Unused Text

This is a sub-page of Persona 4.

There's plenty of unused text dialogue from NPCs and unused events lying around. Some of them even got recorded, but not all unused voice clips are written out in the event data.

Unused Dialogue#

Chie Alternate Rank 3 - E590_045.PM1#

An alternate version of Chie's Rank 3 Social Link event (specifically, the version that plays when Nanako is unavailable during the lategame) is found in this file. The only difference is an extended beginning (shown here) and an abrupt end to the file; other than the script, the file seems to be unfinished. It's also missing the "Fog has enveloped the area" messages a lot of outdoor SL event files have (for the end game). It is strange to note that the filename would indicate this as an alternate version of Rank 4 rather than Rank 3.

Chie Alternate Rank 9 - E590_091.PM1#

An alternate version of Chie's Rank 9 Social Link event. Note that, like other event files, messages at the end may seem out of order, signifying things that were added later.

Shopping at Junes - E860_073.PM1#

Originally, during the two instances where you can go grocery shopping at Junes with Nanako and Dojima, a random Social Link character would show up. In the final game, it's just you and the Dojimas, and the scenes are fairly uninteresting. Of note is that each character has one for when they are in summer or winter clothing, even Naoto. However, Naoto is not available as a Social Link until after everyone has gone back to winter oufits. This implies she was to join earlier, or at least her Social Link started sooner.

Dungeon Entrance Party Management#

In the Desolate Bedroom, the entrance to Magatsu Inaba, like all the other dungeon entrances, your party members have lines when you talk to them for various points of the game. However, in this case, there are only two points at which you can talk to your party members: when Magatsu Inaba is the current dungeon, and during the True Ending when it's time to fight Izanami. Like the other dungeons, this one has dialogue for initiating conversation with party members while no one is missing and there is no current dungeon deadline. However, in this case this point can never happen: after clearing Magatsu Inaba the game skips straight to December 23 and the next time you can enter the TV World is on the path to the True Ending in March. As such, the following lines go unused in the PlayStation 2 version of the game. In Golden, where January and early February are playable timeframes and the player can enter the TV between these two events, this text is used as normal.

Likewise, the entrance to Yomotsu Hirasaka, the final dungeon in the True Ending path also has dialogue for when there is no current dungeon. But once you clear Yomotsu Hirasaka, that's it; the game is over and the following lines can never be seen:

Dungeon Conversations#

In the final game, of your party members, only Naoto's social link can be reversed, and none can be broken. However, many of the characters have dungeon conversation dialogue text that imply that the girlfriend mechanics from Persona 3 were in Persona 4 at one point.

A lot of dungeon conversations involving Teddie say "not used" because conversations are Social Link level dependent, and Teddie doesn't actually join until Rank 2. Conversations with Teddie and Naoto are even fewer, since Naoto doesn't join until halfway through, and Teddie's Social Link is plot dependent. The conversations start at rank 5, which is the rank the Star Social Link is at when Naoto joins the team. However, Teddie ranks up to 6 the very next day after Naoto joins the party, and you don't get a chance to go dungeon exploring in between. As a result, this conversation can never be seenː

Social Link NPC Dialogue#

A few of your social link friends have dialogue for Reversed Social Links and making up with them (or failing to).

Chie#

Yukiko#

Rise#

Social Link Non-Event Interactions#

Teddie and the Fox both have dialogue for Social Link interactions that don't result in a rank-up. However, Teddie's Social Link is completely plot driven and you can only interact with the Fox on a level up, after you complete a quest.

Unused Social Link Text#

Inside the event files, alongside the folders and files for the Social Link events, there is a group of dummy event files internally labeled with "Gasoline Stand employee social link rank [X] dummy". However, the first one appears to be overwritten with Margaret's Social Link initiation. There is also two strings inside the file for the social link status screen that read "Gasoline Stand Worker" and "Social Link explanation message. Gasoline Stand Dummy." There is indeed a gasoline station and a gasoline attendant character who offers the Protagonist a job at the beginning of the game, but no part-time job is available there. This was perhaps a placeholder used during development, considering the gasoline attendant's role in the story.

