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{{quote|''"OBJECTION!"''|'''Phoenix Wright, and many others'''}}
The first three games in the ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' series star Phoenix Wright, a sympathetic, easily flustered [[Perry Mason]] with [[Anime Hair]], who digs deeper into the mysteries surrounding his client's cases (which always seem to involve [[Always Murder|murder]]), butts heads with a host of [[Only Sane Man|eccentric characters]], discovers clues and evidence the police miss, and uses those clues in court to force the truth out of witnesses and discover the true perpetrators. He fights alongside his [[Late Arrival Spoiler|late]] [[The Obi-Wan|mentor]]
They were originally developed for the [[Game Boy Advance]], with the exception of the fifth case of the first game, "Rise
The eponymous first game of the series chronicles Phoenix's first cases, [[Late Arrival Spoiler|Mia's death]], and Phoenix's first battles with [[The Rival|prosecutor Miles Edgeworth]] and his [[Amoral Attorney|abhorrent tactics]], culminating in a fierce face-off with Edgeworth's mentor, the legendary Manfred von Karma. In 2010, it gained a U.S. [[IOS Games|iPhone]] [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/phoenix-wright/id372166015 port]. A live action movie directed by [[Takashi Miike]] was released in theaters in Japan in February 2012.
The second game
The third game
A further [[Updated Rerelease]] featuring all three games was released for iOS in February 2012 (currently in Japan only), targeted primarily at the iPad and replacing the pixel art in the GBA and DS games with scanned versions of the original character drawings.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Oldbag. Poor, poor Edgeworth.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Mia. Especially when she's channeled by Pearl, whose clothes are... small.
* [[Allegedly Free Game]]: The iOS port of the first three games. It's free to download and gives you the first two chapters of the first game for free. The remaining chapters must be purchased in packs (one pack contains a full game) for US$5.99 per pack. However, to be fair, it's still way cheaper than trying to get all three games brand new for the DS.
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: The blatantly obvious example of Oldbag's affection for Edgeworth (and assumably all of her other crushes).
* [[Angrish]]: Whenever you catch someone in a lie.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Oh so much.
** Phoenix possesses what could be classified as "hedgehog hair", with spikes that protrude behind his head. His wannabe double
{{quote|'''Maya''': I mean, you [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall|normally only see hair like that in a video game]].
'''Phoenix''': (Is my hair really that weird-looking?)
** Pearl has a big pretzel on the top of her head, and her mother Morgan sports a massive shapeless bun that can only be held together by antigravity. Ron DeLite has a pair of [[Star Wars|cinnamon buns]] on the side of his head that spring outward when he's upset (which is often). Detective Luke Atmey's hair looks like he shaved his head, broke a plate, took the biggest piece, spray-painted it bright yellow, and glued it to his head. Redd White and April May both have [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|unnatural hair colors]]—dark blue-lavender and bright pink, respectively.
*** Both Maya's and Phoenix's hair is lampshaded frequently throughout all games
** Ace Detective Luke Atmey, if presented with Phoenix's profile, deducts that Phoenix must be a defense attorney [[Fridge Brilliance|because his hair shows that he's constantly taking blows from his enemies
*** And then, ''Ultimate [[Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'' happened...
** Gumshoe's pointy hair cannot be contained by and sticks through
* [[Arc Words]]: In the third game, [[Tear Jerker|"The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over."]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]:
** Pearl, whenever she believes Phoenix has wronged "Mystic Maya" in any (in)significant way.
** Franziska, throughout her appearance in the third game, very rarely hits Edgeworth with her whip even in court, choosing to hit other people instead of him. {{spoiler|When she ''does'' smack him,
** * Whenever Phoenix Wright gets too sappy talking about Dahlia, Mia subconsciously attacks Grossberg to vent.
* [[Artistic License: Law]]: Barely follows the rules of the criminal justice system. For instance, there is not even a Grand Jury to review evidence for the trial before hand, and defendants don't receive a trial by jury. Real life trials take weeks of cross examining evidence and witness testimony, with plenty of time for the defense to review all the evidence out of court. Granted, Japan's court system had trials with only one judge and no jury until 2009, when a system incorporating a group of judges was implemented. Makes use of many common subtropes.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Robert Hammond}} from Case 1-4; Turner Grey from Case 2-2; Juan Corrida from Case 2-4.
** Also, Jack Hammer (Case 1-3) may count (
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]:
** The DS support functions for the microphone and touch screen were tacked on to all three of the remakes. While it is cool to press the Y button to turn on the mic and yell "{{color|red|OBJECTION!}}" and "{{color|red|HOLD IT!}}", it's far easier to press the shoulder buttons instead. The touch screen is rarely ever required for any of the games either.
** The Wii remakes let you swing the Wiimote as if you were making Phoenix's trademark 'Objection!' pose. Fun, but ultimately, it's easier to just press the minus button.
* [[Back for the Finale]]: Larry in the first game, {{spoiler|Edgeworth}} in the second, {{spoiler|Franziska ''and'' Edgeworth}} in the third.
* [[Back
* [[Bash Brothers]]: If there's a legal version of this trope, Phoenix and Edgeworth are ''definitely'' it. Edgeworth wants to get the guilty into jail, Phoenix wants to keep the innocent out. '''There is no contradiction here
** They worked together to take down
* [[Berserk Button]]: One of the lighter examples, but in Case 1-4, when you talk to Gumshoe about Gourdy and say that you're looking for him, Gumshoe ''flips out
{{quote|Gumshoe: You have time to go wild monster hunting!? Why not do a little questioning for me then!?}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Just about the only thing Detective Gumshoe does right. Mia
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: One really wonders if the Fey clan's ancestors ''deliberately'' structured their clan's hierarchy to promote hatred, jealousy, infighting
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: A few of the cases end on a fairly bittersweet note. One example being
** Case 2-3
* [[Born Lucky]]: Many characters accuse Phoenix of winning his cases with mostly pure luck, though they are not far from the truth considering something ALWAYS comes up in the last minute that can help Phoenix win.
** Phoenix {{spoiler|falls through a ''burning bridge'', into a river that has previously been established as having a horrifically strong current, ''in the middle of winter'', and survives even when it's been reported people die from the river all the time. Granted, he gets a cold and a night in the hospital, and recovers solely because he's dedicated to proving his client not guilty, but that seems a little light compared to ''cold death''. This gets [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Franziska, who claims that's she unsure whether Phoenix is lucky or unlucky
** Phoenix, in the long run, isn't even that lucky. He gets handed some pretty horrible cards on each of his cases, most clients are unresponsive and hard to work with, and the true culprits won't confess so easily.
** Overall, whenever something truly ''bad'' would happen to Phoenix, he gets the best result... but if someone terrific would happen to him, he gets the worst result instead.
* [[Brick Joke]]: A possibly unintentional example in ''Justice
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Detective Gumshoe. Larry Butz. Hell, Larry gets ripped apart by ''everyone'' on ''both sides'' in ''Ace Attorney Investigations''.
** Phoenix himself comes across as being rather unlucky. What with him being surrounded by lunatics and idiots in a justice system that's ridiculously stacked against him. Or how he's repeatedly injured and assaulted, be it from being hit by a car, knocked into a river, or getting shocked by a tazer. This becomes really apparent when you {{spoiler|play as Edgeworth for a portion of a case}} in
*** Edgeworth ''does'', however, begin to suspect that there may, in fact, be a "Kick-me" sign on the defense bench in the court.
