it, Mariko is busy pumping water out of a soggy Shuuko's stomach.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Almost literally in one episode where Yai hosts a racing competition and is happy for anyone to join, even WWW members.
* GRatedDrug: The Dark Chips. The way Darkloids and Humans crave them is criminal, and they always feel that they can get along by using them all the time, even worse when [=FlashMan=] and [=DesertMan=] have the effects.
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* GradeSchoolCEO: 12-year-old Chaud is the vice-president of the IPC hardware company.
* GratuitousEnglish: Count Zap's speech in the original Japanese is peppered with this, mixed with his habitual NoIndoorVoice. (Justified, as it's implied that English is his native language.)
-->IT'S BEAUTIFUL!!
** Quite a few terms are in English in the Japanese dub, including [=PET=], [=NetNavi=], WWW, Battle Chip, Program Advance, Style Change, Soul Unison, Cross Fusion, Dimensional Area, Operator and Net Saver (changed to Net Savior in the English dub).
** Whenever an Operator plugs a Navi in, they'll say "Plug in, (name of Navi)! Transmission!" in English. Also, when inserting Battle Chips, they'll say "Battle Chip, (name of Chip)! Slot in!"
** Some of the episode titles employ this too. Episode 8's original title is "Revenge Fireman!" ("Hot Tempers!" in the dub).
* HesBack:
** Roll, after [[spoiler:she's freed from the Devil Chip]] near the end of episode 19. This is added in the English dub, in the Japanese version she goes straight to the PreMortemOneLiner.
-->'''Roll''': ''[thinking]'' Good to be back... to my old self again.
** [[spoiler:Mega's restoration during the [=PharaohMan=] arc.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: Arguably, the WWW minus-Dr. Wily became this in the middle of season two of the original series. Mr. Match (since Gospel's [=FreezeMan.EXE=] deleted [=FireMan.EXE=]) and Count Zap (because Gospel's [[TheDragon Dragon]] is his arch-nemesis brother) stand out in particular.
* HighHeelHurt: In a fashion-themed episode, Roll tries on a wedding dress with heels and she can barely walk in them. Doesn't stop her from stomping on Megaman's foot for his obliviousness to her affections though.
* HotSpringsEpisode:
** Beginning in ''Axess'', Mariko and Tohru (often joined by Chisao and Rush) form a Hotspring Appreciation Society of sorts, which travels to various hot springs to sample and enjoy them. Episodes 5, 17, and 24 all feature hot springs.
** {{Downplayed}} in ''Stream'', where the BeachEpisode ends with a hot springs ''scene''.
** Even Laika and Dingo get one such scene in Beast, in [[http://www.rockman-exe.com/rockman/screencaps/beast/17/64.jpg the smallest towels imaginable]].
** The climax of ''Beast+'' included a FreezeFrameBonus scene featuring {{Cameo}}s of Mariko, Yuriko, and Tamako sharing a hot spring. Earlier in the final arc, there was a nice, long scene of Tamako luxuriating in a spring all on her own, with only [=MetalMan=] for company, [[spoiler:demonstrating that the [=MetalMan=] who was attacking Net City was a fake]].
* HulkSpeak: [=GutsMan=]'s usual speaking tone.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: The anime seems to love this plot even more than the games, and even extended it to Navis other than [=MegaMan=]:
** [[spoiler:Dark [=ProtoMan=] and Chaud in ''Axess'' episode 49.]]
** Attempted in a first season fight where [[spoiler:Roll is turned into an evil ''dominatrix'' by a corrupted chip. It fails miserably. Roll is only restored by purging the chip from her system manually.]]
* IdenticalStranger: Most of the Asteroid Navis and Zoanoroids to previously deleted antagonistic navis, though the Zoanoroids are also this to good navis.
* IdolSinger: The second season introduces CanonForeigner Aki-chan, a VirtualCelebrity who takes the world by storm with her saccharine InUniverse EarWorm, "Anata no Heart ni Install" (''i.e.'', Install Your Heart). Her debut episode takes the opportunity to dress up nearly the whole regular cast (not just the girls, but even [[WholesomeCrossdresser Netto, Dekao, and Tohru]]) in Aki's skimpy outfit.
* {{Jerkass}}: Chaud and Protoman were like this to Lan and [=MegaMan=] in the original series. Raika TookALevelInJerkass over his Game incarnation, and trust us, ''that's saying something''.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: On the other hand unlike in the games, Chaud and [=ProtoMan=] eventually began to warm up to their rivals much earlier. Even to go as far as to [[spoiler: save [=MegaMan=] a lot of times]]. In ''Axess'' however, Chaud became friends with Lan. Same can be said for Dex except he was already a jerk with a heart of gold earlier on before Axess.
* JustAKid: Arashi said this about being defeated by Lan.
* KarmaHoudini: The original WWW run a curry shop during the Gospel arc. Dr. Wily also disappears after said arc and returns in Stream to help against Duo. Nevertheless, none of the WWW members and Dr. Wily receive serious consequences for their crimes.
* LightningBruiser: [=SkullMan=] in the anime. Lan and [=MegaMan=] only win [[spoiler: when Miyu forfeits.]]
* MarilynManeuver: In "Ice Ice Baby!" (a.k.a. "Subzero Brawl"), Yai and Maylu have this when riding in seats that descend and transport them into a car, along with Lan and Dex. But Maylu holds her skirt in place as this happens.
** Maylu has another in "Allegro" from Axess, due to a tornado approaching, but she keeps her dress in place.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: In the episode where all the Navis are turning into cats, their minds are at risk into becoming what they are.
* MustHaveCaffeine: If you see Chaud consuming anything, chances are that it's coffee. Apparently he also puts [[SweetTooth ten sugars]] in, according to a mid-season Axess episode. That explains how he manages a schedule like that, anyway...
* MythologyGag:
** Episode seven of ''Stream'' has [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=] participate in a car race and their cars are named ''Red Sun'' and ''Blue Moon'', after the two versions of the fourth game.
** Chisao's debut episode has him operating a shape shifting navi that looks like [=GutsMan=], much like the [=CopyMan=] fight from the third game.
* NoEnding: Beast+ (and with it, the entire anime) just ends. We never find out what happens to the characters, and we never see the fallout of Cache's plot. All we are left with are a string of questions and subplots that are never going to be answered since EXE is pretty much dead.
* NonIdleRich: Chaud is the vice president of a major company, the son of the president of the aforementioned company, REALLY rich. Yet he works for the Net Police as a Net Savior.
* PartingFromConsciousnessWords: In episode 19, [[spoiler:after being freed from mind control, Roll apologises before passing out in Megaman's arms in the Japanese and Mandarin versions (Cantonese version has her passing out mid-sentence). In the English dub, she was cut off mid-sentence while asking for forgiveness by passing out.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: Whether they are normal security, police or military, all unnamed netnavis will be deleted by the bad guys without even putting up a fight.
* PoolScene:
** Episode 16 of Stream opens in a posh Health Spa, where Netto and Meiru are hanging out at the pool while Manabe is busy having her weight examined.
** Episode 15 of ''Beast+'' is a whole pool ''episode'', in which Netto and his class relax at a local water park, unaware that malevolent weatherman Tsuyuharu Nyoudo and his [=NetNavi=] [=ElementMan=].EXE are out to [[PokeThePoodle misuse miniroid technology]] to make them rue the day they laughed at his EpicFail of a forecast.
* PostScriptSeason: TheAnimeOfTheGame was not expected to go on past the second season but was surprisingly renewed, albeit in {{Retool}}ed form as ''Rockman.EXE Axess''.
* PottyEmergency: Yai has one in Episodes 3 and 20, the latter caused by drinking too much [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Strawberry Milk.]]
* PutOnABus: Lan, Mayl, Mega, and Roll (and to a lesser extent, Higsby) are the only main characters to appear regularly in almost every episode of every season. To note.
** In ''Axess'' following the retool of Lan being a Net Savior, Dex and Yai move out of the country, to keep their more silly aspects out of the more serious plot, although they'd return for an occasional episode from time to time and the climax of the seasons. Dex would eventually move back in ''Stream'', and remain there for good. Yai would also move back in ''Beast'', but the action would quickly move to Beyondard which she didn't go to. Tory never actually moved away, but appeared less and less as Lan spent less time at school and move saving the world.
** Since the Net Saviors basically took over their role in the plot the Net Agents also left the country, only appearing once in Axess for a visit and never again (Sal also had a separate episode to give Wood Soul).
** WWW ALSO left the country, to move to Jawaii and run their curry shop and only reappeared in Axess for 2 episodes (and another one for Match to give Fire Soul). In ''Stream'', Yahoot returned with Dex to open a Japanese branch and since then the other members would occasionally show up there as well.
** In ''Stream'', Chaud is stationed overseas a few episodes in (to keep him from stealing Lan's thunder and making the fights too easy) and stayed there until ''Beast'', although he'd return for big events like the movie and [=ShadeMan=]'s return and also had a few episodes focusing on him and Raoul.
** Except for Dingo the Cross Fusion members who all appeared frequently in ''Stream'' all went home in ''Beast'' (or in the case of Fyrefox and Dark just stopped appearing) but they returned for the finale.
* {{Retool}}:
** The original anime was TheAnimeOfTheGame for the first two games in the ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork'' series, but ''Rockman.EXE Axess'' revamped the premise into a HenshinHero action series, and ''Rockman.EXE Stream'' expanded on the new premise to make a full {{Sentai}} series.
** ''Beast'' dialed the {{Sentai}} and HenshinHero elements back, but midway through the series had a half-dozen core cast members TrappedInAnotherWorld.
** ''Beast+'' returned to being TheAnimeOfTheGame, but consisting of a mishmash of single-episode adventures and short arcs based on ''Battle Network 6'', ''VideoGame/MegaManNetworkTransmission'', and ''Rockman.EXE Phantom of Network''.
* RichBitch: Ms. Millionaire/Ms. Millions, who combines MysteriousWoman with TheVamp. She traps people into entering an endless challenge which costs their lives once she's unsatisfied with their performances. [[spoiler: Her Beyondard version is actually dirt poor.]]
* SeriesContinuityError: During Chaud's mental battle with Dark Protoman, a memory of Chaud first receiving Proto Man as his navi shows Chaud holding the new wireless PET instead of the model from the first season (or an even older model).
** That would be a frequent error. For whatever reason from Axess on they never showed the original PET's from the first season ever again, even when flashing back to the first season itself (it would always be reanimated to have the new PET) or flashing back to events years prior before the advance PET could have been made.
** During the Gospel climax, Raoul and [=ThunderMan=] introduce themselves to Lan's friends, but when Raoul returns in Axess, only Lan remembers him due to his trip to Netopia.
** When Wily reveals himself as the mastermind behind Gospel, he is now riding in a motorized wheelchair, but when he returns in Stream, he can walk just fine.
* SixthRanger: Princess Pride, in the second season, only appears in two episodes, but in ''Stream'', she and her netnavi officially join the Cross Fusion members and join in the rest of the series battles. Interestingly, in the original games, she pulled a Heel-Face Turn, as she was a villain before joining the heroes.
* ShipTease: There was plenty of this between Lan and Mayl and, likewise, [=MegaMan=] and Roll (''Axess'' even through Lan and Mayl into a date at a theme park). By 'Stream', the ShipTease shifted towards Laika and Pride, though by the end of the series, there was major ShipSinking between the two as nothing came out of their relationship.
** Between Lan and Maylu:
*** The undubbed episode 42 of ''Rockman.EXE Axess'', "Meiru's First Date", features Netto and Meiru on a date at the theme park as a major plot point. The episode starts with a DreamSequence of Meiru being able to cross-fuse with Roll and being able to protect Lan from Darkloids.
*** Maylu routinely provides Lan with TheGlomp.
** Between [=MegaMan=] and [=Roll=]:
*** When [=MegaMan=] defeats [=TorchMan=] in the first episode, Roll gives him TheGlomp.
*** In "Chess Mess!", when Maylu steps in to assist Lan in an unfair game of cyber-chess against Tora, she sends Roll in, too. The instant she appears, Roll rids the board of the Queen piece to take its place next to Mega Man. They both blush happily at the prospect of working together.
* ShoutOut:
** ''Axess'' reveals that Raika has, or at least is fairly close with, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika a dog]]. Who looks exactly like the picture provided, is one of Sharo's national heroes, and might have been left to die by military officials before Raika disobeyed orders to save her. Minor example of HeartwarmingInHindsight.
* SquashedFlat: [=WackoMan=] does this to Roll during their duel in the N1 Grand Prix.
** Sometimes, a character would express shock or terror by imitating [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream The Scream]].
* StoryBreakerPower: In one ''Axess'' scene, the writers decided to short-cut through dragging out a long fight against a horde of viruses by having Mega use a ''Black Hole'' chip, which here can completely obliterate every virus in the vicinity. It is never used again.
* TournamentArc: When not fighting good or evil to the death, Navis often fight each other in controlled settings. This in particular is the second to last arc of the original anime, and [[BigBad certain individuals]] have a keen interest in bending the outcome to their purpose. However, the events happen before they were anticipated, and the Final Arc of the first season is damage control taken to the next level.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Lan loves curry to the point where WWW uses it to lure him into a trap during one of his world tours. Later on, they genuinely open up a curry shop that Lan himself frequents, which he notes that "the food is good, but the people aren't".
** Also Yai's love for strawberry milk.
* WackyRacing: A filler episode late in the second season features the main cast getting involved in a Cyberworld race to advertise Gabcom's new cyber-car software. [=ProtoMan=] joins in -- uninvited and on a ''[[BadassBiker motorcycle]]'' -- to advertise [[TheRival IPC's new cyber-car software]]. This would be almost a BizarroEpisode, except [=ProtoMan=] [[ContinuityNod brings the bike back]] during the Gospel arc [[BigDamnHeroes to save a little girl-Navi]] from getting deleted.
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Dr. Regal]] briefly offers this to Lan during the final battle, saying that "he wants him by his side." Lan refuses.
* TheWorfBarrage: Yai likes to demonstrate her wealth (her ''father's'' wealth, mind you) by throwing down incredibly rare and proportionately powerful Battle Chips for kicks. Because she has no battle sense whatsoever, this can lead to absolutely ''humiliating'' defeats, such as when she has Glyde deploy a Paladin Sword against [=NumberMan=], lose to a ''Barrier'', and then proceed to lose the fight.
* VacationDearBoy: InUniverse. One episode has Miyu and Sal try to convince their boss over the phone that he could use their help during his mission to Hawaii... while packing beach gear.
* VagueAge:
** Princess Pride looks around Lan's age in her teenage boy disguise, but looks more mature and towers the kids when she removes it.
** Raika. He's apparently a Lieutenant and can pilot aircraft, yet looks like he could be 18-years-old at the most.
** Chaud has a little bit of this, too. He's treated as older than Lan, but by how much isn't clear.
* VisualPun: Early in the second season, during [=HeatMan's=] debut, his body is in a "sealed" form, not fully ready to be Operated. The seal takes the form of a binding chain... so, [=ChainedHeatMan=]?
* VocalDissonance: [=IceMan=], one of the smallest and cutest Navis in the show, has a voice in the dub that might as well belong to a New York cab driver.
* WorldTour: Lan starts the second season travelling around the world after the N-1 Grand Prix and meeting a variety of colorful characters along the way. Mr. Match, desperate for a rematch, works his way along the same route in hopes of catching up.
* WritersCannotDoMath: In one episode of Axess, Numberman, the Navi who loves math above all else, is tied to a virtual bowling pin while an evil Navi is knocking down pins one at a time. Numberman calculates the odds that each ball launched will hit his pin - ''and gets the math wrong''. Even assuming that the ball will only knock down one pin, and that each pin is equally likely to be that one (a generally invalid assumption when bowling), the odds would be 1 in 10, followed by 1 in 9, 1 in 8, etc, or 10%, 11.1%, 12.5%, 14.3%...The numbers that Numberman comes up with are 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%...
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[[folder:The ''Battle Story [=Rockman.EXE=]'' manga contains examples of:]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Most navis, but special mention goes to Gospel, which Megaman has to beat three times over the second to the third volumes to take that dog down for good. Even then, he got a SuperMode on top of his near defeat by the third battle.
