History Roleplay / Disappeared

''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', RecycledInSpace, with an even more [[DysfunctionJunction screwed up cast]] engaged in TeethClenchedTeamwork. [[TheyFightCrime They fight shadows.]]

%%* {{Ojou}}: There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[KendoTeamCaptain Masami]], [[ManipulativeBitch Kiriko]], [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Kajiko]], [[AlphaBitch Tamiko]], and [[VillainousCrossdresser Noriko]]. [[TheyFightCrime They commit crime.]]

* BlandNameProduct: Much more extensive than in ''Persona 4'', with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including Wiki/TVTropes itself, getting this treatment.

%%* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on [[YaoiGuys Toru and Kazuya's]] first date.

%%* DreamWorld: Paradise.

%%* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

%%* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Features heavily in CharacterDevelopment at the end of/after dungeons.

''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', RecycledINSPACE, with an even more [[DysfunctionJunction screwed up cast]] engaged in TeethClenchedTeamwork. [[TheyFightCrime They fight shadows.]]

For a broader description, Disappeared! is a Role Playing Game [[PlayByPostGames that is played on InsaneJournal.]] It takes the basic idea behind Persona 4 and makes it much bigger.

It has a wiki at: [[http://www.kettledragon.net/couch/index.php?title=Main_Page Sweetcouch]].

* {{Angrish}}: Maeko has a tendency to devolve into saying "stupid stupid stupid" and variations of such when angered sufficiently.
%%* BeachEpisode: It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's {{Nietzsche Wannabe}} shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse.

* BlandNameProduct: Much more extensive than in Persona 4, with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including Wiki/TVTropes itself, getting this treatment.

%%* ClassTrip[=/=]HotSpringsEpisode: Just like in Persona 3, but it went much better for the boys in this cast.

* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Comes with the fragmented nature of the storytelling.
%%* LaserGuidedAmnesia: If a character [[PutOnABus rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise.

%%* {{Masquerade}}: Both persona-users and angels alike.

%%* NewTransferStudent: Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]] [[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].
* NextSundayAD: The game is set in 2013.

%%* PurpleProse: Kazuya's [[{{Love Letter Lunacy}} horrible love poems]].
%%* PutOnABus: Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)

* RetCon: Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[BerserkButton Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]] Reizo never commented on Yoshimi's [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name]] Franchise/KingdomHearts panties because she doesn't own any.

%%* School Festival: It cannot end well.
%%* [[ScrewYouElves Screw You Angels]]

* ShutUpHannibal: Happens during the boss battle with Hikaru. Toru and Tom don't feel like dealing with a WellIntentionedExtremist, it seems.

* SnoopingLittleKid: Emi and Kozue, who attempt to spy on the Anti-Bullying Club and end up getting dragged in to being persona-users when they're caught.

%%* TenMinuteRetirement: Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae.
%%* TrueCompanions: Reluctantly.

%%* [[ThinkHappyThoughts Think About Your Persona]]: What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[DirtyCoward Kanaye]] out of the void in Renju's dungeon.

%%%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The angels and their Millennium City.
* TheVerse: Set in the same continuity/universe as ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4''. And apparently ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', according to WordOfGod.

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Only a few years after [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Nyx]] and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Izanami]], a group of young are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they?
%%* Winged Humanoid: The angels.
%%* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Features heavily in {{Character Development}} at the end of/after dungeons.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Cars?]]: In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a car accident right before her eyes.
* YouCantThwartStageOne: Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.

* ArcWords: "Millennium City", "Disappear", "Paradise".

* BeachEpisode: It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's {{Nietzsche Wannabe}} shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse.
* BigBallOfViolence: All Out Attack.
* BigDamnHeroes: Featured in practically every dungeon.

* BreatherEpisode: Essentially everything that isn't the overarching plot, an investigation, or a dungeon.
* BrokenBridge: The lighthouse staircase in Toshimi's dungeon.
* ButtMonkey: Keiichi.

* CharacterBlog: A large part of the game takes place posted on these.

* ChekhovsGun: Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.

