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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In ''Devil May Cry 2''. Definitely not in the way you expect. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Y8WhHG6O0 Especially because Dante is the one crowing]].
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In ''Devil May Cry 2''. Definitely not in the way you expect. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Y8WhHG6O0 Especially because Dante is the one crowing]].crowning]].
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** Besides the ContinuitySnarl behind the WordOfGod-confirmed facts that Vergil [[KilledOffForReal is dead]] and [[LukeIAmYourFather Nero is his son]], there's questioning over whether or not the Yamato is acting as his SoulJar, considering that Nero's DT looks considerably like a fusion of Vergil's DT from ''3'' and Nelo Angelo. Not to mention that the quote in Nero's section is a psuedo-CallBack to one of Vergil's {{Motive Rant}}s in ''3''.
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** Besides the ContinuitySnarl behind the WordOfGod-confirmed facts that Vergil [[KilledOffForReal [[spoiler:[[KilledOffForReal is dead]] and [[LukeIAmYourFather Nero is his son]], son]]]], there's questioning over whether or not the Yamato is acting as his SoulJar, considering that Nero's DT looks considerably like a fusion of Vergil's DT from ''3'' and Nelo Angelo. Not to mention that the quote in Nero's section is a psuedo-CallBack to one of Vergil's {{Motive Rant}}s in ''3''.
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** Arkham. [[spoiler:While it's implied that Arkham was actually a kind man before [[StartOfDarkness his obsession with the supernatural]], the guy killed his wife ''with no remorse whatsoever'' and was probably going to do the same thing to Lady, ''his only daughter''.]] Additionally, [[spoiler:his BlobMonster of a OneWingedAngel is said to not be caused by [[PowerIncontinence his inability to control Sparda's power]], but the result of the vast evil within his heart. Wow.]]
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** Besides the ContinuitySnarl behind the WordOfGod-confirmed facts that Vergil [[KilledOffForReal is dead]] and [[LukeIAmYourFather Nero is his son]], there's questioning over whether or not the Yamato is acting as his SoulJar, considering that Nero's DT looks considerably like a fusion of Vergil's DT from ''3'' and Nelo Angelo. Not to mention that the quote in Nero's section is a psuedo-CallBack to one of Vergil's {{Motive Rant}}s in ''3''.
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* EpilepticTrees: Some fans believe that the zweihander Nelo Angelo wields is actually a corrupted version of the Yamato. Nelo's death also factors into the Yamato's broken appearance in ''4''.
** The collection of swords along the walls of Dante's shop could be a collection of Devil Arms from his offscreen missions.
** The collection of swords along the walls of Dante's shop could be a collection of Devil Arms from his offscreen missions.
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** Also, fittingly enough, [[ThatOneBoss Nightmare]].
*** Mundus, Round 3.
*** Mundus, Round 3.
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** Also, fittingly Fittingly enough, [[ThatOneBoss Nightmare]].
***Nightmare]]. Yes, it is a large mass of gelatinous darkness with human bones stuck inside and it's slithering towards you. Have fun.
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** Most of the guardians of Temen-ni-Gru, especially Beowulf.
** Phantom, for those who hate spiders.
** Griffon. His head is composed of several upper jaws around a hole.
** Bael/Dagon in ''4''.
** Phantom, for those who hate spiders.
** Griffon. His head is composed of several upper jaws around a hole.
** Bael/Dagon in ''4''.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Vergil, mainly.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Vergil. ''Twice''.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
** Kamiya's original vision was that Vergil had been [[TheWoobie kidnapped as a child]] (when Dante lost a mother and brother to evil twenty years ago), and was never anything but a [[MoreThanMindControl good guy]] who managed to break loose to help his brother. The author of the first novel decided to ignore that, and wrote Vergil as an [[MagnificentBastard evil]] {{badass}} who was around during Dante's teens. One of these Vergils was obviously much cooler than the other, and ''[=DMC3=]'' made the novel's version of the character canon.
** Eva as well. YamatoNadeshiko or ActionMom? Dante saying that Trish, who is an ActionGirl, lacks her "fire" implies the latter, as does the fact that she was able to keep Mundus from getting her children in the attack that killed her. [[spoiler:Except in the original version, she didn't: Vergil was kidnapped and Dante was killed.]]
* CompleteMonster: Mundus.
** Arkham. [[spoiler:While it's implied that Arkham was actually a kind man before [[StartOfDarkness his obsession with the supernatural]], the guy killed his wife ''with no remorse whatsoever'' and was probably going to do the same thing to Lady, ''his only daughter''.]] Additionally, [[spoiler:his BlobMonster of a OneWingedAngel is said to not be caused by [[PowerIncontinence his inability to control Sparda's power]], but the result of the vast evil within his heart. Wow.]]
* CrazyAwesome: For Sparda's sake, Dante uses [[CarFu Bike Fu]] in ''3''!
** Arkham. [[spoiler:While it's implied that Arkham was actually a kind man before [[StartOfDarkness his obsession with the supernatural]], the guy killed his wife ''with no remorse whatsoever'' and was probably going to do the same thing to Lady, ''his only daughter''.]] Additionally, [[spoiler:his BlobMonster of a OneWingedAngel is said to not be caused by [[PowerIncontinence his inability to control Sparda's power]], but the result of the vast evil within his heart. Wow.]]
