History Characters / Persona4

* {{Sensei-chan}} seems to think she's this.
* TedBaxter: Is earnestly shocked when she loses the Beauty pageant.

* TallDarkAndBishojou

* TheDanza: {{YMMV}}, but "Rise Kujikawa" is just too close to "RieKugimiya" to just be a coincidence. Rise's design may also be an ActorAllusion with the high-grade ZettaiRyouiki common with the {{Tsundere}} characters Kugimiya is [[TypeCasting usually associated with]].

** "''BEAR''-Sona!"

* HurricaneOfPuns: Oh, lord.
** English only in a moment of Woolseyism. In Japanese, it's a VerbalTic with "Kuma" (kuma meaning "bear" in Japanese).
** ''BEAR''-Sona!
** I feel like I'm going ''BEAR''-serk!
** Parodied [[http://hiimdaisy.livejournal.com/26044.html here]], slightly more than halfway down the page.

The protagonist's second home-room teacher after his first one gets murdered during the course of the story.

* OldAndBustedNewHotness: She stops gaining useful physicals and ice spells by the time you get Kanji and Teddie, at least for mid-game. She does gain an incredibly powerful physical attack at much higher levels though.

*** As well as the [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] of the [[{{Naruto}} Akutsuki]].

** Hold on... Rise was {{Bloodrayne}}?

* EpilepticTrees: Good gravy, notable in that Teddie probably has probably caused the growth of more shaking trees than the entire ''casts'' of other games in the franchise, as even the [[TheReveal reveals]] about him only really serve to open even more questions than answers about him, in a franchise known for thinking everything through. There's a fair amount of suspicion that this has been done deliberately [[CashCowFranchise to encourage people to buy a possible upcoming Persona 5]]. There's even some theories out there that say that Teddie is [[strike:Nanako's]] just about every Persona 4 character's (and even a fairly believable one that he is the shadow of a Persona 3 character) shadow.

* [[HotShoujoDad Hot Detective Dad]]

A student from a rivaling school in Yasoinaba. Eventually turns out to be Kinshiro Morooka's killer.

* AxCrazy

* ForTheEvulz: :He only killed Morooka and claimed responsibility for the murders to garner attention.

!!Kinshiro Mooroka

A student from a rivaling school in Yasoinaba. [[spoiler: Eventually turns out to be Kinshiro Morooka's killer.]]

* AdultChild: Judging from his dungeon and Shadow, Kubo is this.
* BigBadWannabe: Claims to be [[spoiler:the person responsible for killing Mayumi Yamano, Saki Konishi and Kinshiro Morooka; however, he only killed Morooka.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In his dungeon, [[spoiler:notice how the game text says that he "defeated" Yamano and Konishi, but "killed" Morooka. That's a large hint at the fact that he ''isn't'' the real killer.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:He only killed Morooka and claimed responsibility for the murders to garner attention.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] While he ''did'' kill Morooka, he ultimately never becomes any more dangerous than the next kid. [[{{ThatOneBoss/Atlus}} His]] ''[[{{ThatOneBoss/Atlus}} Shadow,]]'' [[{{ThatOneBoss/Atlus}} on the other hand...]]]]

[[spoiler:Namatame was one of the three people granted the power to enter the TV by Izanami, representing Despair in her experiment. After witnessing the deaths of Mayumi and Saki on the Midnight Channel, Namatame concludes that anyone who appears on the station will die and makes it his life's mission to "save" them by throwing them into the TV. Unfortunately, he fails to recognize that the TV world is potentially lethal on its own.]]

[[spoiler:After kidnapping Yukiko, Kanji, Rise, Naoto, and Nanako, he eventually becomes the investigation team's chief murder suspect. He is confronted and defeated inside a manifestation of Heaven created by his views of himself as a messianic figure. He also plays a pivotal role in determing the outcome of the case; should the player take the easy way out and blame him for all of the murders, they will be "rewarded" with the game's Bad Ending. If he is spared and the Protagonist manages to convince the rest of the team that something still seems off about the case, the game will move the player closer to the Normal and True Endings.]]

[[spoiler:In this case, Namatame, still recovering from his experience in the TV, will aid the investigation team by offering his perspective on the game's events thus far.]]

