Despite Dante's handsome appearance, he often has terrible luck with women, a condition he ironically reflects upon in Devil May Cry 3 when Lady shoots him through the head after he attempts to keep her from falling. In the animated series, Dante was shown to be one of the few characters in the Devil May Cry series to swear. Dante was frequently shown to be foul-mouthed, repeatedly swearing in almost every episode.
Dante eating a slice of pizza in Devil May Cry 4. Despite verbally complaining about being in debt, Dante seems quite willing to perform missions solely for the good of them, and rarely, if ever, enforces payment from poor clients. In fact, Dante will typically refuse any job he dislikes, regardless of how much it pays, but will immediately take on any paranormal cases, especially those involving demon hunting, with or without pay. Many of his clients take advantage of his hospitable nature, and leave bills for property damage caused during the mission instead of paying for his services.
Interestingly, despite his claims of having low funds, Dante still manages to pool up enough money to purchase pricey luxuries for his office, such as a pool table, a jukebox, and several expensive pieces of musical equipment such as electric guitars. He often borrows from Lady , and often attempts to gamble to repay his debts to her and others.
However, he has extremely bad luck with all forms of gambling, even with something as simple as a coin toss, and loses any game not involved with demon hunting. As a result, he is deep in debt to Lady, and is often left with no money at all after she takes her cut. However, in Devil May Cry 4 , Lady actually pays him a small, single role of bills for his "assistance". While Dante is generally easygoing, he feels a immense of guilt for the tragedies that happen around him.
As a form of atonement for the death of Grue, Dante regularly sends his surviving children money and pays Enzo a fee to hold his Devil Arms in his pawn shop, feeling responsible for having to cut off Enzo's arm.
Dante has a fondness for pizza, usually with "everything" on it, and while he complains about olives, he always ends up with them on his pizza. In the animated series, he is also shown to favor strawberry sundaes as well, with it being pointed out on several occasions that those two foods are seemingly all he eats. He also has a fondness for alcohol, specifically whiskey. In spite of his carefree and cocky attitude another one of Dante's most strongest traits is his love for humanity.
He dearly loves the world that he lives in and will go to extreme lengths to ensure its protection from demonic threats. Dante also believes that humans possess something that demons don't and that tears are a "gift only humans have. Dante also treasures certain things. He kept his signature Rebellion with him which was a keepsake passed down to him by his father and would continue to use the weapon up until it was destroyed by Urizen after their first fight and despite the sword being destroyed Dante would still keep the weapon with him and later transform it into the Devil Sword Dante.
Dante also treasures the memories of his family as well and would hold them in high regard. An example of this is when he keeps a portrait of his mother in his office. Dante and his twin brother, Vergil , were born to the legendary demon Sparda and the human Eva. The family lived in a remote home near Red Grave City. As young children, Sparda would train the boys and for much of Dante's early childhood, he didn't realize his father was a demon.
Sometime before their eighth birthday, Eva gave Dante and Vergil each one half of the Perfect Amulet. Eventually, Sparda died under unknown circumstances, leaving Eva to care for the twins alone.
Some time later, they were attacked by demons. Eva was killed, and though both Vergil and Dante survived, the twins were separated, and Dante believed Vergil to have died. Dante followed his mother's last wish and took up a new identity to hide from the demons, adopting the name "Anthony 'Tony' Redgrave".
Some years later, he found himself under the care of a woman posing as his mother on Morris Island. He befriended a young boy named Ernest. Years after the Morris Island incident, Dante became a mercenary and frequented an underground bar called Bobby's Cellar. Dante goes by the alias of Tony Redgrave. He has numerous encounters with a man named Gilver, who hides his face with numerous bandages and wields a katana.
There, he befriended a local gunsmith named Nell Goldstein , who would go on to build his signature handguns, Ebony and Ivory. A massacre then occurred at Bobby's Cellar. A man named Grue was killed, his daughter died during a demon invasion at the hospital she was in, and Dante was blamed for it all.
Nell was also killed by Gilver during this crisis. While Dante knew the identity of the man that killed her, he remained tightlipped about it. Dante is first seen eating a pizza after having showered. Enzo enters Dante's unnamed shop and announces he has a job for Dante. Dante goes to Enzo's room at a brothel to learn more. After defeating some demons with only his handguns, he picks up a leaflet offering a four million dollar reward for the return of a missing girl named Alice.
