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* The plant named Charley in Phoenix's office is likely a shout out to [[wikipedia:Chuck the plant|Chuck the plant]], a mascot/RunningGag in [[Lucas Arts]] adventure games.

* The Steel Samurai is about half reference, half parody of tokusatsu shows like Kamen Rider, though once it gets the Iron Baby that it carries around in a cart, it becomes a full on [[Lone Wolf and Cub]] reference.

 

=== '''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney''' ===

* The footage from the "Steel Samurai" show bears more than a passing resemblance to the opening cutscene of the original ''[[Ninja Gaiden]]'' game.

* Miles Edgeworth's father Gregory is based off [[Gregory Peck|Atticus]] [[To Kill a Mockingbird|Finch]]

{{quote| '''Phoenix''': [Will Powers] doesn't seem the type, does he. (Curiouser and curiouser...)}}

* The Gatewater Hotel becoming famous for an illegal wiretapping operation. The hotel name and the event are similar to the Watergate Scandal.

{{quote| ''"In West Clownidelphia, born and raised. In the Circus was where I spent most of my days."''}}

* [[Lord of the Rings|"It's a treasure. My treasure... Preciiiious..."]]

* Lawrence "Moe" Curls, professional [[The Three Stooges|Stooge]].

** During the same case:

{{quote| '''Phoenix''': ([[Days of Our Lives|Like sands through the hourglass, so are the Days of the Circus...]])}}

* Maya: "Hey Pearls, did I ever tell you about how [[American Pie|this one time, at Lawyer Camp,]] Nick..."

* '''Phoenix''': [[Scooby Doo|Zoinks! It's the alien]]!

* Maya in response to Trilo's (a ventriloquist's dummy) goals:

{{quote| "[[YTMND|You're the man now, doll!]]"}}

** It may also be a reference to the film ''Finding Forrester'' and/or [[Memetic Mutation|the website the line inspired]].

* Gumshoe: "It's go time, baby! I'm on fire! <big>[[CSI: Miami|YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!]]</big>"

** The fact that he says this at least twice might also be referencing the fact that that's part of the opening theme, played in every episode.

* '''Oldbag''': [[Lord of the Rings|You shall not pass!]]

* [[Sherlock Holmes|It's elementary, my dear.]]

* Juan Corrida bears a striking resemblance to Hiroshi Fujioka, a.k.a. Takeshi Hongo (the very first [[Kamen Rider]]) and Segata Sanshiro.

** This troper found him to be more similar to V3, with the guitar and all.

* "Well, he did say '[[Terminator|I'll be back]].' Wait... or was that [[Arnold Schwarzenegger|someone else]]?"

* Phoenix sounding very much like [[Jerry Lewis]] during 2-2:

* Phoenix and Pearl find a toy robot bear in 2-4, and Pearl asks [[Astro Boy|how much horsepower it has.]]

 

=== '''Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations''' ===

 

* '''Godot''': "As they say... [[Metal Gear Solid|'A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal!']]"

* '''Mia''': "(Well, we know whose milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...)"

* '''Luke Atmey''': "Not surprising... some people spend their entire lives [[Waiting for Godot|idly waiting for his [Godot's] appearance."]]

* '''Luke Atmey''': "Shall we say the figurative [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Sir William will be dropping his trousers before lunchtime?]]"

* Case 3 manages to get in ''three'' references all within the same scene, assuming all topics are explored and a wrong item is presented.

{{quote| '''Maya:''' "This is madness!"<br />

* "I guess {{spoiler|Mr. Elg}} [[Castlevania|is like every other man with his own pile of secrets.]]"

* '''Judge:''' [[Scooby Doo|"Ruh-Roh!"]]

* '''Phoenix:''' "A [[Ren and Stimpy|muddy mudskipper in outer space]] has a better chance of surviving than I do!"

* '''Phoenix''': "(A spirit medium afraid of ghosts...? [[Alanis Morissette|Isn't it ironic, don't you think?]])"