** Maggie Byrde has an extreme run of bad luck her entire life, most of it told through backstory. When Maggie and Phoenix's first cross paths, their bad luck combines and Phoenix gets hit on the head, ending up [[Laser Guided
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Larry Butz, [[Butt Monkey]] extraordinaire, managed to save the day ''three times'' in the whole series' run...
* [[Colon Cancer]]: ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations'' and ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
** Every case in Phoenix's trilogy is referenced by some other case in the series. This even includes an instance where the bonus case in the first game had a reference to the only non-referenced case by way of a flyer for the restaurant there. This made sense in Japan, where the third game had been out for years and this case had been made for a special edition released a few years later. However, to gamers outside Japan that are unaware of the series history on the GBA, it just came off as a strange instance of foreshadowing.
** Also in the DS-exclusive 5th case of the first game. Look at the safe Chief Gant has closely, you can see the logo for KB Security, yet another future nod to the third game.
** In ''Justice
** Getting {{spoiler|poisoned by coffee}} is quite the reoccurring theme in ''Trials and Tribulations''. It's the method of death for
** Additionally, Franziska von Karma shares some animations with her father, as does a young Edgeworth
▲* [[Colon Cancer]]: ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations'' and ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All''.
* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Frequently.
* [[Determinator]]: Phoenix, without a doubt. The odds are so stacked against him, most lawyers would simply accept a Guilty verdict, forget their doomed client and move on. Not Phoenix, not ever. He '''will''' prove the innocence of his clients, no matter the personal cost or the odds. {{spoiler|And when they aren't innocent, he'll put them away for good
* [[Dojikko]]: Maggey.▼
▲* [[Determinator]]: Phoenix, without a doubt. The odds are so stacked against him, most lawyers would simply accept a Guilty verdict, forget their doomed client and move on. Not Phoenix, not ever. He '''will''' prove the innocence of his clients, no matter the personal cost or the odds. {{spoiler|And when they aren't innocent, he'll put them away for good.}}
** Maggie Byrde has pretty much lived her entire life spitting in the face of her horrible luck. No matter what happend, Maggie keeps on moving with a positive attitude. She's a tough old byrde.
* [[Devil's Advocate]]: The rival prosecutors sometimes become this, rather than your true opponent. Once he warms up to Phoenix, Edgeworth isn't acting as a prosecutor because he wants you to fail, but because he wants all the holes in the logic of the case to be filled satisfactorily.
▲* [[Dojikko]]: Maggey.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]:
** Almost ''nobody'' likes Phoenix, except for a token few. Even his "friends" Edgeworth and Larry don't give him much respect despite him having an almost 100% success rate.
** While Phoenix himself suffers both inside and outside the courtroom, pretty much anyone leading the defense tends to suffer extremely abusive treatment from everyone in the courthouse for most of the trial. Edgeworth, {{spoiler|after suffering under the same circumstances during his one trial as a defense attorney}} in Case 3-5, engages in a bit of [[Lampshade Hanging]] when he wonders if the defense's bench has a target painted on it.
** At the end of the conversation referenced in the [[Dirty Old Man]] entry under the third game, Mia says that she can't believe that Maya channelled her for that.
** This is very much due to the Japanese legal system (and the culture surrounding it) of which the gameplay is based. Because the legal system is built on an inquisitorial system, in which the court has an active role in the case (whereas the adversarial system in the West reduces the role of the court to a form of referee), Japan has an incredibly high conviction rate. Furthermore, only in 2009 did Japan re-institute a form of jury system after revoking it in World War II. As a consequence, how people view prosecutors and defense attorneys is reflected as one of adoration and contempt, respectively. That Phoenix Wright has such a success rate is nothing short of unprecedented:
* [[Economy Cast]]: Detective Gumshoe and the Judge, for the most part. Other characters in those positions appear only when absolutely required by the plot—and in the
* [[Exact Words]]: The Magatama has a problem with this. Depending on how the question Phoenix asks is formulated, there may be no Psyche-Locks appearing because the character may not really have something to hide about that specific point. In
* [[Fan Girl]]: Pearl is an in-universe Phoenix/Maya shipper, and Maya is also a huge fangirl of the Steel Samurai. Trucy becomes a belated fangirl of the Gavinners, and Apollo used to be a Phoenix Wright fanboy (before he actually met him). In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'',
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Phoenix, on occasion. {{spoiler|Edgeworth somewhat more so in his playable segment
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Edgeworth''': (Thank god for inner monologue.)}}}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Oh so many.
** In
** There's one in
{{quote|Pearl: You'd walk over hot coals for Mystic Maya, wouldn't you, Mr. Nick?}}
***
* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: Gumshoe appears to have this, in some part due to Edgeworth's influence.
* [[Going for the Big Scoop]]: Lotta Hart does this in ''three separate cases'', one time she goes crazy and starts going after the crime scene [[Laughing Mad]]. Even Wright doesn't know which is scarier after that, the ghosts or Lotta.
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** Well if they're all like Gumshoe...
** However, this is subverted with {{spoiler|the final defendant of the second game, Matt Engarde}}.
** {{spoiler|1=Ron DeLite}} subverts it, too. {{spoiler|1=True, he didn't murder anyone, but Phoenix still successfully got Mask*DeMasque off the hook for larceny... albeit with Luke Atmey's help
** This trait is actually justified in-universe. Phoenix (and Mia) always ask the cliente if they are truly innocent, and only will defend them if they believe the answer. As of the second game, Phoenix backs this up with the magatama. If there's no psylocke, he assumes they are truly innocent. This comes back to bite him in
* [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit]]: Mia.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Most of the cases have the word "Turnabout" in their titles.
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* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: In the Japanese version, {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}} uses ''boku'' when he displays his flaky outer persona and ''ore'' when he reverts to his sociopathic true self, further indicating the difference between the two.
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: Phoenix is especially good at this, or at least his sprite suggests so.
**
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Phoenix and Maya, although you may interpret their relationship as something more. Pearl certainly does.
* [[Metal Detector Puzzle]]: [[Once an Episode|One in all three games]].
* [[My Sibling Will Live Through Me]]: Mia, through Maya (and Pearl), far more literally than in most cases of this trope.
* [[Next Sunday
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Maya, as well as Franziska (who invariably calls Gumshoe "Scruffy") and Wendy Oldbag.
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Mia.
* [[Oblivious Mockery]]: A museum worker says that any intelligent person would think that the writing on an urn belonging to a clan whose founder was Ami Fey would say "Ami
* [[Passing the Torch]]/[[Take Up My Sword]]: When Mia dies, Phoenix takes over her law firm having only won two cases. Maya or Pearl still summon Mia throughout the trilogy whenever Phoenix needs help. However, in the very last trial of the Phoenix trilogy,
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]:
** Gumshoe is at the point where even ''instant ramen'' is a luxury, and he's on the verge of having to pay to do his job.
** Despite his success as a defense attorney for several high-profile clients, Phoenix also seems to suffer from this, albeit to a lesser degree. This can be puzzling if you play the second game and think "Didn't he {{spoiler|successfully solve a fifteen-year-old murder his client had confessed to, and then went on to expose corruption in the police department and prosecutor's office}}, all within his first year as a lawyer?". He has a better record than Johnny Cochrane. It's implied that Phoenix's clients don't pay him, and Maya's burger addiction probably has something to do with it, too.
