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* LadyAndKnight: Implied that he views his relationship with Cleopatra as being of the Dark Lady and Black Knight variant.

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* LadyAndKnight: Implied that he views his relationship with Cleopatra as being something along the lines of the Dark Lady and Black Knight variant.



* EldritchAbomination: This game's depiction is a three-headed worm with six mouths per head.

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* EldritchAbomination: This game's depiction is a three-headed worm with six multiple mouths per head.



* TooManyMouths: Cerberus has six mouths per head, equaling eighteen in total.
* KillItWithFire: Fire by itself will not kill it, but it will stun it and give you an opportunity to inflict some damage on it.

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* TooManyMouths: Cerberus has six four mouths per on its middle head and five mouths on the other head, equaling eighteen fourteen in total.
* KillItWithFire: Fire by itself will not kill it, but it will stun it the creature's heads and give you an opportunity to inflict some damage on it.



* DirtyOldMan: As evident when he attempted to seduce his own future daughter-in-law.

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* DirtyOldMan: As evident when he attempted to seduce his own future daughter-in-law.daughter-in-law and later makes various lewd comments about Beatrice during his boss fight.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: During the fight against him, he frequently decries his son "wasting his time" to rescue Beatrice when there are numerous other women left for him to fornicate with, showing that Alighiero is unable to understand that people can be form intimate relationships out of genuine love for each other and not just for base carnal desires.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The one of the two largest beings in the game rivaled only by Lucifer [[spoiler: in his shell]]. Phlegyas is so large that the Asterian Beasts barely reach his knees.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The one of the two largest beings in the game rivaled only by Lucifer [[spoiler: in his shell]]. Phlegyas is so large that the Asterian Beasts Beasts, of which are roughly three stories tall, barely reach his knees.



* {{Expy}}: More so in terms of appearance [[spoiler: Post demon transformation, Francesco]] has been noted as being similar to that of the [[Franchise/GodOfWar Barbarian King Alrik]].

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* {{Expy}}: More so in terms of appearance appearance, [[spoiler: Post demon transformation, transformation Francesco]] has been noted as being similar to that of the [[Franchise/GodOfWar Barbarian King Alrik]].



* AdaptedOut: He makes no appearance in Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic and has Dante taking a scythe from a winged demon instead.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He has nothing against Dante, he is someone is simply doing his job and [[DesignatedVillain happens to be obstructing Dante's mission]].

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* AdaptedOut: He makes no appearance in Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic and has Dante taking a scythe from a winged demon {{Mook}} instead.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He has nothing against Dante, he is someone is simply doing his job and [[DesignatedVillain happens to be obstructing Dante's mission]].mission of surviving]].



* SinisterScythe: The one that Dante would take his scythe from. [[spoiler: Though it is revealed at the end to merely be a replica]].

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* SinisterScythe: The one that Dante would take his scythe from. [[spoiler: Though it is revealed at the end to merely be a replica]].that Dante has used throughout his journey is an illusionary replica of the real one]].



* ManipulativeBastard: "[[BlatantLies You are hereby absolved of your sins]]!"

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* ManipulativeBastard: "[[BlatantLies You are Your immaculate Father hereby absolved absolves you of your sins]]!"



* SinisterMinister: Naturally given that the church portrayed here is one of the [[CorruptChurch corrupt]] variety.

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* SinisterMinister: Naturally given that the church is portrayed here is one of the as being [[CorruptChurch corrupt]] variety.
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* AntiVillain: Arguably qualifies as this as he is [[PunchClockVillain only doing his ordained job]] of judging the appropriate punishments of the damned.



* EverybodyHasStandards: During the fight against him, Minos will repeatedly [[ThisIsUnforgiveable remind Dante of some of the crimes he has committed during his time at Acre]] and why he does not deserve to achieve any sort of happiness.

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* EverybodyHasStandards: During the fight against him, Minos will repeatedly [[ThisIsUnforgiveable [[ThisIsUnforgivable remind Dante of some of the crimes he has committed during his time at Acre]] and why he does not deserve to achieve any sort of happiness.



* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Marc Antony is a 10-foot tall warrior wearing golden armor that looks like it's made out of other shades.

