This page lists tropes related to the various characters that appear in ''[[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry DmC: Devil May Cry]]''. For tropes related to the characters in the [[AlternateContinuity classic continuity]], see the [[Characters/DevilMayCry Devil May Cry Character Index]].

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!Protagonists
[[folder:Dante]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:"Good. I finally have your attention."]]

!!! Voiced by: Tim Phillips (En), Benjamin Pascal (Fr)

->''"My name, by the way, is Dante! But you can call me 'Dante the Demon Killer'! Has a nice ring to it, don't you think?"''

The main character of [=DmC=], Dante is the son of a demon named Sparda and an angel named Eva. Dante grew up in various institutions, orphanages, youth correction facilities, and foster homes, but these were mostly operated by demons, and often resulted in torture and violence. Now he fights to rid the city of tyranny.
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* AntiHero: Type III: Less interested in being a hero than taking his anger out on all the demons who made his childhood a living hell. [[spoiler:Unlike Vergil, he firmly cements himself as an Anti ''Hero'' when he, his revenge complete, decides to willingly give up potential rulership of the world and let humans decide their own fates.]]
* AuthorAvatar: His haircut looks a lot like creative director Tameem Antoniades' at the end of the game.
** WordOfGod (on [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/10/20/capcom-dante-needed-to-be-completely-different Capcom's part]]) is they wanted Dante to not look much like his old self and in fact both Capcom and Ninja theory OK'ed it. So this may be one case of a complete accident.
* TheAlcoholic: Comes across as this in the opening, chugging it down in a nightclub, throwing a bottle at a bartender (after he sees a demond behind him) and taking a swig after a hangover.
* AudibleSharpness: Rebellion is so sharp you can hear it cut through the air when you swing it.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassLongcoat
* BondOneLiner[=/=]PreMortemOneLiner: Fond of delivering these to his enemies.
-->'''Dante:''' Breaking news, Bob! You're fired!
* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel: At the end of the game, Dante and Vergil fight each other to the near-death over whether they'll rule humanity as Vergil wants or give the people true freedom as Dante wishes.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: At first he is totally uncaring about whatever may happen to humanity, thinking only about himself. By the end of the game he is much more concerned and willing to protect humans in the chaos that will probably ensue from Mundus' defeat.
* CompositeCharacter: Combines various elements of Dante's moves from ''DMC 1-4'', along with some of Nero's grabs and left-handed sword combos from ''DMC 4''. In terms of personality, he has Dante's fun-loving nature and over-the-top stylishness (and more subtly, his sense of justice and faith in mankind) and borrows some of Nero's more antisocial tendencies and darker clothing style.
* DarkIsNotEvil
** LightIsGood: Considering that he is also part-angel in this continuity.
* DemonSlayer
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When facing Mundus at one point, Vergil keeps telling over their hotline to keep his attention. Dante tries, but Vergil keeps telling him to make Mundus angry, so Dante decides to just fuck it and express his enjoyment at killing Mundus' baby in the womb.
* DisappearedDad: His father Sparda was exiled for eternity by Mundus.
* DualWielding: His pistols, Ebony and Ivory.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Dante made his video game debut in ''VideoGame/PlaystationAllStarsBattleRoyale'' well before DmC's release.
* [[spoiler:[[EtTuBrute Et Tu, Vergil?]]: Definitely his reaction towards his brother, who reveals his true intentions.]]
* {{Expy}}: In an ironic twist, he's one to [[DevilMayCry Nero]]. Both are rebellious hothead teenage demon killer who fight authority figure that turn into big giant monster with bad attitude. Plus, they both have human redhead love interest.
* FantasticRacism: Hates demons due to them tormenting him throughout his life. He gets a little better when he shows gratitude towards [[CoolOldGuy Phineas]] for helping him.
* FingerlessGloves
* FlatWhat: [[spoiler: Gives a full sentence variation to Vergil's WhamLine of "The path is now clear for us to rule."]]
--> '''Dante:''' "What the hell are you talking about?"
* FragileSpeedster: At least in comparation to Mundus.
* {{Foil}}: To Vergil.
* GoingCommando: When he gets dressed at the beginning of the game ([[MundaneMadeAwesome while hurtling through the air in slow motion]]), he clearly doesn't put on underwear.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Dante has a very small scar next to his right eye.
* TheGunslinger: Has three guns, all of which, due to his powers, use MagicBullets rather than requiring ammunition.
** CoolGuns[=/=]GunsAkimbo: Ebony and Ivory, two {{handguns}}.
** SawnOffShotgun: The Revenant, which he uses by FiringOneHanded.
** GrenadeLauncher: Kablooey, a demonic remote detonation homing grenade launcher.
* HairstyleInertia: Flashbacks show that Dante has the exact same haircut that he had as a young child.
* TheHedonist: At the start of the game, he's waking after a drunken threesome with two dancers, and it's implied to be fairly normal behavior for him in the way of "killing demons and getting laid".
** Deconstructed, WordOfGod mentions that he's "a thrill-seeker hedonist" because he's aware that the way he's been living, he may be killed at any time.
* HeroesPreferSwords: His shape-shifting longsword, Rebellion.
* InkSuitActor: Due to facial motion capture technology being used, Dante looks a lot like his voice actor [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1944367360/nm2960352 Tim Phillipps]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He thinks very well of Kat for helping him when he told her to get lost, and by the end of the game honestly does want to free humanity from Mundus' control.