* [[spoiler:AGodAmI: Develops a messiah complex at some point when he is saving people; this is his most major flaw that Kunino-sagiri, his Shadow, expresses. He eventually realizes his mistakes.]]
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Subverted, then played straight. Promises to "save" people in memory of his dead lover without realizing the ramifications of his actions, and then helps the investigation team once they reveal the truth of his actions to him.]]
* [[spoiler:AntiVillain: Namatame blurs the line between this and a ''very'' tragic [[SlidingScaleofAntiHeroes Type I Anti Hero]].]]
* [[spoiler:DrowningMySorrows: His initial coping mechanism to the leaking of his affair with Mayumi.]]
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After he realizes that his actions could have potentially killed more people.]]
* [[spoiler:NeutralGood: He does have peoples' wellbeing at heart, but he never realizes that the save haven he throws people into will eventually kill the people he's trying to save on its own.]]
* [[spoiler:ObliviouslyEvil]]
* [[spoiler:TheMessiah: Subverted. Although he was granted the power to enter the TV and genuinely cares about people, his actions cause more harm than good, and he never develops the Persona powers that his counterparts, the Protagonist and Adachi, do. Izanami implies this is because he fails to grasp the truth behind the TV world on his own.]]
* [[spoiler:TragicHero]]
* [[spoiler:XanatosSucker: His original idea to throw people into the TV came from Adachi, who would continue to sit back and enjoy the suffering that Namatame was obliviously causing. Along with the Protagonist and Adachi, he is one of Izanami's three "game pieces" (Despair) so that she can determine what humanity desires most.]]
* [[spoiler:TheWoobie]] [[supersecretspoiler:Spoiler'd in the name of OneHundredPercentCompletion]]

[[spoiler: It turns out that not only is this all just an act, but he's the one behind the murders. After causing the first two murders, he manipulated Namatame into carrying on in his stead. Bored with the tiny town of Inaba, he viewed the murders as his own personal form of entertainment. While he claims to be much more mature then the Investigation Team, it's clear that the whole thing is him throwing a tantrum over the crap he's had to deal with. After he's exposed, he is chased into the TV World, (where he reveals Persona powers not unlike Souji's) and possessed by Ameno-Sagiri. Afterwards, he is arrested and sent to jail for his crimes. Despite this, he mails a letter to the Investigation Team, claiming he'll follow society's rules and giving them a clue to the Truth of the Midnight Channel.]]

[[spoiler: While he is the true mastermind behind the murders, he was secretly manipulated by Izanami, who wanted to determine what humanity truly wanted based on his, Souji's, and Namatame's actions. Adachi represents Emptiness in Izanami's experiment. Because his actions are the most prolific, he unintentionally sentences humanity to an AssimilationPlot, though his attitude before your battle with him suggests that he would approve of Izanami's course of action.)]]

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Adopts this role, to some degree, in the True Ending.]]
* [[spoiler:[[BitchInSheepsClothing Asshole in Sheep's Clothing.]]]]
* [[spoiler:AxCrazy]]
* BeYourself: [[spoiler:The evil version of this trope.]]

* [[spoiler:CompleteMonster]]
* [[spoiler:DetectiveMole]]

* [[spoiler:EvilCounterpart: While his persona is an EvilTwin of the Protagonist's, his motives make him a mirror to Yosuke.]]
* [[spoiler: EvillyAffable: He's an insane, AxCrazy murderer. That said, he's pretty funny.]]
* [[spoiler:ForTheEvulz: Had a hell of a time with all the shit he's stirred up.]]
* [[spoiler:KickTheDog: "I was just trying to punish the stupid bitch a little for betraying me."]]
* [[spoiler:LivingWithTheVillain: Your biggest hint to finding the killer is the fact that he'd be welcome to your home any time.]]
* [[spoiler:ManipulativeBastard: He first manipulated Namatame into attempting to commit the murders, then tries to manipulate the group into pursuing Namatame instead of himself.]]
* [[spoiler:MemeticMolester]]
* MemeticMutation: [[spoiler:Bitches and Whores.]]
* [[spoiler: NietzscheWannabe: Delves into a rant about the pointlessness of life and how much easier it would be if everyone were to become Shadows. Needless to say, [[ShutUpHannibal the protagonists don't buy it]].]]
* [[spoiler:NeutralEvil: With occasional ChaoticEvil tendencies.]]

* [[spoiler:ObfuscatingStupidity]]
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild: Outright called immature by Naoto.]]
* [[spoiler:SayingTooMuch: "Namatame was the one who threw them in!"]]
* [[spoiler:SmallTownBoredom: Being "stuck in the boonies", as he called it.]]
* [[spoiler: SmugSnake: Overly confident in his plans? Check. Outwardly arrogant and mocking of the heroes? Check. Aspiring for greater power when in reality it turns out he's merely being used by an [[BigBad even greater enemy]]? Oooohh, check.]]
* [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush: Towards Mayumi and Saki.]]
** [[spoiler: Probably just Mayumi. He went after Saki because he thought Namatame was her sugar daddy and Namatame was the one who "stole" Mayumi from him.]]
* [[spoiler:StayInTheKitchen: Considers any woman who doesn't outright give themselves to him willingly either a bitch or a whore.]]

