History Characters / MechX4

* CatchPhrase: Several. "Not the time, not the time!" (once "Not the tie, not the tie!"); "Inappropriate!"; "Dang, son!", "--- is a beautiful man"; "Science!".

* CatchPhrase: "Not the time, not the time!" (once "Not the tie, not the tie!"); "Inappropriate!"

* 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 rendezvous, 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.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Averted in the season one finale, where it's stated that he's under investigation.

* ShipperOnDeck: For Harris and Veracity, telling them to their faces to "just kiss already", much to their disgust.

* HotScoop: Kid friendly version: Cassie Park livestreams the news to her online following and directly competes with traditional adult-run news sources in Bay City to be the first to report on new events.

* OutOfFocus: After appearing in the first two episodes of season one, Cassie finally returns in ''Let's Handle Our Stuff!'' to help Seth Harper, who was also out of focus since ''Let's Be Idiots!', promote his new scholarship.

* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler: Grey]] is seemingly done in by an accident involving their own equipment after a double-cross.

* AscendedExtra: Admitted by the crew as being one before she even premiered. She appears in one episode in the second half of season one, ''Let's Go Clubbing!'' but has an expanded role in season 2.

** {{Cuckoosnarker}}: Much of his humor is deliberate and as snarky as his friends can be.

!!Harris

* CatchPhrase: "Not the time, not the time!"; "Inappropriate!"

* AffablyEvil: Even after it's revealed he's the BigBad, he doesn't see reason to be enemies with everyone. For example, he had at least enough respect for Ryan, Mark, and Harris to be a part of his new world until he learned they were pilots of Mech X-4. When he caught Ryan invading his mind, he was still civil towards him. He even admits to Morris he started using the kids' term "monster heart" because it sounded cool.

* AffablyEvil: Even after it's revealed he's the BigBad, he doesn't see reason to be enemies with everyone. For example, he had at least enough respect for Ryan, Mark, and Harris to be a part of his new world. When he caught Ryan invading his mind, he was still civil towards him. He even admits to Morris he started using the term "monster heart" because it sounded cool.

Harris' loathed scientific rival who competed with him for the Harper Grant.

* NewMediaAreEvil: Averted, part of Cassie Vine's character is showing that digital journalism is as valid as traditional journalism. While her investigation into the identities of the MECH-X4 pilots comes close to revealing their identities, she's portrayed as non-malicious and just wanting to find the truth about the city's protectors. This is contrasted with Godfrey, who sees Cassie as unprofessional competition, using his position to force his narrative about MECH-X4 being evil. [[spoiler: It's also contrasted with Seth Harper. He only pays attention to Cassie when it's to his promotional benefit. He's also mad enough about her reporting right in the middle of his final monster attack to strike phones with video out of appearing in his "new world"]].

!!Tropes in General

* 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]]. In ''Let's Destroy Some Ooze!'', he stops Spyder from attacking the [[spoiler: military who were mislead into thinking that MECH-X4 was a threat due to Seth Harper]] because they were "just doing their jobs".

* 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 Plasma Cannon]], a Plasma Punch, [[AnAxeToGrind a Plasma Axe]], a ChestBlaster called the X-Weapon, and ThisIsADrill a drill.

* NewMediaAreEvil: Averted, part of Cassie Vine's character is showing that digital journalism is as valid as traditional journalism. While her investigation into the identities of the MECH-X4 pilots comes close to revealing their identities, she's portrayed as non-malicious and just wanting to find the truth about the city's protectors. This is contrasted with Godfrey using his position to force his narrative about MECH-X4 being evil who views Cassie as unprofessional competition. [[spoiler: It's also contrasted with Seth Harper, who only pays attention to Cassie when it's to his promotional benefit and is mad enough about her reporting right in the middle of his final monster attack to strike phones with video out of appearing in his "new world"]].

* Averted, part of Cassie Vine's character is showing that digital journalism is as valid as traditional journalism. While her investigation into the identities of the MECH-X4 pilots comes close to revealing their identities, she's portrayed as non-malicious and just wanting to find the truth about the city's protectors. This is contrasted with Godfrey using his position to force his narrative about MECH-X4 being evil who views Cassie as unprofessional competition. [[spoiler: It's also contrasted with Seth Harper, who only pays attention to Cassie when it's to his promotional benefit and is mad enough about her reporting right in the middle of his final monster attack to strike phones with video out of appearing in his "new world"]].

* TheMillstone: Spyder has a tendency to make any tense situation much worse than it needs to be, usually by screwing around at the worst possible time.

* 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 Plasma Cannon]], a Plasma Punch, [[AnAxeToGrind a Plasma Axe]], a ChestBlaster called the X-Weapon, and [[spoiler: ThisIsADrill a drill]].

* AffablyEvil: Even after it's revealed he's the BigBad, he doesn't see reason to be enemies with everyone. For example, he had at least enough respect for Ryan, Mark, and Harris to be a part of his new world. When he caught Ryan invading his mind, he was still civil towards him.

* 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.]].

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

!!Seth Harper
CEO and owner of Harper Futuristics, a technology company focusing on advanced technology in Bay City.
* [[spoiler: AffablyEvil]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* 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!''.
* WalkingSpoiler: And to think, [[spoiler: he was so nice.]]

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!!Mastermind
* BadBoss: Has no patience for Grey's failures and is already a hair away from eliminating her. He's not that much nicer to anyone else directly working on his plan who screws up.
* BigBad: The Mastermind is the main antagonist for Season 1. However, it's not until halfway into the season that he's the heroes' primary problem.
* CoolSword: Gets one of these when [[spoiler: confronting Ryan in his own mind.]], a red blade with dark smoke coming off of it.
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler: To kill off [[KillAllHumans most of humanity]] with only a chosen few allowed to remain.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: His face is never shown. The whole premise of Season 1 is uncovering his identity.

* TheManBehindTheMan: He is Grey's boss, and he's the one supplying her with the chemicals to create the monsters.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Believes that this is the case, for
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:It's explained the Mastermind wants to wipe out humanity in order to save the earth because HumansAreBastards, with pollution, war, and any kind of selfishness]].

* 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]].

* BadBoss: Has no patience for Grey's failures and is already a hair away from eliminating her.

* {{Technopath}}: Ryan is one of these, using it to control MECH-X4. He also uses it to interfere with technology, usually 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.

* 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]], [[spoiler: a ChestBlaster]], and [[spoiler: ThisIsADrill a drill]].

A student at Bay City High who does video journalism on a Website/YouTube-like site.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Over the course of the season, Ryan learns to be more affectionate and caring to his little brother (and to a lesser extent, Harris and Spyder). Even if he still acts like a dingus sometimes.
* [[WeWantOurJerkBack Ryan Wants His Jerk Brother Back]]: When Mark starts acting exceedingly nice to Ryan in the wake of [[spoiler: finding out that Ryan is adopted]], Ryan ends up having to talk him out of it.

* CassandraTruth: In ''Let's Get The Big Bad!'', Spyder actually tries to tell the police about the villainous plot that the MECH-X4 team are trying to stop. All he gets is laughed at by the police because of a prior prank he lied about not doing.