Fairy Tail's strongest team meets the legendary Devil Hunter and their new guild member.
- A Twinkle in the Sky: Natsu delivers one to a demon, much to its companions' shock.
- Battle Strip: At the start of the fight, Gray throws away his shirt, much to Lucy's annoyance.
- Bad Moon Rising: The portal to the Underworld opens releasing demons to attack when the moon turns red.
- Big Brother Instinct: Natsu gives a Declaration of Protection towards Wendy, advising her to stay close to the demons.
- Big Brother Mentor: Natsu is this towards Wendy, encouraging her to give it her all in the fight.
- Blood Knight:
- Natsu, Erza, and Gray are eager to fight the demons much to Lucy's panic.
- Dante never stops smiling throughout the battle, and it even grows wider as the fights continue.
- Curb-Stomp Battle:
- Fairy Tails Strongest Team and Dante are on the giving end in their fights against the demons.
- The leader of the demons gives Fairy Tail's strongest one, but when Dante tags in the tables are turned.
- Eye Pop:
- From several demons when Natsu sends one flying.
- Lucy and Happy when they see the leader of the demons, who is massive.
- Expecting Someone Taller: Dante says this almost verbatim to Natsu, much to his ire.
- Large and in Charge: The largest and strongest of the demons is this.
- Mama Bear: Carla is this towards Wendy, advising her to stay out of the fight as much as she can and bailing her out with her Flight.
- Ms. Exposition: Virgo reveals that the Celestial Spirit King is an old friend of Sparda.
- Mythology Gag: Wendy meets Dante in an opera theater with a demon disguised as a singing woman, whom he saves her from, just like he did with Patty in the first episode of Devil May Cry: The Animated Series.
- Not in Front of the Kid: Carla scolds Dante for his casual swearing say's bad words in front of Wendy.
- Point of Divergence: Morrison hired Fairy Tail to help Dante, which inspires the Devil Hunter to work at the guild and close his shop. Which in turn leads to the rest of the story
- Sweat Drop: The reaction of Happy and several demons when Natsu gives a nonsensical threat.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Both Lucy and Wendy have second thoughts upon facing the demon hoards.
- The Worf Effect: The lead demon is the biggest and strongest of them all, managing to give a Curb-Stomp Battle to Natsu, Gray, and Erza. Against Dante, the roles are reversed.
