- Jossed. Sakurai has said in interviews that the game was originally a Star Fox game.
- But then what was their original form before they invaded anything? They had to start somewhere.
- Confirmed. Dark Pit is born of the Mirror possessed by Pandora for creating new troops. The mirror was shattered before Dark Pit became allied to the Underworld Army, hence his working to his own agenda.
- Jossed: The recent trailer has Palutena saying that Medusa's followers resurrected her, so it's likely she was actually killed. Though freeing her from the statue might still have facilitated that.
- "Killing" a Demon/Goddess is usually less effective than Sealing them.
- Completely jossed: Hades actually made a copy of her with the original's memories, and can revive her in this fashion as much as he wants.
- "Killing" a Demon/Goddess is usually less effective than Sealing them.
- Jossed. Besides Pit himself, only Dark Pit, a random dog, a random little girl, Skyworld fighters (if you count the multiplayer) and Magnus are playable.
Alternatively...
- Jossed. But one could say Dark Lord Gaol is a reference to Samus, in a way.
- Confirmed. Medusa's head morphs into a one-eyed head and shoots dark beams at you before reforming back onto her body.
- Jossed, sort of. Dark Lord Gaol is the important someone stuffed in the fridge (or rather, into the armor).
- Heracles is more known for a club than a sword. Then again, Medusa wasn't a goddess...
- Jossed. Though there are two boss fights where Magnus battles Pit, neither are due to a Face–Heel Turn.
- Confirmed; the Forces of Nature, led by Viridi, and the Aurum, eventually led by Pyrrhon.
- Not to mention the space pirates in Chapter 8.
- And Palutena's troops themselves in the Chaos Kin arc.
- Confirmed. It's Hades.
- Jossed. Pit is always the original. Dark Pit is the clone, as much as he wants to deny it.
- Total support. As if this picture jokes at that.
- Jossed, but there IS a hint of time-reversing that plays a role in the game.
- Wanna say Jossed. If that were the case, then how could she still use the armor and its powers?
- Dyntos likely made the armor she used in the fight. Considering his attention to detail, it would be no surprise that he made a faithful recreation of Gaol's armor with all its powers but without the actual curse.
- I want to say jossed because Dyntos is based on the Greek God Hephaestus, who is known for being the ultimate blacksmith.
- To be fair, in the first game, Zeus was only known as a "friendly god". Him going by the name of Zeus is only shown in Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, a game whose current canon status to the series seems questionable at best, especially since that game was released to North America and Europe before Japan. So I wouldn't be surprised if Dyntos is a stand-in for the "Zeus"/friendly god character or they are in fact the same person.
- Jossed. In the game, one of the collectible trophies is "Pit's Body", and it says that the Chaos Kin took advantage of Pit's weakened state after his battle with the Aurum to seal his soul in a ring.
- Furthermore, even Palutena seems to tease her about Pit one time.
- I'd say Viridi's blatant denial proves it. Hell, Pit even tells her that he doesn't think she's all that bad either, before she tells him to keep his voice down. And this happens in Chapter 16, before she saves his life in the next chapter, and takes him in while Palutena is possessed.
- It would explain how Pit and Palutena seem to know so much about other Nintendo games. For example, aside from breaking the fourth wall, it doesn't make much sense for Pit to know about Metroids. Therefore, Samus probably told Pit about them at some point. Plus, some of the enemies in KI:U look a bit similar to the mooks encountered in SSE.
- It would make since given that Pit knows about Super Smash Bros. and how in the JP trailer, Pit and Palutena are shown choosing a character to play. Notice how Pit picked Mario and Palutena chose Kirby? It's obvious who Pit was cheering for during Subspace Emissary. Also, out of all the locations, Pit seems to be the only character that is away from Subspace Emissary given that the Subspace minions only start appearing when Pit is down on earth with the other Smashers and never go beyond a certain point as shown with the Great Maze.
