A compilation of the characters from the ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe series''. '''[[ByThePowerOfGreyskull HENSHIN]]-[[CatchPhrase A-GO-GO, BABY]]!'''
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!Heroes
[[folder:Main Characters]]
!!'''Joe Black/Viewtiful Joe'''
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The main hero of the series, Joe was an average person till he took Silvia to the movies. After Silvia is kidnapped, Joe is similarly taken into Movieland where the spirit of Captain Blue trains him to become Viewtiful Joe.

-->Voiced by: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (games), Creator/TomokazuSeki (anime, JP), Jason Palmer (anime, EN), Luis Enrique Poján (anime, LA)

* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Mainly because he wants to be as great a hero as Captain Blue.
* AmazonChaser: It's implied quite a few times in the second game that he finds his girlfriend's badassery and bravado extremely attractive.
* AppropriatedAppellation:
** Gets his title of Viewtiful Joe from Alastor's admiration of his skills after their fight in Chapter 5. Sort of. Alastor actually said "Beautiful!", though Joe [[MondegreenGag mishears it]] and the rest is history. The player themselves might as well, as the music drowns it out. You can hear the word more clearly on the official soundtrack (where most of the tracks are preceded by lines from the game).
** In an early episode of the anime, Joe similarly adopts it when he mishears Alastor describing his powers as "beautiful" out of astonishment.
* AscendedFanboy: Just a normal HenshinHero fan until he got a chance to become one himself.
* BadassAndChildDuo: With Captain Blue Jr.
* BadassFamily: More or less. [[spoiler:His father (Jet), mother (Junko), and sister (Jasmine) all have (or at least temporarily possessed) Henshin powers. His girlfriend (Silvia) is also a super-powered heroine, as is her father, Captain Blue. Depending on the canonicity of the extra storylines in the first game (don't cross your fingers), the same would apply for Goldie (Silvia's twin sister) and Ivory (Blue's wife and Silvia's mother).]]
* BattleCouple: With Silvia.
* BerserkButton: Threatening Joe's friends is a ''really'' bad idea. [[spoiler:Jadow learns this multiple times during the anime.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: See above. He's a cool guy, but messing with his friends and especially his girlfriend are a good way to get on his short list for receiving a butt-kicking.
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Jasmine in ''Double Trouble!''
* BulletTime: VFX Slow.
* ButNotTooForeign: A likely possibility, judging by appearances. Joe's father is Caucasian, while his mother is Asian; Joe seems to have inherited his hair color and facial features from Jet's side of the family.
* CallingYourAttacks: The tutorial for each of Joe's VFX powers has him calling out the name the first time he activates it.
* CartoonBomb: Shocking Pink. As a ShoutOut, he whistles the theme song from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros1'' in the original while juggling the bomb on his foot, though this was cut from the [=PS2=] port and in the sequels.
* ChickMagnet: Apparently gets lots of girls, [[ClingyJealousGirl which ticks Silvia off to no end]].
* ChivalrousPervert:
** [[spoiler:Junko]] reveals to Silvia in ''Double Trouble!'' that Joe's been skirt-chasing behind her back on a few occasions. Silvia does not enjoy this fact one bit.
** Joe showed some tendencies for this back in the second game, where he continued to hit on Miss Bloody Rachel ''in front of'' Silvia. It's only through Silvia's continued threats (of both the verbal and physical variety) that Joe keeps himself in check.
** He also has shades of it in the anime, where he's even ''more'' enthusiastic about heroics if there are pretty girls involved, gives Jr. advice on attracting the ladies, and has at least one princess fall for him.
* CombinationAttack: [[SwitchOutMove Viewtiful Touch]] in ''2''. The second stage move creates [[HeartSymbol a giant heart]] that [[ThePowerOfLove damages all enemies on-screen]]. The third and final stage is [[WaveMotionGun Six Cannon]].
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* CoolHelmet: Bright red with a golden V-shaped crest.
* CoolPlane: Six Machine in its default mode. It can also [[TransformingMecha assume the form of]] a [[CoolCar car]], [[ThisIsADrill subterrine drill]], [[CoolBoat submarine]], and [[{{BFG}} bazooka]].
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Delivers an epic one in the anime to Charles III, Hulk Davidson, and Gran Bruce after Blue Jr.'s HeroicSacrifice.]]
* DoppelgangerAttack: Mach Speed causes doubles of Joe to attack other enemies and even items in the background (which is necessary for acquiring certain pick-ups).
* DumbassNoMore: Mainly due to CharacterDevelopment.
* {{Expy}}:
** His costume is heavily based on Series/KaiketsuZubat, especially how his mask closes before boss battles and the scarf. This is on purpose; Joe is a parody and shout-out to old Tokusatsu shows such as the aforementioned ''Zubat'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider''.
** In addition to Zubat, Joe is possibly an expy of [[VideoGame/MegaMan2 Quick Man]]. Roll's win quote against him in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom'' pokes fun of the similarities by having her ask if Joe is {{cosplay}}ing him.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Joe to Silvia.
* FastForwardMechanic: VFX Mach Speed.
* FragileSpeedster: Early on in the games, and especially in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''. He moves quickly, but his basic attacks are weak and he only has between 3 and 5 hearts depending on the difficulty. In V-Rated and Ultra V-Rated difficulty, that's ''{{one hit|PointWonder}}'' if you aren't on NewGamePlus.
* FriendToAllChildren: His relationship with Blue Jr. as well his interactions with younger children prove this.
* GeniusDitz: Possibly. Besides [[GenreSavvy his knowledge of how movies and their characters work]] and his surprising talents when it comes to the martial arts, Joe also was able to [[spoiler:repair Miss Bloody Rachel after Dr. Cranken pulled the plug on her]].
* GenreSavvy: Justified, he is a huge moviegoer.
* GlassCannon: Early on, Joe qualifies for this until his health is increased enough. He can finish mooks off in one hit with a Zoomed In Slow punch if they're stunned, but also doesn't take much damage before losing a life.
* HenshinHero: Changes from a dedicated movie nerd into a superhero with all the powers based on filmography.
* HeroWorshipper: To Captain Blue, [[spoiler:[[BrokenPedestal until the final battle of the first game]].]] [[spoiler:Once Blue returns to the side of good, [[RebuiltPedestal Joe goes right back to idolizing him]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: Averted in the game upon discovering [[spoiler:King Blue's true identity]], played straight in the anime.
* HiddenDepths: Apparently has enough technical know-how to [[spoiler:repair Miss Rachel after she's damaged by Dr. Cranken]].
* HumongousMecha: Six Majin, and later Six-Six.
* IdiotHero: In the anime. Downplayed in later episodes.
* JackOfAllStats: When at max health upgrade, Joe becomes this depending on the difficulty, or compared to Silvia. He can take more damage than her and is good all around in strength, speed, and defense.
* JumpedAtTheCall: The shock of being dragged into Movieland lasts about five seconds before he starts geeking out about getting his own V-Watch.
* LadyAndKnight: The Knight to Silvia's Lady. The dynamic lessens a bit by the end of the first game, whereupon Joe and Silvia graduate to BattleCouple status.
* LargeHam: He enthusiastically embraces his role as a HenshinHero, with all the hammy dialogue and posing that entails. For just the most obvious example, his [[ByThePowerOfGreyskull transformation phrase]] is actually just the traditional "Henshin." He just likes to add to it because he's that enthusiastic about it.
* LetsGetDangerous: Joe doesn't exactly qualify for CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, but he isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the box at times either. However, his playful banter and laid-back nature belies a cunning and fierce warrior (thanks in part to being ''very'' GenreSavvy in regards to superhero movies) when the time calls for it.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Joe's parents are [[spoiler:The Black Emperor of Gedow and Queen Heinderella of Madow]], respectively.
* NiceGuy: Other than his philandering, he's kind to everyone until they give him a reason not to be. Though he is a bit of a smack-talker, too.
* OneOfTheKids: Joe was a fanboy who watched action films with his girl.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: According to supplemental materials and ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's a little on the short side compared to human characters like Captain Blue or Jet Black, and especially non-human characters, most of which are at least twice his size. This gets even more pronounced in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3'', where he's half the size of even normal humanoid characters.
* PlayingWithFire:
** Red Hot Kick when Zoomed in, thus becoming the [[ShapingYourAttacks Dragon Kick/Red Hot Dragon Kick/Spiral Dragon Kick/Fire Drill]].
** Mach Speed, [[BattleAura once Joe gets going]].
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: Well, ''Voomerang''. In ''Double Trouble!'', this is replaced by the V.F.O. ([[FunWithAcronyms Viewtiful Flying Object]]), which instead [[RayGun fires lasers]].
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni to Captain Blue, Sexy Silvia, and Captain Blue Jr.'s Blue. [[ColourCodedCharacters They even wear the appropriate colors.]]
* {{Robosexual}}: A possibility, given his admiration of Miss Bloody Rachel in ''2''. Curiously enough, it's ''Silvia'' who gets the SayMyName moment when [[spoiler:Rachel gets her fuse blown]] (though that might have been for the sake of "drama" given all the movie conventions that get parodied in-series), rushes to Rachel's side after she's defeated, and even hugs the android upon [[spoiler:Joe's repair job]].
* ScarfOfAsskicking: A ''[[RealMenWearPink pink]]'' one that's long enough to double as a BadassCape. Also functions as a ''Franchise/KamenRider'' ShoutOut.
* ShoutOut: His Red Hot Kick (normally) is the [[Franchise/KamenRider Rider Kick]] (the Red Hot Dragon Kick is instead based on [[Anime/NeoHumanCasshern Casshern's Flying Drill]]), while his costume's design (as well as his helmet's visor closing) is a homage to {{toku}} series ''Series/KaiketsuZubat''.
* SuperSpeed: Mach Speed.
* SwitchOutMove: His and Silvia's Viewtiful Touch moves in ''2''.
* TooSlow: His dodge quote is an appropriately mocking "You're too slow!"
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cheeseburgers in the anime; in the games, they recover his health.
* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:He displays this in the anime after Blue Jr.'s HeroicSacrifice.]]
* ThisIsUnforgivable:
** His reaction to [[spoiler:Dr. Cranken taking Rachel offline by zapping her]]. He doesn't utter a peep (besides an "Eat me!" in unison with Silvia), but [[FistOfRage his violently shaking fist]] makes it quite clear Joe is ''not'' pleased by this development.
** When [[spoiler:Jadow captures and nearly kills Blue Jr.]]
* WouldHitAGirl: Joe has no problem fighting female opponents, [[spoiler:like the Jadow agent who impersonated Silvia in the anime]]. In the games, this list goes on to include Miss Bloody Rachel, Vanilla/Alter Woman, and even [[spoiler:''his own mother'', although to be fair to Joe, he didn't know Queen Heinderella's real identity at the time]].
* YoungerThanTheyLook[=/=]VagueAge: Despite what his looks and demeanor may lead you to believe, not to mention the overall art style, according to supplementary materials, Joe is in fact a high school teenager. This is backed up by [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder Cheerleader]] (confirmed by WordOfGod to be none other than Silvia) being only 19 years old (although a university student, possibly hinting at ''[=TW101=]'' happening in the series' future).

