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* '''Hitomi''': The Hero's best friend. A shy schoolgirl who is skilled at hacking but lacks self-confidence. She accompanies you for the first part of the game until she is possessed by...
* '''Nemissa''': A female devil who decides to [[Demonic Possession|take up residence]] in Hitomi's body. She is brash, mischievous and has a penchant for black leather. She's also one of [[Black Magician Girl|the best magic users in the game]].
* '''Masahiro "Spooky" Sakurai''': Leader of the Spookies, the [[Playful Hacker]] gang that the Hero and Hitomi belong to. A mature guy who bears more than a [[Expy|passing resemblance]] to one [[The X-Files|Fox Mulder]]. Has no relation to the video game developer of the same name (their names are pronounced the same but have different kanji).
* '''The Spookies (Lunch, Six and Yuichi)''': The other members of the Spookies, they mostly provide back-up and support for the Hero.
* '''Vision Quest Characters''': The souls of these characters rest in the body of the Hero, and he must relive their final moments to piece together the puzzle of Paradigm-X.
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** '''Naomi''': An experienced [[Demon Slaying|devil hunter]]. She cannot summon devils, but more than makes up for this with her sheer levels of [[Badass|kickassitude]].
The usual [[Shin Megami Tensei]] components are here (indeed, this is the earliest title in the series to have most of the elements associated with the series, particularly in the west which only started getting the series very late): devil fusion, elemental weaknesses/strengths, conversing with monsters to convince them to join your cause and an incredibly dark storyline. An important part of Devil Summoner is Loyalty. Devils gain Loyalty if you command them to use moves that their personality type prefers (eg: physical, magic, etc.) and lose Loyalty if you tell them to use a move that they hate. A Devil with high Loyalty is more likely to obey you and even make a [[Diving Save]]. A Devil with low Loyalty will routinely ignore your commands and may even leave the party. (Yes, it's as annoying as it sounds.) The only Devil that isn't subject to this is Zeed, an artificial devil who will always have complete loyalty to you and grows not by traditional fusion, but by "stealing" the stats and abilities of devils that you sacrifice to it.
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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: When meeting Ginko, she explains the Phantom Society has controlled the world from the shadows for a long time.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: The game is being ported to the 3DS. Which means that Western players now have a high chance of playing the game officially.
* [[Another Man's Terror]]: The Vision Quests.
* [[Artificial Human]]: More like artificial devil: Zeed. {{spoiler|Also, Nemissa is eventually revealed to be an artificial devil too}}.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Ginko. Despite its androgynous appearance and voice, it's female.
* [[Big Red Devil]]: Azazel though he wears a blue outfit.
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Heaploads, most of whom are cameos from ''[[Shin Megami Tensei II]]''.
* [[Brainwashed]]: What happens to people caught by Paradigm-X. {{spoiler|Including Yuichi}}.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Nishi.
* [[Cyclic Trope]]: The remake was released 16 years after the game's original debut and, despite several modernizations, still ''very'' 90s. Thankfully for the game, it happened to release at a time [[Retraux]] 90s cyberpunk started poping up.
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: Six has one. {{spoiler|He accidentally killed her, and Paradigm-X uses his guilt to trap him}}.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: Hitomi by Nemissa. {{spoiler|Later, and more tragically, Spooky by Satanael}}.
* [[Disco Dan]]: Carol J dresses and acts like a 1950s/early 1960s rockstar in a 21st century setting.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: A major character had his name changed from "Redman" to "Kinap" (A Mi'kmaq legend of people born with exceptional strength) as Redman is both a very lame sounding handle and very ackward on a native American character in English.
* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: Nemissa takes Hitomi to a clothes shop and buys a [[Evil Is Sexy|whole new wardrobe of black leather]]. Hitomi is not pleased.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Dark Summoners, devil summoners who work for the Phantom Society.
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* [[Inside a Computer System]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Kinap's original name is Redman, who, well, pretty much describes how he looks, his skin is so red it looks like muscle.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: Nishi.
* [[Order vs. Chaos]]: Ginko explains the Phantom Society is not so much "evil" as interested in an absolutely controlled society.
* [[Our Souls Are Different]]
* [[Phlebotinum Rebel]]: {{spoiler|Nemissa was created to aid the Phantom Society. Unfortunately for them, her program gets stolen by Urabe before they could put her to use. Thus she has no memories and thus no loyalty to the Phantom Society, and by the time they catch up to her she's found more than enough reasons ''not'' to go along with them}}.
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* [[Powers That Be]]: The Phantom Society.
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Naomi although the player only controls her for a minor segment.}}
* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: {{spoiler|Manitou while not evil is [[The Empath|influenced]] by the [[Humans Are
* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: Nemissa wants to be one, wanting to wear a very daring outfit after possessing Hitomi, but Hitomi, being a pretty shy schoolgirl, refuses to before we even see what it looks like and they pick up a compromise: a skintight suit with an open cleavage window.
* [[Sharing a Body]]: Hitomi and Nemissa, though the latter has more control since she has the more forceful personality.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: Red Man.
* [[Split Personality Takeover]]: An accidental example: {{spoiler|Nemissa spends a little too long in Hitomi's body, causing the original's soul to start to fade away}}.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The COMP. Its versatility only increases as you find new expansion cards for it.
* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: Ginko has a pretty manly voice in Japanese despite being female. The English dub in 3DS gives her a female voice actress.
* [[Zeerust]]: The remake replaces a lot of the art with one modern style, but still drawing very 90s aesthetics.
** The remake script retains and adds new mentions of the game being set in the Heisei era (January 8th 1989 to April 30th 2019). Even at the remake's 2012 release, the idea of such a futuristic setting being in the Heisei era was pretty absurd, as that era would end when then 79 year old Emperor died or retired.
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