History YMMV / DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc

* DiagnosedByTheFandom: Aside from her split personality, Toko displays symptoms of anxiety (her paranoia and tendency to expect the worst from people) and autism (her lack of social skills, the fact that she HatesBeingTouched, and her tendency to say offensive things regardless of whether or not they're intentional).

* CriticalResearchFailure: In Case 2, you need to play Hangman's Gambit to prove that Toko has a split personality. However, you need to input "schizo". Schizophrenia is decidedly different from Dissociative Identity Disorder, which she ACTUALLY has and which the game correctly states before the trial starts. It's likely the developers knew the difference, though, as the puzzle is the only time "schizo" is used (likely due to constrained space), with characters saying either split personality or DID in all other instances. At the very least, the term "schizo", by itself, is a prefix of Greek origin that means "split". Making it even worse is that "schizo" as a term is often considered to be a pretty insulting term by many people with mental illnesses - so not only is it incorrect, it's actually pretty rude.

** The Batter from ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', the Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and Leon Kuwata are
[[CrossoverShip shipped]] because the three use baseball bats as weapons.

* AmericansHateTingle: In an official Japanese poll, Byakuya was ranked as the most popular character. On the western side, he has received a less warm reception due to his SmugSnake attitude and [[NeverLiveItDown him tampering with Chihiro's corpse in Chapter Two]].

** Yasuhiro's impassioned speech about how fortunetelling is different from the occult, which derails itself into a rant about cattle mutilation and how having his hamburger abducted by aliens made him realize it wasn't 100% beef. [[LampshadeHanging Makoto isn't sure what to make of it, either.]]

** When you get past her creepier qualities, [[TheEeyore Toko]] is pretty adorable too. Even Genocide Jack can sometimes be this too. [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:Genocide_Jack_Genocider_Syo_Bustup_Sprite_10.png Exhibit A]].

* TakeThatScrappy: Hifumi's dead body being found in chapter 3. Hard to have any sympathy for him as he was a disgusting pervert and is pretty much a combination of all of the negative sterotypes the otaku community hates being associated with. Double it once more when it's revealed that he killed [[EnsembleDarkHorse Kiyotaka]], and one of the main reasons for doing so was because of [[MurderTheHypotenuse his feelings for]] ''[[NoYay a literal A.I.]]'', and was willing to let everyone else but Celeste get executed by Monokuma for the sake of his "revenge".

*** Kazuichi Soda and Miu Iruma (Both have ultimate talents related to building things and working with machines).
*** Kaede, Ibuki, and/or Sayaka (All three have music-related ultimate talents).
*** Tsumugi and Hifumi (Both have ultimate talents relating to anime/manga and are both obsessed with it).
** The Batter from ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', the Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and Leon Kuwata are [[CrossoverShip shipped]] because the three use baseball bats as weapons.
* ToughActToFollow: No BigBad in the franchise (not even ''[[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair her other]]'' ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool incarnations]]'') has been able to reach the same level of memorability that Junko commands in this game. She's often regarded as being a perfect mix of [[AxCrazy threateningly crazy]] and [[LargeHam gut-bustingly hilarious]] while still coming off as genuinely intimidating when she finally makes her grand entrance. What helped her status as the Big Bad here is that a lot of her world-ending actions [[OffstageVillainy were left to the imagination]], creating a lot of speculation that [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the second game]] only exacerbated (ironically, when ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' finally decided to reveal [[CompleteMonster the full extent of her cruelty]], some fans [[BaseBreakingCharacter started turning against her]]). Regardless of her appearances in later entries in the franchise, it's quite clear that her first incarnation has left a huge, looming shadow over the rest of the series, as most of the villains after Junko haven't been able to reach the same level of popularity--of them, only Monaca and Izuru receive any acclaim, the former for being [[HateSink just as memorable for entirely different reasons]] and the latter for his characterization, but Monaca is crippled by her arc's conclusion in ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', which many fans found unsatisfying, and Izuru isn't really considered evil enough to be a ''true'' villain. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Tengan, Mitarai and [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi]]]] are outright ''hated'' for a laundry list of characterization issues that damage their credibility as antagonists.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: In Chapter 4, everyone sans [[NiceGuy Makoto]], [[BestFriend Hina]] and possibly [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kyoko]] grow fearful of Sakura when Monokuma outs her as TheMole as the new Motive, causing everyone to steer clear of her and treat her unfairly in the eyes of an increasingly irate Hina. That being said, it's kind of hard to blame them for being so frightened; while's it kind of obvious that [[{{Jerkass}} Byakuya's doing it more to be an asshole]], Yasuhiro and Toko are fairly {{Justified}} in their paranoia since Sakura is, at the time, the strongest person in the school and is shown to be one of the smarter students during the Class Trials, meaning she'd probably be able to kill any of them easily enough. And while she has characterized herself as a GentleGiant throughout the game, the others are unlikely to completely believe it seeing as the first victim, Sayaka Maizono, made herself look like a BitchInSheepsClothing with her attempt at murdering Leon and framing Makoto for the crime, which may have made everyone rather cynical of each other, especially the already distrustful Toko and fearful Hiro. This is especially the case with Hiro. Whereas Byakuya and Toko/Genocide Jill are definitely the most antagonistic, with Byakuya being... [[{{Jerkass}} Byakuya]] and Toko/Jill actively picking fights with Hina over it, the worst Hiro really does is panic when Sakura is outed and constantly refer to her as "Ogre", yet spends most of his time acting as something of neutral party in regards to her being TheMole as opposed to Byakuya and Toko's constant antagonism, even helping Makoto take Hina to the nurse's office when she gets attacked by Jill. In fact, the times he is antagonistic are largely the result of him being frightened and panicking, such as Sakura unintentionally threatening him after Hina gets attacked by Jill, and him hitting her over the head with a bottle later on could be attributed to him panicking due to PoorCommunicationKills over any genuine malice. He's [[GracefulLoser even quick to admit his role in his supposed crime when he think he's cornered, even guiltily relenting when Toko tries re-directing the blame back to him when the contradiction with the dying message gets brought up]], while Toko persistently denies her involvement until Byakuya outright orders her to spill it.

