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Witnesses and miscellaneous characters that appear in the sequel to ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth''. [[Characters/AceAttorney Here]] is the main character sheet.

'''Note 1''': Due to the sheer amount of marked spoilers, all spoilers for ''Gyakuten Kenji 2'' have now been unmarked. Read cautiously!

'''Note 2''': Since ''Gyakuten Kenji 2'' has not received an official localization, the English localization names are taken from the fan translation, ''Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth: Prosecutor's Path''. As such, the names are arranged '''Japanese Name''' (''Fan Translation Name'').

'''Note 3''': Due to the game's overreaching plot and all spoilers being unmarked, spoiler warnings have been added to some character folders that may easily spoil later plot points. That said, read at your own will.
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!!Turnabout Target (''Gyakuten no Hyoteki'')

[[folder:'''Mikiko Hayami''' (''Nicole Swift'')]]
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A self-proclaimed up-and-coming journalist. She witnessed the assassination attempt at Gourd Lake and recorded the president's speech. She soon becomes one of the suspects. Although she did help set up the fake assassination, she is innocent of murder.
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* BackForTheFinale: To search for the real Moozilla (Borumosu in Japanese).
* BearTrap: Carries one on her parka. It snaps loudly, causing her to jump, during her "shock" animation.
* GoingForTheBigScoop: In Case 1.
* KarmaHoudini: She never gets charged for her part in the fake assassination plan, telling Edgeworth she was let go immediately by police upon meeting her again in Case 5. This was due to the fact that the president was trying to cover up the fake assassination plan and have Knightley tried for it instead.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: "Hayamimi" means "keen on hearing". It is a reference to how she recorded the gunshots during the assassination. Her first name in the fan translation is French for "victory of the people," a reference to how she is ultimately acquitted, and her last name most likely comes from "swift of hearing."
* MotorMouth: When she hastily tries to get her news out of people.
* ReferenceOverdosed: The writings on her parka contain numerous references, both InUniverse - KB Security, iFly Airlines, Global Studios, Gatewater Hotel, Will Powers's tracksuit jacket- as well as {{Shout Out}}s to the art director Tatsuro Iwamoto in the form of a fictional toy company and a furniture company which apparently decorated Yamazaki's family home. The fan translation localises these to BlandNameProduct logos of Toys R Us and IKEA, respectively.
* TheScapegoat: She was asked to be part of the fake assassination plan on the president of Zheng Fa, but unfortunately another murder took place and she was framed as the murderer for that one.
* SempaiKohai: She looks up to Lotta as her sempai.
* SpannerInTheWorks: In an attempt to gather any information for a story, she resorted to remote-wiretapping in Case 5, which had her latch onto random signals until she held onto one that she liked, which ended up being the Mastermind's bug signal from Kay's Yatagarasu's Badge. Her recordings allow Edgeworth to solve the case.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: She very much resembles Lotta Hart in both appearance and profession, and even has similarly accented speech. She's actually an "apprentice" of her, even though she is a writer and Lotta a photographer.
* TooFunnyToBeEvil: A minor case, she isn't actually evil but very few players guessed she'd be a willing conspirator in the fake assassination plan. Admittedly she never realized how far it would end up going, or that [[TheScapegoat they'd end up pinning the blame on her.]]
* WarmUpBoss: For the game's Logic Chess mechanic, as she initially refuses to give Edgeworth information about the case freely.
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[[folder:'''Manosuke Naitō''' (''Horace Knightley'') -- '''WARNING: MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''']]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Tatsuro Iwamoto (''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth AAI2]]'')
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' "Crazed Ninja" (''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth AAI2]]'' FanTranslation)
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The bodyguard of a private security company hired by Zheng Fa's president, Di-Jun Huang. Wears a neck brace and is fond of his revolver and playing chess. He killed Ethan Rooke, the head bodyguard, out of jealousy. Unfortunately, his case would never go to trial. Two days later, after being admitted to the Detention Center, he was killed by a stab wound to his neck and his body was left in the prison area workroom.

He and Simon were childhood friends who grew up together after their fathers abandoned them. Horace lost most of his memory when he nearly froze to death. He took Simon's suggestion for the fake assassination attempt, which ultimately led to his downfall and death.
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* AnimalMotif: Indirectly - his design is based on a chess knight, which is usually represented by a horse.
* AssholeVictim: Culprit of the first case, victim of the second case. He speaks so derisively about Rooke (the ''man lying dead at his feet'') that you want to punch him through the screen.
* BerserkButton: Do NOT claim Rooke was a better bodyguard in front of him. De Killer presses this a lot as a way of hinting he knows about the murder.
* ButtMonkey: By De Killer especially. Which may qualify as FridgeBrilliance if you know who his client is.
* CatchPhrase: Tends to use おっと　quite a bit, which translates as something along the lines of "Oops, sorry" or "Whoa."
* ChekhovsGun: His silver ring. It is Pierre Hoquet's personal seal, which he inherited it from his father and had made into a ring. It's later used to prove Simon isn't Isaac Dover's son like he claims.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[VisualPun Literally!]] His role in the story is a lot more important than one would expect, considering he was the BigBad's childhood friend.
* ChessMotifs: He represents the knight, right down to his name. He's also a little more direct, peppering in frequent chess metaphors (though this is likely on purpose since he knows that Edgeworth can speak his language).
* DisappearedDad: He doesn't remember him, but he's dead. And his best friend [[YouKilledMyFather blames him for it]], even though it was ''his'' father who murdered him.
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Had his last written chess note been delivered to Sirhan Dogen, he would've cornered Dogen on the board that forces him to make either two predicted moves that would've led to his defeat/
* FallGuy: Later becomes a DeceasedFallGuyGambit for the president, although he didn't ask for it.
* GreenEyedMonster: He killed his partner Rooke out of jealousy, hoping that he would finally be promoted to head bodyguard.
