References in Megami Tensei

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This is a list of references in Megami Tensei franchise to other media.

Shin Megami Tensei series

Shin Megami Tensei IV

• In Club Milton, near the end of the game, there is an NPC sprite based on The Dark Knight's depiction of the supervillain Joker.

Shin Megami Tensei V

• When attempting to recruit a demon with the "Hee-Ho" Speech Pattern, the demon can strike a pose, one of the responses being to strike a more fierce pose. If chosen, there is a possibility for the demon to join the Nahobino's party unconditionally and state "I see real bizarre adventure in our future, ho!", a reference to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and the series' distinctive characteristic of having characters strike eccentric poses.

Persona series

Persona 3 Portable

• In Persona 3 Portable, a man resembling Vincent Brooks from Atlus's puzzle game Catherine appears at Club Escapade and hints at the events that happen in his game. As Atlus revealed on a web show in 2011, that's not actually Vincent, but rather a lookalike with a mole.

Persona 4

• In the Japanese manual for Persona 4, the protagonist's name is Kōsuke Tsukimori after a character in Atlus's Trauma Center series.
• When Kinshiro Morooka meets the protagonist on the first day of school, he says he will put him in his "rotten orange book". This is a reference to the Japanese drama, Mr. Kinpachi in Class 3B. During the camping trip, Morooka goes around asking if any rotten oranges who are out of their tents. Rotten oranges comes up again when describing Morooka's death in Void Quest. In the English version, Morooka instead calls the orange book his shitlist during the protagonist's introduction, says rotten apples during the camping trip, and rotten oranges during Void Quest.
• Before the game begins, Chie Satonaka lends Yosuke Hanamura a DVD called Trial of the Dragon. In Japanese, this is named The Legend of Seiryū. This is a reference to a Japanese TV drama about a female martial artist called Seiryū Densetsu: Legend of St. Dragon but replaces the 聖龍 in the title with Jackie Chan's name (成龍) with Chie still pronouncing it seiryū.
• Teddie begins calling the protagonist "sensei". This is a reference to the Japanese version of Looney Toons and how Kappei Yamaguchi—the 6th Japanese voice actor for Bugs and also Teddie's voice actor—performs Bugs's "What's up, doc?" line with "sensei" being the Japanese localization for "doc".
• Tomoe's yellow jumpsuit is a reference to the outfit worn by martial artist Bruce Lee in Game of Death. One of Chie's victory lines is also a reference to Bruce Lee quote, "Don't think. Feel."
• Shadow Mitsuo has skills called Whisper, Prayer, and Chant. These are references to a message that appears in Wizardry when you revive dead characters or cure paralysis at the Temple of Cant.
• When Shadow Mitsuo transforms into Mitsuo the Hero, his third command is Spell which casts Gigadyne. Gigadyne is a reference to the spell Gigadein (also known as Kazap in English) from Dragon Quest.
• In order to fight Shadow Mitsuo, the Investigation Team must find the Orb of Darkness. This is a reference to the Sphere of Light from Dragon Quest.
• When the protagonist interacts with the pile of bones to get the Gaia Sword, a message appears that says, "No response. It must be a tile, not an object." This is a reference to how in Dragon Quest, when the hero interacts with a pile of bones or a dead person, a message appears that says, "There's no response. It's just a corpse."
• The description for the Heavy-Armor Agni mentions that it is red and moves three times faster. This is a reference to Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam who pilots a red Zaku and is said to be three times faster.
• As discussed in episode 12 of the Persona Stalker Club, parts of Tohru Adachi's character were inspired by the main character of the Japanese detective drama, Bayside Shakedown. The main character, Aoshima, is a detective in a green mods coat and red tie who works on Odaiba and has a model gun collection. Adachi is a detective in a red tie and yellow mods coat who used to work in Iwatodai (which is partially based on Odaiba) and also collects model guns.
• One of the quests is to collect an item called Culurium. This is a reference to a metal in Atlus's Trauma Center series.

Persona 4 Golden

• When the Investigation Team rehearses for their live performance, the protagonist can choose to tell them, "The match isn't over until you give up". This is a reference to a quote said by Coach Anzai in Slam Dunk.
• The movie theater in Okina shows new movies every month that are parodies of real movies, such as Loan of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings), Dumminator 2 (Terminator 2), Return of the Dragon (Enter the Dragon), One Missed Text (One Missed Call), Dachiko (Hachiko), Roman Paid Holiday (Roman Holiday), Obatar (Avatar), and Orso Rosso (Porco Rosso). In Japanese, Return of the Dragon is called The Legend of Seiryū: Fired Up after the Japanese title for Enter the Dragon (see the note about Trial of the Dragon under the Persona 4 section). Additionally, Orso Rosso is named The Crimson Bear after Porco Rosso's Japanese title, The Crimson Pig.
• The TV Listing contains multiple references to Japanese TV:
  • The "Blue and Purple Song Battle" is a reference to the New Year's Eve music program called Kōhaku Uta Gassen meaning "red-white song battle".
  • Marie's interview corner, Mariko's Room, is named after the talk show Tetsuko's Room.
  • The art gallery feature, Giants of P, is named after the art program Giants of Beauty.
  • The jukebox, The Hey! Hey! Hoo! Music King!, is named after the music program Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ.
  • The Midnight Trivia Miracle Quiz is named after the Japanese TV show, Trans America Ultra Quiz. The hat that Teddie wears while hosting is a hat worn on the TV show by contestants and his nickname for himself is taken from the catchphrase of one of the Ultra Quiz hosts, Akira Fukuzawa.

Persona 5

• On the sixth of September, Mr. Hiruta will ask a question regarding the phenomenon in which the second hand on a clock stops moving. One of the answers to this is "The World", a reference to The World and its ability to stop time from JoJo's Bizzare Adventure: Stardust Crusaders. This is omitted in Persona 5 Royal.