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{{quote|"We were [[Analogy Backfire|Romeo and Juliet! Mark Antony and Cleopatra]]!"}}
Phoenix's 'lovable' loser classmate. A very over-the-top, downright idiot playboy-wannabe, who always try to get a girlfriend and fails to keep one, either they dumped him or they get killed (the very first case of the series has his girlfriend murdered). He seems to attract trouble wherever he goes, thus earning him the saying, "When something smells, it's usually the Butz
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: In Case 1-4, right as Edgeworth is declared guilty, Larry rushes in, yelling for the judge to wait, and demands to testify, and sheds new light on the case in the process. This provided a large hole in
** {{spoiler|''Ace Attorney Investigations''}} spoiler:
* [[Blush Sticker]]
* [[Just for Pun|Butz... er, sorry, I mean...]] [[Butt Monkey]]: Has terrible luck in the romance department, especially in the manga, in which, in "Turnabout with the Wind", {{spoiler|his girlfriend Belle turns out to be the murderer, only talking to him to create an alibi (although she wasn't planning on framing him)}}.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: In the third game.
* [[The Ditz]]: Probably ''why'' trouble follows him everywhere.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "In the Shadows of the Government", in the third game. Yes, really, that's the name of his theme track.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: "Nick", "Edgy"
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: And HOW!
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: "When something smells, it's usually the Butz."
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: He derails the [[Big Bad]]'s plans in two different games. In the first game, Edgeworth states that he's the first witness
** In the manga, by getting arrested as the suspect in "Turnabout
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: In one of the cases in ''[[Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|Sent Iris a blackmail letter as a means of inviting her to a date
** Though it seems to be less malicious intent, and more him just being really really ''bad'' at {{spoiler|writing a love letter
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: He has a new job (and girlfriend) every time he appears.
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This guy got the raw end of the deal when it comes to murderers in the series, for the same reason that a statement like that isn't a spoiler: he's blatantly shown to be the murderer of Cindy Stone before Phoenix even gets his ''name'' shown for the first time (bar the title screen on non-Japanese versions), [[Bad Liar|and you can get him guilty without even having to press anything]].
* [[Bad Liar]]: Unlike most other murderers, whose lies only become obvious when presented with evidence they would otherwise be unaware of or forced to elaborate on their stories when being pressed, his contradictions are completely obvious.
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** Phoenix even [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.
{{quote|'''Phoenix''': Proof enough for you, Mr. Sahwit? Or should I say... Mr. Did It!}}
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Practically the master of this in
* [[Warmup Boss]]
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The head bellboy of the Gatewater hotel. While never given a name, he is nevertheless an important witness in the second case of the first game.
* [[The Cameo]]: As well as his main appearance in the second case, he appears in the 5th case, is referenced occasionally by Phoenix, {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer}} wears his outfit in the second game, and in ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', he appears as {{spoiler|the real Proto Badger}}.
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Done on purpose by April May.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone calls him the Bellboy]]
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* [[Gainaxing]]
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: When Phoenix calls her a "big fat liar", all she responds is "...FAT!?".
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: She's not the most clever wire-tapper, but she's far more competent than she seems at first.
* [[Punny Name]]: April and May, obviously. Three kanji in her Japanese name idiomatically mean "high-, middle-, low-ranking" (and literally "pine, bamboo, plum"
* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]
* [[Taking the Heat]]: Tries to do this for Redd White, denying her connections with him.
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{{quote|"I am always [[Perfectly Cromulent Word|abso-posi-lutely]] perfect!"}}
A wealthy "businessman" who built his powerful company through blackmailing lawyers, judges, politicians, police
* [[Death by Irony|Conviction By Irony]]:
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Gratuitous English]]: In Japanese, poorly.
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: In English, [[Keep It Foreign|equally poorly]].
* [[Head Desk]]: When Phoenix starts cornering him.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|The piece of paper he used to pin the murder on Maya becomes an important evidence to prove his guilt; then it's implied that the list that Mia had Phoenix read in court that got Redd to confess is a list of people he's blackmailed
* [[Information Broker]]: Bluecorps provided enough dirt on just about everyone for White to use it as blackmail material and force everyone to do as he pleased.
** [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]: One of his victim was the Chief Prosecutor. This made Blanco Nino a man above the law.
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* [[Apologises a Lot]]
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: {{spoiler|Jack Hammer was his role model. Hammer accidentally killed someone and, while trying to kill Dee Vasquez, tried to frame Will Powers for it out of jealousy}}.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: At one point, Dee Vasquez notes that he's so ordinary looking, he's sometimes left behind by mistake when the rest of the company comes back from a trip.
* [[Carpet of Virility]]: Apparently nobody has linked his [[Carpet of Virility|chest hair]] to that of [[Austin Powers]]'.
* [[Face of a Thug]]: Poor guy.
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{{quote|"Shush! I'm talking to my dear Edgey-Wedgey right now! Don't interrupt us, gramps!"}}
A hard-ass old woman who for some reason is a security guard. Goes on long-winded rants at a moment's notice, and has a thing for soon-to-be dead actors and Edgeworth, the latter of whom (un)affectionately dubs her the "wicked witch of the witness stand
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: To Miles "Edgey-Poo~" Edgeworth. No seriously, meeting her, in his own words, makes his day go from “not my day” into “waking nightmare” territory. {{spoiler|On the day in question, he had already ''been kidnapped, had his jurisdiction usurped, and discovered a murder victim''
{{quote|'''Edgeworth''': (Nooooo! Why HER!? Why HERE!? Why NOW!?)}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Inverted. She usually calms down when Edgeworth shows up.
* [[Blush Sticker]]: Pops up at the thought of her latest celebrity obsession. Best not thought about at any length.
* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: A security guard, but she's quite fond of donuts.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: {{spoiler|In what might be a bizarre [[Shout-Out]] to a [[So Bad It's Good]] fan H-game, ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' puts her in an extremely busty Pink Princess outfit
** You also get to collect {{spoiler|her undershirt}} as evidence. Edgeworth is rightfully shaken by the very thought.
* [[Grumpy Old Man|Grumpy Old Woman]]
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: In ''Ace Attorney Investigations'', she complains about a stalker letter she received... though she's been sending Edgeworth flowers for years.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Or so she says.
** In the manga, her grandmother Wendolyn is channeled and everyone mistakes her for Wendy because they look just like each other. There is an image of her as a younger girl, and if this can be used as an example, then it's actually true.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: Last name refers to the term "old bag" for an ugly old woman, and combined with her first name, also applies to her long-windedness ("windy old bag"). Her Japanese name is a combination of "old lady" ("''obachan''") and "idiot" (Oh[[Baka|ba, Ka]]oru).
* [[Motor Mouth]]: To the point of Edgeworth [[That Was Objectionable|raising an objection to stop one of her near-infinite rambles in the first game]]. It gets pretty silly in
* [[Mrs. Robinson]]: Though the objects of her affection tend to ignore or just dislike her.
* [[Old Windbag]]
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: She pleads with Phoenix to defend Julie, insisting that she couldn’t have murdered Flip. Maya notes that she’s
* [[Scrolling Text]]: At very fast speeds.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: She has a new job each time she's seen, including
=== Penny Nichols (''Yumiko Mamiya'') ===
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: When Phoenix tries to buy him back with his own Steel Samurai card.
{{quote|'''Phoenix''': W-what do they teach these kids in school these days!? Quantum physics!?}}
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Despite the fact that the Steel Samurai mainly uses a spear, he carries around a katana on his back. He can't get it out of the sheath
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: Code-hacker. As for his Japanese name, the first three kanji characters (in Eastern name order) form "''[[Otaku]]''".
* [[Ocular Gushers]]: When Phoenix finally succeeds in taking apart his testimony.
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{{quote|"I try not to pay much attention to things that don't interest me. LOL."}}
Director of the Steel Samurai. He embodies the typical image of an obsessive teenage (despite being 32) geeky fanboy, in both appearance, personality
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: To poor Maya.
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Leet Lingo]]: His speech is littered with emoticons, LOLs
** He even manages to speak a ":(" at the thought of having not been able to eat a t-bone steak.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: He's as sickening as salmonella. "Takuya" comes from "[[Otaku]]", and "Uzai" means "annoying".
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{{quote|"Don't hit your desk. It irritates me."}}
Global Studios (and Steel Samurai) producer that built the studio back up from the brink of ruin (i.e.
* [[Beneath Suspicion]]: Justified.
* [[Broken Bird]]: {{spoiler|Five years ago, she watched Manuel die in an accident at Jack Hammer's hands. In the flashback, she is incredibly distraught at his death, the only time you see her act emotionally. If they were lovers, this could explain her cynical, dispassionate attitude
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: She has a sister
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: She's always smoking, and evidently has smoker's lung, since her speech is indicated by the lower-pitched beep-de-beeps usually reserved for males.
* [[The Mafia]]
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Freelance photographer with a southern accent and a lotta hair. She occasionally appears as a witness when trying to capture some paranormal event or other hot gossip.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Lotta LOVES her camera. She always has it, and does NOT like seeing any abuse come to it, she will go nuts if it does. The first time you run into her, she screams at you because you wasted all of her film by setting off the camera she was using. Maya forces Phoenix to pay for the expenses.
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: "There ain't no way anyone was hangin' out behind that foldin' screen!" Turns out there was somebody (Ini/Mimi) behind that folding screen.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
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* [[The Idiot From Osaka|The Idiot From The South]]
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Lotta isn't exactly what one would consider the nicest person in the world. In fact, the first time you find her, she not only seems ABSOLUTELY NUTS, but is loud and rude. Until you tell her she might be a witness to a murder...