* GunTwirling: Serves as his major CharacterTic. Not quite at [[VideoGame/MetalGear Revolver Ocelot]] levels, but he's a fan of doing this.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Simon. Unfortunately, the feeling wasn't mutual.
* IdenticalStranger: He bears a strong resemblance to Luke Atmey in terms of looks and in terms of arrogance.
* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: His recoil animation has his gun misfiring while he's twirling it, with the bullet coming within millimetres of his face.
* KickTheMoralityPet: Inverted. Simon sets him up to be injured, then to commit murder and eventually be murdered.
* TheKillerBecomesTheKilled: He is the killer in the first case, but becomes the victim of the second case.
* MoralityPet: Simon, to the point where he almost acts like a different person around him.
* NeckSnap: Non-fatal variant, courtesy of Shelly de Killer. It causes the change in the security plans.
%%* NotSoDifferentRemark: After discovering who the [[TheStarscream "King"]] Knightley desired to protect so much was, Edgeworth quickly lampshades this
* ObliviousToHatred: He thinks of Simon as a friend, not knowing that Simon wants him dead.
* PetTheDog: It's heavily implied, if not outright stated, that he has a soft spot for Simon Keyes.
* PosthumousCharacter: You learn a lot more about him after his death.
* PunnyName:
** His Japanese first name, ''Manosuke'', sounds like ''ma no suke'' (basically, "horse boy"), and his last name, "Naito", is a sound-alike for "knight".
** Fitting with his {{Chess Motif|s}} of the knight, the fan translation gives him the first name Horace, which sounds like "horse", which is what the knight chess piece looks like. "Knightley" is a more obvious pun on the word "knight".
* RedHerring: Has a rare voiced OBJECTION!, his love of chess indicates that he'll eventually fight Edgeworth in Logic Chess, and [[WeWillMeetAgain threatens Edgeworth after his defeat]] in Case 1, all suggesting that he'll become a major antagonist. He doesn't survive the events of Case 2, but his involvement in the overarching story affects everyone involved.
* TheScapegoat: Case 2 reveals that after his arrest, he was to be tried as the attempted assassin rather than as a murderer in order to cover up the fact that the assassination was fake.
* ShownTheirWork: He loves [[ChessMotifs Chess metaphors]]. He even makes a few obscure ones referencing TournamentPlay rules. All of them are completely accurate.
* SlasherSmile: Does one after twirling his gun and pointing it and someone.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Interestingly, he's somewhat self-aware of this trait. He wanted to be someone important to the President and saw Rooke as someone undeserving of his rank. Everyone around him just sees him as an unrepentant scumbag who talks bigger than he should.
* StarterVillain: The killer of "Turnabout Target".
* StealthPun: He looks like a chess piece, and he yells that "This game isn't over yet" as he is taken away. Then, in the next case, he finally gets sacrificed.
* TookALevelInJerkass: He takes this UpToEleven as the case progresses.
* {{Tsundere}}: Though he is most certainly tsuntsun by default, Simon is quite possibly the only person he'd show his deredere side to.
* UniqueEnemy: The only character in the series to get a voiced "Objection", but not be an attorney or a FinalBoss.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Is shown smiling in a photo, and tearfully apologized to Simon when forced to betray him.
* VillainousBreakdown: Knightley 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 and various other objects he has in his pockets up in the air (which [[ContinuityCavalcade include a Thinker statue, a Blue Badger doll, a Samurai Dogs box, and a Mr. iFly statuette]]). He fails to catch them and they all fall on his head one by one, knocking him ''into his neckbrace'' until his revolver hits his head, causing him to fall. Ironically, this makes him the only person in the series to be struck in the head with the Thinker and live, though he was murdered a few days later.
* VillainousCheekbones: As part of his horse motif.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Curses Edgeworth after his defeat, claiming that "This game isn't over yet!". He becomes the victim of the next case and never follows through on any threats.
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!!The Imprisoned Turnabout (''Gokuchu no Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Sōta Sarushiro''' (''Simon Keyes'') -- '''WARNING: MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''']]
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Horace Knightley's best friend, an animal trainer at the Berry Big Circus, and the suspect in this case. When he and Horace were children, Horace kidnapped him and tied him up on his father's orders, locking them both in a car where they nearly froze to death, but were rescued by Sirhan Dogen and brought to an orphanage. Simon's memories became muddled due to the trauma of this incident, but he remembered his savior, Dogen, who became his new father figure. He held a grudge against the conspirators who hired Dogen for an assassination job and then attempted to betray and kill him to keep his mouth shut. He also held an unwarranted grudge against Knightley, as his muddled memories caused him to believe that Isaac Dover was his father and Dane Gustavia, the man who killed Dover, was Knightley's father, when it was actually the other way around.
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* AcePilot: Is skilled enough to fly a hot air balloon at night while at close proximity to a 51 floor-high tower, squash someone to pieces with it, and lower said someone's corpse to the ground via rope that makes it look like they got squashed with a prop/stomped by a {{Kaiju}}.
* AlliterativeName: His original name, '''S'''ōta '''S'''arushiro
* AnimalMotif: Monkeys.
* AntiVillain: Downplayed, as he's still very evil and incredibly [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered,]] projecting his trauma onto others and painting all cops and prosecutors as terrible, manipulative people who are all out to get him. His misanthropy is understandable when you realize he's been hounded by terrible trauma and despicable people all his life. He also grew up in an orphanage run by the corrupt Patricia Roland after being abandoned by his father, and after he witnessed her and Blaise Debeste at the scene of the president's murder, she interrogated him day in and day out, trying to get him to admit that he was the one who set the fire that got rid of the evidence implicating Dogen as the killer. He cried every night, both in fear of Patricia, and sorrow at the fact that his father never even tried to look for him after he went missing. After he left the orphanage, he lived in constant fear of Blaise and his men killing him so he could never expose them, jumping at the slightest noise and never getting a full night's sleep. Furthermore, Blaise rigged the justice system so badly that if Simon had ever talked to the police or presented any kind of evidence, it would immediately be destroyed; the only way he could get any justice for all he went through was to either trick the other corrupt parties into turning on each other or to kill them himself.
