History Characters / Persona4ArenaAntagonists

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* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Other characters' Personas only appear for a short while to perform attacks, and then disappear. Shabrys's "Persona" [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Asterius]], however, stays on screen the entire time, follows Shabrys around, and can attack at the same time she does. To compensate for being around all the time, Asterius has damage-dependent [[ImmuneToFlinching armor]] so he can't be broken easily, and Shabrys's heavy Persona attack is a command to force Asterius to block. Playing Shadow Labrys is effectively controlling both her and Asterius at the same time.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Other characters' Personas only appear for a short while to perform attacks, and then disappear. [[FanNickname Shabrys]]'s "Persona" [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent Asterius]], however, stays on screen the entire time, follows Shabrys around, and can attack at the same time she does. To compensate for being around all the time, Asterius has damage-dependent [[ImmuneToFlinching armor]] so he can't be broken easily, and Shabrys's heavy Persona attack is a command to force Asterius to block. Playing Shadow Labrys is effectively controlling both her and Asterius at the same time.

** Asterius[=/=]Asterion, the [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]] of legend who was trapped in an inescapable Labyrinth and each year brought tributes to feed its hunger.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Other characters' Personas only appear for a short while to perform attacks, and then disappear. [[FanNickname Shabrys]]'s "Persona" [[ALoadOfBull Asterius]], however, stays on screen the entire time, follows Shabrys around, and can attack at the same time she does. To compensate for being around all the time, Asterius has damage-dependent [[ImmuneToFlinching armor]] so he can't be broken easily, and Shabrys's heavy Persona attack is a command to force Asterius to block. Playing Shadow Labrys is effectively controlling both her and Asterius at the same time.

Her [[OneWingedAngel berserk form]] is that of Asterius, the mythical [[ALoadOfBull Minotaur]], which she uses in conjunction with her Labrys form in battle. In Ultimax, she returns as an alternate personality within Labrys, who can wield Asterius instead of Ariadne as a Persona.\\\

* ALoadOfBull: Asterius has a rather demonic bull skull for a head and is based on the mythological Minotaur from Greek mythology.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Shadow Labrys is the only character in the game who can combo into her [[OneHitKill Instant Kill.]] However, she needs to be in Awakening with a burst and a lot of SP, and she must force her opponent to use their burst beforehand in order to ensure that the IK hits. Once those conditions are satisfied, [[http://youtu.be/BT2E2hV9pFg?t=13m54s though...]]
** As of ''Ultimax'', she can no longer combo into her Instant Kill. On the other hand, her average damage has roughly ''tripled'' and her maximum damage output is well over 10,000. If she's in Awakening with plenty of SP, any hit will turn into an epic kill combo.

* BerserkButton: When Mitsuru intentionally mentions her full name to her while in General Teddie form, Shadow Labrys suddenly loses it and complains to her about how it's all the Kirijo group's fault. This is also an inversion to how Labrys usually reacts, where she usually cowers in fear of Kirijo and their power, but Shadow Labrys was making this statement for [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge revenge]] of the same incident.
** She also has a ''very'' negative response to being ordered around and controlled, which is quite understandable given [[spoiler:Labrys' DarkAndTroubledPast]]. To hammer the point home, in ''Ultimax'' [[spoiler:when Sho tries to control Labrys again, Shadow Labrys wrests control from both of them ''just'' to hand Sho his ass while destroying the remote control]].

* {{Doppelganger}}
* EnemyWithout: Of Labrys.
* EvilKnockoff: In her disguise as General Teddie.

* FinalBoss: In Arcade Mode.

* MovesetClone: Subverted. While Shadow Labrys and her other self have similar character attacks in appearance, they actually have almost completely different properties other than attack range. This isn't even getting into their personas, which have completely different movesets.
** Their moveset divergence became pronounced in ''Ultimax'', despite Shadow Labrys gaining a variation of Labrys's Chain Knuckle. While Shadow Labrys and Labrys always had key differences in their movesets that set them apart as fighters, the two were much more similar in ''Arena'' than they are in ''Ultimax.''

* NoIndoorVoice: One of her match start entrances begins with her laughing before she shifts to a full on ''scream''. One of her more distinctive features is her constant wailing (and just like the rest of the cast, she has character-specific quotes for the opponent she's fighting). When she isn't screaming, she's laughing, and if she isn't doing either... [[OhCrap you're not going to like what's next]].

* NotSoDifferent:
** Points out that his feelings regarding the world and [[spoiler:Adachi's]] aren't all that different and that their goals are quite similar. [[spoiler:Adachi disagrees.]]
** [[spoiler: After having followed the Investigation Team in secret, he wants to believe it's the same with Yu, as well.]]

* ControlFreak: Doppelgänger Chie seems to be going for the "[[NotSoDifferent You're no better than the bullies you fight]]" route this time around.

not admit she cares about Labrys now.]]

An EvilKnockoff of Teddie who runs the P1 Grand Prix. Although at first believed to be Teddie, it quickly becomes apparent that he’s an impostor.\\\

* NoNonsenseVillain: There is literally no humor involving Minazuki at all in contrast to Sho. Whenever he appears, things get serious right away.

