Simon Belmont

Simon Belmont, also known as Simon Belmondo and Peter Dante, is one of the main protagonists from the Castlevania series.
== Charactah Account ==
At first, Simon's purpose is simple: Fulfill his family's legacy by entering Dracula's castle and defeating him. He did so. But, Dracula, in his dying breath, gave him a curse that would slowly kill him. He didn't count on Simon's badass qualities, though, so despite being cursed, Simon travels around Transylvania and collects Dracula's body parts so he can revive and destroy him, ending the curse.
Simon is rather brash and inclined to force his way through situations. He is ridiculously polite and modest to everyone in Grimoire of Souls. Charlotte even notes that Simon is often thought of as the most noble of the Belmonts.
Armed with naught but a magical whip and a few subweapons, he defeats Dracula twice, by himself. Let it be known: Simon Belmont doesn't need silly things like jump physics, item crashes, massive inventories, or RPG Elements to kick your ass.
== Appearance ==
=== Cartoons ===
* Captain N: The Game Master
* Captain N: The Game Master Season 2
* Captain N: The Game Master Season 3
=== Video Games ===
* Akumajo Dracula: Grimoire of Souls
* Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection
* Battle Tryst
* Brawlhalla
* Castlevania
* Castlevania Anniversary Collection
* Castlevania Chronicles
* Castlevania II: Simon's Quest
* Castlevania Judgement
* Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls
* Castlevania: Harmony of Despair
* Castlevania: Harmony of Dissocance
* Castlevania: Lord of Shadow - Mirror of Fate
* Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
* Dream Mix TV World Fighters
* Ganbare Goemon 2
* Hai no Majutsushi
* Haunted Castle
* Keyboardmania 2ndMIX
* Keyboardmania II: 2ndMIX and 3rdMIX
* Krazy Kart Racing
* Konami Classics Vol. 1
* Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra
* Konami Wai Wai World
* New International Track & Field
* Super Bomberman R
* Super Castlevania IV
* Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
* Vampire Killer
* Wai Wai World 2: SOS Parsley-jou!
== Trivia ==
* According to a statement made by the head director of the three Famicom Castlevania games, Hitoshi Akamatsu, the inclusion of the whip as Simon's weapon of choice is a reference to Indiana Jones.
* Simon was originally planned to be named "Peter Dante".
* Castlevania Judgment, for Nintendo's Wii, marks Simon's third appearance in a 3D fighting game, after his bouts in Battle Tryst and DreamMix TV: World Fighters. Like many of the other playable characters, Simon is also able to use his traditional sub-weapons in the game.
** Keith Silverstein, Simon's English voice actor, also did the voice of Albus in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.
* The original concept behind the 2010 series reboot Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was to remake the original Castlevania starring Simon. While this idea was ultimately not followed through, Lords of Shadow's protagonist, Gabriel Belmont, wears armor which is reminiscent of Simon's artwork and sprite from Simon's Quest (confirmed in an interview by developer David Cox). This is presumably a reference to Gabriel being the first main character of a new Castlevania series, as Simon was of the original franchise.
** Simon Belmont's sprite also appears in Lords of Shadow after enabling Cheat mode. The sprite copies Gabriel's movements.
* Simon Belmont was the initial protagonist of Paul Anderson's original script for Castlevania: The Movie. Several rewrites of this script took place and it's not known if he was still planned to make an appearance in the final cut. The project was ultimately canceled.
* At the end of the original Castlevania, the name listed in the credits under "The Hero" is Simon Belmondo, while in Simon's Quest it is consistently Simon Belmont.
* Simon Belmont's interaction with Genya Arikado in Grimoire of Souls is technically the only time that he and Alucard directly interacted with each other canonically, as Simon and Alucard had previously interacted in Captain N: The Game Master.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Simon Belmont at Castlevania Wiki
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