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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Marc Antony is a 10-foot seven to eight foot tall warrior wearing golden armor that looks like it's made out of other shades.shades.
* LadyAndKnight: Implied that he views his relationship with Cleopatra as being of the Dark Lady and Black Knight variant.

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* TemptingFate: When he is seen again at the citadel in Limbo detached from the boat, he boasts that he will never die just before Dante gets the opportunity to push him off into the Acheron. Perhaps he should have stopped while he was [[IncrediblyLamePun a head]].


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* EverybodyHasStandards: During the fight against him, Minos will repeatedly [[ThisIsUnforgiveable remind Dante of some of the crimes he has committed during his time at Acre]] and why he does not deserve to achieve any sort of happiness.


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* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Lucifer said he promised Alighiero a thousand years free of pain and suffering if he succeeds in killing his son. However, given that Dante has been DeadAllAlong, this would be impossible for Alighiero to achieve, thus his battle was likely for the purpose of giving Lucifer a chance to observe and test Dante's skill]].


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* HumanoidAbomination: One that has a resemblance to the Gluttons with some differences (including hair, a pig-like hoof replacing his right hand, and retaining some, though shredded, clothing) but keeping his sentience.
* RedRightHand: In his case, his right hand is that of swine hoof.


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* AdaptedOut: He makes no appearance in Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic and has Dante taking a scythe from a winged demon instead.

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* CanonForeigner: Not just in terms of the poem, in the annals of History. Though it is interesting to note that Dante Alighieri had a [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri#Life half-brother]] ]] of the same name, which this character is likely to have been based upon.

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* CanonForeigner: Not just in terms of the poem, but also in the annals of History. Though it is interesting to note that Dante Alighieri had a [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri#Life half-brother]] ]] of the same name, which this character is likely to have been based upon.



* {{Protectorate}}: Was one for Dante as part of [[spoiler: a promise to Beatrice, Francesco's sister, that he would protect him as if he were his own. Dante ultimately fails in this not because of lack of skill or strength, but because of a lack of integrity in clarifying the details about the massacre at Acre that would have saved his life]].



* {{Teleportation}}: Gabriel was able to travel to Hell in order to retrieve Beatrice. He then ascended back to Heaven.

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* {{Teleportation}}: Gabriel [[spoiler: Gabriel]] was able to travel to Hell in order to retrieve Beatrice. He then ascended back to Heaven.

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* ActionGirl: One of only two in the game with the other being [[DarkActionGirl Cleopatra]].



* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to him and his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill creatures]]. Taken further in An Animated Epic when he goes so far as to call the physical world "Another Hell" and that "its humans are its demons".

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to him and his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill creatures]]. Taken further in An Animated Epic when he goes so far as to call the physical world "Another Hell" and that "its humans "humans are its demons".

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* EyeBeams: Which operate very similar to Dante's cross attacks.
* {{Flight}}: A key defining difference of her play style to that of Dante's.
* GoldAndWhiteAreDivine: With some HeavenlyBlue (her eyes and dress) as well.



* HeroOfAnotherStory: Averted. She is a playable character in the Trials of St. Lucia DLC but it has no side story whatsoever.
* LightEmUp: Her elemental power, naturally.
* LightIsGood: She is an Angel who is assigned to protect Dante.



* MysticalWhiteHair: Her hair is actually platinum blonde, but fits the trope for the most part.



* WhiteAndGoldAreDivine: With some HeavenlyBlue as well.

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* WhiteAndGoldAreDivine: With some HeavenlyBlue as well.SinisterScythe: She wields a Holy Sickle, but nonetheless works the same way.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Represented with her blue dress and eyes.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Defied. During the second of Virgil's conversations with Dante, when the latter remarks that the punishment for those who refused to commit to a position in life was harsh, Virgil replied that it was an appropriate sentence for they were, to quote ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "good men who let evil happen" and ends with a commanding "Move On!".



* MonochromaticEyes: As a result of her eyes being plucked out just before she was murdered.
* WingedHumanoid: Though it should be noted that she is a saint, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not an angel]].

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* MonochromaticEyes: As a result of her original eyes being plucked out just before she was murdered.
murdered. She was rewarded with a new set of eyes said to be more beautiful than any others in existence.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: In this game, just as some Humans can be turned into demons after death, some particularly virtuous Humans get to become angels.
* WhiteAndGoldAreDivine: With some HeavenlyBlue as well.
* WingedHumanoid: Though it should be noted that As she is a saint, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not got to be transformed into an angel]].
angel post-death.



* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill creatures]].

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to him and his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill creatures]].creatures]]. Taken further in An Animated Epic when he goes so far as to call the physical world "Another Hell" and that "its humans are its demons".



* TheFerryman: Though in the case this game, he is a rather literal combination of a ferry and man.

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* TheFerryman: Though in the case of this game, he is a rather literal combination of a ferry and man.



* ElderitchAbomination: This game's depiction is a three-headed worm with six mouths per head.

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* ElderitchAbomination: EldritchAbomination: This game's depiction is a three-headed worm with six mouths per head.

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* BodyHorror: In this game he is the boat.



* EatMe: How Dante manages to kill it

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* EatMe: How Dante manages to kill itit.
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!!Virgil

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* DependingOnTheArtist: While many characters have different designs throughout the animated movie, Virgil has the most drastic changes in appearance each time. Some of Virgil's character designs can be seen [[http://dantesinferno.wikia.com/wiki/Virgil#Gallery here]].
* {{Expy}}: In contrast to many of the other main characters of the cast who are expies [[InNameOnly who have the same name]] as those in Literature/TheDivineComedy, he is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] in that he is a faithful depiction of the Roman Poet as portrayed in the original poem.
* MrExposition: Creator/{{Virgil}} provides some information via quotations, with some minor changes, from the poem about the new areas Dante will have to go through.
* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this role for Dante.
* TheSpock: In keeping with his portrayal in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The Florentine poet regarded him as the pinnacle of human reason but also as the limitations of human reason.




!!Virgil

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* DependingOnTheArtist: While many characters have different designs throughout the animated movie, Virgil has the most drastic changes in appearance each time. Some of Virgil's character designs can be seen [[http://dantesinferno.wikia.com/wiki/Virgil#Gallery here]].
* {{Expy}}: In contrast to many of the other main characters of the cast who are expies [[InNameOnly who have the same name]] as those in Literature/TheDivineComedy, he is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] in that he is a faithful depiction of the Roman Poet as portrayed in the original poem.
* MrExposition: Creator/{{Virgil}} provides some information via quotations, with some minor changes, from the poem about the new areas Dante will have to go through.
* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this role for Dante.
* TheSpock: In keeping with his portrayal in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The Florentine poet regarded him as the pinnacle of human reason but also as the limitations of human reason.

!!St. Lucia
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* GuardianEntity: The developers have described her as being like a guardian angel for Dante.
* MonochromaticEyes: As a result of her eyes being plucked out just before she was murdered.
* WingedHumanoid: Though it should be noted that she is a saint, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not an angel]].



* Manipulative Bastard: "[[BlatantLies You are hereby absolved of your sins]]!"

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* Manipulative Bastard: ManipulativeBastard: "[[BlatantLies You are hereby absolved of your sins]]!"



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* BadassBeard: He is a notable military leader thus can back up the badass part.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: In contrast to some other Crusaders (namely Dante who committed the Massacre at Acre), he was willing to treat his enemies with respect and not assume that they were soulless sub-human beings for simply following a different religion and looking different from them.



* NobleDemon/ WorthyOpponent: The reason he gets to be in Limbo in the Hall of Virtuous Heathens.

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* NobleDemon/ WorthyOpponent: The reason he BadassBeard: He is a notable military leader thus can back up the badass part.
* NobleDemon: At least from the perspective of the Crusaders, thus
gets to be in Limbo in the Hall of Virtuous Heathens.



!!St. Lucia
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* GuardianEntity: The developers have described her as being like a guardian angel for Dante.
* MonochromaticEyes: As a result of her eyes being plucked out just before she was murdered.
* WingedHumanoid: Though it should be noted that she is a saint, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not an angel]].

