History Persona4 / TropesOToZ

* ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Whenever you meet an important character and their Shadow, that person ''will'' deny the Shadow being a part of them, and the Shadow ''will'' try and [[KillEmAll kill everyone in sight]]. The party's attempts to [[DefiedTrope defy]] this doesn't work either; after they've kicked some ass though, the character faces up to themselves. [[spoiler:Well, most of the time anyway.]] Kanji even realizes that Shadows going berserk is a step necessary to their hosts accepting them.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''Persona 4 Golden'' for the UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita is this, but due to the Vita's superior hardware (compared to its predecessor), it features updated graphics and retains the 3D models for the overworld (as opposed to the ''VideoGame/Persona3'' remake). It adds a brand new character in Marie, two new arcana (with new Persona summons) & Social Links to accompany them (Marie & Adachi), new events during the original ''Persona 4'' story, more voiced dialogue, new abilities & a third tier evolution for the Investigation Team's Persona, new locations to visit, a new ending, new events during January & the first half of February (skipped over in the original release), a new dungeon & boss battle, and various tweaks to the original release.

--> Almond-eyed student: "This isn't some drama, so there [[spoiler:isn't any poison]].

** The Reaper weapons, armors, and Omnipotent Orb you earn for beating the Reaper. They're the most powerful weapons and armors in the game, and the latter voids ''all'' attacks excluding Almighty, so they don't disappoint. They can't be earned or created any other way than by defeating the Reaper, but with said Reaper being ridiculously powerful, by the time you're strong enough to do that, you're near the end of the game, or at least halfway into a NewGamePlus. Most players probably aren't patient enough to actually get all of the items and then earn the Omnipotent Orb too, especially as encountering the Reaper is random even if you follow the formula. Of course, by the time you actually are strong enough to accomplish such a feat, there's little need to, as even the TrueFinalBoss will be cake before then. And guess what? All of the things you win from the Reaper, can't be carried over to a new game, and they [[SarcasmMode by complete coincidence]] [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard don't appear in your inventory list]] [[RageQuit if you try to sell them to Daidara.]]

* TastesLikeDiabetes: An in-universe example in one of Kanji's Social Links. He says the dolls he made are "so cute, they'll give you diabetes! The instantly fatal kind!"

* WhatAnIdiot: InUniverse; The murderer stops ''just'' short of outright saying it, but clearly has this reaction if the protagonist [[spoiler:destroys the only piece of evidence tying him to the murders]] in the Accomplice Ending. Making a couple of wrong choices can even get them to say 'what an asshole.'

* VendorTrash: You get paid in Yen at the end of each fight with the Shadows, but the Shadows also drop stuff that you can sell to the blacksmith. Not only will he pay you, but you need to sell him this stuff in order to expand his inventory. You can also get certain gems that you can sell or exchange for items at the Shiroku Pub.

* {{Pantyshot}}: Ishtar, the last persona of the lovers arcana has an extremely short skirt. No wonder then that she flashes whenever you summon her, though it's still not that prominent. Chie on the other hand, despite being a KickChick with plenty of chances for this, manages to avert the trope by wearing shorts under her skirt.

** Shortly after the opening of the superstore Junes in Inaba, several local shops took a nosedive in customers and profits due to Junes offering a much broader range of products, with some even closing down. [[spoiler:At the end of Golden, they work out a deal with the shop owners with a "locally-produced goods" section to try and keep them in public interest.]]

** When the protagonist first sees the Midnight Channel on his room's TV and realises that he can put his hand through the screen, something grabs him and tries to pull him through, but he gets wedged in between the TV frame due to it being too small. The next morning, even though Chie and Yosuke [[CassandraTruth don't believe him]], she lampshades how realistic that part was, causing Yosuke to joke about trying it with an even bigger TV at Junes.

* SwirlyEnergyThingy: This is the effect used for people who have the ability to enter the TV world when they touch the screen. The entrances to dungeons also look like swirling black and red whirlpools, and act as portals that let you go inside.

* StealingTheCredit: The Inaba Police, unwittingly. Because of the nature of the Investigation Team's rescues, they can't take the credit for capturing [[spoiler:Mitsuo]] or, presumably, [[spoiler:Adachi]]. To everyone else, the [[FanNIckname IT]] are just a group of kids who have a habit of ending up in suspicious places. Yukiko says that it's fine for the group to be proud of what they've accomplished- they just can't tell anyone.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Chie and Yukiko could count, given the whole "Chie is my prince" scenario and their (perceived) dependence on each other. Of course, personal issues aside, they ''are'' close friends, and Chie points out that she honestly did want to save Yukiko.

* SpoilerOpening: A blink and you'll miss it example, but during ''Golden'''s new opening, it shows how the victims are found dead, including Mayumi from a TV aerial, [[spoiler:Saki]] from a telephone pole and [[spoiler:Kinshiro Morooka from his apartment window]]. That last one, however, is quite hard to identify and has [[spoiler:his]] face covered by [[spoiler:his tie]] but is still easy to figure out who it is.

* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Part of the main premise of the game. Junes has a large display of fancy flat-screen televisions. The protagonist is trying to explain about how he got sucked into the TV he has at home as part of something called the "Midnight Channel." When Yosuke doesn't believe him, he pokes his hand through one of the [[=TVs=]] to demonstrate and it works. He then puts his ''head'' through and isn't long before he, Yosuke and their friend Chie have ''all'' fallen inside the TV world.

* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Part of the main premise of the game. Junes has a large display of fancy flat-screen televisions. The protagonist is trying to explain about how he got sucked into the TV he has at home as part of something called the "Midnight Channel." When Yosuke doesn't believe him, he pokes his hand through one of the [[=TVs=]] to demonstrate and it works. He then puts his ''head'' through and isn't long before he, Yosuke and their friend Chie have ''all'' fallen inside the TV world.

* StalkerWithACrush: A girl at Yasogami High School, who spends her days in front of the library, longing for her senpai. She does get into contact with him ([[SchoolgirlLesbians "her"]] in ''Golden'') eventually, but that's about the same time her senpai gets really friendly with another girl. She [[{{Yandere}} doesn't take it well]], ultimately making a rather ineffective attempt to MurderTheHypotenuse, possibly as an effect of [[spoiler:the fog that is covering Inaba by then]], which is screwing with people's minds.

** Yukiko's EnemyWithout hosts a dating gameshow and mentions "scoring a hot stud". [[BecomeARealBoy Teddie]] has no idea what it means, but that doesn't stop him from bringing it up at almost every opportunity, even citing "scoring with girls" as one of his reasons for [[spoiler:wanting to stay as a human]]. Even Yukiko asks him to let it go after a while. And back to the fan's attitudes, you could come away from them with the impression that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kanji]] is the [[CampGay gayest gay]] to ever [[HoYay gayly gay]], despite the overdone mannerisms coming from his Shadow (and even he admits that he's not entirely adverse to girls, just afraid of rejection and insecure about his "feminine" hobbies like sewing).

** Teddie never lets Yukiko forget about her Shadow going "stud hunting."
** Yosuke will not let Kanji live down the things his [[CampGay Shadow]] did and said in the TV World.

* StandardStatusEffects: A lot of them are either changed or done away with, with the most notable being Charm and the Distress/Shocked/Frozen statuses that drop evasion to zero. New effects include Confusion, Exhaustion (an SP-draining status), and Enervation (all stats are cut in half, and there's a chance to fall down while using a physical attack or forget what you're going to do when using a skill). The Condition system from [[VideoGame/Persona3 the previous game]] is also dropped. In addition, the Amrita Soda item, which only cured three status effects in ''Persona 3'', can now cure any status ailments save for Dizzy.

** Yukiko's EnemyWithout hosts a dating gameshow and mentions "scoring a hot stud". [[BecomeARealBoy Teddie]] has no idea what it means, but that doesn't stop him from bringing it up at almost every opportunity, even citing "scoring with girls" as one of his reasons for [[spoiler:wanting to stay as a human]]. Even Yukiko asks him to let it go after a while. And back to the fan's attitudes, you could come away from them with the impression that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Kanji]] is the [[CampGay gayest gay]] to ever [[HoYay gayly gay]], despite the overdone mannerisms coming from his Shadow (and even he admits that he's not entirely adverse to girls, just afraid of rejection).

** Surt, the fire giant from Myth/NorseMythology has his signature Fire spell Ragnarok. Sometimes, Loki, Thor and Odin join in the fun with Niflheim, Thunder Reign and Panta Rhei.

* SelfDamagingAttackBackfire: Rarely, when going for a regular attack, there is a chance of the character overshooting their attack and stumbling, making themselves vulnerable to extra damage.

* PlotHole: Near the end of the game, especially in regards to Teddie, it seems like the writers were trying but [[FailedASpotCheck failed a few spot checks]]. [[spoiler:A good example is when Rise is unable to locate Adachi, but Teddie can despite having subpar sensing power compared to her. This is given an attempted explanation in that Teddie recognizes it because the location is [[RoomFullOfCrazy where the IT first went when they visited the TV world for the first time]]. This falls flat on its face--while Teddie does meet the team soon after, he never was in or saw that room until the end of the game.]]
** It does regain some credibility when you listen to the ExactWords of Teddie's explanation. [[spoiler:He says it's where he first ''sensed'' the IT. Not where he first met them. If the MC, Yosuke and Chie had never stumbled into that room, tracking Adachi might have been rendered impossible.]]
*** In addition, Yosuke nearly had an accident in there (see PottyEmergency), and some bears are attracted to the smell of urine.

* PottyEmergency: When the party first explores the TV World, Yosuke ''really'' has to go. He almost does it in a RoomFullOfCrazy, too.