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** The Mega Man series (mainly the classic era) also overlaps with fans of ''Manga/AstroBoy'' created by Creator/OsamuTezuka due to sharing some similarities with each other. It's not uncommon to see fanart of the titular protagonist interacting with each other. Some fans even decided to [[ToyShip ship]] [[CrossoverShip them together.]]
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** The Mega Man series (mainly the classic era) also overlaps with fans of ''Manga/AstroBoy'' created by Creator/OsamuTezuka due to sharing some similarities with each other. It's not uncommon to see fanart of the titular protagonist interacting with each other. Some fans even decided to [[ToyShip ship]] [[CrossoverShip them together.]] together]].
** A more niche overlap in fandoms comes in the form of ''Mega Man'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', which primarily stems from the fact that a large number of artists who originally did work for ''Mega Man'' (of note being Hitoshi Ariga and Hideki Ishikawa, who mostly did work for [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the Classic series]] and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'') went on to become freelance artists for both the ''Pokémon'' video games and [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} TCG]]. Looking at the [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700221399452745759/1017208182373883944/IMG_8663.jpg art styles side-by-side]] make the similarities present, and fans from both franchises have banded together to appreciate the overlap and enjoy what each one brings to the table.
** A more niche overlap in fandoms comes in the form of ''Mega Man'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', which primarily stems from the fact that a large number of artists who originally did work for ''Mega Man'' (of note being Hitoshi Ariga and Hideki Ishikawa, who mostly did work for [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic the Classic series]] and ''[[VideoGame/MegaManLegends Legends]]'') went on to become freelance artists for both the ''Pokémon'' video games and [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} TCG]]. Looking at the [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/700221399452745759/1017208182373883944/IMG_8663.jpg art styles side-by-side]] make the similarities present, and fans from both franchises have banded together to appreciate the overlap and enjoy what each one brings to the table.
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwPBWGrFaw And he's called]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the Blue Bomber]] because he's blue!
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* FandomRivalry: With all the spin-offs and sub-series garnering their own fan-bases (sometimes for very different reasons), it's only natural that they don't always see eye-to-eye. While most Mega Man fans tend to get along just fine, this isn't always the case.
** Due to the vastly different gameplay styles, fans of the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]] series don't always get along with fans of the [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]] series and vice versa.
** Some ''Battle Network'' fans dislike ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Star Force]]'' due to changes to the battle system that put a greater emphasis on luck and stats rather than strategy. Likewise, there are''Star Force'' fans who dislike ''Battle Network,'' arguing that getting rid of the code system allowed for more fluid folder customization.
** There are often debates within some of the individual fanbases over which games in a given series are the best. The first half of the Battle Network series versus the second half (or [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork4RedSunAndBlueMoon Battle Network 4]] versus the rest of the Battle Network series), the first half of the X series versus the second half, the Classic debates over 8-bit graphics versus other graphic styles, etc.
** Due to the vastly different gameplay styles, fans of the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Classic]] series don't always get along with fans of the [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork Battle Network]] series and vice versa.
** Some ''Battle Network'' fans dislike ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Star Force]]'' due to changes to the battle system that put a greater emphasis on luck and stats rather than strategy. Likewise, there are''Star Force'' fans who dislike ''Battle Network,'' arguing that getting rid of the code system allowed for more fluid folder customization.
** There are often debates within some of the individual fanbases over which games in a given series are the best. The first half of the Battle Network series versus the second half (or [[VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork4RedSunAndBlueMoon Battle Network 4]] versus the rest of the Battle Network series), the first half of the X series versus the second half, the Classic debates over 8-bit graphics versus other graphic styles, etc.
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* DracoInLeatherPants:
** ''Classic'': Dr. Wily is sometimes treated as the real hero and superior scientist who would've fixed everything if Dr. Light hadn't shut him down out of jealousy. ''Mega Man 11'' bumped it up significantly when we saw Wily had altruistic motives with his Double Gear system. It doesn't change that he's still a spiteful, petty man whose decision was turned down out of safety and decided taking over the world was the better career choice.
** ''X'':
*** Vile. Fans like to pair him with X, forgetting that he loathes X in canon and tried to kill him. Repeatedly. Later though, ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' made Vile a playable character and changed the story to accommodate him as a NominalHero instead of completely evil (though he still hates X).
*** Dynamo, who admittedly has a cool design, a double-sided beam saber, and awesome boss music. Too bad fans forget that he tried to [[ColonyDrop drop a colony]] on the planet, was creepily subservient to [[BigBad Sigma]], tried to stop the heroes from saving the planet, and had a cheerily fun time doing it. Yet people like to write him as a lovable goofy prankster who ''joins the Hunter''s.
**''Legends'': The Bonnes. Granted, Capcom treats them as anti-heroes more than anything (Tron in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' is a great example) and they do have their standards ([[EvenEvilHasStandards they don't steal toilet paper nor appreciate wanton murder]]), but they're pirates, deep down. They invade random islands and destroy buildings, all for profit. And yet they're still the most well-liked villains in any Mega Man game.
** ''Classic'': Dr. Wily is sometimes treated as the real hero and superior scientist who would've fixed everything if Dr. Light hadn't shut him down out of jealousy. ''Mega Man 11'' bumped it up significantly when we saw Wily had altruistic motives with his Double Gear system. It doesn't change that he's still a spiteful, petty man whose decision was turned down out of safety and decided taking over the world was the better career choice.
** ''X'':
*** Vile. Fans like to pair him with X, forgetting that he loathes X in canon and tried to kill him. Repeatedly. Later though, ''VideoGame/MegaManMaverickHunterX'' made Vile a playable character and changed the story to accommodate him as a NominalHero instead of completely evil (though he still hates X).
*** Dynamo, who admittedly has a cool design, a double-sided beam saber, and awesome boss music. Too bad fans forget that he tried to [[ColonyDrop drop a colony]] on the planet, was creepily subservient to [[BigBad Sigma]], tried to stop the heroes from saving the planet, and had a cheerily fun time doing it. Yet people like to write him as a lovable goofy prankster who ''joins the Hunter''s.
**''Legends'': The Bonnes. Granted, Capcom treats them as anti-heroes more than anything (Tron in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'' is a great example) and they do have their standards ([[EvenEvilHasStandards they don't steal toilet paper nor appreciate wanton murder]]), but they're pirates, deep down. They invade random islands and destroy buildings, all for profit. And yet they're still the most well-liked villains in any Mega Man game.
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** ''Classic'': Dr. Light gets treatment as the real monster for pushing AI research and turning down Dr. Wily's Double Gear idea out of safety concerns. ''11'' didn't help matters when Light himself admits he should've been more accepting of Wily's ideas. The worst treat him as if everything in the series was his fault even though it relied on a variety of factors Light could never have predicted.
** ''X'': X himself is treated as a total wimp just because he's actually vocal about not liking to fight bad guys and wanting to live in peace with his temporary retirement in ''X7'' being a NeverLiveItDown bit in particular. This ignores the fact that X will get back up and fight to his last no matter what and remains TheHero throughout the entire series.
** ''Classic'': Dr. Light gets treatment as the real monster for pushing AI research and turning down Dr. Wily's Double Gear idea out of safety concerns. ''11'' didn't help matters when Light himself admits he should've been more accepting of Wily's ideas. The worst treat him as if everything in the series was his fault even though it relied on a variety of factors Light could never have predicted.
** ''X'': X himself is treated as a total wimp just because he's actually vocal about not liking to fight bad guys and wanting to live in peace with his temporary retirement in ''X7'' being a NeverLiveItDown bit in particular. This ignores the fact that X will get back up and fight to his last no matter what and remains TheHero throughout the entire series.
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* FanNickname:
** The Blue Bomber, used for every incarnation with the sole exception of Zero, who is sometimes called the Crimson Red Reploid (some artbooks and fanfics dub him the Red Ripper). Also Mr. Clean for Sigma, and the Wily Eyebrow Thing for Dr. Wily's unusual taunt. Zero's weird green chest lights are also called the Booblights.
** The Blue Bomber title was [[AscendedFanon actually used]] in commercials and ''Star Force 2''. It's also used as one of the achievements in ''9''.
** The earliest mentions of the "Blue Bomber" nickname come from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' back when it was still published directly by Creator/{{Nintendo}} (specifically, the seventh issue, with ''2'' on the cover). Thus, it's one of the very few instances where the FanNickname was created by a company instead of the fandom.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwPBWGrFaw And he's called]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the Blue Bomber]] because he's blue!
** In the same issue which introduced the Blue Bomber nickname, ''Nintendo Power'' tried another nickname as well: the Indigo Invader. That one hasn't stood the test of time as well.
** OVER-1 received many nicknames (most common being "Xover") before and after his official name was revealed; he's a bit of an odd case (by Mega Man standards) in that quite a few fans outright refuse to refer to him as OVER-1, for various reasons.
** The Blue Bomber, used for every incarnation with the sole exception of Zero, who is sometimes called the Crimson Red Reploid (some artbooks and fanfics dub him the Red Ripper). Also Mr. Clean for Sigma, and the Wily Eyebrow Thing for Dr. Wily's unusual taunt. Zero's weird green chest lights are also called the Booblights.
