History Characters / BayonettaMainCharacters

* MsFanservice: She is deliberately designed around sex appeal, to the point of {{camp}}y parody, and has a sultry, flirty, dominatrix-like personality to go with it. Hell, the only problem her creator had when Rule 34 kicked in was that she was usually submissive in it — once she started being dominant, he had no complaints. It's also probably telling that when Creator/PlatinumGames designed Bayonetta's Link-inspired costume with an undershirt for the UpdatedRerelease, ''Creator/Nintendo'' of all people said it would be a good idea to get rid of the undershirt because it would have otherwise been out of character.

-->'''Bayonetta:''' Sanity is a requirement for our kind.
-->'''[[spoiler:Young Balder:]]''' And your kind are...?
-->'''Bayonetta:''' The kind of witches you don't ''fuck'' with.

* WomanInWhite: [[spoiler:During her last battle with Bayonetta, when she dons a white outfit identical to hers.]]

* TheDiva: Bayonetta when not adventuring is quite the "opera star enjoying some recreation".

* FormFittingWardrobe: Her outfits accentuate her curves. Justified in that they're made with her MagicHair.

* CatchPhrase: "Beautiful", said when Bayonetta is doing something particularly awesome.

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's a centuries-old witch with the power to summon massive demonic creatures to aid her in battle and can be very brutal and sadistic in a fight. If you piss her off, you'll be having nightmares for the rest of your life... if she lets you live for long.

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[[folder: Jeanne]]

--> - Jeanne

[[folder: Luka Redgrave]]

--> - Luka

[[folder: Rodin]]

--> - Rodin

[[folder: Enzo]]

--> - Enzo

* LastDisrespects: Enzo's first act in game is pissing on someone's grave, establishing him as something of a {{Jerkass}}.[[note]]That "someone" being Kamiya, it's a TakeThatMe.[[/note]]

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* BornOfHeavenAndHell: A variation. She is a daughter of a Umbra Witch and Lumen Sage. Being female, she was raised as a witch and shows no particular affinity for the heavenly side of her ancestry.

* BornOfHeavenAndHell: A variation. She is a daughter of a Umbra Witch and Lumen Sage.

** This is eventually subverted when the first game shows us why she calls him that. [[Turns out she's subconsciously projecting the feelings she used to harbor for her beloved plushie on him.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Killing Father Balder in the first game erased the Right Eye of Light and caused an imbalance in the Trinity of Realities, which causes her demonic summoning of Gomorrah to go wrong and results in Jeanne TakingTheBullet and being sent to Inferno. In other words, she is partially responsible for the events of the second game (Balder never would have snapped to begin with if not for [[GreaterScopeVillain Loptr]].]]

* HotWitch: She's an Umbra Witch with SexySpectacles and {{Sexy Backless|Outfit}} SpyCatsuit. In fact, the entire game almost revolves around this concept, with her constantly getting naked after every combo or summoning demons to finish off a boss (due in part to the fact that her clothes are made from her {{Prehensile|Hair}} RapunzelHair, which she uses for her most powerful spells), and doing sexy victory poses to the sound of a camera shot.

!!Main Cast

[[folder: Bayonetta]]

* AnimeHair: The sheer number of things she can do with her hair are insane.

* BeehiveHairdo: In place of a traditional [[NiceHat pointy hat]] in the first game.
* BeneathTheMask: It's slipped off a few times when Bayonetta thinks nobody's watching. In the first game, she looks almost worried after realizing Luka grew up thinking she killed his father. [[spoiler:In ''Bayonetta 2'', her efforts to wake up Jeanne devolve into panic when she thinks Jeanne's dead for good -- but the mask goes back on as soon as Jeanne regains consciousness.]]

* ChargeAttack: She can do this with every weapon through the Charge Modifier, which involves holding down the punch or kick button after the initial attack, but it's played straightest with her melee weapons, where she'll take a stance and build up power. Using the Charge Modifier with ranged weapons usually just makes Bayonetta fire them, although Sai Fung, Kafka, and the Charge Bullet technique play it straight. Wearing the Galactic Bounty Hunter outfit in ''Bayonetta 2'' lets her fire a charge shot, even if she doesn't have the Charge Bullet technique. Also true of the Star Mercenary outfit, but only when Love Is Blue is equipped.