Although initially reluctant to accept the job, Dante does eventually agree to do it for the money, and heads out to find the girl.
Dante goes to a castle infested with demons. After going through a few fights, he finds out that Alice had run away with a demon, the White Rabbit, who has possessed her rabbit doll. After a heated discussion between Dante, "Rabi", and the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit tells Dante that Alice has purity, a trait only valued by demons, and she is willing to sacrifice it for all the fleeting things humans value.
After he strips Alice of her purity, the White Rabbit transforms her into what humans consider beautiful. Alice starts to flirt with Dante, but he refuses her advances, angering Alice and provoking her to change into a demon and attack. In response, Dante transforms into his Devil form, which he uses to overpower and defeat her without harming her. When Dante asks why he did all this, Rabi states that he simply wanted to see "the legendary son of Sparda" in action.
Having witnessed what Dante is capable of, the White Rabbit informs Dante that he has already paid the reward. Just before Dante leaves, the White Rabbit offers to buy his half of the perfect amulet, which Dante declines. Later, Dante goes back to his shop and finds Alice there waiting for him. She manages to steal his amulet when he puts it down to take a shower, having thought he scared her off.
When she escapes, Dante follows her and finds a map with directions on it. Dante follows the directions to a church, where the Mad Hatter tries to trick Dante into giving a name to an ancient demon whose name was stripped from it by Sparda. Dante refuses, but then Vergil appears and names the demon, anyway.
Dante is initially relieved to find his older twin still alive, but it soon becomes apparent that they have different goals in mind, and that each stands in the other's way. Dante's half of the Perfect Amulet is dropped between them, and they begin to fight over it. Vergil, armed with Yamato , wins initially and takes possession of the amulet, but gives it back at Dante's demand.
The twins part ways again. The game starts with Dante sitting in his yet-to-be-named shop. Arkham comes to the shop and gives Dante an "invitation" to the Temen-ni-gru on behalf of his brother Vergil; as soon as he leaves, Dante is attacked by a swarm of hell jailers. Dante effortlessly kills them all, and heads to the tower in search of an "interesting time".
Meanwhile, Vergil speaks to Arkham about his plan to reopen the portal to the demon world and obtain his father's power, in the form of the Force Edge sword that lies there.
Within the tower, Dante encounters and defeats the demonic gatekeepers who were sealed away by his father, as well as the demon huntress Lady , who is in pursuit of her father Arkham, and the demon Jester , who guides him through the tower for his own reasons. Upon defeating most of these demons, Dante acquires their souls in the form of new weapons and combat styles. Making his way to the top of Temen-ni-gru where Vergil is, the brothers reunite as they both face off each other in combat.
Vergil questions why Dante refuses to gain power from their father, but he denies it as Sparda was never around much for him. But Vergil quickly finishes him off with Yamato, disappointed with what Dante lacks.
Vergil steals his amulet and stabs Dante with his own sword when he tries to get up. As Rebellion tastes his blood, it starts a change and Dante's demonic power started to trigger. With this newfound power, Dante continues his pursuit of Vergil, to get even and reclaim his amulet. Dante meets with Lady again to find Arkham dead, revealing to be her father. They have a shootout throughout their conversation.
Sharing his family experiences with Lady, she denies what he says and thinks only of him as a demon after shooting him in the head when he saved her from falling. For that, he just left her alone. Meeting up with Vergil, the brothers go for a second round with Vergil wielding the gauntlets and greaves of the vengeful demon Beowulf, who lost his other eye in Dante's fight.
Eventually, Dante, Lady, and Vergil discover that Arkham is Jester, and was using all of them in order to open the portal and acquire the Force Edge for himself, using it as a means to gain Sparda's power and become a god. Dante heads up to the top of the tower again, only to find a desperate and angry Lady in his path.
Dante and Lady then began their real gunfight and spares her in the end, making her realize that he's half-demon born from Sparda's lineage. For that, he owed Lady for having him realize what he's fighting for and what it means to be human. Feeling accepted by Lady, she gives him her rocket launcher while in the Demon World, exchanging names.