!!'''[[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Silvianne]] "Silvia" [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Lumière]][=/=]Sexy Silvia'''
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The female lead of the series; DamselInDistress in the first, ActionGirl in the second. She has a very close relationship with Joe, even though his fanboyism for Captain Blue movies leaves a lot to be desired for Silvia's romantic moments. [[spoiler:It turns out she's Captain Blue's daughter and hasn't seen him in a long time.]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/CristinaPucelli (games), Creator/NatsukoKuwatani (anime, JP), Creator/PhileceSampler (anime, EN), Lileana Chacón (anime, LA)

* ActionGirl: [[DamselInDistress Not in the first game]], but ''definitely'' in the second.
* AllGuysWantCheerleaders: Silvia's superhero uniform has this motif and [[DistractedByTheSexy she's able to weaponize her charms quite effectively while transformed]].
* AlliterativeName: '''S'''exy '''S'''ilvia.
* BadassInANiceSuit: But only in the first game. Canonically speaking, she didn't gain her VFX powers until the end of the game and promptly discarded her suit for new threads in ''2''.
* BattleCouple: With Joe.
* BerserkButton: [[ClingyJealousGirl Silvia doesn't take kindly to Joe flirting with other women.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: When she sees the second Great Threat to Earth is upon them, she demands a V-Watch so she can team up with Joe.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: Called Go-Go Silvia in the English dub of the anime. Guess what else Go-Go means.
* CallingYourAttacks: Just like Joe, calls out her powers when they activate.
* CanonWelding: She's apparently the same person as Wonder-Cheerleader from ''VideoGame/TheWonderful101'', making her semi-canon full name Silvianne Lumière.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: A brief recount of [[spoiler:Jet's StartOfDarkness]] in ''2'' and a scene in the Anime adaptation shows that Joe and Silvia have known each other since they were kids.
* CombatStilettos: Both in and out of her Henshin attire.
%%* CoolHelmet
%%* CovertPervert: Hinted at in the anime.
* DaddysGirl: As a little girl, she looked up to him as a hero [[DisappearedDad until he disappeared]]. [[spoiler:And doesn't take long to fall back into that after his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DamselInDistress: In the first game's main story, though she's an unlockable character, and is eventually [[PromotedToPlayable promoted to full-on deuteragonist in the sequel]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Especially in ''2'', where she has just as many snipes at the bosses as Joe does.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Elevates to this status in ''2''.
* DisappearedDad: Which presumably left Silvia (and Goldie) to be raised by Ivory. [[spoiler:Her father just so happens to be the hero of the movie Joe and Silvia are watching at the beginning of the first game, explaining why Silvia [[{{Foreshadowing}} remarks on how strangely familiar Captain Blue is]].]]
* DistractedByTheSexy:
** How her version of Zoom works in ''2''. Instead of striking a heroic/macho pose that stops foes in their tracks like Joe does, [[http://guidesmedia.ign.com/guides/678429/images/vj2_02_basics_07.jpg Silvia decides to take the cheesecake approach,]] all the while slyly holding a hand up to her mouth [[TheFakeCutie so as to feign innocence]].
** This also factors into her standard dodging. When she dodges enough of an enemy's attacks to leave them dizzy, they will have hearts or angels [[CirclingBirdies circling above their head]] instead of the stars left by Joe. This has the effect of leaving them dizzy for far longer than Joe.
* DualWielding: [[GunsAkimbo Her guns]] and [[PomPomGirl pom-poms]].
* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Retroactively suggested to be of French descent if her surname given in ''The Wonderful 101'' (Lumière) is to be taken into account.
* FirstGirlWins: Despite Joe's ChickMagnet and ChivalrousPervert status, in the end he only has eyes for Silvia. And as stated elsewhere, [[ChildhoodFriendRomance they've been close since childhood]].
* FragileSpeedster: As an unlockable character in the first game she's faster than Joe, but takes twice as much damage. On Harder difficulties, she becomes a GlassCannon. Ultra V-Rated is one or two hits, and your dead mode.
* GirlyGirl: She's very girly and romantic with a lot of typically feminine interests. In the anime, she really doesn't mind being kidnapped too much [[ThinksLikeARomanceNovel if it means she gets to be rescued by her boyfriend like a fairytale princess.]]
* GenkiGirl: Excitedly announces the start of each stage.
-->''Let's GET IT ON!''
* GenreSavvy: Being the daughter of [[spoiler:Great Director Blue]], she has a pretty good understanding of the villains she and Joe fight.
* TheGunslinger: Replaces Joe's punch with guns hidden in her pom-poms, [[NamedWeapons called Desperado]].
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Sweet, kind, and forgiving.
* HeartSymbol: Seen inside of the bullets fired from her guns.
* HenshinHero: Just like Joe, gets a V-Watch that gives her the power of a movie hero.
* HotLibrarian: She initially has all the characteristics for this.
* InconsistentSpelling: Frequently misspelled as S'''y'''lvia, including on [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]. Even ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' makes this mistake.
* LadyAndKnight: The Lady to Joe's Knight.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Light to Sprocket's Dark.
* LongHairIsFeminine: Her hair extends from her helmet as a ponytail in her HenshinHero form, and sits a little past shoulder-length in her default form.
* MsFanservice: Wears a cheerleader-inspired costume with a go-go skirt and thigh-high boots.
* MultiTakeCut[=/=]RepeatCut: Replay, which repeats any single action twice upon hit, thereby causing her attacks to land [[RuleOfThree three times]] in total for triple the damage.
* NerdsAreSexy: This is why she's called [[MeaningfulName Sexy Silvia]].
* PinkMeansFeminine: Her civilian attire starting in ''2''.
* PomPomGirl: As part of her superhero identity being styled after a cheerleader. ''2'' goes the extra mile by having Silvia wave 'em around like an actual cheerleader would [[IdleAnimation when idle]].
* RedBoxingGloves: Un-henshined, her guns are replaced by boxing glove guns.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Joe's Red Oni.
* RuleOfThree: Her Replay ability, which repeats an attack three times, complete with dramatic zooms each time. However, this ability can potentially [[HoistByHisOwnPetard backfire on her]]; if Silvia takes damage while Replay is active, ''she'll'' be on the receiving end of whatever attack/stage hazard hit her three times, which can spell danger in many instances.
* SheCleansUpNicely: In the anime, she is forced to marry [[spoiler:Alastor]] until Joe arrives and stops the wedding at the last moment. Her [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple purple wedding dress]] even becomes regular Silvia's EX costume in ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* ShockAndAwe: [[DivingKick Cool Blue Kick]] when Zoomed in (also known as the [[ShapingYourAttacks Lighting Drill]]), as well as the [[BattleAura aftereffects]] of Replay.
* ShoutOut: Cool Blue Kick? Silvia must have been a fan of [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIII Remy]]. [[note]]The corresponding attack is named '''Cold''' Blue Kick in ''3rd Strike'', though Silvia's posturing during said kick is identical to Remy's.[[/note]]
* SiblingTeam: With [[ThemeTwinNaming her twin sister Goldie]], exclusive to the first game.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Despite the perpetual PantyShot (either that or UnderwearOfPower; Silvia's undergarments are clearly visible underneath her skirt assuming she's not just wearing a [[LeotardOfPower leotard]]), her default costume is actually modest. During boss battles, however, the getup turns into a midriff-baring bikini-and- hot pants combo.
* SwitchOutMove: See Joe's entry.
%%* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel
* ThirdPersonSeductress: Yep, especially when you set the game to Adult. (See DistractedByTheSexy for more details.)
* TookALevelInBadass: In the games when she becomes Sexy Silvia, and in the anime when [[spoiler:she attacks Sprocket when she threatens Joe]].
* TrueBlueFemininity: Can alternatively be UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue to some people.
%%* {{Tsundere}}
* {{Twincest}}: Heavily... uh... implied with her twin sister Goldie, but only if you chose Silvia in the first game. Seems to be a consequence of using the same animations and music in the cutscenes rather than any intentional implication.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Threatens to mess up Frost Tiger far, ''far'' worse than Joe wrecked Fire Leo in the previous game if he lays even one finger on her little Joe. Even Joe is unnerved... for all of two or three seconds, [[AmazonChaser whereupon he finds his girlfriend's bravado deeply attractive]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Tells Joe he "was so busy showing off, he hardly even thought about (her)" when he reaches her at the end of Scene 5 in the first game.
* WomenAreWiser: After joining Joe in ''2'', she's the one with answers when he has questions.
* YoungerThanTheyLook[=/=]VagueAge: Like Joe, her looks and demeanor combined with the series' art style may lead you to believe she's an adult woman when in actuality she should be a teenager since according to supplementary materials Joe is a high schooler and ''[=VJ2=]'' confirms they've known each other as far back as when they were small children. [[VideoGame/TheWonderful101 Wonder-Cheerleader]] (confirmed by WordOfGod to be Silvia) being 19 years old backs this (although she's a university student, which could be a hint at the game happening in the series' future).

!!'''Captain Blue Jr.'''
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A CanonImmigrant from the anime who later got to be in ''Red Hot Rumble'', Jr. was meant to succeed Captain Blue as the role of a super hero, but Joe just happened to become TheChosenOne instead, much to Jr.'s dismay. Not wanting to feel forgotten, Jr. is very knowledgeable in the ways of becoming a hero (unlike Joe) and so he tasks himself to make Joe do what he ''needs'' to do besides goofing off, specifically saving Silvia. At the start of the second season, Jr. does get a V-Watch, or rather, [[KillerYoyo V-Yoyos]].