* CrazyAwesome: For Sparda's sake, Dante uses [[CarFu Bike Fu]] in ''3''!
* DesignatedHero: Trish in ''4'', [[spoiler:for giving the most powerful weapon in the game to the Order, allowing them to wreak havoc much faster than they would have originally. The only thing possibly keeping Trish a hero is that she's sided with Dante.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Vergil
* DracoInLeatherPants: Vergil
* EvilIsSexy: Vergil, and Trish until her HeelFaceTurn. Then it becomes full-on [[InvertedTrope Good Is Sexy]].
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Mundus's crumbling appearance during the final fight with him can only be described as this.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{Ouroboros}} (O)uroboros]]. [[ResidentEvil5 Sound familiar?]]
** Doubly so if you consider Arius' international enterprise and the fact that [[spoiler:Possessed Arius sports some psuedo-Ouroboros tentacles.]]
* HilariousInHindsight: [[{{Ouroboros}} (O)uroboros]]. [[ResidentEvil5 Sound familiar?]]
** Doubly so if you consider Arius' international enterprise and the fact that [[spoiler:Possessed Arius sports some psuedo-Ouroboros tentacles.]]
* MagnificentBastard: Vergil in the first novel. The third game, which otherwise copied the first novel's version of the character [[spoiler:ended up with him as the UnwittingPawn instead.]]
** Arkham [[spoiler:Uses a brilliant XanatosGambit and acting convincing of a joker to turn [[MeleeATrois Dante, Vergil, and Lady against one another]], effectively allowing him to open the door to Demon World and receive Sparda's power.]]
* MemeticBadass: Dante, although it's not ''entirely'' memetic.
** Arkham [[spoiler:Uses a brilliant XanatosGambit and acting convincing of a joker to turn [[MeleeATrois Dante, Vergil, and Lady against one another]], effectively allowing him to open the door to Demon World and receive Sparda's power.]]
* MemeticBadass: Dante, although it's not ''entirely'' memetic.
*** That last one is notably bad to the point that several videos have the audio edited in. There's even a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDLuXNpUF7w version]] swapping his lines with that of [[MegaManX Zero]] ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUbZbAWVYZg and vice versa]]), a character who also had a [[TearJerker legitimately heartfelt moment]] [[{{Narm}} ruined for the same reasons]].
* MemeticOutfit: Both his outfits from ''1'' and ''3''.
* MemeticSexGod: ''Everyone'' wants to get into Dante's pants. EVERYONE.
* MemeticOutfit: Both his outfits from ''1'' and ''3''.
* MemeticSexGod: ''Everyone'' wants to get into Dante's pants. EVERYONE.
* MissedMomentOfAwesome: Vergil Mode in ''3: [[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]]''. While there are two cutscenes that shed some light on Vergil before the events of the game, the actual gameplay is a by-the-book retread of Dante's story. In fact, all of the Dante vs. Vergil battles pit Vergil against a [[PaletteSwap red-clad version of himself]] meant to stand in for Dante ([[FanNickname fans have christened him "Vante"]]). Playing as Vergil, as well as actually utilizing the weapons he obtains in the story is still cool though...
* ReplacementScrappy: Many fans saw Nero as one of these [[TaintedByThePreview before the game finally came out]]. Although most agreed that [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap the hate was ill-placed]], some could never shake the image off.
* ShipToShipCombat: Oh man, is there ''ever''. Expect Dante/Trish fans to bash Lady from being too [[{{Tsundere}} tsuntsun]] with Dante (at least in ''3''), Dante/Lady fans to be {{Squick}}ed out by the [[FreudWasRight former]], and ''both'' to utterly derail Dante/Lucia fans mainly because Lucia was in a less popular game. There's also a vocal minority for the CargoShip of Dante/[[HornyDevils Nevan]]. With the release of ''4'', Dante/Nero has seen its fair share of popularity (although it doesn't seem to cause tension with the relatively untouched [[OfficialCouple Nero/Kyrie]]). And there's [[{{Twincest}} Dante/Vergil]], perhaps the ''most'' popular pairing in FanFics... ''ever''. Then, there's the faction that believes that Dante, being an ActionHero, [[LauncherOfAThousandShips has no canon partner]]. That's not even getting into the immensely-popular FanPreferredCouple of Dante and his DistaffCounterpart (and FetishFuelStationAttendant) {{Bayonetta}}...
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* ThatOneAttack: If you get swallowed by Nightmare, you're sent into a demonic dimension where you must fight several [[DemBones Sargassoes]] and one of the previous bosses to get out.
** This also doubles as Nightmare's AchillesHeel. Escaping from this dimension deals a sizable portion of damage to Nightmare's health bar. However, {{it only works once}}; you can only be swallowed up by Nightmare once as all subsequent attempts to eat Dante simply results in a normal bite.
* ThatOneBoss: Nightmare, Arkham, Leviathan's Heart, Griffon, [[spoiler:Dante]], etc... You take your pick.
** This also doubles as Nightmare's AchillesHeel. Escaping from this dimension deals a sizable portion of damage to Nightmare's health bar. However, {{it only works once}}; you can only be swallowed up by Nightmare once as all subsequent attempts to eat Dante simply results in a normal bite.
* ThatOneBoss: Nightmare, Arkham, Leviathan's Heart, Griffon, [[spoiler:Dante]], etc... You take your pick.
