History Characters / NeptuniaMainCPUs

* ComedicLolicon: Just like in ''VII',' albeit aimed at Bouquet this time. Notably, there's a scene where Vert starts audibly drooling and panting at the idea of getting to spend time with Bouquet.

%%* ComedicLolicon: There are several scenes in ''VII'' that show her interest in the candidates, ''including'' Rom and Ram, isn't exactly platonic.
%%-->'''Vert:''' I can't stand this slightly immoral feeling exuding from those immature, soft bodies wrapped in those naughty, adult costumes!

* DropTheHammer: Her weapon in human form is a giant hammer.

!![[UsefulNotes/Playstation3 Noire/Black Heart]][[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 /NEXT Black]]

!![[UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}} Ultradimension Noire]] (Victory)

* FashionableAsymmetry: Her [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 Orbital-S]] Processor Unit.[[labelnote:Explanation]] Named for the system's codename Orbis[[/labelnote]]

!![[UsefulNotes/NintendoWii Blanc/White Heart]][[UsefulNotes/WiiU /NEXT White]]

!![[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Ultradimension Blanc]] (Victory)

* MythologyGag: This Blanc is more antagonistic to the other [=CPUs=] because of what happened during the UsefulNotes/{{SNESCDROM}}. Furethermore, Nintendo decided ''not'' to join the bandwagon of [=CDs=], and implemented ''strict'', almost KnightTemplar levels of guidelines for releasing games (the Seal of Quality, for example), but the decision had even worse expenses (cartridges would go for 70 USD each). Finally, one of the weirdest case examples of swearing? ''VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay''.

!![[UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Vert/Green Heart]][[UsefulNotes/XboxOne /NEXT Green]]

!![[UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} Ultradimension Vert]] (Victory)

* YankTheDogsChain: In ''Sisters'', Vert finally gets a "little sister" in Aneeta Job, a rogue AI turned Vtuber, and both are quite happy with the relationship. [[spoiler: The True Ending has Nepgear delete the entire timeline by way of a massive paradox with Komori and Ziri's help in order to stop Arfoire, meaning the two never met to start that relationship.]]

** ''VII'' eventually demonstrates that [=CPU=]s are absolutely ''vital'' to Gamindustri's survival. [[spoiler:On top of a RealityWarper messing around with everyone's memories, it's basically the goddesses losing their positions that drives most of Gamindustri into varying states of dystopia during the G arc]].

** Commenting on her [[ACupAngst small breast size]] in a derogatory manner is a sure way to set off Blanc, especially since the person doing it is Vert, who [[BigBreastPride takes pride in her buxom figure]]. These outbursts mostly range from her [[IllKillYou threatening to kill the person who insulted her]] to [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown straight-up beating them senseless]], though the latter is less common to happen as Blanc usually holds herself back from any forms of violence.
** She'll also get greatly upset if her books were to be messed up in any way, usually by [[TricksterTwins Ram and Rom]] drawing on them. A notable example would be in ''VII'', where she becomes enraged when she finds out that her twins were sketching on her novels [[spoiler:when she was still possessed]]. Unlike the first one, she doesn't react as violently as she doesn't want to hurt her sisters, but that doesn't mean she won't angrily scold them for doing so.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The goddesses spend more time on their personal affairs and bonking heads than actually running their lands. Neptune and Vert in particular tend to prioritize their hobbies (eating pudding in Neptune's case, playing [=MMOs=] in Vert's) over their goddess duties, though the latter averted this later in the first game by going out and actively fighting monsters.
** Taken to hilarious effect in the manga, where Neptune's laziness has made her [[BagOfSpilling level down]] [[EpicFail and not even be able to take out a common mook]]. Of course, she's ends up having to leech the XP from the others while she stays in the back.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: This primarily only applies to the Superdimension timeline [=CPUs=]. Of the Ultradimension [=CPUs=] only Blanc [[spoiler:and Rei Ryghts]] apply as the rest only recently became immortal so they are at most only a few decades older than they appear by the end of the game. The reveal of a child from [[spoiler: Uzume's time as Planeptune's [=CPU=]]] being an old man in ''VII'' shows that Hyperdimension's Neptune falls a bit short of this, [[OlderThanTheyLook pushing around 100 at most]] due to her time in Ultradimension, while the others from Hyperdimension are [[VagueAge likely close in age to their appearance]].

** All the goddesses are much nicer in ''[=Re;Birth1=]'' compared to their original incarnations, due to their more negative traits being dialed back while still keeping their basic personalities. This would continue in ''[=Re;Birth2=]'' and ''[=Re;Birth3=]'', the respective remakes of ''mk2'' and ''Victory'', with the latter depicting the [[ButtMonkey treatment of Nepgear]] in a more lighthearted nature, before eventually being [[RetCanon retconned back into the mainline games]].
*** Neptune is more actively heroic, being the one who helps others during the darkest times, and even takes her job as a goddess seriously when the situation calls for it. This extends to her ''Victory'' self, where she TookALevelInJerkass and became a BigSisterBully to Nepgear; here she acts much nicer to Nepgear and treats her like an actual sister instead of a punching bag.

*** Vert is less high-and-mighty; the only time she taunts Blanc about her chest was during the beginning of the game, and even then they were still enemies. She also gets to show more of her mature side in ''[=RB1=]'', like when she admits to Conversation ([[spoiler:actually Arfoire in disguise]]) that she is a [[TheHedonist hedonist]], or when she is shown to be explicitly uncomfortable at [[LovableSexManiac The Brothers]] obsession with her boobs.

'''The''' main protagonist throughout the series. The various incarnations of Neptune can be seen in the Superdimension, Hyperdimension (the main one), Ultradimension, Gamarket, Gaminjustri, and the [[Characters/NeptuniaOtherCPUs Faliure Goddesses']] home world, as well as many side-story games where she's an idol, a high school girl in a movie club trying to save her school from shutting down, playing as a paladin in a MMO, and a foreigner transported into a world inhabited by [=VTubers=].

