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== Filia ==
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{{quote|''"Let's go, Samson!"''
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** [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Unlike Filia, played straight, but only when he's extremely pissed. See the quote right above.
 
== Cerebella ==
[[File:skullgirls-cerebella 1305.png|frame]]
{{quote|''"Get ready for a show-stopper!"''}}
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* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: She is very hesitant to hurt Umbrella, even giving her a chance to escape before she changes her mind.
* [[Fangirl]]: Towards Beuwulf.
* [[The Four Loves]]: All she wants is for the Medici family to love her.
* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: The appearance given by her attire. It's a [[Playboy Bunny|bunny-esque dress]] with [[Detached Sleeves]] that has each sleeve linked via a band that crosses her chest.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: According to the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Or perhaps it should be {{spoiler|Love Makes You Commit Your First Murder}}.
* [[Metronomic Man-Mashing]]: One of her specials involves her doing this to her opponents when she uses Vice Versa to grab and slam them repeatedly. She then throws them in the air and impales them with the sword on one of her heels and Vice Versa pushes them further for more damage.
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]
* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]}}: The final shot of her during her ending implies this; she got Vitale what he wanted, {{spoiler|but she had to kill Ms. Fortune to do it}}.
* [[Nice Girl]]: For all her showboating, she's never shown any negative emotions (except to those Vitale tells her to get rid of and the villains) and even the [[Big Bad]] notes her heart of gold and purity.
* [[Panty Shot]]: Try pausing at any point in her character trailer. It's a challenge to find a frame where her panties aren't showing.
* [[She Fu]]
* [[Stripperiffic]]
* [[Token Good Teammate]]
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Daughter" Guy]]: In relation to her mob-boss adoptive father.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Courtesy of [[Nice Shoes|some kind of stocking-boot footwear]].
 
===Tropes related to Vice-Versa= ==
* [[Bring It]]: Of the move-finger-towards-self variety, when Cerebella walks backwards.
* [[Expressive Accessory]]
* [[Living Weapon]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Weaponized Headgear]]
 
