Hyperdimension Neptunia/Characters

This page lists all characters in Hyperdimension Neptunia, the first game of the Neptunia series, and the tropes associated with them. Tropes specific to their portrayal in the other games of the series belong on the pages for those games.

General CPU Tropes

 * Exotic Eye Designs: All CPUs and CPU Candidates have a power symbol in their eyes when in HDD.
 * Moe Anthropomorphism: Of various consoles.
 * Physical God
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old

Neptune/Purple Heart
"Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Melissa Fahn (English)"



"*This isn't actually happening."
 * Amnesiac God
 * Big Eater
 * Cry Cute: Happens to her frequently in the manga.
 * Genki Girl: In her normal form
 * Girly Run
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: Uses Katanas, Broadswords, and Laser Blades. Ultimately many will see that Katanas Are Just Better; turns come up sooner, gun attacks become stronger, and Purple Heart only uses katanas regardless of what she had equipped as Neptune.
 * Heroic Safe Mode: Neptune suffers from this after her attempt to get the other goddesses to help her fight Arfoire.
 * The Heroine
 * Hollywood Pudgy: Is referred to as being pudgy a few times throughout the game, mostly right along side her eating habits.
 * In the Name of the Moon: One of Neptune's battle quotes involves this.
 * Konami Code: Can occasionally be heard reciting part of this while using her first Limit Break, only to stop and decide that she has no use for codes anyway.
 * Lady of War: Her Purple Heart personality.
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: After she falls from Celestia.
 * Les Yay: Many scenes of the game have this between her and the other girls. Some of the bonus art included in the game has this between Neptune and Purple Heart.
 * Moe: Called such by IF in one of the cutscenes.
 * Jack of All Stats: As Neptune
 * No Sense of Personal Space: Apparently, Neptune doesn't mind hugging someone from the back.
 * They were trying to capture Black Heart but got Noire.
 * Ship Tease: Many of the official art has her doing this with Noire.
 * Slap-On-The-Wrist Nuke: The CPU Neptune attack has her transform into a spaceship, fly out into space, and then has the scene zoom out to show the entire landmass you're currently on before firing off a Wave Motion Gun, destroying the entire thing. However there's a disclaimer down on the bottom of the screen:


 * Split Personality: Neptune is a Genki Girl, while her alter ego Purple Heart seems to be more of a Lady of War.
 * Sword and Gun: Neptune seems to keep a sword and a gun on her, but we never see where she gets the gun.
 * Totally Radical: She tends to use some 80's/90's slang such as "bad dude", her death cry of "I'm... outies...", and even "totally rad" at one point. She also has a tinge of Valley Girl in her voice. Keep in mind that she is supposed to represent Sega, who were all about being Totally Radical in the 90's.
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Vert/Green Heart
"Voiced by: Rina Sato (Japanese), Tara Platt (English)"




 * Actor Allusion: Japan-only. Shares the same weapon as Mikoto.
 * Blade on a Stick
 * This Is a Drill Green Heart's spears transform into these.
 * Cross Player: In the game "Four Goddesses Online", she is stated to play a male character.
 * Detached Sleeves: Both of her forms wear outfits that have this.
 * Gamer Chick
 * Hair of Gold
 * Heavy Sleeper: When you see Green Heart for the first time, she's just waking up and goes back to sleep while IF was talking with her. A funny nod to the "Red Ring of Death".
 * The Hedonist: Green Heart is not just a gamer girl but also a hedonist. Most of her blog talks about her recent parties and the banquets she had.
 * Meaningful Name: "Vert" means "green" in French, and she's wearing green, which also represents the Xbox360.
 * Phenotype Stereotype: Blonde, Blue Eye, Busty American.
 * Tall Blonde And Bishoujo
 * The Nicknamer: She doesn't create them herself, but she picks up upon nicknames Compa assigns characters, and enjoys using them as a means to be less formal.
 * Underboobs: She plays this trope straight. Neptune even refers to her as such.
 * Yaoi Fangirl: When she isn't playing an MMORPG, Vert would probably make any guy who think she is an easy lay will be in for a VERY rude shock (namely when she wants you to bring friends).
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair: As Green Heart.

