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Taking place years after the events of ''Battle Network'', it stars a young boy named Geo Stelar (Subaru Hoshikawa in the original Japanese), who lost his father after a journey to space. Before he disappeared, Geo's dad left him a device called a Visualizer, which allows him to see electromagnetic waves. He meets a blue alien named Omega-Xis (War-rock in the original Japanese), who is on the run from Planet FM, with other rogue aliens hot on his tail. While his power is weak on Earth, Omega states that he needs to fuse with a human in order to unlock his full power. Geo [[Henshin Hero|reluctantly agrees]], and is thrown into a battle against the other FM-ians for the fate of the galaxy.

In ''Mega Man Star Force 2'', Geo and Omega encounter Lady Vega and her compatriots, who are obsessed with finding the lost contintent of [[Atlantis|Mu]]. Vega and her assistant Solo are seeking the keys to Mu, the OOParts via the use of UMAs - Unidentified Mysterious Animals - wave-based lifeforms like FMians that take the shape of cryptozoological creatures.

 

 

An [[The Anime of the Game|anime adaptation]] of the series also aired but ended with an abrupt finale of the second season, ''Ryusei no Rockman Tribe'', based on the second game. The English dub first premiered on Cartoon Network's now-defunct [[Toonami]] block before moving online to Toonami Jetstream. Only half of the first season was released. No DVDs ever circulated in the United States ''or'' Japan.

 

 

* [[The Abridged Series]]: Based on the [http://www.youtube.com/user/PlantFMEnterprise?feature=watch anime]. Has 3 episodes and a ''Christmas Special''.

* [[Ace Custom]]: With few exceptions, every Wizard on the planet is man-made. {{spoiler|Acid is the only one that can engage in Wave Change.}}

* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Geo in the first game.

* [[After the End]]: The Apollo Flame "second quest" in ''Star Force 2''. Holy crap. Needs to be seen to be believed.

* [[Aliens Speaking English]]

* [[Always Check Behind the Chair]]: Not, perhaps, as much as in [[Battle Network]], but present.

* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''Plenty''. Loads of backstory is stuffed into the [[No Export for You|Japanese-only]] [[Universe Compendium]] collection, including tidbits such as {{spoiler|Dread Joker originally being designated [[Face Heel Turn|Transcode-000]]}}.

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]

** Zet Waves; used solely in ''1'', though technically present through the whole game; the various EM Beings are technically ''made'' of them, like matter is the building block system of humans and other animals. Extensive exposure to Z-Waves, however, presents a risk of turning matter ''into'' more Zet Waves, and living creatures are turned into EM Beings. {{spoiler|Daigo uses this to his crews' advantage by having War Rock soak them in Zet Waves, which saves them from bodily death in space. In the anime, the ability to transform matter into Zet Waves is the halmark of the AM-ian race, which is why War Rock is not the FM-ian he first thought he was.}}

** The chief symbol of Mu. Solo's clothes, Rogue's outfit, the Badge of Loneliness, Whazzap Lines, The Indie Proof, you name it. Shows up much less, but noticeably, in 3.

** For the series itself, Geo's pendant. Mostly useless, but forms the basis for a ''very'' useful [[Guide Dang It|Wave Code]] in 2, and generally as a sign of [[One Hundred Percent Completion|completion]].

** In game, there's only one OOPArt worth worrying about, and only the one manages to get everyone's attention; [[Gameplay and Story Segregation|however]], you are given an "auto-brother", an otherwise pointless NPC who provides you with the other OOPArt in the title of whichever version you play. Not only are you able to transform into the second OOPArt's form, you can [[Combining Mecha|combine it with the original]] -- in different ways, at that!<ref> Both forms will have the same combination of stat bonuses, but the fused form will have the arms, [[Palette Swap|palette]], [[Elemental Powers|elemental affiliation]], and weapon of the second Tribe chosen</ref> After linking with the remaining version, you can use all three, which grants you the [[Full Set Bonus|power of the Tribe King]], which ''doubles'' the attack of every Battle Card you use. In the ''Tribe'' anime, all three are present, though Subaru only ever gets his hands on the Sword of Berserk. {{spoiler|Until the [[Grand Finale]], where Geo becomes the Tribe King.}}

* [[Asteroids Monster]]: The {{spoiler|Crimson Dragon's}} head blocks its core, but when you destroy it, it splits into two other heads. This doesn't make the fight much easier.

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: All three games have a card (usually Gigas but the second game had King Grandeur, a Mega card) that is basically an instant kill nuke to the entire enemy screen. Since [[Battle Network|chip codes]] no longer exist, they're all completely reasonable to use.

** The "White Card" system basically allows you to have free access to a selection of specified cards established pre-battle; in the first two games you could "register" six different cards, including up to two Mega or Giga cards, which would recast their color as white. In ''Black'' and ''Red'', this was [[Nerf|Nerfed]] so that White Cards, while still free, came in predetermined sets of four. In-game, they were mostly distributed by Wave Stations, though these never exceeded a certain level. However, in keeping with the [[No Export for You|rest of the Noise Kaizou Gear]], you could also [[Symbol-Drawing Interface|input a password]] to gain a set, which was highly likely to contain a selection of very ''good'' Cards (this was the one feature of the NKG retained, and the official website has had the codes up for a while). Also, the set of White Cards was added on after considering a folder's initial 30.

** First, to Finalize at all, MegaMan must have a 200% Noise rating; to raise Noise levels in battle requires the use of non-elemental Cards, so right there a choice needs to be made whether or not you will exploit any potential elemental weaknesses. (Luckily for you, most bosses near the end are non-elemental). In virus battles, Noise rises by an [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|overkill factor]], basically the difference between the virus' leftover HP and the Attack Power of a Battle Card. Late in the game, with exceedingly powerful cards at your comand (Spin Blade comes to mind), Finalization becomes very easy against viruses. However, in Boss Battles, the rise in Noise Level is based on the damage done to a boss by a factor of 50% -- in order to hit the minimum 200% cap, you need to do ''400 non-elemental damage'' to a Boss. This is hard to pull off in the early game, where most strategies rely on elemental weaknesses, nevermind the fact that MegaMan is constantly ''losing'' Noise.

