All The Tropes

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories: Difference between revisions

Page Discussion

Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories (view source)

Revision as of 10:47, 16 May 2018

18 bytes added ,  6 years ago
no edit summary
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
No edit summary
Line 2:
[[File:d2MainPageArt.png|frame]]
 
''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' is the second game in the [[Turn-Based Strategy]] series ''[[Disgaea]]'', and was released in 2006 for the [[PlayStation 2]]. It was later ported to the [[PlayStation Portable]] as ''[[Updated Rerelease|Disgaea 2: Dark Hero Days.]]''.
 
The game stars Adell, the only person unaffected by a devious curse that has transformed all of the human inhabitants of his home village into heartless demons. The source of the curse is Overlord Zenon, a enigmatic figure who became known as the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|God of All Overlords]] after he [[One-Man Army|slew one thousand Overlords in a single battle]]. Adell's solution to the problem is simple: get his mother to [[Dungeon Bypass|magically summon Overlord Zenon to the village]] and then [[When All You Have Is a Hammer|pound him into submission]].
 
Unfortunately, the summoning ritual ends up conjuring Rozalin, Zenon's [[Spoiled Sweet]] daughter. Having accidentally kidnapped the only daughter of the most powerful Overlord in existence, it's a race for Adell to return Rozalin to Zenon before he tears the world apart looking for her. It's a shame that Rozalin is so sheltered that [[Upper Class Twit|she has no idea where her father actually lives]]. Meanwhile, [[Disgaea: Hour of Darkness|Etna]] has decided to strike out on her own and is gunning for the title of God of All Overlords that Zenon possesses.
 
