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[[File:persona_4_3425.jpg|frame|Clockwise from the bottom-left: [[The Smart Guy|Teddie]], [[Mission Control|Rise]], [[The Big Guy|Chie, Kanji]], [[Mon|Izanagi (the protagonist's Persona)]], [[Sixth Ranger|Naoto]], [[The Lancer|Yosuke]], [[The Chick|Yukiko]]
{{quote|''Life is truth, and never a dream...
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''a cord that connects past and future.''|'''Igor, [[Powers That Be|Master of the Velvet Room]]'''}}
''Persona 4'' is an [[Urban Fantasy]] [[Role-Playing Game]] in the popular [[JRPG]] franchise ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'', made by Atlus.
[[The Hero]] is an [[Ordinary High School Student]] (script name is not given, but he's called Souji Seta in the manga and Yu Narukami in the anime and fighting game), who will be living in the rural town of Inaba for a year with his uncle Ryotaro Dojima and his cousin Nanako. Not too long after he arrives, impossible murders begin to occur: people suddenly disappear, only for their bodies to be found hanging on telephone poles. Following an urban legend about a television channel that will show your soulmate at midnight on rainy days, the cast discover a mysterious otherworld on the other side of the television screen enveloped in a perpetual, oppressive fog.
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Someone or something is kidnapping innocent people and throwing them into this otherworld, where [[The Heartless|the Shadows]] that inhabit it will eventually kill them. Using the power of Persona, [[The Hero]] and his friends resolve to enter the television world and rescue the kidnapped victims before the fog sets in and they die.
''Persona 4'' takes place in the same [[The Verse|universe]] as all the other ''Persona'' games (according to [[Word of God]] anyways), and begins almost exactly a year after the events of ''The Answer'' in ''Persona <nowiki>3:FES</nowiki>''. The game runs off the ''Persona 3'' engine and even on the same console, but with some upgrades to the graphics and different game mechanics. Most of the ''Persona 3'''s main features return, including the popular Social Links and the calendar day system - just as in ''Persona 3'', the game takes place within an entire school year.
One major difference is that instead of the player climbing one long tower for much of the game's combat, the player instead enters the TV World and has access to multiple dungeons that unlock as the story progresses. Plotwise, the setting is rural versus the urban setting of ''Persona 3'', which creates an entirely different feeling and plays against the game's main themes. Notably, some of the sexual overtones present in earlier ''Persona'' titles have returned in this one.
''Persona 4'' is considered by many to be one of the best [[JRPG]]s in recent memory, has won universal acclaim and many awards, and deftly followed up on the spur of interest caused by ''[[Persona 3]]'' and cemented the
Also, unlike other ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' games, it is so happy that ''its dominant color motif is {{color|yellow|
[[Giant Bomb]]'s Let's Play now has its own page, check it out [[Persona 4 Endurance Run|here]].
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The game has an anime adaptation, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|titled]] ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]''. Tropes belonging exclusively to the anime should be posted there.
A Playstation Vita remake, titled ''Persona 4: The Golden'' [http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/08/31/persona_developments/ has been announced] and is to be released on June 14th in Japan, with the US release date set ambiguously for Fall 2012. The remake features a new character named Mary, who, unlike ''Persona 3 Portable'''s new female character, is confirmed to NOT be a [[Gender Flip]] AU of the hero. In addition, there are alternate costumes for characters, new enemies and areas to explore, updated Ultimate Personas for the cast, a new gameplay mechanic involving motorbikes both in the real world and in the Midnight Channel, [[Combination Attack|combination attacks]] between characters, and new events that take place during the time skipped in the original<ref>Depending on your choices in the original, the game will jump from December to March with no information on what happened in the skipped months.</ref>, such as a skiing trip in January. And on top of all of that, a completely redone opening animation by Studio Madhouse.
Atlus is also working with Arc System Works to develop ''[[Persona 4 Arena]]'', a ''[[BlazBlue]]''-style fighting game set two months after the conclusion of the first game.
The late 2011 fanfare didn't stop there
And if all of that wasn't enough to quench your thirsts, ''[[Persona 4: The Animation]]'' is now getting a [[Big Damn Movie]]; [http://www.siliconera.com/2012/05/27/persona-4-the-animation-getting-new-movie-edition/ summarizing the events of the series while adding new scenes along with the true ending
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* [[AI Roulette]]: And that is [[Nintendo Hard|the only break the game will ever give you]]. It's also the only thing keeping the Magus enemies (who can use multiple elements) from exploiting your weakness endlessly.
* [[Alice Allusion]]: The Persona Alice, {{spoiler|who Teddie crossdresses as for a beauty pageant}}.