** JerkassWoobie: The guy's life has sucked. Parents died or captured when he was 7, raised in an orphanage run by demons, chased and battling them for years without a clue why with powers he doesn't understand and to top it all off noone knows about his struggles with the demons only he can see or do anything about.
* LockedIntoStrangeness: A section of his hair permanently turns white after he uses Devil Trigger for the first time. [[spoiler:The rest of Dante's hair becomes permanently white after his last use of Devil Trigger in the game's ending.]]
* MissingMom: His mother Eva was killed by Mundus in front of him.
* MorphWeapon: [[CoolSword Rebellion]] in this continuity, rather than keeping multiple melee weapons on him at any one time.
** CoolSword: The base form, Rebellion.
** AnAxeToGrind: A demonic axe called Arbiter.
** FuumaShuriken: Aquila, an angelic [[DualWielding pair]] of oversized three pronged throwing stars.
** SinisterScythe: An angelic scythe called Osiris.
** PowerFist: Eryx, a pair of demonic flaming gauntlets.
** WhipItGood: The Ophion Whip, an VariableLengthChain with both angelic and demonic forms that can be used in combat and for environmental traversal.
* NakedFirstImpression: Meets Kat when she knocks on his trailer door and he opens it without bothering to put anything on first. He then proceeds to hold a short conversation with her, still naked. It is also, not counting the montage of his preceding threesome, his introduction to players.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny[=/=]MaleFrontalNudity: Spends a section of the beginning of the game naked.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Angel + Demon.
* OrphansOrdeal
* PlayerCharacter: In the main game and challenge rooms.
* PowerDyesYourHair: His hair turns white in [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] mode. After his first story-required use of it, his hair [[LockedIntoStrangeness gains a permanent white streak in the back]] while the rest changes back. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, his growing powers cause his hair to turn white permanently.]]
* PowerGlows: In [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] mode his jacket glows a bright red, his eyes have [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red sclera and pupils]], with white irises. Not to mention glowing red vains on his face.
* PungeonMaster
* RealIsBrown: His outfit was intentionally designed to be more "lifelike" than the original Dante's cowboyish red leather getup. As part of this, his color scheme is a lot darker and less saturated.
* ReallyGetsAround: The strippers at Lilith's nightclub are well acquainted with him, to the point they're pissed off when he blows one off.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: the Sclera of his eyes turn red when using Devil Trigger.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Vergil's blue, being the more hot-headed and emotional of the two brothers.
* ReluctantHero: At first, but [[spoiler: when Vergil reveals his plans to rule, he steps up without a second thought.]]
* RememberedTooLate: During the raid on Mundus' HQ.
-->'''Dante:''' So, I think she said… 105th floor… yeah, that's it.\\
'''Kat (flash back):''' Go to the 106th floor. No matter what, don't stop on the 105th, it's filled with enemies.\\
'''Dante:''' [[OhCrap Shit.]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:[[spoiler: At first it's for killing his mother and imprisoning his father, then it's for torturing Kat.]]
* TheScapegoat: [[HeroWithBadPublicity Courtesy of]] [[PropagandaMachine Bob Barbas]].
** [[spoiler: Vergil's existence as his brother being hidden makes it easy for Vergil to act as a bystander and sneak around during most of the game's events.]]
* [[spoiler: ShipTease: The subtext between Dante and Kat isn't exactly subtle by the end of the game.]]
* ShoutOut: One of his quips when using the Ophion grapnel's demon form - which pulls enemies and objects towards him - is "[[MortalKombat Get over here!]]"
* SirSwearsALot: Uses a lot of F-bombs, even in trailers.
* SmokingIsCool: WordOfGod said by the time of the game he's quit, but it did show up rather prominently in the early promotional material.
* TheSouthpaw: While Dante may be ambidextrous, his sword is slung over his left shoulder, possibly indicating a preference for his left hand.
* StrongerSibling: It's quite a reversal comparedto the original DMC series, where Vergil was TheAce. Vergil doesn't disagree when Dante asserts this, and Dante is the one doing all the heavy lifting in any case. [[spoiler: The final boss fight against Vergil highlights it, as Dante is throwing around Vergil for most of the fight, and a cutscene shows Dante just Devil Triggering through one of his attacks. The tables don't start to turn until Vergil uses his Devil Trigger, but obviously Dante still wins after that.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Initially.
* TookALevelInKindness: He gradually becomes a better and more caring person over the course of the game, though he remains a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold ''Jerk'' with a Heart of Gold]].
* {{Tsundere}}: When Kat asks Dante to come with her to meet her boss after she helps him defeat the Hunter, he replies "I didn't ask for your help".*{{Beat}}*. He gets into her car, then motions her to drive.
* UnskilledButStrong: Compared with classic Dante he has a distinct lack of refinement, often making large haymakers and wild swings. Makes sense, he hasn't been formally trained and fighting since he was a child.
* YouWillNotEvadeMe: The whips allow him to pull himself towards enemies or enemies towards himself from a pretty long range.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Vergil]]
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[[caption-width-right:320:"I've been looking for you for a long time now."]]