** Despite being hot-tempered and sassy, she's actually one of the most willingly helpful repeating characters.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Happens once in case two in the second game. It scares the heck out of Phoenix Wright.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: She's got a lot of heart. "Ohsawagi" means "big commotion".
* [[Paparazzi]]: After Case 2-2, Lotta decided to pursuit a career with "more glamour and less gore
* [[Sassy Black Woman|Sassy Country Gal]]: She won't stand for any lip and is more than happy to give some back even to someone as scary as Manfred
{{quote|'''Lotta''':That's because you told me to! You old fool! (sound effect)}}
* [[Shutter Bug]]: Lotta always has her camera on hand, and you can tell she's nearby either by her mouth or by her snapping photos. Except in
* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: Related to her [[Deep South]] stereotype.
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{{quote|"Ayup... ZZZ"}}
A crazy old man that owns the boat rental shack on Gourd Lake, though he's convinced it's a pasta joint called the "Wet Noodle". He owns a pet parrot named Polly. {{spoiler|In actuality, he's Yanni Yogi, a former bailiff that was the suspect of the DL-6 incident. Thanks to Hammond, he was proven not guilty, but his life was ruined as a result. With Manfred von Karma's help, he murders his former defense attorney and puts the blame on Edgeworth
* {{spoiler|[[Alliterative Name]]}}
* [[Follow in My Footsteps]]: He {{spoiler|as part of his [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]}} mistakes Phoenix and Maya for his children and wants them to take over the "noodle shop" after he's gone.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|For fifteen years, he acted insane to back up Hammond's insanity plea. He wasn't too happy about it
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: {{spoiler|His name and his [[Split Personality]] resemble [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Yami Yugi
* [[Senior Sleep Cycle]]
* [[Snot Bubble]]
* {{spoiler|[[Sympathetic Murderer]]}}: {{spoiler|Robert Hammond prevented him from being convicted but ruined his life in the process}}.
* [[Talkative Loon]] {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]: {{spoiler|Names his parrot after his fiancee}}.
=== Angel Starr (''Kyoka Ichinotani'') ===
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{{quote|"The name is Angel Starr. Don't you go forgetting it. Or before you know it I'll have you whimpering at my heels."}}
A former detective whose ability to wring information out of suspects earned her the nickname the "[[Badass Nickname|Cough-Up Queen]]". Like Marshall, Starr worked on the SL-9 case, but in her case was fired instead of demoted (hence why she's not in the law enforcers section). With her connections (boyfriends) in the police department, she joined Marshall's attempts to continue investigation of SL-9. Since the case ended, she developed a hatred for prosecutors, and is the primary witness of Goodman's murder.
* [[Expressive Hair]] combined with [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: Her mood is indicated by which eye is covered by her bangs.
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{{quote|"Next time we meet, I'll only be an "Unlucky Person", instead of a goddess!"}}
Policewoman-turned-waitress-turned-security guard-turned-unemployed with horrifyingly bad luck. Maggey is the defendant for ''three'' trials (the second one was a mistrial
* [[Born Unlucky]]: My god, where to begin? She fell from the 9th floor of a building ''as a baby'', got hit by all sort of vehicles, got sick from all sorts of food, failed every test she has ever taken, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|lost every game of tic-tac-toe she's ever played]], was framed for murder three times... She was even nicknamed Goddess of Misfortune as a child, and Lady Luckless by the time she reached college
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]
* [[Fair Cop]]
* [[Fan Girl]]: Phoenix's business card is her most prized possession.
** The way she practically squees over Edgeworth in ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' hints that she may be one for him as well.
* [[Hair Decorations]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: Magpie birds are unlucky. "Mako Suzuki" is a pun on "''maketsuzuki''", "continuing to lose".
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: When he's nervous, he starts talking things that have nothing to do with the case (even with highlighted text!). Can be even worse about it than that [[Rhymes on a Dime|old hag Oldbag]].
* [[Preppy Name]]
* [[Public Domain Soundtrack|Public Domain Ringtone]]: {{spoiler|[[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]]'s ''Toccatta & Fugue in D Minor'', which proves crucial for nailing the case since he stole Phoenix's cell phone thinking it to be his, which had evidence incriminating him
* [[Scrolling Text]]
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]
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[[File:Miney Ini-icon 3832.png|frame]]
{{quote|"Um, so, like... A murder is that thing where, like, one person kills another, right?"}}
An air-headed occult freak that told Dr. Grey about the Kurain Channeling technique. {{spoiler|In truth, Ini is dead. After Mimi, her older sister who worked as a nurse to Dr. Grey, accidentally killed fourteen people, the Miney sisters were in a car crash that Ini died in. Mimi, having caused the deaths of many people and lost her job, sister
* [[Biting the Handkerchief|Biting The Hat]]
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: And ''how?!''
* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Her sister
* [[The Ditz]]: {{spoiler|Until she gets scared. Then the facade slips
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Until she loses her composure. Then it's {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]}}.
* [[Idiot Hair]]: Underneath her hat.
* [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
** {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation|Or Mimi, as in mimicry
* [[Nice Hat]]: Which gets utterly abused and wrecked over the course of the case.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Surgical Impersonation]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sympathetic Murderer]]}}:{{spoiler|While not as much as Acro. If what she said is true (heavily implied), then it was Grey who killed Ini}}.
** YYMV, since
* [[Valley Girl]]: Says "like" a lot, ditzy, seemingly unable to function by herself-pretty much a checklist.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Like, she says "like" so much that, like, it gets a bit, like, irritating, like, you know?
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{{quote|"Hmm, yes... Well, it's the quality, not quantity that counts. Uh huh...
Actually, neither of those are his real names. "Dr. Hotti/Hickfield" is actually a patient of the Hotti/Hickfield clinics that sneaks out of his room, puts on a stethoscope and lab coat, and calls himself director to visitors.
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* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: He's somehow able to read Phoenix's inner monologue and comment on the static background of the Hotti Clinic.
* [[Lolicon]]: He apparently has a thing for Trucy.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: He adds "hmm, yes" to most of his sentences. Eventually, it [[Got Me Doing It|rubs off of Phoenix]].
=== Maximillion Galactica ===
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** Calling his friends "[his] sweeties".
* [[Facial Markings]]: He has big purple stars on one cheek.
* [[Jerkass]]: The rest of the circus members hate him, since he's the big star [[It's All About Me|and lets everybody know about it]]. He calls them "dinosaurs" since circuses are no longer that popular, and his success is the only thing keeping the circus afloat (unfortunately, [[Jerkass Has a Point|he could be right about that]]).
** Also, on the day of the murder, he struck a colleague on the head with a glass bottle (no wonder he's a suspect of the murder later on the same day, since that death was caused by blunt force trauma); even if he didn't commit the murder, he's definitely no saint.
** Despite all this, his colleagues do have a soft spot for him
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Maximillion does have a decent side to him. For instance, he acts arrogant and conceited, but perhaps only to make his circus mates strive to become better.
** He reconciles with the circus eventually, and offers to keep working with them post-trial. Despite his views on the circus, he realizes that it likely won't draw a crowd without him, so instead of leaving them behind (which would probably be way more financially lucrative for him), he decides to stay with them.
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{{quote|"Alright! I look so cute in this picture! Don't you think I look cute? Don't ya? Don't ya?"}}
Russell Berry's daughter and animal tamer of the Berry Big Circus. Because of her sheltered life (in a circus, no less) and her father's protective upbringing, she has a very naïve outlook and doesn't really understand death (in the English version, she thinks that when people die, they become a star in the sky; in the Japanese version, she just thinks that they are in a deep sleep), even when her father doesn't hide the fact that he shot one of the lions with a rifle. Returns in ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2'''s second case as a witness due to being asked to put on an animal show at the prison at the time of the murder. Has apparently taken on more responsibility in the circus, but otherwise hasn't changed much.
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]
* [[But Thou Must!]]: The current trope image.
* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Circus Brat]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Due to her sheltered upbringing.
* [[The Cutie]]
* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Prank]]}}:
* [[Death Is a Sad Thing]]: Or it would be if she had ''any'' idea what it meant.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: ...Except Money.
* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Maya. Seems awfully attached to a girl she just met.
* {{spoiler|[[It's All My Fault]]: What she says once the truth is uncovered. Accompanied by her finally opening the waterworks
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Regina" means "queen".
* [[Pepper Sneeze]]
* [[Princess Curls]]
=== Lawrence Curls
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{{quote|"Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha!"}}
A stoogey clown working at the Berry Big Circus, and old friend of the ringmaster. He's the witness of Russell's murder. Despite his wisecracking antics, he's actually one of the most level-headed members of the circus.
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: "Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha! Aha!"
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* [[Hurricane of Puns]]
* [[The Hyena]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: [[Three Stooges|Larry, Curly
* [[Mouthful of Pi]]: *whip crack* "Do you like pi? I love pi! 3.141592... (continue for almost two lines of text)! Tasty!"
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: He makes Phoenix want some earplugs.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: He seems to be the sanest surviving circus member
* [[Pungeon Master]]
* [[Sad Clown]]
* [[Scrolling Text]]
* [[Talkative Loon]]: English version
=== Benjamin Woodman and Trilo Quist (''Ben Kozumi'' and ''Rilo'') ===
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{{quote|"Let me lay it all out for you... The pay sucks... The clown sucks... And my partner has his hand up my pants."|Trilo Quist}}
Ben is a ventriloquist of the Berry Big Circus, and Trilo is his puppet. Ben doesn't do a lot of talking, and does a lot of stuttering. Trilo, in contrast, is loud, offensive
* [[Companion Cube]]
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{{quote|"But... I just couldn't forgive her! No matter what."}}
His real name is Ken Dingling (''Daisuke Kinoshita''), and he's the elder of the two acrobat brothers of the Berry Big Circus. Acro's legs were damaged beyond repair in an accident and can no longer stand. {{spoiler|In fact, it was right after Bat's accident
{{spoiler|Even though Acro knew that Regina (who put the pepper in the scarf in the first place in order to make Bat (not Leon) sneeze) had no intention in causing Bat any real harm, he couldn't stand that Regina didn't take what happened seriously
* [[Anti-Villain]]:
* [[Beneath Suspicion]]: Justified.
* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]}}
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He's got three birds perching on his wheelchair.
* [[Manly Tears]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Dingling" is probably a combination of "Ringling" and "dangling", and Kinoshita is a Japanese circus. Don't forget the obvious "Acrobat
* {{spoiler|[[Murder by Mistake]]}}: {{spoiler|Regina was his intended target, but he ended up killing her father instead... to add insult to injury, the man was like a father to him, and he was so upset upon discovering that he had killed him instead that he even contemplated suicide
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: He and his brother didn't run away to the circus, ''their parents'' ran away and they had nowhere else to go.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]
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{{quote|"Hold on a sec. I'm gonna ask my manager, OK?"}}
Actor of the Nickel Samurai, and the fierce rival of Juan Corrida. He's slow-witted, and relies on his manager/producer/et al. for advice via the cell phone he wears like a wristwatch. Naturally, {{spoiler|that's all a facade. He's actually a complete sociopath that trusts no one and uses people to their advantage. When he found out that Juan Corrida was going to ruin his "beautiful public image", he hired
* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}
* [[Bishonen]]
* {{spoiler|[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: He screws himself over that way
* {{spoiler|[[Depraved Kids' Show Host]]}}
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* {{spoiler|[[A Glass of Chianti]]: ...while in prison, no less
* {{spoiler|[[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Of the good ol' fashioned evil variety
* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: The basic premise of his case: Win, and you let him get away with murder. Lose, and Maya dies.
** {{spoiler|You get to turn the tables on him if you convince de Killer to break his contract with Engarde: the end result (see [[Villainous Breakdown]] below) is still the same. Say he's guilty, and he breaks down because... well, he's '''GUILTY'''. Say he's not guilty, and he breaks down, demanding to be sent to jail, instead of being free and ready to be killed by a pissed-off assassin that he betrayed (and even then, there is still no saying that de Killer can't break into jail and kill him
* [[Hidden Depths]]: Matt Engarde is not how he appears, to say the least. There's a very good reason why this character entry is filled with spoiler marks.
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: [[Downer Ending|In the]] [[Bad Ending]]
* [[Leitmotif]]
* {{spoiler|[[Madness Mantra]]: When he cracks: "Guiltyguiltyguiltyguiltyguiltyguilty..." (repeat ad infinitum)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: {{spoiler|He's always on guard. "Otoro" is a pun on "outlaw"
** Also, [[It's All About Me|notice his initials]].
** Combined with Juan Corrida, in which corrida is bull fighting.
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* {{spoiler|[[Smug Snake]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Sociopath]]}}
* [[Surfer Dude]]: He's got the [[Verbal Tic]], but it is unknown if he likes surfing. He certainly loves motorbikes
* {{spoiler|[[Surveillance as the Plot Demands]]: He hid a camera in a giant stuffed bear's eye to spy on Juan. And at the same time attempt to blackmail
* {{spoiler|[[Two-Faced]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Suffers this when
=== Adrian Andrews (''Kirio Kamiya'') ===
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{{quote|"Help... Please... Someone... Help me..."}}
Adrian first shows up as the [[The Stoic|stoic]] manager of Matt Engarde in the last case of the second game. She takes her turn as a suspect in the inevitable murder, and quite nearly gets convicted before mitigating circumstances get her off the hook. She is revealed in the process to be a lot more complex and troubled than her icy persona makes her out to be. Turned out to be popular enough to return in
* [[Alliterative Name]]: Both names.
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* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]
* [[Failure Knight]]
* [[Framing the Guilty Party]]: {{spoiler|It backfires so hard that she finds herself to be accused of the crime she NEVER committed
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: This is a plot point, as {{spoiler|Shelley
* [[Infinite Supplies]]: She breaks her glasses and pulls out a spare pair several times over the course of the second game.
** Seven to be exact.
* [[Living Emotional Crutch]]:
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Tries to be [[The Stoic]], but ends up being this. Oh, so much.
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{{quote|"Alright, I'll tell you that much. My name is... De Killer."}}
A gentleman assassin from the second game. Highly values honesty and trust that he takes great measures to ensure that their clients are not found guilty of murder (gee, [[Not So Different|that sounds kinda familiar...]]). His alias is John Doe (''Tarou Tanaka''). He was hired by {{spoiler|Engarde to assassinate Corrida. [[Karma Houdini|He also got off scott-free for it
* [[Affably Evil]]: Unlike most villains in the series, he doesn't come across as arrogant
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Matt Engarde decides it's a good idea to attempt to blackmail this guy
* [[The Butler Did It]]: Well, he poses as a butler, at least.
* [[Calling Card]]: One of the aforementioned measures taken to protect clients.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]:
* [[Expressive Shirt]]: De Killer himself always wears a completely stoic expression, but his radio, which resembles his face, shows a lot of emotion, including hopping in anger, sweating oil
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[High-Class Glass]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|He doesn't get caught whatsoever. One of the few villains in the series who manages to get away (alive). It's arguable that this is because Engarde could be considered the true villain of the second game's final case, whom DOES get convicted
** {{spoiler|He's still at large as of the end of ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2'', where he escaped justice once again}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Whim of a Murderous Gentlemen".
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: (Sea) Shell(ey), the Killer. "Sazae" means "seashell", and "Koroshiya" means assassin.
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Against {{spoiler|Ryōken Hōinbō}}.
* [[Mr. Smith]]: He goes by the alias of John Doe, or Tarou Tanaka in Japanese. Both are exceedingly plain names that are commonly used as pseudonyms.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Noble Demon]]: De Killer follows a strict honor code, as a professional killer. The level of trust between him and his client is paramount, and he will honor every deal as long as the client fulfills their end of the bargain. {{spoiler|Of course, in this case, his client
* [[Not So Different]]: To Phoenix Wright, and to that extent, the player. De Killer wants to make sure his client is declared Not Guilty. Just like a defense attorney would. {{spoiler|
* [[Overly Long Name]]: "Sazaemon Koroshiya" is nine characters long (???? ?????).
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: His distinctive face means that his different attire does little to disguise him
{{quote|''"Mr. Doe... he's one of those people you just can't have a second game in a series without."''}}
** It's commented on in ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2''. Edgeworth never actually met him face-to-face in "Farewell, My Turnabout", so it makes sense he falls for it. He still ends up mentally scolding himself once he finds out though, reminding himself he should have at least seen his picture come up in case files.
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: His focus is to fulfill the contract with his patient. Anything else is irrelevant to him. {{spoiler|He lets Maya go at the end, but certainly not out of kindness. It's because he found out Engarde was plotting to betray him, and as a result felt no need to obey his client any longer
* [[Professional Killer]]: Of the assassin variety.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He's a professional assassin, so he's simply doing his job.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: {{spoiler|He sports a pink kimono while posing as an ice cream vendor on Gourd Lake during ''Ace Attorney Investigations 2''
* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}:
* [[Room Disservice]]
* [[Skunk Stripe]]
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{{quote|"And my current profession? {{spoiler|Permanently retired.}}"}}
Dahlia is introduced as the ever-sweet, ever-innocent [[Friend to All Living Things]], [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] girlfriend of Phoenix Wright, but Mia already knew that something was wrong with her. Turns out {{spoiler|she tried to frame Phoenix for a murder she committed, AND Phoenix himself was originally supposed to be the victim}}. Mia eventually unmasks her and put her behind the bars {{spoiler|and eventually death row}}. However, her criminal career started several years before, when she seduced Terry Fawles and used him to {{spoiler|fake her kidnapping}} in an elaborate plan to get back at her family. When the plan didn't go as planned, she {{spoiler|faked her own death and got Terry convicted to death for it}}, then {{spoiler|killed her own stepsister and co-conspirator, again framing Terry
She was eventually used by {{spoiler|her mother
* [[Anti-Gravity Clothing]]: Her stole floats, [[Foreshadowing]] her true nature.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}: Of the third game. Although {{spoiler|Morgan Fey}} is equally guilty in a lot of ways, as the two end up plotting together. So perhaps this is a case of {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Duumvirate]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
* [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Death Glare]]
* [[Enfante Terrible]]: Planned out such a villainous plot since 14 years old. Poor Terry. She even plotted to get her relative disinherited when she was probably about 8.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Despite her undoubtedly being a [[Complete Monster]], Dahlia didn't really click with the whole "have Pearl become the new master" plan of Morgan, claiming that she forced all of her broken dreams and hopes on Pearl, whether she likes it or not. She also hates Morgan, as well. {{spoiler|She agrees that Maya Fey must die, but to her, it is revenge against the already deceased Mia Fey
* [[Evil Redhead]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Twin]]:
* [[Fille Fatale]]: Just to emphasize the above: started seducing people and ruining lives at age ''fourteen''.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]] --> [[Disney Creatures of the Farce]]
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* [[Leitmotif]]: "Distant Traces of Beauty".
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: "Two minutes, and she's got the whole courtroom wrapped around her little finger..."
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]/[[Shout-Out]]: A reference to the Black Dahlia, and she's certainly got thorns. Possibly a [[Shout-Out]] to Nathaniel Hawthorne, specifically the story "Rappaccini's Daughter"
** In the Japanese version: "Chinami" refers to the saying "''chi mo namida mo nai''" ("without blood or tears"—basically callous to the extreme).
