Discussion on how to deal with pages like this is here"And this was developed with the latest state-of-the-art 3D workthingys, was it?"(The following article is best read in the voices of eitherAronTagerorFredArmisen. Listening to one ofthesethreetrackswhile reading is also highly recommended.)Zzz... (snort) Huh—what?! Who started up that blasted music again? Can't an old ape get any peace and quiet around here?!Oh... it was one of youtropersagain, eh? Jumping from page to page all day and night—drives an old ape to tears, really...Hold up, so you're actually here to learn aboutmyhistory now, are ya? Well, it's about time, if I do say so m'self! Right, where to begin…Guess I'll start with my name. See here, most people these days know me as Cranky Kong — can't rightly imagine why, though. Thing is, the ape you're looking at was theoriginalDonkey Kong — back when all it took was four frames of animation and an infinite supply of barrels to striketerrorinto the hearts of game players. Seems like nowadays, if it doesn't have a gun, realistic graphics, sports teams, huge worlds, or a complicated story, people aren't interested. I tell ya, they're missing out on what a real game is and have games like mine to thank for allowing them to have all of that malarkey! Look at my no-good grandson, what with his tie-wearing, his bongo playing, his peg-swinging, banana chompin'…! Ugh.. and to think people either believe he's me during my prime or my son, but that's because those lazy boneheads atNintendocouldn't keep consistency if their whole company depended on it. But to be fair, that big doofus has proven himself to a worthy successor of the nameDonkey Kong.Let me clear up all of this confusion and start over from the beginning.So! It all began at the beginning ofThe '80s(that's1980s, if you didn't realize), the era where the video arcade was alive and thriving!Pac-Manand his family were gorging themselves on ghosts, dots, and cherries,Froggerwas trying to cross roads and not get himself ran over, theSpace Invaderswere upsetting the availability of Japanese yen, and…Radar Scopewas crashing and burning—the latest in Japanese videogame developerNintendo's attempts to break into the North American market. Things were getting desperate, so the president of the company—the late Hiroshi Yamauchi (may he rest in peace) askedShigeru Miyamoto, who had been working at the company for just a few years on at that point, to design a game that the unsoldRadar Scopeunits could be converted into. What the company needed (among other things) was their actual own stable of characters, after attempts to secure thePopeyelicense fell through.And that's where I come into this, finally!I was dreamed up by Mr. Miyamoto as an antagonist that's "nothing too evil or repulsive" (hmph), so I ended up in the form of an ape. Well, that's all fine and dandy. But how did I get namedDonkeyKong?Monkeys aren't donkeys, after all. Well…he was over there in Japan, where they don't alwaysspeak English s'good. He wanted a name that gave the "stupid ape" impression (not going to say anything, nope nope nope), and he had a dictionary. Well, one thing lead to another, and Mr. Miyamoto used my name as the game's title, sinceIwas the strongest character of the game. 'Course he did!Donkey Kongwas a hit all over the world — and all because of me! I was what the kids called "OG" — Original Gorilla! They made merchandise from my game, and evena cartoonbased on it! I had it all! Not only was I on top of that construction site, I was on top of the world! The game itself was an exemplar of the great values of the old days of video gaming, where my rolling barrels, throwing jumping jacks, and…running a pie factory somehow…made the player, who controlled a goofy little character named"Jumpman", work and sweat and dump in quarter after quarter to get to the end of each level and the game. Yeah, yeah, he won, I lost. I took my beating like a champ, and was always ready for the next round, with the obstacles a little faster, the timer a little shorter, and the hapless sucker in a near-constant state of dread, hunched over the joystick and the buttons like a — never mind.After the success of my first game, I found myself a little woman to settle down with, and we had a son — m'boy, Donkey Kong Junior. For some reason, though, when Nintendo naturally called me back in to make the inevitable sequel to my first game, they decided to makemetheone in distressby having that Jumpman character stick me in a cage, and make Junior the star! Pah, no respect, even then… still, I suppose the kid didn't do too bad a job for his first of only two outings. Can you believe it? An educational math game was his only other starring role. Poor Junior just couldn't hack it in the gaming industry.These days, I don't even know where he is. Last time I saw him was ina tennis competition.While Jumpman decided to introduce his brother into the industryand move himself away from the "Donkey Kong" name, I knew that I had at least (at least!) one more game in me, so once again I came forward to make some poor sucker's life a living heck (pardon my language there) in a little game calledDonkey Kong 3. Oh, you shoulda seen it — I was downrightacrobatic, with me climbing all up and down, knocking around beehives and wasp nests, making my worthy opponent have to scramble to keep them away from his blooming flowers and spraying me up the butt to win the round... y'know, I think it was around then I wanted to take a breather from the spotlight.Around the timepeople were seeing video games as a dying fad, I too was starting to feel my age a bit at that point, so I gave Nintendo my forwarding address if they needed me, and decided to pack up my family and move back to my home on Donkey Kong Island. Not much to say on that account; Junior grew up, married a local girl as they do, and had himself a son — that they named after his granddaddy, of course. Since I wouldn't let 'em forget how things used to be, they started to call me Cranky Kong — and that just made me more determined to give them an earful and then some! I think it was around that time that the wife said that she was going to pursue a career in teaching "like she always wanted" (coulda fooled me) and moved off to Crocodile Isle to open a franchise. Started working out too, which I think was due to my pet name for her — "Wrinkly Kong". What? It's cute!Meanwhile, after video games started to resurge in popularity, Jumpman managed to star in his own series of titles for ahome console of Nintendo'sand somehow managed to become the face of, not just Nintendo, but video games as a whole. Even to this day, I just can't believe it! I was the one who got the top billing of our debut and somehow he's the one to rise to the top! My old arcade hits were ported on there too, but they didn't look as vibrant and my first game even had a whole level taken out of it! No respect at all! Argh, if I were 40 years younger..! Sorry, sorry—lost my head there for a second.Years later, a British company namedRareware, previously known for making games about a bunch ofmucus-lobbing slime-jacketsandpre-rendered button-mashers, decided to work with Nintendo for a while. They needed one last hurrah for that"Super" Nintendoof theirs aftersome speedy blue pincushiongave them a run for their money. They wanted to bring me back into the spotlight by shoving those 3D graphics of theirs onto me, but then they