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* UnnecessaryMakeover: Lady in ''4'', considering she wasn't unattractive to begin with and appealed to a lot of fans in ''3''.
* VillainDecay: When you first see Arius, he's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal calm, cunning, and competent]] villain who actually poses a threat to Dante. He even seems to be slightly GenreSavvy, considering that he tries to use Lucia [[spoiler:being held hostage]] against Dante. The next time you see him, it's like he's a completely different person. ''And there's no viable reason for it''.
* VillainDecay: When you first see Arius, he's a [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal calm, cunning, and competent]] villain who actually poses a threat to Dante. He even seems to be slightly GenreSavvy, considering that he tries to use Lucia [[spoiler:being held hostage]] against Dante. The next time you see him, it's like he's a completely different person. ''And there's no viable reason for it''.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Mermaid Rock" (Aimee B - Future in my hands) from the surprisingly disliked animated series and the accompanying battle.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Mermaid Rock" (Aimee B - "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itC4mD-flAY Future in my hands) My Hands]]") from the surprisingly disliked [=YMMV=] [[DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries animated series series]] and the accompanying battle.
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** Trish's HeelFaceTurn in the first game was remarked on by Mundus as being "sudden" ("Failure is one thing, but taking on an odd behavior like that..."). Later games have her as extremely impulsive and moody for no reason. Crosses over with CharacterDerailment.
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** Trish's HeelFaceTurn in the first game was remarked on by Mundus as being "sudden" ("Failure is one thing, but taking on an odd behavior like that..."). Later games have her as extremely impulsive and moody for no reason. Crosses over with CharacterDerailment.
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*** On the bright side, at least ''Devil May Cry 2'' isn't the most hated game in the series now...
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** Dante is also paired with Morrigan from {{Darkstalkers}}.
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** I should have been the one to fill this dark page with '''''[[{{Narm}} LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obPYsLZwhxE !!!!!]]'''''
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** I should have been the one to fill this dark page with '''''[[{{Narm}} LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]][[http://www.'''''LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obPYsLZwhxE !!!!!]]'''''
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* {{Narm}}: The writers are ''bad'' at dramatic moments... ''[=DMC1=]'' being especially bad, and ''[=DMC3=]'' being somewhat more competent. But that's okay, because of...
** NarmCharm
** NarmCharm
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* {{Narm}}: {{NarmCharm}}: The writers are ''bad'' at dramatic moments... ''[=DMC1=]'' being especially bad, and ''[=DMC3=]'' being somewhat more competent. But that's okay, because of...\n** NarmCharm
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*** On the bright side, at least ''Devil May Cry 2'' isn't the most hated game in the series now...
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* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: In ''Devil May Cry 2''. Definitely not in the way you expect. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Y8WhHG6O0 Especially because Dante is the one crowing]].
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* ExcusePlot: Actually averted, despite the great possibility to go in this direction (as the protagonist is a fearless badass and the whole point of the game is to be as stylish as possible, both of which would move product without any need for further exposition). There's a pretty well-woven tapestry of backstory and even some supplementary material for this series.
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* TearJerker: Watch the opening video for ''4''. If the bit at the end doesn't move you at all, shut the game off immediately, because you're exactly the kind of heartless monster whom Dante will tear through the fourth wall and destroy. ... Actually, on second thought, leave it on.
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* TearJerker: Watch the The opening video for ''4''. If the bit at the end doesn't move you at all, shut the game off immediately, because you're exactly the kind of heartless monster whom Dante will tear through the fourth wall and destroy. ... Actually, on second thought, leave it on.''4''.
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Also no alignment tropes unless the series actually uses an alignment system.
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Why don\'t we wait for time to tell before arbitrarily declaring it to be In Name Only because you don\'t like the fact that Dante\'s hair isn\'t white and OMGZORZWTF IT\'S RUINEDFOREVER!!!!!!!!!
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* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Lucia
** NeutralGood: Trish ([[HeelFaceTurn formerly]] NeutralEvil), Nero (after mellowing out from ChaoticGood), Dante in 2.
** ChaoticGood: Dante, Lady
** LawfulNeutral: Credo ([[spoiler:later crosses to LawfulGood]])
** TrueNeutral:
** ChaoticNeutral:
** LawfulEvil: Mundus, [[spoiler:Sanctus]]
** NeutralEvil: Arkham, Agnus
** ChaoticEvil: Jester
** LawfulGood: Lucia
** NeutralGood: Trish ([[HeelFaceTurn formerly]] NeutralEvil), Nero (after mellowing out from ChaoticGood), Dante in 2.
** ChaoticGood: Dante, Lady
** LawfulNeutral: Credo ([[spoiler:later crosses to LawfulGood]])
** TrueNeutral:
** ChaoticNeutral:
** LawfulEvil: Mundus, [[spoiler:Sanctus]]
** NeutralEvil: Arkham, Agnus
** ChaoticEvil: Jester
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* InNameOnly: From what we've seen of it so far (which, granted, isn't much), The "reboot" is this, although time will tell. [[RuinedFOREVER Fans aren't holding]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks their breath, however]].