** Having successfully achieved Finalization grants you three turns in the form ''a la'' the Tribe King and a folder stuffed to the brim with some pretty powerful cards randomly chosen from a selection of 35 unique to the "level" of the Meteor Server you accessed (the 200% cap grants you access to Level 1, but to reach Level 11 you must have 999%... a tall order without a hacking device). These randomly chosen cards may not work very well in the situation or even with each other, which is another issue.

** By the time MegaMan can consistently hit usefully powerful levels of the Meteor Server, you've probably already successfully brought together a number of powerful, complementary cards that work well, and you will also probably have discovered that high levels of Noise in and of themselves are useful for several reasons, most notably allowing you to bypass your enemies' [[Mercy Invincibility]]. Since Finalization resets your Noise gauge, you may have to worry about interrupting combos. Also, banking on a ''good'' Finalization is likely less useful than setting up a powerful Merge Noise (see [[Combining Mecha]]).

** Similar to the above, Finalization offers little to no unique weaponry that makes it all that worthwhile, except at the highest levels. Most of the cards you can use in the Meteor Server you can actually gain with enough overkill virus busting.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: {{spoiler|Rey and occasionally Acid}}.

* [[Badass]]: Geo certainly qualifies in the third game. Ace too.

** How are Solo, {{spoiler|Heartless, who basically kills [[Big Bad|King]] and gives him a epic [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|speech]] while doing it}}, and {{spoiler|Kelvin, who fought and held back Meteor G with just [[Heroic Willpower|sheer willpower]], ''[[Heroic Resolve|by himself]]''}} not mentioned?

* [[Badass Boast]]: Geo gets a few ''epic'' ones in ''3'' that seem [[Out-of-Character Moment|a bit out of place for a guy like him]].

'''Mega Man''': "{{spoiler|Crimson Dragon!!}} [[Heroic Spirit|For the people that I love... I]] ''[[Heroic Spirit|will]]'' [[Heroic Spirit|defeat you!]] [[Shut UP, Hannibal|You won't see the light of tomorrow!]]" }}

* [[Bad Future]]: The [[Bonus Dungeon]] in the second game.

* [[Big Bad]]: In series tradition, they come with massive [[Kaiju]] for MegaMan to fight. 3 offers a meta-subversion, where the [[Big Bad]] fuses with the [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]] and fights you, becoming the first [[Big Bad]] in the timeline (not counting [[Gaiden Game|Gaiden Games]]) to be fought directly.

* [[Big Eater]]: Bud Bison, unsurprisingly. Depending on the direction you take the [[Dating Sim]] [[Beach Episode|minigame]] in ''3'', [[Woman Scorned|Luna or Sonia or both]] will be seen scarfing tons of food. On her own, Sonia claims to be able to eat as much as she wants without gaining any weight. {{spoiler|Lets not forget about What Omega-Xis manages to choke down in Star Force 2.}}

* [[Bilingual Dialogue]]: Laplace can communicate only through a type of buzzing noise, but Solo can apparently understand him just fine, and even tells him to shut up at one point.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Almost every optional boss in the first two games enjoys battle.

** Claude, the rude and friendless eight-year-old [[Delinquent]] that hangs out at [[Making a Splash|Big Wave]].

** {{spoiler|Pat}} is the exception, here. He mostly takes to sparring {{spoiler|so he can exercise his ability to control Rey.}}

* [[Bond Creatures]]: EM beings, with the exception of {{spoiler|most}} Wizards, who can also work on their own.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: "Touch the screen... [[Lampshade Hanging|er, train!]]"

* [[Cain and Abel]]: {{spoiler|Acid and Joker. Notably for being a rare example of non-human brothers}}.

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: In ''Star Force 3'', {{spoiler|Strong, Luna, and Ace all get destroyed in the same fashion. Guess [[Mauve Shirt|which one]] is revived as a [[Empty Shell|soulless shell of their former self]].}}

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Literal example in the third game: the evil organization is called Dealer, and each of their members are themed after a different suit or face of playing cards.

** Omega-Xis laughingly calls Dr. Vega a comic-book villain after she announces her plot to [[Take Over the World]]. In the anime, Vega goes so far as to ''self-identify'' as a villain.

** In the first game, Geo acted like asking someone to be his Brother was like proposing to someone, since he was timid back then. His first person that he asked to be Brothers with was Sonia. The first boy, incidentally, [[Ho Yay|Pat]]. But in the third game, he went around getting Brothers everywhere.

* [[Chest Insignia]]: Geo's [[It Was a Gift|Shooting Star pendant]] is embedded in the center of MegaMan's chest, rather than an artistic design. [[All There in the Manual|The official website]] notes that it symbolizes Geo's bond with his father, as well as showing that Geo is still in control of himself in his [[Super Mode|Finalized Noise Form.]]

** It seems to be a [[Power of the Void|Void]] style attack; when dealing with Murian soldiers, Geo will address them according to their element - the dark purple variants he addresses as "Ye born of Nothing."

* [[Combat Clairvoyance]]: According to the [[Word of God|Official Website]], Rogue's [[Goggles Do Something Unusual|visor]] can apparently trace the movement of EM energy in his opponents. No one's entirely sure how that works out, or whether it amounts to much besides, as most of his attacks are [[That One Boss|designed]] [[Spam Attack|to]] [[Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs|keep]] [[Turns Red|you]] [[Storm of Blades|from]] [[Standard Status Effects|moving]], anyway.

** Geo and Lan are similar largely as a matter of Phenotype. Lan's brash extroversion is a far cry from Geo's reclusive introversion. Post [[Character Development]], Geo still makes a claim for a smoother, quieter cheer.

** Omega-Xis replaces the calmer, disciplined Rockman character with all the brash extroversion Geo left aside.

** [[Betty and Veronica|Luna and Sonia]] are interesting cases; both actually derive from the same character, mixed with others. Luna blends [[Patient Childhood Love Interest|Mayl's]] proto-[[Tsundere]] tendencies with Yai's hair color and affluence. Sonia takes an approximation of Mayl's phenotype and mixes it with her role as MegaMan's chief crimefighting companion, which she inherited from Chaud.

