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* In this game, he Protagonists' starting Personas are much stronger. They're also much more their own character, especially in their opposite number's routes. In other words, they have a more defined "self", and thus a stronger Persona.
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* [[spoiler: Why does Rei's shadow just disappear when she denies it? Because she's right. It's not her. It's Niko's shadow. Rei didn't know she was dead or why she was there and had no reason to not want to be born. But Niko did. Even if she's just the same person with a wiped memory, she became her own, and was no longer "Niko."]]
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* Why does Rei often misunderstand what the others tell her? [[spoiler: probably because she instinctively still want to rejects truth, about everything, as when she had tried to rip out her eyes when she learned she was dead]]
*in the Inaba pride exhibit labyrynth, the last floor before the boss floor is set up in a way that all the manly gates are in cardinal angles. each gate represents one of the four beast of chinese myth, Northen Genbu, Eastern Seiryu, Southern Suzaku, and Western Byakko. Now what's interesting is that you 5 Personas related to the 4 saint beasts : the beast themselves, and Kohryu, the Golden dragon, who's profile says he's at the center of the four beasts. What do we find at the center of the four gates? the stairs that lead to [[spoiler: the golden haired Shadow of Rei... clever Forshadowing]]

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* An interesting detail to note: Most characters don't get any form of character development throughout Persona Q, very much unlike normal games, up until a particular point: [[spoiler: when the clock tower is unlocked. The brilliance in that? Well they finally can grow and mature once more, because The Clock God is awaking, and time resumes, as opposed to the frozen time they were stuck in throughout the story.]]


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* Much can also be said of the merciful clergyman boss : [[spoiler: Why is he chained to and riding a coffin? Because he represents the moment Rei learned about her illness and her dreams of finding and marrying prince charming got shattered to bits, and the hope of taking vows got replaced with the fatality of the extreme unction.]]
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** ** On a similar note, [[spoiler: [[BilingualBonus if you can read Japanese]], the blackboards in the Evil Spirit Club say "I don't want to die". Knowing the labrynth comes from her memories, and the doctor is the boss of that dungeon, this is probably what she was thinking during the surgery.]]

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** ** On a similar note, [[spoiler: [[BilingualBonus if you can read Japanese]], the blackboards in the Evil Spirit Club say "I don't want to die". Knowing the labrynth comes from her memories, and the doctor is the boss of that dungeon, this is probably what she was thinking during the surgery.]]
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** ** On a similar note, [[spoiler: [[BilingualBonus if you can read Japanese]], the blackboards in the Evil Spirit Club say "I don't want to die". Knowing the labrynth comes from her memories, and the doctor is the boss of that dungeon, this is probably what she was thinking during the surgery.]]
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* A minor one, but only the protagonists call our the names of their Sub Personas. This makes sense since they would know what Persona their using wheres everyone else just received their Wild Cards.
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* If one's watched the P3 Movie before playing this game, the player knows that the P3 Hero becomes panicked when his friends are in danger of dying. Which makes his worried/panicked battle lines when his allies are severely hurt more disturbing to hear.

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* If one's watched the P3 Movie before playing this game, the player knows that the P3 Hero becomes panicked experiences flashbacks to his parents' deaths when his friends are in danger of dying. Which makes his worried/panicked panicked battle lines when his allies are severely hurt or KO'd more disturbing to hear.
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* If one's watched the P3 Movie before playing this game, the player knows that the P3 Hero becomes panicked when he sees his friends in danger of dying. Which makes his worried/panicked battle lines when his allies are severely hurt more disturbing to hear.

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* If one's watched the P3 Movie before playing this game, the player knows that the P3 Hero becomes panicked when he sees his friends are in danger of dying. Which makes his worried/panicked battle lines when his allies are severely hurt more disturbing to hear.
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* If one's watched the P3 Movie before playing this game, the player knows that the P3 Hero becomes panicked when he sees his friends in danger of dying. Which makes his worried/panicked battle lines when his allies are severely hurt more disturbing to hear.