== Peacock ==
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{{quote|''"Time to paint the town red!"''}}
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Her revolver fires, amongst other things, bowling balls, baseballs, and [[Super Mario Bros.|Bullet Bills]].
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Not her specifically, but her assist characters, Andy Anvil and Tommy Ten Tons. This is a reference to the vast majority of characters found during [[The Golden Age of Animation]] having [[Alliterative Name]]s, which Andy Anvil and Tommy Ten Tons fit right into.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: She is [[Meaningful Name|called Peacock]] and one of her attacks make her look similar to one (Argus Agony). Her eyes are also called the Argus System, a mythology reference involving the peacock. A part of the [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] theme to the frillier [[Big Bad]].
* [[Assist Character]]s: She has a bunch of strange characters that help her during some of her attacks, if they aren't the attack itself. The most seen of these, especially in art, are Avery (a little blue bird dressed in attire matching Peacock) and walking bombs of small and large sizes (George and Lenny, respectively). Others seen often are Andy Anvil, a boxing anvil with Popeye-like limbs and Tommy Ten Tons, a stout anthropomorphic 10T weight. These characters seem to be manifestations of Peacock's power. The Avery Unit she was equipped with (same name as the bird) was supposed to be a [[Teleporters and Transporters|"spacial link"]] between her and an arsenal of weapons, but Peacock seems to be altering the weapons themselves in addition to calling them to her.
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Badass Adorable]]: As [[Ax Crazy|bloodthirsty, insane]] and [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior|disturbingly adult]] as she is, she has many ways of kicking your ass, and can be very cute in her idle animations too.
* [[Beam Spam]]: One of her supers.
* [[Big Ball of Violence]]: Her air throw. It even happens to be named "Big Ball Of Violence".
* [[Body Horror]]: Aside from her brain and her face, there's practically nothing left of her. Her eyes were forcefully gored out, so technically what remains are her eyesockets (but she can see with the eyes on her arms).
** [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Those aren't her real teeth, they are removable like dentures (so she doesn't wear them while asleep). She has, in effect, a miniature, stainless-steel bear trap in her mouth, and some of her regular attacks involve ''biting'' the opponent.
**If you pay attention during her winning pose, the smoke she exhales after she [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior|puffs on her cigar]] comes out through what appears to be her ''eye socket'', which transforms into a ''second mouth'' just for the [[Victory Pose]].
***She has another attack that betrays the nature of her eyes. Peacock can pull a large [[Hyperspace Mallet]] out from behind her back. After she swings it, she puts it away by stuffing the hammer headfirst into one of her eye sockets.
***Look carefully at the holes leading to [[Hammerspace]] that she manifests in the environment (some of her item drops fall into them after they hit the ground, she leaps up through one when she's tagged in, she gets [[Vaudeville Hook|yanked]] into one during her tag out, etc.). The holes all have ''eyelashes'' [http://i.imgur.com/1KPPz.png identical to hers], and the color of the space behind them is identical to her eye color if you're using a palette that doesn't have her eyes blacked out.
**Before becoming Peacock, it's been implied that she wasn't looking better off before as a horrifically-mutilated war orphan.
* [[Byronic Hero]]
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]: The [[Assist Character]] bombs, George (the small one) and Lenny (the big fat one).
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: Sports this constantly and doubles as a [[Slasher Smile]] due to her nature.
* {{spoiler|[[The Chosen One]]}}
* [[Cigar Chomper]]: She's fond of smoking fat cigars and occasionally uses them in [[Cigar Fuse-Lighting|attacks]].
* [[Creepy Child]]
* [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Cyborg]]
* [[Deconstruction]]: She had to go through hell and back to get her Looney Tune-esque powers. Also she fits right into the style because the experience drove her mad.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas|Even Bad Girls Love Their Daddies]]: The death of {{spoiler|Dr. Avian}} in her story route spurs her to seek revenge against the [[Co-Dragons]].
* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Those [[Black Bead Eyes|black dots on her face]] aren't her real eyes—along with everything else they did, the slavers put her eyes out. She sees with the feather-like electronic eyes on her arms and [[Animal Motif|peacock-like tail]], all of which can fire [[Eye Beams]].
**When she sleeps, she puts sleeping masks on her arms, where her real eyes are.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: {{spoiler|Marie}}
* [[Fun Personified]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Hammerspace]]: Not surprising given her cartoon influence.
* [[Hero with an F In Good]]
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: She's crazy, but it's there. Especially in her ending.
* [[Laughably Evil]]
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Living Weapon]]: She was built to be a living weapon to kill the current Skullgirl.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]
* [[The Only One]]: Who can destroy the [[MacGuffin]].
* [[Otaku]]: In her alt voice pack.
* [[Peacock Girl]]
* [[Piano Drop]]: Capable of this, and with a variety of objects.
* [[Pop-Cultured Badass]]/[[Reference Overdosed]]: The great portion of her attacks make up many of the game's [[Skullgirls/Shout Out|already plentiful]] [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]]. Peacock herself is a walking [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Golden Age of Animation]].
* [[Pungeon Master]]: When she isn't spewing familiar quotes, she's usually making puns based on whatever attack she's using.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Her powers are essentially a limited form of this.
* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Her win pose, as well as her Level 3 super.
* [[Super Prototype]]: Played with. While Peacock ''is'' a superpowered and unique project, her enhancements were a product of years of the ASG Labs' research, so she isn't a prototype in the technical sense.
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: During her cannon move.
{{quote|''"Yo ho ho! Avast!"''}}
* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behaviour]]
* [[Unflinching Walk]]: One of her more powerful attacks involves tossing a cigar behind her back... at a bomb standing next to her victim. Cue explosion and malicious grin.
** And this is ''after'' stuffing her opponent in a burlap sack, calling down two of her cartoon [[Mooks]] (Ten Ton Tommy and Andy Anvil) to help curbstomp her helpless victim into submission, and having the aforementioned bomb (George) continue to beat the ensnared foe with a baseball bat, all before pulling the cigar toss.
* [[Vaudeville Hook]]: In her assist tag-out taunt. Peacock does softshoe for a few seconds before she is pulled off the stage by a cane into a [[Portable Hole]].
* [[Wheel-O-Feet]]
 
