History VideoGame / PrinnyCanIReallyBeTheHero

* AlasPoorVillain: At the end [[spoiler: of Asagi mode, her prinny suit explodes and kills her.]] It's not all bad, though, [[spoiler: in TheStinger, she comes back as a prinny.]] She also gets her own mini-campaign in the sequel, the closest she's gotten so far to getting her own game.

** [[spoiler:OrWasItADream: You do get Baal's Heart when you beat him and considering you do beat [[LaPucelle Overlord Priere]]..]]

** Moreso with the [[spoiler: Baal battle. If you thought Etna was huge...]]

** [[spoiler: Prinny Laharl and Prinny Asagi]] in the sequel. Their attacks are powerful, but they use up an extra life when used and you can use them only for one level, after which you have to buy them again. But then again, considering their power, you might actually end up losing less lives, making them AwesomeYetPractical.

* BadBoss: Take a wild guess. [[spoiler: Etna.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Eventually the Prinnies sent out to gain the Ultra Dessert ingredients demand a raise in the form of actual money instead of fish. Etna, of course, refuses, and engages the Prinnies, who have banded together against her along side all but four of the Prinnies out of her entire staff (giving the player infinite lives). By the end of the battle, [[TheBattleDidntCount Etna shows that defiance of her power is futile.]]]]

* BoisterousBruiser: Turmeric, when he's not fulfilling the roll of a one-man GoldfishPoopGang.

** In the sequel, [[spoiler:Etna, Baal, Prinny Baal, and [[LaPucelle Priere]]]]

* BossRush: The second to last stage has you fighting most of the bosses over again.
** There are two of them in the sequel. One is like the first game [[spoiler:though this time, you fight each boss' "Junkie" doppelgangers]] and the other is a special stage where you fight the [[FanService female bosses]] from the first game and a [[spoiler:[[FanDisservice suped-up panty-on-the-head-wearing Gourmet Ogre.]]]]

* CerebusRetcon: At the end of the first game's Asagi Mode [[spoiler:Asagi dies when she's unable to take off her Prinny suit, which had a bomb in it, due to the zipper being stuck.]] The whole scene was treated as a joke. Asagi Wars reveals, however, [[spoiler:Asagi Kurosugi, disguised as an unassuming tailor, was the one who made that suit and purposely planted the bomb and sewed in a malfunctioning zipper to ensure Asagi's death so she can take her place. She was also the unnamed producer that Asagi mentioned early in Asagi Mode.]]

* ClassicCheatCode: NIS uses the same code to unlock the alternate storyline on all three of its PSP games-- [[spoiler: Triangle, Square, Circle, Triangle, Square, Circle X]] (US version-- The original Japanese one swaps the Circles and Xs).

** If anything, they're largely there as in-game milestones. In the sequel, though, collecting them all unlocks a final stage... [[spoiler: if you haven't already figured out how to unlock it manually.]]

* DualBoss: The twins Kim and Chi, and the skeletal dragon... things, Basil and Chervil. [[UpToEleven And about half of the bosses in general in the sequel, even having a 3-on-one! Not to mention a 100-on-one!]] Technically speaking that is.

** How about the "G-Sweet"? Not to mention the seemingly...passionate...way the BigBad talks about it and how hard it took for him to find it.

** The sequel holds the record for the cheapest piece of paid for DownloadableContent in gaming's history, with the ten yen Demon World Radish, though it's about 99 cents in the US. There's also Pram's stage and the Asagi ticket for free.
* DynamicEntry: If you choose to play as Prinny Laharl, he will drop from the sky and land on the current Prinny. And yes, it does cost you a life every time that happens. [[spoiler: Same happens when you unlock [[WhatTheHellHero Asagi.]]]]
* EasyModeMockery: Baby Mode gives you three hit points (Or lower rating decrease in Asagi Mode as well as increased ammo on all weapons), pick ups that allow you to regain lost hit points, extra blocks to make platforming easier, and less stun points on bosses in exchange for turning all of your hit points into diapers.

* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler: Laharl's]] laugh increases his combo gauge, but leaves him vulnerable to enemy attacks. Just like the EvilOverlordList predicted.

* HoppingMachine: TX-6 Jumpstart

* IdolSinger: More or less what Asagi Kurosugi was trying to become. [[spoiler:Eventually what Asagi Asagiri becomes after she reincarnates in TheStinger]].

* JerkassHasAPoint: During one of the visits to the Antechamber in Prinny 2, Flonne urges Etna to be nicer to the Prinnies, starting by telling them to keep up the good work, believing that it will produce harder working Prinnies than Etna's [[BadBoss current methods]]. Etna begrudgingly complies which only causes the Hero Prinny to believe that he'll get increased pay, a bonus, a vacation, and other benefits, proving that going the opposite route would only produce {{Lazy Bum}}s. Flonne keeps quiet for the rest of the scene as Etna goes back to yelling at the Prinny to get back to work.

