Funny / Persona 3

As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.

These are for moments that appear in the original game, FES, Portable, and various spin-offs/adaptations. For moments exclusive to Reload, see here.

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General Gameplay

• The incredibly fitting skills your party members have. Akihiko, the boxer, has a Persona that uses Sonic Punch. Shinjiro's learns Evil Smile.
• Akihiko outlines that his Persona specializes in Elec attacks but is weak to Ice, which coincidentally is Mitsuru's specialization. He's a little unnerved by the implications.
• Your initial Persona, Orpheus, master of strings has animations where he very enthusiastically strums his lyre like an electric guitar, and literally bashes on an enemy for a physical attack.
• Shinjiro's critical animation where he headbutts the enemy. The fact that he does this on tanks becomes hilarious.
• The fact that Koromaru can call for an All-Out Attack... but the dialogue itself merely reads 'Woof, woof!' (You can figure out what's going on thanks to the interface.) What your party members say to him in battle is even more amusing:
  Mitsuru: Good boy. You get a treat.
  Aigis: MAN'S BEST FRIEND INDEED.
  Akihiko: You really are smart!
• If you take an all-female party into Tartarus and talk to them, Aigis will say that this is the fabled chickfest, and a flustered Yukari asks where she learned that word. It was from Junpei.
  • If you do the same as Male Protagonist, she calls it a harem. Yukari wonders if that's what you were going for.
• Talking to the girls if you've romanced them is hilarious.
  >......
  >It's hard to talk to them...
  Yukari:......
  Mitsuru:......
  Aigis:......
• The lyrics to "Gekkoukan Boogie", the school song. "Everybody was Haiku writing...those kids were fast as lightning."
• Any of the reactions the characters give when ordered to wear clothes they aren't really used to or would otherwise be too embarrassed to wear, such as swimsuits, the Maid and Butler/Shirt of Chivalry uniforms, Battle Panties/High-cut Armor... Junpei for example is very enthusiastic about the Butler uniform, while Shinjiro is amusingly irritated. Also, wearing such clothes yourself gives further funny responses from the characters, especially when they are lovers.
  • In the PSP remake, equip Shinjiro in a Tuxedo, add him to your team, talk to him and he'll go all Tsundere about it.
    Shinjiro: Are you into this sort of thing?!? That's fine, but... Can't you see how out of character this is for me?
  • Aigis' comments when given Fanservice clothes are generally amusing, but the best must be the Sexy Santa Dress when given by a female MC:
    Aigis: This is a costume made to provide hopes and dreams to children around the world. However, it is supposedly effective in fulfilling adult men's dreams as well.
    • In the male route, her dialogue is the same but it ends with:
      Aigis: Am I succeeding in fulfilling your dreams too, [Name]-san?
  • Yukari wearing her maid or swimsuit has her question whether the female MC is trolling her on purpose.
• Persona 3: FES gives us the option of going on dates with Elizabeth. This is a woman who apparently only read about the world in books, and the brilliant first date is topped with her pointing out she had asked Igor if she could turn the Velvet Room into a dance club. Also the fountain scenes.
  • On an interesting note, Persona 4 has an unlockable song called "Electronica in the Velvet Room", which plays in the Velvet Room and sounds like something you'd hear at a dance club.
  • "Fortunately, I anticipated this, and brought a good supply of coins...I shall make an opening bid to the fountain spirit of 1 million yen." (proceeds to dump a gigantic bag of coins into the fountain)
    • And then she realizes there's more than one fountain...
    • And later she makes an offering to the shrine... and Theo does that on his date to the shrine as well...
  • Talking to Elizabeth to retrieve the reward for her final date (where she goes to your room) has a pretty hilarious Out of Character moment for her. Where she starts off as professionally as she normally would, but eventually gets flustered as she apparently starts remembering what you two did in that room. Then requests that you keep it a secret from her master (which is also funny considering Igor is right there next to her).
    Elizabeth: Thank you so much for showing me your room.
    Elizabeth: ......
    Elizabeth: About what happened...
    Elizabeth: ......
    Elizabeth: E-Excuse me. I suddenly remembered...
• Akihiko, Ken, both Lovers. Cock Fight Ensues. Add Junpei in for extra LOLs. See it in action here.
• Pretty much all of the video recordings will get at least a chuckle out of you, from Mitsuru mistakingly believing Fuuka is having alone time, to Yukari in her maid outfit, a lot of embarrassing things happen.
  • The very first one will have you laughing (in bemused derision) at Shuji Ikutsuki cracking puns so painfully bad angels fall out of the sky and die on the spot while bleeding from the ears from the sheer lameness of his jokes.
  • Any of Mitsuru's Fish out of Water moments are funny as hell, such as the one when she thought Junpei was kidnapped, assuming that his room was that messy because there was a struggle in it. Junpei's understandably humiliated when he has to admit that it's naturally that way, and he had Mitsuru and Officer Kurosawa worried for no reason.
    • Officer Kurosawa's reaction really makes that one: "Well, son, looks like you've got a death sentence."
  • Fuuka's scene is probably the only one where the Visual Novel format of Portable enhances the hilarity. The absence of animated visuals leaves players to their own wild imagination.
  • Akihiko actually sinks to the lameness of the aforementioned Ikutsuki at one point when trying to follow the advice of a self-help book that advised him to improve his self-confidence by "having a sense of humor", and upon realizing this he actually bitches himself out for being so lame.
  • Shinjiro tries to hide his love of cooking tendencies, but all he achieves is Epic Fail by 1) Aigis' being able to speak dog language, 2) Has a very bad improvising by using a cooking book to cover his face (or holding the book in his hands whilst feigning sleep in Portable), and 3) He encounters the world's worst timing.
  • Aigis actually put a pillow in the freezer just in case the MC's body temperature was above normal.
• Theo's dates are full of these. When you take him around Gekkoukan High School, he sits at a desk and asks you to play as a teacher. You ask him a question and he doesn't get it.
  He is what you've heard referred to as a "problem student"...
• A bug in FES allows you to completely skip Nyx and still earn the True Ending. All you have to do is initiate the Devil social link on January 31. See it in action here. To explain, it's because the game is programmed to initiate the True Ending when time rolls over to February 1st. Normally, the only way to do so is to enter Tartarus (you won't be able to leave afterward) and defeat Nyx, which counts as passing time. All other methods of passing time are locked out on the evening of January 31... except that it seems the developers forgot that if you haven't yet initiated his Social Link, Tanaka hangs out in an accessible area and his Social Link can then be initiated, which will end the day. The game will assume you heroically sacrificed yourself against Nyx instead of blowing off the apocalypse to hang out with a shady salesman, and play the True Ending.
• The Jack Brothers Fusion spell has Jack Frost and Pyro Jack doing a stand-up comedy routine. The joke is so bad it knocks enemies down.
• The King And I Fusion spell has King Frost accidentally trample the protagonist and knock them over, before he and Black Frost team up to drop a giant snowman on the enemies.
• It's fairly easy, to get Messiah, the game's Expy of Jesus Christ, to learn Die For Me! The irony reaches critical mass at that point given that it's the inverse of what Jesus was meant to accomplish. Messiah can also learn to absorb pierce attacks, and those that know that Jesus was pierced by a spear will realize he wasn't taking any chances this time around.
  • As pointed out in My Life Is A Goddamn Mess, Legion's pool of innate skills includes Sexy Dance.
• In one of the NPC mini-plots, there's a female student simply identified as "Mitsuru Admirer" who has a worryingly obsessive crush on her. What makes this funny rather than just creepy is how the protagonist simply isn't having any of it. Late in the storyline, you get this exchange:
  Mitsuru Admirer: It's almost Christmas, and you know what that means — presents! I've got a great idea! I'm going to give Mitsuru-senpai a gift! Could you play Santa for me, and give her my present?
  Protagonist: [one between "No" / "I refuse" / "Absolutely no".]
  Mitsuru Admirer: I was just kidding... You don't have to look serious.
• Something about Akihiko's ultimate weapon being made from Mara... The fact that he uses his fists as weapons and has a general awkwardness around women doesn't help either...