== Parasoul ==
[[File:skullgirls-parasoul 519.png|frame]]
{{quote|''"Egrets, assemble!"''}}
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===Tropes related to Parasoul===
* [[Assist Character|Assist Soldiers]]: She has a few attacks that utilize her off-screen soldiers.
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[The Captain]]
* [[Chess Motifs]]: Many of her attack names are named after Chess, such as ''Queen's Gambit''
* [[Closet Geek]]: If you believe her profile, she secretly watches a lot of cartoons.
* [[Cool Big Sister]]: Her little sister is Umbrella.
* [[Crosshair Aware]]: One of her supers, calling a sniper to shoot.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: [[Subverted Trope]], as her background lists "Logic" as one of her likes and "Overly emotional people" as one of her dislikes.
* [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe]]
* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: Her Black Egrets soldiers all wear gas-masks.
* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]: Deserves a special mention, her [http://skullgirls.com/characters/parasoul official measurements] being 34DD-24-38.
* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Little Black Dress]]
* [[Meganekko]]: Some of her alternate colors gives her glasses.
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]
* [[Panty Shot]]
* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* [[Punny Name]]: Her name Parasoul, in fact, [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-parasoul-skullgirls/721772 pretty much is pronounced] like [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parasol the word parasol], which she uses as a weapon.
{{quote|'''Ms. Fortune:''' ''"I... uh... dammit, your name's already a pun!"''}}
* [[Putting on the Reich]]: The Black Egrets [[Assist Character]]s for Parasoul have uniforms and equipment that are clearly using this trope - grey-coloured, armband on the upper-right arm, gas-masks, seem to be using [[wikipedia:MP40|MP 40s]] and a [[wikipedia:MG 42|MG 42]] in a super, and have helmets resembling the fairly-stereotypical [[wikipedia:Pickelhaube|Pickelhaube]] (though those helmets, while culturally German, were used in World War I). Parasoul herself seems to utilize a [[wikipedia:Luger pistol|Luger P08]].
**What makes her interesting is that this is a rare ''heroic'' variant of the trope. That or her propaganda is just ''that'' good...
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Chess is listed as one of her "likes."
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: The second tallest of the cast, at 5' 10".
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Sweater Girl]]: Some of her alternate colors even go so far as to give her ribbed sweaters too.
* [[Take Me Instead!]]: In her ending, her dying sister gets too close to the [[MacGuffin]] and Parasoul can't destroy it without her sister getting caught in the blast. So she wishes to {{spoiler|become the next Skullgirl}} in exchange for sparing her sister. In the aftermath, she promises to start her sister's training after she wakes up to prepare her for {{spoiler|Parasoul's eventual transformation}}.
* [[Taking the Bullet]]: One of her soldiers will do this for her in battle, sometimes while shouting [[Big No|"NOOOOOOOOOOO!"]].
* [[Woman in Black]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Only on some of her alternate colours.
 
===Tropes related to Krieg===
* [[Eye Beams]]
* [[Living Weapon]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His name is the German word for "war". This helps tie in with Parasoul's [[Putting on the Reich]].
* [[Parasol of Pain]]
* [[Playing with Fire|Playing With Napalm]]: He cries napalm tears, which can be placed on the screen and detonated.
**In addition, bullets shot into Krieg shoot out the other end, engulfed in a ball of flame. Parasoul has a number of attacks that involve her shooting Krieg with her Luger. Her Level 3 Blockbuster has her open Krieg fully, and have the Black Egrets fire on Krieg with automatic weapons. The result is a veritable storm of fireballs.
* [[Swiss Army Tears]]
 
