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!!The animated series

* JerkassWoobie: Maxwell Madison, Jr. He's one of the bad guys, and pretty creepy as well, but it's still easy to feel sorry for him. When you consider that Rebecca raised him, you realize he has a valid FreudianExcuse if anyone does.

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Maxwell Madison, Jr. He's one of the bad guys, and pretty creepy as well, but it's still easy to feel sorry for him. When you consider that Rebecca raised him, you realize he has a valid FreudianExcuse if anyone does.



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** Graft is stuck in a FateWorseThanDeath as Rebecca Madison's errand boy, with no free will of his own. She has control over all his cybernetic parts, which basically means his entire body from the shoulders down. The 4th episode for example has her using her MechaMooks to torture him with the implication it happens regularly. He hates her, but he can't leave her either or he'll die.
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* JerkassWoobie: Mars comes across as a BloodKnight, but once the Phantom defeats him, he confesses that he only works for the villains because they were his last option - he lost his entire family while he was fighting a battle he didn't even want to fight.

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The animated series was a short runner, whereas the game is absurdly common and if you had a Genesis or SNES past the end of its lifespan you almost certainly have a copy.


* AdaptationDisplacement: There's a pretty large number of people who know about the Genesis and SNES game, but aren't even aware it was an animated series.



* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) video game for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.

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* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) a video game for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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* MoralEventHorizon: "The Gauntlet" reveals that Rebecca regularly has homeless people kidnapped for experiments, and that so far all of the abductees have died with the exception of Sparks's parents, who have been forcibly converted into wetware for Project Gauntlet. Sparks is forced to kill what's left of them to destroy the system and end their suffering.
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* JerkassWoobie: Maxwell Madison Jr. He's one of the bad guys, and pretty creepy as well, but it's still easy to feel sorry for him. When you consider that Rebecca raised him, you realize he has a valid FreudianExcuse if anyone does.
* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of season 2 is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been too good to last overall. ...At least it ''got'' a proper ending. That's a lot more than can be said for many other series that [[CutShort faced similar circumstances]].

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* JerkassWoobie: Maxwell Madison Madison, Jr. He's one of the bad guys, and pretty creepy as well, but it's still easy to feel sorry for him. When you consider that Rebecca raised him, you realize he has a valid FreudianExcuse if anyone does.does.
* {{Narm}}: Sparks asking, "Is the Phantom's dad really going to do the maximum terminate program?" Especially bad since the show almost never used NeverSayDie.

* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of season Season 2 is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], children]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling imminent]], causing them to scramble to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been too good to last overall. ...At overall, and at least it ''got'' a proper ending. That's a lot more than can be said for many other series that [[CutShort faced similar circumstances]].
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** The jetpack biots. God-flapjacks-dammit, they ''constantly'' and '''endlessly'' swarm you whenever you're in a map where biots are the local grunts. And they are, in 70% of the available maps!
** On a minor note, the mini drones. Unlike the example above, who flies in, fires either a single shot or a salvo, and then goes away, the mini drones will NOT let go of you until destroyed. To make things worse, their hitbox is as small as they are, which makes hitting them an exercise in frustration, and their color scheme blends in with a lot of the backgrounds available, so you'll probably won't notice one nearby you until they open fire. Luckily they're kind of a rare sight. They can also be defeated with Homing Missiles -- which can only be acquired by defeating the boss of Chapter 3, who uses ''three'' of those drones at all times to attack the player!
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.

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** The jetpack biots. God-flapjacks-dammit, they ''constantly'' and '''endlessly'' ''endlessly'' swarm you whenever you're in a map where biots are the local grunts. And they are, are in 70% of the available maps!
** On a minor note, the mini drones. Unlike the example above, who flies in, fires either a single shot or a salvo, and then goes away, the mini drones will NOT let go of you until destroyed. To make things worse, their hitbox is as small as they are, which makes hitting them an exercise in frustration, and their color scheme blends in with a lot of the backgrounds available, so you'll you probably won't notice one nearby you until they open fire. Luckily they're kind of a rare sight. They can also be defeated with Homing Missiles -- which can only be acquired by defeating the boss of Chapter 3, who uses ''three'' of those drones at all times to attack the player!
* SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame video game for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.

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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: SugarWiki/NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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** The jetpack biots. God-flapjacks-dammit, they ''constantly'' and '''endlessly'' swarm you whenever you're in a map where biots are the local grunts. And they are, in 70% of the available maps!
** On a minor note, the mini drones. Unlike the example above, who flies in, fires either a single shot or a salvo, and then goes away, the mini drones will NOT let go of you until destroyed. To make things worse, their hitbox is as small as they are, which makes hitting them an exercise in frustration, and their color scheme blends in with a lot of the backgrounds available, so you'll probably won't notice one nearby you until they open fire. Luckily they're kind of a rare sight. They can also be defeated with Homing Missiles -- which can only be acquired by defeating the boss of Chapter 3, who uses ''three'' of those drones at all times to attack the player!

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!!The animated series



* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.


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!!The game

* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.

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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure (partly due to being released very close to the launch of the next console generation) videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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Moved Tear Jerker example to its own new page, then deleted it.