The Judgement Social Link, like the other social links, has a description on the Social Link status screen that changes at each step. However, this Social Link progresses quickly and sometimes the rank increases twice in one day with no opportunity to view the menu in between. As such, the descriptions for Rank 2, 4, 7, and 9 go unused, and they are, in order:

The possibility has arisen that
there may be another culprit.

Namatame wasn't responsible
for the murders.

You decided to follow Adachi
into the TV world.

You discovered where Adachi
was hiding.

Note that a similar situation occurs partway through The Fool rank...or at least, it would if the description for the Fool Social Link ever changed.

Introduction#

This text was intended to be shown after selecting the difficulty before starting the game. For whatever reason, it's not used.

Thank you for purchasing Persona 4.

Before you begin the game, we’d like to
ask you, the player, for a favor.

This game has several mystery-style
factors that involves finding the killer
behind a series of heinous murders.

Even if you yourself have any clues
about the criminal’s identity, please
keep them to yourself.

Your clues or theories may deprive
others of the fun of discovering the
story for themselves. Besides...

The truth you find...
          ...may not be the real truth.

Unused Skill Descriptions#

Watch on YouTubeSome skills you can't get normally, such as boss-only skills, still have descriptions in the data.

• Meltdown - Deals heavy Fire damage to all foes. (Margaret-only skill)
• Immortal Flame - Deals severe Fire damage to all foes. (Unused skill)
• Divine Wind - Deals heavy Wind damage to all foes. (Margaret-only skill)
• Cocytus Pain - Deals heavy Ice damage to all foes. (Margaret-only skill)
• Bloody Rain - Deals severe Ice dmg to all foes. (Unused skill)
• Narukami - Deals heavy Elec dmg to all foes. (Margaret-only skill)
• Last Resort - Deals medium Almighty damage to everyone. (Used by Dice Shadows if one takes too long to kill them. Note that when they use it, they die, but when the protagonist uses it, he is left with 1 HP, which suggests this was meant to be available normally)
• Eternal White - Light: chance of reducing foes to 1/4 HP. (Unused skill)
• Eternal Black - Dark: chance of reducing foes to 1/4 HP. (Unused skill)
• Galgalim Eyes - Reduces 1 foe's HP to 1 and has a chance of Enervation.
• Life Leech - Drains a large amount of 1 foe's HP.
• Spirit Leech - Drains a large amount of a foe's SP.
• Judgement - HP of all foes that are weak to Light/Darkness are reduced to 1. (Unused skill)
• Golden Right - Deals medium Phys damage to 1 foe with a chance of Fear. (Unused skill)
• Enradi - Recovers Exhaustion (1 ally). (Unused skill)
• Tirundi - Cures Enervation (1 ally). (Unused skill)
• 100 - Special gang bashing 1. (This and the next two are All-Out Attack.)
• 101 - Special gang bashing 2.
• 102 - Special gang bashing 3.
• Waste Money - Lose money when Confused.
• Yosuke Strike - Yosuke's special attack.
• Galactic Punt - Chie's special attack.
• Fan Assault - Yukiko's special attack.
• Atomic Press - Kanji's special attack.
• Bear Claw - Teddie's special attack.
• Ultra Trigger - Naoto's special attack.
• Galaxy Kick - Chie's special attack (Boss only).
• Summon - Summon one unit.
• Wind of Oblivion - Wind damage to 1 foe. (Shadow Yosuke)
• Bottomless Envy - Phys damage to 1 foe. (Shadow Chie)
• Burn to Ashes - Fire damage to all foes. (Shadow Yukiko)
• Shivering Rondo - Severely damages foes who are in Fear. (Shadow Yukiko)
• Summon - Summons the prince. (Shadow Yukiko)
• Summon - Fails to summon the prince. (Shadow Yukiko)
• Forbidden Murmur - Inflicts Poison on male enemies. (Shadow Kanji)
• Roar of Wrath - Inflicts Rage on female enemies. (Shadow Kanji)
• Fanatical Spark - Elec damage to all foes. (Shadow Kanji)
• Supreme Insight - Analyzes all foes. (Shadow Rise)
• Nihil Hand - Damages and knocks down standing foes. Kills foes that are Dizzy. (Shadow Teddie)
• Ultra Charge - Charges power before unleashing Evil Hand Nihil. (Shadow Teddie)
• Nullity Guidance - Damage/Dizzy to 1 foe. (Shadow Teddie)
• Attack - Phys damage to 1 foe (normal). (Shadow Mitsuo)
• Whisper - Barrier assembly stage 1. (Shadow Mitsuo)
• Chant - Barrier assembly stage 2. (Shadow Mitsuo)
• Prayer - Barrier assembly stage 3. (Shadow Mitsuo)
• Character Setup - Barrier assembly skill for appearance effect. (Shadow Mitsuo)
• Command - Phys damage to 1 foe. (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Command - Almighty damage to 1 foe. (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Command - Almighty damage to all foes (1 Morale Icons) (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Command - Almighty damage to all foes (2 Morale Icons) (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Command - Almighty damage to all foes (3 Morale Icons) (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Command - Almighty damage to all foes (4 Morale Icons) (Mitsuo the Hero)
• Element Zero - Sets all resistant or higher affinities to normal. (Shadow Naoto)
• Mute Ray - Guaranteed Phys damage/Silences 1 foe. (Shadow Naoto)
• Quad Converge - Changes elemental resistances in battle. (Kunino-Sagiri)
• Control - Controls one player unit. (Kunino-Sagiri)
• Unerring Justice - Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. (Kunino-Sagiri)
• Nebula Oculus - Heavy Almighty damage to all foes. (Ameno-Sagiri)
• Quake - Deals Almighty damage to all foes with a chance of Dizzying. (Ameno-Sagiri)
• Bewildering Fog - Ame No Sagiri becomes invincible. Inflicts random effects. (Ameno-Sagiri)
• Bewildering Fog - End Mist of Confusion. (Ameno-Sagiri)
• Thousand Curses - Instantly kills units with ailments, including Down/Dizzy. (Izanami-no-Okami)
• World's End - Deals heavy Almighty damage to all foes, inflicts Enervation. (Izanami-no-Okami)
• Terror Voice - Guaranteed Fear to 1 foe. (Izanami-no-Okami)
• Control - Control 3 player units. (Kunino-Sagiri)
• Fury of Yasogami - Izanami normal attack.
• Masakados - Nullifies all attacks but Almighty. (Unused skill, same effect as Omnipotent Orb. There is a Magatama in Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne with the same name.)
• HP Up 1 - Increases max HP by 10%. (Unused skill)
• HP Up 2 - Increases max HP by 20%. (Unused skill)
• HP Up 3 - Increases max HP by 30%. (Unused skill)
• SP Up 1 - Increases max SP by 10%. (Unused skill)
• SP Up 2 - Increases max SP by 20%. (Unused skill)
• SP Up 3 - Increases max SP by 30%. (Unused skill)
• HP Favor - Max HP doubles, max SP halves. (Unused skill)
• SP Favor - Max SP doubles, max HP halves. (Unused skill)
• HP Amp - Increases max HP by 50%. (Unused skill)
• SP Amp - Increases max SP by 50%. (Unused skill)

