History YMMV / DevilMayCry

** Most ''Devil May Cry'' fans are also fans of the ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' series due to ''Bayonetta'' being the SpiritualSuccessor of the ''Devil May Cry'' series.

** The "Berried Delight" meme only becomes funnier when you realize it uses strawberries in its recipe (and strawberry sundaes are one of Dante's favorite foods, looks like the Sparda brothers are NotSoDifferent after all).

* CargoShip: To those who aren't onboard in shipping Dante with either Lady, Trish, Lucia or [[IncestYayShipping his brother Vergil]], Dante is instead shipped with [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Pizza, Strawberry Sundae]], or the mop in the ''[=DMC3=]'' manga that he proposed to when he was drunk. Nevan is an oddball since even if she has an attractive [[HornyDevils humanoid succubus-like form]], her [[InstrumentOfMurder guitar form]] is sometimes used to pair her with him.

** There's the more humanoid female demons, such as [[HornyDevils Nevan]], Bael and Dagon's [[AlluringAnglerfish Rusalka feelers]], and Arius's [[SexySecretary Secret]][[BodyguardBabes aries]]. Even the serpentine [[GiantFlyer Echidna]] (her [[SnakesAreSexy human half at least]] makes a good case for this, with an OrganicBra forming a NavelDeepNeckline.

* ShipToShipCombat: There are debates on which character could Dante end up with, so there's a division between those who ship him with Lady, Trish, and Lucia (usually in that order of general popularity). Many fans are {{squick}}ed out by the fact that Trish looks like Eva, so Dante probably wouldn't want to fall in love with someone who resembles his mother, making Lady a safe choice since they have some ShipTease moments in ''[=DMC3=]''. A counterpoint to that one mentions how Lady is turned off by Dante's irresponsibility when it comes to money. The two girls' ambiguous feelings for Dante doesn't help matters, which further leads to [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation fans interpreting]] their love for him as either sexual or platonic. Pairing Dante with Lucia is not as common due to ''[=DMC2=]'' not being all that popular. Another group ships Dante with the demon [[HornyDevils Nevan]] as a possible choice, while the YaoiFangirls bring up the pairing of Dante and Vergil as another possibility.

** Misspelling Vergil's name as "Virgil". It initially started as an [[CommonKnowledge easy mistake]] due to the character's name being [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous thematically derived from]] the historical poet. But as the series became a long-runner and had more online exposure after the release of ''[=DMC5=]'', the other spelling also became more widespread. Since the late [=2022s=], it's such an enraging misconception to the point where the [[Website/{{Reddit}} Devil May Cry Subreddit]] allowed a [[MemeticMutation "foolishness"]] bot that would detect posts containing "Virgil", and then reminding the poster that the ''DMC'' character's name should be spelled "Vergil".

* {{Narm}}: [[Narm/DevilMayCry Has its own page]].

* FandomEnragingMisconception: It's mostly about acronyms. To the fans, ''[=DmC=]'' is different from ''[=DMC=]''. The former refers to the AlternateContinuity [[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry game]] developed by Creator/NinjaTheory, while the latter refers to the franchise as a whole, but '''especially''' the classic continuity. Getting them mixed up during discussions isn't a nice thing as it can cause confusion.

* (LightNovel prequel): The vicious swordsman known only as [[BloodKnight Gilver]]--revealed in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 Before the Nightmare]]'' to be an EvilKnockoff of [[Characters/DevilMayCryVergil Vergil]]--is an [[PsychoForHire ice-cold mercenary]] who shares the elegance and arrogance of the son of Sparda but none of his noble qualities. Rising through the ranks of Bobby's Cellar, Gilver cemented himself in the criminal underworld by slaughtering everything in his path, leaving trails of mutilated corpses in his wake. Gilver's massive body count and sadism inspires many other hitmen to return to the old days where wanton destruction was the norm. While initially a nasty rival obsessed with beating Dante, Gilver is in truth a demon supremacist who has been summoning them to wreak havoc around the city and personally murdering Dante's friends to isolate him, showing his true colors by feeding the entirety of Bobby's Cellar to demons as his way of starting a plan to merge both worlds and let the hellish dimension consume all of humanity.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Lucia, after being one of the two main protagonists in ''2'', has not returned in any of the games since. Only the prequel novel to ''5'' has even mentioned her again, and even then she didn’t get to appear in the game proper. Ever since ''4'', the games have made a point of keeping all of the series’ secondary protagonists as a part of the story, including Trish from ''1'', Lady from ''3'', and Nero from ''4'', and yet Lucia gets left out. While this is understandable to an extent due to ''2'' being the least popular entry in the series, and one that many fans like to put under FanonDiscontinuity, Lucia herself was not at all seen as a negative aspect of the game. Almost all of the game’s biggest complaints centered around either Dante being OutOfCharacter (portraying him as TheStoic rather than the fun and theatrical LargeHam that he usually is) or the poorly-designed gameplay. When considering Lucia as a character on her own, she has plenty of potential between her interesting origin story and unique personality that is not very similar to any of the series’ other leads. For example, as a more serious and played straight NiceGirl, in contrast to the DeadpanSnarker and LargeHam characters that the series usually runs on, she could easily be used as TheStraightMan or TheComicallySerious to still contribute to the goofy tone without losing her character in the process. And for bonus points, being a DarkSkinnedRedhead with a French accent gives her a unique visual and vocal style that is unlike any other character as well. While it remains to be seen if she will be brought back in a later game, ''4'' and ''5'' left her out despite her potential as a character.