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!![[spoiler: Michael the Archangel]]

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!![[spoiler: Michael the Archangel]]Gabriel]]



* WingedHumanoid: Naturally

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* LightIsGood: He comes to help Dante by bringing Beatrice soul to Heaven as it would have had she not made her wager with Lucifer.
* MercurysWings: Which are on his head with the tips pointed forwards... and just so happen to make them look like horns when seen at a certain angle. Make of that what you will.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Thank you for reminding us that he is angel CaptainObvious.
* {{Telepathy}}: Seems to have this ability as he doesn't move his lips when communicating with Dante.
* {{Teleportation}}: Gabriel was able to travel to Hell in order to retrieve Beatrice. He then ascended back to Heaven.
* VaguenessIsComing: His scene with Dante when taking Beatrice to Heaven suggests that Dante's actions will play a role in the ongoing war between God and Lucifer.
* WingedHumanoid: Naturally
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* PlayingWithFire: His elemental power.

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* PlayingWithFire: His elemental power.BreathWeapon: Which comes in the form of a beam of fire.


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* HornedHumanoid: He has this appearance in the promotional tie-in comic. Also worth noting that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen prior designs before settling on the one he would have were to include horns and wings]] in order to make him look like a black angel (of which there is a passing reference to one in Canto XXVII of the poem).

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* LargeHam: Only beaten out by Lucifer.
* Manipulative Bastard: "[[BlatantLies You are hereby absolved of your sins]]!"
* NoNameGiven: He's also [[FanNickname called "the cutscene bishop"]] given that he only appears during the flashback cutscenes.
* SinisterMinister: Naturally given that the church portrayed here is one of the [[CorruptChurch corrupt]] variety.

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!!Richard I the Lionhearted of England

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!!Richard I the Lionhearted of England!!Saladin



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!!Bella Alighieri

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* CanonForeigner: Bella Abati, the historical Dante Aligheri's mother, was not featured in the poem.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: As Dante finds out the hard way when going through the Wood of the Suicides]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During her conversation with her living son, she informs him that it is too late for them to change their ways, which provides a vague hint of the reveal that [[spoiler: Dante has been dead along]].



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* MonochromaticEyes: As a result of her eyes being plucked out just before she was murdered.
* WingedHumanoid: Though it should be noted that she is a saint, [[OurAngelsAreDifferent not an angel]].

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The one of the two largest beings in the game rivaled only by Lucifer [[spoiler: in his shell]]. Phlegyas is so large that the Asterian Beasts barely reach his knees.
* PlayingWithFire: His elemental power.
* ThatsNoMoon: How Phlegyas reveals himself in the Styx River.
* TheUnfought: While he does make some swipes at Dante by hitting him with his fists or fire breath, there is never any sort of boss battle against him, [[spoiler: though you do get to use him to break into the city of Dis]].



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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Francesco, Dante's former best friend. Dante ended up framing him for the slave massacre in order to save his own skin, leading to Francesco's execution and condemnation to Hell. He's understandably pissed about it.]]
* CanonForeigner: Not just in terms of the poem, in the annals of History. Though it is interesting to note that Dante Alighieri had a [[spoiler: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri#Life half-brother]] ]] of the same name, which this character is likely to have been based upon.
* {{Expy}}: More so in terms of appearance [[spoiler: Post demon transformation, Francesco]] has been noted as being similar to that of the [[Franchise/GodOfWar Barbarian King Alrik]].
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: He will do this throughout the battle against him [[spoiler: in the Abominable Sands in the Seventh Circle]].
* WhatTheHellHero: During your fight with [[spoiler: him, Francesco condemns Dante for betraying him by refusing to tell the truth about the massacre of prisoners at Acre for which he was executed in Dante's place.]]

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* AbusiveParents: Dante's father Alighiero constantly berated him and [[spoiler: drove his mother to suicide]].
* CanonForeigner: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alighiero_di_Bellincione Alighero di Bellincione]], the historical Dante Aligheri's father, was not featured in the poem.
* DirtyOldMan: As evident when he attempted to seduce his own future daughter-in-law.
* EyeScream: Dante's father is murdered with a [[StealthPun cross through his eye]].
* FatBastard: He was portrayed as this in life and is exacerbated when he becomes a demon.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Alighiero di Bellincione was a respected banker and, as far as is known from surviving documents, [[GoodParents a decent parent]]. The character of Alighiero presented here is an avaricious, lecherous, and abusive bastard [[spoiler: who gets worse when he is turned into a HumanoidAbomination who really crosses the MoralEventHorizon]].
* StuffedIntoTheFridge: The corpse of Dante's father is left for him to discover, a cross rammed into his eye.

