Disgaea: Hour of Darkness: Difference between revisions

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* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: The attacks Flonne and Etna use in Episode 2.

'''Flonne:''' Durian Dragon Dranyago! }}

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''', of [[Sci Fi]] B Movies and TV shows like [[Flash Gordon Serial|Flash Gordon]], [[Buck Rogers]], and Commando Cody.

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: Though none of the actual artwork changes, the voiceacting between English and Japanese gives very large differences in tone of character. Examples include Japanese Thursday being a [[Ridiculously Cute Critter|oddly-cute sounding robot]] (voiced by a woman) while English Thursday is an instant [[Badass]] (voiced by a man). It's then inverted when taking on the Alternate Overlord in Chapter 6 (''Afternoon of Darkness''); he sounds exactly the same from huge to small in Japanese; In English, he goes from a booming voice, to a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|multiple-helium-based voice.]]

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]: Male Healers sometimes say "forgive me" while attacking.

* [[Armies Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|The EDF}}.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: the infamous ''equippable [[Horse Wiener]]'' scene:

* [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]][[Arson, Murder, and Admiration|/Admiration]]: After defeating {{spoiler|Maderas}} Laharl {{spoiler|heavily chastises Etna for using him for her plans. Then, due to understanding the [[Blackmail|situation,]] forgives and promotes her for impressing him and taking out an enemy.}}

* [[Artifact Title]]: Etna still calls the game by its original name, "Hour of Darkness," in the remake despite the remake's name being changed to "''Afternoon'' of Darkness."

* [[A Lighter Shade of Black]]: Laharl the wannabe [[Evil Overlord]] vs. an [[Omnicidal Maniac]].

* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: At one point, Flonne steals Etna's role of providing a wildly inaccurate [["On the Next..."|preview]] of the next episode.

*Gunshots* }}

* [[Knight, Knave, and Squire]]: Laharl is the Knight, by Underworld standards at least, Etna the Knave and Flonne is the Squire.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|Vyers aka Mid-Boss}}. It's also spoofed when, after an incredibly serious scene where he chews out General Carter and informs him he's cruising for an [[Ironic Hell]], he then congratulates himself for being awesome.

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Parodied [[Incredibly Lame Pun|to hell and back]] with Vulcanus, once the party meets him, and even moreso with Prinny commentary on.

'''[[Greek Chorus|Prinny]]:''' So do you, dood. }}

* [[Oedipus Rex]]: Laharl's relationship with the former Overlord, King Krichevskoy. {{spoiler|It later turns out his old man is [[Not Quite Dead]]...just reincarnated in the form of one-man [[Goldfish Poop Gang]] Mid-Boss.}} It also doesn't help that the [[UST]] between Laharl and Flonne starts creeping up when Etna mentions that she acts an awful lot like his late mother.

* [[Rage Against the Heavens]]: Laharl's plot to rule the Netherworld in ''Disgaea'' eventually extends to Celestia {{spoiler|and in a silly optional side-quest, the Human World}}. Possibly subverted, as Celestia {{spoiler|did attack first, after all.}}

* [[Rapid Fire Interrupting]]: '''Captain Gordon, DEFENDER OF EARTH!''''s infamous interrupting Etna in the end of Episode 9. Which ends with...

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Inverted. Cool blue-haired Laharl has an extremely short temper, while fiery red-haired Etna is calmer and ([[A-Cup Angst|usually]]) more rational.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: That Zombie boss at the end of Episode 7. You know which one we're talking about. "A ''horse wiener''? Now, ''that's'' dangerous!" indeed. Jennifer sure loves her [[Naughty Tentacles]], too...