'''Main [=CPUs=]''' ([[Characters/NeptuniaNeptune Neptune]])| [[Characters/NeptuniaCandidates CPU Candidates]] | [[Characters/{{Neptunia Other CPUs}} Other [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOracles Oracles]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMakers Makers]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaGoldThird Gold Third]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMajorAntagonists Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaSpinoffCharacters Spin-off Characters]]-]]]]]

'''Main [=CPUs=]''' ([[Characters/NeptuniaNeptune Neptune]]| [[Characters/NeptuniaCandidates CPU Candidates]] | [[Characters/{{Neptunia Other CPUs}} Other [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOracles Oracles]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMakers Makers]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaGoldThird Gold Third]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMajorAntagonists Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaSpinoffCharacters Spin-off Characters]]-]]]]]

%%Sure, guess they could go in a "tropes from spinoffs and other media" section?%%

'''Main [=CPUs=]''' | [[Characters/NeptuniaCandidates CPU Candidates]] | [[Characters/{{Neptunia Other CPUs}} Other [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOracles Oracles]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMakers Makers]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaGoldThird Gold Third]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMajorAntagonists Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaSpinoffCharacters Spin-off Characters]]-]]]]]

!![[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Neptune/Purple Heart/NEXT Purple]]

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[[quoteright:225:[[labelnote:Purple Heart (Purple Core)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/purple_heart_hdn.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[quoteright:225:[[labelnote:Purple Heart (Lost Purple)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_607.png[[/labelnote]]]]

[[quoteright:225:[[labelnote:NEXT Purple]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/image_4324.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[quoteright:225:[[labelnote:Ultradimension Neptune (Generator Unit)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adult_neptune_generator_unit_gmre.png[[/labelnote]]]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese), Creator/MelissaFahn (English)
The CPU of Planeptune, and the self-aware titular protagonist. She transforms into Purple Heart.

* ACupAngst: While Neptune normally doesn't mind her flat chest, likely because she's perfectly aware of [[SheIsAllGrownUp how she looks while in HDD]], there are moments where she acts like this.
** In ''Re;Birth 1'', when Younger and Older Brother begin to pretend she doesn't exist purely because she's flat, she's not above transforming to gain a bit of favor.
** In ''Victory'', she also reacts negatively when Vert mocks her by calling them raisins.
--> '''Neptune''': *mumble, grumble* I'll raisin your face...
** In ''VII'', she is shown to be quite relieved when she sees that her physically older Ultradimension counterpart grew in both height and bust size.
* AccidentalMisnaming: Neptune's name is laughably unpronounceable by Compa and random [=NPCs=] until IF comes along and lampshades it. This is why she's nicknamed Nep-Nep early on. And those people, who cannot pronounce her name, [[FridgeLogic can pronounce Planeptune totally fine]], which doesn't make sense as IF lampshades this.
* AllLovingHero: Neptune befriends everyone, she's got a big heart and she loves Nepgear.
* BraidsOfAction: Purple Heart mostly retains Neptune's hairstyle, but it grows out at the back and is tied into two long braids.
* BreastExpansion: Whenever Neptune transforms into Purple Heart, her breasts go from A-cup to E-cup.
* BrilliantButLazy:
** In ''Victory'', when she actually sets her mind to it she is incredibly productive, and at one point breaks down days into hours, minutes, and finally seconds and starts to try to calculate the difference for leap years over the [[YearInsideHourOutside difference in time flow between the two dimensions]].
** Shown even more to the point where (Child) IF is impressed with her. She managed to understand all the references IF made in her notebook, and showed quite a bit of knowledge that no one can be blamed for lacking such as the fact that Beelzebub is the demon of gluttony.
** She also starts [[MouthfulOfPi reciting pi]] in lieu of counting down from ten, and shows some political savvy every now and then.
* CoolShip: One of her attacks transforms her into one. As a bonus, you can get Plutia to do it with her for [[CombinationAttack a double helping of]] [[WaveMotionGun purple laser death]]...or at least its "[[EarthShatteringKaboom dramatization]]".
* CleavageWindow: Purple Heart has much of her chest exposed.
* TheComicallySerious: Despite being a LadyOfWar, Purple Heart still has many of Neptune's mannerisms, like loving pudding and getting Arfoire's name wrong.
* ContraltoOfStrength: Neptune's high-pitched voice drops down considerably whenever she transforms into Purple Heart, a LadyOfWar capable of cutting down waves of enemies.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Neptune's normally a BrilliantButLazy [[TheSlacker slacker]] who would rather goof around and eat [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pudding]] than due her job ([[BerserkButton much to the chagrin of Histoire]]), but when the situation calls for it, she becomes a serious, [[HeroesPreferSwords sword-wielding]] LadyOfWar Purple Heart.
* DoesNotLikeSpam:
** Neptune ''hates'' eggplants, insisting that they're not "human food" and turn your eyes purple ([[HypocriticalHumor Neptune has purple eyes, by the way]]). Even Purple Heart recoils from them. In ''Victory'', Arfoire creates eggplant minions just to torment her, and then transforms into a giant eggplant monster... but by that point, it's becomes so absurd that Neptune stops caring. In ''Re;Birth 1'', her loathing of eggplants returns from ''Victory'' despite not having any memory to remember she hates it. And IF and Noire exploit the hell out of it.
** Unsurprisingly, Ultradimension Neptune also hates eggplants, even after they've been cooked. Interestingly, she didn't even know what an eggplant was, but practically vomited from a single bite.
* FourthWallObserver: While this is generally true of most of the cast, they at least generally pretend they are not aware until they need to get her to stop it. To an extent she doesn't even consider alternate versions of any given character to be separate from themselves, as shown when she makes the claim of the group having defeated Afoire a billion times across the various games and anime releases.
* GenkiGirl: By far the most cheerful, fun-loving and immature of the four main [=CPUs=]... at least when she's not transformed. Creator/RieTanaka admits that playing Neptune puts some strain on her voice.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: One of Neptune's battle quotes in the first game and ''mk2'' involves this.
* InSeriesNickname: Has no less than '''5''' of them, the most of any character in the series, largely stemming from others finding her name hard to pronounce.
** Nep-Nep / Nepu-Nepu (Japanese) : Used by Compa and B-Sha
** Nep / Nepu-ko (Japanese) : Used by IF
** Neppy / Nep-chan (Japanese): Used by Plutia / Pururut
** Neptuna / Neputenu (Japanese) : Used by Peashy
** Nepsy / Nep-chi (Japanese): Used by Uzume.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics: She adds "-chan" on the names of almost every Maker. With the exception of Compa, she calls them I-chan, MAGES.-chan, Marve-chan, Tekken-chan, [=CyberConnect2=]-chan, Falcom-chan and [[OddNameOut Puchiko]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Neptune primarily uses katanas, but also has the option of [[{{BFS}} Broadswords]], and {{Laser Blade}}s. Ultimately many will agree with this trope; turns come up sooner, [[ElementalPowers gun attacks]] become stronger, and Purple Heart only uses katanas regardless of what she had equipped as Neptune.
* LadyOfWar: While Neptune is a total goofball, Purple Heart is much more mature, and wields her katana with skill and grace.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Her second [[LimitBreak EXE Drive]] "CPU Neptune", which sees Nep transforming into a CoolShip. Her boss-enemy-only extension takes it a step further by delivering another payload.
* MagneticHero: Her friendly personality and strong will to help other people unites all four goddesses despite their hostile past of the Console War. The Ultradimension Makers also join her party because they are friends with the Neptune they met in ''Victory''.
* MeaningfulName: Her name comes from the Sega Neptune, a failed Genesis/32X hybrid that was supposed to be an add-on to the Sega Saturn, but was never released to the public.
* [[MetaGuy Meta Gal]]: Neptune knows all the conventions of the RPG she's in, and often boasts about being the protagonist.
* OddNameOut: She's the only one of the four goddesses who is not named after a color.
* OlderAlterEgo: Neptune physically and mentally matures into a completely different person as Purple Heart.
* ThePollyanna: Neptune is a perpetually cheerful girl who always tries to make light of the situation.
* PurpleIsPowerful: She’s got purple hair and eyes, with a particular emphasis on the color when transformed, and she’s quite strong in both of her forms. Has one of the highest strength stats in the game, and is the only character naturally able to surpass the damage limit.
* RotatingProtagonist: Despite her claim of being the protagonist of the series, this role has been shared with Noire, Blanc, Nepgear, IF, Plutia (who outright claims Neptune isn't the protagonist for ''Victory''), Uzume, and even her alternate selves. Also Vert for one brief section of ''VII''. Her Hyperdimension version in particular takes offense to this, [[RageAgainstTheAuthor threatening to sue to developers for "Protagonist Fraud" at one point]].
* SignatureHairDecs: Her personal class of head accessories is an arsenal of hair decorations, typically based on video games (such as her default D-Pad ones). She even fits the trope of "young girl with double hairclips".
* TheSlacker: Would really like to just laze around playing games and eating pudding all day.
* SplitPersonality: Neptune is a GenkiGirl, while her alter ego Purple Heart seems to be more of a LadyOfWar.
* TheStoic: As Purple Heart, she becomes serious and calm, though she has her moments.
* StormOfBlades: Her "32-bit Mega Blade" SP Skill summons a large sword that she fires at her target. Several of her {{Combination Attack}}s will have her summon multiple copies of this sword.
* SweetTooth: While she's particularly vocal over her fondness of pudding, she loves eating sweets in general.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Neptune just loves pudding. In ''Re;Birth 1'', pudding was the first thing Compa fed Neptune when they met, and the girl had never had it before. She'll even eat an Antidote if it's made in pudding form. In ''Cyberdimension'', [[spoiler:she shares one to Purple Heart in-game and her goddess self starts craving for more.]]
* VerbalTic: She often uses "Neppu!" as an exclamation when surprised.
* WeakToMagic: Her low MEN makes her weak against magic attacks.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: Her starting weapon. She found it in a dumpster. Still loves it.

