Changes: James Burton

Revision as of 17:12, 28 October 2019

“	Gradius is completely restored.	„
	~ Lars 18th

James Burton (ジェイムスバートン, Jieimusu Bāton^?) is the lead character in the MSX Nemesis series, and original pilot of the Vic Viper and Metalion fighter crafts.

Background

James was born in 6641 in Gradius, being one of the few wreek survivors from the Northern Cross War, where he lost his parents while he was still 3 years old. In 6645, he and the other wreeks are housed by the Imperial Government and enlisted in the Space Agency, but in 6653, at the age of 12, he leaves the agency and enlists into the Department of Defense, seeking to join the Imperial Space Air Force to exact revenge on the Bacterians who killed his parents.

He was enlisted in the war against Bacterion in 6658 and promoted to Major at the age of 17, and later joins the Battle for Antichthon in 6664, allied with Dr. Venom, Director General of the Space Agency and developer of the Vic Viper super spatiotemporal fighter. He was promoted to Captain of the Imperial Space Air Force in 6663 and, when Venom eventually began his attack on Gradius in 6666 with Bacterian's combined forces, James was sent on one final mission to stop him, now piloting the state-of-the-art super spatiotemporal fighter Metalion.

Due to his efforts in fighting the Bacterians and Venom, James was crowned Emperor Lars 18th. As Emperor, one of his most recognized actions was to reconstruct the seven planets affected by the war with Venom. James eventually died in 6718 at the age of 77, so in the next year the Imperial government built the James Hill in his honor. In 6809, Venom attempted to exact his final revenge against James, seeking to erase him from history by traveling back to 6644 and kidnapping him at a young age. His descendant, David Burton, saved history thanks to the help of three color encoded maps, and recovered the capsule James was kept prisoner in.

Gallery

Trivia

James Burton's name is likely a combination of James Hetfield's first name with Cliff Burton's^(†) last name, both members of Metallica.
- Coincidentally, there's also a real-life guitarist (unrelated to Metallica) also named James Burton.

Nemesis
Characters	James Burton (Metalion) • David Burton (Vixen) • Gaudie • Venom • Venom's Aides • Lars 17th • Wreek
Nemesis 2 stages	Colossus Planet • Plant Planet • Ancient Planet • Floating Continents • Planet of Fire • Living Planet • Sin • Asteroid Belt • Water Planet • Venom Mothership
Nemesis 3 stages	Sun • Plant • Gravity • Past-Boss • Moai • Hell • Sand • Cell • Factory • Gofer Ship
Nemesis 2 bosses	Sodd • Riot Warship • Misfit Warship • Big Core X10 • Mayhem Warship • Doom • Sinar • Abaddon Warship • Venom
Nemesis '90 Kai exclusive bosses	Lizard Core • Laser Core • Big Core MK II Kai • Beta Core
Nemesis 3 bosses	Geezer Butler • Hans Naughty • Tetran • Abaddon Warship • Misfit Warship • Big Core • Armored Saint • Lynyrd Skynyrd • Triumph Kicks • Killer Dwarf • Crab Warlock • Queensrÿche • Gofer

Salamander
Characters and ships	Vic Viper • Lord British (Lord British)• Saber Tiger and Thrasher (Iggy Rock and Zowie Scott) • Van Landroth Frehley • Lars XVIII • Super Cobra • Galaxy • Purple Emperor • Red Devil
Salamander stages	Bionic Germ • Meteorite Space • Burning Chaos • Volcano Area • Salamander Planetoid
Salamander (MSX) stages	Top Flight Speed to Latis • Conduct to Space Station Zot • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Eioneus • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Lavinia • Set the Crush Blow System - Planet Kierke • Wrath of Venom • Crush Salamander
Life Force-only stages	Organic Speed Zone • Temple Zone
Salamander 2 stages	Sub-life Space • Prominence Fortress • Bio Hazard • Huge Battleship • Asteroid • Doom Fortress
Salamander bosses	Golem • Tetran • Intruder • Fortress Valis • Death • Big Core X3 • Jumping Moai • Zelos Force
Port exclusive bosses	Zylom • Gaw • Giga • Tutankhamon • Dead End • Enigma • True Venom • Metal Slave • Zelos Barrier
Salamander 2 bosses	Biter • Hydra • Abadon • Tenny Rop • Plate Core • Cerberus • Doom

Gradius ReBirth
Characters	James Burton (Vic Viper) • Gaudie • Venom
Stages	Volcano • Cell • Moai • Wasteland • Antichthon
Bosses	Volcano • Iron Maiden • Big Core Duo • Zub Rush • Crawler X • Moai Orb • Re-Bone • Enigma • Electronic Cage MK2 • Xaerous Brain