== Ms. Fortune ==
[[File:skullgirls-msfortune 5143.png|frame]]
{{quote|''"Looks like I've found a new scratching post!"''}}
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Due to her immortality, any [[Fridge Horror|time we see her killed or taken out]] may count as this (particularly her being crushed by Cerebella and getting eaten by Double have gained this reaction by fans).
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]
* [[Body Horror]]: She can [[High-Pressure Blood|jettison her own blood from severed limbs as a means of propulsion]] and entangle her opponents in a yarn ball made from her own muscle fibers.
* [[Catgirl]]: Which is fairly unusual—the rest of her gang were [[Fish People]].
* [[Classy Cat Burglar]]
* [[Conspicuous Trenchcoat]]: Before a fight.
* [[Cute Little Fang]]
* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]
* [[Detachment Combat]]
* [[Development Gag]]: One of her alternate colors is based on her [http://pub.tenkuu.net/Images/060706_sg_lj_update/03_mfortune/060508_mfortune01d.jpg original design]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Granted, she is a [[Catgirl]]....
* [[Everything Is Better With Spinning]]: Her intro animation has her shred her trenchcoat by spinning her body independent of her head.
* [[Expressive Accessory]]: Her collar.
* [[Ms. Fanservice|Miss Fanservice]]/[[Fan Disservice]]: Swings between both of these.
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: Her powers of revival theoretically should make it impossible to knock her out in a fight (she can hit her own head, which is detached from her animate body, and remain conscious and in control of her body) but that (obviously) wouldn't make a great fit for a fighting game character.
* [[Man Bites Man|Girl Bites Girl]]: Her severed head can chew on opponents. (Popularly called OMNOMNOM)
* [[I Know Madden Kombat]]: She can use her head like a volleyball or a bowling ball in some moves, and swings her detached tail like a golf club for her Snap Back - which can send her similarly detached head ricocheting about the field.
* [[Immortality Inducer]]
* [[Immortality Begins At Twenty]]: Literally.
* [[Just Like Robin Hood]]
* [[Le Parkour]]
* [[Little Bit Beastly]]
* [[Losing Your Head]]: She has the ability to [https://web.archive.org/web/20131128062616/http://shoryuken.com/2011/10/05/skullgirls-ms-fortune-scores-a-decap-attack/ take off her head and attack with it].
* [[Made of Plasticine]]
* [[Name's the Same]]: No, she's not a [[League of Legends|pirate hunter.]]
* [[Not So Different]]: The [[Big Bad]] remarks that their wishes are similar; to destroy the mafia and all affiliated crime organizations as revenge for their friends.
{{quote|'''Ms. Fortune''': "I'm gonna have to cut you off before you get to the 'We're a lot alike, you and I' bit."}}
* [[Pungeon Master]]: Even worse than Peacock. There's a pun in the name or [[Calling Your Attacks|callout]] of nearly every one of her moves, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130928010954/http://wiki.shoryuken.com/Skullgirls/MsFortune#Move_List and a lot of them have both.]
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"[[Close Encounters of the Third Kind|That's a CLAWS encounter of the FURRED kind!]]"
'''[on defeating Parasoul]''' "I... uh... dammit, your name's already a pun."'' }}
** [http://www.gametrailers.com/video/friday-night-skullgirls/725577 Listening to a Ms. Fortune mirror match] can be outright ''agony'' for those allergic to puns.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: She retains these after being dismembered.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: She's a cat burglar.
* [[Stripperiffic]]: Her costume. It was designed to highlight her scars such that they can be easily seen [[Ludicrous Gibs|when they separate]]. Justified in that her fighting style involves dismembering herself. Thus it makes sense for her to wear clothing that won't get in the way of removing and reattaching her limbs.
* [[The Undead]]: Well technically she ''is'' a zombie. The gem's the only thing keeping her body alive.
* [[Underboobs]]
* [[Unusual Ears]]
* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: In her ending, she decides to return home {{spoiler|without making her wish, destroying the Skull Heart}}...except {{spoiler|Minette}} has been kidnapped, so she and her friends at Innsmouth [[Here We Go Again|set out to find her]].
 