As Dante enters the Demon World, he goes through many labyrinths and portals to get to the place where Force Edge was, only to find Arkham in Sparda's demon form. However, Arkham lacked what Sparda had revealing his own mutated form of a blob. Just when he was almost beaten, Vergil suddenly appeared as the brothers worked together before finishing their business. At the end of the battle, Dante claims ownership of the Force Edge, while Vergil chooses to remain in the Netherworld.
Dante matures considerably as a result of his ordeal, and inspired by Lady's courage and commitment to her own family, he continues his demon-hunting business with a greater sense of purpose. They become partners and he decides to call his shop "Devil May Cry", in reference to what Lady said to comfort him over the loss of his brother Vergil:. Devil May Cry begins with Dante being attacked in his office by a mysterious woman named Trish.
He impresses her by easily brushing off her assault, and tells her that he hunts demons in pursuit of those who killed his mother and brother. She says the attack was a test and that the demon emperor Mundus is planning a return at Mallet Island.
She takes him to the castle there but abruptly disappears. Dante explores the castle, slaying minor demons and finding weapons , and encounters the arachnid-like demon Phantom while looking for a way to proceed through the castle. Dante defeats the demon, but Phantom soon reappears and chases him through the halls of the castle.
After further exploration and combat, Dante battles a demon named Nelo Angelo who impresses Dante with his confidence. The demon pins Dante to a nearby wall but suddenly flees upon seeing the half-amulet Dante wears.
The demon attacks twice more in later missions, and is eventually revealed to be Vergil , defeated and manipulated by Mundus. When Dante next meets Trish, she betrays him and reveals that she is also working for Mundus. She lures Dante into a final fight with the bio-weapon Nightmare , but Dante manages to kill the monster.
In the resulting chaos, the room collapses, and Trish is almost crushed. Dante saves her, claiming it was solely because of her resemblance to his mother. Furious because of her betrayal, Dante warns her to stay away from him. Yet when he finally confronts Mundus, who is about to kill Trish, Dante chooses again to save her but is injured. Mundus tries to finish him off, but Trish takes the attack instead. Dante's emotion at this tragedy unleashes his full power, allowing him to take on the form of his father.
Afterward, Dante and Mundus battle on another plane of existence with Dante victorious. Dante leaves the Perfect Amulet and Sparda sword with Trish's immobile body before departing. However, just as Dante reaches the castle's hangar, Mundus, who is now back to his regular strength, returns and corners Dante. However, Trish also returns and lends Dante her power. Dante is able to defeat Mundus by sealing him away again.
When Trish tries to apologize, she begins to cry. Dante tells her that it means she has become human and not just a devil, because "devils never cry". Dante and Trish narrowly escape on a plane as the island collapses. After the credits, it is revealed that Dante and Trish are working together as partners and have renamed the shop to "Devil Never Cry". Unlike the games, the animated series focuses on Dante's "normal" missions and his day-to-day life. Dante also changes the shop's name back to Devil May Cry.
On a regular day in the office, Dante is hired to transport a young girl named Patty Lowell to her father's house to receive her inheritance. However, she is revealed to have been a decoy for the true heir, and takes to living with Dante until her mother is found.
Other recurring characters include Lady, Trish, J. Morrison Dante's liaison, much like Enzo , and Sid , a lesser demon who is later revealed to be the true antagonist. Dante would also do jobs to help normal humans, like when he helped free an innocent man who was guilty of accidentally helping a demon kill his friend. Also in this series, Dante met Ernest who mistook Dante for Tony, a childhood friend of his who resembled Dante. At the end of the series, Dante accidentally angered Patty when he asked "Didn't your parents teach you to respect your elders?
Shortly thereafter, Dante met Patty's mother who had him protect an amulet that, at the time was nothing more than a family heirloom but was discovered to be a piece of a ritual that sealed away Abigail , who along with Sid attacked Dante and captured him in the demon world. Dante was eventually saved by Patty and proceeded to defeat Abigail and kill Sid. When the shop was still named Devil Never Cry , Dante and Trish help his old friend Enzo Ferino , a broker who doesn't believe in demons, on a job to investigate some ancient ruins.
