Line #70 FanNickname/DevilMayCry


1	As the ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' series became a [[VideoGameLongRunners long-runner]], the fandom has accumulated a lot of {{Fan Nickname}}s for its characters, items, and gameplay mechanics.
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3	!!General and Recurring Nicknames
4	* "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man" - Dante for his fun-loving, carefree, devil-may-care personality, stylish fighting style, and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for pizza]]. In fan discussions, this is usually associated with his ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening DMC3]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'' appearances, especially with the latter where he's seen having fun even after The Savior has already absorbed Nero. Later updated to "Wacky Woohoo Pizza Hobo" for ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry5 DMC5]]'' due to his older and slightly more unkempt appearance. More pizza-related Dante nicknames emerged over the years, such as "Pizza Enthusiast" and "Pizza Gremlin."
5	* "Cutscene Dante" - Because the series just loves to take advantage of the CutscenePowerToTheMax trope, Dante's gameplay mechanics are often differentiated to the more awesome stuff that he can do in cutscenes, with fans even joking that Cutscene Dante is [[MemeticBadass a different entity]] compared to his in-game counterpart.
6	* "[[OccidentalOtaku Weeb]]" - Vergil's spiky hair and stylish coat are noted to be tropes typically found in manga/anime, while his Yamato is a {{katana\|sAreJustBetter}}, and his primary fighting style is {{iaijutsu\|Practitioner}}; both originating from Japan. Generally, his Japanese influences stand out from the rest of the cast, and fans noticed it. The [[GameMod modders]] and meme editors even took it into another level, depicting him as an anime fan who sometimes uses anime body pillows in place of his Yamato's sheath. This occasionally gets backported to [[AscendedDemon Sparda]] as well, since Sparda -- who originates from a realm completely separate from the human world -- was responsible for gifting Vergil Yamato in the first place and shared a similar sense of fashion.
7	* "The Storm (That is Approaching)" - The chorus of Vergil's {{Leitmotif}} in ''[=DMC5:SE=]'', "Bury the Light", begins with "I am the storm that is approaching", so the fandom began to address him as such. While it started with ''5'', fans also retroactively use it as a general nickname for Vergil, even in ''[=DMC3=]'' (though semi-justified, as the lyric is a CallBack to one of Arkham's lines in that game) and in his {{crossover}} appearance in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.
8	* "Motivation Gauge" - Vergil's Concentration Gauge mechanic/meter in the [[UpdatedRerelease Special Editions]] of ''[=DMC4=]'' and ''[=DMC5=]'', based on [[MemeticMutation a rather popular quote]] from his boss fights in ''[=DMC3=]''.
9	* "Motivated Man" - A nickname for Vergil, yet another one that came from his [[Memes/DevilMayCry memetic quotes]].
10	* "Uncle Dante" - Dante, thanks to his in-game portrayal and relationship with Nero. This started in ''[=DMC4=]'' as it was originally hinted in the ''Deadly Fortune'' novelization, officially confirmed by the ''Devil May Cry: 3-1-4-2 Graphic Arts'' artbook and one of the producers of ''5''. It returned in ''[=DMC5=]'' because of Dante's older appearance in that game and being a CoolUncle in general, further cemented when he finally reveals to Nero [[LukeIAmYourFather the truth about their family lineage]].
11	* Just like the "Uncle Dante" nickname, [[spoiler:"Papa Vergil" has been a thing since ''4'' because him being Nero's father was hinted by that game and other related sources]]. Returned in full force in ''5'' due to TheReveal being the first time a canonical entry confirmed this in-game.
12	* "{{Desperation\|Attack}}[[labelnote:*]]or Desperate[[/labelnote]] Devil Trigger" ("[[FunWithAcronyms DDT]]"), "Majin Form" - Dante's [[DesperationAttack low health]] NighInvulnerability SuperMode which made its debut in ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry2 DMC2]]''. The secret transformation didn't have an official English name, but "Majin Form" is a common fan nickname for it, which was [[AscendedFanNickname canonized]] later on by the English version of the ''3142 Graphic Arts'' artbook. More than a decade later, Dante's Sin Devil Trigger was first shown in a trailer before ''[=DMC5=]'' came out, and because fans were quickly reminded of this alternate Devil Trigger mode from, the form was called "Majin Form" yet again before its official name is revealed.
