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[[File:Coverforpersona.jpg|frame|Japanese cover for ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'']]
{{quote|''"Once, I dreamt I was a butterfly. I forgot myself and knew only my happiness as a butterfly. Soon, I awoke, and I was myself again. Did I dream that I was a butterfly? Or do I now dream that I am a man? Yet there is a distinction between myself and the butterfly. This is a transformation of the physical."''|'''[[
'''''Persona''''' is the first title in the ''Persona'' JRPG series, a spin-off of the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' video game series by [[Atlus]]. It's known as '''''Megami Ibunroku Persona''''' in Japan, '''''Revelations: Persona''''' in its first North American release, and '''''Shin Megami Tensei Persona''''' in its later North American PSP re-release. Why all the titles? Because the first release had... [[Macekre|issues]]... with its localization.▼
▲{{quote|''"Once, I dreamt I was a butterfly. I forgot myself and knew only my happiness as a butterfly. Soon, I awoke, and I was myself again. Did I dream that I was a butterfly? Or do I now dream that I am a man? Yet there is a distinction between myself and the butterfly. This is a transformation of the physical."''|'''[[Schrodinger's Butterfly|Zhuangzi]]''', ''Persona'' opening, PSP version.}}
The game begins with you and your classmates in an empty classroom, taking up a dare to play a game called "Persona" that appears to be a ritual of some sort. Just when it seems nothing has happened, everyone sees an apparition of a little girl in a white dress, crying and asking for help, which is then followed by everyone that hadn't played the Persona game before being struck by bolts of lightning. While unconscious, the group has a dream of a golden butterfly. Since the teacher and nurse aren't sure if you have any serious injuries they don't know of, they have you go to the hospital for a check-up. You get there and decide to visit another classmate
▲''Persona'' is the first title in the ''Persona'' JRPG series, a spin-off of the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' video game series by [[Atlus]]. It's known as ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' in Japan, ''Revelations: Persona'' in its first North American release, and ''Shin Megami Tensei Persona'' in its later North American PSP re-release. Why all the titles? Because the first release had...[[Macekre|issues]]...with its localization.
Of course, you are not alone. You're assisted with [[Class Clown]] and [[Delinquent]] (and [[Token Minority|black]] [[Jive Turkey]] in the old US version) Masao Inaba, nicknamed "Mark" (kept as his only name in the US), stuck up rich kid Kei Nanjo (US: Nate Trinity), and a girl who claims to be Maki. In addition, there are a lot of optional characters: [[Class Clown]] Hidehiko "Brown" Uesugi (US: Brad), [[Lady of War|elegant
▲The game begins with you and your classmates in an empty classroom, taking up a dare to play a game called "Persona" that appears to be a ritual of some sort. Just when it seems nothing has happened, everyone sees an apparition of a little girl in a white dress, crying and asking for help, which is then followed by everyone that hadn't played the Persona game before being struck by bolts of lightning. While unconscious, the group has a dream of a golden butterfly. Since the teacher and nurse aren't sure if you have any serious injuries they don't know of, they have you go to the hospital for a check-up. You get there and decide to visit another classmate, Maki Sonomura (US: Mary), who's been in the ICU for a year "for minor delusions". But not long after visiting Maki, she is rushed into the emergency room and the hospital suddenly transforms into a demon-infested maze - but you and the participants of the ritual now possess the power of "Persona" to fight back. What follows is a struggle for survival in a city infested with demons, cut off from the rest of the world.
