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Phoenix's 'lovable' loser classmate. A very over-the-top, downright idiot playboy-wannabe, who always try to get a girlfriend and fails to keep one, either they dumped him or they get killed (the very first case of the series has his girlfriend murdered). He seems to attract trouble wherever he goes, thus earning him the saying, "When something smells, it's usually the Butz".

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In 1-4, right as Edgeworth is declared guilty, Larry rushes in, yelling for the judge to wait, and demands to testify, and sheds new light on the case in the process. This provided a large hole in Von Karma's case, which, in the end, cost him the trial. Due to this, he also saved Edgeworth's life. He pretty much saved the entire case for Phoenix, really.

** {{spoiler|Ace Attorney Investigations}} spoiler: {{spoiler|And then he and Oldbag burst in in 5-5 with decisive evidence, helping to bust Alba for good.}} He's almost as good at this as Gumshoe!

* [[Just for Pun|Butz... er, sorry, I mean...]] [[Butt Monkey]]: Has terrible luck in the romance department, especially in the manga, in which, in Turnabout with the Wind {{spoiler|his girlfriend Belle turns out to be the murderer, only talking to him to create an alibi (although she wasn't planning on framing him)}}.

* [[Leitmotif]]: "In the Shadows of the Government", in the third game. Yes, really, that's the name of his theme track. {{spoiler|It returns in Ace Attorney Investigations 2.}}

* [[The Nicknamer]]: "Nick", "Edgy", and "Franzy" for Phoenix, Edgeworth, and Franziska respectively.

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: He derails the [[Big Bad]]'s plans in two different games. In the first game, Edgeworth states that he's the first witness Von Karma was unable to manipulate in advance, and thus the first unplanned element in his 40 years of prosecution.

** In the manga, by getting arrested as the suspect in Turnabout With the Wind by various things he does to make himself seem suspicious (calling Bright Bonds to demand that he back out of Belle's life, and running from the cops), {{spoiler|Belle ends up having to prove his alibi, and ends up incriminating herself with her own testimony}}.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: In one of the cases in [[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth|Investigations]], Miles must prove that he couldn't have been the murderer after a lengthy discussion with Agent Lang. After that, '''Larry''' questions your theory and you have to play another discussion to convince ''him'' that he couldn't have been the murderer, while he tries to prove you wrong. ''In front of Lang.''

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|Sent Iris a blackmail letter as a means of inviting her to a date,}} though the [[What the Hell, Hero?]] he got when he was busted was [[Played for Laughs]].

** Though it seems to be less malicious intent, and more him just being really really ''bad'' at {{spoiler|writing a love letter.}}

This guy got the raw end of the deal when it comes to murderers in the series, for the same reason that a statement like that isn't a spoiler:he's blatantly shown to be the murderer of Cindy Stone before Phoenix even gets his ''name'' shown for the first time (bar the title screen on non-Japanese versions), [[Bad Liar|and you can get him guilty without even having to press anything]]. {{spoiler|Investigations 2}} spoiler: {{spoiler|He reappears in jail in the second case of ''Investigations 2'', apparently working as the prison's barber.}}

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Practically the master of this in [[AAI 2]]. The whole Logic Chess battle against him pretty much consists of waiting for him to make one and catching him out on it.

* [[The Cameo]]: As well as his main appearance in the second case, he appears in the 5th case, is referenced occasionally by Phoenix, {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer}} wears his outfit in the second game, and in ''Investigations'', he appears as {{spoiler|the real Proto Badger}}.

* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: When Phoenix calls her a "big fat liar" all she responds is "...FAT!?"

* [[Punny Name]]: April and May, obviously. Three kanji in her Japanese name idiomatically mean "high-, middle-, low-ranking" (and literally "pine, bamboo, plum". It's a Japanese thing). In fact, it's her and Redd's fault that the series have characters with punny names in the first place.

A wealthy "businessman" who built his powerful company through blackmailing lawyers, judges, politicians, police, and all sorts of other people. Thanks to him, word of the police using a spirit medium for DL-6 got leaked to the press. So if not for him, Mia wouldn't have (specifically) become a lawyer herself. Then again, he's the one who kills her.

* [[Death by Irony|Conviction By Irony]]: {{spoiler|The master blackmailer is eventually blackmailed into confessing to the murder...by the woman he killed no less}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|The piece of paper he used to pin the murder on Maya becomes an important evidence to prove his guilt; then it's implied that the list that Mia had Phoenix read in court that got Redd to confess is a list of people he's blackmailed.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: At one point Dee Vasquez notes that he's so ordinary looking, he's sometimes left behind by mistake when the rest of the company comes back from a trip.

A hard-ass old woman who for some reason is a security guard. Goes on long-winded rants at a moment's notice, and has a thing for soon-to-be dead actors and Edgeworth, the latter of whom (un)affectionately dubs her the "wicked witch of the witness stand".

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: To Miles "Edgey-Poo~" Edgeworth. No seriously, meeting her, in his own words, makes his day go from “not my day” into “waking nightmare” territory. {{spoiler|On the day in question, he had already ''been kidnapped, had his jurisdiction usurped, and discovered a murder victim''.}}

* [[Fan Disservice]]: {{spoiler|In what might be a bizarre [[Shout-Out]] to a [[So Bad It's Good]] fan H-game, ''Investigations'' puts her in an extremely busty Pink Princess outfit.}}

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In Investigations, she complains about a stalker letter she received...though she's been sending Edgeworth flowers for years.

* [[Motor Mouth]]: To the point of Edgeworth [[That Was Objectionable|raising an objection to stop one of her near-infinite rambles in the first game]]. It gets pretty silly in JFA when she goes into one of her sprees while in an airtight helmet.

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: She pleads with Phoenix to defend Julie, insisting that she couldn’t have murdered Flip. Maya notes that she’s “[[Lampshade Hanging|never seen Ms. Oldbag like this]]".

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: She has a new job each time she's seen, including {{spoiler|2 over the course of 2 days in ''Investigations.''}}

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Despite the fact that the Steel Samurai mainly uses a spear, he carries around a katana on his back. He can't get it out of the sheath, though.

Director of the Steel Samurai. He embodies the typical image of an obsessive teenage (despite being 32) geeky fanboy, in both appearance, personality, and mannerisms.

* [[Leet Lingo]]: His speech is littered with emoticons, LOLs, and 1337s.

Global Studios (and Steel Samurai) producer that built the studio back up from the brink of ruin (i.e., {{spoiler|when Hammer in his prime accidentally killed another actor}}), and apparently is some sort of business genius. She's also got ties to the mob. {{spoiler|She's also the one who murders Jack Hammer, though out of self defense.}}

* [[Broken Bird]]: {{spoiler|Five years ago, she watched Manuel die in an accident at Jack Hammer's hands. In the flashback, she is incredibly distraught at his death, the only time you see her act emotionally. If they were lovers, this could explain her cynical, dispassionate attitude.}}

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: She has a sister, Tampopo Himegami, who is (surprise!) also a producer.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Lotta LOVES her camera. She always has it, and does NOT like seeing any abuse come to it, she will go nuts if it does. The first time you run into her she screams at you because you wasted all of her film by setting off the camera she was using. Maya forces Phoenix to pay for the expenses.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Lotta isn't exactly what one would consider the nicest person in the world. In fact the first time you find her she not only seems ABSOLUTELY NUTS but is loud and rude. Until you tell her she might be a witness to a murder...

* [[Paparazzi]]: After Case 2-2, Lotta decided to pursuit a career with "more glamour and less gore". Obviously, this was the next logical step.

* [[Sassy Black Woman|Sassy Country Gal]]: She won't stand for any lip and is more than happy to give some back even to someone as scary as Manfred Von Karma.

* [[Shutter Bug]]: Lotta always has her camera on hand and you can tell she's nearby either by her mouth or by her snapping photos. Except in case four of Justice For All when it was stolen by Wendy Oldbag.