** The Blue Bomber title was [[AscendedFanon actually used]] in commercials and ''Star Force 2''. It's also used as one of the achievements in ''9''.
** The earliest mentions of the "Blue Bomber" nickname come from ''Magazine/NintendoPower'' back when it was still published directly by Creator/{{Nintendo}} (specifically, the seventh issue, with ''2'' on the cover). Thus, it's one of the very few instances where the FanNickname was created by a company instead of the fandom.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEwPBWGrFaw And he's called]] [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment the Blue Bomber]] because he's blue!
** In the same issue which introduced the Blue Bomber nickname, ''Nintendo Power'' tried another nickname as well: the Indigo Invader. That one hasn't stood the test of time as well.
** OVER-1 received many nicknames (most common being "Xover") before and after his official name was revealed; he's a bit of an odd case (by Mega Man standards) in that quite a few fans outright refuse to refer to him as OVER-1, for various reasons.
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* EstrogenBrigade: Surprisingly, the Mega Man franchise had a large female fanbase, probably because [[BadassAdorable Rock Light aka Classic Mega]] [[{{Moe}} Man is how cute and charming]] and as well as some of the other Mega Men other than X. YaoiFangirls are also drawn in by the sheer volume of shippable male characters.
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* EstrogenBrigade: Surprisingly, the Mega Man franchise had a large female fanbase, probably because of how cute and charming [[BadassAdorable Rock Light Light]] [[{{Moe}} aka Classic Mega]] [[{{Moe}} Man Mega Man]] is how cute and charming]] and as well as some of the other Mega Men other than X. YaoiFangirls are also drawn in by the sheer volume of shippable male characters.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: It's practically tradition for the second game in a series to be leaps and bounds better than the first, and successively improves. The exceptions to this rule are ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', which took until the third game for this to take effect, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', where the first is often considered better with the second game being considered on par with or slightly worse than it, and the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man Gameboy games]], where [[VideoGame/MegaManII the second game]] is arguably the weakest game in the whole Classic era while [[VideoGame/MegaManV the fifth one]] is most well-remembered for not entirely retreading old ground and is one of the few Gameboy titles that can actually stand alongside the NES titles.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: It's practically tradition for the second game in a series to be leaps and bounds better than the first, and successively improves. The exceptions to this rule are ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', which took until the third game for this to take effect, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', where the first is often considered better with the second game being considered on par with or slightly worse than it, and the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man Gameboy games]], where [[VideoGame/MegaManII the second game]] is arguably considered the weakest game in the whole Classic era while [[VideoGame/MegaManV the fifth one]] is most well-remembered for not entirely retreading old ground and is one of the few Gameboy titles that can actually stand alongside the NES titles.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: It's practically tradition for the second game in a series to be leaps and bounds better than the first, and successively improves. The exceptions to this rule are ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', which took until the third game for this to take effect, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', where the first is often considered better with the second installment being rather forgettable and only the third, fourth, fifth on the same level as the first, and the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man Gameboy games]], where [[VideoGame/MegaManII the second game]] is arguably the weakest game in the whole Classic era while [[VideoGame/MegaManV the fifth one]] is most well-remembered for not entirely retreading old ground and is one of the few Gameboy titles that can actually stand alongside the NES titles.
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* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: It's practically tradition for the second game in a series to be leaps and bounds better than the first, and successively improves. The exceptions to this rule are ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce'', which took until the third game for this to take effect, ''VideoGame/MegaManX'', where the first is often considered better with the second installment game being rather forgettable and only the third, fourth, fifth considered on the same level as the first, par with or slightly worse than it, and the [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Mega Man Gameboy games]], where [[VideoGame/MegaManII the second game]] is arguably the weakest game in the whole Classic era while [[VideoGame/MegaManV the fifth one]] is most well-remembered for not entirely retreading old ground and is one of the few Gameboy titles that can actually stand alongside the NES titles.
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** There's a surprising amount of overlap between the Mega Man fandom and ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'''s fandom. The most plausible explanation is that it's because of ''VideoGame/MegaMari''. (It may also be because both games are [[NintendoHard frequented by challenge-seekers]].)
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** There's a surprising amount of overlap between the Mega Man fandom and ''{{VideoGame/Touhou}}'''s ''Franchise/TouhouProject'''s fandom. The most plausible explanation is that it's because of ''VideoGame/MegaMari''. (It may also be because both games are [[NintendoHard frequented by challenge-seekers]].)
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* AntiClimaxBoss:
** Quick Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' is generally considered one of the more dangerous Robot Masters, as you could probably tell by his namesake. In this series, he is quickly defeated when Roll [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drops a bust on him]] at a museum.
** Elec Man gets [[CurbStompBattle stomped]] during every ActionHoggingOpening, as does Ice Man. Both can kill Mega Man in three hits in-game.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: The show's incarnation of Roll usually gets criticism for her weaponry being household equipment that is part of her job. She gets defense, however, for the fact that she is far more ambitious and proactive than Roll from the games, who usually stands in the sidelines and fights in ''Powered Up'' with a broom and flowers.
* BizarroEpisode: Despite the episodes being self-contained, "Curse of the Lion Men", "Master of Disaster", and "Night of the Living Monster Bots" are certainly...out there. Even worse is that all three of them aired back-to-back-to-back.
* BrokenBase: Fan reaction to the show is very varied. For some the show as a whole vary from good, SoOkayItsAverage, or SoBadItsGood. For others it depends from episode to episode. Generally-liked episodes include "The Beginning", "Bro Bots," and "Electric Nightmare", while [[BizarroEpisode "Curse of the Lion Men"]] is generally disliked.
* CantUnhearIt: In terms of voice acting, Scott Mcneil's epically hammy performance as Wily has caused many to view him as the definitive voice of the character. He's the sole reason people generally give Wily a German accent in fanworks.
* ClicheStorm: Quite a few plots are ones you've already seen before in other childrens' cartoons.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Despite minimal screentime (not even one minute combined), Pharaoh Man ended up as the most popular character in the cartoon for being competent, no-nonsense and [[MemeticBadass all-around badass]].
** Also Top Man for [[TookALevelInBadass taking a serious level in badass]] from his video game counterpart.
** And [[MemeticBadass KUNG-FU CUTMAN!]]
** Of the original characters, the cosmetics robot from "Electric Nightmare" is well-liked for her design and memorable battle with Roll.
** Tar, leader of the Lion Men, is fairly well-known outside the cartoon's fandom for the episode he appeared in being completely off-the-wall, as well as his design (especially when he's in a business suit).
* {{Fanon}}: Apart from Ruby-Spears Bass, one of the most popular pieces of fanon is Wily treating Proto like absolute crap. Sadly, it's not implausible.
* FandomSpecificPlot:
** Fans of the ''Mega Man'' cartoon show often have Proto Man leave Wily, usually by him creating Bass as a replacement. And then Bass isn't seen from again.
** Other common fic plots involve Wily treating Protoman terribly.
* FoeYay:
** Proto Man could get fairly possessive of his little brother...
** Elec Man's awkward [[PreAsskickingOneLiner pre-electrocuting one-liners]] to Mega tend to come off as this. To wit:
--> '''Elec Man''': "I get a real [[IncrediblyLamePun charge]] out of beating you, Mega Man!"
** In "Future Shock", Metal Man inexplicably refers to him as "Megababe." Granted, it was probably just to mock him, but still. This was sometime after he pinned Mega under a pipe, then leaned on it in preparation to slice his head off.
** On the girls' side of things, the cosmetics robot in "Electric Nightmare" seemed a little ''too'' eager to deal with Roll. She also disliked Mega Man intruding.
** Also Roll and Top Man which almost worked out for Wily [[spoiler: until Roll finds out the truth and curb stomps him.]]
* FountainOfMemes: This is probably one of the most quotable cartoons of the 90's.
* GrowingTheBeard: The episode "Bro Bots" is regarded as one of the better season 2 episodes, and even non-fans tend to like it for having Protoman in a heroic role before the ruse is revealed.
* HamAndCheese: Creator/ScottMcNeil as Dr. Wily.
* HarsherInHindsight: In "Robosaur Park", Mega Man and Roll are de-evolving into cavebots, and Dr. Light only has enough antidote for one of them. Roll says Mega should take it; he refuses at first, but she says he's the one with the best chance of stopping Wily. He agrees and takes it, and is able to save the day. In ''10'', a similar scene played out, [[TearJerker only sadder]]. It was even the tenth episode.
** In "Mega X", X takes a liking to Mega Man, saying he's the most optimistic robot he's ever met. When you remember what happens in the ''X'' series, and how Zero is X's only friend, it gets pretty sad.
** Everything about "The Big Shake" in lieu of the Japanese earthquake.
** "Mega-Pinocchio" has Mega Man lead a robot rebellion after having his mind tampered with. [[spoiler:The concept of a robot built by Dr. Light doing this later cropped up in the fangame [[VideoGame/MegaManRockForce Rock Force]], but [[AbsenteeActor without Wily being behind it]]]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** In "Showdown at Red Gulch", Wily uses energy from a meteor to power up his robots; soon it leaves them drained and weak, but Mega Man must use the meteor to match their newfound strength in the meantime. In ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', Wily uses evil energy from a meteor to power up his robots, and in ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' Wily's Double Gear system powers up his robots but takes a toll on their body, and Mega Man must match them by using it himself.
