Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney/Heartwarming: Difference between revisions

This page covers the first three games specifically. Take moments outside of that over to ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney/Heartwarming|Apollo Justice]]'' or ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Heartwarming|Investigations]]'', please.

 

* ...Lana smiles for the first time in years. I can't be the only one whose heart melted after that.

** When she reunites with Ema after the trial, all I could think was, "Give her a hug, already!" And she does. Awwww!

** Later on, in court, {{spoiler|Ema interrupts just as a verdict is about to be handed down. She begs to be heard out. Edgeworth agrees to it: "you want a minute? I'll give you three." He didn't need to do that, but still he is generous enough to let her speak.}}

 

* ''Everything'' about the good ending to ''Justice For All'', but especially {{spoiler|Edgeworth and Franziska's conversation at the airport, where Franziska suddenly bursts into tears, and the discovery of what the fourth piece of evidence was}}.

** Also where {{spoiler|Maya finally gets to see her dead sister, Mia, again via Pearl channeling the spirit. Cut to a scene of Maya and Mia hugging each other as Maya cries out of joy. This troper almost cried seeing the moment, since Maya doesn't meet Mia when she channels her instead of someone else channeling Mia.}}

* The revelation that Gumshoe has a crush on Maggey. [[Tear Jerker|Which just makes it sadder that he has to testify against her in court.]] This makes the confetti at the end of Maggey's trial all the more heartwarming when you realize that it's Gumshoe who is throwing the confetti to celebrate her victory.

 

* When Phoenix discovers in the third game that {{spoiler|his former first love, whom he had thought was just using him, was actually someone else... someone who ''really'' cared for him. And that person was his evil ex-girlfriend's twin sister, who actually pulled a [[Twin Switch]] with her}}.

'''Phoenix:''' {{spoiler|You really are the person I always thought you were. Even after Dahlia Hawthorne was found guilty, I still believed in you.}}

* Godot's "tears" always chokes up this troper, especially since Godot is {{spoiler|really Mia Fey's boyfriend Diego}}. After all, "The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over," and this is technically the last game in the series arc.

* Same trial--every last bit of {{spoiler|Maya's}} testimony. The way she's just so torn is adorable and sweet.

*** {{spoiler|What's even more heartwarming is the fact that the urn was broken ''before'' Pearl broke it, supposedly, the first time. Proves that you really can fix anything that's broken...}}

** A smaller one occurs at the end of "The Stolen Turnabout". The entire reason that Ron {{spoiler|became a thief}} was to support his wife's spending habit, terrified that she was going to leave him if she found out he was running out of money. After he's arrested for theft he is also terrified Desiree will leave him because of her hatred for criminals. If you present the Kurain Urn to him after the trial, Desiree shows up to congratulate Ron on being declared innocent. Maya asks if she's going to leave him.

** In the middle of the same case, this troper could not get over how utterly adorable the story of Ron and Desiree's meeting was. Desiree was held hostage by two thugs, and Ron, despite being positively terrified out of his mind, shaking, and with tears streaming down his face, still did not hesitate to shout at them and charge them, successfully scaring them away from her. Just knowing how timid Ron is and how heart-wrenchingly afraid he was and how it still didn't stop him from being an absolute hero made this troper melt.

** Edgeworth referring to Phoenix as his "partner." [[Shipping]] [[Ho Yay|reasons]] [[Fan-Preferred Couple|aside,]] this is [[Squee|utterly squee-inducing:]] their strong bond, the near-absolute trust between them, and their shared destiny summed up in one word, from emotionally-repressed [[The Spock|Edgey]] no less!