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** Twilight seeing {{spoiler|black Psyche-Locks}}, which would not show up to Phoenix in his canon until years later.

* [[Cannot Tell a Joke]]: Pinkie should know better than to ask Phoenix for jokes.

* [[Chalk Outline]]: Of the tape variety; used to mark where Ace Swift's body was found. Given the rarity of murders in Equestria, Twilight has no idea what the meaning of the tape is, and [[Squick|she doesn't like the explanation]].

* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Used to Phoenix's disadvantage. Nick is allowed to cross examine Apple Bloom, but is warned that pressing too hard and hurting her feelings will result in a ''massive'' penalty. Phoenix skirts the line multiple times, but ultimately keeps his cool. Trixie, on the other hand...

* [[Composite Character]]: Sonata, who's basically a mix of Mia's appearance, Apollo's Perceive ability, Adrian Andrew's job type, the ruthlessness of Manfred Von Karma and pre-[[Character Development]] Edgeworth, {{spoiler|and [[Complete Monster|Redd White's]] [[Unfortunate Implications|propensity for blackmail]]}}.

* [[Continuity Nod]]:

** This isn't the first time {{spoiler|Phoenix had to accuse someone he knows is innocent of murder to buy time without getting [[Played for Laughs]]}}.

** Pinkie Pie will only help Phoenix if he makes her laugh. Since Phoenix [[Cannot Tell a Joke]], he first tells the [[Incredibly Lame Pun|awful "Wright" pun]] he used with Moe the Clown in case 2-3, and then he desperately brings up the time [[Make the Dog Testify|he cross examined a parakeet]].

* [[Courtroom Antic]]: Phoenix is on the case; what else can you expect? Not like Trixie doesn't know her handful of antics either; for instance, she does the typical "hold on to the evidence until a contradiction is found" trick so popular within ''AA'' prosecutors.

* [[Courtroom Episode]]: The work is pretty much this for the ''Friendship is Magic'' cast; some ponies even get to do [[Amateur Sleuth|detective work]].

** While Pinkie's humming the ''Pursuit ~ Cornered'' theme, Phoenix comments that it sounds really familiar to him.

* [[Leitmotif]]: All characters have one, much like in ''Ace Attorney''. Taken a step further by making each witness have different ''Cross Examination'' and ''Objection!'' themes representing them.

* [[Loud Gulp]]: Nick gets more than a little worried after hearing that dragons exist in Equestria and Twilight's assistant happens to be one.

{{quote|'''Twilight:''' Don't be so shy, Spike loves company.

** Trixie has malicious variants with Twilight Screw-Up, Rainbow Trash and Mr. Wrong.

*** Interestingly, her insult toward Phoenix just makes it seem more like she was taught by Von Karma. If she didn't have hooves, she'd probably snap loudly. A lot.

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Phoenix calling Rainbow [[I Am Not Weasel|an Earth Pony]]. Turns out her first incarnation ''was'' an Earth Pony, and also the complete opposite of [[Tomboy|this Rainbow]].

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Phoenix, who is completely clueless about the workings of Equestria. This gets him in trouble quite a few times.

** ''Ace Attorney's'' [[Once an Episode|ladder/step ladder gag]] makes a return with Phoenix and Pinkie.

** Phoenix attempting to use the "Wright" pun, only to get a blank stare or a [[Death Glare]] out of it.

* [[Sarcasm Failure]]: After Pinkie comments that Phoenix would represent the element of Hair Gel, he gets so baffled by it that the only [[First-Person Smartass|inner snark]] he manages to utter is ''"(No comment...)"''.

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Trixie managed to make Phoenix explain a hole in her case by using a little of prosecutor logic.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Twilight's reaction to Phoenix accusing [[Friend to All Living Things|Fluttershy]] of murder. Let's just say she was so ticked off at Phoenix doing this that she '''objected to the defense''' just to call out Phoenix for slander. [[My God, What Have I Done?|Even PHOENIX calls himself out on it.]]}}

* [[What Would X Do?]]: Just what would a profesional and level-headed attorney like Edgeworth do in Phoenix's shoes? Let's just say the mental image kinda backfired on Phoenix.

* [[Wrong-Context Magic]]: Phoenix introduces one of these with his spiritual powered Magatama. The interaction of Twilight's magic with it yields... [[Upgrade Artifact|interesting results]].

* [[You Can Talk]]: The nearest Phoenix's ever been to speaking with an animal is cross-examinating a parrot, so he doesn't take very well the fact that he's holding conversation with a purple pony.