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''[[Disgaea]]: Hour of Darkness'' is a [[Turn-Based Strategy]] game released by [[Nippon Ichi]] in 2003 for the [[PlayStation 2]]. It details the adventures of a [[Noble Demon]] [[Evil Overlord]] (in training!) named Laharl and his quest to fulfill his perceived destiny as Overlord of the Netherworld. He enlists the help of his [[The Lancer|number-one vassal]] Etna, a somewhat [[Love Freak|bubble-headed angel]] named Flonne, and a host of exploding penguins called Prinnies.
It was later ported to the [[
A [[Twelve-Episode Anime|short]] [[The Anime of the Game|anime]] called ''[[Makai Senki Disgaea]]'' was released.
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{{quote|'''Aramis:''' The fists of a Dark Karate master... The legs of the fastest demon in the Netherworld... The brain of Mahogany, a famous sorcerer... The iron body of Hercules... And a '''horse wiener!''' }}
* [[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."
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: When the dark assembly rejects one of your propositions, you can use the "Persuade by force" option and make the senators agree with you by beating them up.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Jennifer is a potent fist user with better resilience than most stages of (demon) brawlers.
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: In the trailer for the anime (on the ''Disgaea 2'' disc), Laharl catches the blade of a sword that looks to be ''[[BFS|the size of his castle]]'' with his bare hand. Mind you, said blade was also being swung by [[Bonus Boss|Tyrant Baal]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]:
## Seraph sending Flonne to assassinate Laharl's father, {{spoiler|knowing he was already dead, but also trusting that she would stay with Laharl and redeem him}}, and
## Etna using Laharl as bait to get the better of a blackmailing vampire and then kicking his ass so hard, he ''begged'' to be ''her'' slave. ''Awesome.''
* [[Battleship Raid]]: {{spoiler|Gargantua.}}
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: The previous overlord was quite good to work for.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Call Flonne and/or Etna [[A-Cup Angst|flatchested]]. Just try it.
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* [[Bonus Level of Hell]]: Inverted...every level ''except'' for the last two takes place in the Netherworld.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Jennifer, who's a straight up brawler, although the creatable girl brawlers are otherwise flat.
** Becomes [[Incredibly Lame Pun|literally true]] when {{spoiler|Jennifer becomes a modified cyborg. Indeed, when the characters imagine what she looks like, she is pictured with machine-gun boobs.}}
* [[Breather Episode]]: Probably the reason for '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''' and company getting introduced right after [[Tear Jerker|Chapter 8]].
* [[Bright Castle]]: The Overlord's Castle is a gothic version.
* [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!]]: '''Captain Gordon, [[Insistent Terminology|Defender of Earth!]]''' is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Celibate Hero]]: Laharl, though it seems to be more a matter of his relative youth.
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* [[Evil Versus Evil]]
* [[Expy]]: Aside from having tighter pants and a much prettier face, Mid-Boss' sprite resembles a recolored Alan from [[La Pucelle]].
* [["Failure to Save" Murder]]: Kurtis' family got killed and he personally holds Captain Gordon accountable for this, even though the latter wasn't involved in this in any way. As far as Kurtis is concerned, though, Gordon didn't do his job as a Defender of Earth and should be replaced.
* [[Fanfare]]: "Anthem of Braves", for Captain Gordon and his crew.
* [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: The Sea of Gehenna.
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* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: Celestia
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When we first see Flonne, she says she wants to be like the flowers.
* [[Forgiveness]]: Laharl unexpectedly forgives Etna for poisoning him in his sleep and using him as bait for her revenge against Maderas because it is what a true demon would do.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: The in-universe Prinny commentator in the DS version makes it its job to lampshade every possible instance of it.
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* [[Fun Size]]: The trio is often drawn this way on promotional artwork.
* [[Gainaxing]]: Jennifer's sprite has a very noticeable "bounce" to it as she walks. Also, whilst most characters stand still when it's not their turn, the Kit-Kat and Succubus monsters, well, ''don't''.
** It's even worse in the anime where the camera does a close-up of said bounce at least once per episode.
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* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Jennifer.
* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]]: Etna loves doing this during most of her chapter previews, particularly the one for episode 6. Laharl and Vyers provide snark.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Played straight by Laharl for promotional images and cut-scenes. Being a humanoid character, however, the player can choose to equip him with any weapon. In fact, he's one of the few in the first Disgaea to be highly proficient with multiple weapons. <ref> He has an A ranked proficiency with all melee-type weapons (Fists, Swords, Spears, and Axes) and even a bow</ref>
* [[Hey, You]]: How Laharl refers to Flonne for a whole chapter after meeting her. She [[Beware the Nice Ones|rips him a new one]] for it later.
* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: {{spoiler|6-4 Writhing Shadow}}
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* [[Hub Level]]: Laharl's castle acts as your base of operations.
* [[I Know Karate]]: Jennifer does. Hilariously, the Art Book even goes so far as to say that this makes her stronger than Gordon.
* [[I Made Copies]]: In episode 5 Maderas sends a challege to Laharl to contend for overlordship on the back of a embarrassing photo, he threatens to scatter copies of set photo all across the Netherworld if Laharl does not comply.
* [[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.
{{quote|'''Etna:''' "Flonne, whatcha doing?"
'''Flonne:''' Oh, hi Et...
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* [[The Napoleon]]: Laharl, according to official sources, is about 4'3". The ridiculously oversized scarf he wears is an attempt on his part to mask this fact.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Parodied with Etna's implausible next episode previews at the end of each chapter. {{spoiler|Except for the one for episode 9 which sounds just as implausible but turns out to be mostly correct}}.
* [[Noble Demon]]: Laharl, after some character development, in the anime and in the canon ending. He's still a brat, though.
* [[No Experience Points for Medic]]: You'll need to give them a bow or use the pupil system to level up.
* [[Noob Bridge]]: If you've never played the game before, the first battle with Mid-Boss can be incredibly difficult because it's the first level where [[Geo Effects]] play a large role, as well as being the first level where you're supposed use the throwing mechanic. If you forget that you can toss your troops to the [[Geo Effects]] rather than trying to get there normally, most of your team will be dead before you get a second turn.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Episode 5 gives us the "embarrassing picture". All we ever know about the picture is Laharl's ''[http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b68/burnfist23/InPain.jpg reaction]'' to said picture and that it's something Flonne never expected Laharl to have done.
** Just before that, Etna talks to Flonne about how some guy pissed her off so in response she "''[[Groin Attack|kicked him right there]]''".
* [[Norio Wakamoto]]: The DS version opens with a gloriously hammy "NIPPON ICHI SOFTOWEAHHH PUREZENTSU", and the rest of the narration just needs to be heard to be believed.
* [[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.
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** At the highest levels (mostly useful for embarking on a career of making maxed-out Divine Majins with 185,000 stored levels; not really that useful for regular play), Beauty of Evil. It can be cleared in 45 seconds if you're properly prepared, and in so doing, provides the highest XP-to-time ratio in the game. Since this is Disgaea, players have gotten BoE runs down to a mathematical formula for maxing out your characters as efficiently as possible.
* [[Pet Monstrosity]]: Episode 7 involves helping a kid find his pet zombie. Etna also kept zombies as pets when she was a child.
* [[Picnic Episode]]: Episode 10.
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: {{spoiler|Vassal: Demons don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom. It's custom.}}
* [[Power Levels]]: "[[No Fourth Wall|Oh, come on! Level 4000?]]"
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* [[The Rival]]: Kurtis. His initial class is explicitly stated as "Rival".
* [[Robot Buddy]]: Thursday.
* [[Rounded Character|Rounded Characters]]: Each of the three main characters got a great spectrum of emotions, possesses a wide variety of personality traits that that can be categorized as virtues, flaws and idiosyncrasies, struggles with internal conflict, learns and grows from their experience, got backstories and motivations that reinforces their behavior. Even the masterminds behind the plot get their fair share of [[Hidden Depths|hidden depth]] as well.
* [[Say My Name]]: All up and down the final chapters of the first, mostly by '''Captain Gordon, DEFENDER OF EARTH!''':
** Thursdaaaaaaaaaaaay!!
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* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Disgaea/Shout Out|Has its own page.]]
* [[Smug Snake]]: Maderas.
* [[Succession Crisis]]: The first half of the game.
* [[Symbol Swearing]]: Thursday.
* [[Take Me Instead!]]: {{spoiler|Laharl}} desperately tries to invoke this in the endings.
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