History VideoGame / MarvelVsCapcomClashOfSuperHeroes

* {{Cyborg}}: Shadow Lady is a non-canon, WhatIf version of Chun-Li who was forcibly captured and [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion become]] [[TheDragon M. Bison's top assassin]]. Although she retains some of her original moves (including her famous kicks), much of her movelist has been replaced with an arsenal of high-tech weaponry built into her robotic shell: She can turn her [[ThisIsADrill hands into drills]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents), fire heat-seeking missiles from her built-in BackpackCannon, jump higher (and kick faster) thanks to miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet, and fire a ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. [[spoiler:In her own ending, she and Shadow, a similarly-roboticized Charlie, manage to break free of Bison's control. Jin Saotome undergoes a similar transformation thanks to Shadow Lady after he is mortally wounded by Bison.]]
** Shadow counts as well.

** Counting ''X-Men: [=CotA=]'', this also includes Psylocke, Colossus, Iceman, and Sentinel.

* LateToTheTragedy: In Shadow Lady's ending, [[spoiler:Bison kills Jin; his body is found by Shadow Lady and Shadow (Charlie). They subject Jin to the same roboticization process that made them Bison's puppets to save him.]]

* SecretCharacter: The Marvel side's secret characters are different palette swaps of Hulk (gives him his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' movelist and properties -- trading super armor and health for speed and faster attack recovery), War Machine (has incredible defense and armor but cannot block, now fires missiles instead of lasers), and Venom (becomes the fastest and weakest character in the game), while the Capcom side has [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Shadow]] [[UnwillingRoboticization Lady]] ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] transformed into a [[RobotGirl brainwashed]] {{Cyborg}}), [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith-Mode Morrigan]] (Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and properties), and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (a JokeCharacter who has Mega Man's movelist).

* ShoutOut: Check [[ShoutOut/CapcomVsWhatever the page]].

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* JokeCharacter: While Roll shares many of Mega Man's moves, she is set back by low health and pathetic damage. [[LethalJokeCharacter She is, however, exceptionally useful against Onslaught]] thanks to her small size.

** Shadow Lady is a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborgized]] [[UnwillingRoboticization and]] [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] Chun-Li in the vein of Shadow from ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''. She is heavier and has Shadow-esque takes on all Chun-Li's moves--as well as a few unique attacks of her own.

* AudibleSharpness: This is one of the ''many'' reasons [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryu]] became so popular. [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound SCHWING!]]

** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/WarMachine qualify for the Marvel side, while Zangief, Captain Commando, Strider Hiryu and Jin Saotome qualify for the Capcom side. But only Zangief fights using only his fists and feet, whereas Captain Commando has his various built-in gadgets and weapons from his game of origin, Hiryu has [[FlashStep superhuman speed]] bordering on CharlesAtlasSuperpower, and Jin can inexplicably [[PlayingWithFire produce fire]] and [[SpinAttack turn himself into a human tornado]].

* LaserBlade[=/=]HotBlade: Strider Hiryu's Cypher.

* {{Assist Character}}s: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]], [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie]] (as [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter Shadow]]), [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Devilotte]], [[VideoGame/ThreeWonders Lou]], [[VideoGame/LegendaryWings Michelle Heart]], Pure & Fur [[note]from ''Adventure Quiz: Capcom World 2''[[/note]], [[VideoGame/QuizNanairoDreams Saki]], [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Ton Pooh]], [[VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds Unknown Soldier 1P]]

After the successes of ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'', Capcom released ''Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes'' in 1998. The game's setting is based on the ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} storyline, with Professor Xavier calling for help from within the Capcom universe to help stop that specific villain.

''[=MvC=]'' played mostly the same as its predecessors; it also added an extra Duo Team Attack mode (also known as a Variable Cross) where teammates would join together to beat down their opponent at the same time. The game also featured numerous [[AssistCharacter assist partners]]--characters from both Marvel and Capcom who could be called on for supporting attacks. (This mechanic would be replicated, albeit with actual tag partners, in the following two ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' entries.)

* Returning from ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'': [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Ryu]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li and Zangief]].
* Newcomers: VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}}, [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Morrigan]], [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryu]], [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin Saotome]], and VideoGame/CaptainCommando.
* {{Assist Character}}s: [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Anita]], [[VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins Arthur]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie]] (as [[VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter Shadow]]), [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Devilotte]], [[VideoGame/ThreeWonders Lou]], [[VideoGame/LegendaryWings Michelle Heart]], Pure & Fur, [[VideoGame/QuizNanairoDreams Saki]], [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Ton Pooh]] and [[VideoGame/ForgottenWorlds Unknown Soldier 1P]].

* Returning from ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'': ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, ComicBook/SpiderMan and ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk.

* Newcomers: ComicBook/WarMachine and ComicBook/{{Venom}}.
* {{Assist Character}}s: [[ComicBook/XMen Colossus]], ComicBook/{{Cyclops}}, [[ComicBook/XMen Iceman, Jubilee, Juggernaut]], ComicBook/{{Magneto}}, ComicBook/TheMightyThor, [[ComicBook/XMen Psylocke, Rogue, Sentinel]], ComicBook/{{Storm}}, [[ComicBook/CaptainAmerica U.S. Agent]].
* Final Boss: ComicBook/{{Onslaught}}.

