History Characters / Persona5ThePhantomThievesOfHearts

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Subverted. The Phan-Site tracks, via a percentage, the Phantom Thieves' approval rating. [[spoiler:It becomes close to 100% at one point, but this is because the BigBad (not [[BigBadWannabe Shido]], but [[TheManBehindTheMan Yaldabaoth]]) manipulated public cognition, and it quickly drops near zero for the same reason. In the final battle, for a brief moment, all of Shibuya believes in the Phantom Thieves. It is the ''only'' moment it reaches 100%. After the world is saved, the police continue to bear a grudge against the Phantom Thieves, but they still have the support of tons of people across Japan.]]

* WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: The group as a whole does ''not'' kill their enemies; they only force them to repent by feeling remorse for their wrongdoings. The early Thieves realize early that they could be more ruthless but choose not to be due to being good people, although they do consider killing Kamoshida at first. [[spoiler:This sets them apart from Akechi, who's a professional assassin and whose murders are a major plot point.]]

** Ryuji, Ann, Yusuke, Makoko and Haru all appear on the Mementos stage. While Futaba doesn't appear on the stage, she does have voice lines during Joker's All-Out Attacks.

* ColorCodedCharacters: Each Phantom Thief wears different-colored gloves in their costumed alter-egos (except for Mona who does not wear any) that usually correspond to their icon backgrounds in the texting app, battle wipes, Theives Den portraits and dynamic [=PS4=] themes. They often overlap with the elemental affinity and Featherman Suits as well.

** Ann -- Her costumes have a splash of Red to match her Fire affintiy more than her Pink Phantom Suit gloves.

* AssKickingPose: Whenever a Phantom Thief uses a Persona skill in battle, they'll cover their now-unmasked face with one hand and strike a rather [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo-esque pose]]. This is briefly [[LampshadeHanging brought up]] in one of the Mementos bus ride conversations:

** Ryuji is the Chariot, a card of strong will, mastery of the self, and earning the respect of others. Ryuji is a strong-willed and passionate character, but struggles with a delinquent's reputation, and he learns to focus on his own goals without worrying over others' perceptions. On a more literal level, the Chariot can refer to travel, and Ryuji is a trained runner (not to mention that his initial Persona, Captain Kidd, rides a ship and his ultimate person, Seiten Tensei, rides a cloud).

* {{Fanservice}}: In ''Strikers'', it embraces the summer aesthetic by placing the team in swimsuits on the beach trip to Okinawa, while Ann's regular summer outfit features BareYourMidriff and emphasizes her legs more than her Phantom Thief costume.

** Goro Akechi/Crow: '''MY SOLE INTEREST IS UNCOVERING THE TRUTH.''' / '''I DECIDE THE TRUTH.'''

** Joker, Ryuji, and Ann still have parents but they are either never seen or rarely brought up. Somewhat justified with Joker's case with them back home while he's with Sojiro. Meanwhile Ryuji's [[AbusiveParents father]] left him and his mother and Ann was raised mostly by hired help while her parents worked.
** Yusuke and Makoto are orphans. Yusuke was taken in by Madarame while Makoto lives with her sister.
** Futaba has a ''very'' MissingMom. Meanwhile, Sojiro is her adoptive father, and during the period in the game where you're trying to find out who Futaba is, Sojiro mentions that her biological father was never in the picture - Futaba's mother Wakaba became pregnant one day and took it upon herself to raise Futaba alone.
** Haru's mom is unseen and her dad is killed during the events of the game.
** Goro's mother died when he was young and his father abandoned him, resulting in him being passed around from foster home to foster home. It's made even worse when he was revealed to be born because Shido molested a whore in ''Royal''; Judging from [[HateSink what kind of man Shido is]], it wouldn't be suprised that it happened, to begin with.
** Subverted with Kasumi, as while her mother is unseen, her father is ''very'' concerned for her. [[spoiler:And for good reason too, considering she's actually a depressed, suicidal Sumire]]. He also mentions that [[spoiler:her mother and grandmother are still around.]]

* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: The Thieves' Personas all share a voice actor with their respective owner, but most of them speak with a much deeper, confidant and, in the case of the teenagers, more adult sounding voice than their owners'. The sole exception is Futaba, whose Persona speaks in a ChildLikeVoice.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Ryuji and Morgana seem to genuinely dislike each other, which leaves the former completely unwilling to apologize to the latter after he accidentally upsets him prior to Okumura's Palace.

* ThouShaltNotKill: While they go after Shadows with impunity, they try to avoid actively killing anyone. Even Ryuji, who absolutely despises Kamoshida, confesses that he doesn't want to kill him in spite of all the terrible things he's done. The Thieves still get blamed for the death of Okumura, but even Akechi (before he joins the Thieves) thinks someone else did it because the Thieves had never shown a predilection to murder before.

* FirstNameBasis: Like the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Investigation Team]] before them, all the members are on a first-name basis with one another. The two third-years in the group, Makoto and Haru, also immediately dismiss the [[SempaiKohai seniority hierarchy]] and do not want to be referred to as senpai. [[GuestStarPartyMember Akechi is the one exception]]; while he refers to everyone by their first names, the rest of the team and even the game's own interface only stick to calling him by his surname. This is also unusually applied to Zenkichi as well; the "unusual" part being that he's the only adult in the group and doing so in Japanese society would be considered incredibly rude, but he embraces it due to wanting to be on equal footing with the rest of the Thieves.

