A Complete Turnabout

"The world had suddenly decided to take a joyride on the road of irony and not to take me with it."

- Phoenix Wright, Chapter 1

A Complete Turnabout is an Ace Attorney fanfic by Nenilein, set in in an alternate universe. The twist? Phoenix appears to be the only person in that alternate universe from the Ace Attorney world that we know.

Phoenix Wright, the Defense Attorney with a fondness for The Perry Mason Method, wakes up in an alternate universe where he is a respected Amoral Prosecutor. He finds himself in a world where almost everyone he knows and trusts hates him instead - oh, and Edgeworth is a Defense Attorney. To make matters worse, he finds that 'he' had recently got Mia Fey, his canonically deceased mentor, and Dahlia Fey (yes, you read that right, Fey) a life prison sentence.

Phoenix traces the root of the differences in this universe to the absence of the DL-6 incident in its timeline, but that doesn't make much difference - he is simply lost in a world where all the events and people in his life are now radically different. On top of the mystery of how and why he got there, he's then forced to prosecute a case involving

It's an enthralling mystery, and despite the flipped premise, a strong Original Flavor fic for Ace Attorney fans. Characters from all four main series games, as well as from the Investigations spinoff, will all be making an appearance at some point.

Has now an In-Universe Tumblr-Blog

"Miles Edgeworth: "You… You got the limited edition Mayoi and Chinami cards from the 'Moonlight Showdown' series!"
 * Alternate Universe Fic
 * Amoral Attorney: Prosecutor!Phoenix jails his girlfriend's sister and cousin without allowing the defense the oppurtunity to find the whole truth. Franziska Von Karma is like her canon self but without the Character Development. Possibly
 * Amnesiac Dissonance
 * Ascended Fangirl: Maya, still a Steel Samurai fan, manages to turn her Steel Samurai Fic into a plot for a movie, plus getting to play one of the main villains.
 * Arc Words: Are you lying Mr. Wright?
 * Asshole Victim:
 * Batter Up: Maya conjures a baseball bat up, seemingly out of Hammerspace when she tries to chase Phoenix out of Edgeworth's office.
 * Big Eater: Not only is Maya as Junkfood obsessed as ever (The Fic actually makes use of both, her US-Version Hamburger addiction and her JP-version Ramen addiction), there's also  , who's basically a walking food-lexicon.
 * Bilingual Bonus: Translating the German in Chapter 22 leads to rather... disturbing revelations.
 * Bizarro Universe: A minor and actually well thought out example; Edgeworth fufilled his childhood dream of being a Defense Attorney. There is no reason yet given for Prosecutor!Phoenix's career change.
 * Brain Bleach: Directly referenced at one point, when Phoenix comes up with a particularly disturbing image during his Inner Monologue.
 * Counting Sheep: Phoenix tries this to get some well deserved rest.
 * Creepy Child: Pearl is a bit...different. Such as how she's alive when she doesn't exist.
 * Note that this isn't actually helping any, because.
 * Died In The Alternate Universe:
 * Dramatic Irony:
 * Fan Boy: Edgeworth is still one, seeing how he reacted when he saw Phoenix's Steel Samurai cards.
 * Fan Boy: Edgeworth is still one, seeing how he reacted when he saw Phoenix's Steel Samurai cards.

Phoenix Wright: "I got what of whom from what?""

"The moment this whole implication turned out to be true, I would just do like the first PC I ever handled and suddenly shut down, accompanied by a weird, blue screen telling everyone that I 'encountered a problem'."
 * For Want of a Nail: So far the only characters who retain their canonical roles in the story are the Skye Sisters and Gumshoe.
 * Gratuitous Japanese: Mayoi's schtick
 * Heroic BSOD: Mentally discussed:
 * Heroic BSOD: Mentally discussed:


 * Played for Laughs in Chapter 13
 * Idol Singer: MAYOI.
 * Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: like all Canon AA cases the fic uses Turnabout in the title.
 * The Ingenue: Iris refuses to give up on Phoenix despite being aware of Prosecutor!Phoenix's actions
 * In Spite of a Nail: The SL-9 case still occurred, unfortunately for the Skye sisters.
 * Jerkass: Lilie Heatherd. So far, she's been an annoying witness, obstructed a police investigation because she didn't want to be bothered, disrespected the court where she works, been a bitch to Maggey, and being all-around immature.
 * It's later implied that . Bitch.
 * Jigsaw Puzzle Plot: Because asking outright would not be one of Phoenix's brightest ideas right now. The reader is very much welcome to look over the court record and speculate.
 * Meido:
 * Mind Screw: The dream. Lampshaded by the author. It was delicious mindfuck alright.
 * Mirror Universe: Avoided. Despite at first looking like one of these, the differences between the two are a bit more complex then a simple morality/position flip.
 * Mood Dissonance:.
 * Mythology Gag: During Maya's song, her voice quakes when she sings the line "And my miracle will never have happened" so that the last word almost gets cut short.
 * Older Than They Look:
 * Ontological Mystery: How canon!Phoenix got to this universe is just as much as a mystery as the actual trial.
 * Original Character: Lilie Heatherd.
 * Princess Curls: Lilie Heatherd has them.
 * Porky Pig Pronunciation: Maya in Chapter 7.
 * Quest for Identity: And the truth is shaping up to be more and more unpleasant.
 * Ret Gone:  Which is strange, seeing as we met her eariler.
 * Running Gag: A lot of things Phoenix encounters on the second day just happen to be . Among them:  It would have more if Sōta Sarushiro's pink hoodie were there to.
 * Sailor Fuku: According to the author's sprite-thread on Court-Records.net, Lilie Heatherd's clothes were partly based on this.
 * Secret Keeper: Pheonix decides to tell
 * Shotacon: Technically he's fifteen but Phoenix comments on how creepy.
 * Shout Out: Quite a few.
 * Spared By The Alternate Universe: Mia Fey, Gregory Edgeworth,  Presumably there are more.
 * Squee: An absolutely hilarious example occurs when Edgeworth notices Phoenix has limited edition Steel Samurai trading cards. The fact that you can see the canon Edgeworth doing this makes it even more LOL-worthy
 * Stylistic Suck: Maya's script for the Steel Samurai movie.
 * Trauma Induced Amnesia:
 * : One where it's unintentional on the part of the character..
 * Wham Line: ""
 * What the Hell Hero: Several times. While still unsure about the details of what everybody else is talking about.
 * What the Hell Hero: Several times. While still unsure about the details of what everybody else is talking about.