History WebVideo / MegaMan

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In 2010, a full-length FanFilm by Eddie Lebron was released depicting the events of the first ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man|1}}'' game.

In the year 20XX, Nobel Prize winning roboticist Dr. Light unveils to the public his new DRN series of Robot Masters in a televised interview, designed for commercial use in hazardous environments for the betterment of mankind. Off-camera, he also reveals his robot daughter, Roll. Unfortunately, all is not well. Dr. Wily, colleague and equal partner of Dr. Light, has always been thirsty for recognition, which he never receives. After Wily is frustrated by being rebuffed by the interviewer, Dr. Light reveals his intent to build a new android son, and not to include Wily in its design. Already jealous of Light's successes, he sees this as Dr. Light's attempt to cut him out completely.

Enraged, he proceeds to come up with a plan to steal the Robot Masters and wreak havoc.

You know, like in the game.

Meanwhile, Dr. Light and Roll complete the new android, Rock, who is unsure of his purpose in life. During his soul searching, Dr. Wily steals the Robot Masters and sets them loose on the city. At that point, Rock realizes what his purpose is, and offers to to be converted into a war machine to stop Wily and the robot rampage.

Watch it [[http://www.megamanfilm.com/ here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLqmH77g_s here.]] (The former link has since been subject to a HostileShowTakeover courtesy of a company trying to steal your Coin Master data as of 2021, however.) Lebron soon went on to create a fan film for ''{{WebVideo/Sonic}}''.

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!!This film contains examples of:

* ActingForTwo: Jun Naito plays heroic Rock/Mega Man and the fiendish Copy Robot.
* AlliterativeTitle
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Dr. Wily's main motivation is getting overshadowed by Dr. Light. ''Constantly''.
* ApologeticAttacker: "I don't want to resort to force!" [[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill ZAP ZAP ZAP ZAP]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Elec Man.
* AttentionWhore: Dr. Wily.
* AxCrazy: Bomb Man.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Blues. Twice.]]
* BlatantLies: Dr. Light insisting that the spectacularly deadly Robot Masters have plenty of non-destructive uses despite not coming up with a single one for the one that excretes bombs. [[note]]For those of you who are curious, in the games, Bomb Man was specified to work in demolitions.[[/note]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Robot Masters.
* CanonForeigner: The inhabitants of the city, and Wily's talking AI, ''Olga 5000''.
* ChekhovsGun: Several, including the teleportation system and [[spoiler:how Blues had his own personal version installed]], and the fact that there are ''two'' prototype armors [[spoiler:that were both made for Blues but can work on Rock]].
* CheerfulChild: Roll's perpetual mood.
* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Mega Man vs. all six Robot Masters? He forces them to retreat. Mega Man vs. Elec Man? He almost dies.
* ContinuityPorn: It references the [[VideoGame/MegaMan original games]], the instruction manuals, the ''WesternAnimation/MegaMan'' cartoon, and ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''.
* CoolOldGuy: Dr. Light.
* CoolShades: Blues, even without his armor.
* CurbStompBattle: The fights tend to be over with a quickness, one way or the other.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Roll after Dr. Wily takes her hostage.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Considerably more so than the games it is based on. This film is quite serious and dramatic, and has some rather dark and depressing moments. Not to mention the considerably brutal nature of some of the fights.
* DullSurprise: Dr. Light and Mega Man's perpetual mood.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:Blues would rather continue with a flawed core that could self-destruct at any moment, then have the flaw repaired, since that would also remove his free will.]]
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Dr. Light brings this up when Mega Man gets his first Robot Master power.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: In order to win the day, [[spoiler:Mega Man is outfitted with a rapid teleporter and the Charge Buster from future games]]
* EvilIsPetty: Wily.
* EvilTwin: Mega Man faces one, but [[ThatOneBoss unlike the game]], it doesn't put up much of a fight.
* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: As noted above, the battles in ''Mega Man'' are quite violent. Special mention goes to Ice Man's death (large smoking hole through the torso) and pretty much the entire fight against Elec Man, who electrocutes Mega and is killed by [[spoiler:Blues '''punching his goddamned head clean off''']].
* FanFilm: It's not perfect, but it's one of the better ones.
* FreudianExcuse: Wily, as he put it, has had his genius ignored or misplaced. Never given a real chance to work on projects to make a name for himself.
* {{Gonk}}: Wily, with his constant sweating, forehead acne, and bad teeth.
* GoldenSnitch: [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff The Robot Master ruse was... a DISTRACTION.]] Wily HAS [[spoiler:the floating death fortress. Pity Mega Man blew his stack on the minions.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Wily. Oh, so much.
* HeadshotsKillRobots: [[spoiler:Elec Man is destroyed by having his head punched off]].
* HumanShield: The Copy Robot does this [[spoiler: with Roll]].
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Mega Man pines for a purpose in life beyond being a scientific curiosity. What's this, a robot invasion? Good thing that plasma buster came in his size.
* ItsPersonal: Said when [[spoiler:Wily kidnaps Roll]].
* JustAStupidAccent: Like his [[WesternAnimation/MegaMan cartoon]] self, Wily has a German accent. Where he's from is never elaborated on.
** Outbursts like "What a schmuck!" also make him AmbiguouslyJewish... or possibly just German, as [[YiddishAsASecondLanguage Yiddish]] is a hybrid language that comes from German and Aramaic.
* KnightTemplar: Fire Man.
* LampshadeHanging: At one point, Roll asks Rock if he thinks her hair looks fake. Rock almost says what every viewer is thinking but is saved by a timely news report.
* LargeHam: Dr. Wily.
* LethalChef: Roll's pancakes taste awful. Given Dr. Light's hesitancy to dig in, the rest of her cooking might not be any better.
* ManChild: Wily has moments of this, being very petty at times.
-->'''Wily:''' MINE'S BETTER THAN YOURS IS!
* MotiveRant / [[spoiler:TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]]: Wily gives one [[spoiler:to a captive Roll]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Wily:''' No heart? You can thank that good doctor about that. I've wasted the best years of my life working on crap like you! Genius like mine should be used. Not ignored or hidden. ''All my life'', I have be ignored, and shunned and teased! But now ''I'' have the upper hand! Oh, the little robot girl is crying. He must have given you that ability. I'm sure I would not have. In one hour, ''everything'' within a 20-mile radius will be leveled! And everyone will die; Dr. Light, Mega Man, and then I would have the satisfaction of killing ''you.'' And then all the world's leaders will bow to ''my'' whim! Or millions will die. ''[[EvilLaugh (evil laugh)]]'' You know, I never liked you... your carefree attitude and all that nonsense. You have ''no'' purpose! You know why you were made? Because, Dr. Light's wife died. You think he's the only one who's ever lost something... or some''one''? You think he's the only one who knows ''pain''!? ''You know nothing of my life and what I've wasted!'' I've never liked her, and I ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Never. Liked. You!]]'']]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Of all people, [[spoiler:Wily actually has this after his plans, and his delusions of grandeur, fall apart. How much it sticks is yet to be seen]]. Though it is possible it's [[spoiler:one of Wily's infamous fake outs]].
* MysteriousStranger: Blues plays this trope for all it's worth.
* MythologyGag: Elec Man's and the Yellow Devil's thrashing of Mega Man is likely a nod to their statuses as ThatOneBoss.
* [[CaliforniaDoubling New York Doubling]]: For "Fujiwara City".
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When you get down to it, Dr. Light is largely responsible for Dr. Wily's FaceHeelTurn. Up until Light fires Wily, the only thing Wily was really guilty of (at least as far as the audience is concerned) was vanity, simply wanting more recognition for the work he does. Dr. Light unceremoniously sacks his long-time companion and confidant upon revealing he wants to make another android, and Wily quite understandably becomes upset by this. He does, however, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realize this was a mistake]], and regrets it.