** The Batter from ''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'', the Scout from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', and Leon Kuwat are [[CrossoverShip shipped]] because the three use baseball bats as weapons.

* ToughActToFollow: No BigBad in the franchise ([[UpToEleven not even]] ''[[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair her other]]'' ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool incarnations]]'') has been able to reach the same level of memorability that Junko commands in this game. She's often regarded as being a perfect mix of [[AxCrazy threateningly crazy]] and [[LargeHam gut-bustingly hilarious]] while still coming off as genuinely intimidating when she finally makes her grand entrance. What helped her status as the Big Bad here is that a lot of her world-ending actions [[OffstageVillainy were left to the imagination]], creating a lot of speculation that [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair the second game]] only exacerbated (ironically, when ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'' finally decided to reveal [[CompleteMonster the full extent of her cruelty]], some fans [[BaseBreakingCharacter started turning against her]]). Regardless of her appearances in later entries in the franchise, it's quite clear that her first incarnation has left a huge, looming shadow over the rest of the series, as most of the villains after Junko haven't been able to reach the same level of popularity--of them, only Monaca and Izuru receive any acclaim, the former for being [[HateSink just as memorable for entirely different reasons]] and the latter for his characterization, but Monaca is crippled by her arc's conclusion in ''Anime/DanganRonpa3'', which many fans found unsatisfying, and Izuru isn't really considered evil enough to be a ''true'' villain. Meanwhile, [[spoiler:Tengan, Mitarai and [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi]]]] are outright ''hated'' for a laundry list of characterization issues that damage their credibility as antagonists.

* TakeThatScrappy: Hifumi's dead body being found in chapter 3. Hard to have any sympathy for him as he was a disgusting pervert and is pretty much a combination of all of the negative sterotypes the otaku community hates being asocciated with. Double it once more when it's revealed that he killed [[EnsembleDarkHorse Kiyotaka]], and one of the main reasons for doing so was because of [[MurderTheHypotenuse his feelings for]] ''[[NoYay a literal A.I.]]'', and was willing to let everyone else but Celeste get executed by Monokuma for the sake of his "revenge".
* ThatOneBoss: The Bullet Time Battle against Hina in the fourth trial. Not because of the BTB itself, but because you already had two Bullet Time Battles against Yasuhiro and Toko beforehand. Unless you are very skilled or have unlocked the proper skills, it's likely you aren't going into the BTB against Hina with much health left, leaving very little margin for error.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound:
** The metallic-sounding "Danganronpa" that plays upon beginning an investigation and completing each chapter, which gets higher pitched and louder each chapter.
** "No, that's wrong!" or "Sore wa chigau yo!" in the Japanese version. Very much the series equivalent of "[[Franchise/AceAttorney Objection!]]" and always fun to hear.

