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* [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness/Characters|Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]
* [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories/Characters|Disgaea 2 Cursed Memories]]
* [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice/Characters|Disgaea 3 Absence of Justice]]
* [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten/Characters|Disgaea 4 a Promise Unforgotten]]
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Not actually a character per se, but still deserving of mention. Prinnies are exploding demon penguins who talk like [[Main/Surfer Dudes|Surfer Doods]] which serve as the primary labor force of the Netherworld (Though they exist in Celestia as well and are treated better there). Etna keeps a squadron of Prinnies with her at all times. In fandom, they have been upheld by fans as the unofficial mascots of the franchise, a position since adopted by the developers, [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|leading to their own spinoff game]]. All Prinnies contain the souls of sinners and criminals and, as such, are designated by the [[Powers That Be]] as the [[Butt Monkey
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▲Not actually a character per se, but still deserving of mention. Prinnies are exploding demon penguins who talk like [[Main/Surfer Dudes|Surfer Doods]] which serve as the primary labor force of the Netherworld (Though they exist in Celestia as well and are treated better there). Etna keeps a squadron of Prinnies with her at all times. In fandom, they have been upheld by fans as the unofficial mascots of the franchise, a position since adopted by the developers, [[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero|leading to their own spinoff game]]. All Prinnies contain the souls of sinners and criminals and, as such, are designated by the [[Powers That Be]] as the [[Butt Monkey|Butt Monkeys]] of the universe.
▲Tropes associated with prinnies:
* [[Adorable Evil Minions]]
* [[The Atoner]]: Prinnies are the souls of dead sinners trapped in penguin suits, and must work at the Netherworld and Celestia to repent and be reincarnated. In Celestia they must do good deeds (usually cleaning and housework) while in the Netherworlds they do menial tasks (cheap labor and soldiers) for low pay in order to earn enough money to literally pay off their karmic debt.
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* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: The shape of their "suits".
* [[Fastball Special]]: They blow up upon impact (but can easily get better).
* [[Immortal Life Is Cheap]]: Since "reviving" a prinny involves little more than stuffing them into a new prinny suit, it's impossibly cheap (1 HL) to bring back even the strongest
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: They're certainly not the most powerful monsters in the game, but like all Disgaea characters you can level/equip/reincarnate one into a wrecking machine. Watching an adorable penguin slice monstrous demons to ribbons is always good for a laugh.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: Their human souls, combined with cheap crafted bodies, means Prinnies are highly unstable. Sufficiently jarring impacts cause them to explode. On the downside, this means you can't toss them around the grid for fine unit positioning, which is normally a useful tactic. On the upside, [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|they make great impromptu weapons!]]
* [[Mascot Mook]]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Grant George]] did the voice for the Prinnies from [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]] to [[Makai Kingdom]]. Starting with [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]], [[Dave Wittenberg]] took over as the voice actor of the Prinnies until [[Trinity Universe (video game)|Trinity Universe]], where [[Grant George]] becomes his voice actor once again.
** Averted in Japanese, where their sole voice actor is Junji Majima, [[Hey, It's That Voice!|he of]] [[Toradora!|Ryuuji Takasu]] and [[Inazuma Eleven|Teres Tolue]] fame.
* [[Player
* [[Series Mascot]]
* [[Servant Race]]
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: In Japanese, it's tagging a "-su" at the end of sentences, as a slangy version of 'Desu'. In the English dubs, they replaced that with saying "dood" at the end of sentences.
** In ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'', Valvatorez punishes a trainee Prinny for not using the tic in its speech. Apparently they're under contractual obligation!
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* [[We Have Reserves]]: Prinnies are treated this way in both [[The Chew Toy|the story]] and [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|the gameplay,]] since they only cost 1 HL to heal or ''resurrect''.
* [[Who's Laughing Now?]]: They did this to ''Etna'' in the second game.
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''The'' Bonus Boss, Baal first appeared as a Demon ''Lord'' in ''[[La Pucelle]]''. He [[Took a Level
▲''The'' Bonus Boss, Baal first appeared as a Demon ''Lord'' in ''[[La Pucelle]]''. He [[Took a Level In Badass]] in ''Disgaea 1'' where he became known as Supreme Overlord (or "Tyrant") and was the one who was ultimately {{spoiler|responsible for King Krichevskoy's death; it was propaganda that blamed "black pretzels."}} In this game, he became a Prinny after his first defeat; it was assumed at the time that this was a reincarnation. Baal appears again in ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', this time taking the form of a Mushroom-esque monster, an Eringer/Funguy. It was assumed at the time that he had gone through his reincarnation period as a Prinny, yet retained his incredible strength. More of his true nature became known in ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', Baal does not die when his body is killed, rather he merely finds other host bodies to inhabit and he is as old as the universe itself.. This became ''worse'' in ''Disgaea 2'' when he started getting more than one body. In ''Disgaea 3'', Baal has more of a storyline, he is stealing traits from various characters for some unfathomable reason. Expect lots and lots of [[Level Grinding]] to be anywhere near capable of fighting Baal, his HP tends to be in the millions.