** In "Mega-Pinocchio", Wily decides to make Light a HeroWithBadPublicity so he reprograms his robots and sends them on a rampage, so Light is blamed for the attacks. In ''9'', he did essentially the same thing, though amplified by making himself a VillainWithGoodPublicity. Both scenarios even had a female reporter who was quick to blame Light for the misdeeds.
** In separate episodes, a Dracula-based robot and a quarterback robot appear, respectively, Shade Man has a vampire motif, much like Dracubot, while the quarterback robot bears a big resemblance to [=GridMan=].EXE from ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 5''. Strike Man from ''[=MM10=]'' could easily pass for the baseball equivalent of the aforementioned quarterbot.
** In "Ice Age", both Ice Man and Air Man [[ThatOneBoss will not die]]. They're finally defeated in the last 2 minutes after defeating Mega Man, Roll, and Rush in every other encounter.
** In "Mega X", Dr. Cain, rather than looking like his game self, looks like [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].
** In "Future Shock", Wily has taken over the city in a span of thirty years and exiled Light and Roll because Mega Man wasn't around to stop him. In Music/TheProtomen, Wily takes over the city and exiles Light in about thirty years because there isn't a Mega Man to stop him.
** In "Electric Nightmare", Mega Man stops an [[ItMakesSenseInContext out-of-control soda machine]] by kicking it. In ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'', kicking soda machines could get you free drinks and sometimes money.
** In "Future Shock", the robot police have wolf-like robo-dogs with a purple color scheme. This was before ''6'' and ''7'' came out, the latter of which had the first appearance of Treble, Bass's purple robot wolf.
** In "Mega Dreams", Proto Man refers to Wily as "Lord Wily" when they're in a medieval-related dream. In ''Battle Network'', Wily's counterpart is called Lord Wily.
** In "Electric Nightmare", Mega offers Roll a broom when she offers to go out fighting; she karate chops it in half rather than use it. In both ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' and ''[[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', classic Roll uses a broom as a weapon.
** "Robo-Spider" has a robot museum with figures of the heroes, Cut Man, Guts Man, and Proto Man. In ''Mega Man 7'', a robot museum was featured with the ''real'' Guts Man, who was then stolen by Wily.
** "Mega X" has Wily teaming up with Vile, and by proxy, Sigma. He teams up with Sigma definitively in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' and ''VideoGame/RockmanXover''.
** "Bad Day at Peril Park" involved Dr. Light being concerned that Dr. Wily had discovered some way to transform humans into robots. Many years later, the comic book version of Dr. Wily teamed up with [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Dr. Eggman]], a guy who had the technology to do just that.
** "The Day the Moon Fell" has Wily use a device he and Light collaborated on in college to cause mayhem. In ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' the Double Gear System Wily uses was something Wily and Light worked on in college.
** Proto Man's characterization in this series is eerily similar to that of Bass, a year before ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' was released.
** In "Ice Age", Dr Wily and his robots kidnap a scientist studying freeze technology, and force him to build an ice-making machine to freeze the whole city. When he asks what will happen if he refuses, [[DumbMuscle Guts Man]]'s response is, "Then we'll make a popsicle out of you!" '' VideoGame/MegaMan8'' would introduce [[AnIcePerson Frost Man]], a similarily dim-witted Robot Master who is [[MemeticMutation infamous]] for threatening Mega Man with this (in the English dub of the game, anyway).
* HoYay
** Guts Man and Cut Man pretend to be a couple in the mayor's nightmare.
** Mega Man and Brain Bot inexplicably ''share a bed''.
** Proto Man, while pretending to be a good guy, ''never freaking stops touching Mega Man.''
* IAmNotShazam: The amusement park in "Bad Day at Peril Park" is called Fun World, not Peril Park.
* JerkassWoobie
** Bomb Man and Cut Man considering how many times they are destroyed.
** The Robot Masters in "The Day the Moon Fell" come off as this, as even they think Wily's plan to bring the entire planet to the brink of a full-scale apocalypse is [[EvenEvilHasStandards completely bat-shit insane]]. Unfortunately, being Wily's robots, they're programmed to help him succeed and there's nothing they can do about it.
* LesYay: In "Bad Day At Peril Park" two human women are never seen apart and try on Fun World rings, go on rides together, get scared together with one of the women clinging to the other, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick get turned into robots together]], making it easy for fans to see them as a couple.
* MagnificentBastard: "Curse of the Lion Men": [[TheBeastmaster Tar]] is the leader of the Lion Men, [[WasOnceAMan former humans]] cursed to change others into lions with eye beams. When he's inadvertently freed by Dr. Wily, Tar seeks to continue his [[TakeOverTheWorld conquest of the world]] by turning the humans of Hawaii into lion creatures under his command. Seeing that his beams don't work on Mega Man and other robots, Tar forms an alliance with Wily before turning him and Dr. Light into lions and placing the Robot Masters and Roll under his control. Tar's plan to use aircrafts to spread the curse to the mainland is only narrowly foiled by an anti-curse device Light had built before being transformed, and he keeps Mega Man on the run for a majority of the episode.
* MemeticBadass:
** Pharaoh Man wears a [[BadassCape cape]] and punches Mega out of his PowerCopying. Well done, Pharaoh. If you search "Pharaoh Man" on Youtube, one of, if not the first videos, is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSJN5LgsE "Pharaoh Man is Awesome".]]
** "KUNG-FU CUTMAN" in all of his glory counts for this.
* MemeticLoser: Cutman. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZdEZSsIZIs Case in point]]. The villains were probably better off WITHOUT him!
* MemeticMolester: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgN6zVU7BzM Dr. Petto]], whose name is often misheard as "Dr. Pedo."
* MemeticMutation
** ''[[ScareChord DUN-DUUUUUN!]]'' "Guts Man!"
** Related to the above: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TBeX405bc GUTS MAN'S ASS!]]
** "Let's see how you do against...[[IKnowKarate KUNG-FU CUTMAN!!]]"
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc2jALi-FoE I'M GOING TO MAKE PAPER DOLLS OUT OF YOU!!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8RPO87vSc Oh no,]] [[PatrioticFervor he's gonna blast]] [[MonumentalDamage PRESIDENT]] [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln LINCOLN!]] (''[[SkewedPriorities leaps in front of Proto Man's beam]]'')
*** Fans calling Proto Man "John Wilkes Blues" in response to the above scene.
** [[FoeYay "Real Brother Relationship."]] Let's leave it at that. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w6i70ztZKY Come on.]] [[SchmuckBait It's not that bad.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKB1stuzrA I vill PULL DA MOON OUT OF ITS ORBIT!]]
** [[MrFanservice "I'm Top Man, but you can call me 'Toppy'."]]
** [[MemeticBadass Pharaoh Man don't give a fuck]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] When Mega Man takes the powers of other Robot Masters, most of them [[OhCrap immediately panic]] to the point where he can easily defeat them. When Mega Man catches Pharaoh Man by surprise and takes his power, rather than have the same reaction, Pharaoh Man [[CombatPragmatist simply decks Mega Man in the face]] while he's proclaiming "Now ''I've'' got your power!" This thoroughly establishes Pharaoh Man as a NoNonsenseNemesis when compared to other Robot Master enemies in the show.[[/labelnote]]
** Related to the above: "NOW ''I'VE'' GOT YOUR POWER!"
** Referring to Mega Man as a Super Fighting Robot.
** "HE'S GETTING MY POWERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS!" Made even more memetic by WebVideo/PeaTea64.
* MoralEventHorizon
** Wily was willing to move the moon out of its orbit, threatening the WORLD, ''to prove he was better than Dr. Light''. His ''robots'' questioned this; they went along with it, but they questioned this act as well. Later, even Proto Man was concerned about how close the moon is getting, pointing out that if he keeps this up there won't be much left of the world to take over. Wily's response was to laugh in his face and ask if he was getting nervous.
** In "The Big Shake", he created earthquakes to force cities to surrender...and threatened to ''destroy'' them if they didn't. Later in the episode, Wily discovered Light was working on a device to stop his earthquake machine. His response was to direct a maximum-powered earthquake directly at Light's lab in an attempt to kill them all. And after the deed was done, with Wily believing Mega, Roll, and Light dead? He stops celebrating in about two seconds and goes on to threaten the mayor.
** In "Bro Bots", his plan involving Proto Man as TheMole crosses the line. While Proto Man enacted the plan, it was Wily's idea, and when Proto Man gave a hint to Mega Man about the scrambler chip, Wily ordered Proto Man to destroy Mega Man.
* NarmCharm: In "Bro Bots" a lot of the lines are overacted at times, but how are you feeling by the time the episode ends? [[TearJerker Sad.]]
** Creator/ScottMcneil's performance as Dr Wily. It's hard not to love how cheesy it is because you can tell he had a blast with the role.
* OneSceneWonder: Many of the Robot Masters make only a brief appearance or two in a single episode and are never seen again, such as Fire Man, Stone Man, Crash Man, Pharaoh Man, and many others.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: If not for this cartoon, Top Man would only have been known as an easy boss with a ridiculous weapon to many fans.