Rise Battle Text#

Rise Kujikawa doesn't actually join the party member as a fighter, but within the code for requests for All-Out Attacks and Follow-Up Attacks, Rise has messages as well. However, they aren't actual lines, but instead developer messages informing testers that these should be impossible to see.

All-Out Attack:

You should never see this line!
If you're reading this, someone screwed up!
This isn't supposed to exist in the game!

Follow-Up Attack:

Dummy line!
This shouldn't happen!
Report this line if you see it, tester!

Unused Dreams#

Apparently, at one point, dreams were meant to randomly boost Persona's stats instead of boosting Social Link status.

You had a dream about fighting...Your Persona's Strength increased by 1.
You had a dream mystical dream...Your Persona's Magic increased by 1.
You had a dream about hardship...Your Persona's Endurance increased by 1.
You had a dream about being chased...Your Persona's Agility increased by 1.
You had a dream about fate...Your Persona's Luck increased by 1.

Shuffle Time Arcana Failures#

Some of the Arcana card effects during Shuffle Time can fail, such as the Magician not being able to change skills. However, there are such messages for all the Major Arcana cards, even the ones that can't fail. The ones that can't fail have these developer lines, some of which are quite humorous:

I pity The Fool when this message
appears, because it's a bug. Get
cracking, QA, and write it up.

This is a bug. The Priestess has
failed.