At the time, the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series was known for its incredibly deep, yet [[Nintendo Hard]] gameplay. ''Persona'' was an attempt by Atlus to create a ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' game that would appeal to the masses: a character-driven RPG that turned down the difficulty a few notches in order to be more accessible. And by and large, it worked, creating a very successful series whose [[Persona 3|most recent]] [[Persona 4|incarnations]] have eclipsed the main series in popularity. Many of the main characters from ''Persona'' would later go on to make cameo appearances in the ''[[Persona 2]] duology''
▲Of course you are not alone. You're assisted with [[Class Clown]] and [[Delinquent]] (and [[Token Minority|black]] [[Jive Turkey]] in the old US version) Masao Inaba, nicknamed "Mark" (kept as his only name in the US), stuck up rich kid Kei Nanjo (US: Nate Trinity), and a girl who claims to be Maki. In addition, there are a lot of optional characters: [[Class Clown]] Hidehiko "Brown" Uesugi (US: Brad), [[Lady of War|elegant,]] [[The Ojou|Ojou]] Eriko "Elly" Kirishima (US: Ellen), [[The Ditz|airheaded]] [[Genki Girl|cheery girl]] and "licensed [[Subcultures in Japan|kogal]]" Yuka Ayase (US: Alana), [[Ineffectual Loner]] Reiji Kido (US: Chris) or [[Delinquents|ex-delinquent]] Yukino Mayuzumi, (US: Yuki and thanks to the Macekre, unplayable for more than an hour without hacking in the old US version).
The battle system is grid-based, which means that a character's position on the battle grid determines what they can attack. This makes melee fighting far more difficult than it has any right to be, and you often lose turns because your character isn't in range to attack anyone. While wandering in dungeons, you'll have a first-person viewpoint (a ''[[Mega Ten]]'' mainstay at the time), but in certain rooms, it switches to a third-person isometric view that lets you talk to your fellow party members. The conversation system that would be used in ''[[Persona 2]]'' (and dropped in ''[[Persona 3]]'') was first used here, and the bad localization makes it even more bizarre than it would normally be: in what other game could you convince demons to help you by dancing the hula? Likewise, in what other game can you be killed by an evil, hula-dancing toilet?▼
▲At the time, the ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' series was known for its incredibly deep, yet [[Nintendo Hard]] gameplay. ''Persona'' was an attempt by Atlus to create a [[Shin Megami Tensei]] game that would appeal to the masses: a character-driven RPG that turned down the difficulty a few notches in order to be more accessible. And by and large it worked, creating a very successful series whose [[Persona 3|most recent]] [[Persona 4|incarnations]] have eclipsed the main series in popularity. Many of the main characters from ''Persona'' would later go on to make cameo appearances in the ''[[Persona 2]] duology''. (Three even being ''playable characters'' in ''[[Persona 2]]'')
The really awful localization tends to be the most well-remembered element of this game outside of Japan. One of the earliest titles released by Atlus USA, it has gone down in gaming history as a textbook case of how ''not'' to localize a title. Yet despite all of this, it still has a die-hard cult following to this day and copies of the [[
▲The battle system is grid-based, which means that a character's position on the battle grid determines what they can attack. This makes melee fighting far more difficult than it has any right to be, and you often lose turns because your character isn't in range to attack anyone. While wandering in dungeons you'll have a first-person viewpoint (a ''[[Mega Ten]]'' mainstay at the time), but in certain rooms it switches to a third-person isometric view that lets you talk to your fellow party members. The conversation system that would be used in ''[[Persona 2]]'' (and dropped in [[Persona 3]]) was first used here, and the bad localization makes it even more bizarre than it would normally be: in what other game could you convince demons to help you by dancing the hula? Likewise, in what other game can you be killed by an evil, hula-dancing toilet?
The sudden popularity of the franchise after the successful revival with ''[[Persona 3]]'' led to a PSP [[Updated Rerelease]] with brand new cel-shaded cutscenes (replaced the now-dated
▲The really awful localization tends to be the most well-remembered element of this game outside of Japan. One of the earliest titles released by Atlus USA, it has gone down in gaming history as a textbook case of how ''not'' to localize a title. Yet despite all of this, it still has a die-hard cult following to this day and copies of the [[PS 1]] English version are still incredibly rare and sell for more than ''twice'' the original retail price.
