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

* {{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.}}

 

=== Manosuke Naitō ===

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

* [[Pet the Dog]]: It's heavily implied, if not outright stated, that he cares about and has a soft spot for {{spoiler|Sōta Sarushiro}}.

* [[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}}.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: He loves [[Chess Motifs|Chess metaphors]]. He even makes a few obscure ones referencing [[Tournament Play]] rules. All of them are completely accurate.

* [[Tsundere]]: Though he is most certainly tsuntsun by default, {{spoiler|Sōta}} is quite possibly the only person he'd show his deredere side to.

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]

* [[Villainous Cheekbones]]

 

* [[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.}}

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]

* [[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]].}}

* [[Fluffy Tamer]]

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[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}}.

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: He's blind.

* [[Hell Is That Noise]]: The ringing of Kuro's bell. {{spoiler|In-Universe, Marie Miwa seemed to think so, given how the sound features in her breakdown}}.

* [[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.}}

* [[Prophet Eyes]]

 

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

* [[Door Step Baby]]

* {{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}}.

* [[Happily Adopted]]

* [[Leitmotif]]: "Sweet Dance".

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

* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Are Pastry Chefs]]

 

=== Tōko Mutō ===

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

* {{spoiler|[[Woman Scorned]]}}

 

=== Biddy Tenniman (''Yone Ootsuka'') ===

A girl who loves anything that has to do with occult. She's accused of killing Oracle Hecate but she's admitting it since she thought it was the Lord of Death who caused her to do it.

 

* [[Fan Girl]]: She loves anything that has to do with with occult or psychic powers.

* [[Hair Decoration]]: She has a hairpin.

* [[Kubrick Stare]]

 

* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: He has noticeably more paler skin than the other fortune tellers.

* [[Fortune Teller]]

* [[Jump Scare]]: He hides under the witness stand during his testimony.

* [[Nice Hat]]: More like a headband.

* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Well, in terms of clothing for fortune tellers, his is the oddest since he wears a suit. Justified as he's just a replacement.

* [[Terrified of Germs]]: Phoenix accidentally had his thumb touch his hand and it made him all freaked out so much that he had to go to the bathroom for two or three minutes to wash his hands. {{spoiler|That's enough time for him to supposedly go through the ventilation and kill Oracle Hecate but he's not the killer.}}

 

 

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

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Subverted.

* [[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.

 

=== Dreama Love ''(Yumeko Aizawa)'' ===