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** NeutralGood: Trish ([[HeelFaceTurn formerly]] NeutralEvil), Nero (after mellowing out from ChaoticGood), Dante (''[[{{Discontinuity}} 2]]'' only)
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** NeutralGood: Trish ([[HeelFaceTurn formerly]] NeutralEvil), Nero (after mellowing out from ChaoticGood), Dante (''[[{{Discontinuity}} 2]]'' only)in 2.
* EvilIsCool: Vergil seems to have more fans than Dante, even though he gets defeated in both of the games that have him.
** Vergil and Dante are badass on different scales. Dante's the carefree badass, and Vergil's the refined badass. Either way, both suffer from [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Sparda]].
** Vergil and Dante are badass on different scales. Dante's the carefree badass, and Vergil's the refined badass. Either way, both suffer from [[StupidSexyFlanders Stupid Sexy Sparda]].
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** Devil May Cry has Shotgun Hiking. With Air Hike and a shotgun you can [[GoodBadBugs endlessly jump and juggle an airborne target until it dies or you mess up the trick.]] Similar to GoodBadBugs below
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]].
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]].
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** Devil May Cry has Shotgun Hiking. With Air Hike and a shotgun you can [[GoodBadBugs endlessly jump and juggle an airborne target until it dies or you mess up the trick.]] Similar to GoodBadBugs below
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]].]]
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]].
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* MemeticMutation: [[http://img205.imageshack.us/i/119767809896vn5.png/ UR A FAGET]].
** It didn't take long for a ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/f2cdd856207ea71c0ee50ac77b60ddf4/original.jpg variant]] to pop up. [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/3424471891a3fb57d332566b1c3d988d/original.jpg The fans are having]] [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/d6dec222f882a2d66f97735b36d7995b/original.jpg a field day with this one.]]
** Is sanity the price to pay... '''[[HamToHamCombat FOR POWER?!]]'''
*** Any of Dante's one-liners.
** I should have been the one to fill this dark page with '''''[[{{Narm}} LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obPYsLZwhxE !!!!!]]'''''
** It didn't take long for a ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/f2cdd856207ea71c0ee50ac77b60ddf4/original.jpg variant]] to pop up. [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/3424471891a3fb57d332566b1c3d988d/original.jpg The fans are having]] [[http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/09/d6dec222f882a2d66f97735b36d7995b/original.jpg a field day with this one.]]
** Is sanity the price to pay... '''[[HamToHamCombat FOR POWER?!]]'''
*** Any of Dante's one-liners.
** I should have been the one to fill this dark page with '''''[[{{Narm}} LIIIIIIIIIIIGHT]][[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obPYsLZwhxE !!!!!]]'''''
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*** Until ''4'', however, this could have been justified as Dante mellowing out over time. He makes the expected leap from JerkAss to JerkWithAHeartOfGold over the course of ''3'', which would naturally bring him up to the more KnightInSourArmor portrayal of ''1''. As stated before, however, ''4'' more or less {{Jossed}} this.
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** NeutralEvil:Arkham Arkham, Agnus
** NeutralEvil:
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* HoYayShipping: Dante and Nelo Angelo--and arguably Mundus--from ''1'', Dante and Vergil in ''3'', and somewhere out there is Dante/Nero... not to mention Dante/Weapons, which is what happens when the fanbase starts personifying them.
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* HoYayShipping: HoYayShipping[=/=]FoeYayShipping: Dante and Nelo Angelo--and arguably Mundus--from ''1'', Dante and Vergil in ''3'', and somewhere out there is Dante/Nero... not to mention Dante/Weapons, which is what happens when the fanbase starts personifying them.
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* NightmareFuel: Depending on your personal threshold, Nobodies and The Underworld in 1. But especially Nobodies.
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** The sequence inside the Leviathan in 3. Expecially running away from the hungry, giant Gigapede in the intestines.
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*** Mundus, Round 3.
** The sequence inside the Leviathan in3. Expecially ''3''. Especially running away from the hungry, giant Gigapede in the intestines.
** The sequence inside the Leviathan in
** While the [[DownTheDrain underwater sequences]] in the first game were neither horrible nor impressive, in ''2'', [[ThatOneLevel they become this]]. And guess what? You get to play as them with ''only'' Lucia. And did we mention that there's a [[UnderwaterBossBattle boss to be faced]]? [[SarcasmMode Have fun!]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: Trish. [[spoiler: Taking a powerful sword capable of subduing the Prince of Darkness and handing it to a CorruptChurch is NOT a good idea.]]
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* WhatAnIdiot: Trish. [[spoiler: Taking [[spoiler:Taking a powerful sword capable of subduing the Prince of Darkness and handing it to a CorruptChurch is NOT a good idea.]]
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* ThatOneBoss: Nightmare, Arkham, [[spoiler:Dante]], etc... You take your pick.
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It\'s not a reboot, it\'s another prequel.
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** The reboot. There were still a lot of questions left unanswered, such as why the Yamato was broken, how the Order got a hold of it, what the deal with Nero's arm was, will Dante and Lady end up as an official couple, is Vergil really dead, and is Nero [[spoiler: actually a son of Sparda?]] Hell, even what exactly happened after the end of ''Devil May Cry 2''. So, Capcom decides to reboot the series, leaving these questions unanswered.
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The writers have to actually attempt a plot for it to count. You can\'t just blame them for not doing what you want.