* ClassTrip[=/=]HotSpringsEpisode: Just like in Persona 3, but it went much better for the boys in this cast.

* ContemplateOurNavels: Introspection and self-links are this.

* DestinationDefenestration: Done in ''reverse'' to Kozue by Reizo in an attempt to enter a locked dorm room.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday heterosexuality]].
* DreamWorld: Paradise.
* DramaticWind: Featured in Toshimi's dungeon. It's actually important to the plot.
* DumbassHasAPoint: The easiest way to sum up Kiriko's interactions with Keiichi (when they're positive.)
* DysfunctionJunction
* ElevatorSchool
* EvilCounterpart
* FanDisservice: [[{{Crossdresser}} Mara]][[MadArtist -chan]].
* FisherKingdom: The characters' respective dungeons.
** VideoGames: Toru's dungeon played with many of these genres.
** FairytaleMotifs: Maeko.
** ComicBooks, SuperTeam: Tom.
** {{Camp}} MoodWhiplash: Seiko.
** HighSchoolDance meets LoveHotels: Kozue.
** SurvivalHorror: Reizo.
** {{Dystopia}}: Keiichi.
** WeddingDay: With bombs. Kiriko.
* {{Flashback}}: Heavily featured in many dungeons.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The initial arrival of the angels appeared to be this.

* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: THIS IS A NO-BUTTFUCK ZONE!

* HighSchool: Like all Persona Games.

* InfoDump: Seiji delivers one after his HeelFaceTurn.
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: If a character [[PutOnABus rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise.

* KillItWithFire: Attempted upon the Couch.
* KilledOffForReal: Mr. Aomori, Seiji
* MadnessMantra: ''peelpeelpeel''. Also, S!Renju's Buddhist chants.
* MaliciousSlander: Slung left and right. This is HighSchool, after all.
* MegaCorp: [=NakaCo.=]
* {{Masquerade}}: Both persona-users and angels alike.
* MirrorBoss: Shadow Seiko, literally.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Invoked with the deaths of Shingo, Kei, Seiji, and Mr. Aomori.
* NewTransferStudent: Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]] [[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Seiji and Kouki.
* {{Ojou}}: There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[KendoTeamCaptain Masami]], [[ManipulativeBitch Kiriko]], [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Kajiko]], [[AlphaBitch Tamiko]], and [[VillainousCrossdresser Noriko]]. [[TheyFightCrime They commit crime.]]

* OneWingedAngel: The boss shadow forms of characters. Some more than others...
* OutlawCouple: Kiriko and Reizo.
* ParentalAbandonment: Most of the characters have issues.
* PosthumousCharacter: Sato Kei and Shingo Furukawa.

* PurpleProse: Kazuya's [[{{Love Letter Lunacy}} horrible love poems]].
* PutOnABus: Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Anti-Bullying Club/investigation team.
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on [[YaoiGuys Toru and Kazuya's]] first date.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Commonly delivered by shadows before being [[ShutUpHannibal rejected]].

* RoomFullOfCrazy: Kiriko's dorm room after she goes shadow.
* School Festival: It cannot end well.
* [[ScrewYouElves Screw You Angels]]

* SeinfeldianConversation: The Gossipers, full-stop.
* SempaiKohai: Used heavily in character interactions.

* SummonMagic: The personae.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The Shadow versions of the characters.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Most obviously during dungeons and boss fights.
* TarotMotifs: One for each major player character.
* TeamPet: Tom's puppy, Max.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae.
* TrueCompanions: Reluctantly.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Ever. If there were, the cast likely wouldn't have to fight their shadows!
* [[ThinkHappyThoughts Think About Your Persona]]: What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[DirtyCoward Kanaye]] out of the void in Renju's dungeon.
* TooDumbToLive: Anybody who picks a fight with Reizo.

* TrollBridge: The kendo teammates' questions in Masami's dungeon.
* UrbanFantasy: As per the game's basis.
* UselessUsefulSpell: Status skills and Light/Dark spells.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The angels and their Millennium City.