** Trish and Lady, and specifically, their relationships/feelings for Dante. According to canon sources, both of them care deeply for Dante but it's left ambiguous whether these feelings are platonic or sexual. Trish states in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' that looking like Dante's mother makes things awkward between them, but that game is non-canon. In the anime, Lady says that Dante's irresponsible attitude is a turn-off, but Morrison also says that she'll bail Dante out of financial trouble whenever he needs it (although not without complaining). [[spoiler:In the ending of ''5'', both girls come back to Dante's shop on the hope that he'll return, but when he hasn't been seen in almost a month, the two cheerfully make plans to take over his shop, only to be stopped by Morrison because Dante ''knew'' they'd try to do that and left the shop to Morrison.]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: The PC ports of the first four ''Devil May Cry'' games are [[PortingDisaster criticized for their control schemes]]. They don't have proper mouse support as all of the in-game camera and combat controls are mapped on the keyboard, and they also assume that you're going to play with a controller as all of their user interface and tutorials display Xbox buttons instead. Capcom has learned their lesson ever since because ''[=DmC=]'' and ''[=DMC5=]'' don't have those specific issues, making them [[PolishedPort comfortable to play for PC gamers]].

** The ''Devil May Cry'' fandom has an overlap of gamers who are also interested in anime, particularly fans of other DemonSlaying and/or supernatural-related UrbanFantasy media such as ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', or a specific action-oriented series such as ''[[Franchise/FateSeries Fate]]''. This was first evident when the ''DMC'' [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] arrived on 2007. The shared fandom is the reason why Dante and Vergil are respectively compared to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, why ''[=DMC4=]'' had a {{fan nickname}} of "Bleach May Cry", and why there was a trend of palette-swapping Vergil and Archer Emiya.

** The idea of ''Devil May Cry'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'' blending together is a {{Crossover}} dream, but some fans believe that both franchises exist in the same {{multiverse}}. Related fan theories and {{Alternative Character Interpretation}}s are affected by this, as some ''DMC'' players believe that Eva is an Umbra Witch. It's expected because both have FriendlyFandoms and Creator/HidekiKamiya directed both ''Devil May Cry 1'' and ''Bayonetta 1''. This became implausible after Kamiya left Capcom for Creator/PlatinumGames, while the next ''DMC'' games aren't directed by him and don't reference ''Bayonetta'' lore at all. ''Bayonetta'' also has several [[ShoutOut references]] to ''[=DMC1=]'', but it's been debated if those are canon or not. However, supporters of this theory also claim that an AlternateContinuity might be considered (because Capcom acknowledged ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' as an alternate continuity game separate from the classic games). This still persists even a decade later, but on a more light-hearted note as fans [[MemeticMutation memed]] that Vergil is the white-haired figure at the end of the ''VideoGame/Bayonetta3'' trailer on September 2021.

** Sparda. The {{Narrator}} from the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 first game]] stated that he died, Arkham in the [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening third game]]'s manga stated that he died, but for some reason, the fans insist that he only "disappeared" (and is likely to return one day), basing it on a misinterpreted line in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2'' or Modeus's musing in the [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries animated series]]. No one ever bothers to answer the question of just ''what'' Sparda might be doing if he did simply just vanish.

* SelfImposedChallenge: Some players choose to use only the character's default equipment, such as not bothering with new Devil Arms with Dante, or having Yamato-only runs with Vergil. It also goes along with the challenge of clearing harder modes without using the upgrades carried over via NewGamePlus. The specifics of the latter can vary between the games. For example in ''3:SE'', clearing the game on Normal mode allows you to start a fresh Vergil playthrough on Hard mode, while in ''4'', you can reset and refund the skills unlocked with Proud Souls. Another related challenge involves players [[MinimalistRun ignoring collectibles]] such as Blue Orbs, Blue Orb Fragments and Purple Orbs in order to play the harder modes without any Vitality Gauge and Devil Trigger Gauge upgrades.