13	* "Rorb", "Gorb", "Grorb", "Blorb", "Yorb" - {{Portmanteau}} nicknames for the Red Orb, Gold Orb, Green Orb, Blue Orb, and Yellow Orb items.
14	* "Journalist Mode" - The Easy/Easy Automatic difficulty mode, which trivializes the challenge of the games. It usually comes with the bonus of simplifying the complex combos, allowing players to {{button mash\|ing}} their way into the end. This was further popularized after the fandom also made "Journalist Music" {{meme\|ticMutation}}s following the release of ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' and its VariableMix effect.
15	* In addition to the aforementioned Majin Form, acronyms are used as alternatives for weapons, concepts, mechanics and abilities that have long names. For example, "JC" means Judgement Cut, "JCE" means Judgement Cut End, "DSS" means Devil Sword Sparda, "DSD" means [[spoiler:Devil Sword Dante]], and "BP" means Bloody Palace. This naming trend became more common as Creator/{{Capcom}} officially used more acronyms in the later games and [[CompilationRerelease re-releases]], such as Devil Trigger being called "DT" in loading screen tips, or the Dante Must Die mode being called "DMD" in achievement icons.
16	* "Jump Cancel" - A gameplay exploit utilizing LagCancel wherein you perform an aerial move, use Enemy Step to bounce off an enemy while both of you are airborne in order to reset your aerial state, repeat the move that can normally only be done once in a single jump, and then jump off the enemy again.
17	* "Judgement Nut" - A comical nickname for Judgement Cut, Vergil's [[IaijutsuPractitioner quick draw]] SignatureMove.
18	* "Judgement Nut End", "Judgement Nut Never End" - Comical nicknames for Judgement Cut End, Vergil's LimitBreak with the Yamato in ''4'' and ''5''.
19	* The original continuity is mostly called the "Classic Continuity" in order to differentiate it from the ''[[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry DmC]]'' AlternateContinuity. As a result, some characters from the original continuity are prefixed with the word "Classic" (e.g. "Classic Dante", "Classic Vergil") to separate them from their ''[=DmC=]'' counterparts.
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21	!!''VideoGame/DevilMayCry1''
22	* "[[Franchise/ResidentEvil Resident Devil]]" - Due to ''[=DMC1=]'' being [[DivorcedInstallment a leftover from a version of]] ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' [[DivorcedInstallment that was never developed]], and being so close to its spiritual predecessor in tone, atmosphere, and mechanics, many fans gave ''[=DMC1=]'' this nickname early on.
23	* "Lava Spider" - A descriptive name for Phantom due to his general appearance. However, this nickname also brought on a case of CommonKnowledge, leading to many fans forgetting that Phantom [[MixAndMatchCritter is also part-scorpion]].
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25	!!''VideoGame/DevilMayCry2''
26	* "Duntee" - Dante, exclusively for his ''[=DMC2=]'' version. Most likely due to his turn as TheStoic, which is widely out of character with just about any other depiction of Dante (save for maybe his more subdued characterization in ''[[Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries TAS]]''). Sometimes counted as an completely different character from Dante despite showing flashes of his usual personality towards the end of his campaign, which is aided by the [=PS2=] version of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' having Dante mention that Enzo stole his costume again (thereby alleging that the "Dante" seen in ''2'' [[CostumeCopycat was actually Enzo]]) and the fact that, as revealed in ''3-1-4-2 Graphic Arts'', [[WhatCouldHaveBeen that game's Dante was originally meant to be someone else entirely]].
27	* "Stinger Level 0" - The oddly {{nerf}}ed version of the Stinger move in this game. Only applicable to Dante, as [[SecretCharacter Trish's]] Stinger functions identically to the ''[=DMC1=]'' version.