== Painwheel ==
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{{quote|'''''"Get out of my head!!"'''''}}
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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: If one pays attention to her normals, you can see that she forces her limbs into various positions to force out the Gae Bolga parasites. Her standing Hard Kick in particular is gruesome enough with her leg bending backwards at the knee.
* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: The image given off by her appearance, she is a decidedly ''non''-cute example closer to a [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]].
* [[The Berserker]]: So much so that her [[Charged Attack|charge attacks]] can gain more power when she's hit while readying them.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: In Filia's ending, she turns her back into a normal-ish girl. However Filia in turn will turn into the Skullgirl, the only good spot is that it's slow.
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder|Blade Below BOTH Shoulders and BOTH Knees]]: They're also [[Retractable Weapon|retractable]].
* [[Body Horror]]: She has a giant pinwheel attached to her back (connected to what looks like her ''spine''), as well as nails driven into her thighs, shoulders and head. She's also able to produce spikes anywhere on her body.
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]]: She gives one as a taunt and at the end of Filia's route. Don't worry, they're of the creepy cute variety.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: Her song, ''The Lives We Left Behind'' is remixed her to a depressing effect and called ''The Lives We Tried to Reclaim'' in her ending.
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|She regains free will, but is still a monster. Returning home to her parents, they are terrified and drive her out. Brain Drain offers to take her back in to Lab Zero but [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|it does not work out.]]}}
* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: In her ending when it's shown that {{spoiler|she's going to become the new Skullgirl}}.
* [[Expressive Mask]]
* [[Face Palm of Doom]]: Her air throw.
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Carol, as implied by her backstory. This is taken to a literal level in her story mode, when she must fight her inner self in order to break control. (You just fight a [[Palette Swap]].)
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]
* [[Hulking Out]]: Her Gaelbolga special causes her to do this.
* [[Implacable Man|Implacable Woman]]: While using [[Super Mode|Hatred Install]], Painwheel can use her charged normal attacks to absorb hits that would normally kill her, and survive.
* [[Irony]]: She ends up much better in anyone's but her own ending.
* [[Living Weapon]]
* [[Malevolent Masked Man|Malevolent Masked Woman]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Odango Hair]]
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: After becoming Painwheel. One piece of concept art published by Reverge Labs shows her smiling, with the emphatic note "''{{small-caps|this NEVER happens.}}''" penciled in next to it.
** {{spoiler|Subverted}} in Filia's ending.
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]
* [[Psycho Serum]]: Experimental synthetic Skullgirl blood.
* [[Qipao]]: Though it almost looks like a [[Naked Apron]] due to how low it is in the back.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9c1CAurqbr8 Check her trailer, which is filled with disturbingly upbeat singing.]
** [[Word of God]] said that the music was selected for Carol and for the disturbing contrast.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Her death-crawl is reminiscent of [[Soul Series|Voldo's]] reverse crab-walk.
* [[Swirling Dust]]: Victory pose. Kind of overlaps with a bit of [[Battle Aura]]
* {{spoiler|[[That Thing Is Not My Child]]}}: {{spoiler|Her ending.}}
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]
* [[Wheel of Pain]]: Her weapon, and her ''name.''
 
* [[When She Smiles]]
 
* [[Valley Girl]]: Her alt voice pack turns her into one.
 