A crazy old man that owns the boat rental shack on Gourd Lake, though he's convinced it's a pasta joint called the "Wet Noodle". He owns a pet parrot named Polly. {{spoiler|In actuality, he's Yanni Yogi, a former bailiff that was the suspect of the DL-6 incident. Thanks to Hammond, he was proven not guilty, but his life was ruined as a result. With Manfred von Karma's help, he murders his former defense attorney and puts the blame on Edgeworth.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|For fifteen years he acted insane to back up Hammond's insanity plea. He wasn't too happy about it.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: {{spoiler|His name and his [[Split Personality]] resemble [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yami Yugi.]] Meanwhile, "Kotaro Haine" is a reference to the poets Kotaro Takamura, who died of a broken heart; and Haine, who valued youth and romance.}}

* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]: {{spoiler|Names his parrot after his fiancee}}

A former detective whose ability to wring information out of suspects earned her the nickname the "[[Badass Nickname|Cough-Up Queen]]". Like Marshall, Starr worked on the SL-9 case, but in her case was fired instead of demoted (hence why she's not in the law enforcers section). With her connections (boyfriends) in the police department, she joined Marshall's attempts to continue investigation of SL-9. Since the case ended she developed a hatred for prosecutors, and is the primary witness of Goodman's murder.

Policewoman-turned-waitress-turned-security guard-turned-unemployed with horrifyingly bad luck. Maggey is the defendant for ''three'' trials (the second one was a mistrial, though). Her luck does seem to be looking up, when she helped close a case. Gumshoe has an obvious crush on her.

* [[Born Unlucky]]: My god, where to begin? She fell from the 9th floor of a building ''as a baby'', got hit by all sort of vehicles, got sick from all sorts of food, failed every test she has ever taken, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|lost every game of tic-tac-toe she's ever played]], was framed for murder three times...She was even nicknamed Goddess of Misfortune as a child, and Lady Luckless by the time she reached college !

** The way she practically squees over Edgeworth in ''Investigations'' hints that she may be one for him as well.

* [[Public Domain Soundtrack|Public Domain Ringtone]]: {{spoiler|[[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s ''Toccatta & Fugue in D Minor'', which proves crucial for nailing the case since he stole Phoenix's cell phone thinking it to be his, which had evidence incriminating him.}}

{{quote|"Um, so, like...A murder is that thing where, like, one person kills another, right?"}}

An air-headed occult freak that told Dr. Grey about the Kurain Channeling technique. {{spoiler|In truth, Ini is dead. After Mimi, her older sister who worked as a nurse to Dr. Grey, accidentally killed fourteen people, the Miney sisters were in a car crash that Ini died in. Mimi, having caused the deaths of many people and lost her job, sister, and face, decided to make Mimi disappear and took the guise of her sister in order to put her old life behind. But when Turner Grey began taking an interest in having "Mimi" channeled, Mimi, with Morgan Fey's help, killed him and framed Maya for it.}}

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Her sister.}}

* [[The Ditz]]: {{spoiler|Until she gets scared. Then the facade slips.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: Eeny, meeny, miney, mo.

** {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation|Or Mimi, as in mimicry.]]}}

** YYMV, since {{spoiler|Grey had a point in that he had no real motivation for doing so and was in fact trying to bring her ghost back to clear his name, which would probably be a bad idea if she'd just accuse him of her murder instead. Also, she seemed to kill him because he was about to reveal that she was still alive, not out of any apparent desire for revenge}}.

{{quote|"Hmm, yes... Well, it's the quality, not quantity that counts. Uh huh... "}}

* [[Verbal Tic]]: He adds "hmm, yes" to most of his sentences. Eventually it [[Got Me Doing It|rubs off of Phoenix]].

* [[Jerkass]]: The rest of the circus members hate him, since he's the big star [[It's All About Me|and lets everybody know about it]]. He calls them "dinosaurs" since circuses are no longer that popular and his success is the only thing keeping the circus afloat (unfortunately, [[Jerkass Has a Point|he could be right about that]]).

** Despite all this, his colleagues do have a soft spot for him, despite how he treated them. During the trial, Maximillion receives a package from the circus, containing milk, his favorite drink.

Russell Berry's daughter and animal tamer of the Berry Big Circus. Because of her sheltered life (in a circus, no less) and her father's protective upbringing, she has a very naïve outlook and doesn't really understand death (in the English version, she thinks that when people die, they become a star in the sky; in the Japanese version, she just thinks that they are in a deep sleep), even when her father doesn't hide the fact that he shot one of the lions with a rifle. Returns in Investigations 2's second case as a witness due to being asked to put on an animal show at the prison at the time of the murder. Has apparently taken on more responsibility in the circus but otherwise hasn't changed much.

* [[But Thou Must!]]: The current trope image

* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Prank]]}}: {{spoiler|To Bat. Technically, he didn't die, but he's currently in a coma with little hope of waking up. This, combined with her overall naivety and the fact that she is blissfully unaware of the severity of what she did, is what lead Acro to try and kill her}}

* {{spoiler|[[It's All My Fault]]: What she says once the truth is uncovered. Accompanied by her finally opening the waterworks.}}

=== Lawrence Curls, aka Moe the Clown (''Matsuo Tomida'', aka ''Tommy'') ===

A stoogey clown working at the Berry Big Circus and old friend of the ringmaster. He's the witness of Russell's murder. Despite his wisecracking antics, he's actually one of the most level-headed members of the circus.

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: [[Three Stooges|Larry, Curly, and Moe]]. Meanwhile, Tommy and Matsu are a popular Japanese comedy duo.

* [[Only Sane Man]]: He seems to be the sanest surviving circus member, despite his goofiness. {{spoiler|Maybe this will make him more suited to the position of Ringmaster.}}

* [[Pungeon Master]].

* [[Talkative Loon]]: English version only—in addition to the [[Mouthful of Pi]] mentioned above, he also recites the openings of ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air|The Fresh Clown of Bel Air]]'' and ''[[The A-Team|The C-Team]]''.

Ben is a ventriloquist of the Berry Big Circus, and Trilo is his puppet. Ben doesn't do a lot of talking, and does a lot of stuttering. Trilo, in contrast, is loud, offensive, and an all-around [[Jerkass]], who also intends to propose to Regina.

{{quote|"But...I just couldn't forgive her! No matter what."}}

His real name is Ken Dingling (''Daisuke Kinoshita''), and he's the elder of the two acrobat brothers of the Berry Big Circus. Acro's legs were damaged beyond repair in an accident and can no longer stand. {{spoiler|In fact, it was right after Bat's accident; Bat was attempting the "put your head in the lion's mouth" trick with Leon, Regina's lion, but was wearing a pepper-covered scarf at the time, and so the [[Pepper Sneeze|unfortunate inevitable]] occurred while Bat's head was still in Leon's mouth. Acro flipped out and attempted to get Leon away from Bat, but Leon crushed his legs. As Moe put it, they were cut down at the same time.}}

{{spoiler|Even though Acro knew that Regina (who put the pepper in the scarf in the first place in order to make Bat (not Leon) sneeze) had no intention in causing Bat any real harm, he couldn't stand that Regina didn't take what happened seriously--She sincerely believed that Bat had "become a star in the sky". Acro became resentful, eventually hateful, toward the girl. He had intended to have Regina killed, but Russell, as protective of his daughter as ever and knew what was happening, went in her place.}}

* [[Anti-Villain]]: {{spoiler|Probably one of the least of the murders in the series. However this does not absolve him from trying to kill Regina due to her ignorance, unintentionally killing her father and then framing an innocent Maximillion Galactica for the crime}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Dingling" is probably a combination of "Ringling" and "dangling", and Kinoshita is a Japanese circus. Don't forget the obvious "Acrobat."

