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** In the manga, by getting arrested as the suspect in Turnabout With the Wind by various things he does to make himself seem suspicious (calling Bright Bonds to demand that he back out of Belle's life, and running from the cops), {{spoiler|Belle ends up having to prove his alibi, and ends up incriminating herself with her own testimony}}.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: In one of the cases in [[Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth|Investigations]], Miles must prove that he couldn't have been the murderer after a lengthy discussion with Agent Lang. After that, '''Larry''' questions your theory and you have to play another discussion to convince ''him'' that he couldn't have been the murderer, while he tries to prove you wrong. ''In front of Lang.''
* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|Sent Iris a blackmail letter as a means of inviting her to a date,}} though the [[What the Hell, Hero?]] he got when he was busted was [[Played for Laughs]].
** Though it seems to be less malicious intent, and more him just being really really ''bad'' at {{spoiler|writing a love letter.}}
* [[The Nicknamer]]: "Nick", "Edgy", and "Franzy" for Phoenix, Edgeworth, and Franziska respectively.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: He has a new job (and girlfriend) every time he appears.
 
=== '''Frank Sahwit''' (''Hoshio Yamano'') ===
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* [[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 ''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]]
* [[No Name Given]]
 
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* [[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". It's a Japanese thing). In fact, it's her and Redd's fault that the series have characters with punny names in the first place.
* [[Rose -Haired Girl]]
* [[Taking the Heat]]: Tries to do this for Redd White, denying her connections with him.
 
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* [[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.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Incoming Ham|"Welcome! Please furnish me with the title of your personage!"]]
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* [[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 ItsIt's Good]] fan H-game, ''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]]
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* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: She pleads with Phoenix to defend Julie, insisting that she couldn’t have murdered Flip. Maya notes that she’s “[[Lampshade Hanging|never seen Ms. Oldbag like this]]".
* [[Scrolling Text]]: At very fast speeds.
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: She has a new job each time she's seen, including {{spoiler|2 over the course of 2 days in ''Investigations.''}}
 
=== '''Penny Nichols''' (''Yumiko Mamiya'') ===
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* [[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, Tampopo Himegami, who is (surprise!) also a producer.
* [[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]]
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: She's a diva. "Sakura" [[Cherry Blossoms|is obvious]], and "Himegami" means "princess-goddess".
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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.
* [[Little Black Dress]]. Hard to see in the game, but she wears a dress under her coat.
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: "Kyoka" refers to the flowers you leave at a grave, and "Ichinotani" is a famous battlefield from the Sengoku period.
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* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Wears a gray fur coat, trimmed with light gray fur.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: She has a bunch of boyfriends...
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: She sure likes to brag.
* [[Tsundere]]
 
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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, though). Her luck does seem to be looking up, when she helped close a case. Gumshoe has an obvious crush on her.
 
* [[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]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]
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** Actually, she fell off the window of her 9th floor apartment ''as an infant''. Seriously. Surviving that almost contradicts her [[Born Unlucky|incredibly bad luck]].
* [[Ocular Gushers]]
* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: First was a police woman, then a waitress, and in ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' as a security watcher. Explained in that she keeps getting fired, usually as a side effect of the murder case she's involved in.
{{quote| '''Byrde''': [[Lampshade Hanging|I wonder what my next job should be...? Ooh, this is actually kind of fun!]]}}
 
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A university student that's very picky with words and is a pompous jerk. He beans Phoenix over the head with a fire extinguisher and knocks him out. He's a member of a group of con artists {{spoiler|and the murderer of Dustin Prince}}.
 
* [[Blind Without 'Em]]
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: He clearly thinks so, anyway. Probably actually [[Feigning Intelligence]].
* [[Jerkass]]
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* [[Nice Hat]]: Which gets utterly abused and wrecked over the course of the case.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]
* [["Silly Me" Gesture]]
* {{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}}.
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: ...Except Money.
* [[Genki Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[ItsIt's All My Fault]]: What she says once the truth is uncovered. Accompanied by her finally opening the waterworks.}}
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Maya. Seems awfully attached to a girl she just met.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Regina" means "queen".
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* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Speech Impediment]]
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Ben = Ven.
 