Noire/Black Heart
"Voiced by: Asami Imai (Japanese), Erin Fitzgerald (English)"


 * Catch Phrase: Usually a variation of "Only does everything". A reference to how the PlayStation 3 was advertised.
 * Cosplay Otaku Girl: In one cutscene, Noire is implied to be one.
 * Detached Sleeves: Both of her forms wear outfits that have this.
 * Expy: Somehow, Noire really resembles Azusa from K-On!.
 * It's mildly implied that the resemblance was what inspired her to learn how to play a guitar.
 * Both Noire and Azusa resemble Kooh from Pangya.
 * Faking Amnesia: She does this when she encounters Neptune as Noire, not wanting to reveal her identity.
 * Glass Cannon: As Black Heart with the default Processor setup.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords
 * Lightning Bruiser: As Noire.
 * Meaningful Name: "Noire" means "black" in French.
 * Otaku: Noire is implied to be one.
 * Royal Rapier
 * Ship Tease: Many of the official art has her doing this with Neptune.
 * Tsundere: Noire all the way, especially towards Neptune.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl: As Black Heart.

Blanc/White Heart
"Voiced by: Kana Asumi (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)"




 * A-Cup Angst: Berserk Button is someone pointing out her flat chest.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Blood Knight
 * Butch Lesbian: Neptune calls Blanc this in her recruitment scene.
 * Crack Pairing: Neptune suggests that maybe Blanc has a thing for Compa, just because Blanc was complaining that Neptune doesn't get upset over being insulted like Compa would.
 * Detached Sleeves: Both of her forms wear outfits that have this.
 * Drop the Hammer: Blanc's main weapon is a hammer.
 * An Axe to Grind: The hammer turns into an axe when she becomes White Heart.
 * Expy: Blanc is pretty much a white Vita. Which is now extremely hilarious now that the Play Station Vita is coming out.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper: Don't her calm exterior fool you, she gets angry quite easily.
 * Kuudere
 * Lady Swearsalot: At first, she looks calm and collected... But it won't be even ten minutes into the game that you will find out that she doesn't shy away from spewing swearwords like an angry high school student... especially when angry!
 * Meaningful Name: "Blanc" means "white".
 * Most Fanfic Writers Are Girls: Her hobby is writing light novels, and one of her aspirations in life is to get the Gamindustri Amateur Writer's Prize.
 * Nice Hat
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: As White Heart.

General Maker Tropes

 * Moe Anthropomorphism: Of video game producers.
 * Overshadowed by Awesome: In most settings these characters would be considered fairly powerful. Only problem is they're working with a bunch of Physical Gods.

IF
"Voiced by: Kana Ueda (Japanese), Kate Higgins (English)"



"IF (early in the game): As expected. Not worth celebrating, but... nice.
 * Badass Longcoat: IF wears one.
 * Bifurcated Weapon: IF's weapon looks like some Wolverine Claws with guns attached to it. It's also the only way she shoots at enemies.
 * Chick Magnet: With all of the Les Yay in the game, it's somewhat surprising that a lot more of it involves her than Neptune. Unless the character in question is Vert or 5pb she's not amused by this.
 * Deadpan Snarker: This is about a third of IF's dialogue due to feeling like the Only Sane Woman compared to her teammates.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Is outwardly cold to Neptune and Compa upon first meeting them, but gradually warms up to them as the game goes on. This is even reflected in her S-Rank quotes.

IF (towards the end of the game): No way... am I dreaming? Awesome, we're so awesome! Yay!"


 * Fan Girl: IF states that she is a fangirl of 5pb.
 * Impractically Fancy Outfit: Her sleeves are a bit too long and get in the way of the built in guns to her Qatars and Claws. She may point this out, or scold you for just not noticing this problem, while using gun attacks.
 * In-Series Nickname: Iffy. Ai-chan (As in the "I" in IF) in Japan. Not exactly happy with it.
 * Jack of All Stats: More so than Neptune as she also brings in a decent amount of healing capabilities.
 * Knowledge Broker: Her excessive supply of cell phones is not just for show, they're used to keep in contact with The Guild across all four worlds.
 * The Lancer
 * Not So Stoic: While she'll try to keep things serious, she'll go into a Heroic BSOD over her phones breaking or start blatantly Breaking the Fourth Wall when pushed too far.
 * Supporting Leader: Right from the start she points out that it's actually Neptune joining her. She's the one with all the connections and she's the one that figures things out, but she tends to let Neptune and Compa stay in the spotlight. Though the DLC quests for new characters focus quite a bit on her, Neptune and Compa receive a passing mention at best.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Team Dad
 * Too Many Belts: IF's design looks like she has a ton of belts on her clothes.
 * And neck collars for everyone!
 * She's only got two, three if you count the collar. One for her pants and one on her coat to hold her nine cellphones. Admittedly, the cuffs of her coat do look a bit like belts, but they're not.
 * Tsundere: Type A. This is pointed out by name.

