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->''Every life is precious. [[ButtMonkey Except his.]]''
-->-- Tagline

''Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?'' is a spinoff of the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' games. This one's not a TurnBasedStrategy game like the others, though: it's a PlatformGame. A ''[[PlatformHell very hard]]'' PlatformGame.

''Prinny'' puts you in charge of the combustible penguin army as they quest to find the legendary "[[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood Ultra Dessert]]" for their abusive master Etna. Hardly anyone knows what the actual ingredients ''are'', but Etna sends them off to the most dangerous parts of the Netherworld anyway.

In order to get around the MadeOfExplodium properties of Prinnies, Etna gives them a special "[[ScarfOfAsskicking Hero Scarf]]" that offers (very) limited protection against sudden impacts. There are a thousand Prinnies yet only one scarf, so the Prinnies have to pass it to the next one in the queue when the current wearer meets his (inevitable) demise, essentially giving the player one thousand lives. [[NintendoHard And you will need them.]]

The sequel, ''[[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!]]'', is essentially more of the same, except this time the Prinnies are looking for Etna's stolen panties. The sequel introduces a [[EasyModeMockery Baby Mode]], a SuperMode called "Break Mode" and an AnotherSideAnotherStory starring Creator/NipponIchi's [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist eternally-miserable]] cameo character, Asagi.

As in the grand tradition of Disgaea games, the Hero Prinny appears in ''VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice'' as a unique character with his own special attacks and personality.

In March of 2020, Nippon Ichi confirmed a rerelease of [[CompilationRerelease both games in one package]] for the Platform/NintendoSwitch titled ''Prinny 1•2: Exploded and Reloaded'', released the following October with various extras such as a soundtrack CD, artbook and collectible Prinny block figure. The games are also available individually on the [=eShop=].
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!!Gotta have tropes, dood!

* AffectionateParody: Darth Moab, an obvious parody of Darth Vader, has lines like "If he could be churned, he'd make a powerful stir-fry," and "The sauce is weak with this one..." After defeating him, the hero even says "Enough of this parody crap, dood! I've got to get to Sir Sweet!"
* AlasPoorVillain: At the end [[spoiler:of Asagi mode, her prinny suit explodes and kills her]]. It's not all bad, though; [[spoiler:in TheStinger, she comes back as a Prinny]]. She also gets her own mini-campaign in the sequel, the closest she's gotten so far to getting her own game.
* [[spoiler:AllJustADream: A lone Prinny defeating a reborn Tyrant Overlord Baal!? It's too good to be true. ''It is.'']]
** [[spoiler:OrWasItADream: You do get Baal's Heart when you beat him, and considering you do beat [[VideoGame/LaPucelle Overlord Priere]]...]]
* AlternateUniverse: In this one, [[spoiler:Laharl sacrificed himself to resurrect Flonne, becoming a Prinny in the process. However, Seraph Lamington is possibly alive]], meaning it could be a mix of the original ''Disgaea'''s good (canon) ending, and the normal ending. If this game is part of the regular Nippon Ichi continuity, it remains to be revealed.
** It's also possible Laharl died in a different scenario. It was mentioned by one Prinny that he died in a war, which could mean Disgaea's last chapter, or something else entirely.
*** According to his file in Prinny 2, it was in a war between the Netherworld and Celestia, which does add some support to the theory.
* AmusementParkOfDoom: Demonland, which combines this with SlippySlideyIceWorld.
* ArrangeMode: The Asagi Mode is unlocked by collecting all of the Torn Letters hidden behind platforming challenges in the HubLevel (one for each hour of the day, with an hour passing for each level you clear). Asagi Mode is an abridged version of the main game where levels are played in a set order and all bosses are replaced by fights against Asagi. The story of the Asagi Mode continues in the game's sequel, where [[spoiler:Prinny]] Asagi gets PromotedToPlayable for an expanded side-story called Asagi Wars.
* ArtifactOfDeath: Spoofed with Etna's panties. According to rumors, her panties can cause total annihilation, but that's only because Etna will kill anyone caught sniffing them or wearing them on their head.
* ArtShift: The ''Disgaea: Love-Hate Battle Tale'' trailer uses the more realistic artwork of the ''[[NoExportForYou Hayarigami]]'' artist instead of Takehito Harada's artwork.
