History Music / TheProtomen

* KillerRobot: The Sniper in Act II, the Robot Army in Act I.

The group is also recording a {{Music/Queen}} tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl. Makeup and Vanity Set's 8-bit remix of ''Act I'' is getting a release on vinyl. The Protomen are also holding a music video shoot for the track "Light Up the Night".

The group is also recording a ''{{Music/Queen}}'' tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl. Makeup and Vanity Set's 8-bit remix of Act I is getting a release on vinyl. The Protomen are also holding a music video shoot for the track "Light Up the Night".

The group is also recording a ''{{Music/Queen}}'' tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl. Makeup and Vanity Set's 8-bit remix of Act I is also getting a release on vinyl. The Protomen are also holding a music video shoot for the track "Light Up the Night".

The group is also recording a {{Queen}} tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl. Makeup and Vanity Set's 8-bit remix of Act I is also getting a release on vinyl. The Protomen are also holding a music video shoot for the track "Light Up the Night".

The group is also recording a {{Queen}} tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl. Makeup and Vanity Set's 8-bit remix of Act I is also getting a release on vinyl.

The group is also recording a {{Queen}} tribute album and an album of '70s-'80s New Wave covers, likely to be released before ''Act III''. ''Act I'' has also received a remastered rerelease on vinyl.

An [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/788868065/the-official-protomen-documentary official documentary]] is in production.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Dr. Light deeply regrets when he does wrong, or his creations have something bad happen to them.

The Protomen have appeared in a ZombieApocalypse webcomic, DeadOfSummer. Several members have other bands, including Music/CheerUpCharlieDaniels (Turbo Lover, occasionally Panther, the Gambler, and Sir Bakker in live shows), Music/AdamAndTheCouchPotatoes (Turbo Lover, with the Gambler appearing in a music video), and The Ascent Of Everest (Sir Bakker). Music/MakeupAndVanitySet is affiliated with them, having done an 8-bit chiptunes mix of ''Act I'', with plans to make one of ''Act II''.

Additionally, the Protomen composed the score for ''Terminator the Second'', a theatrical piece of found art that reconstructs the plot of ''{{Terminator}} 2'' using dialogue from the works of {{Shakespeare}}. They also appeared in it as the SWAT Team that takes down Dyson.

The Protomen is a [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters very large]] indie progressive rock band from Nashville, [=TN=], whose musical catalogue is based around a RockOpera trilogy inspired by ''Game/MegaMan''. ''[[InNameOnly Very loosely]]'' based off of the mythology of the Mega Man games (the first three in particular), it shows an Orwellian {{Dystopia}} that takes the idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism and beats it to death with its own corpse.

Compare and contrast Music/TheMegas, a completely unrelated band who, while similar in their [[Game/MegaMan base inspiration]], have no relation to the Protomen and are not in any kind of so-called "rivalry" with them, [[{{FandomRivalry}} no matter what some of the bands' respective fans]] would lead you to believe.

* Steve: Lead vocals (Megaman)

* AscendedFanboy: The Ringer and Steve are two fans who were called up by KILROY to play keyboard for the Stand and to sing as Megaman in Vengeance, respectively.

* DarkFic: Of Game/MegaMan. In RockOpera form no less.

** Ditto for Megaman and Protoman.
* GatlingGood: Mega Man and Protoman have gatling guns for arms in Act I's artwork, instead of plasma cannons like in the games. In concert, Protoman has a Gatling gun arm, while Mega Man's gun is replaced by the [=NES=] Zapper Panther wears on his hip.

* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Megaman is capable of crying, and the liner notes tell of his heart hurting under the weight of what he'd been told.

* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: In both albums, the listener knows what [=Megaman/Protoman=]/Joe/Light are going to do to end Wily's tyranny. [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice It doesn't work either time]].]]

*** [[FridgeBrilliance Thinking about it more]], Beard's Going Nowhere could be the ''happy'' ending, where Light and Emily escaped the ruined City.

* DarkReprise: Not exactly, but lyrics from The Will Of One are repeated in a much darker context in The Sons Of Fate; at first they are Mega Man talking about fighting against Wily the same way his brother Protoman did, but the second time [[spoiler: they indicate Mega Man's disgust with humanity after killing Protoman, taking up his brother's new nihilistic point of view himself]].

** The Act II cover art is based on the poster for StreetsOfFire, and the woman who sang on the 7" vinyl single of ''Father of Death'' was credited as "Ellen Aim".

The Protomen have appeared in a ZombieApocalypse webcomic, DeadOfSummer. Several members have other bands, including Music/CheerUpCharlieDaniels (Turbo Lover, occasionally Panther, Gambler, and Sir Bakker in live shows), Music/AdamAndTheCouchPotatoes (Turbo Lover, with Gambler appearing in a music video), and The Ascent Of Everest (Sir Bakker). Music/MakeupAndVanitySet is affiliated with them, having done an 8-bit chiptunes mix of ''Act I'', with plans to make one of ''Act II''.

* {{Futureshadowing}}: In Hope Rides Alone, around four minutes in, [[spoiler: someone in the crowd yells "It's the monster who killed Joe!"]]

* ItsAllMyFault: '' 'cause I made the man who put his hands on you!'' Yeah, Dr. Light suffers from a bad case of being TheAtoner throughout most of Act II.

* FridgeBrilliance: Why does the HeartbeatSoundtrack start as the same time as the synths in Act II? [[spoiler: Because it's when Joe's born!]]
** In the games, the Sniper Joe robot was based on Protoman. The Sniper robot explains how Light got materials to make Protoman in Act I.

* Master Blaster: Trumpet (Nashville-area live performances)

* Giorgio Moroder: Protoman (live)

*** "Reanimator Lovejoy " is a nod to the movie {{Re-animator}} and to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.

*** "Reanimator Lovejoy " is a nod to the movie {{Re-animator}} and to ''TheSimpsons''.
*** Turbo Lover derives his name from a song by JudasPriest.

Additionally, the Protomen composed the score for ''Terminator the Second'', a theatrical piece of found art that reconstructs the plot of ''{{Terminator}} 2'' using dialogue from the works of {{Shakespeare}}.