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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He is described as a parasite by Rogue, and he indeed specializes in making commensalist/parasitic bonds. He also gives out [=UMAs=], corrupting and transforming others, [[spoiler: and he also kidnaps and transforms Luna into Queen Ophicus again]]. His entrance to Japan/Electopia, sealed in a coffin, on a airplane, gives a very strong vampiric vibe, and is probably a direct shot-out to Literature/{{Dracula}}. In the Anime, he is a ImmortalitySeeker, just like many [[VampireVannabe Vampire Vanabies]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He is described as a parasite by Rogue, and he indeed specializes in making commensalist/parasitic bonds. He also gives out [=UMAs=], corrupting and transforming others, [[spoiler: and he also kidnaps and transforms Luna into Queen Ophicus again]]. His Hyde's entrance to Japan/Electopia, sealed in a coffin, on a airplane, gives a very strong vampiric vibe, and is probably a direct shot-out to Literature/{{Dracula}}. In the Anime, he is a ImmortalitySeeker, just like many [[VampireVannabe Vampire Vanabies]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He is described as a parasite by Rogue, and he indeed specializes in making commensalist/parasitic bonds. He also gives out UMAs, corrupting and transforming others, [[spoiler: and he also kidnaps and transforms Luna into Queen Ophicus again]]. His entrance to Japan/Electopia, sealed in a coffin, on a airplane, gives a very strong vampiric vibe, and is probably a direct shot-out to Literature/{{Dracula}}. In the Anime, he is a ImmortalitySeeker, just like many [[VampireVannabe Vampire Vanabies]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He is described as a parasite by Rogue, and he indeed specializes in making commensalist/parasitic bonds. He also gives out UMAs, [=UMAs=], corrupting and transforming others, [[spoiler: and he also kidnaps and transforms Luna into Queen Ophicus again]]. His entrance to Japan/Electopia, sealed in a coffin, on a airplane, gives a very strong vampiric vibe, and is probably a direct shot-out to Literature/{{Dracula}}. In the Anime, he is a ImmortalitySeeker, just like many [[VampireVannabe Vampire Vanabies]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: He is described as a parasite by Rogue, and he indeed specializes in making commensalist/parasitic bonds. He also gives out UMAs, corrupting and transforming others, [[spoiler: and he also kidnaps and transforms Luna into Queen Ophicus again]]. His entrance to Japan/Electopia, sealed in a coffin, on a airplane, gives a very strong vampiric vibe, and is probably a direct shot-out to Literature/{{Dracula}}. In the Anime, he is a ImmortalitySeeker, just like many [[VampireVannabe Vampire Vanabies]].
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** He also has takes some cues from ShadeMan's, filling his role from Battle Network 4, 5, and Axess in Star Force 2 and 3, despite diffrences in their personalities. Their attacks and tactics are also noted as similar. Not to mention the coffin thing.
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** He also has takes some cues from ShadeMan's, [=ShadeMan.EXE=], filling his role from Battle Network 4, 5, and Axess in Star Force 2 and 3, despite diffrences in their personalities. Their attacks and tactics are also noted as similar. Not to mention the coffin thing.
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* AwesomeYetPractical: Laplace can become the Laplace Blade whether or not Solo is running around as Rogue. Solo generally prefers to be in Wave Form, as it would naturally allow him to take greater advantages of the Laplace Blade's abilities.
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* {{Expy}}: Terra Condor has a more than passing resemblance to [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Aztec Falcon]], although with more Mayan, Nazca, and Incan elements, instead of Aztec ones, and a Wood Element, instead of Lightning. They also share the same Wing-Laser attack.
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* He's even more similar to Sun God/Sun Star from VideoGame/MegamanV, with his destructive nature, and BloodKnight tendencies. They also both do what they do, because of their programing.
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* He's even more similar to Sun God/Sun Star from VideoGame/MegamanV, with his destructive nature, and BloodKnight tendencies. They also both do justify actions, the same way, just doing what they do, because of what their programing.creators programmed them to do.
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*** Rogue's design also recalls that of [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Omega]]. They fighting style also is similar as they don't fight in beginning with their swords, preferring using their fists/claws at first. [[Fittingly, some of concept arts of Rogue made him look more like Zero. Solo and Zero sound similary even sharing the ãƒ(ro) katakana in their names.]]
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*** Rogue's design also recalls that of [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Omega]]. They fighting style also is similar as they don't fight in beginning with their swords, preferring using their fists/claws at first. [[Fittingly, [[spoiler: Fittingly, some of concept arts of Rogue made him look more like Zero. Solo and Zero sound similary similary, even sharing the ãƒ(ro) katakana in their names.]]
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* Expy: Of Vegeta. ProudWarriorRaceGuy, LastOfHisKind, the same style of AnimeHair (as Rogue). Hell, his chief conflict with Geo is an exagerrated version of Vegeta's feud with Kakarot.
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Of Vegeta. ProudWarriorRaceGuy, LastOfHisKind, the same style of AnimeHair (as Rogue). Hell, his chief conflict with Geo is an exagerrated version of Vegeta's feud with Kakarot.Kakarot.
** As mentioned above in the CompositeCharacter section, he has traits of both Bass.exe and Protoman.exe. His strong dislike of the modern world, parallels Bass's hatred of humans, aversion to bonds. His general development as a character resembles that of Bass in the MegamanNTWarrior manga. they share strong barriers(Rogue's Mu Rejection/Bass' Life Aura and Black Barrier.), and panel breaking attacks. his development He also has Chaud's opposition to friendship in the beginning, and both of them want to match to someone standards(in Chaud's case, his father's, and Solo's, his ancestors from Mu).
*** Rogue's design also recalls that of [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Omega]]. They fighting style also is similar as they don't fight in beginning with their swords, preferring using their fists/claws at first. [[Fittingly, some of concept arts of Rogue made him look more like Zero. Solo and Zero sound similary even sharing the ãƒ(ro) katakana in their names.]]
** As mentioned above in the CompositeCharacter section, he has traits of both Bass.exe and Protoman.exe. His strong dislike of the modern world, parallels Bass's hatred of humans, aversion to bonds. His general development as a character resembles that of Bass in the MegamanNTWarrior manga. they share strong barriers(Rogue's Mu Rejection/Bass' Life Aura and Black Barrier.), and panel breaking attacks. his development He also has Chaud's opposition to friendship in the beginning, and both of them want to match to someone standards(in Chaud's case, his father's, and Solo's, his ancestors from Mu).
*** Rogue's design also recalls that of [[VideoGame/MegaManZero Omega]]. They fighting style also is similar as they don't fight in beginning with their swords, preferring using their fists/claws at first. [[Fittingly, some of concept arts of Rogue made him look more like Zero. Solo and Zero sound similary even sharing the ãƒ(ro) katakana in their names.]]
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** He also has takes some cues from Shademans, filling his role from Battle Network 4 and Axess in Star Force 2 and 3, despite diffrences in their personalities Not to mention the coffin thing.
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* Expy: Possibly of La Moon/Ra Moon, from VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman. They have similar names, and origins, both being ancient pieces of technology with [[GodIAm god aspirations]].
* FlunkyBoss: See Summon Magic,below.below..
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** He also has takes some cues from Shademans, filling his role from Battle Network 4 and Axess in Starforce 2 and 3, despite diffrences in their personalities Not to mention the coffin thing.
** He also may be in part inspired by [[Creator/GaryOldman Gary Oldman's]] performance as {{Dracula}} in [[Film/BramStokersDracula Coppola's adaptation]].
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The Heavy for most of the second game. He fancies himself a director, always refering to his schemes as "scripts", and tends to get a little carried away with them. He serves [[spoiler:Vega]] in the games, while in the anime he works entirely for himself. His EM-partner is called Phantom, and they fuse together to form Dark Phantom.
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The Heavy for most of the second game. He fancies himself a director, always refering referring to his schemes as "scripts", and tends to get a little carried away with them. He serves [[spoiler:Vega]] in the games, while in the anime he works entirely for himself. His EM-partner is called Phantom, and they fuse together to form Dark Phantom.
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* BigShutUp: When Rogue points out he's nothing without Vega.
-->''"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut uuuup! Shut up! Shut uuuuuuuuup!"''
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-->''"Ladies and gentlemen! Prepare yourselves! You're about to see footage that has to be seen to be believed!"''
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!!Gerry Romero - Kyuu Demagawa (Dombra Lake)
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* ButNotTooForeign: He's half Electopian (by way of his mother), which is how he can understand Geo and Luna when they happen upon him at Lake Messie.
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* NotMeThisTime: After he kidnaps Luna the second time, Geo demands to know if Hyde forced Taurus Fire to appear earlier in the game.
-->''I'm not sure... I don't recall any players by those names. Heh, heh, heh...''
-->''I'm not sure... I don't recall any players by those names. Heh, heh, heh...''
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Vega's personal assistant in the ''Tribe'' anime. He doesn't say much or do much at first. [[spoiler:All tropes regaring Hollow as the Dragon are handled below]].
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Vega's personal assistant in the ''Tribe'' anime. He doesn't say much or do much at first. [[spoiler:All tropes regaring regarding Hollow as the Dragon are handled below]].
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->''"You should think twice before approaching Lady Vega."''
->''"You should think twice before approaching Lady Vega."''
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A gorilla of a man whose approach to life is simple: consolidate as much wealth as possible. In the second game, he's a minor antagonist who is given his [=UMA=] by Hyde, which enables him to harass a local hotel he wanted to buy by driving down the property value. In the anime, he's been bumped up to Hyde's equal and opposite, a fellow competitor for the [=OOPArts=] for the riches they may earn him.
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A gorilla of a man whose approach to life is simple: consolidate as much wealth as possible. In the second game, he's a minor antagonist who is given his [=UMA=] by Hyde, which enables him to harass a local hotel he wanted to buy by driving down the property value. In the anime, he's been bumped up to Hyde's equal and opposite, a fellow competitor for the [=OOPArts=] for and the riches they may earn him.
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* RoarBeforeBeating: Yeti Blizzard howls and stomps before his first boss fight initiates in ''Star Force 2''.
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* PsychoticSmirk: Most of Hyde's [[WhatCouldHaveBeen early drafts]] actually differed quite a bit in appearance, but they were [[BlondesAreEvil all blonde]] and they were all smirking.
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* FanservicePack: The Anime makes a point of making her upper story charms obvious much more pronounced than they were in the game. Not necessarily created ''ex nihilo'', mind you.
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-->''"[Earth] needs a ruler. A ruler who wields absolute power."''
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* HopelessBossFight: His first reappearance after obtaining the Indie Proof is this. He cannot take damage during the fight. You cannot even damage him indirectly with poison. (Echoes of Bass from [=BN3=], yes)?
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This is a CharacterSheet for the second game in the ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' trilogy and the [[AnimeOfTheGame Tribe anime]].
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This is a CharacterSheet for the second game in the ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'' trilogy and the [[AnimeOfTheGame Tribe anime]].
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!!Lady Vega ''(Dr. Orihime)''
Lady Vega is the brillaint scientist whose research laid the foundation for the modern marvel of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she's also responsible for Radio Composer technology. She first appears in the anime as the source of a mysterious summons for Subaru at Kodama University, where she reveals that not only does she know him, she knows about Omega-Xis, too. She's contacted them to help her seek out the [=OOPArts=], mysterious artifacts related to the lost continent of Mu, to protect them from those who would misuse them.
[[spoiler:She is in fact pursuing the [=OOPArts=] to misuse them. All tropes about her villainy and her game incarnation should be located under her Neo Mu Empire entry]].
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The level of irony here is stunning]].
* BuxomIsBetter: The basis of her fanservice tropes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh, man. She is not a happy lady.
* FanservicePack: The Anime makes a point of making her upper story charms obvious much more pronounced than they were in the game. Not necessarily created ''ex nihilo'', mind you.
* GadgeteerGenius: She is responsible for the development of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she is also famous for the development of a little machine called a Radio Composer, which was used by Cygnus Wing to complete his Denpa Henkan machine, though this was all back in season one.
* HiddenDepths: The depth of her motivations aren't remotely apparent in either version of the story.
* HotScientist: Between her MsFanservice and Gadgeteer Genius credentials, she's this.
* HotTeacher: Possibly. She does research and conducts her role as Mission Control at Kodama University.
* HotterAndSexier: All thank yous should be directed towards the anime.
* LargeHam: Is much more dramatic than usual when she steps out of her car at the beginning of the final arc. This carries through until the end of the series.
* MissionControl: Her role in the anime is to provide Geo with his mission for the current arc.
* MsFanservice: She wears nothing particularly fanservicey, but it's impossible not to notice what makes her stand out.
* MysteriousWoman: She contacts Subaru and has him brought to her place of work through Goyouda and knows that he's Rock Man.
* NerdsAreSexy
* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Matter Waves are her brainchildren.
* ParentService
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* StatuesqueStunner
!!Hollow (Empty)
Vega's personal assistant in the ''Tribe'' anime. He doesn't say much or do much at first. [[spoiler:All tropes regaring Hollow as the Dragon are handled below]].
* EyesOfGold: Glowing lights, really.
* GuardianEntity: He protects Orihime when Burai attacks the University.
* TheQuietOne
* {{Sidekick}}
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Everybody gets used to the guy really quickly.
* YesMan: He ''exists'' to serve.
!!Solo
-->Wizard: Laplace
-->EM Human: Rogue (Burai)
-->Trans-Code: 002
-->''"Clinging to others as you do is an ignoble existance."''
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Solo first appears in the second game as a mysterious operative working together with Hyde and his employers, entering the scene in the same chapter as the [=OOPArt=], to which he has a strange connection. As we learn more about him, we discover that he is a scion of the legendary continent of Mu, indeed, the LastOfHisKind, and that he seeks to restore his lost civilization to geatness. He expresses a consistent hatred for the concept of friendship (since the main experience he had with it as a child was of [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer people ganging up on him]]), but currently works with Hyde and company to avail himself to their resources and fo the general increase in efficiency. He also appears in the anime, but is completely independent and has altered motives.
