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5 | ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', RecycledInSpace, with an even more [[DysfunctionJunction screwed up cast]] engaged in TeethClenchedTeamwork. They fight shadows. |
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7 | For a broader description, ''Disappeared!'' is a [[PlayByPostGames play-by-post]] Role Playing Game that is played on [=InsaneJournal=]. It takes the basic idea behind ''Persona 4'' and makes it much bigger. |
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9 | The roleplay can be found [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/disappear_rpg/ here]]. It was started in 2009 and came to a conclusion in 2011. |
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12 | !!''Disappeared'' provides examples of the following tropes: |
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14 | %%* TenMinuteRetirement: Yoshimi and Renju both undergo them when they lose their personae. |
15 | * AdultsAreUseless: Not a single persona-user is older than 18. Guess who are the sole group actually doing anything about the murders and disappearances? |
16 | * {{Angrish}}: Maeko has a tendency to devolve into saying "stupid stupid stupid" and variations of such when angered sufficiently. |
17 | %%* ArcWords: "Millennium City", "Disappear", "Paradise". |
18 | %%* BeachEpisode: It ended in the team fighting Toshimi's NietzscheWannabe shadow at the top of a spinning lighthouse. |
19 | %%* BigBallOfViolence: All Out Attack. |
20 | %%* BigDamnHeroes: Featured in practically every dungeon. |
21 | * BlandNameProduct: Much more extensive than in ''Persona 4'', with everything from 4chan to the Nippon Ham Fighters, and including Website/TVTropes itself, getting this treatment. |
22 | * 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. |
23 | %%* BreatherEpisode: Essentially everything that isn't the overarching plot, an investigation, or a dungeon. |
24 | %%* BrokenBridge: The lighthouse staircase in Toshimi's dungeon. |
25 | %%* ButtMonkey: Keiichi. |
26 | * ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: [[VideoGame/Persona2 Philemon]]. He appears to the party after the first CurbStompBattle against the angels, [[SeekingSanctuary granting them the Butterfly Room]]. |
27 | %%* CharacterBlog: A large part of the game takes place posted on these. |
28 | * CharacterDevelopment: Integral to the plot of the game is the maturation of the teenage cast. |
29 | %%* ChekhovsGun: Hikaru's occult shop, and the fact that his items closely resemble the same items obtained from shadows in Paradise. |
30 | * ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Paradise is entirely formed from people's thoughts. |
31 | %%* ClassTrip: Just like in Persona 3, but it went much better for the boys in this cast. |
32 | * CollectiveGroan: The typical response to Misaki's {{Friendship Speech}}es. |
33 | %%* ContemplateOurNavels: Introspection and self-links are this. |
34 | * CulturalPosturing: Half of what [[{{Jerkass}} Kouchisei]] has to say is about the obvious superiority of Japan. |
35 | %%* DestinationDefenestration: Done in ''reverse'' to Kozue by Reizo in an attempt to enter a locked dorm room. |
36 | %%* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Every attempt Toru makes at assuring the team of his [[HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday heterosexuality]]. |
37 | %%* Dream World: Paradise. |
38 | %%* DramaticWind: Featured in Toshimi's dungeon. It's actually important to the plot. |
39 | %%* DumbassHasAPoint: The easiest way to sum up Kiriko's interactions with Keiichi (when they're positive.) |
40 | %%* DysfunctionJunction |
41 | %%* ElevatorSchool |
42 | %%* EvilCounterpart |
43 | %%* FanDisservice: [[{{Crossdresser}} Mara]][[MadArtist -chan]]. |
44 | %%* FisherKingdom: The characters' respective dungeons. |
45 | %%** VideoGames: Toru's dungeon played with many of these genres. |
46 | %%** FairytaleMotifs: Maeko. |
47 | %%** ComicBooks, SuperTeam: Tom. |
48 | %%** {{Camp}} MoodWhiplash: Seiko. |
49 | %%** HighSchoolDance meets LoveHotels: Kozue. |
50 | %%** SurvivalHorror: Reizo. |
51 | %%** {{Dystopia}}: Keiichi. |
52 | %%* {{Flashback}}: Heavily featured in many dungeons. |
53 | * 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. |
54 | %%* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The initial arrival of the angels appeared to be this. |
55 | * {{GIRL}}: Kiriko prefers to play as male characters in {{MMORPG}}s. So does [[{{Jerkass}} #4]]. |
56 | * HandsOffParenting: Except for where they actively feature in the individual plotlines of characters, most parents are conspicuously absent. Toru's are extremely glaring examples. |
57 | %%* HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday: THIS IS A NO-BUTTFUCK ZONE! |
58 | * HeelFaceTurn: Seiji betrays the other angels in order to assist the team. It doesn't end well for him. |
59 | %%* HighSchool: Like all Persona Games. |
60 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Kozue uses a tennis racquet. Joke weapons also tend to fall into this category. |
61 | %%* InfoDump: Seiji delivers one after his HeelFaceTurn. |
62 | %%* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: The most memorable segment of Maeko's dungeon. |
63 | %%* JigsawPuzzlePlot: Comes with the fragmented nature of the storytelling. |
