Awesome Music: One point of praise for the series is that the Robot Masters' theme remixes are really cool, due to taking their respective stage music from the games and making them more battle-appropriate.
Audience-Alienating Premise: This attempt at making a cartoon based upon Mega Man took too many creative liberties from the source material, to the point where it became an In Name Only show. This guaranteed that no die hard fans would watch it, and, coupled with a horrible time slot, resulted in the show dying a quick death after one season.
Captain Obvious Reveal: Sgt. Night being the mysterious Lord Obsidian came as a surprise to almost no one.
Cliché Storm: The series' premise is a generally basic Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World type deal, with a number of familiar character archetypes (Dr. Light being the archetypical mentor and Suna being the voice of reason), predictable plot twists, and oft-used Stock Aesops.
Complete Monster: Sergeant Breaker Night is a hypocritical veteran with a deep hatred for robots. Night staged numerous robot attacks throughout Silicon City, putting various citizens in danger, with some nearly dying from it. Finally showing up under his "Lord Obsidian" persona, Night brutally beats up Mega Man and tries to kill his robotic dog named Rush; tries to torture Mega Man through invading his dreams; mercilessly beats police robots; tries to brainwash all robots in the city and have them wipe out all humans in Silicon City; and sends Cut Man to commit crimes, which nearly leads to the deaths of dozens of faculty and students. Night is also heavily abusive towards his son Namagem, not caring when he gets hurt by Mega Man; is heavily implied to have given him his facial scar; and even has him fight to the death with Fire Man over an argument. In his worst scheme, Night tries to kill Mega Man's family and use him as a weapon, before revealing his final plan to wipe the minds of every single robot in the city into "blank slates" and turn them into servants of humanity.
Contested Sequel: To the Ruby Spears cartoon. While some have grown to appreciate Fully Charged as its own unique take on the Blue Bomber, many others, fans of the Ruby Spears cartoon in particular, are really not fond of all of the changes it made. The Ruby Spears cartoon may have quite a bit of Adaptation Deviation, it looks downright faithful to the source material compared to Fully Charged, which you could completely remove the Mega Man elements from and be left with a fairly standard by the books Wake Up, Go to School & Save the World cartoon. It also helps that many of the contentious elements of the Ruby Spears cartoon have been mildly redeemed since thanks to their use in YouTube Poops.
Hypno Woman and Blasto Woman are well-liked among the Canon Foreigner Robot Masters, due to their designs, personalities, and the novelty of being female robots — due to the basis of the series, Mega Man (Classic), being infamously low on female Robot Masters.
Fire Man is a favorite among the recurring villains in the series, due to his cool design.
Ice Man, due to his later appearances emphasizing he's not really that evil, and trying his best to do good.
Wood Man, due to making a character with a relatively generic gimmick surprisingly cool, and his more sympathetic characterization compared to most of the other weekly villains. His debut episode is also generally considered the point where the series' writing improves.
Chaotique quickly became very popular due to her design, fun personality, and chemistry with Mega Man. The fact she's another female robot also helps.
After the show ended, many took a liking to Man Man, both due to his goofy personality and being one giant reference to the Bad Box art version of Mega Man.
Some fans have taken to redesigning the original characters in the series (generally Hypno Woman, Blasto Woman, Chaotique, and sometimes Chemistry Man) to fit the classic continuity's aesthetic.
Another good idea for redesigns would be what classic Robot Masters might look like in this continuity.
Fan Nickname: Before the series was called "Fully Charged", it was often referred to as "Mega Man Of Action" due to Man of Action Studios being one of the three companies behind its production.
Growing the Beard: The first ten episodes of the series were considered rather underwhelming, due to their repetitive Villain of the Week format, emphasis on humor, and lack of any clear direction. "Enter the Wood Man" showed marked improvement due to making the Robot Master encounters more unique, putting greater focus on the characters, and not being afraid to be more serious.
One of the new villains in the series is named "Blasto Woman". Mega Man 11 had revealed a few weeks prior to the series premiere that their game was going to feature the similarly-named (but with a different gimmick) Blast Man.
Chemistry Man's episode came out just before Mega Man 11 officially revealed Acid Man, a green beaker-like robot who uses chemical weapons to attack.
The Ruby-Spears Mega Man cartoon had an episode where Dr. Wily hijacked people's dreams long before this show had Namagem invade Aki's dreams.