* AfterTheEnd: After the latest battle against Proto, the Densan City (and perhaps other cities around the world) [[spoiler: took a heavy damage they hardly recovered]]. Unlike the other Rockman.EXE manga where the city is [[spoiler: to flourish back and invent a new advanced technology and internet]], the Battle Story actually ends up [[spoiler: where the citizens have to survive without them, barely connected the internet somehow]]. It doesn't stop the villain from Nebula to terrorize the town and the internet through Shademan.EXE. While Rockman.EXE and Blues.EXE [[spoiler: find their new Soul Unison]], the story is {{cut short}} right there, thus ending the Battle Story manga.
* AvengingTheVillain: [[spoiler: Dr. Regal shows up at the end of the series after his father’s death]].
* BashBrothers: Not as often in the other works, but Megaman and Protoman still shows up from time to time.
* BattleCouple: Megaman and Roll, even going to think of better combos in some fights.
* BeamSpam: The battle against the Zero Virus is this.
* BerserkButton: This time, its increased to [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp levels]] when anyone hurts any of Megaman’s friends. Just ask Metalman.
* BrilliantButLazy: Downplayed for Lan here. He’s still the same, but he ''will'' jump to the call.
* BrownNote: [=ShadeMan's=] screech has the power to wreck havoc to nearby buildings.
* BlobMonster: Alpha.
* BystanderSyndrome: Explores the 'seeing your child hurt' and 'what if they didn't come home' variants. One that takes the cake is Lan, a ten-year old child, almost got hit by a truck by crossing a (supposedly empty) street. Also, ''lots of bystanders were watching'' the event.
* CanineCompanion: Averted, Gospel isn’t a partner of Bass this time.
* CerebusSyndrome: Downplayed. Alternates between serious and comedic chapters.
* ChestBurster: [[spoiler: Bass GS]] leaves his host, [[spoiler: the real Bass]], from his back. [[spoiler:GS]] then proceeds to [[spoiler: [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness blast him (and an alarmed yet confused Shadowman) without hesitation all the while stealing his likeness]] (with a darker palette for the viewers to tell the difference)]].
* CoDragons: [=ShadeMan=] and [[spoiler:Bass GS]] to Dr. Wily, through the latter doesn’t join the reins until after [[spoiler:Wily’s death]]. Which, [[DragonInChief he shows his true loyalty against Wily’s ‘weaker’ subordinates]]- [[spoiler:any navi who shows the slightest hint of leaving or betraying gets killed right then and there]]. No question asked, no hesitation.
* DetachmentCombat: Gospel can only pull this off with his head.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: While it doesn’t take the ''fights'' from ''Rockman.EXE'' manga more brutal, ''Battle Story'' doesn’t hold back on the '''deaths'''. And the deaths are [[KilledOffForReal permanent]]. (Most of them, anyway. The few are only implied).
** As to hammer the final note near the ending,[[spoiler:Dr. Wily dies by being crushed under the rubble of his laboratory!]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler: Bass GS, being a parasite]], picked up his formal way of speaking from the [[AffablyEvil real deal]]. He [[TheSociopath completely drops the manners]] later, though.
* ForTheEvulz: On the special chapters, Dark Megaman appears as this on a whole 'nother level- going so far as to [[spoiler:torture the completely amnesic Bass just because he could. It was so bad and traumatic that Bass panics and fled because he mistook the original Megaman for the Dark version after he was rescued]].
* FusionDance: Not really a fusion, since [[spoiler: an unconscious Bass GS and the real Bass fused as Bass doesn’t want to wreak havoc again, but as the real Bass warned Megaman before, it creates complete amnesia for Bass after and he flees.]]
* FlunkyBoss: Gospel, with the [[spoiler:clones of the decreased navis which Megaman killed before]].
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Lan gives a punch of this to Sean after the battle of Gospel. It works.
* HeroicBSOD: Lan suffers this greatly when Megaman dies under Alpha. [[spoiler: Megaman comes back later, though]].
* HighVoltageDeath: Implied. [[spoiler:Gauss Magnus does this to himself and an unwilling Princess Pride via wires to powerup Gospel. They were never shown again after that and only guessed of their well-being by the heroes. ]]
* IgnoredEnemy: When Megaman gets the Muramasa from Shadowman, [[spoiler:Bass GS]] patiently waits but when the conversation drags on, [[spoiler: GS]] proceeds to blast him down without warning, which Megaman narrowly avoids at the last second.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [=CutMan=] and [=AirMan=] [[spoiler:dies by being ''wholly impaled through the same sword'']].
* ItsAllAboutMe: [=BubbleMan=] , full stop. He captures hostages inside his bubbles for himself.
* LateToTheTragedy: Serenade scolds themself after [[spoiler: Alpha already took over a majority of the internet and navis]].
* LimitedWardrobe: Downplayed. While Lan normally wears his iconic outfit, he can wear different outfits on special occasions or for safety reasons in his battles.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: Bass GS]] taunts Megaman on the [[spoiler: ‘deaths’ of the real Bass and Shadowman.]] Megaman ''almost'' lost it right then and there, even attacking [[spoiler: GS]] without Lan’s consent, which Lan has to yell his name to bring him back to his senses.
* MartialPacifist: Bass, of all navis. All he (and [=ShadowMan=]) just want to do is to look over his own part of Undernet from away the chaos. [[spoiler:This makes him all the available for him to be brainwashed. He stays always reserved and polite and bears Megaman no malice until the end after being rescued]].
* NonMaliciousMonster: Alpha, but revved up to be easily mistaken for an OmnicidalManiac.
* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler: Bass GS]] to the [[spoiler:real Bass.]] Unlike the games where [[spoiler:Gospel]] is a failed clone, this is one that [[spoiler:''lives'' off the real deal]] to watch over the chaos without [[spoiler:Bass]] knowing of him.
* SurpriseCreepy: On some arcs, there will be a subtle ArtShift.
* RecurringExtra: Expect lots of familiar faces on the background. Even Lan openly talks to a [[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Servbot]] in the first volume.
* TheSpeechless: The [[spoiler: amnesic Bass]] is this in his debut and the special chapters. His 'speech' bubbles consist of emotions, usually a [[ConfusedQuestionMark question mark]] or an exclamation mark.
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[[folder:The ''[=Rockman.EXE=]'' manga contains examples of:]]
* AdaptationalHeroism: Bubbleman in this adaption is an ally of Mega Man though he is more of a nuisance.
* AdaptedOut: A lot of characters from the games suffer this. Most notably, Aquaman is a solo Navi in this adaption instead of having Shuko as his operator.
* ArcWelding: Dark Power is involved in the third, fourth, and fifth games' arcs, and retroactively involves itself in the second's [[spoiler: since whoever turned Sean into [[{{Brainwashed}} Kei Yuki]] was after the same information Sean was looking into when he was studying Dark Power in Netopia.]]
* ArtEvolution: Dramatically, especially after Volume 7. It's also present in the earlier parts of the Manga, even across ''[[ExaggeratedTrope a single volume]]''.
* BashBrothers: [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=], often. Sometimes [=MegaMan=] and [[spoiler: Bass]].
** BattleCouple: Roll helped out with some virus busting efforts early in the manga.
* BattleAura: The activation of [[spoiler:Full Synchro]] will give us a brief flash of this.
* BedmateReveal: A variant. The arc in which Navis begin to appear in the physical world begins with Lan waking up, getting out of bed, then looking back at his bed to find that Mega Man laying there, also half-asleep and just getting up.
* BerserkButton: Attack Lan and Mega Man will ''rip you to shreds.''
* BeyondTheImpossible:
** In Chapter Five, Lan and Mega prove to be such prodigies at {{Synchronization}} that the enemy boss is a little stunned.
---> ''I'll be...You've just '''redefined''' what's '''possible!!!'''''
** There's an implicit example in the epilogue, where onlookers dub [=MegaMan's=] and [=ProtoMan's=] fight as "Tera-class". Those familiar with the [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork source material]] should recognize it as RankInflation beyond "Giga", the highest of the [[PowerLevels Battle Chip Tiers]].
* BigNo: Mega Man does this when the Darknoids threaten to [[spoiler: murder Lan]] in volume 8.
* BladeBrake: During the FightScene between [=MegaMan=] and Bass GS, Mega recovers from a MeteorMove by sticking his BladeBelowTheShoulder into a nearby building.
* CanonImmigrant: The Bugriser, an EldritchAbomination that appeared in a sidestory of the manga published to promote the new ''Rockman.EXE Battle Chip Stadium'' arcade game. The Bugriser would become TheCameo in ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork6CybeastGregarAndCybeastFalzar'', appearing in Giga Chip recreations of his {{Signature Move}}s, [[VersionExclusiveContent either Bugrise Sword or Bug Death Thunder]].