* [[The Power of Trust]]: Phoenix and Edgeworth, in pretty much everything from midway through their second case together and beyond. Which is a very interesting display of trust, considering the fact that one of them will ''have'' to lose whenever they're in court together.
** Although later on, Edgeworth realises that there's a lot more to being a prosecutor than just winning or losing.
* [[Punny Name]] [[Meaningful Name|yet Meaningful Name]]: Dear God, where to begin? Phoenix's habit of rising up out of the ashes of his cases, Mia Fey (me, a fey), the detective Dick Gumshoe (both slang for detectives), and those are just the main characters. Everyone else? Frank Sahwit (the witness, who saw it), Redd White (of Blue Corporation), Will Powers, Jack Hammer (action stars), Penny Nichols, Wendy Oldbag (very verbose), Lotta Hart, Lawrence 'Moe' Curls (a clown)
** Pretty much every name in every game, with only a few exceptions.
** The Feys are also Arthurian [[Theme Naming]], after Morgan le Fay (with altered spelling), evidenced by Misty Fey (after the Mists of Avalon). The tradition continues into ''[[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]'' with the Gramarye family, named after Merlin's island.
* [[Running Gag]]: Maya appears to have trouble understanding the concept of a stepladder. Examining one almost always yields a conversation in which Phoenix has to explain to her what a stepladder is. This is continued by [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|Trucy and Apollo]] and [[Ace Attorney Investigations|Miles and Kay]].
** Ema gets in on the action in Case 1-5, and another variation occurs in Case 3-2 with Maya confusing a fireplace for a hearth.
** Gumshoe also gets in on it in
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: Maya or Pearl, whenever either one of them summons Mia.▼
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Maya and Phoenix go through this a few times, first with Larry Butz assuming Maya is Phoenix's partner in more way than one, and subsequently [[Shipper on Deck|several times]] with Pearl.
** ...though in Case 3-5, pressing {{spoiler|the fake Iris}} at one point yields the following exchange:
{{quote|'''{{spoiler|"Iris"}}''': Mystic Maya... She's your girlfriend, isn't she?
'''Phoenix''': ...!
▲* [[She's All Grown Up]]: Maya or Pearl, whenever either one of them summons Mia.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: Mia Fey fills this role, and even though she appears to be omniscient (since she's dead and all), she seems to have varying levels of this (such as in the third case of the first game where even she doesn't know what happened until Phoenix does).
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Subverted with Mia Fey. When she's murdered at the beginning of the second case, it seems like a standard cliche
* [[There Can Be Only One]]: The brutal system of succession in the Fey clan of women.
* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: Parodied with Detective Dick Gumshoe.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Maya and her burgers (
** Plus Godot and his coffee.
* [[When It All Began]]: The majority of the cases in the game have some event before that gives the true killer their motive.
* [[You Keep Using That Word]]: From the first game: "Accidental murder is still murder." Apparently, "manslaughter" isn't in an ''Ace Attorney'''s vocabulary.
* [[Absence of Evidence]]: In the 5th case (MAJOR spoiler):
▲== ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'' ==
=== ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'' provides examples of ===▼
▲* [[Absence of Evidence]]: In the 5th case (MAJOR spoiler): {{spoiler|Damon Gant has just proved Ema Skye pushed the victim to his death using a fingerprint-laden piece of cloth he personally cut from the victim's vest. However, Phoenix notes that while the victim died of a pierced lung and was coughing up blood on himself for a while before death, the piece of cloth has NO blood on it. Since this proves the cloth was cut BEFORE the victim was killed, Gant is [[Oh Crap|a bit unnerved]]}}.
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: April May and Angel Starr.
* [[Affably Evil]]:
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Miles Edgeworth and Manfred
* [[Arc Words]]: "DL-6" throughout the first four cases; "SL-9" in the fifth case.
▲* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Miles Edgeworth and Manfred Von Karma set the series tradition for these types of prosecutors. {{spoiler|Robert Hammond from the fourth case was murdered for being one.}}
▲* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Robert Hammond and debatably Jack Hammer.}}
* [[Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever]]: [http://i52.tinypic.com/2e3deet.jpg Played for laughs in the side-comic for Case 4.]
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The DS support functions for the microphone and touch screen were tacked on to all three of the remakes. While it is cool to press the Y button to turn on the mic and yell "{{color|red|OBJECTION!}}" and "{{color|red|HOLD IT!}}", it's far easier to press the shoulder buttons instead. The touch screen is rarely ever required for any of the games either.
* [[Bara]]: Will Powers. In fact, Gumshoe and Powers are often a bara couple in fanart.
* [[Berserk Button]] Don't ''ever'' come between Manfred von Karma and his perfect record. [[Berserk Button]] doesn't even ''[[Up to Eleven|begin to describe]]'' the consequences you will suffer if you do.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma}}, along with {{spoiler|Damon Gant}} in the 5th case
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Cody Hackins.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: For example, {{spoiler|the metal detector}} in
** Case 5 has {{spoiler|the security camera video}}, which comes up ''four times''.
** The {{spoiler|Unstable Vase}} was used at least 3 or 4 times too.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
** In the {{spoiler|Mia Fey}} murder case, {{spoiler|
** In "Rise
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Larry Butz, seemingly a blockhead doofus who's just at the wrong place at the wrong time appears out of ''freaking nowhere'' and 180's the entire fourth case. Prior to this he was only the defendant of your very first trial, and in the fourth case, he had only appeared selling hot dogs and unintentionally spawning lake controversy about a rumoured monster in the lake}}.
* [[Clock King]]: Manfred von Karma in the fourth case. Edgeworth specifically (though not by name) suggests [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] as a method of combating him.
* [[Covers Always Lie]]: See that woman, on the far right in the trope image (the game's cover)?
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Played ''literally'' with Jake Marshall, the justification being that he's from ''west'' L.A.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Manfred von Karma practically ''defines'' this trope
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: The ending of Case 5.
* [[Crime After Crime]]: Joe Darke's backstory in
* [[The Day the Music Lied]]: At one point, Edgeworth brings up an {{color|red|OBJECTION!}}, his awesome theme music starts up... then he realizes he has nothing to say. [[Letting the Air Out of the Band|The music kinda deflates]]. Then it starts up again when he ''does'' think of something.
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]: In
* [[Death Glare]]: The big bad of
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Phoenix goes up against two prosecutors with perfect records... until they encounter him.
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|How dare that Gregory Edgeworth so much as scratch my perfect record? I swear, if he crosses me ''once more'', I'll kill him, raise his son to be a prosecutor, and then frame him for murder}}...!
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: This game tended to [[Lampshade Hanging]] the [[Punny Name]]s. Someone on the writing team must have figured out how unneeded this was
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: This game features a different health system, with a "five strikes" rule rather than the lifebar and variable penalties given out in the latter titles. The trials also take place over three days, which was changed to two days in subsequent games after complaints that the frequent shifts between the trial and investigations phases ruined the game's pacing.
* [[Eureka Moment]]:
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Bellboy
* [[Evil Overlooker]]: See the picture.