!!! Voiced by: David De Lautour (En), Jérémy Prévost (Fr)

->''"This is a message from the Order: Demons... we know your game. Your cameras watch us, your media brainwash us, your drinks poison us and your banking system enslaves us. Demons.... the game has changed. We have a new weapon, and he's coming for you."''

Dante's twin brother. While Dante was admitted to an orphanage run by demons as a child, Vergil was adopted into a rich family. Highly-gifted, Vergil wrote a security encryption program that made him a multi-millionaire before he was even out of school.

However, Vergil eventually recovered the memories of his biological parents' death and exile at the hands of Mundus, and swore to take revenge. He now uses his wealth in order to research and combat demons, making strategic decisions without letting emotions get in the way.
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* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Yamato's ability to open and close dimensional portals is demonstrated in the last two missions without any foreshadowing. Similarly, the original Vergil used [[StormOfBlades psychic throwing knives]] for his ranged attacks because he [[DoesntLikeGuns didn't like guns]], a hangup this version of the character does not share.
* AudibleSharpness: Yamato.
* AntiHero: Is willing to go to any lengths to liberate the city and make the demons who murdered his loved ones pay. Most likely a Type IV.
* [[spoiler:AntiVillain: After Mundus is defeated, wants to appoint himself and Dante the benevolent god kings of humanity. Falls into place as a Type III, given his ostensibly benevolent goals and love for his brother. In ''Vergil's Downfall'', he destroys the last vestiges of his goodness and drops the "Anti" part.]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassDriver: Though Dante is helping him throughout it, he's definitely this in Mission 15.
** BadassInANiceSuit
** BadassLongcoat: As part of his very stylish suit.
* BiggusDickus: Claims to have a bigger one when going (playfully) back and forth with Dante.
* BigGood
** [[spoiler: [[BigBadFriend Big Bad Brother]]: He becomes this after Mundus is taken out.]]
* BlackAndWhiteInsanity: [[spoiler: After he decides that HumansAreFlawed and, for the good of humanity, he must take Mundus's place as the world's ruler; and, both Kat AND Dante are outraged with this. He makes the conclusion that they're both evil and had betrayed him.]]
* CastingAShadow: Uses a living shadow of himself as part of his [[DoppelgangerAttack doppelganger style]].
* [[spoiler:CainAndAbel: At the end of the game, Dante and Vergil fight each other to the near death over whether they'll rule humanity as Vergil wants or give the people true freedom as Dante wishes. To no big surprise, he almost becomes the Abel.]]
* ClarkKenting: He conceals his identity as a Nephilim in order to keep Mundus away from the Order as Mundus only knows of Dante being the son of Sparda. In public appearances he uses conventional weapons as opposed to his Yamato. However, no one from the demon side, not even Mundus himself, questions his white hair or similar appearance to Dante over the course of the game until the confrontation.
** It's not hard to figure out, as most Demons who see him unmasked die soon after, hell he [[spoiler:makes sure to shoot Lilith after he shoots Mundus' Spawn]].
* CleanCut
* CoolMask: As the Masked leader of The Order.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan
* CurbStompBattle: In the comic, Vergil versus Onyxes (A kind of Super Demons). [[spoiler:The Onyxes didn't stand a chance.]]
* DisappearedDad: His father Sparda was exiled for eternity by Mundus.
* DoNotAdjustYourSet
* DoppelgangerAttack: His doppelganger style, which summons a living shadow of himself to fight alongside him.
* [[spoiler:EtTuBrute: Did anyone ''not'' see his betrayal at the ending coming from a mile away?]]
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: Used Kat and Dante to dethrone Mundus, [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes although he intended for Dante to rule alongside him]].]]
** [[spoiler:Though he says he'd respect humans, possibly making him not so evil, but now the world may never know.]]
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In his DLC, his hair is more messy. [[spoiler:And by the end, he has another change, combined with GlowingEyesOfDoom.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: Decides he's going to take power for himself after Mundus is defeated.]]
* [[spoiler:FantasticRacism: Believes that humans are weak and stupid, and unable to be trusted with their own world. He says this [[KickTheDog right in front of Kat, fully aware of her help in bringing down Mundus]], which Dante [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on]].]]
* FashionableAsymmetry
* [[spoiler:FinalBoss: For the main game.]]
* FlashStep
* {{Foil}}: To Dante.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Dante meets him for the first time he tells him they are fighting for humanity. Dante tells him mankind can die for all he cares, Vergil doesn't even blink showing that he truly doesn't care that much for mankind either. Not to mention his later disregard for Kat's life.
** "Meningitis is a ''human'' condition! You are ''not'' human!" Vergil's dialogue subtly makes it clear early on that he sees humans as weak, and that Nephilim are superior.
* [[spoiler:GlowingEyesOfDoom:]] [[spoiler:After absorbing [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hollow Vergil]] towards the end of ''Vergil's Downfall''.]]
