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For characters that appear in multiple games in the series, see [[Disgaea/Characters|the main character sheet]].
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=== Laharl ===
==== Voiced by: [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] (JP), Barbara Goodson (EN) ====
[[File:Laharl 8888.png|frame| Our Hero. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yeah, right]].]]
==== Voiced by: [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] (JP), Barbara Goodson (EN) ====
 
{{quote|Main character of the first game and Prince of the Netherworld. After waking up from a two year "nap" and discovering that his father King Krichevskoy has died some time ago, Laharl sets upon claiming the throne for himself. Laharl is cocky, spoiled and quick-tempered. How much of this is real and how much of it is a front he puts up to feel powerful is a question that most of his vassals ponder. He also has a physical aversion towards optimism and well-endowed women.}}
 
Tropes associated with Laharl:
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=== Etna ===
==== Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (JP), [[Amanda Winn-Lee]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only), [[Michelle Ruff]] (EN, all other adaptations) ====
[[File:Etna gdfgsdfgd 3410.png|frame]]
==== Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (JP), [[Amanda Winn-Lee]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only), [[Michelle Ruff]] (EN, all other adaptations) ====
 
{{quote|[[The Lancer]] and Laharl's second in command. Etna is a demon who has been working at the castle since before the Prince was born and not particularly impressed by his immaturity. She is also highly ambitious and has the tendency to transparently plot Laharl's overthrow, if only to keep him in line.}}
 
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=== Flonne ===
==== Voiced by: Yuko Sasamoto (JP), [[Sandy Fox]] (EN) ====
[[File:Flonne 2119.png|frame|The Original [[Love Freak]]]]
 
[[File:Archangel Flonne 7314.png|frame|Archangel outfit]]
==== Voiced by: Yuko Sasamoto (JP), [[Sandy Fox]] (EN) ====
 
{{quote|"[[Love Freak]]" and self appointed [[Guardian Angel]] of Laharl. Originally sent to the Netherworld to assassinate the late King Kricheveskoy, she decided to stick around in order to discover if demons were [[Dark Is Not Evil|inherently evil]]. She is generally ditzy and absurdly idealistic, though with a few [[Berserk Button]]s that lead one to wonder just ''how'' good she really is. Flonne is also a huge anime and [[Toku]] [[Otaku]], so much so that she actually ends up being the ''most'' [[Genre Savvy]] team member despite not being particularly smart.}}
 
Tropes associated with Flonne:
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* [[Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]: When Flonne gets excited, she has no grasp of her own strength, which is bad news for anyone she gets violent towards while influenced by a strong emotion. It’s a good thing Laharl is [[Made of Diamond]].
** [[Punched Across the Room]]: Flonne sends Laharl flying across the room in ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'' to prevent him from harming Mr. DVD Player.
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: IronicallySubverted, mostshe turns out to be right about demons the entire time. Most of her methods of attack relies on intelligence and she will most likely be one of your best mage for most of the game. Also, outside of the original game, where all the plot characters have the same growth, she has a very high intelligence growth. Of course, she IS smarter than she appears anyways.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: To {{spoiler|Artina}}.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita|Elegant Sweet Lolita]]: Her angel trainee outfit is arguably this; lots of ribbons, corset with embroidery, blouse, collar, detached sleeves, bloomers, golden earrings and Mary Jane shoes.
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** [[Asshole Victim]]: In Flonne’s Tragedy Ending, she follows up on this claim and defeats Laharl with her blazing flame of justice because he tried to kill Hoggmeiser.<ref>And killed at least fifty allies, which is required to get this ending.</ref>
* [[Implied Love Interest]]: {{spoiler|In the Bad Ending, Laharl sacrifices his life to restore Flonne before coming back as a Prinny; other endings have this to a lesser degree. This isn't taking into account the massive amounts of [[Ship Tease]], even including Lamington himself}}.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Subverted.She's Flonneevery learnsbit aas wholeinnocent lotas aboutshe herselflooks. fromEven herwhen visitshe tobecomes the Netherworld, particularly abouta herdemon hiddenshe deviantstays andas easilyinnocent temptedas sideever.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: She may not look it, but her breasts are as big as [[Fate/stay night|Rin Tohsaka's]] as stated in ''The World of Disgaea'' book (77 metric).
* [[The Ingenue]]: A competent one who can take care of herself.
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* [[Pop-Cultured Badass|Japanese Pop Cultured Badass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kill the Cutie]]: In most endings. Sometimes subverted, sometimes [[Tear Jerker|not]]}}.
* [[The Klutz]]: Laharl and Etna thinks she is this, [[Informed Attribute|but she has never been shown doing something extremely clumsy (though she does occasionally say "Pardon me!" when attacking]], so the statements tend to be more about [[Cloudcuckoolander|the thoughts that goes through her head]] rather than her physical slip-ups.
* [[Large Ham]]: Can be rather ''passionate'' about the power of love, especially in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''.
* [[Leotard of Power]]: {{spoiler|Her outfit as an [[Fallen Angel]]}}.
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* [[You Are Worth Hell]]: {{spoiler|By the end of the first game, Flonne's life is even worth Prinnydom to Laharl}}.
 
