History Characters / Disgaea

* AllYourColorsCombined: Prism Justice, as shown on the trope page.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/JunjiMajima (JP), Creator/GrantGeorge (''Disgaea 1'', ''Makai Kingdom'', ''Prinny 2''), Creator/DaveWittenberg (''Disgaea 1 Etna Mode'', ''Prinny'', ''Disgaea Infinite'') (EN)

!!!Voiced by: Creator/JunjiMajima (JP)

* TookALevelInBadass: The Toto Bunny Prinnies. Ninja skills? Check. Gives the party the runaround for most of a chapter. Check. Is Usalia's ultimate? Check.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}'', Valvatorez punishes a trainee Prinny for not using the tic in its speech. Apparently they're under contractual obligation!

** If you lose to Prinny Baal in ''Makai Kingdom'', he leads the prinnies to conquer the universe and become the dominant species.

* ShoutOut: [[SuperSentai Guess to what.]]

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[[caption-width-right:175:It's a prinny, dood.]]

Not actually a character per se, but still deserving of mention. Prinnies are exploding demon penguins who talk like {{Surfer D|ude}}oods which serve as the primary labor force of the Netherworld (Though they exist in Celestia as well and are treated better there). Etna keeps a squadron of Prinnies with her at all times. In fandom, they have been upheld by fans as the unofficial mascots of the franchise, a position since adopted by the developers, [[VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero leading to their own spinoff game]]. All Prinnies contain the souls of sinners and criminals and, as such, are designated by the PowersThatBe as the Main/{{Butt Monkey}}s of the universe.

%%* AdorableEvilMinions

%%* MascotMook

* LethalJokeCharacter: In most of her recruitable appearances, her level is so high compared to everything else you're facing, and her evasion is so good, she can solo practically anything. With the PC, PlaystationVita and NintendoSwitch appearances, she's roughly at the level your characters would be at that time.

* AllYourColoursCombined: Prism Justice, as shown on the trope page.

* LargeHam: Almost all of their lines end in exclamation points.

* CuteMute: She actually did get a voice in her DLC in ''Disgaea 3'' and ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|APromiseUnforgotten}}'', but it's incredibly low. You'll have to turn off the BGM just to hear it.
** In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}'' [[spoiler:this is entirely averted; Pleinair has a voice and it's ''audible'']].
* TheDreaded: Not so much because she's strong but because she has a very vocal fanbase that can get anyone that hurts or offends her axed from the game. Mao and Fenrich exercise caution when dealing with her, and Adell doesn't fight her at all since he himself is one of her fans.

** Whenever assigned to a base area in Disgaea 4, she gives a short one or two word description of what she's deployed to. Notably, assigning the playable Pleinair to Pleinair's spot even applies, since it's not Pleinair who is talking normally.
** In Disgaea 5, when using the japanese voice option, she has a couple of sentences, unfortunately not translated.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The Prinnies in VideoGame/CrossEdge manage to earn enough money to reincarnate by the end of the game after being forced to endure the usual treatments from Etna in addition to being [[Franchise/{{Atelier}} Marie's]] guinea pigs and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] scratching posts, only for Etna to remind them that everything that happened in that world was little more than a dream and that they're still nowhere near being able to reincarnate.

* FurryConfusion: The general behavior in regards to ghosts and Prinnies in ''VideoGame/TrinityUniverse'' is much like this. Despite being essentially ghosts themselves Prinnies treated fairly normally while non-Prinny ghosts like [[CuteGhostGirl Pamela]] are treated as terrifying even, and especially, by the Prinnies themselves.
* TheGoomba: When you face them as enemies early game, though you do encounter some high level ones as well.
** Note that even the high level one, generally, can be thrown. And explode.
* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Since "reviving" a prinny involves little more than stuffing them into a new prinny suit, it's impossibly cheap (1 HL) to bring back even the strongest prinny -- which is partly why their bosses have no issue with abusing them to their hearts content.
* KillerRabbit: They're certainly not the most powerful monsters in the game, but like all Disgaea characters you can level/equip/reincarnate one into a wrecking machine. Watching an adorable penguin slice monstrous demons to ribbons is always good for a laugh.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The Prinnies in VideoGame/CrossEdge manage to earn enough money to reincarnate by the end of the game after being forced to endure the usual treatments from Etna in addition to being [[Franchise/{{Atelier}} Marie's]] guinea pigs and [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] scratching posts, only for Etna to remind them that everything that happened in that world was little more than a dream and that they're still no where near being able to reincarnate.

* UndyingLoyalty: Although Prinnies must give their lives up to their masters regardless of their feelings toward them, they will be far more willing to pledge theirs lives to the right master. Those that possess this type of loyalty also tend to be far more competent than your average Prinny. Compare Valvatorez and Usalia's Prinnies to Etna and Seraphina's Prinnies. Though a change in master may not yield a change in competence, as Etna's Prinnies are still ineffectual even under Fubuki.

