Characters in Death Note: The Abridged Series (kpts4tv). For the source material, see the Death Note character page and its subpages.
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Team Kira
Kira's allies and Shinigami... Light Yagami / Kira
"First I kill celebrities, then the public focuses on their deaths instead of watching the news, then comes step three, and then I'm crowned God of the New World!"
Voiced by: kpts4tv
- Abhorrent Admirer: L feels this way about Light's crush on him.
- Affably Evil: He may be a Serial Killer but he’s also very polite and a snazzy dresser.
- Aggressive Submissive: he's a Serial Killer who wants to be God so he is very domineering of the people around him but when it comes to relationships he almost never comes out on top. This is especially apparent in his pursuit of L who he attempts to seduce in Femme Fatale fashion.
- Armored Closet Gay: during his Memory Gambit when he's forced back into the closet he becomes very quick to anger, Axe-Crazy, and violently protective of Misa.
- Atrocious Alias: Kira, Light's worldwide alias can mean "glitter" in Japanese.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!:Ryuk: ...now what you need to know about the Shinigami eye deal is...Light: (thinking) ...shoes... I need to get shoes...
- Axe-Crazy: Ironically Light is pretty mellow most of the time he acts as Kira but during his Memory Gambit he takes to loudly and frequently calling for Higuchi’s blood after he comes to believe he’s slept with his girlfriend.
- Bad "Bad Acting": Light when Higuchi dies. "Oh right, cover... Dad, you idiot! We needed him alive!" Made even more hilarious since he had been calling for his blood moments before.
- The Bad Guy Wins: In one alternate ending Light succeeds at killing the rest of the taskforce and the SPK and then goes out for frozen yogurt to celebrate afterwards.
- Bad Liar:Light: No one is listening to you, Ryuk.Sayu: What does Ryuk mean?Light: Uh, It's my new name for you. It means Kesha in Japanese.
- Berserk Button: His love interests cheating on him... unless it's Takada getting kidnapped by a dangerous handsome stranger in tight leather because that's just hot.
- Bigger Is Better in Bed: Light is checking out Mogi's hoagie
. - The Bluebeard: Light "Oh well, time to get a new girlfriend."
- Brilliant, but Lazy:Light's teacher: For an honor's student we put up with a lot of your shenanigans.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Well, Light tried to stop the Shinigami invasion... It's the thought that counts, right?
- Buffy Speak: Light like totally does this at times.
- Butt-Monkey
- Camp Gay: So very much. "Cast member with the most clothes? Definitely Light."
- Casanova Wannabe: Light when trying to convince Kiyomi that he's straight.
- Casual Kink: Light apparently fantasizes about getting kidnapped by a hot guy in leather. You can blame Raye Penber for the stalking fantasy and Ryuk for the leather fetish.
- Childhood Friends: Light and Miki were buddies in high school.
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Light spontaneously breaks out into song in the middle of his class
- Cosmic Plaything: Literally. He's also The Scapegoat for the Shinigami's plan to take over the Earth.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Light towards L. Light happily resumes his plan to kill L after hearing that L "took Matsuda's innocence" after repeatedly rebuffing Light's advances. Also Light towards Misa during Light’s Memory Gambit after Misa returns from her job interview and informs them all that she met a God in the bathroom.L: Well Light, you're taking this rather well.Light: I'm gonna kill that son of *bleeeeeeeep*
- Creepy Crossdresser: Misa begs Light to let her wear his lolita maid costume.Misa: Light and I wear the same underwear sometimes!
- Defiant to the End: upon learning of the Shinigami's plot Light's final acts are to try and stop the Shinigami Invasion.
- Depraved Homosexual: Light’s obsession with L is played this way.
- Devil in Plain Sight: When Aizawa Souichiro gets upset that they're watching the Kira show again:Aizawa: Just turn it off, Light!
- Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: With Ryuk.
- Didn't Think This Through:Light: Wow, a book that drives people crazy when they touch it! (*touches the notebook*) Death Note? What is this like an advanced calculus notebook or something? I'm so gonna walk around and touch everyone with this and drive 'em... oh, right. I didn't think this one through.
- Ditzy Genius: "Oh my God I forgot my death note!"
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: Upon first meeting Light Ryuk mistakes him for a girl.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Light tries to stop the Shinigami invasion.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Light has his own Unwanted Harem which includes the likes of
Ryuk, Namikawa, Near, and Mikami... it seems the only one who doesn't want him is L. - Everybody Hates Mathematics: Light finds the Death Note to be far more merciful than an Advanced Calculus book.
- Evil Laugh: Naturally.
- Family-Values Villain: Light is outraged over Near's poor manners.Light: He was supposed to call me back! I wanted to gloat some more before my flash mob tore him apart! A child I have never met before LIED to me! His parents should've taught him better... Oh! Oh, orphan. Right.
- Fan Boy: of hot male idols and L.
- Felony Misdemeanor: Light got busted by the Fashion Police.
- Fire-Forged Friends: Light and Ryuk subvert this (for obvious reasons):Light: Hmmm I have two notebooks now. I only need one. I think the choice is obvious. Ryuk... after everything we've been through together... I'm going to keep Rem's.
- Freak Out: Light has one at L's grave. "You died over nothing! You died because you told Matsuda Mickey isn't real. How STUPID is that!"
- Freudian Excuse: Poor Light:Souichiro's ghost possessing Aizawa (to Light): Shut up! I knew I shouldn't have pushed your mother down the stairs while she was pregnant with you!
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Light is relieved when Near calls him again because he’s saved him from actually having to talk to the taskforce.
- Friends with Benefits: Him and Mikami
- Friendly Tickle Torture: Apparently Light is very ticklish.
- Gayngster
- Get It Over With: Souichiro, on his death bed, calls Light a disgrace and tells him how he always hated him for being gay. Light is reduced to tears and begs his father to kill him, to write his name in the Death Note, but he won't do it.
- Giggling Villain: he giggles insanely when things are going as planned.
- Go Mad from the Revelation:
- A God Am I: Just like his canon characterization.