* AnimeThemeSong: Roll's "Kaze Yo Tsutaete", which is a poor MIDI version (in some international releases, at least) of the same song from ''[[GoKartingWithBowser Rockman Battle and Chase]]''.

* AudibleSharpness: This is one of the ''many'' reasons VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu became [[EnsembleDarkhorse so popular]]. [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound SCHWING!]]

** ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and ComicBook/WarMachine qualify for the Marvel side, while Zangief, Captain Commando, Strider Hiryu and Jin Saotome qualify for the Capcom side. But only Zangief fights using only his fists and feet.

* BackgroundBoss: [[spoiler:Onslaught]] in his second form.

* {{Bowdlerise}}: One of Morrigan's victory animations--the succubus dressed in a dominatrix outfit that exposes her butt while she looks at Lilith dangling from a chain--was cut from international localizations of the game; Capcom kept it in for the sequel. In a reverse example, Venom's win taunt about "eating your brains" was removed in the next game.

** '''''[[VideoGame/CaptainCommando CAPTAIN]] [[strike:COLLIDER]] CORRIDOR!'''''

* CombinationAttack: Double Supers.

* ExcusePlot: Captain America's ending explains that the Marvel and Capcom universes have merged together due to Professor X calling upon more heroes in an attempt to stop him as Onslaught. Why this entails that everyone here has to fight each other is anyone's guess.

* HeroicSacrifice: Captain America in Hulk's ending (itself a ShoutOut to the ending of the Onslaught saga in the comics), Jin in his own. (See "[[spoiler:LateToTheTragedy]]" for another version.)

** Mega Man and Roll both have supers that turn them into this.

* JokeCharacter: While Roll shares many of Mega Man's moves, she is set back by low health and pathetic damage. [[LethalJokeCharacter She is, however, exceptionally useful]] against Onslaught thanks to her small size.

* KamehameHadoken: The second part of this trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken used by Ryu in this game (and others in this series), which is the best known of many, ''many'' instances.

** For the Marvel heroes, this marks the second consecutive remix for Spider-Man and Captain America's old themes from ''Marvel Super Heroes''. Similarly, Gambit's is a remix of the one he had from ''X-Men vs. Street Fighter''. The Hulk's new theme is a vastly different re-arrangement of his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' theme, while War Machine's gives a similar treatment to Iron Man's own from the same game. This leaves both Wolverine and Venom with the only original tracks on their end.

** Mega Man and Roll have a Super Move where they become Anime/MazingerZ expies that fire numerous types of projectiles at the opponent.

** Lilith-mode Morrigan is Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and most of Lilith's moves; this version is less effective than the normal version. Caused by an unexplained FreakyFridayFlip.

* PowerCopying: In Mega Man's ending, he gains a super move from Onslaught--Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave--and in the home console ports, ''you can actually unlock a secret version of Mega Man that uses the Shockwave''. [[note]]This does not apply to the ''Marvel vs. Capcom Origins'' re-release, since the build is based on the original arcade version.[[/note]]

** In terms of assists, Sentinel and Shadow can only be accessed by way of held-down button combinations, as they cannot be chosen by the game's usual random select.

** Spider-Man, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Morrigan qualify for this.

** One of Mega Man's/Roll's Hyper Combos has Rush becoming a DrillTank controllable by the player.

* VFormationTeamShot: Captain Commando and his team does this after the Captain Storm super.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: Venom does this a lot. Morrigan can change the shape of her batwings into several different forms during battle.

* WingedHumanoid: Michelle Heart.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Expect to see the subtitle written as "''Clash of '''the''' Super Heroes''" quite often.

''[=MvC=]'' played mostly the same as its predecessors; it also added an extra Duo Team Attack mode where teammates would join together to beat down their opponent at the same time. The game also featured numerous [[AssistCharacter assist partners]]--characters from both Marvel and Capcom who could be called on for supporting attacks. (This mechanic would be replicated, albeit with actual tag partners, in the following two ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' entries.)

Capcom followed this game up in 2000 with ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''. This puts ''[=MvC=]'' in the rather unique position of being both the finale of one trilogy (as started by ''X-Men Vs. Street Fighter'') and the first game of another (thanks to the NumberedSequels that follow).

* AnIcePerson: Assist partner Iceman drops a few glaciers on the opponent as his assist attack.

* BadassNormal: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Comicbook/WarMachine qualify for the Marvel side, while Zangief, Captain Commando, Strider Hiryu and Jin Saotome qualify for the Capcom side. But only Zangief fights using only his fists and feet.

* {{Brainwashed}}: In the first part of the FinalBoss fight, Onslaught will sometimes call in one of the playable characters to fight in his place while he moves into the background and slowly recovers health.

** Ryu in this game is referred to as "Complete-Change Ryu", since he has the ability to switch between three separate styles--his own, Ken's, and Akuma's--as a Super Move.
** Zangief also qualifies, as he gains the Super Move ability to transform into Mecha Zangief, who was technically a separate character in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''.