* [[Expressive Hair]]: Most memorably Angel Starr. Depending on which eye her bangs cover, she can be [[Jekyll and Hyde|sweet as a lollipop, or sour as a lemon]].
* [[First Episode Spoiler]] Mia is murdered in
* [[Fission Mailed]]: In the middle of
* [[A Fool for a Client]]: Phoenix winds up representing himself for the last trial of case two.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: possible there was some collaboration between the English script writers and Takumi. In Case 5, upon presenting your badge to Lana...
{{quote|'''Lana''': Give it three years. Then we'll see what you have become.}}
** Strangely inverted by Mia
** "Rise
** In Case 4, it actually, although subtly, foreshadows ''Justice For All''! Upon talking with Maya about how Larry
** While defending {{spoiler|Maya}}, Phoenix asks Gumshoe
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: It can be a bit jarring when you go back through this game, after finishing the others, and notice just how much of a jerk Edgeworth was, with {{spoiler|the loss of his father, and replacement of his father with a colossal jerk}} being revealed as an excuse. Even in his first case against you, an old friend, Edgeworth is snide, condescending, rude, dishonest
* [[
* [[Gag Boobs]]: April May takes it [[Up to Eleven]], and the bellhop of the Gatewater Hotel even makes mention of how she's unmistakable because of "them" with a HUGE blush.
** Maya in [http://i54.tinypic.com/353625h.jpg this comic.]
* [[Gambit Pileup]]:
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** Also in case
{{quote|'''Phoenix''': I'll get to this woman's bottom! [[That Came Out Wrong|Wait... I mean... you know what I mean.]]}}
** From the same case:
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* [[Gonk]]: [http://www.creativeuncut.com/gallery-05/praa-sal-manella.html Sal Manella], the sweaty otaku TV director.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Damon Gant is ''65'' when he first appears.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Case 4 establishes that {{spoiler|Phoenix has carried a full-sized metal detector around with him for several hours
* [[Head Desk]]: {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma}} pulls one of these against the wall as a [[Villainous Breakdown]].
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Damon Gant, as part of Phoenix's counter-gambit in Case 5. The cloth with Ema's handprint on it was Gant's insurance policy, and the reason he could not be found guilty as the murderer. Phoenix had one chance near the end of the trial to present it, but doing it at that point would count as an attempt to convict someone with illegal evidence as the cloth had nothing to do with the case at hand, resulting in a [[Nonstandard Game Over]] further on at the end of the trial. However, by delaying the inevitable with a few seconds space after he was persuaded by Gant to present it, Phoenix eventually presented it since the evidence would authentically be legal as it was shown after being allowed clearance by the lead Police Chief, which was Gant
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: When Dee Vasquez complains about Phoenix slamming his desk, Edgeworth slams his desk, chimes in "Yeah! Mr. Wright...!" then realizes his mistake and says "Oops".
* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]:
** And don't forget {{spoiler|in Case 5, Damon Gant impales Neil Marshall on the suit of armour. While he was ''still alive''}}.
* [[Karma Houdini Warranty]]: {{spoiler|Edgeworth}}.
* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]:▼
* [[Laughing Mad]]: {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}.▼
▲* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]
{{quote|'''Maya''': Wow! It's amazing.............ly dusty.}}
▲* [[Laughing Mad]]: {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: When Dee Vasquez admits that Phoenix's theory about the true cause of Hammer's death "made for good writing".
* [[Make the Dog Testify]]: As seen in the (former) page image, Phoenix brings a parrot to the stand at one point. Said parrot completely turns the case around.
* [[Man in White]]: Bruce Goodman.
* [[Metal Detector Puzzle]]: Used in the fourth case.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Manfred von Karma. And if the name itself isn't badass enough, it's also seemingly a reference to Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Damon Gant (e.g. "Wrighto" for Phoenix, "Udgey" for the Judge).
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: If you present a certain piece of evidence too early in Case 5 {{spoiler|(the cloth with Ema's fingerprints)}}, you are later told the trial was unwinnable from the time you presented it. The screen then goes black with a "Guilty" verdict.
** Before most testimonies, you have the option not to cross-examine, but this usually just results in your assistant calling you an idiot and making you go ahead with the cross-examination anyway. However, in
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|Yanni Yogi, the Boat Rental owner. He pretends to be a senile old man who thinks Phoenix and Maya are his children until Phoenix reveals his true identity, at which point he confesses}}.
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: While Gant's [[Leitmotif]] doesn't use pipe organ in-game, he himself plays one and his leitmotif was arranged for organ for the Villain Medley in the 2008 Gyakuten Meets Orchestra concert.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: {{spoiler|Manfred
* [[Parental Bonus]]: "I like men with a big... vocabulary."
** This technically foreshadows and possibly lampshades Redd White's splendiforusly huge vocabulary.
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: Manfred von Karma has his ATM PIN set to 0001 because he's "number one"—and openly highlights this during a trial. {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}'s safe combination is the same as his ID card number: {{spoiler|7777777}}.
* [[Polly Wants a Microphone]]: Although Polly can't talk with a mind of her own, she is useful in that she can be taught to say certain words in response to a question.
▲* [[Power Trio]]: [[The Kirk|Phoenix]], [[The Spock|Edgeworth]], and [[The McCoy|Larry]], when they were childhood friends.
* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Angel Starr.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Maya, right before Case 5.
** {{spoiler|Though she returns quickly
* [[Rear Window Witness]]: April May in the second case is initially set up as one.
* [[Running Gag]]: Gumshoe excitedly barging in on Phoenix and co., finding them all depressed, and then trying to excuse himself happens three times throughout Case 5, with almost the exact same dialogue each time.
* [[Six Is Nine]]: In the fifth case, a piece of evidence contains a note that reads "6-7S 12/2
* [[Snot Bubble]]: Yanni Yogi gets one when he falls asleep, when you first meet him in Case 4.▼
* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|Redd White}}.
▲* [[Snot Bubble]]: Yanni Yogi gets one when he falls asleep, when you first meet him in Case 4.
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]: {{spoiler|Actually, having Phoenix give the evidence that would convict von Karma to the man himself
**
**
** In Case 3, Phoenix somehow doesn't pick up on {{spoiler|the killer indicating that she already knew the victim was dead before the body was discovered}}, so that {{spoiler|Edgeworth can point it out instead}}.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Ema Skye in the bonus chapter is very similar to Maya. Phoenix lampshades the similarities between her and Maya both having older sisters, and Lana happened to know Mia. Ema resembling Maya is even part of the reason why he took the case.
* [[Taking the Heat]]: April May refuses to willingly provide information that might incriminate Redd White in wiretapping {{spoiler|or murder}}, and Lana is doing this {{spoiler|for Gant, as a result of being blackmailed}}.
* [[That Was Objectionable]]: The [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]: Double subverted in
* [[Theme Naming]]: All of the chapter names [[Odd Name Out|(save for the DS-exclusive chapter, "Rise
* [[They Died Because of You]]: Manfred von Karma tries to convince Miles Edgeworth that he (accidentally) killed his father
* [[Title Drop]]: A subtle example, but still... the full name of the DS re-release of the first GBA game is ''Gyakuten Saiban: Yomigaeru Gyakuten''. "Yomigaeru Gyakuten" is the name of the 5th case of the DS version of the game (and its literal translation is "The Revived Turnabout"). This 5th case was then localized as "Rise from the Ashes".