* CleavageWindow: Her outfit in the first game has this, although unusually for the trope it doesn't actually show very much cleavage.

* CompressedHair: She can hide it when wearing clothes, cover herself with it to form a battle uniform, extend it further for Umbran Climax or Serious Mode, and separate it entirely from her body for constructs or conduits. This, combined with how her default costume in ''Bayonetta 2'' isn't connected to her hairdo, suggests that Bayonetta's hair is less like normal hair and more like a power source she can call upon or put away at will.

* {{Cosplay}}: The [[UpdatedRerelease Wii U release]] of ''Bayonetta'' has her dressing up as Link, Samus, and Princesses Peach and Daisy. The Princess costumes in particular are {{Sexy Whatever Outfit}}s while the Link outfit was designed to be very modest, but Nintendo insisted Link's Undershirt be removed and the tunic be more revealing. ''Bayonetta 2'' adds a ''Star Fox'' costume to the mix, replacing Love is Blue with Arwings [[spoiler:(and the fighter jet from the final chapter with a fully-functioned Arwing, smart bombs and all)]].

** Several enemies in ''Bayonetta 2'', like shield-bearing Accolades and the Masked Lumen in his second fight, can launch attacks that give Bayonetta a chance to counter in a quick-time event.

* {{Dominatrix}}: Her dialogue and personality aren't subtle about her dominant sexuality, but her Punish moves, Torture Attacks (''especially'' the one she reserves for Joys), and the Umbran Elegance she wears for Kulshedra are the most blatant examples.

* FairytaleMotifs: She's compared herself to Alice of ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'' in both games, whether through references or (in ''Bayonetta 2'') outright calling herself "lost in Wonderland", referencing how she frequently gets caught up in bizarre plots.

* FriendToAllChildren: Despite initial insistence to the contrary, Bayonetta has a soft spot for "little ones." Cereza is the first person Bayonetta shows genuine concern for, and she quickly warms up to MouthyKid Loki upon first meeting him in ''Bayonetta 2''. She finally accepts it upon saving Loki from the Masked Lumen, as her next words are "What kind of adult picks on little children?!"

* GodivaHair: Her hair acts as CensorSteam when she summons demons with it.

* HighClassGloves: Her regular outfits and the "Sunday Best" dresses she wears in ''Bayonetta 2'' feature long gloves over her hands.
* HotWitch: She's a witch who enjoys showing herself off and telling the camera where to go.

* IWorkAlone: Bayonetta pulls a gun on Rodin in the first chapter of both games when he ''implies'' that he's offering to help her. In ''Bayonetta 2'', she actually starts shooting at him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She ''can'' be nice, and is most of the time once you get to know her. Until you do, she's very snarky, a bit of a {{Troll}}, and willing to blow your head off if you cross her.

* KidWithTheLeash: An adult variation, but the opening of ''Bayonetta 2'' makes it clear that the Climax Summons that she pulls off are less 'allies' and more 'tamed beasts'; when the world starts getting thrown out of balance, her command over them becomes much more fragile, losing her hold on (at least) Gomorrah, Phantasmaraneae, and Scolopendra.

* LadyOfBlackMagic: An Umbra Witch who uses her MagicHair to summon monstrous demons, and is a classy and very sultry lady.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: They don't hide that [[spoiler:she's Cereza as an adult]] in ''Bayonetta 2''.

* MagicHair: She uses her hair to summon demons and make her clothes.

* MsFanservice: The sheer amount of {{Fanservice}} here gives you an idea. Hell, the only problem her creator had when Rule 34 kicked in was that she was usually submissive in it -- once she started being dominant, he had no complaints. It's also probably telling that when Platinum designed Bayonetta's Link-inspired costume with an undershirt for the UpdatedRerelease, ''Nintendo'' of all people said it would be a good idea to get rid of the undershirt because it would've otherwise been out of character.

