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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]:
** Vergil is the ''most'' heavily debated character in the series. Is he a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] [[Freudian Excuse|trying to atone]] [[My Greatest Failure|for his failure to protect his mother]], or is he just a [[Complete Monster|nefarious bastard with no care in the world for the repercussions of]] [[Visionary Villain|his goal to attain the power of his father]]? Is the fact that he {{spoiler|had a son}} a glimmer of light in his life, or just another way for Vergil [[Generation Xerox|to be as similar to dear 'ol daddy as possible]]? Kamiya's original vision was that Vergil had been [[The Woobie|kidnapped as a child]] (when Dante lost a mother and brother to evil twenty years ago), and was never anything but a [[More Than Mind Control|good guy]] who managed to break loose to help his brother. The author of the first novel decided to ignore that, and wrote Vergil as an [[Magnificent Bastard|evil]] [[Badass]] who was around during Dante's teens. One of these Vergils was obviously much cooler than the other, and ''Devil May Cry 3'' made the novel's version of the character canon.
** Eva as well. [[Silk Hiding Steel]] or [[Action Mom]]? Dante saying that Trish, who is an [[Action Girl]], lacks her "fire" implies the latter, as does the fact that she was able to keep Mundus from getting her children in the attack that killed her. {{spoiler|Except in the original version, she didn't: Vergil was kidnapped and Dante was killed}}.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Dante and Trish are going to be in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''. Dante's first game-trailer appearance? Fighting [[Deadpool]]. FTW, indeed.
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* [[Ear Worm]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KlzfV8_DI "Devils Never Cry"] from ''Devil May Cry 3''. The battle music ("Taste the Blood" and "Divine Hate") will also get stuck in your head eventually, considering how often you'll be hearing it.
** Same goes for the introduction of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iBNMn6GUss "The Time Has Come"] (Nero's theme).
* [[Epileptic Trees]]:
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Some fans believe that the zweihander Nelo Angelo wields is actually a corrupted version of the Yamato. Similarly, they believe that Nelo's death factors into the Yamato's broken appearance in ''Devil May Cry 4''.▼
** The collection of swords along the walls of Dante's shop could be a collection of Devil Arms from his offscreen missions.
** Besides the [[Continuity Snarl]] behind the [[Word of God]]-confirmed facts that Vergil {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|is dead]] and [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Nero is his son]]}}, there's questioning over whether or not the Yamato is acting as his [[Soul Jar]], considering that Nero's DT looks considerably like a fusion of Vergil's DT from ''Devil May Cry 3'' and Nelo Angelo. Not to mention that the quote in Nero's section is a psuedo-[[Call Back]] to one of Vergil's [[Motive Rant]]s in ''Devil May Cry 3''.
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▲** Vergil and Dante are badass on different scales. Dante's the carefree badass, and Vergil's the refined badass. Either way, both suffer from [[Stupid Sexy Flanders|Stupid Sexy Sparda]].
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: Vergil, and Trish until her [[Heel Face Turn]]. Then it becomes full-on [[Inverted Trope|Good Is Sexy]].
* [[Fan-Preferred Couple]]:
* [[Fanon]]: Nero being Vergil's son is never said explicitly in ''Devil May Cry 4'': the novel stating it and the guy from Capcom's localization having heard this somewhere are of dubious legitimacy. The game just says that he has "Sparda's blood"; which doesn't leave many possibilities, but at least two (Vergil and Sparda himself).▼
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** Dante is also paired with Morrigan from ''[[Darkstalkers]]''.
▲* [[Fanon]]: Nero being Vergil's son is never said explicitly in ''Devil May Cry 4'': the novel stating it and the guy from Capcom's localization having heard this somewhere are of dubious legitimacy. The game just says that he has "Sparda's blood"; which doesn't leave many possibilities, but at least two (Vergil and Sparda himself).
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: See [[Rule of Symbolism]] on the main page, for starters.
* [[Freud Was Right]]: The ''entire theme'' of Trish (specifically, the implication was that Mundus was using her as a [[Honey Trap]] for Dante in the first game), but subverted. As said in [[Oedipus Complex]] under Dante's entry in the characters sheet, it doesn't work on Dante: he's visibly disturbed by her appearance.
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* [[Polished Port]]: The PC version of ''Devil May Cry 4'', which not only runs very smoothly on a wide array of systems, but puts higher-end systems to the test with ''[[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels|Legendary Dark Knight Mode]]'', which [[Zerg Rush|fills the screen with enemies]]. Quite the breath of fresh air for PC gamers.
* [[Porting Disaster]]: The port of ''Devil May Cry 3'' from console to PC, thanks to Capcom outsourcing the porting job to another developer. Thankfully, Capcom learned their lesson after ''Devil May Cry 3'' and ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'', resulting in the above.
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]:
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** A general complaint about ''DmC'' is that Ninja Theory and Capcom have somehow managed to make Dante a [[Replacement Scrappy]] ''to himself''.
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: How seemingly 95% of the fandom reacted to the debut trailer of ''DmC''.
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