* {{spoiler|[[My Death Is Just the Beginning]]}}
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** {{spoiler|She goes into a [[Villainous Breakdown|bratty tantrum]] after Phoenix and Mia pointed out and rubbed in her face that her entire petty revenge scheme had failed big time before being forcefully ejected from Maya's body}}. Goes to show that in the end, Dahlia is nothing more than a petty spoiled brat.
* [[The Vamp]]
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: First when Mia exposes her as the [[Complete Monster]] she really is, and the second
* [[Wicked Cultured]]: How many soulless murderers are literature students?
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: A favorite. Too bad (for her) it doesn't work on Mia.
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Ron is first introduced as the girly-looking, self-proclaimed [[Phantom Thief]], Mask☆DeMasque. Naturally, with his appearance, high-strung actions
* [[Bishonen]]: If it weren't for the lower-pitched beep-de-beeps reserved for males when they talk, his gender might have been more of a mystery at first...
* [[Calling Card]]
* [[Cowardly Lion]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Not only is he
* [[Expressive Hair]]
* [[Gentleman Thief]]
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|1=If you examine the chief of police in the next case, you'll hear that Mask☆DeMasque tries to stop a bank robbery
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Regarding the {{spoiler|heists and arguably the data theft}}, at least; though he's a good guy, so it's OK.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Please Listen"; actually, if you want to get technical, it's Mask☆DeMasque's theme.
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* [[Redhead in Green]]
* [[Rescue Romance]]: To Desiree.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: More obvious in the English version, but still present in Mask☆DeMasque's Japanese name, Kamen Mask
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Unconfessed Unemployment]]
* [[Verbal Tic]]: ...well, no, that's not exactly true. It's just a tendency for his explanations to trail {{color|gray|off into no}}{{color|silver|thing}}.
* [[Wild Take]]: At the slightest provocation.
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Ron's incredibly hot wife (did I mention that already?). She spends money like it's going out of style {{spoiler|(hence why Ron got into thievery in the first place)}} and drives her motorcycle fast enough to call it "flying". She despises cowardly criminals above all else. {{spoiler|Apparently, Ron doesn't count because he [[Calling Card|announces his thefts]]. Man, did he make a good catch}}...
* [[Biker Babe]]
* [[Rescue Romance]]
* [[What Does She See in Him?]]: The general response. It's heavily implied that he appeals to her maternal instincts... that and {{spoiler|she's under the impression he's loaded; he went into crime to [[Unconfessed Unemployment|not tell her that he was fired]]}}. There's also the fact that
=== Jean Armstrong (''Kaoru Hondobo'') ===
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{{quote|"Non, non, NON! You naughty man!"}}
A very... *ahem* ''flamboyant'' French chef and owner of the restaurant Trés Bien. Thing is, the food there is anything ''but''. He's armpit-deep in debt in just trying to keep the restaurant afloat. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And he's a kleptomaniac.]]
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Despite everything he says and does... he's never explicitly ''called'' gay.
* [[Brain Bleach]]: He invokes this in Phoenix when he sees Armstrong rub aromatherapy oil on himself.
{{quote|'''Phoenix:''' "MY EYES!"}}
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{{quote|"The uniform! It's a disgrace! You can practically see their... *turns pale* their... YES! It's a disgrace!"}}
An unemployed grouchy old man that has a thing for the Trés Bien waitress uniforms and always has a box of birdseed with him (most likely for the purpose of having a weapon within arms length). He comes from a family of kimono embroiderers.
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The head of Blue Screens Inc., and Glen's old boss. Incredibly precise and may very well actually be a robot.
* [[Fun with Palindromes]]
* [[Making a Spectacle of Yourself]]: She doesn't even NEED to wear an HMD, but does anyway.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Whenever you mention someone or something with a picture, it pops up on the screen; she's the only character in the series who ''moves slightly out of the way'' to make room for it.
* [[Red Herring]]: If you think she has anything to do with the case or trial, think again.
* [[Robot Girl]]: ...like a [[Ghost in the Shell]], as Phoenix puts it.
* [[Theme Naming]]: All Blue Screens Inc employees have [[Fun with Palindromes|palindrome names]].
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The Tiger's assistant at Tender Lender. Very, very creepy. She's also the granddaughter of the biggest, baddest mob boss
* [[Bandage Babe]]: Though not for fetish purposes. {{spoiler|It is the reason The Tiger had a debt himself
* [[Cry Cute]]: Perhaps not so much cute, but it's hard not to feel sorry for her when one realises how much she wanted to be loved.
* [[Face of a Thug]]: She's creepy as hell, but not that bad.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: She really, really wants to believe Furio Tigre did everything out of love for her.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: She knowingly helped to frame an innocent woman for murder. That she would suffer no legal repercussions for it isn't surprising, considering the doting grandfather the police are afraid of, but none of the characters seem to think this is important because as it turns out, her thug of a crush object doesn't really love her. Also, she refers to what was done as "evil
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Frighteningly, she hints that there's poison in her coffee.
* {{spoiler|[[Loan Shark]]: She takes over Tender Lender at the end of ''Trials
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Cadaverini" is Italian for "little corpse", while "Viola" might have been chosen for its similarity to "violence
* [[Woman Scorned]]: During the credits of ''Trials
* [[Yakuza Princess]]
* [[Yandere]]: Her [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] bit at the end of
=== Furio Tigre
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{{quote|"Gwoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...!!"}}
Thanks to his similarly-spiky haircut, he looks a lot like Phoenix and even uses that to imitate him, prompting the nickname "Xin Eohp" (pronounced "zin eeope") from Maya. He's the loan shark in charge of Tender Lender, and lent money to Jean Armstrong and Glen Elg. His nickname pretty much sums up his personality. {{spoiler|Four months before the case (September of the previous year), he got into an accident with Viola, and the latter nearly died. Her operation was a nominal fee of one million dollars. Viola's grandfather
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: His name is composed of Italian words. "Furio" is a common name for a pet, and "Tigre" is... Well, you know.
* [[Brooklyn Rage]]: "WHADDYA THINK YOUSE DOIN'?!"
** [[Kansai Regional Accent]]:
* [[Devil in Plain Sight]]: How was ''no one'' ingame able to tell that he was impersonating Phoenix Wright?
* [[Evil Twin]]: Parodied
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Xin Eohp".
* [[Incoming Ham]]: The first indication that you'll be encountering him in any given scene? Just look at his character quote!
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Warehouse Tiger".
* [[Loan Shark]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: He's a furious tiger. "Toranosuke" means "tiger boy", and "Shibakuzo" means, more or less, "I'm gonna kick your ass!". "Zenitora" is roughly "Cash Tiger". Also, tigers are, according to legend, enemies with dragons (i.e. Pheonix, or ''Ryu''ichi).
* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]: See [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]:
** The French version changes Tender Lender's name to Sadouille-Crédit; that is, "''credit scammer''". No, really.
* [[Obviously Evil]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: His disguise consisted solely on a blue suit, his spikey hair
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Drive Pink Scooters]]
* [[Red Right Hand]]: Just ''look'' at the guy!
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Mia's first-ever client, an escaped death-row convict. Has a poor grasp of grammar and acts mostly like a scared little kid.
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* [[Ephebophile]]: Sure does seem like the odd man out on this list, but he dated 14-year-old Dahlia Hawthorne when he was 20 and refers to her as his 'teen angel'.
** Kind of [[Values Dissonance]] here though, since the age of consent is 13 in Japan (meaning this only applies to the localization).
** Still, given his mental status, if anything was going on, it was Dahlia taking advantage of ''him''.
* [[Love Martyr]]: In f---ing spades.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: Both his English and Japanese names refer to falling tears.
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{{quote|'''Apollo''':"(Oh, really, Ms. Orly?)}}
Don't worry, her name gets ''plenty'' of lampshading. Anyway, she's a waitress of Borscht Bowl Club that was the dealer for Phoenix and Smith's poker game and ergo a witness to the murder. {{spoiler|Actually, she didn't witness anything. "Quick Fingers" Orly is a professional gambler and trick dealer, in cahoots with Smith. But by [[Born Lucky|sheer luck]], Phoenix found out about their plot to "catch" him "cheating" during the game; as a result, Smith flipped and knocked her out cold
* [[Dish Dash]]: [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in sprite form. The animation is REALLY impressive.
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* [[Poirot Speak]]: Justified.
* [[Punny Name]]: [[Memetic Mutation|O rly?]] "Masaka" is the equivalent of "It can't be!"
* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: Being the second witness in the game, experienced ''Ace Attorney'' players are likely to suspect her as the murderer. She isn't
=== Wocky Kitaki (''Takita Kitaki'') ===
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: His hairstyle and the "whisker" marks on his face are meant to emulate a fox, and the fox is the Kitaki family's symbol.
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]]: His parents disagree, and decide to go legit partly because he got shot because of their criminal practices, {{spoiler|and partly to pay for his operation}}.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Evidently, Wocky doesn't comprehend the difference between "gangster" and "gangsta".
* [[Meal Ticket]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A Wocky is a fox-type Neopet. The Kitaki family's crest is a fox.
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{{quote|"You take a spoon, you drink some broth... Those onions will find their way in there. For people who like 'em, why that's just fine. For people who hate 'em... ...I hate onions. Hate 'em! Always sneaking in from the side, gettin' in the way of a good tastin' spoonful."}}
A noodle stand owner that's a bit bitter towards Meraktis, {{spoiler|
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
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* [[Apron Matron]]
* [[Face of a Thug]]: Apollo seems quite terrified of her, but she's actually a pretty nice lady.