== Valentine ==
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{{quote|''"Side effects may include nausea, headaches, and '''death.'''"''}}
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* {{spoiler|[[The Atoner]]}}
* [[1-Up]]: Her Level 5 Super can bring a dead teammate back to life with 33% of their health.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The only cast member who manages to kick ass without hosting a parasite or having command over a [[Living Weapon]]. [[Eldritch Abomination|Double]] and [[Immortality Inducer|Ms. Fortune]] do not count.
* [[Combat Medic]]: As a character type, she is much more focused on the combat aspect, but she still has some healing ability for her Level 5.
* [[Counter Attack]]: She has one as a super. Notably though, it is incredibly discreet for a super counter, there is no dramatic super flash, and the meter is only depleted until after the counter either works or doesn't work.
* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]
* [[Deadly Doctor]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Seeker]]}}: Implied in her story mode. She seems intent on {{spoiler|persuading Painwheel to kill her. So much so that in her ending she willingly wishes to becomes the next Skullgirl}}.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Her dialogue when she starts talking about experimenting on Ms. Fortune, and her [http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cd9fSiXj1qiasjvo4_250.png injured] sprite.
* [[The Dragon]]: To the current Skullgirl.
* {{spoiler|[[Dragon with an Agenda]]}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Apparently, she wasn't happy about having to work on Painwheel; Brain Drain had to lean rather heavily on her to get her to cooperate.
* [[Evil Mentor]]: In her story, she prepares {{spoiler|Painwheel}} to {{spoiler|destroy the Skullgirl}}.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]
* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: Her pupils are black crosses, the same shape as the red crosses on her uniform. When {{spoiler|she becomes the Skullgirl}} in her ending, the {{spoiler|telltale skull-shaped}} iris marks get added on.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Prior to the events of the game, she used to work for the Anti-Skullgirl Lab, but now works for the Skullgirl after the defeat of Last Hope.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Valentine's Infinite Prevention animation has her attempt to tear her shirt off {{spoiler|before tearing her chest open and exploding into a pile of bones and gore, after which she reappears from a body-bag.}}
* [[Flash Step]]: Her wakeup roll is this instead of a traditional roll.
* [[For Science!]]
* [[Form-Fitting Wardrobe]]
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Certainly not as Gag-worthy as others, but she measures at 36E and lists "Back pain" as one of her dislikes.
** It's actually made into a constant visual gag, as many of Valentine's animations have her adjusting her top or supporting her breasts as she pulls items from her cleavage.
* {{spoiler|[[Good All Along]]}}: In her story mode, she was actually only biding her time until she could get another chance to {{spoiler|defeat the Skullgirl}}.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Her mask hides a scar crossing her lip, onto her chin.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: Her Level 3 super is a particularly brutal one.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Where does that body-bag come from?
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Peacock actually says "Hello Nurse" when she's fighting against Valentine.
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Although, to be fair, she's a nurse. She'd blend in if she was working in a hospital.
* [[Hospital Hottie]]
* [[Hourglass Hottie]]: Even more-so than Parasoul; her [http://skullgirls.com/characters/valentine/ official profile] lists her measurements as 36E-25-40.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Uses weaponized versions of medical tools—bonesaws, defibrillators, syringes, scalpels, body bags (some with [[Grievous Harm with a Body|cadavers]] still inside), an IV stand with one end sharpened...
* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]: The only remaining survivor of the 'Last Hope', a government ordinated squad of ninja nurses like herself.
* [[Magical Defibrillator]]: Valentine can use her defibrillator as a [[Limit Break|Level 5 Super]] to bring one team mate back to life, no matter the circumstances.
* [[The Medic]]: She can revive a teammate at the cost of ''[[Awesome but Impractical|five meters.]]''
* [[Mini Boss]]: Holds this position as the first unambiguous ''villain'' to be a playable character, whereas most of the other "villainous" characters are more like [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|heroic comedic sociopaths]]. Reinforced by her being one of two characters of the initial eight who has a ''Level Five'' super.
** [[Dual Boss]]: With Double.
* [[The Mole]] / [[Reverse Mole]]: She's waiting for the right time to {{spoiler|betray Marie}}.
** [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Doesn't like to get along with {{spoiler|Double}}.
* [[Most Common Superpower]]: Again, 36E, which is bigger than Parasoul. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] as one of her dislikes is "Back pain".
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Special mention has to go to her pre-fight intro, where she's seen behind hospital curtains fiddling with her top.
** See also her winpose; it involves her ''trying'' to pull a mercury thermometer out from inside her shirt, but "accidentally"<ref>(probably ''not'' accidental, judging by the smug grin visible through her face mask)</ref> snapping the end off because the rest of it is too firmly lodged between her breasts.
**When she gets knocked out, her top slowly slips off, showing [[Toplessness From the Back]].
* [[Ninja Pirate Robot Zombie|Ninja Nurse]]
* [[Ninja Run]]: Her ground dash.
* [[Panty Shot]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Her story mode implies that {{spoiler|she's quite fond of Painwheel.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Whenever her surgical mask is down.
* [[Spinning Piledriver]]: Of the Izuna Drop variety. Her level 3 Super also begins with one.
* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: In-game Valentine is about the same height as the other girls, but that's only because she's ''crouching''. As we can see in her match intro, she's two inches taller than Parasoul. This is, of course, disregarding Double...
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: In her story mode towards {{spoiler|Painwheel}}, in a guile variation.
* [[Technicolor Toxin]]: Valentine has three different poisons she can load into a syringe mid-battle, and each has a different color and effect. Purple causes [[Damage Over Time]], Green adds extra hitstun to attacks, and Orange [[Interface Screw|adds delay to button inputs]].
* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: Occasionally pulls out weapons from her cleavage. Her victory pose is her pulling a thermometer out, which then breaks from [[Double Entendre|how hot it is]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
 