* MythologyGag: Much of the game's enemies are based on or lifted from the ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'' series and ''VideoGame/MakaiKingdom''. The boss Cyberclops, for example, is based on the Galactic Demons from VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness.

* PantyShot: [[spoiler: The final boss of ''Prinny 2'', a giant Etna,]] uses this ''as an attack!''
-->[[spoiler: '''Junkie Etna''']]: I'll show you something good!

* PettingZooPeople: Cardamon, a fox girl who wishes she were a cat girl...
* PhantomThief: The eponymous BigBad of the sequel who goes around stealing rare items. [[spoiler:Later revealed to be Lord Junkie, a demon noble who wants revenge on Etna.]]

* PressXToDie: Pressing L R and X together kills you and brings you back to the last checkpoint. You lose a life, but it's useful if you want to restart boss battles and such.

* RankInflation: A mild example; it uses the fairly standard D,C,B,A,S.

** And to further dig themselves in, NIS America announced a contest...to design a new pair of panties for Etna.
** Even further, there is a bonus level based upon the old bosses hunting down a spot where the "ultimate panties" are. [[spoiler: You end up in a land where panties scatter the background, are used as items to collect tons of points, and beat an old boss who's wearing a pair on his head and uses EXPLODING panties as weapons.]]

* SecretLevel: You can unlock an alternate campaign involving [[spoiler: Asagi's attempts to become the hero]] by entering a code at the title screen, or by collecting all the Torn Letters. This returns in the sequel, this time collecting Torn Tickets.

** There are also three prinnies you can talk to named Prieza, Prigeta and Prillin... obviously also {{ShoutOut}}s to DragonballZ.

** The sequel's [[Franchise/StarWars Asagi Wars]] has several of them. In addition to the aforementioned title (With matching [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] to boot), there is a scene where [[strike:[[Film/ANewHope a Star Destroyer]]]] [[Film/ANewHope the battleship Yoshitsuna slowly flies overhead in space]]. Oh and when the Yoshitsuna [[spoiler:prepares to obliterate the Netherworld]], we learn that its weakness is a [[Film/ANewHope small exhaust port]].

* SoundtrackDissonance: A volcanic, [[GoddamnBats ninja-infested]] [[PlatformHell hellhole]] gets ... cheery upbeat jazz music?

* SpritePolygonMix Dood!

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: Subverted. Asagi uses Action Replay to increase her level to 9999. Since this isn't a normal style Disgaea game, however, this is only [[CutScenePowerToTheMax Cutscene Power]].

** In addition, a lot of the characters specifically added for the game are named after various cooking terms or foods, considering the goal of the first game is to obtain the ultimate desert. Names include Bok Choy, Anise, Kim and Chi (EN)/Natsu and Megu (JP, Nutmeg), Basil and Chevril, Cardamon and Turmeric.
** A large majority of the monsters in this game are also Makai kingdom monsters, which mostly have food designs

* UniformityException: The game plays with this by making the main character one of the [[WeHaveReserves disposable]] MascotMook prinnies whose wearing a red scarf. However there's ''nothing'' special about said Prinny; when they die, the player's next "life" is another prinny wearing the scarf.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: You know that cute little Lilim? The one that looks like a little sister to the [[HornyDevil Succubus?]] It's not until you earn the secret file that you learn [[spoiler: it's a guy.]]

* ZergRush: [[spoiler:The 100 black prinny boss battle in the sequel]]

* DownloadableContent: For about $4 each, there are additional levels available for download from the Playstation Network. So far, there are three, Flonne's Castle, Li'l Asagi Come Home, and Marona of ''PhantomBrave''.

** The sequel's [[StarWars Asagi Wars]] has several of them. In addition to the aforementioned title (With matching [[UsefulNotes/{{Fonts}} font]] to boot), there is a scene where [[strike:[[ANewHope a Star Destroyer]]]] [[ANewHope the battleship Yoshitsuna slowly flies overhead in space]]. Oh and when the Yoshitsuna [[spoiler:prepares to obliterate the Netherworld]], we learn that its weakness is a [[ANewHope small exhaust port]].

** In addition, a lot of the characters specifically added for the game are named after various cooking terms or foods, considering the goal of the first game is to obtain the ultimate desert. Names include Bok Choy, Anise, Kim and Chi, Basil and Chevril, Cardamon and Turmeric.

** [[spoiler:OrWasIt: You do get Baal's Heart when you beat him and considering you do beat [[LaPucelle Overlord Priere]]..]]

As in the grand tradition of Disgaea games, the Hero Prinny appears in Disgaea 3 as a unique character with his own special attacks and personality.

