History Danganronpa / TropesNToZ

** Sayaka, Nagito, and Tsumugi in Chapter 1.
** Mondo, Fuyuhiko, and Kirumi in Chapter 2.
** Celestia, Mikan, and Korekiyo in Chapter 3.
** Aoi, Gundham, and Kokichi in Chapter 4.
** [[BigBad Junko]], Nagito, and Kokichi in Chapter 5.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': In the final chapter, Shuichi finds some evidence that suggests [[KangarooCourt the first trial was rigged]], and [[AcquittedTooLate Kaede was falsely executed]], leading to him calling for a retrial. While this is seemingly unprecedented, Monokuma shows amusement in the idea and agrees to it. In the trial, Shuichi reveals the truth, exposing Tsumugi as the one who actually killed Rantaro and got away with it, undermining the rules of the game. At this point, Tsumugi reveals herself to be the mastermind, having [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem used her position to subvert the rules and continue the killing game]], which again, is an ImmoralRealityShow, but this time, instead of hijacking the airwaves, the killing game is fully legal and backed by a studio, the result of a TrumanShowPlot. Tsumugi then changes things up, so again, the vote is between hope and despair, but as a full on SadisticChoice. Hope will have Tsumugi and two of the survivors move onto the next season of Danganronpa and partake in that killing game (it?s implied Rantaro took a similar deal in the previous season), while despair will lead to K1-B0, the UltimateHopeRobot, being executed and the killing game?s continuation. Shuichi instead decides to TakeAThirdOption, where everyone abstains from voting, [[HeroicSacrifice even knowing that doing so will lead to their execution]], in order to give the show the most disappointing ending possible and drive the viewing audience away from the show. It takes a lot of effort, but Shuichi eventually convinces the others to abstain, even with K1-B0 being hijacked by said audience in the studio?s last ditch effort to foil his plan. Despite the intent for everyone to be executed, K1-B0 performs the execution, only killing Tsumugi and then [[TrashTheSet proceeding to self destruct to destroy the set]], allowing the remaining three to escape alive.

* OnceAnEpisode: The first execution of each game always goes the same way - the culprit is shown being stared at by the other students before they're grabbed by the neck by a mechanical vise and dragged to the actual execution. After the culprit dies, the other students are shown staring in horror at the freshly deceased.

* SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness: In a series involving students who kill each other for various reasons (most of them being unsympathetic and others being completely tragic), a group that spreads despair for the sake of it, a soldier who assists a proud sociopath with the ''good'' intention of only making her villainous sister proud of ''her'', a HateSink EnfantTerrible with a BigBrotherBully, and a LoonyFan, Junko Enoshima still stands out as the worst of them all as the instigator of ''everything'', of whom has no excuse for what she does and even declares her willingness to commit her crimes for no reason at all beyond being a self-centered sadistic bully.

* SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness: In a series involving students who kill each other for various reasons (most of them being unsympathetic and others being completely tragic), a group that spreads despair for the sake of it, a soldier who assists a proud sociopath, a HateSink EnfantTerrible with a BigBrotherBully, and a LoonyFan, Junko Enoshima still stands out as the worst of them all as the instigator of ''everything'', of whom has no excuse for what she does and even declares her willingness to commit her crimes for no reason at all beyond being a self-centered sadistic bully.

** [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Class 78th]] consists of an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who happens to be somewhat luckier than most, as well as a HopeBringer, a [[TheStoic stoic]] GreatDetective with DaddyIssues, a {{Jerkass}} BlueBlood, a donut loving swimmer, a CloudCuckooLander clairvoyant, an abraisve romance writer with a SerialKiller SplitPersonality, a BrokenBird idol singer, a CasanovaWannabe baseball player who hates the sport, an ElegantGothicLolita gambler who is lying about her entire past, a BrawnHilda who also happens to be [[NiceGirl one of the nicest students]], an [[LargeHam extremely loud]] moral commitee member, a biker with a serious HairTriggerTemper, a WholesomeCrossdresser progammer who looks like a child, a perverted fanfiction creator, an ExtremeDoormat soldier and her fashionista sister who ends the world out of boredom.

** [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Class 78]] consists of an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who happens to be somewhat luckier than most, as well as a HopeBringer, a [[TheStoic stoic]] GreatDetective with DaddyIssues, a {{Jerkass}} BlueBlood, a donut loving swimmer, a CloudCuckooLander clairvoyant, an abraisve romance writer with a SerialKiller SplitPersonality, a BrokenBird idol singer, a CasanovaWannabe baseball player who hates the sport, an ElegantGothicLolita gambler who is lying about her entire past, a BrawnHilda who also happens to be [[NiceGirl one of the nicest students]], an [[LargeHam extremely loud]] moral commitee member, a biker with a serious HairTriggerTemper, a WholesomeCrossdresser progammer who looks like a child, a perverted fanfiction creator, an ExtremeDoormat soldier and her fashionista sister who ends the world out of boredom.