Social Links

• If you choose kendo as your sports club, the protagonist gets to try his hand at one of the matches at the meet during summer break. That said, he just whacks away like a lumberjack while his opponent is just crouched, taking all of it.
• The end of the Devil S-Link consists of Tanaka singing about how he knows he's a massive Jerkass in the eyes of the media and has no intention of changing his ways. He then faxes the news station just to drive home his point. Courtesy link.
• The end of the Hanged Man S-Link in the female route: Maiko mentions in a letter that she really hopes to become family with the heroine, so her dad's idea of making that come true is to ask the heroine out.
  • And with the Male Protagonist, she makes marrying the protagonist a goal for her future. Her father's definitely not pleased.
• The MC can come off rather silly even when he's trying to encourage Keisuke:
  Keisuke: My train's about to leave... Wh-what should I do...?
  MC: Go "find" yourself.
• The ending to the Hermit Social Link in FES. "Maya" totally freaks.
• Fuuka's exasperated face (very bottom◊).
• A YouTube comment said it best:
  Shinjiro's room is practically empty, except for a bed and the desk. Pick your choice!
• During Kazushi's Social Link, at one point he asks you what he should buy as a present for his younger brother, who uses a wheelchair due to a problem with one of his legs. One of the possible answers is running shoes.
• One of the things you can say to an anxious Junpei as the female protagonist before leaving for the back alley at Port Island Station at night is a cheerful "Adventure time!". As he's already dreading the possibility of facing thugs and criminals there thanks to (unintentionally) goading Yukari into trying to look further into Fuuka's missing status, it's hilarious to see him thrown again into disbelief, this time because of her perpetual Genki Girl personality.
  Junpei: What?! You're actually excited about this?!