* DeathFromAbove: The Hulk [[InASingleBound jumps into space]], and essentially pulls a passing meteor from space to drop it on his opponent.

** War Machine's ''War Destroyer'' Hyper sends a shower of missiles down his opponent. ''Smart Bombs'' also do, except in a less powerful way.
* DemotedToExtra: Rogue, Storm, Juggernaut, Magneto, Cyclops, U.S. Agent, and Shadow were all demoted from playable characters in previous games to Assist Partners. And M. Bison suffered even worse, going from playable to a minor cameo.

* FlashStep: [[VideoGame/{{Strider}} Strider Hiryu]] makes use of this in several of his techniques.

* {{Flight}}: War Machine has an special move that allows him to fly.

** [[SecretCharacter Red Venom]] is a hidden version of Venom who moves thrice as fast as ''any'' character in the game, but has almost no defense or health.

* HotBlooded: Jin Saotome is this to the letter.
** This is even parodied in his taunt: If you keep pressing the attack buttons while he taunts, he literally sets himself on fire.

* KickChick: Chun-Li and Ton Pooh
* LaserBlade[=/=]HotBlade: Strider Hiryu's Cypher

** On the Capcom side, Chun-Li and Zangief get their classic ''Street Fighter II'' themes back, but not Ryu; he instead gets ''SFII's'' intro theme here as a very special instance. Strider Hiryu gets a remix of "Raid!", the first stage theme from his home game. This leaves Morrigan, Captain Commando, Jin and Mega Man - all of whom get original themes that pay homage to their respective franchises' soundtracks; for example, Mega Man's partially samples the intro to ''Mega Man 2''. Notably, Roll's ImageSong "Kaze yo Tsutaete" not only makes her stand out among the other secret characters from either side due to having a unique theme, but also gives her the distinction for being the first vocal theme in the entire series; a claim which would not be topped until Deadpool, Dante and X-23 matched it in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

* MythologyGag: [[http://rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/Marvel/MvC/comic.html Much of Onslaught's dialogue comes straight from his comic storyline.]]

** Hyper Venom, also known as "Red Venom", is a secret version of Venom who is constantly in Berserker mode. He has huge offensive potential and insane speed, but is [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]] as a tradeoff. The color and GlassCannon status obviously reference {{ComicBook/Carnage}}.
** Orange Hulk, also known as ''MSH''-Perfomance Hulk, is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an orange-colored Hulk]] who uses his old ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' moveset, has faster speed, and lacks super armor. Added in reference to [[ComicBook/FantasticFour the Thing.]]

* PantyShot: Roll gives a ''lot'' of these, so much so that you can, at the peak of her jump in exactly one frame, see all of her panties and part of her midriff underneath her skirt. She also squeals ''ecchi!''[[labelnote:Translation]]Pervert!"[[/labelnote]] if you jump and decide not to cover her skirt with an attack.
** As mentioned above, pressing Start after a round is over lets you [[BeatingADeadPlayer Beat a Dead Player]], with bonus points being awarded if the game freeze-frames on your character in a dynamic pose. Panty shots like Chun Li's launcher (and Jin's immolation move) are worth a ton of points.

* PowerCopying: In Mega Man's ending, he gains a super move from Onslaught--Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave--and in the home console ports, ''you can actually unlock a secret version of Mega Man that uses the Shockwave''.[[note]]This does not apply to the ''Marvel vs. Capcom Origins'' re-release, since the build is based on the original arcade version.[[/note]]

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Shadow Lady is a [[WhatIf non-canon]] [[{{Brainwashed}} variation]] of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] who was forcibly turned into a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] by Shadaloo. Before she was roboticized, Chun-Li routinely foiled Shadaloo's plans at every turn. In retaliation, she was kidnapped, cyborgized, and experimented on for the sake of turning her into a living weapon and a pawn against Interpol, complete with a new name. She quickly became [[TheDragon M. Bison's top operative]]. Unlike Shadow--a roboticized Charlie Nash, who escaped shortly after being transformed--Shadaloo added a RestrainingBolt to Shadow Lady's programming so she would [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul remain fully obedient]] to Bison at all times, essentially becoming a [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action]] RobotGirl. Shadow Lady retains a few moves from her non-cyborgified variant, but she also shoots [[HomingProjectile homing]]/[[MissileLockOn heat-seeking missiles]] from [[BackpackCannon her back]], thrusts forward with [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents), uses miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet to jump much higher (and kick faster), and fires a large beam ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. And all of this high-tech arsenal is built-in to her robotic body, like the T-X from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' series.

* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: The endings of Spider-Man and Venom, where they interact with their teammates. Spidey takes a picture with them to celebrate Onslaught's defeat, whereas Venom proposes they fight crime together...by crushing criminals' skulls and eating their brains.
* SecretCharacter: The Marvel side's secret characters are different palette swaps of Hulk (gives him his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' movelist and properties - trading super armor and health for speed and faster attack recovery), War Machine (has incredible defense and armor but cannot block, now fires missiles instead of lasers), and Venom (becomes the fastest and weakest character in the game), while the Capcom side has [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Shadow]] [[UnwillingRoboticization Lady]] ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] transformed into a [[RobotGirl brainwashed]] {{Cyborg}}), [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith-Mode Morrigan]] (Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and properties), and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (a JokeCharacter who has Mega Man's movelist).