* [[spoiler:HeWhoFightsMonsters:]] [[spoiler:At the end of the DLC story, he becomes the new ruler of the demon world.]]
* [[spoiler:HiddenAgendaVillain: Actually wants to defeat the Demons so he can put the Nephilim, himself and his brother, in charge.]]
* HollywoodHacking: One of his abilities. Because the demon world has computer-based security systems apparently.
* IaijutsuPractitioner
* IconOfRebellion
* KatanasAreJustBetter: His weapon of choice is the demonic Japanese sword Yamato.
* KnightTemplar: Edges towards this, as he is willing to do whatever it takes to liberate Limbo City and eliminate the demons who control it. That said, he's also willing to do things Dante's "way". [[spoiler:After Mundus' defeat, he reveals he wants to rule it as humans have messed up their world.]]
* [[LongLostRelative Long Lost Brother]] of Dante of course.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: In the Order's videos, he wears a creepy mask inspired by the Guy Fawkes mask from ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
* MissingMom: His mother Eva was killed by demons.
* NeverMyFault: The first thing he does in ''[[spoiler:Vergil's Downfall]]'' is whine about Dante "betraying" him when really [[spoiler:it was pretty much the other way around.]]
* NiceHat: Owns a stylish black fedora.
* NonhumanHumanoidHybrid: Angel + Demon= Nephilim.
* PlayerCharacter: In the DownloadableContent [[spoiler:''[[SpoilerTitle Vergil's Downfall]]'']].
* PowerGlows: Glows white when using his [[SuperMode Doppelganger style]]. [[spoiler: After absorbing [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Hollow Vergil]], his hands and eyes glow white-green and he has small but constant wisps of pale green smoke coming off of him.]]
* PragmaticHero: He's shown to be this, such as when he's ready to write Kat off rather than lose their best chance at getting to Mundus [[spoiler: and especially with his killing of Lilith and Mundus' heir. By the game's end, he reveals his true colors and shifts into AntiVillain territory.]]
* RazorWind
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Almost to a tee.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Dante's red, being the more responsible and level-headed of the two brothers. They're even color coded.
* RebelLeader
* RefittedForSequel: Vergil's [=DmC=] design was based on the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry 1'' concept art of Vergil that never made it into the final game.
* TheResenter: [[spoiler:''Vergil's Downfall'' reveals that Vergil had always resented Dante for being the StrongerSibling and for apparently being their mother's [[ParentalFavoritism favorite]].]]
* SelfMadeMan
* SharpDressedMan
* [[spoiler:StartOfDarkness: Oddly, his own seems to happen ''after'' his FaceHeelTurn. Following his death at Dante's blade, ''Vergil's Downfall'' depicts his corruption by [[EnemyWithout Hollow Vergil]], wherein he seeks power to fix problems with his heart... and in doing so destroying it by taking away the light within it.]]
* TheStoic
** NotSoStoic cracks show [[spoiler: when Dante wants to save Kat.]]
* StormOfBlades
* [[spoiler: TacticalSuicideBoss: Vergil can block all your attacks and is only vulnerable when he attacks.]]
* TeenGenius: Wrote a security encryption program that made him a multi-millionaire before he was even out of school.
* TeleportersAndTransporters: Can use his Summoned Swords to teleport to things, or to teleport things to him.
* UnorthodoxSheathing
* VoiceOfTheResistance: To the population as TheFaceless leader of the order.
* [[spoiler:WeCanRuleTogether: Gives this speech to Dante, his brother, at the end of the game. See WhamLine.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Vergil does indeed want to protect humanity, but his methods leave little room for mercy or compassion. [[spoiler:And one of the threats that he wants to protect humans from is human rule.]]
* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"The path is clear for us to rule."]]
** [[spoiler:Dante even highlights this by asking him what he just said. To which in a noticeable colder tone, Vergil repeats.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Dante briefly calls him out after [[spoiler:he shoots the defenseless and pregnant Lilith twice (once to kill the spawn, the second to kill her) in the middle of exchanging her for Kat, ''while Kat's still being held by Mundus''.]]
** [[spoiler: Dante gives him a bigger one, when Vergil says humans are weak, stupid and need to be ruled, right in front of Kat to Dante.]]
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: An AntiHero version. [[spoiler:Until the end, where he's revealed to be a villainous version.]]
* WholeCostumeReference: His initial appearance before TheReveal is based on V of ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
* WorfEffect: [[spoiler:In the comic Appear a kind of super demons called Onyx, they are easily killed by Vergil's DT.]]
* [[spoiler: WouldHurtAChild:]] [[spoiler: Would Kill an Unborn Infant to be exact. It's more his casual execution of an already-defeated hostage than the assumed innocence (or lack thereof) of the child that's troubling.]]
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[[folder:Kat]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Good luck."]]