* VillainousCrossdresser: Noriko Kojima.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: A belated discovery in Toshimi's dungeon, when confronting the Gene/Ginji shadow.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* Winged Humanoid: The angels.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Features heavily in {{Character Development}} at the end of/after dungeons.

* SubculturesInJapan: In spades.

* BlandNameProduct: Much more extensive than in Persona 4, with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including TVTropes itself, getting this treatment.

* TheVerse: Set in the same continuity/universe as Persona3 and Persona4. And apparently ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', according to WordOfGod.

* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: [[Persona2 Philemon]]. He appears to the party after the first CurbStompBattle against the angels, [[SeekingSanctuary granting them the Butterfly Room]].

* RetCon: Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[BerserkButton Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]] Reizo never commented on Yoshimi's [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name]] KingdomHearts panties because she doesn't own any.

* TheVerse: Set in the same continuity/universe as Persona3 and Persona4. And apparently {{Hellsing}}, according to WordOfGod.

* FanNickname: "[=OMGels=]", for the angels, S![name] for characters' shadows.

* ThrowItIn: The couch/Butterfly Room were never originally in the plan for the game, but then the couch dodged [[KillItWithFire fate]] and set the circumstances leading up to its home in motion.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[HaveIMentionedIAm HeterosexualToday heterosexuality]].

[[caption-width:350:Arc Words, anyone?]]

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* AdultsAreUseless - Not a single persona-user is older than 18. Guess who are the sole group actually doing anything about the murders and disappearances?
* ArcWords - "Millennium City", "Disappear", "Paradise".
* {{Angrish}} - Maeko has a tendency to devolve into saying "stupid stupid stupid" and variations of such when angered sufficiently.
* BeachEpisode - It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's {{Nietzsche Wannabe}} shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse.
* BigBallOfViolence - All Out Attack.
* BigDamnHeroes - Featured in practically every dungeon.
* BlandNameProduct - Much more extensive than in Persona 4, with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including TVTropes itself, getting this treatment.
* BreakingTheFellowship - The team's meltdown after Kiriko's dungeon, which nearly gets them killed when Maeko's shadow [[FaceHeelTurn sells them out]] to the murderous angels.
* BreatherEpisode - Essentially everything that isn't the overarching plot, an investigation, or a dungeon.
* BrokenBridge - The lighthouse staircase in Toshimi's dungeon.
* ButtMonkey - Keiichi.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth - [[Persona2 Philemon]]. He appears to the party after the first CurbStompBattle against the angels, [[SeekingSanctuary granting them the Butterfly Room]].
* CharacterBlog - A large part of the game takes place posted on these.
* CharacterDevelopment - Integral to the plot of the game is the maturation of the teenage cast.
* ChekhovsGun - Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve - Paradise is entirely formed from people's thoughts.
* ClassTrip[=/=]HotSpringsEpisode - Just like in Persona 3, but it went much better for the boys in this cast.
* CollectiveGroan - The typical response to Misaki's {{Friendship Speech}}es.
* ContemplateOurNavels - Introspection and self-links are this.
* CulturalPosturing - Half of what [[{{Jerkass}} Kouchisei]] has to say is about the obvious superiority of Japan.
* DestinationDefenestration - Done in ''reverse'' to Kozue by Reizo in an attempt to enter a locked dorm room.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper - Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[HaveIMentionedIAm HeterosexualToday heterosexuality]].
* DreamWorld - Paradise.
* DramaticWind - Featured in Toshimi's dungeon. It's actually important to the plot.
* DumbassHasAPoint - The easiest way to sum up Kiriko's interactions with Keiichi (when they're positive.)

