Malicious Slander: Difference between revisions

* If someone could be called a [[Anthropomorphic Personification| literal embodiment of yellow journalism]] it would be the demonic newsman Bob Barbas of ''[[Devil May Cry]]'', head of the [[Names To Run Away From Really Fast| Raptor News Network]] and the propaganda arm of the demons striving to control Limbo City.<ref>Bob is clearly [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|an exaggerated parody]] of disgraced conservative newscaster [https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bill_O'Reilly_(political_commentator) Bill O'Reilly], the network likewise a parody of [[Fox News]].</ref> His attempts to [[Gaslighting| purposely gaslight the populace]] includes claiming that organic juice causes impotence and that an “independent health study” has proven lab-grown artificial meat is much healthier than the real thing. He also often praises “God” as Evangelical preachers often do, though the god he is referring to is most likely [[Big Bad| Mundis]]. However, the true slander comes when Dante invades his offices with the intent to “put Bob out of business”. The boss fight is, at first, pretty straightforward (well, as straightforward as fighting Bob’s demonic form can be, seeing as it looks like the MCP from ''[[Tron]]''), but then Bob pulls a very dirty trick. He teleports Dante to part of the city where he siccs a mob of demons on him, then broadcasts the battle (live, via helicopter) while claiming it is footage of a terrorist slaughtering innocent civilians! He then makes accusations of “brutal, humiliating attacks” on nurses and social workers that began when the “suspect” was 8 years old, and then goes so far as to claim Dante is a sexual predator who is purposely trying to spread STDs. The second time he does this he [[Moral Event Horizon|even provides “interviews” with “witnesses” who sound like scared little girls]] accusing Dante of [[False Rape Accusation| pedophile acts]]. Ironically, when he stops to report ''actual'' news - of the Order being raided by a SWAT team due to previous acts of slander - Dante becomes enraged, cutting his demonic form down and then shooting his human form, ending the battle [[Catharsis Factor| by telling Bob, “You’re fired!]]