Morgana

Morgana
Morgana's official artwork from Persona 5
Universe	Persona
Debut	Persona 5 (2016)
Smash Bros. appearances	Ultimate
Most recent non-Smash appearance	Persona 5: The Phantom X (2024)
Console/platform of origin	PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4
Species	Cat (appearance)
Gender	Male
Place of origin	Velvet Room
Designed by	Shigenori Soejima
English voice actor	Cassandra Lee Morris
Japanese voice actor	Ikue Ōtani

Morgana (モルガナ, Morgana) is a character that originates from Persona 5. He makes his only Super Smash Bros. franchise appearance so far in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Origin

Morgana makes his debut in Persona 5. Morgana is a strange catlike being who Joker and Ryuji meet when they first enter Kamoshida's Palace. After escaping with Joker awakened to his Persona, the two find Morgana locked up in a cell, who convinces the two to free them in order to flee from the palace for the first time. From then on, Morgana teaches Joker and Ryuji about how to use Personas and the practice of becoming a Phantom Thief. After defeating Kamoshida, Morgana introduces the Phantom Thieves to Mementos, and asks them to help him explore it, as he believes the secrets to his past are locked away in its depths. Despite his feline appearance (becoming an actual cat outside the Metaverse), Morgana emphatically insists that he is not a cat, but a human. He has an unrequited crush on Ann, whom he calls "Lady Ann," believing it to be chivalrous. Morgana's Persona is Zorro, based on the pulp fiction swordsman of the same name, who uses wind-based attacks, has access to a wide variety of healing spells and act as a temporary navigator. Morgana is also able to transform into a bus which he calls the "Morganamobile". His explanation for this is that "for some reason, cats turning into buses is an extremely widespread cognition among the general public." While Morgana can talk, only people who have entered the Metaverse can hear what he says; outside the Metaverse, other people only hear meowing when he talks. This attribute is crucial, as it allows the Phantom Thieves to figure out that there is more to Goro Akechi than he lets on, eventually leading them to outsmart him when he betrays them to the Antisocial Conspiracy.

After the team confronts the Holy Grail and loses, they awaken in the Velvet Room. Morgana reveals that his memories have returned and that he was born in the Velvet Room, created by Igor from the hopes of humanity in order to guide the Trickster so that they would have a chance of defeating Yaldabaoth. When Yaldabaoth is defeated, Morgana vanishes, but later returns to the group in his cat form, either after Joker is released from prison, or the day after should the player meet the requirements of the third semester in Persona 5 Royal.

Morgana's confidant is unique in that it progresses automatically throughout the game, rather than the player choosing to pursue it. As Morgana spends time with Joker, he gets to know and trust him, eventually deciding that, regardless of being a human or not, what he truly wants is to remain by Joker's side. When the confidant is completed, Morgana's Persona switches from Zorro to Mercurius.

When Takuto Maruki creates a new reality in Persona 5 Royal, Morgana briefly attains the form of a human, his appearance based on a celebrity he saw on television that he wished to look like. Morgana is later confronted by Joker and after some time, realizes this is not his reality and snaps out of the illusion, turning back into a cat as a result. In spite of becoming a cat again, he appears to be more comfortable with his appearance, choosing to fight and take back reality, upon which Zorro and Mercurius combine into his ultimate Persona, Diego.

His codename as a Phantom Thief is Mona.

In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

As a background character

Morgana appears in his bus form, dropping off the Phantom Thieves at Mementos. He also appears on the screen of one of the platforms.

As a moveset element

Morgana appears whenever Joker taunts, unless there are five or more fighters in the match.

• Up taunt: Morgana pumps his paw while saying "Looking cool, Joker!" before posing akimbo.
• Side taunt: Morgana poses akimbo and playfully laughs while showing starry eyes.
• Down taunt: Morgana goes "He-hey!" while bouncing on the spot, before crossing his arms.

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  Joker's up taunt.

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  Joker's side taunt.

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  Joker's down taunt.

Morgana also appears in Joker's victory poses, unless Joker is in a Team Battle where someone else poses in front.

• Left: Morgana happily bounces around Joker.
• Up: Morgana, transformed as the Morganamobile, drives up next to Joker, picks him up, and drives towards the left.
• Right: Morgana turns dramatically toward the screen, which ends up hitting him in the face.

Like the other Phantom Thieves, he has random lines of speech for Joker's victory; however, rather than three different lines like the other characters, Morgana has four:

Quote
Morgana	"Smash is as wild as ever, eh Joker?"
	"A brilliant victory!"
	"Alright! Victory!"
	"Mm-mm! Good work!"

