History Anime / MakaiSenkiDisgaea

* FreakyThursday: In the Netherworld Hall of Treasures, Flonne and Etna swap personalities (and outfits) due to something that Vulcanus set off.

* OffModel: Happens often. Depending on the artist, Etna's two tufts of hair will either be their usual large size or smaller than her head. [[FromBadToWorse And then it keeps on changing sizes as the scene goes on...]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins: As usual, dood!

* HumongousMecha: Pringer X. Unlike the BonusBoss that appeared in later games, this one is based on the less intimidating robot that Etna introduced in one of her OnTheNext segments.

** Pringer X was based on a fictional robot that Etna introduced in one of her OnTheNext segments. It differs from the smaller yet more intimidating BonusBoss of later games.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Jennifer ''a lot''. Many of her scenes love to focus on her bouncing breasts to remind everyone of Laharl's weakness.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

The series opens as Angel Trainee Flonne descends into the Netherworld in front of a burning castle in the middle of a lake of lava, having been sent to assassinate the Overlord. Skip to two years later, she still hasn't found him, and heads into what she believes is a tomb to take shelter. Here, she falls through the floor and discovers herself in a garbage heap -- why it's there is never explained, but she forgets all about it after spotting a coffin with the Overlord's crest on it. Hoping she may have found her target at last, she cracks it open, only to be disappointed that it contains a young demon, not her target. Introducing himself as Prince Laharl, he is startled to discover his current resting place and that it's been two years since he went for a nap. After some... misunderstandings, he is reunited with his father's former vassal Etna and her personal squad of Prinnies. Accompanied by Flonne, who doesn't think she can go back seeing as how her target actually choked to death shortly before she arrived in the Netherworld in the first place and wants to see if demons are truly as evil as they claim to be, the trio (and the Prinnies) set out for the Overlord's Castle, seeking to place Laharl back on the throne that is rightfully his.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Maharl's take on how her parents met. She basically all but tells us that [[spoiler: her mom was a prostitute that Kirchevskoy used to hire after his wife died]], to the extent that Etna freaks out and tells her to stop, as she's heard more than enough.

* ConspicuousCG: The Prinnies on occasion, most notably the trailer, the Prinny stadium, and their attack on the Gargantua

* LameExcuse: The Prinnies ''almost'' noticed that Laharl wasn't a Prinny because he didn't say "dood" after two sentences. Etna covered for him by saying he's sick.

[[TheAnimeOfTheGame The anime adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Maharl's take on [[CrowningMomentOfFunny how her parents met.]] She basically all but tells us that [[spoiler: her mom was a prostitute that Kirchevskoy used to hire after his wife died]], to the extent that Etna freaks out and tells her to stop, as she's heard more than enough.

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The {{anime}} adaption of ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness''.

* FanDisservice: Gordon gets a temp job in a saloon in a white and pink minidress.

* GroinAttack: In the below-mentioned conversation Etna has with Flonne after they start traveling together, she mentions that she gave an unidentified nosy guy a very firm kick in the "you know where" (Flonne doesn't know where, though).
** This conversation actually happens at the start of the 5th chapter in the games as well.

* HumongousMecha: Pringer X.

* MythologyGag: This series could really be considered more of an AlternateContinuity that happens to reference lots of elements from the original game. For example, Maderas calls up a pack of busty (if chastely dressed) succubi and {{catgirl}}s who start chanting positive phrases like "eternal love", which makes Laharl so freaked out he can barely fight. This is a loose adaption of a background effect from an actual fight in the game, which has the effect of cutting Laharal's attack stats by 50%.