== Double ==
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{{quote|''"Have you come to make confession? I will gladly accept your tithe. In '''blood'''."''}}
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* [[Ass Kicks You]]: By means of taking the form of Cerebella and attacking with her ass, similar to [[Street Fighter|R. Mika's]] famous ass attack. Cerebella lacks this move.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Her Level 5 Super turns her into {{spoiler|a [[Gradius]] boss.}} While Mike Z mentioned a 60,000 damaging juggle combo with it, it's easy to screw up, especially when you're pressured with not wasting a whole five meters. Only time will tell.
* [[Black Eyes of Evil]]: She has these in her nun form for one of her alternate color palletes. Still, her monster form has black sclera.
* [[Blank White Eyes]]: If she opens her eyes in her Sister Agatha form.
* [[Body Horror]]: Let's start with the fact that she has a giant, razor-toothed mouth in her back and go from there.
* [[Code Name]]: Her nun form is apparently called 'Sister Agatha'.
* [[Development Gag]]: Many of her transformations involve animations and concepts not used by the final designs of each character.
* [[Ditto Fighter]]: She assumes the forms of other members of the cast and uses specials [[What Could Have Been|they used to have in planning stages]], such as taking Peacock's form and using a car to run down her enemies. However, all of her moves have different properties, making them unique to her. She does not possess the ability to copy powers, either. For example, she cannot use Krieg's tears, so she uses Parasoul's gun instead. As a whole, she only assumes the forms of her enemies not to outright ''copy'' them, but to ''mock'' them.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut|Eyes Always Closed]]: When in her Sister Agatha form, when they do open they are [[Blank White Eyes|pale white]]. It's implied her true eyes is the one red eye we see open in her route.
* [[Fan Disservice]]
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Double's Level 3 super has her transform into all of the 7 main cast members, but also several as-of-yet unannounced characters; including Umbrella, Squigly, Andy Anvil, Black Dahlia and Mrs. Victoria.
**The opening to Skullgirls has a [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] near the 1:16 mark, a poster that practically spoils her existence.
* [[Gainax Ending]]: One minute, Double is {{spoiler|getting ready to devour the fighters she defeated}}. The next, two girls are [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|playing Skullgirls]]...
* [[Gainaxing]]: Quite disturbingly, considering she's in her more monstrous form when she does it.
* [[Hartman Hips]]
* [[Horrifying the Horror]]: Not scaring her but you know something's wrong with [[Big Bad|Eliza]] when [[OOC Is Serious Business|Double goes into a rage seeing her]] ([[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|supposedly for killing]] [[Mama Bear|Aeon and Venus]]).
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: Her nun form.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: One of her win quotes.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]
* [[Mama Bear]]: Doesn't seem like it, but if her behavior towards Venus and Aeon and that she is enraged at the fact Eliza killed them means anything, she might be one..[[If It's You It's Okay|at least to them]].
** [https://m.facebook.com/skullgirlsmobile/photos/happy-birthday-sister-agatha-thanks-for-all-your-tireless-charity-work-with-the-/839930443164550/ There's also a picture of happy children showing a banner with 'Happy Birthday' on it for her (in her 'Sister Agatha' form).].
* [[Meaningful Rename]]: Sister Agatha a.k.a the oldest female serial killer.
* [[Mini Boss]]
** [[Dual Boss]]: With Valentine.
* [[Monochromatic Eyes]]: In her nun form. In her default color they are [[Blank White Eyes|white.]]
* [[Mouth of Sauron]]: She speaks for {{spoiler|The Trinity, issuing commands to Marie.}}
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: She demonstrates the trope both figuratively and literally by having "nothing" listed under both her likes and dislikes. Despite the lack of creepy items like under Painwheel's bio, a completely neutral mindset is horribly inhuman.
* [[Nuns Are Spooky]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: In her natural form.
* [[Sinister Minister]]
* [[Unexpected Shmup Level]]: Played with: her Level 5 super transforms her into an Easter Island statue that spits projectiles and summons Peacock's cartoon cronies. Sounds almost like [[Gradius|a certain shoot-em-up series Konami made]]...
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: If you saw her in a nun form, you would have never guessed she had a [[Voice of the Legion|voice of legion]].
**To people who were used to it, no one was expecting to sound her to sound well...normal.
**Taken even further with the 'Republication Double' voice pack where she was a male southern voice.
* [[Voice of the Legion]]: In more ways than one. Along with her shape, her voice morphs to match whichever character she's impersonating; she has very few lines in her "real" voice.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Part of her fighting style. Any attacks that didn't make it onto certain characters went to Double instead.
 