* CheapCostume: Lan tries to hash together an imitation of [[SuperMode Hub Style]] for the gang, but he can only vaguely depict it. His friends, [[TemptingFate who had asked to see it]], laugh him off... and in only a few hours, [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Hub Style]] is rampaging through the Cyber World.
* ConflictBall[=/=]FightingYourFriend: The final arc of the manga could readily be described as "[=MegaMan's=] Friends All Suck At Friendship." [[spoiler:After being invited to the tournament meant to find the ultimate [=NetNavi=], [=ProtoMan=], [=SearchMan=], and [=Tomahawkman=] all try to [[GoodIsNotNice turn Mega Man "ruthless"]] to fight the Cybeasts. [[SarcasmMode Because that's how its worked every other time]].]]
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Hub Style is this at first. It puts Lan in a critical condition, with all of his vitals maxed out, and Mega Man goes into an unstoppable rampage. Later on they manage to get Mega Man under control--somewhat--but it still amplifies the injuries Lan sustains.
* DayOldLegend: [[spoiler:Bass Cross]] Mega Man is christened the "Legendary Berserker" despite having only come into existence mere minutes ago.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork the source]]. Lan starts off as a delinquent, enjoys FightClubbing, and there's plenty of {{Deconstruction}} going around. [[DeconstructorFleet Lots]], actually. Lan and [=MegaMan=]'s bickering can get downright ''nasty''. Lan's {{Delinquent}} tendencies urge him to accept when invited to attack the ''board of education'' for some thrills. {{Synchronization}} isn't unambiguously positive like in the later games, such as when [=MegaMan's=] first SuperMode and Lan's broken [=PET=] [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity put the latter in a coma]]. [=ProtoMan=] [[spoiler:''kills a [=NetNavi=] in cold blood'' after it begs to be spared]]. Chaud grows incredibly jealous of Lan's [[TheGift skills and potential]]. Bass exploits Lan's and [=MegaMan's=] desires ToBeAMaster [[spoiler: so he can later feed on their growth]]. The Ameroupan Army [[spoiler:puts [=MegaMan=] on its Criminals At Large list for his ability to FusionDance]]. [=ElecMan's=] pre-programmed abiding loyalty to WWW grates on his Operator's nerves so much he gets disowned.
** The manga also takes advantage of the Net Navi's being made mostly out of data, which means more violent fights. Indeed, most of the battles in the latter half of the manga are downright ''brutal''.
** LighterAndSofter: Over time. The uplifting nature of the {{Shonen}} genre seeps its way into the manga, usually through the brighter, cheerier ArtEvolution and increasingly common [[PlayedForLaughs gags]]. A famous one is when Lan and Chaud first get to Netopia, Lan immediately ignores Chaud's warnings t be careful and drags him around in search of food...eventually deciding on the biggest hamburgers he can find.
* DemotedToExtra: Because the manga focuses so heavily on the relationships between Lan and Chaud on the one hand and [=MegaMan, ProtoMan, and Bass=] on the other, the supporting cast has very little development.
** Mayl was a prominent character in Lan's life for the first couple of volumes, but from volume three on was edged OutOfFocus in favor of the Lan-Chaud rivalry.
** Tora shows up in Volume 5 as a new benchmark for Lan to surpass and, once surpassed, became relegated to cameos.
** Some major characters actually went ''forgotten'' by the Dark World arc, like Inspector Oda and Mr. Famous.
* DieOrFly: There lies a temple at the apex of the Undernet, guarded by [=PharaohMan=], in which great power may be unlocked. The challenge is that the power must be unlocked ''during combat'' against four warriors who appear in the challenger's image, but are individually enhanced by the [[SuperMode Style Change]]. Most people who fight them... tend to not get back up again. Lan and [=MegaMan=] not only succeed at the challenge and unlock a Style Change, they manage to unleash the ''Grandaddy'' of them all: Hub Style.
* FaceOfAThug: Raoul's[[note]]:A student of Mr. Famous.[[/note]] face is so terrifying Lan and [=MegaMan=] immediately assume he's a villain (and are quite stunned when [[BerserkButton he suggests they guess again]]). Takeo Inukai, however, beats him at his own game...in more ways than one.
-->'''Ahh!!''' That face!! '''Scarier''' than '''Raoul's !!!'''
-->'''Say what?!'''
* FightClubbing: [=NetBattling=] Licenses are only available to individuals over the age of eighteen. [=ACDC=]'s youth have a damn good time nonetheless. Lan enjoys something of a reputation in this crowd, [[spoiler:especially after he and Mega Man defeat Bass.]]
** One early scene has Roll clear the house by raising a false alarm about a Net Battle Raid. Clearing the various Net Navis out allows her to deliver an e-mail from Mayl to Lan and to flirt with [=MegaMan=].
* FingerLickinEvil: The DragonAscendant of the Darkloid arc sticks his tongue out and licks his lips or one of his fingers in just about every other panel he's in.
* FusionDance: A variation. [=MegaMan's=] later power-ups via the Double Soul ability extracts everything but the barest dregs of a given [=NetNavi's=] data, leaving them as entirely vulnerable shells prone to attack. At one point [=BubbleMan=] has to grab[=ProtoMan=] and run away from the blast zone, bonking his head on the ground a number of times, much to Chaud's chagrin.
** In the final arc, [=MegaMan=] can assume a Beast form modelled on Greiga after extracting a portion of its power. Of course, that's assuming he can [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity get a handle on it]].
** Right before the premier of Beast [=MegaMan=], we're given a brief glimpse of [[spoiler:Bass Cross [=MegaMan=]]], who's so powerful his body [[ExplosiveOverclocking can't actually handle it]] and [[HeroicRROD starts breaking down]].
* GoshDangItToHeck: The "swearing" in the official English translation ranges from age-inappropriate (what grade schooler would say "drat" or "curses"?) to just bizarre ("dang blang!").
* {{Keet}}: [[ChildProdigy Kei Yuuki]]. [[spoiler:Sean Obihiro, post-mind control]].
** IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: One of the first clues something's up with [[MeaningfulName Kei Yuuki]] is when he demonstrates his LackOfEmpathy by taking a ''scientific interest'' in Lan's coma.
* TheKindnapper: In the first chapter of Volume 3, [=SkullMan=] kidnaps [=MegaMan=] so he ([=SkullMan=]) can have a friend (his Operator's disposition [[JustifiedTrope kinda scares people away]]) and to keep him safe from the dangers of the [=UnderNet=]. He offers freedom to [=MegaMan=] if [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass he can]] [[SchmuckBait defeat SkullMan]].
* LightningBruiser: Plenty. [=BeastMan=] is notable for claiming prowess due to being a "beast-type" Navi...until [=ProtoMan=] cuts him down to size.
* MeaningfulName: Kei Yuuki is rough Japanese for "False Courage".
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The manga gives us a few primarily of the RedBaron class.
** "The Black Shadow" and the "Messenger of Darkness" for [[spoiler:Bass.]]
** "The Legendary Berserker" for [[spoiler:[[FusionDance Bass Cross [=MegaMan.=]]]]][[note]]One might question the "Legendary", considering he's appeared a grand total of twice, both for very modern threats.[[/note]]
* ObfuscatingInsanity: Invoked to spoof the games' habit of treating the main characters like nobodies despite their repetitive world-saving. After beating the WWW, Lan's name gets out and his house is raided by promoters trying to get him into their competitive netbattling tournaments, only to discover him making a scene at [=MegaMan's=] "wake"; Mayl, who's in on the ruse, takes the opportunity to suggest that Lan is only an AttentionWhore and the whole WWW affair is something he made up.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Lan's not dumb. Lazy and unmotivated, certainly, but a damn good fighter nonetheless. When presented a free helicopter ride (see UmpteenthCustomer below), he immediately gets psyched up and goes along with it before Chaud can even finish telling him to be careful. [[spoiler: And the [=ProtoMan=] gets an email about how Lan knows what he's doing.]]
** Early on, Lan deliberately plays up the idea that he's an emotional nutcase to pull out of the limelight after [[spoiler:news reports identify him as one of the two child prodigies who saved the world together.]]
*** Even before that, Lan comes to school only to find the gates locked. Two men tell him that school's been canceled for the day, so he runs off, elated. Then he comes running back and manages to jump the gates, realizing that something was up. Turns out he was right.
* PennyAmongDiamonds: The climax of the Grave arc sees Class 5A invited aboard Gauss Magnets' [[ExaggeratedTrope ridiculously]] [[CoolBoat luxurious yacht.]] Which comes complete with [[LockedInAFreezer arctic simulation climate control]].