** Gumshoe's song in the same case sounds like "No Woman, No Cry" by Bob Marley & The Wailers, only with altered lyrics.

{{quote| '''Bikini''': I don't know anything about it; I don't care about materials things. I'm some sort of immaterial girl.<br />

'''Gumshoe''' (while laughing): You could say [[Madonna|she lives in an "immaterial world", huh?]] }}

* Gumshoe sings "Every case is gonna be air-tight" in a reggae beat. I wonder [[Bob Marley|who that's meant to sound like...]]

* If you examine the other side of the Suspension Bridge, Maya will suggest to Phoenix that he should train with her, since it would be great if he could have spiritual powers too, leading to this comment:

{{quote| '''Phoenix:''' (Really? "[[The Sixth Sense|I see dead people]]" sounds more like a cause for alarm to me...)}}

* During the cross-examination of Laurice

* Here's where things get [[Call Back|meta]]...

{{quote| '''Phoenix:''' But then a miracle happened. The kind people like {{spoiler|Mr. Tigre}} like to say never happen.<ref>A localization hiccup in the bad ending of the second game included the line "The 'miracle' never happen," which underwent [[Memetic Mutation]].</ref>}}

=== '''Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney''' ===

 

{{quote| '''Zak''': In his last years, Magnifi worked us to the bone... No. [[To the Pain|To the pain.]]<br />

'''Klavier''': "Logical"? [[You Keep Using That Word|I do not think this word means what you think it means]], Herr Forehead! }}

* Gavin's song ''Atroquinine, My Love'' might be a reference to the Jethro Tull song ''Aqualung'' (which includes the line "Aqualung, my friend" quite a few times).

* '''Apollo''': ([[Dire Straits|I should have learned to play the guitar.]])

* Also a mention of the [[Perry Mason|Mason System]].

* "How about flowers made of metal?" "What, like [[Steel Magnolias|a magnolia made of steel]]?"

* Capcom also does a shout-out to its ''less''-known survival horror series, ''[[Dino Crisis]]''. The first DC game took place on Ibis Island in "The Republic of Borginia." Two key characters in ''Apollo Justice'' are from the Borginian Republic, suggesting a very bizarre intercontinuity canon.

* Case 4:

* Trucy's dummy is named [[South Park|Mr. Hat]].

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=== '''Edgeworth Saga''' ===

* Several [[Memetic Mutation|Internet memes]] have appeared in Investigations, including, but not limited to: [[Dragonball Z|Over 9000]], "relevant to my interests", the Badger Song, etc.

** One NPC in the fifth case of Investigations stands near a television camera and talks about his image being [[Mega Man Star Force|sent out into the wave world]].

** Third case: Kay Faraday says [[Item Get|"Badger GET!"]] a few times. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].

** Also by Kay on a ceiling fan (compare to musical mobile): "They're totally alike! They spin those babies right round, like a record!"

** [[Sherlock Holmes|"Elementary."]] In reference to deduction.

{{quote| '''Edgeworth''': {{spoiler|Lance Amano}}! I propose that you killed {{spoiler|Mr. Deacon}} with {{spoiler|the revolver}} in {{spoiler|the haunted house}}!}}

** {{spoiler|'''Quercus Alba'''}}: [[You Meddling Kids|"And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn't for you meddling prosecutors!"]]

** Even Gumshoe gets in on the action:

** In the first case, Edgeworth exclaims "You fail!" moments prior to exposing {{spoiler|Jacques Portsman as the killer}}.

* Lang: "Your diplomatic immunity... ''[[Lethal Weapon 2|it's just been revoked.]]''"

** Something similar happens in Investigations, when a young Franziska says that she will [[Devo|whip Yew into shape.]]

* In case 5 of Investigations, Edgeworth says that {{spoiler|Larry Butz}} has been the world's largest source of [[The Music Man|Trouble with a capital T.]]

* In case 2 of Investigations, there's a bit of an internal reference, where examing a few books will eventually lead to reading about a "working name" for iFly Airlines. That name being GoYou Airlines. GoYou is the name of the airline in the Japanese version.

* '''Calisto Yew''': "[[The Dark Knight Saga|Why so serious?]]"

* While checking a group of suitcases in case 2 with Gumshoe.

{{quote| '''Edgeworth''': And where were you when you experienced this... calm?<br />

'''Lance''': Our family garden, of course! Where else could it have been!?<br />