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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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