Take all the stats of Baal; and take out [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere any plot description]], and you get Pringer X. A Robot Prinny who tends to be even stronger than Baal and (alongside [[Characters/MakaiKingdom Valvolga]]) has slowly phased him out as final BonusBoss in the series (until ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|APromiseUnforgotten}}'s'' DLC). Originally based on a [[LethalJokeCharacter joke]] Etna made in her [[NeverTrustATrailer fake trailers]] in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Pringer X nevertheless made an actual appearance in ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'' Episode 8, and became a true Bonus Boss in ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave''. While Etna has made cheap knockoffs in the [[VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero Prinny]] series called "Pringer Z", they aren't nearly as strong.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}'' [[spoiler: this is entirely averted; Pleinair has a voice and it's ''audible''.]]
* TheDreaded: Not so much because she's strong but because she has a very vocal fanbase than can get anyone that hurts or offends her axed from the game. Mao and Fenrich exercises caution when dealing with her and Adell doesn't fight her at all since he himself is one of her fans.

** In her playable appearances, she alternates between saying "Attack", "Usagi" and similar.

!!'''Prinnies'''

!!'''Pringer X'''

!!'''Pleinair Allaprima'''

!!'''Prism Rangers / Nijiranger'''

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* SuddenlyVoiced: There have been instances where she speaks.

Take all the stats of Baal; and take out [[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere any plot description]], and you get Pringer X. A Robot Prinny who tends to be even stronger than Baal and (alongside [[Characters/MakaiKingdom Valvolga]]) has slowly phased him out as final BonusBoss in the series (until ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4|APromiseUnforgotten}}'s'' DLC). Originally based on a [[LethalJokeCharacter joke]] Etna made in her [[NeverTrustATrailer fake trailers]] in ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness'', Pringer X nevertheless made an actual appearance in ''Anime/MakaiSenkiDisgaea'' Episode 8, and became a true Bonus Boss in ''PhantomBrave''. While Etna has made cheap knockoffs in the [[VideoGame/PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero Prinny]] series called "Pringer Z", they aren't nearly as strong.

* BonusBoss: Gained this position in ''PhantomBrave''.

* HumongousMecha: Prior to ''PhantomBrave''.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The Prinnies in VideoGame/CrossEdge manage to earn enough money to reincarnate by the end of the game after being forced to endure the usual treatments from Etna in addition to being [[Franchise/{{Atelier}} Marie's]] guinea pigs and [[{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] scratching posts, only for Etna to remind them that everything that happened in that world was little more than a dream and that they're still no where near being able to reincarnate.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: The Prinnies in VideoGame/CrossEdge manage to earn enough money to reincarnate by the end of the game after being forced to endure the usual treatments from Etna in addition to being [[{{Atelier}} Marie's]] guinea pigs and [[{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia's]] scratching posts, only for Etna to remind them that everything that happened in that world was little more than a dream and that they're still no where near being able to reincarnate.

* AdorableEvilMinions

* MascotMook

* PlayerMooks
* SeriesMascot
* ServantRace

Takehito "Haradaya" Harada's mascot, she first appears in the first game as a guide to the Dark Assembly (and in the remakes, a [[Main/GameBreaker very broken recruitable character]]), and then returns in the second game to take over Etna's role of providing "previews" of the next chapter, in the form of a news broadcast. Accompanied by her rabbit, Usagi, who is also her emergency food source. Usagi's the one who actually does all of the talking.

* GameBreaker: [[invoked]] She has incredibly high dodging and hitting numbers. The latter also goes well with her high gun skills (since their damage is calculated by hit stats more than attack stats).
** In the first game, she can even become a DiscOneNuke, if you get the NewGamePlus at the earliest opportunity.
** In the second game, she is DownloadableContent on the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]] version, and you don't even have to fight her.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair
* ZettaiRyouiki

* Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness (and by extension ''VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2: A Brighter Darkness'')

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: He's only had plot description on a few occasions. In ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}''[='=]s remake he was created by several of the bonus characters, in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4| A Promise Unforgotten}}'' Flonne says he is Great Flonzor X's rival, and in ''[[VideoGame/DisgaeaDimension2 Disgaea D2]]'' Etna claims he's the FusionDance of Prinnies that have lost themselves in fight training.

* [[Characters/{{Disgaea5}} Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance]]

* WeHaveReserves: Prinnies are treated this way in both [[TheChewToy the story]] and [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential the gameplay,]] since they only cost 1 HL to heal or ''resurrect''.

* BeehiveBarrier: One appears over her whenever you try to punch her in the Pocket Netherworld in VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5}}. She's notably the only one who has one in the game.