** A far sadder example is at the end of ''2'', when she watches [[spoiler:Balder trap Loptr within himself, effectively damning himself to become the monster he was in the first one. At this point, Bayonetta realizes [[GoodAllAlong who her father truly was]], and as Balder is dragged through a rip in time, she screams "DADDY!" in a heartbreaking tone.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Jeanne starting in ''Bayonetta 2''.

* PrehensileHair: A variation; she uses her hair to summon Wicked Weaves to pick up objects.
** On a (relatively) more mundane front; this the easiest explanation for how she uses the guns on her feet -- held in place with magically-reinforced strands of hair while other strands work the triggers.

* ScaledUp: A heroic example; in ''Bayonetta 2'', she can transform into a cobra to swim more quickly.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Pretty much everything she wears.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Cereza mistaking Bayonetta for her Mummy makes ''much'' more sense after seeing Rosa in action during ''Bayo 2''.]]

* ThirdPersonSeductress: Face it, she's looking at YOU, tiger!

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Her favorite snacks as well as healing items are lollipops.
* TranquilFury: If her voice has lowered and she stops snarking for ''any'' length of time, she's pissed off... and you're about to die. She usually does this when villains cross a line with her.
-->(''To Balder'') I could ''never'' call the man behind this nightmare "[[spoiler:Father]]!"
-->(''To Gomorrah'') I'm not one for pets who don't listen to their masters.
-->(''To Alraune'') Then it's going to be a bloody coronation. Now release my Umbran sister.
-->(''To Loptr'') Then just try to take it back. You've destroyed more than you know.

* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:To Father Balder, who is responsible for the witch hunts that killed her mother. In ''2'', this hatred transfers to Loptr, [[ManipulativeBastard the actual culprit]].]]

Jeanne is a major antagonist in ''Bayonetta'' and a major protagonist in ''Bayonetta 2''. An Umbra Witch of prodigious skill, Jeanne was Bayonetta's childhood friend and her frequent sparring partner, despite Bayonetta's stigma as an impure outsider and Jeanne's status as heir to the clan. When the Witch Hunts threatened the safety of her clan, Jeanne sealed Bayonetta away and spent the next five hundred years fighting the forces of Paradiso as the last of her kind.\\\

* BoyishShortHair: Her hairstyle in the first game. ''Bayonetta 2'' switches things up, giving Jeanne longer hair and Bayonetta shorter hair.

** Her character model – not her outfit, mind you, but her body structure and chest size – was altered in ''Bayonetta 2'' to make her more unique compared to Bayonetta, with whom she shared almost an entire character model in the original game.
** In ''Bayonetta 2'', Jeanne keeps her All 4 One moveset and animations from the previous game, while Bayonetta receives a brand-new set of animations and combos for Love is Blue.

* FanservicePack: Inverted. Her chest is noticeably flattened in ''Bayonetta 2'' when compared to her model in the original ''Bayonetta'', which WordOfGod states was to further differentiate her from Bayonetta.

* RapunzelHair: [[http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20140615210021/bayonetta/images/6/60/Jeanne_Bayonetta_2_render.png Her knee-length hair]] with PeekABangs in ''Bayonetta 2''. Like Bayonetta, she used her magic to change her hairstyle.

* BadassNormal: Luka never fights and his only fantastical aids are his grappling hook and his glasses (in ''2''), but somehow he's able to show up and try to save the day wherever Bayonetta is. Luka is also ''extremely'' lucky and has survived everything the plot has thrown his way, and when you're a squishy human in this kind of setting, ninety percent of badassery is just showing up in the same place as the heroes and villains.

* BigDamnHeroes: Downplayed in the last chapter of ''2'', [[spoiler:Loki's had his Sovereign Power stripped out of him, Bayonetta is holding him in her arms, and Loptr has the Right Eye with intention to take the Left. Luka proceeds to swing in out of nowhere, get Loki out of the fight zone, free up Bayonetta to draw her weapons, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and befuddle the crap out of the Prophet]].]]

* CallBack: When escorting (carrying) Loki to Fimbulventr in ''2'', he is not ashamed to admit he preferred the 'cute little Cerezita who weighs like ten pounds'.

