Lisa Silverman

Lisa Silverman is a character from Persona 2.
== Appearances ==
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Playable Character
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment
== Design ==
Lisa is a Caucasian teenager with pale skin, blue eyes and natural blonde hair which she pulls back with red barrettes, leaving a lock of hair falling to her jaw.
A student at Seven Sisters, she wears the female variant uniform: a black sailor fuku with contrast trim, matching socks and white-detailed black athletic shoes, along with an orange ribbon indicating her status as a second-year. Lisa also wears a silver wristwatch on her left wrist.
As a child, her hair was pulled into a short ponytail with a bright red bow, and she wore a robin egg blue dress with puffed sleeves.
== Personality ==
A martial arts fanatic and a fan of , Lisa uses her own fists to defend herself, equipping gloves to improve the force impact.
She is one of the more popular girls at Seven Sisters High School, and is the self-proclaimed hottest girl in school. She harbors a crush for Tatsuya Suou because she thinks he is hot enough to boost her self-esteem. She holds an obvious crush on Tatsuya, acting clingy towards him and follows him around with little regard to his feelings on the matter.
Despite her appearance, Lisa usually acts cool to those she is not interested in, and even haughty to those she dislikes. This could be caused by the bullying and xenophobia she experienced from the other local children when she was very young.
She rejects the role of a "traditional" Japanese woman imposed on her by her parents, and feels they are forcing their culture onto her. In response, as a form of rebellion, Lisa is learning to speak (a form of Chinese) instead of Japanese. She often mixes both languages (often saying "Aiyah!" and other Chinese expressions). Lisa also engages in "dangerous" drug use and with "dirty" older men for money.
Despite her natural blonde hair and blue eyes, she is unable to speak English (the misconception that she can is the cause of much confusion and annoys her). Lisa's parents never taught her English for unknown reasons, apparently not understanding its significance and importance as a , and she resents herself because of it and is reluctant to admit it. Although Lisa tries to learn English, it comes out in the form of heavy , and Lisa is concerned she will never be able to perfect it.
She often fights with Eikichi Mishina. Lisa and Eikichi behave in a similar manner to Kei Nanjo and Masao Inaba from Megami Ibunroku Persona in that they are constantly at each other's throats. During a heated exchange, Eikichi nicknames her "Ginko" (gin means silver in Japanese, and -ko is a common Japanese first name suffix for females) as an insult. Lisa's bias against Eikichi also shows if Tatsuya reveals he has eyes for Eikichi, in which she feels he's joking and says that's not funny, while if Tatsuya reveals he has eyes for Jun Kurosu, Lisa is far more accepting and claims he is free to like whoever he wants.Persona 2 Innocent Sin Boss Shadow Ginko (Hard) Youtube.com (January 29, 2017)
== Profile ==
===Persona 2===
====Innocent Sin====
thumb|right|250px|Lisa's residence.
Lisa Silverman is a Caucasian girl raised in Sumaru City by her parents. Her originally American father is Steven Silverman, and he loved Japan so much that he applied for citizenship and wants Lisa to be a "proper Japanese lady."
She is the top candidate for "Miss Sevens," a contest held at Seven Sister's High similar to a beauty pageant/popularity contest. The contest is ended as her primarily rival, Yuko, is disfigured by the emblem curse. Lisa and her two friends Sheba and Mee-ho are selected to be in the idol group MUSES by music producer Ginji Sasaki, which is started through a rumor. The song that MUSES sings, with Lisa as the lead singer, and leader of the group, is called "Joker" which encourages people to call the Joker to solve their problems. She then recites a piece from the Oracle of Maia, "the song of a foreign land" portion being fulfilled through Lisa (a foreigner) becoming an idol and singing at a live concert that was highly publicized.
thumb|left|250px|Lisa fighting Shadow Lisa/Shadow Ginko.