* [[Aliens in Cardiff]]: More like
* [[All in a Row]]: Averted. The party members visibly follow you around in the TV world, but at a distance in a sort of loose formation.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: A justified case of this trope:
* [[Alliteration]]: Yosuke describes [[Persona 3|Chihiro]] as "The most bewitching bespectacled beauty I've ever beheld." and even pauses briefly whilst he thinks of a word for "seen" that starts with the letter B.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: The battle against
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: {{spoiler|Adachi}} is surprisingly simple, considering his importance to the plot; honestly, he actually comes across as noticeably weaker than the [[That One Boss|rather brutal]]
* [[Anti-Frustration Features]]: If your main character is targeted by an attack that would kill him (and thus [[We Cannot Go on Without You|lose you the game]]), one of the other characters will jump in and take the hit for him so long as their social link is at least level 1.
* [[Anti-Grinding]]: The stronger you get, the less XP you get from fights.
** Though it's possible to remain in the Midnight Channel for extended periods of time using the items you collect from treasure chest, if you take too long to rescue the Midnight Channel victims, they'll be killed once the fog sets in, and you'll get a [[Game Over]].
* [[Arbitrary Gun Power]]
* [[Arc Words]]
** "You're NOT me!"
** "I am a Shadow... The ''true'' self..."
** And also Nanako's habit of singing the Junes jingle. "Every day's great at your Jun~es!"
** While not technically spoken by any character, the game itself reminds you (through song, no less!) to ''reach out to the Truth'' in about 90% of the game's battles.
** Continuing in that vein: "The Search for the Truth".
** And the arc words for the entire Persona series: 「我は汝・・・汝は我」 / "I am thou... thou art I."
* [[The Artifact]]:
** Shadows on the map will sometimes look like ''[[Persona 3]]'''s "Maya" series enemies, none of which appear in ''Persona 4''. The introductory cutscene to the game's first real fight makes it pretty clear that the Shadows can start out looking like the Maya enemies before transforming into their freaky battle shapes. That being said, none actually remain as a pathetic masked blob to go into battle.
** Maxing out an
* [[Artificial Riverbank]]
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Morooka}} doesn't do or say a single solitary pleasant or likeable thing throughout the entire game, but it doesn't justify murder.
* [[Assimilation Plot]]:
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The Fox's healing leaves, which instantly heal your SP in a dungeon (and unlike in most other
** Also Izanagi-No-Okami. If you decide to go through the [[True Ending]] to get him, you're in for a shock:
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: When fighting
* [[Base Breaker]]: Oddly enough, this very game itself along with ''[[Persona 3]]'' split the ''Persona'' fandom in two, to fans of the 'original' two and the new slightly less
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Partially deconstructed. {{spoiler|Naoto's works, but Kanji is ''furious'' at her for taking that sort of risk and is not shy about letting her know. Some other members of the team are definitely impressed
* [[Battle Theme Music]]: You'll hum to the [[Preexisting Encounters|Pre-existing encounters
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: A funny example:
* [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]]: Rise/Yukiko, {{spoiler|Naoto}} and Chie respectively.
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]:
** Morooka, Kashiwagi, Hanako
** There is also an aversion
**
* [[Become a Real Boy]]:
* [[Beneath the Mask]]
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** An individual's shadow goes into berserk mode with a "You're ''not'' me!".
** Hurting Nanako. Once Nanako is {{spoiler|kidnapped, the entire party drops the jokes, and even suggesting to go to a different dungeon will result in glares
* [[Big Ball of Violence]]: The All-Out Attack. If you kill all the enemies in the process, you're rewarded with a skull mushroom cloud.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: The game gives ''numerous'' opportunities for the Protagonist to have this towards Nanako.
* [[Big No]]:
** Kanji does one when Nanako tries the Christmas cake made by the girls before they could
** While not really a big "no", Yosuke and Kanji both have these when
* [[Bile Fascination]]: In-universe example. Yosuke on the people who get excited over the murders:
{{quote|They're like onlookers at a car crash. As long it's not happening to them, they're dying to get a closer look.}}
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: A surprisingly subtle one, from the Aiya Chinese Diner. "Aiya" is a Cantonese expression of displeasure or disappointment, and sure enough, the diner owner says this every time you don't finish the Rainy Day Special.
** It could be a [[Mythology Gag]] that's a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Persona 2|Lisa Silverman]], who spouts lots of
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: {{spoiler|Human Teddie has this effect upon becoming a human, and, of course, abuses it with the girls
* [[Bishonen]]: Most of the principal male cast to a certain extent, but especially {{spoiler|''Teddie''. Includes sparkle and drooling girls
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Subverted with Saki Konishi. The twisted Shopping District area in the TV world makes her come off this way... for about five minutes, until Yosuke's Shadow turns up, after which
* [[Blind Without'Em]]: The fog inside the TV is nearly impossible to see through (though the Protagonist ''can'' see slightly better than the rest of them), so the main characters have to wear special glasses made by Teddie [[Defog of War|to see through it]].