* {{Tearjerker}}: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1066 So there's only one way Sparks can save his friends and free his parents.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1171 The quiet pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just heart-wrenching.]] ]]
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* Tearjerker: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1066 So there's only one way Sparks can save his friends and free his parents.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1171 The quiet pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just heart-wrenching.]] ]]

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* Tearjerker: {{Tearjerker}}: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1066 So there's only one way Sparks can save his friends and free his parents.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1171 The quiet pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just heart-wrenching.]] ]]
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* Tearjerker: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. So they beg their son to destroy them before Maximum Inc forces them to kill. Sparks eventually agrees, and tearfully blows up the computer, his parents materializing as holograms for one last goodbye before fading away. The pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just palpable.]]

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* Tearjerker: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1066 So they beg their son to destroy them before Maximum Inc forces them to kill. there's only one way Sparks eventually agrees, can save his friends and tearfully blows up the computer, free his parents materializing as holograms for one last goodbye before fading away. parents.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=S4m52skuwPs#t=1171 The quiet pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just palpable.heart-wrenching.]] ]]
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* Tearjerker: Part of kid sidekick's Sparks reason for hanging around with the Phantom was to find out what happened to his parents, who were both abducted by Maximum Inc. Eventually, Sparks finds them in episode 12: The Gauntlet. And it is ''heartbreaking''. [[spoiler: Maximum Inc. had murdered his parents and downloaded their minds into a super computer to act as the defense system for the Cyberville City project. Sparks, the Phantom and Guran to infiltrate the city, with Sparks finding the computer containing his folks mentalities, only for the defenses to begin trying to kill the Phantom and Guran. Since the system automatically reacts to anything the parents perceive even might be a threat, the parents can't intentionally save the heroes. So they beg their son to destroy them before Maximum Inc forces them to kill. Sparks eventually agrees, and tearfully blows up the computer, his parents materializing as holograms for one last goodbye before fading away. The pain Sparks' voice actor conveys is just palpable.]]
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Please present all Complete Monster candidates in this thread.


* CompleteMonster: Rebecca Madison, naturally enough, given that she plans to exterminate some 90 percent of all human life, with the remaining 10 percent being safe and sound inside her Cyberville citadel (and consisting of those she personally chooses to live inside Cyberville). There's also the matter of [[spoiler:[[FateWorseThanDeath what she did to Danny's parents]]]] and TheReveal in the final episode that [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon she orchestrated the Sector Zero crash and set up the Phantom to attack her own husband under the false impression that Max Sr. had placed poison in the tanks at the station, when in fact Rebecca was the one who did it beforehand]]]].
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* NoProblemWithLicensedGames: This series got an even more obscure videogame for the SNES and Sega Genesis. It's a Metroidvania shooter with plenty of weapons, with emphasis on the use of a GrapplingHookPistol. There's a lot of areas and subareas to explore, and a branching plot with MultipleEndings. A great but obscure game for both systems. Even if you don't know the series, you owe it to yourself to try it.
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too good to last cleanup


* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of season 2 is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been TooGoodToLast overall.
** At least it ''got'' a proper ending. That's a lot more than can be said for many other series that [[CutShort faced similar circumstances]].

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* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of season 2 is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been TooGoodToLast overall.
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too good to last overall. ...At least it ''got'' a proper ending. That's a lot more than can be said for many other series that [[CutShort faced similar circumstances]].
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* JerkassWoobie: Maxwell Madison Jr. He's one of the bad guys, and pretty creepy as well, but it's still easy to feel sorry for him. When you consider that Rebecca raised him, you realize he has a valid FreudianExcuse if anyone does.
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* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of the second season is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been TooGoodToLast overall.

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* SeasonalRot: In what is possibly one of the quickest onsets of this trope ever, the latter half of the second season 2 is noticeably more episodic and less well-written than the rest of the series. The series finale in particular feels rushed and incomplete. This was caused initially by ExecutiveMeddling trying to make the show more [[AnimationAgeGhetto accessible to kids]], then by the show's production staff learning that [[CutShort cancellation was imminent]] and scrambling to give the series a proper ending. Despite this, many still consider the series to have been TooGoodToLast overall.
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* CompleteMonster: Rebecca Madison, naturally enough, given that she plans to exterminate some 90 percent of all human life, with the remaining 10 percent being safe and sound inside her Cyberville citadel (and consisting of those she personally chooses to live inside Cyberville). There's also the matter of [[spoiler:[[FateWorseThanDeath what she did to Danny's parents]]]] and TheReveal in the final episode that [[spoiler:[[MoralEventHorizon she orchestrated the Sector Zero crash and set up the Phantom to attack her own husband under the false impression that Max Sr. had placed poison in the tanks at the station, when in fact Rebecca was the one who did it beforehand]]]].
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* CharacterDerailment: Graft went through a serious case of MotiveDecay about halfway through the second season, going from an injured war hero-turned-unwilling villain with a conscience to a one-dimensional goon. This was reportedly due to ExecutiveMeddling, which caused the show's production budget to be slashed, the stories and characters to be [[strike:[[ViewersAreMorons dumbed down]]]] made [[AnimationAgeGhetto more kid-friendly]], and voice actor RonPerlman to be replaced with Richard Lynch.

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