- Wait... No one in KI:U turns into a trophy upon death...
- What about idol trasformations. They pretty much ARE trophies
- Maybe Palutena lost contact with Pit after he exited Skyworld, which would explain why Pit acts on his own without thinking and when all the Smashers are turned into trophies by Tabuu. If Palutena was there, Pit probably wouldn't have been in that situation, since Pit established that if something were to happen to him, Palutena would be watching him no matter what, and the only way for the situation to happen is if Tabuu was powerful enough to block Palutena from reaching Pit, similar to how Palutena could not reach Pit when he was inside Hades' stomach.
- That or maybe Smash Bros. is a spinoff series and has no continuity when it comes to plot.
- Or, since Pit and Palutena are both aware that they're in a game in Uprising and are shown to know about the other games, the events of the Subspace Emissary are only partially canon. When Pit leaves Skyworld, he's entering the SSE universe and joining the brawl, meaning that he's now limited by Brawl's gameplay.
- Pit does say that he used a bow in his last brawl. He wasn't hurt; it was a smash!
- Pit and Palutena mention that they play Super Smash Bros. so that would make the SSE as much a game to them as it is to us.
- Concerning her "The Reason You Suck" Speech in chapter 9, Medusa has brought up some good points about Palutena that makes it seem like she's not as innocent as Pit makes her out to be. In the original game, all we get about the relationship between the two is that they ruled together, but Medusa hated humans and made their lives miserable. Palutena retaliates by turning her into an ugly gorgon and said that it reflected what was in her heart before banishing her to the Underworld. However, when you look at this game and find out that almost all the Gods and Goddesses seem to hate humanity, what Palutena did seems like a Disproportionate Retribution given that Palutena only gets Medusa for her actions in the past, but with Pit serving her, she can deal damage to every God and Goddess that try to harm humanity, as shown when she goes after Viridi for using one reset bomb on the humans. Given Viridi had gone too far, the original mission was to take out the Underworld army, not get sidetracked and destroy every base Viridi had and get rid of all of her allies. In other words, Palutena might as well be a Knight Templar for humanity while Viridi is a Knight Templar against humanity.
- That's only about her view of the humans, but when Palutena is possessed by Chaos Kin, everyone except Pit doesn't act surprised when Palutena attacks the humans. Why is that? It's simple. Given that she and Medusa did rule together at one point, it was brought up that while Medusa made lives miserable, Palutena didn't do much to begin with, as Magnus states in chapter 2 about how she's slacking off with her duties and that his world is on the verge of collapse because of her (and Medusa). Palutena's response? She calls him a jerk, and Pit actually seems shocked by that. Hypocritical much? Not trying to make Palutena a victim of Ron the Death Eater, but given that the game has thrown multiple instances of her doing questionable acts and called out by everyone except Pit, it's not hard to see that Medusa might be right about the two being not so different.
- A jossed theory concerning chapter 24 was that Pseudo Palutena was the darkness in her heart that Dyntos forced out to challenge Pit to see how he would react when he saw the ugly monster she was similar to Medusa's hideous appearance, and that the silence in the final portion of the battle hinted that that was her he battled. Even if the theory is jossed from the idol information, it doesn't change the fact that if you didn't have the idol, you might have thought that Pseudo Palutena was the real one, given the game keeps hinting that Palutena isn't a saint like Pit makes her out to be.
- Finally, given that Palutena is based on the Greek Goddess Athena, it's not hard to see Medusa as a victim too given that there are some stories in Greek Mythology that claimed that Athena was jealous of Medusa's beautiful appearance and turned her into a Gorgon before ordering Perseus to slay her. When you sum it up, though, Pit's black and white view of the world falls naught and Medusa probably suffered as much as Palutena did when she banished her that can't be hidden even with Pit's Shut Up, Hannibal! speech to her.