▲The sudden popularity of the franchise after the successful revival with ''[[Persona 3]]'' led to a PSP [[Updated Rerelease]] with brand new cel-shaded cutscenes (replaced the now-dated 90s era CG), a new interface, and numerous improvements to the game's balance, including a better mini-map and many more save points. This release came to America with much fanfare, [[Old Shame|especially from Atlus themselves]] who were quick to point out the newer, more faithful script, restoration of original character designs, and inclusion of ''all'' content left out of the [[PS 1]] release.
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: To go with the [[Race Lift]].
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The [[Manga]] adds some additional plot to the story, mainly regarding [[Canon Name|Naoya's]] backstory.
** [[Adaptation Distillation]]: It also compresses some plot elements such as removing the Shrine section and helping the nurse before Elly arrives (instead, she met Ms. Sonomura on the road and awakens her Persona off screen), and Mark and Nanjou were the ones captured and to be taken to SEBEC rather than Police Station, leaving
* [[AKA-47]]: Averted.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: At least those myths involving rituals that grant you demonic powers.
* [[Alternate Realm Boon]]: In ''[[Persona 1]]'' and onwards from ''[[Persona 3]]'', most of the cast have powers that only work in the alternative realms of [[Persona 1|Mikage-cho]]/the [[Persona 3|Dark Hour]]/[[Persona 4|Midnight Channel]]/[[Persona 5|Metaverse]]. While those realms can bleed into our own, the powers the protagonist cast have only work when one is fully within the alternate realms, not in the real world nor the areas affected by the alternate realm's spillage. There are exceptions, but those tend to be beings who have the rare ability to manifest at will in both realms, which the playable cast usually cannot do.
* [[Alternate Universe]]:
* [[Always Check Behind the Chair]]: The hidden passage in Kandori's office.
* [[Arbitrary Headcount Limit]]: Your party is limited to five members. Once you have five, you can't recruit anyone else. While this makes sense gameplay-wise, and is explained plot-wise by having one of your party members pissing off a potential recruit so they leave, it's [[Egregious]] because [[Persona 2|later events]] imply everyone worked to save the city ''together''.
** Although, considering how both the SEBEC and Snow Queen chapters are canon, and how different characters become mandatory and optional in each, it's possible to have been with one person each if you choose Elly and Brown in the Snow Queen chapter and Reiji in the SEBEC one.
* [[Arc Words]]: ''I am thou... Thou art I
* [[Author Avatar]]: Tadashi.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Stat buffs/debuffs from spells will stack, with no theoretical limit. This means you can spam spells like MAGUp until the damage hits the 4000 mark... except that it takes ''many'' turns to reach that kind of damage, in which time most enemies can be killed repeatedly. In fact, it's only useful for the last boss, which spams debuffs, forcing you to counter with buffs.
** Another example is
* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: Unlike ''[[Persona 3]]'' and ''[[Persona 4]]'', Personae can be ranked up to rank 8 and then returned for an item. Many
* [[Axes At School]]: As soon as you look at Mark's equipment, you see that he indeed brought an axe to school.
* [[Big Fancy Castle]]: Mana's Castle, helmed by the Aki and Kandori [[Storming the Castle|which means...]]
** Also, [[Disc One Final Dungeon|Deva Yuga]].
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: The Drugstore song for international audiences, as it's left untranslated. The song lyrics how to use the healing items it sells. Maybe that's why it's stuck in everyone's head?
* [[Bishounen Line]]: {{spoiler|Pandora crosses this in her second form
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The original US version.
* [[Burger Fool]]: Peace Diner, though they don't serve food until ''Persona 2''.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: At one point, you're given the option to cut a [[Wire Dilemma|red wire or a blue wire]], but either way, the Deva System malfunctions and sends you back to your school anyway.
** There's also several other points where you have to make choices, and aside from a few events which decide {{spoiler|whether you get the [[Downer Ending]] or go on to [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]}}, Thou Must.