* SoBadItsGood: The show itself verges into SoOkayItsAverage territory or being genuinely liked, but if there's a part of it the fans agree is laughably bad, it's all those puns that are being thrown to hell and back during fights.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Most of Wily's Robot Masters only make an appearance in one episode and are never seen or mentioned ever again. These guys stand out in particular:
** Crash Man is only shown destroying a skyscraper in "Mega-Pinocchio" [[TheUnfought and is the only one of Wily's robots that featured in the show and didn't fight Mega Man.]]
** Gemini Man in his one appearance is taken down so quickly that he fails to use his powers or really contribute to the episode as a whole.
** Pharaoh Man, who was incredibly competent compared to the other Robot Masters, only appears near the end of "Electric Nightmare", and could have served as a recurring, challenging enemy (alongside Proto Man). Crystal Man was also similarly competent, but at least he was featured in the entirety of his episode.
** Napalm Man, who only appeared for a brief second in the intro and never in an episode proper.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It's shown that Mega Man can ''[[StoryBreakerPower stack]]'' his powers in "Cold Steel", and [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the first episode demonstrates that Proto Man can]] [[PowerCopying steal powers too]]. Proto Man having [[AllYourPowersCombined a number of Robot Master powers]] to fight against Mega Man would have made for a potentially interesting episode. Amusingly, ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'' ''would'' feature a villain, Namagem, who stacks the abilities of the other Robot Masters, making him a deadly threat.
* VillainDecay: Wily really hits a low during "Curse of the Lion Men," where his attempt to team up with Tar backfires completely, and the Robot Masters are also much weaker than usual.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Some of the episodes were ''very'' well animated.
** The plasma shots are done very well, usually adding shading if there isn't any already.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "Curse of the Lion Men" and "Master of Disaster" are bizarre even by Saturday morning cartoon standards.
* TheWoobie:
** Mega Man in "Bro Bots" and "Mega-Pinocchio."
** Also Roll when she [[spoiler: finds out that Top Man has been using her and proceeds to knock him into next week.]]
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[[folder:Fan Film Version]]
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://hybridtwo.bandcamp.com/album/mega-man-ost Have fun.]]
** Particularly "Wily's Castle", a pumped version of ''2''[='s=] Wily 1-2 theme. Said scene also contains Mega Man [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome freefalling from the sky, taking out the castle's laser turrets]].
** There's also "Deep Blue" by Ladytron, a pumping electronic tune that kicks in when [[spoiler:Skull Castle first rises from the ground.]]
** And the song that plays soon afterwards. [[spoiler:(''whistle'')]]
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some people are a bit testy that Roll is being played by a bad actor, while others love her for being kind and supportive of her family.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Wily, having captured Roll, torments her about her creation, giving her existential crises and causing the poor girl to cry]].
** And then he [[spoiler:has Copy Mega Man throw her out of the Skull Fortress, which happens to be several miles above ground]].
* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the CG is surprisingly good, there are a couple of bad spots; namely Wily's rather unimpressive war pod and the extremely fake looking smoke coming from Ice Man's chest.
** There's also the crappy green screen effects and muted or non-present sound effects from time to time.
** The CG-generated Robot Masters were also a bit awkward in movements and rendering, despite the overall quality of the models.
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[[folder:Archie Comics]]
* AntiClimaxBoss: Whenever a game gets adapted, the Robot Masters and assorted major enemy robots really don't come across as major threats since Rock can defeat most of them within two pages, though this is something of a necessary evil due to having to compress six/eight Robot Masters and Dr. Wily's fortress of the week (with all the major enemies located within) within the span of four issues. It can be justified with the first arc, though, since Mega Man was made for combat while the Robot Masters were made for industrial use.
* ArcFatigue: The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' ended at issue 12. The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' started at issue 41. In between all of that was the introductory arc for the Emerald Spears, Proto Man's backstory, the Ra Moon arc based off of ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide crossover]] with ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' interrupting it, the conclusion of the Ra Moon arc, a set-up for the story of ''Mega Man 3'' that got interrupted with a story arc involving ''VideoGame/MegaManX,'' and then ''finally'' the story of ''Mega Man 3''. With [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite yet another crossover]] in between the ''3'' adaptation and the final few issues before the hiatus, you'd swear Ian Flynn was trying to hold off on writing the story for ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' if not for the fact that said final issues set it up.
* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Oil Man had originally gotten a lot of flak for his [[UncleTomfoolery original]] [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign design]], particularly his lips, which were even recolored from pink to yellow in the American release of ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''. So what does Archie do when they include him? Hide his lips behind a scarf.
** While the comic presented Dr. Lalinde as flawed but ultimately sympathized with her, readers did not forget that she intentionally destroyed Tempo's personality after an accident to stop herself feeling empathy towards her. Catching onto this, the writers later had her try to restore Tempo's personality, as well as revealed that Tempo's IC chip was damaged in the cave-in so it wasn't ''entirely'' Lalinde's fault.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan6,'' many questioned how nobody saw through Dr. Wily's PaperThinDisguise as [[spoiler: Mr. X]]. Here, we learn that [[spoiler: [[DecompositeCharacter Mr. X is a real person]]]], making the confusion in a potential ''Mega Man 6'' arc more justified, as well as explaining how [[spoiler: Dr. Wily was able to obtain a huge fortune and own a big company]].
* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Xander Payne, with some viewing him as a breath of fresh air while others think that he's an annoying CreatorsPet. [[spoiler: The fact that he's the one who became Mr. X does ''not'' help.]]
** Dr. Lalinde. Some see her as an interesting foil to Dr. Light and want to see more of her, while others think her erasing Tempo's emotions is horrible and agree with Blues when he says it's unforgivable.
** Dr. Light became this in later arcs, with some seeing him as a good, if flawed, parent to Mega Man and Roll while others see him as dangerously naive and self-righteous in how he treats the Robot Masters.
** Tempo/Quake Woman is either seen as an interesting character who adds depth to the series and has a good design, or a boring OC whose design clashes with other humanoid robots. Her EmotionlessGirl personality also tainted initial fan reactions, and when her personality was semi-restored debates sprang up over which one was better for her as a character.
* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Ra Moon]] is a [[AIIsACrapshoot sinister AI]] who crash-landed on Earth centuries ago with aspirations of control. Manipulating an ancient civilization into worshipping it--and even establishing bloody ritual sacrifice in its name--Ra Moon eventually tires of its slaves and decimates the entire civilization whilst sealing itself underground. Upon returning from dormancy in the present day and being found by Dr. Wily, Ra Moon placidly provides for Wily's conquests before betraying the doctor and revealing its intention to [[OmnicidalManiac scour the planet of both humans and robots alike]], unleashing a global {{EMP}} wave and causing [[BigBlackout worldwide catastrophe]]. Intending on powering up its wave to boil out the brains of any humans it hasn't already killed, Ra Moon's response to resistance is to turn Wily's own creation against him and order it to start maiming Dr. Wily before murdering him, and brainwashing every Robot Master that stands against it.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Agents Stern and Krantz, two badass OriginalCharacter police detectives (a grumpy CoolOldGuy and a quick-on-her-feet ReasonableAuthorityFigure respectively), have become rather popular with fans.
** Tempo/Quake Woman is popular with fans, some wishing she becomes a CanonImmigrant as Classic!Mega Man's love interest (mainly so the IncestSubtext between him and Roll can stop).
* GrowingTheBeard: The comic really starts coming into its own at the "Spiritus Ex Machina" story arc. The plot and pacing gets more nuanced, the comic starts exploring some darker themes, a more solid overall plot is set up, and several important characters are introduced.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Near the end of Issue #44, Mega Man comforts Spark Man by saying that Dr. Light will reprogram him and that he will be reunited with his brothers. Once he and his brothers ''do'' get reprogrammed five issues later, [[spoiler:half of them choose to be decommissioned. [[TheWoobie Poor Spark Man.]]]]
** Issue #53 has Guts Man mention how he'd like to be put up on display in the newly built Robot Museum once his time was up - a thought Mega Man finds distressing. Those who've played ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' will know this will not only come to pass, but Mega Man will have to battle Guts Man again.
* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Return of Dr. Wily" Arc, the mad roboticist starts claiming he's using technology "From Beyond the Stars" [[spoiler: and pretends to be an alien]]. Next arc, he discovers Ra Moon [[spoiler: which is alien technology]].
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Ra Moon crosses it by activating his worldwide EMP, the effects of which are more devastating than in ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman''.
** Doctor Wily has ''several'' moments that could be considered this in #45, but standout among them is [[spoiler: his conversation with Light about Blues]].
--->'''Doctor Light:''' "Break Man." [[spoiler:You think I don't recognize my own boy?]]\\
'''Doctor Wily:'''[[spoiler: He's ''mine'' now.]]
* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of an IC chip being the source of a Robot Master's personality may come off as a plot point invented by the comics, when in reality [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/2010/09/20/ask-me-3-the-final-lesson/ it was canon for the games]] as early as ''1994''. It was also referred to [[AllThereInTheManual in the Japanese manual]] as a "central core", though not elaborated on, since [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the very first game]].
