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* ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''
* ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''
* ''[[Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness]]''
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All four 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. And finally, a PSP Vita remake of ''Disgaea 3'' has been announced, entitled ''Absence of Detention'', which includes all the DLC from the [[PlayStation 3]] version, including Raspberyl Mode, two new characters, and four new scenarios which focus on the rest of the main cast.
All 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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* [[Absurdly High Level Cap]]: Max level is 9999, although only a fraction of this is needed to get through the stories of the games.
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Etna and Flonne get emotional if their underdeveloped breasts are brought up.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]:
** ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'' has Etna Mode, where she accidentally kills Laharl and tries to cover it up.
** ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]] : Dark Hero Days'' has Axel Mode, where he desperately tries to reclaim his stardom and get work to support his family. Takes place before the main game.
** ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' has the downloadable Raspberyl Mode, where she makes an attempt to become a teacher at Evil Academy.
*** The Vita port, ''Absence of Detention'', adds four more, each covering two characters; one for Kyoko and a Asuka, one for Sapphire and Almaz, one for Salvatore and Master Big Star, and one for the new character. (This leaves Champloo the only main cast member not to receive a story)
** ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' has a downloadable Tyrant Valvatorez Mode which takes place during Val's time as a Tyrant and a Fuuka and Desco Mode in which Fuuka starts getting interested in Prinny reincarnation.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: In a series with [[Loads and Loads of Characters]], this couldn't be avoided.
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Despite the canonical good ending of the first game's implications that he's matured into a straight hero, Laharl's [[Disgaea Infinite|most recent non-cameo]] appearance places his character back at his [[Tsundere]] [[Noble Demon]] stage, where he [[Card-Carrying Villain|strives to be evil]] despite himself.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: These games are quite fond of parodying subjects from anime and RPG cliches to [[Space Opera|Space Operas]] and [[Super Sentai]].
* [[Air Guitar]]: Asagi has this as her idle animation in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]''.
* [[All Your Colors Combined]]:
** The Prism Rangers, a parody of [[Sentai]] shows like ''[[Power Rangers]]'', would have 'transformed' were it not for Etna [[Talk to the Fist|shooting two of the three]]. In a side-quest in the second game, all seven of them show up, and they use this as their ultimate attack. All slots of the Prism Rangers, apart from the relatively strait-laced red and blue, are filled by various random people, such as someone who can't speak English and a [[Salaryman]] who answered the wrong job posting.
** And Prism Black, aka {{spoiler|Adell}}. After winning that title Rozalin expresses a desire to be Prism Pink.
** Purposely spoofed by the main cast of the third game when they do their own role call as the ''Evil Rangers'' after defeating Prism Red to make their victory all the more sweet.
** There's also an actual group known as the Evil Rangers in ''Dark Hero Days'', who are a group of appropriately colored monsters that act in a kid's show.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Though most of the sequels and cameos occur after the Best Ending of Disgaea 1, it's possible that ''[[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Prinny]]'' takes place in a different continuity then the main series, judging by the presence of {{spoiler|Prinny Laharl}} as a boss fight.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Axes are a staple of combat.
* [[Aliens Speaking English|Angels And Demons Speaking English]]
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* [[Badass Boast]]: You ever had your ass kicked by a book?!
* [[Bad Boss]]: Netherworld Prinnies are treated (with good reason) pretty badly, but Etna is sadistic enough to them to shock other demons in the ''[[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Prinny]]'' games. Yukimaru and Rozalin comment about this in the second game.
* [[Beady-Eyed Loser]]: Laharl is drawn with his normal eyes in the beginning of the ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' manga, but after volume two his eyes have turned into this.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: In the protecting spells for physical and magical attacks.
* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Both Mao and Laharl's dads were good to work under. Also Valvatorez
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* [[Bonus Boss]]: Disgaea(and many [[Nippon Ichi]] titles) love this trope in general. The most famous of such is Overlord Tyrant Baal who makes frequent appearances throughout each of the Disgaea titles as a monstrous super side boss, always around the area of 4000+ in levels at minimum. Baal is not the only example, as past Disgaea characters make appearances as powerful bosses, other characters from other Nippon Ichi titles (such as Priere) are also bonus bosses, and the list could continue. Most bonus bosses cannot just be fought either, it requires usually fulfilling certain requirements (i.e. for ''Disgaea 2'' Zetta requires 10 dark sun maps, and the port to the PSP requires Champloo and Raspberyl defeated, and all 16 treasure maps found to fight Mao).
