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[[File:Apollo_Justice_-_Ace_Attorney_6big_8906.jpg|frame| He is as [[No Indoor Voice|loud]] as he [[Large Ham|looks]]. Also, he's [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|reliable.]]]]
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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: ''Apollo Justice'' often pokes fun at the very series it belongs to, most noticeably when Apollo spends the start of his first trial gearing himself up to bellow the series [[Catch Phrase]] ('''''"{{color|red|
* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: During the second case, when Apollo can examine the DVD cases stacked around Phoenix's hospital bed.▼
{{quote| '''Apollo''': It's a swaying, spiraling stack of DVD cases. Better stay away or it'll become a crashing, cascading cavalcade of DVD cases.}}▼
▲* [[Affectionate Parody]]: ''Apollo Justice'' often pokes fun at the very series it belongs to, most noticeably when Apollo spends the start of his first trial gearing himself up to bellow the series [[Catch Phrase]] ('''''"{{color|red|O}}"''''') and then gets reprimanded when he finally does so for yelling in court.
* [[Air Guitar]]: Klavier's gimmick; it even ''sounds like a real guitar'' when he does it.
** "For a second, I could SEE the guitar!"
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* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: During Perceive segments.
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}}. Given the series tradition for them, it was a surprise when Klavier Gavin appeared and he actually didn't follow this trope.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: The last case {{spoiler|takes you back seven years to Phoenix's last trial, and makes you jump between the present and seven years ago in a "game" of sorts
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]:
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* [[Anime Hair]]: Daryan has a 'do that's oddly suggestive ([[Fan Nickname]]: Dickhead), Drew Misham's looks like half of its hair was frozen at an angle from its head in the shape of a painting brush, and the Gavin brothers' hair forms a G at the side while the lower part forms a drill. This trope also gets subverted in the case of Apollo's hairstyle: Apollo himself actually said that he used hair gel when Olga refused to testify due to being scared by his 'demonic horns'.
* [[Apron Matron]]: Plum Kitaki.
* [[Arc Words]]: Any variation on "seven years ago". Apollo even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] how often it comes up.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Pal Meraktis from
** {{spoiler|Zak Gramarye}} -- see [[Jerkass]], below.
* [[Back for
* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|During the final case, it is revealed that Phoenix has been working on the same case for the last seven years, manipulating Apollo into using forged evidence as well as getting Kristoph arrested, and then setting up the entire Jurist System in order to make sure Kristoph finally gets implicated for the forgeries and the murder of Drew Misham. It could be argued that this resulted in an inverted case of [[Hijacked
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Kristoph}}.
* [[Big Screwed
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}}, period.
**
* [[Born Lucky]]: Completely averted in
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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Ema Skye also seems to have a bottomless bag of snacks. Humorously subverted at one point, when Apollo tries questioning her. An annoyed Ema threatens to bean him with more snacks, but he reminds her that she'd eventually run out. Ema concedes the point and answers his questions.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: During the introduction of the {{spoiler|Jurist System}}, Kristoph objects, wanting to keep the "riff-raff" out. After a pull back to behind the witness stand, everybody looks at the camera. Justified as Apollo says it's actually {{spoiler|the jurors watching
▲* [[Born Lucky]]: Completely averted in 4-4: {{spoiler|the "crucial evidence" that Phoenix thinks will help him win his case actually proves to be forged and gets him disbarred for fraud.}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: In the first case, any time you expose a contradiction in Olga Orly's testimony, the bowl she holds flies up in the air, and she moves to catch each individual piece, including the lobster it contains. The last time you do this {{spoiler|after she reveals her [[True Colors]]}}, they all fall to the ground. Later that case, you finally corner {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}} inescapably, and his freakout animation is so powerful it [[Chunky Updraft|summons the bowl and lobster back upwards momentarily]].▼
▲** {{spoiler|Then again, he gets hit by a SPEEDING CAR in 4-2, flies '''THIRTY FEET''', crashed into a lamppost, and walked away with nothing more than a '''''[[Made of Iron|sprained ankle.]]}}'''''
▲* [[Brick Joke]]: In the first case, any time you expose a contradiction in Olga Orly's testimony, the bowl she holds flies up in the air and she moves to catch each individual piece, including the lobster it contains. The last time you do this {{spoiler|after she reveals her [[True Colors]]}}, they all fall to the ground. Later that case, you finally corner {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}} inescapably, and his freakout animation is so powerful it [[Chunky Updraft|summons the bowl and lobster back upwards momentarily]].