** PrincessForADay: Mayl, Yai, and Mari all seized the opportunity to fancy themselves up when the class got that cruise line invitation. Yai and Mari were out to look pretty, whereas Mayl was out to look pretty ''for [[IdiotHero someone]]''.
* PowerHigh: The problem with Hub Style is that it feels ''so damn good'' to go [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity overboard]].
* PrayerIsALastResort: Inspector Oda, during the battle against the Life Virus.
-->'''Oda:''' ''I'm not a praying man... but may these kids find favor with the almighty!''
* RecurringExtra: Whenever the local Navis (especially the guys Lan and Mega go Fight Clubbing with) are running around, look to see a lot of familiar faces.
* RuleOfCool: While the entire premise of the EXE franchise is basically this, the manga takes it up a notch. Most of the battles from Volume 5 onward reach ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' levels of over-the-top.
* SoLastSeason: Despite the dramatic Mega Man Hub Style vs. Bass Hub Style fight, [[SuperMode Hub Style]] is quickly brushed aside by opponents who use Dark Power, which negates it. Outside of a single CallBack where the style change is used to force Mega Man's way into the world of the Darkloids, it's never brought up again.
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: Each new BigBad exceeds the last by a good order of magnitude.
* SuperMode: The earliest was [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity Hub Style]], though it was quickly discarded because Dark Power [[PowerNullifier negated it]]. Later [=MegaMan=] is granted the [[FusionDance Double Soul]], which gives him access to his Beast Mode, which itself gets a [[NextTierPowerUp further extension]] in Super Beast Mode.
** Style Change in general is considered to be this in-universe -- a [=NetNavi's=] skills spontaneously evolve to better take advantage of their Operator's fighting style. Lan and [=MegaMan=] managed to get their hands on the greatest of them all. [=ProtoMan=] gets a unique "style" [[spoiler:when Serenade grants him the [[DesperationAttack Muramasa]].]]
* SuperWeight: [=MegaMan=], [=ProtoMan=], and [=Bass=] are basically on a track of constant ascent, mostly so they can have more kickass fights with each other. By the end of the series, each of them is easily level 4, possibly level 5.
* TaremeEyes[=/=]TsurimeEyes: Normal Style [=MegaMan=] has the former. Hub Style [=MegaMan=] has the latter.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Happens ''a lot'' between [=MegaMan=] and Bass in the manga. [[LampshadeHanging Usually lampshaded.]] After their third big fight they made a promise (while Bass ''was on fire'', having [[TakingTheBullet taken a bullet]] for [=MegaMan=]) that they'd go at it again someday, and that the other had better stay alive till then. This leads to one saving the other a few times, usually followed by a reference to said promise:
--> '''Bass:''' ''Until the day... I bring you down...stay in the game! Show me... you can '''survive'''... And one day I will '''KILL''' you!! This is...'''what unites us!!!'''''
** Needless to say, they both take this promise to the extreme sometimes; with [=MegaMan=] and Lan charging an enemy stronghold to rescue Bass and later letting [=MegaMan=]'s EvilTwin land hits in an IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight manner to wake Bass up, while on Bass's side we see him initiate a FusionDance with [=MegaMan=] to save his life, despite socking him not even a minute ago for merely ''suggesting'' the idea in the first place. Not to mention all the times Bass [[EnemyMine helps]] fight the BigBad of whatever arc he decides to show up for.
*** Bass even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] his reason for doing so:
--> '''Bass:''' [[LittleNo No...]] I won't let you go... without my permission! '''I'll''' be the one to kill you!!! Don't forget that, [=MegaMan=]!!! Don't forget [[WorthyOpponent our bond!]]
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Like it says above, new villains are almost constantly cropping up after the old one falls. The biggest time breaks between arcs never exceed a few months...so TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed for maybe a whole year, at most.
* TournamentArc: {{Averted|Trope}}, interestingly enough. It's not that Lan and [=MegaMan=] are trying to stick to FightClubbing, it's that they're avoiding the extra publicity -- [=SharkMan=] is ''not'' particularly happy that they won't showing up.
** The arc that corresponds to the 6th game is ostensibly a "tournament", though its more of a [[BossRush Free-For-All]]. [=MegaMan=] does not take kindly to being forced to [[FightingYourFriend fight his friends]] and ESPECIALLY not to the fact that they suddenly all have absolutely no problem [[FaceHeelTurn with killing him]].
** Later, in the epilogue, [=MegaMan=] actually ''loses'' during the preliminary rounds of the newest tournament - everyone who watches assumes he's trying to give the weaker participants a boost, Lan himself wonders if Net Battling's worth getting excited about anymore, but [=ProtoMan=] shows up and calls him out on how he's been given a lot of credit for heroism when he just lost like a chump. Finally presented with a fight [[SpiritedCompetitor worth getting excited about]], Lan and [=MegaMan=] prove [[IAmNotLeftHanded exactly how much badass they've been holding in reserve]]. The crowd approves so heartily they actually invent the ''Tera-Class'' specifically for the fight.
* TricksterMentor: Mr. Famous [[InvokedTrope revels in it]]. He deliberately antagonizes Lan and Chaud to ensure they're itching to prove themselves when they cross Serenade's path. Serenade [[LampShaded teases]] Mr. Famous about it.
* UmpteenthCustomer: While hunting for [=MegaMan=] in Netopia, Lan and Chaud stop for hamburgers, only to be told that being the millionth customer entitles Lan to a free helicopter ride. Chaud fails to keep him from running off into the ObviousTrap, only for Lan to [[ObfuscatingStupidity reveal he knew]] [[SubvertedTrope the whole thing was a setup]] and went along with it to get to [=MegaMan=] that much faster. Charlie, who owns the helicopter, wonders [[DoubleSubverted what the heck Lan's talking about]].
* VitriolicBestBuds:
** [[IdiotHero Lan]] and [[FieryRedhead Mayl]]. [[ExaggeratedTrope A LOT]]. Early chapters see them arguing furiously with each other, and even brawling on the floor. Of course, Mayl's a fair bit more developed in the romance department then he is, so it turns into BelligerentSexualTension every now and again, like when she deliberately attempts to [[SheCleansUpNicely get Lan's attention]] on the cruise ship, only for him to tease her about wearing frilly stuff in cold weather. She takes a moment to stretch his face out.
** Also Lan and Chaud, especially in the early parts of their partnership. They actually spent most of their first encounter with Bass fighting each other more than they were fighting him because of this. It trickles down to [=MegaMan=] and [=ProtoMan=] too, but aside from when Lan is in Full Synchro with [=MegaMan=] it's mostly on [=ProtoMan=]'s end due to both [[NotSoStoic him and Chaud having a shorter fuse than their game and anime counterparts.]] Later during the Nebula Arc this also develops between Lan and Dingo.
* VoodooShark: The manga attempts to perform ArcWelding between the second and third arcs to explain a former villain's FaceHeelTurn, but the villain's goals were so irrelevant to the third arc that the explanation undermines itself. [[spoiler:Shun Obihiro explains that he became Kei Yuki after being influenced by the forces of Dark Power... which is silly, because Kei Yuki's goal was to use Hub Style to TakeOverTheWorld, while Dark Power [[SoLastSeason makes Hub Style completely useless]]. The explanation requires the villains who created Kei Yuuki to have been pursuing the use of something they'd consider useless]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Both Hub Style and Beast Out [=MegaMan=] are troublesome to get a handle on. The first one, being based on [[{{Synchronization}} Full Synchro]], effectively puts Lan in a coma.
* WorkoutFanservice: Episode 16 of ''Stream'' includes a TrainingMontage of [[FairCop Manabe]] in scanty gym wear.
* WouldHurtAChild: Whereas the anime mostly averts this, with the non-human [=MegaMan=] doing most of the fighting, the manga has a lot more scenes of Lan getting severely injured. This is mostly because the synchronization means that an injury to [=MegaMan=] spreads over to Lan, and Lan can also enter the network at times as well. [=DarkMan=] even directly attacks Lan at one point. Needless to say, Mega Man is NOT pleased when this happens.
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** Beginning in ''Axess'', Mariko and Tohru (often joined by Chisao and Rush) form a Hotspring Appreciation Society of sorts, which travels to various hot springs to sample and enjoy them.