-->Voiced by: Creator/TaraStrong (''Red Hot Rumble''), Makoto Tsumura (anime, JP), Katie Leigh (anime, EN), Maythe Guedes (anime, LA)

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Tends to be more mature than Joe.
* AscendedFanboy: Gains V Yo-yos that let him legitimately transform.
* BadassAdorable: Just as capable as Joe or Silvia, but slightly weaker and smaller due to his age.
* BadassAndChildDuo: With Joe.
* BlowYouAway: His Tornado attacks.
* CanonImmigrant: Sort of: He was introduced in the anime and ported into the games through ''Red Hot Rumble.'' However, ''RHR'' seems to be an adaptation of the anime rather than part of the actual existing video game series.
%%* ChildProdigy
%%* CoolHelmet
* GiantRobotHandsSaveLives: [[spoiler:Luckily, he's saved by Six-Six at the last moment.]]
* HenshinHero: Transforms with his yo-yos, though he only really gains a helmet since he's already running around in a Captain Blue costume.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When he's captured by Jadow and used as a hostage to make Joe surrender, he chooses to throw himself off of a bridge so Joe wouldn't be forced with making the decision to save him at the cost of Joe's safety. Joe understandably did ''not'' take this well.]]
* HeroWorshipper: To Captain Blue.
%%* HypercompetentSidekick
* KidHero: The youngest of the group by far. Joe and Silvia are in their 20's; Blue Jr. is maybe 10.
* KidSidekick: To Joe in the anime.
* KillerYoYo: Uses a pair of them for mid-ranged attacks.
* TheLancer: By virtue of being the StraightMan[=/=]OnlySaneMan[=/=]TheComicallySerious to Joe's more hyper antics.
* LegacyCharacter: To Captain Blue.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Joe's Red.
* SarcasticDevotee: No matter how much Jr. bemoans Joe's brand of heroics, he's always got Joe's back.
%%* ServileSnarker
%%* ShorterMeansSmarter
* YouthfulFreckles: Has a smattering of spots around his nose.
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[[folder:Captain Blue '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!'''Captain Blue Lumière'''

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The titular hero of the Captain Blue movie that Joe and Silvia watch. After being defeated by the movie's villain, his spirit lives on to teach Joe the ways of becoming a super hero. But the truth is a bit more complicated. Blue is actually a once acclaimed film director whose movies were forgotten as a fad. As if to answer his desire to create heroes, he was [[TrappedInTVLand sucked into one of his own movies]] and given the chance to become a hero. But as time passed, [[TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget he began to forget his wife and daughter as evil began to take root in his heart.]] Bitter from how the world forgot him as well as disillusioned with the fleeting nature of his heroism in Movieland, he turned into the villain of the movie. In the first game, his evil persona King Blue kidnaps Silvia, [[LukeIAmYourFather his daughter]], as part of a plan to escape Movieland and enact his revenge. Joe does bring him to his senses and Blue returns to normal, only to be rendered inactive for the majority of the second game due to being turned into one of the seven Rainbow Oscars.

-->Voiced by: Creator/GreggBerger (games), Creator/BanjoGinga (anime, JP), Creator/BobPapenbrook (anime, EN [ep. 1-21]), [[Creator/PaulStPeter George C. Cole]] (anime, EN [ep. 23-26]), Héctor Indriago (anime, LA)

* {{Acrofatic}}: Old Captain Blue and his big belly.
* BadassCape: The only (canonical) character who wears one. Captain Blue Jr. wears one in emulation of him.
* BattleAura: Shock Blue until he is staggered; his aura disappearing is the tell to go on the offensive.
* BattleCouple: With Ivory, but only at the end of Blue's scenario in the first game.
* BigGood: [[BigBad Until the end of the first game]]. [[HeelFaceTurn Returns to the role]] once he's cleansed of the evil in his heart, though [[LivingMacGuffin he's turned into one of the seven Rainbow Oscars]] shortly after.
* BishonenLine: After defeating his monstrous King Blue form, the FinalBoss fight is against Captain Blue in his prime.
* BrokenAce: This also leads to his StartOfDarkness. After losing his leading actress in a car accident he survived, his movies didn't have the same zing anymore and he became disheartened. Then people stopped watching hero movies, and he was sucked into one of them. Being separated from reality for so long after such tragedy pushed him over the edge.
* BrokenPedestal: Joe is left in shock when he finds out that the hero he idolized had become a supervillain, with it sending him into a HeroicBSOD in the anime. However, after duking it out, Captain Blue comes back to his senses, leading to the pedestal [[RebuiltPedestal being rebuilt]].
* CallingYourAttacks: More prominently, his "CAPTAIN BLUE KICK!"
* ColorCharacter: As stated in his name, his design is dominated by the color blue.
%%* CoolHelmet
* CoolOldGuy: Old enough to sport grey hair and a beer gut, but can still put up a good fight.
* DemonicPossession: In Dante's storyline, his fall from grace is what allows Mundus to possess him.
* FallenHero: He was a filmmaker known for his superhero movies, and he eventually took up the role himself after getting sucked into Movieland. Unfortunately, his time isolated from the real world eventually drove him insane, and he turned into a supervillain bent on making the real world pay for forgetting about him.
* TheGoodCaptain: It's in his title, though he ironically is only shown commanding people during his stint as a villain, making it an inversion.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: On his helmet, [[EyeScream courtesy of Hulk Davidson]] (or, in the anime, the Black Emperor).
* GratuitousJapanese: In ''Red Hot Rumble'', Blue will [[CallingYourAttacks call out]] his [[GroundPound air-to-ground stomp]], shouting "Hisatsu!"
* HenshinHero: Just like Joe and Silvia after him, he is a superhero who transforms from a normal man into a costumed hero with the transformation phrase "Henshin!". Unlike them, the only time he's seen in his civilian form is in flashbacks.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Dante's final battle against Captain Blue is this, as Captain Blue was possessed by Mundas in that storyline.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Backstory divulged in ''2'' and ''Double Trouble!'' shows that Joe and Silvia's families were more closely linked than one might have guessed. Blue not only was friends with and an extensive working partner of Jet (who showed Blue's films in his theater, even when Blue was a fledgling director), but he collaborated numerous times with renowned movie starlet Junko, Joe's mother. Joe and Silvia most likely [[ChildhoodFriendRomance have known each other since childhood,]] and it appears that Jet, after discovering the Black Film, may have even given custody of Joe to Blue (who was present for Jet's StartOfDarkness) for some time. This is even hinted at in the Anime adaption, where Silvia mentioned in the first episode that Joe has been collecting Captain Blue action figures since childhood.
* LargeHam: Not actually in his hero persona, who's more of a relaxed ColdHam, but ''definitely'' once he reveals himself as King Blue, where he stands imposingly while making grandiose speeches.
* LukeIAmYourFather: To Silvia, although there are a few hints dropped beforehand.
* TheMentor: Gives Joe his V-Watch and periodically tests him, usually right after Joe gains a new power.
* MirrorBoss: When fighting him, he has moves similar to Joe and some of the exact same powers. Mach Speed, his version of Red Hot Kick called Blue Cool Cick, and a few punch and kick moves. This even more apparent when playing as Silvia or Captain Blue himself, when they become playable.
* MightyGlacier: Unlocked after beating Ultra V-Rated, Blue becomes playable. He moves the slowest, and can't see death markers, no matter the difficulty. To make up for this, he's stronger than Joe or Silvia, and can fly in the air in Henshin form.
* NotQuiteFlight: Can hover in the air at any time during a jump and is able to move in a straight line while doing so. This comes at the expense of the ability to DoubleJump, but in exchange, Captain Blue's grounded jump is [[InASingleBound really high]].
* OldSuperhero: At least in his 50's.
* PassingTheTorch: To Joe, as his Captain Blue persona was defeated by King Blue at the beginning of the game. It's ambiguous as to whether or not King Blue was his EnemyWithin[=/=]EnemyWithout or if he was FightingFromTheInside.
* PhysicalGod: Technically, as the director of the film that Movieland's made of.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Joe's Red.
* ShockAndAwe: [[LightningFireJuxtaposition Has lightning power in contrast to Joe's fire.]] Silvia gains it in ''2''.
* SpiritAdvisor: To Joe in the first game. To a degree, anyway.
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: As King Blue. Becomes gigantic and gains new powers after falling to darkness, possibly as a result of the Black Film.
* TrappedInTVLand: He turns out to be from the real world as well but got sucked into one of his movies for unexplained reasons. He eventually went insane after being divorced from the real world for so long.
* VocalEvolution: Instead the mellow, sagely old man take present in the first two games, Creator/GreggBerger voices Captain Blue with a HotBlooded and much gruffer tone in ''Red Hot Rumble''. Unsurprisingly, he sounds almost exactly like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Jecht]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Joe's Family]]
!!'''Jet Black'''
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An old friend of Silvia's dad who used to work together with him, father to Joe. He is the one who actually owns the cinema Joe and Silvia attend and helps the couple against the Gedow Empire.

-->Voiced by: Creator/KeithSzarabajka (games), Creator/JurotaKosugi (anime, EN), Carlos Vitale (anime, LA)

* EightiesHair: Has a bit of a mullet going on.
* BumblingDad: Fumbles with the projector film between chapters.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Doesn't open his eyes at all. [[spoiler:Until he transforms into the Dark Hero.]]
%%* CoolSword
* DrunkWithPower: [[spoiler:After obtaining the Black Film.]]
* FaceFramedInShadow: A brief clip after Dr. Cranken is defeated and Joe entrusts six of the [[MacGuffin Rainbow Oscars]] to Jet shows him with such as he stares at the ominously glowing Oscars in silence, serving as a rather blatant hint that there's much, ''much'' more to Jet than meets the eye.
* HenshinHero: [[spoiler:Even as the ''main antagonist'', his goal is to become a hero so he can get the same attention that Blue and Junko did, so Joe would look up to him like he did as a kid. He just had to send an army to Earth to do it...]]
* LivingWithTheVillain: Turns out that [[spoiler:the Black Emperor's best chance at getting the Rainbow Oscars was to simply bide his time from outside the silver screen and gather them up in one fell swoop after Joe and Silvia did all of the hard work.]]
* MissionControl: Helps Joe and Silvia from the real world. Or tries to, anyway.
%%* NiceGuy
%%* PermaStubble
* SharpDressedMan: [[spoiler:Technically a BadassInANiceSuit as well.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: See [[spoiler:"Leader of the Gedow"]].
* StartOfDarkness: Discovering the [[spoiler:Black Film and Black V-Watch]]. ''Double Trouble!'' implies that [[spoiler:the tragic loss of his wife was also a nudge in the wrong direction]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Wanted to be the ultimate hero for his son, but [[spoiler:was corrupted by the Black Film into becoming the Black Emperor]].

!!'''Junko Black'''
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Joe and Jasmine's mother, a famous actress [[PosthumousCharacter who passed away long before the start of the series]].