* FanDisservice - [[{{Crossdresser}} Mara]][[MadArtist -chan]].
* FanNickname - "OMGels", for the angels, S![name] for characters' shadows.
* FisherKingdom - The characters' respective dungeons.
** VideoGames - Toru's dungeon played with many of these genres.
** FairytaleMotifs - Maeko.
** ComicBooks, SuperTeam - Tom.
** {{Camp}} MoodWhiplash - Seiko.
** HighSchoolDance meets LoveHotels - Kozue.
** SurvivalHorror - Reizo.
** {{Dystopia}} - Keiichi.
** WeddingDay - With bombs. Kiriko
* {{Flashback}} - Heavily featured in many dungeons.
* FourIsDeath - There are four angels. They appear in the technical fourth dungeon. In one more humorous example, Kai repeatedly fails his Zio spells by rolling fours in combat.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere - The initial arrival of the angels appeared to be this.
* {{GIRL}} - Kiriko prefers to play as male characters in {{MMORPG}}s. So does [[{{Jerkass}} #4]].
* HandsOffParenting - Except for where they actively feature in the individual plotlines of characters, most parents are conspicuously absent. Toru's are extremely glaring examples.
* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday - THIS IS A NO-BUTTFUCK ZONE!
* HeelFaceTurn - Seiji betrays the other angels in order to assist the team. It doesn't end well for him.
* HighSchool - Like all Persona Games.
* ImprobableWeaponUser - Kozue uses a tennis racquet. Joke weapons also tend to fall into this category.
* InfoDump - Seiji delivers one after his HeelFaceTurn.
* IntentionalEngrishForFunny- The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon.
* JigsawPuzzlePlot - Comes with the fragmented nature of the storytelling.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia - If a character [[PutOnABus rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise.
* LightIsNotGood - While Shadows are common enemies, the real villains of this story are a group of angels.
* KillItWithFire - Attempted upon the Couch.
* KilledOffForReal - Mr. Aomori, Seiji
* MadnessMantra - peelpeelpeel. Also, S!Renju's Buddhist chants.
* MaliciousSlander - Slung left and right. This is HighSchool, after all.
* MegaCorp - NakaCo.
* {{Masquerade}} - Both persona-users and angels alike.
* MirrorBoss - Shadow Seiko, literally.
* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead - Invoked with the deaths of Shingo, Kei, Seiji, and Mr. Aomori.
* NewTransferStudent - Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]] [[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].
* NextSundayAD - The game is set in 2013.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant - Seiji and Kouki.
* {{Ojou}} - There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[KendoTeamCaptain Masami]], [[ManipulativeBitch Kiriko]], [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Kajiko]], [[AlphaBitch Tamiko]], and [[VillainousCrossdresser Noriko]]. [[TheyFightCrime They commit crime.]]
* [[OneSteveLimit One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[ActionGirl characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[VillainousCrossdresser one]] has persisted. Another [[ActionGirl one]] had her name [[RetCon retconned]] to Natsuko.
* OneWingedAngel - The boss shadow forms of characters. Some more than others...
* OutlawCouple - Kiriko and Reizo.
* ParentalAbandonment - Most of the characters have issues.
* PosthumousCharacter - Sato Kei and Shingo Furukawa.
* PrecisionFStrike - Masami said "fucking?" She's definitely gone shadow.
* ProlongedPrologue - The predungeon investigations are often quite lengthy.
* PurpleProse - Kazuya's [[{{Love Letter Lunacy}} horrible love poems]].
* PutOnABus - Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits - The Anti-Bullying Club/investigation team.
* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud - Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on [[YaoiGuys Toru and Kazuya's]] first date.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - Commonly delivered by shadows before being [[ShutUpHannibal rejected]].
* RetCon - Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[BerserkButton Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]] Reizo never commented on Yoshimi's [[BlandNameProduct Bland Name]] KingdomHearts panties because she doesn't own any.
* RoomFullOfCrazy - Kiriko's dorm room after she goes shadow.
* School Festival - It cannot end well.