Solo's primary goal in life is to preserve and restore Mu, and so he takes ''violent'' issue with anyone who misuses the technology; he is hunting Dealer operatives in the third game to reclaim the Murian technology they stole and have been using to control Noise. While he still professes a hatred of so-called friendship, he picks up an ally, a strange Murian creature named Laplace, which serves as his Wizard.
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* ActionHero: For a given value of "Hero", he's this whenever his motives aren't strictly in conflict with Geo's.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: A variation. Many of his travels require him to visit places of antiquity, and if he is ever known to recline anywhere, it will be in the presence of historic architecture.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Why he hates the idea of bonds.
* AncestralWeapon: The Murian Star Carrier Solo uses counts, whether he originally took it from the museum or had it before then (the translation is choppy about it).
* AnimeHair: Big time.
* AntiHero: First scene in the third game? An attempt on Jack Corvus' life.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* AwesomeYetPractical: Laplace can become the Laplace Blade whether or not Solo is running around as Rogue. Solo generally prefers to be in Wave Form, as it would naturally allow him to take greater advantages of the Laplace Blade's abilities.
* {{Badass}}: The quintessential example for the series.
** BadassAbnormal: Solo can Wave Change without using a Wizard, which freaks Mega and Lyra out to no end.
** BadassLonghair: Well, it's some of the longest of the boys'.
* BareFistedMonk: Originally. Then he picked up a sword and fell in love.
* BerserkButton: You know, with the number of things that sets him off, perhaps its best just to not speak of [[{{Atlantis}} Mu]] at all.
* BarrierWarrior: The Mu Rejection barrier is created by the Indie Proof.
* BattleAura: Right after imbibing the Indie Proof.
* BerserkButton: You know, with the number of things that sets him off, perhaps its best just to not speak of Mu at all.
* BigDamnHeroes: Played with. [[spoiler:Rogue saves Mega Man during the raid on the Secret Shelter, but whether either party knows the other was involved is up for discussion]].
* BonusBoss: His SX and ZZ forms, which require HundredPercentCompletion each to access.
* TheBrute: Back in his first appearance.
* TheCameo: he's a chip and enemy summon in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Operate Shooting Star]]''.
* ChekhovsGunman: He makes only a vague warning the first time he appears.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[AvertedTrope Not him]].
* CombatClairvoyance: Rogue's X-shaped mask allows him to see how his opponent concentrates his EM energy. How much this helps is debatable, since his attacks are designed to prevent those opponents from having the opportunity to strike at all.
* CombatPragmatist: Take a gander down at SpamAttack.
* CompositeCharacter: Solo's character [[WordOfGod intentionally]] borrows from both [=Bass.EXE=] and [=ProtoMan.EXE=].
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: At first, Solo is described as incredibly powerful, but this trope diminishes over time as he begins ''[[ThatOneBoss earning]]'' the accolades.
* CuttingTheKnot: When Geo and Sonia discover the door to the hallway to the elevator is locked, he simply blasts open a hole in the floor.
* [[DarkMagicalGirl Dark Magical Boy]]
* DeflectorShields: The Mu Rejection barrier, which is dropped during each of his attacks and is restored right afterwards. It's not nearly as strong as [[MegaManBattleNetwork Bass]]' Life Aura, however, since it's only a barrier.
* DynamicEntry: In the third game, with an attempt on Jack Corvus' life.
* EleventhHourRanger: A possible interpretation of the final chapter of the second and third games, where Solo and Geo enter Enemy Mine situations.
* EnemyMine: With Geo and, in the third game, the Satella Police.
* EvilCounterpart: The Indie Proof to the [=OOPArts=].
* EvilWeapon: The Indie Proof is certainly the very unfriendly kind.
* Expy: Of Vegeta. ProudWarriorRaceGuy, LastOfHisKind, the same style of AnimeHair (as Rogue). Hell, his chief conflict with Geo is an exagerrated version of Vegeta's feud with Kakarot.
* FacialMarkings: Solo has a jagged red stripe under his left eye. Not Burai, for some reason.
* FireForgedFriends: {{Averted}}. Solo is determined to stick out his loner ways.
* GenreSavvy: In the third game, Solo stops transforming into Rogue on-screen.
* GeometricMagic: Solo's the only one who uses it on-screen in the second game.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In the anime. [[spoiler:All of his friends lost their lives to ensure Ra Mu was sealed]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. More like a Heel-Neutral turn, but he's coming around.
* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist]]: In the Tribe anime.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: What he does during his offscreen time.
* HeroicAlbino: Well, ''anti-heroic'', perhaps. Given his lack of pigment, his red eyes, and his penchant for short-range weapons, Solo may, in fact, actually be an albino. (Albinism produces certain visual defects, including depth perception).
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Maybe. Deep, deep, deeeeeeep down.
* HumansAreBastards: In his backstory, though he has issues more with the idea of companionship than anything else.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: The ending of the second game, in which Solo declares that Geo's body was in his way.
** Unless you want to go for full completion. Then you get the not-so-LightheartedRematch.
* IWorkAlone: Much of his power requires this to work, and it becomes a matter of [[PrinciplesZealot principle]] whenever Mega Man's around. Solo is almost constantly haranguing Geo about his reliance on the bonds he gets from others.
** [[{{Subverted}} Until]] Geo calls him out on it in the postgame of ''Ace'' and ''Joker'' and accuses him of being loyal to the [[CaptainPatriotic land of Mu]].
* IneffectualLoner: Averted. Solo is entirely capable of dealing with almost anything that comes his way, save for the one RivalsTeamUp halfway through the third game. And even then, he's capable of succeeding and coming out alive, he'd just like to save himself the trouble of nearly dying.
* IntangibleMan: Another ability of his, but only in the anime. As if he weren't difficult enough to fight.
* JapanesePronouns: Ore.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ''Mmmmaybe''. If his business there is concluded, Rogue has been known to begrudgingly allow for hitch-hikers on his way out of the Most Definitely Final Dungeon.
* JerkassWoobie
* TheLancer: Ace wanted him for the [[FiveManBand Commandos]]. Solo [[{{Averted}} turned him down]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Solo's attempt at PartyScattering leads directly to Whazzap getting a new false emissary, which infuiates him.
* LastOfHisKind: Solo is the last Murian human, and generally over-protective of their culture. Laplace is likely the last Murian [=EM=] Being.
* LightheartedRematch: Hahaha, '''no'''. Mega Man's and Rogue's postgame fights are ''always'' the most brutal, knockdown matches of the game.
* LonersAreFreaks
* LostTechnology: The games never explore what he would do if he ever actually restored Mu or how he would do it at all; most of the time, he's dedicated to preventing its misuse.
* MarkedChange: Inverted: Solo ''loses'' his Facial Markings when he transforms.
* MasterSwordsman
** InstantExpert: Takes to a sword like a duck to water.
* MeaningfulName: He worked alone before joining with Laplace. ''Burai'' might be adequately translated to "rogue" or "villain" (Not "Bly" as some fans translate his name as; "bly" means blithe or happy -- this guy is neither).
* NoSenseOfHumor: Possibly {{Subverted}}. One would think that the gate on the Outer Space Wave Road sealed by Rogue Z has some kind of powerful ability, right? Hahaha, you wish. He leaves a cat's meow sound effect for the [=MegaBuster=]. (Whether this applies to Solo or to Sirius is also up for debate, since it's unknown who sealed the gate at all).
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He's here explicitly to take revenge on those who abuse Murian technology. That Geo happens to be there and that Solo's actions happen to benefit him is ''[[FoeYay entirely]]'' beside the point.
** If Geo approaches Solo where he's relaxing near Alohaha Castle, he'll try and recruit Solo to work together against Dealer, only to be [[KickTheDog turned down spitefully]]. This steams Geo up so much he actually loses his ability to speak coherently for a moment and instead settles for an exasperated shout.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Art from the calendar (the same one as above) released with the second game portrays him this way.
* PetTheDog: His habit of picking up hitchhikers on his way out of the Final Dungeon.
* PowerOfTheVoid: By extension; the purple Murian soldiers are called "Ye born of Nothing", and seem to be made of the same "[[AllThereInTheManual Darklight]]"[[note]]Which may also be Noise[[/note]] that Rogue wields.
* {{Precursors}}: Knows less about them than he would like.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Any of his ranged attacks and his right arm.
** PurpleIsTheNewBlack: He shares this with the Murian Errants that are "born of Nothing".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Solo aims one at Hyde in the second game, detailing how utterly pathetic a leech he is. Dark Phantom more or less agrees, with the caveat that he's ''the world's most powerful leech''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedMage: In the anime, he can use Battle Cards, but this is rare, more like trying out a new toy than anything.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Vegeta to Geo's Kakarot. See Expy above.
** VegetaAndKakarot: The Vegeta.
* RedRightHand: His flaming arm as Rogue.
* {{Rival}}: To Geo, and Eos was meant to be another one in his original concept, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen until it was axed]].
** RivalsTeamUp: Solo brings Geo along to make it easier for him to kill several giant Noise monsters, since the last time he encountered them, he nearly died. Just to prove he's not going soft, Rogue deliberately bars [=MegaMan=] from getting to Jack Corvus and picks a fight with him.
* {{Ronin}}: He considers himself to be a servant of Mu, though the fact that he's the last Murian alive leaves him in the position of being a Masterless warrior. [[MeaningfulName Burai and Rogue are both adequate reflections of this]].
* ShoutOut: Laplace is named for Pierre-Simon Laplace, an astronomer known for the hypothetical near omniscient Laplace's Demon[[note]]Which was a popular name for the hypothesis that he never used himself[[/note]] (which is likely what Laplace more properly references - this would fit with with Solo's CombatClairvoyance).
* SpamAttack: This is the main reason he is impossible to beat in the series; he specializes both in RapidfireFisticuffs and BladeSpam.
** StandardStatusEffects: The attacks that don't simply overwhelm Geo with speed and power will be likely to Paralyze him, instead.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Solo's not going to kill Geo because he has a bond with Mu, he's going to kill Geo ''because it's fun''.
-->'''Rogue''': ''Shut up, Laplace.''
* TakeMeToYourLeader: Word for word in the third game when confronting Jack Corvus.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Fighting with Mega Man against the Noise monsters left a bad taste in his mouth, and he refuses to do it again. '''Ever.'''
* TookALevelInJerkass: After he catches himself working with Mega Man, he takes one to prove he's not turning soft. He will turn down Geo's offers to his face, but, for reasons of his own, he ends up working nearby, anyway.
* TouchedByVorlons: {{Averted}}. See BadassAbnormal above.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Solo has the most ornate TransformationSequence of any Wave Changing character in the second game. Nobody bothers to stop him. In the third game, he only Wave Changes off-screen, so it's unknown whether he's solved this problem or that's how he solves it.
* [[{{Tsundere}} TsunTsun]]: Ohhhhhhh, yes. Never lets a moment go by without saying something spiteful if he can help it.
* TurnsRed: After he gets the Indie Proof in the second game, he'll put out a {{BFS}} and change his RapidfireFisticuffs for a rapid sword strokes. {{Subverted}} after Laplace joins him, he'll use both sword and fisticuffs in accord.
* TheUnintelligible: Laplace can only be understood by Solo.
* UnwittingPawn: Up until [[spoiler: Dr. Orihime]] drops him like a pair of old socks.
* VagueAge: Is he the same age as Geo? Older? Really700YearsOld? What?
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: This more or less defines the relationship between him and Geo.
* WeaponOfChoice: [[CoolSword Swords]] and [[GoodOldFisticuffs Martial Arts]].
** Rogue's martial arts apply the following tropes: ArmedLegs, DanceBattler[[note]]Part of his full combo involves a gratuitous backflip. Not that the opponent will be able to dodge that well after he landed the first blows.[[/note]], ElementalPunch[=/=]RocketPunch, RapidfireFisticuffs, [[ShockwaveStomp Shockwave Punch]].
** The sword from the Indie Proof applies the following tropes: AncestralWeapon, {{BFS}}, BladeSpam, EvilWeapon, OneHandedZweihander, SwordBeam.
** The Laplace Blade applies the following tropes: BlackSwordsAreBetter, EmpathicWeapon[=/=]{{Mons}}, OddlyShapedSword --> SerratedBladeOfPain[=/=]SinisterScimitar[[note]]The Laplace Blade is designed to gore the opponent rather than just cleave them into pieces. One of Rogue's attacks with it is a large, direct slash that causes multiple lesser wounds and [[StandardStatusEffects temporary paralysis.[[/note]], ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the anime, his motivation and altered backstory end up coloring his earlier appearances with this.
* WildCard: Has his own, Mu-centric plans. There have been two instances apiece where the boys have both "[[EnemyMine worked together]]" and conflicted.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Not evil, but a big-time Jerkass.
!!Amy and Mr. Gelande/Ai and Suberita Imasu
* DamselInDistress: Amy is trapped on a mountain during Yeti Blizzard's snowstorm.
* LoveInterest: She becomes Bud's, though Luna at one point assumes she might become Geo's.
* NiceGuy: Both of them.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Amy's on rather good terms with Bud for how much he keeps flubbing things up around her.
!!Kidd Gruff - Kenta Yagi
-->EM Human: Kung-Fu Kidd
* ContestWinnerCameo: Goat Kung-Fu was a winning fan design.
* DoppelgangerAttack: He can move fast enough that he appears to be doing this, certainly.
* ElementalPowers
** BlowYouAway: Some wind powers to go with his Nature element.
** GreenThumb: His elemental alignment is wood.
* {{Expy}}: Of Damian. Tan-skinned warrior, Wood EM Being, Optional Boss? Yup.
* KungFuKid: [[SarcasmMode Just a little]].
* MartialArtsHeadband: Kidd has one, but not Goat Kung-Fu.
* SatelliteCharacter: The FM-ian Goat serves the same plot device role as Cancer, Wolf, and Crown in the first game.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: See Expy.
* TouchedByVorlons: Goat is actually another FM-ian.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of him, which suggests he may have been planned to play a part in the anime.
!!The Matter Waves
* DemotedToExtra: In the anime, they don't exist; the Star Carrier generates solid objects on its own.
* HardLight: Duh.
* MundaneUtility: Some of them are just really fancy normal objects.
