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* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|Mad Prosecutor's Handsome Adoptive Son]]
* [[Never Live It Down]]: In-universe example. In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', upon learning that Edgeworth is a Steel Samurai [[Fan Boy]], Franziska views him less as a [[Worthy Opponent]] and more as a grown man who likes children's shows.
** His past of being Manfred Von Karma's disciple continues to haunt him, [[The Atoner|no matter how much he tries to distance himself from it]]. Throughout ''Investigations'', people frequently suspect him of "forging evidence" because that's what his mentor had a reputation for.
* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]: He's managed to resist the charms of every attractive female witness, even Dahlia Hawthorne, to the point of probable [[Asexuality]].
** Justified, as [[Word of God]] states he doesn't like women. The judges are still out on whether or not that makes it [[Word of Gay]].
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* [[Properly Paranoid]]: {{spoiler|Calisto Yew's client being obviously guilty and she herself being a criminal}} certainly reinforces his negative views towards defense attorneys.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Sport A Maroon Suit And Cravat Combo]]: And make it look GOOD.
* [[Red Baron]]: Demon Prosecutor. It's never mentioned after his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Running Gag]]: Edgeworth has a ''lot'' of trouble getting witnesses to state their name and occupation.
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* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Subverted in 1-4. Phoenix mistakes his somewhat awkward attempt to thank Maya for her intervention as being this, until he learns of his posting bail for her.
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]: A {{spoiler|murder trauma}} would cause any nine-year-old kid's personality to be majorly screwed up.
* [["Wake
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: The reaction to his {{spoiler|essentially forcing Adrian to testify}}, mentioned above, is played as this.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Quakes]]: Edgeworth, thanks to a traumatic event in his past, is deathly afraid of earthquakes. At best, he collapses into a shivering ball of nerves. At worst, he loses consciousness. According to his own game, this also extends to airplane turbulence. And elevators.
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* [[Covers Always Lie]]: The cover of the first game makes him look strangely intimidating, even [[Grandpa God|godlike]].
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: There are several moments in the series when the judge intervenes during a seemingly hopeless situation for the player and rescues them. One of such moments is during {{spoiler|Turnabout Goodbyes, where after allowing himself to be maniulated by Von Karma throughout the whole trial, [[Neutral No Longer|he finally says "ENOUGH!"]] and demands Von Karma be subject to testing.}}
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Either "the judge" or "Your/His Honor". His real name is never revealed.
* [[Flanderization]]/[[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: There's always been the occassional silly moment involving the judge, but as the series goes on, he becomes almost comedic relief, and gets increasingly dumber the further the series progresses, Homer Simpson style.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: He can speak Spanish.
** Since the judge appears in most chapters of the series, you do gradually discover a lot of nuances with him. You'll find that he's definitely more than just a stock character.
* [[Modern Major-General]]
* [[Neutral No Longer]]: Occassionally he'll take the player's side during a trial, though this can also swing the other way, with the prosecutor influencing the gullible judge.
* [[No Name Given]]: When referred to by others, is called "The Judge" or "His Honor".
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Though very gullible, the Judge will never ignore an opportunity to discover the truth, no matter how small.
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* [[Red Baron]]: Sure, he's a complete pushover, but you have to admit that "Rookie Killer" has a nice ring to it.
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: Subversion. He has shiny glasses, but in truth, he is NOT scary.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Downplayed. Payne in Apollo Justice is a bit more formidable as a prosecutor than he was in previous games. Perhaps all these years did teach him a thing or two.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Mind you, we never see his wife but both he and the judge claim she is quite attractive.
* [[Warmup Boss]]: He's always the prosecutor of the tutorial case, in every game. He even makes a cameo appearance in the tutorial case of ''Investigations''. Even in the manga, when Phoenix is not a rookie {{spoiler|or amnesiac}}, he appears as the prosecutor in "Turnabout With the Wind" before Edgeworth prosecutes later cases.
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* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Will do anything to get the defendant guilty in the second game, although she isn't as extreme in the third.