!!! Voiced by: Sage Mears (En), Jessica Monceau (Fr)

A mysterious agent of [[LaResistance the Order]], sent by Vergil to lead Dante to the Order's HQ and obtain the hero's cooperation in destroying Mundus.

Unlike most humans, she is capable of perceiving the demonic Limbo, due to latent psychic abilities. Also able to use basic [[RitualMagic Wiccan witchcraft]]
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* ActionSurvivor: She killed her demonic stepfather, but primarily helps Dante by her interactions with Limbo from the outside world to allow him to bridge the gap with his powers.
* [[spoiler:BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Subverted. When about to be caught by the SWAT team raiding the hideout, Kat is advised by Dante to quietly surrender and make no attempt to fight back, after realizing that he cannot enter the real world to protect her. Doesn't matter, as she is quickly shot in the shoulder in spite of her surrendering and is beaten afterwards, and she visibly bears the marks of it until the end of the game.]]
* [[CuteWitch Cute]]/ HotWitch: Uses Wicca-based RitualMagic and may or may not be of legal age.
* DamselInDistress
** BadassDamsel: [[spoiler: She holds out against Mundus's interrogation so he thinks he's gotten her most important information when he gets Virgil's first name. Then gives the whole buliding floor plans to the brothers with security check points and specific floors to avoid.]]
* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler: Successfully holds out under Mundus's torture to protect Dante and Vergil, then goes on to give them a detailed interior plan of the building she was held in after her rescue a well as specifics of how to get around security. She is also the one to talk down Dante from killing Vergil, after hearing Vergil bad mouth her race. Then comfort Dante after he defeats Vergil, her arm visibly in a sling and walking with a limp.]]
* EyeOfNewt: Her spray cans include an "old Wiccan recipe" that includes, but is not limited to, "sea salt, shark oil, iron shavings, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick desiccated squirrel semen]], [and] wolf hair".
* FormFittingWardrobe
* InTheHood
* LaResistance: A member.
* [[MalevolentMaskedMen Malevolent Masked Woman]]: In the Order's videos.
* MsExposition: Basically she acts as a player's guide to the world of Limbo City/Limbo with various factoids she grasped in her time in Limbo or being a member of the order.
* MysteriousWaif
* PsychicPowers
** ThirdEye: Can see into the demon world of Limbo, unlike most humans.
* PostModernMagik: It takes hours or days to prepare the proper materials for drawing occult formulae, so she stores it in a spray can and avoids the lengthy process of needing to draw her spells by spraying it through a stencil.
* [[KickTheDog The]] [[PetTheDog Dog]]: How other characters treat her is a very good indicator of what kind of people they are.
** [[spoiler: One of the biggest KickTheDog moments is when [[BrokenPedestal Vergil, the man she willingly sacrificed herself for because he once saved her and then mentored her]], talks about ruling over the weak, subservient humans after defeating Mundus. He does this ''right in front of her'' and only acknowledges her when Dante practically makes him; this, more than his fight with Dante, establishes that he is now a villain.]]
*** This was foreshadowed earlier when [[spoiler:Vergil doesn't seem to actually care very much that she's about to be captured.]]
* RealityWarper: She can construct spells that alter the physics of Limbo, as well as spells that breach the gap between it and the real world.
* [[spoiler: ShipTease: The subtext between Dante and Kat isn't exactly subtle by the end of the game.]]
* {{Sidekick}}
** HypercompetentSidekick: Briefs Dante on all his missions, plans the assault on Mundus' fortress at the end of the game, and knows spells to manipulate Limbo. Dante even says both he and Vergil would have failed twenty times over if not for her [[spoiler:,after Vergil states she was "useful", before fighting Dante]].
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* YouthfulFreckles: Her age is never said but it's visibly late teens to early 20s.

[[/folder]]

!Antagonists
[[folder:Mundus]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"You don't ''fuck'' with a god."]]

