History Memes / Persona5

* [=#BreakFreePersona=][[labelnote:Explanation]] Joker's inclusion as a DLC fighter in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' [[ColbertBump led to more people getting interested in Persona 5]], boosting the demand for a possible port of the game on [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]]. The hashtag "[=#BreakFreePersona=]" would become popular on Twitter, and soon after, a ''lot'' of the replies on Atlus's Twitter would consist of the hashtag being used for fans to voice their demands. ''Royal'' would eventually receive ports to UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS and PC, but still no Switch port in sight...until the end of June 2022, when a Switch port of ''Royal'' (as well as ''VideoGame/Persona4 Golden'' and ''VideoGame/Persona3 Portable'' ports) were finally announced at Nintendo's Partner Mini Direct.[[/labelnote]]

* "Where's Joker?" "Joker's gone to play ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''" [[labelnote:Explanation ('''Spoilers!''')]]The ''VideoGame/Persona3'' remake, ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'', was set to be released in February 2 2024. The fact that it shared the same in-game date as the third semester Palace deadline in ''Royal'' has the jokes write for themselves with players on both sides of the pacific joking about how ''Royal'''s timeline is put on hold since Joker (and the players by extention) would be too busy and hyped over ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload''.[[/labelnote]]

* End of Service curse [[labelnote:Explanation]]Several mobile games such as ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' and ''VideoGame/NierReincarnation'' had ended their service... just a year after said game has a collaboration with Persona 5. While there are some exceptions such as ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'', and ''VideoGame/IdentityV'', fans notice the trend occurring enough times in [[https://vxtwitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1740018447499894815 several mobile games]] that jokes are created out of it. This has resulted in ''Persona 5'' being labelled as a "gacha killer", and a collab event usually being a sign that end of services are near.[[/labelnote]]

* End of Service curse [[labelnote:Explanation]]Several mobile games such as ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' had ended their service... just a year after said game has a collaboration with Persona 5. While there are some exceptions such as ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'', and ''VideoGame/IdentityV'', fans notice the trend occurring enough times in [[https://vxtwitter.com/ScrambledFaz/status/1740018447499894815 several mobile games]] that jokes are created out of it. This has resulted in ''Persona 5'' being labelled as a "gacha killer", and a collab event usually being a sign that end of services are near.[[/labelnote]]

* ''Make Japan Great Again'' [[labelnote:Explanation]]Due to the game's release coinciding with the election of United States President Creator/DonaldTrump, with many claiming he shares similarities with [[BigBad Masayoshi Shido]], the internet wasted no time spinning memes linking the two.[[/labelnote]]

* Snack time [[labelnote:Explanation]]Before his Confidant starts, Takuto Maruki tries to bribe Joker, Ryuji, and Ann into coming to his therapy sessions by saying he has snacks. Maruki brings up snacks a few times during his Confidant links and cutscenes that involve him, creating an association between Maruki and snacks that picked up shortly after the game's Western release. The fact that Maruki gets a fangirl club at Shujin only adds to it; a common joke is that the girls want a different kind of "snack".[[/labelnote]]

* Snack time[[labelnote:Explanation]]Before his Confidant starts, Takuto Maruki tries to bribe Joker, Ryuji, and Ann into coming to his therapy sessions by saying he has snacks. Maruki brings up snacks a few times during his Confidant links and cutscenes that involve him, creating an association between Maruki and snacks that picked up shortly after the game's Western release. The fact that Maruki gets a fangirl club at Shujin only adds to it; a common joke is that the girls want a different kind of "snack".[[/labelnote]]
* "That was truly cringeworthy."[[labelnote:Explanation]]During a festival in July, Joker, Ryuji, and Yusuke end up getting the attention of a news team. Ryuji makes [[CringeComedy some rather cringey comments]] on-camera in the hopes that the news team won't use the footage with them in it. The meme refers to Yusuke's retort to Ryuji after the fact, where he tells Ryuji that his behavior was "truly cringeworthy." People turned Yusuke's response into a reaction image soon after it was discovered.[[/labelnote]]

