History Characters / Bayonetta

* SatanIsGood: Oddly, all of the character art for Rodin in the unlockable extras never uses that name, giving his name as "Mephisto", the name of a German folklore demon most prominently mentioned in the Faust legend and occasionally has been used as another name for the Devil himself. Appropriately, Rodin's role is broadly similar to the traditional devil: a fallen angel who is thwarted and punished from trying to conquer Heaven (and is feared by it) who rules his own "sub-basement" location after his punishment, and jokes about the "deals" he provides Bayonetta.

* AgentPeacock

* [[MKWalker MK Walker]]: She follows this trope a shocking extent every time you fight her (and this starts as early as Chapter ''Two''!), ''and she only gets better''.
** This alone categorizes her as the game's [[WakeUpCallBoss Wake Up Call Boss]], as well.

* EvilIsSexy: [[YourMileageMayVary Depending on]] [[EstrogenBrigade who you ask]].

* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Her glasses allow her to see the supernatural things around her, like the angels. Luka borrows them from time to time. [[spoiler: But only if she enchants them.]]
** Although she can see them just fine without the glasses, [[spoiler: she merely enchants them for Luka's sake.]]

* ReallyGetsAround

* LoveableSexManiac

* MoralityPet: Not the extent of Cereza, Bayonetta does not like to see him seriously hurt.

* {{Badass}}: He's such a ScaryBlackMan that the rulers of Paradiso are terrified of him. He IS the game's BonusBoss after all.

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Walks in and out of Inferno on a regular basis. Seeing as how his body tends to be soaked in demon blood whenever he returns from one of his trips, it can be surmised that the results of these escapades are rather...messy.
* NintendoHard: He practically takes this trope to incredible levels, especially when you have the Gaze of Despair equipped when fighting him.

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Apart from things he did that were part of his plan, as mentioned above, he has sadism that manages to even up Bayonetta.]]

* FashionVictimVillain: And ''how''. That's an ''albino peacock'' he has on his shoulder.
* FashionableAssymmetry: He wears a black glove on one hand.

* FoeYay: With Luka and Jeanne.

* FireIceLightning: Various weapons allow her access to all three- Durga provide fire and lightning, Odette gives ice.

* MsFanservice / FetishFuelStationAttendant: We think the sheer amount of {{Fanservice}} here give you an idea.

* TrickedOutShoes: weapons are attachable to the heels.

* WrestlerInAllOfUs: She's fully capable of '''''suplexing a dragon!!'''''
** Or a dozen angels at the same time! But seeing as it's her they may be okay with it.

** Perhaps most notable is that he manages to reach the top of Balder's skyscraper, despite Bayonetta needing her ability to walk on walls to get their, and is just fine after Balder throws him out the window.

* ThisIsSparta: "My. Name. Is. LUKA!"

* CoDragons: As mentioned above, the four acted as the generals of Jubileus' army in Paradiso.

* TheUnintelligible: They speak in the language of angels, which is supposed to be unpronounceable to mortals. Yet Bayonetta understands them perfectly... Is she reading the subtitles?

* {{Animorphism}}
* AntiHero: Likely of [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV]]. On one side, she's generally nice and even shows a [[MamaBear very soft spot for kids]], on the other, she ''is'' a witch with infernal powers, although considering she saves the world, this might be just a case of DarkIsNotEvil. The real problems, which could label her as at least a HeroicSociopath, are her casual sadism and that whenever she goes, collateral damage follows and [[WhatTheHellHero she doesn't seem to care too much about it]].
** On the other hand, she only kills one actual person in the entirety of the game. So...

* '''''{{Badass}}'''''
* BeyondTheImpossible: Pretty much '''''everything''''' about her. She goes through the whole game pulling a CrowningMomentOfAwesome after another.

* BadassBiker: Moreso than Bayonetta herself.

* BlondesAreEvil: Well, eviler.

* TheGunslinger

* FutureBadass

* MoralityPet: She is the first person we see Bayonetta be nice to. [[spoiler:Which means that the first person Bayonetta is nice to...is herself.[[hottip:*:[[FridgeBrilliance Love does start with the self after all]].]]]]

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He has some shades of PervertDad as well. Bayonetta is understandably weirded out.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: apart from things he did that were part of his plan, as mentioned above, he has sadism that manages to even up Bayonetta.]]

* OneWingedAngel

* PowerGivesYouWings

* {{Badass}}: He '''KILLS''' all the summons you send after him.

** [[spoiler: to put a bit more emphasis, he had them rip off his arms and legs, and then order them to kill Luka the same way just for the sake of killing him the way he killed his father, though Bayonetta's intervention leads to Luka falling out the window instead, which he somehow survives.]]

* IncrediblyLamePun: After tossing [[spoiler:Luka]] through a window:
--> It looks like my plans have gone right out the window.

* OneSceneWonder: He only appears at the very end of the game, though we do hear lines from him in Bayonetta's head, but he steals the stage as soon as he makes his debut.

* AntiVillain: She's only attacking Bayonetta because [[spoiler:she was brainwashed by [[BigBad Balder]]. [[IGotBetter She gets better, though.]]]]

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Queen Sheba]] is basically this to Jubileus, although she is much, ''much'', '''much''' bigger. [[spoiler:Much more powerful too − she effortlessly ''punches God's soul from Pluto to the sun'']]. And if her file is to be believed, this is only a tiny portion of her real power. Good thing the enemy in the game is not Inferno, really.

* EvilTwin: Queen Sheba is basically this to Jubileus, although she is much, ''much'', '''much''' bigger. And also much more powerful: she effortlessly ''punches God's soul from Pluto to the sun''. And if her file is to be believed, this is only a tiny portion of her real power. Good thing the enemy in the game is not Inferno, really.