History VisualNovel / DisgaeaInfinite

''Disgaea Infinite'' is a VisualNovel for the {{PSP}}, modeled after a 2008 Japan-only game called ''Infinite Loop: Kojou Ga Miseta Yume''[[labelnote:Translation]]''The Fortress that Gives Dreams''[[/labelnote]].

* MythologyGag: During one of the endings, two characters fight each other using HumongousMecha. One of them is one of the vehicles from ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''. The other is [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Raksha's body]].

* TechnologyMarchesOn: [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Flonne, she tried to watch a Blu-Ray in a DVD player...]]

* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:You just had to end the game with Asagi losing yet another chance to become a main character, didn't you, NipponIchi?]]

** Another example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XXIc-OQKY#t=2m52s Laharl "straightening posters"]] by going into [[GundamSEED SEED Mode]], targeting the posters, and performing the Freedom Gundam's [[BeamSpam Hi-MAT Full Burst]].

* MythologyGag: During one of the endings, two characters fight each other using HumongousMecha. One of them is one of the vehicles from MakaiKingdom. The other is [[SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters Raksha's body]].

* TalkingToHerself: Creator/ChiwaSaito provides both Jennifer and Raspberyl's Japanese voice.

* ActorAllusion: Jennifer's boobs are [[Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers giving Laharl a headache]].

* TheOtherDarrin: Lampshaded in the database entry for the Prism Rangers. Because the ShowWithinAShow is shot live and both heroes and villains have a good chance of dying, the producers often scout or kidnap likely replacements.

* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: ChiwaSaitou provides both Jennifer and Raspberyl's Japanese voice.

One of the Prinnies stumbles upon a magical pocket watch called [=TickTock=], who grants him a chance to go back in time and find out who tried to assassinate the Overlord. The Prinny is also granted the ability to possess the other characters so that he can see the events from their perspective, and limited mind control abilities, which he can use to make them say things they wouldn't normally say (with sometimes [[HilarityEnsues hilarious results]]). He'll have to use the powers granted to him by [=TickTock=] to save the Overlord, and most importantly...his life savings!

* ActorAllusion: Jennifer's boobs are [[MightyMorphinPowerRangers giving Laharl a headache]].

It takes place sometime after the events of ''[[DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Disgaea: Hour of Darkness]]''. Overlord Laharl, while scheming to steal one of his vassal Etna's favorite snacks, becomes the victim of an assassination attempt. Etna and Flonne are initially accused of trying to kill him (given that they had actually tried to do so in the past), but are cleared of suspicion when Laharl turns his wrath on the Prinnies. Since none of them are willing to come forward and confess, Laharl threatens them with the [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment most heinous of punishments a Prinny could ever receive]] -- a ''salary cut''!

* ContinuityNod: Some of the endings will reference the cast's cameos in other games. If Laharl manages to eat the pudding, [[{{Disgaea 2}} Etna will quit and go to another Netherworld to fight another Overlord]]. If Etna uses the strange bottle on Laharl, Flonne will drop it and it'll find itself in [[PhantomBrave another far off land.]]

* SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness: This game is very silly, even by ''{{Disgaea}}'' standards.

* StockFootage: The game uses mainly DisgaeaHourOfDarkness portraits and sprites, though the portraits are now animated.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The AttractMode [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGPLIAMcKA trailer]] is a ''very'' loose recap of DisgaeaHourOfDarkness.
* {{Tsundere}}: Laharl has a ''[[CannotSpitItOut very]]'' [[CannotSpitItOut hard time]] congratulating Flonne or telling her that he'd miss her even though it's pretty clear that he would. There's also an entry about the term in the game's database, depicting [[{{Disgaea2}} Adell and Rozalin]].

* EvilLaugh: Although it's nothing new to the series, one scene has Laharl and Mao trying to '''[[http://youtu.be/MujvApvCnbs?t=1m12s out-laugh]]''' each other. [[LampshadeHanging This is hilariously referred to as]] "[[HamToHamCombat the Guffaw Battle]]" by [=TickTock=].