* EmbarrassingNickname: Bayonetta nicknames him Cheshire in the first game, and while she eventually calls him by his first name, she still calls him Cheshire when he does something embarrassing. In ''2'', Luka admits he isn't used to her calling him something other than Cheshire.

* FriendToAllChildren: He and Cereza get along very well. [[spoiler:Cereza's fondness for him stayed with her as she eventually grew up into Bayonetta.]] Carries over to ''2'' somewhat when he helps an incapacitated Loki get to the top of Fimbulventr.
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Owns a pair of glasses in ''2'' that allow him to see Purgatorio that he got from Rodin in exchange for Japanese Shinshu Sake.

* MrExposition: In ''Bayonetta 2'', when he's not being a BigDamnHero (...kind of), he plays this role.

* NiceHat: He starts wearing one in ''2''.

* OddFriendship: At the end of ''2'', Bayonetta notes that he and [[SatanicArchetype Rodin]] appear to be getting along well.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In ''2'', Luka aids Bayonetta by leaving [[FlavorText pages of his notebook]] around Noatun in the hopes that she'll find them useful. They don't turn out to be very vital to the plot, but that doesn't change the fact that some of them are left in [[IntrepidReporter places that are damn near impossible for an ordinary human to reach]], and the player usually ends up forced to carve a path through baddies of all kinds to reach those pages. Although angels and demons being in Purgatorio (and thus being unreachable from the human world) means the monster fights are excusable, the locations are NOT.

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: "My. Name. Is. ''LUKA''!" It gets hilariously inverted in the movie. It also happens in almost the same way in ''2''.

Rodin is also a fallen angel whose power used to be on par with that of Jubileus. Players can purchase the Platinum Ticket for 9,999,999 halos to restore his power and face him as the game's bonus boss; in ''Bayonetta'', he manifests as Father Rodin, while in ''Bayonetta 2'', he fights as the demon Rodin – both of which bear the BossSubtitles of ''The Infinite One''.

* BadassSanta: Shows up in Santa getup in ''2'' to deliver Bayonetta her new guns. The way he does it is beyond badass. According to Bayonetta, he might as well be the ''real'' Santa.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Bayonetta thinks he has one; in ''2'', Rodin tries to complain about having to play Santa for Enzo's kids all the way through dinnertime, but she sees right through him and says he must've been delighted to.

* OccidentalOtaku: He makes a few shout-outs to Japanese video games and likes Shinshu sake enough for Luka to bribe him with it; his outfit in ''2'' also shows some Japanese style.
* OddFriendship: By the end of ''2'', he's struck up a business relationship of sorts with Luka, who now helps him advertise his bar in exchange for Rodin supplementing his journalism with an "anonymous source" – implied to be Rodin himself.

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:In ''Bayonetta 2'', the boss fight with him starts off against his human form, but partway through he'll turn into a towering demon that rivals his Father Rodin form. This new form is (mercifully) absent when fighting against him in Tag Climax.]]

* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Bayonetta 2'''s Tag Climax multiplayer mode.

** Played straight in ''Bayonetta 2''. After [[spoiler:the BonusBoss battle where he fights using his true demonic form]], Rodin will congratulate Bayonetta, but then cryptically reminding her that "the devil always gets his due." Furthermore, his death animation in Tag Climax shows him [[spoiler:being encased in a block of ice, a reference to Satan in ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'']].

->Voiced by: Chick Vennera (EN. ''Bayonetta''), John Kassir (EN, ''Bayonetta 2''), Creator/WataruTakagi (JP)\\\

** He might be foul-mouthed and temperamental, but Bayonetta notes in ''2'' that he's quite the family man. In ''1'', he may be VitriolicBestBuds with Bayo, but he really does care about her.

* VanityLicensePlate: The plate on his car reads "ED N EDNA" -- the names of his kids, as noted in ''2''.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: She needs to remember how (and buy certain abilities back), but she gains this ability over the course of both games. Panther Within for SuperSpeed, Bat Within to evade damage, Crow Within for limited flight, and – in the second game – Snake Within for enhanced swimming abilities.