* {{spoiler|[[Murder by Mistake]]}}: {{spoiler|Regina was his intended target, but he ended up killing her father instead...to add insult to injury, the man was like a father to him, and he was so upset upon discovering that he had killed him instead that he even contemplated suicide.}}

Actor of the Nickel Samurai, and the fierce rival of Juan Corrida. He's slow-witted, and relies on his manager/producer/et al. for advice via the cell phone he wears like a wristwatch. Naturally, {{spoiler|that's all a facade. He's actually a complete sociopath that trusts no one and uses people to their advantage. When he found out that Juan Corrida was going to ruin his "beautiful public image", he hired deKiller to assassinate him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: He screws himself over that way.}}

* {{spoiler|[[A Glass of Chianti]]: ...while in prison, no less.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Of the good ol' fashioned evil variety.}}

** {{spoiler|You get to turn the tables on him if you convince de Killer to break his contract with Engarde: the end result (see [[Villainous Breakdown]] below) is still the same. Say he's guilty, and he breaks down because... well, he's '''GUILTY'''. Say he's not guilty, and he breaks down, demanding to be sent to jail, instead of being free and ready to be killed by a pissed-off assassin that he betrayed (and even then, there is still no saying that de Killer can't break into jail and kill him.)}}

* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: [[Downer Ending|In the]] [[Bad Ending]].}}

* [[Leitmotif]] - The second game's "Search - In the Midst", despite not given his name directly, in widely considered to be this for him. {{spoiler|[[It Got Worse|"Search - Core"]] is his theme after he reveals himself.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: {{spoiler|He's always on guard. "Otoro" is a pun on "outlaw".}}

* [[Surfer Dude]]: He's got the [[Verbal Tic]], but it is unknown if he likes surfing. He certainly loves motorbikes, though.

* {{spoiler|[[Surveillance as the Plot Demands]]: He hid a camera in a giant stuffed bear's eye to spy on Juan. And at the same time attempt to blackmail deKiller.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Suffers this when deKiller turns on him.}}

{{quote|"Help...Please...Someone...Help me..."}}

Adrian first shows up as the [[The Stoic|stoic]] manager of Matt Engarde in the last case of the second game. She takes her turn as a suspect in the inevitable murder, and quite nearly gets convicted before mitigating circumstances get her off the hook. She is revealed in the process to be a lot more complex and troubled than her icy persona makes her out to be. Turned out to be popular enough to return in part three, this time with a much sunnier and [[Cute Clumsy Girl|clumsier]] personality.

* [[Framing the Guilty Party]]: {{spoiler|It backfires so hard that she finds herself to be accused of the crime she NEVER committed.}}

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: This is a plot point, as {{spoiler|Shelley deKiller tries to frame Adrian for hiring him, but proves he never met her by referring to her with male pronouns.}}

* [[Living Emotional Crutch]]: {{spoiler|Both Celeste Inpax and Franzika von Karma are this to her.}} Lampshaded in the Case Files, in which Phoenix suggests that if she's relying on {{spoiler|Franziska's}} advice, she's still co-dependent.

{{quote|"Alright, I'll tell you that much. My name is...De Killer."}}

A gentleman assassin from the second game. Highly values honesty and trust that he takes great measures to ensure that their clients are not found guilty of murder (gee, [[Not So Different|that sounds kinda familiar...]]). His alias is John Doe (''Tarou Tanaka''). He was hired by {{spoiler|Engarde to assassinate Corrida. [[Karma Houdini|He also got off scott-free for it.]]}} {{spoiler|He appears in ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2'' as a recurring character.}}

* [[Affably Evil]]: Unlike most villains in the series, he doesn't come across as arrogant, instead he's a polite man who's only doing his job (which happens to be [[Bread Milk Eggs Squick|killing people]]).

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Matt Engarde decides it's a good idea to attempt to blackmail this guy.}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|This is how Phoenix finally beats Matt Engarde, by proving to De Killer that he was planning to blackmail him with a video of the murder. This immediately has De Killer release Maya and basically say in court that if Matt Engarde wasn't found guilty, ''he would kill him.''}} He also, unlike some of the other assassins {{spoiler|Engarde}} describes, doesn't blackmail his client, but tries to get him off when things don't go as planned and his client gets charged.

* [[Expressive Shirt]]: De Killer himself always wears a completely stoic expression, but his radio, which resembles his face, shows a lot of emotion, including hopping in anger, sweating oil, and exploding. His ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2'' appearance mirrors this effect using an ice cream cone he carries.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|He doesn't get caught whatsoever. One of the few villains in the series who manages to get away (alive). It's arguable that this is because Engarde could be considered the true villain of the second game's final case, whom DOES get convicted.}}

** {{spoiler|He's still at large as of the end of Investigations 2, where he escaped justice once again}}

* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Against {{spoiler|Ryōken Hōinbō}}

* [[Noble Demon]]: De Killer follows a strict honor code, as a professional killer. The level of trust between him and his client is paramount, and he will honor every deal as long as the client fulfills their end of the bargain. {{spoiler|Of course in this case, his client, Engarde, does not honor the deal, and once Phoenix proves that Engarde was planning to betray De Killer, he responds by terminating the contract and threatening to assassinate Engarde himself out of revenge for attempting to double-cross him.}}

* [[Not So Different]]: To Phoenix Wright, and to that extent, the player. De Killer wants to make sure his client is declared Not Guilty. Just like a defense attorney would. {{spoiler|of course the subversion in this particular case is that your client IS guilty of the crime, which is a rarity in this series.}}

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: His distinctive face means that his different attire does little to disguise him - but he makes sure few people know what he looks like, so it works anyways (except for the players). Lampshaded by one of the Ace Attorney Investigations 2 producers while discussing "John Doe" at a panel:

** It's commented on in ''Investigations 2''. Edgeworth never actually met him face-to-face in "Farewell My Turnabout", so it makes sense he falls for it. He still ends up mentally scolding himself once he finds out though, reminding himself he should have at least seen his picture come up in case files.

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: His focus is to fulfill the contract with his patient. Anything else is irrelevant to him. {{spoiler|He lets Maya go at the end, but certainly not out of kindness. It's because he found out Engarde was plotting to betray him, and as a result felt no need to obey his client any longer.}}

* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: {{spoiler|He sports a pink kimono while posing as an ice cream vendor on Gourd Lake during ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2''.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}: {{spoiler|Despite, you know, ''being a proffesional assassin'', he's the only character who isn't guilty of anything in Turnabout Target. (apart from the victim, of course)}}

Dahlia is introduced as the ever-sweet, ever-innocent [[Friend to All Living Things]], [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] girlfriend of Phoenix Wright, but Mia already knew that something was wrong with her. Turns out {{spoiler|she tried to frame Phoenix for a murder she committed AND Phoenix himself was originally supposed to be the victim}}. Mia eventually unmasks her and put her behind the bars {{spoiler|and eventually death row}}. However, her criminal career started several years before, when she seduced Terry Fawles and used him to {{spoiler|fake her kidnapping}} in an elaborate plan to get back at her family. When the plan didn't go as planned, she {{spoiler|faked her own death and got Terry convicted to death for it}}, then {{spoiler|killed her own stepsister and co-conspirator, again framing Terry,}} to stop her from confessing. In the following trial, she narrowly escaped conviction by manipulating Terry into {{spoiler|committing suicide}} and, a few months later, {{spoiler|poisoning then-defense attorney Diego Armando}}.