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*** Alternatively, fans were expecting the series to pull a ''MetalGearSolid3'' and have the next game be a prequel ''finally'' detailing the past of Sparda and Eva. Again, ''[=DmC=]'' makes this a moot point.
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* InNameOnly: From what we've seen of it so far (which, granted, isn't much), The "reboot" is this, although time will tell. [[RuinedForever Fans aren't holding]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks their breath, however]].
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* InNameOnly: From what we've seen of it so far (which, granted, isn't much), The "reboot" is this, although time will tell. [[RuinedForever [[RuinedFOREVER Fans aren't holding]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks their breath, however]].
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** ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' is getting an '''astronomical''' amount of this, with several fans [[FanonDiscontinuity refusing to acknowlegde its existence]]. We're talking about even more flak than ''Devil May Cry 2'' got.
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** ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' is getting an '''astronomical''' amount of this, with several fans [[FanonDiscontinuity refusing to acknowlegde acknowledge its existence]]. We're talking about even more flak than ''Devil May Cry 2'' got.
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* LargeHam: Dante to a T. Acts like a cocky sonofagun almost constantly during the story. Especially clear in the opening cutscenes of ''3'' and ''4'', where Dante isn't fighting so much as ''playing'' with his enemies.
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''
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* LargeHam: Dante to a T. Acts like a cocky sonofagun almost constantly during the story. Especially clear in the opening cutscenes InNameOnly: From what we've seen of ''3'' and ''4'', where Dante it so far (which, granted, isn't fighting so much as ''playing'' with his enemies.
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''much), The "reboot" is this, although time will tell. [[RuinedForever Fans aren't holding]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks their breath, however]].
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Vergil, mainly.
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dante and Trish are going to be in ''[[MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom]] 3: Fate of Two Worlds''. Dante's first game-trailer appearance? Fighting {{Deadpool}}. FTW, indeed.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Comes right out of nowhere? Check. Has nearly nothing to do with the plot? Check. Ridiculously way over the top? Check. Never mentioned again? Check. If [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Dante and Agnus going Shakespeare on one another]] isn't a complete BLAM, what is?
** Phantom's reappearance towards the end of ''2''. He just randomly pops out of nowhere, despite (in his last appearance) ''melting after being impaled on a spiked pillar''. The fact that he's inexplicably [[TheVoiceless mute]] doesn't help, although the description for that particular mission hints that TimeTravel may be involved.
* AndTheFandomRejoiced: Dante and Trish are going to be in ''[[MarvelVsCapcom Marvel vs. Capcom]] 3: Fate of Two Worlds''. Dante's first game-trailer appearance? Fighting {{Deadpool}}. FTW, indeed.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Comes right out of nowhere? Check. Has nearly nothing to do with the plot? Check. Ridiculously way over the top? Check. Never mentioned again? Check. If [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Dante and Agnus going Shakespeare on one another]] isn't a complete BLAM, what is?
** Phantom's reappearance towards the end of ''2''. He just randomly pops out of nowhere, despite (in his last appearance) ''melting after being impaled on a spiked pillar''. The fact that he's inexplicably [[TheVoiceless mute]] doesn't help, although the description for that particular mission hints that TimeTravel may be involved.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Mermaid Rock" (Aimee B - Future in my hands) from the surprisingly disliked animated series and the accompanying battle.
** Love should also be given to the battle music, particularly the two tracks from ''Devil May Cry 3'', "Taste the Blood" and "Divine Hate". "Taste the Blood" crosses over with both CrowningMomentOfAwesome and CrowningMomentOfFunny when Dante gets the Nevan weapon--a literal electric guitar--and tests it out by performing the aforementioned song. Complete with sounds of an audience cheering (though no actual audience is seen) and stage pyrotechnics.
** The first track of ''3'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onwIcZt0-g4 "Dante's Office (7 Hells Battle)"]] is the perfect track to get you pumped for a hyperkinetic battle in the Devil May Cry office.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSvIPWVyjU All]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpJj5xY1m5A three]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vIh5H5Q7M Vergil]] battle themes from ''3''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFhs9LylxUo This wonderful theme]] plays during the second half of the penultimate boss battle in ''3''.
*** And who could forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KlzfV8_DI "Devils Never Cry"]]?
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atGcliA-HNw "Ultra Violet"]], Nelo Angelo's {{Leitmotif}} from the first game. From orchestral styling to rock and then back, it's the perfect theme for an [[WakeUpCallBoss earnestly strong opponent that you face four missions into the game]].
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjS1H4zxGU "Swipe of Sword"]] from ''4'' is essentially its succesor, being used for [[spoiler:Angelo Credo, an {{expy}} of Nelo Angelo himself]]. It is undoubtedly one of the best tracks in the game.
** The music that plays inside the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvYuyANzqsQ cathedral]] of the first game is also certainly deserving of this.
* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KlzfV8_DI "Devils Never Cry"]] from ''Devil May Cry 3''. The battle music ("Taste the Blood" and "Divine Hate") will also get stuck in your head eventually, considering how often you'll be hearing it.
* FanPreferredCouple: There's quite a bit of art out there depicting Dante with [[DistaffCounterpart his female counterpart]] {{Bayonetta}}. Talk about a BattleCouple...