!!Superdimension Neptune ([=HDN1=] and [=Re;Birth1=])

* AmnesiacGod: After she falls from Celestia, she’s left completely unaware of her identity as Purple Heart. Neptune remembers only her own name (and a few assorted foods), as well as how to fight, but nothing else. [[spoiler:She decides to stay an amnesiac because regaining her memories could make her regain the feelings she previously had towards the other Goddesses.]]
%%* AmnesiacHero: To the point that Neptune refers herself as one.
* BadassBoast: Actually manages to pull a few off, the most notable also being the most hilarious.
-->'''Neptune:''' One! A game goddess appears to rid the world of the wrong! Two! To rid the world of pirated copies! And three! To be rid of the grumpy old lady! I am Neptune, at your service!
** In the True Ending, she has this before facing the FinalBoss.
-->'''Purple Heart:''' (''English'') "Who do you think I am? I am the main character of the game, Neptune!"
-->'''Purple Heart:''' (''Japanese'') "Who do you think I am? I am the main character of main characters, Neptune!"
** After Neptune does her badass boast in Lowee and transforms, Purple Heart then comments that she should have done it in that goddess form.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: It is shown throughout the game that her train of thought is not a sturdy one.
* {{Crunchtastic}}: She sometimes uses this, as seen with this line addressed to White Heart:
-->'''Neptune:''' Seriously, what's up with you? You were super mad, and now you're all smirkalicious.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Neptune told Noire she wants to protect everyone in front of her, and would be happy just seeing the faces of the people she saved...and pudding.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Took Compa as a passenger when they flew in goddess form to Lastation, and apparently traumatized the poor girl. The Barrel Roll, Cuban Eight, and Immelmann didn't help.
* GlassCannon: Neptune is a pure physical fighter. She has one of the highest STR stats, has high AGI and VIT, a decent amount of HP and she possesses the Passive Skill ''Break Damage Limit'', which allows her to deal damage past the 9999 damage per-hit cap. However, her INT and MEN stats are the lowest, which makes her not only weak against magic attacks, but her own magic attacks are rather weak as well.
* HeroicSafeMode: Neptune suffers from this after her attempt to get the other goddesses to help her fight Arfoire.
* HypocriticalHumor: Though it might go unnoticed, Neptune told Compa that a character wielding a giant weapon is cliche...and yet her weapon as Purple Heart is a giant katana. Later on, Neptune herself can also yield swords twice her own size.
* IfItsYouItsOkay: Neptune outright told Noire that, even though they're both girls, if Noire loves her, she'll accept her. Given this is Neptune, how serious she was is debatable.
* InstantExpert: Neptune can wield any weapon ''vaguely shaped'' like a sword. Even when she finds a bokutō in the dumpster, and has no memory of how to fight, she wields it flawlessly.
* KonamiCode: Can occasionally be heard reciting part of this while using her first LimitBreak, only to stop and decide that [[CheatersNeverProsper she has no use for codes anyway]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Loses her memories after falling from Celestia.
* {{Moe}}[[invoked]]: Is called such by IF in one of the cutscenes.
%%* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Apparently, Neptune doesn't mind hugging someone from the back. - Administrivia/WeblinksAreNotExamples
* PokemonSpeak: Despite not being a Pokemon, Neptune engages in this.
-->'''Compa:'''" We'll be serious, then! Go! Nep-Nep, I choose you!"\\
'''Neptune:''' "[[PokemonSpeak Pika!]]"
* PornStash: When she thinks she's dead at the beginning of the game she despairs that she should have finished her game backlog and deleted her hard drive. When Histore tells her to calm down she asks how she can possibly stay calm when someone can see her "special" collections.
* ShipTease: Many of the official art has her doing this with Noire. Unlike the first (and subsequent games) were Neptune's ship tease with Noire is done through supplementary materials, the sexual tension between them in the remake is far more obvious.
* SlapOnTheWristNuke: The CPU Neptune attack has her transform into a spaceship, fly out into space, and then has the scene zoom out to show the entire landmass you're currently on before firing off a WaveMotionGun, destroying the entire thing. However there's a disclaimer down on the bottom of the screen:
--> [[LampshadeHanging *This isn't actually happening.]]
* SwordAndGun: Neptune seems to keep a sword and a gun on her, but we never see [[HyperspaceArsenal where she gets the gun]]. Her appearances in later games write out her handgun proficiency.
* TakeAThirdOption: Neptune does this as a result of losing her memory. Histoire offers to return it, but she decides not to, as she's gotten friendly with quite a few people with her new personality, and would rather not go back to her former self. [[spoiler:She also does this when the other goddesses are debating the Deep Fry debate in chapter 8. None of them like her stance, and declare "war" on her as well.]]
* TotallyRadical: She tends to use some 80s/90s slang such as "bad dude", her death cry of "I'm... outies...", and even "totally rad" at one point. She also has a tinge of ValleyGirl in her voice. [[FridgeBrilliance Keep in mind that]] [[JustifiedTrope she is supposed to represent]] Creator/{{SEGA}}, who were all about being TotallyRadical in the 90s.