She was eventually used by {{spoiler|her mother, Morgan Fey}} in her plan against Maya Fey, by {{spoiler|calling her back from the dead via channeling, but even then Dahlia still carried on her own ambitions and revenge. It takes the powers of all the main attorneys and prosecutors (yes, even Edgeworth, Franziska and Godot) to stop her from getting Maya in jail for ''matricide''. She eventually gets [[Hannibal Lecture]]d back to the afterworld by an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|incredibly badass]] Mia Fey.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}: Of the third game. Although {{spoiler|Morgan Fey}} is equally guilty in a lot of ways, as the two end up plotting together. So perhaps this is a case of {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Duumvirate]].}}

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Despite her undoubtedly being a [[Complete Monster]], Dahlia didn't really click with the whole "have Pearl become the new master" plan of Morgan, claiming that she forced all of her broken dreams and hopes on Pearl, whether she likes it or not. She also hates Morgan, as well. {{spoiler|She agrees that Maya Fey must die, but to her it is revenge against the already deceased Mia Fey.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Twin]] - in a literal sense}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: A reference to the Black Dahlia, and she's certainly got thorns. Possibly a [[Shout-Out]] to Nathaniel Hawthorne, specifically the story "Rappaccini's Daughter"—the title character is a [[Walking Wasteland]] with poison permeating her blood and body, and her very touch is lethal. {{spoiler|Dahlia frequently makes use of poison as a murder tool, and she is indeed a person who's lethal if you get close to her, considering the multitude of people she's murdered out of self-interest after getting close to them.}}

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: First when Mia exposes her as the [[Complete Monster]] she really is, and the second {{spoiler|when Mia lectures her to the underworld.}}

Ron is first introduced as the girly-looking, self-proclaimed [[Phantom Thief]], Mask☆DeMasque. Naturally, with his appearance, high-strung actions, and the fact that his (incredibly hot) wife says he's delusional, Phoenix has his doubts. {{spoiler|Well, if you've read all the spoiler tags up to this point, you already know that he's the real deal.}}

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Not only is he {{spoiler|1=really the [[Phantom Thief]] Mask☆DeMasque,}} he also {{spoiler|saved Desirée from a band of robbers. He apparently did it in a rather hysterical way, but he still did.}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|1=If you examine the chief of police in the next case, you'll hear that Mask☆DeMasque tries to stop a bank robbery.}} Admittedly, he wasn't much of a bad guy to begin with.

* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: More obvious in the English version, but still present in Mask☆DeMasque's Japanese name, Kamen Mask--''Kamen'' is Japanese for "mask".

* [[Verbal Tic]]: ...well, no, that's not exactly true. It's just a tendency for his explanations to trail {{color|gray|off into no}}{{color|silver|thing}}

Ron's incredibly hot wife (did I mention that already?). She spends money like it's going out of style {{spoiler|(hence why Ron got into thievery in the first place)}} and drives her motorcycle fast enough to call it "flying". She despises cowardly criminals above all else. {{spoiler|Apparently, Ron doesn't count because he [[Calling Card|announces his thefts]]. Man did he make a good catch...}}

* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: The general response. It's heavily implied that he appeals to her maternal instincts... that and {{spoiler|she's under the impression he's loaded; he went into crime to [[Unconfessed Unemployment|not tell her that he was fired]]}}. There's also the fact that {{spoiler|1=while Luke Atmey hid and covered up his crime, Ron kept truthfully screaming at anyone who would listen that he was Mask☆DeMasque. So Ron is a criminal, but not the "cowardly" kind Desiree despises.}}

A very...*ahem* ''flamboyant'' French chef and owner of the restaurant Trés Bien. Thing is, the food there is anything ''but''. He's armpit-deep in debt in just trying to keep the restaurant afloat. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And he's a kleptomaniac.]]

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Despite everything he says and does...he's never explicitly ''called'' gay.

{{quote|"The uniform! It's a disgrace! You can practically see their...*turns pale* their...YES! It's a disgrace!"}}

The head of Blue Screens Inc. and Glen's old boss. Incredibly precise and may very well actually be a robot.

* [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself]]: She doesn't even NEED to wear an HMD but does anyway.

* [[Red Herring]]: If you think she has anything to do with the case or trial, think again. {{spoiler|You pressure a little minor info about the victim out of her (that probably could have been deduced through other means) and she's never mentioned again.}}

The Tiger's assistant at Tender Lender. Very, very creepy. She's also the granddaughter of the biggest, baddest mob boss, Bruto Cadaverini.

* [[Bandage Babe]]: Though not for fetish purposes. {{spoiler|It is the reason The Tiger had a debt himself.}}

* [[Karma Houdini]]: She knowingly helped to frame an innocent woman for murder. That she would suffer no legal repercussions for it isn't surprising, considering the doting grandfather the police are afraid of, but none of the characters seem to think this is important because as it turns out, her thug of a crush object doesn't really love her. Also, she refers to what was done as "evil," but she's still in the loan shark business as of ''Investigations''.

* {{spoiler|[[Loan Shark]]: She takes over Tender Lender at the end of ''Trials & Tribulations''. In ''Investigations'' she sends bills to Lance Amano in the form of ''love letters''.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Cadaverini" is Italian for "little corpse", while "Viola" might have been chosen for its similarity to "violence," or perhaps a reference to the instrument (which seems to play a big role in goth culture). "Urami" means "grudge", and "Shikabane" means "corpse".

* [[Woman Scorned]]: During the credits of ''Trials & Tribulations'', she says {{spoiler|that she sent poisoned food to Tigre in jail. And when you think about it, him eating that food would be [[Karmic Death]] [[Up to Eleven]].}}

* [[Yandere]]: Her [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] bit at the end of T&T implies this; see the [[Woman Scorned]] comments.

=== Furio Tigre, aka The Tiger (''Toranosuke Shibakuzo'', aka ''Zenitora'') ===

Thanks to his similarly-spiky haircut, he looks a lot like Phoenix and even uses that to imitate him, prompting the nickname "Xin Eohp" (pronounced "zin eeope") from Maya. He's the loan shark in charge of Tender Lender, and lent money to Jean Armstrong and Glen Elg. His nickname pretty much sums up his personality. {{spoiler|Four months before the case (September of the previous year), he got into an accident with Viola, and the latter nearly died. Her operation was a nominal fee of one million dollars. Viola's grandfather, Bruto, [[An Offer You Can't Refuse|demanded that The Tiger pay up by the end of the year]]. Tigre planned to get the money through Glen Elg, one of his clients. Elg was addicted to gambling, but also a genius programmer, and so he made a powerful virus (which could be sold on the black market for several million dollars) as a collateral to pay for his debt. However, literally minutes before he gives the disk to Tigre, Elg won $500,000 in the lottery, more than enough to pay off his debt (a mere $100,000), and therefore no longer needed to give Tigre the deadly program. Tigre less than a month before his time was up, and he panicked and put potassium cyanide in Elg's coffee, killing him and leaving the virus for himself. Then, with Armstrong (whose arm was twisted since he owed money) and Viola's help, he played an act for Kudo to witness that incriminated the Trés Bien waitress, Maggey Byrde. Tigre then disguised himself as Phoenix and posed as Maggey's defense and deliberately lost to Winston Payne of all people.}}

** [[Kansai Regional Accent]] in the original Japanese dialogue.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Parodied; when Phoenix and Maya first find out about that Nick's got a phony, Maya suddenly exclaims, "I got it!" Phoenix replies, "If you're going to ask if I've got a twin brother, the answer is 'no'."

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Xin Eohp"

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: He's a furious tiger. "Toranosuke" means "tiger boy" and "Shibakuzo" means, more or less, "I'm gonna kick your ass!" "Zenitora" is roughly "Cash Tiger". Also, tigers are, according to legend, enemies with dragons (i.e. Pheonix, or ''Ryu''ichi).

* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]: See [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]. {{spoiler|No, really. The badge was made of cardboard.}}

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: His disguise consisted solely on a blue suit, his spikey hair, and a cardboard cut-out badge. And everyone fell for it, except Godot, so he didn't take the case the first time.

{{quote|"... Ugh. Sorry. I told a little lie."}}

** Still given his mental status, if anything was going on it was Dahlia taking advantage of ''him''.

Don't worry, her name gets ''plenty'' of lampshading. Anyway, she's a waitress of Borscht Bowl Club that was the dealer for Phoenix and Smith's poker game and ergo a witness to the murder.{{spoiler|Actually, she didn't witness anything. "Quick Fingers" Orly is a professional gambler and trick dealer, in cahoots with Smith. But by [[Born Lucky|sheer luck]], Phoenix found out about their plot to "catch" him "cheating" during the game; as a result, Smith flipped and knocked her out cold.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: Being the second witness in the game, experienced Ace Attorney players are likely to suspect her as the murderer. She isn't.}}

* [[Jive Turkey]]: Evidently Wocky doesn't comprehend the difference between "gangster" and "gangsta".

