Mega Man X | Main Character Index
Heroes (X | Zero) | Villains (Sigma | True mastermind) | Maverick Bosses | Cast
Heroes (X | Zero) | Villains (Sigma | True mastermind) | Maverick Bosses | Cast
The supporting cast of the Mega Man X series.
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Dr. Thomas Light
Voiced by: Youichi Sasayama (JP, X8), Tomohisa Aso (JP, MHX), Randall Weibe (EN, X8), Michael Mislove (EN, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite)
The original Techno Wizard, and the "father" of Mega Man X. In the year 20XX (later in the 21st century), Dr. Light began working on his masterpiece. However, he knew that he would not live long enough to fully test X's potential, so he had X sealed in a capsule on September 18, 20XX, not to be awakened for thirty years.For tropes regarding his living human appearances, see here.
- Big Good: He keeps pretty busy for a dead guy. He seems to anticipate every obstacle the future will face.
- Brain Uploading: There's a theory that Light made the holograms (or is it just a hologram?) this way...
- It's almost impossible for it to be anything else, as in X5, he specifically refers to Alia. Sure, he could know about Zero from the past, maybe, but Alia?
- It's further implied if Zero is the one who finds the capsules meant for X in some games. Dr. Light will tell Zero that he can't design any upgrades for him since he doesn't know Zero's specs. Either the hologram was Crazy-Prepared with a pre-recorded line in the event that Zero specifically showed up, or there's an intelligence behind it that can actually react to its surroundings.
- The Archie Comic implies that Light became a cyber-elf, bearing the same rainbow halos as cyber elf X when aiding him, Zero, and Axl in a battle against Omega and Dr. Weil.
- Crazy-Prepared: Not only does he design no less than eleven different armor sets in the event that the world might need X to step up to the plate as a defender of mankind, he designed armor for Zero in Xtreme 2 and Rockman X Mega Mission. Bear in mind, if he even knew of Zero's existence when he was alive, he'd only know him as Wily's magnum opus.
- Didn't See That Coming:
- While he prepared capsules ready for X to use well and far in advance, and even prepped himself for a digital copy of a sentient AI in helping protect the world further, Light still made one crucial miscalculation for X: he didn't think someone would liberally copy X's design without any of the testing or refinements that ultimately became the Reploids. Dr. Cain may have fulfilled and helped continue Light's dream for man and machine to come together, but ultimately this oversight by both doctors becomes downright apocalyptic for the future of Earth.
- He also had no idea that Wily would create what would become the Maverick Virus behind his back, specifically intended for both containing Zero from going into a mindless berserker, and for messing with Light's designs as a counter to the X project. X himself would get enough of an inherent, adaptable viral protection system that the ensuing Maverick Virus (and Sigma and Zero variants) would only hurt him at best; the resulting Reploidkind from Dr. Cain's imperfect recreations would proceed to completely lack how in-depth this system was, and one fateful encounter between Zero and Sigma subsequently resulted in the birth of the viral Mavericks.
- Didn't Think This Through: Mega Man X was, and to a degree for a very long time, is the pinnacle of robot design, to the point that the Reploids made from recreating him still pale in comparison and near-universally lacked his infinite potential. The problem stems from Light either expiring before he published X's schematics or intentionally making sure they never were found. Because Dr. Cain couldn't perfectly recreate X, this led to the birth of the Mavericks in hardware and computing errors, which created a destructive snowball of circumstance after circumstance overall. It would take until another century before Mega Man X was faithfully recreated by Ciel.. and that came with a whole new host of problems.
- Energy Being: Depending on your interpretation of the capsules.
- Fling a Light into the Future: He created X in hopes that he would help create a world of peace. In a way, he did, but it took many hundreds of years, and Dr. Wily's last creation is just as responsible as Light's (though another of Dr. Wily's creations helped bring it to its knees in the first place).
- Inexplicable Treasure Chests: How did he hide all those upgrade capsules? X6 lampshades this; the first time you open a capsule, the hologram wonders how terrible a state the world must be in if you've had to open so many of his capsules.
- Incurable Cough of Death: His voice recording inside X's sealing capsule in the ending video of Maverick Hunter X. The good doctor has gotten old and his time was about to come at the time of recording.
- Internal Retcon: X5's bad ending: He repairs X, but erases his memories of Zero and installs a program to prevent X from having those memories replaced or recreated.
- Just Think of the Potential!: Dr. Light, seeing that the "X" stands for a variable that represents unlimited potential, and thus, a connotation of danger, averts this trope by sealing him in a capsule for 30 years for morality testing to assure that he'll do what's right (or alternately because The World Is Not Ready to accept him as a living, sapient being on par with humans). Dr. Cain, on the other hand...