* [[Valley Girl]]: April May.
* [[Vanilla Edition]]: An odd inversion. The Wii edition of the first game does not include the fifth case, which must be purchased for an extra 100 Wii points ($1 U.S.). Said case was not released until May 2010, four months after the game itself became available for purchase
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: The killer of
* [[Yakuza]]: Dee Vazquez has ties to the Yakuza, but Phoenix, always one to search for the whole truth, [[Too Dumb to Live|confronts her anyway]].
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Redd White's hair is ''lilac''. And it ''sparkles''.
* [[108]]: Subverted. Phoenix can inspect an ancient Kurain tapestry, which has a list of 108 ways to make money. Then Phoenix thinks of two more, and they're immediately put on queue to be added to the tapestry.▼
* [[Accidental Murder]]:
▲* [[Accidental Murder]]: {{spoiler|Acro}} in Case 2-3. {{spoiler|He didn't mean to kill the ringmaster. He did, however, mean to kill his daughter.}}
* [[Alliteration]]: "You huffy, puffy, loosey-goosey excuse for a whimpering whining wuss of a witness." - Franziska, with some good ol' rhyming added for good measure.
* [[Affably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer is incredibly polite for a hired assassin (unless you push his buttons), and will not consider a job done until any and all suspicion is drawn away from his client}}.
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Franziska von Karma.
* [[Anachronic Order]]: The second case is set before the first case.
* [[Avenging the Villain]]: Franziska von Karma. {{spoiler|Subverted. She eventually reveals that she didn't give a crap about her father's downfall; the entire rivalry was simply for satisfying her ego by besting Phoenix when Edgeworth couldn't. The [[Freudian Excuse]] was that she wanted to defeat Edgeworth all along
* [[Bait and Switch Boss]]: Franziska is all set to enact her revenge on you in the final case until... {{spoiler|
* [[Berserk Button]]: Whatever you do, don't accuse the Judge of being the murderer. The results won't be pretty.
{{quote|'''Judge''': GWWWWAAAAHHHH!!
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'''Phoenix''': Arrrgghhh!
'''Judge''': WHAT'S THAT!? YOU WANT A DOUBLE!? HERE YA GO!! ''(50% penalty)''
'''Phoenix''': Double arrrggghhh!!<ref>Note that this is a total of a 95% penalty. If you've taken ''any damage at all'' in the case to this point, it's an instant game over.</ref>
** Franziska doesn't react too kindly to getting accused of being the murderer, either. Fortunately, you only get a standard penalty if you do that, but you also get the mother of all whippings to go with it.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Although any good mystery story requires some criminals who don't seem like criminals at first, such as
* [[Break the Cutie]]: In
** In
** Going off of [[Cry Cute]], below:
* [[Camp Straight]]: Maximilian Galactica has bright pink hair, sequinned makeup, calls everyone (including Phoenix) sweetie, ''has the [[Catch Phrase]] "Fabulous!"''... and is totally in love with the very [[Moe Moe]] Regina Berry. Although his metro-persona seems to be a mask to hide {{spoiler|his [[Deep South]], [[Good Ol' Boy]] past}}.
** In that same case, Maya refers to the ringmaster as metrosexual after getting a glimpse at his makeup collection...
** In their defense, they both work in the entertainment business, where pretty much everyone wears makeup. Max is only likely wearing his during the trial to keep his public image up.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The scrap of paper in the ringmaster's coat in
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Two of them in Case
** Also, Maggey just happens to accidentally step on her glasses and break them around the same time the pair of broken glasses was found underneath the victim.
** Possible [[Hand Wave]] in the fact that it never states {{spoiler|Maggey or Richard's exact prescriptions, just that Richard is near-sighted, and that Maggey is wearing a spare pair at the moment (which could have a slightly older prescription on them than her normal pair), so their prescriptions could be actually different}}. It's still pretty dang convenient that {{spoiler|they're both apparently near-sighted and still must have at least fairly similar prescriptions}}
* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|Franziska von Karma}} in the post-credit epilogue of the good ending.
* [[The Cutie]]: Regina, to [[Bishie Sparkle|a]] [[Even the Girls Want Her|ridiculous]] [[Hello, Nurse!|extent]].
* [[Deadly Delivery]]: [[Career Killer]] Shelly
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]: An unusual version of this trope occurs in the second game {{spoiler|when Mimi locks Maya in the chest and then proceeds to frame her for the murder, using the same chest to hide herself when Maya first enters and when Nick and Lotta bust in}}.
* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Ini Miney is actually dead
* [[Demonic Dummy]]: Trilo. Not actually demonic, but may as well be.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Maya spends most of the game sidelined in favor of Pearl (and, for part of the first case, Maggey Byrde) and only really takes much of a part in the third case. Not to say that she doesn't play much of a role in the overall storyline
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: Franziska von Karma is quite fond with the word '[[You Fool!|fool]]'.
** In the original, "baka" takes its place.
* [[Diagonal Cut]]: During an awards ceremony, the Nickel Samurai does this with ''the moon''.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: {{spoiler|Richard Wellington deliberately caused [[The Hero|Phoenix Wright]]'s amnesia in the first case and also murdered Dustin Prince to prevent being exposed as a con artist. Ironically, [[Hoist by His Own Petard|by doing so he sealed his own fate by stealing the wrong phone]]. A better example would be [[Complete Monster|Matt Engarde]] by holding Maya hostage to force Phoenix to try to get a Not Guilty verdict
* [[The Ditz]]: Ini Miney in the second installment.
* [[Dr. Jerk]]: Dr. Turner Grey, {{spoiler|although he turns out to be [[Jerkass Has a Point|right]] about Mimi being responsible for the malpractice}}.
▲* [[Dirty Coward]]: {{spoiler|Richard Wellington deliberately caused [[The Hero|Phoenix Wright]]'s amnesia in the first case and also murdered Dustin Prince to prevent being exposed as a con artist. Ironically, [[Hoist by His Own Petard|by doing so he sealed his own fate by stealing the wrong phone]]. A better example would be [[Complete Monster|Matt Engarde]] by holding Maya hostage to force Phoenix to try to get a Not Guilty verdict.}}
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Juan Corrida is strongly associated with bears (most likely due to a PR move) and his room is '''full''' of nearly every bear related object known to man. The whole reason he is killed is because {{spoiler|Matt discovered Juan had a fake suicide note written by "Celeste" that would have ruined his image. The note was hidden in a bear which was to be given to Matt after Juan was murdered}}.
** Not to mention the {{spoiler|camera hidden inside of the bear's eye, which ends up an incredibly crucial piece of evidence}}.
* [[Expressive Shirt]]: Moe's hat reflects his emotions.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Acro has birds that fly around him. {{spoiler|Subverted, as he turns out to be a murderer, then double-subverted: as Maya points out at the end, there were no bad people in that case}}.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Phoenix has an interest in Max's bust.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: {{spoiler|Matt Engarde has a decidedly evil scar on the side of his face that he covers with his hair to make him look more innocent
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: A [[Show Within a Show]] example is the Jammin' Ninja. He has a bright blue suit, a golden shuriken on his forehead, and wields a bright red guitar. Justified in that the Jammin' Ninja is less about ninjitsu and more about music.