Notably, Baal was absent from ''[[Zettai Hero Kaizou Keikaku]]''; in fact, [[Bonus Boss|Valv]][[Makai Kingdom|oga's]] description states that he [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?|conned Baal out of the]] [[Bonus Boss]] position. Nevertheless, Baal's made his appearance as a Bonus Boss in ''Prinny 2'' and has made his mainstream Disgaea return as a DLC Bonus Boss in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''.
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▲Tropes associated with Baal
* [[Body Surf]]
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Probably the ultimate example.
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* [[Our Giants Are Bigger]]: In his traditional Tyrant form, his sprite will almost always tower over everything in the game. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipiNa7nqFXw&t=0m58s Case in point...]
** Exemplified in ''Prinny 2'', where he's the biggest enemy in the game!
* ''[[Physical God]]''
* [[Power Levels]]: The lowest level he's ever been at was 2000, during his [[La Pucelle]] incarnation. Later titles made his default level 4000.
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Not always, but always taken to the logical extreme when he is. Level 9999^23 ''prinny'', anyone?
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* [[Multiversal Conqueror]]
* [[Serial Escalation]]: Baal takes the concept of the overpowered Bonus Boss. Progressively more so in each installment.
* [[The Speechless]]: With the exception of [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]], [[Visible Silence]] and battle grunts are his only form of communication.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: His appearance as DLC in Disgaea3 has appear at Evil Academy applying for a job.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: In all his appearances, his attacks all consist of summoning giant swords.
Take all the stats of Baal; and take out [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|any plot description]], and you get Pringer X. A Robot Prinny who tends to be even stronger than Baal and has slowly phased him out as final [[Bonus Boss]] in the series. Originally based on a [[Lethal Joke Character|joke]] Etna made in her [[Never Trust a Trailer|fake trailers]] in ''[[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]'', Pringer X nevertheless made an actual appearance in ''[[Makai Senki Disgaea]]'' Episode 8, and became a true Bonus Boss in ''[[Phantom Brave]]''. While Etna has made cheap knockoffs in the [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Prinny]] series called "Pringer Z", they aren't nearly as strong.▼
▲'''Pringer X'''
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▲Take all the stats of Baal; and take out [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|any plot description]], and you get Pringer X. A Robot Prinny who tends to be even stronger than Baal and has slowly phased him out as final [[Bonus Boss]] in the series. Originally based on a [[Lethal Joke Character|joke]] Etna made in her [[Never Trust a Trailer|fake trailers]] in ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'', Pringer X nevertheless made an actual appearance in ''[[Makai Senki Disgaea]]'' Episode 8, and became a true Bonus Boss in ''[[Phantom Brave]]''. While Etna has made cheap knockoffs in the [[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero|Prinny]] series called "Pringer Z", they aren't nearly as strong.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Gained this position in ''[[Phantom Brave]]''.
* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: He's only had plot description ''twice'' in the series: once in [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'s remake, where he was created by several of the bonus characters, and in [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]], where apparently, according to Flonne, he is Great Flonzor X's rival.
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Prior to ''[[Phantom Brave]]''.
* [[It Only Works Once]]: His evility, Special Skill Solved, makes it so that any special move used on Pringer X in a battle cannot be used a second time for any damage. This includes when there are multiple bodies. (The immunity is then given to all of them.)
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* [[The Speechless]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fUKT8KruQw&t=1m18s Valvatorez learns this] ''[[Crowning Moment of Funny|the hard way.]]''
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▲'''Asagi'''
The intended heroine of Nippon Ichi's next game following ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', Asagi's game was dropped after Zetta defeated her and she has become a vagrant [[Bonus Boss]] in all [[Nippon Ichi]] games since, wandering from game to game in the attempt of plugging her own disowned game or trying to commit hostile takeovers to put herself in the main character spot.
▲[[File:Dg04_Asagi-Asagiri_edit_6618.jpg|frame|Stupid Wiki! Couldn't even find a good image of me!]]
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* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: The alternate mode in the sequel to [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?]] in which you play as her in her Prinny form. Possibly the closest she'll ever get to becoming the main character.▼
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Her full name, as shown in both [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?]] and it's sequel, is Asagi Asagiri.▼
▲The intended heroine of Nippon Ichi's next game following ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', Asagi's game was dropped after Zetta defeated her and she has become a vagrant [[Bonus Boss]] in all [[Nippon Ichi]] games since, wandering from game to game in the attempt of plugging her own disowned game or trying to commit hostile takeovers to put herself in the main character spot.