- Late-Arrival Spoiler: For those who'd been playing along as the series released, the sudden reveal in X5 that Dr. Light's "hologram" was actually a sapient AI the whole time was a pretty stunning revelation — but as of his inclusion in the story of Marvel vs Capcom Infinite, Capcom has given away that twist to the general public.
- Light Is Good: He has his trademark white coat and is a big good in the series.
- Meaningful Name: He is now a Energy Being.
- Not Quite Dead: At the very least, he's alive enough to have conversations in X5, and repair a critically damaged X at the end...
- Posthumous Character: Dr. Light the human is dead by the time the X series begins. The Dr. Light we see in this series is an AI copy.
- Reed Richards Is Useless: While Doctor Light created X and his endless capabilities, the humans of the future couldn't fully replicate his design, nor did they bother to put their reploids under a special mental-stability diagnostic like X had been. The result was a race of intelligent free-thinking androids that weren't completely stable, causing endless wars.
- Spirit Advisor: Again, it's up for conjecture, but he fits the bill in the narrative sense. The crackling blue holograms are a nod to Ben Kenobi's force ghost.
- Techno Wizard: He is more or less omnipotent with his technology.
Members of the Maverick Hunters
Dr. Cain
Voiced by: Tadashi Miyazawa (JP), Michael Sheperd (EN)
An Archeobotanist who discovered X and used his design to produce Reploids, robots able to think for themselves. When they started going Maverick, he helped to form the Maverick Hunters. He appeared in X2 and X3 and was mentioned in the backstory for X1 and X4, but disappeared from the series after that.- The Atoner: To a small degree, at least, compared to Zero. He was a painful subversion: every attempt he makes to rectify that mistake, only made things worse: Repliforce, Dr. Doppler, and especially Sigma. At least making Signas the leader of the Hunters wasn't a bad move.
- Big Good: For the first four games.
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: His role diminishes over the course of the series. His most pronounced and significant appearance was only in X2, where he's the one who (canonically) resurrected Zero from the parts X reclaimed from the X Hunters.
- Death by Adaptation: In The Day of Sigma OVA.
- Name of Cain: In the OVA Day of Sigma, this is reinforced by the city attacked by Sigma's missile attack being called
Abel City. - Never Found the Body: Despite The Day of Sigma OVA apparently killing him, there was nothing else to confirm it, and due to originally being shown as alive some time after this was supposed to happen, it's unclear what his fate would have been had the Maverick Hunter X continuity continued.
- Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Despite his field of study being old weeds, Cain could still reverse engineer X's design to create Reploids. This reverse engineering was physically sound, but he then subverts this trope when he neglects Light's warning about morally testing the new reploids.
- Retcon: The OVA and Maverick Hunter X continuity seems to kill him off three games too early.
- Schrödinger's Cast: Due to his indeterminate fate in the Maverick Hunter X reboot.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: His laboratory and modus operandi are identical to Dr. Light's role in the classic 8-bit games. His personal relationship with the Reploid leader, Sigma, mirrors the good doctor's falling out with Albert Wily.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Cain had good intentions in creating the Reploids from X's design, but not being skilled enough to recreate him 100% and not doing the morality testing resulted in the Mavericks. He then created Sigma to lead the Maverick Hunters, only for the virus in Zero to turn Sigma into humanity's biggest threat in the franchise history. And just for extra measure, his formation of the Repliforce for military police work to take stress off the Maverick Hunters also backfired into a full-on war and genocide of all of Repliforce. The long-term results of his hasty actions resulted in near extinction for all life on Earth.
Middy
- Cain and Abel: The abel to Techno’s Cain.
- Evil Counterpart: Techno is one of him.
- Can't Live Without You: When Techno is killed Middy also dies.
Double
Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Jeremy Felton (EN)
Introduced as a rookie Hunter in X4, this little fat yellow Reploid acts as X's Mission Control and seems bumbling and harmless. Nevertheless he's loyal to X, assisting him in any way he can.More information here.
Signas
Voiced by: Hirotaka Suzuoki (JP), Robert Belgrade (EN, X7), Roger Rhodes (EN, X8)
After the head of the Maverick Hunters (presumably Dr. Cain) resigned after the Repliforce incident, this Reploid was chosen as a successor due to his qualified specs. He was introduced in X5 and has remained in place since, but he was only mentioned in the manual to Mega Man X: Command Mission.- All There in the Manual: Was apparently a private investigator before joining the Maverick Hunters.
- Big Good: The leader of the Maverick Hunters.
- Commissar Cap: Not quite as blatant as Colonel's, but...
- Continuity Cameo: Blink and you'll miss it, but he briefly appears in The Day of Sigma.
- Demoted to Extra: Not that he actually had a large role to begin with, but, in X8, his only appearance is at the end of each mission to congratulate the heroes. That's it.