-->Voiced by: Creator/HyndenWalch

* BackFromTheDead: Only [[spoiler:for a day, though]].
* HiddenPurposeTest: She returns from the dead and [[spoiler:becomes Queen Heinderella in ''Double Trouble!'' to test Joe and Jasmine and see how strong they've become.]]
%%* HolyHalo
* KimonoFanservice: An interesting example in that it's technically not Junko providing the fanservice. In ''Double Trouble!'' proper, Junko bares some skin by means of a CleavageWindow, [[DownplayedTrope but is otherwise as prim and proper as her artwork suggests]]. In the PSP version of ''Red Hot Rumble'', however, Sprocket's EX color allows her cosplay as Junko, with [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/capcomdatabase/images/d/dc/RHR_Sprocket_Junko.png the corresponding artwork]] showing Junko looking coy and with her robes lowered to expose her shoulders, possibly in the middle of a striptease.
* KimonoIsTraditional: Being the only character in the series with a Japanese name, her appearance seems to be based on the YamatoNadeshiko archetype.
* MissingMom: Unfortunately, [[PosthumousCharacter she is no longer with the family]]. [[spoiler:In fact, her death via an untimely car crash is implied to be [[PlotTriggeringDeath a main contributing factor]] in her husband Jet [[StartOfDarkness going off the deep edge]].]]
* ParasolOfPrettiness: Carries a small rice-paper parasol with her to go with her kimono.
%%* RavenHairIvorySkin
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: See [[spoiler:"Leader of the Madow"]]. [[spoiler:Subverted in that Junko was merely playing the role and is revealed to be GoodAllAlong alongside the rest of Madow.]]

!!'''Jasmine Black'''
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Joe's little, slightly mature sister and Jet's daughter who wishes to become a great actress like her mother. In ''Double Trouble!'', she is just starting her career until Madow steals the film. Instead of letting Joe handle things, she gives chase.

-->Voiced by: Creator/HyndenWalch

* ActionGirl: Shows shades of this during her playable section. She's just a female Joe except with a frisbee and no hero outfit. [[spoiler:She obtains her own V-Watch at the epilogue, though.]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Joe in ''Double Trouble!''
* ButNotTooForeign: Being the daughter of Jet and Junko, she's half Japanese but, like Joe, better resembles her father.
%%* CombatStilettos: [[spoiler:In Hero Mode.]]
%%* CoolHelmet: [[spoiler:In Hero Mode.]]
%%* CoolShades
%%* EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:By the time of the epilogue.]]
* GenerationXerox: [[spoiler:Desires to become a great actress like the legendary film starlet Junko, who is revealed to be her and Joe's mother at endgame.]]
* GirlishPigtails: Keeps her hair up in two short, pointed tails.
* HenshinHero: At the end of ''Double Trouble!''
* TheMedic: Can be spotted in the background of most of Joe's stages, where she provides cheeseburgers to help replenish her bro's health.
* ModestyShorts: Under her skirt, of course. This is somewhat easier to see with [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/capcomdatabase/images/5/51/RHR_Silvia_Jasmine.png the artwork]] for Silvia's EX color in the PSP version of ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* PluckyGirl: Overlapping with ActionGirl and BadassNormal. Even without powers, Jasmine actually fights her way through the third level (with the help of Vanilla) before ultimately being captured. She's shown to be as skilled at martial arts as Joe is, believe it or not. Even ''when'' captured, [[DamselOutOfDistress she still manages to help out Joe from the sidelines]], up to and including the final battle.
%%* SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack
* SiblingRivalry: Her interactions with Joe in ''Double Trouble!'' hint at this, [[AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther but she really does care for her big bro underneath all of the bickering]].
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Silvia's Girly Girl.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Joe, who arguably deserves it most of the time.
* YouthfulFreckles: Has a face full of them to go with her red hair.
[[/folder]]

!Villains
[[folder:Jadow]]
!!'''Dark Fiend, Charles the 3rd'''
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-->Voiced by: Roger Rose (games), Mitsuru Ogata (anime, JP), Terrence Stone (anime, EN), Creator/LuisMiguelPerez (anime, LA)

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:For Sprocket, to the point of being a DoggedNiceGuy.]]
* BatOutOfHell: He's a noble vampire who controls hordes of the undead.
* BodyguardCrush: In the anime, he has one for [[spoiler:[[InterspeciesRomance Sprocket]]]].
* TheDandy: Both an evil and rebellious spin on the trope.
* EvilGenius: Thinks of himself this way, at any rate. The smartest of the first three bosses by far. Though the anime shows him as only being slightly less stupid than the others.
* InconsistentSpelling: Charles the 3rd, Charles the Third, and Charles III.
* OneToMillionToOne: Often splits into a large flock of bats after taking enough damage, though this doesn't prevent Joe from knocking around the bats to inflict more damage.
* ShapingYourAttacks: Can hurl sickles formed out of [[CastingAShadow dark energy]] at Joe.
* SpinAttack[=/=]ThisIsADrill: His main form of attack.
* UpperClassTwit: Dresses like an aristocrat, talks down to Joe for being "riff-raff", and portrayed in the anime to only be marginally less brain-dead than Hulk Davidson or Gran Bruce.

!!'''Iron Ogre, Hulk Davidson'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Dave Fennoy (games), Akimitsu Takase (anime, JP), Joe Cooker (anime, EN), Carlos Vitale (anime, LA)

* AccentAdaptation: In the games, he has a thick African-American accent, courtesy of Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson. The anime's English dub gives him a more Western-sounding accent with only a slight Southern drawl.
* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: While ''all'' of the first game's bosses appear and have spoken dialogue in the very first episode of the anime, Hulk takes the cake, being the first boss that Joe fights, though they do still fight in Charles III's mansion where the game's first boss battle takes place.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: [[AchillesHeel His toe]] is his [[WeaksauceWeakness weakness]] in the anime.
* BadassBiker: Wears biker gear into battle, and has several motorcycles on display in his office. The anime shows him actually riding one, too.
* BraggartBoss:
-->'''Hulk Davidson:''' "You know who I am? ''You know who I am''? [[BadassBoast I'm the one who put that scar on Captain Blue's face. And you'll be lucky if you get away with your life, boy!]]"
* TheBrute: The largest and most direct of the Jadow bosses, he smashes with his axe and bull charges and jumps around the arena. Unlike any of the other bosses, he doesn't appear to have any kind of elemental power.
* BullfightBoss: Hulk is a biker rhino that charges at you with no mercy. Dodging his ramming attack will cause him to slam into the far wall, stunning Hulk and leaving him open to attack while he's dazed.
* CoolHelmet: Well, he ''is'' a biker.
* DreadfulMusician: "DAAAAAVIDSON IS IN THE HOUSE!! HULK DAVIDSON IS BORN TO BE WIIIIIIIILD!! Hehehe..."
* DumbMuscle: Not touched on much in the game except for his brutishness, but the anime makes him out to be barely functional.
* LargeHam: His singing and boisterous attitude make him the hammiest villain in the game.
* NotInTheFace: [[HypocriticalHumor Uttered by the guy who gave Blue his scar, no less!]]
* RhinoRampage: See BullfightBoss.
* ShoutOut:
** He's named after the Harley Davidson brand of motorcycles, and possibly ''ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk'' due to his large stature and green skin.
** "So what's with the [[TransformationTrinket V-Watch]] on your arm, man? What? You think you some kind of VideoGame/{{Mega Man|Classic}} or somethin'?"

!!'''Aquatic Terror, Gran Bruce'''
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-->Voiced by: Roger Rose (games), Shouto Kashii (anime, JP), Ross Lawrence (anime, EN), Sergio Pinto and Luis Miguel Pérez (anime, LA)

* AdaptationalIntelligence: While his Anime counterpart is depicted as a bumbler like Charles III & Hulk Davidson, most of his strategies when dealing with Joe & Blue Jr. come surprisingly close to succeeding (albeit through dumb luck). His sentences and general thought process are also noticeably more coherent, unlike his game counterpart.
* TheDitz:
--> '''Gran Bruce:''' "Oi! You best shut up, mate. Otherwise I'll chew yer hind quarters like a big stick of... of... thingy... uh... ah, you know the... uuuuuh..."
-->'''Joe:''' "Gum! G. U. M. Gum! {{Gosh|DarnItToHeck}}, do I have to spell it out on a chalkboard for you!?"
-->'''Gran Bruce:''' "Yeah, so?"
* DumbMuscle: The most scatterbrained of the group. Has a RunningGag of forgetting words, and occasionally forgetting what he was talking about.
--> '''Gran Bruce:''' "We need that girl for our dastardly plan to escape ''*dramatic pose*'' MOVIELAND! Hehehe... wot? And rule the... theeee... you know... UNIVERSE! ...I think."
* JawsFirstPersonPerspective: Before the boss battle.
* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Tells Joe Jadow's entire plan while stammering and stuttering, thinking about how to threaten him. Joe lampshades this.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: He is a shark, after all.
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: He can chomp onto Joe and shake him around.
* ThreateningShark: Of the Aussie variety.
* TopHeavyGuy: More than everyone else.

!!'''Inferno Lord, Fire Leo'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/KevinMichaelRichardson, Dave Fennoy (games), Creator/YojiUeda (anime, JP), Udel R. Deet (anime, EN), Daniel Jiménez (anime, LA)

* AdaptationalWimp: In the anime, he's essentially a FakeUltimateMook that actually puts up the least fight of any of the bosses from the game, despite, or arguably because, he's unanimously regarded as the hardest boss in the game.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Hinted that he was the former leader of Jadow.
* BattleAura: Leo emanates a blazing aura.
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He has an aura of fire that hurts you if you try to attack him directly. You get around this by igniting yourself with mach speed and giving yourself an even stronger aura of fire allowing you to punch through his.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' call him a dog if you know what's good for you.
* BreathWeapon: Classic fireballs from the mouth variant.
* CatsAreMean: Especially when mistaken for a dog.
* DegradedBoss: Type A. While he doesn't show up again for the rest of the game, Metal Leo enemies that fight identically to him are common enemies throughout the final chapter of the game.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Seems like the final boss as the head of Jadow. Then there's one more chapter after him.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Despite sharing a voice actor with Hulk Davidson, his voice is only beaten in the bass department by [[spoiler:King Blue]].
* FangsAreEvil: Looks less like a lion and more like a demon, with huge saber teeth and ears that look like twisted horns.
* FieryRedhead: Literally; his red mane is made of actual fire.
* FlamingHair: And it's not just for show, Joe actually takes damage if he touches it.
* LightningBruiser: Moves incredibly quickly, doing a spinning pirouette and slashing from it suddenly as his main attack. On top of that, he hits HARD. And the more damage he takes, the faster he runs around the arena between rounds.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Can use his shield to block attacks when not dizzied from dodging his attacks [[spoiler:or using his meteors against him, by attacking them with Mach Speed to build up a fiery aura to [[FightFireWithFire extinguish his]]]].
* PantheraAwesome: A giant lion whose mane is made of fire.
* PlayingWithFire: Breaths fire and launches flaming meteors into the arena.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red Oni compared to his Blue Oni brother, Frost Tiger.
* SiblingTeam: With Frost Tiger in ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* SpinAttack: If you manage to successfully dodge all of his swipes, Fire Leo will be dizzied for a time.
* WeCanRuleTogether: He offers to let Joe join Jadow as a commander, and offers him half of the real world once they've conquered it. And he throws in the release of Silvia as a bonus.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leader of the Jadow '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!'''Almighty Leader, King Blue Lumiere'''

