History Characters / ShinMegamitensei

%%* {{Bishounen}}: In the Devil Children games.

%%* OurAngelsAreDifferent

* BonusBoss:
** ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga 2'':
*** Vishnu appears as an optional boss in a room opposite that of Shiva's. To meet with Vishnu, the Embryon must first prove their worth to his avatar Narasimha and obtain his sword. Upon meeting the Seraph, Vishnu states that it has been a while since the dharma (righteousness) has vanished from people's hearts and been replaced by adharma (wickedness) as it has now. He claims that he must cleanse this impurity by destroying Seraph and the others, and the only way to change his mind is for them to show the strength of their dharma. In Vishnu's room is the bullet Pandemonium, the strongest in the game, and defeating him infuses the Nandaka with his power, unlocking the God of Light Mantra.
*** In order to fight Shiva, you need to get the Pinaka from Parvati. After that, he can be found on the 3f of the 6th layer, behind the door next to the restoration node before you fought Meganada.
** ''Persona 2'': Sakya appears as a randomly appearing boss in the second door of the Abandoned Factory. Defeating him causes him to drop his Material Card, Buddha's Words, allowing him to be fused in the Velvet Room.
** ''Devil Survivor 2'': On Saturday if one does not go down Daichi's route then they will face Shiva in the battle against [[spoiler:Hinako and Jungo]]. It's possible to defeat them without having to fight Shiva, who leaves when [[spoiler:Hinako]] is defeated.

** The traditional method of fusing Shiva from Barong and Rangda originated from the first game. It should be noted that Shiva is the highest recruitable Tenma, and that Shiva cannot be fused with any other demons - the game won't even create a Slime from fusion, it literally will not allow any fusions.

%%* FusionDance: The result of one in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI''. (Fusion of what?)

* BonusBoss
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', Bishamonten appears first at the Temple north of Ueno Park after finding the Kimon Sphere, and second in the Bandou Shrine. After the first fight, the player will receive the Gundari Magatama, and Bishamonten will tell the player to [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all of the Magatama]] and find him again with his master. After acquiring the Lord's Blade after collecting all 24 Magatama, the player can access the Bandou Shrine and fight the four Devas for the right to receive the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Masakados Magatama]].
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', you can fight them if you satisfy their conditions.

%%* LargeAndInCharge: King Frost.

%%* MascotMook: One of the first examples.

%%* SeriesMascot [[MascotMook Mook]]

%%* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Black Frost

%%* AdaptiveAbility: The Kudlak in ''Devil Survivor''. (How is it adaptive?)

%%* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking

* TookALevelInBadass: Titania has been a fairly average demon/persona in many games. In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'', Titania becomes ''extremely useful'' when you unlock her, since she has a natural Null Elements (in other words, she can only be affected by status effects, physical attacks, and magic attacks that have pierce; at this point in the game, there are many strong magic demons) ''that do not take up any skill slots'' and has fairly high Magic. Fuse her so that she has Null Everything and she could be one of the best demons in the game.

%%* WeaksauceWeakness: Decarabia is usually weak to a type of Phys damage. (Weaksauce how?)

* StarterMon: She is the first demon you recruit in ''Nocturne'', ''Strange Journey'', and ''Persona 5''.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:''Apocalypse'' finally lets you fight him through DLC. He has apparently grown so powerful that an alliance between the Hero, Aleph, the Demi-fiend, Flynn, and Nanashi is required to beat him]].

%%* ScaryShinyGlasses

* BonusBoss:
** One of the two ultimate bosses of the game alongside Lucifer in ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon''. He can only be fought on NewGamePlus, 99% completion of all case file at least once which requires beating the chaos route and facing the NewGamePlus ones given by Lucifer, and talking to a man outside the Narumi Detective Agency to get the case file. He can be found on the 999th floor of the confinement chamber and will be joined by an "imposter" Masakados who acts as a Mag Drain Battery but are not infinite in number. After bringing his HP down to zero Raidou must negotiate with him to end the battle. The reward for beating him is the material needed for the ultimate sword Masakados and the ability to fuse Masakados.
** In ''IV'''s final DLC quest he goes berserk as an ICBM is looming in the horizon over Tokyo. He wanted to cover the entire city with his body, but lost control of his power and had to be woken. He, quite simply, requires the Pierce DLC skills, as he flat-out ''[[NoSell drains everything]]''. Except Light, Dark and Almighty. Light and Dark he nulls, and Almighty is a complete joke against him. To add insult to injury, he wastes many of his six turns in moves that don't do anything like Move Slowly, Aim Carefully, Clench Fist and Prayer. Then he breaks out Curse Thy Enemy and Guardian's Eye. He has double the amount of raw HP of one Lucifer's forms or ''more than four times'' the HP of Merkabah's first form and almost three times as his second form. Oh, ''and you only have ten turns to defeat him''.