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  Joker's left pose.

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  Joker's up pose.

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  Joker's right pose.

In All-Out Attack, Morgana appears in one of the variations of the attack, fighting alongside Ann Takamaki and Ryuji Sakamoto. In the commentary variation of the Final Smash, he will take Futaba's role and say any of the following lines:

Quote
Morgana	Time for some brutality!
	It's too late for apologies!
	Quiver in fear!

Morgana in All-Out Attack (bottom).

As a costume

A Mii Gunner wearing the Morgana hat.

Morgana serves as the basis of the Morgana Hat DLC headgear for the Mii Fighters. He was revealed during the New Content Approaching (Joker) presentation on April 16th, 2019.

During the reveal trailer, the Mii Gunner representing Morgana is first seen in the Mementos stage, the place where Morgana was created. The Mii Gunner is next seen battling Palutena on the Temple stage, referencing one of the Palaces in Persona 5. The Mii Gunner is next seen on the Living Room stage, referencing the attic of Café Leblanc where Morgana and Joker bunk, while the Mii Gunner is taken away by Kapp'n's bus, referencing how Morgana takes the form of the Morganamobile while in Mementos. The ending image features the Mii Gunner running on the Mushroomy Kingdom stage, referencing the desert theme of Futaba Sakura's Palace.

Spirits

Morgana also appears as an Ace-class primary spirit and is featured on the Phantom Thieves of Hearts spirit in the Persona DLC Spirit Board.

In both spirits' battles, Morgana uses a Pikachu puppet fighter and is fought on the Mementos stage.

Morgana is fought along a Giant Incineroar puppet fighter representing Morgana's Persona, Zorro. During the battle, Incineroar starts off with an Ore Club and high winds are in effect, referencing Zorro's wind-based attacks. Also, Pikachu starts off with a Killing Edge, referencing Morgana's sword weapon.

During the Phantom Thieves of Hearts spirit battle, Morgana is the first Phantom Thief to defeat before fighting Joker. During the battle, the Pikachu puppet fighter starts off with an Ore Club, further referencing Zorro's wind-based attacks.

Primary spirit

No.	Image	Name	Type	Class	Slots	Base	Max	Base	Max	Base	Max	Ability	Series
1,309		Morgana		★★★	3	3048	9146	1496	4490	1275	3825	Sword Attack ↑	Persona Series

Support spirit

No.	Image	Name	Class	Cost	Ability	Series
1,306		Phantom Thieves of Hearts	★★★★	1	Item Autograb	Persona Series

Gallery

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  Illustration of Kirby copying Morgana as drawn by Masahiro Sakurai.

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  The Morgana Mobile in Joker's victory screen.

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  Morgana jumping excitedly in Joker's victory screen.

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  Morgana's painful appearance in another one of Joker's victory screens.

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  The Morgana Mobile's appearance in the background of Mementos.

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  Morgana in the screen platform.

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  Morgana alongside all the fighters in the 1st Fighters Pass.

Names in other languages

Language	Name
Japanese	モルガナ, Morgana
English	Morgana
French	Morgana
German	Morgana
Spanish	Morgana
Italian	Morgana
Chinese (Simplified)	摩尔加纳, Morgana
Chinese (Traditional)	摩爾加納, Morgana
Korean	모르가나, Morgana
Dutch	Morgana
Russian	Моргана

Trivia

• Morgana, Mr. Saturn, and Slime are the only non-playable characters to appear in Ultimate's panoramic character artwork.
• Morgana has the same Japanese voice actress as Pikachu. This is also pointed out in Persona 5 itself, as Morgana makes noises similar to Pikachu when he is turned into a rat. Additionally, Pikachu represents Morgana in his Spirit Battle.
  • Coincidentally, Morgana shares his English voice actress with Sothis, who similarly narrated a DLC fighter's reveal trailer (Byleth).
• A small clip in the Version 3.0 update showed Morgana appearing in a 5-player match on Kalos Pokémon League's Battlefield form, although this is not possible in-game in matches with more than four players.
• In Joker's victory poses, Morgana has four possible voice lines instead of three, one more than the other Phantom Thieves, including Joker himself.
• In Persona 5, during All-Out Attack, one of Morgana's voice clips says "Time for some bloodshed!", and was changed to "Time for some brutality!" in Ultimate.

External links

• Article on the Megami Tensei Wiki
• Article on the Dragalia Lost Wiki