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-->Voiced by: GreggBerger (games), José Méndez (anime, LA)

* AGodAmI: Wants to escape Movieland and take over the real world as supreme ruler. His title card says it best: ''Omnipotent'' King Blue.
* BattleAura: An electrified one, no less.
* BeamSpam: One of his attacks involves covering the entire area in lasers that fire up from the floor, except one narrow spot just wide enough for Six Majin.
* BigBad: In ''Viewtiful Joe''.
* BishonenLine: His full power mode (and the FinalBoss) is the younger Captain Blue.
* BossBanter:
--> "I WILL SNAP YOUR FOOLISH LITTLE IDEALS IN HALF! HAHAHAHA!"
* BossRemix: "The Omnipotent" begins with an orchestral and very foreboding remix of the jingle that starts off every boss encounter. Also, compare "Blue the Justice" (the theme of Captain Blue during your sparring matches with him) to "Blue the True Hero" (the theme of Young Captain Blue, the final boss).
* BrokenPedestal: To Joe when he finds out that Captain Blue was behind the entire plot.
%%* ColorCharacter
%%* TheDreaded
* EvilCounterpart: To Joe, in that he received his powers and also is from of the real world.
* EvilLaugh: Almost all of his lines are followed by a maniacal laugh.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a baritone that rivals Fire Leo.
* FallenHero: He's Captain Blue, having gone insane from being trapped in Movieland for so long.
* FreudianExcuse: He was once a renowned filmmaker who wanted to show people the value of heroism, only to be left by the wayside and forgotten after superhero movies became seen as old hat. While in this dark period of his life, he was suddenly sucked into one of his movies, where he got to live out the role of the hero. However, his time in Movieland caused him to lose touch with reality, twisting his mind as he became consumed with vengeful anger towards those in the real world who had tossed him aside, leading him to plot to escape back into the real world with his new army of evil minions.
* {{Flight}}: Under no circumstances whatsoever will this boss touch the ground.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[EyeScream The exact same one as Captain Blue.]]
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: Until he is finally revealed, in true {{Toku}} tradition.
* HeelFaceTurn: After beating him, Blue returns to his original role as TheMentor.
* HenshinHero: Inverted; he's a Henshin ''Villain'', secretly being Captain Blue in disguise.
%%* HighCollarOfDoom
* JustAKid: Implied to think this of Joe; one of his taunts is "Go back to school!"
* KnightOfCerebus: Unlike the other boss characters, he lacks distinctly humorous qualities, and when he sets the finale into motion, Joe becomes much more active in stopping him.
%%* LargeHam
* LargeAndInCharge: HumongousMecha-sized, and the true leader of Jadow.
* RealityWarper: Uses the power of The Director to dictate what happens in Movieland. Only Joe, as the hero, can counter it.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One, to be precise. In the opening cutscene, however, he's seen with two eyes so as to not give away the plot twist.
* ShockAndAwe: A large deal of frustration in this battle, particularly the first phase, comes from the fact that nearly every action of his that involves lightning ''[[UnblockableAttack cannot]]'' [[UnblockableAttack be guarded against]], even if you're in VFX Slow.
* ShoutOut: His overall design is one to [[Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger Emperor Bacchus Wrath]]/[[Series/PowerRangersTurbo King Mondo]].
* TragicVillain: Behind all that hammy evil is a lonely old filmmaker who lost touch with reality and was twisted by his bitterness over the public forgetting about his movies.
* WalkingSpoiler: The fact that he's Captain Blue is one of the most major plot twists in the first game.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Gedow]]
!!'''Drill Sergeant, Big John'''
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-->Voiced by: Michael Gough (games)

* BaitAndSwitchBoss: You face [[spoiler:Alastor]] instead in Stage 4. He also shows up in Stage 5, only to get dispatched by [[spoiler: Frost Tiger.]]
* BossBanter: Somewhat justified, as he ''does'' lead his own squad.
--> "YOU ARE NOTHING!" "YOU LITTLE SCUMBAG!"
* BreathWeapon: [[PlayingWithFire Fire]].
* DegradedBoss: After your first battle against him, he reappears as a mini-boss in several of the reels that follow.
* DinosaursAreDragons: Nothing suggests that he's anything more than an ordinary tyrannosaurus rex... save his ability to breathe fire.
* DrillSergeantNasty: He's a nasty general with dragon breath.
* GoldfishPoopGang: He appears in every reel, but [[DegradedBoss only in Reel 1 and the obligatory boss rush is he a full-fledged boss]]. By Reel 4, he's somehow managed to become a [[RecurringBoss Recurring]] BaitAndSwitchBoss.
* LargeHam: "Fire at will! This is not a drill! I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DR*ROAR*!!!"
* NinjaPirateRobotZombie: Fire-breathing drill sergeant ''Tyrannosaurus rex''.
* PaperThinDisguise: As [[Creator/BruceLee Big Lee]], complete with FunnyBruceLeeNoises. Although he wasn't fooling anyone anyway, he further slips up by [[VerbalTic ending his sentence with "OVER!" as if he were still issuing commands]]. Regardless, Big Lee most certainly is ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not]]'' Big John.
* RecurringBoss: At least as a mid-boss. If he shows up claiming to be the stage boss, he'll just get taken down by the ''actual'' stage boss [[RunningGag shortly after]].
* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: "This is Sergeant John of the Fifth Panzer Division, First Reconnaissance Regiment, Second Platoon!"

!!'''Ancient Guardian, Flinty Stone'''
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-->Voiced by: Roger Rose (games)

* DishingOutDirt: One of his primary attacks is to vomit up huge stones to hurl at the player.
* DumbMuscle: A narcoleptic who can't even handle two people talking to him at once without getting sleepy.
* EatingSolvesEverything: He eats his respective Rainbow Oscar before the fight, forcing Joe and Silvia to kill him to get it back.
%%* FangsAreEvil
* HeavySleeper: To the point where he repeatedly nods off before the boss fight (getting shot awake by Silvia each time). He even repeatedly falls asleep during the boss fight, which is a good opportunity to get some free hits in.
* LivingStatue: A narcoleptic stone golem.
* {{Mayincatec}}: His design, to cap off an ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-style stage.
* PunnyName: Flintstone.
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SnotBubble: It appears whenever he falls asleep. During his intro cutscene, Silvia repeatedly shoots it to wake him up.
* UnexplainedAccent: Why a Mayan/Aztec golem would have a vaguely Swiss accent is anyone's guess.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can turn into a giant flying serpent that can [[ThisIsADrill drill attack]] the player.

!!'''Cyber Phantom, Cameo Leon'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/DaveWittenberg (games)

%%* GogglesDoNothing
* HollywoodChameleons: How fitting.
* {{Invisibility}}: [[ChameleonCamouflage Figures.]]
* MotorMouth: Most notable with his death speech, where he manages to cram more words into it than possibly all the dying words of all the villains in BOTH games. Done a little differently in the anime, where his speech is much slower, yet he ends up inadvertently revealing sensitive information.
* OverlyLongTongue: He IS a chameleon.
* PunnyName: Say his name fast and you get "chameleon."
%%* RollingAttack
%%* WallCrawl

!!'''Blizzard Hazard, Frost Tiger'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/FredTatasciore (games)

* AnIcePerson: He can create an icy aura that protects him from any attack that doesn't carry heat. He also possesses ice breath and can create icicles on the ground and shoot blades of ice from his claws.
* BattleAura: It's actually the only thing keeping him from [[HoistByHisOwnPetard freezing in his own lair]]; without it, Frost Tiger is too cold to do anything but shiver repeatedly until he re-establishes his aura.
* BloodKnight: Less interested in revenge for Fire Leo's defeat, and more interested in seeing just how strong the guy who beat him actually is.
* BossRemix: A cross-title example, with "Blizzard Hazard" being a remix of his brother's theme ("Inferno Lord"), only with a much stronger emphasis on the electric guitar (including one killer solo).
* BreathWeapon: He has ice breath.
%%* CatsAreMean
* TheDragon: [[CoDragons Shared with Dr. Cranken]], although he's the least direct of the two, only challenging the heroes when they arrive at his frozen arena.
* EasyLevelTrick: Normally, you are supposed to attack the ice pillars that he makes with Mach Speed until you gain fire so that you can break his icy aura, but a zoomed-in Red Hot Kick will have the same effect. What's more, a well-timed Red Hot Kick right when he's about to regain his aura will break it again right away, allowing you to lock him into a state of vulnerability.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/AceAttorney Franziska von Karma]], being the blue-clad sibling taking over the role of an antagonist dressed in red from the first game, but being more interested in defeating the protagonist for themselves than to avenge their defeated brother.
%%* FangsAreEvil
* FlamingHair: Er... [[ColdFlames frozen flames]], maybe?
* PantheraAwesome: He is a tiger samurai, and shares his position with Dr. Cranken as GEDOW's second-in-command.
* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni compared to his Red Oni brother, Fire Leo.
* {{Samurai}}: {{Discussed|Trope}}; Silvia equates Frost Tiger's philosophy and honor code to this while sarcastically ribbing on him.
* SiblingTeam: With Fire Leo in ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* TheStoic: [[PersonalityPowers It goes in hand with him being one cool cat.]]
* WarriorPoet: Even in death, he takes the time to recite some viewtiful poetry.
-->'''Frost Tiger:''' "Battle after battle/ I sought to attain/ the glorious path./ But true viewty lies/ in this late hour of defeat."
* WorthyOpponent: Sees Joe and Silvia as this.
* YouKilledMyFather: Subverted, despite Joe and Silvia thinking that he'd want to avenge his brother Fire Leo; Frost Tiger [[BloodKnight is more concerned with having a great battle]]. However, the official strategy guide implies that it's still a motivational factor.

!!'''Serial Killer Android, Miss Bloody Rachel'''
[[quoteright:208:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bloody_rachel_image-w350-h275_3895.png]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/VanessaMarshall (games), María José Estevez (anime, LA)

%%* [[BecomeARealBoy Become A Real Girl]]
* BossRush: She's a one-robot, shapeshifting version.
* CombatStilettos: Built-in, seeing as she's a robot and all.
* CostumeCopycat: Assumes the form of Silvia and seduces Joe after the battle with Frost Leo to steal their Rainbow Oscars [[GoSeduceMyArchnemesis at the behest of Dr. Cranken]].
%%* CuriosityCausesConversion
%%* DefeatMeansFriendship
%%* DoAndroidsDream
%%* {{Fembot}}
* FemmeFatale: While impersonating Silvia.
* FreakOut: Undergoes one (complete with a SkywardScream) as she wrestles with [[spoiler:the concept of a heart]] while battling Joe and Silvia.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: It even continues on to ''Red Hot Rumble'', where [[spoiler:Rachel shows an interest in various "human" ideas and actions, some of which are rather [[{{Romanticism}} romantic]] in nature.]]
%%* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
%%* LongHairIsFeminine
* MechanicalEvolution: She gains [[spoiler:a heart]] after battling Joe and Silvia.
%%* SixthRanger
%%* TheStoic
%%* [[TinMan Tin Woman]]
%%* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[ThePowerOfFriendship Friendship]], too.
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Dr. Cranken gets furious when Rachel gains a heart, quickly killing her and remarking that now she's [[JustAMachine "nothing but junkyard trash."]]]]