=== Mid-Boss/Vyers ===
[[File:Vyers 3107.png|frame|The one and only "Dark Adonis"]]
 
a.k.a. {{spoiler|King Krichevskoy}}.
 
==== Voiced by: [[Chihiro Suzuki]] (JP), [[Grant George]] (EN) ====
[[File:Vyers 3107.png|frame|The one and only "Dark Adonis"]]
 
{{quote|The foppish, self-proclaimed "Dark Adonis" who has a penchant for [[Gratuitous French|random French]], Vyers was quickly dubbed "Mid-Boss" by Laharl just before he had his ass handed to him in a humiliating defeat. He appears at the most inopportune times to challenge Laharl and regain some semblance of dignity. Overall, he appears to be a total ditz, though [[Obfuscating Stupidity|he may know more than he lets on...]]}}
 
Tropes associated with Mid-Boss:
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== Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth! ==
==== Voiced by: [[Nobuo Tobita]] (JP), [[Michael McConnohie]] (EN) ====
[[File:d1GordonArt2.png|frame| [[For Great Justice]]!.]]
==== Voiced by: [[Nobuo Tobita]] (JP), [[Michael McConnohie]] (EN) ====
 
{{quote|On Earth, he was a courageous and celebrated hero that descends from a long line of equally courageous and celebrated heroes. In the Netherworld, he's Laharl's recently acquired and usually mistreated slave thanks to an ill-placed bet on his victory. Even so, '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' is a [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Large Ham]] with a complete inability to keep quiet. As such, he will give his all in ''anything'' he does.}}
 
Tropes associated with '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''':
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* '''[[Captain Ersatz]], Pretender of'''... you get the idea.
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[The Ditz]]: Gordon'sEtna stupiditycomments ison onlyhis rivalledlack byof Flonne'sintelligence, butcomparing it'shis aintelligence closewith that of a callrock.
* [[The Good Captain]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Gordon is endlessly shouting, hammy, and eager to defend the earth.
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* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: [[Disgaea Infinite|He is afraid of cockroaches]].
 
=== Jennifer ===
==== Voiced by: [[Chiwa Saitou]] (JP), Paula Tiso (EN) ====
[[File:d1JenniferArt.png|frame]]
==== Voiced by: [[Chiwa Saitou]] (JP), Paula Tiso (EN) ====
 
{{quote|Sidekick of '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' Jennifer is busty, blonde, scantily clad and, against the rest of the group's expectations, brilliant. Jennifer is thoroughly skilled in subjects ranging from Robotics to Martial Arts and generally serves as the brains for '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' Though technically in the same predicament as he, Jennifer seems to have gotten the much better deal out of it, likely because Laharl vehemently refuses to stand within five feet of her. As such, she seems to enjoy pushing Laharl's buttons and is something of a [[Cool Big Sis]] for Flonne and Etna. Considering her initial talk of [[Naughty Tentacles|tentacle demons]], she seems to have a rather [[Covert Pervert|dirty mind]].}}
 