* SeekingSanctuary - The Butterfly Room cannot be entered by malicious shadows, or so it seems.
* SeinfeldianConversation - The Gossipers, full-stop.
* SempaiKohai - Used heavily in character interactions.
* ShirtlessScene - Reizo gets several, in order to... [[{{Fanservice}} erm]]... highlight his yakuza tattoos.
* ShutUpHannibal - Happens during the boss battle with Hikaru. Toru and Tom don't feel like dealing with a WellIntentionedExtremist, it seems.
* SliceOfLife - The non-plot character threads, which deal with club activities, video games, dates, chance encounters, and other mundane interactions meant to flesh out the characters.
* SnoopingLittleKid - Emi and Kozue, who attempt to spy on the Anti-Bullying Club and end up getting dragged in to being persona-users when they're caught.
* SubculturesInJapan - In spades.
* SummonMagic - The personae.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes - The Shadow versions of the characters.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction - Most obviously during dungeons and boss fights.
* TarotMotifs - One for each major player character.
* TeamPet - Tom's puppy Max.
* TenMinuteRetirement - Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae.
* TrueCompanions - Reluctantly.
* ThereAreNoTherapists - Ever. If there were, the cast likely wouldn't have to fight their shadows!
* [[ThinkHappyThoughts Think About Your Persona]] - What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[DirtyCoward Kanaye]] out of the void in Renju's dungeon.
* ThrowItIn - The couch/Butterfly Room were never originally in the plan for the game, but then the couch dodged [[KillItWithFire fate]] and set the circumstances leading up to its home in motion.
* TooDumbToLive - Anybody who picks a fight with Reizo.
* TouchedByVorlons - Being thrown into Paradise seems to have activated the characters as persona-users.
* TranslationConvention - The game is supposedly set in Japan, and is thus technically in Japanese, but written out in English.
* TrollBridge - The kendo teammates' questions in Masami's dungeon.
* UrbanFantasy - As per the game's basis.
* UselessUsefulSpell - Status skills and Light/Dark spells.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans - The angels and their Millennium City.
* TheVerse - Set in the same continuity/universe as Persona3 and Persona4. And apparently {{Hellsing}}, according to WordOfGod.
* VillainousCrossdresser - Noriko Kojima.
* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer - A belated discovery in Toshimi's dungeon, when confronting the Gene/Ginji shadow.

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed - Only a few years after [[VideoGame/{{Persona 3}} Nyx]] and [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} Izanami]], a group of young are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they?
* Winged Humanoid - The angels.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech - Features heavily in {{Character Development}} at the end of/after dungeons.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Cars?]] - In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a car accident right before her eyes.
* YouCantThwartStageOne - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.

* {{Tanabata}} - Heralds Misaki's disappearance into Paradise.

* YouCantThwartStageOne - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.

* CargoShip - Kiriko x Giant bag of money, anyone? Also, Couch x Bonsai, in the anonymous fic meme.

* EnsembleDarkhorse - Reizo and Shirou. Maybe even Toru to a certain degree.

* FountainOfMemes - Reizo and #4.

* HoYay - Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...

* MemeticMutation - Several noteworthy examples:
** The sweet couch.
** Reizo's junk.
** Reizo's slim hips.
** This is a no buttfuck zone!
** Danger at the rear!
** Winged asses.
** The Kondo Hole and Kondo Sack
** Peelpeelpeel
** ALL RIGHT, I'M PUMPED NOW!
** "possibly homosexual, must investigate further"
** Bromonade
** Punch him, puncher!
** "Kanaye's dungeon is definitely next!"
** Kiriko x Giant Bag of Money OTP

* NightmareFuel - Many of the dungeons and bosses, but most obviously Renju's and Reizo's.

* PlayerPunch - Seiji's death, the fact that Sato Kei was the original persona-user.

* SoBadItsGood - The Christmas story, which was a bad FinalFantasyVII fanfiction with the names replaced.

* EyesOfGold - The Shadow versions of the characters.

For a broader description, Disappeared! is a Role Playing Game [[PlayByPostGames that is played on InsaneJournal.]] It takes the basic idea behind Persona 4 and [[TheSameButMore makes it much bigger.]]

* LongestPrologueEver - The predungeon investigations are often quite lengthy.

* ZeroWingrish - The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon.

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* {{GIRL}} - Kiriko prefers to play as male characters in MMORPGs. So does [[{{Jerkass}} #4]].

{{Persona 4}}, RecycledINSPACE, with an even more [[DysfunctionJunction screwed up cast]] engaged in TeethClenchedTeamwork. [[TheyFightCrime They fight shadows.]]

* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed - Only a few years after [[{{Persona 3}} Nyx]] and [[{{Persona 4}} Izanami]], a group of young are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they?

* BonnieAndClyde - Kiriko and Reizo.

* {{Adults Are Useless}} - Not a single persona-user is older than 18. Guess who are the sole group actually doing anything about the murders and disappearances?
* {{Arc Words}} - "Millennium City", "Disappear", "Paradise".

* {{Beach Episode}} - It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's {{Nietzsche Wannabe}} shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse.
* {{Big Ball of Violence}} - All Out Attack.
* {{Big Damn Heroes}} - Featured in practically every dungeon.
* {{Bland Name Product}} - Much more extensive than in Persona 4, with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including TVTropes itself, getting this treatment.
* {{Bonnie And Clyde}} - Kiriko and Reizo.
* {{Breaking The Fellowship}} - The team's meltdown after Kiriko's dungeon, which nearly gets them killed when Maeko's shadow [[{{Face Heel Turn}} sells them out]] to the murderous angels.
* {{Breather Episode}} - Essentially everything that isn't the overarching plot, an investigation, or a dungeon.
* {{Broken Bridge}} - The lighthouse staircase in Toshimi's dungeon.
* {{Butt Monkey}} - Keiichi.
* {{Butterfly Of Death And Rebirth}} - [[{{Persona 2}} Philemon]]. He appears to the party after the first {{Curb Stomp Battle}} against the angels, [[{{Seeking Sanctuary}} granting them the Butterfly Room]].
* {{Cargo Ship}} - Kiriko x Giant bag of money, anyone? Also, Couch x Bonsai, in the anonymous fic meme.
* {{Character Blog}} - A large part of the game takes place posted on these.
* {{Character Development}} - Integral to the plot of the game is the maturation of the teenage cast.
* [[{{Chekhovs Gun}} Chekhov's Gun]] - Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise.
* {{Clap Your Hands If You Believe}} - Paradise is entirely formed from people's thoughts.
* {{Class Trip}}/{{Hot Springs Episode}} - Just like in Persona 3, but it went much better for the boys in this cast.
* {{Collective Groan}} - The typical response to Misaki's {{Friendship Speech}}es.
* {{Contemplate Our Navels}} - Introspection and self-links are this.
* {{Cultural Posturing}} - Half of what [[{{Jerkass}} Kouchisei]] has to say is about the obvious superiority of Japan.
* {{Destination Defenestration}} - Done in ''reverse'' to Kozue by Reizo in an attempt to enter a locked dorm room.
* {{Digging Yourself Deeper}} - Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[{{Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today}} heterosexuality]].
* {{Dream World}} - Paradise.
* {{Dramatic Wind}} - Featured in Toshimi's dungeon. It's actually important to the plot.
* {{Dumbass Has A Point}} - The easiest way to sum up Kiriko's interactions with Keiichi (when they're positive.)
* {{Dysfunction Junction}}
* {{Elevator School}}
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}} - Reizo and Shirou. Maybe even Toru to a certain degree.
* {{Evil Counterpart}}
* {{Eyes of Gold}} - The Shadow versions of the characters.
* {{Fan Disservice}} - [[{{Crossdresser}} Mara]][[{{Mad Artist}} -chan]].
* {{Fan Nickname}} - "OMGels", for the angels, S![name] for characters' shadows.
* {{Fisher Kingdom}} - The characters' respective dungeons.
** {{Video Games}} - Toru's dungeon played with many of these genres.
** {{Fairytale Motifs}} - Maeko.
** {{Comic Books}}, {{Super Team}} - Tom.
** {{Camp}} {{Mood Whiplash}} - Seiko.
** {{High School Dance}} meets {{Love Hotels}} - Kozue
** {{Survival Horror}} - Reizo
** {{Dystopia}} - Keiichi
** {{Wedding Day}} - With bombs. Kiriko

* {{Fountain of Memes}} - Reizo and #4.
* {{Four Is Death}} - There are four angels. They appear in the technical fourth dungeon. In one more humorous example, Kai repeatedly fails his Zio spells by rolling fours in combat.
* {{Giant Space Flea From Nowhere}} - The initial arrival of the angels appeared to be this.