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!!Phlegyas!![[spoiler:Francesco]]



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!!Cerberus

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!!Cerberus!!Cerberus



* EatMe: How Dante manages to kill it
* {{Hellhound}}: Averted in that it depicted as a three headed worm rather than as a three head dog as in ClassicalMythology but nonetheless serves the same purpose. Though it should be noted that was in keeping with the way it was portrayed in the poem.
* TooManyMouths: Cerberus has six mouths per head, equaling eighteen in total.
* KillItWithFire: Fire by itself will not kill it, but it will stun it and give you an opportunity to inflict some damage on it.

!!Alighiero
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!!Alighiero

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!!Alighiero!!Phlegyas



!!Phlegyas

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!!Phlegyas!![[spoiler:Francesco]]



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* DependingOnTheArtist: While many characters have different designs throughout the animated movie, Virgil has the most drastic changes in appearance each time. Some of Virgil's character designs can be seen [[http://dantesinferno.wikia.com/wiki/Virgil#Gallery here]].




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* TheSpock: In keeping with his portrayal in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. The Florentine poet regarded him as the pinnacle of human reason but also as the limitations of human reason.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever:

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever:AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: As a result of being turned into a demon after his death.



* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: As a result of being turned into a demon after her death. Though she can switch to an average Human size such as when she attempts to seduce Dante.

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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: As a result of being turned into a demon after her death. Though she can switch to an average Human size such as when she attempts to seduce Dante.



* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Cleopatra is a 30-foot tall [[HornyDevils succubus]] who rules over Lust.

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* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Cleopatra is a 30-foot tall gigantic [[HornyDevils succubus]] who rules over Lust.
* HornyDevils: Though instead of being [[MsFanservice attractive]], she is [[FanDisservice extremely disturbing]].
* LoadBearingBoss: After Dante kills Antony and her, the tower comes crumbling down.
* MookMaker: Cleopatra produces Mooks instead of fighting you directly.
* ObligatorySwearing: Cleopatra is the only character who uses swear words other than damn. It comes off as forced and unnatural.
* UnholyMatrimony: Has this with Marc Antony.
* TheVamp: Also doubles as TheBaroness.
* WhatTheHellHero: She repeatedly taunts Dante about his lapse in his faithfulness in giving to his lust that brought about his ordeal.



* TheDragon: For Cleopatra.
* DualBoss: You fight Marc Antony and Cleopatra together. Though the former is the one who fights Dante directly with the latter providing assistance.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Marc Antony is a 10-foot tall warrior wearing golden armor that looks like it's made out of other shades.
* UnholyMatrimony: with Cleopatra.

!!Cerberus
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!!Cerberus

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!!Alighiero

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!!Phlegyas

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* BewareMyStingerTail: Minos has two of them.
* GateGuardian: Serves this role in preventing any living being from being able to continue onward.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: King Minos has his face split in half by his own spiked wheel.
* LargeHam: Arguably only beaten out in this role by Lucifer and the Bishop.

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!!Cleopatra
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!!King Minos

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!!Cleopatra

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!!Alighiero

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!!Death



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!!Death
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* AscendedExtra: In Canto XIX of "the Inferno", there was a passing mention of an individual who Alighieri called ''lo perfido assassin'' ("the treacherous assassin"). In this videogame adaptation, the assassin becomes a more prominent character in which he kills Beatrice, Alighiero, and [[spoiler: later revealed to have killed Dante]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: The nameless assassin, in retaliation for [[spoiler:Dante sleeping with his wife as part of a deal for freedom which Dante actually honored, a deal that ''she'' offered]], [[spoiler:kills Dante, travels all the way to Europe to find Dante's home, and kills Dante's father and his love Beatrice]]. His [[TheDeterminator determination]] is nearly on Dante's level.
* KarmaHoudini: The unnamed assassin [[spoiler:never receives punishment for his killing spree, though he will implicitly end up in Hell. Maybe. It's sort of ambiguous.]]
* NoNameGiven: Though he is sometimes referred to as "The Avenger" in some supplemental material.
* UngratefulBastard: In a way. [[spoiler: His wife, the Slave woman, by offering herself to Dante in exchange for his release, achieved his freedom. His response was to have her killed for committing adultery despite her act of seduction [[WellIntentionedExtremist having a good intention]].]]