* PunnyName: You got it.
!!Lana and her Grandfather
A girl and her grandfather who find Geo shivering on their doorstep in the Himanara mountains. Their village is under attack by Yeti Blizzard, which strangely coinincides with the attempt by Gori Monjirou to purchase their land.
* CanonForeigner: They both belong to a tribe that lives high in the Himanara mountains, and only appear in the anime.
* TheChiefsDaughter: Lana would be the granddaughter, technically.
* GenreSavvy: Both Lana and her grandfather figure that the mysterious boy who showed up on their doorstep one day is most likely the superhero who drove off the abominable snowman. The Chief demonstrates his gratitude by filling Subaru in on the lore he'd been asking about earlier, while Lana thanks him directly.
* JapaneseHonorifics: Lana refers to her grandfather as ''Ojiichan''.
* NiceGuy: Lana, so much so that Subaru mentions it in passing to Misora.
* NoExportForYou: The Tribe anime was neve dubbed.
* ParentalAbandonment: They never show up, at least.
* {{Precursors}}: Subverted. Lana's tribe are ''not'' the descendants of the original Murians, but they have preserved the original Murian lore. They tell Subaru he can find an ancient Murian ruin if he follows "the waving road".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Amy and Mr. Gelande (though this time it's Misora getting jealous instead of Luna); really their whole arc is basically a transplant of the Yeti chapter from the first game, now worked into a MythArc about the [=OOPArts=].
!!Hayaya Arima
One idol among many featured on television with Misora. She has no real role in the anime except to go after Misora when the latter ditches the show to go exploring the Himanara Mountains.
* CanonForeigner
* IdolSinger
* NominalImportance
* RapunzelHair
!!Jackie Hanzou
* Badass: A little out of his league against [=EM=] Humans, but still.
* CanonForeigner: Created to become part of a fitting setting for the Shinobi [=OOPArt=]
* {{Expy}}: [[SarcasmMode Maybe]]. A comical martial artist named Jackie? [[JackieChan I wonder]].
** Also: A cheerful, blonde, Highly Visible Ninja? [[{{Naruto}} How curious]].
* HighlyVisibleNinja: He's as much a showman as a ninja.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: The man makes for a fairly enjoyable character.
* {{Ninja}}: Duh.
* OneSceneWonder: One arc wonder, really.
* {{Precursors}}: Played straight this time. Jackie is the current leader of a school founded by ''Tarara Mu'', and he holds the Shinobi [=OOPArt=] in his possession.
* VerbalTic: He adds "-de osaru" to his sentences, which is a mistatement of the very humble "-de gozaru" he ''should'' be using, which he manages to pass on to the kids. His mangled version doesn't mean anything, besides maybe "monkey".
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[[folder: The Murian Empire and Other Antagonists]]
!!The [=UMAs=]
* AscendedExtra: Phantom, Yeti, Brachio, and Condor all have distinct personalities in the anime.
* FunWithAcronyms: Unidentified Mysterious Animals, because ''cryptids'' was just too plebian.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the EM Beings that enable the villains are Plot Devices as much as anyting else, unfortunately. Even Phantom and Yeti, who get expanded roles and some characterization in the anime, remain less significant than they ought.
* ThemeNaming: Where the FM-ians shared names with the constellations, the UMAs are named for cryptids.
!!Hyde
-->Partner: Phantom
-->EM Human: Dark Phantom (Phantom Black)
-->''"This wasn't in my script!"''
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The Heavy for most of the second game. He fancies himself a director, always refering to his schemes as "scripts", and tends to get a little carried away with them. He serves [[spoiler:Vega]] in the games, while in the anime he works entirely for himself. His EM-partner is called Phantom, and they fuse together to form Dark Phantom.
He appears again in the third game and [[spoiler:attempts to steal Mega Man's Noise Control Program. Not only does he ultimately fail, his final battle with Mega Man ends in a worldview-shattering defeat. He is last seen falling into the void of a computer system, though Geo and Omega speculate they will encounter him again some day]].
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* AscendedExtra: Went from being an stooge in the games with an uninspired personality gimmick to being his own operative in the anime. Also gave us "The [=OOPArts=] are [=NOPArts=]."
* BadassLongcoat: He wears black-tie apparel as Phantom Black, and some pretty snazzy threads in human form as well.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BreakoutVillain: Enough to get much better characterization in the anime [[spoiler:and to return in the third game]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Has some shades of this.
* CloudCuckooLander: In the anime, he might get a little too caught up in how amazing art is.
* CombatPragmatist: When [[spoiler:Hollow]] arrives, Phantom Black lashes out the instant it becomes apparent that it's his turn to fight. [[NoSell Not that it does him much good]].
* CoolMask: As Phantom Black.
** MalevolentMaskedMan
** WhiteMaskOfDoom
* DastardlyWhiplash: His game incarnation especially. All he's missing is the mustache.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: He hacks every monitor in town to broadcast that Hoshikawa Akane is his hostage to bait Rock Man out of hiding.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His entrance into Japan? Sealed in a coffin in the belly of an airplane in all his finery, for all the world like a European vampire.
* EvilGenius: He fills the intelligent villain niche in the anime, whereas Gori seizes its violent counterpart. In the games, he also plots a fair deal of trouble for our heroes.
* EvilIsStylish
* EvilLaugh: He lets out one that approaches maniacal when he thinks he's about to get his hands on an [=OOPArt=] in Tribe.
* {{Expy}}: Phantom Black's got his [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Opera]] on.
** With his NonElemental allignment, [[BlowYouAway Wind]] Attribute, and somewhat SissyVillain status, he fills Cygnus Wing's niche quite nicely.
* GenreSavvy: In the games, he expects the hero to progress quite smoothly to the ultimate confrontation.
** WrongGenreSavvy: He never expects the Hero to actually *win* against him, mind you.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Phantom Black is ghostly with ''style''. He deals in [[IntangibleMan Intangibility]], {{Invisibility}}, [[BlowYouAway Wind]] powers, and leads a troupe of ghost viruses as well. Aesthetically, he's clearly channeling Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
* GlovedFistOfDoom
* TheHeavy: In the second game, he ends up providing Rich, Gerry, and the Shaman with their EM Beings, all so he can indirectly revenge himself on Mega Man. This is ultimately subverted when he is cut off from his employer's good graces.
* IHaveYourWife: Kidnaps Luna ''twice'' in the second game, and his presence and actions in the third first threaten Geo's friends and then [=WAXA's=] main computer [[spoiler:which is needed to restore Luna to physical form, though there is no indication that he's aware of the situation he's interfering in]].
** In the anime, he takes Akane HostageForMacguffin after he realizes she's Rock Man's mother. Subaru responds ''beautifully'', plowing a trench with Yeti Blizzard's limp but stubborn body through the whole damn town to get to her. [[SubvertedTrope As it turns out]], Hyde's really just asked her to pose for a portrait, and he gets so caught up in the pretense that he completely forgets that Rock Man is coming. DoubleSubverted when he becomes Phantom Black and kidnaps her for real.
* ImmortalitySeeker: In the anime.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Hyde wants to live long enough to see his art finally be recognized as great, so he can personally receive the accolades he craves.
* MadArtist: Is a professional artist (and a consummate NightmareFetishist) in the Anime and is honestly convinced he is one of the great artists who will be woefully unappreciated until centuries after his death have passed. He's absolutely elated when he is visited by a little phantasm offering him immortality.
** To be fair to the man, however, given something that piques his interest, he can produce amazing art. His sketch of Phantom has the little ghost embarrassedly saying that he isn't that cool.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:An early script in the 3rd game ends up inadvertently triggering the Change.]]
** IMeantToDoThat: Of course you did, Mr. Director.
* PerkyGoth: For a man obsessed as he is with death and decay, he's pretty darn cheerful.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: While not actually involved in the production of any known films, he treats all scenarios that involve him as "scripts". And he expects the "actors" to follow them to the letter.
** [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:With each failed script, his grasp of the world around him slips a little. His last failure in 3 sees him give way to a LaughingMad FreakOut and fall over the edge of a cyber-world platform. Geo and Omega expect he'll be back]].
* RecurringBoss: He's the one true recurring boss in the second game (i.e. you actually fight the original); the rest are clones using Murian Errants.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As Phantom Black.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Phantom takes advantage of some generic pyramid curse lore to freak the crap out of Subaru, which gives him and Hyde the time to search for hints about the [=OOPARTs=].
* ShrinkingViolet: Phantom in the Anime really doesn't know how to handle Hyde's praise.
* SissyVillain: Especially in the anime.
* SmugSnake: Plenty.
* TheBadGuyWins: Hyde seizes the Shinobi [=OOPArt=] during the chaos of the four-way between him, Rock Man, Yeti Blizzard, and Burai. He demonstrates no ability to use it like [=Mega Man=] does with the Sword of Berserk, however.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Notably creates an Anime-based milieu with the even further AscendedExtra Gori Monjirou, even though they technically work against each other as much as they work with each other. Bonus points for the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan element.
* VillainTeamUp: Very briefly with Gori near the end of the Tribe anime, which ''almost'' worked, except for Hyde suddenly ditching to go [[CloudCuckoolander teach his art class]].
* VillainExitStageLeft: Phantom Black and Yeti Blizzard make a getaway during the final episode.
!!Rich Dotcom ''(Gori Monjirou)''
-->Partner: Yeti
-->EM Human: Yeti Blizzard
A gorilla of a man whose approach to life is simple: consolidate as much wealth as possible. In the second game, he's a minor antagonist who is given his [=UMA=] by Hyde, which enables him to harass a local hotel he wanted to buy by driving down the property value. In the anime, he's been bumped up to Hyde's equal and opposite, a fellow competitor for the [=OOPArts=] for the riches they may earn him.
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* AggressiveNegotiations: You can either sell it to Rich or you can lose it to Yeti Blizzard. Take your pick.
* AnimeHair: Not as flamboyant as Geo or Solo, though.
* AscendedExtra: Even more so than Hyde, since he only had one chapter and was a mild sidequest nuisance in the second game.
* AttackAttackAttack
* BerserkButton: His offers of money being rejected (and the implicit rejection of his worldview).
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute: He has two tools: Money and Muscle.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Yeti Blizzard? Hellooo?
* EvilIsStylish
* Fiction500: The "Monji Company" [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Corporation]].
* GeniusBruiser: Yeti himself. Gori's entirely willing to keep plowing on ahead with his plans, but Yeti has been known to offer useful advice. Like letting [=Mega Man=] do the work of locating the [=OOPArt=] first.
* TheGiant: As Yeti Blizzard.
* {{Greed}}
* AnIcePerson: As Yeti Blizzard.
* MaidCorps: [[SexySecretary Secretaries]], actually, but the uniformity of appearance and dress qualifies.
* PrimalStance: As Yeti Blizzard.
* PunnyName: Even in the original Japanese. Gori is built like a gorilla.
* ScoobyDooHoax: In the anime, Gori's been bolstering Dombra Lake's "Dossy" mythos to allow him the opportunity to move in on some real estate, which further allows him access to the lake bed where the Dinosaur [=OOPArt=] is hiding.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Is honestly convinced money can do anything. Unfortunately for him, he keeps running into honest people who know better. This comes to a head when he basically starts offering piles and piles of cash to Subaru for his [=OOPArt=], only [[GenreBlind to be stunned]] when [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Subaru declines]].
* SuperStrength: As Yeti Blizzard.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Yeti Blizzard is a good ten feet tall, one of the few EM Humans to be significantly larger than their hosts.
* TheBadGuyWins: Gori successfully nabbed the Dinosaur [=OOPArt=] when Rock Man and Harp Note were battling with Brachio Wave. He demonstrates no ability to use it like [=Mega Man=] does, however.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys - Notably creates an Anime-based milieu with fellow AscendedExtra Hyde, even though they technically work against each other as much as they work with each other. Bonus points for the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan element.
* TopHeavyGuy: As Yeti Blizzard.
* TouchedByVorlons
* VillainTeamUp: Very briefly with Hyde near the end of the Tribe anime, which ''almost'' worked, except for Hyde suddenly ditching to go teach his art class.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Phantom Black and Yeti Blizzard make a getaway during the final episode.
!!Gerry Romero - Kyuu Demagawa (Dombra Lake)
-->Partner: Plesio (Brachio)
-->EM Human: Plesio Surf (Brachio Wave)
* AdaptationalVillainy: Inverted; he's ''less'' of a creep and a cheat in the anime then he is in the game. (He's just as much of a jerk, though).
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He ''dresses'' like one, but he's really [[SubvertedTrope not much for it]]. He might be in the anime, except he's more interested in proving Dossy's a myth.
* AscendedExtra: Brachio is a fully-fledged character in his own right in the anime.
* BlandNameProduct: In the Anime, he belongs to [=CMM=]'s Mystery Investigators
* DemonicPossession: In the anime, Brachio hijacks his brain and body. Unlike Condor, he simply wants humans to leave him alone.
* ElementalPowers: As Plesio Surf, he can use [[MakingASplash Aqua attacks]] and [[ShockAndAwe spit lightning]].
* FlatEarthAtheist: In the anime.
* {{Jerkass}}: To everyone except the audience.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In the games.
* PrehistoricMonster: Plesio Surf plays up the Loch Ness monster angle.
* SatelliteCharacter: Plesio in the games.
* ScaledUp: Plesio Surf is one of the few reptillian bosses around.
* SeaMonster
* ScoobyDooHoax: In the games, he's cooked up a few "Messy" sightings to boost ratings for his show. ZigZagged in the anime, where the myth is being bolstered by Gori, and he's trying to disprove it.
* SmugSnake
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His EM Human form's dub name is officially Plesio Surf; the scriptwriters accidentally have him call himself Plesio Wave.
* StockNessMonster
* TouchedByVorlons
!!The Shaman ''(Osa Agame)''
-->Partner: Condor
-->EM Human: Terra Condor (Condor Geoglyph)
The leader of the village in the mountains of Nanzca, the shaman is determined to lead his people into prosperity, by hook or by crook. So, when Bud falls smack dab in his lap, he seizes the opportunity to use him as "a visiting Emissary from the mythical land of Mu" to unify his people, which plan Geo and company take issue with. The plot thickens when (1) Hyde arrives to present him with the [=UMA=] Condor to take another swipe at Mega Man and (2) Solo arrives to murder the false emissary.