!!Hyperdimension Neptune (mk2, Victory, VII and Sisters vs Sisters)
* AloofBigSister: In ''Victory'', for the most part, she doesn't seem to care what happens to Nepgear anymore. From everyone making fun of her, to Iris Heart torturing her ''right in front of everyone'', even thinking its a suitable punishment, after Nepgear fought against her alongside Vert because the latter was actually giving her some sisterly attention. The Good Ending even has her [[spoiler: leaving Nepgear in the Ultradimension when she makes it back to the Hyperdimension and just spending her time sleeping with Plutia, taking a while to remember that Nepgear is trapped in the past.]] However, there are also several instances where she shows [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone genuine regret over her treatment of Nepgear]].
* AscendedExtra: A kind of weird example, since although the first game had another Neptune as the main character, ''this'' Neptune had only a supporting role in ''mk2'', making ''Victory'' technically her first time in the protagonist role.
* BrokenPedestal: Nepgear rather loses faith in her sister after she gets abandoned ''again''. [[spoiler:This is, however, after she manages to make it to the alternate dimension her sister is in...and her sister leaves her with babies to go to Leanbox. ]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: When she is sent into the Ultradimension, she loses her ability to transform into HDD. She initially doesn't mind, seeing it as freedom from being forced to work, but quickly realizes [[GrowingUpSucks she doesn't like the full implications]] and [[ImmortalitySeeker decides to rectify it.]]
* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Her first reaction to seeing a clone of her Purple Heart by [[spoiler:Ultradimension Rei]] is to fawn over how "good-looking" she is in her own HDD form.
--> '''Neptune''': Oh, wow! Who ''is'' this stylish, cool, beautiful girl!?\\
'''Neptune''': *with sparkling eyes* Still, I approve of me. I look pretty hot!
* CharacterNarrator: Noire even has to lampshade the fact that she's just mumbling to herself in ''Victory''.
* CovertPervert: Even as Purple Heart, she couldn't resist peeking at the porn Steamax spread around.
* DeadpanSnarker: Does this sometimes when talking to Noire after she learns that she was voted the most popular in the other world.
--> '''Neptune:''' I See. Even with Noire there it's bad times. Not even the great Popular Heart can help?
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: When trying to keep Rei from running away because she didn't want to be lonely, she nearly chokes the poor girl.
* DualWielding: While this is a trait normally related to her counterpart, in her "Nep Nep Combination" Coupling Skill with Older Neptune this Nep gets in on the action by wielding dual-wielding her regular weapon and a smaller 32-bit Mega Blade for a brief portion of the combo.
* DuetBonding: When Neptune and Nepgear produce their IdolSinger video.
* DullSurprise: Invoked by Neptune when Ultradimension Vert reveals herself as Leanbox's CPU.
--> '''Neptune:''' Oh my gosh. Impossible, you guys. Like seriously. Vert's the CPU of Leanbox? Mind: blown.\\
'''Plutia:''' Neppy, you don't sound very surprised to me...
* {{Egopolis}}: Neptune decides that Planeptune needs to have more things Nep, so she convinces Plutia to declare that the new national base measurement be based on Neptune's height (The Nep is equal to 146cm for those who are curious).
* FanservicePack: Over the TimeSkip between ''mk2'' and ''Victory'', her Purple Heart form has grown in the right places. This makes sense, as the Ultradimension disables the ability for Hyperdimension [=CPUs=] to transform, and thus need a CPU memory to regain their powers.
* FastballSpecial: [[spoiler:Neptune gets tossed by the three goddesses towards Nepgear in one of the endings.]]
* FatalFlaw:
** Pride, Pettiness, and Laziness. The first two are discussed shortly after [[spoiler: Peashy is kidnapped by Anonydeath]] as the cause of the fight between the two. And while not directly stated, is implied to be part of the growing SiblingRivalry with Nepgear.
** Her laziness comes closer to being an InformedFlaw. While it is repeatedly said that she doesn't do much, it takes very little to actually get her working on anything. [[ChronicHeroSyndrome This]] is actually [[KansasCityShuffle exploited]] by the Seven Sages.
* GrowingUpSucks: She ''really'' does not want to grow older. She admits that she'd likely be totally sexy if she grew up a bit ([[ShesAllGrownUp as proven by her adult self]] in ''[[VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII VII]]''), but she enjoys being young and adorable, and can get all the sexiness needed when she transforms.
* HealingFactor: She has the Regenerate passive as her final of three unlockable passives in ''VII'', which restores 10% of her total health at the start of her turn. This pairs well with her strong defenses in this title to compensate for lower health.
* HeroicSacrifice: In ''Sisters'', when Arfoire revived in the PC Continent, she decides to fight her alone so the other three [=CPUs=] can evacuate citizens before the spacetime rift consumes everything. She never came back, and was presumed to have been swallowed by the rift along with Arfoire. [[spoiler:She was actually saved by Gray Sister, but then gets captured by Arfoire while asleep in the sealing device.]]
* IAmNotShazam: [[InvokedTrope Neptune mentions this problem]]. She tries to teach the babies how to properly pronounce her name, and among their mistakes is Neptunia. She's actually fine with various nicknames just so long as they're ''not the localized English title of the game''. Before anyone asks, this happens in both the Japanese and English audio tracks.
--> '''Neptune''': "I'm teaching these kids how to properly pronounce my name. It's important not to confuse my name with the title of the game, so this'll save me some trouble."
* IaijutsuPractitioner: NEXT Purple's EXE Drive has her charge up her sword before unleashing a single slash that can reportedly cut through concepts.
* ImmortalitySeeker: She loses her powers upon first arriving in the Ultradimension. While initially glad to be rid of the responsibilities that come with being a CPU she decides that she wants to become one again due the fact that she doesn't want to start aging.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: When she figures out who the baby IF and Compa are, she immediately requests that she be allowed to take them back to her world. Histoire shoots the idea down, so she decides to just make the most of the time she has with them there. She also reacts this way when she first meets Mini-Histy, nearly strangling the poor thing to death with a bear hug.
* {{Irony}}: The [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis S32X]] Processor Unit is not one of hers, but rather Plutia's, despite being based on the system she was named for.
* LightningBruiser: Contrast the other two games where she's a GlassCannon, she's this in ''Victory'' even in her HDD form. Dishes out good damage, is the only one who can break the [[{{Cap}} damage limit]] naturally, is a good tank, and moves pretty fast. She also has a large array of [[StatusBuff buffs]] that are useful, and she's got a lot of [[LimitBreak EXE Attacks]] (see below trope). Her problem? She can't heal unless you use an item, she has problems dealing a lot of damage thanks to enemy traits that stops her from attacking at full power (even if Neptune has a bigger strength stat than Noire when they have the same levels), and not a lot of debuffs (which in this game, is [[NintendoHard pretty bad]]). Most tactics with the OptionalBoss fights will involve her almost tanking instead of attacking while the rest of the characters wail on the enemy.
* LimitBreak: This entry is notable in Neptune because she has so many of them--no less than ''fifteen''. Neptune is the only character who gets two EXE Drives of her own, and she also gets {{Combination Attack}}s with nearly every single non-DLC character in the game -- including being required for the single most overpowered one of them all: '''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Guardian Force]].'''
* {{Malaproper}}: She has a habit of screwing up common turns of phrase like saying that Nepgear is "wet behind the years" or that she's not about to "spin the bucket" after her crash landing on Ultradimension Noire. It goes well with her ditzy personality.