- The short anime Medusa's Revenge was supposed to explain why she pulled a Face–Heel Turn, but what we get is a glimpse of the past before Palutena turned Medusa into a monster. Notice how Medusa told Palutena to stay out of her affair? This troper would like to think that they were in conflict and Medusa's way of relieving stress was to take it out on the humans. As a result, it looked like she was just playing on a game board and being the game master, killing humans and destroying buildings. If there were two parts to this anime portion like Thanatos Rising then we might have found out that was a bigger reason to why Medusa was banished instead of harming humanity, because given the above theory, it's overkill to be banished for killing humans when all the other Gods/Goddesses do the exact same thing. Also, given that they're supposed to rule together and Palutena was supposed to take care of the humans to make sure they would not suffer, what was Medusa supposed to do if she was already Goddess of Darkness?
- When Medusa defeated Palutena in the original game, she didn't kill Palutena. Why is that if Palutena was the one that made her life miserable? Given the anime said she was imprisoned in her own home, chances are that Medusa would probably want to make humans miserable and stop Pit from getting to her while trying to talk to Palutena about something. The conversation she had in chapter 9 seemed to be suppressed feelings during that time period that she let out during the final battle and before Pit interrupted her, she acts like Palutena betrayed her.
- In the final battle, Medusa is hinted to be a Death Seeker. Now think about it. Medusa in the anime short calls Pit "Palutena's precious pet" and acts jealous when she says that. Medusa might not have had someone as loyal or caring as a friend/sibling/child like Pit, and she was killed twice so Pit could protect Palutena. The fact that Dark Pit was probably created to be a copy of Pit to serve the Underworld but chose to remain neutral hints that she might have wanted someone that would serve her and would never betray her like Palutena. Then everyone finds out that Hades has the power to bring her back multiple times. Medusa confessed that she didn't understand why she came back, but used the memories of Palutena's betrayal and Pit killing her as a motive for coming back to life, and when she dies again, it's implied that she wanted to stay dead. If she wanted to stay dead though since the first time she died, then something bad must have happened to make her so think that. Her suicidal attack on Hades also proves that she seeks death given that she knew that she was no match for Hades, but attacked him anyway. It may have ended up a Villainous Rescue, but she was talking to Palutena when asked why she was helping Pit out.
- When it comes down to it, something was not resolved between Palutena and Medusa and they both know this, which would explain why Palutena won't say anything during Medusa's "The Reason You Suck" Speech and allows Medusa to hate her, given that Palutena probably knows she too is in the wrong in her actions.
- So what about Arlon and Phosphora, then? Or, if we're really going out on a limb, Pandora or T(h)anatos?
- Supported by the dialogue in chapter 15. Palutena and Pit have a heartwarming conversation, only to be spited by Viridi and Hades. Palutena gets angry with them and says that they wouldn't understand what it's like to have someone like Pit. And it's true. The Gods are shown to not have someone by their side like Palutena and as a result, they act out on impulse. Additionally when Palutena turns her back on humanity because of the Chaos Kin, Viridi and Hades act like this is her true personality with only Pit being in denial, so she might have been a bitch before meeting Pit, hence her feud with Medusa is not as black and white as it's made out to be. Concerning the other Gods/Goddesses, though, this troper is certain that Phosphora is fine, as she probably serves as the Morality Pet/Morality Chain to Viridi, to the point that she spent three years trying to revive her, and Phosphora doesn't show any signs of insecurities like the other Gods/Goddesses are implied to have. And Viridi is probably reviving Arlon after Phosphora and given that Arlon is her butler, he doesn't need emotions like loneliness, as his duty is to serve and obey Viridi no matter what. Finally, Pandora might be lonely, given her whole labyrinth is similar to a toy room in a sense; she made a race track in it, and it has many puzzles that are dedicated to her. And Thanatos is the God of Death, and both the God of Death and God of the Dead are described as lonely in Greek mythology.