- Foil:
- He's remarkably similar, appearance-wise, to Colonel, but his approach to situations is very much reason before honor.
- He also serves as one to the once-Commander Sigma, both having a similar name and physique, yet while Sigma was a combat reploid who took the field as often as he liked, Signas keeps to HQ to delegate and support.
- Large and in Charge: The former commander, Sigma, was a tremendous reploid of a huge Heroic Build, and Signas is every bit the same. It's worth noting that, in his apparent cameo in The Day of Sigma, he was much more of a humanlike scale comparable to X, indicating he may have been remodeled to invoke this.
- Power Crystal: Seven of them, apparently meant to convey his importance.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Signas displays right out of the gate that he's a competent and reliable leader. Despite being flung into the feud between two ancient robots and an immortal malevolent virus, he quickly becomes a figure they trust to give them directive.
- Retired Badass: It's hard to say if Signas can put up a fight these days, as he seems to spend all hours at his chair anymore, but again, he was a private investigator under the Maverick Hunters before being made Commander. By definition he had to have been good in holding his own.
- The Strategist: He plans out the strategies to his team.
- Supporting Leader: He is the commander of the Maverick Hunters, but X and Zero (and later Axl) are the main heroes of the story.
Alia
Voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (JP), Rumiko Varnes (EN, X7), Mariette Sluyter (EN, X8)
A navigator who appeared in X5 and has appeared in every game since (not including Command Mission). Her role in the game is generally to point out that spikes hurt and to pause the game at inopportune moments to tell you so. She gained more plot relevance in X6, where her backstory was expanded and tied up with Gate's Start of Darkness. Unlike the rest of the cast, her upgrade in X8 was very well-received among the fans.- Action Girl: Once unlocked in X8, she can kick as much ass as X does.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: She shows up in the X1 novelization.
- Always Someone Better: Played oddly with Gate, as each considers the other to be the greater of the two.
- Arm Cannon: Has a buster much like X.
- The Atoner: For her involvement in Gate's Start of Darkness.
- Badass Bookworm: She was a researcher in Reploid engineering before joining the Maverick Hunters, then became a Maverick Hunter as a bonus character in X8. Even as a scientist, Mega Man X6 implies she was combat-proficient, since she was responsible for "retiring" several of the Nightmare Investigators before their revival such as Blizzard Wolfang (though that one she implies was a sneak attack he didn't see coming) and Ground Scaravich.
- Breakout Character: A modest example in that Alia started to get more focus in merchandise and promos years after her redesign in X8, in anticipation for the series' collection in 2018 Alia was prominently shown alongside X, Zero and Axl as if her importance suddenly soared to be on their level.
- Call-Forward: The ending of X6 implies she at least started the project that created the Cyber-Elves, while resembling the descendant of said genius behind the project.
- The Cameo: Appears briefly in Zero's Tatsunoko vs. Capcom ending, and in the field with X and Axl no less, suggesting that she kept her level in badass.
- Chekhov's Gunman: First introduced as a simple Navigator in X5. One game later, however, the motivations of one-time Big Bad Gate is caused directly by that "simple" navigator. Oh, and there's a theory that they were even actually romantically involved...
- Distaff Counterpart:
- Can be unlocked as a playable character with the same play style as X...but without the armor upgrades.
- According to Dr. Cain in the X1 novelization, Alia also seems to be one to Zero, with her blonde hair, "red body bathed in pink", her stout personality and strong sense of justice.
- Exposition Fairy: Especially in Mega Man X5 Alia is giving the player instructions. From X6 onwards, at least the majority of her comments are optional.
- Fanservice Pack: Her X8 redesign compared to her old design
◊ from X5-X7 can only be explained as this. She also loses her ponytail for the second time since her researcher days. - Gadgeteer Genius: Alia has a background as a Reploid researcher before joining the Maverick Hunters, and despite her self-deprecation is easily on par with former colleague Gate. She's even on the record as having reverse engineered and recreated X's armors from X4 and X5 for the following game (albeit with some downgrades) — in other words, she can analyze and reproduce Dr. Light's technology. Almost no one else in canon has been able to do this.note
- Hartman Hips: Even before the "upgrade".
- I Will Wait for You: Not as pronounced as, say, Ciel to Zero, but a conversation in X6 provokes this trope with X.
- Jack of All Stats: In X8, she handles both enemy and stage strategies but not as much as Layer or Palette, respectively. As a playable character, she's the well-rounded character just like X.
- Mission Control: She provides hints and strategies to the Maverick Hunters during missions as their Voice with an Internet Connection.