* EvilLaugh: Although it's nothing new to the series, one scene has Laharl and Mao trying to '''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MujvApvCnbs out-laugh]]''' each other.
** [[LampshadeHanging Hilariously referred to as]] "the Guffaw Battle" by [=TickTock=].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:

''Disgaea Infinite'' is a VisualNovel for the {{PSP}}, modeled after a 2008 Japan-only game called ''Infinite Loop: Kojou Ga Miseta Yume''[[hottip:* :(translation: ''The Fortress that Gives Dreams'')]].

! ''Disgaea Infinite'' uses the following tropes:

* ShoutOut: [[ReferenceOverdosed LOTS]]:
** Thursday before getting his power-up unit installed: "[[CaptainPlanet SAVING THE PLANET... IS THE THING TO DO.]] THIS IS [[AnInconvenientTruth AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH]]."
*** ''After'' the unit is installed, the unknown-to-Jennifer speech modification program makes him talk almost exactly like [[StarWars C3P0]].
*** Also said right before was, [[{{Gundam00}} "A TRUE TWIN DRIVE SYSTEM! ENOUGH ENERGY TO LEAD MANKIND!"]]
** Check the entry for "cabinet" in the database. [[DragonQuest Seeds, medals, and junk.]]
** [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda Laharl, with sword and shield, finding a heart and some hexagonal gems in pots within a small top-view house...]]
** The scene of Laharl ceasing to think after putting up too many posters, complete with a shot of him frozen in space, is a reference to one villain's FateWorseThanDeath in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqL5rhYCJ6w&#t=0m58s In one scene]], Laharl and Etna fight each other as though they were in a fighting game. The HUD? Straight out of BlazBlue.
*** Some of the moves from the pre-battle animation also look like ones of a certain pair of characters from GuiltyGear (specifically, Laharl being Ky-like & Etna being Sol-like).
** Flonne's apparently a fan of ''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
-->'''Flonne:''' I don't think that word means what you think it means.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Just before his "assassination", Laharl uses a super move to get rid of a small pile of garbage containing [[spoiler:what he thinks is]] Etna's favorite Super Rare Pudding.
** Happens ''very'' often in this game. Another example is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5XXIc-OQKY#t=2m52s Laharl "straightening posters"]] by going into [[GundamSEED SEED Mode]], targeting the posters, and performing the Freedom Gundam's [[BeamSpam Hi-MAT Full Burst]]. And then let's not forget the over-the-top reactions of whoever eats the Super Rare Pudding...

** [[TheLegendOfZelda Laharl, with sword and shield, finding a heart and some hexagonal gems in pots within a small top-view house...]]

* BigBad: No real obvious one, but arguably Mao

* RapeAsComedy: Mao's response to Flonne calling him a pervert and fleeing?
--> I see, so this is that "no means yes" situation I've read about in the comic books!

** The scene of Laharl ceasing to think after putting up too many posters, complete with a shot of him frozen in space, is a reference to one villain's FateWorseThanDeath in ''JojosBizarreAdventure''.

** The scene of Laharl ceasing to think after putting up too many posters, complete with a shot of him frozen in space, is a reference to one villain's FateWorseThanDeath in ''[=~Jojo's Bizarre Adventure~=]''.

** Also, in one of the endings [[spoiler:Flonne finally receives her Prism Rangers vs. Effort Ninja Gorillian DVD with Beryl even going out of her way to get the limited edition version with the soundtrack and figurine. Unfortunately, she's unaware of the fact that said DVD is actually a Blu-ray and all attempts to have it play in her DVD player are in vain.]]
*** [[IGotBetter It got better with Thursday's help - the one time that his upgrade actually WORKS!]]

* IfYouKnowWhatIMean: Mao wants '''Captain Gordon, Defender of Earth!''''s strong, heroic body. Gordon's response?
-->'''Gordon:''' What's wrong with you, boy? I could go to jail! Wait, no! I don't play for that team!

** The ImagineSpot in the above-mentioned IfYouKnowWhatIMean example contains a reference to Yarainaka.