Please write this bug up,
  O noble QA tester.
  The Empress has failed.

This is a bug. The Emperor should
not fail.

This is a bug. The Hierophant should
not have a failure state.

This is a bug. Unlike real life,
The Lovers aren't supposed to fail you.

If you get this, BUG IT!
Hermit Failure ain't s'posed to happen.

THIS IS A BUG. Death never fails!

Write me a well-written bug about
this message. In Haiku form, please. [Temperance]

This is a bug. The Tower Arcana
is not supposed to fail.

This is a bug. The Star is not
supposed to fail.

This is a bug. The Moon is made of
green cheese and cannot fail.

This is a bug. The Sun has gone out!

This is a bug. There has been an
error in Judgement.

Social Link Descriptions#

In the final game, only two Social Links can be Reversed (Naoto's and Ai's) and only one can be Broken (Ai's). However, there are strings for the Social Link status screen for every S-Link in a Reversed and Broken state. Some imply that the girlfriend mechanics from Persona 3 had not been removed until later in game development, while others are messages stating that those messages shouldn't be seen.

This SLink should never reverse. If you see this, it's a bug.
This SLink should never break. If you see this, it's a bug.
Nanako's social link. Reverse. If this is showing, it's a bug.
Nanako's social link. Broken. If this is showing, it's a bug.
Your serious relationship with Rise isn't going well.
You and Rise are starting to drift apart from one another.
Your relationship with Rise isn't going well.
You and Rise are beginning to drift apart.
Your relationship with Yukiko isn't going well.
You're beginning to drift apart from Yukiko.
You and Yukiko are beginning to drift apart.
If you seek this Yosuke reversal message, it's a bug.
If you see this Yosuke breakage message, it's a bug.
Dojima reverse. If this appears, it's a bug.
Dojima break. If this appears, it's a bug.
Sayoko reverse message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Sayoko broken message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Reverse Kanji. If you see this, it's a bug.
K-K-K-Kanji Breaker! If you see this line, it's a bug.
Your relationship with Chie isn't going well.
You and your girlfriend Chie are drifting apart.
You and Chie are beginning to drift apart.
Fox reverse SLink message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Fox broken SLink message. If you see this, it's a bug.
You and Naoto are beginning to drift apart.
Your relationship with your sports buddies isn't going well.
You and your friends from the sports teams seem to be drifting apart.
Naoki's Social Link is reversed. If this is displayed, it's a bug.
Naoki's Social Link is broken. If this is displayed, it's a bug.
Hisano's reverse message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Hisano's broken message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Margaret reversal message. If you can see this, it's a bug.
Margaret SLink breakage message. If you can see this, it's a bug.
Shu's reverse. If you see this, it's a bug.
Shu's broken. If you see this, it's a bug.
Teddie's reversal message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Teddie's breakage message. If you see this, it's a bug.
Your relationship with Yumi isn't going well.
You and Yumi are beginning to drift apart.
Your relationship with your girlfriend Ayane isn't going well.
You and your girlfriend Ayane are beginning to drift apart.
Your relationship with Ayane isn't going well.
You and Ayane are beginning to drift apart.
Eri reversal message. If this is showing, it's a bug.
Eri broken message. If you see this, bug it.
Reversal for "truth-seekers." If you see this, it's a bug.
Breakage for "truth-seekers." If you see this, it's a bug.

Velvet Room#

Fusion Messages#

At the beginning of the messages delivered by fused Personas exists this placeholder.

I am a dummy message!
Hurf a durf a durf!

Augmentative Fusion#

Margaret has unused dialogue involving the scrapped Augmentative Fusion mechanic for the Velvet Room.

I am one who serves Igor-sama...

I'm still in training but I am capable of persona fusion.

But unlike Igor-sama I am unable to deal with all kinds of persona.

Those persona whose fusion that is left to Igor-sama.

Ara Mitama...

Kushi Mitama...

Nigi Mitama...

Saki Mitama...

Using these materials do not simply change the focus of the personas in your possession, but can be strengthened for you.

But for strengthening to occur I will need you to leave those persona for at least one whole day.

I do not mind if they are left with me over one day please do not forget that leaving persona here for a period will place a burden on them.

I cannot say what will happen to a persona if it exceeds the limits of strengthening so please consider deeply before making requests.