* {{Shotoclone}}: Spider-Man, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Morrigan qualify for this.
** Ryu becomes the ultimate Shotoclone by way of the Complete-Change ability that lets him use the fighting style and movelists of Ken or Akuma.

** The Duo Team Attack mode lets the player control both characters simultaneously; it also gives the team an infinite Hyper bar for the duration of the attack. The Hyper bar must have at least two levels full to pull this off, though pulling it off at Level 3 gives the player twice as much time (with varying percentages based on how much of the third bar was filled before the command is executed).

** One of Mega Man's/Roll's specials has Rush becoming a DrillTank controllable by the player.

* TransformingMecha: Mega Man's Rush Drill and Beat Plane supers, which are both controllable.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin]] qualifies, as many gamers were unaware of his existence prior to this game. Strider Hiryu and Captain Commando also qualify.

* ABoyAndHisX: Mega Man and Rush.
** [[UpToEleven A Dude And His Xes]]: Strider Hiryu and his gadgets, but specifically his cyborg panther partner.

* {{Leitmotif}}

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Due to legal issues, ComicBook/IronMan was unavailable for this game, so War Machine was selected in his stead (and basically acts as a PaletteSwap of Iron Man). As a result, War Machine's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBd3Y8298rU theme]] in this game is based off of Iron Man's ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHZbfzSII0 theme.]] The theme came full circle when Iron Man used this theme in ''MarvelVsCapcom3''.

* AnimeThemeSong: Roll's "Kaze Yo Tsutaete", which is a poor MIDI version (in the English version of this game, at least) of the same song from ''[[GoKartingWithBowser Rockman Battle and Chase]]''. ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' made it a fully-fledged, four minute-long theme song.

* FreakyFridayFlip: [[SecretCharacter Lilith-Mode!Morrigan]]'s ending: [[spoiler:Morrigan and Lilith have switched bodies after a collision, and they decide to try it again to fix it. At the last moment, Zangief jumps in, believing they were amidst "head crush training", and crashes into Morrigan head-first. In the end, Morrigan is back to normal, but Zangief and Lilith have now switched bodies.]]

* FreakyFriday: [[SecretCharacter Lilith-Mode!Morrigan]]'s ending: [[spoiler:Morrigan and Lilith have switched bodies after a collision, and they decide to try it again to fix it. At the last moment, Zangief jumps in, believing they were amidst "head crush training", and crashes into Morrigan head-first. In the end, Morrigan is back to normal, but Zangief and Lilith have now switched bodies.]]

** The two Hyper Combo announcer cries from ''Marvel Super Heroes'' return: the "X!" sound-byte plays appropriately for Wolverine and Gambit, and "Infinity!" plays for everyone else (including newcomers Venom and War Machine).

* SecretCharacter: The Marvel side's secret characters are different palette swaps of Hulk (gives him his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' movelist and properties), War Machine (has incredible defense and armor, now fires missiles instead of lasers), and Venom (becomes the fastest and weakest character in the game), while the Capcom side has [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Shadow]] [[UnwillingRoboticization Lady]] ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] transformed into a [[RobotGirl brainwashed]] {{Cyborg}}), [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith-Mode Morrigan]] (Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and properties), and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (a JokeCharacter who has Mega Man's movelist).

* JokeCharacter: While Roll shares many of Mega Man's moves, she is set back by low health and pathetic damage.
** LethalJokeCharacter: She is, however, exceptionally useful against Onslaught thanks to her small size.

* MoreDakka: Mega Man and Roll have a Super Move where they become Anime/MazingerZ expies that fire numerous types of projectiles at the opponent.

** She is, however, exceptionally useful against Onslaught thanks to her small size.

** When activating a Hyper Combo with X-Men representatives Wolverine and Gambit, the "X!" soundbyte from ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom''/''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' will play. For the other Marvel heroes, the "INFINITY!" soundbyte will be used instead (that includes Venom and War Machine, who did not appear in ''MSH'').

** Hyper Venom, also known as "Red Venom", is a secret version of Venom who is constantly in Berserker mode. He has huge offensive potential and insane speed, but is [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]] as a tradeoff. The color and GlassCannon status obviously reference ComicBook/Carnage.

** Hyper Venom, also known as "Red Venom", is a secret version of Venom who is constantly in Berserker mode. He has huge offensive potential and insane speed, but is [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]] as a tradeoff. The color and FragileSpeedster status obviously reference Carnage.

* PaletteSwap: Like the previous game, there are hidden alternate versions of existing characters, albeit with odd color schemes.
** War Machine counts as a replacement for Iron Man, and even has his own palette swap (see below). In the case of the Capcom characters, it's in reference to in-story changes made to them, while the Marvel characters reference other Marvel characters, though without actually claiming to be them.

** War Machine counts as a replacement for Iron Man, and even has his own palette swap (see below).
** Lilith-mode Morrigan is Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and most of Lilith's moves; this version is less effective than the normal version.