* [[spoiler:AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: The sequel's final boss is a ''giant Etna''. And there's the ''[[DualWielding Quadruple Wielding]]'' Dovalky!]]
** Moreso with the [[spoiler:Baal battle. If you thought Etna was huge...]]
* AwesomeButImpractical: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJizIJk1EZI Prinny Raid]]. While it's certainly very useful for clearing the screen and makes the Prinny invincible the whole way through, you lose 1 life for every Prinny that falls onto the screen.
** It's actually a bit of a gamble. You have to weigh the use of those lives now against the very real possibility of losing them ''anyway'' though repeated replays.
** [[spoiler:Prinny Laharl and Prinny Asagi]] in the sequel. Their attacks are powerful, but they use up an extra life when used and you can use them only for one level, after which you have to buy them again. But then again, considering their power, you might actually end up losing less lives.
* BadBoss: Take a wild guess. [[spoiler:Etna.]]
* BigEater: The Gourmet Ogre. His character info notes that he invented a fifth meal just to kill time before going to sleep.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Eventually, the Prinnies sent out to gain the Ultra Dessert ingredients demand a raise in the form of actual money instead of fish. Etna, of course, refuses, and engages the Prinnies, who have banded together against her alongside all but four of the Prinnies out of her entire staff (giving the player infinite lives). By the end of the battle, [[TheBattleDidntCount Etna shows that defiance of her power is futile.]]]]
** And even without [[spoiler:the Etna boss fight]], the original ending has a lighter, more comedic variation. [[spoiler:Etna decides to reward the Prinnies with a party...that they have to pay an obscene amount of money to attend.]]
* BoisterousBruiser: Turmeric, when he's not fulfilling the role of a one-man GoldfishPoopGang.
* BonusLevel: Operation V-Panties in the sequel. [[spoiler:It is unlocked by either acquiring all 30 Netherworld Medals, or by talking to the Tutor Manager and pressing Triangle 100 times while in the menu.]]
* BossRush: The second-to-last stage has you fighting most of the bosses over again.
** There are two of them in the sequel. One is like the first game [[spoiler:(though this time, you fight each boss' "Junkie" doppelgangers)]] and the other is a special stage where you fight the [[FanService female bosses]] from the first game and a [[spoiler:[[FanDisservice suped-up panty-on-the-head-wearing Gourmet Ogre]]]].
* BreakoutMookCharacter: This game is one for the Prinnies and Asagi.
* BrutalBonusLevel: The hidden Martial Tower is orders of magnitude harder than the rest of the game. In the sequel, the Martial Temple and Martial Tower: Abyss.
* CerebusRetcon: At the end of the first game's Asagi Mode, [[spoiler:Asagi dies when she's unable to take off her Prinny suit, which had a bomb in it, due to the zipper being stuck]]. The whole scene was treated as a joke. Asagi Wars reveals, however, [[spoiler:Asagi Kurosugi, disguised as an unassuming tailor, was the one who made that suit and purposely planted the bomb and sewed in a malfunctioning zipper to ensure Asagi's death so she can take her place. She was also the unnamed producer that Asagi mentioned early in Asagi Mode]].
* ChainsawGood: After collecting all 120 Lucky Dolls in the sequel, you can use these as a weapon for the Hero Prinny [[spoiler:and Prinny Asagi]]. The weapon is stronger than the knives that the Hero Prinny usually wields, and has an auto-attack, but does not have the ability to shoot projectiles. [[spoiler:For Prinny Asagi, it's a powerful, unlimited use, extreme-close-range weapon that prevents you from being able to use the other weapons unless you pick up her cat or guitar items.]]
* ClassicCheatCode: NIS uses the same code to unlock the alternate storyline on all three of its PSP games -- [[spoiler:Triangle, Square, Circle, Triangle, Square, Circle X]] (US version -- The original Japanese one swaps the Circles and Xs).
** Using it in the sequel to unlock the Asagi Wars campaign, however, will only get you the preview. No shortcuts this time around. The code ''will'' unlock Asagi Wars, however, if you buy a special ticket for it via Platform/PlaystationNetwork. (Thankfully, it's for free!)
* ComplainingAboutThingsYouHaventPaidFor: In-universe example: Etna asks the Hero Prinny to sell some games and the console she's playing them on, claiming they suck. The prinny points out that she pirated the games and hacked the console.