He also appears in the anime, but this time as a benevolent figure in the village, simply overseeing the day-to-day life of his tribe. He accidentally triggers the awakening of Condor, who possesses him and decides that he would be best served by the worship of human kind.
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* AGodAmI: Condor believes this in the anime, and further that he is owed human sacrifice. [[DesignatedVictim Luna]] is less than pleased with his attentions.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Inverted; Osa's entirely benevolent in the anime. It's ''Condor'' who's the problem.
* AscendedExtra: Condor has a personality and goals in the anime.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[DownplayedTrope Only mildly]], but the Shamans beakish nose is quite evocative.
* BadassBeard: The Shaman's got one.
** BeardOfEvil: Whilst under Condor's control.
* BadassGrandpa: After meeting Condor.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Terra Condor is basically a jet fighter.
* CoolOldGuy: In the anime.
* DemonicPossession: In the anime, Condor hijacks his brain and body. Unlike Brachio, Condor's looking for trouble.
* EyesOfGold: As Terra Condor.
* GiantFlyer: Terra Condor. Imagine a jet fighter styled as a bird of prey.
* GreenThumb: Terra Condor's alignment is to the Wood attribute.
* GrumpyOldMan: He has shades of this in the games, should somebody cross him.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the games, he reforms once Whazzap develops a reputation for its delicious food.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: With bird missiles to boot.
* ManipulativeBastard: His exploitation of Bud and attempts to get rid of Geo and company hinge on this.
* MoodWhiplash: Oh, God, SO MUCH.
-->"Welcome to the unbearable world of coochy-coochy-coo!"
* PunnyName: Terra is possibly a pun on Terror.
* SatelliteCharacter: Condor in the games. Not so much in the anime.
* TickleTorture
* TouchedByVorlons
* WellintentionedExtremist
!!Hollow ''(Empty)''
Vega's heavily robed [[TheDragon chief henchman]]. Found mostly either at her side or delivering her dispatches to Hyde and Solo. Underneath the robe [[spoiler:is the glowing image of Vega's war-slain lover, Altair (Hiko in Japan), whom she tried to recreate with the technology of Mu, pioneering Matter Wave technology along the way. She failed, but refuses to admit this to herself, repeatedly asking him if he remembers anything before finally recognizing him as unique... as he dies]].
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* AchillesPowerCord: In the anime, upon leaving the grounds of the University, Hollow is only capable of existing within range of Orihime's car. This is graphically presented as a leash, but the actual target is the battery in Orihime's car.
* AnimationBump: Hollow's beatdowns are always slick.
* BattleButler: Hollow will do anything Vega asks of him, including [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the snot out of the person she points at]].
* BlackMage: Offensive lightning powers, and, given the MagicFromTechnology context....
* BrightIsNotGood: Has a much brighter color scheme than, say, Rogue.
* TheChampion: [[spoiler:Likely Vega's most idyllic interpretation of their relationship, primarily because she's [[CameBackWrong In Serious Denial]].]]
* [[spoiler:CloningBlues]]: Hollow is well aware that [[spoiler:he is a Replacement Goldfish, and regrets that he cannot recall any of Altair's memories in order to make Vega happy]].
* [[spoiler: CreatingLife]]: [[spoiler:A successful attempt. However, Vega wasn't in the market to create so much as restore, at which she wasn't successful]].
* TheDragon: To Vega, with more than a dash of GuardianEntity.
* DubInducedPlothole: His Giga Card is ''[=MT Magic=]'', which only makes sense if you make the connection to his original name, Empty.
* [[spoiler:EmptyShell]]: [[spoiler:Somewhere between this and a SoullessShell; Hollow isn't actually Altair, and it shows]].
* {{Expy}}: You may find a few similarities between Empty and [[MegaManBattleNetwork MagicMan.EXE]]. Heavy robes, pointy headgear, obscured face, Glowing Eyes of Doom, virus servants, ''et cetera''.
* TheFaceless: Like his master, you don't see much of him, though he pulls off the creepy factor far more effectively. [[AvertedTrope Until Burai severs his upper robe, mind you]].
* {{Foil}}: To Solo, if you think about it. Solo is a human who doesn't need an EM Being to fight. Hollow is an EM Being who doesn't need a human to fight.
* GuardianEntity: He serves as one when things get bellicose.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* HardLight: He's made of it.
* TheHeavy: Picks up the role once the plot got tired of Hyde's revenge scripts.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Vega ultimately does little more than tell Hollow what to do. He does it with aplomb.
* [[spoiler:ILied]]: Possibly mixed with ExactWords. [[spoiler:He agrees not to hurt Mega Man in exchange for Harp Note's assistance in unsealing Mu. This is ''not'' the same thing as saying Mega Man would not get hurt in their attempts to retrieve the [[=OOPArt=] from him]].
* IncomingHam: Not in speech habits, but he makes a particularly dramatic entrance as an air-shaking lightning bolt at one point.
* IntangibleMan: On top of his natural prowess, the anime also endowed him with this ability. The body everyone sees and fights is apparently a HardLight projection connected to a power source in Orihime's limousine; Inspector Goyouda has to fry the vehicle's electronics before Rock Man can get a hit in. Orihime solves this problem by having Empty absorb the Dinosaur and Shinobi [=OOPArts=], which disables both this ability... [[OhCrap and the weakness that arises from it]].
* InvincibleVillain: In the anime. In battle, if you are ever within the radius of Empty's leash, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown you will lose]]. (And even if you aren't, he can and will use ranged attacks to take pot shots at you). [[NoSell Nothing you can do will hurt him...]] unless you take out the [[WeakSpot machine his leash (and power source) is generated from]]. On the other hand, he's only vulnerable until Orihime feeds him the [=OOPArts=], after which he [[OhCrap no longer needs his leash]].
* KungFuWizard: In the anime, Hollow is more likely to beat someone up physically before resorting to lightning.
* LadyAndKnight: A case of Black and Black.
* LightIsNotGood
* LostTechnology: [[spoiler:Born of it]]. Also part of a group trying to reclaim it.
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:A major cause of this for Lady Vega]].
** LoveMakesYouEvil: Related with the previous trope.
* MeaningfulName: Ohhhhh, yeah.
** [[spoiler:Altair and Vega are the two real-life stars that feature prominently in the east asian folklore of the story of Tanabata, whose primary characters are Orihime and Hikoboshi]].
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:One would imagine Altair himself not taking to kindly to Vega's plan to take over the world. Hollow has no such issue]].
* NeckLift: On Phantom Black and ''Yeti Blizzard'' in the anime, when extracting their [=OOPArts=].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: They go on sale in the last few episodes of ''Tribe''.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Altair (Hiko)]].
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: Played with. [[spoiler:After taking the backlash from Le Mu, he actually begins to pray that her real lover give her some comfort. Altair actually speaks with Vega for a few moments before leaving, and Vega is suddenly no longer interested in stopping Mega Man from destroying Ra Mu]].
* [[spoiler:ReforgedIntoAMinion]]: [[spoiler:When Vega accepts that he's no good to her as a reborn lover, she dresses him up all fancy and has him beat up her enemies]].
* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish]]: Vega's.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hollow is the animate SuperPrototype of the technology known as Matter Waves, and functionally the world's first Wizard. Also, in case you didn't catch it above, he's also Vega's attempt at resurrecting her lover, though she refuses to admit that he's a different person]].
* RobeAndWizardHat: With a exotic motif, at that.
* ShockAndAwe: Most of his attacks will either aim or [[LightningGun shoot]] lightning at you, [[{{BFG}} and lots of it]]. Outside of that, he'll also choose to delegate responsibilities to viruses or co-opted Murian soldiers.
* SummonMagic: He can summon viri in battle.
* TheWorfEffect: Again in the anime. When Dr. Orihime sends him into battle to retrieve the [=OOPArts=], [[CurbStompBattle he sees no particular need to be gentle]].
!!Lady Vega ''(Doctor Orihime)''
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Vega is a brillaint scientist that pioneered [[HardLight Matter Wave]] technology. [[spoiler:She is also the BigBad of the second game, with designs on the powers of the dormant Le Mu. The Matter Waves she's credited for were actually the commercial fallout from her attempts to resurrect Altair, her deceased lover. Altair's death also spawned a hatred of the sense of entitlement she found in otherwise worthless people, and so she vows to create a world in which only those she deems worthy may live.]]
Doctor Orihime's appearance in the Tribe anime as the BigGood is handled above.
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* [[spoiler:AGodAmI]]: [[spoiler:Averted. She plans to use Le Mu's power for her own devices, true, but understands that the power remains Le Mu's]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Inverted; she's Subaru's Mission Control for most of the Tribe anime. This is subverted, however, when she reveals her plans]].
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: [[spoiler: In the second game.]]
* [[spoiler:BadSamaritan]].
* BrokenBird
* [[spoiler:CardCarryingVillain]]: [[spoiler:Motivations aside, Mega finds her ultimate goals to be rather laughable. In the anime, where her motivations are never discussed, she comes off poorly for it. "Well, maybe you shouldn't trust bad adults!"]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappears after the second game. This is mildly disconcerting, considering how the epilogue saw her intimate that there was going to be another meeting in the future.
* CompressedAdaptation: The anime runs out of juice before it gets a chance to explore her origins. [[spoiler:So her reveal as the villain is sapped of most of its weight, though people who know her game story will be able to pick up on why she has that FreakOut over Empty's death]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:She's happy to let Rock Man, Phantom Black, and Yeti Blizzard wear themselves down before moving in for the kill]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh, man. She is ''not'' a happy lady.
* [[spoiler:DeadLittleSister]]: [[spoiler:Her lover died at war]].
* [[spoiler: TheEmpress]]: [[spoiler:She seeks to establish herself as lord and master of the new world using Le Mu's power]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Had. Past tense]].
* EvilChancellor: The cause of all her troubles. [[spoiler:The war Altair never came back from was caused in large part due to a vain Prime Minister]].
* [[spoiler:EvilIsStylish]]
* ExpositoryHairstyles: How many of you figured something was up when you saw the Butterfly Rings?
** ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the anime, she normally uses the single ring in the back that was shown in her backstory. (An ethnic variation on PrimAndProperBun, perhaps)?
* FaceFramedInShadow: For most of the second game.
* TheFaceless: For a good part of the second game, her mugshot is a vaguely lit silhouette, as she is reclining behind some curtains. [[spoiler:She reveals herself to Hyde as a sign of honor and gratitude when he brings her the [[MacGuffin OO]][[ArtifactOfDoom part]]]]. Averted in the anime.
* FanservicePack: Her sprite doesn't particularly suggest anything Fanservice-worthy about her, but when we meet her in the anime, [[GagBoobs hoo, boy]].
* FreakOut: Halfway through the final episode of the anime. Magnificent in its brevity.
** She's heavily implied to have gone through one in her back story, as well. [[spoiler:She had little interest in villainous ways before Altair died]].
* GadgeteerGenius: She is responsible for the development of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she is also famous for the development of a little machine called a Radio Composer, [[spoiler:which was used by Cygnus Wing to complete his Denpa Henkan machine, though this was all back in season one]].
** [[spoiler:MadScientist]]: [[spoiler:Matter Wave technology was only accidental; her main goal was to try and resurrect Altair. Using technology she stole from around the world, at that]].
* HiddenDepths: The depth of her motivations aren't remotely apparent in either version of the story.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Her regalia.
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]: [[spoiler:Honestly believes she is making a better world]].
* Kuudere: We get a shot of the ''dere'' during the finale of the second game.
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Is [[EvilIsHammy much more dramatic than usual]] when she steps out of her car at the beginning of the final arc. This carries through until the end of the series.]]
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Vega's lover, Altair, was killed during a war.]].
** [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil]]: [[spoiler:Altair's death led her to vow to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
* MadScientist: Matter Wave technology was only accidental; [[spoiler:her main goal was to try and resurrect Altair]]. [[spoiler:Using technology she stole from around the world, at that]].
* MeaningfulName: Orihime and [[spoiler:Hiko(boshi)]] are the characters of the East Asian legend of {{Tanabata}}. Their English names, Vega and [[spoiler:Altair]], are derived from the names of the RealLife stars that figure in the myth.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* [[spoiler:TheNecromancer]]: She tried. It must be said of anyone who manages to revolutionize technology as ''a means to her end'' that she tried ''damn'' hard.
** [[spoiler:{{Necromantic}}]]
** OneManIndustrialRevolution
* PimpedOutDress: In the anime, she doesn't wear the dress from her image until she [[spoiler:begins to take direct action in reviving Le Mu]]. Otherwise she wears a relatively simple robelike garment.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]: Although it [[spoiler:Equals Death]] for Hollow.
** [[spoiler:RestoredMyFaithInHumanity]]
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers]]: [[spoiler:With Altair]].
* TheUnfought
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the anime, she has little to no interest in explaining why her assistant is wearing such heavy robes. Or moves as though he's gliding. Or is so damn tall.
* TragicVillain
* VainSorceress: She approaches this trope in the anime, especially since [[spoiler:she's packing some kind of barrier]] that reinforces the "sorceress" part. That and there's the whole MagicFromTechnology undertone, too.
* TheVamp: Concept art depicts her time behind the curtain spent reclining, not very unlike [[MegaManBattleNetwork Ms. Millions]].
* WarIsHell: Is ''decidedly'' of this opinion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* XanatosGambit: Her initial idea in the anime is to have Rockman gather the [=OOPArts=] for her. When they end up being gathered by Yeti Blizzard and Phantom Black, [[spoiler:she waits until everyone is exhausted from fighting over them and then has Empty retrieve them for her. Violently]].
!!Le/Ra Mu
* AGodAmI: Is called the "God of EM Waves" by just about everyone.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: You can't get much higher than Physical God.
* BFS: One of its attacks involves changing its arms into giant hacking blades and taking swipes at the field.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Its swords are technically formed at its hands, much like Mega Man does.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: See The Determinator below.