- Half-Human Hybrid: it reasons that Light is one since his father Souichiro is revealed to be a Shinigami.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: Light realizes too late that the Shinigami were playing him for a fool and since they are already controlling him he can't even hope to stop them or redeem himself. "Light's final wish before he died was to be buried in the same coffin as L. L is rolling over in his grave as we speak."
- Henpecked Husband: Light for Takada.Takada: Ten minutes Light. Ten minutes before I start writing your name!Light: With what paper... Ooh. We need to go. Now.Souichiro possessing Aizawa: Maybe if you're lucky she'll give you your nads back.Light: Just get the car!
- Hoist by His Own Petard : The Shinigami use the same Stupidity-Inducing Attack on him that he used on Misa.
- Hooker with a Heart of Gold: "Light Yagami. A drug filled prostitute"Light: I remember the first time I met Mikami. He was lying in a gutter. When I walked by he looked right at me and said one word. "God." I mean, wow. You can't buy drugs that give you a high like that.
- Horrible Judge of Character: “You know Ryuk, this looks like the beginning of a beautiful friendship!”
- Horrifying the Horror: Light literally scares the crap out of Shinigami.
- I Know Mortal Kombat:Light: Alright everyone, I've been playing a lot of Modern Warfare 3—we can do this!
- I Meant to Do That: "Yeah... everything went exactly... acording to plan... listen..."
- If I Can't Have You…: In Ask the Cast and Crew #3 Light says this to L before shooting him.
- Ignore the Fanservice:Light: I have a question-why is it that whenever we want to work on the Kira investigation we always meet at my apartment?Mr. Yagami: Oh, you'll see in just a second, Light.Light: I just don't understand what could be so important...Misa (in stripper-wear): Okay guys it looks like you have everything you need so I'm gonna go to bed now! Alone! Naked! And with the door unlocked! Bye!
- Later when Misa snuggles up next to Light wearing nothing but a Black Bra and Panties:
Light: Misa, stop that! That tickles! - Implausible Deniability:Light (after calling for the guy's blood moments before): Oh right, cover... Dad, you idiot! We needed him alive!
- L proves that Light is obviously Kira. (No one on the taskforce cares.)
L: Seriously, you wrote your ransom note on Death Note paper?Light: But it was the only paper I could find... whoops I mean Sayu could find! - Insistent Terminology:Light: Now Misa, we may be killers but we're not murderers. We're more like... custodians, cleaning up the filth of the world.
- It's All About Me
- Jerkass
- Keeping Secrets Sucks: Light bemoans in his Inner Monologue about how all his relationships are based on secrets and lies!
- Laughing Mad: Light does this quite frequently but there's a particularly creepy one in Re-Ryuk.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: Light when compared to the other Shinigami.
- Love Makes You Evil / Love Makes You Crazy: Light for L.
- Love Martyr: Again, Light for L.
- Memory Gambit: Light relinquishes the notebook so that he forgets that he is Kira... but he also forgets that he's openly gay.
- Missing Steps Plan: Light's plan "Step 1: I kill celebrities. Step 2: Use their deaths to distract the media. Step 3: ??? Step 4: I'm crowned God of the New World."
- Mister Seahorse
- Muggle Born of Mages: His father is revealed to be a Shinigami but Light has inhereted none of their cool Shinigami powers and they call him "just a poser" who's nothing without the notebook.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Played with Light takes the potato chip to epic Latin choir music but he doesn’t eat it because it will go straight to his thighs.
- My Girl Is Not a Slut: Light gets real jealous and protective of Misa during his Memory Gambit when he thinks he's straight and he thinks that Misa had sex with Higuchi. Hilarity Ensues.Light: ...and then we can kill him, right?L: No, Light we're not going to kill him.Later at Higuchi's arrest:
- The Nick Namer: gives Mikami the affectionate nicknames of “Miki” and “Michael”
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The Shinigami suggest they were going to kill L for knowing too much about the Ancient Conspiracy but Light beat them to it.
- Not Helping Your Case:Light: Hey guys, the Shinigami's dead! I totally killed it! With magic powers that I totally have!
- Obliviously Evil: Light is both really naïve and really crazy so he truly doesn't understand that he’s doing anything wrong.
- The Perfect Crime:Light: Well would you look at that, Kira just killed all those people while I just sat here doing nothing. Ha! Weird, huh? Well I guess L was wrong about me being Kira, isn't that right guys?
- Properly Paranoid: Or maybe just paranoid.Light: Shhh. I'm sleuthing.
- Psychopathic Man Child: An Axe-Crazy, badass, wannebe-God who is innocent about the ways of the world and sexually naive.
- Queer People Are Funny
- Rape and Switch: After the aforementioned incident with Ryuk; Light comes out of the closet.
- Rapid-Fire "No!": From the music video: "Denying's not enough / so you can copy Shia LaBeouf"
- Really Gets Around: "Light Yagami. A drug filled prostitute"
- Sanity Slippage
- Serial Killer: Kira kills celebrities so that one day he may be crowned God.
- Sex Changes Everything:
- Sex Slave: Ryuk sexually exploits Light.
- Sexual Karma: Right after Light says how much fun killing people is Ryuk notices how pretty his eyes are.
- She Is Not My Girlfriend: Light with Misa when he has his Kira memories .
- Sissy Villain: Fullstop.
- Small Name, Big Ego
- Surrounded by Idiots:
- Textile Work Is Feminine: Some of his favorite hobbies are sewing and embroidery.Light: With so many cameras in my room I can't sew... my seeds of destruction!
- Think Nothing of It: Light when Near thanks him for killing Osoreda.
- Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: Mello refuses to kidnap him and the Shinigami are afraid of him.
- Took a Level in Badass: for the Grand Finale.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: This Light is much more ditzy than his canon persona.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: This version of Kira is killing celebrities instead of criminals.
- Tragic Villain
- Transparent Closet: "Raye Penber, I couldn't help but notice....* sniff* your hair smells like strawberries."
- And then there's the Music Video. (Warning: severe Auto-Tune ahoy)
Light: *looking at porn* Oh, that girl's got a pretty ... face ... OH, check out that hot guy in the backgroun-uh, I mean, check out those classifed files in the background ...Ryuk: Gay.- As L comments, "It's very creative how you dot your 'i's with hearts."