▲* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: During the introduction of the {{spoiler|Jurist System}}, Kristoph objects, wanting to keep the "riff-raff" out. After a pull back to behind the witness stand, everybody looks at the camera. Justified as Apollo says it's actually {{spoiler|the jurors watching.}}
* [[Character Tics]]: Actually a gameplay element, as Apollo has the ability to "Perceive" character tics that reveal when a witness is obfuscating the truth.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: The object that {{spoiler|proved a man guilty of theft a thirdway through and}} finally proved who the real murderer was at the end of the second case was {{spoiler|a pair of panties. [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|Your 15-year old sidekick's panties]], no less. To avoid the squick, we shall note she does not wear them as they are far too large for her and are used as a prop in her magic acts where she produces items like a frozen turkey or a broom from them}}. This is suitably lampshaded: {{spoiler|"Panties! Again?!"}}
** {{spoiler|The reason he stole them wasn't because he was a pervert (or so he says). It was because he wanted to know how she did it. As he put it: [[For Science
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Phoenix Wright, of all people. The increase in his competence and intelligence when free from the control of the player is staggering.
** It's not necessarily an increase in competence, but {{spoiler|the fact that he's spent seven years on the same case}} gives him incredible insight into what actually happened. He just can't do anything about it, and has to pass it over to Apollo without simply giving him the answer.
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Arguably [[The Rival|Edgeworth]] and [[Kawaiiko|Pearl]].
** Maya also fits here for the same reason, though it does hint at her in the second case when Phoenix mentions that this [[Adult Child|"kid"]] he knows keeps sending him children's action hero shows.
* [[Chunky Updraft]]: Part of the first [[Freak
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: When Spark Brushel uses his journalistic lingo to say a "Star falls", Trucy interprets it literally by pointing out that there's no gravity in space, and she finds it hard to believe that a star could fall. Apollo lampshades this by asking if that's really the point here.
* [[Completely Unnecessary Translator]]: {{spoiler|Lamiroir didn't need the help
** {{spoiler|Also, Machi. Although he isn't completely fluent in English
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Look closely at every scene. You'll see subtle references to old characters. In Case 2, you can see Wendy Oldbag trying to climb over the fence to get into the closed park. It's never said, but it so something she would do. Also in Nick's hospital room, you see a bunch of ''Steel Samurai'' DVDs sent to him by a 'kid' - almost certainly Maya.
** In the cases where you can see the outside of the Sunshine Stadium, you can see Larry in the background. In one scene, he's on a picnic blanket with what appears to be another girlfriend. In another scene, he's in his "Laurice Deauxnim" attire. His sprite's ''very'' small, being in the background, but it's almost unmistakable.
* [[Dandere]]: Vera Misham is very shy and quiet until {{spoiler|you talk about magic}}.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The "incuritis" article has a headline and sub-headline. They are identical.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Hire some lucky asshole over ''me'' because you beat me at cards, will you!? ''Then I'll ruin his career and kill everybody ''else'' connected to this case!''}}
* [[The Don]]: "Big Wins" Kitaki;
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: The "Oh really, Ms. Orly?" joke was milked for all its worth.
* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Phoenix Wright, of all people. His level upped competence after the Phoenix Trilogy Arc and the track of things he has is freaking astounding. The same could be said for his eccentric nature, however.
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** {{spoiler|Kristoph Gavin}}'s hairdo does quite a spectacular number (specifically, [[Memetic Mutation|OVER NINE THOOOOUUUUUUSAAAAAAAND!]] when {{spoiler|he finally goes down for the count in the last chapter}}).