** Carmen has twintails like Ann, but makes them [[MegaTwintails much larger]]. The vines she carries mirror Ann's whips, and her panther mask copies Ann's [[AnimalMotifs cat motif]] (and presumably provides the inspiration for Ann's codename).

* ArcWords: Whenever the cast awaken their Personas, the Personas always ask them to sign or make a contract. They don't have a set {{Catchphrase}}, but the Personas will drop the word "Contract" and the series-wide "I am Thou, Thou art I" somewhere during the scene.

* {{Fanservice}}: In ''Strikers'', it embraces the summer aesthetic by placing the team in swimsuits on the beach trip to Okinawa, while Ann's regular summer outfit features BareYourMidriff and emphasizes ShesGotLegs more than her Phantom Thief costume.

* ImmuneToMindControl: In ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', the Monarchs brainwash their victims by stealing Desires from their Shadows. But because the Phantom Thieves' Shadows transformed into Personas, the Monarchs can't steal their Desires to control them.

** Queen specializes in [[ILoveNuclearPower Nuclear]] spells.

[[caption-width-right:350:You'll never see them coming.[[note]]Clockwise from the left: [[TheHero Joker]], [[StarvingArtist Yusuke Kitagawa]], [[{{Hikikomori}} Futaba Sakura]], [[AloofAlly Kasumi Yoshizawa]], [[ButNotTooForeign Ann Takamaki]], [[JapaneseDelinquents Ryuji Sakamoto]], [[GreatDetective Goro Akechi]], [[StudentCouncilPresident Makoto Niijima]], [[LonelyRichKid Haru Okumura]] and [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Morgana]]. Not shown: [[PapaWolf Zenkichi Hasegawa]], [[ArtificialIntelligence Sophia]][[/note]]]]

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Deconstructed in the sense that these characters are well aware of the morally grey implications of their HeelFaceBrainwashing activities, and do indeed display discomfort with their actions, particularly in wishing there were other ways to resolve the issues that they face, both before ''and'' after dealing with them. But at the same time, every major target that they face (save [[spoiler:Futaba, Sae, and Maruki]]) turns out to be so [[HateSink irredeemably and outlandishly evil]], and have the power and/or "support" of people to allow them to get away with their acts (making conventional methods pointless, along with ''dangerous'' more often than not), that the Thieves always end up with no other choice regardless.

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Deconstructed in the sense that these characters are well aware of the morally grey implications of their HeelFaceBrainwashing activities, and do indeed display discomfort with their actions, particularly in wishing there were other ways to resolve the issues that they face, both before ''and'' after dealing with them. But at the same time, every major target that they face ([[spoiler:save Futaba, Sae, and Maruki]]) turns out to be so [[HateSink irredeemably and outlandishly evil]], and have the power and/or "support" of people to allow them to get away with their acts (making conventional methods pointless, along with ''dangerous'' more often than not), that the Thieves always end up with no other choice regardless.

** In a more literal sense, their costumes in the Metaverse function this way: despite not hiding a lot of their more identifiable features like Ryuji's and Futaba's distinctive dyed hair, ordinary people who enter the Metaverse don't recognize them, and only realize who they are by their voices. The only exception is Zenkichi/Wolf, whose high collar and NiceHat would make recognizing him at a glance difficult.

** The Thieves constantly find themselves in the company of shamelessly unpleasant people no matter where they go. This would be expected, given that their mission is to seek out corrupt individuals and steal their hearts away, but even in the real world, they just repeatedly happen upon unnecessarily rude or malicious individuals often without any intention of even doing so. [[spoiler:Not to mention the fact that the random guy Joker confronted for trying to sexually assault a woman just so happened to be [[UpToEleven a candidate for Prime Minister and the leader of the conspiracy to exploit the Metaverse and control public opinion]].]]

* FirstNameBasis: Like the [[VideoGame/Persona4 Investigation Team]] before them, all the members are on a first-name basis with one another. The two third-years in the group, Makoto and Haru, also immediately dismiss the [[SempaiKohai seniority hierarchy]] and do not want to be referred to as senpai. [[GuestStarPartyMember Akechi is the one exception]]; while he refers to everyone by their first names, the rest of the team and even the game's own interface only stick to calling him by his surname.

** In ''Royal'', [[spoiler:the gang all go their separate ways after stopping Maruki. Ryuji moves to take up physical therapy so that he can restart his track career. Ann transfers schools as she will be study abroad with her parents. Yusuke decides to continue his artwork with a renewed focus on his adventures with the Phantom Thieves. Makoto is moving onto college with a major in law enforcement. Haru leaves for university to study agriculture and business management, in addition to learning the basics of leading Okumura Foods. Kasumi[=/=]Sumire leaves for a few months to participate in competitions, though it's likely she'll move anyways. [[AmbiguousSituation While the situation is still as ambiguous as it was in the original]], the ending for ''Royal'' heavily implies that Akechi is still alive as someone with his uniform can be seen amongst a crowd. Futaba is heading back to school while Joker and Morgana move back home together.]]