- When Near and Rester are trying to get Light to come to Near's "party":
Near: But if you wanted to get his attention than why did you mention girls? Even I think they're yucky. - And then there's the Music Video
- Trouser Space:Light: As for Misa's Death Note, I'll keep it in the only place I know it will be safe—my pants.Misa: Oh, it'll be safe there! Light doesn't even let me in his pants!Ryuk: You're not missing anything.
- Tsundere: he acts this way especially towards L / B? (deredere) and Ryuk (tsuntsun).
- The Twink: In the beginning he's like a male Ingenue—he's very innocent and sexually naïve until Ryuk decided to "bunk" with him.
- Uke: to Ryuk's Seme.
- The Unfavorite: Mr. Yagami begs Mello to kidnap Light (his "other daughter") too.
- Unwitting Pawn: Light to the Shinigami.
- The Vamp: Light's initial plan to "rescue Misa" was to seduce L.
- Villain Protagonist: He's an unrepentant A God Am I Serial Killer but he's very Affably Evil, naïve, and his life sucks enough to be sympathetic.
- Villain's Dying Grace: When Light attempts to kill Matsuda in order to Save the World from the coming Shinigami invasion. It fails.
- Villains Out Shopping: A rather literal example in the first music video:
- Villainous Breakdown: Light after L dies. Also upon learning how the Shinigami were using him to Take Over the World.
- Villainous Crush: Light is quite obviously smitten with L.
- Villainous Valour: in the Grand Finale.
- A Weighty Aesop: Light takes the potato chips... and throws them out because that fat will go straight to his thighs.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: Light with his father. Souichiro sees Light as nothing but a disappointment because not only is he gay but he didn't inheret any of the cool Shinigami powers.
- White Sheep: Light when compared to Souichiro and the other Shinigami.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He was very innocent before he was driven mad by the killer notebook.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Light thinks he can win by seducing L. Also Near is playing a completly different game than L was and Light is doomed from the very beginning.
- Yandere: Light towards L.Light (Glowing Eyes of Doom): I loved you L and you smashed my heart into a million pieces. I will never love again.Ryuk: Light, uh... you're scaring me.Light: Oh Ryuk, I haven't even begun to scare you yet!
- You Are Too Late: When Light arrives at the Warehouse he's already being controlled by the notebook.
Ryuk Smith
Voiced by: mac_sly56
- Abhorrent Admirer: Ryuk is this for both Light and Misa.
- Bizarre Alien Reproduction: Ryuk somehow got Light pregnant.
- Boomerang Bigot: Ryuk laughs at Light's gayness while hitting on him.
- Casanova Wannabe: Ryuk flirts with (and is rejected by) both Misa and Rem.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: towards Light. New rule of the Death Note—don’t hug your girlfriend in front of your Shinigami—they get jealous.
- Depraved Bisexual: Ryuk was molesting Light and later he offers to join Misa when she goes to bed naked.
- Dirty Old Man
- Domestic Abuse: Ryuk is this to Light and Misa.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: in Da Chief's warped perceptions Ryuk is a trap. Upon meeting him Da Chief declares "goth girls are hot!"
- Evil Feels Good:Ryuk: Heh heh. I love my job.
- Evil Smells Bad: Ryuk reeks having formerly been a rectal parasite.
- Extreme Omnisexual: Ryuk will hit that be it Light, Misa, Rem, Matsuda, or a dirty apple. There’s also an awkward moment between Ryuk and Light’s dad.
- False Reassurance: gives one to Light:Light: So basically, you're going to stalk me for the rest of my life.Ryuk: Don't worry, it's not that long.
- First Girl Wins: Gender flip. Ryuk fathers a child with Light.
- Flaming Devil
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: with Light and Misa.
- Jerkass Gods
- Looks Like Cesare / Looks Like Orlok
- Monster Roommate
- More Teeth than the Osmond Family
- Punny Name: Ryuk remembers his Granny Smith, the greatest Smith of them all!
- Serious Business: he just can't miss an episode of Dancing with the Stars!
- Shinigami
- Suspiciously Specific Denial: Yeah, Ryuk most definitely does not want to screw Light...
- Terms of Endangerment: calls Misa "my little apple pie."
- Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Ryuk and Light
- Unusual Euphemism: Well you see when Ryuk demands that Light give him "apples" he's really asking for sex.
- Unsexy Sadist
Misa Amane
"Okay guys it looks like you have everything you need so I'm gonna go to bed now! Alone! Naked! And with the door unlocked! Bye!"
Voiced by: kpts4tv
- Abhorrent Admirer: for Light, due to Incompatible Orientation and her lack of intelligence but Light tries to make it work during his Memory Gambit.
- Butt-Monkey
- Cuteness Equals Forgiveness: an Invoked Trope. "I'm too cute to die!"
- Dating Catwoman: she agrees to go out on a date with her rival, Takada.
- Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: With Rem.
- The Ditz
- Dumb Blonde
- Drunk on Milk: Misa gets drunk on fruit punch.
- Kaleidoscope Eyes: Misa's eyes: Blue, brown, blue, brown, blue, brown... Then RED!!!
- Layman's Terms: Misa doesn't understand "big words" like "yammering."
- Love Makes You Evil / Love Makes You Crazy: Misa for Light.
- Love Martyr
- Monster Fangirl: for Kira.
- Motor Mouth
- Organ Theft: Or rather spine theft, After Halle Naomi broke it, Misa's new spine came from a Rodeo Clown that died in the street.
- Secret-Keeper: for Kira.
- Selective Obliviousness: Misa refuses to acknowledge that Light is gay and not attracted to her.Light: Now I need a place to stay.Misa: You want to move in with me? Yay!Ryuk: Ha!Light: I... *Sighs* this is the worst day ever!
- Serial Killer
- Spared by the Adaptation: As of the Epilogue Misa has yet to commit suicide and she and Rem/Mogi are making many pornos together.
