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Pantheon
A Pantheon Hunter
Designer:	Keiji Inafune
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Appearances in games:	Mega Man Zero series
Other appearances:	Rockman Zero manga

The Pantheon (パンテオン, Pantheon^? officially Romanized Panteon in Japan, although the katakana refer to the Greek term) is a mass-produced Reploid found in the Mega Man Zero video game series.

Contents 1 Description 2 Trivia 3 Similar enemies 4 See also

[edit] Description

Pantheons are degraded, mass-produced Reploid copies of X, either by Mega Man X or his replacement Copy X. This is uncertain due to no Pantheon ever having been shown in flashbacks to times before Copy-X's reign.

Pantheons are part of Neo Arcadia's main attack forces and appear in many forms with a variety of different powers. The Pantheons are capable of handling any sort of civilian rebellion forces with ease. However, they do not stand a chance against actual combat model Reploids.

Due to their mechanically degraded nature, Pantheons are limited in their mobility; They lack the power of actual combat models, but they're above civilian Reploids. Pantheon jobs range from being soldiers in the battlefield, to being prison guards and police. This ubiquity is most likely the reason for their degraded status, their production costs, production time and energy usage are most likely quite low, allowing for sheer quantity in numbers. This, as well their variety and their above Mechaniloid intelligence make them the perfect warriors to protect humanity and keep the peace in Neo Arcadia.

During the events of the third Mega Man Zero game, Dr. Weil took charge of Neo Arcadia. Dr. Weil made sure to replace the Pantheons with his own Variant forces. However, according to "Vile's Incident," the booklet included with RTRZ PHYSIS, the Pantheons still exist. After the events of the fourth Zero game, each and every Pantheon was disarmed by the survivors of the Ragnarok Incident, finally bringing forth an era of peace. However, Vile's Incident has yet to be translated for the non Japanese public, it is possible the story was simply referring to the disarming of the Neo Arcadian remnants in general and not the Pantheons.

[edit] Trivia

• The name Pantheon comes from the Greek words 'pan', meaning "all", and 'theos', meaning "gods"; thus their names mean "all gods."
• Despite having above Mechaniloid intelligence, just how intelligent the individual Pantheons are is never made clear.
• In the Rockman Zero manga the Pantheons were capable of speech. In the games only one Pantheon could be heard talking; a modified Pantheon Aqua sub boss that was powered up by the Dark Elf in Mega Man Zero 3 (It can be heard making a giggling noise or grunting prior to certain attacks). It's unknown if the Pantheon could talk before or is only able to do so because of the Dark Elf's power.
  • Also, there is an unused Pantheon mugshot in the first Mega Man Zero, suggesting they would talk at one point of the game, but the idea was scrapped.
• The Modified Pantheon Aqua bears a resemblance to Elpizo's final form most likely because they both absorbed power from the Dark Elf.
• In Mega Man Zero 4, the role of the Pantheons have been replaced by Weil's Variants. However, in Fenri Lunaedge's stage, a small group of scrapped Pantheons appear, and will attack Zero when a Scrap Elf possesses them.
• Originally the Pantheons were going to hold a gun in their hands but in the final version their hand itself is a gun (like X). This however, has subjected them to a common spriting problem: the arm that the Pantheon's gun is on switches position every time they turn around.

• In Mega Man ZX there's an enemy that looks vaguely similar to a Pantheon, but more similar to a Weil Variant called a Galleon Hunter, with most of the same abilities.
• A Pantheon can be spotted in Mega Man ZX next to some trash in Area C-1, under a ladder blocked by a vehicle.
• In Mega Man ZX in area H, there is a crane that will occasionally pull up a Pantheon doll.
• Due to the fact that they have a single eye, it is possible that the Pantheons are a visual throwback to the classic Mega Man series villains, the Sniper Joe.

[edit] Similar enemies

• Sniper Joe
• Variant
• Galleon

[edit] See also

• List of Pantheons
• Rainbow Devil

Mega Man Zero series
Main characters
Zero • Ciel • Mega Man X • Resistance • Dr. Weil • Omega • Elpizo • Dark Elf • Caravan • Neige • Craft Copy X • Sage Harpuia • Fighting Fefnir • Fairy Leviathan • Hidden Phantom • Eight Gentle Judges
Games
Mega Man Zero • 2 • 3 • 4
Related Items
Armed Phenomenon • Custom chips • Cyber-elf (List) • Golem • Locations Mega Man Zero Official Complete Works • Pantheon (List) • Remastered Tracks Rockman Zero Rockman Zero (manga) • Variant • Zero 3 Database • Zero 4 Database • Zero Knuckle