At one point in the game, the group encounters Shadow Lisa. She greets them and instantly starts to taunt Lisa about how much weight she took off her chest after she admitted that she didn't know English. Lisa didn't deny it but the Shadow started revealing Lisa's drug use and compensated dating with older men. The Shadow blames Lisa because her friends Sheba and Miho were dragged into the entire conflict and she was only following Tatsuya because she wanted the status everyone thought she had. Lisa stayed silent, pained in hearing this, but the Shadow continued by saying that Lisa hates being different but in reality she wants to be noticed and that's why she was after Tatsuya, the center of everyone's attention. The Shadow kept saying how selfish Lisa has always been.
Lisa didn't deny it, and admitted that she was a pathetic little girl for a long time, but that she changed and found what she lost. She confronted the Shadow by saying that if the Shadow really is Lisa, that she should remember that her dream 10 years ago was to marry Tatsuya, her first love. However, the Shadow flew into a rage and yelled that the Tatsuya she loved died back then and that he will always be for her. Lisa said that no one will tell her how she feels and that Tatsuya's feelings are his business, but her feelings are hers and that even if he hates her, she will still love him no matter what happens. The Shadow then went berserk and said she didn't care for Tatsuya's feelings, and that he is hers and hers alone, leading to a fight.
After the battle, the Shadow tells Lisa that this wasn't the end of it, and that light and shadow can't part ways from the other. Lisa understands and tells the Shadow that admits she has a place for her in her heart.
====Eternal Punishment====
Lisa Silverman appears in occasional locations as an NPC, and a metal duplicate of her is encountered late in the game during a boss battle.
In this timeline, Lisa along with her best friends Assachi and Meepo are part of a girl group named MUSES, once again produced by Ginji Sasaki as a front for evil intentions. Sometime much later in the game Lisa is kidnapped (along with childhood friends from Innocent Sin timeline Eikichi and Jun) by Nyarlathotep in an effort to get her to regain her memories from the previous timeline in order to negate Philemon's conditions and thereby destroy the world (like so in Innocent Sin), prompting Maya and her friends to battle their personal demons and return Lisa back home without revoking any feelings of past memories of the previous timeline within her. If Maya and the party save Lisa but she wakes up before Philemon can send her away, she will cry out to Tatsuya (even calling him "Chinyan" as she normally would in Innocent Sin) and beg him to let her come with him before Philemon returns her back to Sumaru City.
At the end of the game, Lisa shows up to the Alaya Shrine, where, if she doesn't remember the previous timeline, meets Eikichi and Jun for the first time, expressing feelings of sorrow as though she's forgetting something; whereas if she does retain the memories, she is seen crying on the steps of the shrine, contemplating over Tatsuya's decision to return to the "Other Side" alone, while leaving his friends in a safe and sound future on "This Side." She shows support in Tatsuya's choices by choosing not to invoke any memories of the "Other Side" into Jun and Eikichi (who both are also of the "Other Side," but have their minds wiped completely clean of those memories), vowing to move on with her life in this current timeline.
===Persona 3===
Lisa doesn't appear on the show Who's Who, hosted by Trish, but is instead referenced. A 20-year old blonde girl is introduced claiming that her sister was a former idol. Trish is clearly impressed, wondering what it would be like to have a relative like that.
If the player turns the lounge TV on in the correct day, a fitness hostess will give the audience Cantonese lessons by the words Cantonese Lessons Part -- just as Lisa would do so in Innocent Sin.
== Contact ==
=== Solo Contacts ===
* Dance: Lisa dances for the enemy.
* Kung Fu: Lisa shows off her kung fu moves.
* Discuss Love: Lisa talks about love.
* Seduce: Lisa seduces the enemy.
=== Group Contacts ===
* Lisa + Tatsuya: Lisa acts protective of Tatsuya. (Gained from start, can be lost if Tatsuya chooses someone else as his lover after the Shadow Lisa fight)
* Lisa + Eikichi + Maya: Lisa, Eikichi, and Maya perform a comedy routine. (Gained automatically after Club Zodiac dungeon.)
* Lisa + Maya + Yukino: Lisa, Maya, and Yukino seduce the enemy. (Gained automatically.)
* Lisa + Jun: Lisa puts make up on Jun, only to find that he is prettier than she is with it on.
* Lisa + Jun + Maya: Maya and Lisa seduce the enemy, while Jun asks for the demon's mercy.