** Zack takes a great deal of Higsby's traits and combines them with Yai's shortness.

** Solo is this [[Word of God|intentionally]], specifically given ProtoMan's penchant for swords and Bass' regenerating barrier.

* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: Goat Kung-Fu and Moon Disaster were designed by fans.

** A few quiz intros were kept between series. "Hey, hey! Ho, ho!"

** The third game in particular draws heavily from the Regal saga in Battle Network. The bad guy is named King, his plan involves an [[Colony Drop|Impending Meteor]] and [[The Corruption]], the heroes form a team to take him down, and the Noise Change system heavily mimics Soul Unisons.

** Dream Island from the first game has a section filled with old terminals, including various PETs from the EXE series.

** In the anime, MegaMan is afraid of ghosts.

** In some classroom scenes (anime yet again), there's a kid running around in Net's clothes sans the bandanna and messy hair.

* [[Creepy Twins]]: Gemini Spark.

* [[Crossover]]: With ''Battle Network''.

** Jack Corvus too. He's probably one of the easiest bosses in the game (well, pretty much everything is easy in Star Force 3 if you know what you're doing, but still) but in your first boss fight the battle immediately ends before you can finish him off, cutting to a scene where Jack Corvus is at full strength and Mega Man is panting.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Happens a ''lot'' with Luna. This comes to a head in the third game where {{spoiler|her [[Damsel in Distress]] tendencies get her killed. [[Disney Death|Until the scientists find a way to put her back together.]]}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The main characters, especially Geo, are often inflicted with [[Conflict Ball|Conflict Balls]] and issues noticeably less cartoony than those of ''Battle Network'', especially in the first and third games. In fact, a major part of the advertising for the third game was that it had a more serious story than the others.

* [[Death Glare]]: Geo gives one to {{spoiler|Crimson Dragon}} before the second round of the [[Final Boss]] battle in ''3''. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Asskicking ensues]].

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Mild example. Taurus Fire is a fire-element boss; in the elemental zodiac, however, the bull is an earth type.

* [[Disc One Final Dungeon]]: In the third game, {{spoiler|Dealer's Base}} probably counts, the later {{spoiler|orbital}} base also seemed like the end as well.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Geo's father, Kelvin Stelar, vanished while on a [[First Contact]] mission, though later we find out that he's been turned into a wave and is somewhere in space. In the anime he briefly speaks with Geo at the end of the first season before apparently going off to explore the universe, while in the games {{spoiler|He comes back home alive and well after the menace of Meteor G is taken care of.}}

* [[Discard and Draw]]: Each installment of the series has a different, more developed power-up system.

** In the third game, Mega Man can, through either the Ace or Joker program, command into the power of Noise, which, short term, gives him the power of the FM aliens who invaded in the first game, and at its higher levels, can tap him into the power of the Meteor currently on a collision course with the planet.

** Notably, the [[Finishing Move|Big Bangs]] of the various powers tend to mimic each other. The Wood and Heat Big Bangs are always a tornado and a single massive blast, for example (even if he can wave the Extinction Blazer around a little bit) - and the Noise Force Big Bang for the Elec element deliberately reproduces Thunder Zerker's Thunderbolt Blade. On the other hand, the Aqua NFBB produces three large waves of water, in equally deliberate contrast to the Star Force Big Bang Magician's Freeze.

** Also in the third game, {{spoiler|Ace sacrifices himself to stop Joker from blowing everyone up. Every character present, and some that weren't, act like and state that he's dead... until he's shown bandaged up in the hospital during the credits with no apparent explanation other than it makes for a happier resolution.}}

** Presumably, {{spoiler|he was brought back the same way Luna was.}}

* [[Downloadable Content]]: Each game allowed you to download a Secret Battle Card or two and possibly even extra [[Socialization Bonus|BrotherBand Data]]... [[Lost Forever|back when the Download Station still hosted them]]. If you have access to a hacking device like Action Replay, you can simulate the transmission and get them, anyway.

** The first game offered you the [[Final Boss|Andromeda]] Giga Card and Legendary Master Shin's Brother Data (which net you a Giga +1 Bonus).

* [[The Dragon]]: Hollow is this to Vega, and he's notable as such since the Bermuda Maze chapter is essentially his fault, down to convincing Harp Note to work for the Neo Mu Empire. He has a famous [[I Lied]] moment, but he does keep himself from "permanently" damaging MegaMan.

** Gemini and Heartless both count as both [[The Starscream]], and Heartless may arguably be a case of [[Enigmatic Minion]].

** Omega-Xis does something similar: Namely hijacking Geo's family's lawnmower and going on a joyride on it. Let's just say that after wrecking a particularly treasured item of Geo's during the joyride, Geo forces Omega-Xis to participate in a dog show in order for him to compensate for the damages.

** [[Artifact Title]]: The original Japanese gives MegaMan Geo-Omega a unique title in "Shooting Star Rockman" (a [[Gratuitous English|deliberately English]] translation of ''Ryuusei no Rockman''), but each of the localized versions use "Star Force", which ceases to be accurate after MegaMan [[Discard and Draw|loses the power]] of the Satellite Admins.

** In the second installment, Solo is granted equipment called the "kamikakushi", which is the Japanese name for the phenomenon of being spirited away. He puts it to good use during a museum heist.

** Inverted in the first game, where dub choices reinforce a line or two of dialogue. In ''Ryuusei no Rockman'', Subaru accuses Luna<ref>[[Don't Explain the Joke|As in, you know, the moon]].</ref> of acting like his satellite. In MegaMan Star Force, Geo<ref>[[Running Gag|As in, you know, the Earth]].</ref> makes the same claim, where it has a tad more bite (you satellite, indeed).

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the first game at least, a number of the name changes actually make ''[[Pragmatic Adaptation|more sense]]'' than the original names. With the aliens in the first game being named after [[Stellar Name|constellations]], Taurus and Lyra made for better names than the original ''Ox'' and ''Harp''. However, the localization team apparently forgot to carry Lyra's [[Dub Name Change]] over to [[The Lancer|Harp Note]].