* TheDeterminator: Even after defeating it in battle, Le Mu refuses to die onscreen.
* ThisIsADrill: Another one of its attacks transforms its hands into drills which are fired very quickly.
* DubNameChange: From Ra Mu. A change so small as to raise the question of "Why?"
* FlunkyBoss: See Summon Magic, below.
* FrickinLaserBeams: One radiates from the spire on top of its head.
* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake
-->'''Omega-Xis''': ''"This guy's diesel!"''
* {{Kaiju}}
* LightIsNotGood: ''Not when its trying to kill you'', it's not!
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Its core is covered beneath a stone seal that must be broken open before it can be damaged.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Le Mu can launch its drills in series.
* PhysicalGod
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They're impossible to see in game (and even in most of his art), but Le Mu has white irises. His pupils and sclerae are both red.
* SealedEvilInACan: Supposedly. We don't know much about Mu itself, so it might just be a little cranky because it hasn't had its coffee yet.
* SpamAttack: YES.
* SummonMagic: Le Mu summons Murian Errants to attack Mega in battle.
* WaveMotionGun: See Frickin' Laser Beams.
!!General Auriga
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: His SignatureAttack (the one featured on his Mega Card) involves a steadily advancing spiked roller that covers the whole field.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BadassMustache: It's HUGE. And AWESOME.
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChromeChampion
* ColorCodedElements: The Knights General come in either black and white or the color of the elemental power they were given.
* TheDragon: To Apollon Flame.
* ElementalPowers: His soldiers have them. He doesn't.
* FourStarBadass: In all likelihood, he's GeneralRipper, too, given [[CrapsackWorld where]] and [[TheDragon what]] he is; he leads the Knights General.
* FlunkyBoss: In battle, he is attended by a legion of miniature soldiers.
* NumberTwo: To Apollo Flame.
* RedBaron: The Gallant Knight [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast and His Terrible Army]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of him, which suggests he may have been planned to play a part.
* WorthyOpponent: He laughs at Mega Man's victory.
!!Apollo''(n)'' Flame
-->"I see that you do not understand how the galaxy works! You'll just have to see it with your own eyes!"
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: By Sirius. Apollo's not altogether thrilled with the reason why.
* Barrier Warrior: He is initially guarded with the ''Sun Barrier'', twin rings of flame.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: He doesn't specifically refer to it as "destiny", but he ascribes deterministic powers to "the laws of nature".
-->'''Apollo Flame''': ''The laws of nature have brought you here to be deleted! All existence must follow the laws of nature!''
-->'''Mega Man''': ''[[ScrewDestiny Well I always do things my own way]]! [[BadassBoast I walk my own path]]!''
* BigBad: Of the Alternate Future in the second game.
* BlowYouAway: His ''Tornado Flare'' attack will launch coils of flame at the opponent. Fire element, Wind attribute.
* BonusBoss: After the Satellite Admins, the only ultimate Bonus Boss to feature a specific element.
* BringIt: Before his first fight.
* DareToBeBadass: After being defeated in the second game, he challenges Mega Man to fight his souped-up final form after achieving HundredPercentCompletion.
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]: [[spoiler:To Sirius, though he has other plans]].
** [[spoiler:DragonWithAnAgenda]]
* TheSocialDarwinist: And he naturally considers himself the top of the food chain, anyway.
* DeathFromAbove: ''Sun Flare'', which is also his SignatureAttack. In the second game, it's ArmorPiercing. ''Meteoric Swarm'' also counts.
* DubNameChange: For some reason, they dropped the "n".
* {{Expy}}: Bares more than a passing resemblance to Apollo from ''Rockman Strategy''.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The most fascinating thing about him is not directly about him.
-->'''Mega Man''': ''Why!? Why are you doing this?''
-->'''Apollo Flame''': ''Why? There is no reason. Whoever my mother was programmed me to do that, no other reason.''
* GoldenSuperMode: At the height of his power, Apollo's crimson armor turns golden.
* HandWave: [[spoiler:His data was saved in the Black Hole Server and later restored by Sirius]].
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His moral code dictates that he agree to Sirius, who brought him back to life, though he has no intention of remaining subordinate in the long-term]].
* LightIsNotGood: ''Burn''.
* MultiversalConqueror: Apollo Flame says the only reason he concerns himself with conquering worlds is that "his mother" programmed him to be that way.
* MythologyGag: His ''Prominence Flare'' summons snake-like flames to dance across the field, much like [[MegaManBattleNetwork Nebula Grey's]] Black Prominence.
* PhysicalGod: With a name like Apollo? Yeah.
* PlayingWithFire
** PowerOfTheSun: His signature attack basically ''drops a newborn star'' on his enemies and his other attacks are compared to solar prominences.
* {{Pride}}
* ThemeNaming: Every one of his attacks ends in "Flare". Prominence Flare, Sun Flare, etc.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:Briefly, after he's vanquished a second time.]] [[SubvertedTrope He gets over it]] quickly enough.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of Apollon, too.
* WreathedInFlames: He uses this as a barrier technique.
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[[folder: Characters Introduced in the Second Game and Tribe Anime]]
!!Lady Vega ''(Dr. Orihime)''
Lady Vega is the brillaint scientist whose research laid the foundation for the modern marvel of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she's also responsible for Radio Composer technology. She first appears in the anime as the source of a mysterious summons for Subaru at Kodama University, where she reveals that not only does she know him, she knows about Omega-Xis, too. She's contacted them to help her seek out the [=OOPArts=], mysterious artifacts related to the lost continent of Mu, to protect them from those who would misuse them.
[[spoiler:She is in fact pursuing the [=OOPArts=] to misuse them. All tropes about her villainy and her game incarnation should be located under her Neo Mu Empire entry]].
* AloofDarkHairedGirl
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The level of irony here is stunning]].
* BuxomIsBetter: The basis of her fanservice tropes.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh, man. She is not a happy lady.
* FanservicePack: The Anime makes a point of making her upper story charms obvious much more pronounced than they were in the game. Not necessarily created ''ex nihilo'', mind you.
* GadgeteerGenius: She is responsible for the development of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she is also famous for the development of a little machine called a Radio Composer, which was used by Cygnus Wing to complete his Denpa Henkan machine, though this was all back in season one.
* HiddenDepths: The depth of her motivations aren't remotely apparent in either version of the story.
* HotScientist: Between her MsFanservice and Gadgeteer Genius credentials, she's this.
* HotTeacher: Possibly. She does research and conducts her role as Mission Control at Kodama University.
* HotterAndSexier: All thank yous should be directed towards the anime.
* LargeHam: Is much more dramatic than usual when she steps out of her car at the beginning of the final arc. This carries through until the end of the series.
* MissionControl: Her role in the anime is to provide Geo with his mission for the current arc.
* MsFanservice: She wears nothing particularly fanservicey, but it's impossible not to notice what makes her stand out.
* MysteriousWoman: She contacts Subaru and has him brought to her place of work through Goyouda and knows that he's Rock Man.
* NerdsAreSexy
* OneManIndustrialRevolution: Matter Waves are her brainchildren.
* ParentService
* RavenHairIvorySkin
* StatuesqueStunner
!!Hollow (Empty)
Vega's personal assistant in the ''Tribe'' anime. He doesn't say much or do much at first. [[spoiler:All tropes regaring Hollow as the Dragon are handled below]].
* EyesOfGold: Glowing lights, really.
* GuardianEntity: He protects Orihime when Burai attacks the University.
* TheQuietOne
* {{Sidekick}}
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Everybody gets used to the guy really quickly.
* YesMan: He ''exists'' to serve.
!!Solo
-->Wizard: Laplace
-->EM Human: Rogue (Burai)
-->Trans-Code: 002
-->''"Clinging to others as you do is an ignoble existance."''
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Solo first appears in the second game as a mysterious operative working together with Hyde and his employers, entering the scene in the same chapter as the [=OOPArt=], to which he has a strange connection. As we learn more about him, we discover that he is a scion of the legendary continent of Mu, indeed, the LastOfHisKind, and that he seeks to restore his lost civilization to geatness. He expresses a consistent hatred for the concept of friendship (since the main experience he had with it as a child was of [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer people ganging up on him]]), but currently works with Hyde and company to avail himself to their resources and fo the general increase in efficiency. He also appears in the anime, but is completely independent and has altered motives.
Solo's primary goal in life is to preserve and restore Mu, and so he takes ''violent'' issue with anyone who misuses the technology; he is hunting Dealer operatives in the third game to reclaim the Murian technology they stole and have been using to control Noise. While he still professes a hatred of so-called friendship, he picks up an ally, a strange Murian creature named Laplace, which serves as his Wizard.
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* ActionHero: For a given value of "Hero", he's this whenever his motives aren't strictly in conflict with Geo's.
* AdventurerArchaeologist: A variation. Many of his travels require him to visit places of antiquity, and if he is ever known to recline anywhere, it will be in the presence of historic architecture.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Why he hates the idea of bonds.
* AncestralWeapon: The Murian Star Carrier Solo uses counts, whether he originally took it from the museum or had it before then (the translation is choppy about it).
* AnimeHair: Big time.
* AntiHero: First scene in the third game? An attempt on Jack Corvus' life.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy
* AwesomeYetPractical: Laplace can become the Laplace Blade whether or not Solo is running around as Rogue. Solo generally prefers to be in Wave Form, as it would naturally allow him to take greater advantages of the Laplace Blade's abilities.
* {{Badass}}: The quintessential example for the series.
** BadassAbnormal: Solo can Wave Change without using a Wizard, which freaks Mega and Lyra out to no end.
** BadassLonghair: Well, it's some of the longest of the boys'.
* BareFistedMonk: Originally. Then he picked up a sword and fell in love.
* BerserkButton: You know, with the number of things that sets him off, perhaps its best just to not speak of [[{{Atlantis}} Mu]] at all.
* BarrierWarrior: The Mu Rejection barrier is created by the Indie Proof.
* BattleAura: Right after imbibing the Indie Proof.
* BerserkButton: You know, with the number of things that sets him off, perhaps its best just to not speak of Mu at all.
* BigDamnHeroes: Played with. [[spoiler:Rogue saves Mega Man during the raid on the Secret Shelter, but whether either party knows the other was involved is up for discussion]].
* BonusBoss: His SX and ZZ forms, which require HundredPercentCompletion each to access.
* TheBrute: Back in his first appearance.
* TheCameo: he's a chip and enemy summon in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Operate Shooting Star]]''.
* ChekhovsGunman: He makes only a vague warning the first time he appears.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[AvertedTrope Not him]].
* CombatClairvoyance: Rogue's X-shaped mask allows him to see how his opponent concentrates his EM energy. How much this helps is debatable, since his attacks are designed to prevent those opponents from having the opportunity to strike at all.
* CombatPragmatist: Take a gander down at SpamAttack.
* CompositeCharacter: Solo's character [[WordOfGod intentionally]] borrows from both [=Bass.EXE=] and [=ProtoMan.EXE=].
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: At first, Solo is described as incredibly powerful, but this trope diminishes over time as he begins ''[[ThatOneBoss earning]]'' the accolades.
* CuttingTheKnot: When Geo and Sonia discover the door to the hallway to the elevator is locked, he simply blasts open a hole in the floor.
* [[DarkMagicalGirl Dark Magical Boy]]
* DeflectorShields: The Mu Rejection barrier, which is dropped during each of his attacks and is restored right afterwards. It's not nearly as strong as [[MegaManBattleNetwork Bass]]' Life Aura, however, since it's only a barrier.
* DynamicEntry: In the third game, with an attempt on Jack Corvus' life.
* EleventhHourRanger: A possible interpretation of the final chapter of the second and third games, where Solo and Geo enter Enemy Mine situations.
* EnemyMine: With Geo and, in the third game, the Satella Police.
* EvilCounterpart: The Indie Proof to the [=OOPArts=].
* EvilWeapon: The Indie Proof is certainly the very unfriendly kind.
* Expy: Of Vegeta. ProudWarriorRaceGuy, LastOfHisKind, the same style of AnimeHair (as Rogue). Hell, his chief conflict with Geo is an exagerrated version of Vegeta's feud with Kakarot.
* FacialMarkings: Solo has a jagged red stripe under his left eye. Not Burai, for some reason.
* FireForgedFriends: {{Averted}}. Solo is determined to stick out his loner ways.
* GenreSavvy: In the third game, Solo stops transforming into Rogue on-screen.
* GeometricMagic: Solo's the only one who uses it on-screen in the second game.
* HeartbrokenBadass: In the anime. [[spoiler:All of his friends lost their lives to ensure Ra Mu was sealed]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Sort of. More like a Heel-Neutral turn, but he's coming around.
* [[spoiler:HeroAntagonist]]: In the Tribe anime.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: What he does during his offscreen time.
* HeroicAlbino: Well, ''anti-heroic'', perhaps. Given his lack of pigment, his red eyes, and his penchant for short-range weapons, Solo may, in fact, actually be an albino. (Albinism produces certain visual defects, including depth perception).
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Maybe. Deep, deep, deeeeeeep down.
* HumansAreBastards: In his backstory, though he has issues more with the idea of companionship than anything else.
* IWasJustPassingThrough: The ending of the second game, in which Solo declares that Geo's body was in his way.
** Unless you want to go for full completion. Then you get the not-so-LightheartedRematch.
* IWorkAlone: Much of his power requires this to work, and it becomes a matter of [[PrinciplesZealot principle]] whenever Mega Man's around. Solo is almost constantly haranguing Geo about his reliance on the bonds he gets from others.
** [[{{Subverted}} Until]] Geo calls him out on it in the postgame of ''Ace'' and ''Joker'' and accuses him of being loyal to the [[CaptainPatriotic land of Mu]].
* IneffectualLoner: Averted. Solo is entirely capable of dealing with almost anything that comes his way, save for the one RivalsTeamUp halfway through the third game. And even then, he's capable of succeeding and coming out alive, he'd just like to save himself the trouble of nearly dying.
* IntangibleMan: Another ability of his, but only in the anime. As if he weren't difficult enough to fight.
