History Trivia / Persona

** ''Trivia/Persona3Reload

* Trivia/Persona1
* Trivia/Persona2
* Trivia/Persona3
** Trivia/Persona3DancingInMoonlight
** Trivia/Persona3Reload
** Trivia/Persona3TheMovie
* Trivia/Persona4
** Trivia/Persona4Arena
** Trivia/Persona4ArenaUltimax
** Trivia/Persona4DancingAllNight
** Trivia/Persona4TheAnimation
* Trivia/Persona5
** Trivia/Persona5DancingInStarlight
** Trivia/Persona5Strikers
** Trivia/Persona5Tactica
** Trivia/Persona5TheAnimation
* Trivia/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth
** Trivia/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth
* Trivia/PersonaTrinitySoul

* ActorExistenceLimbo: A long one regarding Igor. Isamu Tanonaka, the voice of Igor in ''VideoGame/Persona3'' and ''VideoGame/Persona4'', died in 2010 due to myocardial infarction. To work around his death, [[FakeShemp they reused his previously recorded lines]] in both ''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' for all anime adaptations, as well as the ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and ''[[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Ultimax]]'' spin-offs. The character would be absent from certain spin-offs like ''Persona Q'' and ''Dancing''. He was seemingly recast for ''VideoGame/Persona5'', voiced by Masane Tsukayama, [[spoiler:only for the new Igor to be revealed to be an impostor who had captured the real Igor, who is later revealed to still be voiced by Tanonaka's old recordings]]. ''VideoGame/Persona5ThePhantomX'' and ''VideoGame/Persona3Reload'' finally gave Igor new Japanese voice actors, which ended his drought of appearances. Between 2010-2023, that's 13 years of having Igor as an almost silent mentor to the protagonists.

** [[VideoGame/Persona3 Fuuka and Ken's]] original English voice actors are currently unknown. Creator/WendeeLee became Fuuka's voice actress starting from ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', and Creator/CindyRobinson took over as Ken from ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' and onwards.

** Creator/DanWoren reprised his role as Igor in all installments up to ''[[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax Arena Ultimax]]'', where he was replaced with Creator/VicMignogna, and [[VideoGame/Persona5 later]] Creator/KirkThornton (although, the [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena first fighting game]] merely featured reused voice lines for Igor's dialouge).

** Creator/AnnaGraves voiced Naoto in every installment until ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation'', where she was replaced by Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn. Graves did reprise her role in ''Golden'', but afterwards they were subsequently replaced with Valerie Arem starting from ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'' onwards.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://megamitensei.wikia.com/wiki/Megami_Tensei_Wiki Megami Tensei Wiki]].

* NoPortForYou: For a long while the series has always been exclusive to [=PlayStation=] systems, with a few notable exceptions:
** In the mainline series, there is a Japan-only PC port of the [[VideoGame/{{Persona1}} first game]], and a worldwide PC port of ''VideoGame/Persona4 [[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]''.
** The spin-offs ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', which are exclusive to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and have the gameplay and visual style of the ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series; the fighting game ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and [[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax its sequel]], which both received UsefulNotes/Xbox360 releases as well; and the ActionRPG spinoff ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', which had a release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
** This all changed in June 2022 with the announcement of UsefulNotes/XboxOne/[[UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS Series X/S]] and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch versions of ''Persona 3 Portable'', ''Persona 4 Golden'', and ''Persona 5 Royal'', as well as PC versions of 3 and 5.

** In general, the ''VideoGame/Persona5'' cast have been far more consistent in reprising their respective roles than the ''3/4'' members were. With the sole exception of Kirsten Potter (who was replaced with Creator/AbbyTrott as Tae Takemi for ''Royal''), every actor has returned without fail.

* CastingGag: It isn’t everyday [[Anime/CodeGeass a certain exiled Britannian prince]] becomes the leader of the [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Investigation Team]] and [[Creator/JunFukuyama Phantom Thieves of Hearts]].

* NamesTheSame:
** Over the course of the series, there have been several shared Personas: Prometheus, the Ultimate Persona of both [[VideoGame/Persona2 Baofu]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5 Futaba Sakura]]; Nemesis, the initial Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona3 Ken Amada]] and minor antagonist [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Michiko Matsudaira]]; Hermes, the initial Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona2 Jun Kurosu]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Junpei Iori;]] Susano-O, the Ultimate Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona1 Masao Inaba]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yosuke Hanamura,]] with [[VideoGame/Persona5 Yusuke Kitagawa's]] Kamu-Susano-O being another name for the same deity; and Hypnos, the Personas of [[VideoGame/Persona1 Kumi Hirose]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Takaya Sakaki]]. However, while the name and mythologies of the shared Personas are the same, their designs, abilities, and roles are very different.
** "Joker" is both the name of major antagonists in both ''Persona 2'' games and the codename of the protagonist of ''Persona 5''. By now, the latter is likely far more well-known than the former due to the tremendous popularity of ''Persona 5''. Both also happen to share a name with [[ComicBook/TheJoker a certain supervillian]].
** The lyricist for some of ''4'' and ''5'''s music just so happens to be a guy named Benjamin Franklin. Cue jokes that say the more famous Creator/BenjaminFranklin actually wrote the lyrics.