** [[GreenThumb Asteroid PlantMan]] helps his chosen Operator avoid having to eat his vegetables...eventually ruining Japan's homegrown agriculture, and then its international commerce to keep edible vegetation out of the country.
** [[GravityMaster GravityMan]] is used by a pair of lowlife crooks to give [[FairCop Manabe]] weight issues. (They went so far as to have Gravity Man drag a submarine down to the bottom of the ocean in the plot -- again, to ''[[EvilIsPetty give Manabe weight issues]]'').

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Asteroid [=NetNavis=] can translate their power into the Real World with devastating ease. They are also used for some of the most hideously banal things in the history of superpowers... until they break off from their operators (usually after the Dimensional Chip is used for the first time).

** [[GravityMaster GravityMan]] is used by a pair of lowlife crooks to give [[FairCop Manabe]] weight issues. (They went so far as to have Gravity Man drag a submarine down to the bottom of the ocean in the plot -- again, to ''[[IdiotBall give Manabe weight issues]]'').

* PostScriptSeason: TheAnimeOfTheGame was not expected to go on past the second season, but was surprisingly renewed, albeit in {{Retool}}ed form as ''Rockman.EXE Axess''.

* PostScriptSeason: TheAnimeOfTheGame was not expected to go on past the second season, but was surprisingly renewed, albeit in {{Retooled}} form as ''Rockman.EXE Axess''.

