Mega Man X

*This article is about the Mega Man from the Mega Man X series. For other Mega Men, see Classic Mega Man.*

**Mega Man X** is the main protagonist of the *Mega Man X* series. He fought KOS-MOS from Xenosaga and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 in episode 4 of Mini Rumble Season 2.

## Description

X is the final and possibly ultimate creation of the now-deceased Dr. Light, designed as the first robot to feel, think, and make decisions like any human being. In order to test his ethics and ensure he does not cause any harm to other humans, Light sealed X away; he would eventually be discovered by Dr. Cain in the year 21XX, and his design would lead to the creation of similar robots, dubbed Reploids.

However, some Reploids, dubbed Mavericks would turn on their human creators, and a police force called the Maverick Hunters would be formed to stop such incidents, with X joining under the command of Sigma, alongside his new partner Zero. In time, Sigma would become Maverick himself, and it would be up to X to stop his schemes of destroying humankind.

## Trivia

* X has blue eyes in the first four *Mega Man X* games, although they are green in concept art. His eyes are green on later games.
	+ However, X's eyes appeared as blue in the *Mega Man Zero* series.
* In *Mega Man X4*, X has attained the rank of Commander (隊長 *taichō*, lit. "commander", "captain", "leader") in the Maverick Hunters. In *Mega Man X5*, X's rank was translated as Captain, but he retains the same rank from the previous game in the Japanese version.

* The original Mega Man and Mega Man X aren't the same robot. Mega Man was created before Mega Man X.
* In Mega Man's ending from *Mega Man: The Power Battle*, Dr. Light says that like humans, robots have to determine what is right and wrong by themselves, and need to research more on A.I. program. The research mentioned could be the result of X's creation.
* Just like his predecessor, X has a few doppelgangers: X-Kai, iX and Copy X.
* In *Mega Man X4*, X had the same English voice actress as the original Mega Man from *Mega Man 8*, Ruth Shiraishi.

* Although X and Zero aren't technically Reploids (as the term was possibly coined several years after their creation), they are known as such because the term Reploid is used as a blanket-term all robots with human-like artificial intelligence. For instance, in some crossover games Zero calls Roll a "housekeeping Reploid" and the Servbots "Reploid-wannabe servants".
	+ X can be considered the 'father' of all Reploids, as he was one of the first robots with a "human-like" A.I. created, and Dr. Cain used him as basis for his first Reploid.
	+ X can also be considered the "biological father" of the Four Guardians, as they were born from X's DNA.

* In the original concept for *Mega Man Zero*, the main villain was the real Mega Man X instead of Copy X. This had been altered due to not only the unauthorized creation of *Mega Man X6*, but the storyline also involving Zero.
	+ This was foreshadowed in X's ending of *Mega Man X4*, where he asks Zero to "take care of him if he ever went Maverick", as well as the pre-credit narration implying that he will become a Maverick in the future.
	+ This is also foreshadowed in Zero's ending of *Mega Man X7*, where Zero dreams of seeing X, face hidden in shadow, aiming his X-Buster at him atop a pile of dead Reploids, babbling "Eliminate the Mavericks!" and firing just as Zero wakes up. Zero comments that he HOPES it was a dream. However, as it was created after the creation of *Mega Man Zero* and especially *Mega Man X6* (the latter of which was the reason why that plot point was changed) it more likely foreshadowed Copy X.

* In the original *Mega Man X* game, Zero and X have a student/mentor relationship with Zero helping and encouraging X throughout the game. While the two become equals and good friends in the following games, the *Zero* series reverses this relationship and has X become the mentor to an amnesiac Zero.
* In *Mega Man Zero 2*, when the original body of X is destroyed, one who watches carefully will see that X's arms break off before the seal breaks and the explosion follows.

* Throughout the *Rockman X* manga, X never appeared without his helmet, although he proved he was at least able to remove it, doing so offscreen when equipping his new helmet. In the compilation of the *Rockman X4* manga, X is shown without his helmet, although his head is obscured by lighting effects.
* In the *Rockman X* manga and in the novel, X is the only Reploid physically capable of producing tears when saddened. X is often seen crying when forced to resort to destroying a maverick or unable to save those close to him.

* In the comic series "FoxTrot", Marcus Jones once dressed up as Mega Man X for a Halloween party that ended up having all of the food eaten (presumably by Jason Fox, who was wearing a Jabba outfit).
* X has a cameo appearance in *Avaturma*, which is a special edition of the Brazilian comic series Turma da Mônica. In the story, X appears along many other blue-colored characters from popular culture. The story itself is a parody of James Cameron's Avatar .

* The Hadoken and Shoryuken are one hit KO abilities if used on bosses (shown in *Mega Man X* and its remake *Mega Man Maverick Hunter X*, as well as in *Mega Man X2*). X's Hadouken is Ryu's Hadouken due to its single hitting nature and capability of knocking down opponents upon contact, and his Shoryuken is Ken Master's fierce Shoryuken due to its multi-hitting property and burning fist aesthetic present in the animation. The Shoryuken however leaves X completely helpless if he goes over the platform, and lands on a bed of spikes or a bottomless pit.
* X appears to hold feelings for the Medic-turned-Pirate Queen Marty in the *Rockman X* manga. Marty appears to share these feelings, but seems much more reluctant to express them.

### XVX

* X is the third Mega Man character to appear, after the original Mega Man and Zero.