thought I was just too old. Bahh, I didn't need all of that anyway, I had made a name for myself back in the early arcade days. This didn't stop them from using Junior's son as the game's main focus, and they even had the nerve to give him an old tie I used to wear.That happens to be the Donkey Kongthat you people are more familiar with today, and he hasmeto thank for allowing him to have that honor.At the same time camethe first Kremling war. Someno-good, slimy, scaly rogue crocodilescalling themselves the "Kremlings" invaded our island in the dead of night; they stole everything in my grandson's precious banana hoard and beat up his so-called nephew, Diddy Kong. Turns out that DK told Diddy to guard the bananas as a part of his "hero training" and that he would take over at midnight, but that useless lunkhead slept through the whole thing. Of course, he tried to redeem himself the next morning by going out to rescue and team up with his buddy, beat up the bad guys, and get back those yummy yellow treats. Their surfing friend, Funky Kong, as well as DK's girlfriend, Candy Kong all helped to help them reach and save at certain points of the island. I didn't wanna be caught dead in a game like this, but the boys begged me to, so I graciously offered the two advice and hints that were essential for them to progress through the game. Hey, I've been living on that island for decades now and I have extensive knowledge about it! Without it, I reckon those knuckle-dragging numbskulls would be in for a clobbering from those lizards and their leader, King K. Rool.After DK and Diddy managed to get the bananas back, the boys told me all about their little adventure. I admit they did a good job for their first outing, but it was only because of those fancy 3D graphics and that"Play It Loud!"nonsense that people bought the game in the first place. Of course, those two goons tried to convince me that wasn't the case and that it was "just plain fun", so I made a bet with them to go on an adventure (without the help of me or the other Kongs) on the original Game Boy, the very same handheld console that Nintendo had made aremake of me and Jumpman'sfirst starring roleon almost an entire year prior (That's right, I wore the tie long before that big goof ever did). They took on the challenge, I made the arrangements, and even called K. Rool and his men to come and swipe the banana hoard again! Much to my surprise, they managed to triumph over him once again.But of course, the stupid young lug didn't learn. He let his guard down and wound upgetting himself kidnapped by K. Rool (in some tacky pirate getup)months later, leading to this unnecessary sequel. Luckily for him, Diddy and his girlfriend, Dixie Kong decided to chase the Kremlings back to Crocodile Isle and get the great oaf back. I came back due to popular demand, and I decided to give them my own hero training just to see how good they were. I challenged them along withafewothersto recover a series of golden Hero Coins that I hid all over the island. Lucky for the little snots that my wife had set up her school there, on Crocodile Isle, and the soft-hearted old thing was willing to help save their game. She even went and offered gameplay tips and instructions for them — that was supposed to be my job! …Then again, I was the one who opened up a Monkey Museum and gave the two hints about the treasures and treats found throughout the island, including that "lost world" guarded by that big behemoth, Klubba. Wrinkly was even smart enough to charge them coins for it, so you know I had to take that approach as well! Wish I'd been that smart in the first game… never you mind! Still, between her, Funky, and that game show host, Swanky Kong, I was the most useful of the help those twerps got in this game.After the little chimps rescued that big knuckleheaded grandson of mine, the whole clan decided to head to theNorth Kremispherefor some well-earned vacations. My wife closed down her school, moved into some nice caves, started to work out even more, and decided to get aNintendo 64for some reason. I didn't really approve of it, but that didn't stop me from playing it every once in a while to test out these 3D graphics everyone was raving about. DK and Diddy would just show how lazy they could be by just drinking banana milkshakes all day and sleeping on hammocks. Me?I decided to open a dojo, as it was time for me to get out more and do some training for my next game; if those punk kids could handle it, why, so could I! I also went all over the Kremisphere in Swanky's new amusement park. Apparently, DK and Diddy managed to get kidnapped by K. Rool, now a mad scientist, and the local Kremlings. Now Dixie and her baby cousin Kiddy Kong had to rescue them along with bringing all of those banana birds back to their mother, the Queen Banana Bird. Those same birds are where the island's bananas originate from and because of the energy found in those bananas, it explains what those walking wallets want with them. Pah! And I thought the second game was unnecessary, what an adventure that was. I wasn't even in the manual this time! Though I did havesomefun, as I graciously deigned to let the two useless wimps challenge me whenever they dropped by Swanky's place.Things were admittedly a bit dull but peaceful for me for a while. Rareware had decided to give us all a break after Dixie and Kiddy's last adventure and moved on to working with other characters. They went withsome dim country bear and a smart-aleck breegullafter they took that "dream" from some boy and a pirate. Meanwhile, my grandson finally met my old rival and started participatinginhisvariousactivities, andDiddy had ventured off with the bear to Timber's Island to help out the local residents there(though I advised Diddy to not hang around too much with that young squirrel he brought along for the adventure; he seemed playful and innocent, but I sensed a bad aura around him,and time proved me right). At this time, I had taken a page from that has-been K. Rool and started studying science so I could make a potion that could whip me back into shape! And why not? The other arcade stars were making their way into 3D!The dot muncher was celebrating his 20th birthday, Frogger andQBerteventually found their way back into the spotlight, and don't even get me started onJumpman.