- Hades himself has stated how 'delicious' Pittoo's soul is in Chapter 22.Hades: I'd love to get my hands on Pittooey's soul. So dark, so chewy, so malleable! A powerful soul like that shouldn't be wasted on Ol' Chomper's lunch.
- Does that mean that Dark Pit is also a chicken?
- Well, there ARE such things as black-colored chickens...
- This is highly unlikely due to a number of things. The most obvious is his armor, which doesn't fit the theme of the Space Pirates encountered in Uprising. The energy his body is made of has the appearance of flames rather than the electricity that the Space Pirates were made of. Also, during battle, he states that his body had broken down, meaning that his current form was not how he had always appeared. Earlier on during the climb of the tower, an Aether Ring is encountered. When asked why he had a vehicle of the gods, he claims it should be obvious, which shows that he has a connection to a god (likely his fallen master). In addition to all this, he shares a bit of his history as an honorable warrior during battle, which doesn't match up with what the Space Pirates do. Although not proof, he showed he had great respect for his master, something that none of the Space Pirates had for their leader (the Captain's idol states he was hated by all his crew). On the note of the Captain, his idol also stated his name was unpronounceable in the human tongue, implying that the Space Pirates had their own language. This is further driven home with the unintelligible babble he shouts before the Space Kraken appears. The Chariot Master, on the other hand, speaks Basic very fluently. The final point that should be made is that all idols show their affiliation symbol in the background. The Space Pirates have their own symbol while the Chariot Master has the neutral character symbol.
- What Pit tells Hades in chapter 23 on why he opposes him isn't because he's the ruler of the Underworld, but because he is abusing his powers to do evil. If Hades was ruling the underworld all of this time and it wasn't a problem until now, then that might imply that he was doing his job before he got greedy and decided to Kill All Humans so he could play with their souls and eat them.
- Hades' heart concerns this troper. She thinks that the heart implies that Hades wasn't always evil in the sense that it looks too cute as described by Pit. Despite being a deadly boss, the fact that it gives a cute appearance despite the menacing God that it is part of makes this troper think that this organ shows what type of person Hades was as a lot of other series say. The shape of your heart depends on what type of individual you are.
- Hades doesn't seem to mind the idea of teaming up with the other Goddesses to defend the earth from the Aurum. Sure, he said he's only working with them because the earth was his and he would be the one to plunge the world in chaos, and despite trolling Pit the entire time, he does help out during those chapters despite being...very greedy about it. In comparison to the Aurum, who are supposed to be more evil than any of the Gods and Goddesses combined, Hades doesn't seem that bad...then there's the fact that Hades isn't that bad in comparison to the Chaos Kin. All the Gods and Goddesses minus Palutena seem to hate humanity, and it wouldn't be out of character for any of the Gods or Goddesses to start a pointless war against the humans given that this happened often in Greek Mythology, where these divine beings are known for using humans in their squabbles against each other (such as the Trojan war).
- Pay attention to how Palutena, Viridi, and Hades treat Pyrrhon. Viridi treats him with great disdain and calls him useless, Hades — while subtle at best — acts like he doesn't exist most of the time, and even Palutena calls him out on his stupidity and tends to forget him the most of the three. Now despite being the "sun god", he seems to be looked down upon and seems to be weaker than the other Gods/Goddesses. As a result, they don't treat him with any respect. Pit seems to want to know more about him, but Palutena dismisses him upon introduction.
- He might not be the sun god at all. The trio of Gods/Goddesses don't listen to him when they say he's the sun god, even though he's shown to use fire magic and use The Power of the Sun. Now look at Greek Mythology and look at the Sun God Helios. He isn't considered a member of the main twelve Olympus Deities given he's a Titan. However, Helios and Apollo are often confused on who is the sun god. But looking at Helios and his history, it wouldn't hurt to assume that Pyrrhon is one of his many children that inherited his powers, but not his title, hence why the other Gods/Goddesses look down on him.
