History Characters / Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts

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(Note: See the profiles of Sophia and Zenkichi [[Characters/Persona5Strikers here.]])

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!!Members of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts

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* '''[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5RyujiSakamoto Ryuji Sakamoto]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5Morgana Morgana]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5AnnTakamaki Ann Takamaki]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5YusukeKitagawa Yusuke Kitagawa]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5MakotoNiijima Makoto Niijima]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5FutabaSakura Futaba Sakura]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5HaruOkumura Haru Okumura]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]]'''
* '''[[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]'''

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'''The Phantom Thieves of Hearts'''\\
[[Characters/Persona5Joker Joker]] | [[Characters/Persona5RyujiSakamoto Ryuji Sakamoto]] | [[Characters/Persona5Morgana Morgana]] | [[Characters/Persona5AnnTakamaki Ann Takamaki]] | [[Characters/Persona5YusukeKitagawa Yusuke Kitagawa]] | [[Characters/Persona5MakotoNiijima Makoto Niijima]] | [[Characters/Persona5FutabaSakura Futaba Sakura]] | [[Characters/Persona5HaruOkumura Haru Okumura]] | [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]] | [[Characters/Persona5SumireYoshizawa Kasumi Yoshizawa]]\\

* DisappointedByTheMotive: After a MotiveRant from their target, the Thieves will usually respond with [[KirkSummation a speech of their own that calls the target out on their attitude]], all of which can be summed up as "That's it? ''That's'' why you're doing this? We're not impressed." In general, the Thieves scoff at the reasons someone would choose to make the world a worse place, especially if a target is taking out their aggression on a family member or loved ones, seeing the target's motives as selfish, petty, and pointlessly self-destructive.

** The initial group was exclusively formed from Kamoshida's victims and the later members are all incidentially victims of [[spoiler:Shido or his affiliates]]. They ended up giving Kamoshida and [[spoiler:Shido their well-deserved comuppance by brainwashing them into a life of repentance without them knowing that their former victims are the ones behind them.]]
** The group was formed because of [[spoiler:Yaldabaoth's solitare game, that he sponsored personally only to deliberately plunge them to the abyss multiple times across just to cement his control on the public and toy with his pawns. They broke free and gained their own real freedom by forming a FaustianRebellion against him.]]

** The initial group was exclusively and incidentially formed from Kamoshida's victims and the later members are all victims of [[spoiler:Shido or his affiliates]]. They ended up giving Kamoshida and [[spoiler:Shido their well-deserved comuppance by brainwashing them into a life of repentance without them knowing that their former victims are the ones behind them.]]

** Joker is a magnet for negative attention due to having a criminal record for a crime he didn't commit, and everyone from students to even faculty members talk badly behind his back.
** Ryuji's [[ThenLetMeBeEvil embraced the delinquent image that the school pinned on him]] after comments Kamoshida made about his [[DisappearedDad dysfunctional family]] specifically to provoke him led to him assaulting Kamoshida. This resulted in Kamoshida [[CareerEndingInjury breaking his leg]] [[BlatantLies in "self-defense"]] and shutting down Shujin's track team.
** Ann attracts disdain, envy, and scorn because of her natural good looks, [[HalfBreedDiscrimination being quarter-American]] and the rumors, [[SlutShaming that she's sleeping with Kamoshida]].
** Morgana [[LaserGuidedAmnesia has no memories of who he is]], believing that he was a human who became [[AnimalisticAbomination what he is now]]. He throws his lot in with the group and teaches them the ins and outs of being the Phantom Thieves in the hopes that they can help him regain what he lost.
** Yusuke is abused and exploited by his guardian, Madarame. The other students at his school treat him differently due to both his association with Madarame and his [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} behavior]] in general, and after Madarame is arrested, he's actively shunned. In one recurring Mementos conversation, he casually mentions that keeping a low profile at school isn't a problem for him, because no one ever talks to him anyway.
** Makoto's parents both died before the events of the game, her mother from causes that are never explained and her father being a cop who died in the line of duty. This leaves her to be raised by her older sister Sae, who pressures her to succeed in a society that doesn't value women as much as men. Furthermore, Shujin's principal twists her arm to investigate the Phantom Thieves, with the implication that it will affect her future, while ignoring what she wants. She has no real friends and little relations with the student body she is supposed to be representing, leaving her pretty isolated for the most part.
** Futaba suffers from an extreme case of SurvivorGuilt (given to her by others that wanted to shift the blame for her mother's death onto her) and anxiety [[{{Hikikomori}} to the point of becoming a complete shut-in and almost never leaving her room]]. She mentions that even before her mother's death, she had almost no friends at school.
** Haru is the heiress to a multinational fast food company and is being forced into an arranged marriage with a man who is obviously an abusive asshole. She [[LonelyRichKid has nobody to support her through it]], with her father focused on advancing his career at the cost of harming his relationship with her and his employees, [[spoiler: and after his death at the hands of the Antisocial Force, Haru becomes the company's majority shareholder but feels even more isolated; she mentions more than once that she doesn't know who she can trust, feeling that her father's advisors are only using her to get to his money and take control of the company.]]