…My wife…sigh… she passed on around this time... ahh, shut up! I'm not crying!Some time after all of that, K. Rool showed up again with some cheap knockoff version of Crocodile Isle, which had sunk a little while after the first time the big ape was rescued.This time, those gator goons stole DK's banana hoard again and their cold-blooded king was planning to blow up our island this time, not showing any mercy on anyone! Diddy and three other members of the clan were kidnapped (I'm starting to see a pattern here) and held hostage in different portions of the island. Of course, DK had to go out and save them this time because even I know how embarrassing it would be if he wasn't the star of his first self-titled 3D outing. Thankfully they all knocked out K. Rool and saved the island, but they couldn't have pulled it off without the special ability-enhancing potions I brewed up for them, and that Rareware coin I made them earn with thatJetpacgame! Those sneaky salamanders also had the nerve to steal an old arcade cabinet of my first game that Nintendo was nice enough to trade me for that oldKiller Instinctcabinet back at the Monkey Museum. They had the nerve to repurpose it into their own little mini game for the crew, particulary DK! At least they all got the chance to play a real game for once! Afterwards, I decided to help produce music video for the crew, which I can't believe how popular it managed to become. Later, I then got the idea to hold some auditions for my own game that was going to be released on thatDolphin consolethey were working on at the time, but it was eventually canned because I was just starting to feel my age again, the group that auditioned was just pathetic, and due to other circumstances beyond my control.Unfortunately, Rareware eventually had to leave the company after being bought by thatcomputer companyand while we would still have our fun, as well as wars with K. Rool and his crew, things weren't the same as they used to be. We still did some interesting stuff, likediscovering magic bongos,held Jungle Jam tournaments, quickly climb on pegs found throughout the island, andracing those rancid reptiles in rocket barrels. My grandson finally decided to actually prove himself by doing some training for once andventure off on his own for a while.Eventually,some living instruments hypnotized the animals and stole my dumb grandson's bananas again.He and his little buddy did some platforming stuff, while I converted my house into a flying shop to offer useful items.For a modest fee, of course.Then, just as we were settling down for DK's birthday,some blasted Arctic hooligans kicked us out of our home!I know I said that I wouldn't be caught dead playable in a newfangled game like this, but this wasmyisland andit was time I showed those horned whippersnappers a thing or two about invading an old ape's island.After getting the island back, I knew I had some strength left in me and I decided to finish up one last potion I had worked on! It turned me into an replica of my old arcade sprite! Around that time, I found out that the little damsel I kidnapped back in the day became the mayor of the city that the original game took place in,New Donk Cityas it's called now. It has changed a bit, the city looked more modernized and it looks like that old pie factory was shut down. Not only did the city showcase stuff from the events from the arcade days, but they even had some references to the Kremlings wars from back on DK Island. I decided to sneak into the city once its festival started, and to my surprise, Jumpman was there and some cheap sidekick that replaced his hat tagged along with him! I gave him one last challenge and I gave it my all, and even though he managed to knock me out, it felt amazing, just like old times! It was like I had warped back to the good old days!I've made several cameos in thoseSmash Bros.games, too. You can see me walking around my cabin in Jungle Japes in the second game. I even appeared in almost all of the later games representing my glory days in the 75m stage and a scribble drawing in that Pictochat 2 stage. My movement may have been limited, but it was fun smacking around the likes of my grandson and that "nephew" of his along with Jumpman, his scaredy-cat brother andthat knockoff who should lay off the garlic. Not to mention,that long-tongued newt,that green-haired hoity-toity goddess and that little bodyguard of hers,those pointy-eared twerps,that sparky yellow varmint, along withthat psychokinetic sideshow,that no hoper who didn't even bothercollecting my Hero Coins,those so-called arcade champs of the ninetiesand theiroffbrandcompetition,that little windup toy,the broomhead with the oversized toothpickandhis archnemesis, that so-called "One-Winged Angel",that Japanimation harlot with a sword and a case of split personality disorder, and evenol' dot muncher himself! I'd go on and list every single one of these wannabe fighters, but I'd probably fall asleep by the time I got tothat loudmouthed, birdbrained galoot. Trust me though, I got my eye on every single one of 'em!Wait! Wha.. Wussat? They got K. Rool in Smash?! Ah ha ha! I've been itching to get my mitts on him! And somehow against all odds,that dopey bear and that snarky birdgot in Smash as well and so did thatKeyblade boy! Eventually, I'll bring some real action and show them all who's the real champ, just you wait and see! In the meantime, maybe I can discuss with some of the fighters and assist trophies why we were all chosen forthat cheap cartoon from the late '80s that got almost everything wrong about us. At leastthat cartoon with the Crystal Coconut was more accurate!I also appear in acomputer-generated Jumpman movie, voiced byFred Armisen. It's fromthose computer guys who didthe one with little yellow marketable mooks who speak nonsensical jibber-jabber and somehow like bananasand distributed bythe film studiowho brought back the dinosaurs! And from what I've heard, it's infinitely better than Jumpman and his brother'sfirst venture into Hollywood. Up until thosecantankerousbirds,that yellow mouse, and even thatNo Hoper'sflicks,movies based on video gameswere seen as a joke and a tax burnoff. It was a nightmare. The directors and the executives that backed them knew next to nothing of the source materials and probably never touched a game themselves outside of Pong, if eventhat, and heaven help you if your series was chosen by thatknow-nothing clown. And wouldn't you know it, the new Jumpman film managed to hit 1 billion smackeroos at the box office despite the critics giving it a mediocre score of 59% on thattomato site. Further proof that those galoots really never touched a game.Just remember, Jumpman and DK may be the top bananas these days, but Nintendo, most of their competition, and the entire video game industry as a whole wouldn't be where it is today if it weren't for me! Now, I'm not in the mood to divulge any further on my past right now, so the rest of my tale will have to wait another day. Let's just get these tropes over and done with, alright?Tropes that apply to me:Abnormal Ammo: Those dentures sure have bite to them.Adaptational Job Change: In thatnewfangled Jumpman movie, I'm not that retired old coot you're looking at right now; I'm the king of the Jungle Kingdom! That's right, baby, after being anexpyof King Kong, now IamKing Kong (ora"king Kong", at any rate)!The Cameo:I may not appear in any of theDonkey Kong Landgames, but Wrinkly kept one of my old pictures in her refuge inDonkey Kong Land III.I remind you youngsters to "git gud," whenever you get aGame Overin theFan WorkFive Nights at Fuckboy's— pardon the French. I'm also aNintendo HardBonus Bossin the third one.Cane Fu: Think it's just for show? Guess again.Cool Old Guy: I may be old, but I still got a lot of fight left in me!Deadpan Snarker: Oh,really? I can't imagine why.Demoted to Extra: I played Swanky's Sideshow against those twerps Dixie and Kiddie inDonkey Kong Country 3... and who you calling "extra"?!Expy: My first game had me fill the role that Bluto, a maiden obsessed brute that was big, strong, antagonistic and rage-filled, was supposed to fill hadPopeyeand his friends got in. Of course, being an ape with the surname of "Kong",you can bet some comparisons were made with that!Now that I'm an old ape, I can't say I'm surprised that people compare me to that old cartoon starSlappy Squirrel.Grumpy Old Man: Who you calling "grumpy", you disrespectful hooligans?!He Knows About Timed Hits: Someone told me that if you