!!'''MadScientist, Dr. Cranken'''
[[quoteright:186:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dr__cranken_image-w350-h275_1802.png]]

-->Voiced by: Peter Renaday (games)

* ArtificialLimbs: His right tentacle was replaced with a robotic hand.
* AssistCharacter: To Cameo Leon during his boss fight. He hangs out in the background and alternates between attacking/sabotaging the player and healing his creation. It is possible to temporarily knock him out of the game by redirecting the missiles he fires back at him.
%%* {{Cyborg}}
* DrFakenstein: His name is close to "Franken", plus the fact that he is a MadScientist with his own angsty creation in the form of Rachel.
* TheDragon: [[CoDragons Shared with Frost Tiger.]]
* EvilGenius: The narrator even refers to him as "the brains of Gedow."
%%* EvilLaugh
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:After he is defeated in the first stage of his boss fight, his body explodes, leaving only his head. A head, mind you, [[TurnsRed that is still jam-packed with deadly weapons]].]]
%%* HighClassGlass
* InconsistentSpelling: Sometimes erroneously spelled with a "K" instead of a "C."
* MadScientist: [[BossSubtitles His title]] even says so.
* PunnyName: A play on Kraken and crank. His name also references ''Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}'' as seen on DrFakenstein.
* ShoutOut: His mechanical tentacles in his boss fight make him look like a literal version of [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leader of the Gedow '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!'''Emperor of Gedow, Emperor Black'''
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jet_black_image-w350-h700_5859.png]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/KeithSzarabajka (games)
* AmplifierArtifact: Dark Hero Jet Black holds the power of the seven Rainbow Oscars, boosting his powers and allowing him to appear in the real world [[MageInManhattan with his film powers intact]].
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The key to beating Dark Kaiser.
%%* BadassCape
* BattleAura:
** Adopts the aura of one of your characters in the later stages of the final battle: Joe's fiery one or Silvia's electric one, both which can only be negated by a Zoom-ed in Red Hot/Cool Blue Kick from the character it belongs to.
** This is also the crux of his gameplay in ''Red Hot Rumble''. The power, range, and properties of all his specials [[EvolvingAttack are determined by]] the "{{charge|dAttack}}" of his aura, which builds over time. Performing these moves will deplete his aura completely, as will attacks from opposing players.
* BigBad: In ''Viewtiful Joe 2''.
%%* BlackKnight
%%* BossBanter
* CallingYourAttacks: Mostly with his Dark Kaiser.
* CherryBlossoms: His Issen special in ''Red Hot Rumble'' depicts him dashing across the field with [[SingleStrokeBattle a single, powerful strike]] as these flowers flutter behind him.
* ColorCharacter: It makes his real identity something of [[MeaningfulName a clue]] in hindsight.
%%* CoolHelmet
%%* CoolSword
%%* DarkIsEvil
%%* TheDarkSide
* TheEmperor: The clue is in the name.
* EvilLaugh: A gloriously ''[[EvilIsHammy bombastic]]'' one.
* EvilRedhead: Technically speaking.
* EvilSoundsDeep
%%* {{Expy}}: Of [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]]. Even more than King Blue, in fact.
%%* FallenHero
%%* {{Flight}}
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He first introduces himself as the '''Black''' Emperor.
* GravityMaster: Dark Hero Jet Black, after taking enough damage, will warp the area, causing the gravitational field to go out of whack, in turn saddling Joe and Silvia [[JumpPhysics with very floaty jumps]]. Jet's movement speed during this phase is unaffected.
* HeelFaceTurn: It's even signified by Jet's Black V-Watch turning into a normal one.
%%* [[HenshinHero Henshin Villain]]
* HumongousMecha: Dark Kaiser. Whereas most of the other mechas are Franchise/{{Godzilla}}-[[{{Kaiju}} sized]] (i.e. able to span the circumference of the globe in a few steps) barring Six-Six (which is instead able to traverse the ''solar system''), the Dark Kaiser is only exceeded in size by ''the Sun itself''.
%%* IaijutsuPractitioner
* KatanasAreJustBetter: To match his "[[BlackKnight dark samurai]]" appearance. [[IaijutsuPractitioner He's quite skilled with the blade, too.]]
%%* KiManipulation
* LargeHam: Mostly reserved, but dear goodness... once he breaks out the ham, [[EvilIsHammy there is no going back for him]]. This goes ''double'' for his Dark Hero persona, who is prone to yelling quips like "It's showtime!" and [[BringIt "Bring it on!" at the top of his lungs.]]
* LightIsNotGood: As Dark Hero Jet Black, his costume is now white.
* MadeOfIndestructium: Claims the [[ArtifactOfDoom Black Film]] is this. There's also the possibility that Jet simply faked destroying the Black Film after the ordeal with Alastor.
%%* MageInManhattan
%%* MasterSwordsman
* PlayingWithFire: The Dark Kaiser can launch ''[[OurDragonsAreDifferent flaming dragons]]'' [[ShapingYourAttacks as projectiles]].
%%* PowerEchoes
* PowerFloats: As Dark Hero Jet Black.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: Among other powers (such as presumed electromagnetic radiation in the form of its [[DeathFromAbove X-Rays]]), the Dark Kaiser can fling waves of solar wind at Six-Six in quick succession.
* RealityWarper: In both the movies ''and'' the real world thanks to the power of the Black Film and the Rainbow Oscars, respectively.
* ReverseShrapnel: During the first portion of the battle with Dark Hero Jet Black. After Joe and Silvia regain their powers in a ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve moment, he largely stops using this move for reasons unknown and will instead take the battle directly to Joe and Silvia. (He does reuse it late in the battle if you delay finishing him off for long enough.)
* {{Samurai}}: His overall appearance and the {{katana|sAreJustBetter}} he brandishes invoke this imagery.
* {{Shoryuken}}: Via his sword.
* SpeedEchoes: [[spoiler:In his Dark Hero persona.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madow]]
!!'''Gadget-Cop'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gadget_cop.png]]

* {{BFG}}: His famous double 9s.
* ByTheBookCop: When encountered by Joe, Gadget-Cop is your standard-issue, courteous officer of the law.
%%* CallingYourAttacks
* ChestBlaster: With [[MacrossMissileMassacre missiles]].
%%* {{Cyborg}}
* DirtyCop: After his hero-ness is taken by Queen Heinderella. [[spoiler:Actually, it's all a ruse; he's still a good cop.]]
%%* DualWielding: [[GunsAkimbo His guns]].
* {{Expy}}: Of Franchise/RoboCop.
%%* FakeDefector
%%* MoreDakka
* SpinAttack: His torso attack.
%%* SuperCop

!!'''Killer Hands'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/killer_hands.png]]

%%* ChainsawGood
%%* CoolSword
%%* {{Emo}}
* {{Expy}}: If Film/EdwardScissorhands had a fondness for hugs instead of creepiness and was ''not'' portrayed by Creator/JohnnyDepp, this would be the result.
%%* FakeDefector]
%%* HookHand
* ShockAndAwe: With his tazer attack.
* SwissArmyAppendage: ''[[DualWielding Appendages]]''.

!!'''Alter Woman/Vanilla'''
[[quoteright:175:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vanilla_dt.png]]
[[quoteright:227:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/altar_woman_circle.png]]

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Subverted. While she does [[{{Sizeshifter}} grow in size when transformed]], her default form (as well as the city she lives in) is minuscule in comparison to the rest of the cast, so her transformed state is about the same height as Joe. Relative to the city in question, though, she, Joe, and Jasmine ''would'' be seen as giants, making this a {{double subversion}} as well.
%%* BadassInANiceSuit
* CoolShades: Vanilla owns a pair.
%%* FakeDefector
* FlyingSaucer: Her means of transportation. [[ImprobableWeaponUser Doubles as a makeshift throwing weapon for Jasmine.]]
%% AnIcePerson
%%* KiManipulation
%%* LongHairIsFeminine
* MeaningfulName: Rather appropriately for a woman named Vanilla, she dresses in all-white, complemented by [[MysticalWhiteHair silver hair]].
%%* MysticalWhiteHair
%%* PlayingWithFire
%%* SheFu
%%* ShockAndAwe
* ShoutOut: Say her name aloud. [[Series/{{Ultraman}} What does it sound like?]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: To Vanilla after she lost her hero-ness [[spoiler:but not really evil at all]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]]. She's a red-eyed heroine who briefly turns evil [[spoiler:only for it to be revealed she was playing along with Junko's test for Joe and Jasmine and thus [[FakeDefector never underwent]] a FaceHeelTurn to begin with]].

!!'''Meta Rangers'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meta_rangers.png]]

%%* BashBrothers
* GoodWingsEvilWings: {{Butterfly|OfDeathAndRebirth}} wings.
%%* DualBoss
%%* [[spoiler:FakeDefector]]
%%* PlayingWithFire
* {{Sentai}}: An AffectionateParody.
* ShoutOut: While the name evokes the Franchise/PowerRangers, they're a bit closer to the [[Series/KamenRider original Kamen Riders]]. The two have a prominent bug theme, work together as a duo like Rider 1 and Rider 2, and utilize many [[DivingKick dive kicks]] in their fighting style. Even the beginning of their boss theme is incredibly similar to the original Kamen Rider opening.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Leader of the Madow '''(Spoilers)''']]
!!'''Queen Heinderella'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/queen_hinderella.png]]