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* While everyone's Confusion Quotes have them disoriented enough to not be able to tell apart opponents and allies to a degree, Teddie is the only one whose quote has him outright state that "friends are enemies and enemies are friends". Given that almost all enemies in this game are Shadows, this might be {{Foreshadowing}} for the fact that he is actually a Shadow in denial himself.
* Aigis shares a few scenes with Teddie, in two of which she points out that he gives her a strange feeling that she can't quite pinpoint. Players who have finished both, P3 and P4, will know that it is her sensors alarming her of Shadow Readings from him, but due to the damage she took during the Moonlight Bridge incident, she is unable to interpret the signal correctly.
** Aigis is also shown having a similar reaction to Rei, however, in that case it's probably [[spoiler: the dormant copy of Labrys' memory stirring, since there is a good chance that Niko was the girl used to create Labrys' personality pattern.]] Aigis herself eventually decides she is happy with the explanation that she must have sensed Rei's deep appreciation of life. (Which is a nicely poetic.)



* More like Fridge TearJerker than horror, but looking at the two Heros' Personas shows the P3 Hero is weak to Darkness (an instant death element), ehile P4's is immune to it. [[spoiler: Which hints that the P3 hero is fated to die and the P4 hero isn't.]]

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* More like Fridge TearJerker than horror, but looking at the two Heros' Personas shows the P3 Hero is weak to Darkness (an instant death element), ehile P4's is immune to it. [[spoiler: Which hints that the P3 hero is fated to die and the P4 hero isn't.]]

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* Stat-wise, the Persona 4 cast have more pronounced strengths, but also bigger flaws, than the Persona 3 cast, who lean more towards JackOfAllStats. This makes a lot of sense, seeing as a major theme of Persona 4 was finding your own strengths and accepting your flaws.



* Yukiko's cookies make Zen freeze up and Rei pass out and have nightmares. When you later learn that [[spoiler:Zen is a Greek deity and Rei is a ghost]], it becomes clear that Yukiko's cookies could have ''killed'' the rest of the cast if they dared eat them.

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* Yukiko's cookies make Zen freeze up and Rei pass out and have nightmares. When you later learn that [[spoiler:Zen is a Greek deity and Rei is a ghost]], it becomes clear that Yukiko's cookies could have ''killed'' the rest of the cast if they dared eat them.them.
* More like Fridge TearJerker than horror, but looking at the two Heros' Personas shows the P3 Hero is weak to Darkness (an instant death element), ehile P4's is immune to it. [[spoiler: Which hints that the P3 hero is fated to die and the P4 hero isn't.]]
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** Even worse, taking P3 spoilers into account, [[spoiler: this may mean that the P3 Hero may suffer the same fate if the Seal were ever destroyed, as it's mentioned that he's risking his soul to prevent mankind's destruction. Small wonder that Elizabeth wants to rescue him.]]
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** [[spoiler:It hits even harder as the Kind Doctor's health dwindles down: his last lines during the fight are him ''genuinely sounding panicked'' as his (non-existent) patient is going into critical condition - probably something that Niko heard as she was dying.]]
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* Why do the [[NightmareFuel Doctor Shadow and his nurses]] have such strange, unnatural proportions and move in such bizarre ways? [[spoiler: This is the way Niko saw them bent over the operating table when she died - she must have woken from the narcosis when the surgery went awry. The strange, front-heavy proportions and the giant operating tool make a lot more sense from the perspective of a dazed patient on the operating table.]]

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* Why do the [[NightmareFuel Doctor Shadow and his nurses]] have such strange, unnatural proportions and move in such bizarre ways? [[spoiler: This is the way Niko saw them bent over the operating table when she died - she must have woken from the narcosis when the surgery went awry. The strange, front-heavy proportions and the giant operating tool make a lot more sense from the perspective of a dazed patient on the operating table.]]]]
* Yukiko's cookies make Zen freeze up and Rei pass out and have nightmares. When you later learn that [[spoiler:Zen is a Greek deity and Rei is a ghost]], it becomes clear that Yukiko's cookies could have ''killed'' the rest of the cast if they dared eat them.
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* Related to an above example of FridgeBrilliance, there is a good reason the most common FOE in the early levels of the third labyrinth are [[NightmareFuel aborted babies]]. [[spoiler: Remember how all of the labyrinths' designs and Shadows were born from Niko's emotions? Well, once her memory is restored in the end of the fourth labyrinth and she loses control over her Shadow, she ''does'' repeatedly say that she wished she had never been born...]]