- Out of Focus: X6 focused much of the plot on Alia, with a personal relationship with Gate and even had history with two of the Nightmare Investigators. Her feelings towards X in particular seemed to deepen beyond professional curtesy, with hints that they aren't one sided. She even appears in the beginning and his endings to show how close they are. X7 dials it back significantly and features her largely in the same role as X5, though she retains her role as X's second closest ally after Zero onward.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her armor parts are composed mainly of this color.
- Promoted to Playable: Mission control since X5, became a playable character in X8.
- Secret Character: Unlockable in X8.
- Secret-Keeper: As the Maverick Hunters' Navigator in X5 and directly involving herself in the developments of X6, Alia is the only one besides X who definitivelynote knows Zero's origin as the source of the Maverick Virus.
- Ship Tease: With Gate in her flashback sequence in X6. There's also a bit between her and X in the present, although far more subtle than Zero and his many admirers.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: She's the X equivalent of Roll, as she is a Gadgeteer Genius female navigator that helps the heroes from behind the scenes.
- Took a Level in Badass: Became playable — instant action girl and all the appeal that comes with it!
- You Remind Me of X: According to the X1 novelization, Alia reminds Dr. Cain of Zero.
Douglas (Doglas)
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (JP)
This green Reploid was introduced in X5 as the head of the Hunters' research and development department; working to repair the Enigma cannon (and later probably the Space Shuttle) in order to stop the descent of Eurasia, as well as installing parts for X and Zero. He reprises this role for X6, before dropping out of the limelight.- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Post-X6 he doesn't appear at all.
- The Engineer: The Maverick Hunter's mechanic.
- Expy: The mechanic that assists this generation's Mega Man, in other words, X's Auto. He also resembles Double in his disguised form, except unlike him, Douglas is not a traitor.
Lifesaver
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Made only one appearance in the series. Mega Man X5
- Meaningful Name: His name refers to his role as a medic.
- The Medic: He specializes on developing vaccines to fight viruses.
- Properly Paranoid: During X5, he became suspicious of the virus readings found in Zero since it didn't have an effect on him. Depending on how the story unfolds, turns out he was right about it Zero and the virus he carries.
- Shoo Out the New Guy: His only appearance was in X5, possibly due to being The Scrappy for instigating the fight between X and Zero.
- Single-Minded Twins: Judging from his appearance in the penultimate stage (if playing as Zero), there are at least two of him, and they seem to be on the same wavelength. This isn't clarified in other material, but it's possible that Lifesaver was meant to be a mass-produced, generic robot.
- The Stool Pigeon: Of the Disgruntled Daria subtype.
Layer
Voiced by: Sonoko Kawata (JP), Meredith Taylor-Parry (EN)
A new navigator introduced in X8. She has been trained in Reploid and Mechaniloid development, which helps her analyzing enemy and boss strategies, as well as determining a boss' weakness.- Action Girl: After unlocking her.
- Cool Sword: She wields a rapier in battle.
- D-Cup Distress: X DiVE reveals Layer isn't too comfortable with her large bust, she is especially embarrassed with how much they bounce.
- Distaff Counterpart: Can be unlocked as a playable character with the same play style as Zero.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: This line from Bamboo Pandamonium's stage."Just hearing the words "space rocket" is so nostalgic. How romantic...Oh...Sorry. Anyway, don't worry. I'll navigate properly."
- Enemy Scan: Her Mission Control specialty.
- Graceful Ladies Like Purple: Her armor parts and her hair.
- Hopeless Suitor: To Zero. It leads to one of the few, genuinely funny scenes whenever these two interact.
- Hyperspace Arsenal: Like Zero, Layer can use various weapons at her disposal, and pull them out of the blue at any time.
- Lady of War: When you unlock the requisite weapon upgrades.
- Luminescent Blush: Sometimes when she thinks about Zero. Goes into a full-face blush from time-to-time.
- Ms. Fanservice: Perhaps the most overtly attractive character in the franchise. She is very busty and her overall design makes her look more scantily clad than she actually is.
- Secret Character: Unlockable as a playable character in X8.
- Stripperiffic: Evoked, but not quite literal. It looks like she's showing off Under Boobs and her midriff, but closer inspection (heh) shows that said underboobs and midriff are a different color and texture than her face, meaning she is fully covered, but in a way to specifically make her look stripperiffic. Playing as her in Man-O-War's stage gives the player a nice view of her rear cheeks since she's wearing Underwear of Power.
- Suspiciously Specific Denial:Layer: "Good work out there, X. Um... Zero looks awfully down in the dumps..."
X: "Oh? Are you worried about him, Layer?"
Layer: "No... um... not really... as an operator, I'm just concerned about the overall welfare of the team. That's all..."
Pallette
Voiced by: Haruna Mima (JP), Chris Simms (EN)
The third navigator introduced in X8. She's excels in route analysis and a skilled a cartographer, helping the Maverick Hunters in stage layouts and finding hidden items.- Action Girl: She gets promoted to action girl status after unlocking her.