!!! Voiced by: Louis Herthum (En), Patrick Béthune (Fr)

->''"Just like your father: too big for your fucking boots. Me, a god, versus you, a piece of shit."''


The BigBad in charge of all the demons in Limbo City, who in the human world operates under the guise of "Kyle Ryder", a banker who thanks to the Raptor News Network is considered a philanthropist by the general public.
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* AdaptationExpansion: ''[=DmC=]'' gives him a mistress, a human identity, and more background on his history with Sparda.
* AffablyEvil: Even when threatening you to eternal damnation, he (mostly) does it with a calm, businessman-like demeanor.
** FauxAffablyEvil
* AGodAmI: Has a serious god complex, to the point his lines used in the first trailers featuring him are basically this trope.
** PhysicalGod: According to the voice actor, he actually ''is'' an immortal demonic god.
* AndShowItToYou: In his very first appearance, Mundus proclaims his intention to tear Dante's heart out with his bare hands and eat it. [[spoiler:He's not bluffing either- he already did it to Eva. And if it weren't for Vergil's intervention at the end he ''would'' have succeeded in giving Dante this fate.]]
* BaldOfEvil
* BerserkButton: [[spoiler:Killing his unborn child.]] That would be anyone's berserk button, but Vergil smashes it ''hard'' and Dante rubs salt into it. UnstoppableRage ensues.
* BigBad
* {{Blackmail}}: In opening is seen blackmailing the President of the Eagleland (Flavor II) counterpart.
* CompositeCharacter: He's an old enemy of Sparda's (classic Mundus), he is a CorruptCorporateExecutive (Arius), his human form sports a BaldOfEvil (Arkham), and his boss fight is a LevelInBossClothing (The Savior).
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: He is evidently powerful enough to threaten the president with public humiliation.
* [[spoiler:EvilUncle: Sparda was his "blood brother", making him this to Dante and Vergil.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* GoodScarsEvilScars
* {{Immortality}}: Is thousands of years old.
** ImmortalityInducer: The Hell Gate is what keeps him invincible.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: "Freedom? And what would they do with that "freedom"? Humans were free before. And what did they do? War, murder, betrayal." Of course, Mundus himself is not exactly a saint…
** Could be considered a [[JerkassHasAPoint Jerk]] or VillainHasAPoint moment
* MeaningfulName: Mundus is Latin for "The World".
** When you look at his human body then world of Limbo/Limbo city it almost has dual meaning.
* ManOfWealthAndTaste
** SharpDressedMan: His human form.
* MightyGlacier: Mundus is the strongest character in the game, but his attacks are somewhat slow.
* MoralMyopia: Is bewildered and absolutely furious when [[spoiler:Vergil deliberately murders his unborn child.]] Never mind that he killed Sparda's wife and has been trying to kill his children ever since.
* MorallyBankruptBanker: His human form, as he's literally out to control everything on earth through debt.
* OminousMultipleScreens
* OneWingedAngel: Turns into a black humanoid covered in silver TronLines. [[spoiler: And then he makes a colossal humanoid mecha suit made from Limbo City itself which he uses to fight Dante and Vergil.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as his ImmortalityInducer is in his throne room. Most of the game is spent trying to get him [[VillainousBreakdown mad enough to forget this.]]
* PlayingWithFire: In his demonic form, he can cast fireballs.
* RealityWarper
* ThirdEye: There's a noticeable mark on his forehead in human form. In his demon form it's an eye.
* SirSwearsALot: Though to be honest he's mostly polite and soft-speaking in the beginning, and gets more and more vulgar as [[VillainousBreakdown Dante thwarts his plan.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: "Why did you kill my child?" To which Dante hesitates as he wasn't responsible, it was [[BigBadFriend Big Bad Brother, Vergil]], but goes along with to get him mad.]]
** Rather hypocritical of him to ask considering his own past actions.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lilith]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I've been looking for a chance to unwind."]]

!!! Voiced by: Robin Riker (En), Émanuelle Bondeville (Fr)

->''"This is exactly the opportunity I've been waiting for!"''


Mistress of Mundus and owner of a popular nightclub, she is a high value target of the Order.[[spoiler: Was expecting to be the mother of Mundus' heir.]]
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* BaldOfEvil
* BaldWomen: Though she wears a wig to cover it.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler:During the boss fight, ''she'' is inside her child's belly attached by an umbilical cord. And he comes out of her head.]]
** Even before that, her skin is actually ''loosely sewn onto her body'' (the wig covers the stitches).
* [[spoiler: BoomHeadshot!: Her utlimate fate.]]
* DarkMistress: Though she wants to gain more power.
* DualBoss: With [[spoiler:her son.]] Although she doesn't do anything herself during the fight and in fact is actually the boss' weak point.
* EnfanteTerrible: Pregnant with one. To give you a clue, it will thrust itself far beyond her abdomen and growl at Dante like some sort of hellish hound.
* MeaningfulName: Named for a biblical demon associated with the sin of {{lust}}.
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:With Mundus' child]]. She is also capable of manipulating Limbo to her will.
* RealityWarper: In Limbo.
* UncannyValley: Just look at her, though that seems to be on purpose.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Bob Barbas]]
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!!! Voiced by: Louis Herthum (En), Stépahane Roux (Fr)

[[caption-width-right:350:"My personal view on the terrorists, is that they are disgusting, degrading, and generally nauseating."]]
->''"This is Bob Barbas of the Raptor News Network, just doing God's work."''