** [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony The Gifted Academy students]] consists of a detective doubting his talent due to arresting an SympatheticMurderer, an AllLovingHeroine pianist, a magician who seems to actually believe she has magical powers, a [[DoesNotLikeMen man hating]] neo aikido master, an underaged astronaut trainee who is SecretlyDying, a GentleGiant entomologist, a robot who is somehow one of the [[TheGenericGuy more normal members of the class]], an [[BrainsAndBondage extremely horny inventor]], a ConsummateLiar who claims to be the leader of a shadowy organization, a grumpy child care giver who is actually an assassin, a [[AlmightyJanitor Almighty Maid]] who is revealed to be the leader of a nation, a baby faced, jaded tennis player [[BadassAdorable who took out the Mafia by himself]], an anthropologist who is revealed to be [[BrotherSisterIncest in love with his sister]], a [[TheFundamentalist highly religious]] artist, a guy who can't remember his talent and an {{Otaku}} who is revealed to be behind everything. Interestingly enough, this trope is heavily implied to have been ''invoked'' by the people behind the TV show. After all, what's better TV then a bunch of weirdos all forced to live together and solve each other's murders?

** [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc Class 78]] consists of an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who happens to be somewhat luckier than most, as well as a HopeBringer, a [[TheStoic stoic]] GreatDetective with DaddyIssues, a {{Jerkass}} BlueBlood, a donut loving swimmer, a CloudCuckooLander clairvoyant, an abraisve romance writer with a SerialKiller SplitPersonality, a BrokenBird idol singer, a CasanovaWannabe baseball player who hates the sport, an ElegantGothicLolita gambler who is lying about her entire past]], a BrawnHilda who also happens to be [[NiceGirl one of the nicest students]], an [[LargeHam extremely loud]] moral commitee member, a biker with a serious HairTriggerTemper, a WholesomeCrossdresser progammer who looks like a child, a perverted fanfiction creator, an ExtremeDoormat soldier and her fashionista sister who ends the world out of boredom.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Aside from [[TheTeamNormal Makoto, Sayaka, Hajime, Komaru, Kaede and Shuichi, along with Towa City's citizens]], every game features this.
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': The first game consists of an aloof detective with [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou parental abandonment issues]], a plucky swimmer girl, an arrogant rich jerk with a surprising degree of game theory knowledge, a sadistic gambler, a sensitive cross-dressing programmer, a perverted obese otaku, an aggressive baseball player, a short-tempered biker gang leader, a perverted NervousWreck of an author, an absent-minded fortune teller, an overly zealous hall monitor, an emotionally repressed GentleGiant martial artist, [[BigBadDuumvirate a lovestruck delusional soldier, and a psychotic fashionista]].
** ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'': The second game consists of an hope-obsessed self-deprecating rich guy with a distorted luck streak, an empathetic and genuine BenevolentAI GamerChick who ends up being TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, a gluttonous well-endowed gymnast, a {{chuunibyou}} animal breeder, a quirky European princess, an AxCrazy Yakuza heir who has a HeelFaceTurn, a rude StepfordSnarker of a traditional dancer, an energetic musician, an aloof swordswoman, an overly passionate redhead photographer, a buff team manager with a toilet problem and NoIndoorVoice, a ShrinkingViolet nurse who's really AxCrazy underneath, a perverted chef, and [[BackFromTheDead the psycho fashionista from before programmed into an AI virus]].
** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': The third game consists of a religiously fanatical artist, an insecure GentleGiant with a bug obsession, a lazy magician who believes herself to be a mage before getting CharacterDevelopment, an insecure sentient robot who serves as an audience survey with a weapons arsenal, a blindly trusting overly passionate astronaut with a short temper, an uncharacteristically devoted maid, a deceptive cult organization leader who ends up HatedByAll, an obsessed self-aware SerialKiller anthropologist with an incestuous relationship, a foul-mouthed ShamelessFanserviceGirl inventor, an aloof assassin, a mysterious guy with an unknown talent who happens to be a killing game survivor and adventurer, a DeathSeeker former tennis player who killed a mafia, a GenkiGirl martial artist who DoesNotLikeMen, and [[BigBad an overly zealous killing game fanatic cosplayer girl who convincingly pretended to be normal in front of the others during the events of the entire story]].