* ApparentlyPowerlessPuppetmaster: If anyone is the physical embodiment of this trope, it's him.
* AsianAirhead: Though he's really just ObfuscatingStupidity.
* AssassinOutclassin: After his breakdown, Shelly de Killer tries to kill him for hiding information. However, Sirhan saves him.
* TheBadGuyWins: Sure, he was caught, but his main objective was revenge and he got it, big time. Given who his targets were, he probably [[AntiVillain made the world a better place in the process, too]]. He also gets Sirhan Dogen for company as his only real father figure in prison and can easily claim self-defense for the fake Di-Jun Huang's death.
* BatmanGambit: His favorite method. This is how he coerced Roland into killing Knightley and Blaise into killing Jill. He also designed the fake assassination plan to allow the jealous Knightley a perfect opportunity to kill his co-worker. He takes advantage of the trope to try and pull a KarmaHoudini, since he never actually ''told'' anybody to commit murder - he just gave them some crucial information and watched the results unfold. He also kidnapped Kay Faraday and planted a letter on her suggesting that she was working with Jill Crane before leaving her at Blaise Debeste's doorstep, expecting that Blaise would either kill her or (as what happened) use her as a scapegoat for Jill Crane's death. Either way, Blaise would bring Miles Edgeworth's wrath upon himself.
* TheBeastmaster: His claims of being ''just'' an animal tamer is a cover; as shown in his interrogation animations, they do tricks for him like clockwork.
* BadassNormal: Other major villains like Manfred von Karma, Blaise Debeste and Quercus Alba tend to rely on exploiting loopholes and corruption in the law, using their positions of power to change the situation to their benefit. Compared to them, Simon has very little power, [[TheChessmaster yet he still manages to take down an international conspiracy and achieve all of his goals before finally being captured.]]
* BigBad: Catalyzes the events of four out of five of the cases in the game.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: When he introduces himself, he's very cheerful, shy, and charismatic in his own quirky way. Once he's revealed in the final case, you begin to see the deeply scarred psyche he has, as well as his callous and manipulative true personality.
* BreakTheCutie: Lost his only family at a very young age, as well as his only friend during the events of the game. His faith in both the law and humanity was shattered fairly early on, which [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds twisted]] [[StepfordSmiler him]] badly.
* BrokenBird: A rare male example, but being abandoned by your father for something you couldn't control (being held captive), being traumatized so badly by the subsequent near-death experience that your memories became distorted and you [[ElectiveMute spent considerable time completely silent,]] being brought to an OrphanageOfFear where the adult in charge interrogated you ever day so she could tie up a loose end by having her fellow criminal allies kill you the crime you witnessed them commit, and knowing that no adult would ever help you, let alone believe you, because the justice system was controlled by an utter HateSink of a man who would dispose of any evidence or testimony you provided.
* CatchPhrase: "Nowaynowaynoway!"
* ChekhovsGunman: Met as a falsely indicted suspect, and [[TheReveal turns out to be]] the BigBad.
* TheChessmaster: He even refers to himself as an "animal tamer who tames humans."
* ComplexityAddiction: Lang thinks that this is what did him in in the end.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: The previous game's BigBad, Quercus Alba, was a GreaterScopeVillain in charge of a criminal group with significant international influence and was even protected by his country's laws as ambassador, was a HateSink with no redeeming traits, and is the oldest BigBad of an Ace Attorney game. Simon Keyes, on the other hand, is working alone, does not have access to significant resources (beyond being able to hire Shelly de Killer), gets the members of a criminal group with significant international influence killed or arrested, is a SympatheticMurderer outside of his sociopathy, and is the youngest BigBad of an Ace Attorney game.
* CrazyPrepared: He knew the evidence at Patricia's trial would be tampered with, so he prepared a hostage to force a Guilty verdict, [[OutGambitted out-gambitting]] Blaise in the process. He also prepared several methods of escape in case he got caught by the police.
* CuteAndPsycho: Under the fragile, cowardly exterior is an extremely [[LackOfEmpathy cruel and bitter young man.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Oh, boy, where to start. His father never once looked for him after he went missing as a child, his best friend was forced to hold him captive in a car whose doors quickly froze over and trapped them both inside, the subsequent trauma of the near-death experience leading to amnesia and selective mutism, witnessing a murder and helping protect the main killer [[IOweYouMyLife he was the one you rescued him from the car,]] being brutally interrogated every day by the matron of the orphanage he lived in because she was involved in the aforementioned murder and she needed to know how much he knew, and eventually going on the run for years and never being able to relax or sleep at night because he know that one of the criminals from the murder plot, an extremely powerful man, was [[LeaveNoWitnesses still gunning for that one loose end of a kid with the knowledge that could bring him and his accomplices down.]]
* DisappearedDad: Supposedly died years ago. Actually, his real father is very much alive and a murderer who went missing to cover up his crime.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Has a disdain for sweets. Granted, since his former love for them was the reason why he was kidnapped and nearly killed by accident.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: The assassination attempt on Zheng Fa's president, the exposure of the crimes of a prison warden and the P.I.C. chairman, the deaths of two highly trained bodyguards, an attorney, ''and a president'' were ultimately masterminded by an orphan monkey trainer.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Long red hair (with pigtails no less) and slender build. It helps that he has a somewhat [[PinkIsFeminine feminine]] outfit.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Taken to its logical conclusion in his VillainousBreakdown. All the animals in the Berry Big Circus disown him via beating the crap out of him.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He can't comprehend why Kay and Edgeworth wanted to help him before without some ulterior motive. He has no concept of trust either.