- Adaptational Jerkass: She becomes a boss character in the bridal event in X DiVE, due to her being jealous that the Deep Log keeps passing her up to put Alia, Layer, Ferham, and Iris in the spotlight with all of their fanservice-y variants.
- Battle Theme Music: "Dim Ciras" in Mega Man X DiVE, which in turn is a heavy metal remix of the X8 boss theme from the Rockman Dystopia album. Yes, really.
- Distaff Counterpart: Can be unlocked as a playable character with the same play style as Axl...but for obvious reasons, without his copy chip abilities.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Helps with working on various items.
- Hyperspace Arsenal: Like Axl, she use the Ray Gun, Spiral Magnum, Black Arrow, Blast Launcher, Plasma Gun, Bound Blaster, Flame Burner, and Ice Gatling on the fly after acquiring them.
- Item Crafting: She manages the research and development department lab.
- Little Miss Badass: The youngest and smallest of the three navigators yet she's equally skilled in ass-kicking.
- My Nayme Is: Her name is Pallette, an alternate spelling of the word palette.
- Ray Gun: Her weapon of choice.
- Secret Character: Along with Alia and Layer.
- Shipper on Deck: Likes to tease Layer about her unrequited crush on Zero.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Isn't it sad, Douglas?
- Small Girl, Big Gun: A young Reploid girl packing heat with large weapons.
- Trick Arrow: X DiVE gives her Black Arrows the ability to stun targets.
Repliforce
Iris
Voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (JP), Aya Endo (JP, DiVE), Michelle Gazepis (EN, original dub), Ashley Schroeder and Carol-Anne Day (EN, redub)
She is introduced in X4 as Zero's girlfriend who gets caught in the middle of the civil war between her brother fighting for Repliforce and her lover fighting for the Maverick Hunters. She initially helps Zero as his Mission Control (she once had to break up a fight between him and Colonel). She also appears in the chronologically earlier Xtreme 2/Soul Eraser and in a cameo appearance inside Zero's memories during X5.More information here.
Red Shirt Army
Mac
- Curb-Stomp Battle: One combo from Zero is enough to do him in.
- Cyber Cyclops: It's hard to see with 16-bit graphics but Mac has a visor kinda similar to Cyclops of X-Men fame, but with something attached that might be a targeting reticule.
- Face–Heel Turn: He used to be a member of the Maverick Hunters but defected to Doppler's Army.
- Glass Cannon: He has decent offensive capabilities, combining a spread shot like Mega Man 2's Flash Man with a bullet shot like Vile's. Defensively however he is at the level of common enemies, and is up against Zero, who can potentially one-shot him with a Z-Saber slash.
- Informed Ability: He was a member of the Maverick Hunter's 17th Elite Unit which...well, it's only for the elite. But in practice Mac falls far short of the unit's other members in terms of performance.
- Mecha-Mooks: In terms of durability, he is essentially a mook but with a name and unique appearance.
- The Paralyzer: He can fire a shot which paralyzes the target if it hits. He uses this to capture X.
- Purple Is Powerful: Not even. He only has 16 HP, so little he doesn't even get a health bar reserved for bosses and mini-bosses.
- Psychotic Smirk: Can't be seen in the game but his character art shows he sports this expression.
- Starter Villain: He's the first boss fought in X3, though he possess an HP so low that he barely qualifies for even a Miniboss status. His only saving grace being that he possess invincibility frames whenever he takes a hit.
- Super Supremacist: Alludes to this when he talks about showing X "the true destiny of the Reploid race", implying he is one of the many villains of the series who wants a Reploid-run nation.
Green Biker Dude
A popular extra from the intro stage of X2, who died within seconds of his introduction. While popping a wheelie. Whether he has ever been resurrected is not shown (although see Douglas above).
- Badass Biker: A subverted case since he is blown up in seconds. His memetic incarnation lives up to the trope more.
- Fan Game: Despite only appearing for a few seconds, he is popular enough with fans that an entire game was made about him.
- No Name Given: "Green Biker Dude" is not actually his name, it's just what fans call him since he is not given any name in the game itself. The Japanese version of Wikipedia refers to him as "Charley".
- O.C. Stand-in: Absolutely nothing is known of his character. Lucas Gilbertson, the English voice of Zero in the later series, has expressed interest in voicing a prequel explaining his motives; this is at best highly unlikely to happen.
- Red/Green Contrast: He has green armor and a red stripe on his helmet.
- Red Shirt: Which is very appropriate.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He is destroyed few seconds after his first appearance.