=== '''Acro''' ===
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{{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--She sincerely believed that Bat had "become a star in the sky". Acro became resentful, eventually hateful, toward the girl. He had intended to have Regina killed, but Russell, as protective of his daughter as ever and knew what was happening, went in her place.}}
 
* [[Anti -Villain]]: {{spoiler|Probably one of the least of the murders in the series. However this does not absolve him from trying to kill Regina due to her ignorance, unintentionally killing her father and then framing an innocent Maximillion Galactica for the crime}}.
* [[Beneath Suspicion]]: Justified.
* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Nice Ones]]}}
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* [[Bishonen]]
* {{spoiler|[[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: He screws himself over that way.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Depraved Kids' Show Host]]}}
* [[Fingerless Gloves]]
* [[Foe Yay]]: With Juan.
* {{spoiler|[[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Of the good ol' fashioned evil variety.}}
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* [[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.)}}
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]: [[Downer Ending|In the]] [[Bad Ending]].}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]/[[Punny Name]]: {{spoiler|He's always on guard. "Otoro" is a pun on "outlaw".}}
** Also, [[ItsIt's All About Me|notice his initials]].
** Combined with Juan Corrida, in which corrida is bull fighting.
* {{spoiler|[[Nice Character, Mean Actor]]}}: {{spoiler|Although he has a reputation as a nice guy}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity]]}}
* [[Peek -a -Bangs]]
* [[Running Gag]]: He repeatedly calls up certain people to consult about various matters. {{spoiler|It stops being funny when he ''consults himself'' and reveals his true colors}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Slasher Smile]]}}
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[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 - but he makes sure few people know what he looks like, so it works anyways (except for the players). Lampshaded by one of the Ace Attorney Investigations 2 producers while discussing "John Doe" at a panel:
{{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 ''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.
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She was eventually used by {{spoiler|her mother, Morgan Fey}} in her plan against Maya Fey, by {{spoiler|calling her back from the dead via channeling, but even then Dahlia still carried on her own ambitions and revenge. It takes the powers of all the main attorneys and prosecutors (yes, even Edgeworth, Franziska and Godot) to stop her from getting Maya in jail for ''matricide''. She eventually gets [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lectured]] back to the afterworld by an [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|incredibly badass]] Mia Fey.}}
 
* [[Anti -Gravity Clothing]]: Her stole floats, [[Foreshadowing]] her true nature.
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
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* [[Parasol of Prettiness]]
* [[Pink Means Feminine]]: Wears an all pink outfit. It's just part of her cover image.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]: ''Boy howdy''.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: {{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.
* [[Smug Snake]]
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* [[Calling Card]]
* [[Cowardly Lion]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Not only is he {{spoiler|1=really the [[Phantom Thief]] Mask☆DeMasque,}} he also {{spoiler|saved Desirée from a band of robbers. He apparently did it in a rather hysterical way, but he still did.}}
* [[Expressive Hair]]
* [[Gentleman Thief]]
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* [[Biker Babe]]: And how!
* [[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 {{spoiler|1=while Luke Atmey hid and covered up his crime, Ron kept truthfully screaming at anyone who would listen that he was Mask☆DeMasque. So Ron is a criminal, but not the "cowardly" kind Desiree despises.}}
 
=== '''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.
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* [[Woman Scorned]]: During the credits of ''Trials & Tribulations'', she says {{spoiler|that she sent poisoned food to Tigre in jail. And when you think about it, him eating that food would be [[Karmic Death]] [[Up to Eleven]].}}
* [[Yakuza Princess]]
* [[Yandere]]: Her [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] bit at the end of T&T implies this; see the [[Woman Scorned]] comments.
 
 
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* [[Evil Twin]]: Parodied; when Phoenix and Maya first find out about that Nick's got a phony, Maya suddenly exclaims, "I got it!" Phoenix replies, "If you're going to ask if I've got a twin brother, the answer is 'no'."
* [[Incoming Ham]]: The first indication that you'll be encountering him in any given scene? Just look at his character quote!
* [[In -Series Nickname]]: "Xin Eohp"
* [[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]]. {{spoiler|No, really. The badge was made of cardboard.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
** The French version changes Tender Lender's name to Sadouille-Crédit; that is, "''credit scammer''". No, really.
* [[Paper -Thin Disguise]]: His disguise consisted solely on a blue suit, his spikey hair, and a cardboard cut-out badge. And everyone fell for it, except Godot, so he didn't take the case the first time.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: Just ''look'' at the guy!
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Drive Pink Scooters]]
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A noodle stand owner that's a bit bitter towards Meraktis{{spoiler|, but he didn't kill him. Nice try, sucker}}. He comes to Apollo to ask him to find his missing noodle stand. He also used to be a surgeon.
 