* MaliciousMisnaming: In ''Sisters'', her mispronunciation of Arfoire’s name gets increasingly ridiculous (and she continues to do it as Purple Heart, who had no issue getting her name right in previous games). Not that this Arfoire seems to care.
* MsViceGirl: As shown in ''Victory'', Neptune does not like working, gets easily riled up, is petty and a bit insensitive. However, she also knows when it's time to suck it up and do what she has to do, is very friendly to anyone who isn't murderously hostile, is easygoing, cheerful and optimistic, generally assumes the best of others and will become downright heroic when the chips are down. Sometimes it's hard to see because of her carefree approach to life and difficult personality, but Neptune keeps reminding you she's the protagonist for a reason.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Thanks to the new gameplay mechanic "[[EquippableAlly Final CPU Form]]", Neptune gets to use a {{BFS}}, a spear, an axe, a [[MixAndMatchWeapon gunblade]], an ''[[RefugeInAudacity airplane]]'', and a PowerFist.
* MundaneUtility:
** In an optional ''mk2'' scene, the CPU Candidates encounter Neptune in HDD form and assume trouble is afoot. Neptune then says that she transformed just to meet the height requirement of an amusement ride. Nepgear and Uni lampshade it. Even funnier, due to Purple Heart being a LadyOfWar, she doesn't share the same excitement as her human personality does, which makes the ride less enjoyable for her.
** In the Revival Ending of ''VII'', she decided to rapidly switch in and out of HDD to burn calories.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: While she definitely has her moments in the other games, this one is particularly jarring because she completely drops her joker act and actually calls Nepgear by her full name during the Conquest ending; understandable since she is trying to convince Nepgear to [[spoiler:kill her]].
-->'''Neptune:''' It's time to grow up, Nepgear!
* OnlySaneWoman: Surprisingly enough, Neptune is forced into this role quite a lot in ''Victory''. During story segments she's usually the one keeping a level head, and in a few comedy scenes she was made into the straight-man. This is a result of being TheOlderImmortal in a world where her juniors all have several [[VagueAge hundred or thousand years]] less experience than her, and conflicting attitudes to match.
--> '''Neptune''': How did I become the only one with any common sense?
* PiggybackCute: After being forced by Plutia, Neptune (as Purple Heart) gives her one.
* PillarOfLight: The finisher extension of her "[[LimitBreak Neptune Break]]" EXE Drive is topped off by [[RammingAlwaysWorks ramming the enemy into the ground]] [[DynamicEntry at high speed]] and creating a huge cross-shaped pillar of purple power.
%%* PaperFanOfDoom: Her DLC weapon is this.
* ShootTheDog: In ''Victory'', shortly after meeting up with Uni, Ram, and Rom, she tells Plutia to just go ahead and transform and do what she's going to do so as to avoid having her traumatize them in the middle of battle where it would cost them their lives.
* SiblingRivalry: Very notable in ''Victory''.
** She has a rather one sided one with Nepgear. Her [[TookALevelInJerkass increasingly inconsiderate treatment of Nepgear]] comes after her sister screws things up, both accidentally and not, for her. Notably [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptuniaMk2 taking her job]] but trying to still push that work onto Neptune, indirectly getting her trapped in the alternate dimension ''twice'', [[spoiler: stabbing her in the back for trying to make it so she could safely stay with the group]], and blaming Neptune for something Plutia did.
** Despite not being Vert's sister, Neptune has this dynamic with '''Ultradimension''' Vert, due to Vert making Nepgear a CPU, and, (by her logic anyway) this making Nepgear her little sister due to being born from the same memory core.
* SiblingYinYang: Her relationship with her sister Nepgear gets played up quite a bit. In addition to their personalities, there are mechanical and visual contrasts between them. Neptune naturally ignores the damage cap and enables her partner to ignore enemy traits, Nepgear naturally ignores enemy traits while granting her partner the ability to ignore the damage cap. On a tier by tier basis their HDD forms contrast each other with black and white color schemes.
* SkewedPriorities: In ''Sisters'', her immediate concern with [[spoiler:sleeping through two years]] is which games and tv shows she's missed.
* TheTease: Purple Heart gets touchy-feely with [[CannotTalkToWomen Steamax]] to stop him from getting away with the Swirl Console, continuing to flirt with him for fun until he faints from overstimulation.
* TemptingFate:
** In ''mk2'', she promised Nepgear she'd never leave her again, and now she's TrappedInAnotherWorld.
** She later worries that Mini-Histy will show up panicking about something terrible happening again, [[LampshadeHanging noting]] that [[RunningGag it's becoming a pattern]]. She's proven right immediately after.
* TooDumbToLive: According to the other [=CPUs=] anyway. When she starts to wonder where the Ultradimension Neptune is at they point out that, if the Ultradimension Neptune had the same general personality as the Hyperdimension Neptune, she has very likely ended up starving herself to death or worse without the immortality from being a CPU. [[spoiler: Hilariously enough, Ultradimension Neptune is not only alive and well in TheStinger of the True Ending. Not to mention, as ''VideoGame/MegadimensionNeptuniaVII'' reveals, she's the one who gets to solve the final problem about [[ForTheEvulz Croire]] without even knowing what was going on and just wanted to show it off to her friends in that dimension when she caught her.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: In ''Victory'', she comes off as lazy and selfish compared to her lazy but well-meaning depiction in the earlier games, being rather uncaring to Nepgear (even before they went to the Ultradimension) and openly rude to Noire, leading to the former [[WhatTheHellHero calling her out on her callous behavior towards her]]. However...
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''VII'', she seemed to have mellowed out quite a bit from the previous installment, and her jabs aren't as insensitive as they were before.
* TotallyRadical: She tends to use some 80's/90's slang such as "bad dude", her death cry of "I'm... outies...", and even "totally rad" at one point. She also has a tinge of [[ValleyGirl Valley Girl]] in her voice. Keep in mind that [[JustifiedTrope she is supposed to represent]] Creator/{{SEGA}}, [[JustifiedTrope who were all about being]] TotallyRadical in the 90's.
* TrappedInThePast: What kicks off ''Victory'''s plot is that a dimension rift sucks Neptune into the 1980's.
* WaveMotionGun: ''Twice.'' The earliest is when using the "Who Done It?! Nova", a mixture of eye lasers and mouth beam from the [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Inafune Face Ship]]. The second is a CombinationAttack with Plutia, "CPU: Plutia", in which whatever the hell the second part of their attack is is "dramatized" as a ''[[EarthShatteringKaboom Gamindustri-destroying]]'' giant [[PurpleIsPowerful purple]] laser beam.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets called out ''a lot'' in ''Victory'', as a result of her unpleasant and apathetic behavior.
** Nepgear calls Neptune "stupid big-sister-who-abandoned-me-in-a-different-dimension". That's a pretty apt description.
** If you thought Nepgear was the only one upset with her, you couldn't be further from the truth; Histoire has a much more scathing opinion of Neptune in the Japanese dialogue [[spoiler: where she bluntly states that Neptune is absolutely unqualified to even be Nepgear's elder sister.]]
** Neptune even calls ''herself'' out on it (very briefly though) when she claims that she fails as a big sister in the prologue. Nepgear however forgives her because they finally get to be alone together (even if it's just the prologue).
** In true 4th-Wall-Breaking-Neptune fashion, she even goes as far as to use ''the trophy descriptions'' to apologize to Nepgear. That's some hardcore guilt.
* TheWonka: Neptune is ''very'' eccentric, and others often find it difficult to keep track of her logic. Though she needs a little motivation first to get off her rear, she'll get pretty much ''anything'' done once she does.
%%* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: See OOCIsSeriousBusiness above. - ZCE and Word Cruft (of the Positional comparatives vareity)