== Bloody Marie ==
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: Voiced by '''[[Kira Buckland]]'''
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* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]: Her MO as the Skullgirl is to take revenge on the Medici family, also, see [[Pet the Dog]] below.}}
* [[Army of the Dead]]: She summons skulls and skeletal monsters, which she refers to as her "slaves."
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: To say the least...
* [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: As shown in the game's opening. Her eyes are pinkish-red, but with black marks on the iris that make the pupil look like the eye socket of a skull. This is caused by {{spoiler|her being the Skullgirl}}.
* [[Expressive Accessory]]: Her vacuum cleaner gains a dazed look whenever an attack hits her.
* [[Fighting From the Inside]]: Noted by a few characters. {{spoiler|Double}} in particular notes that {{spoiler|Marie's heart was so strong that the Skull Heart couldn't take full control of her}}.
* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: {{spoiler|Peacock}}
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: {{spoiler|To Peacock}}
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Her concept art consistently shows her wielding a ''demonic vacuum cleaner''.
* [[I Shall Taunt You]]: "SEE HOW WEAK YOU ARE!"
* {{spoiler|[[Knight Templar]]}}
* [[Marathon Boss]]: Has three stages and takes very little damage in all of them (she has to do less than half her own health in damage to defeat you).
* [[Meido]]/NinjaMaid: The general basis of her character design. Also thematically appropriate, as she intends to ''{{spoiler|clean out}}'' {{spoiler|the Medici Mafia}}.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]
* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Quite a few. A notable one in Parasoul's story shows that {{spoiler|Umbrella is nearly dying, and the only reason Marie was going to turn her into the Skullgirl was to [[I Did What I Had to Do|save her life]].}}
* [[Power Floats]]
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler|Against the Medicis who enslaved her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[He Who Fights Monsters|She Who Fights Monsters]]}}
* [[SNK Boss]]
* [[Starter Villain]]: Many other villains, such as the Medici mafia and Brain Drain, are left unanswered for.
* [[Take Up My Sword]]: {{spoiler|To Peacock.}}
* [[Touched by Vorlons]]
* [[The Undead]]
* [[Volcanic Veins]]: Glowing blue blood vessels stretch out of the Skullheart.
 
== Squigly ==
A zombified former opera singer, Squigly is inhabited by the parasite Leviathan, a rival to Filia's parasite Samson. Squigly uses a combination of "stance cancels" and spatial control powers.
 
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* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: The cutest zombie you'll ever see.
* [[Detached Sleeves]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Had some before being murdered. Levithan goes through her head making it one singular pigtail.
* [[Hartman Hips]]
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: An image found in the game files spells her name "Squig'''g'''l'''e'''y."
* [[The Undead]]
 
== Umbrella ==
Parasoul's younger sister. Although Umbrella lacks the military protection and tactical finesse of her older sister, she does wield Hungern, a sentient umbrella that becomes more voracious and powerful the more it isn't used.
 
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* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: In her alt voice pack.
* [[Parasol of Pain]]
* [[Parasol Parachute]]: In one of her opening sequences.
* [[Token Loli]]
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: In Story Mode she lists off charge attacks from characters of other fighting games similar to Parasoul.
 
== Big Band ==
Big Band (or Ben Birdland) was once a police officer before he was fatally beaten and ditched by his coworkers. However things weren't all lost for Ben, as this attracted the Anti-Skullgirl Labs. Not wanting to spend the rest of his days in an iron lung, he agrees. He was reborn as "Big Band" after being fused with the machinery that lets him use a powerful array of pneumatic weapons.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Armless Biped]]: Zigzagged. He ''does'' have arms under that large coat of his, it's just they're apart of an arsenal of weapons.
* [[Badass Baritone]]
* [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Trench Coat]]
* [[Big Band]]: His literal codename and main aesthetic. A lot of his weapons are literal or made to look like instruments.
* [[Big Good]]: One of the few 100% good characters in the game.
* [[Cool Mask]]
* [[Cyborg]]
 
== {{spoiler|The Trinity}} ==
{{spoiler|The beings that Double speaks for to issue orders to Marie.}}
 
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by these characters include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bigger Bad]]}}
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: So far{{when}} their only appearance is in the Cliffhanger Ending.
* {{spoiler|[[God Is Evil]]: Implied due to the fact that we're talking about a trinity that's served by someone who dresses up like a nun (at least when not fighting).}}
 
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