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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]:

** Bayonetta herself gets a ton of it.

*** [[Moviebob]], in his guise as The Game Overthinker, believes Bayonetta is not so much sexually appealing as much as she is ''[http://gameoverthinker.blogspot.com/2010/02/episode-32-i-heart-bayonetta.html sexually intimidating]'', and feels she is unique in this regard.

*** Bayonetta is a witch who is allied with the forces of Hell, the type of character that is ''usually'' evil, but in a setting, lampoons the traditional concepts. So in this camp setting, she's likely supposed to satirize the [[Evil Is Sexy|Evil is Sexy]] cliché.

*** She might also be a [[Stepford Smiler]]. Think about it, how do you cope with the fact you're ''doomed''? You've entered a bargain with the Devil, you've ''accepted'' eternal damnation in exchange for your powers, you have no way out, and sooner or later, he's going to come and collect. Maybe her dry wit and sex appeal nature is her way of keeping sane and blocking it out of her mind.

*** The lyrics to her theme song "Mysterious Destiny" support this, claiming that she buries her loneliness deep down in her eyes and that sadness lies in her smile.

* [[Broken Base]]: The motionless models used in certain cut-scenes. Some argue that it was a creative way to make the game stand-out, as well as likely a way to save large amounts of the budget for actual gameplay sections, not to mention a great way to slow down the pace to allow the over-the-top fight scenes to seem even more impressive. Others, however, argue that it comes off as more lazy than a style choice.

* [[Complete Monster]]: Father Balder seems like a pretty straightforward example given that he was responsible for the genocide carried out against the Umbra Witches, {{spoiler|until the sequel reveals that he was being manipulated by Loptr, who does qualify for this trope}}.

* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: Asides from... everything else in the game, there's:

** The first time we meet Joy, cue the gentle laughter when there's a little impromptu dance off. Drop your jaw in shock/horror/hilarity when Joy chooses to finally... ''reveal'' herself. And then the line is tossed out of the window when you perform the torture attack on her.

* [[Crossover Ship]]: [[Devil May Cry|Dante]]/Bayonetta is a surprisingly popular one.

** The track that plays in the first sections of the Epilogue chapter, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASWwRuqsO1Y Friendship]. The tracks for the Cardinal Virtues, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVUlTXuQ-o Fortitudo - In Labors And Dangers], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rccVc8-22fQ Temperantia - In Foregoing Pleasures], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx4CL4Y2Cx0 Iustitia - In Giving Every Man His Due], and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6z-UuwnJ90 Sapientia - In The Choice Between Good and Evil], may not have the general awesomeness of some of the other tracks that makes them as enjoyable played seperately, but while fighting the bosses in question, you'd be hard-pressed to imagine a more appropriate track.

* [[Demonic Spiders]]: Fairness & Fearless. Grace & Glory. Inspired. Joys. Braves. Kinships. This game is a giant nest of [[Demonic Spiders]] that have a shameless disdain for the [[Mook Chivalry]].

* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]:

** Some fans don't seem to like the Bayonetta/Luka pairing. Luckily for them, two Bayonetta/Anyone pairings have emerged from the fandom.

** There is a decent amount of artwork featuring both [[Devil May Cry|Dante]] and Bayonetta, often as a couple, and has been around ''even before the game was released''. Not surprising, considering many things. Both characters are the brainchild of the same guy and feature the same sort of gameplay. They could even be considered the [[Distaff Counterpart]] of one another, as they are equally [[Badass]] while one fights [[The Legions of Hell|demons]] and the other fights [[Light Is Not Good|angels]], but both are mostly on humanity's side. Even more interestingly, and also featured in fanarts, is that this contrast could lead into them facing one another - which would be indisputably ''awesome'' - but be it [[Opposites Attract]] or [[Foe Yay]], the chemistry needed for [[Shipping]] would be there, and it would be more than enough. There's arguably a bit of [[Ship Sinking]] with Bayonetta claiming to not be fond of the talkative type, but then again, her way of treating her talkative enemies is the same way Dante applies to his.

* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]:

** Jeanne is pretty bad with her red jumpsuit, poofy purple collar and fuzzy gun tassels. Her weird eyelashes are somewhat unfortunate too, and her jumpsuit makes her look almost deformed. For {{spoiler|Balder}} though, this trope probably was intentional. Oddly enough, Bayonetta can get in on the fun with the d'Arc couture bullet, which puts Bayonetta in a [[Palette Swap|black version of Jeanne's dress]], and it's sexy all of a sudden.

** {{spoiler|Balder's dead white peacock stole, single glove, and golden quarter-mask with piercing-attached monocle}} is even worse.

* [[Fetish Retardant]]:

** It's odd that Bayonetta's proportions and actions can end up so amazingly over-sexualized that she can become largely unsexy. Sort of like a sexy version of the [[Uncanny Valley]]: she's too sexy to be taken seriously, but not sexy enough to overpower the ridiculousness.

* [[Game Breaker]]:

** An officially recognized gamebreaker is the Climax Bracelet, normally unlocked by obtaining every achievement/trophy AND collecting every crow on one save game. Equipping the accessory invalidates any score made on a level where the accessory was equipped. When you can [[Rank Inflation|Pure-Platinum]] the penultimate boss without a sweat using something, you know it's a game breaker.

** When it was first announced that the sequel would be exclusive to the [[Wii U]], most fans were angry. Thankfully, most of the backlash has died down now.

* [[Les Yay]]: Between Bayonetta and Jeanne, thanks to some rather... [[Foe Yay|''close quarters'' style fighting.]]

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]:

** Balder. While he's not actually on-screen till late in the game, he steals every moment of it.

* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:

** Out-of-body fights. They're tolerable in the story mode, where you're given tools to wail on angels with and Cereza isn't constantly in danger, but when they're made an Alfheim challenge, you have to leave your body behind to fight; that won't stop the angels from going after it anyway (which will hurt your regular lifebar), unless you waste one of your two accessory slots on an item that forces Angels to attack you... but also makes them ''stronger''. That very mechanic forces you to use a ''lightpole'' to fight Affinities while protecting Cereza, since they are not in the same dimension. Not only is the "weapon" painfully slow, it slips out of your hands if you stop to dodge an attack. Granted, you can use {{spoiler|[[Swiss Army Weapon|Rodin]]}} to attack them directly but the thing is [[Bonus Boss|not exactly]] [[Nintendo Hard|easy]] to get...

* [[Scrub]]: One of these may come out in video comments to signal that using the Kilgore glitch is cheating and that if you do you're not really skilled.

* [[Squick]]: Joy's Torture Attack. Completely gratuitous and kind of unsettling.

** The beginning of chapter 8 and the "disapearing platforms" part in chapter 15 also qualify on [[Play Station 3]], mainly because [[Game Breaking Bug|the framerate operates a breathtaking drop in these two specific parts]].