!!Spin-offs:
* AwesomeButImpractical: In ''Game Maker'' Little Neptune built a hybrid console/pudding maker. While it's certainly an interesting plan, being able to have a steady supply of a snack while gaming that you don't have to leave to go get, it is also incredibly unhygenic and gets pulled from stores almost immediately for being a health hazard. [[spoiler: So unlike the other Goddesses' consoles requiring the Pirate Makers' sabotage to get the Gold Third to interfere with their distribution, Neptune screwed things up all on her own.]]
* ButtMonkey: Poor Nep-Nep. She REALLY got the short end of the stick in ''Superdimension Neptune''.
** Her body is erased from time not too far in, she eventually merges with IF's bike, and it only goes [[FromBadToWorse downhill]] from there.
** Neither IF nor Segami treat her well.
** IF and Segami told Neptune that she's weak which Nep [[CantTakeCriticism doesn't take criticism well]] because she likes to think that she's the "ultimate protagonist" when in truth [[TheHero IF]] is in that game.
** Nobody likes Bike Neptune or her color scheme for that matter, in fact most of the characters, especially Segami, [[MaliciousMisnaming derisively call her "Crap bike!" Nepgear's nickname of "Maniacal Mechanic" isn't any more flattering]].
** [[RunningGag IF and Segami telling Neptune to either shut up or to stop changing topics]].
* CombatMedic: Her Holy Knight class in ''Cyberdimension'' gives her access to healing skills, while also letting her dish out quite a bit of damage.
* ForcedTransformation: The only way she's able to survive the Time Eater in ''Superdimension Neptune'' is by merging her soul with IF's bike.
* HeroesPreferSwords: As expected of the one who openly declares herself the main character, she still sticks with a class that prefers swords in ''Cyberdimension'".
* JackOfAllTrades: In ''Cyberdimension'', her class, Holy Knight, is noted to be skilled in pretty much everything combat wise.
* MagicKnight: Can use magic alongside her physical fighting skills in ''Cyberdimension''.
%%* WhiteMagic