Joining Adell are his two younger siblings, Taro and Hanako; Tink, Rozalin's childhood friend who has been [[Baleful Polymorph]]ed into a frog; and Yukimaru, a [[Ninja]] girl who seeks revenge against Overlord Zenon for wiping out her clan, [[Verbal Tic|zam]].
Line 14:
* [[Action Girl]]: Yukimaru, Etna.
* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Taro. The Skulls have elements of this, but lack a clear-cut personality.
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: {{spoiler|Fake Zenon}} in the [[Manga]].
* [[An Ice Person]]: The snow clan.
* [[Another Side, Another Story]]: Much like Etna Mode in the handheld ports of the first ''Disgaea'' and the downloadable Raspberyl chapters in ''[[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice]]'', Axel gets his own story.
** While Etna Mode was an [[Alternate Universe]], Axel's Dark Hero Days actually tell of what he did just before the plot. (Inin the post-game, the people who joined him can join Adell).
* [[Back from the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Zenon found a way to resurrect himself by converting a population's humanity into his life force. Those affected became demonic, but he refused to call them demons. "Altered Humans."}}.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Adell. {{spoiler|Subverted: he only thinks he's a human, which brings up the question of how much of his power stems from his heritage rather than his training.}}.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]:
** An area-wide version of this forms the premise for the story. In the game, the Dark Sun in the Dark World sometimes has the ability to turn a character into a monster.
** Tink is a victim of this, being turned into a demonic frog. In the good ending, he is eventually returned to normal as a bishonen butler.
* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: Laharl does this to [[It Makes Sense in Context|protect himself from Flonne.]].
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Fake}} Zenon chose to sponsor a {{spoiler|fake}} competition to erase all competitors for the throne. [[Spanner in the Works|Rozalin]] attending the competition in Adell's escort caused it all to backfire {{spoiler|to the point where he actually LOST to the intended target, Etna.}}.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]: {{spoiler|Fake Zenon in the manga adaptation. Although taking Rozalin in as his daughter was still part of his revenge on the real Overlord Zenon, it's hinted several times during the final volume that he does actually care for Rozalin, especially during his death when he [[Heartwarming Moments|fondly remembers all the gifts he sent to Rozalin when she was still a child.]]}}.
* [[BFG]]: Rozalin's "Rose Thorn" special ability uses a [[Gatling Good|chaingun]] to deliver [[Death of a Thousand Cuts|several successive hits]] to a group of enemies with [[More Dakka|a shower of bullets]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]:
Line 31:
** Played straight in the manga where Etna deflects an incoming beam from a monster followed up by Laharl and Flonne bursting into the scene with their signature attacks.
** Also played straight (though [[Lampshaded]]) by Axel. In fact, for a [[Noble Demon|self-proclaimed rat bastard]], he sure gets quite a few of these.
* [[Bishonen]]: {{spoiler|Tink, before becoming a frog.}}.
* [[Blood Knight]]:
** Adell is the more chipper, fight-happy type.
** {{spoiler|Real Zenon}} was once one, until {{spoiler|s}}he tired of the endless bloodshed.
* [[Bonus Level of Hell]]: The ''Land of Carnage'', which gives the enemies a '''2100+%''' boost in power. All of the enemy characters have a level boost of 2100% base plus two hundred, plus all their stats are doubled on top of that. [[Level Grinding|Have fun.]].
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Laharl, Etna, Flonne, and a bunch of other [[Nippon Ichi]] characters. The PSP remake adds more, for a total of ''twenty-six.''.
* [[Bowdlerise]]: The English audio of {{spoiler|the worst ending}} was heavily censored in the US version, resulting in a severely [[That Came Out Wrong|butchered]] impression. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02XfTf874YY Here's the real thing].
* [[Bragging Theme Tune]]: Etna's ''Etna Rock'' and Axel's ''White Tiger''.
* [[Brick Joke]]: In Axel Mode, one of his baby brothers, Axeleration, is a [[Genre Savvy]] little know-it-all who loves sharing his insights on the entertainment business. Axel is horrified that he doesn't "act like a proper child.". In the last act, {{spoiler|his other baby brother Axident, who's been cooing and crying all this time, abruptly complains that it's hard to act like a baby, and Axel praises him for staying in character for so long}}.
* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Adell is entirely capable of being intelligent, as he demonstrates with the [[Inevitable Tournament]]'s ungodly complicated geopuzzle and his status as the group's [[Only Sane Man]], but usually turns his brain off because solving everything by punching the crap out of it is generally easier—and [[Blood Knight|more fun.]].
* [[Butt Monkey]]:
** Tink, the lecherous frog. He even gets a subpoena from the Dark Court just for ''existing''. Also note his ultimate attack-
Line 47:
* [[Camp Gay]]: The Director, who calls Axel "Axel darling" and refers to him as "the man I fell in love with" in addition to an ''extremely'' gay-sounding voice.
* [[Catch Phrase]]:
** Adell does things, or refuses to do things, based on whether they are or aren't "his style". Also, [[Sarcasm Mode|in case you didn't know yet]], Rozalin is "Overlord Zenon's one and only daughter"."
** For the very short time we knew him/{{spoiler|/her, the real}} Overlord Zenon is a "being of solitude".
* [[Celibate Hero]]: Adell is one, sort of.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The four leaf clover seal on Rozalin.
* [[The Chew Toy]]:
** Axel. The universe does eventually decide to [[Throw the Dog a Bone|throw him a bone]] for all the crap it's put him through ([[Earn Your Happy Ending|though he had to work for it. Hard.]]).
** Etna when she looses her levels, also, a nice [[Laser-Guided Karma]] in favor of the prinnies.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Taro.
Line 58:
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
** When the Prism Rangers appear in the 2nd game, they note that they can't let their guard down because of what happened last time (Etna shot 2/3 of them during their transformation sequence).
** Etna also mentions at one point she knew of a demon lord that married a human {{spoiler|Laharl's parents.}}.
** Flonne's final technique, Flonnezilla, is a reference to a gag in the first game.
* [[Cooldown Hug]]
* [[Crossdresser]]:
Line 67:
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Rozalin, though this is powered by a [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]: The gruesome death of {{spoiler|Taro and Hanako}} in the worst ending.
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Zenon's curse. While the negative effects (global amnesia, lack of conscience, Zenon can cast Life Drain on you) are pretty bad, Hanako points out that the deal of getting to be a demon is pretty sweet for anyone born and raised under it. {{spoiler|How sweet? Enough that she's a-ok with forgoing the chance to become human again for the opportunity to become the next [[Little Miss Badass|Etna]].}}.
