History Trivia / Persona4

** Creator/RieKugimiya in the Japanese voice track is well-known for playing {{Tsundere}}s like [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Shana]] and her various clones. Here she plays Rise, who has both pigtails and ZettaiRyouiki but isn't tsundere in the least.

* NowWhichOneWasThatVoice: Naoto's original English voice actress was unknown for almost a decade after the game's release. Eventually in 2018, Creator/AnnaGraves [[https://twitter.com/gravyvoice/status/1038439203564974080 confirmed on Twitter]] that she was her voice actress.

** Creator/RieKugimiya in the Japanese voice track is well-known for playing [[{{Tsundere}} tsunderes]] like [[LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana Shana]] and her various clones. Here she plays Rise, who has both pigtails and ZettaiRyouiki but isn't tsundere in the least.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: For the longest time, Naoto's original English voice actress was [[NowWhichOneWasThatVoice unknown for almost a decade]]. Eventually in 2018, Creator/AnnaGraves confirmed herself that she was her voice actress.[[note]]Someone on twitter saw a convention poster that has Anna's face/name with characters associated with her. Said user was able to ask her if she did voice Naoto via twitter and she mentioned yes.[[/note]]

* DevelopmentGag: When mentioning that the police are looking for witnesses to the serial murders, Yosuke jokes about the killer wearing 'bright yellow clothes' at the crime scene. One of the original designs for the killer, as shown in concept artwork, had them wearing a bright yellow raincoat.

** The entire ''VideoGame/Persona3'' battle archive is left in the [=PS2=] version in order to pad out its size on-disc. This also includes that game's intro movie and entire soundtrack.

* ColbertBump: Golden getting released on Steam and debuting at number 1 on the Steam sale charts has, much like when a beloved series arrives on Netflix, provided a way for people curious to play the game without having to [[CrackIsCheaper shill out for]] two long outdated consoles (one of which suffered low sales and is therefore difficult to find used).

* ReferencedBy: One of the splash texts that can show up on the title screen of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' is "switches and ores", a reference to the "bitches and whores" meme.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** In the Japanese version, two members of the Investigation Team, Rise Kujikawa and Naoto Shirogane, are voiced by Creator/RieKugimiya and Creator/RomiPark respectively. Who have been acted together at least twice, with their most famous roles as Edward and Alphonse Elric in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
*** Ditto for Naoto being voiced by Creator/RomiPark and Yosuke being voiced by Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo, which makes them [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Temari and Shikamaru]], respectively.
** [[Creator/AmiKoshimizu Yukiko]] and [[Creator/YuiHorie Chie]] are [[Manga/SchoolRumble Tenma and Eri]].
** In the English version, Yu Narukami and Yosuke Hanamura are voiced by Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and Creator/YuriLowenthal. They've also voiced Lelouch Vi Britannia and Suzaku Kururugi in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', who are also depicted as best friends. They're also joined by Creator/KarenStrassman who voiced Kallen Kōzuki as the GreaterScopeVillain whose putting {{humanity on trial}}.
** Best friends [[Creator/DaisukeOno Kou]] and [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Daisuke]] also happen to be Koizumi and Kyon from ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya''.

* ThePeteBest: Creator/ErinFitzgerald wasn't the first English voice for Chie, but she's become the most iconic.

** Kanji was originally going to be a middle-aged man with a pompadour or long curls instead of having his hair short and dyed blonde. Naoto would've been straight-up male instead of a female cross-dresser. Also, a colored sketch of her female version showed her in a white shirt, but without her coat. Early Chie designs alternated between variations of Lisa Silverman from ''VideoGame/Persona2'' and Chihiro Fushimi from ''VideoGame/Persona3'', complete with long straight hair down her shoulders. Conversely, Yukiko would've been the one with short hair, akin to Aigis from ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Alternatively, she would have kept her final look, but her red cardigan would have been a pullover sweater with a more complex design. One early version of Teddie had him in a much creepier bear costume that was a patchwork of colors based on classic television [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_color_bars SMPTE color bar test pattern]]. All of these original designs can be found in the Visual Data art book.

** Kanji was originally going to be a middle-aged man with a pompadour or long curls instead of having his hair short and dyed blonde. Naoto would've been straight-up male instead of a female cross-dresser. Also, a colored sketch of her female version showed her in a white shirt, but without her coat. Early Chie designs alternated between variations of Lisa Silverman from ''VideoGame/Persona2'' and Chihiro Fushimi from ''VideoGame/Persona3'', complete with long straight hair down her shoulders. Conversely, Yukiko would've been the one with short hair, akin to Aigis from ''VideoGame/Persona3''. Alternatively, she would have kept her final look, but her red cardigan would have been a pullover sweater with a more complex design. All of these original designs can be found in the Visual Data art book.