** Doubly justified in that he's supposed to be a [[Shout-Out]] to another [[Capcom]] series character, ''[[Mega Man 3]]'s'' Shadow Man.
* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: Inverted in an equally illogical manner, oddly enough. In
{{quote|"Baseballs have stitches! Are you saying all baseballs are suspicious?!" and
"Footballs are made of leather! Are you saying all footballs are suspicious?!"
* [[Hitman with a Heart]]: Shelly
* [[The Hyena]]: Laurence "Moe" Curls, the clown.
* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: During the third case, Gumshoe says he won't let Phoenix into a crime scene simply because he flashed his attorney's badge again. Maya states that he would if they were to show a Steel Samurai badge. Gumshoe's response implies that yes, it would indeed work. "Crime scene security" obviously doesn't exist in the ''Ace Attorney'' world.
* [[Infinite Supplies]]: Adrian Andrews with her many many many pairs of glasses that are fragile enough to be broken by nerves and shock.
* [[The Ingenue]]: [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]] with Regina. Growing up in the circus sheltered by her dad meant that she has no idea what's real or normal, including the concept that ''people die''. So when she
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Fransizka promising to end Phoenix's perfect record at their first meeting.
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure]]: {{spoiler|[[Memetic Mutation|The miracle never happen]]}}.
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Grey was right, and Mini Miney was at fault for the malpractice}}.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer. He's an assasin who killed Juan Corrida and presumable many others. At the end of the game, he gets off scott free, and he even sends a cheerful transceiver message saying that he's leaving the country, but you can give him a call anytime
* [[Locked Room Mystery]]:
* [[Love At First Punch]]: "Director Hotti" reacts quite... [[The Masochism Tango|happily...]] to being whipped by Franziska.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Obscure, but in the Nickel Samurai, all three ninja brothers fall for the evil Strawberry Clan leader's daughter.
** [[Comically Missing the Point|Or "Mad Prosecutor's Beautiful Daughter"?]]
* [[Moral Dilemma]]: ''[[Meaningful Name|Justice For All]]'' teaches us that
{{quote|'''Edgeworth''': ''
* [[Murder by Mistake]]: In
* [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead]]: Averted by [[Dr. Jerk|Turner Grey]] in ''Justice For All'', who continues to talk about how much of a failure his subordinate Mimi was after her death, even going so far as to want to get a spirit medium to summon Mimi for the express purpose of making her take responsibility.
* [[Never Suicide]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Celeste Inpax}}.
* [[Nightmare Sequence]]: The dream where the shade of the Judge brings a gigantic gavel down on Phoenix, telling him, "You are no longer worthy of your title!" in the opening of the first case. {{spoiler|Reappears in the fourth and final case, when Phoenix is deeply conflicted about Maya's kidnapping and the defense of Matt Enguarde
** It also becomes one of Phoenix's hyper combos in ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
* [[Noble Demon]]: Shelly de Killer.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Happens in
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|Mimi Miney}} and {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}}.
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s "[[Toccata and Fugue in D minor]]" plays during the opening cutscene.
** {{spoiler|Which becomes a [[Chekhov's Gun]] later in
▲* [[108]]: Subverted. Phoenix can inspect an ancient Kurain tapestry, which has a list of 108 ways to make money. Then Phoenix thinks of two more, and they're immediately put on queue to be added to the tapestry.
* [[Princess Curls]]: Regina Berry.
* [[Red Herring]]: At the beginning of Case
* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Matt Engarde}}'s legendary [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] revelation in
* [[Right for the Wrong Reasons]]: In Case
* [[Sequel Difficulty Spike]]: A slight, but noticeable example thanks to the new health system. In addition to the fact that you can now get penalties that wipe out all or most of your health bar in one go, if you do a ''really'' poor job of unlocking the Psyche-Locks, you can end up going into the trial with only half of your health. In addition, you don't get health bar refills in the trial, which can become a real problem in the last case.
** Played with somewhat
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Pearl is absolutely convinced that Phoenix is Maya's "special someone", and nothing either of the supposed lovebirds can say will change her mind.
* [["Silly Me" Gesture]]: One of Ini Miney's regular gestures.
* [[Stage Mom]]: Morgan Fey is a particularly venomous version
* [[Stupidity Is the Only Option]]: Played straight in the last case when Phoenix finds out that his client {{spoiler|Matt Engarde is truly guilty since he hired an assassin to kill Juan, but the assassin is holding Maya hostage in exchange for a not guilty verdict on Matt, which would mean Adrian will be blamed and sent to jail. Phoenix pretends that he doesn't know anything (eventually, Edgeworth learns about situation and plays along with Phoenix during the trial) in order to buy time and wait until Gumshoe finds and rescues poor Maya, so that Matt can get the guilty verdict he deserves}}.
* [[Ultimate Job Security]]: Edgeworth apparently can leave the prosecutor's office for a year, with no explanation other than what appears to be a suicide note, and immediately reclaim his position on his return {{spoiler|when his sort-of-sister is shot and unable to prosecute}}. Must be a serious shortage of prosecutors in Tokyo/Los Angeles (despite the fact that in this universe they are better paid than highly successful defense attorneys!), which would explain the government's willingness to [[Improbable Age|allow teenagers to be prosecutors]].
* [[Valley Girl]]: Ini Miney, who makes [[Legally Blonde|Elle Woods]] look articulate by comparison. {{spoiler|Although [[Dead Person Impersonation|we only see a copycat of her
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Sort of, anyway.
** Well, for
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: In ''Justice
* [[You Can't Get Ye Flask]]:
** Possible [[Call Back]] to Case 1-2, where arguing that the victim couldn't have written the killer's name due to expiring immeadiatly fails because the prosecutor shows evidence that they might have survived long enough to.
==
* [[Acquitted Too Late]]: {{spoiler|Terry Fawles}}.
* [[Always Murder]]: Double subverted with
* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: In
* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Godot (sort of).
* [[Anachronic Order]]: The first and fourth cases are set five and six years before the second, respectively.
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: Case
** On a smaller scale, you play as Mia in
* [[Asshole Victim]]: Played with in {{spoiler|Valerie Hawthorne}}'s case: she is murdered precisely ''because'' she decided to atone for her misdeeds.
* [[Back for the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Misty Fey, who has a strong role in the back story of the series and is killed fifteen minutes into the only case she appears in person in
* [[Back
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't ever poison or betray someone when Phoenix Wright is involved. Love wounds run deep.
* [[Berserker Tears]]: Ron DeLite is said to have done that.
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Morgan and Dahlia}}.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In
* [[Big No]]: Edgeworth in
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]:
* [[Bluffing the Murderer]]: In {{spoiler|
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Victor Kudo in ''Trials and Tribulations'' pelts Phoenix with an endless supply of birdseed when he gets angry. Phoenix even questions if Victor has an infinite ammo code on.
** He also wears a bandana. [[Metal Gear Solid|I wonder where he got that from...]]
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Referenced in Case 3. At one point, Phoenix comments that a witness only saw the waitress from the back and "Even I could have been in that uniform!"; the
** And in
* [[Brick Joke]]: In the final case of ''Trials and Tribulations'', Phoenix has a conversation with
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: Phoenix, when Furio Tigre is on the stand.