** [[Inconsistent Dub]]: That particular issue is fixed in the anime, although Lyra Note's human name also becomes Sonia ''Sky'' (perhaps because Sonia ''Strumm'' was too much of a [[Punny Name]] for the localization's tastes). Other attempts to deal with the conventions of the translation include restoring Ophiuchus Queen's original name (in the game, she refers to herself as "Queen Ophiuca"), and changing Mr. Shepar's name to "''Shepard''". One episode, however, contains an outright mistake - it's not the "Rock Buster", it's the "Mega Buster".

** Played straight in the third game, though, as most of WAZA refuses to take Mega Man seriously.

* [[Dummied Out]]: The localization of the third game removed the input screen for [[Game Breaker|Noise and Purpose Cards]], as well as the Secret Satellite Server. Thankfully, there are working Action Replay codes to access them.

** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-mOs5OYJ_Y special Mail calls] in ''Ace'' and ''Joker''.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Humans who combine with EM beings generally derive their powers from the four-part [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]] system. Some may also adopt secondary ''[[Tactical Rock-Paper-Scissors|attributes]]'', such as [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|sword]], [[Blow You Away|wind]], [[Armor-Piercing Attack|breaking]], or some combination thereof.

*** [[A Load of Bull|Taurus Fire]], whose only real fire attack is his [[Breath Weapon|Fire Breath]] attack -- until he comes back in later games and reinforces his [[Megaton Punch]] with massive spurts of flame.

*** [[The Power of the Sun|Apollo]] [[Bonus Boss|Flame]] manipulates streams of fire for both offense and defense; his biggest attack basically drops a newborn star on MegaMan.

*** [[Ravens and Crows|Jack Corvus]]'s flames are of a more [[Hellfire|deathly sort]]. He manages to pull double duty with this and a [[Grim Reaper]] motif (complete with [[Sinister Scythe]] [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|Wings]]). <ref>Interestingly, when MegaMan gets Corvus Noise, it turns out the [[Hellfire]] is physically ''weaker'' than Taurus Noise's flames. On the other hand, the [[Hellfire]] constantly eats away at the opponent's HP.</ref>

** [[Making a Splash]]<ref>Which includes [[An Ice Person|Ice People]] as well.</ref>

*** [[Giant Enemy Crab|Cancer Bubble]], who manages to -- [[Inverted Trope|invert]], perhaps? -- the whole [[Bratty Half-Pint|giant shtick]].

*** [[Stock Ness Monster|Plesio Surf]], who will swamp MegaMan with a tidal wave, try to take a bite out of him, or [[Breath Weapon|spit]] [[Shock and Awe|lightning]].

*** [[Evil Makeover|Diamond Ice]] ([[Awesome McCoolname|Dia Iceburn]] in Japan), who spends her time either trying to [[Human Popsicle|freeze you solid]], or [[Drop the Hammer]] - which is easily [[Small Girl, Big Gun|twice her size]].

** [[Shock and Awe]]

*** [[Psycho Electro|Gemini Spark]], whose attacks are generally designed to [[Standard Status Effects|keep you from moving]] which grants him -- ah, ''[[Dual Boss|them]]'' -- the opportunity to whale on MegaMan. Beware the [[Rocket Punch]].

*** [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Spade Magnes]] technically borrows more thematically from [[Selective Magnetism|magnetism]]. His attacks are either bombarding you with rocketry or taking massive swipes out of you. If he hits MegaMan with certain attacks, expect [[Selective Gravity|to be rooted to the floor]].

** [[Green Thumb]]

*** [[Winged Humanoid|Cygnus Wing]], who flits around the field and will try to turn you into a [[Feather Flechettes|feathery pincushion]], use his [[Dance Battler|mad ballet skills to smash into you]] ([[Armor-Piercing Attack|Dodge - don't shield]]), or will have his [[Flunky Boss|Cygnets]] swarm you.<ref>In the anime, his Dancing Swan attack is powerful enough to generate a tornado.</ref>

*** [[Musical Assassin|Harp Note]], who will either try to hurt you with her music, or entrap you in her [[Razor Floss|guitar strings]] and THEN hurt you with her music.

*** [[The Dragon|General Auriga]], whose most [[Signature Move|notable attack]] is a spiked [[Advancing Wall of Doom|steamroller]]. Another attack is to sic his [[Elemental Powers|elementally-aligned]] [[Flunky Boss|soldiers]] on you.

*** [[The Ace|Acid Ace]], who favors a [[Impossibly Cool Weapon|Ray Gun with a built-in Laser Blade]]. [[Swiss Army Weapon|The gun can fire or use a variety of stock elemental attacks]], and Acid Ace also has a [[Finishing Move]] where he uses the [[Speed Blitz|jet verniers]] built into his armor to [[Ramming Always Works|ram you]]; the edges of the verniers also give it a [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|sword attribute]]. Expect him to [[Spam Attack|cycle through these quickly]].

*** The three final bosses: [[Doomsday Device|Andromeda]], [[Physical God|Le Mu]], and [[Scaled Up|Crimson Dragon]], though Andromeda at least might call on some elemental attacks.

** [[All Your Powers Combined|Multiple]]: MegaMan himself can wield a variety of weapons that each have [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors|Elemental Affiliations]], but, unlike Acid Ace above, can [[Super Mode|alter his]] [[Multiform Balance|own affiliation]], which will give him not only new powers but will often enhance the powers of like-elemental or like-attribute cards.

*** [[Shock and Awe]]: Lightning Zerker (and all combinations with Zerker), and the Gemini and Crown Noises.

*** [[Green Thumb]]: [[Petal Power|Green]] [[Razor Wind|Dragon]], Wood Ninja (and all combinations with Ninja), and the Ophiuchus and Wolf Noises.

* [[Everything Is Online]]: Including sunken galleons, lost medieval treasure, ''rocks'' and '''rotisserie chicken''', and that's just in ''2''.

* [[Evil Duo]]: Queen Tia and her younger brother Jack in the third game. Their FM-ian partners, Virgo and Corvus, were an [[Evil Duo]] themselves back on the FM planet.

* [[Fan Service]]: One of the final episodes of the anime evokes the [[Hot Mom]] trope in '''extremely''' unsubtle ways.