- Too Dumb to Live
- Took a Level in Dumbass: she is actually made STUPIDER by Light killing her brain via the Death Note.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: her parents were murdered right in front of her and the man she loves isn't the least bit interested in her.
Rem
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- The Bad Guy Wins: she isn't as nice as her canon counterpart and in the end she/he gets the girl.
- Butch Lesbian
- Butt-Monkey
- Covert Pervert
- Dirty Old Woman
- Disproportionate Retribution/Misplaced Retribution: she blames Light for Misa's stupidity and demands that he save her "or I'll rip your face off."
- Faking the Dead
- First Girl Wins: Rem possessing Mogi ends up with Misa and they make many pornos together.
- Jumping the Gender Barrier: Rem, possessing Mogi's body, hooks up with Misa in the Epilouge.
- Mama Bear: She's very protective of Misa.
- Shout-Out: Her voice and mannerisms are reminiscent of Bill Cosby
- Token Good Teammate: Subverted. Rem is just as bad as Ryuk and the other Shinigami. She’s just more subtle about it.
- Verbal Tic: she talks like Yogi bear.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Many Shinigami will just DIE without their Head and Shoulders shampoo…
- The Women Are Safe with Us: Why Light decides to keep Rem instead of Ryuk. Later Subverted maybe the queer boys are safe with her but not the women While possessing Mogi she takes advantage of a retarded!Misa and they make many pornos together.
Teru Mikami
"With a pen you can't DELETE! (*dude dies*) With a pen you can't ERASE! (*Another dude dies*) With a pen you can't WHITE OUT! (*another dude dies DRAMATICALLY*) You can however '~SCRIBBLE!~"''
Voiced by: devilkicksanji2
- Badass Longcoat
- The Badguy Wins: In he first alternate ending he successfully executes his God's plans so Light will probably invite Miki to join him for celebratory frozen yoghurt. In the second alternate ending Mikami kills the SPK, the taskforce AND Light and takes his place as God of the New World. In the real ending he's Spared by the Adaptation and he's the only Kira to get an unambiguously Happy Ending.
- Basement-Dweller: Mikami is a level 12 Dungeon Master.
- Butt-Monkey
- Calling Your Attacks: see the above quote.
- Camp Gay
- Casual Kink: "Look at that--another bibliophile."
- Childhood Friends: Light and Miki were buddies in high school.
- Cosmic Plaything: the writer really has it in for him.
- Crazy People Play Chess / Smart People Play Chess: Mikami ran the chess club in high school.
- Creepy Crossdresser: he likes to dress up in frilly pink underwear and go dancing down the street.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?:Mikami: ...and I was class president. I like to think I was tough but fair and respected by all...Bullies: Nerd! He's wearing glasses, kill him! Burn the Witch!Mikami: Of course people showed respect differently back then...
- Freudian Excuse:Narrator: Mikami grew up in an abusive household. His father was a professional badger wrestler too busy on the road to come home. His mother had a rare disease that left her with no eyes or upper face and she drank to excess... And now your mother's dead. She died while you were still in school and it scarred you FOR LIFE!
- Friends with Benefits: him and Light
- Kick the Dog: Mikami is too busy turning purple to help Takada and leaves her to die.
- Loners Are Freaks: young Mikami is portrayed as a stereotypical nerd.
- Mommy Issues: Mikami has them as befitting a television psycho killer.
- Replacement Goldfish: he serves as a replacement for L to Light.
- Secret-Keeper: for Kira.
- Serial Killer
- Spared by the Adaptation: Mikami survived to become a famous Home Shopping Network host. His top selling items are fake Death Notes and fountain pens.
- Speech Impediment: Mikami isn't particularly fanatical, he just says "God" whenever he's nervous.
- The Starscream: as mentioned above, in the second alternate ending
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: his mother died while he was still in high school, he's messed up, lonely and gets no respect—and then his old pal from high school gifts him with a Death Note...
Kiyomi Takada
Voiced by: LexiLandDinosaurs
- Ambiguously Bi: She's dating Mikami but she also asks Misa out on a date.
- Blood Knight: Kiyomi agrees to help Light kill celebrities in his bid for world domination because it "sounds like fun."
- The Confidant: She's this for Light.
- Fag Hag: Takada doesn't want to be Light's girlfriend because he's obviously gay but she does like to hang out with him.
- Just Friends: Takada insists that she and Light are just friends and that she has no interest in dating him.
- Let's Just Be Friends: see the above quote.
- Lovable Alpha Bitch: She can be catty and mean but she's still more likeable than her canon counterpart.
- Only Sane Woman
- Pretty Freeloaders: She invites Misa out for dinner and then leaves her with the bill.
- Secret-Keeper: for Kira.
- Serial Killer
- Troll: Takada is clearly trolling Kira when she offers to "appease [Kira's] rage" by having Misa singing the I'm Not Going To Take It Anymore... Day Anthem—knowing full well how much he hates the sound of her voice.
Kyosuke Higuchi
- "What's the point of having minions if they don't do your work for you! I should be watching the Home Shopping Network in my underwear but NO, I have to go out and commit a murder!"
- Bad Liar
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- I Have This Friend: "What if say, hypothetically someone could kill another person with a diary..."
- Oh, Crap!: He has this reaction when Namikawa suggests, hypothetically speaking, that he didn't spell the victim's name right.
- The Slacker
- Surrounded by Idiots
Hitoshi Demigawa
Voiced by: kpts4tv
- Dying Declaration of Love:Demegawa: Kira, why? I loved you!
- Fat Bastard
- Strawman News Media: Apparently it was Demegawa, not Murdoch, that was behind the creation of Fox News.
Team L
L, The Taskforce, and Wammy's House L
"Sugar is perfection in cube form."
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Berserk Button: don't you dare dis his Haagen-Dazs ice cream!
- Big "NO!": L shouts one when he recovers a horrific repressed memory of getting socks for his birthday.
- Butt-Monkey
- Chains of Love: L refers to the handcuffs as "our friendship bracelets."
- Cloud Cuckoo Lander: L frequently has conversations with his snacks.
- Cosmic Plaything
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: L's stalking or rather "investigation."
- Dropped a Bridge on Him: Light shoots L in a jealous rage.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Light has a crazy, one-sided crush on L.
