Ace Attorney/Characters/Witnesses and Other Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]: In the third game.

* [[The Ditz]]: Probably ''why'' trouble follows him everywhere.

* [[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.}}

* [[Ocular Gushers]]: And HOW!

Redd White's secretary.

* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Has a cute seemingly ditzy exterior, but reveals her true personality and becomes hostile under enough pressure.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Though possibly [[Obfuscating Stupidity|smarter than she looks]].

* [[Double Entendre]]: With her, it's just asking for trouble.

* [[Gainaxing]]

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

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: She's not the most clever wire-tapper, but she's far more competent than she seems at first.

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Pops up at the thought of her latest celebrity obsession. Best not thought about at any length.

* [[Donut Mess With a Cop]]: A security guard, but she's quite fond of donuts.

** You also get to collect {{spoiler|her undershirt}} as evidence. Edgeworth is rightfully shaken by the very thought.

* [[Grumpy Old Man|Grumpy Old Woman]]

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Though he's not really that cute...

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: [[Word of God]] says that he was introduced as a witness because his reasons for lying (as a child) would not be motivated by the same reasons an adult would in his situation.

* [[Innocent Inaccurate]]: When he testifies, it's plain that he doesn't realize what he witnessed was a murder. {{spoiler|Well, a killing, at any rate}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: She's a diva. "Sakura" [[Cherry Blossoms|is obvious]], and "Himegami" means "princess-goddess".

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Yakuza]]

* [[Follow in My Footsteps]]: He {{spoiler|as part of his [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]}} mistakes Phoenix and Maya for his children and wants them to take over the "noodle shop" after he's gone.

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

* [[Senior Sleep Cycle]]

* [[Snot Bubble]]

* {{spoiler|[[Sympathetic Murderer]]}}: {{spoiler|Robert Hammond prevented him from being convicted but ruined his life in the process}}.

* [[Talkative Loon]] {{spoiler|Subverted.}}

=== '''Angel Starr''' (''Kyoka Ichinotani'') ===

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

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

* [[Idiot Hair]]: Underneath her hat.

* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]

* [[Cheerful Child]]

* [[Circus Brat]]

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]

* [[The Hyena]]

* [[Mouthful of Pi]]: *whip crack* "Do you like pi? I love pi! 3.141592... (continue for almost two lines of text)! Tasty!"

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: He makes Phoenix want some earplugs.

* {{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|[[The Reveal]]: "Hold on a sec. I'm gonna consult myself, okay?"}}

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

* [[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.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|At large as of the end of Investigations 2.}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Whim of a Murderous Gentlemen".

* [[Friend to All Living Things]] --> [[Disney Creatures of the Farce]]

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Distant Traces of Beauty".

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: "Two minutes, and she's got the whole courtroom wrapped around her little finger..."

* {{spoiler|[[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]}}

* [[Never Found the Body]]

* [[Animal Motifs]]: His hairstyle and the "whisker" marks on his face are meant to emulate a fox, and the fox is the Kitaki family's symbol.

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

* [[Meal Ticket]]

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

* [[Punny Name]]: Lance's nickname for her is Lollie, making it Lollipops.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* [[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.}}

* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: He never even bothers to use his immunity though. And the only time this is in effect in Babahl was around the beginning of the case, causing von Karma to turn to Palaeno.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Due to his incessant smiling. He only ever opens his eyes when he gets serious. Several players reported being disturbed upon seeing it. Others reported swooning.

* [[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}}.

* {{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.}}

=== '''Quercus Alba''' (''Carnage Onred'') ===

* [[Fan Boy]]: Of the Steel Samurai.

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

* [[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.}}

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

* [[Motor Mouth]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Scapegoat]]}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Animal Motif]]: Based around the monkey theme.

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

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}

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

* [[Character Tic]]: Most of the time, you'll see her stirring in her bowl or holding it.

* {{spoiler|[[Cheaters Never Prosper]]}}: She apparently {{spoiler|cheated her way into the competition}} so she can do her job: {{spoiler|never let Tenkai's works go public}}. That's one more reason {{spoiler|for the murderer to attempt to frame her}}.

* [[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.

* [[Animal Motif]]: Based around the cow theme.

* [[Cheerful Child]]

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|He's been dead for a long time}}.

* [[Confess to A Lesser Crime]]: {{spoiler|He admits to setting fire to Wolfe Manor when it looks as though Bobby might get off, after Edgeworth tricks him into confessing. He claims that he's doing this to catch a murderer, although he's hoping to avoid being revealed}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]}}

* [[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.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't question him about his knowledge of spiders.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Of a sort. He initially begs Phoenix to defend Bobby, but then testifies for the prosecution after claiming Edgeworth convinced him that Bobby is guilty.

=== '''Julie Henson''' (''Juri Okazaki'') ===

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

* [[Expy]]: His appearance is similar to that of Kristoph Gavin, {{spoiler|down to committing murder out of jealousy over someone else replacing him}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Green-Eyed Monster]]}}: {{spoiler|Toward Flip, who was to replace him as Sparklestar}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}: {{spoiler|After he’s exposed, he realizes that he was the one who “dragged Sparklestar’s name through the mud”.}}

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her father {{spoiler|and her stepmother}}

* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Edgeworth sympathizes with her, but says she must pay for her crime. Then again, as is often the case, she is not the culprit.

* [[The Promise]]: To inherit her mother's necklace when she turns 20.

Another contestant on Gourmand Battle.

* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rocky Balboa.