Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Difference between revisions

* [[Determinator]]: Phoenix, without a doubt. The odds are so stacked against him, most lawyers would simply accept a Guilty verdict, forget their doomed client and move on. Not Phoenix, not ever. He '''will''' prove the innocence of his clients, no matter the personal cost or the odds. {{spoiler|And when they aren't innocent, he'll put them away for good.}}

** Maggie Byrde has pretty much lived her entire life spitting in the face of her horrible luck. No matter what happend, Maggie keeps on moving with a positive attitude. She's a tough old byrde.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]:

** Almost ''nobody'' likes Phoenix, except for a token few. Even his "friends" Edgeworth and Larry don't give him much respect despite him having an almost 100% success rate.

* [[Berserk Button]] Don't ''ever'' come between Manfred von Karma and his perfect record. Berserk Button doesn't even ''[[Up to Eleven|begin to describe]]'' the consequences you will suffer if you do.

* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Manfred von Karma}}, along with {{spoiler|Damon Gant}} in the 5th case

* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: For example, {{spoiler|the metal detector}} in case 4.

** Case 5 has {{spoiler|the security camera video}}, which comes up ''four times''

* [[Crime After Crime]]: Joe Darke's backstory in case 5. It ends with him killing at least five people. {{spoiler|Jake Marshall's brother, however was killed by Damon Gant.}}

* [[The Day the Music Lied]]: At one point, Edgeworth brings up an {{color|red|OBJECTION!}}, his awesome theme music starts up... then he realizes he has nothing to say. [[Letting the Air Out of The Band|The music kinda deflates]]. Then it starts up again when he ''does'' think of something.

* [[Death Glare]]: The big bad of case 5, {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}. In the same case, {{spoiler|Angel Starr's}} burning hatred for prosecutors in general makes her glares pretty nasty as well.

* [[Defeating the Undefeatable]]: Phoenix goes up against two prosecutors with perfect records... until they encounter him.

* [[Gag Boobs]]: April May takes it [[Up to Eleven]], and the bellhop of the Gatewater Hotel even makes mention of how she's unmistakable because of "them" with a HUGE blush.

** Maya in [http://i54.tinypic.com/353625h.jpg this comic.]

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:

** Also in case 1-2, after you get April May's {{spoiler|wiretap}}.

* [[Karma Houdini Warranty]]: {{spoiler|Edgeworth}}.

* [[Laughing Mad]]: {{spoiler|Damon Gant}}.

{{quote| '''Maya''': Wow! It's amazing.............ly dusty.}}

* [[Make the Dog Testify]]: As seen in the (former) page image, Phoenix brings a parrot to the stand at one point. Said parrot completely turns the case around.

** Possible [[Hand Wave]] in the fact that it never states {{spoiler|Maggey or Richard's exact prescriptions, just that Richard is near-sighted, and that Maggey is wearing a spare pair at the moment (which could have a slightly older prescription on them than her normal pair), so their prescriptions could be actually different}}. It's still pretty dang convenient that {{spoiler|they're both apparently near-sighted and still must have at least fairly similar prescriptions}}, though.

* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|Franziska von Karma}} in the post-credit epilogue of the good ending.

* [[Deadly Delivery]]: [[Career Killer]] Shelly deKiller disguises himself as a hotel bellboy delivering tomato juice to get into his target's room.

* [[Dead Person Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Ini Miney is actually dead--the one you meet in the game is her sister, Mimi Miney, who took over her identity when both were involved in a car wreck that killed Ini and injured Mimi so badly as to require reconstructive surgery.}}

* [[Demonic Dummy]]: Trilo. Not actually demonic, but may as well be.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: {{spoiler|Matt Engarde has a decidedly evil scar on the side of his face that he covers with his hair to make him look more innocent.}}

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: A [[Show Within a Show]] example is the Jammin' Ninja. He has a bright blue suit, a golden shuriken on his forehead, and wields a bright red guitar. Justified in that the Jammin' Ninja is less about ninjitsu and more about music.

* [[Hitler Ate Sugar]]: Inverted in an equally illogical manner, oddly enough. In 2-4, Will Powers' testimony mentions some rather incriminating observations about a certain bellboy, {{spoiler|who Phoenix knows very well is actually an assassin hired by the defendant, whom he is being blackmailed into getting a acquittal for}}, namely the bellboy's unusual pattern of stitches and his non-uniform leather gloves. Phoenix's objections to each respectively are

{{quote| "Baseballs have stitches! Are you saying all baseballs are suspicious?!" and<br />

* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|Iris}}.

* [[Deadly Euphemism]]: {{spoiler|Viola's "coffee" is strongly implied to be poisoned.}}

* [[Death Glare]]: Mia gives a particularily nasty one to Payne in the first trial of ''Trials and Tribulations''.

** Then, of course, there is {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom|Dahlia]]}}'s?

** Also from 3-1:

{{quote| '''Dahlia''': The pharmacology students love their drugs...}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Edgeworth'''}}: "Are..."<br />

{{spoiler|'''Franziska'''}}: "You..."<br />

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]. Terry Fawles from 3-4 has a series of plus-shaped scars going across his face, and he's probably one of the sweetest guys despite his deteriorated intelligence... which makes his ultimate fate {{spoiler|of poisoning himself just before he can be proven not guilty}} even more tragic.

* [[Grand Finale]]: 3-5 neatly wraps up the trilogy.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]] + [[Humiliation Conga]]: {{spoiler|How Phoenix and a channeled Mia expel Dahlia's spirit from Maya}}.

* [[Head Desk]]: Gumshoe pulls a wall bang (off screen) when Phoenix and Maya tell him that Maggey hates him for betraying her.

* [[She Is All Grown Up]]: [[Invoked Trope]] in 3-3. A recalcitrant witness is [[Incredibly Lame Pun|titillated]] by waitress outfits like the one Maya is wearing, but since Maya is small and looks young he has no interest in her. Mia then takes over Maya's body, which changes it to Mia's rather... ample form. The witness becomes much more helpful.

* [[Sherlock Scan]]: Parodied.

{{quote| '''Lisa Basil''': That data is SuPer-Admin Restricted Desktop Access password-protected.<br />

'''Maya''': SuPer-Admin Restricted Desktop Access password-protected!? What!? This is madness!<br />

* [[Snow Means Death]]: Case 3-5.

* [[Spit Take]]: Played straight by Godot, but occasionally spoofed where he, upon having his witness discredited by Phoenix, grabs a coffee mug, brings it to his mouth, takes a sniff, takes a sip and THEN finally spits it out.

* [[Stealth Pun]]: {{spoiler|DAHLIA Hawthorne's most famous murder was committed using poison.}}

** {{spoiler|Then again, it turned out that it wasn't a murder. Diego Armando was assumed dead, but woke up from a coma 5 years later.}}