* [[Bad Boss]]: To Gumshoe, her subordinate.
* [[The Baroness]]
* [[Beauty Mark]]: Below her left eye.
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* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: See the above quote.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Starts as a female [[Jerkass]], ends up a Type A [[Tsundere]].
* [[Dynamic Character]]: Franziska [[Character Development|goes through a lot of changes]] throughout the series, and yet frequently reverts to past behaviours, shifting back-and-forth between being mean and antagonistic to siding with the protagonist. She ends up being very multi-layered and you can never be sure what to really expect from her.
* [[Every Proper Lady Should Curtsy]]: Commonly does when introducing herself.
* [[Full-Name Basis]]: To the point that everyone else present starts doing the same, whether [[Got Me Doing It|by accident]] or [[Lampshade Hanging|to call her out on it]].
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* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]: She's always concerned about living up to the von Karma name.
* [[Informed Ability]]: For a supposed prosecuting ace, Franziska sometimes shows some shoddy handling of witnesses and is prone to breaking down worse than her father or Edgeworth ever do. Edgeworth genuinely seems much more competent when he's on the prosecutor's desk.
** Justified because she's actually still very young. She attempts to live up to an ideal that's much greater than herself. Despite striving to be perfect, there's only so much an 18 year old can handle.
* [[It Runs in The Family]]
* [[Licking the Blade|Licking The Whip]]: She did this in her original designs in development. She doesn't do this in the actual game.
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* [[Miyuki Sawashiro]]
* [[The Napoleon]]: She was somewhat on the petite side in her childhood and early teens, and not at ''all'' fond of this fact.
** Even as she gets older, she's still rather short (and also much younger than most characters). She tries to compensate for it through the use of her whip & her attitude.
* [[Not So Different]]: {{spoiler|With Yumihiko}}.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Phoenix, though Edgeworth'll do in a pinch {{spoiler|since he's the one Franziska wants to be superior to.}}
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{{quote|'''Edgeworth''': [[Lampshade Hanging|(We got your point about three "foolishes" back, Franziska...)]]}}
** In the Japanese releases, she sprinkles her more anger-charged statements with "[[Baka]]."
* [["Wake
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: [[Defied Trope|Defied]] in her first appearance: though she holds the same values towards court as her father, none of her motivation is driven by her {{spoiler|father's downfall in the first game.}} Or at the least, it's not the whole story. Her ''primary'' motivation is actually {{spoiler|Edgeworth's disappearance}}, which she blames on Phoenix.
** Played straight during ''Investigations'', case 4. It is evident that she actually does seek her father's approval and he is not reciprocating.
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* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|Wouldn't Whip a Girl]]: Averted in her first appearance, where she has no trouble whipping Lotta Hart and Ini Miney when they get on her nerves. Played straight in the subsequent games however, where she tends to whip the nearest male character (usually Gumshoe) if one of the female characters is annoying her.
* [[You Fool!]]: Somehow takes this [[Up to Eleven]], with her uttering variations of this at almost every turn.
* [[Younger Than They Look|Younger Than She looks]]: Franziska is the same age as Maya. Somehow Franziska was already a full-time prosecutor before she even turned 18. This is actually brought up ingame; Maya says during 2-2 that while she herself [[Self-Deprecation|is still basically a child]], Franziska is already so mature and successful, so she appears much older than Maya.
== '''Godot''' ==
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{{quote|'''Godot:''' {{spoiler|Have you forgotten already? In my world, the color red doesn't exist. These must be... my tears.}}}}
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works|Throwing Your Cup Always Works]] : Though he throws his cups right-side-up, they always turn in midair and land perfectly shut on Phoenix's head. [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Trademark Favorite Food|Trademark Favorite Drink]]: Take a guess.
* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Villain]]}}
* [[Waistcoat of Style]]
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* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Can also be associated with [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]].
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Towards Apollo.
* [[Good Versus Good]]: His rivalry with Apollo. Both are decent people simply doing their job, and furthermore, dedicated to finding the truth.
