History Characters / MechX4

* SuperStrength: Harris briefly had this while undergoing a mutation before he was cured in "Let's Get Some Air!".

* BenevolentBoss: Seth Harper makes it a point during an evacuation of Harper Industries that the employees getting out safely matters more than what they're working on at the time and valued that more than the destruction of expensive equipment. He even knows the name of the window washer MECH-X4 saved in "Let's Get Some Air!".

* GreaterScopeVillain: He communicates to Grey and Davage via audio only. In Let's Get Some Air!, we also find out he's holding MECH-X4's creator hostage.

* BigBad: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with [[spoiler: her boss]] either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage. [[spoiler: Thanks to her plans being frequently stopped by the MECH-X4 pilots, she's lost credibility with her boss, forcing her to team up with the pilots to stop the Mastermind's even eviler plan.]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Throughout ''Let's get the Big Bad!'', Ryan outright refuses kill any human being, no matter how bad they are. [[spoiler:He even attempts to [[SaveTheVillain save Principal Grey]] even though she callously betrayed them]].

* INeverToldYouMyName: Leo knew Ryan's name in the pre-recorded message that played inside Mech-X when Ryan and the others first discovered it.

* {{Synchronization}}: Ryan is bonded to MECH-X4, so whatever damage is done to the robot also hurts him. However, repairs to the robot can also heal him without the need for medical facilities.

-->"[[DamselInDistress Oh no, I'm cornered and I'm helpless]]...''is what you'd expect me to say''!"

* TheQuisling: It's implied that [[spoiler: she's helping the BigBad to be spared by his EvilPlan. It's understandable when that plan is revealed to be to [[spoiler: kill off most of humanity]].

* EnemyMine: Offers to help the team to [[spoiler:track the BigBad so that they can take him down. However, this gets subverted, because it was a trick for them to lead themselves to her boss in order for her to earn their place. Unfortunately for her, the Mech-X4 crew didn't trust her from the start, and they saw her double-cross coming]].

* TheDragon: Acts as this to [[spoiler: the real BigBad]]
* * PreAssKickingOneLiner: When she and the MECH-X4 crew take on [[spoiler: the goons that the Mastermind sent to take her out]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: Ryan outright refuses to kill any human being, not even the worst of the worst.

* BigBad: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with [[spoiler: her boss]] either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage. [[spoiler: Thanks to her plans being frequently stopped by the MECH-X4 pilots, she's lost credibility with her boss, forcing her to team up with the pilots to stop the Mastermind's even eviler plan. However, this was a last-ditch effort to earn her place back, and she's taken care of after her attempted betrayal]].
* BigBadWannabe: At first she appeared to be building up to this, having the ambition to capture Ryan and attempting to [[spoiler:earn brownie points with her boss]] and a position of power, but it's ultimately for naught [[spoiler:because she loses face with the Mastermind after her plans keep failing. Also, she's fallen into a puddle of goo, so only the team has the Mastermind to deal with]].
* TheDragon: Acts as this to [[spoiler: the real BigBad]].
* EnemyMine: Offers to help the team to [[spoiler:track the BigBad so that they can take him down. However, this gets subverted, because it was a trick for them to lead themselves to her boss in order for her to earn their place start. Unfortunately for her, the Mech-X4 crew didn't trust her from the start, and they saw her double-cross coming]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: [[spoiler:Ryan thought there was some good in her despite her callousness, because she saved his life from the BigBad's goons. Turns out she was playing the team to sell them out. The team were wary enough not to trust her, and they stop her before she can turn Ryan in. Despite this, Ryan didn't want to believe it at first, and was upset that he couldn't redeem her]].

* TheQuisling: It's implied that [[spoiler: she's helping the BigBad to be spared by his EvilPlan.]]
* TheStarscream: Claims that she, and by extension Davage, were trying to stop her boss's plan, but the MECH-X4 crew kept getting in the way. [[spoiler:This was not the case at all]].

* INeverToldYouMyName: Leo knew Ryan's name in the pre-recorded message that played inside Mech-X4 when Ryan and the others first discovered it.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: It's explained that the Mastermind's plan is to wipe out humanity because [[HumansAreBastards they destroy the Earth with pollution, war and selfishness]]. Only those who are deemed worthy are spared and earn their place on the new Earth, while the rest perish.

* BigBad: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with [[spoiler: her boss]] either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage. [[spoiler: Thanks to her plans being frequently stopped by the MECH-X4 pilots, she's lost credibility with her boss, forcing her to team up with the pilots to stop the Mastermind's even eviler plan.]].
* BigBadWannabe: At first she appeared to be building up to this, having the ambition to capture Ryan and attempting to [[spoiler:earn brownie points with her boss]] and a position of power, but it's ultimately for naught [[spoiler:because she loses face with the Mastermind after her plans keep failing]].

* TheDragon: Acts as this to [[spoiler: the real BigBad]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Claims that she, and by extention Davage, were trying to stop her boss's plan, but the MECH-X4 crew kept getting in the ay.

* INeverToldYouMyName: Leo knew Ryan's name in the pre-recorded message that played inside Mech-X when Ryan and the others first discovered it.

The Principal of Bay City High, secretly the one behind the monster attacks that hopes to stop MECH-X4 and it's pilots.
* BigBad: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with [[spoiler: her boss]] either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage. [[spoiler:She's been dealt with halfway into the season, so now they have her boss to deal with]].
* BigBadWannabe: At first she appeared to be building up to this, having the ambition to capture Ryan and attempting to [[spoiler:earn brownie points with her boss]] and a position of power, but it's ultimately for naught [[spoiler:because The Mastermind gets the spotlight]].

* OmnicidalManiac: Described by such to Ryan by Grey in ''Let's Get Our Robot Back!''.