Due to Bert's name being shorthand for "Albert", his shirt containing a familiar "W" insignia, and his hat that gives him hair that pokes out of the top sides, a number of fans singled in on him being this series' incarnation of Dr. Wily, or at least closely related to him. The first episode reveals that his surname is Wily, confirming that he is at least related to him. The comics then confirmed that he is, in fact, Dr. Wily’s grandson.
Many viewers correctly guessed Lord Obsidian's identity from the episode summaries and his own apperance.
Magnificent Bitch: Chaotique is a Friendly Enemy rival of Mega Man who loves the next big thrill and getting one over on him. Introduced convincing Aki and Bert to slack off and have fun, she frames Bert for theft and is able to evade and defeat Mega Man in battle, having studied him beforehand, before confessing to her crimes and evading arrest. Her next appearance has her succeed in a prank to make the school fade away, again evading capture. Her third appearance has her learn of the Mega Key's existence and powers when it's used to repair her, and while she feigns remorse, she sells it out to Sgt. Night. The comic series shows Chaotique remains at large even after Night's defeat, and she's never defeated in combat.
Aki's speech in "Nice on Ice" includes the line "You're wrong, Sgt. Night! Humans and robots should be together all the time!" It's hard to take seriously given how stilted it is.
Sgt. Night's "Lord Obsidian" persona has the exact same handlebar mustache in his human persona, and is full of over-the-top laughter and typical bad-guy talk. This can ruin some of the fear factor of his design and first appearance.
Nausea Fuel: Guts Man's second episode has some very disgusting moments when he eats Man Man, who floats around in his stomach for a while, which is filled with pre-chewed chewing gum and potatoes. Then Guts Man can't digest the mix, which creates a gluey, chunky substance that leaks out of his stomach until he hurls.
Nightmare Fuel: The episode Big Bad Dreams is this literally. Namagem invades Aki's head using Hypno Woman's powers, creating very creepy imagery as he battles Aki. Examples include Mega Mini encountering a zombie doppelganger of himself, Aki encountering his family with big, dead eyes and huge creepy smiles and every single citizen of Silicon City turning into Namagem. Eventually, Aki gets the upper hand and uses Hypno Woman's powers on Namagem, exposing what he fears: Lord Obsidian/Sergeant Breaker Night. Sergeant Night must put him through hell for him to fear him.
After Namagem beats Fire Man within an inch of his life in Enemy Of My Enemy, Mega Man decides he doesn't deserve a second chance and will put him down the next time he sees him.
Obvious Judas: In the first two episodes, Sgt. Breaker Night pretends to be an innocent victim of Fire Man's attack. The problem is, they made him soObviously Evil (from his name, to his red and black color scheme, to his angular design, to the fact that his very first appearance has him ranting about his Fantastic Racism for robots) that it should come as absolutely NO surprise that he's the real evil mastermind.
Older Than They Think: Mega Man being a robot attending school was first used in the Ruby-Spears episode Campus Commandos, and the obscure and short-lived Dreamwave comic book was partially based around the concept. And similarly, the concept of a High School AU with a character going to school and also transforming into Mega Man as a superhero alter ego has been tackled before with the Mega Man Star Force games.
Replacement Scrappy: Sgt. Night isn't very well-liked by fans of the game series, generally due to replacing Dr. Wily. Some also attribute their dislike to his cliche Fantastic Racism. While some people's opinions softened on him due to his strong showing of his Lord Obsidian persona, he's still generally considered one of the weaker elements of the series, and one who the Robot Masters and Namagem often have to pick up the slack for. Given that the comic continuation keeps him in prison for the entirety of the story, it's unlikely that any future stories in the setting will use him.
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap: Namagem, a character that's representative of Proto Man, was initially hated in the pre-release phases due to people just wanting Proto Man outright and his name being derided as too cliche and silly, which gave many fans low expectations. When he finally showed up in the series proper, he became more warmly received due to his dramatically appropriate entrance, combining the best aspects of Proto Man and Bass, and consistently having some of the best episodes in the series.
Peter Punkowski, due to being a jerkish condescending know-it-all who's deliberately made to be annoying, and generally just being gross.
Air Man is the most disliked out of the Robot Masters in the series' villain rotation, owing primarily to his design that has little to do with the original character and his fairly one-note personality. He did receive expansion upon in "The Bluster Bunch" though, which has led to some warming up to him.