* End of Service curse [[labelnote:Explanation]]Several mobile games such as ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' had ended their service... just a year after said game has a collaboration with Persona 5. While there are some exceptions such as ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'', ''VideoGame/BangDreamGirlsBandParty'', and ''VideoGame/IdentityV'', fans notice the trend occurring enough times in [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fnzc1YwX0AAp_tv?format=jpg&name=medium several mobile games]] that jokes are created out of it. This has resulted in ''Persona 5'' being labelled as a "gacha killer", and a collab event usually being a sign that end of services are near.[[/labelnote]]

* Valentine's Day [[labelnote:Explanation]]The beatdown that occurs on February 15 if you romance multiple girls is practically a FountainOfMemes in its own right, whether due to the sheer ImplausibleDeniability of Joker somehow managing to cover up dating ''nine'' different people (''ten'' in Royal), the fact that you have to hang out with ''[[HoYay Ryuji]]'' to get everyone to show up, Haru's TranquilFury, Sojiro watching in horror and then proceeding to be the best wingman ever by ''covering for Joker'' after everything, and just the general image of Joker trying to be a {{Casanova}} and [[CasanovaWannabe failing epically]].[[/labelnote]]

* "Starting to hate [insert here]/[[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Racist Kasumi]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Spawned from a rather infamous (and now deleted) tweet that said "Starting to hate black people", with [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/d/d1/P5R_Portrait_Kasumi_Serious.png Kasumi's angry portrait]] attached. Cue people making jokes about Kasumi being racist, or people making variations where "black people" is replaced by something else. Considered a bad DiscreditedMeme due to unironic racism, to the point its creator [[CreatorBacklash disowned it]][[invoked]][[/labelnote]]

* "Starting to hate [insert here]/[[PoliticallyIncorrectHero Racist Kasumi]]"[[labelnote:Explanation]]Spawned from a rather infamous (and now deleted) tweet that said "Starting to hate black people", with [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/megamitensei/images/d/d1/P5R_Portrait_Kasumi_Serious.png Kasumi's angry portrait]] attached. Cue people making jokes about Kasumi being racist, or people making variations where "black people" is replaced by something else.[[/labelnote]]

* Ann's poor spine. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When she was officially announced, Ann's official art showed her angled that it appeared that she was hunched. This meme got a second life when promotional art for ''VideoGame/Persona5Tactica'' showed her holding her torso almost parallel to the ground.[[/labelnote]]

* Ann's poor spine. [[labelnote:Explanation]]When she was officially announced, Ann's official art showed her angled that it appeared that she was hunched.[[/labelnote]]

* Mamakoto [[labelnote:Explanation]]A FanNickname for Makoto due to her TeamMom status with the Phantom Thieves. The fact that several [[VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight of the]] [[VideoGame/Persona5Strikers spinoffs]] make references to this as well only fueled the fanbase more.[[/labelnote]]

** stop talking about groo holy shit [[labelnote:Explanation]]One poster suddenly declared during all this for everyone to stop talking about Goro, as they were tired of several threads in a row being nothing but this; however, they spelled his name as "groo" and also used no capitalization or punctuation, causing posters to not only mock the poster's poor typing but also saying they weren't talking about Gru from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'' at all. Another poster responded with an edit of the Principal with Igor's nose (which looks just like Gru) and called it the worst thing they'd ever made. Now whenever anyone brings Goro up on the general, expect someone to respond with this, with the edited picture following soon after.[[/labelnote]]

* I made her less... Ugh! Hire me, Atlus! [[labelnote:Explanation]]After an artist on Twitter decided to make art where Kasumi wore less revealing clothing as a protest against her outfit, many more artists began mocking the condesending and prudish nature of the artist by making ironic edits and parodies of the aforementioned art.[[/labelnote]]

* Snack time[[labelnote:Explanation]]Before his Confidant starts, Takuto Maruki tries to bribe Joker, Ryuji, and Ann into coming to his therapy sessions by saying he has snacks. Maruki brings up snacks a few times during his Confidant links and cutscenes that involve him, creating an association between Maruki and snacks that picked up shortly after the game's Western released. The fact that Maruki gets a fangirl club at Shujin only adds to it; a common joke is that the girls want a different kind of "snack".[[/labelnote]]