-->Voiced by: Creator/HyndenWalch

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: At first.
* BackgroundBoss: Her first phase.
* BigBad: In ''Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!''
%%* [[BishonenLine Bishojo Line]]
* CognizantLimbs: Her first form has detached, [[FemmeFatalons claw-like]] hands that have [[HandCannon laser cannons built into the palms]] and are [[RocketPoweredWeapon propelled by rocket boosters]]. While this does call to mind the battle with Wolf Sigma in ''VideoGame/{{Mega Man X|1}}'', the player has to damage Heinderella not by riding up her claws to get a shot at her head, but by redirecting missiles at her, avoiding [[EnergyWeapon Frickin' Laser Beams]], being crushed by Heinderella's claws, and a number of respawning EliteMooks all the while.
%%* CombatStilettos
%%* CoolHelmet
* CoolMask: In queenly fashion, Heinderella wears an embroidered masquerade mask in her normal form. It's also handy for concealing her true identity.
* TheCorrupter: Forces the heroes Joe encounters to make a temporary FaceHeelTurn by stealing their essences ("their hero-ness"). In reality, nothing was ever stolen, and it was simply [[FakeDefector an act]] by the heroes to bring Junko's plan to fruition.
* DarkIsEvil: Intentionally invoked, but ultimately [[DarkIsNotEvil a subversion]].
%%* DeadAllAlong
%%* DoppelgangerAttack
* EvilSoundsDeep: Unsurprisingly, the BigBad has one of the deepest voices out of the female cast in ''Double Trouble!'', if not the deepest.
* FaceFramedInShadow: Her entire body is obscured in shadow after Joe defeats her the first time, so as to not give away that her non-transformed state is Junko.
* {{Flight}}: In a manner similar to Captain Blue and Dark Hero Jet Black, Heinderella liberally flies around in her second form, to point of [[PowerFloats hovering off the ground]] even when she's directly taking the battle to Joe.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: And very subtly done at that. The mole on her face, the shawl she wears, and the HolyHalo imagery all hint at the Queen's true identity.
%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* GoodAllAlong: Unlike Blue and Jet, Junko was not influenced by [[TheManBehindTheMan any unseen, outside forces]]. Her schemes with Madow as Queen Heinderella were of her own volition, as the entire plot of ''Double Trouble!'' was one big HiddenPurposeTest for her son and daughter.
%%* [[HenshinHero Henshin Villain]]
* HolyHalo: Present in her final form; she gets one for her helmet and another floating behind her.
%%* KiManipulation
* LadyOfWar[=/=]LadyOfBlackMagic: More so the former than the latter, but incorporates elements of both.
* LightIsNotGood: Her final form, in a case very similar to that of Dark Hero Jet Black (it must run in the family)... only to turn out to actually be [[LightIsGood a subversion]] since she's GoodAllAlong.
* PowerFloats: Her final form can freely fly around the arena and never touches the ground, preferring to hover just above it when she attacks.
* PowerNullifier: Briefly [[BroughtDownToNormal steals Joe's VFX powers]] prior to the first phase of the final battle.
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: As a queen, Heinderella sports a tiara, with the castle sitting atop her head forming the rest of her "[[CoolCrown crown]]."
* UltimateLifeForm: Upon absorbing the hero-ness of Joe and the other bosses, she becomes the [[BossSubtitles "Ultimate Super Being, Heinderella"]] for the final showdown.
[[/folder]]

!Others
[[folder:Others]]
!!'''Blade Master Alastor'''
[[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/midnight_thunderboy.png]]

-->Voiced by: Mikey Kelley (games), Creator/ShinichiroMiki (anime, JP), Ross Lawrence (anime, EN), Ángel Balam (anime, LA)

* AdaptationalBadass: In the anime due to [[PopularityPower his popularity]], he's the strongest member of Jadow and consistently does the best against Joe, and in one episode would have actually beat him if [[spoiler:King Blue]] didn't interfere because the fight was endangering Silvia, while in the game, he's more of a BreatherBoss between the fight with Another Joe and the [[BossRush Magnificent 5]].
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the anime, he's presented as a worthy, serious threat and rival to Joe. In the games proper, he's a fourth wall-breaking silly rival who thinks too much of his so-called rivalry with Joe.
* AffablyEvil: Thinks of himself as more of a rival to Joe than the other bosses. Rather than outright insulting Joe, Alastor asserts his belief of being stronger and challenges him. He also takes the time to explain Jadow's plan.
* AmbiguouslyBi: In his (non-canon) story mode of the first game, he dates Silvia's twin sister, Goldie, and admits that he considers Silvia beautiful in the second game. At the same time, he's not afraid to compliment Joe's "knock-out" looks.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the sword]] itself. And ''boy'', is he ''[[ForgottenFriendNewFoe pissed]]'' at Dante for his sucky handling and leaving him during the events of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''. [[note]]For those not privy to ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry DMC]]'' lore, ''[=DMC2=]'' had a very dubious standing in canon for a long time until ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' nearly ''sixteen'' years later, with Creator/{{Capcom}} [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom barely acknowledging its existence]] and many fans assuming it was in CanonDiscontinuity territory. [[DiscontinuityNod As a result]], Dante proclaims he doesn't remember what Alastor is accusing him of, implying he doesn't remember ''anything'' from ''[=DMC2=]'' at all. (The beginning of Dante's story additionally insinuates that this is because the Dante seen in that game was [[CostumeCopycat Enzo impersonating him]].)[[/note]]
* AntiVillain ([[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type I]]): He doesn't care about Jadow's goals, he just wants a fight where he can test his skills, and he doesn't mind losing, provided he doesn't die.
* BadassCreed: And it doubles as a nice MythologyGag to [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 his actual first words]].
-->'''Alastor''' (''[[spoiler:transformed by the Black Film]]'')''':''' "I am Alastor. The weak shall give their heart and swear their eternal loyalty to me."
* BaddieFlattery: Heck, he's the one who [[AppropriatedAppellation bestows the title]] of [[PerfectlyCromulentWord "Viewtiful"]] upon Joe. Sort of. He actually remarks Joe's style as "Beautiful!" but Joe either [[MondegreenGag mishears it]] or just [[MundaneMadeAwesome changed the lettering so that it would make a better heroic name]].
* BadassInANiceSuit: Un-henshined. That particular form of his even goes by the title of "Stylish Alastor."
* BattleAura: Is almost always surrounded by a purple aura. When it breaks, he falls to the ground, open to attack.
* BloodKnight: Just wants a fight with Joe. Nothing else.
* BossBanter: Probably the most out of everyone.
* BossRemix: His theme as Another Joe is a techno remix of "Joe the Hero," Joe's theme (used in the first level of the game, and remixed again for the first level of ''[=VJ2=]''). His own theme also receives a rearrangement in both ''2'' and ''Double Trouble!'', for justifiable reasons.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: When he appears in ''2'', he tells the player to immediately go pick up a copy of the first game if they want to know who he is. Also, see StayingAlive below.
* BreakoutCharacter: Alastor is one of the few characters from the first game to return for every later entry, and has a larger role beyond his two boss fights in the anime adaptation. Ironically, his last appearance in the first game outside of his boss fight is him complaining about his minimal screentime after being defeated.
* ButtMonkey: [[RunningGag Every time he is defeated]], the narrator will always insist he is dead and never coming back, followed by him lamenting that he had such little screen time, and pleading with whoever is present to "Help a brother out, will ya?"
* CallingYourAttacks: In his Blade Master form, all of his attacks prompt a declaration. Naturally, the majority of these are moves Dante can perform with Alastor in the original ''Devil May Cry'', several of which ([[DeadlyLunge Stinger]], [[SpinAttack Vortex]]) are completely unaltered.
%%* CoolHelmet
* CoolSword: And another cool sword, and another and...
* CostumeCopycat: As Another Joe.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Mostly played straight, [[spoiler:[[DarkIsEvil Averted]] with his [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Underworld Emperor]] form]].
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DeadlyLunge: Stinger. In fact, he always starts out with this move when you face him in the first game.
* EvilCounterpart: {{Subverted|Trope}}. His outfit resembles a demonic variant of Joe's own costume and he serves the villainous Jadow in the first game but he's honestly not really evil so much as he's just really determined to best Joe.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Holy crap, [[spoiler:Underworld Emperor Alastor]]!
* {{Expy}}: Probably one to [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Proto Man]], considering his character and the fact that they're both Capcom characters who serve as rivals (technically speaking) to the main protagonist.
* FaceFramedInShadow: After his defeat as Another Joe reveals his true identity, used to keep up the mystery of who exactly it was that Joe was fighting.
* {{Flight}}: He has a pair of small demon wings that allow him to attack from the air.
* FriendlyEnemy: He's very chummy with Joe and Silvia when he's not trying to kill them, especially in the anime.
* GenreSavvy: To the point of ''[[LeaningOnTheFourthWall taking out a copy of the first game's script and reading from it]]'' before his battle with Joe in ''1'' and ''2''.
* GracefulLoser: Losing to Joe and Silvia doesn't trouble him much, he even compliments the two for their skills. Of course, his cool only lasts until he hears the narrator say he's KilledOffForReal, but even then he sounds more upset about not having more screentime than him losing.
* GoodWingsEvilWings: Decidedly evil. Well, mostly.
* HenshinHero: The canonicity of it is dubious, but [[spoiler:being a playable character in the first game]], he naturally has a civilian form and can Henshin into his more familiar "stylish" form.
* HornedHumanoid: Subverted. They're a merely a feature of his helmet, not an actual part of his anatomy.
* HumongousMecha: The Rex Majin, his answer to Joe's Six Majin.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Blade Master," his boss theme.
* LoneWolfBoss: After Jadow's collapse, he fights Joe purely to settle their rivalry rather than at the behest of any villain.
* MasterSwordsman: His {{Boss Subtitle|s}} is "Blade Master". Notably, he's also the only [[spoiler:playable character]] in the original release to possess a weapon, and he's good enough with it that [[spoiler:he doesn't even need to Henshin in order to use it effectively]].
* MirrorBoss: Fighting Viewtiful Joe as Another Joe.
%%* NobleDemon
* PointyEars: Is revealed to have them while unmorphed.
* PowerIncontinence: Based off of the player having to voluntarily switch between Stylish and Blade Master Alastor in the first game, the anime reveals that Alastor has trouble changing out of his Henshin form at will and, as such, doesn't do so often.
* PunchClockVillain: Goes hand-in-hand with his BloodKnight status. As he states in the first game, he really doesn't care about Jadow's plans and only relishes the chance to face strong opponents such as Joe.
* RecurringBoss: The only one to show up in all of the games, in fact.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Perhaps not naturally, but his visor gives off a very convincing illusion of this, even being prominently shown after the Another Joe fight.
* RideTheLightning: Whenever he's about to make a big entrance and challenge Joe to a fight, Alastor's cue is a sudden storm of his trademark purple lightning bolts.
* TheRival: Self-declared to Joe.
* RunningGag: He will always lament on his lack of screen time ''immediately'' after his presumed death. In the first game, [[BreakingTheFourthWall he directs his pleas to the player]]; in ''2'', he falls out of the screen and chats with Jet.
* ShockAndAwe: Almost all of his attacks have are electrical. Also, he can summon lightning.
* ShoutOut: Is one big walking bundle of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' references.
* SpinAttack: Vortex.
* StayingAlive: No matter [[UnreliableNarrator what the narrator tells you]], Alastor is never dead.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou:
** The reason why he [[spoiler:[[TakingTheBullet takes the blow for Joe]] from Queen Heinderella after their fight]] in ''Double Trouble!''
** Also in the anime, [[spoiler:this is why he saves Joe from Fire Leo in the end]].
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: His Round Trip attack involves throwing a sword, which stops mid-flight, spins, and then changes direction to whichever way the player is at that moment. Though, he can use it multiple times at once, so whether these swords are magical in nature or he just carries multiple swords is anyone's guess.
* TrickBoss: In ''Viewtiful Joe 2'', he is fought exactly the same way in the first game, but with a much smaller health bar... [[spoiler:then when he's seemingly defeated, Jet plays the Black Film, causing Alastor to transform into his Underworld Emperor form.]]
* UnknownRival: At first. It becomes something resembling a FriendlyRivalry with Joe after that.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: [[spoiler:Underworld Emperor Alastor can -- understandably so -- assume the form of himself (as in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 Alastor the Devil Arm]]), although he only demonstrates this in the cutscene prior to your battle with him, in which he attempts to skewer Joe in the same way he {{impaled|WithExtremePrejudice}} Dante in his debut.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Mostly just wants to get stronger and help bring the chaos of the real world to an end.
* WorthyOpponent: Joe and Alastor see each other as this.