{{quote|'''Phoenix''': *gulp* (Maybe I should've brought a diaper with me today...)}}
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Mia uses Grossberg as a random punching bag during
*
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The 'Double Jeopardy' rule in
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Going back two games, even! If you were paying very close attention in Case 1-2, you might remember {{spoiler|Misty Fey's face, which makes the real identity of Elise Deauxnim clear immediately
* [[Confess to a Lesser Crime]]: A variant. {{spoiler|Luke Atmey wants to get convicted for stealing the Sacred Urn of Kurain to avoid being convicted for murder}}.
* [[Cover Identity Anomaly]]: An impersonator doesn't know that the person he's imitating recently suffered an injury that made him {{spoiler|unable to hear out of his left ear}}. When a witness who was fooled by the imitation testifies that {{spoiler|the person was wearing an earpiece in his left ear}}, Phoenix has to point out that it makes no sense.
* [[Cowardly Lion]]: Ron DeLite, who despite being a neurotic, fussy, and perpetually fearful is a [[Gentleman Thief]] by trade and met his [[Biker Babe]] wife by attacking multiple armed men that were threatening her.
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: {{spoiler|Luke Atmey}} is only one of about two people in the world crazy enough to use {{spoiler|1=''a guilty verdict'' as an alibi. It just so happened that the other person that would do that was Ron DeLite. Morgan Fey}} also counts. {{spoiler|In the second game, she tried to pin a murder on Maya. After that failed, she's almost immediately made a backup plan that would come in action a whole year later
* [[Crime After Crime]]:
* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|Iris}}.
* [[Deadly Euphemism]]: {{spoiler|Viola's "coffee" is strongly implied to be poisoned
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]: In Case
* [[Death Glare]]: Mia gives a particularily nasty one to Payne in the first trial of ''Trials and Tribulations''.
** Then, of course, there is {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom|Dahlia]]}}'s?
**
* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] with Godot, who is described as
* [[Different As Night and Day]]: {{spoiler|Dahlia and Iris}}.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Victor Kudo. The man will throw birdseed at poor Phoenix, but the moment Maya channels Mia in the skimpy waitress outfit, he'll be eating it out of her hand.
* [[Dojikko]]: {{spoiler|Adrian Andrews}}, after allowing herself to pursue her own personality.
* [[The Don]]: Bruto Cadaverini.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]:
* [[Evil Overlooker]]: There is a poster for this game with Godot as the overlooker.
* [[Evil Redhead]]: {{spoiler|Dahlia Hawthorne. This is the only physical difference between her and her 'good' twin sister Iris
* [[Evil Twin]]: ''Trials and Tribulations'': {{spoiler|Dahlia and Iris, twins who are evil and good, respectively, and both wind up impersonating the other at certain points in time
* [[Expressive Hair]]: Ron DeLite's twisted-up buns start swirling whenever he breaks out into panic (which is often).
* [[Flamboyant Gay]]: Chef Jean Armstrong. Full stop.
* [[Flash Back]]: {{spoiler|
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: {{spoiler|
**
* [[Foreshadowing]]: In the ending of case
** Another case has Desiree DeLite talking about how Ron saved her life when they fell in love. Maya then asks Phoenix if he would ever risk his life for her.
*** Don't forget how Pearl asks whether Phoenix would
** In
*** In
** In
** Case
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Dahlia has butterflies. {{spoiler|Subverted, since she turns out to be a killer
* [[Fun with Palindromes]]: The third case has Blue Screens Inc., a computer firm where all of the employees have palindromes for names.
* [[Futureshadowing]]
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: The final case. If it wasn't entirely resolved in the first two games, it's resolved here. Good grief. By the end of it, the player feels quite a bit like Phoenix, as he/she tries to comprehend the following: {{spoiler|the victim was actually Misty Fey, the result of her, Godot, and Iris' gambit to save Maya's life. Knowing that Morgan would try to take revenge, Godot listened in on her visits with Pearl, then tracked down Misty and set everything up. On top of Morgan's attempt (since
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
{{quote|Mia: "That "P" on his chest doesn't stand for Phoenix anyways!"}}
** Also from
{{quote|'''Dahlia''': The pharmacology students love their drugs...}}
** There's also one from
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Edgeworth'''}}: "Are..."
{{spoiler|'''Franziska'''}}: "You..."
{{spoiler|'''Judge'''('s brother)}}: "High!
** And when
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]. Terry Fawles from
* [[Grand Finale]]:
* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Winston Payne ({{spoiler|
* [[Hannibal Lecture]] + [[Humiliation Conga]]: {{spoiler|How Phoenix and a channeled Mia expel Dahlia's spirit from Maya}}.
* [[Head Desk]]: Gumshoe pulls a wall bang (off screen) when Phoenix and Maya tell him that Maggey hates him for betraying her.
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Franziska in
{{quote|'''Franziska:''' Listen, Phoenix Wright! It's impertinent to call people by their full name!
'''Phoenix:''' I was only copying you.
** Let's not forget
{{quote|'''
'''
* [[Identical Stranger]]: Wright's
* [[I Never Told You My Name]]: Iris to Phoenix in the last case. When confronted about it, five psyche-locks appear before her and the issue has to be dropped. It's not explained until the very end of the game. {{spoiler|The fact that you ''can't'' ask her about the subject later actually [[Foreshadowing|foreshadows]] the fact that she's Dahlia
* [[Infinite Supplies]]: Victor Kudo with his box of birdseed ([[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded with ''infinite ammo code'']]).
** Godot has an apparently unlimited supply of coffee mugs. Rather than simply refill his empty mug, it disappears without explanation (always while the camera is elsewhere) and a brand-new mug comes sliding across the bench into his hand from off-screen. This is patently impossible, as there is never anyone besides Godot standing anywhere near the bench. That doesn't stop him from doing it several dozen times ''per trial''. Presumably a bailiff could be getting these, but that's still a lot of coffee...
* [[Informed Ability]]: Ron Delite wears a vivid green jacket/vest with a cape-like back. It has large, very dramatic cuffs near the hands. There are a large number of bright, gold-colored leaves going down the front of his costume. He keeps his very red hair in [[Star Wars|Princess Leia hair buns]] that occasionally spiral outward. He has a baby face and an effeminate appearance that would be considered attractive by bishonen standards. Even by animated character standards, he has a very expressive face that moves between expressions that show surprise/determination, uncertainty
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Dahlia declaring she was going to make Mia suffer in the afterlife.
** {{spoiler|Luke Atmey}} delivers the following line twice, with a completely different meaning on each occasion:
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Atmey'''}}: Take a good look, everyone! Unable to find a rival worthy of my genius, I was forced to create one by myself! Here I am! The tragic clown...}}
* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: Furio Tigre in the Japanese version (hence his Brooklyn accent in the English adaptation).
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Jean Armstrong again, along with Viola Cadaverini in the same case. {{spoiler|Two different types
* [[Licensed Sexist]]: Despite being clearly chauvinistic, even embarrassing Franziska, Godot is still treated as a {{spoiler|[[Tragic Hero]] who failed to protect his love}}. Why, exactly, {{spoiler|Mia Fey}} would want him is unclear.
** Well, he wasn't that much of a [[Jerkass]] before
* [[Lonely Piano Piece]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCHFbYFTx1Q "Elegy of the Captured"].