* [[Cutscene Power to the Max]]: Laharl blows up the planet in a bad ending.
* [[The Dandy]]: Tink.
* [[Dark World]]: ...the ...um ....Dark World;, as well as the Land of Carnage.
* [[Defeat Equals Friendship]]: In several ways. Most of the story characters have to beaten, or at least, foiled first. Downloadble characters (save one) have to be roughed up, and other extra characters that you can get in the [[Updated Rerelease]] are initially [[Bonus Boss]]es. Further, you can capture monsters by tossing them into the Base Panel and whupping the tar out of them.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Rozalin.
* [[Determinator]]/[[Idiot Hero]]: Adell. He always fights face-to-face, and only uses [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]. Then again, this is ''Disgaea'', where [[Good Old Fisticuffs]] involves punching people so hard they turn into a black hole, which then explodes.
** The game takes time to point out that Adell really isn't an [[Idiot Hero]] when he easily unravels the geo puzzle in the colosseum. The explanation given is that just because he prefers to rush in with his fists doesn't mean he's incapable of thinking it out when he needs to.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Aside from the traditional punching of ridiculously overpowered demons, Adell takes a page from [[Haruhi Suzumiya/Characters|Kyon's]] book and defeats the apeshit [[Dimension Lord]]/borderline [[Eldritch Abomination]] {{spoiler|by frenching her.}}. Granted, he nearly got a face full of lead for his effort, but it did work.
* [[Dirty Coward]]/[[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Axel runs away numerous times whenever he's getting his butt kicked. He also claims to be a famous "Dark Hero", but nobody really thinks of him as famous, except for the Director who's always following him around and probably has a [[Ho Yay|homosexual crush on him.]].
** It eventually gets revealed that the whole ''point'' of a Dark Hero is to be underhanded, sneaky, and repulsive: in other words, all the qualities that evil just loves. Though, judging from some of the other games, not ''[[Moral Event Horizon|too]]'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|repulsive]].
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: Pleinair. Being Level 100 and using her at Early game will solve till everyone catches up.
Line 85:
{{quote|You old men are all the same. No stamina. And now us girls have to find our own way to amuse ourselves.}}
* [[Downloadable Content]]: So far, [[Updated Rerelease|Dark Hero Days]] will let you recruit...
** [[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters|Gig]] ([[No Export for You|Japan only]] due glitches that occurred when he was downloaded).
** [[Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice|Almaz and Princess Sapphire]].
** [[Phantom Brave|Marona and Ash]].
** [[Nippon Ichi|Pleinair]].
** [[La Pucelle|Dark Eclair]] ([[No Export for You|Japan only]]).
** [[Makai Kingdom|Pram]].
** [[Early-Bird Cameo|Miabelle]] from Nippon Ichi's upcoming game Hymn Princess of Antiphona ([[No Export for You|Japan only]]).
** [[Future Badass|Demon Lord Hanako]].
** Unless you have the US version. In which case, say goodbye to [[No Export for You|Gig, Eclair, and Miabelle.]]. Despite the fact that downloading [[Game Breaker|Demon Lord Hanako]] unlocks Gig's Magichange data, and causes an [[One Hundred Percent Completion|impossibility.]].
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Tink attempts to hit on the [[Cute Monster Girl]] in Adell's hometown only to find out it's actually a Cute Monster ''Guy''. For more fun, he's [[Shout-Out|also named]] [[Guilty Gear|Bridget.]].
** It should also be noted that the Angel who joins up in Axel Mode is affected by abilities and effects that only affect ''male'' characters.
* [[Duel Boss]]: {{spoiler|Rozalin's super powered evil side vs Laharl}}, also serves as the [[Worf Effect]] as he is a base level of 1200.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Subverted with Adell. Well, sometimes, anyway.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{spoiler|The true Overlord Zenon was about to become this due to reaching the upper levels of demonic power. Then things got complicated}}...}}
* [[Empty Promise]]: Adell's parents promised to come back from fighting the [[Big Bad]]. The result? Their dejected son will never break a promise because of it. ''Ever''.
* [[Evil Debt Collector]]: The [[Big Bad]] of Axel's story is a repo man form of this trope.
* [[Exact Words]]: Rozalin is bound to Adell by the strict terms of a summoning ritual.
** Also, the terms of the ritual was {{spoiler|to summon Zenon. They thought it screwed up and summoned "his daughter" instead. Noooo.... it did exactly what it was supposed to.}}.
* [[Expy]]: Adell's dad looks disturbingly like [[Azumanga Daioh|Kimura-sensei]]. [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] included.
** Design-wise, Rozalin bears a lot of resemblance to [[Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure|Etoile Rosenqueen]], both of them being the [[Lonely Rich Kid]] who hides [[More Dakka]] under a [[Pimped-Out Dress]]. Motivation and personality wise though, they're very different.
* [[Fallen Princess]]: Rozalin. She goes from living in a huge mansion being attended to by hundreds of servants to essentially being stuck in the Netherworld version of a small Kansas town running around in the muck.
* [[Fan Service]]: The Nekomatas and Succubus are back, and the Magic Knight got a breast size boost. Then we have the new human classes Kunoichi and Beast Tamer. If you want to go there, Flora Beasts as well.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Most "true" demons refer to Veldime inhabitants as "Altered Humans.".
* [[Fetish]]: When summoning Saphire as DLC in the PSP release, it's noted that since Adell summoned two princesses, he must have a thing for them.
* [[The Fettered]]: Adell.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Adell.
** [[The Lancer]]: Rozalin (with elements of [[The Chick]] later).
** [[The Big Guy]]: Taro (game play only as he's an uber tank).
** [[The Smart Guy]]: Hanako.
** [[The Chick]]: Yukimaru (smarter about her lawful good alignment than Adell).
** [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Etna.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When you first meet the Prism Rangers, Prism Red says that {{spoiler|his demon detector says that Adell is a demon.}}. Everyone says that it must be broken. It isn't.
** A subtler one is the fact that {{spoiler|Adell's ears are covered by his hair, making it impossible for the player to tell if he's human or demon. It did make it easy for the player to initially believe that Adell was the only human left on Veldime.}}.
** There's another one halfway through the game where Rozalin says {{spoiler|"...do you suppose he (The real Zenon) may have been tricked by the faker and is imprisoned somewhere...?"}}
** And, at one point, Hanako asks Rozalin if she could one day become as strong as Etna. Rozalin tells her she could become even stronger. {{spoiler|Cue ''Dark Hero Days'', which features [[Future Badass|Demon Lord Hanako]], widely considered to be the best unit in the game.}}
Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/1597261"