** Also, if you didn't fulfill the requirements to get {{spoiler|Reiji}}, and not having
* [[Butt Monkey]]: In gameplay terms,
** Not necessarily. While true that his arcanum doesn't allow him to equip the speedy Justice Personae, he serves to sweep up the mess with the Chariot arcanum's powerful spells and high Offensive Magical Power. Like with the Priestess class
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In the Playstation original, Queen Asura in the Snow Queen quest does this in somewhat contracted form. Rakukaja becomes Rakaja, Mahabufudyne become Mahabudyne, and so on.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: All over the place in {{spoiler|the [[Multiple Endings|the good ending]] in the SEBEC route. The empathsis is on the change as this is the graduation day of the protagonists
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Snow Queen Quest is rather similar to the plot of ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: if...]]''. Similarly, it looks like ''[[Persona 3]]'' took a few cues from this game
**
** There's also the fact that both ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: if...]]'' and ''Persona'' have two secret characters: one of whom in each requires jumping through some extra hoops and going for a portion of the game without a full party
* [[Contrasting Sequel Character]]: This is huge in this franchise. The first main character was just a [[Heroic Mime|mime]], the ''[[Persona 2]]'' duology has a pessimistic trouble delinquent and his side kick an [[Genki Girl|optimistic young woman]], ''[[Persona 3]]'''s a loner depressive youth, and so forth.
* [[Cool Guns]]: You get to use all kinds of them, from pistols to rifles.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The blurb on the back of the PSP remake states: "''In the near future, mankind has conquered dimensional travel, but the opened door swings both ways. Demons have invaded...''" This is quite different to the actual plot.
** This description does actually hold water if you think about it. Kandori ''has'' managed to travel to another dimension, {{spoiler|although he ''did'' create it
* [[Creepy Child]]: Two of them. One of them is actually ostensibly on your side, the other.... [[Enfant Terrible|erm...]]
** Mai is a little debatable on the "creepy" part. Very distrusting, yes. But out-and-out creepy? People find her to be quite cute in-game.
* [[Cultural Translation]]: Nearly all references to Japan are gone in the [[PS 1]] localization, though the music in the Satomi Tadashi stores and what is obviously a Japanese Shinto shrine somehow made it through localization.
** This also makes the economy of the game somewhat easier, thanks to changing yen/macca to dollars without adjusting for proper balance. As a result, many items are very cheap, and best of all, the healing spring that Trish (called Kelly in the US [[PS 1]] version) would've charged out the nose for is very cheap.
* [[Cutting Off the Branches]]: In the original game, you could pick either the SEBEC route or the Snow Queen Quest, and for the SEBEC route, you had a choice of
* [[Die or Fly]]: The main characters all awaken their Personas when they're attacked by demons in pre-scripted battles.
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: The Phaleg Persona, which learns Tarunda, Mediarama and Crimson Sublation (in a game where stat buffs from spells stack), ''and'' it blocks most spells. Its level? '''18'''.
** Gozu-tennoh is another example, giving you Megido and Megidola at level 18. Equip him on the main character, and you're pretty much unstoppable, although you'll have to switch him out occasionally so ''others'' can get experience.
*** Returning Janus, a level 22 personae earns Masao the Mandau Spoon, which jumps his weapon attack power from about 65 or 92 to [[Readings Are Off the Scale|181]]. He can't find another excellent weapon until the player returns a max rank Varuna for his ultimate weapon.
* [[Downer Ending]]: The Snow Queen Quest, [[Multiple Endings|if]] {{spoiler|you don't collect enough mirror shards}}.
* [[The Dragon]]: Takeda to Kandori. Anticlimatic, since he's merely a [[Warmup Boss]].
** {{spoiler|He's later replaced by Pandora, who not only provides much more of a challenge, but goes on to be [[The Starscream]] ''and'' [[Final Boss]]
* [[Dramatic Unmask]]: {{spoiler|Philemon during the ending. The significance for this is that the five students have discovered themselves
* [[Dream Land]]: Hypnos Tower has the ability to put people in one.
