Iris (Mega Man)

Iris, also known as Aillis, is a character from the Mega Man series.
== Charactah Account ==
Introduced as Zero's girlfriend, Iris gets caught in the middle of the civil war between her brother, Colonel (fighting for Repliforce), and her lover (fighting for the Maverick Hunters). She initially helps Zero as his Mission Control and constantly wishes for the fighting to stop.
After Zero retires her brother, Iris loses it and uses Colonel's chip to form a Ride Armor-like body around herself to attack Zero. He is forced to kill her in self-defense. With her body consumed by the destruction of Final Weapon (not to mention her mind already being damaged due to its incompatibility with her brother's specs), she is Deader than Dead.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Mega Man: Worlds Unite Battle
=== Manga ===
* Rockman X4
=== Video Games ===
* Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium
* Capcom Fighting Collection
* Dragon Poker
* Mega Man X Collection
* Mega Man X DiVE
* Mega Man X Legacy Collection
* Mega Man X4
* Mega Man X5
* Mega Man Xtreme 2
* Pocket Fighter
* Project X Zone
* Rockman Online
* Rockman Xover
* Teppen
* Tower of Saviors
* White Cat Project
* Zombie Cafe
== Trivia ==
* In Mega Man Xtreme 2's instruction manual, Iris' name is erroneously spelled as "Aillis".
* Iris's presence as a trainee Navigator in Mega Man Xtreme 2 was due to the development team feeling sorry for her in the events of Mega Man X4, as detailed in Mega Man X Official Complete Works. The game also hints towards her feelings for Zero, and vice-versa, with the two having dialogue specific to Zero's game alone.
* Iris's bio in Mega Man X Legacy Collection is: "When Zero saves her life during the Sky Lagoon incident, she finds herself falling for him." This is somewhat contradicted by her appearance in Mega Man Xtreme 2, where Zero-specific scenes imply Iris already has strong feelings for him.
* Iris is the only boss in the X Challenge with two alternate animations upon defeat. If Double was defeated first, Iris's body will be caught by Colonel before he teleports away. If she is defeated first, her body will notably remain intact but unconscious, and she will stay that way for the rest of the fight.
* Iris's final words to Zero in X4 would later be repeated by Mega Man Zero 2 antagonist Elpizo upon obtaining the Dark Elf's power, the main differences being that he intended to exterminate humanity to achieve this "paradise" and didn't intend for Zero to be part of it.
* Iris's design featured blue eyes in Mega Man X4, but every following appearance depicts her with green eyes.
* Iris's death scene in X4 was later redubbed by Lucas Gilbertson (Zero's voice actor in Mega Man X8, Mega Man X: Command Mission and Maverick Hunter X) and Ashley Schroeder. The redubbed version is not an official production by Capcom, and Schroeder does not replicate the accent Michelle Gazepis voiced her with originally.
** Similarly, Iris was dubbed by Carol-Anne Day (Marino's voice actress) in a redub of Zero's first fight with Colonel. Just like before, the redubbed version is not an official production by Capcom and Day does not replicate the accent Michelle Gazepis voiced her with originally.
* During the battle with Iris, she will eject Colonel's core on her own if Zero takes heavy damage and the core is not present.
* Iris's Japanese VA, Yūko Mizutani, also voiced the Katanas and Akatanas from the Namco X series.
* Iris is the only playable character introduced in Rockman X DiVE thus far who does not use recycled audio.
** Although Iris was implemented as a playable character on June 11, 2020, the plan to record new dialogue for her was delayed by complications related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, Yūko Mizutani, Iris's original voice actress, passed away on May 17, 2016, necessitating a recast. The update notes that recorded dialogue for Iris wil be implemented at a later date.
*** The new voice actress for Iris voice in Rockman X DiVE is from Aya Endou, being added to the game on July 9, 2020.
* Concerning Mega Man's rock n' roll themes, Iris shares the eponymous name of The Goo Goo Dolls' smash hit song Iris, whose themes are brooding yet melancholy and of struggle of fitting in and finding love at the cost of upsetting "social harmony"; of considerable thought is the release dates of Mega Man X4 and the recording and production period of Iris, as both occurred around 1997, a year before Iris's official release date in 1998.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Iris at MMKB
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Megaman