▲Tropes Associated with Asagi:
▲* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: The alternate mode in the sequel to [[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero]] in which you play as her in her Prinny form. Possibly the closest she'll ever get to becoming the main character.
▲* [[Alliterative Name]]: Her full name, as shown in both [[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero]] and it's sequel, is Asagi Asagiri.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Specifically, the one Bonus Boss who has appeared in ''every'' NIS game since her initial appearance. Not even the mainstays like Laharl or Baal can boast this.
** Except in [[La Pucelle|La Pucelle: Ragnarok]].
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* [[Guns Akimbo]]
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Her Japanese voice actor switches with almost every appearance. Among those voice actors include [[Kana Ueda]], [[Chiwa Saitou]], and [[Kaori Mizuhashi]].
** Her English voice actor is [[Wendee Lee]] in all except two of her appearances. [[Lara Jill Miller]] provides her voice in [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]] and [[Laura Bailey]] provides her voice in [[Disgaea Infinite]].
* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]: She figures if she can beat the main characters of the various games, she'll prove herself worthy of being a main character. Unfortunately, the inverse also holds - if she's gotten beaten seven times by a ''Prinny''...
* [[Non
** Also in Disgaea 2, where she retained her original sprite from [[Makai Kingdom]], causing her to look distinctly chibi-ish compared to everyone else in the game. Both cases are [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded to hell and back]].
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Her fur-trimmed jacket in some of the games.
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* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: The ending to Asagi Wars in Prinny 2. {{spoiler|She is reincarnated for her [[Heroic Sacrifice]] as a Prinny and becomes the biggest idol in the Netherworld}}.
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: She's most commonly portrayed with a pair of handguns, but she's been known to supplement her arsenal with a bazooka and a [[Epic Flail|flail whose head is as big as she is]].
** The other two weapons originated from [[Makai Kingdom]], the game in which she made her debut.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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Yuichi "Haradaya" Harada's mascot, she first appears in the first game as a guide to the Dark Assembly (and in the remakes, a [[Game Breaker|very broken recruitable character]]), and then returns in the second game to take over Etna's role of providing "previews" of the next chapter, in the form of a news broadcast. Accompanied by her rabbit, Usagi, who is also her emergency food source. Usagi's the one who actually does all of the talking.
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▲Tropes associated with Pleinair:
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Moreso in art that may or may not be canon. While it's by the original artist, but doesn't quite fit with the canon, although eating Usagi isn't exactly very nice.
** When recruited as [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]], Mao is scared of her or rather her legion of fans.
** As is Adell when recruited as [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] in the [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]''. She is considered in the game as invincible as simply touching her would enrage the fanbase.
** Adell also appears to be a member of the fanbase.
*** In the [[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]] manga, after leaving Laharl's employ after the fiasco with Etna, she's seen working at Netherworld City Hall, where Etna heads to try and get a title change to Overlord. When the title switch fails due to her not meeting any criteria, Etna contemplates trying to blackmail Pleinair, and we get this gem, which gets Etna to back down very quickly:
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* [[Cute Mute]]: She actually did get a voice in her DLC in [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]] and [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]], but it's incredibly low. You'll have to turn off the BGM just to hear it.
* [[Game Breaker]]: She has incredibly high dodging and hitting numbers. The latter also goes well with her high gun skills (since their damage is calculated by hit stats more than attack stats).
** In the first game, she can even become a [[Disc One Nuke]], if you get the [[New Game+]] at the earliest opportunity.
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* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]
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Self-proclaimed heroes of justice, the Prism Rangers cameo in each of the main series of Disgaea games. They fight evil, [[The Power of Friendship|declare the power of love and friendship]], [[Failure Is the Only Option|and fail miserably in each and every one of their appearances]]. [[Unknown Rival|Really, they're not even on the protagonists' radar]]. [[Butt Monkey|They are almost the human equivalent to Prinnies.]] But they mean well! Well, Prism Red does. [[Idiot Hero|And they're all pretty moronic]]. [[Crapsack World|And this is Disgaea]]. [[Inspirationally Disadvantaged|But they try]] ''[[Inspirationally Disadvantaged|really hard]]''.
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* [[All Your Colours Combined]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Their voice actors are constantly changing. It's actually explained in-universe in ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'' that the Prism Rangers often die and the producers <s>search for</s> kidnap possible candidates.
* [[Running Gag]]: That's not enough colours for a rainbow!
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Super Sentai|Guess to what.]]
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