Compa
"Voiced by: Kanako Sakai (Japanese), Cristina Valenzuela (English)"



"Compa: "This will hurt!""
 * Armor-Piercing Slap: Compa delivers one as one of her normal attacks.
 * The Chick
 * Combat Medic: Unfortunately she's also a Glass Cannon and will be among the first to die in boss fights. If IF isn't around, or alive, to pick her back up expect a Total Party Kill to follow soon after.
 * The Ditz: Compa gets rather spacey at times.
 * Dojikko: Compa always seems to fall down whenever she is shown after a battle all the time. We do get to see a Panty Shot every single time.
 * Girly Run
 * Improbable Weapon User: Giant Syringes that double as guns.


 * Moe: Called such by IF in one of the cutscenes.
 * Panty Shot: Compa has one as part of her victory "pose".
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Team Mom
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Gust
"Voiced by: Natsuko Kuwatani (Japanese), Cassandra Lee (English)"




 * Beware the Nice Ones: Will secretly take advantage of people trying to do so to her, while setting up legal ownership of concepts and items so that even if they catch on, she can sue them into oblivion if they try anything.
 * Game Breaking Bug: Her revival skills have been known to not work right and just heal her, considerably lowering her use in battle.
 * Hulk Speak
 * Optional Party Member: Both Nisa and Gust are, and with some DLC, they can become playable as well. Later on, 5pb and RED are also be playable.
 * Simple Staff
 * The Smart Girl
 * Third Person Person: At times.
 * Token Evil Teammate
 * Verbal Tic: In the Japanese version of the game, Gust's desu-no. Where have I heard this before, considering who voiced Gust?

Nisa/Nippon Ichi
"Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)"




 * A-Cup Angst: Her Berserk Button is someone pointing out her flat chest.
 * Absolute Cleavage: Nisa dresses like this. Sans the cleavage.
 * The Big Girl
 * Dub Name Change: Her name was changed from Nippon Ichi to Nisa, to represent NIS America.
 * Dynamic Entry: Justice Kick!
 * Goggles Do Nothing
 * Large Ham
 * Optional Party Member: Both Nisa and Gust are, and with some DLC, they can become playable as well.
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Screaming Warrior
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Prinny Gun. It's a gun and a Laser Blade.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

5pb./Lyrica
"Voiced by: nao (Japanese), Julie Ann Taylor (English)"




 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Headphones Equal Isolation
 * Good Angel, Bad Angel: They debate over whether or not to eat someone else's sweets mostly.
 * Lady of Black Magic
 * Luminescent Blush: She gets one when she finds IF watching her in one of the scenes.
 * The Medic: The only character capable of healing the party outside of the Item Skills. As with everything she does, the Power of Rock is involved. Specifically suddenly being on stage, performing a short Instrumental version of Ryuusei no Bifrost.
 * Not Good with People: While incredibly confident while singing or on the radio, at any other time she becomes incredibly timid and shy. IF intends to help her get over this problem.
 * Optional Party Member: With some DLC she becomes playable. Otherwise she's just seen on Hi-Five Radio, reading off what various NPCs have to say about the party after finishing quests.
 * Panty Shot: The only character tall enough to have the camera look up her skirt while running around in dungeons unless you go out of your way to move it.
 * The Power of Rock: Her method of employing Elemental Attacks, and her stats are skewed in favor of this over resorting to beating things to death with her guitar.
 * Shy Blue-Haired Girl
 * Sixth Ranger
 * Stage Name: Her real name is Lyrica, though aside from IF almost no one knows it.
 * Stripperific: One of the few cases where this is justified, as she is an Idol Singer, and thus her outfit is supposed to be alluring.

