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[[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] | [[Characters/Persona5Targets Targets]] - [[Characters/Persona5PalaceRulers Palace Rulers]] / [[Characters/Persona5EndgameAntagonists Endgame Antagonists]] ([[Characters/Persona5TakutoMaruki The Dreamer]]) / [[Characters/Persona5MinorTargets Minor]] | '''Other Characters''']]-]]]

[[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] | [[Characters/Persona5Targets Targets]] - [[Characters/Persona5PalaceRulers Palace Rulers]] / [[Characters/Persona5EndgameAntagonists Endgame Antagonists]] ([[Characters/Persona5TakutoMaruki The Dreamer]]) / [[Characters/Persona5MinorTargets Minor]] | '''Characters/Persona5OtherCharacters Other Characters''']]-]]]

[[Characters/Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts The Phantom Thieves of Hearts]]\\
[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]] | [[Characters/Persona5RyujiSakamoto Ryuji Sakamoto]] | [[Characters/Persona5Morgana Morgana]] | [[Characters/Persona5AnnTakamaki Ann Takamaki]] | [[Characters/Persona5YusukeKitagawa Yusuke Kitagawa]] | [[Characters/Persona5MakotoNiijima Makoto Niijima]] | [[Characters/Persona5FutabaSakura Futaba Sakura]] | [[Characters/Persona5HaruOkumura Haru Okumura]] | [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]] | [[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]\\
[[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] | [[Characters/Persona5Targets Targets]] - [[Characters/Persona5PalaceRulers Palace Rulers]] ([[Characters/Persona5SuguruKamoshida Asmodeus]]) / [[Characters/Persona5EndgameAntagonists Endgame Antagonists]] ([[Characters/Persona5MasayoshiShido Samael]] | [[Characters/Persona5Yaldabaoth The Treasure of Mementos]] | [[Characters/Persona5TakutoMaruki The Dreamer]]) / [[Characters/Persona5MinorTargets Minor]] | '''Other Characters''']]-]]]

* PrecociousCrush: If his mental age matches his physical appearance, then he has a particular attraction to Ann, whom he calls "pretty lady" upon their first meeting. [[CrazyJealousGuy Morgana]] takes offense to this.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While his EvilGloating moment above does emphasize his status as a HateSink, he is among the general public who is unaware of the Metaverse and thinks [[spoiler:the Phantom Thieves were the ones who killed Haru's father. From his perspective, the leader of the group behind Kunikazu's death was dead and thus Kunikazu was avenged.]]

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: He makes his final appearance in the game in the animated cutscene [[spoiler:right after the Casino Palace, where Joker's (supposed) suicide is reported to the public,]] riding in a limousine with Haru. At this point in the game, it's impossible to have reached Rank 9 for Haru's Confidant even if the player dedicates as much time as possible to it, where she learns she was never under any real obligation to marry him and severs ties with him completely.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: He makes his final appearance in the game in the animated cutscene [[spoiler:right after the Casino Palace, where Joker's (supposed) suicide is reported to the public,]] riding in a limousine with Haru. This happens even if you've completed Haru's Confidant by this point, where she learns she was never under any real obligation to marry him and severs ties with him completely.

[[Characters/Persona5Confidants Confidants]] | [[Characters/Persona5Targets Targets]] - [[Characters/Persona5PalaceRulers Palace Rulers]] ([[Characters/Persona5SuguruKamoshida Asmodeus]]) / [[Characters/Persona5EndgameAntagonists Endgame Antagonists]] ([[Characters/Persona5MasayoshiShido Samael]] | [[Characters/Persona5TakutoMaruki The Dreamer]]) / [[Characters/Persona5MinorTargets Minor]] | '''Other Characters''']]-]]]

-->'''Shadow Shido'': There's no need for thieves in my mighty country. Only me and the ones who revere me are needed.

* TarotMotifs: Reversed Priestess - in his case, the meaning is harm, secrets and hidden agenda.

* KilledOffscreen: Wakaba was killed by [[spoiler:the Black Mask]] completely offscreen with only murals in Futaba's Palace as visual proof. Given how gruesome the deaths of some of [[spoiler:The Black Mask's other victims are]] and Futaba watched that play out right in front of her when she was ''13'', it's better off that we don't see it.

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: Non-lethal example. She's one of the few people who isn't prejudiced against Joker during his first few days at school, and is Ann's only friend. Unfortunately, she also becomes the first victim of Kamoshida's most heinous acts that Joker and Ann witnessed personally, and attempts suicide out in the open as a result. It's {{averted|trope}} thankfully, since she survives her attempted suicide.

* DecapitatedArmy: Averted. The Phantom Thieves believe that changing Shido's heart will put an end to the conspiracy. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his cronies continue to work behind the scenes to maintain their power, and Yaldabaoth influences the public consciousness to render the Thieves' efforts meaningless.]]

* MotiveDecay: {{Averted}}. It's said that they originally stood for justice, but eventually started committing random cybercrimes just to stoke their own egos. This is because the group making the threat against Japan is not the original Medjed, it's a group working for the Antisocial Force using the Medjed name to make empty threats (and who likely may have done said random cybercrimes on the conspiracy's orders).