Other game characters
Lumine
Voiced by: Junko Noda (JP), Elinor Holt (EN)
The overseer of the Jakob Project, a Space Elevator being constructed to allow mankind to colonize the moon. Lumine is in fact a New Generation Reploid, featuring the copy chip present in Axl. He is kidnapped by Vile at the start of the game as part of Sigma's plans.More information here.
RiCO
Voiced by: Reina Ueda (JP)
The new Navigator for Mega Man X Dive. She keeps track of all things in the Deep Log and helps guide the player through the game.- Addressing the Player: She even refers to you as "Player".
- Ambiguously Gay: Put any female character in front of her in one of their alternate outfits and she's quick to croon about how beautiful and sexy she thinks they are.
- Barrier Warrior: One of her skills creates a field around herself that damages enemies on contact. On the flip side, it will also heal RiCO as long as she stays within its area of effect. It does nothing to projectiles, however.
- Break the Cutie: She has a very hard time accepting the fact that ViA and iCO have to be destroyed to restore the Deep Log, and bless her heart, she tries to do everything in her power to avoid that outcome, so when it happens, she doesn't take it well, with her only solace being that she's certain that they can be potentially restored or they'll return at some point somehow.
- Genki Girl: She's a perky happy little thing, enthusiastic for her work almost full-time.
- Meaningful Name: "Rico" is the German term for "home ruler", denoting her position as the administrator of the Deep Log.
- Nice Girl: Constantly upbeat, and is always friendly towards everyone except previously-confirmed enemies such as Vile or Sigma. This is in contrast to iCO, who is friendly at her core but requires more effort to express it.
- Power Copying: One of her Active Skills, Data Recreation, allows her to replicate attacks used by X, Zero, and Iris.
- Pungeon Master: Likes joking with the player and ViA.
- Token Heroic Orc: RiCO herself is Irregular Data, and it is noted that correcting the Deep Log may lead to her own deletion. She is eventually upgraded into a Hunter Program in order to continue assisting the player.
ViA
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (JP)
ViA is a mysterious character introduced in Mega Man X Dive. He used to be the administrator of the Deep Log before the events of his introduction in the game, but no longer performs that task due to reasons as of yet unknown.- All Your Powers Combined: Has access to at least one unique move from all of Zero's canon forms, including the Zero Nightmare and Absolute Zero. As ViA -square-, he also has a cross laser attack resembling the one spawned from upgraded Explosion attacks by his predecessor Bass's NetNavi counterpart, except it fires from his position diagonally.
- Character Catchphrase: "Ha!", used often enough to the point that RiCO notices when he doesn't say it.
- Composite Character: As ViA -square-, he inherits Bass's armor design, Zero's long hair, Awakened Zero's Shingetsurin and Genmu Zero, and Omega's Ranbu and Arc Blade. Justified, as he is a direct manifestation of both Zero's original programming and one of Dr. Wily's creations from the Classic era.
- Foreshadowing: Keeps hitting on Iris during the Monster Hunter: Rise: Sunbreak event, hinting at him being a Literal Split Personality of Zero by technicality.
- Heroic Sacrifice: As part of the source of the corruption within the Deep Log thanks to his "Robot Destroy Program", ViA and iCO stir the Player and RiCO into one last fight before blowing themselves up to purge their corruption from the database.
- Identical Stranger: ViA is almost identical to Zero as he appeared on the first game as a result of the errors in the Deep Log. He also fights like Zero circa the X vs. Zero battle from X5. This turns out to be foreshadowing to the fact that he's the host of the original "Robot Destroy Program" created by Wily that became the Maverick Virus. Once he changes to his "serious mode", ViA -square-, his design shifts significantly, with no helmet, long white hair and armour that resembles a hybrid of Bass and Zero.
- Irony: Despite being a part of Zero's original programming as a Maverick, he still desperately clings to the hope that he can become a hero out of his own free will. On the contrary, when he was installed in Zero, bringing his code out turned the Maverick Hunter unresponsively violent.
- Literal Split Personality: By technicality, due to being part of the Robot Destroy Program which in turn was used to create the Maverick Virus that contributed to Zero's personality. ViA represents Zero before Mega Man X4, as a carefree wise-cracking Hunter more open to socializing with others. Unfortunately, this also means his purpose as a fragment of the Maverick Virus shakes him more deeply to his core than iCO, and his equivalent to Iris's death as his Cynicism Catalyst is his own.
- Meaningful Name: Via is Latin for "path", or "way". The second name attached to him, "Naught", refers to "nothingness" or "zero", in reference to his similar appearance to Zero.
- Mirror Match: If you fight him as Zero or any variant thereof, and especially with a Saber weapon, ViA is effectively a Zero boss fight in moveset, thus a Zero vs. Zero fight. Vice versa if you use his playable version against other Zeroes in Player Versus Player. ViA -square- is all but Awakened Zero in name as well.