** Hyper Venom, also known as "Red Venom", is a secret version of Venom who is constantly in Berserker mode. He has huge offensive potential and insane speed, but is [[GlassCannon incredibly]] [[FragileSpeedster fragile]] as a tradeoff.
** Orange Hulk, also known as ''MSH''-Perfomance Hulk, is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an orange-colored Hulk]] who uses his old ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' moveset, has faster speed, and lacks super armor.
** Gold War Machine is a variant of War Machine who is ImmuneToFlinching and fires missiles instead of beams for all his projectiles. He is also incredibly sluggish, and he cannot block anything.

* {{Cyborg}}: Shadow Lady is a non-canon, WhatIf version of Chun-Li who was forcibly captured and [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion become]] [[TheDragon M. Bison's top assassin]. Although she retains some of her original moves (including her famous kicks), much of her movelist has been replaced with an arsenal of high-tech weaponry built into her robotic shell: She can turn her hands into drills, encase herself in an electric shield, fire heat-seeking missiles from her built-in BackpackCannon, jump higher (and kick faster) thanks to miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet, and fire a laser beam from her palms. [[spoiler:In her own ending, she and Shadow, a similarly-roboticized Charlie, manage to break free of Bison's control. Jin Saotome undergoes a similar transformation thanks to Shadow Lady after he is dealth a mortal wound by Bison.]]

* LateToTheTragedy: In Shadow Lady's ending, [[spoiler:Bison kills Jin; his body is found by Shadow Lady and Shadow (Charlie). They subject Jin to the same roboticization that made them Bison's puppets to save him.]]

After the successes of ''VideoGame/XMenVsStreetFighter'' and ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroesVsStreetFighter'', Capcom would bring out '''''Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes''''' in 1998. The game's setting is based on the ComicBook/{{Onslaught}} storyline, with Professor Xavier calling for help from within the Capcom universe.

''[=MvC=]'' was mostly the same as its predecessors, with the addition of an extra Duo Team Attack mode where teammates would join together to beat down their opponent at the same time. Aside from the normal roster, the game also featured several random [[AssistCharacter assist partners]] -- characters from both Marvel and Capcom's stables who could be called on for supporting attacks.

Followed up in 2000 by ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2 Marvel vs. Capcom 2]]''. This puts it in the rather unique position of simultaneously being the finale of one trilogy (as started by ''X-Men Vs. Street Fighter'') and the first game of another (due to the NumberedSequels that follow.)

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!!This game shows examples of:

* AnIcePerson: Iceman drops a few glaciers down the opponent as an Assist Partner.
* AnimeThemeSong: Roll's "Kaze Yo Tsutaete", a poor midi version (in the English version at least) of the one found in ''[[GoKartingWithBowser Rockman Battle and Chase]]''. ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' would make it a fully-fledged, four minute-long theme song.
* AssistCharacter: There are several of these from both Marvel and Capcom libraries called "Assist Partners." In the arcade versions, these are chosen randomly, but you could choose one of these as your second partner in the home versions which didn't allow the 2-on-2 gameplay. Aside from this:

** Ginzu, Babyhead and Mack, the Commando Team, assist Captain Commando.
** [[HumongousMecha Blodia]] assists Jin.
** The three Options assists Strider Hiryu.

* AudibleSharpness: One of the ''many'' reasons VideoGame/{{Strider}} Hiryu became [[EnsembleDarkhorse so popular]]. [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound SCHWING!]]

* AWinnerIsYou: Winning with {{secret character}}s Gold War Machine, Red Venom, Orange Hulk and Onslaught nets you a flashing screen with the character and text saying "Congratulations! You've defeated the game with a Secret Character!"

* BadassNormal: ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Comicbook/WarMachine in the Marvel side; and Zangief, Captain Commando, Strider Hiryu and Jin Saotome in the Capcom side. With the exception of Zangief, all of them use {{Powered Armor}}s, {{Humongous Mecha}}s and/or weapons, anyway.
** Counting the Assist Partners, there's U.S. Agent in the Marvel side; and Arthur, Unknown Soldier 1P, Saki Omokane and Devilotte's TerribleTrio in the Capcom side.

* BeatingADeadPlayer: Pressing start after defeating an opponent allows the player to continue attacking, with a bonus if the freeze frame is on a particular animation. The values would range from 1,000 points (for basic attacks) to up to 30,000 (for Jin's auto-immolation taunt).

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Onslaught]].
* {{Bowdlerise}}: One of Morrigan's victory animations -- featuring her in a dominatrix outfit that exposes her butt and Lilith dangling from a chain -- was cut from international localizations of the game, but was retained in the sequel. In a reverse example, Venom's win taunt about "eating your brains" was removed in the next game.
* {{Brainwashed}}: The FinalBoss has a technique in which he uses one of the playable characters to fight in his place while he goes into the background and slowly recovers health.
** In terms of story, there's Shadow and [[SecretCharacter Shadow Lady]], Charlie and Chun-Li respectively controlled by M. Bison and turned into [[UnwillingRoboticization cyborg]] [[ReforgedIntoAMinion killing machines]]. [[spoiler:Though Shadow seems to break free of it in Chun-Li's ending, while Shadow Lady does it in her ending and joins forces with Shadow to get their revenge on M. Bison.]]

