Dante (DmC)

Dante, also known as Son of Sparda, is the main protagonist of the DmC: Devil May Cry series.
== Charactah Account ==
Dante is the son of a demon named Sparda and an angel named Eva. Dante grew up in various institutions, orphanages, youth correction facilities, and foster homes, but these were mostly operated by demons, and often resulted in torture and violence. Now he fights to rid the city of tyranny.
Dante is very rebellious towards authority figures but laid-back to anyone else. Living on the periphery of society and caught between two worlds, he feels like an outcast. Young and angry, but with a quick wit and black humor, he is disaffected and disassociated with society, and seemingly quite apathetic. He has no fear, and no respect for authority, especially not the demonic authority that runs the world in which he lives. He has no qualms with engaging in debauchery and other hedonistic acts, mostly because he believes he won't be around for too much longer, because of all the demons constantly breathing down his neck.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* DmC: Devil May Cry - The Chronicles of Vergil
=== Video Games ===
* DmC: Devil May Cry
* Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale
== Trivia ==
* When Dante performs his Richoshot, his pose closely resembles one that both the classic Dante and Viewtiful Joe use in the Devil May Cry artwork and the Viewtiful Joe series, albeit less exaggerated.
* In different shots and instances of his Devil Trigger, his hair turns white and his coat wholly red, making him resemble his original version.
* In addition during the first mission, a white long-haired wig gets blown on Dante, giving him a striking resemblance to the Dante from games past. After looking at his reflection for a few seconds says "Not in a million years". Ironically, he later gains white hair for his Devil Trigger, which becomes permanent when Limbo merges with the real world.
** Although this was supposed to be foreshadowing to his hair eventually turning white permanently, this scene was infamous in the DMC Community as many saw this as a jab towards the original Dante's design.
* The Union Jack patch on the arm of Dante's coat is a small nod to the fact Ninja Theory are based in UK. The label is instead Italian as a hint to the Italian artist Talexi who ideated it.
* In Dante's trailer, there is a Combichrist tour poster. Combichrist wrote original music for DmC, and their song "Never Surrender" has been featured in demo footage and in the Captivate trailer.
* Some unused dialogue found in the files of the game show lines that explain more of the background of the Nephilim race (that they were "brothers of the humans"), that Mundus was the only responsible for the extinction of the Nephilim ("I killed all the Nephilims"), and a friendly wink to the old series ("Got any pizza there?"). The most important being an alternative dialogue to the infamous one seen in the game between Dante and the Succubus, that explains more in depth why the soft drink Virility was so popular amongst humans (to lobotomize anger, sadness...) and why demons needed them to drink it so that Mundus could feast on humans souls. In the 2015 Definitive Edition, a new scene was added that restores some of the cut dialogue. An audio file of some unused dialogue can be found on YouTube.
* In response to claims that he based Dante's design on himself, creative director Tameem Antoniades responded that Dante is "a decade and a half younger than me, way better looking...The only thing he's got is black hair. And he's male. I didn't design the character. I didn't go to our designers and say, 'I think it's a really good idea if we make the new Dante look like me because I want to be in the game.' They'd laugh at me. They'd throw me out the window."
* In the TGS 2010 trailer Dante is shown in chains during an interrogation. Many people back then thought that he was emaciated and not as good looking as the one in the main series. This later turned out to be a 6-8 year old Dante. There was a model for a young Dante at some point and perhaps the players were going to play as a young Dante, but then this possibility was scrapped.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Dante (DmC) at Devil May Cry Wiki
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