- This is supported by Pyrrhon's Idol, which refers to him as "the self-proclaimed 'Sun God'" and his "boasts of divine lineage [as] hard to swallow." With that in mind, it seems probable he's not divine at all, but some variety of sorcerer or alien being.
- His attitude toward Pit. He's the only God that treats Pit like an equal instead of making fun of him like every other character has done in the entire game. Why is that? Well, when you look at Pit's relationship to the other Deities, he may be the Chew Toy, but they acknowledge Pit for his strength and reliability (even Hades acknowledges Pit's strength at the end of the game) despite being an angel that can't fly. Pyrrhon, however, can't even get the other Gods/Goddesses to show any respect toward him despite being one of them.
- With this information, Pyrrhon merging with the Aurum Brain and trying to gain control of them might be a case of trying to finally be acknowledged by them, as some of his quotes in-game imply. Also, by becoming more powerful than the three Deities, that would make him stronger than Pit, who the three at least acknowledge him for all of his worth.Pit: What kind of rat tricks an angel, Pyrrhon?!
Pyrrhon: WHAT? I can't hear you over all this AWESOME! - I'd disagree with this. When he showed up originally, Palutena said that she was honored he knew who she was. This was one of her unusally sincere moments where she probably wasn't trolling. Considering Dyntos and Hades, maybe all of the major gods are extremely eccentric and his reputation preceded him. He displays a lot of power in a base, human sized form. When Palutena was in a similar form, she wasn't anywhere near that level of power. Hades would probably similar to Palutena if he took on a small form. Also, most ancient pantheons were... quirky... to say the least. For a god, Pyrrhon's behavior is run of the mill.
- They introduce a major figure in Classical Mythology, give him unique artwork and voiced dialogue, and yet only have him appear in one chapter, never to be mentioned again afterwards? That seems a little suspicious if you ask me. If there's a sequel, I'm willing to bet he'll be given a much larger role, maybe even being a major villain. After all, his views on humans are very similar to Viridi's, and it's shown that she hasn't gone back on her views in the ending. Maybe they'll team up to Kill All Humans?
- Poseidon doesn't seem to hate humans, or at least doesn't hate them as much as Viridi does. He simply acknowledges their flaws, and is willing to help Pit and Palutena save them from the Underworld Army. And while implied, it's never flat out stated that Poseidon killed the humans that lived in the town, only that he sunk it. The humans could have escaped to safety.
- Related to the above. Both were Jerkass Gods in the original myths, and since it's already been established most gods in this universe are Jerkasses anyway, it kinda fits. Zeus' mysterious absence in Uprising will be a plot point.
Everything else the Aurum copied had an Aurum-like appearance. Even if Hades didn't flat-out state that the Mimicuties were his, this would a dead giveaway. Now, on to the hearts, Exo-Tank, and Aether Ring. Palutena says she didn't put them there, and Hades definitely didn't do it. Viridi, on the other hand, never says that she didn't put them there. She only says that they're probably Aurum copies, and that she "can't say for sure". Taking into account that conversation about Viridi's "soft spot" for Pit in Chapter 16, and how helpful she was to him throughout the Aurum invasion, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume that she put the vehicles and hearts there for him.
When Pit takes control of Magnus, he is unable to have ranged attacks in that state, yet can shoot from afar when using Magnus's club as himself. Perhaps mythical beings and monsters just have the ability to garner energy to shoot, while humans typically lack the skill.
Aside from his Undying Loyalty, there's also his Sanity Slippage where when he imitates Palutena he says "you're too handsome to lose." Seems like he has a crush on her to me.
Think about, both of them can use almost anything as an effective weapon, they both consume regular foodstuffs to regain health, they both fight massive undead armies, and they both love snarking.
- Nah, that can't be true. Pit's never even shown the slightest interest in covering wars, y'know!