* [[Sword Cane]]: Or a sword ''broom
* [[Yakuza]]
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Wocky's fiancé. She's concerned that Wocky'll get convicted, so she seeks Apollo's services. {{spoiler|She got engaged to Wocky because she knew he was going to die and as his wife, she would get the Kitaki family fortune. Eventually, she ends up having to kill Pal Meraktis to keep him quiet
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Aren't they all?
* [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]]: Her dress has feathers arranged over the chest in a pattern like angel wings.
* [[Gold Digger]]
* [[Graceful Loser]]: She freaks out a few times during the trial, but when she's finally exposed as the murderer, she calmly admits to it without much fuss.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Alita" is Latin for "small winged one".
* [[Perpetual Molt]]: The "wings" on her dress allow this.
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Her dress has the feather arrangement, a four leaf clover in the middle of the feathers, and lots of frills.
* {{spoiler|[[Springtime for Hitler]]: She hired Apollo thinking that a rookie lawyer employed by a questionable anything agency would get Wocky convicted in no time
* {{spoiler|[[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: She tries to pull one when it's revealed that Meraktis attacked her on the night of the crime
=== Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki (''Tsunekatsu Kitaki'') ===
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Big Wins is the head of the Kitaki family, but when he discovers that it was the gangster lifestyle that put his son in mortal danger, he decided that he wanted to come clean and quit the "business". At the end of the case, he starts a pie business.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]:
** The effect of which can also be taken as [[Sinister Shades]] or [[Hidden Eyes]].
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Most likely because they become puppy dog eyes when they're open.
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{{quote|"I have got to know the secret of your panties! My very existence depends on it!"}}
A student of the same college Phoenix went to. He tries to portray himself as keenly intelligent and to have friends, but those seem to be his own delusions. He witnessed the murder of Pal Meraktis. {{spoiler|He didn't kill him, but on the same night, he did steal both Trucy and Plum's panties
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: "I have a new name, one that reflects my true academic nature... Wesley Sicko, reporting! Yes, curiosity is a sickness, and I am the cure!"
* [[Feigning Intelligence]]: He fools nobody.
* [[For Science!]]!: His justification for
** Well, {{spoiler|the panties in question were a prop in a magic act, and he stole them with the intention of figuring out how it worked, so it may be [[Justified]]. Doesn't explain why he took Plum's
** Yes it does. {{spoiler|They seem to be roughly the same size}}.....
* [[Motor Mouth]]
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: He was supposed to be a ''biseinen'' (pretty man). You can see how that turned out for him.
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{{spoiler|Blind}} singer from the fourth game. She was named by her manager as the sole witness to his murder.
* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: {{spoiler|She's forty, and Apollo is twenty-two. How old was she when she had him? You do the math
* {{spoiler|[[Blind Musician]]: It's her, not Machi, who's blind... But then, it's implied she got eye surgery between
* [[Fauxreigner]]
* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: {{spoiler|For someone in their 40's, who has two children (one being at least half her age, the other in high school), she looks really good. Even moreso when she takes off her mask
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Landcape Painter in Sound".
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Lamiroir is actually Thalassa Gramarye, mother of Trucy and Apollo}}.
* [[The Reveal]]:
* [[Girl in a Box|Woman In A Contrabass Case]]
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* [[Bishonen]]
* [[Blind Musician]]:
* [[Confess to a Lesser Crime]]: {{spoiler|What saves him from being convicted of murder, and exposes Daryan in the end. Apollo reveals that if he confesses to smuggling cocoons in court, he will be able to avoid the death penalty, and Daryan breaks down after realizing that this will expose him}}.
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: Lampshaded, twice. Though his name comes directly from his Japanese name (Maki Tobayu), so that helps.
* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Disability]]}}: {{spoiler|Used to help publicity
* [[Sinister Shades]]
* [[Persona Non Grata]]
* [[When He Smiles]]
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A quirky freelance reporter always in search for the next big scoop. He smells like toothpaste whenever he smiles, "which is far too often
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: He's incredibly quirky and tends to jump to the wrong conclusions at times, but he seems to do good work...
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Metaphorgotten]]: He describes the events of
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Looks like a person out of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' next to the rest of the [[Animesque]] cast.
** [[Gonk]]: Not exceptionally ugly, but there are a number of things that are really off about him. For example, he blinks with only his lower eyelids.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Reporter Frequently Speaks In Headlines! Talking To Him Is A Chore!", end quote.
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{{quote|"That's an iFly Airlines sponsored movie. It's a suspense-hardboiled-action-romance-horror-comedy movie."}}
A chief flight attendant for iFly Airlines, and a witness and Edgeworth's temporary partner in case two of ''Ace Attorney Investigations
* [[Anime Hair]]: However you describe her hairstyle...
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* [[Sexy Stewardess]]: Although she doesn't have the [[Gag Boobs]] that Cammy has.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Prides herself on her "service with a smile even if we're crashing into the ocean" mentality; said smile is full of eye- and corner of mouth-twitching.
** {{spoiler|Which leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Minor Moment of Heartwarming]] when she gives Edgeworth a genuine smile when he gets her off the hook. Aww
=== Zinc Lablanc II (''Zinc White II'') ===
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* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He finds out that his treasured piece of art is a worthless fake. {{spoiler|He gets tricked into buying the fake Primidux Statue in the ending}}.
* [[Eloquent in My Native Tongue]]
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger|Giving Someone The]] [[Finger Gun]]
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{{quote|"*yawn* I'm awake, I'm awake........................ zzz."}}
Rhoda's assistant flight attendant, an airheaded, sleepy young woman fluent in Borginian. {{spoiler|Is actually part of the smuggling ring. Her job was to oversee the transportation of the smuggled goods in between countries
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: From the front flap of her uniform being removed.
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: She is first seen standing behind Leblanc, half asleep, right next to the emergency escape hatch in the first class area of the plane she's working on.
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: The only member of the crew who knows Borginian. {{spoiler|This helps prove she's the murderer}}.
* [[The Ditz]]: Comes from being only half-awake. {{spoiler|As with that, it's an act. In fact, she's actually quite focused and intelligent, as her use of the [[Indy Ploy]] shows
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[Gag Boobs]]
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Carries around a teddy bear of the airline mascot.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: {{spoiler|Murdered her victim in the heat of the moment, able to think of a complex framing scheme in time to actually create a case out of whole cloth
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Good Night~".
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Mind Control Eyes]]: She has these as a result of constantly falling asleep and waking up again. {{spoiler|They become normal when she drops the 'sleepy' act
* [[Not a Morning Person]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
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Owner of a company called the Amano Group. Edgeworth is indebted to him because Amano funded his studies abroad. {{spoiler|Member of the smuggling ring, and used his company to help it
* [[Bald of Evil]]
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* [[Dirty Coward]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[First-Name Basis]]: Refers to Edgeworth,
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: {{spoiler|Gets him into prison for the effort}}.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Now, now..."
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Ernest's only son, and victim of kidnapping. {{spoiler|Orchestrated his own kidnapping, and accidental killer of Oliver Deacon
* [[Chained by Fashion]]: Not by his own choice
* [[Chick Magnet]]: His father thinks so, but while he does have a cute girlfriend (whom he doesn't hesitate to betray), the only other girl [[Trouble Entendre|supposedly interested in him]] is [[Loan Shark|Viola Cadaverini]].
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. As shown above, he orchestrated his own kidnapping to pay off a debt
* [[Dramatic Wind]]: He somehow has the ability to summon one when he makes a point.
* [[Indy Ploy]]: {{spoiler|Lance wound up with a body after the kidnapping at the haunted house went sour. Out of thin air, he crafted an elaborate plan to pin the blame of the murder on his girlfriend Lauren, starting by convincing her he was still alive
* [[Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|He orchestrated his own kidnapping to get money from his worried father, threatened to harm his own girlfriend to get help from her father and tried to get her sentenced for the death of said father... which he, of course, caused himself (accidentally, or so he claims)
* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|He really doesn't care about his girlfriend at all and tries to pin the killing on her. It's also suggested that he roped Oliver into the whole affair by threatening to harm Lauren if he didn't play along
* [[Talks Like a Simile]]: He even berates Edgeworth for not understanding what he meant by saying he was "left behind like an unwanted mutt
* [[Tears of Remorse]]: {{spoiler|As part of his [[Villainous Breakdown]]}}.
* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]
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Lance's girlfriend. Seems prone to falling in love with [[Bishonen]]. {{spoiler|Involved in the kidnapping plan. Is Oliver Deacon/Colin Devorae's daughter
* [[Attack Backfire]]: Borderline. Edgeworth's trademark [[Death Glare]] ''does'' worry her... because she finds it so attractive that she has to loudly tell herself that she's in love with ''Lance''.
* [[Blush Sticker]]
* [[Important Haircut]]: To the point of [[Exaggerated Trope|exaggeration]]
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: Narrowly averted. She confessed to extortion, but at the end of the case, she appears to just walk away. Then again, she lost something bigger than a few years of freedom... The end sequence shows that she got in trouble with the law after all, as she refers to spending some time in the detention center}}.
* [[Love Martyr]]: {{spoiler|She goes along with the kidnapping scheme entirely for Lance's sake. He repays her devotion by leading her to believe she killed their accomplice and, unbeknownst to her, ''her father'', and setting her up to take the fall for it. [[Sarcasm Mode|Gee, what a great catch
* [[Meido]]: {{spoiler|[[In Name Only|In appearance only]], it seems
* [[Punny Name]]: Lance's nickname for her is Lollie, making it Lollipops.
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: {{spoiler|Was led to believe that she was this
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
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Ambassador of Babahl. Outwardly a bit of [[The Slacker]], but tries really hard to promote tourism to his country.
* [[Competition Coupon Madness]]: Kind of. These coupons are only useful in Babahl. But you wonder where is he getting all those coupons from?!