* [[Gratuitous German]]: Klavier will routinely sprinkle German throughout his dialogue, because he went to law school in Germany. 'Gratuitous' because Franziska, who was also raised and educated in Germany, doesn't do the same. Phoenix also [[Lampshade Hanging|calls him out on his "affected Eurorock accent"]].
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Klavier is actually a ''huge'' perfectionist, underneath his cool veneer, and easily gets upset when something isn't spot-on, most notably during his band's stage performances. You won't notice shades of this until case 3.
** So after all, it seems like he's got [[Not So Different|more in common]] with his brother (character-wise) than it initially appears... Both are perfectionists, and both attempt to hide it by playing it cool.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Guilty Love", a Gavinners song in-game.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Klavier" is German for "piano". The "''kyo''" in "Kyoya" means "echo".
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: He did ''not'' take it well when he learned that {{spoiler|Phoenix genuinely didn't know that the diary page he presented was a forgery, and that Kristoph used him to ruin an innocent man's life.}}
* [[Nice Guy]]: Compared to the other prosecutors. He's a genuinely good guy who is very personable to others and always plays fair in court. Unlike Manfred, Franziska, or pre-[[Heel Face Turn]] Edgeworth, he isn't a dirty perfectionist nor is he a petty asshole motivated by a grudge like Godot, he just wants to work to find the truth in the courtroom.
** Well, he isn't a "dirty perfectionist"... not in the ''courtroom'', at least. Klavier often makes things difficult for his fellow band members; whenever anyone misses a beat during an act or anything else goes wrong at a concert, he gets really stressed out.
** Perhaps [[Hidden Depths|he is a perfectionist in the courtroom as well]], [[Beneath the Mask|we just don't see it]]. [[Not So Different|Similar to Kristoph]], Klavier could be putting up an easygoing facade.
** [[Inverted Trope|Lost]] [[Took a Level in Jerkass|a Level in Jerkass]]: While he still wasn't that callous, Klavier was more crass and defiant {{spoiler|as a younger prosecutor.}} And even then, his bad attitude was a result of {{spoiler|him genuinely believing that Phoenix was a crooked lawyer due to Kristoph deceiving him.}}
* [[Not So Different]]: He's a huge perfectionist, just like his {{spoiler|villaineous}} brother. Luckily, for Klavier this mainly shows in his music, [[Skewed Priorities|less so in the courtroom]].
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He's more than capable of being antagonistic and prickly in the courtroom, but at the end of the day he's a good guy who's just doing his job.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: He's the red oni to his brother Kristoph's blue oni.
* [[Rule of Cool]]: A prosecutor who's also a rock star. Who'd imagine such a thing in real life?
* [[The Rock Star]]: When he isn't in the courtroom, he's the leading man of a rock band formed by members of law enforcement called "The Gavinners".
* [[Skewed Priorities]]: Amusingly enough, Klavier takes his stage performances very seriously, and becomes a bit of a perfectionist twat if anything goes wrong during an act... Yet, as a prosecutor in the courtroom, he's a lot more relaxed and isn't nearly as picky.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: {{spoiler|Kristoph}} used him to get Phoenix disbarred.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Klavier really has no grudge against Apollo, and as mentioned above, often tries to help Apollo (within reason of being his judicial opponent) to find the true guilty party and the right verdict. Outside of the court, he's actually rather [[Friendly Enemy|buddy-buddy]] with Apollo.
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* [[Afraid of Blood]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Gumshoe, despite how much of an overly naive doofus he is, does get several moments of badassery during the series, where he trounces all other characters.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: About one of the few things he does right.
* [[The Big Guy]]: Class 4, including a serious devotion to Edgeworth.
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* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Not only the above feats of sheer bravery and physical badassery, but seriously, when your investigation *needs* something, whether it's a bridge built overnight, that one piece of evidence found or a high speed race across town, Gumshoe will deliver.
* [[Flanderization]]/[[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: He wasn't always a ''completely'' useless, incompetent idiot whose only narrative purpose was to make other characters look good. Unfortunately, his brains seem to drain away a little more with each passing game.