* [[Dummied Out]]: The room that contains the Snow Queen's Mask (needed to trigger the Snow Queen Quest path) ejects you in the US version of the game; it's still possible to trigger the Quest by placing the Mask in the inventory with a cheat device. The Snow Queen Quest itself was never actually translated until recently; the reason for this has been the subject of quite a few [[Epileptic Trees]] among fans.
** [[Sarcasm Mode|Clearly it was the dick-demon, of which none appear in the main quest, and not a rushed release date
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: For one, SP usage only varied between Personas and not skills, meaning Agi and Megidolaon could use the exact same amount of SP. And speaking of which, the Megido line of spells aren't [[Non-Elemental]] in this game: they're classified under the "Nuclear" line of spells
* [[Ear Worm]]: In-universe, the Drugstrore song is this for Kei.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{spoiler|1=Pandora, [[The Dragon]] and [[Final Boss]], is essentially a manifestation of Maki's deep-seated desire to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]], and looks exactly like... oh screw it, just watch [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=2ChhiJxcY9o this]. Oh, and a warning
** Then there's Kandori. Poor bastard... What makes the main villain a poor bastard? Well, his Persona is {{spoiler|fucking ''Nyarlathotep''. This does, in fact, come back to screw him
* [[Eldritch Location]]: Philemon's realm and [[Final Boss, New Dimension|Avidya World]].
* [[Evil Mask]]: The Snow Queen mask,
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: The Snow Queen creates three towers within the school for a game. They are based off of [[Classical Mythology]] gods
* [[Exposition Cut]]: Happens periodically. Then again, "There are really two different worlds, persons X, Y and Z, are from that world 1, person A is from world 2, [[Big Bad]] is from world 1, etc." would be quite a mouthful to read every time the players chat up an NPC.
* [[Generation Xerox]]: There are multiple Satomi Tadashis around town, and all of the look the same. One of them is even implied to be a ''ghost
* [[Fight Woosh]]
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Your party size is, of course, five.
** SEBEC Route Canon:
*** [[The Hero]]: Naoya.
*** [[The Lancer]]: Reiji.
*** [[The Smart Guy]]: Nanjo.
*** [[The Big Guy]]:
*** [[The Chick]]: Maki.
** Snow Queen Quest Canon:
*** [[The Hero]]: Naoya.
*** [[The Lancer]]: Yukino.
*** [[The Smart Guy]]:
*** [[The Big Guy]]:
*** [[The Chick]]: Ayase.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: It can be anybody depending upon your persona setup. The character equipped with Gozu-Tennoh, for example, while possessing the power needed to sweep en masse, he is frighteningly fragile, and if any demon gets first shot at him, his host is toast. Same can be said for a persona of a holy element facing a Mudo spell and vice versa.
* [[Good Bad Translation]]: ''"Mark danced crazy!"'' is the only thing kept from the horrid translation in the remake. Truly the [[Spoony Bard]] phenomenon of the 21st century.
** And the silly password Elly recites to get back inside the school ("Roses are red, zombies are blue, but my face is white, so you know I'm true"), which has been improved greatly by changing the third line to "...but I don't want brains...", since Mark wasn't white in ''Revelations''.
{{quote|'''Brown''': "You can make a tofu taco, a tofu burger, but you can't make a tofu cow!" [[Flat What|What?]]}}
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The missing shards of a [[Magic Mirror]]
* [[The Greatest Story Never Told]]: {{spoiler|The SEBEC route true end. SEBEC and Takahisa's name gain media attention, but not the students who were involved, which is the heroes. Only they know the true story behind it
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: {{spoiler|Chisato, which is why she decided to become the Harem Queen. Thankfully, [[The Power of Love|her boyfriend]] helped her come to her senses. That, and a [[Defeat Means Friendship|good beating
* [[Guide Dang It]]:
** Getting on the Snow Queen Quest also requires a guide or obsessive exploration, since you need to pursue an odd chain of events for no real reason at a time you really have better things to do plot-wise. Once you've found the first step, it follows a fairly logical chain from there, though.