** Sophia is an AI with no established memory other than her initialization command "be humanity's companion". While she builds up a rapport with the human Phantom Thieves, she still feels alone because she's ultimately a program with no ability to exist in the physical world. It only comes to light how bad this actually was when it's revealed that [[spoiler:her own creator Ichinose discarded her when [[InnocentlyIncensitive she accidentally offended her with an innocent question]], then considers her inferior to the [=EMMA=] program out of nothing but her delusions, with said creator also a troubled woman who fits into this trope.]]
** Zenkichi was once a cop who believed in justice and fighting the corrupt. [[spoiler:But then his wife was caught in a manslaughter case involving an associate of the most evil politician at that time, and he was blackmailed to stop investigating or else his daughter would be killed.]] His CynicismCatalyst leaves him stuck between going along with the bribed cops to eventually take down criminals, or trying to do the right thing in the moment. This alienates him from his coworkers and leaves the Phantom Thieves distrustful of him at first. He uses his carefree facade to hide how he feels alone and lost in his role as a [=PubSec=] detective.

* ImplausibleHairColor: Surprisingly averted. Most of the cast look realistically Japanese with plausible (often dyed) hair color. Futaba and Ryuji's hair colors are explicitly stated to be dyed, with it being heavily implied that Haru and Akechi dye their hair as well (as brown is an extremely common hair dye choice in Japan), and Sophia being an AI with ''floating red hearts'' as pigtails is definitely a justified exception. This trope only comes into play for Yusuke (who has deep blue hair), Ann, since despite being 1/4 Caucasian, it's extremely unlikely that she would have natural blond hair, and Kasumi (who has crimson hair).

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* SignatureMove: Their initial and ultimate Personas (barring Necronomicon and Prometheus, since they're support-type Personas) gained one each in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'': The Driver passive skills (which strengthens a type of offensive skill by 75%) for their initial ones, and high-end damaging skills for their Ultimates. Some of their skills were also carried over, such as Blazing Hell (Hecate), One-Shot Kill (Astarte), Rebellion Blade (Loki), and Masquerade (Vanadis).

* SignatureMove: Their initial and ultimate Personas (barring Necronomicon and Prometheus, since they're support-type Personas) gained one each in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'': The Driver passive skills (which strengthens a type of offensive skill by 75%) for their initial ones, and high-end skills for their Ultimates. Some of their skills were also carried over, such as Blazing Hell (Hecate), One-Shot Kill (Astarte), Rebellion Blade (Loki), and Masquerade (Vanadis).

* SignatureMove: Their initial and ultimate Personas (barring Necronomicon and Prometheus, since they're support-type Personas) gained one each in ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'': The Driver passive skills (which strengthens a type of attack by 75%) for their initial ones, and high-end skills for their Ultimates. Some of their skills were also carried over from their home games, such as Blazing Hell (Hecate), One-Shot Kill (Astarte), Rebellion Blade (Loki), and Masquerade (Vanadis).