History Fridge / MegaManBattleNetwork

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*** Which gets contradicted as soon as the second game when Lan blames Mega for having their chips robbed and angrily leaves the Netopia hotel. When he comes back to make amends with Mega, a thief stole Lan's passport from his [=PET=] and attacks Mega with viruses who sustains some damage while fighting them. Lan doesn't feel any pain. Then the end has Lan suffer radiation poisoning while Mega isn't affected. Then at the end of 3 when Mega kills himself to save Lan from Alpha which the Hub.bat would've rendered Mega's sacrifice pointless. The biggest moments are in 5 and 6 when Mega is corrupted by a dark chip and absorbs the Cybeast respectively which cause him immense pain while Lan is only affected emotionally, not physically or mentally.
!! Fridge Logic
* In the first game, the WWW members have their own metroline allowing them to sneak into ACDC, however, the metroline is hidden underneath the school's statue/fountain which is behind the school gate, but when Higsby first arrives, he's standing outside of the school gates.
** He arrived earlier and acted as if he arrived via the normal metro to avoid any suspicion.
* In BN4, Higsby is aware that Dark Chips are evil and tells Lan to get rid of it, but in BN5, a couple of Dark Chips are obtained through the Number Trader.
** The Dark Chips in the Number Trader probably got there due to being in circulation with plenty of Battle Chips. After all, there are some people or Navis who sell Dark Chips or trade with them, despite the danger. Either that, or Higsby's assistant was negligent in taking inventory. She does attend the store for Higsby when he's doing errands or when he's with the Anti-Nebula Team in Team Colonel.
* When fighting [=PlanetMan=] his entire field is made of holes (except for the one he's standing on) for his planets to circle around him. However, [=PlanetMan=]'s Navi Chip requires solid panels for the planets.
* In Network Transmission, the Professor unleashes an army of navis on you created from data he had Zero collect. One of those navis is [=ColorMan=] even though he wasn't infected by the Zero Virus, hacked by the fake vaccine, or working for the Professor like [=StarMan=].
** Colorman wasn't infected ''before fighting the infected Megaman,'' you mean.
* In the later games, where Lan's PET is wireless and uses infrared rays, why does he still have to be next to a jack-in port if he should be able access it from further away? While outdoor ports can be justified due to sunlight interfering with infrared, there's nothing excusing indoor ports. It's more jarring in the fifth game where a thief can steal a program from outside a room, establishing the effective range of the infrared signals.
** It's obviously much easier to aim the infrared ports at each other while standing right next to the device with said port.

** Mr. Match likely had a more permanent turn after his possible crush on the hotdog stand woman in ''4'', going so far as to call off his terrorist plan because it endangered her. With a possible LoveInterest now he'd give up his evil ways to set a good impression for her.

** Mr. Match likely had a more permanent turn after his possible crush on the hotdog stand woman in ''BN4'', going so far as to call off his terrorist plan because it endangered her. With a possible LoveInterest now he'd give up his evil ways to set a good impression for her.
** Dusk and [=ShadowMan.EXE=] were working for WWW in ''BN1'', Gospel in ''BN2'', and alongside Lan in ''BN5 (Team Colonel/Double Team)''. Theirs is easy to explain -- they're OnlyInItForTheMoney, and WWW, Gospel, and Baryl paid them respectively.
** Princess Pride (and [=KnightMan.EXE=] following her orders) were working for Gospel in ''BN2'', but joined Lan and Team Colonel in ''BN5''. Creamland likely recovered economically between the events of ''BN2'' and ''BN5'' helping her to mellow out a lot and no longer need to join terrorist groups out of desperation.

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* In the first game the design of the internet is heavily disliked. There are no real landmarks or directions or even design, so it feels like a large aimless labyrinth. While likely not intended, it does do a good job of representing what the internet was like during the time this game was made in 2001. The vast majority of big popular websites we have today (Youtube, Twitch, TV Tropes) were not around at the time. Instead there were many more fan pages and small websites/forums scattered about. At the time it did feel like wondering around in a confusing maze.

* In the later games, where Lan's PET is wireless and uses infrared rays, why does he still have to be next to a jack-in port if he should be able access it from further away? While outdoor ports can be justified due to sunlight interfering with infrared, there's nothing excusing indoor ports. It's more jarring in the fifth game where a thief can steal a program from outside a room, establishing the effective range of the infrared signals.

* Lan had a big of an ego in the second and third games, but suddenly becomes not only humble and modest, but appeared to lack confidence in later games. This is all part of his character development. After defeating the Life Virus and saving Net Society from Wily, Lan let the incident go to his head, bragging about it in Network Transmission despite Chaud quickly shooting him down, rightfully (if not harshly) pointing out Lan didn't do it alone. Then in the the third game, Mamoru called him a star for his performance in the [=N1=] Grand Prix and is escalated further when he saved the hospital Mamoru is in from a [=WWW=] attack and gets an award ceremony for his heroic deed. As egotistical as it was, it also made Lan confident. Lan has a change in his attitude in the fifth game when he's reluctant to join Team Protoman/Colonel prompting Chaud/Baryl to remind Lan's accomplishments in past games of defeating [=WWW=], Gospel, and Dr. Regal. He also refuses to take over as team leader after the titular navis are kidnapped by Nebula. Why the sudden lack of confidence? Think back to the third game after the hospital hero incident. Mr. Match used Lan's brave heroics to manipulate his ego and trick him into installing dangerous software data that endangered many humans and programs, including Dr. Hikari, his dad. That particular attack taught Lan (whether or not he knows it) your ego is a weapon people can use to manipulate you into doing their dirty work for them and harm innocent people whether real or digital. Lan has still continued to pull heroic deeds but doesn't let them get to his head so as not to accidentally endanger others again.