* EvilerThanThou: PlayedWith. Sure, Simon is the BigBad, a [[TheSociopath sociopath]], and caused multiple deaths, but he comes out as the ''lesser'' evil because his actions led to the dismantling of the entire conspiracy that took the life of the real president of Zheng Fa by taking down three people that were far more of a threat due to their positions and influence.
* EvilLaugh: Just like his father.
* EvilIsHammy: Far more prone to bursting out into maniacal laughter than any other final boss in the series, with exaggerated sprite animations to go along with it.
* EvilRedhead: He used to have black hair.
* FalseFriend: To Kay and especially Regina and Knightley. Chillingly, this is reflected in a brutal MetaTwist in the latter case; the end of Case 2 has Edgeworth present Dogen's chisel to Simon as a symbol that Knightley always considered him a friend, only for the final confrontation to reveal in flashback that Simon had given it to Knightley himself (Knightley didn't even ask him to do so), all to prompt Roland into killing him.
* FluffyTamer: As an apprentice animal tamer at the Berry Big Circus.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Blaise Debeste wore the mask of Zuruwan during the auction. Zuruwan is the nemesis of Global Hero Onyankopon. Simon's wearing a blue shirt with Onyankopon's insignia. This foreshadows their enmity, although Debeste isn't his [[TheDragon top target]].
** At the end of Case 2, Regina mentions that he isn't as dumb as he looks. That turns out to be a ''massive'' understatement.
* FoundTheKillerLostTheMurderer: Being the Murderer manipulating Blaise Debeste and Patricia Roland to be the Killers via forged messages to exploit their paranoia, Simon tries to invoke the Lost part on himself when confronted.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: He's an animal tamer for a reason. He even got ''Money the Monkey'' to be friends with him! But when his true nature is made clear they turn on him. Also, despite being hostile to nearly everyone else in the game, Anubis the dog is said to be fond of him.
* GenderFlip: See IdenticalStranger - the similarities in design were likely intentional.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: He's the sole witness to the assassination of the real president Di-Jun Huang. Thus, the conspirators tried to find and kill him to cover their tracks... to no avail, as Simon got them first.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Seemed like this with Knightley. Unbeknownst to Knightley, Simon ''hated'' him ever since the incident with their fathers.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: In trying to take down the conspirators, he winds up using the same methods that they did, to the point that he and Blaise wind up trying to kidnap the ''same kid'' in order to manipulate the same trial, albeit with a completely different verdict in mind. It especially bothers him to learn that Dane Gustavia had tried to throw off the estimated time of death in the same way that he did with Huang's body double. When cornered, he reacts the exact same way his father did: confessing to everything before pointing out a legal loophole that prevents you from arresting him.
* IdenticalStranger: When his character design was first released, he was criticized for looking like a male Dahlia Hawthorne. He certainly [[CuteAndPsycho acts like her too]] (albeit a bit more sympathetically).
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Claims he had no choice but to become a VigilanteMan in order to protect himself from Fake!Huang, Roland, and Blaise. Given the massive [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections corruption]] at play, he wasn't exactly wrong (except for his CollateralDamage in the process).
* IHaveNoSon: Inverted. In his mind, he has practically disowned his own father (and it goes both ways, so there's no love lost there).
* {{Irony}}:
** He asks Edgeworth whether or not Knightley really trusted him, thinking that if Knightley had confided with him, he could have convinced his best friend that there was no need to hate someone so much. Fast forward to Case 5...
** He is not as different from his father as he thinks he is.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Killing President Huang's body double and setting up the fall of both Patricia Roland and Blaise Debeste.
* KillingInSelfDefense: His murder of the fake Di-Jun Huang started with the latter trying to shoot him down, only to get crushed by the hot air balloon he was riding in.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: He forgot who his father was, and when news of the IS-7 Incident reached him, he assumed his father was the victim and Knightley's was the murderer, when it was really the other way around.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3p1yl_N-wg Restless People]] when you first meet him. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoyCfawMScA Strange People]] when you talk to him. And when he reveals himself, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaSITY8NBVw‎ The Man Who Masterminds The Game.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: To Blaise Debeste, Patricia Roland, and Fake Di-Jun Huang. Simon is a sadistic psychopath who is fine with ruining the lives of innocents if his intended victims are taken down, yet his primary goal is to take down a group of criminals who have all contributed to destabilising an entire country and ruining countless innocent people's lives. He's an odious bastard, but compared to his victims, he almost seems like the good guy.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Miles mentions the trope word for word. Though he would claim otherwise, Simon turns out to be similar to his father, Dane Gustavia. He even freezes the body of his victim in order to throw off the time of death, not knowing that Gustavia did the same thing, or even that Gustavia was his father in the first place.
* LaughingMad: After he learns that he ended up getting Knightley killed for no reason. His [[TheHyena tendency to burst into laughter starts at this point.]]
* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: His experiences have given him a chronic distrust of other people, and an [[TheSocialDarwinist obsession with being strong]].
* MeaningfulName: "''Saru''" means monkey. His first name can also be read as "Kusata", a pun on "Kusatta" (rotten). Combined with his real family name (Kazami), his name means "Rotten Flavour". His name in the FanTranslation sounds like "Shy monkeys" when said quickly. Additionally, "Simon" could be a reference to "Simon Says", because of his being able to manipulate people into doing whatever he wants, while "Keyes" refers to him being where all five cases connect - in other words, the ''key''.
* MonkeyMoralityPose: He's often shown covering his eyes, mouth, or ears in various sprites, evoking this image.
* MoralityPet: Implied to have been this to Knightley. A rare example in which the MoralityPet is crueler and more hate-filled than the one he humanizes. His own MoralityPet would be Dogen, who is basically the only person Simon considers trustworthy.
