History Characters / MetroidBountyHunters

* ElementalPunch: Strikes the ground when she wants space. Distinct among the many shockwave boss attacks[[spoiler:Unitl Dark Samus takes it]]

* ElementalPunch: Strikes the ground when she wants space. One of many shockwave boss attacks.

* SmugSuper: There is always a reason why she considers Samus as her rival and seeing her profession as a bounty hunter being her hobby.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed during the prologue, in which her datafile suggests she is a BloodKnight, while her treatment of Samus barely conceals her any passive-aggressiveness. She sure seems to take things likely and some fans have not liked her as much as they did the other hunters. This is reflected when all the bounty hunters are corrupted. While Ghor retains hints of sanity, and Rundas' apparent resistance forces Dark Samus to directly possess him, Gandrayda turns into a bloodthirsty maniac. Despite this negative quality, Samus has a high enough opinion of her to reminisce about her along with Ghor and Rundas after Phazon is destroyed once and for all.

* TragicMonster: Bonds with Samus at the start of the game, gets one third of the planetary defense system online (Samus still has to do most of the work since Gandrayda neglected to follow though) and directly helps Samus twice during the mission on Norion, the second time saving her life. Following his corruption, Rundas is [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by Dark Samus and loses all of his free will, being unable to even speak, unlike his fellow hunters. And when it looks like Samus has managed to [[BeatTheCurseOutOfHim free]] him from Dark Samus' influence, he is suddenly killed by his own powers.

* HomingProjectile: He's either got some advanced mapping techology on him, or some higher form of awareness, as Rundas has to manually guide is projectiles but can send them after you while doing something else, looking somewhere else.

* CoolShip: Sylux has two vehicles capable of interstellar travel. On is called The Delano 7.

%%* CoolShip: The Delano 7.

* {{Irony}}: Sylux has a reputation for being a sharp shot despite primarily using a weapon that requires very little aiming.

%%* NaturalWeapon: The Vhoscythe.

%%* SpinAttack: In his alternate form.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Kanden was created as the ultimate soldier. This included downloading data into his brain to make him super aggressive. The process of raising his aggression worked SO well that Kanden destroyed the lab where he was made, along with all those in it. Now there's a super strong, possibly biologically immortal, killing machine, running around the galaxy.

* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product evidently has issues being controlled. [[GoneHorriblyRight They at least succeeded at making a killer.]]

* HesMine: Kills his own men after being corrupted so he can battle Samus by himself.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Rundas is rough around the edges and more than a little boastful but he also saved Samus's life and out of the three Bounty Hunters, he makes the most genuine effort to bond with Samus while Ghor is more focused on getting the job done and Gandrayda is more content to try and outdo everyone else. [[spoiler:It only makes his eventual corruption and death hurt even more.]]

* TheBigGuy: With his suit; outside of it, Rundas is larger than him and Ghor's more relaxed.

* CarFu: He hoists over his head then ''throws'' Samus' ''gunship'' at her.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: He's still alive and screaming when Dark Samus absorbs him following his defeat.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Like Ghor, she too is absorbed by Dark Samus while she's still alive.

* ElementalPunch: Strikes the ground when she wants space.

* StatuesqueStunner: Her default form is taller than Samus, who is 6'3 in imperial measurements. Combine that with Gandrayda's psychological evaluation and she might not have been fully grown even!

* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed during the prologue, in which her datafile suggests she is a BloodKnight, while her treatment of Samus barely conceals her passive-aggressiveness. This is reflected when all the bounty hunters are corrupted. While Ghor retains some sanity, and Rundas' resistance forces Dark Samus to directly possess him, Gandrayda turns into a bloodthirsty maniac. Despite this negative quality, Samus has a high enough opinion of her to reminisce about her along with Ghor and Rundas after Phazon is destroyed once and for all.

* HumanoidAbomination: This is what you get when you combine an unnaturally augmented scientific experiment with a mind that is just barely holding onto its sanity.

* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product evidently has issues being controlled. [[GoneHorriblyWrong They at least succeeded at making a killer.]]

* TheChessmaster: He deduced the Auroa Unit's plan to destroy the Elysian Seed within moments of Samus's arrival. To thwart the plan he severed the AU's connections to [=SkyTown=] and then immediately tried to destroy Samus's ship. But what really earns him the part is that he sabotaged the Spire's escape pod first of all, to ensure that even if Samus succeeded in assembling the Theronian bomb she would get blown up along with it.