* {{Hands Off Parenting}} - Except for where they actively feature in the individual plotlines of characters, most parents are conspicuously absent. Toru's are extremely glaring examples.
* {{Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today}} - THIS IS A NO-BUTTFUCK ZONE!
* {{Heel Face Turn}} - Seiji betrays the other angels in order to assist the team. It doesn't end well for him.
* {{High School}} Like all Persona Games.
* {{Ho Yay}} -Maeko and Misaki, Toru and practically everyone, Renju and Masami (kinda), Renju and Kozue, Kai and Kouki...
* {{Improbable Weapon User}} - Kozue uses a tennis racquet. Joke weapons also tend to fall into this category.
* {{Info Dump}} - Seiji delivers one after his {{Heel Face Turn}}.
* {{Jigsaw Puzzle Plot}} - Comes with the fragmented nature of the storytelling.
* {{Laser Guided Amnesia}} - If a character [[{{Put On A Bus}} rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise.
* {{Light Is Not Good}} - While Shadows are common enemies, the real villains of this story are a group of angels.
* {{Longest Prologue Ever}} - The predungeon investigations are often quite lengthy.
* {{Kill It With Fire}} - Attempted upon the Couch.
* {{Killed Off For Real}} - Mr. Aomori, Seiji
* {{Madness Mantra}} - peelpeelpeel. Also, S!Renju's Buddhist chants.
* {{Malicious Slander}} - Slung left and right. This is {{High School}}, after all.
* {{Mega Corp}} - NakaCo.

* {{Memetic Mutation}} - Several noteworthy examples:

* {{Mirror Boss}} - Shadow Seiko, literally.
* {{Nakama}} - Reluctantly.
* {{Never Speak Ill Of The Dead}} - Invoked with the deaths of Shingo, Kei, Seiji, and Mr. Aomori.
* {{New Transfer Student}} - Nayuki, until he was [[{{Put On A Bus}} sent to]] [[{{Running Gag}} the moon]].
* {{Next Sunday AD}} - The game is set in 2013.
* {{Nightmare Fuel}} - Many of the dungeons and bosses, but most obviously Renju's and Reizo's.
* {{Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant}} - Seiji and Kouki.
* {{Ojou}} - There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[{{Kendo Team Captain}} Masami]], [[{{Manipulative Bitch}} Kiriko]], [[{{Screw The Rules I Have Money}} Kajiko]], [[{{The Libby}} Tamiko]], and [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. [[{{They Fight Crime}} They commit crime.]]
* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted. Another [[{{Action Girl}} one]] had her name [[{{Ret Con}} retconned]] to Natsuko.
* {{One Winged Angel}} - The boss shadow forms of characters. Some more than others...
* {{Parental Abandonment}} - Most of the characters have issues.
* {{Player Punch}} - Seiji's death, the fact that Sato Kei was the original persona-user.
* {{Posthumous Character}} - Sato Kei and Shingo Furukawa.
* {{Precision F Strike}} - Masami said "fucking?" She's definitely gone shadow.
* {{Purple Prose}} - Kazuya's [[{{Love Letter Lunacy}} horrible love poems]].
* {{Put On A Bus}} - Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples...)
* {{Ragtag Bunch Of Misfits}} - The Anti-Bullying Club/investigation team.
* {{Reading The Stage Directions Out Loud}} - Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on [[{{Yaoi Guys}} Toru and Kazuya's]] first date.
* {{Ret Con}} - Ginjiro never invaded the dorms. [[{{Berserk Button}} Nobody ever called Toshimi scary.]] Reizo never commented on Yoshimi's [[{{Bland Name Product}} Bland Name]] {{Kingdom Hearts}} panties because she doesn't own any.
* {{Room Full Of Crazy}} - Kiriko's dorm room after she goes shadow.
* {{School Festival}} - It cannot end well.
* [[{{Screw You Elves}} Screw You Angels]]
* {{Seeking Sanctuary}} - The Butterfly Room cannot be entered by malicious shadows, or so it seems.
* {{Seinfeldian Conversation}} - The Gossipers, full-stop.
* {{Sempai Kohai}} - Used heavily in character interactions.
* {{Shirtless Scene}} - Reizo gets several, in order to... [[{{Fanservice}} erm]]... highlight his yakuza tattoos.
* {{Shut Up Hannibal}} - Happens during the boss battle with Hikaru. Toru and Tom don't feel like dealing with a {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}, it seems.
* {{Slice Of Life}} - The non-plot character threads, which deal with club activities, video games, dates, chance encounters, and other mundane interactions meant to flesh out the characters.
* {{Snooping Little Kid}} - Emi and Kozue, who attempt to spy on the Anti-Bullying Club and end up getting dragged in to being persona-users when they're caught.
* {{So Bad Its Good}} - The Christmas story, which was a bad {{Final Fantasy VII}} fanfiction with the names replaced.
* {{Subcultures In Japan}} - In spades.
* {{Summon Magic}} - The personae.
* {{Talking Is A Free Action}} - Most obviously during dungeons and boss fights.