* CosmeticAward: The various medals that can be unlocked do... nothing.
** If anything, they're largely there as in-game milestones. In the sequel, though, collecting them all unlocks a final stage... [[spoiler:if you haven't already figured out how to unlock it manually.]]
* CurbStompBattle: In the first and second games, the boss battle against Bok Choy (Demon Sea Aria or Sandwich Palace, 10 Hours Left, respectively) is about on par with the Waddle Dee battle from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''. He's just a single zombie that ''hops'' as his only attack. That's it. No gimmicks, no pitfalls, no Dark Sun, nothing.
* DeadlyRemoteControlToy: Sabercats use remote controls to send miniature Driller-G vehicles after the player. The Driller-G vehicles are [[InvincibleMinorMinion totally indestructible]], and if you try to get to higher ground they can burrow underground to come after you (assuming you're not on a floating platform). Defeating the Sabercat will get rid of the Driller-G, and you can try to drop the machine down a pit.
* DirtyCop: Though none appear in the actual game, the Prinny you play as says he was one of these before he died.
* DualBoss: The twins Kim and Chi, and the skeletal dragon... things, Basil and Chervil. And about half of the bosses in general in the sequel, even having a 3-on-one! Not to mention a 100-on-one! Technically speaking, that is.
* DoubleEntendre: Turmeric constantly makes these:
--> "Turmeric of the Phoenix Clan is not ready to climax just yet!"\\
"I, Turmeric of the Phoenix clan, am a no-holes[sic] barred warrior of passion..."\\
"I, Turmeric of the Phoenix clan, will not allow such a tiny ''worm'' to penetrate my ''tight'' barrier!"
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Prinny caught the ''[Passion Seed]'' in his mouth!
** Not to mention said item's in-game description: "Lots of protein, but hard to swallow."
** How about the "G-Sweet"? Not to mention the seemingly...passionate...way the BigBad talks about it and how hard it was for him to find it.
** Or the "Used Recorder"? The in-game description asks if both of the twins used it at once. Yeeeaaahhh...
** Asagi Asmaal Asalindt offers Prinny Asagi to join her and make "offspring", musing that they can make enough to create a full baseball team.
* DoubleJump
* DownloadableContent: For about $4 each, there are additional levels available for download from the Playstation Network. So far, there are three, Flonne's Castle, Li'l Asagi Come Home, and Marona of ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave''.
** The sequel holds the record for the cheapest piece of paid-for DownloadableContent in gaming's history, with the ten-yen Demon World Radish, though it's about 99 cents in the US. There's also Pram's stage and the Asagi ticket for free.
** The Switch release of both games, both in physical and digital form, have all the [=DLC=] included for free.
* DynamicEntry: If you choose to play as Prinny Laharl, he will drop from the sky and land on the current Prinny. And yes, it does cost you a life every time that happens. [[spoiler:Same happens when you unlock [[WhatTheHellHero Asagi.]]]]
* EasyModeMockery: Baby Mode gives you three hit points (or lower rating decrease in Asagi Mode as well as increased ammo on all weapons), pick ups that allow you to regain lost hit points, extra blocks to make platforming easier, and less stun points on bosses in exchange for turning all of your hit points into diapers.
** For extra mockery, there is a medal for clearing 22 stages in this mode. But considering that it's needed to obtain the last actual medal in the game....
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Asagi Kurosugi]] to Asagi Asagiri. Imagine the Asagi we all know and love. [[spoiler:Now imagine her as a ManipulativeBastard and you more or less have Asagi Kurosugi.]]
* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:Laharl's]] laugh increases his combo gauge, but leaves him vulnerable to enemy attacks. Just like the EvilOverlordList predicted.
* FoxFolk: Cardomon is one, although she is pretending to be a Cat Girl because she heard her master, Sir Sweet, hates foxes. She appears as a boss in the Demon Sea Aria. She tends to be extremely flirty but will attack at a moments notice.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The CHEFBOT-9000 has no real reason to be in the game except to break up what would otherwise be a very long cutscene with a boss fight, and has no indication that he actually exists prior to his pre-battle introduction except the mysterious giant padlock on the scene. {{Lampshaded}} by the Hero Prinny himself.
%%* GroundPound
* GoldfishPoopGang: Turmeric becomes this during the BossRush. Every time he tries to make his introduction, he's [[BaitAndSwitchBoss knocked offscreen by another boss...]]