** Daryan Crescend wears his hair in a long, torpedo-like ([[Freud Was Right|described in other ways]] [[Memetic Mutation|among more dirty-minded fans]]) pompadour that bounces when he laughs, droops when he's nervous, {{spoiler|flails madly like a ricocheting bullet when he snaps}}, and {{spoiler|takes on the appearance of a wet skunk when his brain is finally broken upon being exposed as a killer by Apollo}}.
* [[Expy]]: Klavier is basically [[Devil May Cry
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Klavier, who takes this to the point where he's almost more friend than enemy.
* [[Full Motion Video]]: The first game in the series to have FMV cutscenes, due to not being ported from the Game Boy Advance. Also, there's an extended regular sprite, fully animated, of Klavier playing the air guitar for [[Rule of Cool|no logical reason]].
* [[Funny Background Event]]: The Guitar's Serenade has Klavier desperately trying to put out his burning guitar and seems to throw up his hands in despair before fading out.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Subverted: {{spoiler|
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: In-universe example during Turnabout Succession.
* [[Hikikomori]]: Drew Misham and his daughter Vera.
* [[Hot Mom]]: {{spoiler|Thalassa Gramarye
* [[It Makes Sense in Context]]: A significant portion of the second case of the fourth game requires you to search for a 15-year old girl's panties.
* [[Jerkass]]: [[Alternative Character Interpretation|Zak Gramarye]] [http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=7846&sid=8f5d0a71354b125e1e8d685792ec150d Is A Jerk].
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Wocky Kitaki.
* [[Lamarck Was Right]]:
* [[Leaning
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Apollo and Trucy. {{spoiler|Which turns out to be not that far from the truth
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'''Apollo''': You... might not want to advertise it like that.
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Apollo {{spoiler|and the rest of the Gramarye family}}.
* [[Lost Him in
** {{spoiler|Actually, it's not a matter of winning or losing, especially since Zak claims to have only lost twice. At one point, he says that you really get to know a man when you compete with him, so the reason he fired Kristoph after the card game was not because he lost, but because that game was enough for Zak to realize that he was a [[Complete Monster]]
** However, it is somewhat odd that {{spoiler|Zak}} states this fact as though he'd needed an attorney multiple times beforehand...
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Lamiroir is revealed to be Thalassa Gramarye, being both Apollo's and Trucy's mother}}.
** [[Played for Laughs]] after Apollo
* [[Luxury Prison Suite]]: {{spoiler|Kristoph}}'s provides the page picture.
* [[Made of Iron]]: {{spoiler|Played straight and lampshaded at the beginning of the second case: Phoenix gets hit by a speeding car, flies thirty feet, hits his head on a pole and ''only suffers a sprained ankle. This is not left unmentioned
* [[Magic Realism]]: Apollo and Trucy have pretty much what could be described as a "[[X-Men|mutant power]]".
* [[Meanwhile in
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Happens in Case 3 when an item is added to the inventory, and Trucy notices the message being told to the player.
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'''Trucy''': "Attached?" I'm not some kind of robot, Apollo!
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Wesley Stickler.
* [[Never Suicide]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Magnifi Gramarye}}.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: In
* [[Not
* [[Not Proven]]: ''Apollo Justice'' has this, but it was close before.
* [[Off
* [[Out
* [[Panty Thief]]: Apollo's not the thief, actually.
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** When the real panty thief is caught, he claims he did it [[For Science
* [[Repetitive Name]]: In Japanese, Wocky Kitaki and Alita Tiala were named Kitaki Takita and Minami Namina, respectively. Put the first and last names together, and you get Kitakitakita and Minaminamina. [[Punny Name|Incidentally,]] "Kita" is the Japanese word for 'north', and "Minami" is 'south'.
* [[Rockers Smash Guitars]]: [[Discussed Trope]].