!!Slave Girl
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* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: She is really the assassin's wife not his sister as she claimed]].
* NoNameGiven: Slave woman is the closest thing she has to a name.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her act of seduction ended up putting the plot in motion by angering [[spoiler: her husband, the Assassin, who killed Dante, Alighiero, and Beatrice]] and also cause Beatrice to lose her wager with Lucifer.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Her fate following the Third Crusade is never specified. Though An Animated Epic does imply that the Assassin, [[spoiler: her husband]], would have her killed [[spoiler: for her act of adultery even despite it achieving his freedom]] in addition with Dante and his loved ones.




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!!Death
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* DarkIsNotEvil: He has nothing against Dante, he is someone is simply doing his job and [[DesignatedVillain happens to be obstructing Dante's mission]].
* GrimReaper: Thank you for mentioning this CaptianObvious.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Dante kills Death with his own scythe. [[spoiler: However, it is later revealed that his fight with and slaying of Death was a delusion Dante is having.]]
* KilledOffForReal: He is the very first boss encountered in the game and killed shortly after his introduction. [[spoiler: However, this is revealed to be a subversion. He was never killed and the battle itself was only an illusion that Dante experienced]].
* SinisterScythe: The one that Dante would take his scythe from. [[spoiler: Though it is revealed at the end to merely be a replica]].
* StarterVillain: Though starter antagonist might be a more fitting name for him given that he has no connection to Satan or any of Hell's other inhabitants and was [[PunchClockVillain simply doing his job]] of [[DontFearTheReaper sending the souls of the deceased to their appropriate destinations]].

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!!Slave Girl

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!!Richard I the Lionhearted of England

!!Saladin

* TheVoiceless: In the Animated movie where he simply gives Dante a searing stare for his [[WhatTheHellHero massacre of prisoners at Acre]].

!!Bella Alighieri

!!St. Lucia

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* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed creatures]].

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* GodIsEvil: He proclaims this in Dante's Inferno: [[AnimatedAdaptation An Animated Epic]] based on God choosing to create [[HumansAreBastards Humans]] and [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill their free will]].
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed flawed]] [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill creatures]].




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* StupidEvil: In keeping with the original "Inferno" by Alighieri, this is how Lucifer is portrayed in this game. This shows pretty much everything wrong with modern Lucifer portrayals in media: the stereotypical pride and manipulative traits are so mixed up that, instead of an imposing figure, he ends up a raving melodramatic lunatic that only a moron would ever be fooled by.
* UnholyMatrimony: Seeks to establish this with Beatrice [[spoiler: which he has briefly, but even then she was merely bait to get Dante to go through Hell to break his bonds]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: Lucifer proposes this to [[spoiler: Dante due to being able to gather Human souls]] in the end. [[spoiler: He]] shoots him down with, "All I want is to be rid of you!"
* WhatTheHellHero: He repeatedly reminds Dante of just how the whole thing is his fault.


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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: As a result of being turned into a demon after her death. Though she can switch to an average Human size such as when she attempts to seduce Dante.
* TheBaroness: Cleopatra doubles with TheVamp (she is a [[HornyDevils succubus]], after all).
* DualBoss: You fight Marc Antony and Cleopatra together.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cleopatra is genuinely grief-stricken when Dante kills Anthony. They ''did'' damn themselves to be together forever, after all.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Cleopatra is a 30-foot tall [[HornyDevils succubus]] who rules over Lust.

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* {{Expy}}: In contrast to many of the other main characters of the cast who are expies [[InNameOnly who have the same name]] as those in Literature/DivineComedy, he is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] in that he is a faithful depiction of the Roman Poet as portrayed in the original poem.

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* {{Expy}}: In contrast to many of the other main characters of the cast who are expies [[InNameOnly who have the same name]] as those in Literature/DivineComedy, Literature/TheDivineComedy, he is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] in that he is a faithful depiction of the Roman Poet as portrayed in the original poem.


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* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Beatrice is just Lucifer's bait to get Dante to destroy the chains holding him in Hell, as they are in Dante's way as he traverses Hell.]]