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: There are quite a few of them in all of the games, including a system to create an infinite number of random dungeons.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: The [[Catgirl|Felynn class]] are one of the best physical fighters in the [[Mook]] gallery, and sports the largest rack. Among story characters, you have [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness|Jennifer]], [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Sapphire]], and recurring bonus character [[La Pucelle|Prier]].
* [[Book Ends]]: The English narration in the beginning of each game is {{spoiler|the voice for each respective game's [[Final Boss]].}}
** ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'': [[Jamieson Price]] {{spoiler|as Seraph Lamington.}}
** ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'': [[Lex Lang]] {{spoiler|as Overlord Zenon.}}
** ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'': [[Dave Wittenberg]] as Geoffrey {{spoiler|AKA Super Hero Aurum.}}
** ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'': However, breaks this trend. The Narrator's voice does not resemble any character in the game, and is most certainly not {{spoiler|Judge Nemo.}}
* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Spoofed. Characters are [[Medium Awareness|thoroughly aware]] of Main Character privileges, and will often try to [[Hostile Show Takeover|steal your spotlight.]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: The Prinnies are an entire ''race'' of butt monkeys. Mid-Boss is also an example, though much moreso in the anime and especially the manga than in the games.
* [[Call Back]]:
** All the games will present a "barrier" during Chapter 3. Said barrier halts you from getting to the next battle until the main character has a Lv. 10 item equiped, an excuse to introduce the Item World.
** The first game suggests you try a Common Sword for your first Item World run, being the cheapest weapon in the game. In the fourth game, you are given a Common Sword to try your first time there, except that now the Common Sword is a special sword that can't be bought, can't be stolen since no enemy will be using one, and can't be gotten as a bonus.
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* [[Came Back Strong]]: You level up, then you reincarnate into a new body that starts with better stats.
* [[Cape Wings]]: Laharl's scarf. Also, most Nosferatu/vampires.
* [[Catgirl]]: You have the Felynn race, the ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' Bandits, [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Anise]], and the [[Stripperiffic|Beast Tamers]]. This does NOT include [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?|Cardamon]] because she's actually a [[Petting Zoo People|fox girl.]]
* [[Character Exaggeration]]: Arguable. But it's a general rule that any character that makes a cameo appearance outside of their debut game will be greatly exaggerated. For example, {{spoiler|When Laharl shows up in D2, he seems to have forgotten all of his character development at the end of the first game. Flonne's later appearances, particularly D4, dial-up her otaku-ness and make her much more of an airhead than she originally was. Mao's appearances in ''Disgaea Infinite'' and ''Disgaea 4'' also has he seemingly forget his character development and also portrays him as much more of a pervert. Among other examples.}}
* [[Chef of Iron]]: Mr. Champloo of ''Disgaea 3''. A [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Demonic Cooking Teacher Martial Artist]].
* [[The Chew Toy]]: The Prinnies are the Nippon Ichi world's choice for menial labor and [[Stuff Blowing Up]]. They deserve it, though; they're working off their karmic debt for bad deeds done in a previous life.
* [[Class and Level System]]: Subverted. The core of ability progression is more about leveling up individual abilities. While leveling up one class does unlock a new one, typically that class has slightly better stats but the exact same skills. (The exceptions are classes that require ''combinations'' of characters to unlock.) Additionally, you can't class change, so if you want the new class you're in for some [[Forced Level Grinding]] with your newborn Lv.1.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]:
** All non-main characters you can recruit have differing colors among their strength classes.
** An unlockable character painter can [[Palette Swap]] characters at will, or for a fee depending on which game, allowing even generic characters of the same class to look distinct.
* [[Combination Attack]]:
** Just about any character can do combination attacks with any other character, in the third game this is taken to absolutely absurd levels.
** And parodied in the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4m1DUVrRcM&feature=response_watch Galaxy Omega Star scene], which features no less than three unsuccessful combination attacks before [[Autobots Rock Out|the ass-kicking music cues the successful one]].