* BlowYouAway: Storm, as an Assist Partner, can be summoned to throw a cyclone attack.

* TheCameo: Many characters from both Marvel and Capcom universes make appearances in the endings and stages.

** Ryu in this game is referred to as "Complete-Change Ryu", since he has the ability to switch from his normal style into Ken's and Akuma's styles as a special ability, though at the cost of one special bar (Ken's style) or two (Akuma's).
** Zangief also qualifies, since he has the ability to transform into Mecha Zangief during battle, who was technically a separate character in ''Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter''.
* CoolShades: Captain Commando and the Unknown Soldier.
* {{Cyborg}}: Shadow Lady is a non-canon, WhatIf version of Chun-Li who was forcibly captured and [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion become]] TheDragon to M. Bison. Although she retains some of her original moves including her famous kicks, much of this has been replaced with a veritable arsenal of high-tech weaponry which has been augmented into her robotic shell - she could turn her hands into drills, encase herself in an electric shield, fire heat-seeking missiles from her built-in BackpackCannon, miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet that enable her to jump much higher (and allow her to kick more rapidly) and fire a laser beam from her palms. [[spoiler: Though she and Shadow manage to break free of Shadaloo's control in her own ending. Also, Jin Saotome is turned into one by her after he was mortally wounded by M. Bison.]]
** Shadow too as well.

* DemotedToExtra: Rogue, Storm, Juggernaut, Magneto, Cyclops, U.S. Agent and Shadow were all demoted from playable characters in previous games to Assist Partners. M. Bison suffered even worse, going from playable to a minor cameo.
** Counting ''X-Men: [=CotA=]'', this also includes Psylocke, Colossus, Iceman and Sentinel.
* DesperationAttack: If Jin Saotome is left as the last man standing on his team and drops below a certain amount of health, [[GoldenSuperMode he'll start glowing gold]] and will gain a strength boost plus Super Armor ([[ImmuneToFlinching needs two hits to enter the stun animation]]).

* FragileSpeedster: Strider Hiryu is a good example, but then there's [[SecretCharacter Red Venom]], a special version of Venom who moves thrice as fast as ''any'' character in the game, but has almost no defense or health, making him go down with very few hits.
* FreakyFriday: [[SecretCharacter Lilith-Mode Morrigan]]'s ending: [[spoiler:Morrigan and Lilith have switched bodies after a collision, and they decide to try it again to fix it. Just at the last moment, Zangief jumps in believing they were amidst "head crush training", and crash into Morrigan head-first... in the end, while Morrigan is back to normal, it seems Zangief and Lilith have ''switched bodies'' themselves.]]

* HenshinHero: Captain Commando is one according to his intro.

* HotBlooded: Jin Saotome, '''oh''' so very much.
** Parodied in his taunt -- if you keep pressing the attack buttons while he uses it, he literally sets himself on fire.

** Jin's Blodia, used in some of his attacks.

** From the Assist Partners, there's Sentinel and Devilotte's Super-8, though most of it is underground/not visible.

* JapaneseRanguage: Very, ''very'' odd inversion. The announcer reads the first word of the name "Strider Hiryu" right, but when it comes to the second, Japanese word, it incidentally slips into "Hilyu." Of course, this may be the fault of audio quality...
* JokeCharacter: Roll. While she shares many of Mega Man's moves, she is set back by low health and pathetic damage.
** However, she is very useful against Onslaught thanks to her small size!
* JuxtaposedHalvesShot: Done to signify the activation of the Duo Team Attack.
* KamehameHadoken: The second part of the trope's name comes from the version of the Shinkuu Hadouken, which is the best known of many, ''many'' instances.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Jin Saotome in one of his [[VictoryPose win poses]].
* KickChick: Chun-Li. Ton Pooh also qualifies.
* LaserBlade[=/=]HotBlade: Strider Hiryu's Cypher.
* LateToTheTragedy: In Shadow Lady's ending, [[spoiler:Bison kills Jin, and then she and Charlie find his body. They came to the conclusion that they only could cybernetize him. Jin gets better.]]

* MegatonPunch: Jin's entire fighting style, especially the Blodia Punch, which is a MegatonPunch by a HumongousMecha.
* MoreDakka: Mega Man's and Roll's Lv1 super has them becoming Anime/MazingerZ's expies firing many types of projectiles at will.

* MythologyGag: [[http://rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/Marvel/MvC/comic.html Much of Onslaught's dialogue is straight quotations from his comic storyline.]]
** Hulk's ending has Captain America sacrifice himself to destroy Onslaught, just like in the original story. Jin's ending also references it, with Jin directly giving his own life to stopping Onslaught.

* NonFatalExplosions: Upon being summoned, Princess Devilotte will issue his subordinates to attack... but instead, all three just blow up on the spot (the explosion turning into the attack itself).
* OneWingedAngel: Onslaught.