Anchorman on the Raptor News Network, the prime outlet of demon propaganda for Limbo City.
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* TheAlcatraz: He runs a prison where all those who opposed the "Holy demonic order" are kept. The prisonners [[AndIMustScream cannot talk]], [[ICannotSelfTerminate cannot commit suicide]], [[{{Thoughtcrime}} cannot even]] ''[[{{Thoughtcrime}} think]]'' [[{{Thoughtcrime}} against Mundus]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and have to listen to Bob's voice all day long.]]
* BlatantLies: His news-reporting style.
* CatchPhrase: He always ends his segments with the above phrase.
* {{Cyberspace}}: His domain in Limbo resembles it.
* TheDragon: See MouthOfSauron
* EvilGenius
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* {{Jerkass}}
* MeaningfulName: Barbas is the name of a demon from the [[Literature/ArsGoetia Book of Goetia]], appropriately enough.
* MaliciousSlander: Demonizes both the Order and Dante by blaming all the destruction the bad guys cause on them.
* TheManIsStickingItToTheMan: His role against Dante.
* MechanicalLifeforms: Well, Digital Lifeforms, but his true form appears to be made of data.
* MouthOfSauron: He is the Warden of Limbo's jail, the source of all anti-Order/Dante Propaganda and is the public face of Mundus' control.
** As for that always doing God's work thing, Mundus is God to him.
** Taken to the literal exteme when you notice his voice actor in English is the same as Mundus.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Serves as a parody of Bill O'Reilly and similar pundits.
** Bill O'Reilly in particular. "We'll do it live!"
* OneWingedAngel: During his boss battle he turns into a sort of giant, holographic face with tentacles coming out from the top.
* PivotalBoss
* PropagandaMachine: He runs it.
* ShockAndAwe: In his battle form.
* ShoutOut: During his battle, weakening him will cause the various news stories around the arena to change into {{Villainous Demotivator}}s, [[TheyLive telling the viewers at home to "increase debt" and other such bad advice that strengthens the demonic hold on the world]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Bob Barbas has never had a great track record for telling the truth, but when he starts talking about Dante's past [[spoiler:during his boss fight,]] such as his violence against authority figures, it is supported by Dante's brief flashbacks. Whether he truly did murder a nurse at St. Lamia or if there is more to the story is a question that may have to be answered in future sequels. The game implies that anyone Dante killed in the past were actually demons in disguise.
** Considering that Lamia in Greek mythology is a child eating-demon, it's probably justified.
* VisualPun: His demon form? A literal [[StrawmanPolitical talking head]].
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[[folder:Poison]]
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[[caption-width-right:275:"You want to kill me? You can't kill me! I'm 1200 years old!"]]
!!! Voiced by: Race Davies (En), Nathalie Homst (Fr)

->''"Dante…? Son of Sparda… and Eva? The whooore?!"''

A Succubus, which is the production source of the "secret ingredient" put in the soda Virility.

* AchillesHeel: Her weakpoint, a carbuncle just above her head… though is usually covered by a layer of fat. It is exposed for a short while after she attacks, and you can force her to expose it longer if you smack it enough.
* AllThereInTheManual[=/=]EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Although her introductory scene names her "Poison", the characters always use her Japanese name, "Succubus".
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: During her boss fight, she's prone to giving out some rather disgusting death threats.
* {{Determinator}}: Gotta give her credit, coming back from a vomit dip then doing everything in her power to keep from [[DeadlyRotaryFan being minced by a sewer fan]].
* [[EveryoneRemembersTheStripper Everyone Remembers The F-Bomb Exchange Between Poison And Dante.]]
* ExtraEyes: On her carbuncle.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: You end up using the cables she'attached to to defeat her, and then she falls in a pool of her own acidic vomit.
* [[IAteWhat I Drank What!?!]]: Virility sure doesn't taste as good when you know where it comes from…
* MightyGlacier
* MultiArmedAndDangerous
* NoIndoorVoice: She sure screams a lot.
* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Our Succubus Are Uglier]]: One of the rare depictions of a succubus as an ugly monster, rather than a buxom demoness.
** This is actually a case of OlderThanYouThink, as in TheMiddleAges succubus were said to be more monster like.
*** Also can be viewed as AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, as this is a succubus as viewed in Limbo, while Succubi usually appear in dreams as attractive Siren like figures.
* PivotalBoss: More or less. She is attached to giant pipes that go to the ceiling and you fight her jumping between several platforms around her.
* SirSwearsALot: Not only does she swear a lot, she literally ''vomits'' her insults.
-->'''WHOOO THE FUUUUCK ARE YOOOOUUUUUUU[[VomitIndiscretionShot HUARGHHGHGHH!?]]'''
* StealthPun: She looks a bit like some sort of caterpillar. Caterpillar can be used to describe a person who uses other people for their own personal gain.
* TechnicolorToxin: Green-ish yellow poisonous vomit and mucus.
* VomitIndiscretionShot:
-->'''FUUUUCK YOOOOUUUUUUU[[VomitIndiscretionShot HUARGHHGHGHH!!]]'''
* WarmupBoss: In Bloody Palace.
* WholePlotReference: Many have noticed the similarities to Poison's part in the plot and the {{Futurama}} episode "Fry and the Slurm Factory".
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Hunter]]
!!! Voiced by: Richard Ridings (en), Jean-Claude Sachot (fr)