- No Mouth: ViA normally has no visible mouth, though it's briefly seen in his Character Select animation and when he undergoes severe damage. As ViA -square-, this no longer applies.
- Not So Above It All:
- He usually plays the straight man to RiCO, but will act as giddy as a fanboy during crossover events such as the Monster Hunter and Street Fighter ones. He even dresses up with cosplay with her for the former and shows extensive knowledge about fighting techniques for the latter.
- He also has a weakness for sexy/cute girls and idols in particular, getting really eager to see RiCO and iCO in idol outfits when the possibility presents itself during one of the Valentine's Day events, and he has a rather prominent reaction to iCO's Gore Magala outfit.
- Tomato in the Mirror: He's effectively an incomplete avatar of the Maverick Virus due to being a manifestation of one of the programs used to create it. By extension, due to its role in creating Zero's current personality, ViA can also be taken as an actual fragment of his soul, explaining their similar appearances.
iCO
Voiced by: Reina Ueda (JP)
- Abhorrent Admirer: Of X, during the Monster Hunter events. While her interest in him makes iCO comparable to Marty in this regard, it's deliberately made out to be way creepier due to an Interplay of Sex and Violence and iCO only admitting she feels this way about X after splitting him off from Zero and Iris through a fight.
- The Comically Serious: Her role in relation to her fellow operators. This especially comes into play during the Valentine's Day event, where she really doesn't want to put on an idol outfit despite RiCO and ViA's insistence, until it turns out she literally has to in order to complete the stage, much to her chagrin. Her expressions in the artwork for her Valentine's and Swimsuit variants show that she's not very happy with what she's been dragged into, most notably in the card for the latter.
- Heroic Sacrifice: As part of the source of the corruption within the Deep Log thanks to her "Robot Destroy Program", ViA and iCO stir the Player and RiCO into one last fight before blowing themselves up to purge their corruption from the database.
- Interplay of Sex and Violence: Uses an odd, suggestive choice of words to describe how she enjoys fighting X during the Monster Hunter: Rise: Sunbreak event. To X's face, even.
- Literal Split Personality: Like ViA, her being a manifestation of the Maverick Virus technically renders iCO one of Zero from a programming standpoint. In this case, she represents Zero's post-X4 personality, trying to be colder and more emotionally-distant than the rest of the cast. However, because she doesn't actually have the emotional trauma to justify it, iCO does have a soft side, reminiscent of Zero as the manga for Mega Man Zero portrays him.
- Not So Above It All: Like ViA, this trope affects her on occasion - in particular during the second Monster Hunter event, where it turns out she's not only a fan of the series as well, she's not as good at the games as her sister, and she goes on long rants about it. Also, her Monster Hunter suit basically flips a switch in her head, turning iCO into a hyperactive (by comparison) Fangirl of X with No Sense of Personal Space.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Loves to drink tea, and tries to relax with some whenever she can.
- Underboobs: Her bikini top in her swimsuit variant, in addition to being backless, shows off the underside of her breasts.
Droitclair
Voiced by: Nami Miyaki (JP)
- Bag of Holding: Her beloved purse holds an infinite amount of "friends" (ghosts) she collects and uses in battle.
- Collector of the Strange: She collects human ghosts, which should definitely not be possible.
- How Unscientific!: One of her hobbies is collecting ghosts. Keep in mind though Brain Uploading data ghosts are common in the Megaman series, actual supernatural spooky ghosts are well outside of the rules of the setting - reflecting her nature as a non-canon "glitch" character that a fan might come up with.
- Goth: She starts off as this but becomes a Perky Goth once she's cured/rescued.
- Loony Fan: Wordof God stated she's this for Visual Kei boybands.
- Magnetic Medium: She attacks using ghosts she summons.
- Middle Child Syndrome: According to her introductory biography, she feels torn between her younger brother's innocence and her older sister's jaded apathy, and so has a confused identity.
- Nonstandard Character Design: As noted by characters in-game, it's obvious she doesn't belong to the canon timeline because she barely looks like a Reploid and uses magical necromancy (something that definitely doesn't belong in the Megaman universe) in her attacks.
- Original Generation: She and her siblings are framed around being Canon Immigrants being dreamed up by fans. Since they aren't part of the canon timeline, they'll vanish when they die but RiCO and ViA figure out they'll retain their lives if they can make the fandom accept them.
- Red Baron: "Host of Annihilation Droitclair".
- Technicolor Eyes: Pink irises and cyan pupils with magenta rings around them.
- Terrible Trio: She, Angie and Erato are all explicitly in opposition to the efforts of the Player and their navigators, due to being Irregular Data themselves and being infected by the Sigma Virus.
- Tsundere: Her bio notes that she's lonely and rude, but warms up quickly to friends.