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: {{spoiler|Izanami and her aspect
* [[Blush Sticker]]: [[Older Than They Look|Ayane]] has these all the time.
* [[Bokukko]]:
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Each dungeon has a [[Bonus Boss]] which is available upon returning to it. In addition, {{spoiler|Izanami, Japanese goddess of Death and Rebirth}}, is available in the game if you unlock the [[True Ending]], as well as {{spoiler|Margaret}} on your second playthrough (only if you unlocked the [[True Ending]] on the previous playthrough). In a [[New Game+]], the Grim Reaper from ''[[Persona 3]]'' also shows up as a [[Chest Monster]] in each dungeon.
* [[Bonus Dungeon]]: In the remakes, there's Hollow Forest, which has a variety of handicaps such as restrictions on your equipment and only being able to use items that are from within the dungeon, though it also provides methods to restore your SP.
* [[Bottomless Bladder]]: Going to the bathroom isn't necessary, strictly speaking, but doing so has a chance of giving you an item, and can also help you think of what to do next.
* [[Bragging Rights Reward]]: Beating the Grim Reaper earns you an [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Weapon]]. Getting the [[True Ending]] also lets you fuse the Protagonist's ultimate Persona the next time through
** The bragging rights part especially sink in considering that both the ultimate Persona and the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One Weapons]] are anything but. The protagonist can fuse a
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: The calendar in your room is an ad for ''[[Persona 3]]''.
* [[Breather Episode]]: Pretty much everything that happens that isn't related to the murder plot, but especially the end of August and the whole month of October.
** During your summer break, once
** The only thing of note that happens during October are exams and the Culture Festival, and the month before sees you rescuing {{spoiler|Naoto, your last party member
* [[Broken Record]]: The '''truth''' will be hammered into your head until it feels like a migraine. The game is very insistent that you pursue it.
* [[Brutal Honesty]]:
{{quote|'''Teddie:''' Wow, this tastes awful!}}
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Several of the teachers have some odd quirks, such as giving lectures with handpuppets and dressing like Ancient Egyptians.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]:
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Somewhat improved from the previous game, but still there.
* [[But Wait! There's More!|But Wait, There's More!]]: If you watch Tanaka's Amazing Commodities, you'll know that Tanaka does this without fail.
* [[Call Back]]
** The class trip, which is basically a long list of locations from and references to ''[[Persona 3]]'', some of them very obvious (Hi, Chihiro!) some of them not so obvious (
** Running around, you can tell that the game is -ripe- with these. The history teacher mentioned in [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] who wears ancient Egyptian headware complains about her brother, who apparently dresses up in samurai gear
** Rise will mention she had a secret show at the nightclub 2 years ago, but the power went out, most likely due to the Hermit Full Moon boss. Shinjiro in ''Persona 3'' even mentioned a show that got cancelled back then.
** There's also the Sunday morning shopping channel show
** In Kanji's
** You'd only recognize this example if you played ''Persona 3'' and made a habit of turning on the TV in the dorm room, but when Nanako does her report on the platypus and asks you which gender is venomous, it's supposed to remind you of a TV program on the platypus from ''Persona 3''.
** Naoto mentions that while researching the terms "Persona" and "Shadow" she came across an "unofficial project document" with information about both. This almost certainly came from the Kirijo Group's scientific research.
* [[Calling Your Bathroom Breaks]]: Yosuke is somewhat well known for this.
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** Inversely, Kashiwagi makes an appearance in the [[Beach Episode]] of ''[[Persona 3]]'' for the PSP. A younger Yukiko appears in an event exclusive to the female main character, as well.
** The [[Persona 3|shopping show]]. Here comes Tanakaaaaaaaaa, Over the airwaves to youuuuuuuuu. Granter of your desires!
* [[Canon Name]]: While the Protagonist has no default name in the original release, ''Persona 4: Arena'', which is a canon continuation of the storyline, states his name is Yu Narukami, as does the anime adaptation.
* [[Can't Drop the Hero]]: Doesn't help that the protagonist in the beginning was placed under contract... by a guy in a space limo.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Whoever is serving as [[Mission Control]] in battle. Over and over and over...
* [[Cassandra Truth]]:
** In two instances in the game, the main characters tell someone the unbridled truth about their powers and the world inside the TV, only for the person to assume they're lying to cover up their ''true'' purpose.
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