* MonsterClown: Dressed like this during the final confrontation, complete with a PsychoticSmirk and deranged facial expressions.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He has a brief moment of this after realizing that his father was actually Dane Gustavia, not Isaac Dover, meaning that his main reason for setting up Horace Knightley to be killed by Patricia Roland was a complete misunderstanding. That being said, his reaction is clearly more a result of shock at having made such a massive screw-up than any regret at his actions, as he himself notes that he had plenty of other reasons to want Knightley dead.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: His role in Dogen's escape resulted in him having to spend the rest of his childhood hiding in fear of Dogen's ex-employers. This, understandably, changed his whole worldview from TheGoldenRule to DoUntoOthersBeforeTheyDoUntoUs.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Edgeworth calls him out on his revenge scheme this way. Whether he realizes it or not, he embodies qualities from the five people he happens to despise the most:
** As mentioned above, he thinks of the same method Dane Gustavia used to preserve his victim's body, despite having no knowledge Gustavia had done so. Edgeworth also points out that both of them have no problem with sacrificing others to protect themselves.
** He disguises his true appearance and personality, just like the body double.
** He's just as good if not better at taming animals than Patricia Roland, and uses them for {{Mundane Utilit|y}}ies -- Patricia has live foxes cling to her body to make a fur coat, Simon has various animals stack on top of each other to give him something to lean on.
** He had the same idea as Blaise Debeste of kidnapping John Marsh to force the verdict he wanted for Patricia, and even succeeded where Blaise failed. He also has no qualms about pinning the murder he committed himself on John, an innocent minor, just like what Blaise did to Kay.
** He even manipulated and kidnapped two innocent women into being used in a broader scheme, much the way Knightley manipulated Nicole into being a patsy for the fake assassination and later Rooke's murder.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: His easily frightened, quirky, and airheaded demeanor hides a ruthless, calculating sociopath.
* OnceKilledAManWithANoodleImplement: The one murder he personally commits is done in a way that is outlandish even by ''Ace Attorney'' standards. He kills the president of Zheng Fa... by crushing him with a hot air balloon.
* TheParanoiac: Believes everyone (excluding Dogen) is out to get him and/or has ulterior motives. Given how he nearly froze to death due to his best friend's betrayal when they were kindergartners, was constantly interrogated by an abusive orphanage-owner, and then had to spend most of his life hiding from a trio of corrupt officials (one of them being the aforementioned owner, no less) in an international conspiracy because HeKnowsTooMuch, you can't exactly blame him.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: If it hadn't been for all the collateral damage like Jill's death or Kay's and John's abduction, it would be hard to even think of him as an enemy, considering who his intended [[AssholeVictim victims were.]]
* PeoplePuppets: When Money the Monkey appears, he immediately starts to control Simon's arms using his hair.
* RealMenHateSugar: Claims he dislikes sweet things when Raymond offers him candy. Suggested to be a result of his [[ParentalAbandonment abandonment issues.]] That or they bring back memories of his days as a taste tester for his dad, which are probably not something he wants to remember either.
* RealMenWearPink: 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.
* RightHandCat: His SlouchOfVillainy pose involves various animals climbing on top of each other to make a tower for him to lean on. At the top is a big, fluffy, white cat fit for a Bond villain.
* TheRunaway: A combination of Orphan and Circus type. He actually did it because he was on the run from Blaise's henchmen looking to LeaveNoWitnesses.
* {{Sadist}}: Some unsettling dialogue shows that he genuinely enjoys causing and watching people's suffering, whether deserved or undeserved. He expresses glee over how he set up Knightley's death, ''even after'' he knew that his grudge against Knightley was misplaced.
* ShakingHerHairLoose: When he drops his shy and lovable act, a couple of birds undo his pigtails, turning him into the bastard love child of Ronald [=McDonald=] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Nathan Explosion]]. He even has a couple of squirrels comb his hair down straight.
* SexyJester: The clown costume he wears doesn't detract from his handsomeness.
* SmarterThanTheyLook: He's actually damn near one of the smartest culprits in the series, (which is saying something when said series contains Damon Gant, Quercus Alba, Kristoph Gavin, and Roger Retinz.) as all the tropes under ThePlan would show. It's only through bad luck and circumstances outside of his control that he's even caught.
* TheSociopath: While he's never explicitly called a sociopath, it's made repeatedly clear that he trusts no-one but himself, and can't comprehend why anyone would want to help another. Granted, this was probably brought on by his past, and he's still capable of a certain degree of empathy (mostly toward Dogen).
* SpannerInTheWorks: To the group who assassinated the President of Zheng Fa. They tried to silence him for years, but he was just too smart for them.
* StepfordSmiler: Type A. He maintains a friendly smile in almost all his appearances, despite having just lost his best friend. Considering his misanthropic, vengeful personality, he's also a type C.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Implied as an attempt via letting his hair down in the end to resemble Isaac Dover, who he mistook for his father.
* SympathyForTheDevil: Though whether or not he's truly a devil is up to you.
* SympatheticMurderer: His victims tried to have many people killed, including Simon's father figure, Sirhan Dogen. He also has one doozy of a tragic backstory.
* TragicVillain: One of the most sympathetic villains in the series. His mother died when he was young, his father only used him as a taste tester and abandoned him as soon as he didn't need one anymore, he was raised in an OrphanageOfFear, his best friend betrayed him, and his father figure -- the one person in his life to ever show him kindness without later screwing him over -- was an ''assassin''. Even Edgeworth felt sorry for him, and cites that while his actions were heinous, Simon was ultimately a victim of a corrupt legal system, thus giving Edgeworth the resolve to start working his way up to change it for the better.