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29	!!''VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening''
30	* "Vante" - The [[PaletteSwap red coat-wearing Vergil clone]] fought in [[AnotherSideAnotherStory Vergil Mode]] of the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]]''. A lesser-known nickname for the boss is "Red Vergil."
31	* "American Hard" - The "Very Hard" difficulty mode unique to the ''[[UpdatedRerelease Special Edition]]'', as the original Western release [[DifficultyByRegion downplayed the names of the difficulty modes]] when compared to the Japanese version (i.e. the Western release took the Japanese Hard mode and labeled it as the Normal mode). The ''Special Edition'' was released by Capcom in order to adjust the modes and their names, as [[AuthorsSavingThrow an apology]] for making the North American version too difficult even by [[NintendoHard series standards]].
32	* "Chess Board", "Satan's Chess Board" - Sixteen pieces of the Damned Chessmen [[WolfpackBoss all team up]] in the Damned Chess Board area of Mission 18 to "simulate" a chess game while fighting you, so the segment is simply named as such.
33	* "The Door" - The demonic arms that block passageways. This nickname came into use in May 2021 when Gawr Gura of WebAnimation/{{Hololive}} played the Platform/NintendoSwitch port and unlocked Easy Mode by dying ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVvF5qVQXfo to a door]]'' (specifically the blue demonic arm variant), of all things. On her next stream, [[OptionalBoss Jester]] spawned the red demonic arms during his boss fight, and then the chat spammed "The Door" to reference the previous incident.
34	-->'''Gura:''' ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Why does the door have an arm?!]]''
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36	!!''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4''
37	* "''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' May Cry" - The game, for having the same English voice actors and DamselInDistress plot as the manga. The fandom also gave ''Bleach''-related nicknames to some characters and concepts present here:
38	** "Ichigo" - Nero, because he has the same [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch voice actor]], a {{BFS}}, and the same attitude as him.
39	** "Bankai" - Nero's Devil Trigger.
40	** "Getsuga Tenshou" - The {{Sword Beam}}s Nero creates while performing his Maximum Bet skill, as well as other instances of sword shockwaves that he produces in cutscenes.
41	** "Orihime" - Kyrie, because of her hair color and [[Creator/StephanieSheh voice actress]], as well as her clothes resembling Orihime's when [[spoiler:she is a hostage of the Arrancars]].
42	* "Captain Awesome" - HeroAntagonist Credo.
43	* "Music/LadyGaga" - Trish's "Gloria" persona, due to their physical similarities, and because Lady Gaga made her debut in 2008 not long after the release of this game. The timing did ''not'' go unnoticed by the ''DMC'' fans.
44	* "Stand", "Stand Trigger" - Since Nero's [[SuperMode Devil Trigger]] summons a [[GuardianEntity spectral entity]] that floats above him, it has been called with these names as a reference to the Stands from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
45	* "Fortuna Lady", "Fortuna Woman", "Woman in Red" - The suspicious red-clothed woman who glances at Vergil during his opening cutscene in the ''Special Edition''. [[{{Fanon}} The fandom believes]] that she's [[spoiler:Nero's mother]].
46	* "Missile Platform" - A shorter descriptive nickname for the Pandora's [=PF594:=] Argument form.
47	* "Shadow Dante" - The all-black PaletteSwap MirrorBoss fought by Dante in Floor 101 of the Bloody Palace mode.
48	* "Dice Game" - The Snakes and Ladders-esque puzzle segments weren't given official terms, but the phrase "dice game" stuck because of its main gimmick of attacking a huge die.
49	* "The Glass Boss" - The fight against Agnus in Mission 6 is a PuzzleBoss fight where you need to break a wide glass screen that separates you from him. Since the fight's "boss health bar" is tied to the screen's durability, this nickname rose as a joke to the fact that you're just trying to destroy a very durable glass pane.
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51	!!''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''
52	* During its early reveal hype, the game was called "''[=DmC=]: Devil May Cry 2''", thanks to the more modern setting and Nero resembling [[VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry the 2013 reboot's]] Dante.