** In the final case of T&T, Gumshoe finds a {{spoiler|partially burnt letter that contains instructions on what to do after the lights out bell is rung that ends with "let us gravely roast the Master in the fires of Hades, and have our revenge."}} [[Red Herring|He thinks it's worthless and should be thrown away, since it couldn't possibly have anything to do with the case.]] {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Turns out it WAS important.]]}} At this point, it's difficult to remind yourself that this guy's supposed to be a detective.
* [[Friend on the Force]]: To Edgeworth and, to a lesser extent, Phoenix.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Gets along with kids and easily befriends Kay and Pearl.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: Gumshoe hulks above the other characters, but he's almost like a kid at heart.
* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: Typically fired at some point during the game's final case and rehired by the game's end.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: He's usually a doofus, but REALLY good with machines. Not only did he build the moving mascot for the police department, he's also actually pretty savvy when it comes to high-tech investigative equipment, and he actually built a bug tracking device when he was still in grade school! {{spoiler|And that bug tracking device becomes ESSENTIAL in case 2-4, probably the case where Gumshoe most proves his worth in the entire series.}}
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* [[Large Ham]]: Almost every other line from Gumshoe is delivered with lots of screen shaking and sound effects.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Detective Gumshoe, Pal". Additionally, he has "I Can Do It When It Counts, Pal!" in ''Investigations''.
* [[Man Child]]: [[Flanderization|Gradually]] became this as the series went on, more or less. It does explain why he can relate to child characters so well.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: "Dick" and "gumshoe" are two different slang terms for "detective"; "Keisuke" is a [[Shout-Out]] to Japanese rocker Keisuke Kuwata.
* [[Nice Guy]]: Gumshoe is good at heart, perhaps a little too much, as his trusting nature makes him very gullible, and allows people with less-than-pure intentions to manipulate him.
* [[Older Sidekick]]: To Edgeworth, and occasionally Franziska. He prefers Edgeworth, since [[Bad Boss|Franziska]] likes to frequently [[Whip It Good|whip him into shape, literally]]. Unsurprisingly he's become scared of having Franziska as a superior.
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Somehow continues to exist no matter how many pay cuts he gets. It gets [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the first game...
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{{quote|'''Apollo''': (She Snackoo'd me.)}}
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Pretty far in the Apollo Justice games. She ignores people who ask for her help, puts little effort in her work as stated above, and throws her snacks at anyone who annoys her.
** It's [[Justified Trope|justified]], though. Her dream job of becoming a forensic scientist fell in the water and now she's stuck as a homocide detective; a job she hates. No wonder she's cranky.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: "Snackoos" in the English, fried dough cakes called Karintou in Japanese.
* [[Tsundere]]: Towards Klavier. At least, it's heavily implied.
** Strongly hinted to have romantic feelings for Klavier in the Odoroki Gyakuten Manga. Although they both do not realise it.
{{quote|'''Ema''': What are you doing here?!
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* [[Anime Hair]]: How do you even ''describe'' his hair?!
** [[Don't Explain the Joke|Try this: Take a plate, and spray paint it yellow. Hit said plate with a hammer. Shave your head, and glue the biggest of the plate shards to your forehead.]] Rinse, lather, and repeat.
* [[Attention Whore]]: His [[Punny Name]] definitely suits him.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Really, he's large enough of a ham to justify this...
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Zvarri!"
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: People who've played the previous games will already be aware of the game's frequent use of a [[Villainous Breakdown]]. Well apparently, so does Atmey: {{spoiler|he ''fakes'' one early in the trial, but it's all a ruse, in order to be convicted for a comparatively minor crime to the one he really did, as an alibi to murder.}}
* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Labels himself "Ace Attorney", but there's a reason why he's not the protagonist of the series: he's really just a scoundrel and a blowhard.
* [[Gag Nose]]: Look at the size of the thing! Fans still don't understand how {{spoiler|[[Fridge Logic|he was able to wear Ron's mask]]}}.