- Genius Sweet Tooth: Just like his canon characterization.
- Glad I Thought of It: Matsuda solves the Kira case. Everyone ignores him and Watari and L immediately repeat back what he just said.
- Great Detective
- He Is Not My Boyfriend: L with Light.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: "I was only seven! Beyond Birthday NOOOOOOOOOO!"
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!:L: Sugar is perfection in cube form.Da Chief: So... it's like crack?
- I Shall Taunt You: Light objects to L's plan. L retorts that he's L and can do what he wants.L: Na na na na booboo, stick your head in doodoo.
- Inspector Javert: L is convinced that Sayu is Kira.
- Interpol Special Agent
- Irony: at one point he suffers from a natural heart attack from using too much sugar. He manages to survive it by just relaxing... and eating more sugar.
- It's All About Me
- Jerkass
- Kid with the Leash:L: Bad Light! No killing!
- Kleptomaniac Hero: L steals Matsuda's new Iphone.
- Left for Dead: In Guatemala.
- Loss of Identity: B performed two-way Mind Rape, convincing L that he is B and himself that he is L.
- Manipulative Bastard: L is well aware of Light's crush on him but strings him along for the investigation. Also towards the audience:L: If you think my death was complete bull then clap your hands and shout 'I believe in faeries.' Ha! I was just kidding! I'm dead but I can still manipulate you people. We have all the footage of you acting like an idiot in front of your webcam. I win. But on a serious note if the fans get a few hundred likes up before the next episode I will come back to life.
- Mind Screw
- Mistaken for Gay:Light (to L): You gave me a footrub. How more blatant can you get?
- Not a Date: L agrees to go out on a date with Light in order to get close to Sayu (his REAL Kira suspect).
- Obsessed with Food: L doesn't really care about anything other than his snacks. He even ignores a heart attack in order to keep stuffing his face with sugar.
- Parental Abandonment
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: L tells all in his interview, claiming that Beyond Birthday kidnapped him while the cast was in Guatemala and assumed his identity leaving L alone.. in Guatemala. That is assuming it IS L telling the story and not Beyond.
- Repressed Memories: L uncovers a horrific repressed memory about Beyond Birthday... or rather of getting socks for his birthday.
- Retcon: Beyond Birthday, who had stolen L's identity died during the 13 day test, not L.
- Screw the Rules, I Make Them!: He's L. He can do whatever he wants.
- Sex Slave: Light was keeping L alive in his basement/lovenest for the last five years.
- Small Name, Big Ego
- The Snack Is More Interesting: L frequently talks to his snacks (and they talk back) while the rest of the taskforce are trying to talk to him about the Kira case.
- They Killed Kenny Again
- Unexplained Recovery: Well, it's later explained in Ask The Cast and Crew #3... sort of.
Beyond Birthday / B
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Becoming the Mask: he stole L's identity and convinced himself that he was L.
- Buried Alive: His ultimate fate... maybe.
- Butt-Monkey
- Canon Foreigner: He doesn't show up in the original series but is from the spinoff novel Death Note: Another Note.
- Cosmic Plaything: he's resurrected just to be killed off again.
- Crying Wolf: when he tells the taskforce that Light is Kira. (With solid evidence to back it up this time!)Matsuda: La la la la la I'm not listening!
- Evil Twin: Beyond is this for L.
- Expendable Clone: without being an actual clone.
- Heel Realization: He realizes that maybe it wasn't very nice to "take Matsuda's innocence" and his snacks won't talk to him anymore.
- I Just Want to Be You: Beyond Birthday kidnapped L in Guatemala and took his place.
- I'm Going to Disney World!: "So L, you caught Kira, what are you going to do now?"
- Informed Attribute: being an insane Serial Killer. He's only shown to be a Jerkass here.
- Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
- Jerkass
- Kill and Replace: B kidnapped L and took his place and L was Left for Dead... in Guatemala.
- Killed Mid-Sentence:L/B?: Light is Kira and Misa is the Second—
Souichiro: The second? The Second what? ...Oh my God, she's the Second Coming! - Loss of Identity: B performed two-way Mind Rape on L, convincing L that he is B and himself that he is L.
- Mind Screw
- Not What It Looks Like: when he took Matsuda's innocence.
- Offstage Villainy: we are informed after the fact that at one point he kidnapped L and left him for dead in Guatemala.
- Primal Fear: he has his two greatest fears come true- being Buried Alive and wearing socks.
- Replacement Goldfish: he serves as a replacement for L to Light.
- The Schizophrenia Conspiracy: He gets really delusional, makes convoluted theories, and gets upset when his snacks stop talking to him.
- Spot the Imposter: In Ask the Cast and Crew #3 L explains that he didn't really die but Beyond Birthday assumed his identity during their hellish trip to Guatemala, and so B was the one killed by Rem and Light has been keeping the real L alive in his basement / lovenest for the last 5 years.
- Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl: "I'm haunting you."
- They Killed Kenny Again
- Unexplained Recovery
- Worf Had the Flu: Kira easily kills Beyond Birthday after Beyond infiltrated the taskforce, however it's implied that Beyond fooled even himself into thinking he was L.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: He's is resurrected only to immediately die again of suffocation.
Watari / Orville Redenbacher
- Almighty Janitor:L: Watari, we need another bucket...
- Battle Butler
- Conspicuous Trenchcoat
- Dropped a Bridge on Him
- Mistaken Identity: the members of the I.C.U.P. mistake him for Inspector Gadget.
Da Chief a.k.a. Souichiro Yagami
"He's obviously lying! Shoot him!"
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Abusive Parent
- Adaptational Species Change: A Shinigami rather than a human.
- Adaptational Villainy: He's a Shinigami with plans of invasion rather than a well-meaning cop here. Not that he was heroic before The Reveal.
- Archnemesis Dad: To Light.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents
- Armored Closet Gay: He's a homophobic Jerkass obsessed with "manliness" who is also prone to crossdressing, hitting on other guys, and pimping his gay son out to other guys.