* [[Continuity Nod]]: One of the endings in ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'' explains how Laharl ended up in a bottle and his status as a Bonus Boss in ''[[Phantom Brave]]''.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Prinnydom. Basically, human souls are forced to dress as penguins and ''literally'' pay for their sins through nonstop, menial labor.
* [[Cool Gate]]: Dimensional gates warps the main characters to selected locations.
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Laharl & Etna.
* [[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 "[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 "[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]]...
* [[Cute Mute]]/[[The Speechless]]: Pleinair, but only when she's not a Dark Assembly guide. In ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'', ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', and in one of the chapters of the Disgaea manga, she is able to speak normally, but as one of the anchors in ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' and as a downloadable character in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'' and the [[Updated Rerelease]] of ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', she doesn't speak at all except for a few select instances. She was given a voice when she became a downloadable character, but her voice is inaudible.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: A major plot point of the four games is the nature of demons/angels as being supposedly "absolute evil/good", nature vs nurture, etc. For example, Flonne staying with Laharl during ''Disgaea'' to prove that he can love (and thus, isn't truly evil), Rozalin becoming more upset the more of the outside world she sees, etc.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Etna & Laharl.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]:
** Disgaea has a weird relationship with this trope. Characters come [[Back From 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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** Laharl's mother was a human, his father an Overlord.
** Laharl himself is [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|not dating]] a [[Fallen Angel]] (and a minor demon)
** Adell hooks up with {{spoiler|Rozalin, a.k.a. Overlord Zenon}}. Subverted since {{spoiler|Adell is a demon.}}
** Most recently, Valvatorez, a vampire, hooks up with {{spoiler|Artina, an angel who was formerly a human.}}
* [[Doppelganger Attack]] - One of the Bow's special moves, among other things.
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* [[Dracolich]]: Dragon Zombies.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Who is this Akutare guy I heard about?]]
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Asagi is a test character that the [[Nippon Ichi|NIS]] team used to test the engine for another one of their games, ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. (It is rumored she was going to be the main character for ''Makai Wars'', which was canceled and possibly rerolled into ''Makai Kingdom'', but this is not confirmed.) They liked her so much that they left her in as a bonus character, a "cameo from a game that they haven't made yet" ([[Demoted to Extra|or since]]). They've added her to every game since then -- including ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' and [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|3]] -- and she's become a sort of mascot for the company. She's even in the opening movie for ''Disgaea 3''.
** And in ''Prinny 2'' there is "Asagi mode", which makes her a main character of the half of the game.
* [[Eagle Land]]: '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth''' is so obviously American it hurts.
* [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Starting in Disgaea, and carrying over to spinoff franchises like Phantom Brave and Makai Kingdom, all characters have three resistance levels to fire, ice, and wind magic; it's usually balanced by anyone having a strong resistance in one category having a weakness in another, though it doesn't follow a pattern.
** Averted with the "Star" element, which no one is particularly resistant to, but no one is particularly vulnerable, either.
* [[Emotional Maturity Is Physical Maturity]]: Does 1313 year old demons act and look like they are 13? Yes, yes they do.
* [[Escape Rope]]: Mr. Gency's Exit.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: This is a recurring theme between the games, along with [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]] and [[Noble Demon]].
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: A few have shown up, and often were [[Badass Princess|Badass Princesses]] as well.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins|Everything's Better With Prinnies]], dood! They even have [[Spin-Off|their own game]].
* [[Evil Is Petty]]: The majority of the demons aren't so much evil as they are simply jackasses, and their most nefarious deeds amount to stuff such as not washing their hands before dinner. Most of them [[Even Evil Has Standards|end up appalled]] at the [[Complete Monster|genuinely evil characters]].
* [[Evil Laugh]]: There are [[Evil Overlord|Evil Overlords]], thus it is [[Rule of Cool|required]].
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Plenty of them, [[Noble Demon|for a given amount of evil]].
* [[Expanded Universe]]: [[Disgaea Novels|The Disgaea Light Novels]]. Following the end of the ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'' novelization, the next four novels introduce Laharl's relatives and Flonne's family as well as Gordon and Jennifer's daughter. Also, the novelization of ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'', the fifth novel, takes place 120 years after the first novel (In the games, they're only three years apart).
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Healers. [[Word of God]] says that their beliefs require them to keep them closed.
* [[Fallen Angel]]:
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** And later bowling, complete with a black prinny with a custom class, the "10-Pounder."