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Dub Induced Plot Hole]]: Eldoon says that Phoenix and his partners went to his father's noodle stand during Nick's attorney days. Problem is, the localization team of the first three games [[Woolseyism|changed references to noodles into burgers]]. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to overlook (heck, with Maya's voracious appetite, one could easily imagine her stopping off at Eldoon Sr.'s noodle cart on the way home from the local burger bar) and the worst of it in the game.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: "Permit me to speak as a surgeon..."
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* [[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.}}
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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.
* [[Lawyer -Friendly Cameo]]: He resembles [[The Godfather (Film)|Don Corleone]], according to Court Records.
* [[Yakuza]]
 
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* [[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 {{spoiler|[[Panty Thief|stealing panties]] }}, of all things.
** 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, though.}}
** Yes it does. {{spoiler|They seem to be roughly the same size.....}}
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* [[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]]: {{spoiler|She is the final juror who decides the outcome of the last case.}}
* [[Girl in A Box|Woman In A Contrabass Case]]
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* [[Ill Girl]]: She is described to be rather sickly since she was young.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Aww, poor little thing!!
* [[Shy Blue -Haired Girl]]
* [[Spanner in The Works]]: As a result of ''not'' being the [[Unwitting Pawn]].
* [[When She Smiles]]
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* [[Anime Hair]]: However you describe her hairstyle...
* [[Impossibly Tacky Clothes|Impossibly Tacky Suitcases]]
** [[Beyond the Impossible|And AIRPLANES in her]] [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|epilogue]]!
* [[Post Modernism]]: Apparently why her suitcase starts to sell on the Internet.
* [[Sexy Stewardess]]: Although she doesn't have the [[Gag Boobs]] that Cammy has.
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* [[Dirty Coward]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[First -Name Basis]]: Refers to Edgeworth, Von Karma and Portsman by their first names.
* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: Either Ernest Man or Honest Man
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: {{spoiler|Gets him into prison for the effort}}.
* [[Verbal Tic]]: "Now, now..."
 
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* [[Competition Coupon Madness]]: Kind of. These coupons are only useful in Babahl. But you wonder where is he getting all those coupons from?! {{spoiler|Even his guards give away coupons! His country must really be kind to tourists.}}
* [[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 {{spoiler|fake}} so he negotiated with Alba to say the test results were {{spoiler|inconclusive}}. However, it was completely pointless by that time since {{spoiler|Coachen}} had hired {{spoiler|Ka-Shi Nou}} to steal the {{spoiler|real}} Primidux statue. And also that was completely pointless since the statues were already switched. He really shouldn't have told Coachen about all of this.
* [[Dark -Skinned Blond]]
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]:
{{quote| '''Palaeno''': [Babahlese ink is] made from whitcrystal oil, which is '''mined from our mineral mines'''.}}
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* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Hand Rubbing]]: If you look carefully, his hands resemble a butterfly.
* [[ItsIt's All My Fault]]: {{spoiler|Once he realizes that he was the sole reason of why Coachen ordered a heist of the real Primidux statue.}}
* [[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.
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* [[Four Star Badass]]/[[Retired Badass]]/[[Ambadassador]]: {{spoiler|Manny had a longer knife and was half Alba's age. He barely nicked Alba's shoulder.}}
* [[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.}}
* [[ItsIt'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 ''AAI''; they're all connected to him or [[The Syndicate|the smuggling ring]] somehow. Portsman? [[Amoral Attorney]] whose job was to make trials end in the ring's favor. Cammy Meele? Undercover agent tasked with overseeing the transportation of smuggled goods inbetween countries. Lance Amano? Well, he's not a member of the smuggling ring, but his ''dad'' certainly was. Calisto Yew? [[The Dragon]].}}
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* {{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.}}
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Every other draft of his character design had him as extremely tree-like.
* [[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.}}
 
