History Characters / Persona4TheInvestigationTeam

** In the anime, the entire team is practically bawling after Nanako's "death". Yu manages to hold on until the end of the day after dealing with Namatame. He begins tearing up when he's by himself though Yosuke comes back, sensing Yu's strife. Yu lets himself cry with Yosuke being his support.

* MorphicResonance: The Investigation Team's Personas resemble their owners and/or their owner's Shadow Selves, combining them with some interpretation of how they appeared in myth. Even as they evolve, their keep the same basic template they taken from their users as their previous form, like how Rise's Personas are faceless like her Shadow and Naoto's Personas are male in their original myths.

* NiceGuy: Really, ''all'' of them count for this, but it's especially emphasized with Yu, who's always portrayed as a thoughtful and caring individual, Rise, who's unfailingly sweet and cheerful to everyone she talks to, Yukiko, who's kind and polite with most people and, surprisingly, Kanji, who's generally the least likely to be openly hostile to the rest of the Team.

* UndeadTaxExemption: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as he can't attain his own motorcycle license, but he can easily work at Junes at the store mascot and as a floor hand, although it's likely that Yosuke is pulling strings for him. An evening conversation with Yosuke in January reveals that some "bigwig from the Junes main office" wants Teddie to be the company's exclusive mascot, but the problem is they're not after the bear costume's appearance but rather Teddie's human form which Yosuke fears will cause major problems if they end up finding out Teddie doesn't legally exist.

* ImplausibleHairColor: Surprisingly averted, although the two main exceptions - Yu and Naoto - glaringly stick out: Yu has steel gray eyes and hair, much like Akihiko in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', and Naoto has deep blue eyes and hair that's blue enough to not believably come off as black. Neither of their unusual looks get commented on. Meanwhile, Yukiko and Rise have more believable looks (especially the former, being a deconstruction of the YamatoNadeshiko trope), Kanji's hair is bleached (and he even gets rid of the bleach post-Golden/''Dancing All Night''), the Caucasian-looking Teddie [[TomatoInTheMirror isn't human]], and this game's art book notes that the sandy-haired Yosuke and Chie both lighten their hair with dye.

* ImplausibleHairColor: Surprisingly averted, although the two main exceptions - Yu and Naoto - glaringly stick out: Yu has steel gray eyes and hair, much like Akihiko in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', and Naoto has deep blue eyes and hair that's blue enough to not believably come off as black. Neither of their unusual looks get commented on. Meanwhile, Yukiko and Rise have more believable looks (especially the former, being a deconstruction of the YamatoNadeshiko trope), Kanji's hair is bleached (and he even gets rid of the bleach post-Golden/''Dancing All Night''), the Caucasian-looking Teddie [[TomatoInTheMirror isn't human]], and this game's art book note that the sandy-haired Yosuke and Chie both lighten their hair with dye.

* LeftForDead: Averted. Adachi fully expected the Investigation Team to do this to him once he's defeated; instead, the kids drag him to the real world so he'll receive justice for his crimes.

* BystanderSyndrome: Earlier on, Chie suggested just letting the police handle the investigation on Saki's death. Yosuke points out that the police wouldn't be able to figure anything out due to the whole "supernatural abomination world" in the TV. Averted later on, though, as she chooses to go in the TV world to save Yukiko, realizes that the police are no help, and insists on going after the bullies, approving the most if you enthusiastically agree.

* AlphaBitch: {{Averted}}. Yukiko is popular at her school because she's very intelligent and beautiful; in truth, she's a SpoiledSweet [[NiceGirl sweetheart]] who tries not to hurt anyone's feelings.

* FetchQuest: Starting with Kanji, he asks for more information on the missing person due to not getting a good scent. Averted in the anime, where he's simply presented with something that belonged to the victim.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Averted. He greatly enjoys his human "form", but he still uses puns to draw attention to the fact that he's a bear and (in ''Arena'') fights in his bear suit. He also expresses attraction to Mitsuru's fur coat.

* MorphicResonance: Explicitly averted with his two forms to make the contrast all the stronger.

* IChooseToStay: [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zagged]]. At first, it seems to be his wish to stay in the real world to avoid the loneliness of his world. In the Bad Endings, he goes back to the TV World after the death of Nanako, because he's unable to cope with failing her. In the Good Ending, he gets his wish to stay in Inaba. In the True Ending, he declares his resolves to stay behind in the beautiful new TV World and act as its lone protector. However, this declaration is ignored by the rest of the cast to his dismay. When he protests their indifference, Yosuke calls him out on trying to sound cool for virtually no reason, because it's not like he can't come and go as he pleases anyway. ''Arena'' and later material confirms that he spends about equal amounts of time on either side of the TV.

* PerpetualPoverty: Heavily implied by him simply not eating Topsicles just to afford a train ticket, suggesting that Yosuke isn't paying him much, or he's spending his entire salary on snacks.

* EatTheDog: PlayedForLaughs during the ski trip. During a topic regarding meat, the group looks at Teddie, who can only freak out, believing they want to eat him.