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Subverted. There was going to be a test to see which country's Primidux statue is the real deal. The Primidux statue of Babahl is
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
{{quote|'''Palaeno''': [Babahlese ink is] made from whitcrystal oil, which is '''mined from our mineral mines'''.}}
* [[Determinator]]: He is determined to find Coachen's killer. He goes as far as
* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: He never even bothers to use his immunity though. And the only time this is in effect in Babahl was around the beginning of the case, causing von Karma to turn to Palaeno.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Due to his incessant smiling. He only ever opens his eyes when he gets serious. Several players reported being disturbed upon seeing it. Others reported swooning.
* [[A Father to His Men]]: He seems to want to be this, and
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hand Rubbing]]: If you look carefully, his hands resemble a butterfly.
* [[It's All My Fault]]:
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Two Embassies ~ The Lands of the Butterfly and the Flower".
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Colias Palaeno is a species of butterfly, and the butterfly is the Bahbahlese national symbol.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Only his Japanese name though. You will think he's the killer because his first name is ''Damian'' in the Japanese version. {{spoiler|But his Japanese name is giving you the same amount of suspicion from Alba, whose Japanese name is ''Carnage Onred''
* [[Nice Guy]]:
* [[The Not-Secret]]: He knew that
* [[The Pollyanna]]: His country is not doing well, his embassy is even worse off, and
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Stands as one of the all-round nicest guys in the whole series.
* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}: His [[Eyes Always Shut|eyes]], [[Hand Rubbing]] gestures, way too wide smile and ingratiating personality serve to make him look sleazy and suspicious early on, {{spoiler|but he proves to be genuinely amiable as the case wears on
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: He keeps up his smile, even while talking about how his embassy is ruined. Edgeworth even notes it in his thoughts. It's almost as he was happy his embassy was in trouble.
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!|You Can't Touch That]]: The Primidux statue. He politely asked you not to touch it since only him and Coachen can touch it.
=== Quercus Alba (''Carnage Onred'') ===
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Ambassador of Allebahst. Appears to be a good old man who occasionally blames himself for mistakes. {{spoiler|Leader of the smuggling ring, thus the [[Big Bad]]
* [[Annoying Laugh]]
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* [[Badass Baritone]]: When he speaks the screen shakes almost constantly.
* {{spoiler|[[Beard of Evil]]}}
* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Goes with how he blames himself for all the problems. {{spoiler|Of course, that's just to go along with his "frail old man" act
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
* [[Bling of War]]: Has a habit of smirking and letting it gleam {{spoiler|during his reveal}}.
* {{spoiler|[[The Chessmaster]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Climax Boss]]}}
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler|NOT
* [[Determinator]]: {{spoiler|He's probably caused more than a few players to scream "JUST GIVE UP ALREADY!"}}.
* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: Being an ambassador, he has this. {{spoiler|Invokes it to trying to get out of the country after Edgeworth learns of his role as the smuggling ring's leader, before it's revoked
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Old Folks]]}}
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]:
* [[Fan Boy]]: Of the Steel Samurai.
** {{spoiler|Or rather, he ''pretended'' to be one to secure an alibi
* [[Four-Star Badass]]/[[Retired Badass]]/[[Ambadassador]]:
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Twice. One occasion has him attempting to secure an alibi by claiming to have been watching a Steel Samurai stage show and citing the Samurai's debuting special move as proof that he was there. Problem is, not only was a different move used due to unforeseen circumstances, but the only way Alba could have known of the move he named was if he had been backstage during the time of the murder. Later, you present him with a bloodstained hot dog box, assuming that the blood belongs to the victim. Alba correctly points out that such evidence would do nothing to place him at the crime scene personally, and the blood turns out not to be the victim's anyway. Rather, it is the blood of ''Alba himself'', who tells you earlier in the case that he had been stabbed in order to create a justified self-defense plea for a separate murder
* [[It's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|Part of his front
* [[Leitmotif]]: {{spoiler|"The Enemy Who Surpasses The Law"}}.
* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]: He is this to ''all'' the murderers in ''
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Quercus alba is a species of tree. The national symbol of Allebahst is the flower, and by extension plants.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: '''Carnage Onred'''?
* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Disability]]: The weak frail old man look is just an act, though he later admits he knows the pain of having a bad hip because of it
* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: He pretends to be a good old man, but is actually a [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|He calls a doctor to call for Wendy Oldbag when her hip acts up, claiming that the main characters don't know the pain a bad hip can cause. He even seems empathetic about it after he's discarded his pretenses
* [[Smug Snake]]: {{spoiler|Even after all his subordinates are either dead or imprisoned, he is still confident that his extraterritorial rights will keep him safe. That is, until [[Big Damn Heroes|Lang has]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|them revoked]]. And even then, he still claims that he's safe from the law until Edgeworth proves that he killed Manny Coachen outside of Allebahst}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Spikes of Villainy]]}}
* [[Stroke the Beard]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: Tries really hard to get out of the embassy so he can dodge the ever-tightening noose around his neck, but is cut off at every turn by someone blocking his way
* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: {{spoiler|Drags you through one of the most protracted interrogation sequences in the history of the series, squirming all the while in an attempt to avoid the consequences. Quite a few characters point out his ridiculous persistence
* [[You Meddling Kids|You Meddling Prosecutors]]: {{spoiler|His last line before said Breakdown
== Debuting in Gyakuten Kenji 2 ==
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* [[Bear Trap]]: Carried one on her parka.
* [[Going for the Big Scoop]]: In Case 1.
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Motor Mouth]]
* [[Reference Overdosed]]: The writings on her parka contain numerous references, both [[In-Universe]] - KB Security, iFly Airlines, Global Studios, Gatewater Hotel, Will Powers's shirt - as well as [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to the art director Tatsuro Iwamoto and a furniture company which apparently decorated Yamazaki's family home.
* {{spoiler|[[The Scapegoat]]}}
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: She very much resembles Lotta Hart in both appearance and profession, and even has similarly accented speech. {{spoiler|She's actually an "apprentice" of her, even though she is a writer, and Lotta a photographer
* {{spoiler|[[Too Funny to Be Evil]]}}: A minor case, she
=== Manosuke Naitō ===
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The bodyguard of a private security company hired by Zheng Fa's president
* [[Animal Motif]]: His design is based on a horse.
* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do NOT claim Tojiro was a better bodyguard in front of him. De Killer presses this a lot perhaps as a way of {{spoiler|hinting he knows about the murder
* [[Butt Monkey]]: By
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Tends to use おっと quite a bit, which translates as something along the lines of "Oops, sorry" or "My bad
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The silver ring he's wearing. {{spoiler|It is the Holic family ring. He inherited it from his father
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: [[Visual Pun|Literally!]] His role in the story is a lot more important than one would expect, considering he was {{spoiler|the [[Big Bad]]'s childhood friend}}.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Possibly [[Deconstructed]]. {{spoiler|His bitterly sarcastic mocking of Tojiro [[Never Speak Ill of the Dead|after his death]]}} is pretty much treated as his [[Moral Event Horizon]]. His constant snarks to Edgeworth only make him seem like even more of an utter Jerkass. Edgeworth even calls him {{spoiler|a "truly despicable man"}}.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: He doesn't remember him, but he's dead. {{spoiler|And his best friend [[You Killed My Father|blames him for it]]}}, even though it was {{spoiler|his father who murdered him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Fall Guy]]}}: Later becomes a {{spoiler|[[Deceased Fall Guy Gambit]]}} for the president, though he didn't ask for it.
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* [[Gun Twirling]]
* [[Jerkass]]/{{spoiler|[[Jerkass Woobie]]}}
* [[Morality Pet]]: {{spoiler|Sōta
* [[Neck Snap]]: By {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer. It even causes the change in the security plans
* [[Pet the Dog]]: It's heavily implied, if not outright stated, that he cares about and has a soft spot for {{spoiler|Sōta Sarushiro}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Posthumous Character]]}}: You learn a lot more about him {{spoiler|after his death
* [[The Scapegoat]]: Case 2 reveals that, {{spoiler|after his arrest}}, he was to be {{spoiler|tried as the attempted assassin}} rather than as a {{spoiler|common murderer}}. Obviously done to cover up the fact that
* [[Shown Their Work]]: He loves [[Chess Motifs|Chess metaphors]]. He even makes a few obscure ones referencing [[Tournament Play]] rules. All of them are completely accurate.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Does one after twirling his gun and pointing it and someone.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: My GOD, does he takes this [[Up to Eleven]] as the case progresses.
* [[Tsundere]]: Though he is most certainly tsuntsun by default, {{spoiler|Sōta}} is quite possibly the only person he'd show his deredere side to.
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Notable among ''Ace Attorney'' breakdowns because this one involves ''the background'': Naitou bites down on his lip with sunken-looking eyes as he screams bloody murder and twirls his gun even faster than usual until he loses control and starts tossing it rapidly up in the air; since he is standing in an airplane at the time, it dislodges the overhead compartment and causes various objects to fall on his head, knocking him ''into his neckbrace'' until he falls
* [[Villainous Cheekbones]]
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A monkey trainer in the Berry Big Circus, and the suspect of the prison case. When he was a child, his best friend {{spoiler|Manosuke Naitō tied him up because he was threatened by his father Isaku
* {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil]]}}: When he introduces himself, {{spoiler|he's very cheerful and charismatic}}.
* [[Animal Motif]]: Based around the monkey theme.