** Sonia, in her transformation sequence, gets a blatant ass shot.

** The third game puts Sonia in a Sailor Fuku. Bud, Zack, and Geo appropriately go wild over it.

* [[Fan Service Pack]]: The transfer from video game to anime created some rather, uh, noticeable changes to Vega's design.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: Though Geo does all of the work, his inner circle has all the makings of a Five Man Band. When Geo does his work as Mega Man, Luna and Sonia's roles are reversed (since Sonia still has Lyra's powers, and Luna has none of which to speak).

** [[The Hero]]: Geo

* [[Foregone Victory]]: In the second battle against {{spoiler|Crimson Dragon}}, you are invincible. Really. No matter what he shoots at you or how many HP you have left, you won't die. The whole point of this "battle" is to get to show off in Finalized form; in fact, the only way to beat him is to use the Noise Force Big Bang attack, which is suddenly strong enough to kill him off instantly.

* [[Fusion Dance]]: EM Wave Change, and it's not just Geo who gets it.

** Similarly, the anime never made it past the second season, which seems to have been canceled early going by the plot progression and odd number of episodes.

* [[From the Ashes]]: With some mild notation about how it being 200 years in the future (and none of the original cast are left), Star Force was a rather transparent attempt to keep up the flagging ''Battle Network'' series.

*** And his friends sacrificed themselves sealing Mu, thus giving him no reason to hate friendship!

** Removed the backstories of the [[Big Bad]] and Hollow, the epic final fight with Bly, and the backstory about what happened to Mu.

** Also, the final boss was defeated in one attack before it got to do anything.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: ''Star Force 3''. {{spoiler|So, let's get this straight: King is working to control Meteor G, Heartless is working to overthrow him and contact Kelvin, Joker is trying to fulfill his base purpose, Queen Tia and Jack are plotting to overthrow those three and destroy Earth's EM technology, Corvus and Virgo are ready to kill them if needed to take over Earth, and Ace betrayed them all to join WAZA. Never mind Solo's personal tirade against all of them to destroy their Mu technology and his use/abuse of WAZA to that end.}} Poor Geo's just about the only one without some sort of ulterior motive.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Geo seems to need at least two of these per game whenever he slips back into angst mode. Ironically he's doing these for everyone else in ''3''. Go go [[Character Development]]!

* [[Geo Effects]]: Burning, Freezing, Paralysis, Gravity, Attack Boost, Assist Drone, and Broken are all panel effects - and let's not even get started on when War-Rock starts taking swipes at the territory.

** Star Force 3 carries this on with the Noise Kaizou ("Modification") Gear and its relatives.

** In the anime, Burai's transformation does this with Instant Runes, instead.

* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]/[[See-Thru Specs]]: The goggles given to Geo by Aaron Boreal (that belonged to Geo's dad) allow him to see EM waves.

** Well, not at first. The Visualizer only starts seeing EM waves after Omega-Xis crashes into (and from the looks of the animation, bombards with EM radiation) Geo.

* [[Guide Dang It]]: Just try and use the third game's [[No Export for You|Secret Satellite Server]] without a guide.

** In general, nowhere near as bad as its predecessor, but still irksome. Case in point, just try and use the third game's ''anything'' without a guide. Or a hack device.

* [[Heart Container]]: HP Memory again.

* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]: The third game explicitly says not to make your nickname naughty.

* [[Hot Dad]]: Kelvin Stelar. Don't deny it.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Hope Stelar. Taken to ridiculous angles in the anime.

* [[Idol Singer]]: Sonia Strumm, who has to work with a corrupt manager who exploits her songs to get himself out of debt.

** She quits at the end of her chapter in the first game, but gets back into the business with a vengeance before the second starts.

* [[The Inspector]]: Bob Copper (Heiji Goyouda), who generally finds himself involved in cases that deal with superhuman activities. He doesn't succeed, but he gets pretty darn close. Yes, yes [[Expy|he does remind you]] of [[Lupin III|Zenigata]].

** [[Secret-Chaser]]: Geo and Mega work hard to keep ahead of Copper. They manage to turn him into a [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]] when they try to slow his investigation, an effort which involves knocking him out with a [[Improvised Weapon|baseball]] [[Played for Laughs|to the forehead]], and cracking his computer to delete his entire report. Mega, who dragged Geo into it, apparently [[Idiot Ball|never hit on the idea]] that explaining the situation to a potential ally was an all around better option than behaving like a criminal and ratcheting up the policeman's suspicion.

** [[Occult Detective]]: Well, extraterrestrial detective, maybe.

** [[Drives Like Crazy]]: In the anime Copper has some truly insane driving skills, being able balance his car at a forty-five degree angle on a railguard and still be able to drive forward. Omega-Xis was most impressed.

* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: The end of ''Star Force 2''. "Your body was in my way", indeed.

* [[Jekyll and Hyde]]: Played straight with Pat and his other personality, Rey.

* [[Joke Item]]: Equipping certain upgrades on Omega-Xis is Star Force 3 can change the Mega Busters sound effects, as well as changing the L buttons help/talk messages to more humorous dialogue.

* [[Justified Tutorial]]: Luna teaches Geo all about setting up a Player Page in the beginning of the first game, because Geo really doesn't know how to do it.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Joker blowing up Luna. It's purely this, regardless of his rationale, especially since at least part of the reason was to get Mega Man to react.}}

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Most of the humans possessed in the first game/anime series suffer from this after being released. {{spoiler|Omega-Xis}} has it too in the anime, with no memory of {{spoiler|1=his past as an AMian.}}

* [[Love Hurts]]: {{spoiler|In the second game, the death of Vega's lover first inspired her to create Matter Waves and then (after she found Mu relics) [[Love Makes You Evil|decide to rule the world]].}}

* [[Loves My Alter Ego]]: To the point that even when Luna discovers Geo ''is'' Mega Man, she insists that her attraction is solely to Mega Man and not Geo, refusing to consider them one and the same.

* [[Marked Change]]: Inverted with [[The Rival|Solo]], who ''loses'' his [[Facial Markings]] when he [[Transformation Sequence|transforms]].

* [[Masquerade]]: Geo and Sonia do their best to hide Omega and Lyra from the public eye. This is made somewhat more difficult by the fact that the remaining aliens don't seem to care about exposing themselves to the world.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: In spades. Solo and Copper come to mind.