* JapanesePronouns: Ore.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: ''Mmmmaybe''. If his business there is concluded, Rogue has been known to begrudgingly allow for hitch-hikers on his way out of the Most Definitely Final Dungeon.
* JerkassWoobie
* TheLancer: Ace wanted him for the [[FiveManBand Commandos]]. Solo [[{{Averted}} turned him down]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: Solo's attempt at PartyScattering leads directly to Whazzap getting a new false emissary, which infuiates him.
* LastOfHisKind: Solo is the last Murian human, and generally over-protective of their culture. Laplace is likely the last Murian [=EM=] Being.
* LightheartedRematch: Hahaha, '''no'''. Mega Man's and Rogue's postgame fights are ''always'' the most brutal, knockdown matches of the game.
* LonersAreFreaks
* LostTechnology: The games never explore what he would do if he ever actually restored Mu or how he would do it at all; most of the time, he's dedicated to preventing its misuse.
* MarkedChange: Inverted: Solo ''loses'' his Facial Markings when he transforms.
* MasterSwordsman
** InstantExpert: Takes to a sword like a duck to water.
* MeaningfulName: He worked alone before joining with Laplace. ''Burai'' might be adequately translated to "rogue" or "villain" (Not "Bly" as some fans translate his name as; "bly" means blithe or happy -- this guy is neither).
* NoSenseOfHumor: Possibly {{Subverted}}. One would think that the gate on the Outer Space Wave Road sealed by Rogue Z has some kind of powerful ability, right? Hahaha, you wish. He leaves a cat's meow sound effect for the [=MegaBuster=]. (Whether this applies to Solo or to Sirius is also up for debate, since it's unknown who sealed the gate at all).
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He's here explicitly to take revenge on those who abuse Murian technology. That Geo happens to be there and that Solo's actions happen to benefit him is ''[[FoeYay entirely]]'' beside the point.
** If Geo approaches Solo where he's relaxing near Alohaha Castle, he'll try and recruit Solo to work together against Dealer, only to be [[KickTheDog turned down spitefully]]. This steams Geo up so much he actually loses his ability to speak coherently for a moment and instead settles for an exasperated shout.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Art from the calendar (the same one as above) released with the second game portrays him this way.
* PetTheDog: His habit of picking up hitchhikers on his way out of the Final Dungeon.
* PowerOfTheVoid: By extension; the purple Murian soldiers are called "Ye born of Nothing", and seem to be made of the same "[[AllThereInTheManual Darklight]]"[[note]]Which may also be Noise[[/note]] that Rogue wields.
* {{Precursors}}: Knows less about them than he would like.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Any of his ranged attacks and his right arm.
** PurpleIsTheNewBlack: He shares this with the Murian Errants that are "born of Nothing".
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Solo aims one at Hyde in the second game, detailing how utterly pathetic a leech he is. Dark Phantom more or less agrees, with the caveat that he's ''the world's most powerful leech''.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RedMage: In the anime, he can use Battle Cards, but this is rare, more like trying out a new toy than anything.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Vegeta to Geo's Kakarot. See Expy above.
** VegetaAndKakarot: The Vegeta.
* RedRightHand: His flaming arm as Rogue.
* {{Rival}}: To Geo, and Eos was meant to be another one in his original concept, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen until it was axed]].
** RivalsTeamUp: Solo brings Geo along to make it easier for him to kill several giant Noise monsters, since the last time he encountered them, he nearly died. Just to prove he's not going soft, Rogue deliberately bars [=MegaMan=] from getting to Jack Corvus and picks a fight with him.
* {{Ronin}}: He considers himself to be a servant of Mu, though the fact that he's the last Murian alive leaves him in the position of being a Masterless warrior. [[MeaningfulName Burai and Rogue are both adequate reflections of this]].
* ShoutOut: Laplace is named for Pierre-Simon Laplace, an astronomer known for the hypothetical near omniscient Laplace's Demon[[note]]Which was a popular name for the hypothesis that he never used himself[[/note]] (which is likely what Laplace more properly references - this would fit with with Solo's CombatClairvoyance).
* SpamAttack: This is the main reason he is impossible to beat in the series; he specializes both in RapidfireFisticuffs and BladeSpam.
** StandardStatusEffects: The attacks that don't simply overwhelm Geo with speed and power will be likely to Paralyze him, instead.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Solo's not going to kill Geo because he has a bond with Mu, he's going to kill Geo ''because it's fun''.
-->'''Rogue''': ''Shut up, Laplace.''
* TakeMeToYourLeader: Word for word in the third game when confronting Jack Corvus.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Fighting with Mega Man against the Noise monsters left a bad taste in his mouth, and he refuses to do it again. '''Ever.'''
* TookALevelInJerkass: After he catches himself working with Mega Man, he takes one to prove he's not turning soft. He will turn down Geo's offers to his face, but, for reasons of his own, he ends up working nearby, anyway.
* TouchedByVorlons: {{Averted}}. See BadassAbnormal above.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: Solo has the most ornate TransformationSequence of any Wave Changing character in the second game. Nobody bothers to stop him. In the third game, he only Wave Changes off-screen, so it's unknown whether he's solved this problem or that's how he solves it.
* [[{{Tsundere}} TsunTsun]]: Ohhhhhhh, yes. Never lets a moment go by without saying something spiteful if he can help it.
* TurnsRed: After he gets the Indie Proof in the second game, he'll put out a {{BFS}} and change his RapidfireFisticuffs for a rapid sword strokes. {{Subverted}} after Laplace joins him, he'll use both sword and fisticuffs in accord.
* TheUnintelligible: Laplace can only be understood by Solo.
* UnwittingPawn: Up until [[spoiler: Dr. Orihime]] drops him like a pair of old socks.
* VagueAge: Is he the same age as Geo? Older? Really700YearsOld? What?
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: This more or less defines the relationship between him and Geo.
* WeaponOfChoice: [[CoolSword Swords]] and [[GoodOldFisticuffs Martial Arts]].
** Rogue's martial arts apply the following tropes: ArmedLegs, DanceBattler[[note]]Part of his full combo involves a gratuitous backflip. Not that the opponent will be able to dodge that well after he landed the first blows.[[/note]], ElementalPunch[=/=]RocketPunch, RapidfireFisticuffs, [[ShockwaveStomp Shockwave Punch]].
** The sword from the Indie Proof applies the following tropes: AncestralWeapon, {{BFS}}, BladeSpam, EvilWeapon, OneHandedZweihander, SwordBeam.
** The Laplace Blade applies the following tropes: BlackSwordsAreBetter, EmpathicWeapon[=/=]{{Mons}}, OddlyShapedSword --> SerratedBladeOfPain[=/=]SinisterScimitar[[note]]The Laplace Blade is designed to gore the opponent rather than just cleave them into pieces. One of Rogue's attacks with it is a large, direct slash that causes multiple lesser wounds and [[StandardStatusEffects temporary paralysis.[[/note]], ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the anime, his motivation and altered backstory end up coloring his earlier appearances with this.
* WildCard: Has his own, Mu-centric plans. There have been two instances apiece where the boys have both "[[EnemyMine worked together]]" and conflicted.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Not evil, but a big-time Jerkass.
!!Amy and Mr. Gelande/Ai and Suberita Imasu
* DamselInDistress: Amy is trapped on a mountain during Yeti Blizzard's snowstorm.
* LoveInterest: She becomes Bud's, though Luna at one point assumes she might become Geo's.
* NiceGuy: Both of them.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Amy's on rather good terms with Bud for how much he keeps flubbing things up around her.
!!Kidd Gruff - Kenta Yagi
-->EM Human: Kung-Fu Kidd
* ContestWinnerCameo: Goat Kung-Fu was a winning fan design.
* DoppelgangerAttack: He can move fast enough that he appears to be doing this, certainly.
* ElementalPowers
** BlowYouAway: Some wind powers to go with his Nature element.
** GreenThumb: His elemental alignment is wood.
* {{Expy}}: Of Damian. Tan-skinned warrior, Wood EM Being, Optional Boss? Yup.
* KungFuKid: [[SarcasmMode Just a little]].
* MartialArtsHeadband: Kidd has one, but not Goat Kung-Fu.
* SatelliteCharacter: The FM-ian Goat serves the same plot device role as Cancer, Wolf, and Crown in the first game.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: See Expy.
* TouchedByVorlons: Goat is actually another FM-ian.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of him, which suggests he may have been planned to play a part in the anime.
!!The Matter Waves
* DemotedToExtra: In the anime, they don't exist; the Star Carrier generates solid objects on its own.
* HardLight: Duh.
* MundaneUtility: Some of them are just really fancy normal objects.
* PunnyName: You got it.
!!Lana and her Grandfather
A girl and her grandfather who find Geo shivering on their doorstep in the Himanara mountains. Their village is under attack by Yeti Blizzard, which strangely coinincides with the attempt by Gori Monjirou to purchase their land.
* CanonForeigner: They both belong to a tribe that lives high in the Himanara mountains, and only appear in the anime.
* TheChiefsDaughter: Lana would be the granddaughter, technically.
* GenreSavvy: Both Lana and her grandfather figure that the mysterious boy who showed up on their doorstep one day is most likely the superhero who drove off the abominable snowman. The Chief demonstrates his gratitude by filling Subaru in on the lore he'd been asking about earlier, while Lana thanks him directly.
* JapaneseHonorifics: Lana refers to her grandfather as ''Ojiichan''.
* NiceGuy: Lana, so much so that Subaru mentions it in passing to Misora.
* NoExportForYou: The Tribe anime was neve dubbed.
* ParentalAbandonment: They never show up, at least.
* {{Precursors}}: Subverted. Lana's tribe are ''not'' the descendants of the original Murians, but they have preserved the original Murian lore. They tell Subaru he can find an ancient Murian ruin if he follows "the waving road".
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Amy and Mr. Gelande (though this time it's Misora getting jealous instead of Luna); really their whole arc is basically a transplant of the Yeti chapter from the first game, now worked into a MythArc about the [=OOPArts=].
!!Hayaya Arima
One idol among many featured on television with Misora. She has no real role in the anime except to go after Misora when the latter ditches the show to go exploring the Himanara Mountains.
* CanonForeigner
* IdolSinger
* NominalImportance
* RapunzelHair
!!Jackie Hanzou
* Badass: A little out of his league against [=EM=] Humans, but still.
* CanonForeigner: Created to become part of a fitting setting for the Shinobi [=OOPArt=]
* {{Expy}}: [[SarcasmMode Maybe]]. A comical martial artist named Jackie? [[JackieChan I wonder]].
** Also: A cheerful, blonde, Highly Visible Ninja? [[{{Naruto}} How curious]].
* HighlyVisibleNinja: He's as much a showman as a ninja.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: The man makes for a fairly enjoyable character.
* {{Ninja}}: Duh.
* OneSceneWonder: One arc wonder, really.
* {{Precursors}}: Played straight this time. Jackie is the current leader of a school founded by ''Tarara Mu'', and he holds the Shinobi [=OOPArt=] in his possession.
* VerbalTic: He adds "-de osaru" to his sentences, which is a mistatement of the very humble "-de gozaru" he ''should'' be using, which he manages to pass on to the kids. His mangled version doesn't mean anything, besides maybe "monkey".
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[[folder: The Murian Empire and Other Antagonists]]
!!The [=UMAs=]
* AscendedExtra: Phantom, Yeti, Brachio, and Condor all have distinct personalities in the anime.
* FunWithAcronyms: Unidentified Mysterious Animals, because ''cryptids'' was just too plebian.
* SatelliteCharacter: Most of the EM Beings that enable the villains are Plot Devices as much as anyting else, unfortunately. Even Phantom and Yeti, who get expanded roles and some characterization in the anime, remain less significant than they ought.
* ThemeNaming: Where the FM-ians shared names with the constellations, the UMAs are named for cryptids.
!!Hyde
-->Partner: Phantom
-->EM Human: Dark Phantom (Phantom Black)
-->''"This wasn't in my script!"''
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The Heavy for most of the second game. He fancies himself a director, always refering to his schemes as "scripts", and tends to get a little carried away with them. He serves [[spoiler:Vega]] in the games, while in the anime he works entirely for himself. His EM-partner is called Phantom, and they fuse together to form Dark Phantom.
He appears again in the third game and [[spoiler:attempts to steal Mega Man's Noise Control Program. Not only does he ultimately fail, his final battle with Mega Man ends in a worldview-shattering defeat. He is last seen falling into the void of a computer system, though Geo and Omega speculate they will encounter him again some day]].
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* AscendedExtra: Went from being an stooge in the games with an uninspired personality gimmick to being his own operative in the anime. Also gave us "The [=OOPArts=] are [=NOPArts=]."
* BadassLongcoat: He wears black-tie apparel as Phantom Black, and some pretty snazzy threads in human form as well.
* BlondesAreEvil
* BreakoutVillain: Enough to get much better characterization in the anime [[spoiler:and to return in the third game]].
* CardCarryingVillain: Has some shades of this.
* CloudCuckooLander: In the anime, he might get a little too caught up in how amazing art is.
* CombatPragmatist: When [[spoiler:Hollow]] arrives, Phantom Black lashes out the instant it becomes apparent that it's his turn to fight. [[NoSell Not that it does him much good]].
* CoolMask: As Phantom Black.
** MalevolentMaskedMan
** WhiteMaskOfDoom
* DastardlyWhiplash: His game incarnation especially. All he's missing is the mustache.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet: He hacks every monitor in town to broadcast that Hoshikawa Akane is his hostage to bait Rock Man out of hiding.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His entrance into Japan? Sealed in a coffin in the belly of an airplane in all his finery, for all the world like a European vampire.
* EvilGenius: He fills the intelligent villain niche in the anime, whereas Gori seizes its violent counterpart. In the games, he also plots a fair deal of trouble for our heroes.
* EvilIsStylish
* EvilLaugh: He lets out one that approaches maniacal when he thinks he's about to get his hands on an [=OOPArt=] in Tribe.
* {{Expy}}: Phantom Black's got his [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Opera]] on.
** With his NonElemental allignment, [[BlowYouAway Wind]] Attribute, and somewhat SissyVillain status, he fills Cygnus Wing's niche quite nicely.