Main Plot

April - May

• When the MC first encounters Junpei, Yukari tries to get Junpei off of MC's back. Unfortunately, Yukari manages to dig herself a massive hole by letting a couple innocent innuendos slip. Junpei, of course, overhears.
  Yukari: Hey, you didn't say anything about you-know-what, did you?
  ...
  Yukari: Seriously, don't say anything about last night, alright?
• Talk to Junpei in the dorm lounge on April 29th:
  Junpei: No one's back yet, and we have school in the morning. We probably shouldn't go to Tartarus tonight.
  Protagonist: No, we're going.
  Junpei: Listen to me, man. We shouldn't go tonight. Besides, it would be just you and me there. You know, like, Brokeback Tartarus. ...So just forget about it.
  • He wasn't that objected to going to Tartarus with only the female Protagonist, but only if...
    Junpei: But being chased by Shadows kind of ruins the romantic atmosphere, y'know?
• Early on, Yukari decides to take leave for the night, introducing the player to the "unavailable party members" mechanic. Junpei complains about having to explore Tartarus with an all-male party, stating that he "don't want no sausage-fest."
  • Better yet, this is exactly what happens on May 29 in the first movie. Junpei's unamused face next to Akihiko's smiling one and the male protagonist's trademark "I don't care" expression just sells the scene.
• Very early on, Akihiko asks to meet Junpei and the MC at the police station, therefore Junpei and the player can head there immediately... or the player can get many rather hilarious responses annoying the hell out of Junpei trying to go pretty much anywhere else.
  Junpei: Are you dumb or what? How many times do I have to tell you...? WE GOTTA GET TO THE POLICE STATION!
• Upon checking up Junpei before mid-term exams... and you don't even get through his room door either.
  Junpei: "What the hell is with this problem!? What language is this written in!?"
  You can hear Junpei complaining loudly about his homework...
  • Meanwhile, Ikutsuki, who is reading in the lounge, wonders who he hears yelling every now and then.
  • Mitsuru also comments on it while in the command room, quietly trying to concentrate, but having difficulty due to hearing random shouting. Unlike Ikutsuki, she knows exactly who's doing it.
  • Before the exams in October:
    Junpei: "What the hell is with this problem!? We never learned this! Wait a minute... they must have taught this when I was asleep! What a dirty trick!"
    You can hear Junpei hollering...
• "Junpei's Believe It... Or Don't". Apparently, he carries a flashlight for the express purpose of spooky-facing.
• Almost everything Junpei does or says is a Crowning Moment Of Funny. One notable example is when Yukari goes on a ghost investigation after Junpei starts talking about them.
  Junpei: I always thought these stories were fake. But, she seems to be doing research on them. Is it the power of the Junpei Zone?
  Yukari: Huh!? What did you just say!?
  Junpei: Oh shit... I pissed her off...
• And then when you talk to Yukari after he made that comment...
  Yukari: Ugh... I wonder why I said that... Yeah, it's Junpei's fault...! Everything's his fault...! The Junpei Zone!? Psh! You really are dumber than you look!
• Yukari's smug tone of voice makes the following exchange far funnier than it would be otherwise. She sounds incredibly proud of herself for coming up with such a lame pun.
  Junpei: This is a tough case, even for Junpei Iori, Ace Detective.
  Yukari: Ace Detective...? More like Stupei, Ace Defective!

June - July

• When Junpei informs the team that he’s already prepared a way into the school, Mitsuru initially thinks he’s prepared some kind of explosive; Junpei sheepishly admits afterwards that he just meant that he unlocked a door before he went home that day.
• Junpei's reaction to Mitsuru complimenting him with Gratuitous French. It’s even funnier in Portable, as Akihiko joins in with Mitsuru beforehand.
  Junpei: Tray ben? What is that, French?! [Grumbling] Lousy seniors and their lousy French…
• The Arcana Emperor's melee attack has it repeatedly bash the target rigidly with its BFS, as if it was comically disciplining a pet with a newspaper like a cartoon.
• The Full Moon Operation on July 7, which takes place in a Love Hotel.
  • After defeating the Hierophant, the party will then fall under a spell from the Lovers. If the male protagonist is chosen, he and Yukari will be transported into a room where the latter is taking a shower. After coming to their senses, Yukari realizes she is only wearing a towel and slaps the protagonist before returning to the bathroom to change. She would then threaten the protagonist if he ever reveals this incident to anyone.
  • If the female protagonist is chosen, the same scene is played with Akihiko or Junpei (depending on who's in the party), replacing Yukari. Naturally, Junpei's freakout is much funnier.
    Junpei: Huh!? W-Wait, what's going on? Why am I half naked!?
  • After reuniting with the rest of your party, it's implied the same events happen to the other two as well.
• Operation Babe Hunt, which is Junpei's idea of finding girls to hit on during the Yakushima trip. Naturally, the protagonist is the leader of the operation, and "Deep Breath Deep Breath" (the music from the first Full Moon Operation) plays over this whole sequence.
  • You then get dragged into being wingman first to Junpei, then Akihiko. Via dialogue responses, you can choose to play along, or go the Deadpan Snarker route. One of the responses you get when the first "target" asks what you're doing is particularly good:
    "We came to hit on you."
    • The true kicker is, in Portable that line actually starts to work.
  • The Woman of Questionable Age is a bit too forward for the boys to handle. In P3P she gets her own dialogue portrait, and Persona 4 fans will recognize her right away.
  • And for the last you get... An Unsettling Gender-Reveal. Which is even funnier if you know it's coming and let Junpei go for it.
  • Speaking of Junpei being the Butt-Monkey, it is admittedly pretty funny watching him get completely shot down by Aigis. Of course, that wasn't exactly what she meant, but from his perspective, well...
    Aigis: I am looking for a human... You are not the one.
  • On the female protagonist's route, after Aigis rejects Junpei and Akihiko, she walks up to the female protagonist and embraces her, causing the boys to conclude that she's a lesbian.
    Akihiko: I see. So that's her preference. Well that explains why we got the cold shoulder.
• On day three of the Beach Episode, a water fight ensues that involves Aigis misunderstanding the meaning of the phrase "water gun" and Junpei subsequently getting owned, complete with battle quotes.
  Fuuka: Junpei-kun is down!
  Yukari: Here's our chance for an All-Out Attack!
  loud splash

