History Anime / Persona4TheAnimation

** During the summer arc, Yu is forced to pay for an expensive (not actually) broken [[ShowWithinAShow Neo Featherman]] toy, which takes a huge chunk out of his money, causing him to grumble "Damn you, Neo Featherman!", which sounds like what a UsefulNotes/{{Tokusatsu}} villain would say after having their plans thwarted, [[{{Irony}} in stark contrast]] to [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch his voice actor's]] previous role as a [[Franchise/PowerRangers Power Ranger]].

* PetTheDog: In Episode 8, after Chie and Yukiko [[LethalChef accidentally invent Mystery Food X]] and nearly give the guys food poisoning over it, Hanako takes a bite of it and compliments them on it, calling it "curry with a whole new twist". Also, due to said creation leaving the group with nothing edible to eat, the girls order takeout for them to make up for it.

* LoveHotel: In episode 15, complete with funky lights and a rotating bed that all of the room's residents have to share. HilarityEnsues.

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:The ''VideoGame/Persona3'' main character]] at the end of ''Factor of Hope''.

* [[PromotedToLoveInterest Promoted to]] [[TheNotLoveInterest the Not Love Interest]]: Yosuke. In light of Yu not forming a romantic relationship with any of the females in the anime, Yosuke undoubtedly becomes the closest to him. He is always the one who jumps to Yu's aid when he is in serious trouble, is the one person who stays behind [[spoiler:for Yu to cry on when Nanako dies,]] and Yosuke is the first one [[spoiler:who evolves his Persona in order to rescue Yu.]]

** Episode 15 has one that gets LostInTranslation. Teddie and Yukiko laugh at a pun on Kanji's name, "ii kanji," which means "good feeling/s". The subbers settle for using the pun that was used in the game, "Great Kanjecture". For bonus points, the latter isn't just lame -- it doesn't make a lot of sense.
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Igor's role is severely reduced because his voice actor passed away and they're only using his archived dialogue from the game.

* ShipTease

* ShutUpHannibal

* SkyFace: The image of "King Moron" appears when Yosuke remembers him arranging a school trip [[spoiler: before being murdered.]]

Has a sequel, ''Anime/Persona4TheGoldenAnimation'', that covers extra events added to the UsefulNotes/PSVita UpdatedRerelease. It has not currently received a dub, though a subtitled version is up on Crunchyroll.

* VerbalTic: Kuma/Teddie's constant use of "Kuma" (his name) in his sentences. Like in the game, Teddie makes [[IncrediblyLamePun bear puns every chance he gets]] in the English dub.

** Episode 8 has the camera pan up over Yukiko and Chie's bodies after they change into their bathing suits.

* {{Bokukko}}: [[spoiler:Naoto]]

** Shadow [[spoiler:Naoto]] loses the MadScientist act and instead talks [[MagnificentBastard coldly and bluntly while deconstructing its owner]]. It also goes half the way and binds its owner to a metal operating table while it has the chance, where in the game, the team starts the fight immediately after it goes berserk.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While at first, most of the episode titles were in pretty good English, the winning streak ended with Episode 18 with the awkward-sounding "Anniversary to Become a Family".

*** Episode 10 expands the scenes right before the Shadow Rise fight, especially when she splits into seven and each clone drops rather brutal verbal bullying on the real one.

Has a sequel, ''Anime/Persona4GoldenTheAnimation'', that covers extra events added to the UsefulNotes/PSVita UpdatedRerelease. It has not currently received a dub, though a subtitled version is up on Crunchyroll.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The fanbase cannot decide if Yu is this, or a DeadpanSnarker. And then there's Margaret.

* FakeBuzz: In the club of episode 15, half the characters start acting as if they're drunk, even after it's confirmed that there's no alcohol served there. Carries over to the next day, [[YourMindMakesItReal where the ones who acted drunk don't seem to remember much of the previous day.]]

* InVinoVeritas: Subverted. [[FakeBuzz No vino]], [[CassandraTruth plenty of veritas]].

** When [[spoiler:Nanako gets kidnapped]], Yu finds a ring made out of beads. In the next fight, it breaks when he gets hit with a particularly strong attack. In the game, the bead chain was an item that allows the player to revive fallen party members.

* SuperDickery: Episode 26 begins with [[spoiler:Margaret slapping Yuu and preparing to kill him for no explained reason.]] It then flashes back and reveals that [[spoiler:Margaret was pulling a GetAholdOfYourselfMan]].

* UselessUsefulSpell
** Yu tries to use Mot to cast Mudoon on Shadow Naoto. It spectacularly fails to do anything of note. Bosses in the game are immune to Light and Dark attacks, since they're instant kills.
** He also tries it against [[spoiler:Margaret's Loki in episode 26.]] Again, it fails.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: During the fight against Shadow Naoto, every male except Kanji is hit with Galgalim Eyes, which inflicts HPToOne and the "Enervation" status. This is expressed by [[spoiler:them all turning old]]. Naturally, none of the female characters are afflited.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Episodes 13 and 14 take place over the summer break, documenting Yu's misadventures during that period. The first one, taking place in Nanako's perspective, seems like that Yu is [[ReallyGetsAround dating three women at once]], one of which is a mother with a child and another is ''[[MayDecemberRomance an elderly lady]]''. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Plus, Teddie takes the bus]]. The second episode has Yu explaining to Nanako about what he was really doing: Gathering money to pay for a new umbrella for her by taking odd jobs at the hospital, day care and tutoring. He also happened to meet said three women who became his Social Links, had to pay for a toy that wasn't broken in the first place and borrowed Teddie's costume for the day care.

* MetaCasting: Creator/ErinFitzgerald voiced Chie in the English dub, a bowl-headed tomboy with a GirlNextDoor-type personality. She also just so happened to get her start in voice acting as Nazz in ''WesternAnimation/EdEddnEddy'', a bowl-headed tomboy with a GirlNextDoor-type personality.

** The "Steamy Bathhouse" sequence in Episode 7, with Shadow Kanji and his flunkies' flamboyance cranked UpToEleven.

** Not to mention [[UpToEleven every single party member besides Teddie]] in the second opening.

* NotSoStoic: Yu lives and breathes this trope. Unlike Persona 3's protagonist in the animated films who develops this over time, Yu immedaitely starts delivering quips and getting into odd situations, even if he does it all with a straight face. Episode 14 which foucuses on Yu's perspective of his summer vacation cranks this UpToEleven as he gets into wacky adventures that force him to constantly break his stoic expression.

* ThemeTuneCameo: Ayane plays the game's credits theme, "Never More", on her trombone in Episode 19. [[DreadfulMusician Badly]], but she improves a bit the second time around.