** His sister, Haldi, continues the tradition in the sequel, but she isn't hit with this trope as bad as Turmeric and gets [[ThrowTheDogABone thrown a bone]] in the ending.
* HoppingMachine: TX-6 Jumpstart.
* HurricaneOfPuns: Many, but Darth Moab's pre-boss cutscene stands out. [[spoiler:He grows out of it in the sequel, for the most part.]]
* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Standard and "Hell's Finest." In the latter, your Prinny is turned into a one hit-point wonder. Also, [[EasyModeMockery Baby Mode]] in the sequel.
* IdolSinger: More or less what Asagi Kurosugi was trying to become. [[spoiler:Eventually what Asagi Asagiri becomes after she reincarnates in TheStinger.]]
* ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: The Ultimate Dessert!
* InUniverseGameClock: Etna gives the Prinnies a strict time limit to accomplish their task before she rains hell on the crew. This takes the form of a clock that starts at midday and progresses through sunrise the next day. Clearing a stage progresses the in-game timer by one hour, and the time of day you tackle the stages (AKA the order) determines the difficulty and layout of the levels.
* JerkassHasAPoint: During one of the visits to the Antechamber in ''Prinny 2'', Flonne urges Etna to be nicer to the Prinnies, starting by telling them to keep up the good work, believing that it will produce harder-working Prinnies than Etna's [[BadBoss current methods]]. Etna begrudgingly complies, which only causes the Hero Prinny to believe that he'll get increased pay, a bonus, a vacation, and other benefits, proving that going the opposite route would only produce {{Lazy Bum}}s. Flonne keeps quiet for the rest of the scene as Etna goes back to yelling at the Prinny to get back to work.
* JustifiedExtraLives: Etna is sending a thousand of her Prinnies to obtain the Ultra Dessert in the first game and her panties in the second, and gives them a scarf to prevent them from exploding. Because there is only one scarf, the Prinnies simply pass the scarf onto the next Prinny whenever the last Hero Prinny dies.
* KindaBusyHere: Joshua, the Omega Cool spell keeper, spends the entirety of the battle against the Phantom Thief on the phone.
* LethalJokeCharacter: The Prinnies were always helpless little things in the games. Now, with your help, they can conquer the Netherworld!... For food and panties... while losing hundreds of their own... Eh.
* LethalJokeWeapon: The downloadable Netherworld Radish in the sequel for Hero Prinny [[spoiler:and Prinny Asagi]]. The weapon's melee attack is weaker than the knives that the Hero Prinny usually wields, and has an auto-attack, but does have the ability to shoot projectiles (which actually become more powerful with this weapon), as opposed to the [[ChainsawGood chainsaw]], and is also capable of being used at the beginning of the game. [[spoiler:For Prinny Asagi, it's an unlimited use extreme-close-range weapon that prevents you from being able to use the other weapons unless you pick up her cat or guitar items, just like with the chainsaw.]]
* {{Lunacy}}: On the night of the full moon, Hoshikage[[note]]"Star Shadow"[[/note]] becomes ''Tsukikage'' [[note]]"Moon Shadow"[[/note]]. Much faster, stronger, and angrier than usual. She even scares Master Frog.
** Similarly, Mustard becomes Bloomin' Mustard during full moons. She gets possessed by a ghost, changing her from a FlunkyBoss who cheers from the sidelines to an insane, famished, rabid maniac jumping all over the arena on all fours.
* MythologyGag: Much of the game's enemies are based on or lifted from the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series and ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''. The boss Cyberclops, for example, is based on the Galactic Demons from ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''.
* {{Ninja}}: Both as regular enemies, and one as a boss.
* NinjaLog: How the non-boss ninja become immune to stunning. Hoshikage has a variant that uses her master, a ninja frog.
* NintendoHard: Those 1,000 lives you get? You're gonna need a lot of 'em, even on the Standard difficulty.
** The sequel somehow manages to make it even ''harder''.
%%* NoFourthWall: Asagi Mode
* NonstandardGameOver: When you ask the ninja at your hub to help you run away to start a new play cycle, the end credits roll, showing your prinnies' [[spoiler:failed]] attempt at escaping. You also get one if you lose all 1000 of your lives. Replaced by "Death" in the sequel. [[spoiler:He's really a pants tailor.]] [[spoiler:Best part? It turns out the ninja's a [[KickTheDog spy for Etna]]. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking And single.]]]]