* TheChessmaster: He deduced the Auroa Unit's plan to destroy the Elysian Seed within moments of Samus's arrival. To thwart the plan he severed the AU's connections to [=SkyTown=] and then immediatelly tried to destroy Samus's ship. But what really earns him the part is that he sabotaged the Spire's escape pod first of all, to ensure that even if Samus succeeded in assembling the Theronian bomb she would get blown up along with it.

* ShapeShifterSwanSong: Her last moment have her lose control of her shapeshifting transforming into random Space Pirates and fellow hunters.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Downplayed during the prologue, in which her datafile suggests she is a BloodKnight, while her treatment of Samus barely conceals her passive-aggressiveness. This is reflected when all the bounty hunters are corrupted. While Ghor retains some sanity, and Rundas' resistance forces Dark Samus to directly possess him, Gandrayda turns into a bloodthirsty maniac.

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* CutScenePowerToTheMax: Is seen using guns and rounds he never uses in game play, as well as using his scythe independent of the half turret.

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* FullConversionCyborg: After losing a fight with Samus, the only salvageable parts of his body left were his brain and spinal chord -- everything else had to be replaced with mechanical implants.

* HeroAntagonist: His Plan A goal of [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower destroying the Ultimate Power so no one can have it]] is actually the same as Samus' Plan B, which she ultimately succeeded where he failed. (Her Plan A was to claim it for the Federation). While his reason for fighting Samus is never directly stated, it's likely he doesn't consider the Federation trustworthy and Samus by extension since she's on their payroll. [[spoiler: The Federation's actions in ''VideoGame/MetroidOtherM'' and ''VideoGame/MetroidFusion'' would support this view.]]

* EpicFlail: In hyper mode he has a mix between this and a hammer toss. [[spoiler: A missile shot at him while doing this can possibly result in him dropping it on his head, which knocks him straight out of hyper mode]].

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Rundas is rough around the edges and more than a little boastful but he also saved Samus's life and out of the three Bounty Hunters, he makes the most genuine effort to bond with Samus while Ghor is more focused on getting the job done and Gandrayda is more content to try and outdo everyone else. [[spoiler: It only makes his eventual corruption and death hurt even more.]]

* YouOweMe: He says this to Samus after saving her from falling to the bottom of the pit where she and Meta Ridley fought. [[spoiler: Having him killed to put him out of his misery from his uncontrolled phazon madness might count.]]

* {{Cyborg}}: The only part of his body that Samus didn't shred beyond repair was his brain and spinal cord.

* {{Cyborg}}: Overwhelmingly mechanical.

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* TheCameo: He appears at the end of ''Metroid Prime 3: Corruption''[='=]s 100% ending in the Delano 7. [[spoiler:He also appears at the end of ''Federation Force'' to steal the Metroid egg.]]

* ShapeShifterSwanSong: Including both Rundas and Ghor, and most hauntingly, Samus herself.
** ShapeShifterGuiltTrip: It doubles as this. She is effectively saying "You couldn't save them, you couldn't save me, and you can't save yourself".

* ManChild: According to scans, her psyche has "a high degree of youthfulness." This shifts over into PsychopathicManchild after she's corrupted by Phazon. Not only does she seemingly toy with Samus before attacking her, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gngaID0n0KM some of her extra animations]] in the [[PersonalSpaceInvader "Shake Off Gandrayda"]] segments have her [[CameraAbuse playing with Samus's visor]] while beating her.

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* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product eviddntly has issues being controlled. [[GoneHorriblyWrong They at least succeeded at making a killer.]]

* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product eviddently has issues being controlled. [[GoneHorriblyWrong They at least succeeded at making a killer]].

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* SuperSoldier: The reason the scientists made him in the first place, though their final product would be no good for it. [[GoneHorriblyWrong They at least succeeded at making a killer]].

* MySkullRunnethOver: Kanden was given extensive combat encoding, but the information was more than he could handle and the process dorv ehim insane.

* ShockAndAwe

* PlayingWithFire

* HumanLadder: He stands atop a mount of what can be presumed to be other Kriken in the intro.

* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: Subverted in that he is a really nice person, but played straight with his murder frenzy in his battle suit.

* AmbiguousSituation: When he is beaten, he seems to look around, confused. He almost tries to speak, but is skewered to death by at least three giant icicles. It is uncertain whether he [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled euthanized himself]],[[PhlebotinumOverload his Phazon overloaded]], or [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness Dark Samus executed him by turning his own abilities against him]].

* YouOweMe: He says this to Samus after saving her from falling to the bottom of the pit where she and Meta Ridley fought.