* [[Asian Airhead]]: Though he's really just
* {{spoiler|[[Assassin Outclassin']]}}: {{spoiler|After his breakdown, Shelly de Killer tries to kill him because he felt betrayed. However, Ryōken Hōinbō saved him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]}}: To
* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: A rare male example, but being
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[Fragile Flower|"Nowaynowaynoway!"]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]}}: How does he manage to get {{spoiler|[[Amoral Attorney|Bansai Ichiyanagi]] convicted}}? By letting {{spoiler|the innocent Kay be falsely accused}}, knowing someone will {{spoiler|have to defend her}}, and in doing so {{spoiler|expose the real killer}}.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: Supposedly, he died years ago.
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Laugh]]}}: Just like his father.
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Orphan]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Redhead]]}}: He used to have black hair.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: The interesting thing is that when Money the Monkey is with him, Money tugs on his hair to resemble Sōta's facial expressions. This, of course, causes his eyes to be open as a result. So his eyes are basically closed otherwise. Until he opens them. {{spoiler|They aren't creepy, though they do make him look just as clever as Edgeworth -[[Magnificent Bastard|which he is]]
* [[Fluffy Tamer]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|Bansai Ichiyanagi}} wore the mask of Zuruwan during the auction. Zuruwan is the nemesis of Global Hero Onyankopon. Souta's wearing a blue shirt with Onyankopon's insignia. This foreshadows their {{spoiler|enmity}}, although {{spoiler|Ichiyanagi}} isn't his [[The Dragon|top target]].
* [[Fragile Flower]]: He's terrified of everyone he meets, going so far as to faint when Edgeworth glares at him. This is probably due to {{spoiler|his misanthropy}}.
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: He's an animal tamer for a reason. He even got ''Money the monkey'' to be friends with him! {{spoiler|But when his true nature is made clear, they turn on him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[He Who Fights Monsters]]: In trying to take down the conspirators, he winds up using the same methods they themselves used--to the point that he and Bansai wind up trying to kidnap the exact same kid in order to manipulate the same trial, albeit with a completely different verdict in mind. It especially bothers him to learn Kazami had tried to throw off the estimated death time in the same method he himself did with Ou's body double}}.
* [[Identical Stranger]]: When his character design was first released, he was criticized for looking like a male Dahlia Hawthorne.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: ''Boku
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: He forgot who {{spoiler|his father}} was, and ended up assuming {{spoiler|his father was the victim of the IS-7 Incident}}, and his friend's {{spoiler|father was the murderer}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Restless People" when you first meet him. "Strange People" when you talk to him. And {{spoiler|when he reveals himself, "The Man Who Masterminds The Game"
* {{spoiler|[[Madden Into Misanthropy]]}}: His experiences have given him a {{spoiler|chronic distrust of other people}}, and an {{spoiler|obsession with being strong}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Sissy Villain]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Spanner in the Works]]}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Type A and
* {{spoiler|[[Sympathy for the Devil]]}}: Though whether or not he's truly
* {{spoiler|[[Tragic Villain]]}}
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}: His is one of the most awesome and hilarious {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]] breakdowns}} in ''Ace Attorney'', considering that {{spoiler|all of his animal friends beat the crap out of him when he was exposed}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]}}: After all the {{spoiler|crap he went through}}, you almost {{spoiler|can't ''blame'' him}} for becoming {{spoiler|a [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Monster Clown]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]}}: Though he didn't {{spoiler|murder}} him, he believes it was Naito's fault that {{spoiler|his father died. Of course, he's mistaken about whose father is whose}}.
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One of the prisoners in the jail. He used to be a boxer, and he continues practicing in prison. His prison number is D-259. He has a polar bear called Mark, who's always hanging around with him (literally).
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Mugged for Disguise]]:
* [[Noodle Incident]]: It's never explained exactly what he's in for. {{spoiler|He can get quite violent when provoked}}, and {{spoiler|threatens to kill Edgeworth}} on at least one occasion, which could imply something. But then again, Ryōken says {{spoiler|several of the inmates were falsely accused}}, so you never know.
* [[Shipped in Shackles]]
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A former assassin who would use his dog
* [[Badass Grandpa]]
* [[Bald of Awesome]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. He may be an assassin, but he's [[Noble Demon|not completely evil]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]/[[Red Herring]]
** You first meet him after a very ominous buildup, and upon seeing him, he's practically the definition of [[Obviously Evil]]. But you don't really get much worthwhile information out of him. But later, after finding out the victim was
** As if that wasn't enough, in Case 5 you find out he was hired to kill
* {{spoiler|[[Disk One Final Boss]]}}: Of Case 2. A very notable case, in that {{spoiler|Even Edgeworth is convinced he's the killer, and the scene is even set up just like a final confrontation}}.
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: He's blind.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Tone of an Assassin".
* [[Luxury Prison Suite]]: Perhaps even more so than
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Against {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer}}.
* [[Might as Well Not Be in Prison At All]]:
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: A father figure to {{spoiler|Sōta
* [[Pet the Dog]]: He is fond of his dog Kuro, {{spoiler|and he also rescued Manosuke and Sōta when they were children, being a father figure to Sōta
* [[Professional Killer]]
* [[Prophet Eyes]]
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A professional chef who has his own show where he sings, dances
* [[False Confession]]: He eventually cracked under the pressure and confessed. The fact that von Karma questioned him day and night, causing his hair to turn white, helped a lot.
* [[Funny Afro]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Sweet Happiness".
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: To Tsukasa Oyashiki.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]:
=== Delicy Scone ===
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* [[Big Eater]]: She snacks on the other contestants' works. It depends how much she snacks on, them but {{spoiler|Kazami doesn't seem to take kindly to that habit}}.
* [[Character Tic]]: Most of the time, you'll see her stirring in her bowl or holding it.
* {{spoiler|[[Cheaters Never Prosper]]}}: She apparently {{spoiler|cheated her way into the competition}} so she can do her job: {{spoiler|never let Tenkai's works go public}}. That's one more reason {{spoiler|for the murderer to attempt to frame her}}.
* [[Frame-Up]]: {{spoiler|Kazami tried to frame her by placing the murder weapon in her room. She only becomes a suspect for a short while as a result}}.
* [[He Knows Too Much]]:
* {{spoiler|[[The Napoleon]]}}: Only part of it though. She's {{spoiler|not evil}}, but she can get angry real fast when you insult her.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: To everyone. Including Manfred
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Her eyes look different from the rest of the
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Multiple layers of it, in fact! When Gregory first exposes the fact that
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Her exact age is unknown, but she claims to be very old. It's a running joke in the case.
* [[Punny Name]]: Delicious cone. A scone is a small British quick bread of Scottish origin. And she claims to be from England.
* [[Secret Identity]]:
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Bugs?]]: ''Hates'' cockroaches with a passion, so much so that she carries [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|an incredibly strong persticide]] with her at all times.
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A girl who assists Issei Tenkai on his show. She was abandoned by her biological parents who left her at Tenkai's doorstep. He raised her as his own daughter.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Door Step Baby]]
* {{spoiler|[[Framing the Guilty Party]]: Tries to do this after 18 years
* [[The Gump]]: See [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]] below, as she {{spoiler|indirectly caused Manfred to resort to forging evidence, and thus the DL-6 Incident}}.
* [[Hair Decorations]]
* [[Happily Adopted]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Sweet Dance".
* [[Meaningful Name]]
** Her full name is a pun on "o yashiki o tsukasadoru" which means "[to be] responsible for the residence
** Her surname Oyashiki may be pun on "okashi", which means sweet.
* [[Meido]]
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: Appearance only, her personality is still same as 18 years ago.
* [[Single Tear]]: When she breaks down, she reaches a hand up dramatically and cries a single tear.
* [[Tears of Remorse]]:
* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: {{spoiler|With her hiding the body, she's indirectly responsible for the forgery of evidence, which led to von Karma's penalty, and then the DL-6 incident}}.
* [[The Woobie]]: Considered one in-universe by Gregory and Tateyuki, her backstory even makes gregory shed a few tears.
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A pastry chef
* [[Badass Beard]]: In the present.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In the past, he barely did anything. In the present, {{spoiler|he's been unconscious most of the time, so you couldn't talk to him or anything}}. Only at the end {{spoiler|his role becomes a lot more important}}. And he's not just a simple {{spoiler|criminal}}. He's
* [[Serious Business|Desserts Are Serious Business]]: So much so that
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Laugh]]}}: Even more proof that he's {{spoiler|Sōta's}} father. {{spoiler|Edgeworth actually sees the resemblance}}.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Brandished Flavor".
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]:
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Are Pastry Chefs]]
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}: Carves a dough effigy of himself with his bare hands, {{spoiler|then slices it in half}}.
* {{spoiler|[["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]}}: His testimony is considerably harder to crack than anything beforehand. {{spoiler|And even then, he still has the Statute of Limitations on his side}}...
* {{spoiler|[[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]}}:
=== Tōko Mutō ===
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A university hospital nurse. She's Otome Itami's granddaughter, and she assists her from time to time. She found and treated Kay after she fell down and lost her memories. {{spoiler|She was forced to work with Bansai Ichiyanagi. He made her don a mask and the victim's clothes to pretend she was one of the auction customers}}.
* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
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A coroner and the director of the Itami hospital who works with Tōko Mutō, her grandchild. She's very old and when speaking, she always whispers it to Tōko who then relays it loud enough to the others. {{spoiler|She was forced to work with Bansai Ichiyanagi. He made her create a fake autopsy report, which he then gave to von Karma
* [[The Dividual]]: She never appears without her granddaughter.
* [[Gonk]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: Usually, "otome" is used to describe a young lady. She most definitely isn't.
* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: She's kind to those she likes. To the others, not so much.
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A 13-year old boy. He's a middle school actor, often mistaken for an elementary school student. He has a starring role in the upcoming Borumosu movie, which is being filmed by the Global Studios. His mother
* [[Animal Motif]]: Based around the cow theme.