* PaintItBlack: Shadow and Shadow Lady (roboticized versions of Charlie and Chun-Li). The same happens to [[spoiler:Jin in Shadow Lady's ending.]]
* PaletteSwap: Like the previous game, there are unlockable alternate versions of existing characters, albeit with odd color schemes.
** War Machine counts as a replacement for Iron Man, and even has his own palette swap in the form of Gold-Armor War Machine.
** Lilith-mode Morrigan, a.k.a. Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme. She gains most of Lilith's moves, but is less effective than Morrigan herself.
** Shadow Lady, a [[{{Cyborg}} cyborgized]] [[UnwillingRoboticization and]] [[ReforgedIntoAMinion brainwashed]] Chun-Li in the vein of Shadow from ''Marvel vs. Street Fighter''. She's heavier and has Shadow-esque takes on Chun-Li's moves.
** U.S. Agent, one of the assist characters. He uses the same sprite as ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and performs his Charging Star attack.
** Hyper Venom, a secret version of Venom who's constantly in Berserker mode. Also known as Red Venom. He's known for his huge offensive potential and speed, but is [[GlassCannon incredibly fragile.]]
** Orange Hulk, a faster Hulk who uses his old ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' moveset and lacks super armor. Also known as ''MSH''-Performance Hulk.
** Gold War Machine, a variant of War Machine who is ImmuneToFlinching and fires missiles instead of beams for all his projectiles, but is incredibly sluggish and cannot block.

* PlayingWithFire: VideoGame/CaptainCommando's Power Glove uses fire and [[ShockAndAwe electricity]] on his attacks. Jin's punches and attacks are all fire-covered, one even setting ''himself'' on fire.
* PowerCopying: In Mega Man's ending, he gains a super move from Onslaught, Magneto's Magnetic Shockwave. And in the ports, ''you can actually unlock a secret version of Mega Man that has this attack''.[[note]]This does not apply to the ''Marvel vs. Capcom Origins'' rerelease, since the build is based on the original arcade version.[[/note]]
* PoweredArmor: War Machine and Captain Commando. Then there's [[SecretCharacter Gold War Machine]], a special version of War Machine who moves slowly, barely jumps and CANNOT block BUT his defense is insanely high, he has an infinite hit buffer allowing him to continue moving forward against enemy attacks, and many of his projectile attacks are amped up. An even better bonus is that some Hyper Combos like Maximum Spider and Weapon X hit for the FIRST hit and the other player is repelled off the armor. He can still be thrown though. Onslaught has this as well.
* PowerFloats: M. Bison in his cameo appearances and Onslaught.
* RammingAlwaysWorks: The style of attack used by U.S. Agent, Colossus, Sentinel, Psylocke, Rogue and Juggernaut when summoned.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Shadow Lady, a [[WhatIf a non-canon]] [[{{Brainwashed}} variation]] of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[ReforgedIntoAMinion forcibly turned into a]] [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] by Shadaloo. Before she was forcibly roboticized, Chun-Li routinely foiled Shadaloo's plans at every turn. In retaliation, she was kidnapped, cyborgized, and experimented on for the sake of turning her into a pawn against Interpol. When the task was completed, they turned her into a living weapon, complete with a new name and transformed her into TheDragon for M. Bison. And unlike Shadow (a cyborgified Charlie Nash), who escaped shortly after being transformed, Shadaloo added a RestrainingBolt to her programming so she [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul remains fully obedient]] to M. Bison at all times, essentially becoming a [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action]] RobotGirl. Aside from retaining a few moves from her non-cyborgified variant, Shadow Lady shoots [[HomingProjectile homing]]/[[MissileLockOn heat-seeking missiles]] from [[BackpackCannon her back]], thrusts forward with [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents), miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet that enable her to jump much higher (and allow her to kick more rapidly) and fires a large beam ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. And all of this high-tech arsenal is built-in to her robotic body, like the T-X from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' series. [[spoiler: In her ending however, she manages to [[HeroicWillpower overcome Shadaloo's brainwashing,]] [[HeelFaceTurn regain her original memories]], and joins forces with Shadow in taking down Shadaloo. Despite this, she retains her robotic parts even after the brainwashing broke.]]
* SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: The endings of Spider-Man and Venom, where they interact with their teammates. Spidey takes a picture with them to celebrate Onslaught's defeat, whereas Venom proposes they fight crime together... by crushing criminals' skulls and eating their brains.
* SecretCharacter: The Marvel secret characters are different palette swaps of the Hulk (gives him his ''Marvel Super Heroes'' movelist and properties), War Machine (has incredible defense and armor, now fires missiles instead of lasers) and Venom (becomes the fastest and weakest character in the game), while the Capcom side has [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Shadow]] [[UnwillingRoboticization Lady]] ([[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]] transformed into a [[RobotGirl brainwashed]] {{Cyborg}} ala Shadow), [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Lilith-Mode Morrigan]] (Morrigan with Lilith's color scheme and properties) and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Roll]] (a JokeCharacter who has Mega Man's movelist).

* {{Shotoclone}}: Aside from Ryu, Spider-Man, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica and Morrigan qualify for this.

* {{Stripperific}}: On the ladies' side, Morrigan, [[{{Vaporwear}} who technically doesn't even wear clothes]]. And on the men's side, Hulk, Zangief, and, if one is feeling crazy, Colossus.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Due to legal issues, ComicBook/IronMan was unavailable for this game, so War Machine was selected in his stead (for all intents and purposes, he's a PaletteSwap of Iron Man). As a result, his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBd3Y8298rU theme]] in this game is based off of Iron Man's ''VideoGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxHZbfzSII0 theme.]] The theme came full circle when Iron Man used this theme in ''MarvelVsCapcom3''.