* {{Flanderization}}: Dante started out in ''1'' as a {{Disney}} {{Antihero}} (a KnightInSourArmor). He posed as a mercenary and was picky about which jobs he took, but he would only refuse if the job lacked demons of any sort, taking the mission ''regardless'' of how much he got paid as long as demons were involved. Despite the wisecracking personality he had, he knew when to serious the hell up if it meant saving the world. Dante in ''1'' was kind enough to offer mercy to Griffon and Trish despite both of them wanting him dead (and it pays off on Trish's end; she joins him). Despite the animated series happening a short time after ''1'', they basically inverted his character as he is much more money-minded than demon-minded and prone to OutOfCharacter and hypocritical moments, such as calling Modeus "pathetic" for wanting to avenge his dead brother. His [[PerpetualPoverty debt]] to various people we've barely heard of are played up to uncomfortable laughs, and he's suddenly grown some DestructiveSavior tendencies along with it. The later games just make him a {{Jerkass}}.
** A bonus picture of ''3'' has Lady holding up the handlebar of her destroyed bike, with Dante shrugging in the distance. While it's understandable that she would want to be paid back for it, like the "debt" point, it's overplayed. Her later appearances end up having to do with either money Dante owes her for her bike, or money Dante owes in general.
** Trish's HeelFaceTurn in the first game was remarked on by Mundus as being "sudden" ("Failure is one thing, but taking on an odd behavior like that..."). Later games have her as extremely impulsive and moody for no reason. Crosses over with CharacterDerailment.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: These personality traits first surfaced in ''The Animated Series'' and subsequently stuck for ''4''.
* GameBreaker: ''Devil May Cry 3'''s style Quicksilver puts Dante into bullet time for rather long periods of time, though it eats up is devil gauge. However, with enough devil gauge restoring items it becomes a little broken.
** When playing in a unlocked mode with a certain costume, Dante has unlimited Devil Trigger. The game then essentially becomes "Dante slaughters everything in bullet time", so long as the player wants to be cheap.
** Devil May Cry has Shotgun Hiking. With Air Hike and a shotgun you can [[GoodBadBugs endlessly jump and juggle an airborne target until it dies or you mess up the trick.]] Similar to GoodBadBugs below
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]]
* GoddamnedBats: From ''[=DMC4=]'', you have the Chimera Seeds. [[LaymansTerms Bladey Planty thingies]] that just love to attach to other monsters so they can interrupt your combo. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, as on higher difficulties pretty much every mook is one.
** The Nefasturris boss in ''2'' is apparently ''made of them''.
* HoYayShipping: Dante and Nelo Angelo--and arguably Mundus--from ''1'', Dante and Vergil in ''3'', and somewhere out there is Dante/Nero... not to mention Dante/Weapons, which is what happens when the fanbase starts personifying them.
** And in a case of horrible, horrible {{Squick}}, Cerberus/Dante.
** Well to be fair to the fanbase, the games personified them first. Hi, remember Nevan?
*** [[ViewtifulJoe Alastor]] gives his regards too.
* LargeHam: Dante to a T. Acts like a cocky sonofagun almost constantly during the story. Especially clear in the opening cutscenes of ''3'' and ''4'', where Dante isn't fighting so much as ''playing'' with his enemies.
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''
* {{Narm}}: The writers are ''bad'' at dramatic moments... ''[=DMC1=]'' being especially bad, and ''[=DMC3=]'' being somewhat more competent. But that's okay, because of...
** NarmCharm
--> '''Dante''': "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with ''liiiiiiiiiiiight''!"
*** For bonus points, Dante's voice cracks very unmanfully right at the end of that line, like he was suddenly struck with reverse puberty.
* NightmareFuel: Depending on your personal threshold, Nobodies and The Underworld in 1. But especially Nobodies.
** Also, fittingly enough, [[ThatOneBoss Nightmare]].
** The sequence inside the Leviathan in 3. Expecially running away from the hungry, giant Gigapede in the intestines.
* PortingDisaster: ...the port of ''3'' from console to PC, thanks to Capcom outsourcing the porting job to another developer. Thankfully, Capcom learned their lesson after ''[=DMC3=]'' and ''ResidentEvil4'', resulting in the above.
* RuinedFOREVER: How seemingly 95% of the fandom reacted to the debut trailer of ''[=DmC=]''.
** Not even the members of developers' official forums bother defending Dante's redesign in the newest entry of the series.
** It also doesn't help when the higher ups more or less tell the fanbase that their opinions are wrong, and then claim that "Old Dante [[http://scrawlfx.com/2010/09/ninja-theory-old-dante-isnt-cool-anymore isn't cool anymore]].
* ScrappyMechanic: Okay, so whose great idea was it to invent the Proud Soul system and have it work [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts the exact same way]] as the regular Red Orb purchases?
** It works because earlier games forced you to choose whether you wanted to spend your Red Orbs on items or abilities, and refunds weren't allowed. However, in ''4'', you can return abilities for a refund in Proud Souls (and at the current price!), allowing you to effectively customize your moveset.
** Whose great idea was it to put a time limit on Bloody Palace?
* StopHavingFunGuys: You play on Easy Automatic? [[LeetLingo GTFO n00b]]!
* TaintedByThePreview: "NERO!"
** ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' is getting an '''astronomical''' amount of this, with several fans [[FanonDiscontinuity refusing to acknowlegde its existence]]. We're talking about even more flak than ''Devil May Cry 2'' got.