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* FullFrontalAssault: Lucifer's big floppy dong is in full display, though with the lighting and the angles, you'd have to actually be looking for it to notice it most of the time.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He thanks [[UnwittingPawn Dante]] for having "a soul as black as mine" in being able [[spoiler: to break the gigantic chains that kept him imprisoned and subsequently break the Titan outer shell that he was hald in]].
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Whenever Lucifer slips into Large Ham mode, John Vickery (the actor voicing him) seems to be channeling TimCurry. Appropriate, considering Curry once portrayed [[{{Film/Legend}} another version]] of TheDevil.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Subverted; Dante's father taunts him to do it, but Dante absolves him instead of punishing him.


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* TheBait: [[spoiler: She was but a pawn in order to get Dante to destroy the chains that held him in the process of rescuing her]].


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* BishounenLine: Lucifer starts out as a giant demon but partway through the fight shows his "true" form, which is only a bit taller than Dante.
* BreakingSpeech: Lucifer and the rest of Hell spend the entire game delivering one to Dante.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Lucifer is polite and soft-spoken, if somewhat sarcastic. It's just an act; once you start really putting the screws to him he goes full Large Ham.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: During the final battle against him, he goes into a tirade about how Humans are evil creatures in contrast to his Angel brethren who believe in only Justice and Reason [[LawfulEvil without compromise]] and should not have been replaced by such [[HumansAreFlawed flawed creatures]].
* LargeHam: He gives plenty of long winded speeches throughout and he really starts ChewingTheScenery [[spoiler: after Dante has unwittingly freed him]].
* {{Satan}}: Well, obviously. He's the BigBad and FinalBoss.

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* WalkingSpoiler: In large part due to her [[spoiler: becoming Lucifer's consort]].

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* TheLostLenore: Beatrice, who dies before the game starts.
* ReroutedFromHeaven: Beatrice has this happen to her as a result of losing the aforementioned wager. The whole plot is about fixing that.
* WalkingSpoiler: In large part due to her [[spoiler: becoming [[UnholyMatrimony Lucifer's consort]].]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Beatrice spends a good chunk of the game berating Dante for his breach of trust, especially after [[spoiler: she temporarily joins with Lucifer.]]

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** Throughout the game, as he progresses through the nine circles, he also breaks the Chains of Judecca that were keeping Lucifer imprisoned.
* SinisterScythe: Death's Scythe, his primary weapon.

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** Throughout the game, as he progresses through the nine circles, he also [[spoiler: breaks the Chains of Judecca that were keeping Lucifer imprisoned.
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* SinisterScythe: Death's Scythe, his primary weapon. [[spoiler: Though its revealed to only be an illusionary replica of Death's Scythe following the battle against Lucifer]].
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Having done so, one of Dante's side purposes in his journey is to avoid meeting the same fate that his father did. Made creepily evident by some combat and aesthetic similarities, like using the cross as a ranged weapon and a cross on the chest.
* VillainProtagonist: Toyed with. While he is certainly this during his time serving in the Third Crusade, he subverts this for the rest of the game after doing a HeelFaceTurn upon completion of his tour of duty and seeks to atone for his actions during that war.


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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Beatrice is beautiful, pure, virtuous, and blonde.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Beatrice is always nude whenever she puts in an appearance throughout the game.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Upon completing the Eighth Circle, Dante is told to face his sins of betrayal by [[spoiler:the Queen of Hell, Beatrice]]. Believing himself eternally damned and Beatrice worthy of Heaven, Dante asks for forgiveness and places Beatrice's cross on the ground. This results in the restoration of Beatrice and [[spoiler:her rescue by the archangel Michael]], leaving Dante to face his final challenge.


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* LikeABadassOutOfHell: Dante's mission is to plumb the depths of Hell, find Beatrice, and fight his way back out. He ''succeeds''. Sort of.

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!!Dante Alighieri

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* HolyHandGrenade: Beatrice's cross which Dante uses in his journey.
* TheKnightsTemplar: Dante seems to have been one, judging by his uniform.



* MrExposition: He provides some vague details about the new areas Dante will have to go through.

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* MrExposition: He Creator/{{Virgil}} provides some vague details information via quotations, with some minor changes, from the poem about the new areas Dante will have to go through.