** Lifting and throwing your own party members also allow you to get them all over the map, essential for reaching problematic geo symbols and opponents.
* [[Fireball Eyeballs]]: When Flonne gets ticked off, her eyes turn into fireballs.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: In each game. The descriptions of the Prism Rangers also note such a dynamic:
*** Red:[[The Hero|Prism Leader]]
*** Blue:[[The Lancer|Cool Cat, rival of red]]
*** Yellow:[[The Big Guy|Loves eating curry]]
*** Green:[[The Smart Guy|Cowardly and Nerdy]]
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* [[Gainaxing]]:
** Whilst most characters stand still when it's not their turn, the Kit-Kat and Succubus monsters, well, ''don't''.
** Averted in the case of the Succubus starting from ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', where she got a new sprite, and in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' for the Kit-Kat for the same reason (Which may strike some as odd, considering that she got an...upgrade).
* [[Genre Relaunch]]: This series is along with [[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]] is co-credited with saving the entire SRPG genre.
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
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* [[God Guise]]: Vulcanus does this to Flonne in Etna mode.
* [[Going Through the Motions]]: The cutscene artwork. In ''[[Disgaea Infinite]]'' and ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]'' they are animated.
* [[Gold and White Are Divine]]: Most angels.
* [[Good Is Not Dumb]]: Sereph Lamington, a [[Chessmaster]] grade example.
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]
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* [[Inter Class Romance]]: This game loves this trope. Almaz is an extremely [[Unlucky Everydude]] [[Chew Toy]] guardsman. Sapphire is an [[Ax Crazy]] princess. There's also Rozalin (fake overlord's daughter), Adell (peasent hero). Laharl's dad (overlord) and his mom (unknown social status mage).
* [[Kaiju]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETmHXLCUfLg Flonnezilla]. Contender for the most hilarious special attack [[Nippon Ichi]] has ever come up with.
* [[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 Mooks]], inasmuch as their personality can be determined.
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* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: The Prism Rangers.
* [[Leitmotif]]: Several characters have their very own theme songs.
* [[Level Grinding]]: The game caps out at Level 9999, and you can store up to 270,000 levels for stat bonuses through the game's Reincarnation system.
* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Etna, Raspberyl, female brawlers, etc.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Etna yet again.
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** The three games have just enough special characters that join so that you don't really have room to use generic characters. Most of these special characters join at a low enough level that it's pointless to use them, however. The third game has an alternative -- Loads And Loads Of '''Generic''' Characters -- it contains male and female versions of every generic NPC that was in ''Disgaea 1'' and 2, ''as well'' as generic characters from some other NIS games.
** The downloadable content goes even farther, offering nearly ''every playable Disgaea character ever'' (and some that weren't), as well as a crapload of other [[Nippon Ichi]] characters, from ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', ''[[Makai Kingdom]]'', and ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]''.
* [[Love Chart]]: Both of 'The World Of Disgaea' artbooks contain such a chart with arrows, though the only relationship that is described with the word “Love” over the arrow is that between Laharl and Flonne, and even then [[Ship Tease|a question mark is thrown at the end]].
* [[Love Freak]]: Flonne, the [[Trope Namer]], is completely obsessed with love.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: A ''lot'' of examples. By the third game, they start spoofing it in an alternate ending when {{spoiler|Laharl waltzes in and claims to be Mao's father. Surprisingly, ''everyone'' believes him even after Flonne and Etna start arguing that they're his mother, though it takes some time before Mao starts believing them as well}}.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: Prinnies. Picking them up and throwing them causes damage equal to half that Prinny's remaining Life Points. Also, causes any other Prinnies caught in the blast to explode, with similar results.
* [[Midnight Blue Eyes]]: Adell, Yukimaru, and archers (female).
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]: Archers, Mages in the first game.
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** Averted in-game. Muscle items give often large HP boosts.
** Though they do it with magic and [[Ki Attacks]]. But they do hit pretty hard too, okay REALLY REALLY hard.
* [[Mythology Gag]]:
** The Rosenqueen Company, which runs the shops in all three games AND ''[[La Pucelle]]''. It is named for Etoile Rosenqueen, the [[Rich Bitch]] [[The Rival|Rival]] in one of [[Nippon Ichi]]'s early RPGs, ''[[Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure]]''. The strongest gun in both ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'' and ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is also named after Etoile, who was very fond of using guns herself.