** Kanji was originally going to be a middle-aged man with a pompadour or long curls instead of having his hair short and dyed blonde. Naoto would've been straight-up male instead of a female cross-dresser. Both of these can be seen in their original concept art.

** Kanji was originally going to be a middle-aged man, and Naoto would've been straight-up male instead of a female cross-dresser. Both of these can be seen in their original concept art.

** ''Golden'' actually has six time of day phases, but one called "Forenoon" is never used.

** ''Golden'' actually has [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/746230710150496367/1064197439038427186/image.png six time of day phases], but one called "Forenoon" is never used.

* NamesTheSame:
** Chie Satonaka is most definitely not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooya-san_wa_Shishunki! a middle-school landlord]].
** This Toru Adachi broke the law differently from [[Series/TokkeiWinspector a digruntled R/C maniac]]. Their first names are also written differently in Japanese (透 vs. 徹).

* NamesTheSame: Chie Satonaka is most definitely not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooya-san_wa_Shishunki! a middle-school landlord]].

* KillerApp: ''[[UpdatedRerelease Golden]]'' has become this, significantly boosting sales of the lagging [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Vita]]. It got to the point that many considered it the only reason to own one until it was released on Steam in 2020.

* NamesTheSame:
** No, the Ayane in this game is ''not'' a [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive kuno]][[VideoGame/NinjaGaiden ichi]].
** Chie Satonaka is most definitely not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooya-san_wa_Shishunki! a middle-school landlord]].

* NoBudget: Creator/{{ATLUS}} was going through severe financial trouble during development and this shows quite a bit if one digs through the data, as the game was essentially built on top of ''VideoGame/Persona3'' in a way that is more or less akin to a fanmade hack, with much of the data assets remaining buried in the code in a way that was most likely not test data. This is a testament that, despite the lack of money, the game was still financially and critically successful, though this did not prevent Creator/{{ATLUS}} from going bankrupt a few months after release and subsequently bought out.

** Other candidates for the killer were either Yukiko or Yosuke, but their motivations (for the sake of self-pleasure) were considered too weak and cliche. Not only that, but had they gone with that, it would have created a huge plot hole during their respective Shadow encounters since you'd figure committing murder would be a much bigger skeleton in the closet than personal insecurity or the desire to be free from family tradition, not to mention that only Persona users can enter the TV or push people inside (if you try to select either one as the culprit, the narrator will inform you that they didn't awaken to their Personas until after the first two murders). However, Atlus would revisit this idea in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' [[spoiler:with Akechi being the traitor to the Phantom Thieves and one of the game's main villains]]. The final one in mind was Dojima himself, but the writers felt it would be too dark to have Dojima being the killer, and decided against it.

* ReferencedBy: One of the splash texts that can show up on the title screen of VideoGame/Minecraft is "switches and ores", a reference to the "bitches and whores" meme.

* ImageSource for:
** CharacterPortrait
** CoatCape
** RomanceSidequest
** SensorCharacter

* QuoteSource for:
** GoldenEnding
** TheMall

* VideoSource: Provides one of the videos for BigBallOfViolence.

* CharacterSpecificPages:
** [[Characters/Persona4YuNarukami Yu Narukami]]
** [[Characters/Persona4NaotoShirogane Naoto Shirogane]]
** [[Characters/Persona4TohruAdachi The Killer]] '''(Identity a spoiler)'''

