History Characters / KidIcarusTheUnderworldArmy

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He literally shows up out of nowhere, the only foreshadowing to someone being behind Medusa being that she herself didn't know how she came back from the dead, only revealed when you fight her. He then pops up during the credits and tears off the credit screen before revealing he brought her back. Unlike most other examples, he kinda works, since he's less than halfway through the game.

** Hades' EstablishingCharacterMoment in Chapter 10--Hades explains his plans for the Wish Seed by spinning a yarn about granting his wish on behalf of a poor little orphan girl whose parents were recently killed ([[SafeDrivingAesop because Hades accidentally ran them over]], [[{{Narcissist}} being too busy doing his hair]]), by wishing for her parents' return to life, and then to make them all rich, and then to make them all ''royalty''. \\
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Not only is Hades' tone [[DeadpanSnarker ripe with insincerity]], the little picture show that accompanies his tale shows that in Hades' wish the girls' parents CameBackWrong, Hades stakes his word as a god on the veracity of the story (Palutena doesn't buy it at all), and last of all, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the Wish Seed is completely fake]], a lie spread by Hades.

%% Hades denying responsibility for the Aurum is not a lie, because the Aurum are on OutsideContextVillain and a threat to his goals as well. The fact that Pyrrhon is the only one who knows anything about the outside context is what makes him so suspicious.

* BigBad: While many threats show up and even force an EnemyMine, Hades is the ultimate threat, the one who started the war by reviving Medusa, and the FinalBoss.

* VillainHasAPoint: His statement to Pit about "what is the difference between reincarnating souls and removing souls from existence?" does make sense in retrospect. Pit is left almost speechless.

* YourSoulIsMine: His [[JustForPun soul]] motivation. The only purpose he has for starting a war and sending the Underworld Army to massacre everyone is to amass a large collection of souls. (That, and according to Hades they taste delicious.)

* AwesomeButImpractical: The method of making more Underworld monsters via [[spoiler:people's souls theoretically would have a shitload of them overcrowding the Underworld if they were made from one soul each, though the actual numbers being in the thousands or more just to make one monster both old and new[[note]]At the time of ''Uprising'''s release[[/note]], which as Virdi lampshades, is an abomination of life itself.]] This is why simply [[BoringButPractical cloning them via the Mirror of Truth or other methods is less costly, but efficient]].

* {{Psychopomp}}: Their job is to guide souls of the departed to the Underworld. [[spoiler:When there's an excess of souls for Hades to make more monsters, revive fallen commanders, and/or eat them, they can't handle them all.]]

* {{Workaholic}}: [[spoiler:They get overwhelmed by the excess of souls that Hades and the Underworld Army have gained from all of the game's conflicts, causing them to go into overtime, which Hades himself lampshades during Chapter 22.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: The method of making more Underworld monsters via [[spoiler:people's souls theoretically would have a shitload of them overcrowding the Underworld if they were each made from one soul each, though the actual numbers being in the thousands or more just to make one monster both old and new[[note]]At the time of ''Uprising'''s release[[/note]], which as Virdi lampshades, is an abomination of life itself.]] This is why simply [[BoringButPractical cloning them via the Mirror of Truth or other methods is less costly, but efficient]].

-->'''Palutena''': You'd think the lord of the Underworld would be too busy for mischief making.\\

%%* RageQuit: He invokes this trope in ''Thanatos Rising''.%%How?

* EnemySummoner: They charge at Pit shortly after summoning Reapettes after him.

* {{Psychopomp}}: Their job is to guide souls of the departed to the underworld

* TookALevelInBadass: Made more dangerous in ''Uprising'', as not only do they actively attack Pit now, but they take a ''lot'' of hits to bring down and they ''hit like a truck''.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The overwhelming majority want to kill Pit, and failing that, anything else that is not an underworld monster. They are the only forces that will attack Pit without provocation even when nominally allied with him. With that clear, they sometimes do take pleasure in non-violent activities when non underworld monsters are not readily available.
* AnIcePerson: Snowmen and Frozums.

* GiantHandsOfDoom: The Snong has two large disembodied arms that it uses to crush Pit. In a unique case, its arms only appear when summoned.

* KillerRabbit: Bumbledrops may seem cute and cuddly, but their true dragon faces are terrifying and can ram Pit and/or spin into him.

* SinisterNudity: Syrens were initially depicted as being topless in manual art and are underworld monsters sent by Medusa to kill Pit when he reaches the final level. Subverted in ''Uprising'' where they were redesigned with a breastplate for censorship reasons.

* TookALevelInBadass: Various Underworld monsters from the first Kid Icarus such as Monoeyes, Shemums, Kerons, Nettlers, Octos, Commyloses, Shulms, Zurees, Girins, Collins and Phils, Daphnes, and Miks have new attacks or improved attacks such as Shemums now poising their enemies by biting them, Commyloses producing missiles from their bottoms and throwing them, Specknoses now fighting alongside other Underworld monsters and sneezing out bombs while doing an occasional sneeze to fake out Pit, Zurees slashing with their claws while disappearing and reappearing at will, and Komaytos now acting like actual Metroids.