Slow-Paced Beginning: The first seventeen episodes drag on a bit too much, being mostly focused on fairly standard Villain of the Week fare, and with very little plot development, even in episodes featuring series villain Sgt. Night. Episode 18 and 20, the "Lightfall" two-parter, is generally where the series is considered to have picked up, although episode 17, "Enter the Wood Man", was also considered a very strong episode.
Despite being a Mega Man cartoon, it aesthetically resembles Mighty No. 9 more. The concept also drew comparisons to the Dreamwave comics, for better or worse (in particular, the concept of Mega Man having to attend school is present in both adaptions).
Ironically enough despite its roots as a new take on the classic series, it could also be considered one of both the Mega Man Battle Network and Mega Man Star Force series, being both a hybrid of involving a heavy Alternate Universe reboot and redesign of the classic Mega Man cast of the former and the concept of the Mega Man alter ego superhero from the latter.
The day Mega Man's redesign and the general series synopsis were revealed, no one was kind to it. People criticized the design for being ugly (some even comparing it to the protagonist redesigns of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures and Sonic Boom), the Adaptation Name Change from Rock to Aki was put into question, the High School AU plot was criticized as generic, and Mega Mini's design alone wasn't liked, with many fearing he'd become a Scrappy of the Sidekick Creature Nuisance kind. It didn’t help that the initial announcement of a Mega Man cartoon was met with overwhelming hype- and this reveal tanked every last bit of it.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Almost everything changed from the source material to the cartoon isn't something fans wanted, and unlike Mega Man Battle Network which similarly rebooted the cast everyone was familiar with for its Alternate Universe, Fully Charged sticking somewhat closer to the setting and themes of the classic series resulted in harsher comparisons to said source material. Particular sticking points for fans of the classic series are the replacement of Dr. Wily, Roll, and Proto Man with Sgt. Night, Suna, and Namagem, Bert Wily being Aki's best friend, the school setting and related storylines being very common tropes, and minimalist Easter Egg nods to the games instead of deeper connections. Coming on the heels of the Archie comic cancellation didn't help either.
Unintentionally Sympathetic: Aki is supposed to be seen as being impulsive for assuming "Mari", actually Hypno Woman, has some ulterior motive before it turns out that she and Light merely wanted to talk in "Tripping The Light Fantastic", but given that Hypno Woman's previous appearance featured her hypnotizing a school en masse and vowing to get revenge afterward, it's very hard to blame Aki. It doesn't help that Hypno Woman intentionally aggravates Mega Man and barely tries to explain herself before effectively knocking him off a roof.
Win Back the Crowd: Some fans did warm up to the show upon getting their first glimpse of it, noting that it was harmless in the end, and thanks to the Growing the Beard details making the show much more enticing to people, a good amount of people did eventually start to accept Fully Charged as its own take on the Mega Man series.
The Boom Comics continuation:
Broken Base: Whether the Darker and Edgier tone for the comic worked; some didn't like the change, either feeling it clashed with the show, or even felt that if the show was too silly, this series had the extreme opposite problem of being too serious for its own good. On the other hand, some like the change for giving this continuity some much-needed grounding after the show's silliness.
They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: While far better received than Sgt. Night, the decision to reveal Dr. Wily's Affably Evil persona was an act and making him near identical to his Classic game counterpart, complete with flying saucer and Wily Machine to serve as the true villain of the series has been seen as wasting a good concept in the name of bringing things closer to the Classic continuity.
Unexpected Character: Given that Fully Charged is primarily based on the Classic continuity, was anyone expecting Zero to appear?
Win Back the Crowd: After the animated series garnered a polarizing reaction, the comic made it a point to reintroduce elements of the Classic continuity such as Dr. Wily, while making existing elements less narm-filled or closer to their game counterparts. Strong sales for the miniseries seem to indicate the effort was successful.
◊ caught flak for being rather ugly when they were first revealed, with Ice Man in particular being compared to a poorly-made bootleg. The emphasis on Canon Foreigner Sgt. Night as the Big Bad of the series over Dr. Wily didn't help matters, nor did Proto Man's replacement with the creatively-named Namagem, or Suna Light, who fills in for Roll. On the plus side, Fire Man and Wave Man's new designs were well-received, as were Canon Foreigners Hypno Woman and Blasto Woman.