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* Related to an above example of FridgeBrilliance, there is a good reason the most common FOE in the early levels of the third labyrinth are [[NightmareFuel aborted babies]]. [[spoiler: Remember how all of the labyrinths' designs and Shadows were born from Niko's emotions? Well, once her memory is restored in the end of the fourth labyrinth and she loses control over her Shadow, she ''does'' repeatedly say that she wished she had never been born...]]
* Why do the [[NightmareFuel Doctor Shadow and his nurses]] have such strange, unnatural proportions and move in such bizarre ways? [[spoiler: This is the way Niko saw them bent over the operating table when she died - she must have woken from the narcosis when the surgery went awry. The strange, front-heavy proportions and the giant operating tool make a lot more sense from the perspective of a dazed patient on the operating table.
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* The Group talk about what Kanji would look like carrying a Mikoshi while sporting only a Fundoshi. One level of labyrinth later, there's Fundoshi-wearing FOEs closely resembling the consorts' of Kanji's Shadow in Persona4, some of which even carry a Mikoshi! The reason for that is [[spoiler: that the Labyrinths reflect Rei's emotions and thoughts. The moment she started imagining Kanji in a Fundoshi, the Shadows in the Labyrinth began to adjust to the new image in her mind.]]

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* The Group talk about what Kanji would look like carrying a Mikoshi [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikoshi Mikoshi]] while sporting only a Fundoshi. {{Fundoshi}}. One level of labyrinth later, there's Fundoshi-wearing FOEs [=FOEs=] closely resembling the consorts' of Kanji's Shadow in Persona4, some of which even carry a Mikoshi! The reason for that is [[spoiler: that the Labyrinths reflect Rei's emotions and thoughts. The moment she started imagining Kanji in a Fundoshi, the Shadows in the Labyrinth began to adjust to the new image in her mind.]]
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* Dying in the Margin World causes one to be [[RetGone erased from their timeline]]. In other words: ''Every time you die in this game, you cause the existence of at least one of the protagonists to disappear from the world, indirectly making the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt inevitable.''

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* Dying in the Margin World causes one to be [[RetGone erased from their timeline]]. In other words: ''Every time you die in this game, you cause the existence of at least one of the protagonists to disappear from the world, indirectly making the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt inevitable.''''
* Related to an above example of FridgeBrilliance, there is a good reason the most common FOE in the early levels of the third labyrinth are [[NightmareFuel aborted babies]]. [[spoiler: Remember how all of the labyrinths' designs and Shadows were born from Niko's emotions? Well, once her memory is restored in the end of the fourth labyrinth and she loses control over her Shadow, she ''does'' repeatedly say that she wished she had never been born...]]
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* A [[spoiler: young, incurably sick girl, whose window was passed by students of many grades every day and who wanted nothing more than for life to have meaning and to go to school and become a reliable, happy student with a lot of friends?]] [[Persona4Arena Just where have we heard that before..?]] It does not help that some certain hints, like the date of [[spoiler: Niko's death]], the location of her hospital and Aigis' reaction to her seem to hint that this is, in fact, [[HarsherInHindsight not a coincidence.]]

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* A [[spoiler: young, incurably sick girl, whose window was passed by students of many grades every day and who wanted nothing more than for life to have meaning and to go to school and become a reliable, happy student with a lot of friends?]] [[Persona4Arena Just where have we heard that before..?]] It does not help that some certain hints, like the date of [[spoiler: Niko's death]], the location of her hospital and Aigis' reaction to her seem to hint that this is, in fact, [[HarsherInHindsight not a coincidence.]]]]
* Dying in the Margin World causes one to be [[RetGone erased from their timeline]]. In other words: ''Every time you die in this game, you cause the existence of at least one of the protagonists to disappear from the world, indirectly making the EndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt inevitable.''
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* A [[spoiler: young, incurably sick girl, whose window was passed by students of many grades every day and who wanted nothing more than for life to have meaning and to go to school and become a reliable, happy student with a lot of friends?]] [[Persona4Arena Just where have we heard that before...]] It does not help that some certain hints, like the date of [[spoiler: Niko's death]], the location of her hospital and Aigis' reaction to her seem to hint that this is, in fact, [[HarsherInHindsight not a coincidence.]]

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* A [[spoiler: young, incurably sick girl, whose window was passed by students of many grades every day and who wanted nothing more than for life to have meaning and to go to school and become a reliable, happy student with a lot of friends?]] [[Persona4Arena Just where have we heard that before...]] before..?]] It does not help that some certain hints, like the date of [[spoiler: Niko's death]], the location of her hospital and Aigis' reaction to her seem to hint that this is, in fact, [[HarsherInHindsight not a coincidence.]]
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** On that note, why is Magatsu-Izanagi, along with Thanatos, Kaguya, and Orpheus Telos, DLC? They simply aren't available yet in the story proper. Orpheus Telos was the reward for completing all of the Social Links in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', while the former three are unlocked by [[spoiler:maxing out Social Links of certain plot-important characters. At the points in time the two parties came from, these Links were still in progress]].