%%* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nebiros.

%%* DoesNotLikeShoes: Titania

%%* GoneHorriblyWrong: summoned by Akemi Nakajima in ''Literature/DigitalDevilStory'' to get revenge on a bunch of students, but he sets the plot in the process. (What went wrong?)

* {{Sidequest}}: Alongside Kudlak he appears in Sector Delphinus as an NPC. He has a role in EX Missions given by him and his archenemy. He requests the [[BladeOnAStick Hawthorn spear]] for the final fight against Kudlak. After receiving their weapons, the two will go to the far north of the 1st Floor to battle. If his mission is done then he will inflict great harm to Kudlak, who will retreat. If Kudlak has the Pest Crop he will poison Kresnik, who retreats. If they both have the weapons it will end in a draw.

* BladeOnAStick: He wields the legendary spear [[LegendaryWeapon Gae Bolg]].

* HasTwoMommies: They both raised and cared for Alice.

* {{Sidequest}}: Alongside Kudlak he appears in Sector Delphinus as an NPC. He has a role in EX Missions given by him and his archenemy. He requests the [[BladeOnAStick Hawthorn spear]] for the final fight against Kudlak. After receiving their weapons, the two will go to the far north of the 1st Floor to battle. If his mission is done then he will inflict great harm to Kudlak, who will retreat. If Kudlak has the [[WhipItGood Pest Crop]] he will poison Kresnik, who retreats. If they both have the weapons it will end in a draw.

%%* BigBad: of ''Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei.''

%%* TheFairFolk

%%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Totally not Stephen Hawking. (What are the similarities

%%* DropTheHammer: Mjolnir.

%%* ShockAndAwe: It's Thor. What did you expect?

* NotAsYouKnowThem: Despite typically being associated with the Chaos alignment, Yama is actually a member of the Law-aligned Deity race in the Devil Survivor games, even being a somewhat plot-relevant character in the first Devil Survivor. Though it could be argued that it never made much sense for the judge of the underworld to be Chaos-aligned in the first place.

-->'''Notable Demons:''' Rakshasa, Ippon-Datara, Black Frost, Girimehkala, Hekatoncheires

-->'''Notable Demons:''' Jeanne d'Arc, Yoshitsune, Saladin, Kanseiteiken,

* DubNameChange: Because of space limitations, what was originally Jack Lantern became Pyro Jack outside of Japan.

* HornyDevil: These demons are affiliated with the Night race like Incubus, Succubus, and Lilim. Many of them can learn Charm ailments and [[LifeDrain HP-draining skills]].

%%* ShesGotLegs: Titania

* ShopKeeper: In ''NINE'', many of the shops in [[{{Cyberspace}} Idea Space]] are run by Jack Frosts.

%%* TurtlePower: Xuanwu/Gui Xian/Genbu

%%* BigDamnHeroes: In ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Lone Marebito'' the two [[spoiler: as the Red and Black Count save Raidou from Alice, return his weapons and demon tubes, and a key back to earth before they head into their home with Alice]]. (Are they heroes or villains? You can only choose one trope.)

%%* BigDamnHeroes / BigDamnVillains: In ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Lone Marebito'' the two [[spoiler: as the Red and Black Count save Raidou from Alice, return his weapons and demon tubes, and a key back to earth before they head into their home with Alice]]. (Are they heroes or villains? You can only choose one trope.)

* [[Characters.ShinMegamiTenseiForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]]: Lucifer, Beelzebub, Lilith, Astaroth/Ishtar, Asura, Mara, Tiamat

%%* NiceHat: Raiho and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIf Hee-Ho-Kun]] (How is the hat nice?)

* BlobMonster: As stated above, if it's not an amorphous blob with a face, then it's a skeleton covered in goo. ''Persona 5'' even gives it the placeholder of "Viscd Rotting Meat."

* TheGoombah: If it's not Preta, then it's Slime filling the role of the bottom-of-the-barrel enemy acting as the punching bag for players to get used to the Press Turn system.

* TheGoombah: If it's not Preta, then it's Slime filling the role of the bottom-of-the-barrel enemy acting as the punching bag for players to get use to the Press Turn system.

** The traditional method of fusing Shiva from Barong and Rangda originated from the first game. It should be noted that Shiva is the highest recruitable Tenma, and that Shiva cannot be fused with any other demons - the game won't even create a slime from fusion, it literally will not allow any fusions.

%%* BlobMonster