==Battle Quotes==
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
* "Let's dance!"
* "Persona!"
* "Dragon Knuckle!"
* "Grand Cross!" (when using Grand Cross)
* "Here goes, everyone!" (when using Fusion Spells)
* "After all...I'm still..." (when succeeding with the Discuss Love contact)
* "I don't wanna deal with you!"
* "Thanks for listening!"
* "Come on...pretty please?"
* "Bye bye!"
* "See you again next week!"
== Lisa's Cantonese Phrases ==
Chinesecharacter	 	PSPRomanization 	Meaning
哎呀 	aai1 a1 	Aiyah 	"Whoa" or "Whaaat." When you're surprised.
拜拜 	baai3 baai3 	Baaibaai 	"Goodbye."
情人 	ching4 yan4 	Chinyan 	"Lover" or "Darling."
多謝 	do1 je6 	Touche 	"Thank you" or "Thanks a lot."
煩哪 	faan4 a1 	Fanna 	"I don't like this..." or "Annoying"
救命呀 	gau3 meng6 a1 	Kaumena 	"Help!"
激氣 	gik1 hei3 	Kehhei 	"Damn it" or "I'm pissed."
係 	hai6 	Hai 	"Okay" or "Yes." Coincidentally same as the Japanese "hai."
係咩 	hai6 me1 	Haime 	"Really?" or "Seriously?"
可憐 	ho2 lin4 	Holeen 	"Pity" or "Poor thing."
可愛的 	ho2 oi3 dik1 	Ho Oi Dik 	"Cute" or "Lovely."
開心囉 	hoi1 sam1 lo1 	Hoisamuro 	"Great!" / "Yay!" / "You made my day!"
唔係 	m4 hai6 	Ng Hai 	"No no no no!"
唔可以 	m4 ho2 yi5 	Ngh Hoh Yi 	"No way!" or "You can't!"
你好 	nei5 hou2 	Lei Ho 	"Hello."
我翻嚟嘞 	ngo5 faan2 lai2 la1	Ngo Faan Lai Laa	"I'm home" or "I'm back."
衰囉 	seui1 lo1 	Seoi Lo 	"What bad luck..." or "What a bummer..." When you're disappointed.
好傷呀 	hou2 soeng1 aa1 	Houshounah 	You're sad or pained.
Sorry呀 	sorry aa1 	Sorry-ia 	"Sorry."
喂 	wai3 	Wai 	"Hey!" when you're calling to someone.
喂喂 	wai3 wai3 	Wai Wai 	"Hello?" when answering a phone call.
有意思 	yau5 yi3 si1 	You Yisi 	"Interesting" or "Meaningful."
* In , 啊 and 呀 are used interchangeably, although they are pronounced differently in .
* The consonants b, d, g and j(dʒ) are . They are used to distinguish from the p, t, k and ch(t͡s).
== Gallery ==
;Artwork
P2I-silvermanLisa2.jpg|Most of Lisa's different expressions, her childhood self and her Shadow Side.