* [[VideoGame/SaintsRowGatOutOfHell "Joker? Do you have a plan?" "I'm gonna shoot a god in the face." "Uh, I think you may have missed a few steps there." "No, I said 'in the face.' Somehow that always works."]] [[labelnote: Explaination (spoilers)]] When [[TheManBehindTheMan Yaldabaoth]] is revealed as the true final boss, not much is actually discussed in way of a plan to take him down.[[/labelnote]]
* [[PraisingShowsYouDontWatch Don't mess with us Persona 5 fans, we haven't even played the game]] [[labelnote: Explaination]]There's enough story and social link content in the game's cutscenes that you can understand enough of it through [=YouTube=] playthroughs. This means that there's a lot of people who come into the fandom [[FanworkOnlyFans through Let's Plays, memes and fanart]] (or simply because of Joker's appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate''), and then engage with the rest of the fans with a superficial understanding of things. Hence this mockery. While other story-heavy or character-heavy games like visual novels such as ''Franchise/DanganRonpa'' are not exempt from this treatment, the size of the ''Persona 5'' fanbase makes this aspect very visible compared to others.[[/labelnote]]
** Persona 5 fans can finally play Persona 5. [[labelnote: Explaination]] When the Switch, Xbox and PC ports of the game were announced, trailers were flooded with comments like this, since the game is now much more accessible.[[/labelnote]]

* Mamakoto [[labelnote:Explanation]]A FanNickname for Makoto due to her TeamMom status with the Phantom Thieves. The fact that several [[VideoGame/Persona5DancingInStarlight of the]] [[VideoGame/Persona5Strikers spinoffs]] makes references to this as well only fueled the fanbase more.[[/labelnote]]

* Beep Boop. [[labelnote:Explanation]]The third rank of Makoto's Confidant sees her disheartened that the impression that Eiko and her other classmates had of her was an emotionless robot. Two of the responses is to console her while the third is [[{{Troll}} that.]] Since much of Makoto's confidant and one-on-one events can have [[LovingBully Joker teasing her]] it's become a really popular phrase for shippers of the two.[[/labelnote]]

* Dr. Legs [[labelnote:Explanation]][[HospitalHottie Takemi]]'s legs are given [[LegFocus a lot of focus]] when browisng through her shop menu, earning her this nickname.[[/labelnote]]

[[caption-width-right:350: "Say some gangsta is dissin' your fly girl. Ya just give 'em one'a these!"]]

* [=#FeedYusuke=][[labelnote:Explanation]]Being a StarvingArtist, Yusuke has a strong appreciation for food and always jumps into the conversation whenever it is talked about. Because of how he was kept in starvation by Madarame in the past and how often he wants to eat despite only having barely enough money for cup noodles, many fans ran away with it and voiced their desire to give him a proper meal.[[/labelnote]]

* #[=LetRyujiSayFuck=] [[labelnote:Explanation]]Ryuji holds the title of the only main character to explicitly say [[PrecisionFStrike "fuck"]] in game (though it is never voiced; the line is voiced in Royal, but Ryuji says "shittiest" instead), and then proceeds to never say it again, substituting it for "eff". Naturally, fans are (jokingly) rallying for him to say it again. This finally happens in ''Strikers''.[[/labelnote]]

* "Joker? Do you have a plan?" "I'm gonna shoot a god in the face." "Uh, I think you may have missed a few steps there." "No, I said 'in the face.' Somehow that always works." [[labelnote: Explaination (spoilers)]] When [[TheManBehindTheMan Yaldabaoth]] is revealed as the true final boss, not much is actually discussed in way of a plan to take him down.[[/labelnote]]

* Akechi is wanted by the LAPD! [[labelnote:Explanation]]It was discovered that the Los Angeles Police Department was flagging certain Tweets, citing they could pose a potential danger. Tweets with anime and game tags were also flagged, including one mentioning Goro Akechi was a mass murderer, prompting the joke that real-life police were after him. [[/labelnote]]

* Wunkus the Clown[[labelnote:Explanation]]A user in the [=r/OkBuddyPersona=] subreddit mentioned a dream they had where a Phantom Thief named Wunkus the Clown was present in early editions of the game but removed due to his status as TheScrappy, immediately becoming a PlayAlongMeme in the vein of [[Memes/TheSimpsons Graggle Simpson]].[[/labelnote]]