- Axe-Crazy
- Blue-and-Orange Morality: like his canon counterpart Da Chief is very strict about doing the right thing but his version of doing the "right thing" is very far removed (or even totally at odds) from what most people would consider the "right thing" to do. This may be due to him being batshit crazy. The "right thing" in Souichiro's case usually means doing whatever he says without question. Probably where his son gets it from...
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: A Zigzagged Trope. When Matsuda looks at Sayu wrong, Mr. Yagami crushes Matsuda's balls with his ESP powers. Subverted later when Mr. Yagami begs Mello to take his kids. Also when warning Matsuda about dating his daughter:Da Chief: Matsuda, until you grow a mustache as bushy and full as mine, you will not be allowed to date my twelve year old daughter.
- Burn the Orphanage: Souichiro burns one down, though (allegedly) it's by accident.Misa: That fire was pretty scary-the whole complex burned down! Those poor orphans!
- Comically Missing the Point:Matsuda: Chief, doesn't your son use a computer?
Chief: I don't understand what you're saying.
Matsuda: Chief, your son might be Kira.
Chief: I still don't understand what you're saying. - Cowboy Cop: a complete 180 from his canon, By The Book characterization.
- Creepy Crossdresser: At one point Mr. Yagami dressed up as Sailor Moon.
- Cure Your Gays: Souichiro insists that Light go to a cure your gay camp and threatens to shoot him in the head when he fails to put out for Misa.
- Da Chief
- Dirty Old Man
- Domestic Abuse: Da Chief is this for his family.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Even Da Chief is Squicked when he learns that Aizawa knocked up his underage daughter.
- Everyone Calls Him Bar Keep: almost everyone calls him Da Chief.
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humour: his idea of fun.
- Evil Laugh: as heard here.
- Evil Sorcerer: He's a former Death Eater.
- Faking the Dead
- A God Am I
- Gun Nut: Da Chief. He's glad L's dead because now he gets his gun back.
- Heteronormative Crusader: he forces his son to attend a Cure Your Gays camp.
- I Have No Son!: "I have two daughters."
- Insane Troll Logic: Light is worried about what might happen to his sister, having watched movies about what goes on in L.A. Mr. Yagami follows this train of "logic" and concludes that L.A. is going to get invaded by space aliens.
- Insurance Fraud: When they find out how much money they could get for fire insurance the taskforce agrees they should burn the old HQ to the ground.Mr. Yagami: Good, because I already started the fire.
- Jerkass
- Jerkass Gods: He's a Shinigami.
- Leeroy Jenkins
- Lethally Stupid
- Like Father, Like Son: it’s pretty clear where Light gets his crazy genes:
- Luke, I Am Your Father: an Invoked Trope which gets played straight after The Reveal.Souichiro: Light, I am your father.Light (sighs): I know that dad.
- The Mentally Disturbed: "Chief Yagami. An Escaped Mental Patient?"
- Mind over Matter: Da Chief has the ESP power to crush balls with his mind.
- Never My Fault: from how his kids turned out to the collateral damage of his pyromania Da Chief is always ready to blame someone/anyone/everyone else for his actions.
- The Nick Namer: Da Chief calls himself Master Chief, he takes to refering to Aizawa as "his son," and Light as his other daughter, Ide is "Squinty", and Mello is Lady Gaga.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: given the ending, this is more than likely.
- Politically Incorrect Villain
- Porn Stash: on Da Chief’s computer
- Pyromaniac
- Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Da Chief says this in his interview.
- Sarcastic Confession: Da Chief does this. Earlier he had taken to making what sounds like schizophrenic ravings about an alien invasion... He is actually part of the invading force.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Da Chief when using his ESP power to crush Matsuda's balls.
- The Schizophrenia Conspiracy: Da Chief seems to get this believing that the space aliens and the Death Eaters have teamed up with Lady Gaga to Take Over the World.
- Shinigami
- Shipper on Deck: Da Chief gives L permission to marry Light, tries to make Light put out for Misa, and later Da Chief offers Light to Mello:Mr. Yagami: How about this? I'll give you the death note and you can take my other daughter for free!Light: ... (*Death Glare*)Mello: No, no! I don't want that! I just want the death note!Mr. Yagami: What if I paid you?Mello: I! do! not! want! Your! kids! Just the Death Note!
- There Is No Kill Like Over Kill: One of Da Chief's favorite tropes.
- Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth: He got kicked out of the Death Eaters because he insisted on using a gun.
- Troll: I won't let you down... or give you up... but I might run and round and desert you.
- Unexplained Recovery: "Chief Yagami. Flesh Crazed Zombie?"
- Villain with Good Publicity: Da Chief is a abusive towards his family, a former Death Eater, and an alumni of Penn State.
- We Have Reserves: Da Chief callously runs over Ukita when breaking into the Sakura TV building.
- Why Couldn't You Be Different?: Da Chief, on his death bed, calls Light a disgrace and tells him how he always hated him for being gay.
Touta Matsuda
Voiced by: kpts4tv, drageuth
- Apocalypse Maiden: as a consequence of hosting the Shinigami realm in his colon.
- Butt-Monkey
- Cosmic Plaything: See above.
- Dirty Old Man: Matsuda lusts after twelve year old Sayu.
- The Ditz
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Matsuda fathered eight children with Sayu who is still comatose.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Matsuda solves the Kira case. Everyone ignores him.
- Genius Ditz: Matsuda solves the Kira case.
- Hell Gate: Matsuda's colon is a porthole to the Shinigami realm.
- Land Downunder: Matsuda speaks with an Australian accent.
- MacGuffin: he is the Gateway from the Shinigami realm to Earth.
- Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: By being all badass and not just standing there and letting Light kill him he's doomed the world.
- Only Sane Employee: more often then not it's Matsuda who's doing the investigating but everyone overlooks his accomplishments because he's the rookie.
- Overly Long Scream: Matsuda does this when L slaps him.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: When L slaps him.
- Selective Obliviousness: when L B? tells the taskforce that Light is Kira. (With solid evidence to back it up this time!)Matsuda: La la la la la I'm not listening!
- Took a Level in Badass: Metal Gear Matsuda!