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* [[Cheerful Child]]
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|He's been dead for a long time}}.
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: {{spoiler|Completely failed to notice Bansai Ichiyanagi hiding in the lot and Souta Sarushiro lowering a body into the lot from a hot-air balloon
* [[Fan Boy]]: He's a fanboy of Borumosu. You can tell by his clothes and the horns he wears.
* [[Leitmotif]]: "Pointed Age".
* [[Meaningful Name]]
* [[Missing Mom]]: She died a few years ago, so he was adopted by her [[Promotion to Parent|cousin]].
* [[Older Than They Look]]
* [[The Stoic]]:
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: {{spoiler|The Ō they saw killed is an imposter. And only the cowardly imposter, an animal-loving warden, a corrupt prosecutor and a circus clown knows}}. So it's perfectly understandable.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Milk.
== Manga characters ==
=== Belle Windsor (''Suzume Kazama'') ===
Larry’s latest girlfriend, she was previously in a relationship with Bright Bonds, only for him to keep pursuing her despite being married.
* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}: {{spoiler|Manipulated Larry into taking the fall for her killing Bonds for rejecting her}}.
* [[Expy]]: Her hair and kimono make her look somewhat like Aoi from ''[[Ai Yori Aoshi]]'', {{spoiler|except Aoi is not the type to commit murder over being rejected}}.
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Particularly shortly before she adopts an especially emotional {{spoiler|or psychotic}} facial expression.
* {{spoiler|[[If I Can't Have You]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Never Said It Was Poison]]}}: She knew that {{spoiler|Bonds was at Gourd Lake}} so {{spoiler|it means she must have been there
* {{spoiler|[[Just Between You and Me]]}}: {{spoiler|Calls up Bright so that he’ll know who killed him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Sinister Silhouettes]]}}: Although it's revealed pretty early in the story. Only her face is hidden, but you can still see her clothes.
* {{spoiler|[[Woman Scorned]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Yandere]]}}
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Manager of the Run-Down Inn, and a witness called to the stand.
* [[Flaw Exploitation]]: The Run-Down Inn doesn't have any air conditioning, so
* [[Gonk]]: Large eyes and lips.
* [[Parrot Pet Position]]: She always has a cat with her.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Payne remarked that she likes to talk about nothing since all she talked about before her tesrimony began was to try to convince Phoenix into moving into the Run Down Inn.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: She doesn't know what Gourdy really is.
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Robin Wolfe's wife, who is not on good terms with him at the time of his death, and is also cold to Phoenix and Maya.
* [[Ice Queen]]: But not without a few soft spots, such as when she cries and comforts her daughter after the true killer of her husband is revealed.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Subverted. She did sent Lira to shut off the main breaker for Robin, and he dies anyway.
* [[The Nicknamer]]: Subverted. She's the only one who calls Bobby "Robert" while everybody else just calls him Bobby.
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* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Although most of her rebellious streak stems from the fact that her father killed her boyfriend.
* [[Forgiveness]]/[[Revenge]]: Has an interesting variation of this at the end of the trial
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
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* [[Confess to a Lesser Crime]]: {{spoiler|He admits to setting fire to Wolfe Manor when it looks as though Bobby might get off, after Edgeworth tricks him into confessing. He claims that he's doing this to catch a murderer, although he's hoping to avoid being revealed}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]/
* [[Muscles Are Meaningful]]:
* [[Nice Hat]]:
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: A more limited example
* {{spoiler|[[Revenge]]}}: {{spoiler|His motivation, although Lira, who loved Eddie, thinks otherwise, refusing to forgive him, but saying that she doesn’t want revenge}}.
* [[Saying Too Much]]: {{spoiler|Edgeworth tricks him into admitting to setting the fire this way, after he insists that he was wearing gloves
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
* {{spoiler|[[Sympathetic Murderer]]}}
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't question him about his knowledge of spiders.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: Of a sort. He initially begs Phoenix to defend Bobby, but then testifies for the prosecution after claiming Edgeworth convinced him that Bobby is guilty.
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Phoenix has to wonder how much Thomas cares for Bobby, especially considering that he doesn’t stand up to Robin. In the end
=== Julie Henson (''Juri Okazaki'') ===
Assistant to the publicity team at Sparkle Land, and the defendant in "Turnabout Showtime".
* [[Character Tics]]: Biting her nails when she's nervous. Raymond ''[[Berserk Button|hates]]'' it, but Phoenix finds it cute.
* [[The Cutie]]: Phoenix is quite attracted to her, presumably because she slightly resembles Dahlia. It's unclear whether this is before or after {{spoiler|he learns Iris actually did love him
* [[Standard Female Grab Area]]: Gumshoe takes her away this way. Justified in that resisting arrest is not a good idea.
* [[Working with the Ex]]: There is some unspoken tension between her and Flip because he left her for another girl, leading her to be suspected for his murder.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Julie biting her fingernails.
* {{spoiler|[[Blond Guys Are Evil]]}}
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Framing Julie for murder over her biting her nails and in his view, not having "the attitude of a professional."}}
* [[Expy]]: His appearance is similar to that of Kristoph Gavin, {{spoiler|down to committing murder out of jealousy over someone else replacing him}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Green-Eyed Monster]]}}: {{spoiler|Toward Flip, who was to replace him as Sparklestar}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}: {{spoiler|After he’s exposed, he realizes that he was the one who
* [[Jerkass]]: Treats Julie horribly for even minor infractions, {{spoiler|and even before trying to frame her for murder
* [[Light Is Not Good]]:
* [[Megane]]
* [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]
* [[Saying Too Much]]: A case in which it isn’t immediately obvious that he had even made a mistake. His yelling at Julie for biting her nails after finding Flip dead like she did in the show indicates that {{spoiler|he was turned around inside his costume, thus validating Phoenix’s theory that the killer wore his costume backwards to open it from the inside, stabbed Flip (who was himself wearing his costume backwards)
* [[Serious Business]]: His view on Sparklestar, from yelling at Julie for biting her nails to {{spoiler|killing Flip for being chosen as his replacement and framing Julie over her biting hernails}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Sinister Silhouettes]]}}: If you look at the intro, you {{spoiler|can see part of his hair before he stabbed Chambers
=== Buck Montana (''Hosaku Futogayama'') ===
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A fortune teller specifies in ice cream fortune telling.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: Kind of. It's the future that Saito predicted. And that future is when Phoenix Wright will become a [[Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney|pianist
* [[Food Slap]]: Only that Franziska was the one who did it unintentionally. When Saito offered the
* [[Fortune Teller]]
* [[Phony Psychic]]: At least that's what Phoenix thought of him. After all, he was predicted to become a pianist in the future so he thought Saito was a quack psychic. Oh, how wrong Phoenix was...
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Ice cream. {{spoiler|After Fortune Circle has been closed down, he decides to master the art of making ice cream
=== Russi Clover (''Kaede Hiirragi'') ===
A girl who loves anything that has to do with occult. She's accused of killing Oracle Hecate, but she's admitting it since she thought it was the Lord of Death who caused her to do it.
* [[Fan Girl]]: She loves anything that has to do with with occult or psychic powers.
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A fortune teller who gets her tellings from the Venutian, an alien living on the planet Venus.
* [[Compressed Hair]]:
* [[Fortune Teller]]
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Most of the time, her hat covers her eyes.
* [[Neat Freak]]: She claims it's necessary for her hands to be clean during her communication with the Venutian.
* [[Never Bareheaded]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Phony Psychic]]}}: Her predictions about the Lord of Death
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: Her prediction about the Lord of Death taking over Russi's body came true.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Well, she
* {{spoiler|[[Tears of Remorse]]}}: {{spoiler|She does this as, in a rare occasion, she actually apologizes to the person she was trying to frame}}.
* {{spoiler|[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]}}: Oracle's Nether World Prophecies was
* [[You're Just Jealous]]: When she
=== Wally Flores (''Minoru Hikage'') ===
The substitute for Hans Future Simon, the fortune teller who specifies in palm reading. He's the personal general affairs manager of YY Company.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: He has noticeably more paler skin than the other fortune tellers.
* [[Fleeting Passionate Hobbies]]: He's only going to do palm reading until the usual palm reader gets back.
* [[Fortune Teller]]
* [[Jump Scare]]: He hides under the witness stand during his testimony.
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* [[Nice Hat]]: More like a headband.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Well, in terms of clothing for fortune tellers, his is the oddest since he wears a suit. Justified as he's just a replacement.
* [[Terrified of Germs]]: Phoenix accidentally had his thumb touch his hand, and it made him all freaked out so much that he had to go to the bathroom for two or three minutes to wash his hands.
=== Diana Wheatley (Tsukimi Kanenari) ===
The defendant in Turnabout From Heaven
* [[Abusive Parents]]: Her father {{spoiler|and her stepmother}}.
* [[The Promise]]: To inherit her mother's necklace when she turns 20.
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Subverted.
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=== Dreama Love ''(Yumeko Aizawa)'' ===
Buck Wheatley's doctor {{spoiler|and Diana's mother}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Mama Bear]]}}: {{spoiler|Tries to take Diana away from her [[Abusive Parents]] and considers killing Buck for hurting her}}.
* [[Taking the Heat]]: Tries to confess to the murder [[spoiler:because the defendant is her daughter]]
=== Alice Butler ''(Morie Kidai)'' ===
Housekeeper for Buck Wheatley.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]
=== Kevin Hattori ''(Yoshizumi Toriyama)'' ===
Host of Gourmand Battle, and the defendant in "Turnabout Gurgitation".
* [[Hachimaki]]: One that says "Hot Blooded".
=== Carl Caesar ''(Michizane Shimon)'' ===
Producer of Gourmand Battle.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
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