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* [[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.
* {{spoiler|[[Green -Eyed Monster]]}}: {{spoiler|He killed his partner Tojiro out of jealousy}}, hoping that {{spoiler|after his death}}, he would finally be promoted to {{spoiler|head bodyguard}}.
* [[Gun Twirling]]
* [[Jerkass]]/{{spoiler|[[Jerkass Woobie]]}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]}}: To {{spoiler|Kay}} and especially {{spoiler|Regina.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|AND]]. [[Stepford Smiler|HOW]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}: A rare male example, but being {{spoiler|abandoned by your father}} and {{spoiler|growing up in an [[Orphanage of Fear]]}} can really {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|break someone]]}}.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [[Fragile Flower|"Nowaynowaynoway!"]]
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]
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* [[Identical Stranger]]: When his character design was first released, he was criticized for looking like a male Dahlia Hawthorne. {{spoiler|He certainly [[Cute and Psycho|acts]] like her too}}.
* [[Japanese Pronouns]]: ''Boku,'' as is fitting for a gentle, easily spooked personality. {{spoiler|Significantly, he switches to the much rougher ''ore'' when his true colors are revealed.}}
* [[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}}.
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* [[People Puppets]]: When Money the Monkey appears, he immediately starts to control Sōta's arms using his hair.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: He is usually seen with a pink hoodie and shoes on. At the circus, he wears a pink and purple clown costume and has pink makeup on.
* {{spoiler|[[Right -Hand -Cat]]}}: He uses one as part of his {{spoiler|[[Slouch of Villainy]] pose}}.
* [[The Runaway]]: A combination of Orphan and Circus type.
* {{spoiler|[[Sissy Villain]]}}
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* [[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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* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Against {{spoiler|Shelly de Killer}}.
* [[Might As Well Not Be in Prison At All]]: {{spoiler|Though he's not able to kill directly anymore, he still maintains the influence he once had. The mere knowledge that he has 'dogs' outside the prison and that they [[Oh Crap|know where her family is]] allows him to manipulate the warden into giving him anything he wants, through this he established himself as the prison's "supplier", 'ordering' items for other prisoners in exchange for favours. Hell, his imprisonment allows him to play a major role in the [[Big Bad]]'s plan.}}
* [[Nightmare Fuel StationattendantStation Attendant]]
* [[Noble Demon]]
* [[Non Standard Character Design]]
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* [[Punny Name]]: Delicious cone. A scone is a small British quick bread of Scottish origin. And she claims to be from England.
* [[Secret Identity]]: {{spoiler|Not really. She's actually a pharmacist}}, even though she looks like a pastry chef.
* [[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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* [[Curtains Match the Window]]
* [[Door StopStep Baby]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]
* {{spoiler|[[Framing the Guilty Party]]: Tries to do this after 18 years.}}
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* {{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]]: {{spoiler|To Sōta Sarushiro.}}
* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: His name means "full of flavor". {{spoiler|He most certainly isn't.}} His surname contains the kanji for "weathercock".
* [[Real Men Wear Pink|Real Men Are Pastry Chefs]]
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* [[Gonk]]
* [[Meaningful Name]] / [[Punny Name]]: "Itami o tome" means "stop the pain".
* [[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.
* [[The Voiceless]]: She does talk, but you can't hear her.
 
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Bobby's only friend, a professor and expert on spiders who often visits Wolfe Manor.
 
* [[Absent -Minded Professor]]: He neglects to mention that the elevator in the Den of Spiders only carries one person.
* [[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.
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* [[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 “dragged Sparklestar’s name through the mud”.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: Treats Julie horribly for even minor infractions, {{spoiler|and even before trying to frame her for murder.}}
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: “Ray” was chosen as in “ray of light”.
* [[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) , then turned himself back around}}.
* [[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}}.
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Part of the publicity team of Sparkle Land. He plays Humongostar for Sparkle Land.
 
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]
* [[Cross -Popping Veins]]: While insisting that he could not have set up a second wire to get out of his costume.
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Has a [[Punny Name|buck]] tooth on his lower jaw.
* [[The Gambling Addict]]
* [[Hair -Trigger Temper]]
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Two cases later, Buck Wheatley is the victim.
* [[This Trope Is Bleep]]: When he first sees Phoenix and Maya.
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* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Although it's just squinting.
* [[Fan Boy]]: He's been recording Sparkestar shows since he was 3 years old.
* [[Peek -a -Bangs]]
 
=== '''Cool Saito''' ===
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* [[Hair Decoration]]: She has a hairpin.
* [[Kubrick Stare]]
* [[Self -Fulfilling Prophecy]]: She visited Oracle to try to stop Cytherea's prophecy.
 
=== '''Moira Cytherea''' (''Mariko Kirameki'') ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Phony Psychic]]}}: Her predictions about the Lord of Death {{spoiler|were there to make it look like she's a reliable psychic.}}
* [[Prophecies Are Always Right]]: Her prediction about the Lord of Death taking over Russi's body came true. {{spoiler|Because of her meddling, of course.}}
* [[Self -Fulfilling Prophecy]]: Well, she 's the one who made one. She predicted that the Lord of Death will possess Russi so she tries to stop that by visiting Oracle. {{spoiler|Of course, it only came true because Cytherea made it happen.}}
* {{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 {{spoiler|becoming so famous that Oracle didn't need Cytherea anymore.}}
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The substitute for Hans Future Simon, the fortune teller who specifies in palm reading. He's the personal general affairs manager of YY Company. {{spoiler|He reappears in Turnabout Gurgitation as Caliente del Fuego / Kaen Homura}}
 
* [[Eerie Pale -Skinned Brunette]]: He has noticeably more paler skin than the other fortune tellers.
* [[Fortune Teller]]
* [[Jump Scare]]: He hides under the witness stand during his testimony.
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