** For that matter, the ''entire game'' is pretty much one big [[Guide Dang It]]. You are either spending hours poking around trying to find items or experimenting with demons to try and get items and spell cards, or are spending a couple minutes with a strategy guide or online FAQ. Having a guide is practically ''REQUIRED'' for this game!
* [[Haunted House]]: The Haunted Mansion.
* [[Hello, Insert Name Here]]
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: The school Nurse. Yowza.
** Averted with the [[Everything's Deader with Zombies|Zombie Nurses]].
* [[Ice Palace]]: In the Snow Queen quest, St. Hermelin High School effectively becomes one.
* [[Iconic Item]]: The protagonist's pierced ear, Maki's pendant, Mark's [[Nice Hat]], and Nanjo's #1 scarf, just to name a few.
* [[Idle Animation]]: Every character sprite is set to nonstop idle animation, even during cutscenes. This could be [[Fan Wank|fanwanked]] as them just being fidgety teenagers, though.
* [[I Knew It!]]: In-universe. Masao's reaction to the Harem Queen being {{spoiler|Chisato}} "...knew it".
* [[Inn Between the Worlds]]: The Velvet Room and [[Healing Spring|Trish's Fountain]].
* [[Ironic Hell]]: Nemesis Tower inflicts these on people.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]:
* [[Karma Meter]]: Sort of. In the SEBEC route, which Ultimate Personas you can fuse depends on making "good" moral choices at several points.
** Speak to the little girl at Peace Diner. If she says that you've made the wrong choice somewhere, you probably have.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
{{quote|'''
* [[Last-Disc Magic]]: The 'ultimate' Personas, which aren't unlocked until the last dungeon. They demand a '''very''' high level to summon, so you may find it easier to just muscle through with your current Persona.
* [[The Legions of Hell]]: Started pouring out into the real world after the first activation of the Deva System. They're mainly composed of [[Urban Legends]], [[Obake]], [[Youkai]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: Maki, and the rest of the characters
▲* [[The Legions of Hell]]: Started pouring out into the real world after the first activation of the Deva System. They're mainly composed of [[Urban Legends]], [[Obake]], [[Youkai]], and the odd [[Our Angels Are Different|angel]].
* [[Lethal Chef]]: The nurse is stated to be this. The characters actually feel sorry for her ex-boyfriend once they see her dream of him.
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Including stun people, {{spoiler|form into a ball and blow up half a city district to make way for an [[Elaborate Underground Base]]}} and render the entire main cast unconscious so that they have a dream of a butterfly and gain their [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]].
* [[Literally Fearless]]: Fear is an actual status in the ''Persona'' series, which makes highly probable for those afflicted with it to ignore commands and, in case of everybody but the MC, outright flee from battle and not return. However, the skill Null Fear prevents the status from being inflicted on a party member at all. Most bosses are outright immune to it from the get-go.
* [[Lost Woods]]: The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Lost Forest]].
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]:
** [[Mana]]: How did the demons capture Masao? Simple
* [[Mister Exposition]]: Kei is this in the SEBEC route, explaining every plot twist that he already figured out. He can also be one of these in the Snow Queen quest but is optional and if not him, it will be Eriko.▼
* [[Magic Mirror]]: The Harem Queen uses one to grant her every wish, at the cost of losing her beauty.
** Also, the Demon Mirror can break the curse of the Snow Queen mask. Which is broken. You need to get eight shards in order to avoid the [[Multiple Endings|bad ending]].
* [[The Mall]]: Location of all the shops,
** [[Black Market]]: A location and a dungeon. While there's nothing to make it different than the others, it's the fact that you are trapped there if you enter that makes it dangerous.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Pandora, obviously.
* [[Minigame Zone]]: The Casino.