hold down the Y Button inDonkey Kong Country, you can run!Hidden Depths: I may not look like it, but I've got apretty good singing voice.But not good enough for those chumps over at Nintendo to bother putting in their games, apparently.Hint System: InDonkey Kong Country, I'd give myno good grandsonsome advice as to how to get extra lives and discover some secrets. I know I got lazy and didn't give him tips past the first area on the island, but that changed that with Diddy and Dixie inDonkey Kong Country 2, for a fee of course.Mad Scientist: I was concocting potions inDonkey Kong 64!Wait… who you calling "mad"?!We used to respect our elders back in my day!Mighty Glacier: Sure, I'm not as spry as I used to be, but inDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, I'll bring plenty of attacks in!Nostalgia Filter: You whippersnappers don't know how good we had it back in my day! Our video game controllers weren't battery-powered — they plugged right into the console. And we liked it that way! Andwe didn't need the game to explain to us how it worked.That's what instruction manuals are for!Promoted to Playable: So you think I'm all talk, eh? Well, ignoreDonkey Kong Barrel Blastand go playDonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freezeand see how you'll think of me then!Retired Badass: You young'uns probably don't know this, but I was the original Donkey Kong in the arcade games.Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!!: Hah-hah, You better believe it! It's you kids who really need to learn to be polite! Why in my day…This Cannot Be!: I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw those young'uns get over 2000 points on myJetpacgame!You Know What They Say: "…all graphics and no game play!"I could tell you yarns about the old days all day long, but I'm getting tired. Gotta get my rest.Make sure to shut the gate on your way out. Were you raised in a barn?


"Let's get this party started!"(For maximum stylish points read this page in the voice ofReuben Langdon(English) orToshiyuki Morikawa(Japanese))Oh hey, how are ya? Nature calls? It's in the back....Wait, you came here intentionally? Oh. All right then. Welcome to Devil May Cry. Have a seat, put your feet up, relax a little. Want some pizza? Yeah, I know it's hours old, I'm too lazy to order more. What? Yeah of course I know the phone is within arm's reach, what's your point? Anyway, I was havin a nice nap, doing R-rated things to the girls in my dreams before yourudelybarged in here, but I don't hold that against you. You don't smell like a demon to me, so either you're a client or...Hmm, what's that? An interview? You want to know all about me frommyperspective? Can I get paid for this? In case you didn't know, I'm up to my ears in debt. Free? Aw, c'mon! Well okay, but just because I like ya. Besides, I got nothin' better to do.Okay so, here's how it goes, I'm the son of a big shot demon named Sparda who once saved human kind. My mom was a nice lady, could barely harm a fly; She was human after all. Well, after dear old dad bit the dust, the demons took revenge on my mom, leaving me and my brother Vergil to be orphans. I stuck to my guns and made something of myself. Vergil... let's not talk about him.What? I have to? *sighs* Fine. Well, Vergil turned evil and decided he wanted to destroy all humans. Don't ask me why, doesn't really make sense to me either. And anyway,he's not around anymore. Sure, Nero kinda suggests otherwise, but, eh, too lazy to look into it. The less I gotta deal with that guy the better, even if I sorta had to team up with himmore than once.So early in my career, Vergil got in my way and I fought him and a bunch of demons through a gigantic tower. I met a feisty young gal I call Lady. Yeah, I know her real name is Mary, but whatever. I met Trish years later, a demon created by Mundus that lookswaytoo much like my mom for my liking. She also dragged me into doing battle with Mundus, originally trying to get me killed, but eventually had a change of heart.And after that, I had a slew of adventures, dragging around a little girl in the process. Not the best party I've been to, but hey,at least it was betterthan the sequel to my first game. I like to pretend that was all a fever dream. Life's too short for you to go around like you've got a stick up your ass.But that did happen, and I was asked by some red-haired girl to come to the island of Vie de Marli, stop some bad guy from summoning a powerful demon... the less said about that, the better, m'kay? I've been kinda moody throughout that whole ordeal. Call it my "blue period".And after my adventures, I met Nero and fought the Savior. That about does it for myhome series. I've hada fewotherappearancesnoteI Finally got in thatnew one with crazy magic space rocks. Bad news is that I got my ass handed to me by a batshit insane killer robot (and they also put inyou-know-whoas an extra outfit, but we'll get to him in a second).in otherplaces, some more prominentthan others. But those are some crazy stories, too crazy to talk about at length in full-detail when I'm not getting paid. And let's not even talk aboutDmC: Devil May Cry, featuring that other version of yours truly, the one whoused to have black hair.Don't even get me started on the state of it being areboot, or it being aretellingof how me and Vergil had our little falling out.Retelling seems like the best bet, anyway, kid does have style though, evenifhe's a long way to go before he becomesanywhereas cool as me.Sorry to disappoint but I don't meet the qualifications to join Ryu and Megaman in thatcrazy contestso you'll have to make do with a costume for your Mii Swordfighter.Oh, you've come to hear aboutmy latest escapades? It's a long damn story, but in short,some guy ripped Nero's arm off, and a demon lord named Urizen showed up in the city I was born in, with some ugly bloodsucking tree. He kicked my ass pretty hard, so hard that I took a month-long nap because he broke Rebellion. Rest in piece, buddy. Thankfully, Nero and that V guy held the line until yours truly came to. Eventually I found my old home and finally figured out what I was running away from all this time, and that revelation allowed me to take my real form. I kicked that demon's ass, but it turns out V and that freak were two halves of one being, and that being was none other than my long-dead brother Vergil. Along with my darling bro coming back to life, I let it slip that he's also the kid's dad. Crazy, huh? He came back, but I wasn't in the mood for a heartwarming family reunion. We clashed at the top of the tree, ready to rip each other apart to kingdom come, until Nero showed up to settle the score with his old man. Once he got satisfied, we took off to the Underworld to cut down the tree, but since we weren't in a rush, V and I decided totake a vacation there. No bills to pay, no nagging from girls... that's a free man's life.And, well, that brings us to today and this so-called interview. What, I'm being pretty vague and skipping over a lot of details? Well, what more do ya want? You clearly know my place of business and my trade, and I just blew the family secret that I'm a half-demon to some big shot. What? You want me to list a bunch of tropes about myself? Well, all right, but only cause you asked nicely.Oh yeah, did you know that in apast lifeI was an armored dragonfly superhero?Seems me an' Joe have a lot more in common than I