August - September

• The trip to Yasoinaba in Portable is just hilarious, especially with Yuko and Kazushi bickering like an old married couple through the latter half.
• You can talk to Aigis shortly before she is to attend school. She will ask why she, a robot, is attending school, but Koromaru isn't, and points out that nothing in the school rules explicitly prohibits canines from attending school.
• Talk to Junpei the night after Koromaru joins, and you get this:
  Junpei: That's it! Junpei the Wise has another brilliant idea! All I have to do is become a dog! Then, I won't have to go to summer school either!
  • Koromaru apparently tries to say something after this. It may be... for the best that Aigis isn't there to translate.
• The Film Festival can provide several, based on who you took with you to the last week of it.
  • Aigis' thoughts after finishing the Ninja movie marathon.
    Aigis: Ninja is the highest status man can achieve. But I wonder why ninjas ceased to exist? Was it an ice age? Or the proliferation of the internet? This is an enigma I cannot resolve.
    • She will then proceed to refer to the main character as [Name]-ninja. "That was a humorous joke."
  • You can take Koromaru to the movies. You get Courage points for trying, but you get kicked out anyway, and Koromaru pouts until you promise to buy him the DVD.
  • Later in the summer you get to go see a movie with Shinjiro, a movie about a puppy almost drowning in a river. Shinjiro ends up running off screen to cry because he doesn't want you to see him.
• If you talk to Junpei on September 21st, he wonders how awesome it would be if the typhoon could kill a Shadow for them. Cue awkward silence.
• Cleaning up after the (canceled) school festival in P3P as the girl. Turns out that one of the canceled events was... a cross-dressing pageant. Junpei, Kenji, and Kazushi then start arguing about who would look the cutest while cross-dressing. Then Aigis joins in. True to form, you can also simply proclaim a very enthusiastic ME! instead. You can already guess what reactions come from that.
  • The male scene in FES isn't half bad either. It consists of MC and Kenji performing a comedy duo act, Kenji borrowing Yukari's nickname for Junpei (Stupei), Kenji teasing Kaz about a possible crush on Yukari, Aigis commenting on Junpei liking maids, and the main event: Yukari, Yuko, and Chihiro all converging, while the latter two starts blathering on about how much they love spending time with the MC as the 'atmosphere becomes oppressive.' In the end, it takes the combined efforts of Junpei, Kaz, and Kenji to save you from a Nice Boat ending as they distract the three girls for you.
  • Further on the maid thing, Kaz asks what a maid is. For some reason how Junpei says "A pure soul!" with a stunned expression is hilarious.
  • On a meta-level and considering that the extended skit with the girls is only triggered if their Social Links are high enough, the whole thing can be considered a joke on the player who probably first thought that the scene would end with a few reversed/broken S.Links.
  • That particular scene is also the closest towards receiving a full-on problem for the MC should you romance all of the girls, something that the MC's successors Narukami (in Golden only) and Joker would face thanks to what happened to them in Valentine's Day.