** As a rule of thub, if an Investigation Team member's Shadow didn't look the same as their other self before going berserk, their doppelgängers can switch to their original appearance if they win a match.

** If an Investigation Team member's Shadow had a different pre-berserk outfit than their other self, their doppelgängers can switch to those outfits if they win a match.

** In ''Ultimax'' [[spoiler:she shows up again in her old form to protect regular Labrys from Sho, though she will * HumanoidAbomination: Though she looks human, she's actually a shape-shifting monster born from the darkness in Labrys' heart and can warp the perception of those around her.

* IShallTauntYou: During his boss fight.

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* MyNameIsQuestionMarks: during matches his name is displayed as "???".

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* {{Leitmotif}}: His theme song is "The Joker."

* {{Leitmotif}}: Minazuki's theme is "Blood Red Moon". It's named after a solar phenomenon.

* {{Leitmotif}}: ''Burning Inferno''.

** For Doppelgänger Yukari, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hjEce7P1E Calamity]]''.

** For Doppelgänger Yosuke, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJM5fcocSAE Zone Time]]''.

** For Doppelgänger Rise, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L5zs9ynsmE Striptease]]''.

** For Doppelgänger Ken and Doppelgänger Koromaru, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNWl7M0rJxk That Which Escaped the Darkness]]''.

** For Doppelgänger Kanji, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jX-Lrhrt1M Sauna]]''. ''Muscle Blues'' for the original vs Shadow theme.

** For Doppelgänger Junpei, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hjEce7P1E Deep Breath Deep Breath]]''.

** HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She becomes Ariadne following her ego's acceptance.]]
*** In ''Ultimax'' [[spoiler:she shows up again in her old form to protect regular Labrys from Sho, though she will not admit she cares about Labrys now.]]
* {{Doppelganger}}:
** EvilKnockoff: In her disguise as General Teddie.

** FragileSpeedster: Along with Elizabeth, she has the lowest HP of the cast, while her mobility is top-class. Asterius may be slow, but Shadow Labrys herself is quite fast.

* HumanoidAbomination: Though she looks human, she's actually a shape-shifting monster born from the darkness in Labrys' heart and can warp the perception of those around her.

* ShadowArchetype[=/=]EnemyWithout: Of Labrys.

* BloodKnight[=/=]SpiritedCompetitor

* DrivenByEnvy[=/=]IJustWantToBeSpecial: Seems to be the case, as he is jealous of Persona-users.

** HumorDissonance: Really, ''really'' bad puns, of course. Even ''Teddie'' thinks they're bad.

** TrueFinalBoss: Storylines with him as the FinalBoss are only unlocked after completing at least one involving the Eerie Voice in ''Arena''.

General Teddie is actually a a disguise taken own by two separate characters, Shadow Labrys and the Malevolent Entity respectively, and as such, this folder focuses on the disguise as a whole.

MINAZUKI's Instant Kill is '''God and Demon Annihilation'''. He delivers an X-shaped slash with his dual katanas with enough force to knock the opponent into the air. Tsukiyoma then bombards the opponent with dark energy, lifting them higher and higher into the air as the screen is shrouded in darkness. As the outline of the opponent is seen falling, Tsukiyomi appears and delivers a final slash, shattering the darkness and eradicating the opponent.

** That he ultimately failed at creating a stable vessel might have to do with the fact that the aforementioned was actually only his Plan B. His originally intended base was [[spoiler:Teddie.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: Tries to deceive ''[[KidDetective Naoto]]'' by disguising himself as her Shadow. The key word is ''tries''. Ends as well as you'd expect.

* DemonicPossession: Possesses [[spoiler:Sho]] in the finale of ''Ultimax'', to use as a "base" for it's "true vessel".

* GracefulLoser: To an extent. After being flawlessly exposed by Naoto, he commands Labrys to rise and fight again in a desperate attempt to salvage something from his plans having fallen apart completely. But Fuuka [[spoiler:breaks his control over her.]] He then faces off against Naoto and gets his ass handed to him. But he takes it in stride. Justified in that its not his real body, so it doesn't really affect him much. Understandably, he does not act this way when finally defeated in ''Ultimax''.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Sho's]] eyes glow red when the Entity possesses him in ''Ultimax''.

** He's the only shape-shifter in the series other than Nyarlathotep who likes to appear as {{Doppelganger}}s of other characters' [[EnemyWithout Shadows]].
** His TeethClenchedTeamwork with the Eerie Voice mirrors Nyarlathotep's manipulation of Takahisa Kandori in ''Persona 1'', Maya Okamura in ''Innocent Sin'' and Tatsuzou Sudou in ''Eternal Punishment''.

** His whole plan of trying to force the heroes to succumb to despair is more or less the same as Nyarlathotep's whole agenda as well.

* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler:''"Impossible... What power is this...!? How can one human's power alone... be enough to best me!?"'']]

* XanatosGambit: His plan is a standard Xanatos Gambit. [[spoiler:Force heroes to fight. If they do, Absorb their power to get his new body. Get new body. Destroy world. If they don't fight, they're trapped and can't stop him. Either way, he wins. His plan is only foiled because Adachi helps the heroes, and the heroes turn out to be strong enough to destroy his body once he's got it.]]