* {{Troll}}: During the final confrontation, he steals Edgeworth's voice to object to Edgeworth's statements, constantly provokes Kay and Edgeworth to get a rise out of them, ''fakes a VillainousBreakdown'', tells Courtney that she almost got her child killed and Lang that his father was incompetent for no reason other than to [[KickTheDog cause them psychological pain.]] Edgeworth mentions that striking people's psychological weak point is his strategy to get an emotional response and divert them from the subject (they were trying to prove his guilt at the time).
* TroubleMagnetGambit: The chisel he hid in Knightley's chess set.
* UnintentionalBackupPlan: He never expected to be arrested as a potential suspect for Knightley's murder, which was a very big problem since he technically ''did'' cause it. But who should happen to be there but Miles Edgeworth... acting as an assistant to a Defense Attorney. Not only did this get him out of prison, it allowed him to work Edgeworth into the later part of his plan.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He's shown smiling in the flashback picture with Knightley.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: When Dogen gives John [[PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou permission to kill him to avenge his father]], Simon, in one of his most chilling moments, admits that getting his own revenge has made him feel this way... and that he sees it as a ''good thing'', since the hollowness has allowed him to forget all the pain that his life has been.
* VoiceChangeling: Mocked Edgeworth by imitating his voice.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** All of his animal friends beat the crap out of him when he is exposed.
** He also has a ''fake'' one, complete with SkywardScream and his dad's theme music, then both abruptly cut out and he says "Just kidding!"
* WalkingSpoiler: His true colors are not revealed until the very end.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's a scheming, ManipulativeBastard through and through, but his ultimate goal was to enact vengeance and justice upon much worse and truly villainous people, who [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem directly control the law]] and thus are impervious to being convicted legally.
* WhosLaughingNow: He's gleeful about seeing the conspirators who ruined his life, and who once terrified him be charged with murder (Blaise, Patricia) or end up dead (the body double).
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After all the crap he went through, you almost can't ''blame'' him for becoming a MonsterClown.
* XanatosGambit: How he dealt with Blaise. He sent letters to both him and Jill exposing the other's secrets and telling them to meet at the same place. There were two possible outcomes here: either Jill kills Blaise, or Blaise kills Jill (the one that ended up happening) and goes down for murder. Either way, he would get his revenge.
* XanatosSpeedChess: He's very capable of working things into his plans on the fly. The fake President just happened to show up during one of his plans, so he took the opportunity to kill him personally. Edgeworth showing up was also a ''complete fluke'', but he was able to turn him into the best UnwittingPawn he could ever ask for with an on-the-spot WoundedGazelleGambit.
* YouKilledMyFather: His hatred of Knightley resulted from his mixed-up memories. Simon believed that his father was Isaac Dover and that Knightley's father was Dane Gustavia, Dover's murderer, when it was actually the other way around. He's quite shocked to find out that one of the reasons he had hated and orchestrated the death of his only friend was completely invalid, but he's still too much of a misanthropic jerk to feel any remorse for it and he has plenty of other cause, what with the whole tied up in a car thing and all.
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[[folder:'''Shūji Orinaka''' (''Jay Elbird'')]]
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One of the prisoners in the jail. Jay is a former boxer who continues practicing in prison. His prison number is D-259. He has a polar bear called Rocky, who's always (literally) hanging around with him. He tried to escape the prison by having Rocky knock a guard unconscious, allowing Jay to steal his keys and disguise himself as a guard. His plan was foiled when Rocky recognized him in disguise.
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: He disguised himself as a guard as part of his plan, who would be the natural enemy of a prisoner.
* FlatCharacter: He's given far less development than most characters in the series, being a minor witness who provides the odd piece of evidence.
* {{Gonk}}: Just as how you'd expect a boxer from a prison to look like.
* MuggedForDisguise: He even mugged another guy just to have someone to pin it on.
* NoodleIncident: It's never explained exactly what he's in for, though it's probably pretty severe since the rest of the inmates are killers. He can get quite violent when provoked, and threatens to kill Edgeworth on at least one occasion, which could imply something. But then again, Dogen says several of the inmates were falsely accused, so you never know.
* PunnyName: His full name is a pun on "ori no naka shūjin", which means "prisoner in a cage". His name in the FanTranslation sounds like "Jailbird", a slang term for a prisoner.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: His polar bear buddy Rocky hangs off his chest with its tongue out and has the cutest puppy dog eyes. It loves him so much that it knows when he's in disguise... which foils his escape attempt.
* ShippedInShackles: His wristbands have two small weights chained to them.
* TunnelKing: He dug a tunnel in his cell that connected to Horace's cell, where he stole a guard's uniform.
* VillainousBreakdown: His face repeatedly snaps every which way like he's being punched in the face, then he collapses with his mouthpiece knocked out.
* WeightWoe: As a former boxer, he is obsessed with exercising and losing weight, trying to "make the weight limit". However, with the reveal of his escape plan it's possible that his real reason for losing weight is so that he could fit through his escape tunnel and/or into the guard's uniform he stole.
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[[folder:'''Ryōken Hōinbō''' (''Sirhan Dogen'') -- '''WARNING: MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''']]
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A former assassin whose weapons of choice are a long knife and his large black dog, Anubis (Kuro in Japanese). The ringing of his signature bells - one attached to the handle of his knife and another to Anubis's collar - is said to be the last sound his victims hear before their deaths. He is blind and Anubis is his guide dog. He saved Horace and Simon and brought them to an orphanage. Later, when he was asked to assassinate Di-Jun Huang near this very orphanage, Simon recognized him and saved his life. He was eventually caught, prosecuted, and imprisoned.
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* AffablyEvil: He might be a creepy assassin, but he can still be surprisingly cooperative and has enough of a heart to save children from dangerous situations. He also [[PetTheDog loves his dog]].
* AnimalMotifs: Dogs. He's loyal, follows orders given to him, and uses his keen hearing to compensate for his blindness and hunt down prey.