October - November

• The gossiping students' conversation about the winter uniform.
  Student 1: We have to wear winter wear from now on... It's so heavy, my shoulders hurt. But I looked in the pocket, and I found a lost possession!
  Student 2: My shoulders hurt too... Plus, I heard weird voices... And I've got a headache...
  Student 1: ...P-Possession...!
• When the gang is celebrating their apparent victory with sushi, Junpei offers some to Koromaru, only for Yukari to chime in that giving the dog raw fish could make him sick. Koromaru, who otherwise acts as capable and intelligent as any human, gives an unmistakably canine whimper and his photo assumes an expression that is the very epitome of "puppy dog eyes".
• Talk to Yukari on 9th November (the day Ryoji transferred in) and you got this conversation.
  Yukari: I don't like how Ryoji-kun hits on all the girls. Well, he's pretty good looking so a lot of them probably don't mind. Unlike Junpei, who couldn't get a girl if he was the last guy on the planet.
  Junpei: *looked startled* I heard that Yukari-chi! How dare you say something like that about this hunk of burning love!
  Yukari: *looked exasperated* Hunk about what?
• Right after Yukari tells Mitsuru about how she could relate to her about losing a parent and asking her to not skip the school trip to Kyoto, Ryoji intrudes on their discussion and claims he was requested to find Mitsuru. Ryoji proceeds to flirt with Mitsuru and requests she joins him at a restaurant at the top of a three-star hotel. Before he could get any further, Yukari hurriedly reminds Mitsuru that she needs to go back to the student council meeting, which Ryoji bemoans about how she left without giving him an answer. Then Ryoji tries to invite Yukari to dinner. Yukari responds by stomping on his foot.
• When you arrive in Kyoto, Junpei attempts to stay in the girls' room, while Aigis attempts to stay in the boys' room. Yukari tells Junpei to stay with the boys and Aigis to come with the girls. What really sells it is Aigis' monotone "Awww."
• For the male protagonist, you can speak with Gourmet King Nozomi, who confides in you that gourmands can't wear yukata. Why?
  Nozomi: We eat! Our belly grows! The obi gets too tight! So we loosen it! We eat some more! Loosen the obi another notch! The obi falls off! We're left in the nude!
• As the female protagonist, you can watch the three days of Kenji, Kaz and Rio talking and Kenji as expected, failing to see Rio's crush on him. Day 2 of Kyoto has this gem when he offers to help Rio put a yukata on:
  Rio: You're an idiot, aren't you?
  Kenji: No, I'm not.
  Kaz: Then what are you?
  Kenji: What are my choices besides "idiot"?
  Rio: Are there any?
• Mitsuru's "execution." Made more apparent in the Drama CD, which features a small skit about the protagonist cheating on the girls in his dorm (and Chihiro). Here's a link to this specific part here.
  Protagonist: (incredibly cautious about answering his phone since Yukari and Fuuka called to break things off after he cheated on them) H...hello...?
  Mitsuru: It's me. EXECUTION! That is all.
  Protagonist: Wait-
  Mitsuru: You wish to know the reason? How else do you suppose I serve your punishment? Is death not good enough for you?!
  Protagonist: Huh?! W-well...
  Mitsuru: This important Sunday finally came around, and I found out you've been double booking. It seems the plans for us were just at the level of buying a train ticket...
  Protagonist: No! I was...I wouldn't...
  Mitsuru: Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't call to listen to your excuses. Your execution has already been decided. In this time, I want you to self-reflect. That is my only condition. Farewell.
  • The skit ends with Aigis murdering the main character because of the negative effect he's had on all the girls...as it turns out, it was All Just a Dream. Still, he wakes up with who else but Aigis staring directly at him, and eventually faints after hearing his phone ring.
• After choosing to talk to Akihiko the night after the aforementioned "execution" after Kyoto.
  Akihiko: ...I'll say this... The principal offenders were Junpei and Ryoji. We were forced to commit the crime, against our will. We were victims too. ...... ...Now please, do not mention it ever again./I was forced to commit the crime against my will. I'm a victim too. So it wasn't on purpose. Please. You, of all people, have to believe me.
  • Akihiko, who's usually cool, calm, and collected at all times, even when fighting Shadows, was utterly and totally panicking at the thought of Mitsuru's wrath. It's implied that he was executed before!
  • It's even better if you're playing as the female protagonist and let them get away with it while you and Akihiko are lovers. He's so ashamed that he can't even look at you. Ken's response is funny, too. If you're lovers with him, he's upset about what they did, but if you let them get away with it, he has a pretty good idea of what happened anyway.
  • Not getting caught is just as funny, as Ryoji and Junpei get their just desserts for their perversion anyway: after Akihiko realizes they haven't said anything in a while, he and the MC realize they've passed out from the steam. This then leads to some amusing dialogue the next day, where the girls are satisfied and happy with their trip, and don't understand why the boys are so traumatized.
  • This line from Junpei (even better with Vic Mignogna voice acting)
    Junpei: I'll never forget Kyoto... How could I, after last night...
    Junpei: (when the girls ignore them) Curse you, Kyoto!!!
  • Aigis' line back at the dorm if you fail (male)/pass (female) is fantastic: "You are unscrupulous./Junpei-san and Akihiko-san must be punished. As a penalty, I shall not converse with you/them for the rest of the day. Commencing ignore mode."
    • If you fail (male)/catch the boys (female), she has another one after Mitsuru announces execution: "It was nice knowing you."
  • The manga version of this sequence involves Ryoji making a last-ditch attempt to distract the girls by making himself look like Minato and challenging them to find the real one. Mitsuru freezes them solid without batting an eye. Though it might just been influenced by Ryoji losing his towel in his attempt and exposing himself in front of the girls.
  • And yet another one in the Portable version. As the Male Protagonist, you have to select the correct choices through trial and error to make it out safely. As you imitate a cat, Yukari hears it but wonders if it's a fox. The next choices are "......" and "It's a cat, dammit!" The other option before the imitation of a cat is to 'Fix Junpei's towel'. The reaction as followed which exposes your location anyway.
    Junpei: Whoa, that's cold! The hell you touchin' my ass for!? I almost yelled out loud! ...Oh, er, haha...