- Who's Laughing Now?: "WHO'S STUPID NOW, STUPID!"
Shuichi Aizawa
"I called up Wammy’s House and all I learned was Mello and Near's names, their faces, their motivations and their fears."
Voiced by: kpts4tv, MrArkonid
- Covert Pervert
- Crazy Homeless People: Near mistakes Aizawa Souichiro for one.
- Dirty Old Man: after possessing Aizawa, Souichiro discovers that Aizawa has been having sex with his preteen daughter.
- Freudian Slip:Aizawa: So you're cool with me invading Misa and interrogating your house? Interesting.Light: Oh, wait. You mean the other way around.Aizawa: I don't know we'll burn that bridge before we cross it. C'mon Mogi, we have rights to violate.Light: Wait, now I believe you meant what you said. Get back here!Matsuda: That's not fair!
- Grand Theft Me: Souichiro's ghost is possessing Aizawa.
- The Mole: Aizawa (or rather Souichiro) was working for the SPK all along.
- Mr. Exposition: Aizawa called up Wammy's House and all he learned was Mello and Near's names, their faces, their motivations and their fears.
- The Slacker: "Dude!" Aizawa sounds like he's perpetually high, man!
- The Stoner
- Took a Level in Badass: Aizawa in episode 10 of the second season. He is no longer sounding stoned all the time and it's revealed to the audience that he's been a spy for Near all along and was probably Obfuscating Stupidity. Subverted. It's not that Aizawa has suddenly become a badass. He's been possessed by the ghost of Chief Yagami.
- Took a Level in Jerkass: Aizawa again as of episode 10 of season 2. He suddenly becomes quite the Jerkass given his casual comments about violating Misa and pushing Sachiko down the stairs while she was pregnant. It is Justified: Souichiro's ghost is possessing Aizawa.
Kanzo Mogi
Voiced by: mac_sly56
- The Big Guy
- Covert Pervert: in his music video.
- Grand Theft Me: Rem is possessing Mogi.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: Rem!Mogi takes advantage of retarded!Misa.
- The Quiet One
Squinty / Hideki Ide
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Berserk Button: Getting his name wrong.
- Deadpan Snarker:Matsuda: Hey guys, there's been something on my mind that I think we need to address...Ide: Well, this will be brief.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Ide still isn't respected even after working on the Kira case.
- Malicious Misnaming: Da Chief will only refer to Ide as "Squinty."
- Pyromaniac: he goes on an arson rampage in the epilogue.
- Who's Laughing Now?: as mentioned above, he goes on an arson rampage when he fails to get the respect he feels he deserves and everyone still calls him "Squinty."
Ukita
Voiced by: drageuth, MrArkonid
- Leeroy Jenkins
- Mauve Shirt: Is callously run over by Da Chief.
- The Unintelligible: But for the grace of subtitles.
Raye Penber, a.k.a. Raymond/Aiber and Giovanni
"I'm so awesome I turn guys bi!"
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Adaptational Badass: He took like over 9,000 levels of Badsass for this series going from a Mauve Shirt to becoming Near's hitman, a Shinigami, and a Troper. And he's actually a half-way competent detective too.
- Adaptational Species Change: Actually a Shinigami, not a human.
- Badass Longcoat
- Casual Kink: he has a Death Note fetish and describes himself as a "bibliophile."
- Dye or Die: goes blonde after his first "death."
- Even the Guys Want Him: "so awesome [he] turns guys bi."
- Faking the Dead
- Happily Married: To Naomi
- The Nth Doctor: see spoilers below.
- Professional Killer: He moonlights as Near's hitman.
- Running Gag: Heh heh, Glitter.
- Secret Identity: He’s also Raymond/Aiber and Giovanni
- Shinigami
- Stalker with a Crush: “Oh, I'll do more than just keep an eye on him.”
Naomi Misora, a.k.a. Nao/Wedy and Hal/Halle
Voiced by: drageuth
- Action Girl: Is a badass and at least s/he looks and identifies as female.
- Adaptational Species Change: Actually a Shinigami, not a human.
- Ambiguous Gender: she looks female but she has a very masculine voice.
- Bodyguard Babes
- Classy Cat-Burglar: in her Nao/Wedy incarnation
-
Cross-Dressing Voices - Dye or Die: goes blonde after her first "death."
- Faking the Dead
- Happily Married: To Raye.
- I Know Capoeira: Subverted in that she doesn't give the characters any warning of her martial arts prowess—she just breaks Misa's spine.
- Motor Mouth
- The Nth Doctor: see spoilers below.
- Pretty Freeloaders: Along with Takada, they invite Misa out for dinner and then leave her with the bill.
- Secret Identity: She’s also Nao/Wedy and Hal/Halle.
- Shinigami
- Too Much Information: she regales Light with the details of her sex life and all the kinky things she'd do with Raye.
- Trust Me, I'm an X: "Who are you gonna trust? Your bodyguard or some random stranger?"
Mello
Voiced by: drageuth
- Affably Evil: Mello is very polite and urbane for a mobster.
- Agent Peacock
- Ambiguously Gay
- Bad Boss: he's this to his mafia henchmen.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Evil Brit
- Gayngster
- Ignore the Fanservice: Takada strips down in front of Mello and Mello donates her clothes to charity.
- Mistaken Identity: he's frequently mistaken for Lady Gaga.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Mello eating chocolate.
- Parental Abandonment
- Pity the Kidnapper: Mr. Yagami begs Mello to take his kids.
- Politically Incorrect Villain: Mello makes racist remarks after kidnapping Sayu.
- The Resenter:
- The Rival:Mello: No Roger, I'm never going to work with him, ever! The first thing he did when he was born was he flipped me off!Near: Mine's bigger.
- Sanity Slippage
- The Schizophrenia Conspiracy
- Surrounded by Idiots: when Mello's mafia minions kidnap an old grey-haired guy...Mello: I asked you to bring me Sayu Yagami. A 17 year old girl. Does this look like a 17 year old girl to you?Minion 1: No...Minion 2: Yes.