* {{Tarot Motifs}} - One for each major player character.
* {{Team Pet}} - Tom's puppy Max.
* {{Ten Minute Retirement}} - Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae.
* {{The Reason You Suck Speech}} - Commonly delivered by shadows before being [[{{Shut Up Hannibal}} rejected]].
* {{The World Is Always Doomed}} - Only a few years after [[{{Persona 3}} Nyx]] and [[{{Persona 4}} Izanami]], a group of young are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they?
* {{There Are No Therapists}} - Ever. If there were, the cast likely wouldn't have to fight their shadows!
* [[{{Think Happy Thoughts}} Think About Your Persona]] - What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[{{Dirty Coward}} Kanaye]] out of the void in Renju's dungeon.
* {{Throw It In}} - The couch/Butterfly Room were never originally in the plan for the game, but then the couch dodged [[{{Kill It With Fire}} fate]] and set the circumstances leading up to its home in motion.
* {{Too Dumb To Live}} - Anybody who picks a fight with Reizo.
* {{Touched By Vorlons}} - Being thrown into Paradise seems to have activated the characters as persona-users.
* {{Translation Convention}} - The game is supposedly set in Japan, and is thus technically in Japanese, but written out in English.
* {{Troll Bridge}} - The kendo teammates' questions in Masami's dungeon.
* {{Urban Fantasy}} - As per the game's basis.
* {{Useless Useful Spell}} - Status skills and Light/Dark spells.
* {{Utopia Justifies The Means}} - The angels and their Millennium City.
* {{The Verse}} - Set in the same continuity/universe as {{Persona 3}} and {{Persona 4}}. And apparently {{Hellsing}}, according to {{Word Of God}}.
* {{Villainous Crossdresser}} - Noriko Kojima.
* {{Violence Really Is The Answer}} - A belated discovery in Toshimi's dungeon, when confronting the Gene/Ginji shadow.
* {{Wake up Go to School Save the World}}
* [[{{Why Did It Have To Be Snakes}} Why Did It Have To Be Cars]] - In Tom's dungeon, Toshimi turns out to be utterly terrified of the cars attacking the party. Turns out, her cousin was killed in a car accident right before her eyes.
* {{Winged Humanoid}} - The angels.
* {{World Of Cardboard Speech}} - Features heavily in {{Character Development}} at the end of/after dungeons.
* {{You Cant Thwart Stage One}} - Every attempt at preventing the angels from throwing characters in Paradise is doomed to fail. As is being a character with The Potential and not getting thrown in by the team.
* {{Zero Wingrish}} - The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon.

* [[{{One Steve Limit}} One Noriko Limit]] - There were originally three [[{{Action Girl}} characters]] [[{{Delinquent}} named]] [[{{Crossdresser}} Noriko]]. Since then, only [[{{Villainous Crossdresser}} one]] has persisted. Another [[{{Action Girl}} one]] had her name [[{{Ret Con}}retconned]] to Natsuko.