December - January

• This exchange with Fuuka during Christmas:
  Fuuka: MC-kun/-chan, what do you think Christmas is about?
  MC: Consumerism.
  • Doubly funny as the other answers are "Joy on earth" and "World peace," making it a stealth Shout-Out to A Charlie Brown Christmas.
• New Year's Day has one. Originally, the guys weren't going to do any traditional celebration for New Year's until Ken reports that the girls are wearing kimonos Junpei evidently mentions on the way there that girls don't wear anything under a kimono; cue Ken asking if the girls are cold and giving the reason why. All the while, talking to Junpei after the ordeal will have him ask if the whole no-underwear thing is actually true and not just a rumor. The possible answers are "No.", "Yes." and "I'll leave that to your imagination." Naturally, choosing yes will get him bewildered beyond anything ever seen of him.
• Whenever you fight Jin, his Idle Animation is mainly him doing a little dance almost in rhythm with the battle music.
  • One of Jin's attacks is throwing a grenade (which acts as a fire attack), so if you have a persona that absorbs fire, then you will heal from taking a grenade to the face! Made extra funny because it lands somewhere near the player character's mouth, making it look like the player just ate the grenade.
  • During his final battle, Jin will boast that he can easily analyze your party's weaknesses. If you managed to cover up their weaknesses with accessories beforehand, he'll end up throwing a fit about it. ^note Unfortunately, if you try this in Reload, he instead busts out Almighty-type flashbangs which have a high chance of inflicting Confuse.
    Jin: Damn you. You've covered up all your weaknesses. Are you too afraid to face them?
• You have been preparing for the harbinger of the apocalypse. It's the Promised Day, meaning you will literally be facing the end of the world as we know it. That awesome battle theme is playing, you've prepped your Personas and party members for one final battle... Then, the Nyx Avatar has to ruin it by throwing spells like Agi at you... Like, seriously?
  • The Fool Arcana phase consists of the Nyx Avatar simply doing nothing but laughing at you. Some guides even recommend activating Rush to get through quickly and save SP.

The Answer

• This hilarious zinger after the party witnesses the day Mitsuru awakened to her Persona.
  Junpei: Aww, but wasn't Mitsuru-senpai really cute when she was little?
  Mitsuru: Excuse me, Iori? Are you saying that's no longer the case?
  Junpei: Uhhh, n-no... That's not what I— C'mon, you got it all wrong!
  [everybody laughs]

The Manga

• The male protagonist, Minato Arisato, is just hilarious in the manga in general with his reactions, both external and internal. For example:
  • When the Dark Hour ends and Mitsuru introduces Yukari to Minato, Yukari is, in general, distrustful and there's a panel of Minato just wondering what did he do to deserve such treatment. Despite that, he says "Nice to meet you" to Yukari with a smile, catching her off guard. But while she's greeting back, this is Minato's inner thought:
    I just did something totally out of character...!!
  • During the first trip into Tartarus, Yukari is nearly attacked by a Shadow and Minato moves to defend her. He does...and then trips on a pebble. This leads to an emotional moment for Yukari as she summons her Persona for the first time in the manga and, after defeating the Shadow, apologizes to Minato for getting hurt because again. Except:
    Minato (inner thoughts): My wound's actually not that bad...I'm just too embarrassed to get up...
  • Minato's face freakin' looks like this ":3" when Yukari tells him and Junpei not to look up her skirt while she was getting up on the train during the first Full Moon boss.
  • Minato's attempt at playing a Train Simulator-esque arcade game is so disastrous that Junpei and Ryoji are both horrified at the outcome, which is never shown to the reader beyond sound effects "Chugga chugga WAM"
• Ryoji mimicking Hidetoshi's face to describe the guy who is searching for Mitsuru is a sight to see. Bonus point is that everybody immediately knew who he was talking about.
• The events of the Shirakawa Boulevard operation are only seen in flashback, but work in a few moments of comedy.
  • The manga depicts what the other half of the party went through when they were separated - namely, they had a similar experience to Minato and Yukari. Said "other half of the party" would be Junpei and Akihiko, so the reader gets to see Junpei trying to seduce Akihiko only to get knocked out in response.
  • The battle with Arcana Lovers is reduced to single panel, featuring the Shadow being slammed with wind magic... by a pissed off Super-Deformed version of Yukari.
• Yukari demanding that Aigis explain why she was hugging Minato. Aigis' response doesn't actually answer the question, and then Junpei chimes in - and it's all done in with Super-Deformed versions of the cast.
  Aigis: Yes. Being by his side is what matters most to me.
  Yukari: THAT DOESN’T ANSWER ANY OF MY QUESTIONS!
  Junpei: What’s this? Is little Yukari feeling jealous? That’s adorable! But you know she’s a robot, right?
  [Yukari backhands Junpei in the face.]
  Yukari: I’M NOT JEALOUS!!
• In the game, Junpei winds up somehow losing his balance and falling backwards as S.E.E.S. take a photo with Mitsuru's father, believing they had gotten rid of the Dark Hour. In the manga... Junpei falls backwards when Akihiko winds up backhanding him.
• How does the manga end before going on hiatus? The Kyoto Hot Spring incident.
  • Yukari and Fuuka are relaxing in the peaceful hot spring. Enter Aigis.
  Aigis: I HAVE ARRIVED!
  • Shortly after The Reveal that the guys are stuck in the hot spring and trying to escape, the narrative cuts back to 30 minutes earlier, when Junpei and Ryoji approached Minato and Akihiko about using the hot spring as the latter pair are in the midst of an intense table tennis match. It takes another 20 minutes for them to get to the hot spring.
  • What tips the girls off that they're not alone? Minato kept relaxing as the other guys panicked, and got so relaxed that he ended up falling asleep - Minato bursting out of the water gasping for breath is what alerts the girls to the presence of the guys.
  Minato: I almost drowned...
  • After seeing Akihkio's horror that Mitsuru is there, Junpei decides to just make a run for it. When Akihiko follows, he's initially confused as to why Junpei is just standing there, only realising too late that he's been literally frozen in place by Mitsuru.
  • Ryoji slicks his hair back to disguise himself as Minato, thinking that would be enough to stop Mitsuru's wrath. Cue Mitsuru freezing both boys in a massive block of ice.
  • The volume ends with Minato, Junpei, Akihiko and Ryoji's faces in the sky, and a message thanking the readers for their support - implying that the manga has finished because Mitsuru literally executed the guys for being perverts. This is then followed by another message, assuring readers that it's not really the end.
• Yukari questioning what she actually sees in Minato, only for Aigis to protest that Minato is a wonderful person. Yukari proceeds to tell Aigis that, since they're discussing boys, she's supposed to blindly agree with everything Yukari just said, and the girls start giggling about the situation.