* [[Gonk]]
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* [[Nose Tapping]]: Can be seen doing this in the article about DeMasque's first heist. It helps that his nose rivals his finger in length.
* [[Laughing Mad|Nuttier Than A Fruitcake]]
* [[Pride]]: His downfall. It's also the basis of his entire character.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Subverted; his "scans" are ludicrously obvious. Godot makes it hilarious, though.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: He's really, really full of himself.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: {{spoiler|Though this is a cover up, since he's actually the blackmailer behind the master thief he's 'Trying' to catch.}}
* [[Title Drop]]: He actually uses the term "Ace Attorney" [[Small Name, Big Ego|(to refer to himself, of course)]]
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* [[Animal Stereotypes]]: His manner, name, and design are meant to invoke the [[Big Badass Wolf]] trope.
* [[Badass]]: Everything about his personality & design is meant to evoke badassery.
** Remember how Franziska wouldn't whip Godot because of his massive aura of badassery? Well, {{spoiler|she ''tries'' to whip Lang, but he catches it in mid-lash}}! And that's only one of his feats.
** Later on, she tries again while he's still laughing and {{spoiler|succeeds}}.
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* [[Cool Shades]]: Way too cool for words. Just how do they even stay on his face?
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: In the Japanese version, he refers to Franziska as ''anesan'' - older sister. Normally one would use ''oneesan''. ''Anesan'' is typically used by Yakuza henchmen to refer to their boss's mistress.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: His men are utterly loyal to him, and for good reason.
** One of the [[Crowning Moment of Funny|most hilarious scene]]s in ''Investigations'' even plays around with the trope: Lang calls out one of his men and gives him a birthday present, causing the others to compliment him for being such an awesome boss... Then the first one [[Subverted Trope|says it was not his birthday]]. The silence lasts a single second before Lang retorts with: "Hmph... The present's [[Double Subversion|not for you]]. It's for your younger brother's ''[[Crazy Prepared|wife's younger brother]]''! Give this and tell him I said "Hi"!", at which his men cry [[Manly Tears]].
** A far less humourous (but certainly more awesome) example is where {{spoiler|he [[Taking the Bullet|takes Detective Badd's bullet for Shih-na]]}} even after knowing full well that {{spoiler|she was [[The Mole]]}}, his reasoning being that {{spoiler|she}} was still {{spoiler|his subordinate}}, and he was still beholden to protect {{spoiler|her}} from harm. And then he arrests {{spoiler|her and leads her off}}.
** [[Establishing Character Moment|In one of his first scenes]], one of the other officers is having his men count off in number order but he stops the guy. All of his men are number one in his book. Turns into a [[Brick Joke]] later on.
* [[Good Versus Good]]: The rivalry between him and Edgeworth is moreso a matter of misunderstandings, distrust and having a different approach to things. Ultimately they're both looking to do the right thing, {{spoiler|and they end up working together near the end.}}
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Though he butts heads with Edgeworth (controlled by the player), he doesn't have ill intent and is only striving for justice.
** Furthermore, Lang appears to be ''way'' more tied to the game's plot than Edgeworth, whom often just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lang works for Interpol, and the plot is centered around exposing a smuggling ring. Lang's backstory & family history has tirelessly fought against the smugglers, thus he's also fueled by personal motivation. Furthermore, the victim of the second case was actually a friend of his, {{spoiler|the killer working with the smugglers}}, as a result [[It's Personal|making the whole thing even more personal for him]]. All in all, Lang has ''more'' motivation to defeat the villains than Edgeworth does.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He {{spoiler|''takes a bullet'' for Shih-na, despite already having learned that she's one of the smugglers he's fighting against. Why? Because even though she worked against him behind his back, she's still a subordinate of his, so he still deems it necessary to protect her from physical harm.}}
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
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* [[She's Got Legs]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Sunglasses
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
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A [[Hardboiled Detective|hardened detective]] (we're not kidding, he looks like he'd be more at home in ''[[Sin City]]'') who's worked many cases with Calisto Yew and Byrne Faraday investigating the Yatagarasu. {{spoiler|Is a member of the Yatagarasu, working in evidence disposal}}. In ''Gyakuten Kenji 2'', it is revealed he worked on the {{spoiler|IS-7 incident}}, helping {{spoiler|Gregory Edgeworth}} discover {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma's}} manipulations of the crime scene.