* NoPeekingRequest: During the final stage of the alternate Asagi storyline, Asagi shouts "[[InTheNameOfTheMoon Pretty Prinny Evolve!]]" and runs off-screen to change into her new costume. She does shout at the Prinny to not peek.
-->'''Asagi''': Hey! No peeking, perv!
* OneHitPointWonder: On "Hell's Finest" difficulty, Prinnies die if they're touched by anything hazardous. With Score Break in the sequel, they also explode if they jump onto the walls or ceiling after a dash, in ANY mode.
* OutsideTheBoxTactic: The Prinny Laharl boss battle. You have the option of fighting him normally, but [[GroundPound Ground Pounding]] him three times and then tossing him ends the battle much more quickly. This goes for Prinny Asagi in the sequel. As in previous Nippon Ichi games, Prinny Baal lacks this weakness.
* PetTheDog [=/=] ThrowTheDogABone: In the sequel's ending, Etna [[spoiler:decides to be nice to the Prinnies for once and treat them to a hot spring vacation ''with no strings attached''. Yeah, she says she's using a free coupon, but this is probably the nicest Etna has ever been to the Prinnies. And even after Hero Prinny comes in with her panties on his head (Which was totally by accident), she doesn't go back on her word about the vacation, though she does leave Hero Prinny with multiple bruises.]]
* PhantomThief: The eponymous BigBad of the sequel, who goes around stealing rare items. [[spoiler:Later revealed to be Lord Junkie, a demon noble who wants revenge on Etna.]]
* PlatformHell: Especially in the later parts of the game. Martial Tower and Martial Tower 2 [[note]]AKA "Lil Asagi Come Home"[[/note]] deserve ''[[ThatOneLevel special]]'' [[invoked]] mention.
** Getting Torn Letter 10 is enough to make you snap your PSP or Switch in half. You have to master the double jump, running jumps, and just about every other little bit of platforming just to reach the halfway point. The last jump in particular has to be pixel-perfect, or you'll be doing the whole thing all over again.
* PressXToDie: Pressing L, R, and X together kills you and brings you back to the last checkpoint. You lose a life, but it's useful if you want to restart boss battles and such.
* {{Pun}}: Etna-chamber... antechamber... ugh.
* PunchClockVillain: Dolvalky, a giant four-armed god who is being summoned to bring the Netherworld into chaos and wields two evil swords called [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Animosity and Hatred]]. He is also retired and has taken up gardening in his spare time. In fact, once you get past that whole chaos thing, he's actually pretty friendly.
* RankInflation: A mild example; it uses the fairly standard D, C, B, A, S.
* RefugeInAudacity: The subtitle of the sequel is ''Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood''... You're tasked with finding the guy who stole Etna's panties...
** And to further dig themselves in, NIS America announced a contest... to design a new pair of panties for Etna.
** Even further, there is a bonus level based upon the old bosses hunting down a spot where the "ultimate panties" are. [[spoiler:You end up in a land where panties scatter the background, are used as items to collect tons of points, and beat an old boss who's wearing a pair on his head and uses EXPLODING panties as weapons.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Sort of. The scarf keeps prinnies from exploding. So it's more like a Scarf of Not Getting Your Ass Exploded.
** In the sequel, once in Standard Break mode, it can be used as a weapon while Prinny is spinning.
* SecretCharacter: Prinny Laharl and Prinny Asagi are playable in the sequel.
* SecretLevel: You can unlock an alternate campaign involving [[spoiler:Asagi's attempts to become the hero]] by entering a code at the title screen, or by collecting all the Torn Letters. This returns in the sequel, this time collecting Torn Tickets.
* ShoutOut: The character info for the CHEFBOT-9000 is a reference to the "Over NINE THOUSAND" meme. Apparently, [[DiscreditedMeme the writers couldn't bring themselves to go all the way with it]].
** There are also three prinnies you can talk to named Prieza, Prigeta, and Prillin... obviously also {{Shout Out}}s to ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
** One of the vehicles you can use is [[VideoGame/MetalGear Gear Metal YAY]].
*** "Prinny snaked his way into the [Cardboard Box]".
** [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Guiltless Gear]]: Has nothing to feel bad about.
** Darth Moab himself.
** The sequel's [[Franchise/StarWars Asagi Wars]] has several of them. In addition to the aforementioned title (with matching MediaNotes/{{font|s}} to boot), there is a scene where [[Film/ANewHope the battleship Yoshitsuna slowly flies overhead in space]]. Oh, and when the Yoshitsuna [[spoiler:prepares to obliterate the Netherworld]], we learn that its weakness is a [[Film/ANewHope small exhaust port]].