* GenreSavvy: In the games, he expects the hero to progress quite smoothly to the ultimate confrontation.
** WrongGenreSavvy: He never expects the Hero to actually *win* against him, mind you.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Phantom Black is ghostly with ''style''. He deals in [[IntangibleMan Intangibility]], {{Invisibility}}, [[BlowYouAway Wind]] powers, and leads a troupe of ghost viruses as well. Aesthetically, he's clearly channeling Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
* GlovedFistOfDoom
* TheHeavy: In the second game, he ends up providing Rich, Gerry, and the Shaman with their EM Beings, all so he can indirectly revenge himself on Mega Man. This is ultimately subverted when he is cut off from his employer's good graces.
* IHaveYourWife: Kidnaps Luna ''twice'' in the second game, and his presence and actions in the third first threaten Geo's friends and then [=WAXA's=] main computer [[spoiler:which is needed to restore Luna to physical form, though there is no indication that he's aware of the situation he's interfering in]].
** In the anime, he takes Akane HostageForMacguffin after he realizes she's Rock Man's mother. Subaru responds ''beautifully'', plowing a trench with Yeti Blizzard's limp but stubborn body through the whole damn town to get to her. [[SubvertedTrope As it turns out]], Hyde's really just asked her to pose for a portrait, and he gets so caught up in the pretense that he completely forgets that Rock Man is coming. DoubleSubverted when he becomes Phantom Black and kidnaps her for real.
* ImmortalitySeeker: In the anime.
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Hyde wants to live long enough to see his art finally be recognized as great, so he can personally receive the accolades he craves.
* MadArtist: Is a professional artist (and a consummate NightmareFetishist) in the Anime and is honestly convinced he is one of the great artists who will be woefully unappreciated until centuries after his death have passed. He's absolutely elated when he is visited by a little phantasm offering him immortality.
** To be fair to the man, however, given something that piques his interest, he can produce amazing art. His sketch of Phantom has the little ghost embarrassedly saying that he isn't that cool.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:An early script in the 3rd game ends up inadvertently triggering the Change.]]
** IMeantToDoThat: Of course you did, Mr. Director.
* PerkyGoth: For a man obsessed as he is with death and decay, he's pretty darn cheerful.
* PrimaDonnaDirector: While not actually involved in the production of any known films, he treats all scenarios that involve him as "scripts". And he expects the "actors" to follow them to the letter.
** [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:With each failed script, his grasp of the world around him slips a little. His last failure in 3 sees him give way to a LaughingMad FreakOut and fall over the edge of a cyber-world platform. Geo and Omega expect he'll be back]].
* RecurringBoss: He's the one true recurring boss in the second game (i.e. you actually fight the original); the rest are clones using Murian Errants.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: As Phantom Black.
* ScoobyDooHoax: Phantom takes advantage of some generic pyramid curse lore to freak the crap out of Subaru, which gives him and Hyde the time to search for hints about the [=OOPARTs=].
* ShrinkingViolet: Phantom in the Anime really doesn't know how to handle Hyde's praise.
* SissyVillain: Especially in the anime.
* SmugSnake: Plenty.
* TheBadGuyWins: Hyde seizes the Shinobi [=OOPArt=] during the chaos of the four-way between him, Rock Man, Yeti Blizzard, and Burai. He demonstrates no ability to use it like [=Mega Man=] does with the Sword of Berserk, however.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Notably creates an Anime-based milieu with the even further AscendedExtra Gori Monjirou, even though they technically work against each other as much as they work with each other. Bonus points for the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan element.
* VillainTeamUp: Very briefly with Gori near the end of the Tribe anime, which ''almost'' worked, except for Hyde suddenly ditching to go [[CloudCuckoolander teach his art class]].
* VillainExitStageLeft: Phantom Black and Yeti Blizzard make a getaway during the final episode.
!!Rich Dotcom ''(Gori Monjirou)''
-->Partner: Yeti
-->EM Human: Yeti Blizzard
A gorilla of a man whose approach to life is simple: consolidate as much wealth as possible. In the second game, he's a minor antagonist who is given his [=UMA=] by Hyde, which enables him to harass a local hotel he wanted to buy by driving down the property value. In the anime, he's been bumped up to Hyde's equal and opposite, a fellow competitor for the [=OOPArts=] for the riches they may earn him.
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* AggressiveNegotiations: You can either sell it to Rich or you can lose it to Yeti Blizzard. Take your pick.
* AnimeHair: Not as flamboyant as Geo or Solo, though.
* AscendedExtra: Even more so than Hyde, since he only had one chapter and was a mild sidequest nuisance in the second game.
* AttackAttackAttack
* BerserkButton: His offers of money being rejected (and the implicit rejection of his worldview).
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti
* BoisterousBruiser
* TheBrute: He has two tools: Money and Muscle.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: Yeti Blizzard? Hellooo?
* EvilIsStylish
* Fiction500: The "Monji Company" [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Corporation]].
* GeniusBruiser: Yeti himself. Gori's entirely willing to keep plowing on ahead with his plans, but Yeti has been known to offer useful advice. Like letting [=Mega Man=] do the work of locating the [=OOPArt=] first.
* TheGiant: As Yeti Blizzard.
* {{Greed}}
* AnIcePerson: As Yeti Blizzard.
* MaidCorps: [[SexySecretary Secretaries]], actually, but the uniformity of appearance and dress qualifies.
* PrimalStance: As Yeti Blizzard.
* PunnyName: Even in the original Japanese. Gori is built like a gorilla.
* ScoobyDooHoax: In the anime, Gori's been bolstering Dombra Lake's "Dossy" mythos to allow him the opportunity to move in on some real estate, which further allows him access to the lake bed where the Dinosaur [=OOPArt=] is hiding.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Is honestly convinced money can do anything. Unfortunately for him, he keeps running into honest people who know better. This comes to a head when he basically starts offering piles and piles of cash to Subaru for his [=OOPArt=], only [[GenreBlind to be stunned]] when [[ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules Subaru declines]].
* SuperStrength: As Yeti Blizzard.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Yeti Blizzard is a good ten feet tall, one of the few EM Humans to be significantly larger than their hosts.
* TheBadGuyWins: Gori successfully nabbed the Dinosaur [=OOPArt=] when Rock Man and Harp Note were battling with Brachio Wave. He demonstrates no ability to use it like [=Mega Man=] does, however.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys - Notably creates an Anime-based milieu with fellow AscendedExtra Hyde, even though they technically work against each other as much as they work with each other. Bonus points for the SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan element.
* TopHeavyGuy: As Yeti Blizzard.
* TouchedByVorlons
* VillainTeamUp: Very briefly with Hyde near the end of the Tribe anime, which ''almost'' worked, except for Hyde suddenly ditching to go teach his art class.
* VillainExitStageLeft: Phantom Black and Yeti Blizzard make a getaway during the final episode.
!!Gerry Romero - Kyuu Demagawa (Dombra Lake)
-->Partner: Plesio (Brachio)
-->EM Human: Plesio Surf (Brachio Wave)
* AdaptationalVillainy: Inverted; he's ''less'' of a creep and a cheat in the anime then he is in the game. (He's just as much of a jerk, though).
* AdventurerArchaeologist: He ''dresses'' like one, but he's really [[SubvertedTrope not much for it]]. He might be in the anime, except he's more interested in proving Dossy's a myth.
* AscendedExtra: Brachio is a fully-fledged character in his own right in the anime.
* BlandNameProduct: In the Anime, he belongs to [=CMM=]'s Mystery Investigators
* DemonicPossession: In the anime, Brachio hijacks his brain and body. Unlike Condor, he simply wants humans to leave him alone.
* ElementalPowers: As Plesio Surf, he can use [[MakingASplash Aqua attacks]] and [[ShockAndAwe spit lightning]].
* FlatEarthAtheist: In the anime.
* {{Jerkass}}: To everyone except the audience.
* NiceCharacterMeanActor: In the games.
* PrehistoricMonster: Plesio Surf plays up the Loch Ness monster angle.
* SatelliteCharacter: Plesio in the games.
* ScaledUp: Plesio Surf is one of the few reptillian bosses around.
* SeaMonster
* ScoobyDooHoax: In the games, he's cooked up a few "Messy" sightings to boost ratings for his show. ZigZagged in the anime, where the myth is being bolstered by Gori, and he's trying to disprove it.
* SmugSnake
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His EM Human form's dub name is officially Plesio Surf; the scriptwriters accidentally have him call himself Plesio Wave.
* StockNessMonster
* TouchedByVorlons
!!The Shaman ''(Osa Agame)''
-->Partner: Condor
-->EM Human: Terra Condor (Condor Geoglyph)
The leader of the village in the mountains of Nanzca, the shaman is determined to lead his people into prosperity, by hook or by crook. So, when Bud falls smack dab in his lap, he seizes the opportunity to use him as "a visiting Emissary from the mythical land of Mu" to unify his people, which plan Geo and company take issue with. The plot thickens when (1) Hyde arrives to present him with the [=UMA=] Condor to take another swipe at Mega Man and (2) Solo arrives to murder the false emissary.
He also appears in the anime, but this time as a benevolent figure in the village, simply overseeing the day-to-day life of his tribe. He accidentally triggers the awakening of Condor, who possesses him and decides that he would be best served by the worship of human kind.
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* AGodAmI: Condor believes this in the anime, and further that he is owed human sacrifice. [[DesignatedVictim Luna]] is less than pleased with his attentions.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Inverted; Osa's entirely benevolent in the anime. It's ''Condor'' who's the problem.
* AscendedExtra: Condor has a personality and goals in the anime.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: [[DownplayedTrope Only mildly]], but the Shamans beakish nose is quite evocative.
* BadassBeard: The Shaman's got one.
** BeardOfEvil: Whilst under Condor's control.
* BadassGrandpa: After meeting Condor.
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: Terra Condor is basically a jet fighter.
* CoolOldGuy: In the anime.
* DemonicPossession: In the anime, Condor hijacks his brain and body. Unlike Brachio, Condor's looking for trouble.
* EyesOfGold: As Terra Condor.
* GiantFlyer: Terra Condor. Imagine a jet fighter styled as a bird of prey.
* GreenThumb: Terra Condor's alignment is to the Wood attribute.
* GrumpyOldMan: He has shades of this in the games, should somebody cross him.
* HeelFaceTurn: In the games, he reforms once Whazzap develops a reputation for its delicious food.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: With bird missiles to boot.
* ManipulativeBastard: His exploitation of Bud and attempts to get rid of Geo and company hinge on this.
* MoodWhiplash: Oh, God, SO MUCH.
-->"Welcome to the unbearable world of coochy-coochy-coo!"
* PunnyName: Terra is possibly a pun on Terror.
* SatelliteCharacter: Condor in the games. Not so much in the anime.
* TickleTorture
* TouchedByVorlons
* WellintentionedExtremist
!!Hollow ''(Empty)''
Vega's heavily robed [[TheDragon chief henchman]]. Found mostly either at her side or delivering her dispatches to Hyde and Solo. Underneath the robe [[spoiler:is the glowing image of Vega's war-slain lover, Altair (Hiko in Japan), whom she tried to recreate with the technology of Mu, pioneering Matter Wave technology along the way. She failed, but refuses to admit this to herself, repeatedly asking him if he remembers anything before finally recognizing him as unique... as he dies]].
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* AchillesPowerCord: In the anime, upon leaving the grounds of the University, Hollow is only capable of existing within range of Orihime's car. This is graphically presented as a leash, but the actual target is the battery in Orihime's car.
* AnimationBump: Hollow's beatdowns are always slick.
* BattleButler: Hollow will do anything Vega asks of him, including [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beat the snot out of the person she points at]].
* BlackMage: Offensive lightning powers, and, given the MagicFromTechnology context....
* BrightIsNotGood: Has a much brighter color scheme than, say, Rogue.
* TheChampion: [[spoiler:Likely Vega's most idyllic interpretation of their relationship, primarily because she's [[CameBackWrong In Serious Denial]].]]
* [[spoiler:CloningBlues]]: Hollow is well aware that [[spoiler:he is a Replacement Goldfish, and regrets that he cannot recall any of Altair's memories in order to make Vega happy]].
* [[spoiler: CreatingLife]]: [[spoiler:A successful attempt. However, Vega wasn't in the market to create so much as restore, at which she wasn't successful]].
* TheDragon: To Vega, with more than a dash of GuardianEntity.
* DubInducedPlothole: His Giga Card is ''[=MT Magic=]'', which only makes sense if you make the connection to his original name, Empty.
* [[spoiler:EmptyShell]]: [[spoiler:Somewhere between this and a SoullessShell; Hollow isn't actually Altair, and it shows]].
* {{Expy}}: You may find a few similarities between Empty and [[MegaManBattleNetwork MagicMan.EXE]]. Heavy robes, pointy headgear, obscured face, Glowing Eyes of Doom, virus servants, ''et cetera''.
* TheFaceless: Like his master, you don't see much of him, though he pulls off the creepy factor far more effectively. [[AvertedTrope Until Burai severs his upper robe, mind you]].
* {{Foil}}: To Solo, if you think about it. Solo is a human who doesn't need an EM Being to fight. Hollow is an EM Being who doesn't need a human to fight.
* GuardianEntity: He serves as one when things get bellicose.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* HardLight: He's made of it.
* TheHeavy: Picks up the role once the plot got tired of Hyde's revenge scripts.
* HypercompetentSidekick: Vega ultimately does little more than tell Hollow what to do. He does it with aplomb.
* [[spoiler:ILied]]: Possibly mixed with ExactWords. [[spoiler:He agrees not to hurt Mega Man in exchange for Harp Note's assistance in unsealing Mu. This is ''not'' the same thing as saying Mega Man would not get hurt in their attempts to retrieve the [[=OOPArt=] from him]].
* IncomingHam: Not in speech habits, but he makes a particularly dramatic entrance as an air-shaking lightning bolt at one point.
* IntangibleMan: On top of his natural prowess, the anime also endowed him with this ability. The body everyone sees and fights is apparently a HardLight projection connected to a power source in Orihime's limousine; Inspector Goyouda has to fry the vehicle's electronics before Rock Man can get a hit in. Orihime solves this problem by having Empty absorb the Dinosaur and Shinobi [=OOPArts=], which disables both this ability... [[OhCrap and the weakness that arises from it]].