** The cast doesn't seem all that bothered at the prospect of having to seal themselves in the school, potentially for the rest of their lives, and likely never seeing their families or friends outside the school again. It's especially odd in Sayaka's case, as fear of what happened to her fellow idols drives her to murder. Then again, this was all after the entire world fell into Despair, and they were doing it for their own safety and completely unaware that Junko had something in mind for all of them, so it can justified.

** In chapter 3, other than the initial shock of finding his dead body, nobody seems to care much about the fact that Kiyotaka was murdered and the trial is overall more focused on Hifumi's death than his (but that may be because Hifumi's death has more clues leading to the killer than his). WordOfGod has stated that any reaction to his death had to be cut because of the amount of things going on during the investigation.
** The cast doesn't seem all that bothered at the prospect of having to seal themselves in the school, potentially for the rest of their lives, and likely never seeing their families or friends outside the school again. It's especially odd in Sayaka's case, as fear of what happened to her fellow idols drives her to murder. Then again, this was all after the entire world fell into Despair and they were doing it for their own safety and completely unaware that Junko had something in mind for all of them, so it can justified.

** Though Monokuma was pretty much dancing on the MEH line, some fans loved him for it - until Chapter 4, where he publicly ordered Sakura to kill one of her friends, leading to her suicide, and then stole the suicide note, leaving a fake one for Aoi so she'd try to take the blame. Topping the trial off with the execution of Alter Ego just rubs salt in the wound.

** A common complaint aimed at the trials. Part of the problem is that there's a lot of evidence that could get the mystery solved much, much faster than it ends up being and about half of the students' main role is to say things that just waste time. The infamous conversation at the start of the fifth trial where you have to convince Yasuhiro that Kyoko isn't a ghost is a prime example.
** 90% of the second trial turns out to be this, and it was actually ''[[InvokedTrope invoked]]'' ''[[InUniverse in-universe]]''. Byakuya witnessed the killer leaving the scene of the crime and knew who the culprit was all along. But he didn't come out and say it because he wanted to see who was smart enough to be a threat to him if he committed a murder of his own. Instead, he tampers with the crime scene, resulting in two RedHerring plot threads.

** As it turns out, 90% of the second trial turns out to be this, and it was actually ''[[InvokedTrope Invoked]]'' ''InUniverse''. Byakuya witnessed the killer leaving the scene of the crime and knew who the culprit was all along. But he didn't come out and say it because he wanted to see who was smart enough to be a threat to him if he committed a murder of his own. Instead, he tampers with the crime scene, resulting in two RedHerring plot threads.

** When you get passed her creepier qualities, [[TheEeyore Toko]] is pretty adorable too. Even Genocide Jack can be this sometimes too. [[https://danganronpa.fandom.com/wiki/File:Genocide_Jack_Genocider_Syo_Bustup_Sprite_10.png Exhibit A]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: See [[AwesomeMusic/DanganRonpa here]].

** Sayaka in the manga adaptation. While the game made her motive behind exposing Leon ambiguous to keep her from being this trope, the manga makes it clear that she did it out of remorse. Yes, she cared about Makoto. Just not enough to not attempt to frame him for murder. The manga makes this worse by revealing that she chose to target Leon specifically for a [[DisproportionateRetribution very petty reason]], and that being his mindset that he could easily break into the music industry because he's already a famous athlete.

* FanPreferredCouple: Despite Sakura being in love with Kenshiro outside the killing game, fans more often ship her with Aoi due to two's strong bond and friendship that they develop in the story.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** Look up "Ishimondo" on tumblr and prepare to be assaulted by a novel's worth of {{Fanon}}. Hell, just looking into Kiyotaka or Mondo's tags will leave you swamped with the pairing. Some people also toss in Chihiro for a OneTrueThreesome.
** Leon Kuwata/Sayaka Maizono or "Leosaya" has quite a fan following too.
** Makoto/Kyoko or "Naegiri" is easily the most popular ship for both Makoto and Kyoko, although the same-sex pairings of Makoto/Byakuya and Kyoko/Celeste are also quite common to see.
** Despite her status as an AbhorrentAdmirer in canon, lots of people like shipping Toko with Byakuya.
** In what could best be described as PairTheSpares at its finest, Aoi/Yasuhiro seems to be a popular post-game pairing.
** Aoi/Sakura is also pretty prevalent among F/F shippers.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Kyoko in Chapter 5 - when the trial for who murdered Mukuro begins, she goes out of her way to implicate Makoto, then relies on him not to expose an obvious lie she told so that no one will suspect her. Her motivation was likely to keep the trial going until she could expose the Mastermind, but when Monokuma declares the trial over it comes across as though she was willing to throw Makoto under the bus, knowing he wouldn't do it to her in return, because she believed only she was capable of unveiling the mysteries of the school. If it hadn't been for Alter Ego's intervention, her actions would have led directly to Makoto's death at the hands of the mastermind, making her actions a more sympathetic mirror to Sayaka counting on Makoto to take the fall for her in chapter 1.