* FanNickname:
** Yu: Souji Seta (from the ComicBookAdaptation), Brotag (for his [[MessianicArchetype Messiah]] tendencies), Banchou / "gang leader" (from his Persona's JapaneseDelinquents look), Charlie Tunoku (from the LetsPlay/Persona4EnduranceRun), Kenpachi Ramasama (from WebVideo/TwoBestFriendsPlay), Chad Ziodynecock (based on the Chad Thundercock memes and a reference to his nature as TheAce and a ChickMagnet).
** Naoto: Captain Pistol.
** King subtype Shadows: Mr. Pringles.
** Yosuke: ''Brosuke'' (from his BrosBeforeHoes S Link event), Moesuke (for being {{Adorkable}}), Failsuke (for being a ButtMonkey), Yos(u)gay (for his HoYay scenes), etc., Junes (from Japanese fans)
** Adachi: Cabbage Man, Cabbage Adachi, (from his cabbage dialogue at Junes), [[TheKlutz Goofydachi]] (as a ButtMonkey), [[spoiler:[[AxCrazy Crazydachi]] (post-[[TheReveal Reveal]])]]. The latter two are from a defunct Website/LiveJournal community, [[http://badbadbathhouse.livejournal.com/ badbadbathhouse]].
** Yukiko: Amagidyne (from her [[KillItWithFire fire]] spells[[note]]Agi is the name for the fire elemental spells and "-dyne" is a suffix to the most powerful of the elemental offensive spells [[/note]]), Drunkiko (from the [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments King's Game scene]]), Larry (from a series of [[GagSub manga edits]]).
** Ryotaro Dojima: Brojima (for always trusting you)
** Investigation Team: [[http://imgur.com/b616aEk The Inaba Scoobies]] (from similarities to ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'')
** Teddie: T. Bearson (from his ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'' [[StreetFighter M. Bison]] outfit).
** [[spoiler:Ameno-Sagiri]]: [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 The Technodrome]]]].
** Suzuka Gongen: [[StarWars Darth Maul]]
** [[CastingAShadow Mudo]][[OneHitKill on]] Curry for Mystery Food X.
** [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Poochie]] for Marie.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Released in 2008 and taking place [[NextSundayAD in 2011]] Japan, ''Persona 4'' is a rare example of a JRPG in an entirely modern setting, can sometimes fall into this. Granted, Inaba is a backwater town that is several years behind the times, in stark contrast to [[VideoGame/Persona3 Tatsumi Port Island]] and [[VideoGame/Persona5 Tokyo]]:
** Television, and the influence it can have on the populace, serves as one of the underlying themes of the plot. With the rise of the Internet and smartphones only a few years later - just around the time the game actually takes place - as the main source of entertainment and news for many people in first-world countries, ''especially'' for those at the high school age all of the main characters are at, this may seem slightly outdated. It's very noticeable that the Internet is pretty much never mentioned by anyone, and there's nary a computer to be found in the game world. One that's even remarked upon in-game is the rise of HD [=TVs=] when most of the characters are still using old standard-definition sets, a few lamenting that they'll eventually have to upgrade. A wall of fancy widescreens sits in the electronics section of local department store Junes, a contrast to the old sets the characters own. Funnily enough, the game itself was released on a [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 mostly SD console]] a couple years after its [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 HD successor]] had already come out. Kanji's family upgrading to an HD TV is actually a minor plot point in the [[VideoGame/Persona4Arena sequel]], which was released in 2012 and takes place in the same year.
** On a similar note, a major subplot in the game, as well as a major factor in a number of other subplots and social links, is the opening of a department store chain, the aforementioned Junes, in town and its various effects on the local economy. In 2008, this was a hot topic, even in the US with the rise of "big box retailers" and "Megastores" like Wal-Mart, Target, and others. A decade later, while the Big Box and Megastore age has not died completely, online retail through sites such as Amazon, Ebay, Alibaba, etc. has taken a huge chunk in the business of physical stores, to the point that larger chains such as Macy's, JC Penney's, K-Mart, Sears, and Toys R Us have either closed a huge number of stores or been forced into bankruptcy.
** The characters all rock simple flip-open cellphones, used solely for calling and texting. This is more of a US dating - though the US adopted smartphones quickly after the iPhone debut a year before the game released, Japan's adoption rate was far slower, and many Japanese citizens were still using flip phones well into the mid 2010s. Notably, [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation the 2011 anime adaptation]] of the game retcons this a little, as some characters now use smartphones and there's even a song on the OST that makes an iPhone joke:
--->''"[=iBreak=]! Just might be the new app on your smartphone."''
** Kanji's [[AmbiguouslyGay possible homosexuality]] is a major facet of his character, and his personal dungeon is a bathhouse with deliberately exaggerated HardGay overtones. While a hot button issue and the source of much social commentary and humor (which the game provides both of) at the time, only a few years later the idea of major and entirely-sympathetic gay characters in fiction would barely raise an eyebrow.

** ShadowArchetype

** Creator/ErinFitzgerald later admitted to doing the same thing with Chie in ''Golden'', portraying her as 'madly in love' with Yukiko after reading the script. While Chie can be one of Yu's love interests, her [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship relationship with Yukiko]] does make her AmbiguouslyBi.