- Why does this feel like a plot from God of War? Isn't this the concept of the original Kid Icarus sequel when it was worked on by Factor 5 and had a huge backlash? I mean, Pit would end up Knight Templar to Kratos' borderline monster and the only reason Pit attacked Palutena was because of the Chaos Kin, so the chances of him turning on her is highly unlikely. Finally, Viridi pulled a Heel–Face Turn at the end of Uprising and Pit said she was a nice person on the inside, so there would be no reason for Pit to kill her or any of the Gods off. And of course, Viridi only attacked humanity because they got into a pointless war and started destroying nature in the progress. As long as another pointless war doesn't break out, she probably won't attack them again. And of course, she doesn't have any more Reset Bombs, so it would be difficult to wipe out humanity.
- Viridi clearly still isn't happy with the humans at the end of the game, so her Heel–Face Turn is only going to last until they do something stupid again (which, let's face it, they will) and/or she rebuilds a Reset Bomb Depot. Her last line implies that the "happy ending" is only going to last as long as she lets it. The God of War parallels are definitely there, but it's not like they have to be strong — Kratos wants revenge and always kills, while Pit would be protecting humans from the selfishness of gods and would avoid killing if possible, so he wouldn't even have to be a Knight Templar. Really, this theory came from the thought that someone had to rule the Underworld (because it does have a purpose) combined with Viridi's continued hatred of humans.
- Her Heel Face Turn is more evident in the Japanese version, as she leaves happily, with a smile. Even if she did start attacking humans again, Pit would just stop her again, and I doubt that either of them would want to go back to being enemies.
- Why does this feel like a plot from God of War? Isn't this the concept of the original Kid Icarus sequel when it was worked on by Factor 5 and had a huge backlash? I mean, Pit would end up Knight Templar to Kratos' borderline monster and the only reason Pit attacked Palutena was because of the Chaos Kin, so the chances of him turning on her is highly unlikely. Finally, Viridi pulled a Heel–Face Turn at the end of Uprising and Pit said she was a nice person on the inside, so there would be no reason for Pit to kill her or any of the Gods off. And of course, Viridi only attacked humanity because they got into a pointless war and started destroying nature in the progress. As long as another pointless war doesn't break out, she probably won't attack them again. And of course, she doesn't have any more Reset Bombs, so it would be difficult to wipe out humanity.
- Would that mean there's a possibility that everything that happened in the game was a hallucination, and chapter 18 was his own damaged psyche trying to tell him he was killing innocent people all along?
As we all know, Pit flew into space during the end credits. Where did he go? According to the Lightning Chariot Base's idol, it's a realm that exists in the silence of the sky's end.
The Chariot Master's dying words were "I'm trusting you with Phos and Lux. And the future of this realm." The Chariot Master entrusted Pit with not only Phos and Lux, but also that realm. Now that the war is over, Pit will honor the Chariot Master's request and take care of the tower for him.
Pyrrhon, like Pit working for Palutena, used to work for the original sun god, who was his master. But somehow, his master died. Pyrrhon's loyalty, along with the trauma on perhaps witnessing this, made him lose his sanity. He tried to do his master's work by replacing him and referring to himself as the sun god, as his idol says he's self-proclaimed and Viridi says 'that's what he calls himself anyway.'
The other gods couldn't see Pyrrhon as a competent god and treated him with disdain and disrespect. This, coupled with his insanity, made him resent the other gods. So he wanted to find a way to have revenge on all of them, and make them respect him. Even if it meant losing himself completely.
He got his wish when he merged himself with the Aurum Brain, but he lost his mind, talking in binary. He was unaware of what was actually going on at the time, but his mind was put in lockdown while his body was being controlled. When Pit defeated him, the physical strain of merging with the Aurum and being severely injured in the battle with Pit was fatal. Pyrrhon, also regaining his sanity in the process, realized he was dying and decided to put things right before his demise. This is why he pushes the Aurum to the other end of the galaxy with the hopes that he'll get to be reunited with his master when he dies.
