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{{quote|''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}}

 

 

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 Attorney|Amoral Prosecutor.]] He finds himself in a world where almost everyone he knows and trusts hates him instead - oh, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and Edgeworth is a Defense Attorney]]. [[It Got Worse|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.

 

 

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, [[Word of God|will all be making an appearance at some point.]]

 

 

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* [[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 {{spoiler|[[Original Character|Lilie Heatherd]]}}

* [[Counting Sheep]]: Phoenix tries this to get some well deserved rest. {{spoiler|It works.}}

** {{spoiler|that depends on your idea of rest. *shivers* the nightmare...}}

** {{spoiler|Mia states that that isn't actually Pearl, but something copying Pearl's shape from Nick's memories.}} Note that this isn't actually ''helping'' any, because {{spoiler|we don't know who this spirit ''actually'' is and why s/he has it in for Nick}}.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: {{spoiler|Anyone who's played ''Apollo Justice'' knows that Phoenix is repressing from himself anything related to his disbarment as an attorney. [[Your Mind Makes It Real|This can]] [[Epiphanic Prison|create some]] [[Through the Eyes of Madness|disturbing]] [[Epileptic Trees]]}}

* [[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?" }}

* [[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:

** [[Played for Laughs]] in Chapter 13

* [[Idol Singer]]: ''[[Bold Inflation|MAYOI]]''.

* [[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]]: {{spoiler|Lilie Heatherd. She looks 15. Her actual age is 23. Her [[Mouthy Kid|personality]] doesn't help much and neither does the fact that she tends to exploit her youthful looks to her advantage.}}

* [[Original Character]]: Lilie Heatherd. {{spoiler|Dylan Sengage, her boyfriend.}}

* [[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.

** {{spoiler|"Pearl" is a spirit, most likely malevolent, who's taken Pearl's form through Nick's memories. It's not the actual one, but we didn't know that at the time. This leaves the question: who ''is'' that girl?}}

* [[Sailor Fuku]]: According to [[Word of God|the author's sprite-thread on Court-Records.net]], [http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7148/lilieartwork.png Lilie Heatherd's clothes] were partly based on this.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Pheonix decides to tell {{spoiler|Mia and later, to a far greater extent, Maya the truth about the fact that he's from an [[Alternate Universe]].}}

* [[Shotacon]]: Technically he's fifteen but Phoenix comments on how creepy {{spoiler|Lilie's relationship is with Dylan Sengage is}}.

* [[Squee]]: An absolutely ''hilarious'' example occurs when [[Closet Geek|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.

* {{spoiler|[[Unreliable Narrator]]}}: One where it's unintentional on the part of the character. {{spoiler|Phoenix is not deliberately lying to the reader, but he's got Psyche Locks on himself}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Several times. While still unsure about the details of what everybody else is talking about.

 

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