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* ArrangedMarriage: Has this with Lucifer as result of losing a wager with him in regard to Dante remaining faithful while on duty in the Third Crusade.
* {{Chickification}}: This happens to Beatrice, when compared with her role in the original source material. Somewhat subverted by the fact that Beatrice doesn't become truly relevant in the poem until Purgatory and Paradise, where she serves as a new guide, given that Virgil cannot leave hell.
* DealWithTheDevil: Beatrice made a wager against Lucifer betting her soul that Dante would remain faithful, of which she lost and ultimately honored her terms of the bet.
* DistressedDamsel: Whom Dante is driven to fight his way through hell to rescue. [[spoiler: Though arguably subverted in that she becomes a demon of her own free will via the consuming of the seeds of the fruit given to her from Lucifer. She remains by Lucifer's side until the corruption is cleansed from her via the Dante's cross]].
* WalkingSpoiler: In large part due to her [[spoiler: becoming Lucifer's consort]].

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* DeadAllAlong: The ending reveals that Dante ''didn't'' survive getting stabbed in the back at the beginning of the game.

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* DeadAllAlong: The Subverted when after being stabbed in the back by the assassin and is confronted by Death to take him to Hell, Dante instead fights back, takes his Scythe from the Grim Reaper himself and kills him with it. [[spoiler: Double Subverted in that the ending reveals that Dante ''didn't'' survive getting stabbed in the back at the beginning of the game.game]].
* TheDeterminator: Dante starts out his quest by killing Death, then proceeds to bring a one man holy war down upon all of the legions of hell that dare to stand in his way, up to and including the Devil himself.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Dante is clearly shown to love his mom very much.
* {{Expy}}: Of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri himself as a knight who served in the Third Crusade.
* HeroicBSOD: Dante experiences this when he [[spoiler: finds his mother in the Forest of Suicides, since he always thought she had died from a fever when he was a child]].



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* {{Expy}}: In contrast to many of the other main characters of the cast who are expies [[InNameOnly who have the same name]] as those in Literature/DivineComedy, he is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]] in that he is a faithful depiction of the Roman Poet as portrayed in the original poem.
* MrExposition: He provides some vague details about the new areas Dante will have to go through.
* SpiritAdvisor: He serves this role for Dante.
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->'''Voiced by''': Graham McTavish

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Characters who appear in ''VideoGame/DantesInferno''. '''Beware of unmarked spoilers'''.

!!Dante Alighieri
->'''Voiced by''': Graham McTavish

-->''"At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest - for the clear path was lost..."''

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* AbusiveParents: His father constantly berated him when he was growing up and actually drove his mother to suicide, after which dear ol' Dad lied and told Dante she died of a fever.
* TheAtoner: When Death tells him that not only is he damned, but also everyone he loved, he goes on a quest, not only to redeem himself, but everyone else he loves as well. DoubleSubverted at the end.
* AxCrazy: Before the events of the game proper, he slaughtered 300 prisoners in a fit of rage.
* {{Badass}}: Through and through. He starts off the game by killing Death and taking his scythe. He proceeds to fight his way through Hell, ultimately killing any and every demon that gets in his way. All as a [[BadassNormal baseline human]], to boot.
* DeadAllAlong: The ending reveals that Dante ''didn't'' survive getting stabbed in the back at the beginning of the game.
* HistoricalBadassUpgrade: The real Dante Alighieri had some military service, but was essentially a scholar and historian.
* MarkOfShame: At the beginning of the game, he sews a cross-shaped tapestry, depicting his various sins, onto his chest as a reminder of what he has done and his hope to be redeemed.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Two big examples:
** First, he makes a deal with a female prisoner and sleeps with her, thus causing Beatrice to lose her bet with Lucifer and be taken to Hell.
** Throughout the game, as he progresses through the nine circles, he also breaks the Chains of Judecca that were keeping Lucifer imprisoned.
* SinisterScythe: Death's Scythe, his primary weapon.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: After the first level, Dante spends the rest of the game without a shirt so that the cross sewn into his chest is in full display.

!!Vergil

!!Beatrice

!!Alighiero

!!Lucifer

!!Cleopatra

!!Marc Antony

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