▲* [[Mister Exposition]]: Kei is this in the SEBEC route, explaining every plot twist that he already figured out. He can also be one of these in the Snow Queen quest, but is optional, and if not him, it will be Eriko.
* [[More Dakka]]: The main character and
* [[Multiple Endings]]
* [[The Musketeer]]: All of the playable characters are this with a system that rotates between melee weapons and ranged weapons for fighting.
* [[Non-Elemental]]: Averted in the remake. Everything, even axes and uzi automatics have strengths and weaknesses against demons. Apparently, Angels can take shotgun fire, but certainly hate getting [[More Dakka|peppered in the face by an uzi automatic]]. Upheld only on one noticeable attack: Butterfly Storm.▼
* [[Noob Cave]]: The Hospital.
* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Averted. Since Peace Diner serves no other purpose, it's hinted early on that it acts as a place where you can get hints from your party members, and in that sense is like the hint stand from ''[[
▲* [[Non-Elemental]]: Averted in the remake. Everything, even axes and uzi automatics have strengths and weaknesses against demons. Apparently, Angels can take shotgun fire, but certainly hate getting [[More Dakka|peppered in the face by an uzi automatic]]. Upheld only on one noticeable attack: Butterfly Storm.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Kandori and {{spoiler|Pandora}}. Kandori is a variation, as his transformation is the result of {{spoiler|''his own Persona taking control of his body''}}.▼
▲* [[Now Where Was I Going Again?]]: Averted. Since Peace Diner serves no other purpose, it's hinted early on that it acts as a place where you can get hints from your party members, and in that sense is like the hint stand from ''[[Earthbound]]''.
* [[One Stat to Rule Them All]]: Dexterity, aince Physical is essentially useless.
▲* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Kandori and {{spoiler|Pandora}}. Kandori is a variation, as his transformation is the result of {{spoiler|''his own Persona taking control of his body''}}.
* [[Personality Powers]]: The titular Personas are literally elements of one's personality given physical form.
* [[Race Lift]]: The original US version, again.▼
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]:
* [[Recursive Import]]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Masao and Kei.
* [[Rescued From Purgatory]]: In a way. The guardian from the Thanatos Tower traps your
* [[Revolving Door Casting]]: Igor is the only true consistent in the whole Persona series; while Philemon appears from time to time; he doesn't play a crucial role outside of ''Persona''.▼
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Everyone from the alternate dimension? The imagination of a certain Maki Sonomura
* [[Third Option Adaptation]]: Its implied that both the main and Snow Queen plotlines are canon...somehow.▼
▲* [[Revolving Door Casting]]: Igor is the only true consistent in the whole ''Persona'' series; while Philemon appears from time to time; he doesn't play a crucial role outside of ''Persona''.
** {{spoiler|The ending of the Snow Queen Quest puts it right before the first boss of the SEBEC quest, ending with the gang going to SEBEC to save Maki (who was left there when Mark panicked after being overwhelmed by the demons) After reuniting with Maki, things apparently went as they did in the main game, only with Yukino there, as confirmed in [[Persona 2]].}}▼
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Yamaoka.▼
** Also, the manga apparently follows the SEBEC chapter, yet also has the fight with Toro from the Snow Queen chapter.▼
* [[School Play]]: Why the heck does the school play
▲* [[Race Lift]]: The original US version, again.
▲* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: the playable characters barely know each other at the beginning of the story. Several hate each others' guts. Guess who it's up to to save the world.
▲* [[Rescued From Purgatory]]: In a way. The guardian from the Thanatos Tower traps your Persona's in Tartarus and the group has to go in there to get them out. And yes, it's guarded by Cerberus.
▲* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Everyone from the alternate dimension? The imagination of a certain Maki Sonomura.}}
▲* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: Yamaoka
▲* [[School Play]]: Why the heck does the school play {{spoiler|have an [[Evil Mask]] associated with it?}}
* [[School Uniforms Are the New Black]]: Justified since the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] occurs, leaving no time for a reasonable wardrobe change.