* PostScriptSeason: The original anime was just TheAnimeOfTheGame, ''for Battle Network'' and ''Battle Network 2'' (and a [[ExplosiveOverclocking little]] [[EleventhHourSuperpower bit]] of 3). ''Axess'', which builds on the original two seasons, but significantly branches out, is this by definition. This carried through until the end of ''Beast'', which ended rather satisfactorily. ''Beast+'', which came after, ended up resorting to culling leftover characters, plots, and powerups from the games, most notably the {{Gaiden Game}}s ''Network Transmission''[[note]]A side-scrolling Platform game set between ''Battle Network 1 and 2'' that introduced us to the ''Battle Network'' version of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]''.[[/note]] and ''Phantom of Network''.[[note]]A [[NoExportForYou Japanese Only]] cell-phone game.[[/note]] And then [[NoEnding the screen went dark]].

* SiblingFusion: Cross Fusion allows a NetNavi and their operator to fuse together. As Lan and [=MegaMan=] are brothers, they qualify for this trope when they fuse together.

** Episode 15 of ''Beast+'' is a whole pool ''episode'', in which Netto and his class relax at a local water park, unaware that malevolent weatherman Tsuyuharu Nyoudo and his [=NetNavi=] [=ElementMan=].EXE are out to [[PokeThePoodle misuse miniroid technology]] to make them rue the day they laughed at his EpicFail of a weather forecast.

* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: [=StoneMan.EXE=] and [=GravityMan.EXE=] are the only navis that are never shown in the regular, hand-drawn, cel-shaded animation style. Also, the [=RockCube=] battlechip and every explosion dust-cloud in the series.

** Aki-chan the IdolSinger is this, even moreso than everyone else as she is designed to look as "realistic-looking" as possible. Lampshaded and justified on the grounds that she's constructed from a different type of program than the Navis, so she can't properly interact with them.

* {{Fanservice}}: Rare, but when it happens, there's plenty of it for the boys, girls, [[ParentService moms, and dads]] to enjoy. Expect the basic swimsuit scenes to have the male characters mostly [[ShirtlessScene topless]] while the girls generally use the [[LimitedWardrobe same swimsuits]].
** BeachEpisode:
*** A pair in the second season, although the second one is more about dressing the cast up in relatively skimpy IdolSinger outfits.
*** A late ''Stream'' episode was ostensibly about putting almost every member of the female cast in swimwear (everyone except Lan's mom). None in Beast, Beast+, or Axess, but that's because they use...
** HotSpringsEpisode:
*** Beginning in Axess. [[DemotedToExtra Tohru]], Mariko, Chisao, and Rush form a Hotspring Appreciation Society of sorts. This at least once sees a selection of the characters in a ModestyTowel apiece[[note]]Lan, Chisao, Mayl, Mariko, Tohru...and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chaud]]![[/note]] [[BloodKnight Tamako]], who appears in episodes that do have hotsprings, is too busy trying to pick a fight with Lan [[SubvertedTrope to waste time looking sexy]].
*** The Beach Episode in Stream ends with everyone in a local hot spring.
*** Shows up again late in Beast+. Mariko, Yuriko, and [[DoubleSubverted Tamako]] all appear in a hotspring moment for all of half a second near the end of Beast+; and a few episodes before that, we got a [[ShesGotLegs nice]] [[MaleGaze long]] [[HotSpringsEpisode shot]] of [[MsFanservice Tamako]] on her own; primarily to demonstrate [[spoiler: that since the real [=MetalMan=] is currently hanging out with her in the hot spring, the one attacking Net City is fake.]]
*** Even Laika and Dingo get one in Beast, in [[http://www.rockman-exe.com/rockman/screencaps/beast/17/64.jpg the smallest towels imaginable]].
** BeachEpisode:
*** Midway through Stream, an episode opens in a posh Health Spa, where Lan and Mayl are hanging out. Mayl's sporting a one-piece unique to the episode.
*** An episode midway through Beast+ sees Lan and friends relaxing at a local water park, unaware that a malevolent weatherman (Vic, from Battle Network 6) is out to misuse [[PokeThePoodle miniroid technology]] to make them rue the day they laughed at his [[EpicFail Weather Predicting Fail]].[[note]]Meiru, Shuuko, Mariko ([[FunnyBackgroundEvent at one point using Dekao as a raft]] when the pool turns into a whirlpool).[[/note]]
** WorkoutFanservice: The Pool Episode from Stream is actually about [[FairCop Manabe]] (see MundaneUtility below), who rocks a sweatshirt and a pair of tight shorts during an exercise montage.

* {{Flanderization}}: Most of the main cast, though this is heavily dependent or who was writing them at the time due to some of the staff preferring to derail characters to fit their own writing cliche's. Chief cause of this was Staff Writer Mayori Sekijima, whose long-running preference for comedy filler stories throughout his career (See [[Anime/TenchiInTokyo Tenchi In Tokyo]]) was to turn all the characters into idiots and then exaggerate their character Traits because...Funny? Much of the character flanderization in the series is rooted in that, and actually many examples below ''Come from episodes he wrote''.