->''"You're dead… just like your whore mother."''

An ape-like demon armed with a knife and a grappling gun. He attacks Dante's trailer and forces him to come out and fight. He'll procceed to stalk and attack Dante through the Limboified piers and into an abandoned park.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Aim for the gash (wound or other kind) on its face.
** AchillesHeel: Doubles as one, considering that only his face can be hit for damage.
* BountyHunter
* DishingOutDirt: Sometimes he'll shoot his grapple hook in the ground, conjuring a large claw made of concrete.
* EvilSoundsDeep
* GoodScarsEvilScars: A rather large scar on his face, which apparently took out his nose as well.
* GoOutWithASmile: Plus a little of DefiantToTheEnd.
* GrapplingHookPistol: Which he can use to grab Dante and pull him near him.
* KillerGorilla: Looks a lot like one, and is huge to boot.
* KnifeNut: His weapon of choice is a big, military knife. For anyone else it would work as a giant falchion.
* LightningBruiser: Despite his body frame he's very fast and nimble.
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: Claims so, as even if he dies, now Mundus knows where to find Dante.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: He uses his knife as this during the boss fight.
* RecurringBoss: Averted /Subverted, although is mention that there are several hunters, Dante only has to fight against one.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Almost literally, as he aims for Dante's life as he's recovering from a raucous night out.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Is impervious to any kind of damage during his first appearence, but becomes vulnerable when Kat toss a can of wiccan mumbo jumbo at his face.
** I thought it was [[KillItWithFire A Molotov Cocktail...]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is mentioned both by Mundus and Kat that there are more than just one Hunter demons, but only one show up.
* {{Youkai}}: Hard to spot, but he seems to be based on the Nue, a Japanese chimera-like monster: both have furry, humanoid bodies, the Hunter's grapple hook reminds of the Nue's serpent tail and can hid himself in a black mist (the Nue can turn into a black cloud). Plus, they're both an omen of ill things.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Drekavac]]

Powerful Swordsman and an elite bodyguard to Mundus.

* TheDragon: To Mundus. Unlike Bob Barbas, he seemingly takes care of the more physical threats to Mundus' power.
* DualWielding: Swords, like all the Dreamrunners.
* KingMook: To Dreamrunner. He also reveals his name to Dante only during their last confrontation.
* LightningBruiser: With some TeleportSpam for good measure.
* NonIndicativeName: Drekavac is the slavic for "Screamer", and is also the name of a mythological south-slavic monster.
* RecurringBoss: You fight him three times.
* SinisterScimitar: Opposed to Dante's single straight sword.
* SpinToDeflectStuff

[[/folder]]

! Others

[[folder: Phineas]]

!!! Voiced by: Lou Beatty Jr. (En), Benoît Allemane (Fr)

A demon prisoner who Dante meets while making his way to Barbas. Was incarcerated as he was loyal to Sparda.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "And once Mundus is gone, [[{{Foreshadowing}} who will rule in his place?]]" [[spoiler: It becomes the final plot point of the game.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: The right side of his head which contains his 'eye'…
** BlindWithoutEm: … He can't 'see' his way through Limbo without it otherwise.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: Teaches Dante that not all demons are bloodthirsty monsters.
* CoolOldGuy
* GadgeteerGenius: Self admitted.
* MrExposition: Infoms Dante of the Nephilim race that came before him and how they were wiped out.
* NobleDemon: More or less... we don't know how he was before, but he's certainly much less evil than the other demons we meet in the game.
** He calls Dante his master, implying he's still loyal to Sparda's family.
* RealityWarper: To an extent, he can remake platforms and bridges with his eye, which allow Dante to proceed forward.
* UndyingLoyalty: To Sparda, even calling Dante "My master".

[[/folder]]