thought.Keepin' it stylish!The Ace: Hey, I can't help it if I'm just better than Nero at everything.Alas, Poor Villain: Vergil might be a pain in the ass, but he's still my brother.Always Identical Twins: If I was wearing blue and combed my hair back, you'd be unable to tell the difference between Vergil and me. ...Put that comb down.I like my hair the way it is.Ancestral Weapon: I got my sword from dear old dad. Honestly, wish I had a father instead of a sword, but hey, this thing's saved my life at least once, which is more than pops ever did.Angels Pose: I did this with Trish and Lady once.Angsty Surviving Twin: Heh, can't get anything past you, can I?Annoying Younger Sibling: Only cause Vergil is aBig Brother Bully, so it balances out, I'd say.Anti-Hero: I'm pretty much a more laid back, moral version ofthat other red-clad lunatic.Arm Cannon:Picked up the Nightmare-Beta on Mallet Isle. Drains my Devil Trigger power but the results are worth it.My Devil Trigger form in my second game had me armed with one of these.Armor Is Useless: And you wonder why it's just the coat and leather.Badass Biker: Issac Newton's crying in his grave somewhere. What can I say?I'm just too cool for gravity. And lately I've got a really sweet bike that can turn into two chainsaw... things. What can I say? I love it when a thing has more than one use.Badass Crew: Trish and Lady work part time for the Devil May Cry agency. When we work together Iguesswe fit the criteria for this one.Badass Fingersnap: Watch me switch to Gunslinger style in my fourth game from an idle position and prepare to be amazed.Badass Longcoat: It's my favorite jacket. Gives me an image people can easily attach to a name, drums up business for the agency you know. And it looks amazing.Back-to-Back Badasses: I did this with Lady during the adventure I met her and with Vergil during that rare time we teamed up.Bag of Spilling: Hey, you try carrying as many weapons as I've acquired over the years and figure out where you're gonna put it all. Besides, sometimes using them just isn't my style. Thatkid with the talking yellow squirrel keeps hitting theReset Buttonon his team, I can do the same for my equipment. Truth be told, I usually sell my trinkets off, so maybe I've got an offer just for you. Or I just let Enzo hang on to 'em.Battle in the Rain:How my first meeting/battle with Vergil goes in my third game.You probably can't tell in that HD version but my last fight with good ol' Griffon on Mallet Island took place in a big downpour, too.Big Good: Well, if you think of Nero as the protagonist in the fourth game, then this would be my role in it.Blood Knight: Not the best example since I was having a rough day, but..."Well bring it on! I love this! This is what I live for! I'm absolutelycrazyabout it!" (cueCheshire Cat Grin)That said, I love a good fight. It runs in the family.Boring, but Practical: Pandora's flashy with all of her combinations, but some just work well more than others, even if they're not that stylish.Rebellion and Ebony & Ivory fit here too. I usually start my adventures with them, and while they aren't as flashy as the rest of my arsenal (relatively), they're still pretty good for kicking ass. Especially if I specialize into Swordmaster or Gunslinger!Bottomless Magazines: Because I have demonic powers, I never have to reload.Yes, this includes the times I've used shotguns and rocket launchers.Bring My Red Jacket: It's so bad guys can't see me bleed.Broken Ace: Hey, being forced to kill a crap ton of demons that are after you just because of your old man since I was a kid doesn't exactly count as a normal childhood. That ended the day my mom died and I was separated from my twin brother.Butt-Monkey: Yeah, yeah Patty really laid into me,didn't she?Cain and Abel: Vergil's the Cain, I'm the Abel.The Cameo: We talked about these already didn't we? Oh well, no harm in reminiscing.TheDMC2version of memakes an appearancein theUpdated Re-releaseofShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.TheDMC1version is playable as aSecret Characterin the PS2 port ofViewtiful Joe.TheDMC3version is a playable fighter inMarvel vs. Capcom 3andMarvel vs. Capcom: Infinite.The anime version is a playable character inProject × Zoneand its sequel.TheDMC4version is a playable character inTeppen (2019).Catchphrase: "Jackpot!" I always use it to end my assignments."Devils never cry", but I use it sparingly.Celibate Hero: I love ladies, don't get me wrong, but I've got my reasons not to pursue any deep relationships. Being perennially broke is one of them.Character Development/Hidden Depths: While I'm always the snarky guy that ladies love that you want to invite to parties, I've matured a great deal since I first opened up this shop. I'm also a really good guitar player and a music aficionado, not that you could tell by looking at me.Character Exaggeration: What? I wanted to look good to all the good little boys and girls when I went from3Dtopastel colors.Characterization Marches On: And apparently whoever handles PR for me decided even Trish and Lady should keep their behaviors for our fourth game.Charged Attack: Things get pretty crazy if I decide to charge up my melee based weapons. Even some of my guns get in on the fun!Chekhov's Gun: I've got plenty, but my half of the perfect amulet and my magic coin strike me as the most well-known examples.Chick Magnet: What can I say? The ladies love a man with talent.Cluster F-Bomb: Well look, just because I can swear doesn't mean I like to abuse 'em. If you want me but a sailor,Other Me's that-a way.Conspicuous Gloves: Fingerless gloves, that's right. And unlike acertain cowboy'smine are just flat out awesome.The Collector of the Strange: Take a good look at this office, kid. Everything in here has a story. ...Nah, I'm just messing with ya. It's all for aesthetics. I bought most of it myself.Combat Pragmatist: From everyone else's viewpoint, especially Vergil's. Using firearms may be considered a low blow but they've gotten me out a few tight spots. And frankly, considering all the demons I go up against, I'd be nuts NOT to be this.Cool Guns: *twirls gun* Ebony and Ivory, never leave home without 'em. It'd be like forgetting your car keys. And of course there's all the wacky armaments I pick up on my journeys. Did I ever tell you about the Nightmare-Beta for one thing?Cool Sword: Even among swords of its type, my sword is pretty sweet, I admit.Cool Uncle: This is how my relationship with Nero has been as of late. Now if only I could get him to work up the money to get a ring for that girl of his.Cutscene Power to the Max: I slaughter enemies with no effort normally, but my version between gameplay events is possibly the coolest, most invincible badass ever, dodging missiles, shrugging off horrific injuries, and killing massive enemies with single attacks.Dark Is Not Evil: Hey, I might not look it at first, but I'm a pretty nice guy once you get to know me.Desperation Attack: My Devil Trigger Majin form acts as this when I'mreallyin a pinch.Deuteragonist: I share the spotlight with Nero in my fourth and fifth adventures and Lucia in my first game's sequel. Those stories were more personal to them.Diving Save: I did this for Trish to save her from falling debris inthe aftermath of Nightmare's defeat.Does Not Like Spam: Hope you don't mind if I have a quick slice before we contin- Olives? Are you kidding me? I tell them every time, no olives!Double