* [[Lucky Charms Title]]: Mask★DeMasque. Ron DeLite will be sure to correct you if you don't include the ★.
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** It's a possible allusion to his extreme luck, both in and out of court.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Almost every character has a punny and/or meaningful name. Most of the examples are on the tvtropes Ace Attorney character sheets.
** The Fey family's surname. The definitions of the word "fey" include: "appearing to be under a spell; marked by an apprehension of death, calamity, or evil" and "supernatural; unreal; enchanted
**
* [[Meido]]: The Tres Bien cafe. The food is terrible and over-
* [[Musical Nod]]: {{spoiler|The first game's Cornered theme}} plays during the last confrontation with {{spoiler|Godot}}.
* [[Musical Spoiler]]: {{spoiler|Subverted for the final piece of evidence in the last case; the music keeps going either way, tricking you into believing that you failed
* [[Never Found the Body]]: {{spoiler|Dahlia}}.
* [[New Old Flame]]: Two: Dahlia {{spoiler|or rather Iris}} for Phoenix and {{spoiler|Godot}} for Mia.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: At the beginning of
** {{spoiler|He was the thief in general, but not in that particular instance. He turned himself in to ensure he could have an alibi for the aforementioned murder
* [[Only Six Faces]]: Referenced when {{spoiler|Furio Tigre passes off as Phoenix by way of his hair... and a [[Paper-Thin Disguise|cardboard cut-out badge]]}}.
* [[Palette Swap]]: Iris and Dahlia's court record pictures are exactly the same except for the hair color.
* [[Palm Fist Tap]]: Mike Meekins does this, then yanks on his hand since he did it with his bandaged hand and he hurt himself doing it.
* [[Punny Name]]: Luke Atmey likes to be the centre of attention.
* [[Queer People Are Funny]]
* [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud]]: Larry actually wrote "Salutation here" at the top of a letter.
* [[Rewatch Bonus]]: Playing Case 1 again after the game is extremely noteworthy given [[The Reveal|The Reveals]] at Cases 4 and 5.
* [[Running Gag]]: Phoenix cleaning the toilet in
* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Maya insists on referring to Phoenix's imposter in
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{{spoiler|'''Phoenix''': (Come out from under the table already, Maya!)}}}}
** In the same case, Maya asks whether they'll find her
** And then there's the victim of the same trial, Glen Elg, and his boss
*** And another Blue Screens employee
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: [[Invoked Trope]] in 3-3. A recalcitrant witness is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|titillated]] by waitress outfits like the one Maya is wearing, but since Maya is small and looks young he has no interest in her. Mia then takes over Maya's body, which changes it to Mia's rather... ample form. The witness becomes much more helpful.▼
* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Parodied.
▲* [[She's All Grown Up]]: [[Invoked Trope]] in
* [[Shout-Out]]:
{{quote|'''Lisa Basil''': That data is SuPer-Admin Restricted Desktop Access password-protected.
'''Maya''': SuPer-Admin Restricted Desktop Access password-protected!? What!? This is madness!
'''Phoenix''': No, Maya, [[300|that is]] [[Devil May Cry|SPARDA]].
** There is even a shout out to ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''.
{{quote|'''Judge''': I-I'm a spoon!? I'm no spoony bard. I'll have you know!}}
** [[Dwayne Johnson|Hey, Filly. Know your role, and shut your mouth.]]
**
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Phoenix plays one half of the equation. The other side only looks like she shares this
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Subverted in
* [[Snow Means Death]]: Case
* [[Spit Take]]: Played straight by Godot, but occasionally spoofed where he, upon having his witness discredited by Phoenix, grabs a coffee mug, brings it to his mouth, takes a sniff, takes a sip and THEN finally spits it out.
** A [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[The Daily Show]]'' perhaps?
* [[Stealth Pun]]: {{spoiler|DAHLIA Hawthorne's most famous murder was committed using poison
** {{spoiler|Then again, it turned out that it wasn't a murder. Diego Armando was assumed dead, but woke up from a coma 5 years later
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: Both Luke Atmey and Ron DeLite describe a thief's appearance at a crime scene as him "dancingly descending". From the entrance.
{{quote|'''Phoenix''': So he neither "descended" nor "danced"...}}
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Gumshoe doesn't have feelings for Maggey Byrde, pal!
** This, along with [[Exact Words]]:
* [[Thief Bag]]:
** Occasionally, Gumshoe will bring evidence in a similar, smaller version.
* [[Tiger Versus Dragon]]: Furio Tigre and Phoenix Wright. It makes more sense in the Japanese version as Phoenix represents a dragon.
* [[Title Drop]]: Luke Atmey calling himself the "Ace Detective" prompts Phoenix to introduce himself, "I am Phoenix Wright... Ace Attorney.".
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Phoenix and Maya are investigating a murder that was apparently committed in a restaurant and carried out through poisoned coffee. Meanwhile, Phoenix hears that his client was apparently fooled by a Phoenix impersonator who shares Phoenix's spiky hair. During the first day of trial, there is a witness who says he saw the defendant, a petite dark-haired young woman,
* [[Tragic Villain]]/{{spoiler|
* [[Twin Switch]]: {{spoiler|Phoenix thought he was dating Dahlia (who, unbeknownst to him, wanted to kill him). It turns out he was dating Dahlia's sister
▲** {{spoiler|Acro also seems to be the most remorseful culprit of the series. For one, he didn't even kill the person he wanted to, and ended up killing the man who had given him everything. By the time Phoenix uncovers his guilt, he seems to be willing to let go of his hate of Regina, who has realized that her naïve outlook on death is what caused everything.}}
* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Detective Gumshoe always mistakes Phoenix for Larry; the only problem is, he always calls him Harry Butz. Also applied when Phoenix tells us that in school, the kids had a saying... "When something smells, it's usually [[Spell My Name with a "The"|the]] [[Last-Name Basis|Butz."]].▼
▲* [[Twin Switch]]: {{spoiler|Phoenix thought he was dating Dahlia (who, unbeknownst to him, wanted to kill him). It turns out he was dating Dahlia's sister, Iris, who asked Dahlia to take her place so she could retrieve a trinket that Phoenix had without Dahlia killing Phoenix.}}
▲* [[Unfortunate Names]]: Detective Gumshoe always mistakes Phoenix for Larry; the only problem is, he always calls him Harry Butz. Also applied when Phoenix tells us that in school, the kids had a saying... "When something smells, it's usually [[Spell My Name with a "The"|the]] [[Last-Name Basis|Butz."]]
* [[Weapons Grade Vocabulary]]: Particularly clever counterpoints apparently have the ability to hit opposing attorneys like a gale-force wind, throwing them back, making them flinch and, in one particularly devastating case, tearing all the hair off a person's head, leaving him mostly bald.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Minor, but curious. At the end of ''Justice
** The fate of {{spoiler|the Hawthorne family's diamond}} is never revealed.
*** Presumably, it's still {{spoiler|at the bottom of the river}}.
*** Or
* [[X Makes Anything Cool]]: Cold Killer X.
* [[Yakuza]]: Furio Tigre
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{spoiler|Dahlia's twin sister Iris
* [[
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]: In the final case, after a long and arduous battle,
* [[You Watch Too Much X]]: In ''Bridge to the Turnabout'':
{{quote|'''Edgeworth''': I think you've watched to many trials, Detective.}}
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