* UpliftedSideStory: The ''Persona'' series is a downplayed example: having started out as a spin-off of the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series, it has reached greater heights than its parent franchise, by now firmly eclipsing the original games, which are still going strong, though greatly diminished in comparison as a series.

** Trivia/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers

** Over the course of the series, there have been several shared Personas: Prometheus, the Ultimate Persona of both [[VideoGame/Persona2 Baofu]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5 Futaba Sakura]]; Nemesis, the initial Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona3 Ken Amada]] and minor antagonist [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Michiko Matsudaira]]' Hermes, the initial Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona2 Jun Kurosu]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Junpei Iori;]] Susano-O, the Ultimate Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona1 Masao Inaba]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yosuke Hanamura,]] with [[VideoGame/Persona5 Yusuke Kitagawa's]] Kamu-Susano-O being another name for the same deity; and Hypnos, the Personas of [[VideoGame/Persona1 Kumi Hirose]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Takaya Sakaki]]. However, while the name and mythologies of the shared Personas are the same, their designs, abilities, and roles are very different.

** The spin-offs ''VideoGame/PersonaQShadowOfTheLabyrinth'' and its sequel ''VideoGame/PersonaQ2NewCinemaLabyrinth'', which are exclusive to the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS and have the gameplay and visual style of the ''VideoGame/EtrianOdyssey'' series; the fighting game ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' and [[VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax its sequel]], which both received UsefulNotes/Xbox360 releases as well; and the ActionRPG spinoff ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'', which had a release on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and is set to release on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in the West in addition to [=PS4=] and Switch.
** This all changed in 2022 with the announcement of UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/XboxSeriesXAndS versions of ''Persona 3 Portable'', ''Persona 4 Golden'', and ''Persona 5 Royal'', as well as PC versions of 3 and 5.

* UpliftedSideStory: The ''Persona'' series is a downplayed example: having started out as a spin-off of the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' series, it has reached equal heights (especially in the West) without fully eclipsing the original games, which are still going strong.

* NoPortForYou: The series has always been exclusive to [=PlayStation=] systems, with a few notable exceptions:

* FanNickname:
** Mara is called "Dick Chariot", it's self-explanatory.
** The protagonist of Persona 3 is commonly referred to as Door-kun.

** The lyricist for some of ''4'' and ''5'''s music just so happens to be a guy named Benjamin Franklin.

** The lyricist for some of ''4'' and ''5'''s music just so happens to be named Benjamin Franklin.

** "Joker" is both the name of major antagonists in both ''Persona 2'' games and the codename of the protagonist of ''Persona 5''. By now, the latter is likely far more well-known than the former due to the tremendous popularity of ''Persona 5''.

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* NamesTheSame: Over the course of the series, only two Persona have been shared by different characters: Prometheus, the Ultimate Persona of both [[VideoGame/Persona2 Baofu]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5 Futaba Sakura]], and Nemesis, the initial Persona of [[VideoGame/Persona3 Ken Amada]] and minor antagonist [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Michiko Matsudaira]], both Persona originating from Myth/ClassicalMythology. However, while the name and mythologies of the shared Persona are the same, their designs, abilities, and roles are very different.

** Correction to the original trivia: [[VideoGame/Persona2 Jun]] and [[VideoGame/Persona3 Junpei]] also share Hermes, and arguably [[VideoGame/Persona5 Morgana]] has another iteration of Hermes given that Mercurius is considered his Roman equivalent. Also, [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Masao]] and [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yosuke]] awaken to Susano-O as their ultimate Personas, and [[VideoGame/Persona5 Yusuke's]] Kamu-Susano-O is another name for the same deity. The [[VideoGame/Persona3 protagonist of P3]] also has Thanatos as one of his primary Personas, like [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Yuriko]] in the original Persona's Snow Queen quest. [[VideoGame/{{Persona|1}} Kumi]] from the Snow Queen quest also shares Hypnos with [[VideoGame/Persona3 Jin]]. All of that said, the relevancy of the trope in question remains intact.

** "Joker" is both the name of major antagonists in both ''Persona 2'' games and the codename of the protagonist of ''Persona 5''. The latter is likely far more well-known than the former.