** At first, [[Scary Black Man|Joker]] only has that name to fit with Dealer's [[Theme Naming]], but after he [[The Reveal|reveals]] {{spoiler|his true form as the strongest Battle Wizard ever created, and his [[Villainous Breakdown]], in which he turns into a crackling mess, it becomes meaningful}}.

*** Also, just about everybody else who has a sidequest of some sort. There's gotta be at least 30 people from the first and second games whose names drop hints at your quest for them.

**** Interestingly, all the named NPCs remain in the series' installments - you'll see old job-givers all over the place, though withot any reference to previous incidents.

** [[Subverted Trope|Surprisingly]], she refers to Ace by his given name of "Arthur".

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: In the second game, if you have at least one brother from the another version, you can mix tribes to create some awesome results. Ninja Dinosaurs anyone?

*** Incidentally, there were also plans for a non-elemental Angel tribe.

* [[No Export for You]]: It looks like this is going to be the fate for the Star Force/Battle Network crossover. No real loss though.

* [[No Kill Like Overkill]]: A '''[[Up to Eleven|gameplay mechanic]]''' in ''Black'' and ''Red''.

* [[Ojou]]: Luna, complete with [[Princess Curls]].

** Reverted by the third game, which reverts to the two-versions shtick, but there's no reason to buy both as none of the version-exclusive content can be transferred.

** The differences among the first two installments were largely the nature of your power up. By Linking games, you could trade, create, and share Brother Cards, which would allow other players to access forms outside their own games (Leo and Dragon forms in Pegasus, for example). In the second game, this was much the same, but the most common use was to have a friend with the third Tribe grant it to you so you could become the Tribe King (unless you were using the [[Guide Dang It|Wave Command Codes]]). And while "version-exclusive" content (which largely amounts to the Black Ace or Red Joker forms) can't be transferred between Red and Black, Brothers could exchange Noise Data, which allowed for the exceedingly powerful Merge Noise transformations (basically stacking two Noise combinations<ref>The [[Universe Compendium|Battle Black Box]] [[No Export for You|released in Japan]] listed several suggestions: Wolf X Gemini - for Sword+ and Paralysis Sword; Taurus X Corvus - for Fire+80(!) and HP Bug defense (and the black Taurus Noise is cooler than Corvus X Taurus; Virgo X Cancer, for defenses against Freezing and Bubble status; and Ophiuchus X Wolf, for Wood+, which takes serious advantage of all the [[Bullet Seed]] type cards.</ref>). This fits under [[No Export for You]]<ref>We missed out on some serious shit.</ref>, but Purpose Cards could be shared among Real Brothers in the third game, which seriously stacked the bonuses.

*** The anime circumvents this small plot implosion by having Crown fuse with the ''dead remains'' of the human, which unfortunately binds him to [[Closed Circle|the land the man died on]]. Luckily for Crown, Jean ''[[Loophole Abuse|died on a ship]]'', which agitates RockMan and Harp Note to no end.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: These ones become <s>Cyberspace</s> Wave Road entities when they transform!

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The one [[Just for Pun|hole]] in MegaMan's outfit is the one through which his hair protrudes. This would be less notable if he ''weren't'' the [[Clark Kenting|only one]] sporting the comet-do in town.

* [[Party Scattering]]: Early in ''BerShiDin'', Solo tosses Luna, Zack, Bud, and Sonia into the Un-Dimension. Geo successfully retrieves Luna, but is unable to stop the last three from being sucked in, though we later find they've been cast around the world. {{spoiler|And in one case, into the hands of the enemy.}}

** Rezon Cards (which were [[No Export for You|removed]] from the localized installments over licensing issues) were basically physical manifestations of this in Black and Red. There were a dozen or so of them, featuring various thematic groupings of EM Humans or Noised Beings depending on the specific Purpose, which was generally to be the "Ultimate [Insert Power Here] Master". Bonuses could be various cards getting a power boost, a free aura or barrier at the start, an extra turn of Finalization, a ''Charged Shot'' for the Finalization, or even for the Meteor Server to log you in one level higher than normal (which, if you had maximum Noise, would log you in to the secret ''twelfth'' level of the Meteor Server).

* [[The Power of Rock]]: Sonia, when fused with Lyra, uses a [[Musical Assassin|guitar as an offensive weapon]].

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The FM-ians in the anime are portrayed like this, and actually spend more time screwing around, doing things like playing in game shows and shopping that they practically replace the real main characters as they go through their comedic antics. {{spoiler|Which arguably makes it that much worse when Gemini murders each and every last one of them in cold blood as they spend their last day on Earth just having a good time.}}

* [[Punny Name]]: OH GOD, SO MUCH.

* [[Randomly Drops]]: Illegal Data cards in the third game. Wouldn't be nearly as annoying if you could still trade cards over Wi-Fi as in the first two games.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Subverted/averted. Mega, one of the main heroes, has red eyes, and Geo's eye color changes to red when he transforms into Mega Man.

** Played straight with Solo.

** Mega is the Red Oni to ''everyone''. Except maybe [[Tsundere|Luna]].

* [[Relationship Values]]/[[Socialization Bonus]]: The Brother Band System (developed by [[Disappeared Dad|Kelvin]], natch) is a system that, on the surface, simply networks various individuals through their terminals. Not so with MegaMan, who derives some of his powers from his Bandmates<ref>Sonia's Band protects him from direct damage with First Barrier and Undershirt, Luna's Band protects him from the negative effects of panels with Float Shoes, and Bud's Band protects him from flinching with Super Armor; by comparison, Zack's and Shin's Bands will allow Geo access to another Mega and Giga Card, respectively.</ref>. Geo's own Brother Band grows beefier across the storyline; most players prefer to eschew the in-game Brothers for one another.

*** In the second game specifically, some people or institutions will give out rather particularly generous freebies to people for having high amounts of Link Power. Shopping Malls give out expensive gifts and at least one hotel may allot you a room based on your Link Power; this may possibly imply that Link Power has become something of a general ''power source''. Basically put, your [[The Power of Friendship|friendship]] may be radioactive.

** In the third game, each character is given a static amount of Link Power, which appears to be explained more by their role in the story than anything else. Of course, Geo makes up for this by [[Character Development|easily befriending]] a good dozen or so extra NPCs.