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Auto is less annoying here and actually has some funny moments.
* TaintedByThePreview: The unveiling of the first original story arc (Spiritus Ex Machina) attracted negative reception for Dr. Light apparently dating Dr. Lalinde and the presence of OC scientists and Robot Masters. Thankfully, this got better as the issues came out.
* TooGoodToLast: A fantastic comic adaptation of the games while likewise giving some nice adaptational world building. Alas, this didn't translate to sales, the comic struggled with readership. Likely because, at the time, there wasn't any Mega Man games from Capcom in the interim to bring in new fans (unlike Sonic whose comic started at the height of his games' popularity and was kept afloat by a dedicated fanbase even during his slump after the 32X and Saturn failed in America) This likewise wasn't helped that this was during the era Capcom kept cancelling any potential Mega Man games that were being developed. Thus only dedicated fans only really read it, but it wasn't enough for Archie to warrant keeping it going. Despite attempts to save the comic, it ultimately went "on hiatus" in 2015 and the fanbase have pretty much accepted it won't be coming back (especially considering a plot point hinged on a certain character in the second crossover with Sonic. And since ''that'' series isn't with Archie anymore, welp...).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: An accidental case since the comic was abruptly canceled, but Vesper Woman added a cute, active little sister dynamic for Tempo and opened the door for more OC robots, but only appeared in the second-last issue.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Again, due to cancellation, the plotline for Mega Man 4 was shaping up to be a very interesting one as it likewise looked to be tying into the fifth game too (For one Mr. X ''isn't'' Wily but rather an aged Xander Payne that got thrown into the past following the ''Worlds Unite'' crossover who was forcing Wily to cooperate with him). But just as the story was getting off the ground, the "hiatus" order from Archie came down and pretty much nixed those plans. We're only just given a glimpse of the storyline in issue 20 (Rock of Ages) and final the issue in #55.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Madam Y is a [[http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah272/Waiwai/XY_zpsozofrews.png revamped version]] of a character from [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RockmanH2.jpg an obscure, but official, one-off alternate universe piece]].
* TheWoobie:
** Blues/Break Man/Proto Man. More so than most portrayals.
** [[spoiler: Needle Man]] falls into this in Issue #43.
** Ditto with [[spoiler: Spark Man]] in Issue #44.
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[[folder:Cartoon Series]]
* AntiClimaxBoss:
** Quick Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' is generally considered one of the more dangerous Robot Masters, as you could probably tell by his namesake. In this series, he is quickly defeated when Roll [[DroppedABridgeOnHim drops a bust on him]] at a museum.
** Elec Man gets [[CurbStompBattle stomped]] during every ActionHoggingOpening, as does Ice Man. Both can kill Mega Man in three hits in-game.
* BaseBreakingCharacter: The show's incarnation of Roll usually gets criticism for her weaponry being household equipment that is part of her job. She gets defense, however, for the fact that she is far more ambitious and proactive than Roll from the games, who usually stands in the sidelines and fights in ''Powered Up'' with a broom and flowers.
* BizarroEpisode: Despite the episodes being self-contained, "Curse of the Lion Men", "Master of Disaster", and "Night of the Living Monster Bots" are certainly...out there. Even worse is that all three of them aired back-to-back-to-back.
* BrokenBase: Fan reaction to the show is very varied. For some the show as a whole vary from good, SoOkayItsAverage, or SoBadItsGood. For others it depends from episode to episode. Generally-liked episodes include "The Beginning", "Bro Bots," and "Electric Nightmare", while [[BizarroEpisode "Curse of the Lion Men"]] is generally disliked.
* CantUnhearIt: In terms of voice acting, Scott Mcneil's epically hammy performance as Wily has caused many to view him as the definitive voice of the character. He's the sole reason people generally give Wily a German accent in fanworks.
* ClicheStorm: Quite a few plots are ones you've already seen before in other childrens' cartoons.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Despite minimal screentime (not even one minute combined), Pharaoh Man ended up as the most popular character in the cartoon for being competent, no-nonsense and [[MemeticBadass all-around badass]].
** Also Top Man for [[TookALevelInBadass taking a serious level in badass]] from his video game counterpart.
** And [[MemeticBadass KUNG-FU CUTMAN!]]
** Of the original characters, the cosmetics robot from "Electric Nightmare" is well-liked for her design and memorable battle with Roll.
** Tar, leader of the Lion Men, is fairly well-known outside the cartoon's fandom for the episode he appeared in being completely off-the-wall, as well as his design (especially when he's in a business suit).
* {{Fanon}}: Apart from Ruby-Spears Bass, one of the most popular pieces of fanon is Wily treating Proto like absolute crap. Sadly, it's not implausible.
* FandomSpecificPlot:
** Fans of the ''Mega Man'' cartoon show often have Proto Man leave Wily, usually by him creating Bass as a replacement. And then Bass isn't seen from again.
** Other common fic plots involve Wily treating Protoman terribly.
* FoeYay:
** Proto Man could get fairly possessive of his little brother...
** Elec Man's awkward [[PreAsskickingOneLiner pre-electrocuting one-liners]] to Mega tend to come off as this. To wit:
--> '''Elec Man''': "I get a real [[IncrediblyLamePun charge]] out of beating you, Mega Man!"
** In "Future Shock", Metal Man inexplicably refers to him as "Megababe." Granted, it was probably just to mock him, but still. This was sometime after he pinned Mega under a pipe, then leaned on it in preparation to slice his head off.
** On the girls' side of things, the cosmetics robot in "Electric Nightmare" seemed a little ''too'' eager to deal with Roll. She also disliked Mega Man intruding.
** Also Roll and Top Man which almost worked out for Wily [[spoiler: until Roll finds out the truth and curb stomps him.]]
* FountainOfMemes: This is probably one of the most quotable cartoons of the 90's.
* GrowingTheBeard: The episode "Bro Bots" is regarded as one of the better season 2 episodes, and even non-fans tend to like it for having Protoman in a heroic role before the ruse is revealed.
* HamAndCheese: Creator/ScottMcNeil as Dr. Wily.
* HarsherInHindsight: In "Robosaur Park", Mega Man and Roll are de-evolving into cavebots, and Dr. Light only has enough antidote for one of them. Roll says Mega should take it; he refuses at first, but she says he's the one with the best chance of stopping Wily. He agrees and takes it, and is able to save the day. In ''10'', a similar scene played out, [[TearJerker only sadder]]. It was even the tenth episode.
** In "Mega X", X takes a liking to Mega Man, saying he's the most optimistic robot he's ever met. When you remember what happens in the ''X'' series, and how Zero is X's only friend, it gets pretty sad.
** Everything about "The Big Shake" in lieu of the Japanese earthquake.
** "Mega-Pinocchio" has Mega Man lead a robot rebellion after having his mind tampered with. [[spoiler:The concept of a robot built by Dr. Light doing this later cropped up in the fangame [[VideoGame/MegaManRockForce Rock Force]], but [[AbsenteeActor without Wily being behind it]]]].
* HilariousInHindsight:
** In "Showdown at Red Gulch", Wily uses energy from a meteor to power up his robots; soon it leaves them drained and weak, but Mega Man must use the meteor to match their newfound strength in the meantime. In ''VideoGame/MegaMan8'', Wily uses evil energy from a meteor to power up his robots, and in ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' Wily's Double Gear system powers up his robots but takes a toll on their body, and Mega Man must match them by using it himself.
** In "Mega-Pinocchio", Wily decides to make Light a HeroWithBadPublicity so he reprograms his robots and sends them on a rampage, so Light is blamed for the attacks. In ''9'', he did essentially the same thing, though amplified by making himself a VillainWithGoodPublicity. Both scenarios even had a female reporter who was quick to blame Light for the misdeeds.
** In separate episodes, a Dracula-based robot and a quarterback robot appear, respectively, Shade Man has a vampire motif, much like Dracubot, while the quarterback robot bears a big resemblance to [=GridMan=].EXE from ''VideoGame/MegaManBattleNetwork 5''. Strike Man from ''[=MM10=]'' could easily pass for the baseball equivalent of the aforementioned quarterbot.
** In "Ice Age", both Ice Man and Air Man [[ThatOneBoss will not die]]. They're finally defeated in the last 2 minutes after defeating Mega Man, Roll, and Rush in every other encounter.
** In "Mega X", Dr. Cain, rather than looking like his game self, looks like [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]].
** In "Future Shock", Wily has taken over the city in a span of thirty years and exiled Light and Roll because Mega Man wasn't around to stop him. In Music/TheProtomen, Wily takes over the city and exiles Light in about thirty years because there isn't a Mega Man to stop him.
** In "Electric Nightmare", Mega Man stops an [[ItMakesSenseInContext out-of-control soda machine]] by kicking it. In ''VideoGame/MegaManLegends'', kicking soda machines could get you free drinks and sometimes money.
** In "Future Shock", the robot police have wolf-like robo-dogs with a purple color scheme. This was before ''6'' and ''7'' came out, the latter of which had the first appearance of Treble, Bass's purple robot wolf.
