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This article is about the Demon. For the Persona of the Persona 3 protagonist, see Thanatos (Persona).

Thanatos is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Thanatos is the Greek god and personification of peaceful death. He is the son of Nyx and Erebus, and the twin brother of Hypnos.

Design

Thanatos's design from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner is inspired by Baron Harkonnen from the 1984 film Dune.^[1]

Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

EnemyAlly

Name	Level	HP	MP
Thanatos	32	176	153Sega Saturn/173PlayStation Portable

Location	Otherworld (Sewers)

Species	Race	Alignment	Size	Recruit	Speech	RERandom Encounter
Kishin	Reaper	Dark-Neutral (135)	S	✘	Cynical	✔

Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	M. Atk	M. Def	Drop
86	62	80	61	42	32	Dragon Horn

Resistances
"Drains or nullifies magic. Weak to physical."
Sword	Spear	Thrown	Gun	D Atk	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Psy
×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)
Expel	Death	Almi	Mind	Ruin	Bind	Nerve	Charge	Skill	Swd Skl
NulNull	NulNull	×1	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5

Moon Phase Damage Output
New	1/8	2/8	3/8	Half	5/8	6/8	7/8	Full
200%	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Basic Attack	Element	Hit(s)	Target	Range
Basic Attack	Demon Attack	1	Single enemy	Front row

Magic Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Mudola	Death	12 MP	Attack magic. Front row/back row. Curses 1 whole row of enemies to death.
Shuffler	Ruin	10 MP	Attack support. All. Bad status. Card effect to all enemies.

Extra Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Thunder Break	Electricity	28 MP	Special magic action. All. Power 77. Electricity-type damage to all enemies.

Name	Level	HP	MP
Thanatos	32	176	153Sega Saturn/173PlayStation Portable

Location	Fusion only

Species	Race	Alignment	S. CostCOMP Summoning Cost	C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost; PSP only	CPMagnetite used
Kishin	Reaper	Dark-Neutral (135)	320 MMagnetite	9760 MMagnetite	237

Personality	Loyalty	Speech	Inheritance
Haughty	Level Difference	Cynical	Death

Attack	Accuracy	Defense	Evasion	M. Atk	M. Def
86	62	80	61	42	32

Resistances
"Drains or nullifies magic. Weak to physical."
Sword	Spear	Thrown	Gun	D Atk	Fire	Ice	Elec	Force	Psy
×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	DrnDrain	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)	Drn ×½Drain (×½ Damage)
Expel	Death	Almi	Mind	Ruin	Bind	Nerve	Charge	Skill	Swd Skl
NulNull	NulNull	×1	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	NulNull	×1.5	×1.5	×1.5

Moon Phase Damage Output
New	1/8	2/8	3/8	Half	5/8	6/8	7/8	Full
200%	100%	100%	100%	100%	50%	50%	50%	50%

Basic Attack	Element	Hit(s)	Target	Range
Basic Attack	Demon Attack	1	Single enemy	Front row

Magic Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Mudola	Death	12 MP	Attack magic. Front row/back row. Curses 1 whole row of enemies to death.
Shuffler	Ruin	10 MP	Attack support. All. Bad status. Card effect to all enemies.

Extra Skills
Skill	Attribute	Cost	Description
Thunder Break	Electricity	28 MP	Special magic action. All. Power 77. Electricity-type damage to all enemies.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	Greek god of death. Son of Nyx, goddess of night. Priest of Hades, ruler of the underworld. Cloaked in dark clothing, Thanatos wields a blade that brings death to its victims. Legend says he cuts the hair of those near death and sends the severed hair to the underworld, which pulls the victims down to their death.

Game Appearances

Megami Ibunroku Persona

Trivia

While not the actual inspiration for Thanatos's design, Kaneko has said that Thanatos's design ended up resembling Okuyasu's father from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.^[1]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	タナトス	Thanatos

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "ヒュプノスと兄弟の死の神さまですね。これ記述によると、ヒュプノスはすっげー美男子だけど、タナトスの方はブサイクらしいんですよ。デヴィッド・リンチが作った『デューン砂の惑星』の映画に出てくる、ハルコネン男爵のお父さんのイメージなんか合ってるかなと思ったんだけど、描いてたら『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』に出てくる、億泰のお父さんみたいになっちゃいました。(金子)" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 95. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.

[world_guidance-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "ヒュプノスと兄弟の死の神さまですね。これ記述によると、ヒュプノスはすっげー美男子だけど、タナトスの方はブサイクらしいんですよ。デヴィッド・リンチが作った『デューン砂の惑星』の映画に出てくる、ハルコネン男爵のお父さんのイメージなんか合ってるかなと思ったんだけど、描いてたら『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』に出てくる、億泰のお父さんみたいになっちゃいました。(金子)" Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance (1996), Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project. Published by SoftBank. Japanese. p. 95. ISBN-13: 978-4-7973-0084-0.

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 ===Design===
-[[Thanatos]]'s design from {{Link|Game|DeSum}} is inspired by [[wikipedia:Vladimir Harkonnen|Baron Harkonnen]] from the 1984 film ''Dune''.<ref name="world guidance">{{Cite Book|quote=ヒュプノスと兄弟の死の神さまですね。これ記述によると、ヒュプノスはすっげー美男子だけど、タナトスの方はブサイクらしいんですよ。デヴィッド・リンチが作った『デューン砂の惑星』の映画に出てくる、ハルコネン男爵のお父さんのイメージなんか合ってるかなと思ったんだけど、描いてたら『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』に出てくる、億泰のお父さんみたいになっちゃいました。(金子)|author=Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project|book=[[Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance]]|page=p. 95|lang=Japanese|publisher=SoftBank|publyear=1996|isbn={{ISBN|978-4-7973-0084-0}}}}</ref>
+Thanatos's design from {{Link|Game|DeSum}} is inspired by [[wikipedia:Vladimir Harkonnen|Baron Harkonnen]] from the 1984 film ''Dune''.<ref name="world guidance">{{Cite Book|quote=ヒュプノスと兄弟の死の神さまですね。これ記述によると、ヒュプノスはすっげー美男子だけど、タナトスの方はブサイクらしいんですよ。デヴィッド・リンチが作った『デューン砂の惑星』の映画に出てくる、ハルコネン男爵のお父さんのイメージなんか合ってるかなと思ったんだけど、描いてたら『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険』に出てくる、億泰のお父さんみたいになっちゃいました。(金子)|author=Daisuke Narisawa and CB's Project|book=[[Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner World Guidance]]|page=p. 95|lang=Japanese|publisher=SoftBank|publyear=1996|isbn={{ISBN|978-4-7973-0084-0}}}}</ref>
 ==Gameplay==