Tropes associated with Jennifer:
* [[Anal Probing]]: Jennifer ask Laharl and co. if the demons (who basically are aliens in the ''[[Disgaea]]'' universe) anal probed them.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Like Gordon, she's just a normal human from Earth, but she can throw down with extra-dimensional demons.
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Between her bikini top and shorts, her stomach and upper torso are fully visible.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Boobs of Steel]]
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Subverted, she's anything but brainless.
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Laharl calls Jennifer sexy specifically because she got big breasts, subverted trope because he does not think it makes her better at all.
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: In the anime, her [[Gainaxing]] tendencies are greatly exaggerated.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To the rest of the party, as she sees them as children who need a big sister to take care of them.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]
* [[Covert Pervert]]: [[Fanon]] has her as this, due to a single comment she made about being molested by [[Naughty Tentacles]].
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Subverted. She looks and acts like one, but she's actually [[The Smart Guy|The Smart Girl]] and just happens to be a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]].
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: She's not just a physical powerhouse, she's also a scientist.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]
* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]}}: The result of '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''''s [[What the Hell, Hero?]] moment. {{spoiler|She gets better}} soon after [[Heel Face Turn|Kurtis']] [[Heroic Sacrifice]].
* [[Hot Scientist]]: She's a scientist who also walks around in little clothing to show off her buxom body.
* [[Hot Scientist]]
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: The plot makes her out to be stronger than Gordon, among all the other things she does better than him.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Mad Generals Beautiful Daughter]]: She is adopted though.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She's ''very'' busty and curvy, and walks around in shorts and a bikini top.
* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: American? Most likely (in [[Disgaea Novels|the novels]], they do live in [[Eagle Land|America]]). Blond hair and blue eyes? Duh.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: In the game and anime, Jennifer has shown shades of this regarding Laharl's relationship with Flonne. In ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'', however, she takes it [[Up to Eleven]] by being a shipper for almost ''every'' demon who passes by her.
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* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: She "obtained every PHD by the age of ten", though her appearance wouldn't give you that impression.
* [[The Smart Guy]]
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Shorts and a bikini top.
* [[The Talk]]: She likes teaching sex-ed, according to ''[[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Prinny 2]]''.
** She tries to give Laharl [[The Talk]] in the original game, just flustering Laharl worse.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: She hates Sea Cucumbers according to ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]''. [[Covert Pervert|Given the above]], take that as you will...
 
=== Thursday ===
==== Voiced by: [[Yurika Ochiai]] (JP), [[Bob Papenbrook]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only) ====
[[File:d1ThursdayArt.png|frame|BEEP BEEP BLIP BEEP]]
==== Voiced by: [[Yurika Ochiai]] (JP), [[Bob Papenbrook]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only) ====
 
{{quote|A multi-purpose super robot built by Jennifer at [[Improbable Age|the age of 5]]. Ultra-powerful (in gameplay, too) and able to provide whatever service the characters might need at a given time.}}
 
Tropes associated with Thursday:
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Or rather, the permanently offline.
* [[Day of the Week Name]]: For whatever reason, he's called "Thursday".
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Because it doesn't ''get'' more deadpan than a robot voice.
* [[Do-Anything Robot]]: He's a multi-purpose robot, after all.
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* [[I Can Still Fight]]: He refuses to stand by while his friends are fighting, no matter what condition he's in.
* [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]]: Provided the page quote.
* [[Robot Buddy]]: To the human duo of Gordon and Jennifer.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: BEEP BEEP BLIP BEEP.
 