* [[
* [[
** Sent to safety, completed the Snow Queen Quest in-canon.
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: {{spoiler|"Erusaer Tsymmom", the spell that Maki's mom taught her when she was little so she wouldn't feel lonely
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Actually easy to miss even by seasoned vets to the game. At one point in the game, Aki calls Maki a [[Pettanko|flat-chested woman]]. Once you learn {{spoiler|Maki's dirty little secret}}, the joke seems much [[Harsher in Hindsight]] as she is apparently
* [[Shout-Out]]: SEBEC route references [[Classical Mythology|Pandora's Box]] and the Snow Queen Quest references...
* [[Sinister Subway]]: You even get to fight [[H.P. Lovecraft|Yog-Sothoth]] in it!
* [[Skippable Boss]]: {{spoiler|The mutant teddy bear and Hariti}}. In fact, {{spoiler|Skipping Mutant Teddy Bear is the only way to get the [[Good Ending]]. You can still get the [[Good Ending]] by fighting Hariti, but it bars you from getting some Ultimate Personas
** It may be all the more wiser to avoid that fight anyway. {{spoiler|Hariti}} can actually put the hurt on a given party, especially if the player was foolish enough to leave Maki as the sole healer since she steps out of that battle.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Tamaki and Tadashi have this relationship.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: The PSP version.
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]
** Starting the Snow Queen Quest requires unsealing a mask that everyone says is cursed. [[Sarcasm Mode|Obviously the logical thing to do
** So, it would be the logical thing to debunk a myth? Just because everybody says something or other is cursed doesn't mean it totally applies in real life, where curses and the norm are completely superstitious. Then again, considering the power of the Deva System, it may not be the case.
* [[Summon Magic]]: The summoning of one's Persona, complete with [[Calling Your Attacks|lots of shouting]] and [[Instant Runes]].
* [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity]]: The puzzle on the last floor before fighting Kandori basically amounts to free healing.
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The Harem Queen casts a spell that causes every party member expect for yourself and Maki to turn into this. You are given the option to turn them back, but it's not
* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: Not actually to ''death
▲* [[Taken for Granite]]: The Harem Queen casts a spell that causes every party member expect for yourself and Maki to turn into this. You are given the option to turn them back but it's not prefered AND the queen will actually be weaker for the boss fight if you refuse.
▲* [[Third Option Adaptation]]: Its implied that both the main and Snow Queen plotlines are canon... somehow.
* [[Trapped in Another World]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in that its not another world at all, but a manifestation of Maki's imagination.}}▼
▲**
▲** Also, the manga apparently follows the SEBEC chapter, yet also has the fight with Toro from the Snow Queen chapter.
▲* [[Trapped in Another World]]: {{spoiler|Subverted in that its not another world at all, but a manifestation of Maki's imagination
* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Averted, since, as per Megaten tradition, buffs and debuffs can be ''quite'' useful in this game.
** Not really. In ''Persona 1'', these spells waste turns when it really is faster to just kill them. Buffs and Debuffs aren't useful in ''Persona 1'', unlike other games.
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: [[Final Boss, New Dimension|Avidya World]].
* [[Video Game Remake]]
* [[Visual Pun]]: Takashi [[wikipedia:Hannya|"Hannya"]] Hanya. What's interesting is that hannya themselves (female demons) appear as a generic enemies.
* [[Wasted Song]]: About half of the soundtrack is made up of songs that are rarely played more than once or twice, especially the [[Leitmotif|Leitmotifs]].
* [[Where It All Began]]:
* [[World Tree]]: The [[Save Point|Agastya Tree]].
* [[You Bastard]]: If you listen to Kei. His preferred options are to
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]:
▲* [[You Bastard]]: If you listen to Kei. His preferred options are to {{spoiler|[[Save the Villain|let Kandori's lead scientist die]], and [[Sickbed Slaying|pull the plug]] on an unconscious Maki}}.
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''Mark danced crazy!''
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