* TearJerker: Watch the opening video for ''4''. If the bit at the end doesn't move you at all, shut the game off immediately, because you're exactly the kind of heartless monster whom Dante will tear through the fourth wall and destroy. ... Actually, on second thought, leave it on.
* ThatOneBoss: Nightmare, Arkham, [[spoiler:Dante]], etc... You take your pick.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How the ones not screaming RuinedFOREVER reacted to ''[=DmC=]''[='s=] debut trailer.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In ''[=DMC4=]'', Nero is eventually revealed to [[spoiler:"have the blood of Sparda."]] '''Nobody cares.'''
** The reboot. There were still a lot of questions left unanswered, such as why the Yamato was broken, how the Order got a hold of it, what the deal with Nero's arm was, will Dante and Lady end up as an official couple, is Vergil really dead, and is Nero [[spoiler: actually a son of Sparda?]] Hell, even what exactly happened after the end of ''Devil May Cry 2''. So, Capcom decides to reboot the series, leaving these questions unanswered.
* WhatAnIdiot: Trish. [[spoiler: Taking a powerful sword capable of subduing the Prince of Darkness and handing it to a CorruptChurch is NOT a good idea.]]
** Dante must have a mountain of Devil Arms at this point and yet she still opts to take it.
* XenSyndrome: In ''4'' due to aforementioned excess of BackTracking.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Mermaid Rock" (Aimee B - Future in my hands) from the surprisingly disliked animated series and the accompanying battle.
** Love should also be given to the battle music, particularly the two tracks from ''Devil May Cry 3'', "Taste the Blood" and "Divine Hate". "Taste the Blood" crosses over with both CrowningMomentOfAwesome and CrowningMomentOfFunny when Dante gets the Nevan weapon--a literal electric guitar--and tests it out by performing the aforementioned song. Complete with sounds of an audience cheering (though no actual audience is seen) and stage pyrotechnics.
** The first track of ''3'', [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onwIcZt0-g4 "Dante's Office (7 Hells Battle)"]] is the perfect track to get you pumped for a hyperkinetic battle in the Devil May Cry office.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdSvIPWVyjU All]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpJj5xY1m5A three]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7vIh5H5Q7M Vergil]] battle themes from ''3''.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFhs9LylxUo This wonderful theme]] plays during the second half of the penultimate boss battle in ''3''.
*** And who could forget [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KlzfV8_DI "Devils Never Cry"]]?
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atGcliA-HNw "Ultra Violet"]], Nelo Angelo's {{Leitmotif}} from the first game. From orchestral styling to rock and then back, it's the perfect theme for an [[WakeUpCallBoss earnestly strong opponent that you face four missions into the game]].
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTjS1H4zxGU "Swipe of Sword"]] from ''4'' is essentially its succesor, being used for [[spoiler:Angelo Credo, an {{expy}} of Nelo Angelo himself]]. It is undoubtedly one of the best tracks in the game.
** The music that plays inside the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvYuyANzqsQ cathedral]] of the first game is also certainly deserving of this.
* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-KlzfV8_DI "Devils Never Cry"]] from ''Devil May Cry 3''. The battle music ("Taste the Blood" and "Divine Hate") will also get stuck in your head eventually, considering how often you'll be hearing it.
* FanPreferredCouple: There's quite a bit of art out there depicting Dante with [[DistaffCounterpart his female counterpart]] {{Bayonetta}}. Talk about a BattleCouple...
* {{Flanderization}}: Dante started out in ''1'' as a {{Disney}} {{Antihero}} (a KnightInSourArmor). He posed as a mercenary and was picky about which jobs he took, but he would only refuse if the job lacked demons of any sort, taking the mission ''regardless'' of how much he got paid as long as demons were involved. Despite the wisecracking personality he had, he knew when to serious the hell up if it meant saving the world. Dante in ''1'' was kind enough to offer mercy to Griffon and Trish despite both of them wanting him dead (and it pays off on Trish's end; she joins him). Despite the animated series happening a short time after ''1'', they basically inverted his character as he is much more money-minded than demon-minded and prone to OutOfCharacter and hypocritical moments, such as calling Modeus "pathetic" for wanting to avenge his dead brother. His [[PerpetualPoverty debt]] to various people we've barely heard of are played up to uncomfortable laughs, and he's suddenly grown some DestructiveSavior tendencies along with it. The later games just make him a {{Jerkass}}.
** A bonus picture of ''3'' has Lady holding up the handlebar of her destroyed bike, with Dante shrugging in the distance. While it's understandable that she would want to be paid back for it, like the "debt" point, it's overplayed. Her later appearances end up having to do with either money Dante owes her for her bike, or money Dante owes in general.
** Trish's HeelFaceTurn in the first game was remarked on by Mundus as being "sudden" ("Failure is one thing, but taking on an odd behavior like that..."). Later games have her as extremely impulsive and moody for no reason. Crosses over with CharacterDerailment.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: These personality traits first surfaced in ''The Animated Series'' and subsequently stuck for ''4''.
* GameBreaker: ''Devil May Cry 3'''s style Quicksilver puts Dante into bullet time for rather long periods of time, though it eats up is devil gauge. However, with enough devil gauge restoring items it becomes a little broken.
