Trivia for Specific Titles

Series-wide Trivia

Fan Nickname:
- Mara is called "Dick Chariot", it's self-explanatory.
- The protagonist of Persona 3 is commonly referred to as Door-kun.
Name's the Same:
- Over the course of the series, there have been several shared Personas: Prometheus, the Ultimate Persona of both Baofu and Futaba Sakura; Nemesis, the initial Persona of Ken Amada and minor antagonist Michiko Matsudaira' Hermes, the initial Persona of Jun Kurosu and Junpei Iori; Susano-O, the Ultimate Persona of Masao Inaba and Yosuke Hanamura, with Yusuke Kitagawa's Kamu-Susano-O being another name for the same deity; and Hypnos, the Personas of Kumi Hirose and 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.
No Port For You: 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 first game, and a worldwide PC port of Persona 4 Golden.
- The spin-offs Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth and its sequel Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, which are exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS and have the gameplay and visual style of the Etrian Odyssey series; the fighting game Persona 4: Arena and its sequel, which both received Xbox 360 releases as well; and the Action RPG spinoff Persona 5 Strikers, which had a release on the Nintendo Switch and is set to release on Steam in the West in addition to PS4 and Switch.
The Other Darrin:
- Fuuka and Ken's original English voice actors are currently unknown. Wendee Lee became Fuuka's voice actress starting from Persona 4: Arena, and Cindy Robinson took over as Ken from Persona 4: Arena Ultimax and onwards.
- Tracey Rooney and Dave Wittenberg voiced Chie and Teddie respectively in the original Persona 4, but were replaced in all installments afterward by Erin Fitzgerald and Sam Riegel respectively.
- Laura Bailey got to voice Rise in every installment sans Dancing All Night, where she was voiced by Ashly Burch.
- Dan Woren reprised his role as Igor in all installments up to Arena Ultimax, where he was replaced with Vic Mignogna, and later Kirk Thornton (although, the first fighting game merely featured reused voice lines for Igor's dialouge).
- Anna Graves voiced Naoto in every installment until Persona 4: The Animation, where she was replaced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. Graves did reprise her role in Golden, but afterwards they were subsequently replaced with Valerie Arem starting from Persona 4: Arena Ultimax onwards.
- Troy Baker voiced Kanji for most installments, being replaced with Matthew Mercer for roughly half of Persona 4: The Animation and every installment thereafter.
- Miyu Matsuki and Kazunari Tanaka were the original voices of Chihaya Mifune and Junya Kaneshiro until their passing. They were replaced by Haruka Terui and Takahiro Fujimoto respectively in the anime adaptation and Royal, the latter of which was dedicated to Matsuki and Tanaka's memories.
- Kirsten Potter was replaced by Abby Trott as Tae Takemi in the English dub of Royal. According to Laura Post, Potter had moved away and couldn't reprise her role.
Role Reprise:
- Johnny Yong Bosch, Yuri Lowenthal and Amanda Winn-Lee are the only Persona 4 actors to reprise their respective characters (Yu, Yosuke and Yukiko) in every subsequent installment, continually returning even after the other investigation team members got Darrin-ed.
- In general, the Persona 5 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 Abby Trott as Tae Takemi for Royal), every actor has returned without fail.
Uplifted Side Story: The Persona series is a downplayed example: having started out as a spin-off of the Shin Megami Tensei series, it has reached equal heights (especially in the West) without fully eclipsing the original games, which are still going strong.
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