** Duo Team Attack mode where both characters become controllable simultaneously and have infinite supers temporarily. The bar must be at Level 2 in order to execute this. However, getting one more bar (Level 3) will allow you twice as much time (with varying percentages based on how much of the third bar was filled when you execute the command).
* ThisIsADrill: One of Mega Man's/Roll's specials has Rush becoming a DrillTank controllable by the player. Shadow Lady can turn her hands into drills for certain attacks. Also Jin HK attacks.
* TransformingMecha: Rush Drill and Beat Plane. Both controllable by the player.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}} Jin]]. Many were unaware of his existence prior to that. The same is true for Strider Hiryu and Captain Commando.
* VFormationTeamShot: Captain Commando and his team does this after his Captain Storm super move.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: Venom makes plenty use of this in his movelist. Morrigan can change the shape of her batwings into several different forms during battle.

** In terms of story, there's Shadow and [[SecretCharacter Shadow Lady]], Charlie and Chun-Li respectively controlled by M. Bison and turned into killing machines. [[spoiler:Though Shadow seems to break free of it in Chun-Li's ending.]]

* {{Cyborg}}: Shadow Lady is a non-canon, WhatIf version of Chun-Li who was forcibly captured and [[UnwillingRoboticization roboticized]] to [[ReforgedIntoAMinion become]] TheDragon to M. Bison. Although she retains some of her original moves including her famous kicks, much of this has been replaced with a veritable arsenal of high-tech weaponry which has been augmented into her robotic shell - she could turn her hands into drills, encase herself in an electric shield, fire heat-seeking missiles from her built-in BackpackCannon, miniaturized Vernier thrusters in her feet that enable her to jump much higher (and allow her to kick more rapidly) and fire a laser beam from her palms. [[spoiler: Though she and Shadow manage to break free of Shadaloo's control in her own ending.]]

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Shadow Lady, [[WhatIf a non-canon]] [[{{Brainwashed}} variation]] of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[UnwillingRoboticization forcibly turned into a]] [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] by Shadaloo. Before she was forcibly brainwashed and roboticized, Chun-Li routinely foiled Shadaloo's plans at every turn. In revenge, she was kidnapped, brainwashed, cyborgized and experimented on for the sake of turning her into a weapon against Interpol. When the task was completed, they turned her into a living weapon, complete with a new name: Shadow Lady. Aside from retaining a few moves from her non-cyborgified variant, Shadow Lady shoots [[HomingProjectile homing]]/[[MissileLockOn heat-seeking missiles]] from [[BackpackCannon her back]], thrusts forward with [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents) and fires a large beam ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. And all of this high-tech arsenal is built-in to her body, like the T-X from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' series.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Shadow Lady, [[WhatIf a non-canon]] [[{{Brainwashed}} variation]] of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[UnwillingRoboticization forcibly turned into a]] [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] by Shadaloo. Before she was forcibly transformed into a brainwashed RobotGirl, Chun-Li routinely foiled Shadaloo's plans at every turn. In revenge, she was kidnapped, brainwashed, and experimented on for the sake of turning her into a weapon against Interpol. When the task was completed, they turned her into a living weapon, complete with a new name: Shadow Lady. Aside from retaining a few moves from her non-cyborgified variant, Shadow Lady shoots [[HomingProjectile homing]]/[[MissileLockOn heat-seeking missiles]] from [[BackpackCannon her back]], thrusts forward with [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents) and fires a large beam ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. And all of this high-tech arsenal is built-in to her body, like the T-X from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' series.

** War Machine counts as a replacement for Iron Man, and even has his own palette swap in the form of Gold-Armor War Machine. The gold version [[ImmuneToFlinching cannot be stunned]], but is heavy and slow.

* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Shadow Lady, a [[WhatIf a non-canon]] [[{{Brainwashed}} variation]] of [[VideoGame/StreetFighter Chun-Li]], [[UnwillingRoboticization forcibly turned into a]] [[{{Cyborg}} cyborg]] by Shadaloo. Before she was forcibly transformed into a brainwashed RobotGirl, Chun-Li routinely foiled Shadaloo's plans at every turn. In revenge, she was kidnapped, brainwashed, and experimented on for the sake of turning her into a weapon against Interpol. When the task was completed, they turned her into a living weapon, complete with a new name: Shadow Lady. Aside from retaining a few moves from her non-cyborgified variant, Shadow Lady shoots [[HomingProjectile homing]]/[[MissileLockOn heat-seeking missiles]] from [[BackpackCannon her back]], thrusts forward with [[ThisIsADrill a drill]], encases herself in a [[ShockAndAwe electric barrier]] (that also [[DeflectorShield deflects attacks]] and stuns opponents) and fires a large beam ([[ArmCannon Big Bang Laser]]) from [[HandBlast her palms]]. And all of this high-tech arsenal is built-in to her body, like the T-X from the ''{{Franchise/Terminator}}'' series.