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Mystery Food X makes its first appearance during the June plot of ''Persona 4'' when [[Chie Satonaka]] and [[Yukiko Amagi]] decide to cook curry for themselves, [[Yu Narukami|the protagonist]], and [[Yosuke Hanamura]] for their school camping trip. During the shopping trip to [[Junes]], the protagonist observes how neither of them knows how to make curry, they do not know what to put in the curry, and they never consult a recipe. Yukiko assumes they need high gluten flour normally used for bread because they need to make food for boys<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=[June 16] Chie: こ、小麦粉って、あれでしょ。薄力粉と、強力粉? どっちだろ。 Yukiko: 強いほうがいいよ、男の子いるし。|translquote=[June 16] Chie: Wh-Which flour should we use? | Mystery Food X makes its first appearance during the June plot of ''Persona 4'' when [[Chie Satonaka]] and [[Yukiko Amagi]] decide to cook curry for themselves, [[Yu Narukami|the protagonist]], and [[Yosuke Hanamura]] for their school camping trip. During the shopping trip to [[Junes]], the protagonist observes how neither of them knows how to make curry, they do not know what to put in the curry, and they never consult a recipe. Yukiko assumes they need high gluten strong flour normally used for bread because they need to make food for boys<ref>{{Cite Game|quote=[June 16] Chie: こ、小麦粉って、あれでしょ。薄力粉と、強力粉? どっちだろ。 Yukiko: 強いほうがいいよ、男の子いるし。|translquote=[June 16] Chie: Wh-Which flour should we use? Light flour? Strong flour? Yukiko: The stronger the better. We've got boys to feed.|title=Persona 4|developer=Atlus|publisher=Atlus|platform=PlayStation 2|lang=Japanese|transl=[[User:Cabbage]]}}</ref>{{Note|In the English version of ''Persona 4'', Yukiko's dialogue was rewritten to picking whole wheat flour because it sounds healthy.}} resulting in a purple substance that Yosuke dubs Mystery Food X. | ||
After this incident, every cooking disaster made by or influenced by Chie, Yukiko, and later [[Rise Kujikawa]] becomes a type of Mystery Food X. | After this incident, every cooking disaster made by or influenced by Chie, Yukiko, and later [[Rise Kujikawa]] becomes a type of Mystery Food X. | ||
Revision as of 13:30, 9 October 2024
Mystery Food X is an ongoing gag in the Persona series. It first appears in Persona 4 and later makes an appearance as an item in Persona 4 Arena.
Profile
Mystery Food X makes its first appearance during the June plot of Persona 4 when Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi decide to cook curry for themselves, the protagonist, and Yosuke Hanamura for their school camping trip. During the shopping trip to Junes, the protagonist observes how neither of them knows how to make curry, they do not know what to put in the curry, and they never consult a recipe. Yukiko assumes they need high gluten strong flour normally used for bread because they need to make food for boys[1][a] resulting in a purple substance that Yosuke dubs Mystery Food X.
After this incident, every cooking disaster made by or influenced by Chie, Yukiko, and later Rise Kujikawa becomes a type of Mystery Food X.
Gameplay
Persona 4
When faced with Mystery Food X on June 17th, choosing "Eat it" increases the protagonist's Social Link points with Chie and Yukiko each by +5. This requires Courage rank 4.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Mystery Food X is one of Teddie's items that he can throw on the field. It restores HP, but also inflicts Silence, Poison, and Fear when either player touches it.
Game Appearances
Persona 4
During the shopping trip to Junes on June 16th, Chie and Yukiko buy carrots, potatoes, onions, bell peppers, maitake mushrooms, and butterbur. After talking about making the curry thicken, they add potato starch and hard bread flour. Next is chili pepper, kimchi, white and black pepper so it will be spicy. For something special to help the flavor, Chie picks a chocolate she likes and coffee milk, and Yukiko adds seafood for the broth.[b] When Yosuke tries it on June 17th, he describes it as simultaneously being gritty, syrupy, and spongy. When the protagonist tries it, he describes it as inedible, spits it out, then collapses. Afterwards, Yosuke dubs the creation Mystery Food X.
To celebrate Mitsuo Kubo's arrest, the Investigation Team offers to cook dinner for Nanako, who asks for omelette fried rice. Yosuke thinks that with something so simple, the girls will not have a repeat of Mystery Food X. He very quickly gets concerned when all three of them split off into different areas of the grocery store despite making the same dish, and instead helps the protagonist shop to make his own.
When the Investigation Team, Dojima, and Nanako celebrate Christmas on December 25th, the girls make a Christmas cake, which Yosuke pre-emptively calls the Christmas Edition of Mystery Food X. Kanji tries to make sure it is edible before Nanako eats it. Still, Nanako takes a bite first, and calls it delicious, much to the protagonist, Yosuke, and Kanji's confusion. Everyone else tries it and finds it delicious. Chie thinks this means they have cooking talent after all, but Naoto reveals this was their third attempt.
Persona 4 Golden
While on the February skiing trip, Yosuke yells at Rise that the Christmas Cake was only good because Naoto was there to help. Rise claims it was actually because of a cookbook.
On Valentine's Day, Nanako presents the protagonist with homemade chocolate that the other girls on the Investigation Team gave her advice for. She used coffee milk and bacon, inspired by Chie; bell pepper, green vegetable juice, black vinegar, and ponzu sauce, inspired by Rise; plus fish sausage and her dad's squid fermented in guts, inspired by Yukiko. Naoto had offered to let Nanako use a cookbook, but Nanako was already done by the time Naoto got back to her. After Nanako tells the protagonist that she loves him, he sees no other option but to eat it, and taking one bite causes him to collapse.
Persona 4 Arena
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
Anime Appearances
Persona 4 The Animation
Persona 4 The Golden Animation
Manga Appearances
Persona 4
Audio Drama Appearances
Persona 4 Drama CD Vol. 3
A Sense of Gratitude
Other Appearances
CR Persona 4 The Pachinko
Trivia
- On the 9th episode of the Persona Stalker Club, the hosts and Teddie's voice actor Kappei Yamaguchi made a curry using the same ingredients as Mystery Food X.
- At the Persona 25th Anniversary collab cafe at Sweets Paradise, one of the Persona 4 themed dishes was a purple beetroot "Mudoon Curry" styled after Mystery Food X.
Nomenclature
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese
|
物体X Buttai X | Substance X |
Gallery
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Yukiko and Chie creating Mystery Food X on the camping trip
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P4G merchandise keychain of the protagonist and Mystery Food X
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Yukiko making Mystery Food X in her Arena Ultimax epilogue
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Junessic Mystery Food X in Persona Q2
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25th Anniversary Mudoon Curry
Made of beetroot curry, rice, radicchio, pickled vegetables, and fried vegetables
Notes
- ↑ In the English version of Persona 4, Yukiko's dialogue was rewritten to picking whole wheat flour because it sounds healthy.
- ↑ In the English game, this was carrot, potato, onion, bell pepper, mushroom, radish or turnip, potato starch, wheat flour, chili pepper, kimchi, white and black pepper, mint chocolate, mocha, and seafood.
References
- ↑ "[June 16] Chie: こ、小麦粉って、あれでしょ。薄力粉と、強力粉? どっちだろ。 Yukiko: 強いほうがいいよ、男の子いるし。" Translation: "[June 16] Chie: Wh-Which flour should we use? Light flour? Strong flour? Yukiko: The stronger the better. We've got boys to feed." Persona 4 (PlayStation 2). Developed by Atlus. Published by Atlus. Japanese. Translation by User:Cabbage.