Enzo obtains a relic that resembles a gun. Trish later speculates that the gun might be crafted by Machiavelli , a legendary demon gunsmith who supposedly crafted weapons such as Artemis. Worried about Enzo, Dante and Trish look for Enzo and find him being consumed by the relic. To save his life, Dante has no option but to cut off his arm. Trish leaves Devil Never Cry to prevent others from falling victim to devil arms like Enzo, and asks Dante to change the name of the shop back to Devil May Cry.
Back in the current day, Dante asks Morrison to bring the money he earned to Enzo. Dante owes money from Enzo, who now owns a pawnshop that deals in Devil Arms, which means he has to pay interest every year or Enzo will start selling them for money.
Morrison, Lady , and Patty meet Enzo and wait for Dante, who said he's going to show up later. During this time, a mysterious young woman arrives and sells some kind of puzzle to Enzo.
Lady touches the puzzle out of interest, which later turns out to be one of Machiavelli's creations, and gets possessed by some evil force within it. Dante arrives just in time to save everyone, but he doesn't have any weapons with him. He saves Enzo's on the condition that Enzo wipes off his debts. Enzo agrees, and Dante starts using Cerberus and Alastor to fight Lady. Dante uses Round Trip to destroy the gun possessing Lady, saving her without harming her.
Dante brings all the Devil Arms to his office as promised. Later, Trish shows up and explains to confused Morrison how Lady wasn't actually possessed and it was all a ruse to retrieve the Devil Arms so that they can lure out a demon who has been hunting demonic weapons.
Trish also mentions how Dante didn't want to involve Enzo in another incident, but Dante stops her from talking too much. The demon gets lured out and quickly killed by Dante, Trish, and Lady. On the way there, confused Patty asks Morrison why, since that means him owing money again. Morrison answers it's a gesture of friendship between them.
Patty, who initially thought Dante was owing so much money just because he's lazy, now wants to learn more about Dante and follows Morrison to ask Enzo some questions about him. Source on Kamiya: He's almost unaging when taking the form of demon but chose to live as human.
Last edited: Sep 25, Foxtrot94 said:. But they do. Gel The shift between Dante and Trish's relationship just changed as time went on and they got used to each other more. DMC's problem is one of negligence. They change things without really telling you what's new or having connective tissue between the stories. DMC2 started the trend but Bingo's tenure made it worse. Reactions: Morgan. Re: Bingo I understand people's issue with him, trust me, but I just wanted to step in and say from what I've seen his stories have been stepped on a bit due to lack of time or team meddling.
I remember reading that he was concerned, for example, that DMC 3 would contradict the first novel but was told to just make an entertaining story and worry about retcons later. DMC 2 he only wrote the manual for since him and most of Itsuno's team was tacked on to that project quite a ways into it.
DMC 4 he had a lot of ideas for like Nero sipping tea while fighting, Dante having a beastly demonic form and Kyrie being the Savior, not Sparda. Rest of the team shot it down.
The lore bits that WERE approved didn't make it in so he made the novel to flesh things out. What I'm getting at is Bingo seems like he has good ideas and can write a good yarn but the rest of the design team and corporate meddling sometimes get in his way. Reactions: Gel and DarkSlayerVergil.
Jan 20, 3, 1, 5, Sparda seems to be wearing victorian era garb, so i think its safe to say that sparda hung around for centuries after he sealed the demon world. Is it the late 90's or is it the 80's? From dante's office it seems like DMC universe is somewhat retro-futuristic. Last edited: Sep 27, Veloran Well-known Member.
Dec 22, Oct 15, 9, 8, 16, Nowhere. Bayonetta made a version of Eva who was an Umbran Witch. Reactions: outoftheblue. Not an Umbran Witch, just an extraordinary one. None of the witches in the witches that the bracelets describe are actually umbran. Last edited: Sep 28, In this form, Dante accesses his true demon powers.
His appearance in this form varies depending on the weapon he's using. He gains a huge power, speed and defense boost, along with an improved version of his healing factor. He can gain more buffs by equipping different Devil Hearts to his Amulet:. Only achieved in near-death situations, this form substitutes Dante's Devil Trigger, giving him full invulnerability and the ability to fly.
By stabbing himself in the chest with Rebellion, Dante was able to absorb both it and the Sparda sword into his body, giving him access to the Sin Devil Trigger.
This is an upgraded form of Devil Trigger that transforms Dante into something resembling his Majin Form, causing him to take on a much more bestial and demonic appearance.
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