64 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: If a character [[PutOnABus rejects their persona and powers]], the rest of the team automatically forgets about their involvement in Paradise. |
65 | * LightIsNotGood: While Shadows are common enemies, the real villains of this story are a group of angels. |
66 | %%* KillItWithFire: Attempted upon the Couch. |
67 | %%* KilledOffForReal: Mr. Aomori, Seiji |
68 | %%* MadnessMantra: ''peelpeelpeel''. Also, S!Renju's Buddhist chants. |
69 | %%* MaliciousSlander: Slung left and right. This is HighSchool, after all. |
70 | %%* {{Masquerade}}: Both persona-users and angels alike. |
71 | %%* MegaCorp: [=NakaCo.=] |
72 | %%* MirrorBoss: Shadow Seiko, literally. |
73 | %%* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Invoked with the deaths of Shingo, Kei, Seiji, and Mr. Aomori. |
74 | %%* NewTransferStudent: Nayuki, until he was [[PutOnABus sent to]] [[RunningGag the moon]]. |
75 | * NextSundayAD: The game ran from 2009 to 2011, but is set in 2013. |
76 | %%* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Seiji and Kouki. |
77 | %%* {{Ojou}}: There exists an Ojou Club made up of [[KendoTeamCaptain Masami]], [[ManipulativeBitch Kiriko]], [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney Kajiko]], [[AlphaBitch Tamiko]], and [[VillainousCrossdresser Noriko]]. They commit crime. |
78 | * OneSteveLimit: 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. |
79 | %%* OneWingedAngel: The boss shadow forms of characters. Some more than others... |
80 | %%* OutlawCouple: Kiriko and Reizo. |
81 | %%* ParentalAbandonment: Most of the characters have issues. |
82 | %%* PosthumousCharacter: Sato Kei and Shingo Furukawa. |
83 | * PrecisionFStrike: Masami said "fucking?" She's definitely gone shadow. |
84 | * ProlongedPrologue: The predungeon investigations are often quite lengthy. |
85 | %%* PurpleProse: Kazuya's [[LoveLetterLunacy horrible love poems]]. |
86 | %%* PutOnABus: Shiori, Kanaye, Emi, Yuuto, and Kazuya (to name the more blatant examples). |
87 | %%* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Anti-Bullying Club/investigation team. |
88 | %%* ReadingTheStageDirectionsOutLoud: Yoshimi does this while attempting to apologize for her intrusion on Toru and Kazuya's first date. |
89 | %%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Commonly delivered by shadows before being [[ShutUpHannibal rejected]]. |
90 | * 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. |
91 | %%* RoomFullOfCrazy: Kiriko's dorm room after she goes shadow. |
92 | %%* SchoolFestival: It cannot end well. |
93 | %%* ScrewYouElves |
94 | * SeekingSanctuary: The Butterfly Room cannot be entered by malicious shadows, or so it seems. |
95 | %%* SeinfeldianConversation: The Gossipers, full-stop. |
96 | * ShirtlessScene: Reizo gets several, in order to... [[{{Fanservice}} erm]]... highlight his yakuza tattoos. |
97 | %%* ShutUpHannibal: Happens during the boss battle with Hikaru. Toru and Tom don't feel like dealing with a WellIntentionedExtremist, it seems. |
98 | * 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. |
99 | * SnoopingLittleKid: Emi and Kozue, who attempt to spy on the Anti-Bullying Club and end up getting dragged into being persona-users when they're caught. |
100 | %%* SummonMagic: The personae. |
101 | %%* SupernaturalGoldEyes: The Shadow versions of the characters. |
102 | %%* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Most obviously during dungeons and boss fights. |
103 | %%* TarotMotifs: One for each major player character. |
104 | %%* TeamPet: Tom's puppy, Max. |
105 | %%* ThereAreNoTherapists: Ever. If there were, the cast likely wouldn't have to fight their shadows! |
106 | %%* ThinkHappyThoughts: What gets the team (other than [[{{The Fatalist}} Toshimi]] and [[DirtyCoward Kanaye]]) out of the void in Renju's dungeon. |
107 | %%* TooDumbToLive: Anybody who picks a fight with Reizo. |
108 | * TouchedByVorlons: Being thrown into Paradise seems to have activated the characters as persona-users. |
109 | * TranslationConvention: The game is supposedly set in Japan, and is thus technically in Japanese, but written out in English. |
110 | %%* TrollBridge: The kendo teammates' questions in Masami's dungeon. |
111 | %%* TrueCompanions: Reluctantly. |
112 | %%* UrbanFantasy: As per the game's basis. |
113 | %%* UselessUsefulSpell: Status skills and Light/Dark spells. |
114 | %%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: The angels and their Millennium City. |
115 | * TheVerse: Set in the same continuity/universe as ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4''. And apparently ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', according to one of the players. |
116 | %%* VillainousCrossdresser: Noriko Kojima. |
117 | %%* ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer: A belated discovery in Toshimi's dungeon, when confronting the Gene/Ginji shadow. |
118 | %%* WingedHumanoid: The angels. |
119 | * TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed: Only a few years after [[VideoGame/Persona3 Nyx]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Izanami]], a group of teenagers are stuck fighting the angels and their impending Millenium City! Persona-users never catch a break, do they? |
120 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: 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. |
121 | * 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. |
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