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** On that note, why is Magatsu-Izanagi, along with Thanatos, Kaguya, and Orpheus Telos, DLC? They simply aren't available yet in the story proper. Orpheus Telos was the reward for completing all of the Social Links in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', while the former three are unlocked by [[spoiler:maxing out Social Links of certain plot-important characters. At the points in time the two parties came from, these Links were still in progress]].progress]].
* The Group talk about what Kanji would look like carrying a Mikoshi while sporting only a Fundoshi. One level of labyrinth later, there's Fundoshi-wearing FOEs closely resembling the consorts' of Kanji's Shadow in Persona4, some of which even carry a Mikoshi! The reason for that is [[spoiler: that the Labyrinths reflect Rei's emotions and thoughts. The moment she started imagining Kanji in a Fundoshi, the Shadows in the Labyrinth began to adjust to the new image in her mind.]]

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* A [[spoiler: young, incurably sick girl, whose window was passed by students of many grades every day and who wanted nothing more than for life to have meaning and to go to school and become a reliable, happy student with a lot of friends?]] [[Persona4Arena Just where have we heard that before...]] It does not help that some certain hints, like the date of [[spoiler: Niko's death]], the location of her hospital and Aigis' reaction to her seem to hint that this is, in fact, [[HarsherInHindsight not a coincidence.]]
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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that the said Arcana isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]
** On that note, why is Magatsu-Izanagi, along with Thanatos, Kaguya, and Orpheus Telos, DLC? They simply aren't available yet in the story proper. Orpheus Telos was the reward for completing all of the Social Links in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', while the former three are unlocked via [[spoiler: maxing out Social Links of certain plot-important characters. At the points in time the two parties came from, these Links were still in progress]].

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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger [[spoiler:the Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that the said Arcana isn't in the game)? The Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By [[spoiler:By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]
** On that note, why is Magatsu-Izanagi, along with Thanatos, Kaguya, and Orpheus Telos, DLC? They simply aren't available yet in the story proper. Orpheus Telos was the reward for completing all of the Social Links in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', while the former three are unlocked via [[spoiler: maxing by [[spoiler:maxing out Social Links of certain plot-important characters. At the points in time the two parties came from, these Links were still in progress]].
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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that the said Arcana isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]

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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that the said Arcana isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]]]
** On that note, why is Magatsu-Izanagi, along with Thanatos, Kaguya, and Orpheus Telos, DLC? They simply aren't available yet in the story proper. Orpheus Telos was the reward for completing all of the Social Links in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'', while the former three are unlocked via [[spoiler: maxing out Social Links of certain plot-important characters. At the points in time the two parties came from, these Links were still in progress]].
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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that it isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]

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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana]] (aside that it the said Arcana isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]
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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana?]] Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: When Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, he's role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]

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* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana?]] Arcana]] (aside that it isn't in the game)? Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: When By the time Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, he's his role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]
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* Rei seems to just blindly agree right? And looks to Zen to complete her? Well, [[MeaningfulName Rei means zero, and Zen means complete]]!

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* Rei seems to just blindly agree right? And looks to Zen to complete her? Well, [[MeaningfulName Rei means zero, and Zen means complete]]!complete]]!
* Why is Magatsu-Izanagi Persona of the Tower Arcana even though in ''Golden'' he is classified as a Persona of [[spoiler:Jester/Hunger Arcana?]] Tower Arcana predicts the fall of some one. [[spoiler: When Adachi gains Magatsu-Izanagi, he's role as the real culprit has been revealed and his situation isn't going to get any better.]]
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* The workshop is in the art room because forgery is an ''art''.

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* The workshop is in the art room because forgery craftsmanship is an ''art''.
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* The workshop is in the art room because forgery is an ''art''.

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* The workshop is in the art room because forgery is an ''art''.''art''.
* Rei seems to just blindly agree right? And looks to Zen to complete her? Well, [[MeaningfulName Rei means zero, and Zen means complete]]!
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* The workshop is in the art room because forgery is an ''art''.

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