Entendre:My interaction with Nevanandacquisition of Lucifer.I regret nothing.Et Tu, Brute?: How I felt when I learned that Trish was created by Mundus to kill me.Experienced Protagonist: No matter the game, it's never my real first rodeo. I've already got something akin to experience under my belt.Expy: What? What do you mean I resemble thatdog-eared kid? I look nothing like him. And whoo, if I smelled like that, I'd kick myself out of my own house. Heck, if his girlfriend had brought in some firearms, we would've been spared 500+ chapters of headaches. We do have at least something in common: dealing with older brothers that have something shoved up their butts. And wouldn't you know it, Vergil has a kid and so do the Dog Brothers. Hey don't look at me, I'm not ready to settle down anytime soon. Haven't you seen theCelibate Heroentry above?I do favor more with thatVash dude.Cool coat and gun, by the way. Unfortunately, he too has a brother with a dim, grim, and contemptible view of humans.The actual inspiration for me is this dude namedCobra. And no he's not thathooded kook trying (and failing) to take over the world. He's cool cat from a time where male anime protagonists weren't neurotic messes.Fountain of Expies: Ironically, I've gotten several imitators over the years:Thequietcowboy assassinwith the backpack casket emphasized more on shooting than using a sword.Gene. The brawler doubles as an expy toto the head exploding Bruce Lee wannabe. The boys at Capcom would later take notes and base Nero partially off the former. How ironic. Oh, and it's awesome that he gets to use God's right arm to spank demon women!Bayonetta and Jeanneare bothGender Flipexamples. Those ladies are snarkers that both fight with swords and guns, taunt their enemies, and the latter even has white hair and dresses in red like me! She's stealin' my looks! The only differences is that they are witches that fight angels.noteThey fight both demons and angels in the sequel.I gotta enough problems with demons, I don't need angels bothering me. Not that I couldn't handle it of course. Hey, maybe Bayo can send me an invite to that "fight club" she's a part of?That stripperific zombie fighting gamehas another gender flip example named Kagura. She's a copy of myDMC3incarnation. AHalf-Human Hybrid(Dhampyrin this case) that's young, snarky, taunts, and likes to show off. You'd never catch me in a thong though. Oh man, the younger me would havelovedmeeting her! It's better than first meeting a chick who shoots ya in the head!Wonder Blue, he's like me inSuper SentaiorPower Rangersform. Though he wears his color well, I'll stick with the classic red. The funny thing is that his leader, Wonder Red, is based off my old pal,Joe. Somebody must miss us.That Travis guylikes red coats too, but he carries alightsaberfor some reason. He even has a twin brother who fights him, but apparently Travis is supposed to the dumbass between the two of them. Not that I haven't been a dumbass, but my brother is a more dangerous one.Fakin' MacGuffin:"A false coin, for a false god."Final Boss: Oh, you think since I'm the main protagonist, I can't be a final boss? On that you're mistaken, since inVergil's journey I hand him out some serious whoop-ass at the top of that tree. That's the way Sparda's boys settle their scores.Let me tell you, you're going to break some controllers trying to beat me.Finger-Twitching Revival: The end result of "acquiring" Alastor. I shrugged it off like a bug bite.However, in my third game, Vergil saw my fingers twitchand then stabbed me again.Firing One-Handed: Because I'm awesome that way. OrMaybe it's the demon blood in me.Foil: To my brother Virgil. Don't get me wrong, we're twins so we have a bit in common, but he wears blue, I wear red (our old man wore purple so it's pretty symbolic). He's quiet and reserved, I'm loud and boistrous, he wears his hair back, I let it slide down. If ya pay attention to how we speak, especially inDMC 3you'll notice I basically translate his dork speech into something way simpler and cooler. Kinda like aSophisticated as Hellto contrast hisWicked Culturededge he's alwayssoeager to show off.Virgil:It's time for the clown to bow out, Arkham.Me:Dude, the show's over!Gangsta Style: The only stylish way to fire off sweet guns like these. And baby, I ain't talking about the ones resting on my arms.Good is Not Nice: Gimme a break! Ijustbought the agency and the whole thing collapsed! I was willing to take Arkham's job if it paid well. Besides, chicks liked the arrogant, cocky me. I've still got shades of it now that I'm older, but that's just cause some things never change. Although I guess I am...what's the word for it...altruistic now?Good Thing You Can Heal: I would be dead several times over if I didn't have the ability to heal my own wounds.Gosh Dang It to Heck!: All right,you got me. But you try coming up with witty one-liners on the fly.Not every single one of them is going to be prime time stand-up comedy material. I leave most of the F-bombs to Nero.I start swearing properly come my fifth major adventure, though.Guest Fighter: I ended up rolling with the Demi-Fiend inShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturnefor a little while.Heads or Tails?: I pulled this stunt in my second game using my coin to determine whether or not I would help Lucia and Matier, most notably when deciding who between Lucia and me willgo into Demon World and slay the recently-revived devil king Argosax and most likely be trapped there for eternity. Of course, Lucia doesn't notice until the epilogue that it's atrick coin, which is useful inscrewing over Arius big time. I actually keep pulling this shtick during mydazzling appearanceinShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. Savvy players can actuallyrecruit me for only one Macca if they know about my trick coin.Healing Factor: I've been shot in the head, impaled in five different places, including the chest...a lot. But look, no scars. Must be our health care system.Hero Antagonist: Probably what Nero saw me as for the first half of his debut adventure.Hidden Depths: You wouldn't suspect it, but I actually like to quoteShakespearefrom time to time. ...What?A guy can't enjoy a good english playand read Playboy?"And the rest is silence."Hired Guns: My job. I work for cash. Puts food on the table... and unfortunately very little else.Human-Demon Hybrid: Well Iam1/2 demon, 1/2 human. But I'mallman, ladies.Hunter of His Own Kind: It's what my dad would have wanted: protect humans, punish demons.Hyperspace Arsenal: I acquire a variety of giant guns and swords in every game, but you never me carry anything other than what is currently equipped. Maybe I'm a magician, or maybe I picked up a thing or two from thatnice-looking red head from that country with the talking, flying cats.Iaijutsu Practitioner: I can pull off some tricks from Vergil's book, like that time I had to save Fortuna by destroying the Hell Gate and fighting the so-called Savior.Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: You know, I'd probably make more money if I had a ten spot for every time this happened to me.And now that I've got my own Devil Arm, it's become an everyday occurance. Booooring.Implacable Man: Let's just say I'm far,farmore impressive when you're watching methan when you're controlling me.Immune to Flinching: When I activate my Majin form, there isn't a thing that can stop me. Pray I don't have to use it on you. Youarehuman, right?Impossibly Cool Weapon: Oh-ho, where to start? During years of kicking demon butt I've got my hands on some nice stuff:Nevan, she's one sweet babe... oh, and she's also a literal electric guitar that shoots bats. It's always good to have a lady in my hands.I've also got this briefcase, Pandora, during my ordeal at Fortuna. Heard it has 666 different forms, but I never bothered trying them all out.One of my latest toys is a demonic motorbike named Cavaliere that can turn into two chainsaw weapons. You look stylish riding it, you look stylish shredding demons with it, so it's an S in my book.Also I've got ahat... not just a regular one, but a weapon of mass destruction in a shape of hat, goes by the name "Dr. Faust". It absorbs Red Orbs as some sort of "mana", and boy, it has some nice uses. Firing Red Orb shards like bullets? No problem. Dropping Red Orb meteorites at whatever that's in my way? You got it.Eat your heart out, Italian plumber. Plus, it makes me look like a gunslinger from the Wild West,scarf and all, and I got to show off them sweet moves I've got, so the lesson is... gotta wear hats more often.I Shall Taunt You: This is my bread and butter outside of my slicey-choppy skills. What can I say, it's nice to see my enemies get mad when I have fun screwing with them.It Was a Gift: Rebellion and my half of the perfect amulet were gifted to me by good ol' dad and my mom respectively.Jerkass Has a Point: Iwaspretty harsh to Trish when she stabbed me in the back and turned out to be working for Mundus, but thankfullymy words got to her.Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Hey, I might be a walking, talking pain in the ass, but I'm a nice guy. Here, I'll prove it: We'll go down to the pizza parlor, on the house. Oh...wait...uhhh, raincheck on that. I'm behind on the mortgage this month.Just Toying with Them: Consider this, no matter the situation, I'm rarely serious. Most of the stuff you struggle with I could dowithout your help much easier. However, evenIknowwhen the chips gotta go down and the grins and banter gotta go away. Once that happens, all bets are off and not only are ya gonna have a bad time, but likely I am too.Kamehame Hadoken: You know, being able toOne-Hit Killeverything wit a massive laser from myMajinDevil Triggerform takes the fun out of a good scuffle, but dammit if it's not awesome.Large Ham:I think this just about covers it. Oh, heymore Shakespeare.Le Parkour: Nothing says parkour likemidair jumping and teleportingaside,dashing in and out of tight spots, running up walls,using enemies as springboards, and flipping through the air in a way that'd make even some of the most hardcore gymnasts fall and break their necks.Let's Get Dangerous!: Nero, Nero, Nero, you should've known better than toactuallymake me try. Mundus also learned the hard way what happens when you legitimately tick me off.Lightning Bruiser: Fast, agile, and I hit like a runaway ice cream truck. Bottom line, I know my moves better than you do.Living Legend: Let's just say defeating and sealing away Mundus gave me a bit of a claim to fame and leave it at that.Lured into a Trap: I got baited by Trish into Mundus' trap. I made him pay for that dearly.Major Injury Underreaction: Like I said, I shrug off impalement like a really bad itch and nothing more.Manly Tears: What? Come on! Someone likemeshed some tears? It's just the rain. Don't overthink it.Well...okay, I guess evenIcracked a little when Trish died, but shhhhhhhh, just between us all right?Meaningful Rename: What're you talking about? The store's always been called Devil May Cry.It's never been renamed, not once...okay look, she asked me to change it back to Devil May Cry since she didn't wanna always be seen as the co-owner of it. Happy?Mirror Boss:Dark Link ain't got nothing on me.Isn't that right?I've also had to deal with a few of these, like Vergil or that knockoff Doppelganger.The Musketeer: Well...I guess Itechnicallyqualify.Mr. Fanservice: Well, it's not likeI ever wear a shirtin my third game.The Nose Knows: I smelled that giant, ugly frog from a mile away, but well, with a lurelike thatI just had to humor him. What was it I said again? Oh right:"You can hide that body. But thatsmell, woo!"No-Sell: I let Nero think he'd beaten me within an inch of my life, even let him impale me with my own sword.I'm used to itby now. Of course, everyone watching at home knew better. So, it didn't come as a huge shock when I managed to pull out the blade like a harmless splinter and subsequently made my escape.Odd Friendship: He can be an odd little squirt but ol'Joeand I get on real well actually. Probably because me showing up in his games. We were also in that bigcomic book throwdownand we're still cool.Oedipus Complex:Sorry, no Greek tragedies playing out today.Older and Wiser: Should I grow a beard to prove it? I dunno, I think the5 o' clock shadowdoes enough.Orphan's Plot Trinket: My half of thePerfect Amulet.Painful Transformation: My (chronologically) firstDevil Triggertransformation. And keep in mind, I get impaled on a regular basis. So imagine what that probably felt like.Papa Wolf: As a babysitter for Patty. I also don't like seeing people attack my nephew.Parental Abandonment:Leeeeeeet's not talk about this, mmkay?Patrick Stewart Speech: It's true, humans are weak, but hey we've got much better qualities to make up for it. And you find me a demon that makes good pizza and strawberry sundaes.Peek A Bangs: You may not have noticed, but my hair is actually usually combed this way. What? Good side? They're both equally amazing, that's why you hardly noticed.Perma-Stubble: I grow some in my fifth escapade. And like everything else I do, I make it work stylishly. One time I make fun of this by shaving it... with a captiveand still spinningbladed demon. Dangerous? Sure. Convenient? You betcha!Perpetual Poverty: Hey, now that's rude, don't ya think? But yeah, I own it, I'm in some large debts all the time and have the bills coming in. Can't a guy get a break? Those utility people are worse than demons, seriously.Physical God: Huh? Am I?Guess I never noticed the body count I've been piling up lately that would qualify me for this.Polar Opposite Twins: Vergil and I are like night and day, summer and winter, peanut butter and pickles... maybe not that last one quite so much.Poor Communication Kills:Lady didn't like it very muchwhen I made it sound like I was her father's killer. To be fair, I don't thinkthe real culpritwould've been quite so... patient with her.Possession Implies Mastery: What can I say? Weapons are like women: You just gotta know how to treat them right and communicate with their body in the right way to make 'em do what you want.Power Gives You Wings: Sometimes *nodding* sometimes, most notably in my Majin form.And Sin Devil Trigger gives me some too.Power Makes Your Voice Deep: While using my Devil Trigger Majin Form, you should hear how low my pitch drops.Sin Devil Trigger, too.Practical Taunt: The taunts ain't just for show! I get more Devil Trigger, and my style stays longer or goes higher. Nothing is more cool than taunting a demon before laying the smack down on it.Purple Is Powerful: The fire blasts, body energy and overall color theme for my Majin Form DT are a mix of Black and Purple, its power of course is ridiculously strong, making my Sparda DT form look normal in comparison.Razor-Sharp Hand: I wrecked an entire slab of stone while using Gilgamesh for the first time. Did I mention it started withBruce Lee's one-inch punch?"