* CerberusRetcon: At the end of the first game's Asagi Mode [[spoiler:Asagi dies when she's unable to take off her Prinny suit, which had a bomb in it, due to the zipper being stuck.]] The whole scene was treated as a joke. Asagi Wars reveals, however, [[spoiler:Asagi Kurosugi, disguised as an unassuming tailor, was the one who made that suit and purposely planted the bomb and sewed in a malfunctioning zipper to ensure Asagi's death so she can take her place. She was also the unnamed producer that Asagi mentioned early in Asagi Mode.]]

* CerberusRetcon: At the end of the first game's Asagi Mode [[spoiler:Asagi dies when she's unable to take off her Prinny suit, which had a bomb in it, due to the zipper being stuck.]] The whole scene was treated as a joke. Asagi Wars reveals, however, [[spoiler:Asagi Kurosugi, disguised as an unassuming tailor, was the one who made that suit and purposely planted the bomb and sewed in a malfunctioning zipper to ensure Asagi's death so she can take her place.]]

** Asagi Asmaal Asalindt offers Prinny Asagi to join her and make "offspring".

* JustifiedExtraLives

* JerkassHasAPoint: During one of the visits to the Antechamber in Prinny 2, Flonne urges Etna to be nicer to the Prinnies, starting by telling them to keep up the good work, believing that it will produce harder working Prinnies than Etna's [[BadBoss current methods]]. Etna begrudgingly complies which only causes the Hero Prinny to believe that he'll get increased pay, a bonus, a vacation, and other benefits, proving that going the opposite route would produce LazyBums. Flonne keeps quiet for the rest of the scene as Etna goes back to yelling at the Prinny to get back to work.

* JerkassHasAPoint: During one of the visits to the Antechamber in Prinny 2, Flonne urges Etna to be nicer to the Prinnies, starting by telling them to keep up the good work, believing that it will produce harder working Prinnies than Etna's [[BadBoss current methods]]. Etna begrudgingly complies which only causes the Hero Prinny to believe that he'll get increased pay, a bonus, a vacation, and other benefits. Flonne keeps quiet for the rest of the scene as Etna goes back to yelling at the Prinny to get back to work.

The sequel, ''Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood'', is essentially more of the same, except this time the Prinnies are looking for Etna's stolen panties. The sequel introduces a [[EasyModeMockery Baby Mode]], a SuperMode called "Break Mode" and an AnotherSideAnotherStory starring [[Creator/{{Nippon Ichi}} Nippon Ichi]]'s [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist eternally-miserable]] cameo character, Asagi.

The sequel, ''Prinny 2: Dawn Of Operation Panties, Dood'', is essentially more of the same, except this time the Prinnies are looking for Etna's stolen panties. The sequel introduces a [[EasyModeMockery Baby Mode]], a SuperMode called "Break Mode" and an AnotherSideAnotherStory starring NipponIchi's [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist eternally-miserable]] cameo character, Asagi.

* AlternateUniverse: In this one, [[spoiler:Laharl sacrificed himself to resurrect Flonne, becoming a Prinny in the process. However, Seraph Lamington is possibly alive]], meaning it could be a mix of the original ''Disgaea'''s good (canon) ending, and the normal ending. If this game is part of the regular NipponIchi continuity, it remains to be revealed.

* MythologyGag: Much of the game's enemies are based on or lifted from the Franchise/{{Disgaea}} series and MakaiKingdom. The boss Cyberclops, for example, is based on the Galactic Demons from VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness.

* CurbStompBattle: In the first and second games, the boss battle against Bok Choy (Demon Sea Aria or Sandwich Palace, 10 Hours Left, respectively) is about on par with the Waddle Dee battle from KirbySuperStar. He's just a single zombie that ''hops'' as his only attack. That's it. No gimmicks, no pitfalls, no Dark Sun, nothing.

** [[GuiltyGear Guiltless Gear]]: Has nothing to feel bad about.

* TheOtherDarrin: Almost all the returning characters including Hero Prinny, Laharl, Etna, and Flonne in the sequel.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Several of the U.S. voice actors from the previous Nippon Ichi games get roles here as some of the bosses. Namely...
** Barbara Goodson as the Moab Grunts. Reprises Laharl.
** MichelleRuff as the twin Magic Knights Kim and Chi and Chervil, Basil's wife. Reprises Etna
** Sandy Fox as Anise the Cat Witch. Reprises Flonne and Marona.
** Creator/YuriLowenthal as Turmeric of the Phoenix Clan and Morgan.
** Creator/DerekStephenPrince as Basil the aristocratic Dragon Zombie.
** WendeeLee as Hoshikage. Reprises Asagi.
*** [[TheOtherDarrin As of the sequel however, the voices were changed for several of the above characters.]]

** An unfairly difficult plantformer where you can be killed by falling apples? [[VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy Where have I heard that one before...]]

** [[spoiler:OrWasIt: You do get Baal's Heart when you beat him and considering you do beat [[/LaPucelle Overlord Priere]]..]]

* ScarfOfAssKicking: Sort of. The scarf keeps prinnies from exploding.