* InvincibleVillain: In the anime. In battle, if you are ever within the radius of Empty's leash, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown you will lose]]. (And even if you aren't, he can and will use ranged attacks to take pot shots at you). [[NoSell Nothing you can do will hurt him...]] unless you take out the [[WeakSpot machine his leash (and power source) is generated from]]. On the other hand, he's only vulnerable until Orihime feeds him the [=OOPArts=], after which he [[OhCrap no longer needs his leash]].
* KungFuWizard: In the anime, Hollow is more likely to beat someone up physically before resorting to lightning.
* LadyAndKnight: A case of Black and Black.
* LightIsNotGood
* LostTechnology: [[spoiler:Born of it]]. Also part of a group trying to reclaim it.
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:A major cause of this for Lady Vega]].
** LoveMakesYouEvil: Related with the previous trope.
* MeaningfulName: Ohhhhh, yeah.
** [[spoiler:Altair and Vega are the two real-life stars that feature prominently in the east asian folklore of the story of Tanabata, whose primary characters are Orihime and Hikoboshi]].
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:One would imagine Altair himself not taking to kindly to Vega's plan to take over the world. Hollow has no such issue]].
* NeckLift: On Phantom Black and ''Yeti Blizzard'' in the anime, when extracting their [=OOPArts=].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: They go on sale in the last few episodes of ''Tribe''.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Altair (Hiko)]].
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]: Played with. [[spoiler:After taking the backlash from Le Mu, he actually begins to pray that her real lover give her some comfort. Altair actually speaks with Vega for a few moments before leaving, and Vega is suddenly no longer interested in stopping Mega Man from destroying Ra Mu]].
* [[spoiler:ReforgedIntoAMinion]]: [[spoiler:When Vega accepts that he's no good to her as a reborn lover, she dresses him up all fancy and has him beat up her enemies]].
* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish]]: Vega's.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Hollow is the animate SuperPrototype of the technology known as Matter Waves, and functionally the world's first Wizard. Also, in case you didn't catch it above, he's also Vega's attempt at resurrecting her lover, though she refuses to admit that he's a different person]].
* RobeAndWizardHat: With a exotic motif, at that.
* ShockAndAwe: Most of his attacks will either aim or [[LightningGun shoot]] lightning at you, [[{{BFG}} and lots of it]]. Outside of that, he'll also choose to delegate responsibilities to viruses or co-opted Murian soldiers.
* SummonMagic: He can summon viri in battle.
* TheWorfEffect: Again in the anime. When Dr. Orihime sends him into battle to retrieve the [=OOPArts=], [[CurbStompBattle he sees no particular need to be gentle]].
!!Lady Vega ''(Doctor Orihime)''
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Vega is a brillaint scientist that pioneered [[HardLight Matter Wave]] technology. [[spoiler:She is also the BigBad of the second game, with designs on the powers of the dormant Le Mu. The Matter Waves she's credited for were actually the commercial fallout from her attempts to resurrect Altair, her deceased lover. Altair's death also spawned a hatred of the sense of entitlement she found in otherwise worthless people, and so she vows to create a world in which only those she deems worthy may live.]]
Doctor Orihime's appearance in the Tribe anime as the BigGood is handled above.
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* [[spoiler:AGodAmI]]: [[spoiler:Averted. She plans to use Le Mu's power for her own devices, true, but understands that the power remains Le Mu's]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler:Inverted; she's Subaru's Mission Control for most of the Tribe anime. This is subverted, however, when she reveals her plans]].
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]: [[spoiler: In the second game.]]
* [[spoiler:BadSamaritan]].
* BrokenBird
* [[spoiler:CardCarryingVillain]]: [[spoiler:Motivations aside, Mega finds her ultimate goals to be rather laughable. In the anime, where her motivations are never discussed, she comes off poorly for it. "Well, maybe you shouldn't trust bad adults!"]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: She disappears after the second game. This is mildly disconcerting, considering how the epilogue saw her intimate that there was going to be another meeting in the future.
* CompressedAdaptation: The anime runs out of juice before it gets a chance to explore her origins. [[spoiler:So her reveal as the villain is sapped of most of its weight, though people who know her game story will be able to pick up on why she has that FreakOut over Empty's death]].
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:She's happy to let Rock Man, Phantom Black, and Yeti Blizzard wear themselves down before moving in for the kill]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh, man. She is ''not'' a happy lady.
* [[spoiler:DeadLittleSister]]: [[spoiler:Her lover died at war]].
* [[spoiler: TheEmpress]]: [[spoiler:She seeks to establish herself as lord and master of the new world using Le Mu's power]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Had. Past tense]].
* EvilChancellor: The cause of all her troubles. [[spoiler:The war Altair never came back from was caused in large part due to a vain Prime Minister]].
* [[spoiler:EvilIsStylish]]
* ExpositoryHairstyles: How many of you figured something was up when you saw the Butterfly Rings?
** ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the anime, she normally uses the single ring in the back that was shown in her backstory. (An ethnic variation on PrimAndProperBun, perhaps)?
* FaceFramedInShadow: For most of the second game.
* TheFaceless: For a good part of the second game, her mugshot is a vaguely lit silhouette, as she is reclining behind some curtains. [[spoiler:She reveals herself to Hyde as a sign of honor and gratitude when he brings her the [[MacGuffin OO]][[ArtifactOfDoom part]]]]. Averted in the anime.
* FanservicePack: Her sprite doesn't particularly suggest anything Fanservice-worthy about her, but when we meet her in the anime, [[GagBoobs hoo, boy]].
* FreakOut: Halfway through the final episode of the anime. Magnificent in its brevity.
** She's heavily implied to have gone through one in her back story, as well. [[spoiler:She had little interest in villainous ways before Altair died]].
* GadgeteerGenius: She is responsible for the development of Matter Wave technology. In the anime, she is also famous for the development of a little machine called a Radio Composer, [[spoiler:which was used by Cygnus Wing to complete his Denpa Henkan machine, though this was all back in season one]].
** [[spoiler:MadScientist]]: [[spoiler:Matter Wave technology was only accidental; her main goal was to try and resurrect Altair. Using technology she stole from around the world, at that]].
* HiddenDepths: The depth of her motivations aren't remotely apparent in either version of the story.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Her regalia.
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]: [[spoiler:Honestly believes she is making a better world]].
* Kuudere: We get a shot of the ''dere'' during the finale of the second game.
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Is [[EvilIsHammy much more dramatic than usual]] when she steps out of her car at the beginning of the final arc. This carries through until the end of the series.]]
* LoveHurts: [[spoiler:Vega's lover, Altair, was killed during a war.]].
** [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil]]: [[spoiler:Altair's death led her to vow to TakeOverTheWorld.]]
* MadScientist: Matter Wave technology was only accidental; [[spoiler:her main goal was to try and resurrect Altair]]. [[spoiler:Using technology she stole from around the world, at that]].
* MeaningfulName: Orihime and [[spoiler:Hiko(boshi)]] are the characters of the East Asian legend of {{Tanabata}}. Their English names, Vega and [[spoiler:Altair]], are derived from the names of the RealLife stars that figure in the myth.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
* [[spoiler:TheNecromancer]]: She tried. It must be said of anyone who manages to revolutionize technology as ''a means to her end'' that she tried ''damn'' hard.
** [[spoiler:{{Necromantic}}]]
** OneManIndustrialRevolution
* PimpedOutDress: In the anime, she doesn't wear the dress from her image until she [[spoiler:begins to take direct action in reviving Le Mu]]. Otherwise she wears a relatively simple robelike garment.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]: Although it [[spoiler:Equals Death]] for Hollow.
** [[spoiler:RestoredMyFaithInHumanity]]
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers]]: [[spoiler:With Altair]].
* TheUnfought
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: In the anime, she has little to no interest in explaining why her assistant is wearing such heavy robes. Or moves as though he's gliding. Or is so damn tall.
* TragicVillain
* VainSorceress: She approaches this trope in the anime, especially since [[spoiler:she's packing some kind of barrier]] that reinforces the "sorceress" part. That and there's the whole MagicFromTechnology undertone, too.
* TheVamp: Concept art depicts her time behind the curtain spent reclining, not very unlike [[MegaManBattleNetwork Ms. Millions]].
* WarIsHell: Is ''decidedly'' of this opinion.
* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
* XanatosGambit: Her initial idea in the anime is to have Rockman gather the [=OOPArts=] for her. When they end up being gathered by Yeti Blizzard and Phantom Black, [[spoiler:she waits until everyone is exhausted from fighting over them and then has Empty retrieve them for her. Violently]].
!!Le/Ra Mu
* AGodAmI: Is called the "God of EM Waves" by just about everyone.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: You can't get much higher than Physical God.
* BFS: One of its attacks involves changing its arms into giant hacking blades and taking swipes at the field.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Its swords are technically formed at its hands, much like Mega Man does.
* CutscenePowerToTheMax: See The Determinator below.
* TheDeterminator: Even after defeating it in battle, Le Mu refuses to die onscreen.
* ThisIsADrill: Another one of its attacks transforms its hands into drills which are fired very quickly.
* DubNameChange: From Ra Mu. A change so small as to raise the question of "Why?"
* FlunkyBoss: See Summon Magic, below.
* FrickinLaserBeams: One radiates from the spire on top of its head.
* HowMuchMoreCanHeTake
-->'''Omega-Xis''': ''"This guy's diesel!"''
* {{Kaiju}}
* LightIsNotGood: ''Not when its trying to kill you'', it's not!
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Its core is covered beneath a stone seal that must be broken open before it can be damaged.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Le Mu can launch its drills in series.
* PhysicalGod
* RedEyesTakeWarning: They're impossible to see in game (and even in most of his art), but Le Mu has white irises. His pupils and sclerae are both red.
* SealedEvilInACan: Supposedly. We don't know much about Mu itself, so it might just be a little cranky because it hasn't had its coffee yet.
* SpamAttack: YES.
* SummonMagic: Le Mu summons Murian Errants to attack Mega in battle.
* WaveMotionGun: See Frickin' Laser Beams.
!!General Auriga
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: His SignatureAttack (the one featured on his Mega Card) involves a steadily advancing spiked roller that covers the whole field.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BadassMustache: It's HUGE. And AWESOME.
* BoisterousBruiser
* ChromeChampion
* ColorCodedElements: The Knights General come in either black and white or the color of the elemental power they were given.
* TheDragon: To Apollon Flame.
* ElementalPowers: His soldiers have them. He doesn't.
* FourStarBadass: In all likelihood, he's GeneralRipper, too, given [[CrapsackWorld where]] and [[TheDragon what]] he is; he leads the Knights General.
* FlunkyBoss: In battle, he is attended by a legion of miniature soldiers.
* NumberTwo: To Apollo Flame.
* RedBaron: The Gallant Knight [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast and His Terrible Army]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of him, which suggests he may have been planned to play a part.
* WorthyOpponent: He laughs at Mega Man's victory.
!!Apollo''(n)'' Flame
-->"I see that you do not understand how the galaxy works! You'll just have to see it with your own eyes!"
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: By Sirius. Apollo's not altogether thrilled with the reason why.
* Barrier Warrior: He is initially guarded with the ''Sun Barrier'', twin rings of flame.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: He doesn't specifically refer to it as "destiny", but he ascribes deterministic powers to "the laws of nature".
-->'''Apollo Flame''': ''The laws of nature have brought you here to be deleted! All existence must follow the laws of nature!''
-->'''Mega Man''': ''[[ScrewDestiny Well I always do things my own way]]! [[BadassBoast I walk my own path]]!''
* BigBad: Of the Alternate Future in the second game.
* BlowYouAway: His ''Tornado Flare'' attack will launch coils of flame at the opponent. Fire element, Wind attribute.
* BonusBoss: After the Satellite Admins, the only ultimate Bonus Boss to feature a specific element.
* BringIt: Before his first fight.
* DareToBeBadass: After being defeated in the second game, he challenges Mega Man to fight his souped-up final form after achieving HundredPercentCompletion.
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]: [[spoiler:To Sirius, though he has other plans]].
** [[spoiler:DragonWithAnAgenda]]
* TheSocialDarwinist: And he naturally considers himself the top of the food chain, anyway.
* DeathFromAbove: ''Sun Flare'', which is also his SignatureAttack. In the second game, it's ArmorPiercing. ''Meteoric Swarm'' also counts.
* DubNameChange: For some reason, they dropped the "n".
* {{Expy}}: Bares more than a passing resemblance to Apollo from ''Rockman Strategy''.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: The most fascinating thing about him is not directly about him.
-->'''Mega Man''': ''Why!? Why are you doing this?''
-->'''Apollo Flame''': ''Why? There is no reason. Whoever my mother was programmed me to do that, no other reason.''
* GoldenSuperMode: At the height of his power, Apollo's crimson armor turns golden.
* HandWave: [[spoiler:His data was saved in the Black Hole Server and later restored by Sirius]].
* HonorBeforeReason: [[spoiler:His moral code dictates that he agree to Sirius, who brought him back to life, though he has no intention of remaining subordinate in the long-term]].
* LightIsNotGood: ''Burn''.
* MultiversalConqueror: Apollo Flame says the only reason he concerns himself with conquering worlds is that "his mother" programmed him to be that way.
* MythologyGag: His ''Prominence Flare'' summons snake-like flames to dance across the field, much like [[MegaManBattleNetwork Nebula Grey's]] Black Prominence.
* PhysicalGod: With a name like Apollo? Yeah.
* PlayingWithFire
** PowerOfTheSun: His signature attack basically ''drops a newborn star'' on his enemies and his other attacks are compared to solar prominences.
* {{Pride}}
* ThemeNaming: Every one of his attacks ends in "Flare". Prominence Flare, Sun Flare, etc.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]: [[spoiler:Briefly, after he's vanquished a second time.]] [[SubvertedTrope He gets over it]] quickly enough.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: There are anime design sketches of Apollon, too.
* WreathedInFlames: He uses this as a barrier technique.
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