=== Kurtis ===
==== Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi (JP), [[Jamieson Price]] (EN, games), David Lodge (EN, [[Makai Senki Disgaea|anime]]) ====
[[File:d1KurtisArt.png|frame]]
==== Voiced by: Kousuke Toriumi (JP), [[Jamieson Price]] (EN, games), David Lodge (EN, [[Makai Senki Disgaea|anime]]) ====
 
{{quote|Described on the main page as "a big ball of tropes, delivered one right after the other." Gets very little time during this game, but plays a bigger role in ''Cursed Memories''.}}
 
Tropes associated with Kurtis:
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* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{spoiler|As a prinny}}, anyway.
* [[The Cavalry]]
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: Inverted: he modified his body with robotic parts, but only after he crossed the [[Despair Event Horizon]].
* [[Dead Little Sister]]
* [[Expy]]: Very clearly based on Jet Link (akaa.k.a. Cyborg 002) from ''[[Cyborg 009]]''.
* [[Gag Nose]]: It's a family trait, inherited from {{spoiler|the ORIGINAL Defender of Earth}}, as he's his descendant.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]]: He became one after surviving an explosion.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: As opposed to most of the other characters, his scenes lack a lot of the comic relief the others do, which goes well with his status as one of the most [[Genre Savvy]] characters.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Feels this way towards Gordon since [[It's Personal]].
* [[Parody Sue]]: Laharl and Etna quickly catch on. For bonus irony, he's basically everything Gordon has the mannerisms for, but does far more competently, but with less reknown.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
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* [[Rocket Punch]]
* [[Taking the Bullet]]
* [[Troperiffic]]: Kurtis is basically almost every trope associated with [[The Rival]] crammed into one. Laharl and Etna even try to subvert some of the tropes only to be rebuked by Flonne and Gordon.
* [[Troperiffic]]
* [[Why Couldn't You Save Them?]]: His [[Start of Darkness]]. {{spoiler|his family was killed in a terrorist attack, and even though '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' caught the ones responsible, the fact that Gordon couldn't prevent the tragedy made Kurtis decide to become a better Defender of Earth than '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' could. No matter what}}...
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
 
=== Seraph Lamington ===
==== Voiced by: Majima Junji (JP), [[Jamieson Price]] (EN) ====
[[File:Lamington 6523.png|frame|Why all the ruckus? You scared the birds away.]]
==== Voiced by: Majima Junji (JP), [[Jamieson Price]] (EN) ====
 
{{quote|Leader of Celestia. Sends Flonne on an assassination mission targeting the overlord knowing that he was already dead. [[Hilarity Ensues]].}}
 
Tropes associated with Seraph Lamington:
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* [[The Atoner]]: He accepts his fate at Laharl's hands due to his actions at the end. {{spoiler|Of course, said fate is not necessarily bad}}.
* [[Battle Cry|Battle Cries]]: "Thy will be done." "Forgive me, oh Lord."
* [[Big Good]]: As the leader of Celestia and all angels who seeks peace between them and the Netherworld.
* [[Big Good]]
* [[Bishonen]]: A handsome man with a youthful appearance in spite of his age and position.
* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: While Laharl invades in the manga, he's busy baking cookies.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: {{spoiler|A rare good one. The entire plot is essentially a giant [[Batman Gambit]] to bring peace between Celestia and the Netherworld. He's even smart enough to use the evil schemes of his treacherous right hand man which he knew about the whole time as part of his plan}}.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: He acts in the best interests of Flonne and Laharl, but in very roundabout ways and in the meantime can seem a bit spaced-out.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]
* {{spoiler|[[Final Boss]]: The last challenge in the first game's main campaign}}.
* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]
* [[Guile Hero]]: Most famous example from [[Nippon Ichi]].
* {{spoiler|[[Hero Antagonist]]: In the final level, his true nature as a good person are revealed, but turning Flonne into a flower prompts Laharl to unleash his wrath on the Seraph}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Hero Antagonist]]}}
* [[Hidden Depths]]: MUCH smarter than he looks, see [[Chessmaster]] above.
* [[Hime Cut]]
* [[Horrible Judge of Character]]: {{spoiler|Inverted}} in regard to Vulcanus.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: He's very handsome and has hair down to his legs.
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: Even if his plans fail or his life is threatened, his response will be calm.
* [[Omniscient Morality License]]
* [[Power Floats]]: Lamington floats slightly above the ground.
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: His hair reaches down to his ankles.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: ''9147'' years old.
* [[The Stoic]]: Polite and never raises his voice, ever.
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* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: He pretty much is one.
 