-->'''Light:''' I can't help but feel liable for this... Did I make Wily snap?
* NintendoHard: Rock plays the notoriously difficult ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' (and loses).
* NoEndorHolocaust:
** [[spoiler:Mega Man blew up Wily's floating castle over the city. There appeared to be no collateral damage.]]
** No one seems to fear the attacks from the robots. Everyone seems rather calm. True, it's not like they could hire a bunch of extras to run around pretending to get shot at by robots, but traffic just sort of flows around Bomb Man and Guts Man almost like they weren't there.
* ObviouslyEvil: Guess.
* OffTheShelfFX: Mega Man and the more human Robot Masters are armored up with motorcycle pads and helmets.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: The Robot Masters seem rather content to stand around shooting their weapons ''at'' their surroundings without actually hitting anything or anyone. Justified, but you'd think they'd be a little more aggressive about it, [[IncendiaryExponent Fire Man]] in particular.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Ayaka Light, the good doctor's wife.]]
* PowerCopying: Duh.
* PrecisionFStrike: Wily gets a few.
** Dr. Light, of all people, gets a great one. He NEVER swears, so when he says "Wily, you '''bastard'''", you KNOW that shit is gonna go down ''hard''.
** Dr. Wily's polite-to-the-point-of-sycophancy A.I. OLGA 5000 calls him an asshole after he abandons her.
* ProtagonistTitle
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:There is an uncomfortable question hanging in the air about whether or not Rock and Roll were meant to replace Light's biological children, who died along with their mother before they were born.]]
** There's also the implication that Roll may be [[spoiler:the replacement for Light's wife]] while Rock and Blues are [[spoiler:the twins]]. Wily explicitly tells Roll that she was made [[spoiler:because Dr. Light's wife died, with no mention that she had been pregnant]].
** The motivations are likely a nod to Mega Man's [[Manga/AstroBoy source material.]]
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Mega Man and co. seem more like [[VideoGame/MegaManX Reploids]], as they have senses of pain, taste, etc. [[TakeOurWordForIt But not "free will" apparently...even though there really isn't any visible difference between Rock and Blues' behaviour.]]
** FridgeLogic kicks in, though, when you realize Rock and Blues act similiar because Rock isn't given any programmed purpose, and was built by Dr. Light to "live" any way he wants. He only mimics free will but could probably easily have it taken away if someone hacked into his brain. Also, during his first moments, he's constantly trying to find what he was built for or his "purpose"; he's trying to find his programming so he can execute it, just like a real robot.
* RingRingCrunch: Rock punches out a special, pyramidal alarm clock the first day he wakes up.
* RobotGirl: Roll, natch.
* RogerRabbitEffect: Even though the film is live action, 3 of the robot masters (Cut Man, Guts Man, and Bomb Man) are computer generated, as well as the Yellow Devil and [[spoiler:Dr. Wily's floating castle]].
* RuleOfCool: [[spoiler:Skull Castle's solar-powered laser-shooting satellite dish.]]
* SequelHook: The last shot is oddly similar to the intro of ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'', and they've shown interest in making a sequel.
* ShoutOut: To Music/TheProtomen, with Sniper Joes being described as the first androids Light and Wily created.
** Not to mention, Dr.Light''s [[spoiler:dead wife. *cough cough Emily Stanton cough cough*]]
** At least half of the robot masters have their silly personality quirks from ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''. Ice Man's split personality, Fire Man's rants about justice, and Cut Man's belief that Mega Man is the real bad robot.
** And Elec Man's arrogance is very similar to [[Webcomic/MSPaintMasterpieces another version of Elec Man]]. The director/writer/etc. has said he was a fan of ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'', so this isn't too far-fetched.
** Light and Rock's first conversation ("Are you my father?" "In a sense.") is taken from the cartoon.
** Ice Man uses a "frost slide" to get around like [[ComicBook/XMen a certain other Iceman.]]
** Rock plays ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' (released the same year as the original ''Mega Man'' game) and [[GameOver loses]] [[NintendoHard badly]].
** Dr. Light's computer has a picture of Solid Snake drawn in the ''[[WebAnimation/AwesomeSeries Metal Gear Awesome]]'' style.
** For about three seconds, the robot select screen from the first game can be seen on a TV. This also is how Rock chooses who to go after first.
* SplitPersonality: Ice Man.
* StealthPun: The first thing Wily says when Mega Man appears is, "What in the blue hell?"
* TeleportSpam: Near the end of the movie, the teleporter is straight up abused in combat.
* TheWorfEffect: Elec Man and the Yellow Devil both thrash Mega Man, [[spoiler:and Blues shows up and one-shots them]].
** Later, [[spoiler:Wily's floating death fortress]] can't land a hit on Mega Man despite Wily bragging about it earlier.
* VillainousBreakdown: Dr. Wily, after going to his knees to plead mercy.
-->"I never win!"
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mega Man is never actually shown dealing with the Sniper Joes. After their initial mention, they are never brought up again.
* WritersBlock: Dr. Wily takes a long time to come up with a revenge scheme at first.

Watch it [[http://www.megamanfilm.com/ here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLqmH77g_s here.]] (The former link has since been subject to a [[HostileShowTakeover]] courtesy of a company trying to steal your Coin Master data as of 2021, however.) Lebron soon went on to create a fan film for ''{{WebVideo/Sonic}}''.

* WhatHappenedtotheMouse: Mega Man is never actually shown dealing with the Sniper Joes. After their initial mention, they are never brought up again.

Watch it [[http://www.megamanfilm.com/ here]] or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcLqmH77g_s here.]] Lebron soon went on to create a fan film for ''{{WebVideo/Sonic}}''.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When you get down to it, Dr. Light is largely responsible for Dr. Wily's FaceHeelTurn. Up until Light fires Wily, the only thing Wily was really guilty of (at least as far as the audience is concerned) was vanity, simply wanting more recognition for the work he does. Dr. Light unceremoniously sacks his long-time companion and confidant upon revealing he wants to make another android, and Wily quite understandably becomes upset by this.

[[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas This is not to be confused]] with the ''official'' upcoming ''Mega Man'' film adaptation from Creator/TwentiethCenturyFox.