RED
"Voiced by: Kanae Ito (Japanese)"




 * Airplane Arms
 * Be Careful What You Wish For: At "+100 Charisma", she'll get to have her "Hotel Event" with IF. The event she gets is before joining the party.
 * Brick Joke: Delivers one from Gust and her own at the same time. She eats IF's blanc-manger, and later sends her Blanc's Manju. After joining the team she
 * Crash Into Hello
 * Harem Seeker: She wants wifeys. IF is Wifey Number 1.
 * Genki Girl: In almost all of the scenes she appears in she tends to act like this.
 * Genre Savvy: The game makes no attempt to hide that it's a game, so what's the best way to get wifeys? Add Relationship Values to the events she's involved in, bringing up the possibilities of both You Lose At Zero Trust and Level Up At Intimacy 5. It mostly works, she just doesn't get her "Hotel Event" with IF in the way she hoped.
 * Improbable Weapon User: Yo-yos. Because there are legends of a hero who fought off aliens with one.
 * Meaningful Name: In so many ways, including combined with Fun with Acronyms: Red. R: Red hair in an R shape. E: Her cup size. D: She has a dragon. She also refers to herself as the Royal Emperor Dragon when joining the party.
 * Optional Party Member: Only appears in the game if you've got the required DLC.
 * Sixth Ranger
 * Skunk Stripe: Has a couple of these. One by her face, the other at the tip of the R in her hair.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: Doesn't appear in later games, since the company she's based on was bought out by a Chinese firm.

Arfoire
"Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (Japanese)"




 * A God Am I:
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Chewing the Scenery: One of her death quotes is "I can still... I CAN STIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL...!!!"
 * Invincible Villain: Pretty much what can sum her up.
 * Devil in Plain Sight: Ganache certainly thinks so.
 * Digital Piracy Is Evil: The personification of this.
 * So much that she got deified for it.
 * The Dragon: To Overlord Momus.
 * Funnily enough,
 * Dub Name Change: Magiquone in Japan, which is their equivalent of the R4.
 * Evil Is Sexy
 * Nice Hat
 * Not Quite Dead: Happens a few times.
 * Omnicidal Maniac
 * Playing Against Type: BIG TIME for her seiyuu. Arfoire is devoid of all sympathetic virtues many of her roles, even antagonistic ones, though it's probably intentional.

Histoire
"Voiced by: Mika Kanai (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)"




 * Big Good
 * Emoticon: Uses this a lot.
 * Great Big Book of Everything: Unfortunately it'll take three days for her to find the information needed in her, so it's better to just go out and figure things out without her.
 * Our Fairies Are Different: She's also a book
 * Nice Hat
 * Physical God: Can't do anything without the other Goddesses' consent though.
 * Rule of Three: Takes her three days to do anything useful.

Ganache



 * Affably Evil: He may be a jackass, but he's polite about it, going as far as to turn on the lights when he had Neptune and her party trapped because "total darkness" would be too cruel.
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Genre Savvy: When Arfoire shows up to make a deal, he knows not to trust her automatically.
 * Hostage Situation:
 * Shoot the Hostage:
 * In-Series Nickname: Solicitor (IF) or "Mr." Solicitor (Compa).
 * Jerkass: And HOW.
 * Out of Focus: After the Lastation section of the first game. Doesn't make him any less of a douche.
 * Smug Snake
 * The Chessmaster:
 * The Dragon: Of a manner, he could easily be seen as filling this role to Lady Black Heart, if one was to consider her a villain.
 * Dragon with an Agenda
 * The Faceless: Standard with NPC's of the game.
 * Willfully Weak:
 * Willfully Weak:

Jade


"Jade: I'm a member of the Guild. I live on Leanbox, but I don't follow Lady Green Heart...
 * Bishounen
 * Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
 * Death as Comedy:

Neptune: ...Why're you telling me now? What's up with this?

Jade: I... I'm into girls... like... Lady White Heart.


 * grack*

IF: ...And that's that. You finished him off.

Neptune: Oops. Well, that was for ruining the moment."


 * Great Escape: Breaks IF, Compa, and Neptune out of the prison they're in.
 * Mr. Exposition
 * The Faceless: Standard as an NPC

Yvoire



 * Corrupt Church: Is the leader of it and it doesn't begin to describe him.
 * Jerkass: Remember Ganache? Yvoire is a friggin' competitor for his title at this.
 * Leave Your Quest Test: Gives IF an offer.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Everything he does is for the sake of Lady Green Heart.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Everything he does is for the sake of Lady Green Heart.