History Characters / ShinMegamiTenseiII

* MsFanservice: In universe, demons find her pretty damn hot (and by human standards she is pretty good looking as well), and this is so pronounced demons of all types want to either kiss or... you get the idea... with her in occasional Demon Negotiations. [[AnythingThatMoves Even if the demon(s) in question doesn't/don't have the body parts to perform such acts.]]

* WhipItGood: She has a whip wrapped around her, and is equipped with a "Scorpion Whip" when she joins you.

* ActionGirl

* CombatStilettos

* HeroicSacrifice

[[spoiler:Like Aleph, he is an ArtificialHuman created by the Center as part of the Messiah Project. However, he has another identity: he is also one-half of Satan, a direct subordinate of YHVH. He fuses with Set to regain his true form and memories, and follows the orders of YHVH to use a powerful KillSat called the Megiddo Arc to [[KillEmAll destroy all life on the planet as divine judgement]]. He succeeds in the Law path, but the destruction convinces him that YHVH has gone too far and he defects to Aleph's side. However, he [[NoOntologicalInertia crumbles to dust after helping to defeat his creator]]]].

* NiceHat: Wears a rather fitting cross patterned head wrap.

* CombatStilettos: remake takes the height UpToEleven.

* BadassInANiceSuit: His human look.
* BenevolentBoss: As opposed to YHVH, who made Astaroth his personal ButtMonkey, Lucifer gave him a job as one of the leading generals of Makai. Further, Lucifer is pretty laid back, letting his subordinates run their little sections of Makai without much interference, and even Crowley, who is rather mad about not being able to host a Sabbath (due to Lucifer's orders), refuses to speaks ill of him.
* BigBad: Of the Law path. [[spoiler:Until you beat him, at which point YHVH takes that position.]]
* BigGood: Of the Chaos path.
* CompositeCharacter: In addition to keeping his job from the previous game, he also fills the shoes of the Chaos Hero and Asura.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's not the Final Boss of the Law path. After his death, Satan decides to take the fight to YHVH]].
* FourStarBadass: All beings in Makai consider him their archcommander.
* GracefulLoser: On Neutral. On Law, he's far more upset upon realizing [[spoiler:Aleph and Satan are going to nuke the world now that he can no longer stand in their way]].
* NiceGuy: It surprised everyone who played this game after [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI SMT I]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]. In 1, he's just ChaoticEvil to God's LawfulEvil, while in Nocturne, he's honest with the Demi-fiend and saves him from being powerless in the vortex world but is more distant to him. Here? He is nice to you so long as you're not Law-aligned.
* OneWingedAngel: Two forms of this, no less.
* PaperThinDisguise: No one is fooled by his Louis Cypher persona but plays along anyways.
* PreFinalBoss: [[spoiler:On Law, beating Lucifer will take you right outside of YHVH's room, and you fight Him immediately after.]]
* SatanIsGood: True, he hates YHVH, but he honestly does want what's left of humanity to survive.
* TheCharmer: Very polite, honest, [[spoiler:[[GracefulLoser accepts his defeat with grace and simply asks Aleph to save his people.]]]]
* TookALevelInKindness: In SMT I he was the same as YHVH. In this one he is very much interested in seeing humanity survive as he is demonkind. [[spoiler:His ending is one of the only times in the series that Chaos actually FEELS like a happy ending, rather than just a world of vice and freedom.]]
* TrickBoss: [[spoiler:On the Law route, in which he's built up as the final battle before you and Satan turn on YHVH.]]
* VillainsOutShopping: When not actively planning to screw over God, he can usually be found in the bars across the game, knocking back a drink.
* YankTheDogsChain: Right when the Holytown residents are saved from being slaughtered by the Center, Lucifer steps in and drains their Magnetite, dooming them anyway. By the end of the game, the few survivors are on death's door.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: [[spoiler:As long as one person wishes for Him, He will return]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Played with. He's the Final Boss and ordered Satan and Lucifer to kill the unchosen, but other than that, He doesn't drive the plot and lets Satan, the only one who can fire the Megiddo Ark to destroy Earth, lead the Law faction in their fight against Lucifer]].
* BigGood: Of the Law path. [[spoiler:Until you and Zayin realize exactly what type of deity He is.]]
* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: [[spoiler:He's Level ''108.'' In contrast, Satan and Lucifer are both Level 99.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:On ALL paths. This is one of the very few games in the series where you still fight Him if your alignment is '''Law'''.]]
* {{God}}
* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler:So evil, even the angels detest Him and you fight Him as the FinalBoss regardless of your alignment.]]
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: [[spoiler:Which leads to As Long As There Is Evil]].
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:He set the pieces in motion through Zayin, Lucifer, and Kuzuryu, with only the Archangels' actions getting in the way. However, the plot is driven by Zayin's development and transformation into Satan, Lucifer's plot to stop Satan, and Aleph choosing who to side with. YHVH does not show up until the very end]].
* HopeSpot: After defeating the Senators, you are informed that He does not want to enslave the Earth. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, this is because He wants to ''destroy'' it]].
* HugeHolographicHead: How Aleph meets YHVH the first time. [[spoiler:This is not the true YHVH, but a facsimile created from the faith and expectations of the three Archangels]].
* {{Jerkass}}
* KillEmAll
* MirroringFactions: [[spoiler:With the Archangels. Their plans basically come down to the same thing: Bring the Thousand Year Kingdom into the world no matter what. Any life may be sacrificed if necessary. If you pick the Law route, Zayin will end up turning on both of them]].
* TrickBoss: [[spoiler:You beat Lucifer and / or Satan? Good! Now you have to beat ''God''.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:As the Final Boss of all routes, even Law, of course He is.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:From the Archangels. Their plans basically come down to the same thing: Bring the Thousand Year Kingdom into the world no matter what. Any life may be sacrificed if necessary. If you pick the Law route, Zayin will end up turning on both of them]].