* BigBad: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with [[spoiler: her boss]] either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage.

* BiggerBad: The real bad guy responsible for the show's events.
** TheManBehindTheMan: And also Grey's boss.
* FaceFramedInShadow: His face is never shown.

* BenevolentBoss: Seth Harper makes it a point during an evacuation of Harper Industries that the employees getting out safely matters more than what they're working on at the time and valued everyone getting out safely more than the destruction of expensive equipment. He even knows the name of the window washer MECH-X4 saved in "Let's Get Some Air!".

* HumongousMecha: Obviously. One of the key components of the show. Unlike other mecha shows, the titular MECH-X4 is controlled through Ryan's motions through technopathy with the aid of a harness to facilitate jumping. In practice, control of the robot is similar to virtual reality controls in real life. The cockpit is more spacious than your typical mecha cockpit to accommodate for this, with the consoles that Harris, Spyder, and Mark use to man the weapons being more like computer desks. The mech itself actually has several different areas on the inside, including an entertainment room and a maintenance room. MECH-X4's arsenal includes shoulder missiles, [[ArmCannon a laser shooting arm cannon]], a plasma punch, [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]], and [[spoilers: a ChestBlaster]].

* HumongousMecha: Obviously. One of the key components of the show. Unlike other mecha shows, the titular MECH-X4 is controlled through Ryan's motions through technopathy with the aid of a harness to facilitate jumping. In practice, control of the robot is similar to virtual reality controls in real life. The cockpit is more spacious than your typical mecha cockpit to accommodate for this, with the consoles that Harris, Spyder, and Mark use to man the weapons being more like computer desks. The mech itself actually has several different areas on the inside, including an entertainment room and a maintenance room. MECH-X4's arsenal includes shoulder missiles, [[ArmCannon a laser shooting arm cannon]], a plasma punch, and [[AnAxeToGrind an axe]].

[[folder:Mech X-4 Team]]

!!Mech X-4

* {{Synchronization}}: Ryan is bonded to MECH-X4, so whatever damage is done to the robot also hurts him.

* {{Technopath}}: Ryan is one of these, using it to control MECH-X4. He's also able to use it to interfere with technology, often using it to get him and the crew into places or to help them escape. It's revealed in ''Let's Survive in the Woods!'' that there's a limit to it: Ryan can't affect technology that isn't already turned on.

* TheSmartGuy: He's in charge on filling the guys in on what to do and how to handle Mech X-4's gadgets.

In charge of MECH-X4's offense, very eccentic, one of Ryan's childhood friends.

** TheManBehindTheMan: And also Grey's Bosc.

* GreaterScopeVillain: He communicates to Grey and Davage via audio only]]. In Let's Get Some Air!, we also find out he's holding MECH-X4's creator hostage.

** TheManBehindTheMan: And also Grey's boss.

* IAteWhat: Ryan isn't pleased to find that Harris' 3d printed sandwich, while delicious and edible, was made from an old shoe. Spyder has no such qualms.

* TheLivingDead: In "Let's Get Some Air!", the reveal that the team makes it out alive thanks to the oxygen coming back online in time is spoiled by paying close attention to Mark before the reveal. His actor is noticeably breathing.
* ParentWithNewParamour: A Type 2: Mark is overprotective about his mom Grace dating new people. When Mark oversteps his boundaries when he suspects that a business trip to Harper Industries was a romantic rendevouz, Grace and Seth Harper start dating to spite him. In "Let's Be Idiots!", Seth does genuinely want to warm up to Mark to reassure Grace. This forms the basis of the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B story]] of Seth trying to get Mark into a sold out EDM show without using his status as a rich CEO.

* WrenchWhack: Discussed: Spyder is excited to find a wrench specifically ''because'' he can hit stuff with it.
** The wrench gets used by Mark against [[spoiler: Park Ranger Jeff]] in "Let's Survive In The Woods!"

* SuperRobotGenre: Ryan is able to control MECH-X4 with his mind.

!!Principal Kim Grey

* BigBad: [[spoiler: She's the one creating the monsters that attack the city. While she usually oversees things from the principal's office, while also trying to fit in undercover, she occasionally gets out into the field herself to directly attack, like in "Let's Open The Monster Heart!". She also doesn't want to be too cooperative with her boss either, deliberately withholding that she knows Ryan's identity because it can be used as leverage.]]
* {{McNinja}}: [[spoiler:When Grey goes into the field, she puts on the full get-up: a black ninja habit, smoke bombs, martial arts and sais.]]* ShoeSlap: [[spoiler:Principal Grey kicks her shoe off hard enough to bury the heel in the wall to silence Davage when he almost reveals they've learned MECH-X4 has at least three pilots.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:Acts as this to the BigBad.]]
* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:It's implied that she's helping the BigBad to be spared by his EvilPlan.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Read the entries after you've seen most of the episodes. They will spoil most of her background.

!!Mastermind

* BiggerBad: The real bad guy responsible for the show's events.
** TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Is the one who back up Grey.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: His face is never shown.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He communicates [[spoiler:to Grey and Davage]] via audio only. And in Let's Get Some Air!, we also find out he's holding MECH-X4's creator hostage.

* TheQuisling: [[spoiler:It's implied that he's helping the BigBad to be spared by his EvilPlan.]]

* SuperStrength: Davage is capable of tearing open metal doors with no issues. Harris briefly had this while undergoing a mutation.

* INeverToldYouMyName: Leo knew Ryan's name when he and the others watch a video inside Mech-X.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The message left is incomplete, which nearly gets the team, especially Harris, killed when meeting Seth Harper.
* PosthumousCharacter: Subverted; At first we're led to believe MECH-X4's creator is dead or disappeared, but we find out he's alive and held hostage by "The Mastermind".