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* ''[[Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless]]''
 
And three [[Spin-Off]] titles:
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* ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'', a [[Visual Novel]] game.
 
All fourThese games are highly regarded by enthusiasts of [[Turn-Based Strategy]] games for their twisted humor and myriad ways to [[Elite Tweak|customize and level up characters and equipment]]. Oh, and the Prinnies are so cute too, dood!
 
The first two games both have [[Updated Rerelease|PSP remakes]], with the NA localization of the first entitled ''Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness'', and a DS remake of that remake, ''Disgaea DS''. Afternoon of Darkness is known for its [[Another Side, Another Story|Etna Mode]], a "What If" story where Etna accidentally ''kills'' Laharl, and takes over as the main character. The localization of ''Disgaea 2'' PSP is entitled ''Dark Hero Days'', complete with its own Etna Mode variant (This time telling what happened before the game started) starring the Dark Hero, Axel. A PS Vita remake of ''Disgaea 3'', entitled ''Absence of Detention'', was released in 2012. It includes all the DLC from the [[PlayStationPlay Station 3]] version, including Raspberyl Mode, two new characters, and four new scenarios which focus on the rest of the main cast. A PS Vita re-releaseversion of ''Disgaea 4'' (''A Promise Revisited'') was made availablereleased in 2014. A [[Nintendo Switch]] version of ''Disgaea 5'' (''Complete'') will be released in 2017.
 
Four main games have been adapted into manga and a series of [[Disgaea Novels|light novels]] with the original game also getting an [[Makai Senki Disgaea|anime]].
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* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: General feature of most demons.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]:
** The Succubus and [[Catgirl|Nekomata]] races in the first game, the plant-girls in the second. Notable because the Succubus and Nekomata characters (as well as Jennifer) were drawn by a different artist—Yoshiharu "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131111185347/http://homepage3.nifty.com/aws/ Ryoji]" Nomura—the artist who did the characters and art for the Marl Kingdom / ''[[La Pucelle]]'' games—did the "sexy type" characters with the new artist Yuichi "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100131152657/http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/u1h/ Haradaya]" Harada for the rest—which is why they stand out so much. (Both links go to their respective homepages, which are [[NSFW]].)
** Also subverted when Dratti—one of Laharl's vassals who happens to be a big, scaly (and snarky) dragon—points out that it's a she.
** Also lampshaded with one of the Flora Beasts you meet early in the second game, who happens to be named [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Bridget]]...
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Etna & Laharl.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
** Disgaea has a weird relationship with this trope. Characters come [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]] on a regular basis, both in the story and game mechanics, but some stay dead for unexplained reasons. ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', a game set in the universe of Disgaea, introduces the Sacred Tome a book that grants any wish provided you have enough mana power, and it is indeed used to bring a person back from the dead. In ''Disgaea 3'' a character dies, but comes right back to life when he receives a different title then the one he had when he died. In ''Prinny 2'' a particular prinny is given their old body back after doing a very good deed. The game mechanics opens even more loopholes. The thing is; this methods of resurrection is never used to bring certain other characters back from the dead, e.g. parents of the main characters are often dead from the beginning or will be by the end, and their deaths are threatened as final.
** One character is directly killed in the worst ending of ''Disgaea 2''. {{spoiler|after defeating True Zenon, Zenon dies and Adell begins to lament since Zenon was Rozalin and he promised to protect her, he feels extreme guilt. This is potentially averted when Zenon then turns and possesses Adell, but in that example he kills his siblings and it is implied he got Yukimaru and Etna as well, as they were in the room.}}
** In ''Disgaea 4'' {{spoiler|there's Artina who died 400 years ago, then comes back as an angel.}}
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* [[Killer Rabbit]]: the smaller and more adorable it is, the more likely it can utterly destroy you. Sometimes you can only watch in horror as your entire crew is eviscerated by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goBdjj7TH2M#t=6m40s tiny robot penguins of death]
* [[Knife-Throwing Act]]: The Marionettes.
* [[Lady of Black Magic]]: The mage-class [[Player MooksMook]]s, inasmuch as their personality can be determined.
* [[Laser Blade]]: A weapon across several games.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: Regardless of how evil most of the characters may be, they rarely fail to be funny.
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