!!'''The Biankies'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bianky.png]]

* DubNameChange: The anime dub changes Joker's name to Jokester, possibly to avoid confusion with another villain from [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries a certain other show on the same network]].
* FinalExamBoss: Your first encounter with Joker is not long after you've learned the basics, and it is extremely difficult to beat him without using Slow.
* TheGoomba: Basic enemies with slow wind-up and obvious tells.
* MechaMooks: Look like robots.
* MascotMook: All over the cover of the first game.
* PunnyName: Based on "bianco", the Italian word for "white."
* RecurringBoss: Joker in the first game.
* TheUnintelligible: They make high-pitched whining noises.

!!'''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]'''
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/viewtiful_dante.png]]

-->Voiced by: Drew Coombs

%%* BadassLongcoat
%%* BloodKnight
* CallingYourAttacks: Not too prevalent, but it does pop up a bit.
--> "[[PlayingWithFire INFERNO!]]"
* CoolPlane: Carnival, making an encore appearance from the first ''DMC''. [[note]]It's the abandoned biplane Dante commandeers to escape Mallet Island along with Trish after [[LoadBearingBoss Mundus's defeat]].[[/note]]
* CoolSword: Alastor. Yeah, as in the same guy from above.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Dante for Trish.
* GunsAkimbo: Just like in his own games, wields a gun ([[NamedWeapons Ebony and Ivory]]) in each hand.
* HenshinHero: Ends up in [[MrFanservice a speedo]] when he runs out of V power. Transforms into his regular clothes when it recharges.
* {{Hired Gun|s}}: Makes a few snippy remarks about [[spoiler:Blue creating a new threat for Dante to face at the end of the game (thus "extending the contract")]], [[SubvertedTrope but ultimately notes that this isn't the first time he's done a job for free]].
* MasterSwordsman: Uses Alastor with much the same skill as in the original ''Devil May Cry''.
* MrFanservice: Even SuperDeformed, yes.
* NonDubbedGrunts: His voice clips in cutscenes is {{Simlish}} taken from his voice acting from ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1'', as well as previously unheard lines likely [[DummiedOut tucked away]] and unused from said game.
* RuleOfFunny: [[SecretCharacter His appearance]] can be chalked up to this. If you can read between the lines, it's almost as if Creator/HidekiKamiya (who helmed both [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the original]] ''DMC'' and ''Viewtiful Joe'' and [[BitingTheHandHumor was still a Capcom employee at the time]]) took the time to insert several {{Take That}}s and {{Discontinuity Nod}}s to ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: [[UnderwearOfPower A black speedo]] as [[WalkingShirtlessScene his non-Henshin mode]]. Dante muses that his contact Enzo must've [[CostumeCopycat stolen his clothes again]] as a rib on [[TheStoic Dante's characterization]] in ''[=DMC2=]''.
* TrashTalk: Wouldn't be Dante without it.
* VersionExclusiveContent: He was added to the [=PS2=] port.

!!'''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Trish]]'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/CristinaPucelli (''Viewtiful Joe'' [[note]]all the female characters that appear in the first game's extra storylines use Silvia's audio played backwards; the game does reuse one of Trish's lines from ''VideoGame/{{Devil May Cry|1}}'' right before the fight with King Blue ("Dante")[[/note]]), [[Creator/SaraLafleur Sarah Lafleur]] (''Red Hot Rumble'')

* BoobsAndButtPose: As seen to the right, her character artwork features this.
* CoolShades: Dons them in the first game in Hero Mode, possibly a nod to how Trish's [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] in ''[=DMC2=]'' is likewise a simple cosmetic change involving sunglasses.
* DamselInDistress: First game only. Dante's story ends with [[spoiler:her gaining a V-Watch of her own]], which translates to Trish upgrading to ActionGirl status in ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* DualWielding: [[GunsAkimbo Her guns]], [[NamedWeapons Luce and Ombra]].
%%* HenshinHero
* {{Hired Gun|s}}: Same as Dante. Unlike Dante, however, Trish even shows some KleptomaniacHero tendencies, as she berates Dante for not raking in any money when [[spoiler:Captain Blue causes more trouble for Movieland at the end of the game]] and quips that [[spoiler:if Blue doesn't have any cash, she'll take something else from him. Trish gets a V-Watch out of the deal]].
%%* MsFanservice
* NavelDeepNeckline: Like in ''DMC'', has a "broken heart" bustier.
* OfCorsetsSexy: Her bustier, which also shows off her belly button in the process.

%%* PaintedOnPants

!!'''Dark Emperor: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 King Mundus]]]]'''

* TheBusCameBack: A rather dramatic reveal.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:For Captain Blue in Dante's story.]]
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:He planted a "seed" inside Trish, just in case he ended up getting sealed. Trish experiencing emotions was the trigger to cause the seed to weaken [[SealedEvilInACan the seal that was placed on him]] at the end of the first game.]]
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler:He does this with Captain Blue.]]
* DevilComplex: Much like in the source series.
* {{Revenge}}: [[spoiler:Against Dante and Trish, but also against Eva, [[SoulJar whose soul is locked in Dante's amulet]]. Mundus actually sees Eva -- the party responsible for numerous events throughout the series (Dante's revival when killed in the demon attack on his family as a child, Nelo Angelo's violent reaction to Dante's half of the Perfect Amulet, Trish's resurrection at the end of ''DMC'', etc.) -- [[ArchEnemy as his real enemy]], elevating her role in the original game from a primary motivational factor for her son to a three-way combination of BigGood, TheChessmaster, and {{Guile Hero}}ine.]]
-->'''[[spoiler:Mundus]]:''' "[[WhamLine The real enemy was you]], [[spoiler:Eva]]!"
* WalkingSpoiler: The character's involvement in [[spoiler:Dante's story]] is unexpected, to say the least.

!!'''Coordinator Sprocket'''
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-->Voiced by: Creator/VanessaMarshall (''Red Hot Rumble''), Creator/MayumiAsano (anime, JP), Creator/WendeeLee (anime, EN), Valeria Castillo (anime, LA)

* {{Affably|Evil}} EvilCounterpart: To Silvia. Subverted, as she's not as much evil as she is [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] to [[spoiler:[[BigBad Captain Blue]]]].
* AmbiguouslyBrown: No mention of her race, but she has a darker complexion than the other characters.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Her pointed ears bring up the question, but it's never addressed.
%%* BadassInANiceSuit
* BrainyBrunette: [[spoiler:Captain Blue]]'s secretary, who is the one who actually makes sure everything goes to plan.
* CanonImmigrant: Appears as a character in ''Red Hot Rumble''. Though its canon status to the game series is debatable.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DistractedByTheSexy: Garners this reaction from Blue's [[EatingTheEyeCandy wandering eyes]] in the intro to ''Red Hot Rumble''.
* HeelFaceTurn: Only in ''Red Hot Rumble''.
%%* HighCollarOfDoom
%%* HighHeelFaceTurn
* HotLibrarian: She has all the characteristics for this.
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Silvia's Light.
* MeaningfulName: A sprocket is a type of gear/wheel used to mesh with shafts to provide efficient transmission of rotary motion. As the [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]], '''Coordinator''' Sprocket usually has to keep everyone in line in order to ensure that Jadow remains a well-oiled machine.
%%* MsFanservice
* NavelDeepNeckline: Zips up her jacket to cover her ample assets as a {{Character Tic|s}}. But it ends up back down to her navel again as soon as the camera cuts away.
%%* NerdsAreSexy: Oh yes they are!
%%* OnlySaneWoman
* PointyEars: Even though she is from the real world.
* SexySecretary: To [[spoiler:Captain Blue]] in all incarnations she appears in.
* [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]][=/=]EvilGenius
** SurroundedByIdiots: In the anime.
%%* TheStoic
* TokenMinority: Possibly; most of the characters look [[{{Mukokuseki}} ethnically generic]], but she has a noticeably darker skin tone. However, she also has pointed ears.
* UndyingLoyalty: To her boss, [[spoiler:Captain Blue, even after Joe defeats him]].
%%* TheVamp
* WhenSheSmiles: She has a particularly beautiful smile, which is rarely seen due to her doubling as TheStoic and being constantly SurroundedByIdiots most of the time.
%%* WomenAreWiser
* YouHaveFailedMe[=/=]YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:In the anime, after Joe defeats Charles III, Hulk Davidson, and Gran Bruce for the final time, she fires them and prevents them from returning to Jadow's main headquarters.]]

!!'''Tsukumo'''
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* BigBad: In ''Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble''.
* BodySurf[=/=]DemonicPossession: Eventually ends up settling on [[spoiler:Rachel]].
%%* DefeatMeansFriendship
* GreenEyedMonster[=/=]DrivenByEnvy[=/=]DudeWheresMyRespect: [[spoiler:Albeit not entirely unjustified. Post-defeat, he moves past this and makes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* HumongousMecha: In his final form. Reasonably scaled down in comparison to the likes of Six Majin, but still large enough to dwarf the rest of the cast.
* IAmLegion[=/=]RoyalWe: Fitting, considering that [[spoiler:[[HiveMind he is an amalgamation of spirits]] inhabiting film equipment.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: [[spoiler:Tsukumo's main motivation. Due to jealousy/scorn at how props are overlooked, Tsukumo goes on a rampage and begins sabotaging the set of Blue's latest movie. After defeating him, Joe explains that props indeed play an important part in movies; without them, the movie itself wouldn't be possible. With news of this, Tsukumo leaves happily and [[EarnYourHappyEnding is even made the star of Blue's film]], much to everyone's surprise.]]
* MeaningfulName: Tsukumo translates to "ninety-nine", alluding to [[spoiler:how Tsukumo himself is [[ManySpiritsInsideOfOne an innumerable amount of souls]] working [[MindHive together towards a singular purpose]].]]
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