A noodle stand owner that's a bit bitter towards Meraktis{{spoiler|, but he didn't kill him. Nice try, sucker}}. He comes to Apollo to ask him to find his missing noodle stand. He also used to be a surgeon.

* [[Sword Cane]]: Or a sword ''broom,'' anyway.

Wocky's fiancé. She's concerned that Wocky'll get convicted, so she seeks Apollo's services. {{spoiler|She got engaged to Wocky because she knew he was going to die and as his wife, she would get the Kitaki family fortune. Eventually, she ends up having to kill Pal Meraktis to keep him quiet.}}

* [[Graceful Loser]]: She freaks out a few times during the trial but when she's finally exposed as the

murderer she calmly admits to it without much fuss.

* {{spoiler|[[Springtime for Hitler]]: She hired Apollo thinking that a rookie lawyer employed by a questionable anything agency would get Wocky convicted in no time.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: She tries to pull one when it's revealed that Meraktis attacked her on the night of the crime.}}

Big Wins is the head of the Kitaki family, but when he discovers that it was the gangster lifestyle that put his son in mortal danger, he decided that he wanted to come clean and quit the "business". At the end of the case he starts a pie business.

* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]

A student of the same college Phoenix went to. He tries to portray himself as keenly intelligent and to have friends, but those seem to be his own delusions. He witnessed the murder of Pal Meraktis. {{spoiler|He didn't kill him, but on the same night he did steal both Trucy and Plum's panties.}}

* [[For Science!]]!: His justification for {{spoiler|[[Panty Thief|stealing panties]] }}, of all things.

** Well, {{spoiler|the panties in question were a prop in a magic act, and he stole them with the intention of figuring out how it worked, so it may be [[Justified]]. Doesn't explain why he took Plum's, though.}}

** Yes it does. {{spoiler|They seem to be roughly the same size.....}}

* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: {{spoiler|She's forty, and Apollo is twenty-two. How old was she when she had him? You do the math.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blind Musician]]: It's her, not Machi, who's blind... But then, it's implied she got eye surgery between cases 3 and 4.}}

* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: {{spoiler|For someone in their 40's, who has two children (one being at least half her age, the other in high school), she looks really good. Even moreso when she takes off her mask.}}

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|She is the final juror who decides the outcome of the last case.}}

* [[Blind Musician]]: {{spoiler|Actually, he's just faking it.}}

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Lampshaded, twice. Though his name comes directly from his Japanese name (Maki Tobayu) so that helps.

* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Disability]]}}: {{spoiler|Used to help publicity.}}

* [[Persona Non Grata]] / [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: {{spoiler|In regards to Borginia, since he committed cocoon smuggling, which is punishable by death there.}}

A quirky freelance reporter always in search for the next big scoop. He smells like toothpaste whenever he smiles, "which is far too often," to quote Zak. He witnessed Drew's murder.

* [[Metaphorgotten]]: He describes the events of case 4-4 as a tangled cobweb; it starts off pretty good, but then he loses Phoenix at "biggerer".

* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Looks like a person out of [[Looney Tunes]] next to the rest of the [[Animesque]] cast.

A chief flight attendant for iFly Airlines, and a witness and Edgeworth's temporary partner in case two of ''Ace Attorney Investigations.''

** {{spoiler|Which leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Minor Moment of Heartwarming]] when she gives Edgeworth a genuine smile when he gets her off the hook. Aww.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: He finds out that his treasured piece of art is a worthless fake. {{spoiler|He gets tricked into buying the fake Primidux Statue in the ending}}

{{quote|"*yawn* I'm awake, I'm awake........................zzz."}}

Rhoda's assistant flight attendant, an airheaded, sleepy young woman fluent in Borginian. {{spoiler|Is actually part of the smuggling ring. Her job was to oversee the transportation of the smuggled goods in between countries.}}

* [[The Ditz]]: Comes from being only half-awake. {{spoiler|As with that, it's an act. In fact, she's actually quite focused and intelligent, as her use of the [[Indy Ploy]] shows.}}

* [[Indy Ploy]]: {{spoiler|Murdered her victim in the heat of the moment, able to think of a complex framing scheme in time to actually create a case out of whole cloth.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: "Cammy Meele" is likely derived from "chamomile"; chamomile tea is very effective in helping one fall asleep. "Shiraoto" means "white noise".

* [[Mind Control Eyes]]: She has these as a result of constantly falling asleep and waking up again. {{spoiler|They become normal when she drops the 'sleepy' act.}}

* [[Not a Morning Person]] / [[Sleepyhead]]: {{spoiler|She's faking it, though.}}

Owner of a company called the Amano Group. Edgeworth is indebted to him because Amano funded his studies abroad. {{spoiler|Member of the smuggling ring, and used his company to help it.}}

* [[First-Name Basis]]: Refers to Edgeworth, Von Karma and Portsman by their first names.

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: Either Ernest Man or Honest Man

Ernest's only son, and victim of kidnapping. {{spoiler|Orchestrated his own kidnapping, and accidental killer of Oliver Deacon.}}

* [[Chained by Fashion]]: Not by his own choice; Lance spends all the case handcuffed. His hurt/take damage animation shows said handcuffs are a bit too big for him, though, {{spoiler|and in his breakdown, they snap apart}}.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. As shown above, he orchestrated his own kidnapping to pay off a debt.}}

* [[Indy Ploy]]: {{spoiler|Lance wound up with a body after the kidnapping at the haunted house went sour. Out of thin air, he crafted an elaborate plan to pin the blame of the murder on his girlfriend Lauren, starting by convincing her he was still alive.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|He orchestrated his own kidnapping to get money from his worried father, threatened to harm his own girlfriend to get help from her father and tried to get her sentenced for the death of said father... which he, of course, caused himself (accidentally, or so he claims).}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|He really doesn't care about his girlfriend at all and tries to pin the killing on her. It's also suggested that he roped Oliver into the whole affair by threatening to harm Lauren if he didn't play along.}}

* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: He even berates Edgeworth for not understanding what he meant by saying he was "left behind like an unwanted mutt".

Lance's girlfriend. Seems prone to falling in love with [[Bishonen]]. {{spoiler|Involved in the kidnapping plan. Is Oliver Deacon/Colin Devorae's daughter.}}

* [[Important Haircut]]: To the point of [[Exaggerated Trope|exaggeration]]; she takes a pair of scissors to her hair whenever she feels deeply ashamed or distressed. Although she never actually cuts any of it in-game, when you consider how much shorter and more uneven most of her hair is compared to the two locks she has in front, you can probably figure out for yourself just how often this sort of thing comes up.

* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: Narrowly averted. She confessed to extortion, but at the end of the case she appears to just walk away. Then again, she lost something bigger than a few years of freedom... The end sequence shows that she got in trouble with the law after all, as she refers to spending some time in the detention center}}

* [[Love Martyr]]: {{spoiler|She goes along with the kidnapping scheme entirely for Lance's sake. He repays her devotion by leading her to believe she killed their accomplice and, unbeknownst to her, ''her father'', and setting her up to take the fall for it. [[Sarcasm Mode|Gee, what a great catch.]]}}

* [[Meido]]: {{spoiler|[[In Name Only|In appearance only]], it seems.}}

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: {{spoiler|Was led to believe that she was this.}}

* [[Competition Coupon Madness]]: Kind of. These coupons are only useful in Babahl. But you wonder where is he getting all those coupons from?! {{spoiler|Even his guards give away coupons! His country must really be kind to tourists.}}

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Subverted. There was going to be a test to see which country's Primidux statue is the real deal. The Primidux statue of Babahl is {{spoiler|fake}} so he negotiated with Alba to say the test results were {{spoiler|inconclusive}}. However, it was completely pointless by that time since {{spoiler|Coachen}} had hired {{spoiler|Ka-Shi Nou}} to steal the {{spoiler|real}} Primidux statue. And also that was completely pointless since the statues were already switched. He really shouldn't have told Coachen about all of this.