** In "Mega Dreams", Proto Man refers to Wily as "Lord Wily" when they're in a medieval-related dream. In ''Battle Network'', Wily's counterpart is called Lord Wily.
** In "Electric Nightmare", Mega offers Roll a broom when she offers to go out fighting; she karate chops it in half rather than use it. In both ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp'' and ''[[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom Tatsunoko vs. Capcom]]'', classic Roll uses a broom as a weapon.
** "Robo-Spider" has a robot museum with figures of the heroes, Cut Man, Guts Man, and Proto Man. In ''Mega Man 7'', a robot museum was featured with the ''real'' Guts Man, who was then stolen by Wily.
** "Mega X" has Wily teaming up with Vile, and by proxy, Sigma. He teams up with Sigma definitively in ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'' and ''VideoGame/RockmanXover''.
** "Bad Day at Peril Park" involved Dr. Light being concerned that Dr. Wily had discovered some way to transform humans into robots. Many years later, the comic book version of Dr. Wily teamed up with [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics Dr. Eggman]], a guy who had the technology to do just that.
** "The Day the Moon Fell" has Wily use a device he and Light collaborated on in college to cause mayhem. In ''VideoGame/MegaMan11'' the Double Gear System Wily uses was something Wily and Light worked on in college.
** Proto Man's characterization in this series is eerily similar to that of Bass, a year before ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' was released.
** In "Ice Age", Dr Wily and his robots kidnap a scientist studying freeze technology, and force him to build an ice-making machine to freeze the whole city. When he asks what will happen if he refuses, [[DumbMuscle Guts Man]]'s response is, "Then we'll make a popsicle out of you!" '' VideoGame/MegaMan8'' would introduce [[AnIcePerson Frost Man]], a similarily dim-witted Robot Master who is [[MemeticMutation infamous]] for threatening Mega Man with this (in the English dub of the game, anyway).
* HoYay
** Guts Man and Cut Man pretend to be a couple in the mayor's nightmare.
** Mega Man and Brain Bot inexplicably ''share a bed''.
** Proto Man, while pretending to be a good guy, ''never freaking stops touching Mega Man.''
* IAmNotShazam: The amusement park in "Bad Day at Peril Park" is called Fun World, not Peril Park.
* JerkassWoobie
** Bomb Man and Cut Man considering how many times they are destroyed.
** The Robot Masters in "The Day the Moon Fell" come off as this, as even they think Wily's plan to bring the entire planet to the brink of a full-scale apocalypse is [[EvenEvilHasStandards completely bat-shit insane]]. Unfortunately, being Wily's robots, they're programmed to help him succeed and there's nothing they can do about it.
* LesYay: In "Bad Day At Peril Park" two human women are never seen apart and try on Fun World rings, go on rides together, get scared together with one of the women clinging to the other, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick get turned into robots together]], making it easy for fans to see them as a couple.
* MagnificentBastard: "Curse of the Lion Men": [[TheBeastmaster Tar]] is the leader of the Lion Men, [[WasOnceAMan former humans]] cursed to change others into lions with eye beams. When he's inadvertently freed by Dr. Wily, Tar seeks to continue his [[TakeOverTheWorld conquest of the world]] by turning the humans of Hawaii into lion creatures under his command. Seeing that his beams don't work on Mega Man and other robots, Tar forms an alliance with Wily before turning him and Dr. Light into lions and placing the Robot Masters and Roll under his control. Tar's plan to use aircrafts to spread the curse to the mainland is only narrowly foiled by an anti-curse device Light had built before being transformed, and he keeps Mega Man on the run for a majority of the episode.
* MemeticBadass:
** Pharaoh Man wears a [[BadassCape cape]] and punches Mega out of his PowerCopying. Well done, Pharaoh. If you search "Pharaoh Man" on Youtube, one of, if not the first videos, is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7dSJN5LgsE "Pharaoh Man is Awesome".]]
** "KUNG-FU CUTMAN" in all of his glory counts for this.
* MemeticLoser: Cutman. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZdEZSsIZIs Case in point]]. The villains were probably better off WITHOUT him!
* MemeticMolester: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgN6zVU7BzM Dr. Petto]], whose name is often misheard as "Dr. Pedo."
* MemeticMutation
** ''[[ScareChord DUN-DUUUUUN!]]'' "Guts Man!"
** Related to the above: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5TBeX405bc GUTS MAN'S ASS!]]
** "Let's see how you do against...[[IKnowKarate KUNG-FU CUTMAN!!]]"
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc2jALi-FoE I'M GOING TO MAKE PAPER DOLLS OUT OF YOU!!]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI8RPO87vSc Oh no,]] [[PatrioticFervor he's gonna blast]] [[MonumentalDamage PRESIDENT]] [[UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln LINCOLN!]] (''[[SkewedPriorities leaps in front of Proto Man's beam]]'')
*** Fans calling Proto Man "John Wilkes Blues" in response to the above scene.
** [[FoeYay "Real Brother Relationship."]] Let's leave it at that. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w6i70ztZKY Come on.]] [[SchmuckBait It's not that bad.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfKB1stuzrA I vill PULL DA MOON OUT OF ITS ORBIT!]]
** [[MrFanservice "I'm Top Man, but you can call me 'Toppy'."]]
** [[MemeticBadass Pharaoh Man don't give a fuck]]. [[labelnote:Explanation]] When Mega Man takes the powers of other Robot Masters, most of them [[OhCrap immediately panic]] to the point where he can easily defeat them. When Mega Man catches Pharaoh Man by surprise and takes his power, rather than have the same reaction, Pharaoh Man [[CombatPragmatist simply decks Mega Man in the face]] while he's proclaiming "Now ''I've'' got your power!" This thoroughly establishes Pharaoh Man as a NoNonsenseNemesis when compared to other Robot Master enemies in the show.[[/labelnote]]
** Related to the above: "NOW ''I'VE'' GOT YOUR POWER!"
** Referring to Mega Man as a Super Fighting Robot.
** "HE'S GETTING MY POWERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSS!" Made even more memetic by WebVideo/PeaTea64.
* MoralEventHorizon
** Wily was willing to move the moon out of its orbit, threatening the WORLD, ''to prove he was better than Dr. Light''. His ''robots'' questioned this; they went along with it, but they questioned this act as well. Later, even Proto Man was concerned about how close the moon is getting, pointing out that if he keeps this up there won't be much left of the world to take over. Wily's response was to laugh in his face and ask if he was getting nervous.
** In "The Big Shake", he created earthquakes to force cities to surrender...and threatened to ''destroy'' them if they didn't. Later in the episode, Wily discovered Light was working on a device to stop his earthquake machine. His response was to direct a maximum-powered earthquake directly at Light's lab in an attempt to kill them all. And after the deed was done, with Wily believing Mega, Roll, and Light dead? He stops celebrating in about two seconds and goes on to threaten the mayor.
** In "Bro Bots", his plan involving Proto Man as TheMole crosses the line. While Proto Man enacted the plan, it was Wily's idea, and when Proto Man gave a hint to Mega Man about the scrambler chip, Wily ordered Proto Man to destroy Mega Man.
* NarmCharm: In "Bro Bots" a lot of the lines are overacted at times, but how are you feeling by the time the episode ends? [[TearJerker Sad.]]
** Creator/ScottMcneil's performance as Dr Wily. It's hard not to love how cheesy it is because you can tell he had a blast with the role.
* OneSceneWonder: Many of the Robot Masters make only a brief appearance or two in a single episode and are never seen again, such as Fire Man, Stone Man, Crash Man, Pharaoh Man, and many others.
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: If not for this cartoon, Top Man would only have been known as an easy boss with a ridiculous weapon to many fans.
* SoBadItsGood: The show itself verges into SoOkayItsAverage territory or being genuinely liked, but if there's a part of it the fans agree is laughably bad, it's all those puns that are being thrown to hell and back during fights.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Most of Wily's Robot Masters only make an appearance in one episode and are never seen or mentioned ever again. These guys stand out in particular:
** Crash Man is only shown destroying a skyscraper in "Mega-Pinocchio" [[TheUnfought and is the only one of Wily's robots that featured in the show and didn't fight Mega Man.]]
** Gemini Man in his one appearance is taken down so quickly that he fails to use his powers or really contribute to the episode as a whole.
** Pharaoh Man, who was incredibly competent compared to the other Robot Masters, only appears near the end of "Electric Nightmare", and could have served as a recurring, challenging enemy (alongside Proto Man). Crystal Man was also similarly competent, but at least he was featured in the entirety of his episode.
** Napalm Man, who only appeared for a brief second in the intro and never in an episode proper.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It's shown that Mega Man can ''[[StoryBreakerPower stack]]'' his powers in "Cold Steel", and [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the first episode demonstrates that Proto Man can]] [[PowerCopying steal powers too]]. Proto Man having [[AllYourPowersCombined a number of Robot Master powers]] to fight against Mega Man would have made for a potentially interesting episode. Amusingly, ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'' ''would'' feature a villain, Namagem, who stacks the abilities of the other Robot Masters, making him a deadly threat.
* VillainDecay: Wily really hits a low during "Curse of the Lion Men," where his attempt to team up with Tar backfires completely, and the Robot Masters are also much weaker than usual.
* SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome: Some of the episodes were ''very'' well animated.
** The plasma shots are done very well, usually adding shading if there isn't any already.
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: "Curse of the Lion Men" and "Master of Disaster" are bizarre even by Saturday morning cartoon standards.
* TheWoobie:
** Mega Man in "Bro Bots" and "Mega-Pinocchio."
** Also Roll when she [[spoiler: finds out that Top Man has been using her and proceeds to knock him into next week.]]
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://hybridtwo.bandcamp.com/album/mega-man-ost Have fun.]]
** Particularly "Wily's Castle", a pumped version of ''2''[='s=] Wily 1-2 theme. Said scene also contains Mega Man [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome freefalling from the sky, taking out the castle's laser turrets]].
** There's also "Deep Blue" by Ladytron, a pumping electronic tune that kicks in when [[spoiler:Skull Castle first rises from the ground.]]
** And the song that plays soon afterwards. [[spoiler:(''whistle'')]]
* BaseBreakingCharacter: Some people are a bit testy that Roll is being played by a bad actor, while others love her for being kind and supportive of her family.
* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Wily, having captured Roll, torments her about her creation, giving her existential crises and causing the poor girl to cry]].
** And then he [[spoiler:has Copy Mega Man throw her out of the Skull Fortress, which happens to be several miles above ground]].
* SpecialEffectsFailure: While most of the CG is surprisingly good, there are a couple of bad spots; namely Wily's rather unimpressive war pod and the extremely fake looking smoke coming from Ice Man's chest.
** There's also the crappy green screen effects and muted or non-present sound effects from time to time.
** The CG-generated Robot Masters were also a bit awkward in movements and rendering, despite the overall quality of the models.
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* AntiClimaxBoss: Whenever a game gets adapted, the Robot Masters and assorted major enemy robots really don't come across as major threats since Rock can defeat most of them within two pages, though this is something of a necessary evil due to having to compress six/eight Robot Masters and Dr. Wily's fortress of the week (with all the major enemies located within) within the span of four issues. It can be justified with the first arc, though, since Mega Man was made for combat while the Robot Masters were made for industrial use.
* ArcFatigue: The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' ended at issue 12. The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' started at issue 41. In between all of that was the introductory arc for the Emerald Spears, Proto Man's backstory, the Ra Moon arc based off of ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide crossover]] with ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' interrupting it, the conclusion of the Ra Moon arc, a set-up for the story of ''Mega Man 3'' that got interrupted with a story arc involving ''VideoGame/MegaManX,'' and then ''finally'' the story of ''Mega Man 3''. With [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite yet another crossover]] in between the ''3'' adaptation and the final few issues before the hiatus, you'd swear Ian Flynn was trying to hold off on writing the story for ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' if not for the fact that said final issues set it up.
* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** Oil Man had originally gotten a lot of flak for his [[UncleTomfoolery original]] [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign design]], particularly his lips, which were even recolored from pink to yellow in the American release of ''VideoGame/MegaManPoweredUp''. So what does Archie do when they include him? Hide his lips behind a scarf.
** While the comic presented Dr. Lalinde as flawed but ultimately sympathized with her, readers did not forget that she intentionally destroyed Tempo's personality after an accident to stop herself feeling empathy towards her. Catching onto this, the writers later had her try to restore Tempo's personality, as well as revealed that Tempo's IC chip was damaged in the cave-in so it wasn't ''entirely'' Lalinde's fault.
** In ''VideoGame/MegaMan6,'' many questioned how nobody saw through Dr. Wily's PaperThinDisguise as [[spoiler: Mr. X]]. Here, we learn that [[spoiler: [[DecompositeCharacter Mr. X is a real person]]]], making the confusion in a potential ''Mega Man 6'' arc more justified, as well as explaining how [[spoiler: Dr. Wily was able to obtain a huge fortune and own a big company]].
* BaseBreakingCharacter:
** Xander Payne, with some viewing him as a breath of fresh air while others think that he's an annoying CreatorsPet. [[spoiler: The fact that he's the one who became Mr. X does ''not'' help.]]
** Dr. Lalinde. Some see her as an interesting foil to Dr. Light and want to see more of her, while others think her erasing Tempo's emotions is horrible and agree with Blues when he says it's unforgivable.
** Dr. Light became this in later arcs, with some seeing him as a good, if flawed, parent to Mega Man and Roll while others see him as dangerously naive and self-righteous in how he treats the Robot Masters.
** Tempo/Quake Woman is either seen as an interesting character who adds depth to the series and has a good design, or a boring OC whose design clashes with other humanoid robots. Her EmotionlessGirl personality also tainted initial fan reactions, and when her personality was semi-restored debates sprang up over which one was better for her as a character.
* CompleteMonster: [[AliensAreBastards Ra Moon]] is a [[AIIsACrapshoot sinister AI]] who crash-landed on Earth centuries ago with aspirations of control. Manipulating an ancient civilization into worshipping it--and even establishing bloody ritual sacrifice in its name--Ra Moon eventually tires of its slaves and decimates the entire civilization whilst sealing itself underground. Upon returning from dormancy in the present day and being found by Dr. Wily, Ra Moon placidly provides for Wily's conquests before betraying the doctor and revealing its intention to [[OmnicidalManiac scour the planet of both humans and robots alike]], unleashing a global {{EMP}} wave and causing [[BigBlackout worldwide catastrophe]]. Intending on powering up its wave to boil out the brains of any humans it hasn't already killed, Ra Moon's response to resistance is to turn Wily's own creation against him and order it to start maiming Dr. Wily before murdering him, and brainwashing every Robot Master that stands against it.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Agents Stern and Krantz, two badass OriginalCharacter police detectives (a grumpy CoolOldGuy and a quick-on-her-feet ReasonableAuthorityFigure respectively), have become rather popular with fans.
** Tempo/Quake Woman is popular with fans, some wishing she becomes a CanonImmigrant as Classic!Mega Man's love interest (mainly so the IncestSubtext between him and Roll can stop).
* GrowingTheBeard: The comic really starts coming into its own at the "Spiritus Ex Machina" story arc. The plot and pacing gets more nuanced, the comic starts exploring some darker themes, a more solid overall plot is set up, and several important characters are introduced.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Near the end of Issue #44, Mega Man comforts Spark Man by saying that Dr. Light will reprogram him and that he will be reunited with his brothers. Once he and his brothers ''do'' get reprogrammed five issues later, [[spoiler:half of them choose to be decommissioned. [[TheWoobie Poor Spark Man.]]]]
** Issue #53 has Guts Man mention how he'd like to be put up on display in the newly built Robot Museum once his time was up - a thought Mega Man finds distressing. Those who've played ''VideoGame/MegaMan7'' will know this will not only come to pass, but Mega Man will have to battle Guts Man again.
* HilariousInHindsight: In "The Return of Dr. Wily" Arc, the mad roboticist starts claiming he's using technology "From Beyond the Stars" [[spoiler: and pretends to be an alien]]. Next arc, he discovers Ra Moon [[spoiler: which is alien technology]].
* MoralEventHorizon:
** Ra Moon crosses it by activating his worldwide EMP, the effects of which are more devastating than in ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman''.
** Doctor Wily has ''several'' moments that could be considered this in #45, but standout among them is [[spoiler: his conversation with Light about Blues]].
--->'''Doctor Light:''' "Break Man." [[spoiler:You think I don't recognize my own boy?]]\\
'''Doctor Wily:'''[[spoiler: He's ''mine'' now.]]
* OlderThanTheyThink: The concept of an IC chip being the source of a Robot Master's personality may come off as a plot point invented by the comics, when in reality [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/2010/09/20/ask-me-3-the-final-lesson/ it was canon for the games]] as early as ''1994''. It was also referred to [[AllThereInTheManual in the Japanese manual]] as a "central core", though not elaborated on, since [[VideoGame/MegaMan1 the very first game]].
* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: Auto is less annoying here and actually has some funny moments.
* TaintedByThePreview: The unveiling of the first original story arc (Spiritus Ex Machina) attracted negative reception for Dr. Light apparently dating Dr. Lalinde and the presence of OC scientists and Robot Masters. Thankfully, this got better as the issues came out.
* TooGoodToLast: A fantastic comic adaptation of the games while likewise giving some nice adaptational world building. Alas, this didn't translate to sales, the comic struggled with readership. Likely because, at the time, there wasn't any Mega Man games from Capcom in the interim to bring in new fans (unlike Sonic whose comic started at the height of his games' popularity and was kept afloat by a dedicated fanbase even during his slump after the 32X and Saturn failed in America) This likewise wasn't helped that this was during the era Capcom kept cancelling any potential Mega Man games that were being developed. Thus only dedicated fans only really read it, but it wasn't enough for Archie to warrant keeping it going. Despite attempts to save the comic, it ultimately went "on hiatus" in 2015 and the fanbase have pretty much accepted it won't be coming back (especially considering a plot point hinged on a certain character in the second crossover with Sonic. And since ''that'' series isn't with Archie anymore, welp...).