* KilledOffscreen: Wakaba was killed by [[spoiler:the Black Mask]] completely offscreen with only murals in Futaba's Palace as visual proof. Given how gruesome the deaths of some of [[spoiler:The Black Mask's other victims are]] and Futaba watched her death in live action when she was ''13'', it's better off that we don't see it.

* KilledOffscreen: Wakaba was killed by [[spoiler:the Black Mask]] completely offscreen with only murals in Futaba's Palace as visual proof. Given how gruesome the deaths of some of [[spoiler:The Black Mask's other victims are]] and Futaba watched her death in live action, it's better off that we don't see it.

* KilledOffscreen: Wakaba was killed by [[spoiler:the Black Mask]] completely offscreen with only murals in Futaba's Palace as visual proof. Given how gruesome the deaths of some of [[spoiler:The Black Mask's other victims are, it's better off that we don't see it.]]

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:Black Mask induced a mental shutdown in Wakaba by killing her Shadow, and when it took effect she became disoriented and wandered into oncoming traffic (Principal Kobayakawa dies in-game in a similar fashion). This could have easily been written off as ''just'' a known ditz getting into a tragic accident, but the Antisocial Force decided to take it one step further and frame the incident as a suicide by having a forged note blaming her ''then-middle school-aged daughter who watched her die'' read aloud to her family, including said daughter. Why? [[ForTheEvulz Just to be assholes]], apparently.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Shadow Futaba asks a series of these to help Futaba realize that her belief that her mother hated her stemmed entirely from her mother's suicide note, which was falsified, so she thus has no reason to blame herself for her mother's fate.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The Sphinx is not associated with the Seven Deadly Sins, and does not come from Judeo-Christian mythology; Wrath is generally represented by Satan. [[AvertedTrope Of course]], the Sphinx is a Cognition, not a Shadow, so it makes sense that it exists outside of the naming convention, although it does have some traits of a Shadow Self.

* DemotedToExtra: In a meta game-design sense. Wakaba has a lot of unused visuals in the vanilla game, having unused portraits with a wide range of expressions (these portrait sprites were used in the Third Semester of ''Royal''). Additionally, she has an unused security meter icon with a file number that denotes it was supposed to be used for the final Palace. Based on all these, it seems she was going to have a big role in the endgame. In the game itself, she is a PosthumousCharacter.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: PlayedWith. [[spoiler:Black Mask induced a mental shutdown in Wakaba by killing her Shadow, and when it took effect she became disoriented and wandered into oncoming traffic (Principal Kobayakawa dies in-game in a similar fashion). This could have easily been written off as ''just'' an accident, but the Antisocial Force decided to take it one step further and frame the incident as a suicide by having a forged note blaming her ''then-middle school-aged daughter who watched her die'' read aloud to her family, including said daughter. Why? [[ForTheEvulz Just to be assholes]], apparently.]]

* HardWorkHardlyWorks: She lives on a very strict diet, works out everyday and spends a lot of time and money to keep her skin in perfect condition. She's shocked to hear that Ann doesn't do any of that, even eating cakes and sweets whenever she feels like it, yet is still a popular model.

* EvilPrincipal: He allows a violent sexual predator to act unimpeded in his school, he cares far more about his school's reputation than his students' well-being, he's a low-ranking member of an evil GovernmentConspiracy, and he uses the prospect of college admissions to goad his overachieving student council president into picking a fight with the {{yakuza}}.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Whether it be extortion, harassment, or even murder, any member can get away with their crimes.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lala is quite friendly and easygoing, but as Ohya's chief learns, angering her is a ''very'' bad idea - when Ohya threatens that she's going to beat the living crap out of him if he doesn't stop talking shit about her old partner, Lala sternly adds that she'll do "even worse" should he refuse.

* {{Gonk}}: Although unlike most other examples in this series, Lala isn't a JerkAss but rather a very kindhearted person who genuinely looks out for the protagonist and does her best to keep Ohya in check.

* EvilIsPetty: Stealing Wakaba Isshiki's research and having her murdered to ensure her silence is simple cold-blooded villainy. Their hitman's modus operandi even allows the act to be framed as Wakaba committing suicide. What takes these psychopaths over the edge is their subsequent forging of a suicide note laying the blame for Wakaba's declining mental state at the feet of her young daughter Futaba. Reading said note aloud at Wakaba's funeral, turning Futaba's family into an angry mob screaming at a little girl, is an inhumanly vile act that serves no higher purpose beyond sheer cruelty.

* EvilIsPetty: Stealing Wakaba Isshiki's research and having her murdered to ensure her silence is simple cold-blooded villainy. Their hitman's modus operandi even allows the act to be framed as Wakaba committing suicide. What takes these psychopaths over the edge is their subsequent forging of a suicide note laying the blame for Wakaba's declining mental state at the feet of her young daughter Futaba (Wakaba's young daughter). Reading said note aloud at Wakaba's funeral, turning Futaba's family into an angry mob screaming at a little girl, is an inhumanly vile act that serves no higher purpose beyond sheer cruelty.