** [[Averted]] in the Anime. The [[Gratuitous English|Brother Band]] is introduced in the last story arc when [[Mission Control|Mamoru]] discovers that it's still operating; a surprising development, considering how the space station it was in is otherwise destroyed. Here, the Brother Band engine was designed basically as a Good Feelings Cannon, designed to foster and reinforce the idea that the humans were indeed coming in peace. Of course, the space station was destroyed, as King Cepheus was under the impression that the Brother Band was heralding an invasion. It takes what may be ''several months'' of continued exposure for Cepheus to bring an end to this policy.

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Hollow was originally created by Vega in an attempt to bring her lover back to life. It didn't quite work, hence the [[Meaningful Name]].

* [[Sanity Slippage]]: In the anime, emotional humans who spend time under the influence of FM-ians may suffer from blending personalities with their FM-ian. {{spoiler|Shinsuke and Tsukasa, in particular}}.

* [[Scary Black Man]]: Joker certainly fits the bill. It doesn't hurt that he {{spoiler|blows Luna up. [[Disney Death|Temporarily.]]}}

* [[School Play]]: [[Class Representative|Luna]] first successfully got Geo onto the school's very grounds by telling him he was the only one who could fulfill a very important, nigh essential, part for the play Class 5-A was putting on. As it turns out...

** Notably, the play ends up being about the Taurus Fire scenario from earlier in the game - complete with homemade MegaMan and Taurus Fire costumes. Unfortunately, Luna happens to be a [[Dreadful Musician]] when it comes to the Creative Arts [[Epic Fail|in general]]<ref>She named Zack's dog "Catnip", for example.</ref>, so even when [[White-Haired Pretty Boy|Pat]] can't make it and Geo ends up wearing the Hero's costume, Luna ''still'' fails to recognize him. (She also fails to draw the connection from having Bud wear the fearsome "Cow Man" costume -- but, then again, she spent that particular fight more or less passed out).

** And when he appears on stage, we're treated to a brief chunk of the ''Moving Scene'' score (normally reserved for [[Theme Music Power-Up|moments of heroism]]), with MegaMan appearing in his full and proper costume... until Zack accidentally knocks out the lights. When he gets them back on, Geo's back in the miserable costume -- both Luna and the audience are left unsure whether he was actually in the costume or whether Luna was [[Ship Tease|imagining things]].

* [[Secret Identity]]: Geo and Omega have to bust their balls trying to keep it that way, though [[Boisterous Bruiser|Omega]] is [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|considerably less concerned]] with taking care of stuff like that.

* [[Sequential Boss]]: {{spoiler|Dread Joker R and Acid Ace R. In that order. Also [[That One Boss|Those Two Bosses]] because you have to fight them ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|in a row]]''!}}

** As for Capcom itself, at one point Geo's teacher [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJoOEdYkQ1M mentions] he drinks coffee blend [[Ace Attorney|#107]].

*** Another one occurs with an NPC's name: [[Street Fighter|Sho Ryuken]]

** Not to mention the fact that in the third game there is a generic satella male police officer named after [[Those Two Guys]] from ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''.

* [[Smug Snake]]: Dark Phantom is just not as good as getting people to match his "script" as he wants to be. Also, {{spoiler|King}}.

** And both [[Villainous Breakdown|go totally bonkers]] when you ''finally'' crush their plans into dust.

* [[Socialization Bonus]]: The Brother Band manifests these, both for the players and for the characters [[The Power of Friendship|in-universe]].

* [[Stay Frosty]]: Practically becomes Mega's [[Catch Phrase]] in the third game.

** Or, his second favorite. "Buck wild" shows up more noticeably.

* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: [[Tanabata|Vega and Altair]].

** {{spoiler|Ace and Queen Tia are this in ''3'', but thanks to Geo, [[Earn Your Happy Ending|they finally get a happy ending]].}}

* [[Stellar Name]]: Not just a play on the main character's name, but every FM-ian is named after a constellation (Taurus, Cygnus, Gemini, Lyra, etc.).

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The translation of ''BerShiDin'' more or less deliberately plays up the offbeat source material. Among the Saurian Tribe, we have the Chompsrealhardasaur vs. the Neckistoolongadon, and then there's the town of Whazzap.

* [[Super Registration Act]]: In ''Black'' and ''Red'', the use of Wave Change with the Hunter-VG automatically registers the EM Human in question with a designation called a Trans-Code (MegaMan is [[Foreshadowing|Number 003]]), which must be [[By the Power of Grayskull|deliberately accessed]] (which nicely [[Justified Trope|justifies]] the until now [[Invocation]]).

** Again, this registration occurs the first time the Hunter-VG is used. Until the registration is completed, while it is a very brief process, the character is barred from Wave Change. Remarkably, nobody ever seems to have a problem with this. The last installment is either sitting pretty on the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|Ideal Side]] or sitting pretty on a [[Government Conspiracy|Sequel Hook]].

* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Ace binges on candy bars ''constantly''.

* [[Tanabata]]: While the kids do not go to the festival, the [[Big Bad|main villian]] of the second game and her boyfriend is based on this.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: They aren't exactly villainous, but Luna, Bud, and Zack have this dynamic.

** This changes into [[Five-Man Band]] when Geo and Sonia join up.

* [[Theme Naming]]: Tying in with the above, most of the characters' names are associated with a theme, especially the boss characters. The first game is constellations, the second cryptids, and the third the different suits in a deck of cards.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: The third game's Noise system is based around this. If you overkill an enemy with a card, your Noise rate will arise according to how much you overkilled them (e.g if the enemy has 80 HP and you killed it with a card with 150 damage, you'll get 70% increase in Noise rate).

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Zack Temple and Bud Bison, Luna's closest friends/fanboys.

** Until the third game where Bud's compatible alien (Taurus) returns.

* [[Title Drop]]: By the third game, Subaru signs into the EM network as "Shooting Star Rockman".

** Also in game three the name of the final storyline team, dedicated to stopping Meteor G, is called "Star Force".

* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: One of the English trailers for the third game spoils the ''goddamn [[Final Boss]]''!!