Other Adaptations

• The licensed 4koma comics stand out among other Persona 4koma adaptations due to the contrast between the game's mostly dark and bleak theme and the hilarity depicted on the comics, which range from Rule of Funny Alternative Character Interpretation to Lampshade Hanging the game mechanics, many of these even predate (or might become the base of) the fandom in-jokes or memes. Some examples:
  • In some comics, either main character inadvertently reverses his/her Social Link as a Running Gag. Most from the male MC is typical consequences adapted from the game, but for the FeMC, due to her lack of SL reversals (though she can break one) the reason is more nonsensical, like putting Koromaru in a too ridiculous costume or eating so much that she becomes too obese for Tanaka's modeling plan.
  • "Close Enough": Enemies weak to fire, but MC is panicked (cannot use skills)? Throw Agihiko at them.
  • "Things to Reap" pokes fun at the in-game fact that the Reaper will not enter a room with stairs. But no one says that it is not free to use its chains, which Junpei and Akihiko learned the hard way.
  • "I'm Studying at the Moment": Junpei gets smacked by the music note that pops out of the MC's head after studying.
  • "In the Waiting Room": Beelzebub and Thanatos are seen tossing Saki Mitama around as a way to spend their time in the MC's subconscious.
  • "Pattern Statistics", or more like, "AI party members in a nutshell."
  (to Junpei) What's wrong, Rakukaja? (Is there any other way for you to use SP?)
  (to Akihiko) What's wrong, Tarunda-senpai? (I can't do anything else after I've hit a Shadow...)
  (to Yukari) What's wrong, Healer-Who-Won't-Heal-You?
  (Yukari, to MC) Shut up, MC-kun who screws around near the stairs after making everyone search the floor!
  • "The Battle to Save the World": All those equipment on the party? What if they (not just weapons) are made visible on the characters while fighting on the top of Tartarus? Behold the MC and his Bus Stop Sign, Akihiko in a robe covered with blessing tags, an embarrassed Mitsuru in skimpy armor, and a shirtless Junpei happily ogling said skimpy armor. You would be just as in disbelief as Nyx Avatar itself. "What the hell" indeed.
  • "Weak Against Ice": Akihiko gets Sick. But not to worry, Mitsuru has the best cure... Bufula.
  • "The Not-So-Honest Guy": Also doubles as heartwarming, just Castor happily walking Cerberus.
  • "I'll Help You With Your Cold", which consists of two strips:
    • One of the heads of a Tower-type Shadow gets a cold, so it decides to keep spinning while blowing all its snot on the MC and Junpei!
    • Thankfully, the two saved the day by plugging their swords into its nose. Then the topmost head catches its cold. As for the solution, well...
  Akihiko: Do what? I only have gloves, you know!!?
  • "Control of Physical Condition": Poking fun at the need to talk to each teammate individually to check his/her condition, the MC decides to just see by his/her expression. Aigis and Yukari are smiling because their conditions are good. Junpei (sick) and Akihiko (tired) look like zombies. Then it turns out the MC also looks like a zombie due to being sick.
  • "Volts and Amps Are Not the Same": Just the idea of using Caesar as power source for electronics during Dark Hour (though one must wonder where the plug goes...). Predictably, it does not work, with explosive results, but points for trying.
  • The ones that adapt FeMC's route are just as funny. "Well-Preserved Data" adapts the July Full Moon event with Akihiko. That alone in-game is funny enough, but in this adaptation, while the FeMC does promise to not tell anyone, this remark might sum up much of the players:
  FeMC: I've already saved the data from earlier's event inside the memory card of my heart!
  Akihiko: Delete them right now!!!
  • "2 Tickets for Students": FeMC is unable to sneak Koromaru in to Screen Shot. Thankfully, Shinjiro comes to the rescue and pulls a Totem Pole Trench... which is also a Paper-Thin Disguise because Koromaru's head is on top. Predictably, it does not work.
  • "There's an Accident!" plays with the dark floor modifier, one of the many Tartarus accidents players can encounter in Portable. Here, Junpei casts Agi to lit up the place. It hits the FeMC. The last panel depicts her with Ash Face and Junpei with a mountain of lumps on his head.
  • "I Borrowed It": Akihiko gives the FeMC his coat for warmth. Takaya (yes, that Takaya) decides to copy that gesture. Towards Koromaru. The result looks ridiculous enough on Koromaru, but in the background, Jin (understandably) freaks out at the censor bar'd Takaya running towards him.
  • "Delivery Service" parodies one of the requests where the player has to obtain a drink sharing Elizabeth's name. Here, a frustrated FeMC decides to resort to a bowl of tuna soy sauce ramen after being unable to find the drink. Theo surprisingly accepts the item, but considering the request's premise...