** At one point in the sequel, Etna and Flonne are watching Film/{{Kinder|gartenCop}}mmando [[Film/KindergartenCop Cop]], starring [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Schwarzinature]].
** An unfairly difficult platformer where you can be killed by falling apples? [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy Where have I heard that one before...]] Also, compare the titles: ''Can I Really Be the Hero" and "I Wanna Be The Guy".
* SoundtrackDissonance: A volcanic, [[GoddamnedBats ninja-infested]] [[PlatformHell hellhole]] gets.. cheery upbeat jazz music?
* SpamAttack: An absolute necessity on bosses. You know that pain you get in your arms from lifting weights too much? Yeah, playing this game for a day or two causes that same feeling.
* SpritePolygonMix: Dood!
** The sequel pushes this even further with the bigger bosses being rendered in 3D.
* TheStinger: All four endings come with one.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Prinnys can't swim, dood.
* SuperMode: Break Mode in the sequel.
* SwampsAreEvil: The swamp level in the sequel.
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Subverted. Asagi uses Action Replay to increase her level to 9999. Since this isn't a normal-style ''Disgaea'' game, however, this is only [[CutScenePowerToTheMax Cutscene Power.]]
* TestosteronePoisoning: Asagi Schwarzinature is this combined with TheAhnold.
* TimedMission: Sorta. You have ten hours to find the ingredients for the Ultra Dessert before Etna goes ballistic, but that's the exact number of stages you'll need to play to win (the first six can be selected in any order)
** Played straight during actual gameplay. Each stage has to be beaten in eight minutes and bosses have to be finished in three.
* ThemeNaming[=/=]PunnyName: The prinnies in the main hub. If you take the time to talk to 'em, you'll notice their names are things like Pripaid, Prittany, Prix, Pritchy...
** In addition, a lot of the characters specifically added for the game are named after various cooking terms or foods, considering the goal of the first game is to obtain the ultimate dessert. Names include Bok Choy, Anise, Kim and Chi (EN)/Natsu and Megu (JP, Nutmeg), Basil and Chevril, Cardamon, and Turmeric.
** A large majority of the monsters in this game are also ''Makai Kingdom'' monsters, which mostly have food designs.
* TransformationSequence: Subverted and parodied by Asagi. In your final battle against her, Asagi will say the words ''[[InTheNameOfTheMoon Pretty Prinny Evolve]]'' and will appear to flash as her ThemeMusicPowerUp starts playing. However, once the flash is over, ''she runs off screen to put on her costume''. And the kicker? [[spoiler:It's just a [[ClippedWingAngel Prinny costume.]]]]
--> ''Asagi'': Hey, [[NoPeekingRequest no peeking, perv!]]
* TrialAndErrorGameplay
* TurnsRed: When enemies are near death, they turn red, and somehow become volatile. When the bosses turn red, they get [[LetsGetDangerous more dangerous.]]
* UniformityException: The game plays with this by making the main character one of the [[WeHaveReserves disposable]] MascotMook Prinnies who's wearing a red scarf. However there's ''nothing'' special about said Prinny; when they die, the player's next "life" is another Prinny wearing the scarf.
* VerbalTic: As usual, the Prinnies, dood.
* WeHaveReserves: Actually, YOU have reserves of 1000 prinnies for getting through all of the levels. Though it'd probably be more accurate to say [[NintendoHard You NEED Reserves]].
* {{Wutai}}: Sakura Palace and Nethersea Volcano, the former being a Japanese-style palace up in the sky, and the latter a Chinese-style restaurant in a volcano UnderTheSea.
* {{Yandere}}: Anise the Cat Witch, who wields an ''axe'' in addition to her magic wand, which makes her a GirlWithPsychoWeapon (and quite ''literally'' AxeCrazy).
* ZergRush: [[spoiler:The 100 black prinny boss battle in the sequel.]]
** In general, the overall premise is that 1000 prinnies zerg rush each stage till one succeeds in the overall mission.
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