* [[Transformation Sequence]]: Plenty for the Wave Changes. A number exist for the various Super Modes as well.

** [[Transformation Is a Free Action]]: While most of the EM Wave Changes are fairly fast, usually just involving a pose and a shout (and at the most a dramatic pause), Solo's special EM Wave Change is an incredibly elaborate process that must be at least ten times longer than the normal versions, and yet nobody ever tries to stop him.

*** The Transformation Sequences in ''PegLeoDra'' and ''BerShiDin'' are big, show-stopping, mid-battle affairs. In ''Red'' and ''Black'', the Noise Changes happen after battle. Most of the changes are largely simply [[Powerup Full-Color Change|changes in color]], though the ''Finalization'' sequence plays this straight.

** The Ace and Joker programs as well - they allow for Noise Change.

* [[Triang Relations]]: Oh boy, where to begin? Luna has a massive fangirl crush on Mega Man, eventually turning into a [[Two-Person Love Triangle|more subdued one for Geo]], which he sort of reciprocates in the form of a desire to protect her. At the same time, he and Sonia come together due to both of them having shared similar tragic life experiences, and Geo exhibits such behavior as pining away underneath an advertisement billboard featuring her when he thinks she's become his enemy. The third game muddies the water even further by throwing in a dating-sim inspired sequence where you have to retrieve one character's belongings, and doing so nets the player a cute little scene between Geo and the girl of your choice (or [[Squick|Bud]]).

* [[Tsundere]]: Luna.

* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: {{spoiler|How in the blue hell did Ace go from "dead via [[Heroic Sacrifice]]" to "perfectly healthy in the hospital during the end credits"?}}

* [[Universe Compendium]]: The various official strategy guides, plus things like databooks on Wave Command Cards<ref>Punch these in to Star Force 2 for various bonuses.</ref>, the Secret Satellite Server<ref>Information on a secondary folder system you could access in battle, possibly with more powerful cards, with over 30 levels to the Sattellite Server and the 24 Levels of the Meteor Server.</ref>, and the Battle Black Box<ref>Tournament-class strategies, cards, Merge Noises, suggested folders for particular Noises, background information on [[Scary Black Man|Joker]], all sorts of fun stuff</ref>. These are all in Japan, though you can buy them (or ask your parents [[Crack is Cheaper|really nicely]] for your only Christmas present this year) either on Amazon (the Official Complete Works for Star Force and [[Battle Network]] were translated into English not too long ago by [[Mega Man Megamix|UDON]], but there should still be Japanese editions listed) or from E-Capcom, the company's all-Japanese shop site. [[No Export for You|Good luck.]]

** In the post-game of ''Black'' and ''Red'', Planet FM is under attack by Sirius, the lord of a zone called the "[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Black Hole Server]]", where he stores and preserves planets and their peoples for his own uses; however, unlike [[DCAU|Brainiac]], he does this not for knowledge but so he can [[Mundane Utility|essentially play]] ''[[Psychopathic Manchild|toy soldiers]]''. It would seem that it's not meant to be an actual Black Hole, however, as the fact that it only appeared recently suggests Sirius can pilot it about as he pleases, and it seemed to be a good idea to Cepheus ''and'' Omega-Xis to fire a series of interplanetary missiles at it; also, while normal Hertzes seem to be drawn irrevocably toward the center, MegaMan can walk about easily as he pleases. Considering that MegaMan has Noise control capabilities, [[Fridge Brilliance|suddenly]], it would seem that the Black Hole Server is in fact a massive Noise Cluster, writ large to a galactic scale.

* [[Unwinnable By Mistake]]: The sidequest to adding Zack to your [[Brother Band]] in Star Force 1 can become this if you're not carefull. You see, you have to go to a particular wave world after looking at Zack's Transer-message and talking to him afterwards and fight 10 consectutive battles, without any healing inbetween. The problem is, the viruses you fight there are mostly G-versions, not to mention the strongest versions of their usual virus-line. The first battles are very hard, but doable, but then comes one battle where a magician-type Virus is on the field, either healing himself or the other viruses, summoning 'Holy'-Panels, which cut the damage you or any enemy suffer on these by half, or summoning a yellow barrier which absorbs much damage. Combine that with the fact that you WILL run out of battle cards if you just blindly try to fire your attacks anywhere in hopes of damaging the pretty fast-moving viruses, you will have to restart this several times. [[Up to Eleven|And may god help you if the magician-virus has transformed all panels into holy-type, is protected by the yellow barrier AND is the last one on the field OR the other viruses are in top-form with you having no battle-cards ...]]

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Hyde snaps in the third game when his plan to beat Geo fails.

** Joker also starts to laugh hysterically upon defeat, which would work better if Geo wasn't the only character in the game with two different mugshots.

* [[Walking Armory]]: Interestingly, only a few characters in the series make use of Battle Cards; for the first two games, only MegaMan has access to them, though Harp Note and Burai both use them in the anime. Acid Ace and {{spoiler|Dread Joker}} can use them in ''Red/Black.''

* [[Walking Spoiler]]: At least one character from each game has a major chunk of spoilers under their belt.

** And a noise form based off of [[Musical Assassin|Harp Note]] in the third game, also some of the noise forms were to have the old Megabuster from the first two games.

** According to earlier statements by Xebec, the Tribe anime was meant to have 55 episodes, same as the first season. Given the ration of [[Filler]]

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Solo, complete with [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|red eyes]], [[Dark-Skinned Blond|tan skin]], and [[Facial Markings]].

** Solo got the short end of the stick himself. Remember why he hates everyone?

* [[The Worf Effect]]: If you find yourself in range of Hollow's leash, the only thing [[Curb Stomp Battle|that will save you]] is the power of the [[Grand Finale]].

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Gender is no object when it comes to MegaMan's opposition, especially remarkable in that the original two cases were both [[Darker and Edgier|Geo's]] [[Love Interest|Love Interests]]. In the anime when Burai, RockMan, and Harp Note fight, Burai makes a point of not just taking out Harp Note, but taking her out ''early'', so she can't distract him.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: As far as actual blue hair, Ace and Queen have matching shades of blue hair. Sonia's hair is purple, Pat's is green, and Heartless's is pink.

 

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