  Theo: "Tuna soy sauce" is indeed my sister's name.
  (Outside the Velvet Room)
  There is the sound of a Megidolaon-like explosion coming from the edge of Tartarus?!
  • "Badass Girl": FeMC summons Mara. Cue Mass "Oh, Crap!" from her all-male teammates, with Junpei covering Ken's eyes.
  • "Sutra Chanting Live Concert in Club Escapade": Exactly What It Says on the Tin, the FeMC and Mutatsu chanting sutra... like a Gangsta Rap, complete with stereotypical rapper accessories.
  • There is a collection of these comics dedicated to Strega. Titled "Strega Days", it mostly stars Jin who is basically a Butt-Monkey through and through in this adaptation while also showing a glimpse into the trio's mundane daily lives. Highlights include Jin being introduced as "Mom", Chidori drawing "geezer Jin", Jin getting blocked by two coffins inside a convenience store when the Dark Hour hits, Jin again being screwed over by Dark Hour ending his gaming session early, and Chidori trying to spy on S.E.E.S' activities via Medea only to catch Junpei reading a sexy magazine.
  • "The Video Tape of Truth" is both this and heartwarming at the same time. Mitsuru's father tries to play the tape showing Eiichiro Takeba's last words, only to accidentally put on a home video of him playing with a toddler Mitsuru. He then scrambles to find the right tape while Mitsuru gets ready to execute him out of embarrassment.
  • The Girls Side set also contains 4koma collections like the above and are just as funny.
    • "Delivery Service!" (not to be confused with the strip already mentioned above) takes place after the September storm that rendered the (female) main character sick for days. Here, Pharos happens to visit her and decides to get her food to make her feel better. Of course, he cannot be seen by the other dormmates (bar Koromaru) and Hilarity Ensues. Yukari gets scared senseless from watching a door open by itself (actually Pharos tripping over). Aigis senses a "bad person" (actually Pharos), causing all the girls to glare at Junpei because he is just there. The food is also disastrous: It is a beef bowl topped with Akihiko's cold medicine and Fuuka's miso soup.
    • "I'm Joining the Club!" centers on the shenanigans around Ryoji as he tries, well, joining a club. Trying the Volleyball club earns him a wrath from Rio for flirting with her. In the cooking club, Fuuka nearly kills him with her cooking. The FeMC does not even bother to introduce him to Saori out of fear of him asking her out. He surprisingly makes a better attempt as a student council member... but then he asks a girl out (with a mention of the "night club").
    • "There's a Beautiful She-Devil Near Me" adapts Akihiko's Social Link. Here, Akihiko alternates between genuinely caring for her and being utterly terrified of her. The FeMC herself has her Trolling and Deadpan Snarker tendencies at full force. Remember Junpei's Rank 3 event with him encouraging her to go for Akihiko? Here, she chuckles wickedly and poor Junpei regrets his decisions. One notable strip, which adapts Akihiko's Rank 9 event where the love confession takes place, has Aigis peeking from a corner, and she is pissed. And how does the FeMC accept his invitation to his room? By dragging him across the floor, while he helplessly screams.
• The also-licensed anthology comics cover various themes, but some of the short stories included have these moments. Some examples:
  • "The Care-Giving Girls, The Care-Subjected Boys" has Yukari, Fuuka, and Mitsuru cook curry for the boys. None of them are good cooks (and Mitsuru has never cooked). Cue the girls "offering" the boys with a Slasher Smile, and that was after knocking out poor Ken (and Ryoji). Prior to this, Koromaru even fainted before the girls could even think about feeding him.
  • "Make Believing That We're a Bright Family" is both this and heartwarming due to the premise: The MC, after a hangout with Maiko, yearns for a proper family, so under a certain agreement, he is allowed to pretend that the entire SEES is his own family. Hilarity Ensues as Mitsuru seems accepting about this, while the flustered Akihiko... really takes his dad role seriously without realizing, with an unamused Ken lampshading it. Other moments include Yukari casting Garudyne inside the dorm from sheer bewilderment and Junpei's role being the "big brother with bad grades".
  • "Marin Karin Boy", starring Junpei, has Aigis wanting to talk to him in private... Remember that this guy already has Chidori (though he would not mind a harem, if his fantasy is to be believed, to Yukari's dismay). Aigis invites him to her room and... she reveals that his trousers' zipper is down.
• The Drama CD has lots of funny moments in it, but one, in particular, is when the protagonist goes to visit Elizabeth in the Velvet Room, and after a short conversation, Elizabeth gives the protagonist about 3,300,000 yen (keep in mind, that's about $30,000+ in US dollars)...in arcade tokens.

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