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:"We will never [[TearJerker meet again...]]"]] Earlier, when [[spoiler:Daleth kills her: "It was only a short time, but... b-being with you... made me very... hap...ppy..."]]

* FamousLastWords: Neutral path. "Aleph...[[spoiler:you were strong enough to defeat me. Destroy the Kuzuryu, and destroy Eden, just as you destroyed me. Do not let my people or yours be destroyed... It is your destiny to protect them...]] But do not forget... As long as people continue to flourish on their own...[[spoiler:God will keep trying to destroy them]]... [[ViciousCycle The cycle... Will never... End...]]"

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:What his final speech turns into on all paths: "But remember this... humanity is not strong enough to live without one to cling to or rely on. As long as people continue to seek my salvation, the will of the universe will recreate me, again, and again, and again..."]]

* CompositeCharacter: In addition to keeping his job from the previous game, he also fills the shoes of the Chaos Hero and Asura/

* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler:In Nocturne, as Jyoji Hijiri]] and in SMT IV Apocalypse's DLC.

* ZettaiRyouiki

* OneHundredAndEight: [[spoiler:His level]].

* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler: despite being an Expy of the first games heroine and Alephs love interest she isn’t the heroine and dies early on.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter: All his concept art depict him with a katana and [[GunsAkimbo 2 guns.]]

* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: In Nocturne, as Jyoji Hijiri]] and in SMT4 Apocalypse's DLC.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[spoiler:the Virgin Mary]]. [[spoiler:Satan]] explicitly lampshades this very fact in the Law ending. She also is one to Lilith, and Yuriko of the first game [[spoiler: as a result]], as Kazuma Kaneko said he specifically designed Hiroko after Lilith [[spoiler: a.k.a. Yuriko's true self]], and they even have pretty similar names. Notably Yuriko also gains Hiroko's mole in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV''. [[spoiler: Except Hiroko is good, and is the {{Deuteragonist}}.]] She also has traits of the heroine/partner from ''VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII'', both being blonde, and the fact ''Shin Megami Tensei II'' seems a reimagining of ''Megami Tensei II'' up to a level.

* NiceGuy: It surprised everyone who played this game after [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI SMT1]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]. In 1, he's just ChaoticEvil to God's LawfulEvil, while in Nocturne, he's honest with the Demi-fiend and saves him from being powerless in the vortex world but is more distant to him. Here? He is nice to you so long as you're not Law-aligned.

* TookALevelInKindness: In [=SMT1=] he was the same as YHVH. In this one he is very much interested in seeing humanity survive as he is demonkind. [[spoiler: His ending is one of the only times in the series that Chaos actually FEELS like a happy ending, rather than just a world of vice and freedom.]]

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler:What his final speech turns into on all paths: "But remember this... humanity is not strong enough to live without one to cling to or rely on. As long as people continue to seek my salvation, the will of the universe will recreate me, again, and again, and again...]]

* CanonName: Although you can name him whatever you want once you get his birth flashback scene, his name is fixed as Aleph in ''Apocalypse''.

* DualBoss: [[spoiler:Uriel and Raphael are fought together.]]

* KnightTemplar: Played with quite a bit for a Law-aligned character. He starts out as this, but later realizes how horribly corrupt the Center is. [[spoiler:Depending on whether or not Aleph sides with his, he'll either sink back fully into this as Satan or retain his humanity and become a true Law hero]].

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[MultipleEndings If you pick the Law path]] ]]

An powerful warrior who proclaims himself to be the true Messiah, and Aleph to be a fake. Arrogant and proud, he challenges Aleph to a number of fights throughout the game.