!!Ultradimension Neptune (VII)

-->''"Wow, you have 'Nep' in your name, too?! Crazy!"''

Debuting in the True End of ''Victory'', she is a bug catcher from the Ultradimension who captures Croire after mistaking her for an overgrown fly. She makes a proper appearance in the sequel ''Victory II'', assisting Nepgear and Uzume in the Zerodimension with her "Nep-Note", a special specimen book capable of sealing beings that catch her interest by shrinking them down to an appropriate size for the pages. While she is physically older than her Hyperdimension counterpart, their personalities are quite similar, including fourth-wall breaking and an inability to pronounce Arfoire's name properly.

She doesn't make another appearance again until 8 years later with ''Game Maker R:Evolution'', where she becomes the president/CEO of the [[Characters/NeptuniaOtherCPUs Failure Goddesses]]' company. She also has her own processor unit in the form of the Generator Unit, which originated from the anime.
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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In a way, considering her first actual appearance in the series was during TheStinger of ''Victory''.]]
* BadLiar: [[spoiler:When she deems Croire too dangerous to be let free of the Nep-Note, Croire retorts that Neptune really just wants to continue taking advantage of her dimension hopping. Neptune's denial of this is incredibly forced, as is her attempt to feign ignorance when Croire notes that she'd been sabotaging [=AffimaX=].]]
* BadassNormal: Unlike the main Neptune, this one doesn't have the powers of a CPU at her disposal. Which makes the fact that she can fight toe to toe against [[spoiler: both Vert and Nepgear]] all the more startling. In fact, one of her early-game weapons is a two-handed greatsword turned into a set of aptly-named Twin Blades, with the description suggesting that whoever is capable of wielding this thing is probably more terrifying than the weapon itself.
* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Her Gen. Unit outfit in ''Game Maker'' is shaped like a two piece swimsuit, matching her femininity.
* BatmanGambit: In ''Game Maker'' she assigns Pippih the task of handling a talkshow appearance to help sell Mushikaiser over F-Sha's Elel Ring despite PR activities being Jagaa's job. [[spoiler: Jagaa was seriously considering quitting Victory, fearing that Mushikaiser would not be able to even compete with Elel Ring, so having her handle it when her heart wasn't in it would've ruined things. Pippih on the other hand would completely botch the interview and debate even as early as the rehearsal due to her [[PerformanceAnxiety fear of public speaking]] and F-Sha would exploit that to make Pippih miserable in an attempt to put an end to Mushikaiser entirely, an action that would enrage Jagaa enough to have her step up to defend her friend and their game with extreme passion rather than abandon them.]] If any of that had played out any differently, Victory would have very likely ended up collapsing and Mushikaiser being guaranteed to be a failure. That this also resulted in F-Sha demanding a Maker's Duel with [[spoiler: an end to her intentional InUniverse DuelingWorks and information on the Cursed Discs and the Zaikopath]] on the line was a happy bonus.
* BroughtToYouByTheLetterS: "N" in her case after finishing her boss-exclusive LimitBreak where the purple N shows up.
* BugCatching: [[spoiler:She was just a random girl who wanted to catch bugs when she caught Croire during TheStinger in ''Victory''.]]
* ButNowIMustGo: A DownplayedTrope. [[spoiler: Having made Victory a successful company, successfully taught the Failure Goddesses how to run it and make good games, and recaptured Croire she decides it's time to leave for another dimension to continue her search for bugs. However, she does request that she get to keep Reedio's bike that she's been using the whole game as a roundabout way of getting a reason to revisit as the latter is the only one who can properly maintain the bike.]]
* CallBack: Her gun is identical to the one used by her [[VideoGame/HyperdimensionNeptunia Superdimension counterpart]].
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Her hobby is collecting rare and strange insects to study as specimens.
* CoolBike: In ''Game Maker'', she is given a bike that resembles the Nep Bike from ''Superdimension Neptune'' by Reedio. The opening scene has her crashing it through a window to protect the Failure Goddesses from F-Sha. She also uses this during gameplay when you need to travel, as well as a couple of racing minigames where you race to the finish line either against the clock or various enemies.
* DimensionalTraveler: Unlike other characters who largely wind up crossing dimensions by accident, she apparently does so routinely on her hunt for more things to add to her collection, though she's actually using her captive Croire to do so.
* TheDrifter: Despite being from the Ultradimension, this Neptune doesn't call any place home and just goes from one to the next in search of new bugs, though she'll be willing to stop and help the people of whatever world she's ended up on.
* DualWielding: To further differentiate her from the normal Neptune, this Neptune wields two swords at the same time, although it turns out the other Neptune can also dual wield as shown in their CombinationAttack but just chooses not to.
* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:Sorta. Despite the trouble she caused througout the Hyperdimension G arc, Nepgear and the other Candidates save her from Arfoire, even before learning that she was a FakeDefector.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Unlike the main Neptune who remains loyal to her friends despite her antics, this Neptune's true loyalty is somewhat confusing at times to say the least, and is frustratingly aloof to a great deal of characters. [[spoiler:In the Heartdimension H arc, it turns out that she has been siding with Hyperdimension Neptune and her companions all along.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: Her outfit is a black version of Hyperdimension Neptune's, and [[spoiler:despite starting out as an ally, she joins the antagonists midway through. However, she was secretly messing with their plans.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:While on Kurome's side, she secretly undermines them by misplacing the millionth ran-pig for a mass sacrifice ritual and leaving the portal to Heartdimension open. Unfortunately, the bad guys saw through her act from the start and attempt to kill her in the 3rd arc.]]
* FightingYourFriend: [[spoiler:Nepgear and Vert have to fight against her during Vert's story in the Hyperdimension G arc.]]
* FriendlyEnemy: [[spoiler:After her casual greeting and providing a drink, it takes a moment for Vert and Nepgear to process her proclamation of having joined [=AffimaX=] and coming to fight them.]]
* GoingNative: ''Game Maker'''s dimension is the first one she's even remotely treated as a home since leaving the Ultradimension. [[spoiler: Though she does ultimately decide to move on, she makes sure to give herself a reason to constantly revisit unlike her one time trip back to the Hyperdimension to drop Uzume off.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: In the Japanese dub, she says "Ride On!" when she gets on her CoolBike.
%%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Or so it seems.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She brings up events from other dimensions she's stopped by on occasion.
* NeverMyFault: After learning that [[spoiler:Arfoire tricked her, Uzume and Umio into feeding her their disliked foods so she could restore her strength and escape from the Nep-Note]], Uzume and Umio berate themselves for being such picky eaters... while Neptune simply throws the blame on eggplants for tasting so bad.
* NonIndicativeName: Officially she's known as "Adult Neptune" in Japan and both that and "Older Neptune" in English to distinguish her from the other Neptune, yet she is the younger one of the two and [[VagueAge may not even actually be an adult in the first place]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She's what happens when Neptune stops slacking off and starts to manipulate events to work out in favor for the heroes. [[spoiler:Turns out leaving S-Sha's ritual one ran-pig short of the necessary million and leaving her and Kurome's escape portal open wasn't just her being careless.]] Unfortunately, both Arfoire and [[spoiler: Kurome]] caught on to her by the early Heart Dimension arc. Meanwhile, Croire is very surprised at how manipulative this Neptune really is.
* OneHandedZweihander: Some of her weapons are meant to be used with two hands, yet she uses two with one hand each.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: [[spoiler:Despite helping Nepgear and Uzume fight Arfoire in the Zerodimension, she later works with that same Arfoire under Kurome, but she remains as friendly as ever and was actually trying to sabotage their plans.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Neptune owns such a can, which is a book that can capture a weakened enemy and use some of their abilities. It constantly drains the energy of its prisoners, but they can break out if they eat enough food. Sadly, this doesn't seem to have any applications in actual gameplay.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Others mention that older Neptune is quite the looker. Neptune herself is quite happy to see how she'd look if she grew up.
* SkinshipGrope: She was pretty taken with Vert's boobs when they were in a spa together, and took quite a bit of time feeling them up. [[BigBreastPride Vert didn't mind though, and was in fact proud when she complimented them]].
* SummonMagic: Whereas other characters call forth mechas or weapons from out of nowhere, this Neptune can summon...a giant helping of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pudding]] to flatten the enemy. Even more noteworthy is the fact that she brings out two giant spoons to replace her two swords for this one attack.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At the start of ''Game Maker'', she jumps her bike and rams through a window to save the Failure Goddesses from F-Sha. While it first appears to have survived the stunt, a conversation while exploring the first dungeon reveals that she wrecked it and will have to wait for Reedio to finish repairing it before she can use it to speed up exploration.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Much like Uzume towards Plutia, she plays the similar role like Peashy, despite the fact that she's not a goddess; although the execution is somewhat darker.
* SwordAndGun: A CallBack to the first game's battle system, in which each of the 4 [=CPUs=] wielded a pistol alongside their melee weapon. In the case of adult Neptune, she mainly attacks with her dual swords, and uses her pistol only during special attacks.
* SympathyForTheDevil: In the VR segments, [[spoiler:she expresses pity toward Kurome for being so obsessed with revenge and laments not being able to talk her out of it, but was happy when Uzume (who underwent a SplitPersonalityMerge in the Revival Ending) said that Kurome didn't dislike the time they spent together.]]
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Her "Nepnicle Combination" [=EXE=] Drive starts with her throwing her swords at the enemy, then close the range with pistol fire, before catching the swords followed by a multi-slash combo on the target. Finally she finishes it off with a final pistol shot.
* TokenEvilTeammate: While she is not evil, her confusing loyalty makes it hard to pinpoint to whom she had sided with.
* TronLines: The blue lines on her outfit glow in the dark.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She stumbled into Heartdimension by accident and agreed to retrieve the Console for Kurome, then accidentally activated it while taking a closer look in town - leaving it in an alley for her counterpart to find while she ended up in Zerodimension. Thus, her legitimate accidents set of the events of the game.]]
* VagueAge: By the official site's own admission, it's not clear whether she's an actually an adult or not.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:After figuring out that Neptune has been sabotaging her plans, Kurome decides that Neptune herself has little value as long as they can take Croire away from her, and orders Arfoire to dispose of her. Fortunately for her, Uzume and the CPU candidates arrive just in time to save her.]]
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[[folder:Noire/Black Heart/NEXT Black]]
!![[UsefulNotes/Playstation3 Noire/Black Heart]][[UsefulNotes/Playstation4 /NEXT Black]]
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-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiImai (Japanese), Creator/ErinFitzgerald (English, first game - ''[=MegaTagmension=]''), Creator/EricaMendez (English, ''Cyberdimension'' onwards)
The CPU of Lastation who can't be honest with her feelings. She transforms into Black Heart.
!!General Tropes:

** Her Ultradimension counterpart isn't much better. A RunningGag through ''Victory'' has a character be introduced by [[CrashIntoHello falling on her]], first being Neptune, the Nepgear, and finally Yellow Heart, as well as being Iris Heart's favorite whipping girl. It's not to the extent of Nepgear, but it's still notifiable.

** Neptune truly loves Nepgear conditionally, and is willing to defend her when the latter is down. Even with all the crap she gives Nepgear in ''Victory'' she will quickly jump to her defense if anyone else, aside from Plutia, does anything to her intentionally or not. When Rei ends up [[CatapultNightmare headbutting Nepgear waking up from a nightmare]] she snaps at her for it.

* DuelWielding: While this is a trait normally related to her counterpart, in her "Nep Nep Combination" Coupling Skill with Older Neptune this Nep gets in on the action by wielding dual-wielding her regular weapon and a smaller 32-bit Mega Blade for a brief portion of the combo.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: This primarily only applies to the Hyperdimension timeline [=CPUs=] and CPU Candidates, of the Ultradimension [=CPUs=] only Blanc [[spoiler:and Rei Ryghts]] applies as the rest only recently became immortal so they are at most only a few decades older than they appear.

!!Superdimension Neptune ([=HDN1=] and Re;Birth 1)

* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Her first words after seeing Purple Heart [[spoiler:via CloningBlues from Ultradimension Rei]]?

!!Superdimension Noire ([=HDN1=] and Re;Birth 1)

!!Superdimension Blanc ([=HDN1=] and Re;Birth 1)

!!Superdimension Vert ([=HDN1=] and Re;Birth 1)

[[folder: Neptune/Purple Heart/NEXT Purple]]

[[folder: Noire/Black Heart/NEXT Black]]

[[folder: Vert/Green Heart/NEXT Green]]

!!Spinoffs:

!!Spinoffs and Other Media:

!!Spinoffs:

!!Spinoffs:

* AlternateSelf: The Ultradimension timeline (i.e. [[Sandbox/NeptuniaCharactersOtherCPUs Plutia's]] world) versions of each of the goddesses, from Gamindustri in TheEighties, are their counterparts to the main goddesses we know in the main Hyperdimension timeline (i.e. Neptune's world). Neptune's counterpart goes further into being an entirely different person with the same color scheme and base personality. [[spoiler:Neptune's actual Ultradimension counterpart appears in TheStinger for the True End, and would later make her franchise debut in the [[VideoGame/MegaDimensionNeptuniaVII next canon game.]]]]

* TookALevelInKindness:
** All the goddesses in ''Re;Birth 1'', compared to their original incarnations. Neptune is more actively heroic, Noire is less standoffish, Blanc is more social, and Vert is less high-and-mighty, making all of them more likable while still keeping their basic personalities.
** In ''[=Re;Birth3=]'' compared to their ''Victory'' incarnations, continuing the trend set in ''[=Re;Birth1=]'' and ''[=Re;Birth2=]'' to their originals. It's really apparent when comparing their treatment of Nepgear, where it's much more lighthearted in nature.

!!Hyperdimension Neptune (mk2, Victory, VII and Sisters Vs Sisters)

!!Hyperdimension Noire (mk2, VII and Sisters Vs Sisters)

* TookALevelInKindness: Taking a cue from ''Victory'', the Blanc of ''[=Re;Birth1=]'' is much kinder than the Blanc originally featured in the first game (where she spent most of the Lowee segment pursuing Neptune and co., hellbent on killing them), and genuinely cares for her citizens and seems to have a particular soft spot for Financier. Even in her White Heart form, she sincerely thanks [[spoiler:MAGES.]] for saving them in their fight with Ganache. The fact that she is more social than Noire says a lot.

!!Hyperdimension Blanc (mk2, VII and Sisters Vs Sisters)

!!Hyperdimension Vert (mk2, VII and Sisters Vs Sisters)

* OnlySaneWoman: Surprisingly enough, Neptune is forced into this role quite a lot in this game. During story segments she's usually the one keeping a level head, and in a few comedy scenes she was made into the straight-man. This is a result of being TheOlderImmortal in a world where her juniors all have several [[VagueAge hundred or thousand years]] less experience than her, and conflicting attitudes to match.

* CoolBike: In ''Game Maker'', she is shown riding what appears to be the Nep Bike from ''Superdimension Neptune'', and her entrance has her crashing into a window. She also uses this during gameplay when you need to travel, as well as a couple of racing minigames where you race to the finish line either against the clock or various enemies.

* SiblingsWanted: One of her most defining traits is her desire of wanting a sister (or sisters) on her own, due to being the only CPU without one. She is very open about her fixation towards the other Candidates, particularly Nepgear.

* CoolBike: In ''Game Maker'', she is shown riding what appears to be the Nep Bike from ''Superdimension Neptune'', and her entrance has her crashing into a window. She also uses this during gameplay when you need to travel, as well as a ''VideoGame/MarioKart''-esque minigame where you race to the finish line all while collecting some coins.

* RotatingProtagonist: Despite her claim of being the protagonist of the series, this role has been shared with Noire, Blanc, Nepgear, IF, Plutia (who outright claims Neptune isn't the protagonist for ''Victory''), Uzume, and even her alternate selves. Also Vert for one brief section of ''VII''. Her Hyperdimesion version in particular takes offense to this, [[RageAgainstTheAuthor threatening to sue to developers for "Protagonist Fraud" at one point]].