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Pretty much what I said to Trish when I first found out her true nature:"Don't come any closer, you devil! You may look like my mother but you're nowhere close to her. You have no soul! You have the face but you'll never have her fire!"Red Eyes, Take Warning: In my first game,after Mundus killed Trish, my eyes did thered, glowing thingand I even got a spiffy battle aura.I dropped the wisecracks, summed up aDeath GlareandaShut Up, Hannibal!moment before awakening to mymy Sparda Devil Trigger form. And thenMundus had a really bad day.My Sin Devil Trigger is arguably even scarier.Refuge in Audacity: The more brazen stunts I pull, the less my opponents expect it. For instance: need to kill the leader of an order of holy knightswith demonic powers? Show up during one of his sermons andcap him in the face.Also, one time I droveupa tower on my motorcycle. And then I used said motorcycle to beat the crap out of some demons.Relatedly, that Cavaliere weapon I mentioned earlier? Yeah, it functions as a fully working motorcycle when I'm not using it to crush and slash poor saps.Rejected Apology: I didn't let Trish off easy after she betrayed me in my first game.Rocket Ride: Okay, how could I not jump on the missile Lady fired at me and ride it like a surfboard? It was begging to be done.And it seems like Nero took after me the next time we teamed up with that cyber arm of his... must admit, it's pretty neat.Rogue Protagonist: What, you thought I was a bad guy when I showed up and killed that preacher in front of his clergy? True, it seemed like I've gone off the deep end, but I had my reasons. Too bad the kid didn't know about this at first.Running Gag: Oh, gee, I don't know, maybe this hassomething to do with how often my own sword gets sheathed in my chest?Sarcastic Clapping: I do this this after seeingSanctus unleash The Savior after Agnus opens the Hellgate to Demon World.Save the Villain: I tried to save Vergil, but he rejected my offer so he could stay in the demon world. Selfish to the end as little imps sing him to his rest.I had more success in my fifth game, with a little help from my nephew...okay, a lot of help. What? I was having a rough day.Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: I'm living in debt, but I'm notthatdesperate for cash. I want a job that's fun and doesn't compromise my morals, hear me?Shirtless Scene: Even going beyond how my coat's open the entire game, I'm not evenwearingit when demons attack my shop at the beginning of the third game.Shout-Out: Apparently my personality is based off of the titular character ofSpace Adventure Cobra.Showy Invincible Hero: Like I said,hardly take anything seriously.Shut Up, Hannibal!: At least two; one to Mundus at the end of the first game, and another to Arius in2after my second fight with him. The second case is more flashy, as it was aShut Up, Hannibal!performed withbullets.Okay three. Aaaaaaand action:Trismagia:"The Son of Sparda. You must repent your sins!"Me:"Don't speak,just die!"Sins of Our Fathers: Okay, dad, if you can hear me, can you give me a small request and make mestopcleaning up your messes?Skyward Scream: Oh man, do I have to talk about this? *sigh* Yeah, I'm never living this one down:Me:[after I thought Trish died]I should have been the one to fill your dark soul withLIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!Smug Super: What can I say? Experience has tempered me so there's very little that can actually give me a hard time.Sophisticated as Hell: What, just 'cause I like killing demons and defying physics with howawesomely stylishI am, I can't pick up a good book and have a li'l philosophy on the side? My brother's not the only one who can talk like he just completed an audiobook of Macbeth, you know! Besides, chicks dig a guy with class.Super Mode: Devil Trigger, plain and simple.Then I got freakin' Sin Devil Trigger, and hoo boy, does it feel like I become a godslayer when that's in play.Taunt Button: With the exception of2, all of my games have one.Tell Me About My Father: I really don't care about my dad's exploits. He's dead, I'm alive, and I've got my own bills to pay and worries to ponder.Throwing Your Sword Always Works: My Round Trip technique turns good ol' Rebellion into aPrecision-Guided Boomerang. Atta girl, always comes right back to her master where she belongs.Time to Unlock More True Potential: Majin Devil Trigger. Let's just saySuper Saiyansand I have a lot in common after that became a thing. And thenSin Devil Trigger. I'm full of surprises.Too Many Belts: I don't have as many as say,that kid running around with the giant key, but they don't call me stylish for nothing.Trademark Favorite Food: Pizza! As well as strawberry sundaes in the anime, original novels, and inProject × Zone.Trash Talk: I'd love to have a battle of wits with you right now actually... but you appear unarmed.Trickster Mentor: I guess I'm this way to Nero, but you'd have to squint to see it. Of course, by the end of that adventure I'm less this and more aBig Brother Mentor. I guess part of me is trying to do what Vergil can't anymore.The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny:In this one webshow, I got called to take out this witch calling herselfBayonetta. Quite the looker, but every rose has her thorns, right?Thorns that, sadly for her, didn't earn her a victory against me. Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to Trish and that Jeanne girl during that fight? Something tells me Trish ain't gonna be happy with me.... How come I never meet any nice girls?What Measure Is a Non-Human?: To put it simply,it doesn't matter to me what your genes are, but how you feel. In the anime, I actually called off a hit I was hired to do on a demon because he wanted to live like a human. By contrast, I'll also kill a human if I think there's nothing redeemable about them and they're just as bad as any one of the fodder I have to cut or shoot on a regular basis.Who You Gonna Call?:Certainly not the guys in the brown suits with the proton packs. Let them handle the incorporeal. I got me a date with the underworld and all of their ilk like it's a bad day at a company picnic with the CEO's extended family... in the south.Willfully Weak: Icoulddestroy everything around me with the demonic blood boiling inside me, but there's just something about cutting a demon's head off, batting it with my sword and launching it via cannonball effect at the enemies coming at me like a group of bowling pins that make an adventure so much more entertaining.The Worf Effect:Urizen's got me pretty bad, didn't he? Destroyed Rebellion and kicked my ass so hard I went into a coma, but after I woke up and unlocked my true potential, I managed to turn the tables on him.Would Hit a Girl: I've fought Lady and Trish in certain circumstances and don't even get me started on Nevan and Echidna. In fact, I think a quote of mine from that time I tangled with thoseguys in costumeput it nicely:"How come I never meet any nice girls?"You Remind Me of X: Could everyone please stop comparing me to my dad? Enough's enough already. I'm me!Huh? Interview's over? All right. See ya, then. (puts magazine over face and leans back in chair with feet up on the desk) Just don't break the door on the way out.