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: An accidental case since the comic was abruptly canceled, but Vesper Woman added a cute, active little sister dynamic for Tempo and opened the door for more OC robots, but only appeared in the second-last issue.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Again, due to cancellation, the plotline for Mega Man 4 was shaping up to be a very interesting one as it likewise looked to be tying into the fifth game too (For one Mr. X ''isn't'' Wily but rather an aged Xander Payne that got thrown into the past following the ''Worlds Unite'' crossover who was forcing Wily to cooperate with him). But just as the story was getting off the ground, the "hiatus" order from Archie came down and pretty much nixed those plans. We're only just given a glimpse of the storyline in issue 20 (Rock of Ages) and final the issue in #55.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Madam Y is a [[http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah272/Waiwai/XY_zpsozofrews.png revamped version]] of a character from [[http://kobun20.interordi.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/RockmanH2.jpg an obscure, but official, one-off alternate universe piece]].
* TheWoobie:
** Blues/Break Man/Proto Man. More so than most portrayals.
** [[spoiler: Needle Man]] falls into this in Issue #43.
** Ditto with [[spoiler: Spark Man]] in Issue #44.
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**Crash Man is only shown destroying a skyscraper in "Mega-Pinocchio" [[TheUnfought and is the only one of Wily's robots that featured in the show and didn't fight Mega Man.]]
**Gemini Man in his one appearance is taken down so quickly that he fails to use his powers or really contribute to the episode as awhole.whole.
**Pharaoh Man, who was incredibly competent compared to the other Robot Masters, only appears near the end of "Electric Nightmare", and could have served as a recurring, challenging enemy (alongside Proto Man). Crystal Man was also similarly competent, but at least he was featured in the entirety of his episode.
**Napalm Man, who only appeared for a brief second in the intro and never in an episode proper.
**Crash Man is only shown destroying a skyscraper in "Mega-Pinocchio" [[TheUnfought and is the only one of Wily's robots that featured in the show and didn't fight Mega Man.]]
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**Pharaoh Man, who was incredibly competent compared to the other Robot Masters, only appears near the end of "Electric Nightmare", and could have served as a recurring, challenging enemy (alongside Proto Man). Crystal Man was also similarly competent, but at least he was featured in the entirety of his episode.
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* MagnificentBastard: "Curse of the Lion Men": [[TheBeastmaster Tar]] is the leader of the Lion Men, [[WasOnceAMan former humans]] cursed to change others into lions with eye beams. When he's inadvertently freed by Dr. Wily, Tar seeks to continue his [[TakeOverTheWorld conquest of the world]] by turning the humans of Hawaii into lion creatures under his command. Seeing that his beams don't work on Mega Man and other robots, Tar forms an alliance with Wily before turning him and Dr. Light into lions and placing the Robot Masters and Roll under his control. Tar's plan to use aircrafts to spread the curse to the mainland is only narrowly foiled by an anti-curse device Light had built before being transformed, and he keeps Mega Man on the run for a majority of the episode.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Again, due to cancellation, the plotline for Mega Man 4 was shaping up to be a very interesting one as it was veering away from the games (For one Mr. X ''isn't'' Wily but rather an aged Xander Payne that got thrown into the past following the ''Worlds Unite'' crossover who was forcing Wily to cooperate with him). But just as the story was getting off the ground, the "hiatus" order from Archie came down and pretty much nixed those plans. We're only just given a glimpse of the storyline in issue 20 (Rock of Ages) and final the issue in #55.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Again, due to cancellation, the plotline for Mega Man 4 was shaping up to be a very interesting one as it was veering away from likewise looked to be tying into the games fifth game too (For one Mr. X ''isn't'' Wily but rather an aged Xander Payne that got thrown into the past following the ''Worlds Unite'' crossover who was forcing Wily to cooperate with him). But just as the story was getting off the ground, the "hiatus" order from Archie came down and pretty much nixed those plans. We're only just given a glimpse of the storyline in issue 20 (Rock of Ages) and final the issue in #55.
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* TooGoodToLast: A fantastic comic adaptation of the games while likewise giving some nice adaptational world building. Alas, this didn't translate to sales, the comic struggled with readership. Likely because, at the time, there wasn't any Mega Man games from Capcom in the interim to bring in new fans (unlike Sonic whose comic started at the height of his games' popularity and was kept afloat by a dedicated fanbase even during his slump after the 32X and Saturn failed in America) This likewise wasn't helped that this was during the era Capcom kept cancelling any potential Mega Man games that were being developed. Thus only dedicated fans only really read it, but it wasn't enough for Archie to warrant keeping it going. Despite attempts to save the comic, it ultimately went "on hiatus" in 2015 and the fanbase have pretty much accepted it won't be coming back (especially considering a plot point hinged on a certain character in the second crossover with Sonic. And since ''that'' series isn't with Archie anymore, welp...).
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** Fans of the ''Mega Man'' cartoon show often have Proto Man leave Wily, usually by him creating Bass as a replacement. And then Bass isn't seen from again.
** Other common fic plots involve Wily treating Protoman terribly.
** Fans of the ''Mega Man'' cartoon show often have Proto Man leave Wily, usually by him creating Bass as a replacement. And then Bass isn't seen from again.
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** [[MemeticBadass Pharaoh Man don't give a fuck]].[[labelnote:Explanation]]When Mega Man takes the powers of other Robot Masters, most of them [[OhCrap instantly get panicked]] to the point where he can easily defeat them. When Mega Man catches Pharaoh Man by surprise and takes his power, rather than have the same reaction, Pharaoh Man [[CombatPragmatist instead punches Mega Man]] while he's explaining that he took his power. This thoroughly establishes Pharaoh Man as a NoNonsenseNemesis when compared to other Robot Master enemies in the show.[[/labelnote]]
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: It's shown that Mega Man can ''[[StoryBreakerPower stack]]'' his powers in "Cold Steel", and [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness the first episode demonstrates that Proto Man can]] [[PowerCopying steal powers too]]. Proto Man having [[AllYourPowersCombined a number of Robot Master powers]] to fight against Mega Man would have made for a potentially interesting episode. Amusingly, ''WesternAnimation/MegaManFullyCharged'' ''would'' feature a villain, Namagem, who stacks the abilities of the other Robot Masters, making him a deadly threat.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: The Devil, across its many appearances, starting with the Yellow Devil in ''VideoGame/MegaMan1''. It's one of the most iconic designs in the franchise, and its general pattern and character is incredibly distinct, and it's almost always one of the hardest fights in its respective game (barring the Green Devil, anyway). It's also often reviled for many of its fights also being incredibly monotonous, due to its general design of "long period of dodging little pieces, then a weak spot appears for about one second to ensure you can get maybe one hit on him, then go back to dodging." It certainly doesn't help the debate that the boss's variants shows up in a ''lot'' of games.
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* BrokenBase: Fan reaction to the show is very varied. For some the show as a whole vary from good, SoOkItsAverage, or SoBadItsGood. For others it depends from episode to episode. Generally-liked episodes include "The Beginning", "Bro Bots," and "Electric Nightmare", while [[BizarroEpisode "Curse of the Lion Men"]] is generally disliked.
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* BrokenBase: Fan reaction to the show is very varied. For some the show as a whole vary from good, SoOkItsAverage, SoOkayItsAverage, or SoBadItsGood. For others it depends from episode to episode. Generally-liked episodes include "The Beginning", "Bro Bots," and "Electric Nightmare", while [[BizarroEpisode "Curse of the Lion Men"]] is generally disliked.
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** "Bad Day at Peril Park" involved Dr. Light being concerned that Dr. Wily had discovered some way to transform humans into robots. Many years later, the comic book version of Dr. Wily teamed up with [[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]], a guy who had the technology to do just that.
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* ArcFatigue: The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' ended at issue 12. The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' started at issue 41. In between all of that was the introductory arc for the Emerald Spears, Proto Man's backstory, the Ra Moon arc based off of ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide crossover]] with ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' interrupting it, the conclusion of the Ra Moon arc, a set-up for the story of ''Mega Man 3'' that got interrupted with a story arc involving ''VideoGame/MegaManX,'' and then ''finally'' the story of ''Mega Man 3''. With [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite yet another crossover]] in between the ''3'' adaptation and the final few issues before the hiatus, you'd swear Ian Flynn was trying to hold off on writing the story for ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' if not for the fact that said final issues set it up.
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* ArcFatigue: The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan2'' ended at issue 12. The arc adapting ''VideoGame/MegaMan3'' started at issue 41. In between all of that was the introductory arc for the Emerald Spears, Proto Man's backstory, the Ra Moon arc based off of ''VideoGame/SuperAdventureRockman'', the [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide crossover]] with ''ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog'' ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' interrupting it, the conclusion of the Ra Moon arc, a set-up for the story of ''Mega Man 3'' that got interrupted with a story arc involving ''VideoGame/MegaManX,'' and then ''finally'' the story of ''Mega Man 3''. With [[ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsUnite yet another crossover]] in between the ''3'' adaptation and the final few issues before the hiatus, you'd swear Ian Flynn was trying to hold off on writing the story for ''VideoGame/MegaMan4'' if not for the fact that said final issues set it up.
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** Creator/ScottMcneil's performance as Dr Wily. It's hard not to love how cheesy it is because you can tell he had a blast with the role.
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