* [[spoiler:TrickBoss: You defeat him, then [[FinalBoss Ameno-Sagiri]] [[DemonicPossession possesses him]] and takes over.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: When confronted at the end by the team.]]

* [[spoiler:XanatosSucker: To Izanami; he represents Emptiness in her game.]]

[[spoiler:While Izanami herself doesn't specify how much of the legend is true, she is the mastermind behind all the events in Inaba. In an attempt to fulfill the desires of humanity, she creates the world inside the TV and grants three [[XanatosSucker unknowing pawns]], the Protagonist, Namatame, and Adachi, the power to enter. Her plan is to then create a new world for humanity that matches the quality of the pawn whose actions are the most prolific. Because Adachi, who represents Emptiness, has the greatest effect, Izanami deems that humanity wants to live in self-deception and [[AssimilationPlot plans to slowly turn all of humanity into Shadows]].]]

[[spoiler:In the True Ending, after Adachi and Ameno-Sagiri are defeated, the Protagonist may surmise that something about the case still seems unresolved, and traces the events in Inaba back to Izanami, who has been watching the events in Inaba unfold [[FullBodyDisguise as the local gas station's attendant]]. She reveals that Ameno-Sagiri was merely an alter-ego that she created long ago, and she still plans on continuing her plan even without Adachi's help.]]

[[spoiler:After the Investigation Team chases her through Yomotsu Hirasaka, Izanami nearly manages to kill them. However, the power of the Protagonist's Social Links revives him, and he destroys her in a single attack with the help of Izanagi.]]

* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:{{Bifauxnen}}: See Doppelganger.]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: In her human form.]]
** [[spoiler:KingIncognito]]
* [[spoiler:{{Doppelganger}}: Looks disturbingly like the Protagonist in official concept art.]]
** [[spoiler:EpilepticTrees: Because of this and the Protagonist's ability to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu punch her out]] without ramifications, some fans theorize that the Protagonist is the literal reincarnation or avatar of Izanagi.]]

* [[spoiler:EvilCannotComprehendGood: She is incapable of understanding why the investigation team resists her plan.]]
* [[spoiler:FullBodyDisguise: Twice; not only is her gas station attendant form fake, but so is the goddess form that she initially presents to the Protagonist.]]

* [[spoiler:GracefulLoser: "Children of man... Well done...!"]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: There's a certain irony to behold in knowing that [[spoiler: while Izanami is allied with the shadows, she actually shares a voice with [[{{Persona3}} a certain anti-shadow weapon.]]]] Also quite the [[CodeGeass badass mother]] as well.

* [[spoiler: [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard:]]]] [[spoiler: she ''did'' give the Protagonist his power after all.]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]
* [[spoiler:LawfulEvil]]
* [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]]]]
* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan: Technically, the goddess behind the three men and minor god.]]
* [[spoiler:MasterOfIllusion: A relatively rare BigBad example.]]
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel]]
* [[spoiler:RedEyesTakeWarning]]
* [[spoiler:ShapeShifter]]
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler:TheUnfettered]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist]]
* [[spoiler:WorthyOpponent: Believes the investigation team to be such if they defeat her.]]

* Foreshadowing: In his dungeon, [[spoiler:notice how the game text says that he "defeated" Yamano and Konishi, but "killed" Morooka. That's a large hint at the fact that he ''isn't'' the real killer.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] While he ''did'' kill Morooka, he ultimately never becomes any more dangerous than the next kid. [[{{ThatOneBoss/Atlus}} His ''Shadow'', on the other hand...]]]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] While he ''did'' kill Morooka, he ultimately never becomes any more dangerous than the next kid. [[ThatOneBoss/Atlus His ''Shadow'', on the other hand...]]]]

* ItWasHisSled: Naoto's Gender. It was actually suppose to be a surprise, but between [[FanPreferredCouple all the fanart pairing herself with the Protagonist]] and [[DullSurprise American VA's poor job of disguising her gender]] it couldn't be helped.

* [[spoiler:SaidTooMuch: "Namatame was the one who threw them in!"]]

* [[spoiler:INeverSaidItWasPoison: "Namatame was the one who pushed them in!"]]

* [[spoiler:LivingWithTheVillain: Your biggest hint to finding the killer is the fact that he would generally be welcome to your house.]]
* [[spoiler: ManipulativeBastard: He first manipulated Namatame into attempting to commit the murders, then tries to manipulate the group into pursuing Namatame instead of himself.]]

* [[spoiler:NoodleIncident: One of his motivations behind masterminding the Inaba murders.]]

** [[spoiler: Probably just Mayumi.He went after Saki because he thought Namatame was her sugar daddy and Namatame was the one who "stole" Mayumi from him.]]

** KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler: You're given the option to throw Namatame in the television in retribution for Nanako's death. [[DownerEnding Things will only get worst though.]]]]