53	* After his appearance at the end of the TGS 2018 trailer, V has been jokingly, or non-jokingly depending on one's views of the character, named "[[Characters/StarWarsKyloRen Kylo Ren]]" or "{{Goth}} Adam Driver" due to his apparent resemblance to Creator/AdamDriver.
54	* "Vitale" was the most popular guess and placeholder for V's full name before his true identity was revealed.
55	* After the system that allowed players to spend Red Orbs to revive was revealed, it was quickly christened the "Scrub Tax" by the veteran players.
56	* The game is officially titled ''Devil May Cry 5'' and abbreviated as ''[=DMC5=]'', yet many fans still respectively write them as "Devil May Cry V" and "DMCV" likely due to the presence of the stylistic Roman numeral "V" in the title's logo.
57	* The sarcastic [[spoiler:"Father of the Year"]] title goes to [[spoiler:Vergil quite a bit, considering he ripped away Nero's Devil Bringer at the start of the game only to discover in the end that Nero is his son]].
58	* The Devil May Cry Motorhome, Nico's van, is called "Van-kun" by some fans who treat the vehicle like an actual character due to its durability. It's derived from the [[RecurringFanonCharacter "Truck-kun"]] memetic fan nickname used by the anime community.
59	* "Feather Face" for V's familiar Griffon, in reference to Dante's [[GoshDangItToHeck "Flock off, feather face!"]] quote to the original Griffon who served Mundus in [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry1 the first game]].
60	* Dante's unlockable [[HatOfPower hat weapon]] is officially named Dr. Faust, yet fans sometimes call it "Faust Hat" for simplicity.
61	* "Deadweight" for Nero. It was a harsh comment directed towards him by Dante who tells him to back off against Urizen, but due to [[BerserkButton Nero's response]], its [[RunningGag repetition]] and sheer [[MemeticMutation memetic value]], the fandom also uses it as a nickname for him.
62	* "Urinate" is a joke nickname for Urizen, as popularized by WebVideo/Max0r in his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKpoE3iQb24 "Incorrect Summary" video]] for the game.
63	* "Demonic Tree Man" is a BuffySpeak nickname for Urizen due to his body being covered by the Qliphoth's roots in most of his screentime. It's also a fan nickname popularized by WebVideo/OutsideXbox when they covered ''[=DMC5=]'' in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-4ZNZhNCvE#t=11m one of their videos]].
64	* "Ergil" for [[spoiler:Urizen, which came as a result of a commonly copy-pasted joke/meme phrase suggesting "Ergil" is Urizen's real name in reference to him being a personified half of Vergil just like V, and V's OneLetterName also sharing the first letter of Vergil's name]].
65	* V is called "Five" simply because the Roman numeral V represents 5. This is also one of the joke nicknames spread further by [=Max0r=].
66	* "[[spoiler:Vergil DLC]]" and "Ladies' Night DLC" - Two popular hypothetical/rumored DLC campaigns that made rounds on the Internet. One involves Dante and [[spoiler:a playable Vergil fighting their way out of the underworld]], while another focuses on Trish, Lady and [[TheBusCameBack Lucia]] running Devil May Cry while Dante is gone. The former slowly became discredited after [[spoiler:Vergil became playable in the ''Special Edition'' and was made as a separate DLC for those who already own the base game]].
67	* The taunts obtained for completing Bloody Palace are officially called "Special Provocation", but the fanbase just calls them the "Bloody Palace Taunts" or "BP Taunts".
68	* The taunts that can be purchased for [[BraggingRightsReward 3 million Red Orbs]] are officially called "EX Provocation", but the fanbase simply just calls them the "3 Million Orb Taunts".
69	* [[spoiler:Vergil's spectral blades]] are officially called "Mirage Blades" in this game, but fans mostly call them "Summoned Swords", their original name from the previous games.
