Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Case 5: Turnabout Substitution/Characters

Returning Characters
Note: Only put tropes relating to what the characters do or what happens to them in this game'''

Apollo Justice

 * Brought Down to Normal: In this trial, he can't use Perceive on people.
 * Dude, Where's My Respect?: Like Phoenix, hardly gets any respect.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives one to the Big Bad.

Ema Skye

 * Big Damn Heroes

Phoenix Wright

 * Demoted to Extra
 * Put On a Bus: He's traveling in Borginia until the ending.

Judge Chambers
Also known as The Judge, but this time he's the defendant for killing Robert Erlenmeyer.


 * Dead Little Sister:.
 * His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Rhea, whom he met while on the Mysterious Bust Killer case.
 * Spanner in The Works:.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Villainy Discretion Shot: In a sense, is applied retroactively. Chief Justice Strings argues that the way he handles cases may well have gotten innocent people convicted.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Villainy Discretion Shot: In a sense, is applied retroactively. Chief Justice Strings argues that the way he handles cases may well have gotten innocent people convicted.

Arthur Chambers
Also known as the Judge's brother (and the one who presided over Mia and Edgeworth's first trial).



Mike Meekins
A guard at the asylum who was on duty when Chambers visited.


 * Too Dumb to Live: In traditional fashion, as he let Chambers past.
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?

He shows up to testify late in the second day of the trial when Ema is out gathering evidence.


 * Continuity Cameo

Rhea Wits
Owner of a funeral home, and Apollo's partner on this case. .


 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Dead Little Brother: Who was killed by the Mysterious Bust Killer.
 * Flower in Her Hair
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Judge.
 * Lady in Red
 * My Card: Gives Apollo her business card when they first meet.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..
 * Flower in Her Hair
 * Intergenerational Friendship: With Judge.
 * Lady in Red
 * My Card: Gives Apollo her business card when they first meet.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..
 * My Card: Gives Apollo her business card when they first meet.
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..
 * What the Hell, Hero?: When Apollo, she's quite outraged..

Robert Erlenmeyer
The victim in this case, known as the Mysterious Bust Killer.


 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Never Found the Body:.
 * Posthumous Character:.
 * Never Found the Body:.
 * Posthumous Character:.

Shawn O. Fisher
A guard at the asylum, who is Meekins' superior.


 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for his brother.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for his brother.

Paul Strings
The new Chief Justice of the court system. .


 * To Be Lawful or Good: He's faced with this.
 * To Be Lawful or Good: He's faced with this.

Jessica Poole
The prosecutor Apollo goes up against on this case, who is tirelessly devoted to justice.


 * Badass in A Nice Suit
 * But Now I Must Go:.
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Crusading Widower
 * First-Name Basis: After Judge's trial ends, she allows Apollo to call her by her first name, but then retracts that during the second investigation phase.
 * Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!
 * New Old Flame:To the Judge
 * Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!
 * New Old Flame:To the Judge

Gerald Strings
The Chief Justice's son, who is relatively new.


 * Cloudcuckoolander: Established when he goes into an empty courtroom by mistake.
 * Daddy's Boy
 * Megane

Vivian Snow
Robert Erlenmeyer's defense attorney.


 * Insistent Terminology: Takes issue with the Mysterious Bust Killer's gender..
 * Straw Feminist
 * One-Scene Wonder