History VideoGame / SkullGirls

** [[MafiaPrincess Filia]] is currently a host to a sentient parasite named [[PrehensileHair Samson]]. Samson is attached to the back of her head, which makes him look like [[PrehensileHair her hair]], with which he can grab and hit opponents with. Filia isn't that good of a fighter, so it's mostly Samson doing all the legwork for her, in exchange for Filia's body supporting his own.

** [[MafiaPrincess Filia]] is currently a host to a sentient parasite named [[TheSymbiote Samson]]. Samson is attached to the back of her head, which makes him look like [[PrehensileHair her hair]], with which he can grab and hit opponents with. Filia isn't that good of a fighter, so it's mostly Samson doing all the legwork for her, in exchange for Filia's body supporting his own.

** [[LadyOfWar Squigly]] and her parasite [[NonHumanUndead Leviathan]] are a more sophisticated and harmonious equivalent. Leviathan is devoted to Squigly, especially since his old host was actually Squigly's father. Their moves are more like a dance, compared to Samson's more dominant and brutal fighting style, where Filia is mostly dragged around by him.

** Squigly: Streets of New Meridian

* HomeStage: Several characters have stages with strong narrative and thematic ties to them.

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* CosmicHorrorStory: As Double's ending reveals, [[spoiler:the world's controlled by the Trinity, a trio of goddesses who live in a completely separate plane of existence from the regular world and manipulate the characters and fate of the story with an arcade stick that lets them play the titular game itself, and that none of the current storylines are {{Canon}}.]] Furthermore, their end goal is to destroy the world and they're the ones who created the Skull Heart so they can turn the females into Skullgirls have said Skullgirls destroy the world for them.

* CosmicHorrorStory: Double's ending reveals [[spoiler: the characters and fate of the story are being controlled by Aeon and Venus' arcade stick, and suggests that none of the current storylines are {{Canon}}.]]

* TheGhost: King Franz and Queen Nancy Renoir, the previous monarchs before the crown princesses. Queen Nancy is briefly seen in Skullgirl form at the start of Parasoul's story but only indistinctly. [[spoiler: They both get a proper appearance in Parasoul's origins and Umbrella's story mod.]]

* TheGhost: King Franz and Queen Nancy Renoir, the previous monarchs before the crown princesses. Queen Nancy is briefly seen in Skullgirl form at the start of Parasoul's story but only indistinctly.

** [[spoiler: [[EvilDiva Eliza]] in ancient times lead a rebellion against the Trinity, and overthrew Queen Lamia. However, it came at a gargantuan price of the destruction of her kingdom, the death of Aeon and Venus, and the prejudice against [[TheSymbiote Theon]] which has still continued in the present day. Her actions are so insidious that Leviathan, Samson, and even ''Double'' hate her for it.]]

** The Trinity's agent, [[EldritchAbomination Double]], is this even more so then her superiors due to how good she is at [[ManipulativeBitch manipulating others]]. [[spoiler: To be exact, she is the true master for every Skullgirl, has been manipulating the course of history in the Canopy Kingdom for ''decades'', and top it all off, she seems to be to be the remnants of the late [[TopGod Queen Lamia]].]]
** The [[TheMafia Medicia Mafia]] in general are responsible for a lot of the corruption and crime that plagues New Meridian. But the biggest contenders have to be the three main leaders, [[TheDon Lorenzo]], [[ManipulativeBastard Vitale]], and [[NeverMessWithGranny Black Dahliah]]. Lorenzo being the head of the Medicis is responsible for the misery inflicted upon Peacock and Marie and spearheaded the Contiello's massacre. Vitale is very manipulative as he persuades Cerbella to hunt down Ms. Fortune, and indirectly made Fillia become what she is today. Black Dahlia is the Medici's top enforcer usually does their dirty work, and does so with great pleasure which includes not only the murder of Squigly, but also the Fishbone Gang. She even bailed out some of her henchbunnies when they were about to be arrested by Ben Birdland.

** Nightmare Crest: Fukua

** [[MadScientist Brain Drain]] is a rogue ASG Director who is responsible for turning Carol into Painwheel, created both [[EvilDoppelganger Fukua]] and [[KillerRobot Robo-Fortune]], and is [[NoxiousNurse Valentine's]] boss. [[spoiler:Heck, he is even responsible for making Black Dahlia what she is today.]]

** [[GodIsEvil The Trinity]] are the primary examples as they are the ones that created the [[ArtifactOfDoom Skullheart]] and want to use it to destroy the world

* GreaterScopeVillain: No seriously. [[spoiler:Eliza is one of the Parasites who blew up the world aeons ago]]. Even the Skull Heart and Double, the local BigBadDuumvirate, hate her guts for the greater depths she sank to.

** [[SNKBoss Marie]]: Final Atrium

* VillainProtagonist: Eliza and Double in their respective Story Modes. [[spoiler: Valentine subverts this due to secretly being a double agent.]]

* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: It was mentioned that there are at least 250 different lines for combo ratings. Several of them are meant as obvious jokes: [[LuckyNumberSeven 7 hits is "Lucky"]], [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13]] is [[Literature/ASeriesofUnfortunateEvents "Unfortunate"]], 18 is "Barely Legal", [[TheRulesOfTheInternet 34]] is [[RuleThirtyFour "Crass"]], 37 is [[Film/{{Clerks}} "In A Row"]], 42 is [[Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy "Meaningful"]], 65 is "Jurassic", 66 is "Devilish" ([[NumberOfTheBeast with 616 -- if you ever get that far -- being "Infernal" and 666 "Diabolical"]]), 121 is "[[Film/BackToTheFuture Gigawatt]]", [[MouthfulOfPi 314 is "Algebraic"]], 403 and 404 are "Forbidden" and "Not Found"...

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: The Skull Heart can never truly be destroyed; it always return every seven years to turn those with dark desires into Skullgirls. [[spoiler:(That is, unless The Trinity has any indication)]].

* NoEnding: Or rather, no ''true'' ending. WordOfGod outright confirmed that the story's true ending is literally ''impossible'' without Marie, Black Dahlia and Umbrella becoming playable. None of them had their Indiegogo fundings reached. Do the math. However, with the game's revived development confirming Umbrella as a new part of the roster and later confirming Black Dahlia for a 2022 release, it seems making this an AvertedTrope is the goal.

*** Cerebella has disturbing shades of an ElectraComplex with a very cruel and manipulative man.

** Creator/KanaHanazawa (Miss Fortune and Robo-Fortune) already voiced girls [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} related]] with [[Anime/DogDays cats]].