** In a sort of Meta Example, Rosenqueen was also the name of their online store. Key word being was as it's since (sadly) dropped the name.
* [[New Game+]]: The game's bonus content tends to become unlocked after 2 or more play-throughs, which is good, cause for the most part the level requirements for even beginning to prepare for a NIS game's bonus content is several exponential orders of magnitude higher than the original bosses.
* [[No Cure for Evil]]: [[Word of God]] states that Celestia has something of a monopoly on healing magic, and that demon healers are either fallen angels or descended from them.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: Almaz in the Almaz ending of the [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|third game]]. Deconstructed in the [[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten|fourth game]] with {{spoiler|Artina}}, who was killed as a result of nursing someone back to health. The recipient of her kindness, {{spoiler|Nemo}}, [[Omnicidal Maniac|did not take it well]], as {{spoiler|Artina}} was the only person who showed him any kindness in his life.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Triggered by a loss to Mid-Boss in the first game, or to Axel in the second (these also count as [[Multiple Endings]]). There are also multiple instances in the games of winning "unwinnable fights" thanks to the [[New Game+]] mode. Some of these cause Nonstandard endings. In other instances, these are caused by the hero having too many Ally kills, which allows unusual plot choices that end the game (refusing to show mercy where in the "real" plot you do, for example).
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Most characters are well aware that they're in a video game series.
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* [[Only One Name]]: Most of the main characters got no last name.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: [[Michelle Ruff]] took over for Amanda Winn-Lee as the voice of Etna in every game after the first. They even re-recorded Etna's dialogue for ''Afternoon Of Darkness''.
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]
** [[Our Vampires Are Different]]
** [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]
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* [[Pretty in Mink]]: The fur-trimmed robes worn by the lady healers. Might even be a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Final Fantasy X|Lulu's outfit]].
* [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]]: Generally speaking, the [[Bonus Boss|Bonus Bosses]] have stats so high that there are two outcomes to attacking them -- either they die in one hit, or you do 0 damage. If you attack and do 0... [[Oh Crap|Uh oh.]]
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The main cast of every game in the series.
* [[Rain of Arrows]]: The ultimate attack for bow users.
* [[Ramen Slurp]]: The preview of episode 3 features Etna slurping a bowl of ramen.
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]:
** All demons in the ''Disgaea'' series, barring non-fire mages (and possibly Yukimaru), have red eyes. They're usually no more or less fearsome than the humans in the game. Adell's sprite also has red eyes, though it may be a result of his hair being in his way because all art depicts him as blue-eyed.
** Among the Mook gallery, though, there are subversions to this (counting their default colors used in official artwork; [[Palette Swap]] only registering a higher tier). The Archers and Magic Knights have [[Blue Eyes]] (fitting, given that supplementary material cites them as being some of the nicer individuals), and the [[Catgirl|Felynn]] skirt between blue and purple. Both male and female Samurai have black-colored irises, and the [[Horny Devils|Succubi]] and Cheerleaders have light-pink colored eyes.
* [[The Red Mage]]: Prism and Galaxy mages can use attack spells of all four elements.
* [[Reference Overdosed]]: The series [[Disgaea/Shout Out|has its own]] [[Shout-Out]] page.
* [[Reluctant Warrior]]: Flonne hates fighting, but does so to help Laharl. {{spoiler|Later cameos show she's all too willing to fight for anime DVD collections, too.}}
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Look at those special attacks!
* [[Running Gag]]: During the tutorials, when one of the characters chooses to end turn (Either accidentally or on purpose to prove their point), the main character is helplessly surrounded and attacked by the remaining enemies much to the annoyance of the main character.
* [[Royal Brat]]: Prince Laharl, much to his vassals' annoyance.
* [[Say It with Hearts]]:
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** If a prinny gets enough cash, it can skip the workload needed to pay off its sins.
** Also an in-game mechanic - to get the Dark Assembly to pass bills in your favor, you can bribe them with items (which items they want are dependent on their rarity... so it's quite possible a given assembly member will heavily desire a copy of the starting weapon and hate your [[Infinity+1 Sword]]). There are [[Elite Tweak|Elite Tweaks]] dependant on getting as many assembly members in your pocket as you can.