** When playing in a unlocked mode with a certain costume, Dante has unlimited Devil Trigger. The game then essentially becomes "Dante slaughters everything in bullet time", so long as the player wants to be cheap.
** Devil May Cry has Shotgun Hiking. With Air Hike and a shotgun you can [[GoodBadBugs endlessly jump and juggle an airborne target until it dies or you mess up the trick.]] Similar to GoodBadBugs below
** [[GoodBadBugs Jump Cancelling]]
* GoddamnedBats: From ''[=DMC4=]'', you have the Chimera Seeds. [[LaymansTerms Bladey Planty thingies]] that just love to attach to other monsters so they can interrupt your combo. And that's just the tip of the iceberg, as on higher difficulties pretty much every mook is one.
** The Nefasturris boss in ''2'' is apparently ''made of them''.
* HoYayShipping: Dante and Nelo Angelo--and arguably Mundus--from ''1'', Dante and Vergil in ''3'', and somewhere out there is Dante/Nero... not to mention Dante/Weapons, which is what happens when the fanbase starts personifying them.
** And in a case of horrible, horrible {{Squick}}, Cerberus/Dante.
** Well to be fair to the fanbase, the games personified them first. Hi, remember Nevan?
*** [[ViewtifulJoe Alastor]] gives his regards too.
* LargeHam: Dante to a T. Acts like a cocky sonofagun almost constantly during the story. Especially clear in the opening cutscenes of ''3'' and ''4'', where Dante isn't fighting so much as ''playing'' with his enemies.
** Agnus as well. [[HamToHamCombat Guess what happens when he and Dante meet?]]
*** Why, they start quoting Shakespeare. LargeHam quoting ''{{Hamlet}}''--what can be awesomer?
*** He set up confetti shooters for that cutscene. ''[[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome Confetti shooters!!]]''
* {{Narm}}: The writers are ''bad'' at dramatic moments... ''[=DMC1=]'' being especially bad, and ''[=DMC3=]'' being somewhat more competent. But that's okay, because of...
** NarmCharm
--> '''Dante''': "I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with ''liiiiiiiiiiiight''!"
*** For bonus points, Dante's voice cracks very unmanfully right at the end of that line, like he was suddenly struck with reverse puberty.
* NightmareFuel: Depending on your personal threshold, Nobodies and The Underworld in 1. But especially Nobodies.
** Also, fittingly enough, [[ThatOneBoss Nightmare]].
** The sequence inside the Leviathan in 3. Expecially running away from the hungry, giant Gigapede in the intestines.
* PortingDisaster: ...the port of ''3'' from console to PC, thanks to Capcom outsourcing the porting job to another developer. Thankfully, Capcom learned their lesson after ''[=DMC3=]'' and ''ResidentEvil4'', resulting in the above.
* RuinedFOREVER: How seemingly 95% of the fandom reacted to the debut trailer of ''[=DmC=]''.
** Not even the members of developers' official forums bother defending Dante's redesign in the newest entry of the series.
** It also doesn't help when the higher ups more or less tell the fanbase that their opinions are wrong, and then claim that "Old Dante [[http://scrawlfx.com/2010/09/ninja-theory-old-dante-isnt-cool-anymore isn't cool anymore]].
* ScrappyMechanic: Okay, so whose great idea was it to invent the Proud Soul system and have it work [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts the exact same way]] as the regular Red Orb purchases?
** It works because earlier games forced you to choose whether you wanted to spend your Red Orbs on items or abilities, and refunds weren't allowed. However, in ''4'', you can return abilities for a refund in Proud Souls (and at the current price!), allowing you to effectively customize your moveset.
** Whose great idea was it to put a time limit on Bloody Palace?
* StopHavingFunGuys: You play on Easy Automatic? [[LeetLingo GTFO n00b]]!
* TaintedByThePreview: "NERO!"
** ''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry'' is getting an '''astronomical''' amount of this, with several fans [[FanonDiscontinuity refusing to acknowlegde its existence]]. We're talking about even more flak than ''Devil May Cry 2'' got.
* TearJerker: Watch the opening video for ''4''. If the bit at the end doesn't move you at all, shut the game off immediately, because you're exactly the kind of heartless monster whom Dante will tear through the fourth wall and destroy. ... Actually, on second thought, leave it on.
* ThatOneBoss: Nightmare, Arkham, [[spoiler:Dante]], etc... You take your pick.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: How the ones not screaming RuinedFOREVER reacted to ''[=DmC=]''[='s=] debut trailer.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: In ''[=DMC4=]'', Nero is eventually revealed to [[spoiler:"have the blood of Sparda."]] '''Nobody cares.'''
** The reboot. There were still a lot of questions left unanswered, such as why the Yamato was broken, how the Order got a hold of it, what the deal with Nero's arm was, will Dante and Lady end up as an official couple, is Vergil really dead, and is Nero [[spoiler: actually a son of Sparda?]] Hell, even what exactly happened after the end of ''Devil May Cry 2''. So, Capcom decides to reboot the series, leaving these questions unanswered.
* WhatAnIdiot: Trish. [[spoiler: Taking a powerful sword capable of subduing the Prince of Darkness and handing it to a CorruptChurch is NOT a good idea.]]
** Dante must have a mountain of Devil Arms at this point and yet she still opts to take it.
* XenSyndrome: In ''4'' due to aforementioned excess of BackTracking.
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