** There's the more humanoid female demons, such as [[HornyDevils Nevan]], Bael and Dagon's [[AlluringAnglerfish Rusalka feelers]], and Arius's [[SexySecretary Secret]][[BodyguardBabes aries]]. Even the serpentine [[GiantFlyer Echidna]] (in her [[SnakesAreSexy human]] [[AbsoluteCleavage form]], at least) makes a good case for this.

** The ''Devil May Cry'' fandom has an overlap of gamers who are also interested in anime, particularly fans of other DemonSlaying and/or supernatural-related UrbanFantasy media such as ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. This was first evident when the ''DMC'' [[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries anime]] arrived on 2007. The shared fandom is also the reason why Dante and Vergil are respectively compared to Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, or why ''[=DMC4=]'' had a {{fan nickname}} of "Bleach May Cry".

* OlderThanTheyThink: Almost any other video game character who fights using quick-draw slashes with a katana/nodachi usually gets called a "Vergil reference" or expy. However, Vergil's general fighting style is called [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]], it's a pre-existing style and not a new trend invented by Capcom. Nonetheless, certain third-party characters are still considered as Vergil expies if they are similar to his characterization, aesthetics, if they copy his flashy attack animations and iconic moves (such as his Judgement Cut spawning sharp distortions at a close range from rapid-fast unsheathes), or if the developers themselves admit using the ''Devil May Cry'' series as an [[InspirationForTheWork inspiration]].

* OlderThanTheyThink: Almost any other video game character who fights using quick-draw slashes with a katana/nodachi usually gets called a "Vergil reference" or expy. However, Vergil's general fighting style is called [[IaijutsuPractitioner Iaijutsu]], it's a pre-existing style and not a new trend invented by Capcom. Nonetheless, certain third-party characters are still considered as Vergil expies if they are similar to his characterization, aesthetics, or if they copy his flashy attack animations or iconic moves (such as his Judgement Cut spawning sharp distortions at a close range from rapid-fast unsheathes).

* PlayerTic: Thanks to Dante's real-time [[StanceSystem Style Switching]] mechanic in ''4'' and ''5'', players developed a habit of amusing themselves by [[https://youtu.be/hum-6NviGp4?t=12 quickly cycling into all of Dante's Styles one after the other]] and listen to him rapidly declaring the initial parts of the Styles' names. This eventually created the [[Memes/DevilMayCry "TRICKSWORDROYGUN" trend of memes]]. Although the Nintendo Switch port of ''3:SE'' uses clanging sound effects instead of Dante's Style name declarations when it integrated Style Switching, the player tic still lived on and created the "CLANGCLANGCLANG" jokes as an alternative.

* PlayerTic: Playing Dante in ''4'' and ''5'' and just amusing yourself by [[https://youtu.be/hum-6NviGp4?t=12 going into all of his styles one after the other quickly]] to listen to Dante rapidly saying the beginnings of his declarations of the style's names is a [[Memes/DevilMayCry meme]].

* EstrogenBrigade: Dante, Vergil, Nero, Credo and V attract a lot of fangirls. This results into SlashFics within the fanfiction and fanart communities.

** With fans of ''Franchise/{{Doom}}'', as the protagonists of both series slay troops of demons as their everyday jobs, and both series have Rock 'n Roll and Heavy Metal soundtracks. In the late [=2010s=], there seems to be some crossover between ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' and ''Devil May Cry 5'' fans. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DevilMayCry/comments/fltf7l/dante_throws_a_bash_to_celebrate_a_fellow_demon/ There]] [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DevilMayCry/comments/g4a6c8/demonslaying_quarantine_buddies/ is quite a]] [[https://twitter.com/amostheartmanns/status/1224323123627151361 bit of fanart]] portraying Dante and Doomslayer as friends.

** Vergil as well, for being a [[FountainOfMemes motivated storm that is approaching]] who is a GameBreaker in literally every game where he's playable, even [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 outside of]] ''DMC''. While he was already considered a memetic badass ever since ''[=DMC3=]'', his reputation and related memes even grew further with the release of ''[=DMC5=]'' and its [[UpdatedReRelease Special Edition]]. His weapon, Yamato, is also affected by this trend; while he can create portals out of thin air by slashing with his weapon, some fans and memes joke that Yamato also allows him to create portals to other alternate universes or third-party video game [=IPs=].