* IdenticalStranger: Most of the Asteroid Navis and Zoanoroids to previously deleted antagonistic navis, though the Zoanoroids are also this to good navis.

Has a [[WMG/MegaManNTWarrior WMG page]].

* TournamentArc: When not fighting good or evil to the death, Navis often fight each other in controlled settings. This in particular is the second to last arc of the original anime, and [[BigBad certain individuals]] have a keen interest in bending the outcome to their purpose. However, the events happen before they were anticipated, and the Final Arc of the first season is damage control taken UpToEleven.

* RuleOfCool: While the entire premise of the EXE franchise is basically this, the manga takes it UpToEleven. Most of the battles from Volume 5 onward reach ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' levels of over-the-top.

* In the Anime, Lan and his [[PatientChildhoodLoveInterest childhood friend/love interest]] [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Maylu]] (eventually joined by [[TheBully schoolyard bully]] [[BoisterousBruiser Dex]], [[{{Fiction500}} insanely rich]] [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Kinglish]] [[ForeignExchangeStudent transfer student]] [[SpoiledBrat Yai]], and quiet but loyal ally [[AscendedExtra Tory]]) find themselves caught up in the various strikes and counter-strikes between the [=WWW=] and a small group of Net Agents led by the mysterious Commander Beef. The Commander and his Net Navi [=SharkMan=] will often spend time giving Lan and [=MegaMan=] subtle guidance on how to grow, or outright enable them to succeed when given no other choice. Also standing in the boys' way are the enigmatic [[TheRival Chaud Blaze]] and [[AloofAlly ProtoMan.EXE]], the absolute best of the best.

** [[Creator/{{KirbyMorrow}} Speedy Dave]] and [[Creator/{{KellySheridan}} Sal]] are close friends [[Anime/{{TheVisionOfEscaflowne}} once]] [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} again.]]

* [[LargeHam Large Ham]]: Plenty, but Count Zapp, Masa and Commander Beef stand out. Higsby, too, when he's motivated.

* CuteKitten: Why else would there be a BizarroEpisode where all of the Navis become cats? Perhaps as a ShoutOut to the infamous Lion Men BizarroEpisode in [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan the original Mega Man cartoon.]]

* PostScriptSeason: The original anime was just TheAnimeOfTheGame, ''for Battle Network'' and ''Battle Network 2'' (and a [[ExplosiveOverclocking little]] [[EleventhHourSuperpower bit]] of 3). ''Axess'', which builds on the original two seasons, but significantly branches out, is this by definition. This carried through until the end of ''Beast'', which ended rather satisfactorily. ''Beast+'', which came after, ended up resorting to culling leftover characters, plots, and powerups from the games, most notably the [[GaidenGame Gaiden Games]] ''Network Transmission''[[note]]A side-scrolling Platform game set between ''Battle Network 1 and 2'' that introduced us to the ''Battle Network'' version of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManX Zero]]''.[[/note]] and ''Phantom of Network''.[[note]]A [[NoExportForYou Japanese Only]] cell-phone game.[[/note]] And then [[NoEnding the screen went dark]].

* ArtEvolution: Dramatically, especially after Volume 7. It's also present in the earlier parts of the Manga, even across ''[[UpToEleven a single volume]]''.

* ConflictBall[=/=]FightingYourFriend: The final arc of the manga could readily be described as "[=MegaMan's=] Friends All Suck At Friendship." [[spoiler:After being invited to the tournament meant to find the ultimate [=NetNavi=], [=ProtoMan=], [=SearchMan=], and [=Tomahawkman=] all try to [[GoodIsNotnice turn Mega Man "ruthless"]] to fight the Cybeasts. [[SarcasmMode Because that's how its worked every other time]].]]

* PennyAmongDiamonds: The climax of the Grave arc sees Class 5A invited aboard Gauss Magnets' [[UpToEleven ridiculously]] [[CoolBoat luxurious yacht.]] Which comes complete with [[LockedInAFreezer arctic simulation climate control]].

* TournamentArc: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], interestingly enough. It's not that Lan and [=MegaMan=] are trying to stick to FightClubbing, it's that they're avoiding the extra publicity -- [=SharkMan=] is ''not'' particularly happy that they won't showing up.

* TricksterMentor: Mr. Famous [[InvokedTrope revels in it]]. He deliberately antagonizes Lan and Chaud to ensure they're itching to prove themselves when they cross Serenade's path. Serenade [[{{LampShaded}} teases]] Mr. Famous about it.

** [[IdiotHero Lan]] and [[FieryRedhead Mayl]]. [[UpToEleven A LOT]]. Early chapters see them arguing furiously with each other, and even brawling on the floor. Of course, Mayl's a fair bit more developed in the romance department then he is, so it turns into BelligerentSexualTension every now and again, like when she deliberately attempts to [[SheCleansUpNicely get Lan's attention]] on the cruise ship, only for him to tease her about wearing frilly stuff in cold weather. She takes a moment to stretch his face out.

* AfterTheEnd: After the latest battle against Proto, the Densan City (and perhaps other cities around the world) [[spoiler: took a heavy damage they hardly recovered]]. Unlike the other Rockman.EXE manga where the city is [[spoiler: to flourish back and invent a new advanced technology and internet]], the Battle Story actually ends up [[spoiler: where the citizens have to survive without them, barely connected the internet somehow]]. It doesn't stop the villain from Nebula to terrorize the town and the internet through Shademan.EXE. While Rockman.EXE and Blues.EXE [[spoiler: find their new Soul Unison]], the story is [[CutShort cut short]] right there, thus ending the Battle Story manga.

*** In "Chess Mess!", when Maylu steps in to assist Lan in an unfair game of cyber-chess against Tora, she sends Roll in, too. The instant she appears, Roll rids the board of the Queen piece to take its place next to Mega Man.

*** When [=MegaMan=] defeats Torchman, Roll gives him TheGlomp.

*** Other notables from the manga include Rhythm, a joke character created by Takamisaki to be Blues' answer to [=RockMan's=] Roll, and the Bug-riser, an EldritchAbomination that premiered in a promotional manga chapter dedicated to the ''Battle Network'' arcade game "Battle Chip Stadium". (The Bug-Riser was featured in a couple of Giga Chips from Battle Network 6).

* VoodooShark: The manga attempts to perform ArcWelding between the second and third arcs to explain a former villain's FaceHeelTurn, but the villain's goals were so irrelevant to the third arc that the explanation undermines itself. [[spoiler:Shun Obihiro explains that he became Kei Yuki after being influenced of the forces of Dark Power... which is silly, because Kei Yuki's goal was to use Hub Style to TakeOverTheWorld, while Dark Power [[SoLastSeason makes Hub Style completely useless]]. The explanation requires the villains who created Kei Yuuki to have been pursuing the use of something they'd consider useless]].