Lisasilvermanswimsuit.jpg|Lisa in Seven Sister High School's swimsuit
P2islisabag.jpg|Lisa with a Seven Sister High School bag
P2islisapose.jpg|Artwork of Lisa posing
LisaSketch.jpg|Sketch of Lisa
Lisa Silverman ISP.png|Artwork from the Innocent Sin remake
Lisa attack.png|Attack render
Innocent Sin characters.png|Lisa with the group
Persona2Group.png|Lisa with the group
Persona 2 Innocent Sin Novel cover.jpg|Persona 2: Innocent Sin novel cover
Muses.jpg|Lisa as part of Muses
LisaGoodbye.gif|Lisa saying goodbye to Tatsuya
Lisa Eikichi Innocent Sin World Book.jpeg|Sketch by Soejima Shigenori in the Innocent Sin World Book 
;Innocent Sin Portraits
LisaISPortrait.png|Lisa's normal portrait
LisaISSurprised.png|Lisa's surprised portrait
LisaISHappy.png|Lisa's happy portrait
LisaISAngry.png|Lisa's angry portrait
LisaISAnnoyed.png|Lisa's annoyed portrait
LisaISPained.png|Lisa's injured portrait
P2islisasad.png|Lisa's sad portrait
LisaISSweatdrop.png|Lisa's embarrassed portrait
LisaISBlush.png|Lisa's blushing portrait
LisaISTear.png|Lisa's crying portrait
LisaISCry.png|Lisa tearfully smiling
LisaISMuses.png|Lisa in her Muses outfit
LisaISMusesSurprised.png|Muses Lisa's surprised portrait
LisaISMusesHappy.png|Muses Lisa's happy portrait
LisaISChild.png|Child Lisa as Pink Argus
;Eternal Punishment Portraits
Lisa.png|Lisa's normal portrait
Sad.png|Lisa's sad portrait
Muses.png|Lisa in her Muses outfit
Musessurprised.png|Muses Lisa's surprised portrait
Musessad.png|Muses Lisa's sad portrait
Metallisa.png|Metal Lisa, a manifestation of Tatsuya's guilt for secretly breaking the pact between his friends
;PERSONA 20th Anniversary Festival
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;Other
LisaLighter.gif|Lisa in the anime trailer
Lisa Anime Trailer.png|Lisa in the anime trailer
Lisaanimegif2.gif|Lisa and Eros in the anime trailer
Lisa making of.png|Lisa in the tech demo of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Shin-Megami-Tensei-Nocturne-Lisa.png|Unused Lisa model in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Ann-P2-Costume.jpg|Ann Takamaki of Persona 5
Persona-3-FREEing-Lisa-Silverman.jpg|Lisa Silverman FREEing figure
PTestResultGinko.png|Lisa in a Persona 2 anthology personality test |link=https://twitter.com/gekujoxtasy/status/1176354983878393856/photo/3
P2 Anthology Muses.jpg|Muses illustration in a Persona 2 Anthology |link=https://twitter.com/gekujoxtasy/status/1176269875108384768/photo/4
P25 SCC Collaboration Promo Art P2.jpg|Promotional artwork for the Persona 25th Anniversary x Sega Collaboration Cafe collaboration
== Trivia ==
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*Lisa appears in the debug mode of Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne. This appears to be a carry over from the tech demo of Nocturne's game engine, which also included appearances by Maya Amano, Louis Cyphre, as he appeared in the first two Shin Megami Tensei titles, the protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner and Devil Summoner's main villain, Sid Davis.
*Lisa's alignment with the Lovers Arcana is partly explained by her zodiac sign: the Taurus sign is traditionally associated with love and a deep care for others and ruled by the planet Venus.
*Lisa's father, Steven Silverman, is likely a parody of actor in both name, Japanese background, and resemblance.
*The only mention of Lisa’s mother is when Lisa in Rosa Candida offhandedly says that her mother “owns more kimono than native Japanese women,” which can simply elude that Lisa’s mother is just as eccentric about Japanese culture as Lisa’s father.
*According to a teacher in the Seven Sisters teachers' lounge, Lisa's English grades are terrible.
*According to the Who's Who segment in Persona 3, she has a sister, however her name is unknown nor was she implied to have existed in either Persona 2 game.
*The idol group MUSES is inspired by the real 90's eurobeat idol group , and Lisa was loosely based off the lead vocalist in the group , who is also half-American.
*In classroom 3-B, a girl named Yoko (who only appears in the beginning of the game) has a love rivalry with Lisa. After being rejected by Tatsuya, she holds a grudge against Lisa for "stealing him away."
*Lisa's interests include clubbing (because of her love of dance), collecting fashionable clothes, reading romance novels (loves to imagine herself as the heroine), and playing with her two cats named Hime and Tono.Photo Blobstore Twitter
*Her favorite foods are 100% beef hamburgers, orange mousse, and fermented soya beans. Alternatively, she dislikes any boiled food but especially grilled fish due to a childhood incident where she accidentally swallowed a fish bone.
*Lisa has difficulties with English, karaoke (she dislikes singing pop or Enka songs), and her father incessantly trying to make her a refined type of Japanese woman.
==References==
Category:Persona 2 Allies
Category:Lovers Arcana
Category:Persona users