* AntiVillain: Type I. He's ruthless, make no mistake, but he's still honorable enough to refrain from any "needless" cruelty, and he also has a soft spot for children (such as when he saves the lives of two dying kids in a genuine PetTheDog moment rather than any PragmaticVillainy, as well as when he gives John a chance to kill him for {{Revenge}} over Huang's assassination).
* TheBadGuyWins: In a sense. By the end of the game, his enemies have gotten their comeuppance and he will have Simon for company.
* BaldOfEvil: Downplayed. He may be an assassin, but he's [[NobleDemon not completely evil]].
* BlindSeer: Not on ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' levels, but his skill with carving is very impressive, and is very competent at playing chess.
* BlindWeaponmaster: Granted, one of those weapons is [[RightHandAttackDog Anubis]], but he is also said to be just as deadly with his knife.
* CanineCompanion: Anubis.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[ZigzaggedTrope Zig-zags]] repeatedly between this and RedHerring.
** You first meet him after a very ominous buildup, he's practically the definition of ObviouslyEvil and you don't really get much worthwhile information out of him. But later, he falls under suspicion when it appears that the victim was killed by a dog. By the time you confront him again, Edgeworth is utterly convinced he's the killer. He isn't. Later subverted again when you find out that while he didn't commit the murder, he indirectly caused it.
** As if that weren't enough, in Case 5 you find out he was hired to kill the ''real'' president of Zheng Fa 12 years ago so that the body double could [[KillAndReplace replace him]]. Said double turns up dead in the present. It appears that he must be the killer this time, but he isn't. However, he does provide the final piece of the puzzle Edgeworth needs to deduce who the real mastermind is.
* ChessMotifs: His physical appearance resembles the bishop, as well as Edgeworth referring to him as a fallen priest.
* ContractOnTheHitman: His clients planned to kill him after he assassinated the real Di-Jun Huang to ensure his silence on the matter. He was able to escape with Simon's help.
* CoolOldGuy: A semi-villainous example.
* DeathSeeker: He offered [[YouKilledMyFather John a chance to kill him]], saying he is already tired of carving statues anyway. Being reunited with Simon seems to bring back his will to live though.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Of Case 2. Notable since even Edgeworth is convinced he's the killer, and the scene is set up just like a final confrontation.
* EvilOldFolks: While his exact age is never given, he's clearly an old man, though not entirely evil.
* GracefulLoser: Implied, he basically accepted his incarceration, and is consigned to [[RetiredMonster living out his punishment in prison]]. He even promises to head back to the prison after solving the mystery behind his acolyte.
* HandicappedBadass: He's blind, but neither age nor blindness were enough to keep him from keeping [[TheRival rival]] ProfessionalKiller Shelly de Killer from killing Simon in the game's climax.
* HellIsThatNoise: The ringing of his bells is said to be the last thing his targets hear before their deaths. Patricia Roland seemed to think so, given how the sound features in her breakdown.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Despite it not being part of his task and no financial/personal incentive, he saved two children who'd been abandoned in a freezing car. He also has (and has a very loyal/heartfelt relationship with) his dog, Anubis.
* KarmaHoudini: He dodges nearly everything the police tries to do to him, except for his arrest, which he isn't that disappointed about.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Skilled as he is, his blindness means he would still get his ass kicked if a bunch of guys rushed him at once. Once a young Simon informed him that his clients planned on killing him to ensure his silence, he opted to escape rather than fight.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Tone of an Assassin," a brooding, sinister theme featuring his signature bell.
* LuxuryPrisonSuite: Perhaps even more so than Kristoph. Kay lampshades it during an investigation. Later [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] when it's revealed he gets his luxury treatment by threatening the warden.
* MightAsWellNotBeInPrisonAtAll: Though he can't directly kill anymore, he still maintains the influence he once had. The mere knowledge that he has "[[{{Mooks}} dogs]]" outside the prison and that they [[OhCrap 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", acquiring items for other prisoners in exchange for favors. Hell, his imprisonment allows him to play a major role in the BigBad's plan.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: In the fan translation, he's named after Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated US Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: The way how he operates and describes his assassination plots are perturbing.
* NobleDemon: It turns out that his treatment of Roland was based on the knowledge that she made his godson suffer greatly, and he still cares deeply for said godson.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: A blind, corpse-looking old man who can most likely kill you.
* NoodleIncident: We never find out exactly how he got caught and imprisoned-- though it's implied that Edgeworth had a hand in bringing him to justice.
* ObviouslyEvil: He's probably the most terrifying looking character in the series, making it pretty easy why he's in solitary even before he says a word.
* ParentalSubstitute: A father figure to Simon Keyes.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: What morality he has seems to be based around this. It's why he felt justified putting Roland through mental hell (she was a ''terrible'' caretaker to Simon), and when Marsh confronts him, he cheerfully submits to [[PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou whatever punishment Marsh feels is necessary]]. Given the concept of karma in Buddhism, this makes quite a bit of sense.
* PetTheDog: He is fond of his dog Anubis and he also rescued Horace and Simon when they were children, being a father figure to Simon.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: Offers this to John, who turns it down, though he does admit it ''would'' satisfy him.
* ProfessionalKiller: Rivals even Shelly de Killer in this department, although he's just as much a general crime lord.
* ProphetEyes: He has cataracts.
* PunnyName: '''Dog'''en. Sure, it's probably pronounced "Doh-gen", but the letters are still there.
* RetiredMonster: He quit the assassination business, and is fine with living out the remainder of his days in prison. He also has no remorse for having murdered people in the past.
* RightHandAttackDog: Pretty much his whole gimmick.
* TheRival: Shelly. As the dialogue during their standoff reveals, Shelly and Dogen knew each other in the past.
* SinisterMinister: Edgeworth refers to him as a fallen priest at one point, implying he was one prior to being an assassin.