* SpotTheImposter: Besides the [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Ultimate Imposter]] from ''Danganronpa 2'' (who truly was Ultimate at being an imposter because they [[ItMakesSenseInContext convince even the player he's the real Byakuya Togami]]), the game is based around doing this in two contexts: finding the blackened in the cases, and finding out who the mastermind of the DeadlyGame really is.

* StarterVillainStays: Junko starts out as the BigBad of the first game, in a BigBadDuumivrate with Mukuro, and she remains the series BigBad from then on.

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'': Case 2 has [[spoiler:Mondo]] regretting killing [[spoiler:Chihiro]] due to his envy, but was executed due to the rules.

*** Case 4 has [[spoiler:Gundam, who killed Nekomaru to save classmates from hunger. Executed.]]
*** Case 5 has [[spoiler:Chiaki unknowingly killing Nagito due to his plan to expose mastermind. Executed with Monomi.]]

*** Case 1 has [[spoiler:Kaede killing Rantaro to expose the mastermind. Executed]]
*** Case 2 has [[spoiler:Kirumi killing Ryoma to save her country. Executed]]
*** Case 4 has [[spoiler:Gonta killing Miu to keep the secret of outside world from classmates. Executed.]]
*** Case 5 has [[spoiler:Kaito and Kokichi collaborating to end the killing game. Kaito is executed.]]

** ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': In the final chapter, [[spoiler:Shuichi finds some evidence that suggests [[KangarooCourt the first trial was rigged]], and [[AcquittedTooLate Kaede was falsely executed]], leading to him calling for a retrial. While this is seemingly unprecedented, Monokuma shows amusement in the idea and agrees to it. In the trial, Shuichi reveals the truth, exposing Tsumugi as the one who actually killed Rantaro and got away with it, undermining the rules of the game. At this point, Tsumugi reveals herself to be the mastermind, having [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem used her position to subvert the rules and continue the killing game]], which again, is an ImmoralRealityShow, but this time, instead of hijacking the airwaves, the killing game is fully legal and backed by a studio, the result of a TrumanShowPlot. Tsumugi then changes things up, so again, the vote is between hope and despair, but as a full on SadisticChoice. Hope will have Tsumugi and two of the survivors move onto the next season of Danganronpa and partake in that killing game (it?s implied Rantaro took a similar deal in the previous season), while despair will lead to K1-B0, the UltimateHopeRobot, being executed and the killing game?s continuation. Shuichi instead decides to TakeAThirdOption, where everyone abstains from voting, [[HeroicSacrifice even knowing that doing so will lead to their execution]], in order to give the show the most disappointing ending possible and drive the viewing audience away from the show. It takes a lot of effort, but Shuichi eventually convinces the others to abstain, even with K1-B0 being hijacked by said audience in the studio?s last ditch effort to foil his plan. Despite the intent for everyone to be executed, K1-B0 performs the execution, only killing Tsumugi and then [[TrashTheSet proceeding to self destruct to destroy the set]], allowing the remaining three to escape alive.

* {{Sadist}}: Out of everyone in the franchise, the only clear-cut example is [[BigBad Monokuma/Junko]], who willingly takes a visible joy in spreading despair to satiate a personal fetish [[TheUnfettered by any means necessary, showing no signs of ethical restraint whatsoever]], and constantly laughs at everyone's misery during the killing games, while showing a complete LackOfEmpathy. It's notable that Junko's personality is also one of choice. In ''Killing Harmony'', Kokichi depicts himself as a sadist, but it's later implied that it's an act for the game's mastermind, Tsumugi. And while Tsumugi is also the mastermind in question, she is not in control of the killing game and how long it's run for, as Team Danganronpa and the audience are responsible for that. Team Danganronpa are invisible to the audience, making their reactions unseen, and the audience takes pleasure in the entertainment of the killing game, not the pain the characters suffer through. Overall, Junko is still the only clear-cut sadist, without anything to make her role as one ambiguous. Monaca also counts due to also [[LackOfEmpathy lacking empathy]], however, she is a lesser example, as Junko is the overall cause of everyone's pain, even with Monaca serving as her primary assistant.

* SpoiledBrat: Downplayed. Not everyone who is an Ultimate student acts in an [[EntitledBastard entitled]] way, as most are actually [[NiceGuy genuine Nice Guys/Girls]] and act with courtesy regardless of their status, but pretty much all of the main characters at least ''partially'' show a sign of entitlement or ingratitude to something or something. Most notably ingratitude, however, as despite the killing games the characters end up in, they at least get plenty of high-class amenities and privileges that a normal person wouldn't be allowed thanks to their status, even if it's in bittersweet circumstances. Along with this, they usually have a demanding attitude where they expect something better from other people regardless of whether or not they've earned it. Most of the murder cases are also the cause of characters refusing to get to know one another and keeping secrets due to having ego issues.