Penguin-like dolls from the [[Disgaea]] video game series, and other titles by [[Nippon Ichi]].  They are mascot minions.  Prinnies explode on impact when thrown, dood.  Prinnies contain the souls of humans or demons who lead a criminal life or committed a grave sin, and have to work in Celestia (Heaven) or the Netherworld (Hell) to pay off their debts and reincarnate as something else. It's stated somewhere that you also become a Prinny if you lead a meaningless life.

Prinnies slur the words at the end of their sentences as "~ッス", or in English localizations, say "dood" at the end of sentence, dood.

[[Kazamatsuri Fuuka]] is a notable "prinny" from Disgaea 4 who wasn't fully converted into a prinny, and instead looks and acts as a girl with a prinny hat on and doesn't explode, in spite of her technical prinny status.  Other characters who die in Disgaea frequently reappear as prinnies, including some bad endings, but they are [[spoilers]]. 

There are some Prinnies who break the usual standards of being one, though those instances tend to be rare. [[Big Sis Prinny (disgaea)|]] is the first to break tradition by having a woman's voice. Another is the giant yellow Prinny that [[Usalia (disgaea)|]] rides around on during battles, which doesn’t have a name and never speaks. Another is [[Pii-chan (disgaea)|]], a bright yellow cat-themed Prinny who serves as [[Pirilika (disgaea)|]]’s secretary and speaks like a normal person.

Voiced by [[Majima Junji]].
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