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+''[[Gradius (series)|Gradius]]''<br />
+''[[Nemesis (series)|nemesis]]''
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+[[:category:Protagonists|Main protagonist]]<br />
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+[[:category:Supporting cast|Support character]]
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+|affiliation      = Imperial Space Air Force
+|species          = [[:category:Humans|Human]]
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+|place_of_origin  = [[Gradius (planet)|Gradius]]
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+|born             = 6641
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+|died             = 6718
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+|age              = 77
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+|status           = Deceased
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+|family           = [[David Burton]] (descendant)
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-|first_appearance =
+|first_appearance = '''1985''': ''[[Gradius|Nemesis]]''
 |appearances      =
-''[[Nemesis]]'' (''[[Gradius]]'')<br />
+''[[Gradius|Nemesis]]'' (''[[Gradius]]'')<br />
 ''[[Nemesis 2]]''<br />
 ''[[Nemesis 3]]'' (cameo)<br />
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+[[Vic Viper]]<br />
+[[Metalion]]
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 {{Quote|Gradius is completely restored.|Lars 18th}}
-{{Nihongo|'''James Burton'''|ジェイムス バートン|Jieimusu Bāton}} is the lead character in the MSX ''[[Nemesis]]'' series, and original pilot of the [[Vic Viper]] and [[Metalion]] fighter crafts.
+{{Nihongo|'''James Burton'''|ジェイムス バートン|Jieimusu Bāton}} is the lead character in the MSX ''[[Gradius|Nemesis]]'' series, and original pilot of the [[Vic Viper]] and [[Metalion]] fighter crafts.
+__TOC__
 ==Background==
-James was born in 6641 in Gradius, being one of the few Wreek survivors from the Northern Cross War, where he lost his parents while still 3 years old. In 6645, he and the other Wreeks are housed by the Imperial Government and enlisted in the Space Agency, but in 6653, at the age of 12, he leaves the agency and enlists into the Department of Defense, seeking to join the Imperial Space Air Force to exact revenge on the Bacterian (disambiguation)s who killed his parents.
+James was born in 6641 in [[Gradius (planet)|Gradius]], being one of the few [[:category:Wreeks|wreek]] survivors from the Northern Cross War, where he lost his parents while he was still 3 years old. In 6645, he and the other wreeks are housed by the Imperial Government and enlisted in the Space Agency, but in 6653, at the age of 12, he leaves the agency and enlists into the Department of Defense, seeking to join the Imperial Space Air Force to exact revenge on the [[Bacterian Empire|Bacterians]] who killed his parents.
-He was enlisted in the wars against Bacterion in 6658 and promoted to Major at the age of 17, and later joins the [[Gradius ReBirth|Battle for Antichthon]] in 6664, allied with [[Venom|Dr. Venom]], Director General of the Space Agency and developer of the [[Vic Viper]] super spatiotemporal fighter. He is promoted to Captain of the Imperial Space Air Force in 6663 and, when Venom eventually began his attack on Gradius in 6666 with Bacterian (disambiguation)'s combined forces, James was sent on one final mission to stop him, now piloting the state-of-the-art super spatiotemporal fighter [[Metalion]].
+He was enlisted in the war against Bacterion in 6658 and promoted to Major at the age of 17, and later joins the [[Gradius ReBirth|Battle for Antichthon]] in 6664, allied with [[Venom|Dr. Venom]], Director General of the Space Agency and developer of the [[Vic Viper]] super spatiotemporal fighter. He was promoted to Captain of the Imperial Space Air Force in 6663 and, when Venom eventually began his attack on Gradius in 6666 with Bacterian's combined forces, James was sent on one final mission to stop him, now piloting the state-of-the-art super spatiotemporal fighter [[Metalion]].
-Due to his efforts in fighting [[Bacterian (disambiguation)]] and [[Venom]], James is crowned Emperor Lars 18th. As Emperor, one of his most recognized actions was to reconstruct the 7 planets affected by the War with Venom. James eventually dies in 6718 at the age of 77, so in the next year the Imperial government builds the James Hill in his honor. In 6809, Venom attempts to extract his final revenge against James, seeking to erase him from History by traveling back to 6644 and kidnapping him at a young age. His descendant, [[David Burton]], saved history thanks to the help of 3 Color Encoded Maps, and recovered the capsule James was kept prisoner in.
+Due to his efforts in fighting the Bacterians and [[Venom]], James was crowned Emperor Lars 18th. As Emperor, one of his most recognized actions was to reconstruct the seven planets affected by the war with Venom. James eventually died in 6718 at the age of 77, so in the next year the Imperial government built the James Hill in his honor. In 6809, Venom attempted to exact his final revenge against James, seeking to erase him from history by traveling back to 6644 and kidnapping him at a young age. His descendant, [[David Burton]], saved history thanks to the help of three color encoded maps, and recovered the capsule James was kept prisoner in.
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 ==Gallery==
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 ==Trivia==
-*James Burton's name is likely a combination of [[wikipedia:James Hetfield|James Hetfield]]'s first name with [[wikipedia:Cliff Burton|Cliff Burton]]'s last name, who were both members of [[wikipedia:Metallica|Metallica]]. Coincidentally, there's also a real-life guitarist (unrelated to Metallica) also named [[wikipedia:James Burton|James Burton]].
+*James Burton's name is likely a combination of [[wikipedia:James Hetfield|James Hetfield]]'s first name with [[wikipedia:Cliff Burton|Cliff Burton]]'s<sup>(†)</sup> last name, both members of [[wikipedia:Metallica|Metallica]].
+**Coincidentally, there's also a real-life guitarist (unrelated to Metallica) also named [[wikipedia:James Burton|James Burton]].
 {{Nemesis}}
 {{Salamander}}
 {{Gradius ReBirth}}
-[[Category:Gradius Characters]]
+[[Category:Humans]]
 [[Category:Male characters]]
+[[Category:Protagonists]]
+[[Category:Supporting cast]]
 [[Category:Wreeks]]
+[[Category:Gradius Characters]]