* [[Badass]]: The bullet holes in his coat already say a lot.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: ''Filled with bullet holes!''
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* [[Dirty Cop]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. He's working for/as a criminal, but he has good intentions.}}
* [[Fan Nickname]]: [[Just for Pun|Badd]] [[Badass|ass]].
* [[Film Noir]]: What inspired his design.
* [[The Gadfly]]: A low-key example, but by the end of ''Investigations'' even Edgeworth has noted that he's teasing Franziska for no reason other than to watch her freak out.
* [[Guttural Growler]]: His speech is chock full of ellipses, probably as a way to allude to this trope without resorting to actual voices. Whenever Badd takes his lollipop out of his mouth, he speaks normally.
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* [[Break the Haughty]]: Given that he was not taken seriously in the first place, it's a bit surprising how thoroughly the final two cases kick him in the teeth. {{spoiler|First he learns his much-admired prosecutor father is in fact a criminal and a murderer. Said father proceeds to disclose, to Yumihiko and the entire assembled court, that all of the good grades and awards he was so proud of were only obtained through Bansai's own personal connections and influence. ''That'' is followed up with a remark that being too stupid to figure this out made him undeserving of being Bansai's son. Overwhelmed, Yumihiko flees the coutroom... and is immediately kidnapped. By the time Edgeworth and Kay are able to free him, he's far overshot "humbled" to crash land somewhere around "[[Heroic BSOD|shell-shocked]]," able to do little but cry and feel worthless. Only after the longest Logic Chess segment in the game is he able to start pulling himself back together, although when he ''does'' come back his apparent level of competency has gone way up.}}
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Whenever Yumihiko is the one talking, expect to see nothing but vague terms -"that thing"- and pauses which Mikagami fills with the word he was looking for. If he attempts to make use of a slightly more complex term or idiom, he will misuse it without fail. Sure enough, his rather small vocabulary often results in him getting lost during someone else’s explanations.
* [[Bumbling Sidekick]]: To Mikagami to the point that she often uses him to testify only to pull a [[Xanatos Gambit]] on Edgeworth. His attempts to support his dad only cause Bansai to feel embarrassed as well. {{spoiler|To be fair, by the final case, [[Took a Level
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He's often told to shut up by the other prosecutors when he's trying to make a statement. Smarter characters like Mikagami and Edgeworth will now and then employ some [[Ahem|fake throat clearing]] to resume the conversation ignoring whatever stupid thing he's just said. Franziska even whips him once when he's not making any sense. {{spoiler|It gets really depressing later.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Calling the Old Man Out]]}}: {{spoiler|Subverted}}. Despite the shit {{spoiler|Bansai}} puts him through, he still expresses gratitude towards {{spoiler|him as his father}}.
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* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: He thinks himself a fantastic prosecutor but really isn't anything special. [[Too Dumb to Live|If you present the wrong evidence to him, he doesn't even realize until Mikagami points it out for him.]] {{spoiler|[[The Woobie|Thanks to the trauma he experiences in the game]]}}, this is actually quite depressing. By the time the credits roll, [[Character Development|he's already]] asked everyone to {{spoiler|stop calling him [[The Magnificent|"Ichiryuu"]].}}
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: {{spoiler|To Souta Sarushiro}}, temporarily.
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level
* [[Tsundere]]: Tsuntsun by default to everyone but Mikagami, but eventually lets his dere side shine through as the game progresses.
* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Having been told that that's the safest choice, he {{spoiler|lets his father hold onto the evidence concerning Miwa's trial, which Bansai then proceeds to get rid of. At one point, Bansai literally refers to his son as a "pawn that [[Minion with an F In Evil|isn't user-friendly]]".}}
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