- Transparent Closet
- Unknown Rival:Mello: Why hello there, Ms. Kiyomi Takada. I believe you should've figured out by now who I am.Takada: You're a terrible and mysterious criminal here to ravish me?Mello: Yes, exactly... WHAT?!
- Unprovoked Pervert Payback: As mentioned above when Mello kidnaps Takada she assumes it's because he's a rapist. Mello insists he's only kidnapped her because he's trying to expose the Ancient Conspiracy-You Have to Believe Me!. Naturally, Takada doesn't believe him and so she kills Mello.
Snydar
- Are we the bad guys?
Voiced by: drageuth
- Heel Realization: Snydar wonders if maybe they're the bad guys.
- The Mafia
- Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: He's a wise guy-pirate.
- The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
- Talk Like a Pirate
Matt
"Ow! C'mon that was excessive force! C'mon you guys know what I'm saying! Stop it! That hurt!"
Voiced by: MrArkonid
- Adaptational Species Change: Actually a Shinigami, not a human.
- Deep South: Matt speaks with a rednecky accent.
- Drives Like Crazy
- Only a Flesh Wound: Matt after getting shot up. "Ow! That hurt! Y'all stop that, ya hear!"
- Rasputinian Death: Matt gets shot up, hit with missiles, and nuked.
- Spear Carrier: Blink and you miss him.
Near
"Mine’s bigger!"
Voiced by: mac_sly56
- Bad "Bad Acting": when trying to convince Light to come to his “party.”
- The Bad Guy Wins: Near and his Shinigami legions conquer the Earth.
- Bratty Half-Pint: looks and acts like one.
- Cannot Tell a Joke: Near, as demonstrated when prank calling Light.Light: (*sighs*) Do yourself a favor. Hang up. Now.Near: Okay. (*hangs up*) Hey guys, wasn't that hilarious?
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Near is now the ruler of the free world. He turns 13 next Tuesday.
- Cower Power: Near does this after Mello kills most of his agents:Light: What do you expect me to do about it?Near: I need an adult.Light: I'm hanging up now.
- Creepy Child
- Discriminate and Switch: Right after Light's sexuality is brought up again Near tells everyone he'll see them all in Heaven except for Light of course.Light: Why did you single me out?Near: Well, because you're Kira, obviously.
- Girls Have Cooties:Near: Don't bring your stupid girlfriend along. She has cooties.
- Grudging "Thank You": Near to Kira, for killing the guy who molested him.
- Harassing Phone Call: Near keeps prank calling Light. At one point asking for Amanda Hugankiss.
- It Amused Me: Near prank calling Light.
- It's All About Me
- Jerkass
- Kids Are Cruel: he's a kid and he's cruel—just ask Ollie Tabooger. Oh wait...
- Parental Abandonment: Near would like to remind you he's an orphan.
- The Password Is Always "Swordfish":Director Mason: Huh? That's the same as on my luggage.
- Potty Emergency: Near has when while in the middle of calling up the taskforce.
- Revenge: Near has Giovanni carry out a hit on the guy who molested him.
- Scully Syndrome: when Giovanni / Raye Penber reports seeing Mikami pulling out a Death Note:Near: Are you sure? It could just be another guy with a black notebook. Like the last 20, I mean, really, you have a serious obsession.
- Shinigami
- Serious Business: LEGOs. He's willing to share his satellite feed in exchange for them.
- Small Name, Big Ego:Near: It's the Near Show! Starring Near!Rester: Dammit Near, you'll spoilseason 3.
- Stalker without a Crush: Near towards Light "the fake L"... or maybe with a crush... Near keeps pestering Light with Harassing Phone Calls, asks him for "Amanda Hugankiss" and when Near is traumatized Light is the first person he calls.
- Troll: Near goes out of his way to try and piss people off.
- The Twink:Light: So... you're a virgin?
- Voodoo Doll: Near's figurines.
- We Need a Distraction: When the riot arrives at Near's doorstep.Near (to Rester): Go outside and dance.
- White Hair, Black Heart: Has white hair and is an evil, world-destroying little brat.
Rester
Ollie Tabooger
Team Whatever
Everyone else. Sayu Yagami
Voiced by: MrArkonid (young), mandymouse1210 (adult)
- Butt-Monkey: she's killed by Light's desk trap (she got better) and L and the taskforce think she's Kira.
- Demonic Possession: why Da Chief agrees that Sayu is probably Kira.Da Chief: I always knew she had the devil in her.
- Dude, She's Like in a Coma: Matsuda fathered eight children with Sayu who is still comatose.
- Evil Sounds Deep/Voice of the Legion: when her possessing demon lets itself be known.
- Fangirl: of hot male idols.
- Half-Human Hybrid: it stands to reason since her father, Souichiro, is revealed to be a Shinigami.
- Not Me This Time: she might be demon-possessed but she's not the one killing people...
- Really Gets Around: Sayu. She reminisces with Matsuda about the time when he and Mogi were watching her while she was somehow doing sixteen guys at one time.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Sayu's eyes start glowing red when she calls Light down to supper.
- Unexplained Recovery: she's killed by Light's desk trap but by the next episode she's fine.
Pegasus / Reiji Namikawa
Voiced by: mac_sly56
- Camp Gay
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Freudian Excuse: he was often picked on in school.
- Long Hair Is Feminine
- The Mole: He spies on Yotsuba Kira for L and Light.
The American President
- Mistaken for Pedophile: The president has his people pick up Near by offering him candy and abducting him.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed
- Our Presidents Are Different: Of the President Buffoon variety. He sure does miss Cheney!
The Baby Shinigami
- Is this how you met my mother?
- All Genes Are Codominant: he has Light's brown hair and Glowing Eyes of Doom and Ryuk’s complexion and body type.
- Half-Human Hybrid: The unnamed Shinigami that appears in Relight is Ryuk and Light's son.
The Narrator
- Black Mail: The Narrator blackmails Mikami into letting him make a documentary of his life with his knowledge that Mikami is a crazy mass murderer... and that he likes to dress up in frilly pink underwear and go dancing down the street.
- Reality Subtext: the Narrator breaks down over his personal issues.
- Rewriting Reality: Mikami learns his lesson about pissing off the Narrator.