70	* "Steve" for [[spoiler:Vergil's blue doppelganger]], a joke nickname that [[https://www.reddit.com/r/DevilMayCry/comments/zyfujw/it_has_been_decided_his_name_is_now_steve/ came about]] because of some meme posts in the [[Website/{{Reddit}} Devil May Cry subreddit]], but has also spread to other online platforms, as shown in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmOGaqMMzzA&lc=UgwBJ9gDqphbdHiPsaN4AaABAg.9ZAwLHuVj489odNFQFmzOf this YouTube comment]].
71	* Fans have also [[https://youtu.be/thqOaczxXds?si=hN9BrRSFBSKttoDy&t=245 been using]] "Judy" as some kind of AffectionateNickname or shorthand for the Hell Judecca demons.
72	* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEZON93hV-s "Motivated Combo"]] for a certain sequence of moves typically set to an unofficial edit of "Bury the Light", usually timed at the a capella chorus ("I am the storm that is approaching") when the final hit lands (typically Judgment Cut End).
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74	!!''Anime/DevilMayCryTheAnimatedSeries''
75	* To go along with the trend of simplifying the titles of ''DMC'' media (e.g. ''[[VideoGame/DevilMayCry4 DMC4]]'' being called ''4'', etc.), this anime adaptation is often simply referred to by the acronym ''"TAS"'', especially when the franchise's chronology is discussed.
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77	!!''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry''
78	* For the characters:
79	** Dante - "Donte", "Diego", "[[MemeticMutation El Donte]]"[[labelnote:*]]with the title "''[[GratuitousSpanish exterminador de demonios]]''" often tacked on; see [[Memes/DevilMayCry the Memes page]] for more details[[/labelnote]], "DINO" ("[[FunWithAcronyms Dante In Name Only]]"), "Hipster Dante", "[[NuMetal Nu]] Dante", "Not Dante", [[AuthorAvatar "Tameem", "Domteem", "Tamante"]], "[[InkSuitActor Tim]]", "[[MemeticMutation Fuck You]]", "[[MythologyGag Enzo]]", "[[SdrawkcabName Etnad]]", "[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Edward Cullen]]", "[[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim Matthew Patel]]", "[[OverlyLongGag Dainty]]", "[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Neo Dante]]", "[[FlipFlopOfGod Reboot Dante]]", etc. [[LongList Just to name a few.]] "Don'te" also arose from the pronunciation of his name from the first teaser trailer.
80	** Vergil - "Vorgil", "[[TheScrappy Vergin]]", "[[BreadEggsBreadedEggs Vorgin]]", "Vergina", "[[FlipFlopOfGod Reboot Vergil]]"
81	** Poison - "The [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Slurm Queen]]"
82	** Bob Barbas - "Demon Creator/BillOReilly"
83	* For the game itself:
84	** "[[ContinuityReboot Reboot]]" - Because of what Capcom initially described ''[=DmC=]'' as regarding its relation with the original continuity, this game is mostly just called "the reboot" by fans, especially when it's compared with other ''DMC'' media. Even if [[FlipFlopOfGod that description changed into]] calling ''[=DmC=]'' a {{prequel}} and finally an AlternateContinuity, the word "reboot" (and its connotations) stuck for many when they mention this game.
85	** "Creator/TimBurton's ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry''", "Tameem's Devil May Cry", "Dante/Donte May Cry", "Dante Made Crappy" - For describing the game's revisioned aesthetics and protagonist that set it appart from the original lore.
86	** "Fanboys May Cry", "[=DmC=]: Disappoints many Customers", "[=DmC=]: Dick move Capcom" - Nicknames for the game that came about due to classic continuity fans being TaintedByThePreview and/or simply wondering why an attempted reboot went through in the first place.
87	** "''Devil may Cry: Devil May Cry''" - A less-common nickname, derived from the InitialismTitle trope's effect (which was later lampshaded by ''WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow'' in 2019 with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjfzQqE7hoA their review]] for ''[=DMC5=]'').
88	* ''[=DmC=]'' Vergil's spectral blades are officially called "Sword Illusions", but fans mostly call them by the name of their classical counterpart, "Summoned Swords."

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