He's implied to be very well-versed in prophecies, more so than the the other (demi-)gods. So why were they so quick to treat him like a fool? Easy: because that's exactly what he wanted. In order to keep the prophecies on track, he planted the desire for world conquest in Hades, framed humans for a few forest fires (or helped speed along a few that had already been started) to tick off Viridi, etc. It's hard to suspect someone whose head you believe is full of nothing but hot air of deceit, as he proved in-game when he tried to take over the Aurum Brain. Now, what if the entire point of the game wasn't stopping Hades, and to a lesser extent Viridi, but rather saving the entire universe from the planet-eating Aurum swarm? He knew that they would come to Skyworld eventually, and had to get all three sides prepared to fight them. Maybe the book he referred to even outright stated, in detail, the combatants in the war that would draw the Aurum. Finally, what if his possession really served to let him, in fact, weaken the Aurum that crucial bit more? The rest of the plot of stopping Hades, who might have ended up messing with souls even without Pyrrhon's influence, would just be a bonus.
- Or, he manipulated the other gods into fighting so he could take over the Aurum because he really believed he could control them.
Pit had already felt guilty about severely hurting a regular human who was forced into the armour. Palutena pacified him by telling him that it seemed like she was holding on. However, despite Palutena telling him that, Gaol did not survive. Magnus probably tried to get her medical help but she died in his arms. He had lost who could have possibly been his only friend since the loss of his family.
Three years later, Magnus was torn apart by guilt on allowing it to happen. He had gone to stop what he thought was Pit. He acted confident in the faces of others, but secretly wanted to die and hoped that he would be killed.
However, he put that ring on and Pit controlled him. He knew the truth. So he decided to do one last thing before he died himself, hence why he said to Pit 'be careful with my body, I'm going to need it later.'
When he helped Pit get back to his body, satisfied, he committed suicide. But the story doesn't end there.
His connection with Gaol, his brief body-sharing with Pit, and his strength as a human impressed Lord Dyntos, who reunited him and Gaol in the City of Souls and brought them to his workshop before anything could happen to their souls thanks to Hades.
He used them to test Pit and was impressed at how well they held themselves against the angel. So he kept the two of them with him.
He's now training them to be new officers for him, believing them better than just making them go into the afterlife, reincarnating them, or letting Hades have them.
- Jossed. Magnus explicitly cites Pit's body as having killed humans and the bow the body uses is no more different than anything else in Pit's arsenal.
To sum it, there seems to be three main realms, Heaven or Skyworld, Hell or Underworld, and the human world, Earth. Palutena rules over the first and Hades over the second. However, there is no Earth God, as Viridi is nature alone. So while Palutena does take over duties of watching mankind, they have no actual, specific god, so I imagine Pit, the one humans keep seeing saving them, starting to be worshipped by them, and it may be that godhood can be attained by many believing in you like a God, so who would be better to get the title than mister 'I love humanity'?
He already owns the Chariot of Lightning, stated to be the chariot of the Gods, and has proven to be powerful enough to defeat most of them without external help.
Maybe even meeting some Prometheus expy that wants to give mankind a deity to protect them against God wars, so he acts as the Chessmaster in order to lure Pit into said position.
During Chapter 7, the fact that Thanatos is Medusa's second in command is commented as odd by both Pit and Palutena. When asked why he doesn't outrank Medusa as the God of Death, Thanatos begins dodging the question and they drop it. It might have been just a joke, but it could also be possible that he really does outrank Medusa, and was dodging it to avoid leading to questions about who he's really working for if not Medusa. They also question why Medusa would make Thanatos her second-in-command at all, which does seem odd for her, yet he's a perfect fit for Hades given their goofy, laid-back natures. Finally, in Chapter 9, he's the only minion Medusa doesn't create a copy of, as if she either doesn't have the authority to do so or is not aware of how to go about "reviving" him.