* [[Sentai]]:
** Parodied in the form of the Prism Rangers and then parodied again in [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]] with the ''Evil Rangers'' {{spoiler|aka Mao and co.}}
** ''Dark Hero Days'' has its own Evil Rangers, which is a popular kid's show at the time. Interestingly, the [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|first five are Red, Black]], [[Shout-Out|Blue, Yellow, and Pink]], while the [[Sixth Ranger|sixth one is Green]].
* [[Serial Escalation]]: It nearly matches ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' in sheer over-the-topness.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Disgaea/Shout Out|Has its own page.]]
* [[Simple Score of Sadness]]: It's an entire game full of peppy, upbeat songs... and then there's "Sorrowful Angel".
* [[Slap-On-The-Wrist Nuke]]: Even the most outrageously destructive attacks leave the terrain unscathed, and can cause surprisingly little damage in the wrong conditions. The fight animations play to completion regardless of how effective the attack is, so it is not uncommon to see an elaborate cutscene of a character getting hit so hard that they literally become a black hole and explode...followed by "Miss".
* [[Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality]]: Men and women of various classes have the same base stats and aptitudes in the key stats, but vary in weapon proficiency, other stats, and evil acts. The main cast is usually relatively equal in terms of gender ratio and there are just as many bad ass women as there are bad ass men.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Averted: The main character gender ratio is roughly one-to-one in the first two games and in the third when you count the hidden story characters, there are more females than males.
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: Many, many twisted examples, as this is a series with tons of [[Noble Demon|NobleDemons]] and [[Dark Is Not Evil]] characters. Sapphire embodies it.
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* [[Start My Own]]: I don’t even wanna be a part of this stupid world. I wouldn’t stay if you begged me! I’ll go find a better world, with heaps of food! And cookies!
* [[Stat Grinding]]: Both the item worlds and using weapons and spells ups character proficiency with them.
* [[Stone Wall]]:
** The Galactic Demons. Notably, unlike most monster units, they have a greater-than-100% aptitude in two stats (Defense and Resistance, naturally)
** The Heavy Knights fulfill this role in every game following the first.
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Again, Prinnies; tons of the animations for the attacks also look like they've been directed by Michael Bay, and the explosions in them seem to become both bigger and more numerous with each new installment in the series.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Characters of either gender can be charged and convicted of the crime of "Liking Girls" or "Liking Guys".
** The crime "Corrupting the Youth" is given for having a pupil over Lv. 100.
* [[Super Sentai Stance]]:
** The Prism Rangers are the obvious example, but they're certainly not the only ones. Flonne does, at one point, try to get Laharl and Etna to do one, with very limited success.
** The cast of the third game does one as well. See [[All Your Powers Combined]] above.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Laharl and Etna both have enormous sweet teeth, and the former's confiscation of the latter's expensive snacks is a frequent point of contention between the two, particularly in ''[[Disgaea Infinite]].''
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]] (Most battle scenes begin with lots of dialogue between the characters, and can be skipped. Etna hangs a lampshade on it on the tutorial level of the first game. Flonne actually scolds Laharl for even suggesting they attack before a later opponent finishes explaining his motivations.)
* [[Thieves' Guild]]: The profile for the rogue class states the existence of one.
* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]:
** The idea of the Prinny sytem is sorta built on this. Sure, they were rat bastards in their former life ([[Heroic Sacrifice|well, most]]), but the universe has given them another chance. For those that realize this, and get past the laziness that seems to be inherent in Prinnies, they work their asses off to either work off the bad karma gained, redeem themselves, or [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|gain enough coin]] to earn that chance, and the potential to be better beings in the next life. The idea that the universe is so willing to give all the chance to be better is...well...uplifting.
** Exemplified in ''[[Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten]]''. {{spoiler|Valvatorez tells the [[Big Bad]], who felt that there was no way he could repent without sacrificing his soul, to become a Prinny, saying that no matter how big his sin and no matter how long he has to work it off, he does not deserve to be denied a chance at redemption.}}
** Unfortunately for the Prinnies who end up in the Netherworld, this can rapidly descend into [[Yank the Dog's Chain]] depending on who you have to work for, especially if your boss is named [[Bad Boss|Etna.]]
* [[True Companions]]: One such group forms by the end of each game, though the more stubborn characters refuse to admit it.
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