History Franchise / Disgaea

* GoodPowersBadPeople: Despite being Celestial in origin, demons have reluctantly but decisively accepted healing magics as a strategy that can win battles. Also evident in the equipment variations, demons are not above using holy weaponry to get an edge against enemy demons.

* BoobsOfSteel: Fight Mistresses, Armor Knights, Kunoichi, and Nekomatas. Also [[MagicKnight Magic Knights]] to a certain extent, though as their name implies, they're proficent with both magic and melee weapons. Sages [[AbsoluteCleavage show off their well-endowed figure with their dresses]] and are also some of the deadliest damage dealers in the series.

* DifficultySpike:
** The first game has this at chapter 12, when you start fighting EDF soldiers with way higher HP that what you have at the same level and brutal skills. ''Disgaea 2'' has it at Chapter 11, a puzzle-themed chapter which is hard to navigate, sports strong enemies and mad geo puzzles. ''Disgaea 3'' stops being nice midway through chapter 5 when you start facing advanced enemy classes in high numbers and get introduced to [[ThatOneBoss Salvatore]]. ''Disgaea 4'' has it at Chapter 7 with powerful mages pelting you from everywhere.
** The story stages of every game are largely possible to beat without having to do extensive grinding. Then comes the PostEndGameContent, where enemies regularly have levels in the ''hundreds'' and only get harder with each new post-game chapter you unlock.

* ''Disgaea 7'' ([=PS4=], [=PS5=], Switch)

* IHaveTheHighGround: Rabbits deal more damage if they attack enemies from higher positions.

* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Max level is 9999, although only a fraction of this is needed to get through the stories of the games. And in later games, even ''this'' is just the tip of the iceberg, as you can reincarnate characters for stat bonuses and get them back up to 9999, again and again. The sixth game raised it to [[UpToEleven 99999999]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Sages are known to live extremely long lives that are ''millions'' of years old. Lampshaded by those with the "Long-Lived" personality, who [[ScrewPolitenessImASenior brashly remind their allies that they're much older than them]] (mind you, said allies are often demons hundreds or thousands of years old, meaning that Sages crank this trope UpToEleven) and contemplate taking advantage of senior discounts.

All the games are highly regarded by TacticalRPG enthusiasts for their twisted humor and myriad ways to [[EliteTweak customize and level up characters and equipment]]. Oh, and the Prinnies are so cute too, dood!

* TheCheerleader: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cheerleaders]], naturally, though usually lacking the poor attitude.

* {{Kitsune}}: ''Disgaea 5'' introduces the Nine-Tailed Fox Clan, with Izuna being a prominent member.

* {{Meganekko}}: Gunslingers.

%%* AerithAndBob: In a series with a large cast, this couldn't be avoided.

%%* AerithAndBob: In a series with LoadsAnd LoadsOfCharacters, this couldn't be avoided.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
** The three [=PS3=] games have just enough special characters that join so that you don't really have room to use generic characters. Most of these special characters join at a low enough level that it's pointless to use them, however. The third game has an alternative -- Loads And Loads Of '''Generic''' Characters -- it contains male and female versions of every generic NPC that was in ''Disgaea 1'' and ''2'', ''as well'' as generic characters from some other NIS games. Later games have special characters not count against the recruitment limit, meaning that you can easily have an army of over ''150'' units.
** The downloadable content goes even farther, offering nearly ''every playable Disgaea character ever'' (and some that weren't), as well as a crapload of other Nippon Ichi characters, from ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'', ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom'', and ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''.

* AerithAndBob: In a series with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, this couldn't be avoided.

* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The first game featured a zombie made with patchwork parts, a horse wiener included. The fifth game introduced "Corpses" which are defeated enemy units reanimated by Majorita's Overload, Broken Faith Magia, and still looks like and use the skills of the class they were before being killed. One of the Overlords in the fifth game was a Chimera fell victum to Broken Faith Magia and became a zombie as a reult.

* GuideDangit:

* DemonLordsAndArchdevils: Each Underworld has a Demon Overlord as the DimensionLord, with [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority heavy combat]] and politicking to determine who. (There may be attempts to pass this down to children, but it's complicated.) Demon Lords are the next level down, but still have great authority. There exist such titles as "Tyrant" or "Supreme" Overlord, but this approaches EldritchAbomination territory,mwhile this title may be a BraggingRightsReward in the post-game, it has little effect on the plot for main characters.

* RapunzelHair: Witches and female Healers.

* ''VideoGame/DisgaeaRPG'' (JP:2019, EN:2021) (iOS, Android)

* ASpotOfTea: Subverted with the Maid's Afternoon Tea skill. They run down the battlefield happily with a tray holding a teapot and cup, only to trip over and spill the pot of tea onto the recipient, and ''that's'' what grants the recipient an ExtraTurn.

* ALoadOfBull: Nether Nobles.

* ALoadOfBull: Nether Nobles.

* VideoGameStealing: You can steal items from just about any monster, and taking these items away actually has a discernible effect on their performance -- for example, steal an archer's bow, and they're a sitting duck. ''Disgaea'' Thieves can even steal stats! It's pretty much the only way to level them up in the first game, since their growth and aptitude rates are far inferior to other created characters. Thieves in ''Disgaea 2'' onward are more balanced and in some games can also use their thievery skills to inflict StandardStatusEffects.

* CatsAreMean: Slumber Cats. Yeah, they look adorable and huggable, but they also have sharp claws that they're not hesitant to use on anyone who upsets them. They also have a skill, Feign Innocence, that uses the user's cuteness to bait the target into letting their guard down before taking advantage of the opportunity to strike, likely dealing [[StandardStatusEffects Amnesia]] status to go with the damage.

* StandardStatusEffects:

** Galactic Demons, a ''Disgaea: Hour of Darkness'' monster class, are the original Stone Walls as they have low movement, but god-like Defense and Resistance. Heck, they're almost immune to StandardStatusEffects ''even without status-resisting innocents on any equipment that one of them has on'' through all six ranks.

** [[VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}} Plip!]]