- Jossed. Not every boss got references to an earlier fight beyond a passing mention, and Tanatos is simply a spelling error when translating Japanese to English, the two are one in the same.
To only add to this, they use a largely white and otherwise light color scheme, have clear organization but no clear control mechanism, can corrupt those who come into contact with them, have similar powers (for example, the enemies that shoot black holes and the gravity beams from high-level Creeps), and generally ooze cyberpunk.
Viridi became quite upset about this and was frustrated that those "mean old gods" would use her as a Pawn as they manipulated kids like her and Pit to do their dirty work. While Poseidon and Paultena try to reason with Viridi, Dyntos will scold Viridi about necessary this was. Namely how Hades tried to use Viridi as an Unwitting Pawn too and told her how if the Reset Bomb did truly work how many souls Hades would've been given if it did. Naturally this upsets Viridi as she wants to deny it but the other gods tried to convince her that if her plans truly did succeed than it would've made Hades a lot more powerful. Pit feels rather conflicted about this namely how he is glad that the Reset Bombs didn't actually kill anyone but does understand why Viridi is so upset about this and kind of feels bad for her. (Both Pit and Viridi feel conflicted on how it seems that both Palutena and Auron knew about this plan the whole time, as Palutena and Auron try to reason with Pit and Viridi respectively about it. Particularly Auron as he tries to tell Viridi that the gods would've never actually allowed Viridi to try to destroy humanity so he made sure that the Reset Bombs did not actually destroy anyone in the towns.) Though Pit does point out that if the Reset Bombs have been saving people from the Underworld Army then why was he sent to destroy the Pod? But then the gods gave him an explanation that they needed Pit to think that the Reset Bombs were dangerous and had to be stopped. Namely on how if the Reset Bombs were kept around any longer than someone else (such as the Underworld Army) may find out their true purpose. So in other words Viridi's involvement in this incident was planned out by the other gods as a part of their plan against Hades. Granted they had a couple of setbacks on their way namely the Aurum Invasion and the Chaos Kin incident (in which the latter was a much bigger setback) but still their plan did manage to work in the end.
It also explains why his outfit is incredibly fashionable.
- The reason why he seems so weak compared to the other gods' champions is because he is weak compared to them. Had he been a full angel, he likely would have had some divine powers like Phosphora's lightning, Cragalanche's strength and rock powers, or... whatever Pandora does. Instead, he's left to use weapons and skill to even the odds against his foes.
- Pyrrhon sees Pit as an equal, and Pyrrhon's divine heritage is "questionable." The self-proclaimed sun god might have sensed a kindred spirit in Pit.
- The gods tend to pick on Pit. They also badmouth humans nigh-constantly. It's possible that they know about his heritage/origins. If they don't then it would at least give a reason for Pit to be so sensitive when he's asked why he can't fly; he doesn't want to give them more things to make fun of.
Now let's focus on Palutena. Her staff isn't just for divine magic and stuff like that, it doubles as her Portal Gun. Of course, everyone else just passes this off as magic, but she does frequently use it to travel to other universes. As for why the Council of Ricks doesn't acknowledge her, it's because she, like Rick C-137, defected from the Council, but in her case, it was because she developed actual compassion for her Morty, and by extension, humanity as a whole, and did not believe the other Ricks were capable of doing so (at least at the time). This, of course, means she survived the fall of the Council by sheer coincidence. Going back to her staff, that leads me to my next theory (one which could go along with this theory, though it doesn't have to)...
- This is based on Greek Mythology, where pretty much everyone is related in some way. It's very possible that not only is this the case, but Palutena is related to them as well (possibly being Hades's niece, as she is meant as a stand-in for Athena).
Similarly, Palutena may be a goddess version of Sylvia. They both can be rude at times, but they both care for their male leads, through thick and thin. Palutena could've even been a goddess trying to hunt down Pit, just like Sylvia started out, but then through Pit, she started to gain a loving to the little angel, and even humanity itself.