* [[Determinator]]: He is determined to find Coachen's killer. He goes as far as {{spoiler|forcing Alba to testify about his alibi since it would look bad for him if he refused.}}

* [[A Father to His Men]]: He seems to want to be this, and {{spoiler|he feels obliged to help catch Coachen's killer, because Coachen was his subordinate, even though he knows full well that Coachen was a complete crook}}.

* [[It's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|Once he realizes that he was the sole reason of why Coachen ordered a heist of the real Primidux statue.}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Two Embassies ~ The Lands of the Butterfly and the Flower"

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Only his Japanese name though. You will think he's the killer because his first name is ''Damian'' in the Japanese version. {{spoiler|But his Japanese name is giving you the same amount of suspicion from Alba, whose Japanese name is ''Carnage Onred''.}}

* [[Nice Guy]]: {{spoiler|[[Red Herring|This can easily fool anyone into thinking he's the murderer.]]}}

* [[The Not-Secret]]: He knew that {{spoiler|Coachen is the killer of KG-8}}, which isn't that surprising to the player but to Edgeworth, it is.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: His country is not doing well, his embassy is even worse off, and {{spoiler|the one person he'd come to depend on to fix everything is dead and a crook.}} Yet Palaeno is, for the most part, genuinely cheerful and optimistic.

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}: His [[Eyes Always Shut|eyes]], [[Hand Rubbing]] gestures, way too wide smile and ingratiating personality serve to make him look sleazy and suspicious early on, {{spoiler|but he proves to be genuinely amiable as the case wears on.}}

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: He keeps up his smile, even while talking about how his embassy is ruined. Edgeworth even notes it in his thoughts. It's almost as he was happy his embassy was in trouble. {{spoiler|Although later on, you can see it's only a habit of his of his words not matching his facial expressions.}}

* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|You Can't Touch That]]: The Primidux statue. He politely asked you not to touch it since only him and Coachen can touch it. {{spoiler|And since the statues were switched, you'll become pretty suspicious.}} But when it is discovered {{spoiler|the statue currently in Allebahst has a plate made for counterfeiting, someone else is being suspected.}}

Ambassador of Allebahst. Appears to be a good old man who occasionally blames himself for mistakes. {{spoiler|Leader of the smuggling ring, thus the [[Big Bad]].}}

* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Goes with how he blames himself for all the problems. {{spoiler|Of course, that's just to go along with his "frail old man" act.}}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler|NOT!}}

* [[Determinator]]: {{spoiler|He's probably caused more than a few players to scream "JUST GIVE UP ALREADY!"}}

* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: Being an ambassador, he has this. {{spoiler|Invokes it to trying to get out of the country after Edgeworth learns of his role as the smuggling ring's leader, before it's revoked.}}

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: {{spoiler|They open when he "transforms".}}

** {{spoiler|Or rather, he ''pretended'' to be one to secure an alibi.}}

* [[Four-Star Badass]]/[[Retired Badass]]/[[Ambadassador]]: {{spoiler|Manny had a longer knife and was half Alba's age. He barely nicked Alba's shoulder.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Twice. One occasion has him attempting to secure an alibi by claiming to have been watching a Steel Samurai stage show and citing the Samurai's debuting special move as proof that he was there. Problem is, not only was a different move used due to unforeseen circumstances, but the only way Alba could have known of the move he named was if he had been backstage during the time of the murder. Later, you present him with a bloodstained hot dog box, assuming that the blood belongs to the victim. Alba correctly points out that such evidence would do nothing to place him at the crime scene personally, and the blood turns out not to be the victim's anyway. Rather, it is the blood of ''Alba himself'', who tells you earlier in the case that he had been stabbed in order to create a justified self-defense plea for a separate murder.}}

* [[It's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|Part of his front.}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: {{spoiler|"The Enemy Who Surpasses The Law"}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]: He is this to ''all'' the murderers in ''AAI''; they're all connected to him or [[The Syndicate|the smuggling ring]] somehow. Portsman? [[Amoral Attorney]] whose job was to make trials end in the ring's favor. Cammy Meele? Undercover agent tasked with overseeing the transportation of smuggled goods inbetween countries. Lance Amano? Well, he's not a member of the smuggling ring, but his ''dad'' certainly was. Calisto Yew? [[The Dragon]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Disability]]: The weak frail old man look is just an act, though he later admits he knows the pain of having a bad hip because of it.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: He pretends to be a good old man, but is actually a [[Manipulative Bastard]].}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|He calls a doctor to call for Wendy Oldbag when her hip acts up, claiming that the main characters don't know the pain a bad hip can cause. He even seems empathetic about it after he's discarded his pretenses.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Tries really hard to get out of the embassy so he can dodge the ever-tightening noose around his neck, but is cut off at every turn by someone blocking his way.}}

* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: {{spoiler|Drags you through one of the most protracted interrogation sequences in the history of the series, squirming all the while in an attempt to avoid the consequences. Quite a few characters point out his ridiculous persistence.}}

* [[You Meddling Kids|You Meddling Prosecutors]]: {{spoiler|His last line before said Breakdown.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: "Hayamimi" means "keen on hearing". It is a reference to how she recorded the gunshots during the assassination.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: She very much resembles Lotta Hart in both appearance and profession, and even has similarly accented speech. {{spoiler|She's actually an "apprentice" of her, even though she is a writer and Lotta a photographer.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Too Funny to Be Evil]]}}: A minor case, she {{spoiler|isn't actually evil}} but {{spoiler|very few players guessed she'd she'd be a willing conspirator in the fake assassination plan. Admitedly she never realised how far it would end up going, or that [[The Scapegoat|they'd end up pinning the blame on her.]]}}

The bodyguard of a private security company hired by Zheng Fa's president, Teikun Ō. Wears a neck brace and is fond of his revolver and playing chess. He got involved in the investigation and it turned out that he {{spoiler|killed Gai Tojiro, the head bodyguard out of jealousy}}. Also, he and {{spoiler|Sōta}} were childhood friends. They grew up together {{spoiler|after their fathers abandoned them}}. Manosuke lost {{spoiler|most of his memory when he nearly froze to death}}. His friend was the one who suggested {{spoiler|making a fake assassination attempt.}} Manosuke was {{spoiler|imprisoned for his crime}}. Sōta then made sure he was {{spoiler|killed by the prison director}}.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do NOT claim Tojiro was a better bodyguard in front of him. De Killer presses this a lot perhaps as a way of {{spoiler|hinting he knows about the murder.}}

* [[Butt Monkey]]: By De Killer especially. Which may qualify as [[Fridge Brilliance]] {{spoiler|if you know who his client is.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Tends to use おっと　quite a bit, which translates as something along the lines of "Oops, sorry" or "My bad."

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The silver ring he's wearing. {{spoiler|It is the Holic family ring. He inherited it from his father.}}

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Possibly Deconstructed. {{spoiler|His bitterly sarcastic mocking of Tojiro [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead|after his death]]}} is pretty much treated as his [[Moral Event Horizon]]. His constant snarks to Edgeworth only make him seem like even more of an utter Jerkass. Edgeworth even calls him {{spoiler|a "truly despicable man"}}.

* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Sōta.}}

* [[Neck Snap]]: By {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer. It even causes the change in the security plans.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}: You learn a lot more about him {{spoiler|after his death.}}

* [[The Scapegoat]]: Case 2 reveals that, {{spoiler|after his arrest}}, he was to be {{spoiler|tried as the attempted assassin}} rather than as a {{spoiler|common murderer}}. Obviously done to cover up the fact that {{spoiler|the assassination was fake}}.

* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: My GOD does he takes this [[Up to Eleven]] as the case progresses.

* {{spoiler|Villainous Breakdown: Notable among Ace Attorney breakdowns because this one involves ''the background'': Naitou bites down on his lip with sunken-looking eyes as he screams bloody murder and twirls his gun even faster than usual until he loses control and starts tossing it rapidly up in the air; since he is standing in an airplane at the time, it dislodges the overhead compartment and causes various objects to fall on his head, knocking him ''into his neckbrace'' until he falls.}}

A monkey trainer in the Berry Big Circus and the suspect of the prison case. When he was a child, his best friend {{spoiler|Manosuke Naitō tied him up because he was threatened by his father Isaku.}} They both nearly died and became orphans. Sōta's memories were muddled, but he remembered {{spoiler|his saviour Ryōken Hōinbō}}. He saved him and ever since then {{spoiler|he became his father figure}}. He {{spoiler|held a grudge against the conspirators who betrayed Ryōken}} as well as against {{spoiler|Manosuke}}, whom he blamed for {{spoiler|tying him up}}, plus he believed that {{spoiler|Isaku was his father}}, while in actuality it was {{spoiler|Yutaka Kazami, the murderer}}.

* [[Asian Airhead]]: Though he's really just {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]}}: To {{spoiler|Kay}} and especially {{spoiler|Regina.}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|AND]]. [[Stepford Smiler|HOW]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: A rare male example, but being {{spoiler|abandoned by your father}} and {{spoiler|growing up in an [[Orphanage of Fear]]}} can really {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|break someone]]}}.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Supposedly, he died years ago. {{spoiler|Actually, his real father is very much alive and a murderer who went missing to cover up his crime.}}

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: The interesting thing is that when Money the Monkey is with him, Money tugs on his hair to resemble Sōta's facial expressions. This, of course causes his eyes to be open as a result. So his eyes are basically closed otherwise. Until he opens them. {{spoiler|They aren't creepy, though they do make him look just as clever as Edgeworth -[[Magnificent Bastard|which he is]].}}

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He's an animal tamer for a reason. He even got ''Money the monkey'' to be friends with him! {{spoiler|But when his true nature is made clear they turn on him}}.

* [[Identical Stranger]]: When his character design was first released, he was criticized for looking like a male Dahlia Hawthorne. {{spoiler|He certainly [[Cute and Psycho|acts]] like her too}}.

* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: ''Boku,'' as is fitting for a gentle, easily spooked personality. {{spoiler|Significantly, he switches to the much rougher ''ore'' when his true colors are revealed.}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Restless People" when you first meet him. "Strange People" when you talk to him. And {{spoiler|when he reveals himself, "The Man Who Masterminds The Game".}}

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Type A and {{spoiler|C}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sympathy for the Devil]]}}: Though whether or not he's truly {{spoiler|a devil}} is up to you.

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}: His is one of the most awesome and hilarious {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] breakdowns}} in Ace Attorney, considering that {{spoiler|all of his animal friends beat the crap out of him when he was exposed}}.

One of the prisoners in the jail. He used to be a boxer and he continues practicing in prison. His prison number is D-259. He has a polar bear called Mark, who's always hanging around with him (literally). {{spoiler|He tried to escape the prison. His bear knocked a guard unconscious and then Orinaka stole his cell keys and disguised himself as a guard}}. His plan was foiled when {{spoiler|Mark recognized him in the uniform}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: His full name is a pun on "ori no naka shūjin", which means "prisoner in a cage".

* [[Mugged for Disguise]]: {{spoiler|He even mugged another guy just to have someone to pin it on.}}

A former assassin who would use his dog, Kuro, as a pet and a weapon. The ringing of Kuro's green bell was said to be the last thing his victims would hear before their deaths. He is blind and Kuro is his guiding dog. {{spoiler|He saved the lives of Manosuke and Sōta when they were trapped in a car while it was freezing outside. Their parents abandoned them so he brought them to an orphanage.}} Later, when he was asked to {{spoiler|assassinate Teikun Ō near this very orphanage, Sōta recognized him and saved his life.}} He was eventually caught, prosecuted by Edgeworth and imprisoned.

* [[Bald of Evil]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. He may be an assassin, but he's [[Noble Demon|not completely evil]].}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]/[[Red Herring]] : [[Zig Zagged Trope|Zig-zags repeatedly between the two.]]

** You first meet him after a very ominous buildup, and upon seeing him he's practically the definition of [[Obviously Evil]]. But you don't really get much worthwhile information out of him. But later, after finding out the victim was {{spoiler|seemingly}} killed by a {{spoiler|dog}}, the player begins to suspect him. By the time you confront him again, Edgeworth is utterly convinced he's the killer. {{spoiler|He isn't}}. Later subverted again when you find out {{spoiler|though he didn't commit the murder, he was the indirect cause of it}}.

** As if that wasn't enough, in Case 5 you find out he was hired to kill {{spoiler|the ''real'' president of Zheng Fa 12 years ago, so his body double could pull a [[Dead Person Impersonation]]}}. Said {{spoiler|double}} turns up dead in the present. Surely he's the killer this time. {{spoiler|Nope. But he does provide the final piece of the puzzle Edgeworth needs to work out who the real mastermind is}}.

* [[Luxury Prison Suite]]: Perhaps even more so than {{spoiler|Kristoph}}. Kay lampshades it during an investigation. {{spoiler|Later [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] when it's revealed he gets his luxury treatment by threatening the warden.}}

* [[Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: {{spoiler|Though he's not able to kill directly anymore, he still maintains the influence he once had. The mere knowledge that he has 'dogs' outside the prison and that they [[Oh Crap|know where her family is]] allows him to manipulate the warden into giving him anything he wants, through this he established himself as the prison's "supplier", 'ordering' items for other prisoners in exchange for favours. Hell, his imprisonment allows him to play a major role in the [[Big Bad]]'s plan.}}

* [[Parental Substitute]]: A father figure to {{spoiler|Sōta.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He is fond of his dog Kuro {{spoiler|and he also rescued Manosuke and Sōta when they were children, being a father figure to Sōta.}}

A professional chef who has his own show where he sings, dances, and makes sweets, such as cake. He is also the main suspect in the IS-7 case. Gregory Edegeworth was his defense attorney. He didn't manage to completely prove his innocence, but since he revealed that {{spoiler|the autopsy report had to be faked because the victim's body was missing}}, the prosecutor, Manfred von Karma, had to charge him with accomplice to murder instead.

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: His name comes from the phrase "tenka ichi", meaning "the best on earth", referencing his reputation of his pastries being the best around. For once, the pun is actually acknowledged in-game, since it's his nickname.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: {{spoiler|Only to his past self}}.

An another confectionery chef who participated in the dessert-making contest. She is from England. {{spoiler|She is actually a pharmacist who works for the Tenkai Group, who was sent to oversee the secret Tenkai Recipe.}} She acts as an old lady and is the only character who hasn't changed a bit in 18 years.

* [[Big Eater]]: She snacks on the other contestants' works. It depends how much she snacks on them but {{spoiler|Kazami doesn't seem to take kindly to that habit}}.

* [[He Knows Too Much]]: {{spoiler|The Tenkai Group sent her to spy on Tenkai and made sure his work never goes public.}}

* {{spoiler|[[The Napoleon]]}}: Only part of it though. She's {{spoiler|not evil}} but she can get angry real fast when you insult her.

* [[The Nicknamer]]: To everyone. Including Manfred Von Karma.

* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Her eyes look different from the rest of the Act Attorney characters but of course, no one comments on it.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Multiple layers of it, in fact! When Gregory first exposes the fact that {{spoiler|she doesn't know the first thing about cooking and her contest entries are just props}}, she claims {{spoiler|she is just a [[Big Eater]] who entered the contest on a whim because she loved sweets, and never expected to get all the way to the finals.}} Naturally, it's much more complicated than that, and when you meet her in the present it's clear she's much smarter than she acts. {{spoiler|She's able to produce irrefutable evidence clearing her name when accused}}, for one.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Her exact age is unknown but she claims to be very old. It's a running joke in the case.

* [[Secret Identity]]: {{spoiler|Not really. She's actually a pharmacist}}, even though she looks like a pastry chef.

A girl who assists Issei Tenkai on his show. She was abandoned by her biological parents who left her at Tenkai's doorstep. He raised her as his own daughter. {{spoiler|She hid the body of the IS-7 victim and prepared a trap for the real murderer, knowing that he would eventually return.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Framing the Guilty Party]]: Tries to do this after 18 years.}}

* [[The Gump]]: See [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]], as she {{spoiler|indirectly caused Manfred to resort to forging evidence, and thus the DL-6 Incident}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: Her name contains the kanji for "resident of mansion" and "blanket". {{spoiler|A reference to how she first hid the body}}.

** Her full name is a pun on "o yashiki o tsukasadoru" which means "[to be] responsible for the residence". She takes care of Tenkai's mansion.

* [[Single Tear]]: When she breaks down she reaches a hand up dramatically and cries a single tear.

* [[Tears of Remorse]]: {{spoiler|[[Subverted]]. She is arrested for of poisoning, but [[Tears of Joy|she's glad that Tenkai finally got free after all those years]]}}.

A pastry chef {{spoiler|without the ability to taste}}. His {{spoiler|son}} was therefore very valuable to him. He and the victim of IS-7, Isaku Hyōdō, {{spoiler|secretly collaborated together}} in a dessert-making contest. Kazami was in charge of the flavor. {{spoiler|Isaku betrayed him, abducted his son}} and later {{spoiler|blackmailed him when he found out about his disability}}. {{spoiler|Kazami killed him}} and {{spoiler|fled the country}}.

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In the past, he barely did anything. In the present, {{spoiler|he's been unconscious most of the time so you couldn't talk to him or anything}}. Only at the end {{spoiler|his role becomes a lot more important}}. And he's not just a simple {{spoiler|criminal}}. He's {{spoiler|the father of Sōta Sarushiro}}.

* [[Serious Business|Desserts Are Serious Business]]: So much so that {{spoiler|He framed Delish simply on account of her being "not a real pastry chef", and is deeply dissapointed Tenkai was suspected instead, as he considered him a [[Worthy Opponent]].}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Brandished Flavor"

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|To Sōta Sarushiro.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: His name means "full of flavor". {{spoiler|He most certainly isn't.}} His surname contains the kanji for "weathercock".

* {{spoiler|[["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]}}: His testimony is considerably harder to crack than anything beforehand. {{spoiler|And even then, he still has the Statute of Limitations on his side...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]}}: {{spoiler|You prove his motive, means and opprtunity and then, in a shock subversion of the series' normal conventions, he proceeds to '' flat-out admit everything you said is true'' and gives a full confession. It seems like it's all over... until he goes [[Laughing Mad]] and reminds you of the Statute of Limitations.}}

A university hospital nurse. She's Otome Itami's granddaughter and she assists her from time to time. She found and treated Kay after she fell down and lost her memories. {{spoiler|She was forced to work with Bansai Ichiyanagi. He made her don a mask and the victim's clothes to pretend she was one of the auction customers}}.

A coroner and the director of the Itami hospital who works with Tōko Mutō, her grandchild. She's very old and when speaking she always whispers it to Tōko who then relays it loud enough to the others. {{spoiler|She was forced to work with Bansai Ichiyanagi. He made her create a fake autopsy report, which he then gave to von Karma.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: "Itami o tome" means "stop the pain".

A 13-year old boy. He's a middle school actor, often mistaken for an elementary school student. He has a starring role in the upcoming Borumosu movie, which is being filmed by the Global Studios. His mother, Ami, died a few years ago so her cousin, Hakari Mikagami now takes care of him. {{spoiler|He is the son of the real Teikun Ō.}}

* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: {{spoiler|Completely failed to notice Bansai Ichiyanagi hiding in the lot and Souta Sarushiro lowering a body into the lot from a hot-air balloon.}} Granted, he had earphones in and was talking on the phone for the latter event, but still.

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Pointed Age"

* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: "Shimon" means fingerprints.

* [[Missing Mom]]: She died a few years ago so he was adopted by her [[Promotion to Parent|cousin]].

* [[The Stoic]]: {{spoiler|Once you startle him though, he's just like any other boy.}}

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Milk. {{spoiler|His damage sprite shows that his backpack contains more milk cartons, and when he gets kidnapped, a milk carton is used to track him down}}.

Larry’s latest girlfriend, she was previously in a relationship with Bright Bonds, only for him to keep pursuing her despite being married. {{spoiler|It’s the other way around; she wanted him quite badly, then killed him for refusing.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}: {{spoiler|Manipulated Larry into taking the fall for her killing Bonds for rejecting her}}

* [[Expy]]: Her hair and kimono make her look somewhat like Aoi from ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'', {{spoiler|except Aoi is not the type to commit murder over being rejected}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Never Said It Was Poison]]}}: She knew that {{spoiler|Bonds was at Gourd Lake}} so {{spoiler|it means she must have been there.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sinister Silhouettes]]}}: Although it's revealed pretty early in the story. Only her face is hidden but you can still see her clothes.

* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: The Run-Down Inn doesn't have any air conditioning so {{spoiler|Belle Windsor had to open up the window in one of the apartments to make it look like it was her apartment.}}

* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Payne remarked that she likes to talk about nothing since all she talked about before her tesrimony began was to try to convince Phoenix into moving into the Run Down Inn. {{spoiler|It turned out to be useful since she said there was no air conditioning so Phoenix uses that to figure out that Belle Windsor opened p the window in her apartment.}}

* [[Ice Queen]]: But not without a few soft spots, such as when she cries and comforts her daughter after the true killer of her husband is revealed

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Subverted. She did sent Lira to shut off the main breaker for Robin and he dies anyway.

* [[Forgiveness]]/[[Revenge]]: Has an interesting variation of this at the end of the trial; she says she will never forgive {{spoiler|Brock}} for killing her father (whom she hated for killing Eddie but still loved as her father), but won’t take her revenge, because revenge never makes anyone feel better.

* [[Meaningful Name]]/ [[Shout-Out]]: He and his brother Eddie’s names, combined, form “[[Spider-Man|Eddie Brock]]”, also known as [[Venom]].

* [[Muscles Are Meaningful]]: {{spoiler|After all, he was the only one who could lift all the furniture of the Den of Spiders up onto the ceiling.}}

* [[Nice Hat]]: {{spoiler|He uses his hat as part of his impersonation of his dead brother.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: A more limited example; {{spoiler|he pretends to carelessly activate the Den of Spiders' chair's restraints with Maya inside, but it's clear later on that he knew how it worked in advance}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Revenge]]}}: {{spoiler|His motivation, although Lira, who loved Eddie, thinks otherwise, refusing to forgive him but saying that she doesn’t want revenge}}.

* [[Saying Too Much]]: {{spoiler|Edgeworth tricks him into admitting to setting the fire this way, after he insists that he was wearing gloves.}}

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Phoenix has to wonder how much Thomas cares for Bobby, especially considering that he doesn’t stand up to Robin. In the end, though, Bobby gets a job working for Spitzer and caring for his spiders, and is considerably happier as a result.

Assistant to the publicity team at Sparkle Land, and the defendant in Turnabout Showtime.

* [[The Cutie]]: Phoenix is quite attracted to her, presumably because she slightly resembles Dahlia. It's unclear whether this is before or after {{spoiler|he learns Iris actually did love him.}}

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Framing Julie for murder over her biting her nails and in his view, not having "the attitude of a professional"}}