* StoicWoobie: For all the work Kyoko puts into convincing Makoto of her dislike for her father, her reaction to the family photo leaves him unconvinced. When he sees her later on, she calls their heart-to-heart discussion on her regrets surrounding his death "rambling" (though the fact she was even willing to openly ask for his help with this issue marks some pretty serious CharacterDevelopment).

* TheUntwist: Mondo's violent introduction in which he punches Makoto when he tries to stop him from fighting Byakuya, along with all the effort that went into showing how much honor he has was clearly meant to set him up as a GentleGiant [[{{Delinquents}} Delinquent]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a Heart of Gold ]] who would never go so far as to actually kill someone. Nope: all that aggression takes a deadly turn, and he becomes Chapter 2's blackened when he kills Chihiro in a fit of rage.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Celeste from Chapter 3, due to her behavior in the trial, which comes off as odd given that the culprit is apparently a good liar -- in particular, unlike every murderer in the game, she's ''incredibly'' aggressive about pushing the blame on someone else and challenging every single deduction that goes against her script, no matter what, which is very very suspicious even before you get to the point where you can actually accuse her.
* {{Anvilicious}}: Do you understand that having hope is good and having despair is bad yet? If you don't, the game will be sure to spell it out for you dozens of times. During the last trial, the BigBad even spells out the theme of each chapter in excruciating detail, just to get it across to the idiots in the back row.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Kyoko in chapter 5 - she essentially gambles that Makoto won't expose an obvious lie she told in the Class Trial when she gets desperate, but her doing so leads to Makoto getting falsely pinned as the murderer. If it wasn't for Alter Ego's intervention, Makoto would have sacrificed himself for Kyoko because she prioritised her ability to get everyone else out over his life.

** Celeste is a borderline sociopathic gambler, and the most unrepentant murderer in the game short of Junko herself, and yet as the DryDocking entry on the main page elaborates on, many male fans wish they could trade places with Hifumi.

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Hifumi. The end of the third Class Trial attempts to give him sympathy for being easily manipulated by Celeste, but completely ignores the fact that he killed Kiyotaka without even asking him about Celeste's accusations first. Also, he was plotting to escape with Alter Ego and Celeste (who even told him that she was going to commit a murder), leaving his innocent classmates to be executed by Monokuma. The fact that the lie Celeste told him is rather obvious to see through doesn't help much

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
** It's easy to feel this way about the victims of the game. In particular, Kiyotaka had [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane seemingly]] taken on the spirit of his fallen friend, learned how to cope with Mondo and Chihiro's deaths, and appeared to be coming out of his catatonic state he was in in the beginning of the chapter. However you can't engage in a Free Time Event with him as Kiyondo and he all but disappears [[DroppedABridgeOnHim until you abruptly find his body mid-chapter]], [[AngstWhatAngst with the other students barely paying any attention to his death]].
** Leon in particular gets hit hard with this. He's not even the first to die (but the first to be '''executed'''), yet the roles of the two characters who died before him get more emphasis. Given that he ended up being the first killer partly due to factors beyond his control, some players think there could have been a lot more to him than there ended up being. [[AuthorsSavingThrow Possibly because of that]], he's featured prominently in the "Ultra Despair Hagakure" story that comes with ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls''.
** Some of the readers believe that Celeste's motive made her too one-dimensional, while others believe that was precisely the point - the motive of the chapter was simple cash and some people in real life ''do'' murder simply for that. Other still point out that either reading is missing the point of Celeste being a [[ConsummateLiar lying liar who lies]], meaning everything about her from her allegedly shallow motive all the way to the ''name'' "Celestia Ludenburg" is not supposed to be taken at face value, with the game providing several hints that [[HiddenDepths there is more to her than she wants others to see]]. The manga capitalizes on this by explaining how her motivation came to be and slightly made her into a JerkassWoobie instead. Unfortunately, the canonicity of the manga isn't clear, although the official AU "School Mode" seems to run with this characterization through a DefrostingIceQueen arc, and the canonical ''Another Episode: Ultimate Despair Girls'' also makes a point of showing how lonely her life outside of Hope's Peak Academy was.