- Visual Kei: Her clothing is based on a mixture of this and Goth.
Angepitoyeir
Voiced by: Chisato Satsuki (JP)
- Captain Ersatz: An even bigger homage to Astro Boy than the original Mega Man, which was (along with Warrior of Love Rainbowman) one of the series' two primary sources of inspiration. Several of his poses are taken directly from iconic Astro Boy poses and his storyline is nearly identical to that of Denkou/Zero from the Astro Boy series.
- Children Are Innocent: Completely innocent and thinks firing laser beams and black holes at people are a fun game.
- Composite Character: As noted above he's a combination of Astro Boy and one of his minor but memorable antagonists: Denkou/Zero.
- Gold and White Are Divine: His color motif is gold and white.
- Goo-Goo-Godlike: He has the mind of a child but unrivaled destructive power.
- In-Series Nickname: He is nicknamed Angie.
- Nonstandard Character Design: Ironically inverted, as amongst his siblings he's the one that looks most like a Reploid, albiet slightly too human and cartoony. Instead, what's supposed to make it obvious he's non-canon is the his oddly angelic motif that has no business in Megaman X's scifi world.
- Original Generation: He and his siblings are framed around being Canon Immigrants being dreamed up by fans. Since they aren't part of the canon timeline, they'll vanish when they die but RiCO and ViA figure out they'll retain their lives if they can make the fandom accept them.
- Our Angels Are Different: His design motif is based around an angel to contrast with Droit's demonic necromancy.
- Red Baron: "Pitiful Host Angepitoyeir".
- Token Mini-Moe: Rale male version.
- Unrealistic Black Hole: He can leave behind miniature black holes when he flies.
Eratoeir
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (JP)
- Cool Big Sis: Her characterization revolves around this.
- Curtains Match the Window: Has pink eyes and the bulk of her hair is pink.
- Friendly Address Privileges: Permits the protagonists to refer to her as "Erato" after events run their course.
- Ms. Fanservice: She has a decently shapely figure covered in a skintight bodysuit. An alternate costume shows her in a midriff-baring delinquent gear with a sarashi that bares the lower side of her bossom.
- Non-Standard Character Design: With her overall design and Holy Halo, she looks more like a character straight out of Blue Archive.
- Original Generation: She and her siblings are framed around being Canon Immigrants being dreamed up by fans. Since they aren't part of the canon timeline, they'll vanish when they die but RiCO and ViA figure out they'll retain their lives if they can make the fandom accept them.
- Sarashi: Befitting her Japanese Delinquents theme, Gangsta Girl Eratoeir wears one in lieu of a shirt. The joke being that her breasts are so large, the sarashi barely covers enough to be street legal.
- Underboobs: Thanks to her sarashi in her Gangsta Girl persona, the bottom side of her bust is visible.
Manga Originals
Grow X
Originally "iX", he is a clone of X created by Dr. Doppler's Limited Parasite that serves as his Evil Twin.
- Dragon Ascendant: Takes over as the Big Bad of the fourth Mega Mission.
- Enemy Mine: During the third Mega Mission, he helps X and Zero fight the Sigma Limited, by merging with them to form new armor.
- Evil Twin: Created by X's DNA Soul being copied by the Limited Parasite and using the empty shell of one of the Incept Chasers
- Meaningful Rename: Originally he was known as iX (spelled as simply "X") in the first Mega Mission. When he returned in the third Mega Mission, he became known as Return X (shortened to R-X). After his revival in secrecy in the fourth Mega Mission, he powers up with a Power Up Capsule and becomes known as Grow X (shortened to G-X).
- Not Quite Dead: During the battle with Sigma Limited, X uses all the energy he has to destroy Sigma which causes the armor Return X turned into to dissolve. Despite this X believes Return X is still alive and the card's artwork shows he survived with him gaining the Sigma chip from Sigma Limited's remains.
- One-Winged Angel: He merges with the Mother Limited and becomes known as Doppler iX.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: This is his reason for attacking the Hyper Limited in Mega Mission 3. Return X states he was created with the sole purpose of destroying X and refuses to let anyone else rob him of it.
Marty
A female reploid from the Yoshihiro Iwamoto manga whose design is based on a mermaid. She becomes X's Love Interest.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Her name has been translated usually as Marty, but other common spellings include Martei, Marti, and Merti.
- Ms. Fanservice: After being rebuilt in a normal, humanoid form, the pants she wears... aren't.
- Pirate Mermaid Robot
Motherboard
A computer X saves from viral infection in the Mega Man X2 manga from Yoshihiro Iwamoto.
- Big Damn Heroes: When X and Zero are starting to lose against Sigma, Motherboard seizes several networks Sigma took over in order to gather prayers from across the world so that the duo can destroy Sigma once again.