=== Vulcanus ===
==== Voiced by: Hironori Miyata (JP), [[Bob Papenbrook]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only) ====
[[File:Volcanus 1804.png|frame| [[Sarcasm Mode|Totally not a villain.]]]]
==== Voiced by: Hironori Miyata (JP), [[Bob Papenbrook]] (EN, [[PlayStation 2]] version only) ====
 
{{quote|The main villain of the game. An angel, albeit an extremely ugly one. Has very little tolerance for Flonne's screw-ups, and insists on correcting them himself.}}
 
Tropes associated with Vulcanus:
* [[Battle Cry|Battle Cries]]: "Hah." "Heh heh heh heh heh." "I am justice."
* [[Big Bad]]: While not the final boss of the main game, he's very much the main villain of the story.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Demonization]]: He does this to demons, [[Was Actually Friendly|who are not even nearly as bad as he thinks they are]].
* [[Evil Chancellor]]: He is the Archangel, second-in-command to Seraph Lamington and [[Archangel Michael|Supreme Commander of the Celestial Hosts]]. He also got a [[A God Am I|god complex]], is [[Politically-Incorrect Villain|politically incorrect]] and [[Obviously Evil]].
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Very prone to letting out loud, booming laughter.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Him (and many other angels apparently).
* [[God Guise]]: Vulcanus pretends to be God to influence Flonne to go after Etna in Etna Mode.
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* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: The [[Beard of Evil|Mustache Of Evil]].
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: {{spoiler|He gets turned into a flower (or a frog in the anime, take your pick) by Seraph Lamington in the end}}.
* [[Knight Templar]]: He is absolute in his belief that demons are foul scum of evil that must be destroyed.
* [[Knight Templar]]
* [[Large Ham]]: '''Every word''' that comes out of this guys mouth is over the top and dripping with delicious cheesiness.
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: This is Vulcanus plan for Laharl and co. and the Seraph after they have defeated him.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: He's an angel, but is also the main antagonist.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Tied in with [[Theme Naming]], as he doesn't share the cake naming patterns of the angels, but references the volcano names of the demons. Because, well, [[Light Is Not Good|he's more like a demon than an angel]].
* [[Obviously Evil]]: All of the characters comment on how obvious it is that that is the face of a villain. Laharl even says he'd make a good vassal if he wasn't an angel.
* [[Politically-Incorrect Villain]]: [[Fantastic Racism|He thinks all demons are evil, humans are weak and pathetic]] and angels are superior in every way.
* [[Prophet Eyes]]: Lacks pupils in his eyes compared to most of the characters. The anime adaptation gives him black pupils.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: ''Everyone'' in Lamington's [[Batman Gambit]], but Vulcanus is the biggest one.
* [[Prophet Eyes|White Eyes Of Evil]]
 
=== Aramis ===
==== Voiced by: ? (JP), ? (EN) ====
[[File:Aramis 2 4706.png|frame]]
 
{{quote|Aramis is a resident child in the Netherworld whom Etna manipulates to make Laharl prove himself worthy of ruling. He owns many pet zombies. His favorite among them is a special combination of many parts.}}
 
Tropes associated with Aramis:
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]
 
=== Big Sis Prinny ===
==== Voiced by: [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] (JP), Paula Tiso (EN) ====
[[File:Big Sister Prinny 2 8762.png|frame]]
==== Voiced by: [[Kaori Mizuhashi]] (JP), Paula Tiso (EN) ====
 
{{quote|A mysterious red Prinny that works in the Overlord's castle, usually seen tending to the other prinnies. {{spoiler|She's actually Laharl's dead mother}}.}}
 
Tropes associated with Big Sis:
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* {{spoiler|[[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]: Again, her human form}}.
 
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