* [[She
* [[Ship Sinking]]: Before the game was released, many of the series' fans were shipping Apollo and Trucy. But considering the plot, that ship is unfortunately doomed, as they {{spoiler|turn out to be siblings}}.
* [[Shout Out]]: In the case where you encounter Valant for the first time he goes to you before entering court for the last time. Apollo thinks to himself that Valant used the door like an [[Harry Potter (Literature)|average muggle]].▼
** Although this hasn't discouraged some fans from shipping the two regardless. [[Squick|Ew.]]
** Trucy tells Apollo that her magic cabinet (and panties) is bigger on the inside than the outside. Which reminds Apollo of [[Doctor Who (TV)|a science-fiction show he used to watch]].▼
▲* [[Shout
* [[Shy Blue Haired Girl]]: Vera Misham.▼
▲** Trucy tells Apollo that her magic cabinet (and panties) is bigger on the inside than the outside. Which reminds Apollo of [[Doctor Who
* [[Silly Me Gesture]]: One of Trucy Wright's trademark gestures.▼
* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Phoenix apparently decided to follow this approach when it comes to Apollo: he only offers real aid when things are truly hopeless, and even then it's usually just a vague piece of advice (though an extremely useful one).▼
▲* [["Silly Me" Gesture]]: One of Trucy Wright's trademark gestures.
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: {{spoiler|Alita Tiala}} tried to {{spoiler|get her [[Meal Ticket|(ahem)]] beloved Wocky guilty of a murder she commited - by hiring a rookie attorney. His name? [[Spanner in The Works|Apollo Justice.]]}}▼
▲* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Phoenix apparently decided to follow this approach when it comes to Apollo: he only offers real aid when things are truly hopeless, and even then, it's usually just a vague piece of advice (though an extremely useful one).
** {{spoiler|As if she didn't make it obvious enough by writing the attorney request on [[Fridge Brilliance|"hit request" stationary.]]}}▼
▲* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: {{spoiler|Alita Tiala}} tried to {{spoiler|get her [[Meal Ticket|(ahem)]] beloved Wocky guilty of a murder she commited - by hiring a rookie attorney. His name? [[Spanner in
▲** {{spoiler|As if she didn't make it obvious enough by writing the attorney request on [[Fridge Brilliance|"hit request" stationary
* [[The Tell]]: When a witness is nervous while testifying, they'll perform some sort of habitual action that you have to zoom in on.
* [[Took a Level
▲* [[The Tell]]: When a witness is nervous while testifying they'll perform some sort of habitual action that you have to zoom in on.
** {{spoiler|Even the flashback to Phoenix's final case shows Phoenix as nearly hyper-competent (comparatively, that is) up to the fateful moment
▲* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Phoenix himself, in the seven years between this game and ''Trials and Tribulations''. He goes from "object first, then think" to an infuriating (could anyone be less helpful?!), manipulative (AJ case 1) near-genius who {{spoiler|is responsible for getting Kristoph implicated in the murder of Drew Misham by implementing a court system which wouldn't allow him to get away scot-free due to his careful elimination of the evidence}}.
* [[Took a Level
▲** {{spoiler|Even the flashback to Phoenix's final case shows Phoenix as nearly hyper-competent (comparatively, that is) up to the fateful moment.}}
* [[Timey
▲* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: Ema Skye, who went from being Maya 2.0 in case 1-5 to now randomly throwing Snackoos at your face. Failing an exam after years of study for can make someone a tad bitter. [[Word of God]] states it's because they needed another Gumshoe, and Maya 3.0 is already filled in by Trucy.
▲* [[Timey Wimey Ball]]: {{spoiler|The investigation as shown in the Mason System segment would be impossible unless Phoenix Wright could ''actually travel through time'', rather than this just being a convenience for the Jurists. He uses items and information he gained in the present in the past... and items and information from events that were later in the same time period in earlier events.}}
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Ema Skye and her Snackoos.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: There is a disease called "incuritis". It's not clear what part of the body is the "incur" or how it gets inflamed.
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