* SweetTooth: There's a half-eaten tray of brownies found inexplicably in his cell. It's later revealed that it was from Jeff Masters who regularly baked treats for the inmates.
* VagueAge: His age is always listed as ??? in his profile.
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!!The Inherited Turnabout (''Uketsugareshi Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Issei Tenkai''' (''Jeffrey Master'')]]
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The main suspect in the IS-7 case. A professional chef with a TV show where he sings, dances, and makes sweets. He's also slowly losing his sense of taste, but he's working on a cure. Gregory Edgeworth was his defense attorney. Since Edgeworth revealed that the autopsy report was fake because the victim's body was missing, the prosecutor, Manfred von Karma, had to charge him with accomplice to murder instead.
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* ChekhovsGun: While in the detention center, he discovers he has an illness that leaves him unable to taste salt (he never noticed it before since he usually only eats desserts). It turns out that the real killer has a more severe form of the same illness and can't taste ''anything'', which played a part in his motive.
* CoolOldGuy: His present self is a PerpetualSmiler who baked sweets for other prison inmates and guards.
* CruelToBeKind: Master bluntly told Katherine to stop focusing on his own imprisonment, as well as himself and his well being altogether, which breaks Katherine's heart. He did so to try to get Katherine to focus on her own life. Sadly deconstructed, because Katherine never really took his words to heart and ended up planning revenge for nearly two decades afterward.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: His plan on awarding the Angel Recipe for his contest was meant to help publicize the recipe, but the finalists ended up being a pair of greedy and unscrupulous men and a woman who specifically wanted to keep the recipe under wraps, ''all'' of whom ended up cheating in various ways.
* DiseaseBleach: If you want proof of how scary Manfred von Karma is, just look at this man's hair. It went white after a ''single day'' of interrogation.
* FalseConfession: 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.
* GoodParents: Though it may not seem like it due to his stoic nature, he loves Kate very dearly, even taking a false murder charge to protect her.
* IWillWaitForYou: As thanks to Katherine for visiting him during his imprisonment, he promises to visit her at prison after his false conviction was overruled until she's served her time for hiding/stealing evidence and premeditated assault.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Sweet Happiness".
* PunnyName: His name comes from the phrase "tenka ichi", meaning "the best on earth", referencing his reputation of his pastries being the best around. For once, the pun is actually acknowledged in-game, since it's his nickname. Meanwhile, his FanTranslation name refers to him being a ''master'' at pastry-making. In other words, a "{{Series/Masterchef}}."
* NiceGuy: An extraordinarily kind and humble man, a fact which underscores the tragedy of his false imprisonment.
* ParentalSubstitute: To Katherine Hall, whom he adopted when she was a baby.
* PerpetualFrowner: Only his past self.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: He eventually gets over his taste disorder due to a drug produced by the Master Group which can cure it.
* WealthyPhilanthropist: In the foyer of his mansion several awards for charity work are displayed.
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[[folder:'''Delicy Scone''' (''Delicia Scones'')]]
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A pastry chef who participated in the dessert-making contest, hailing from England. She is actually a pharmacist who works for the Master Group, who was sent to oversee the secret Master Recipe. She acts as an old lady and is the only character who hasn't changed a bit in 18 years.
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* BigEater: She snacks on the other contestants' works. It depends how much she snacks on them but Gustavia doesn't seem to take kindly to that habit.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She may still appear as a chef even though she now identifies herself as a pharmacist, but her knowledge in the latter field and chemistry is very vast. She even proves one of Edgeworth's points by stating that the sherbet sculptures couldn't be replicas due to the matching composition of the sugar between now and 18 years ago. She's also part of an exclusive group who were allowed to view the Angel's Recipe.
* CharacterTic: Most of the time, you'll see her stirring in her bowl or holding it.
* CheatersNeverProsper: She apparently cheated her way into the competition so she can do her job: never let Master's works go public. That's one more reason for the murderer to attempt to frame her.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: Subverted. She's not ''incompetent'', but she herself admits she can't really cook at the level required by the competition and is honestly surprised that her own corner-cutting wasn't discovered until Gregory Edgeworth came along.
* FrameUp: Gustavia tried to frame her by placing the murder weapon in her room. She only becomes a suspect for a short while as a result.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The Master Group sent her to spy on Master and made sure his work never went public.
* TheMole: Her true purpose in the competition was to get the Angel's Recipe and the pharmaceutical genius contained within. Since the organization that sent her technically ''owns'' the Angel's Recipe, it's not held against her.
* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Manfred calls a few witnesses to the IS-7 incident in for questioning, then adds Delicia "while (he's) at it." She's offended at being treated like an afterthought.
* TheNapoleon: Only partly. She's not evil, but she can get angry real fast when you insult her.
* TheNicknamer: To everyone. Including Manfred von Karma.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Her eyes look different from the rest of the ''Ace Attorney'' characters but no one comments on it.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Multiple layers of it, in fact! When Gregory first exposes the fact that she doesn't know the first thing about cooking and her contest entries are just props, she claims she is just a BigEater who entered the contest on a whim because she loved sweets, and never expected to get all the way to the finals. Naturally, it's much more complicated than that, and when you meet her in the present it's clear she's much smarter than she acts. She's able to produce irrefutable evidence clearing her name when accused, for one.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Her exact age is unknown but she claims to be very old. It's a running joke in the case. Notably, she looks exactly the same in the present day as she did during IS-7, while everyone else involved has clearly aged almost 20 years.
* PunnyName: Delicious scone. A scone is a small British quick bread of Scottish origin, and she claims to be from England.
* RummageFail: Does one when looking for the theft report giving her a perfect alibi, but it's played with: it's a blink-and-you-miss-it moment, but one of the "wrong" objects she produces actually is relevant to the case, [[ChekhovsGun it just won't play a part until later.]]
* TheScapegoat: Not only does Dane Gustavia try to frame her for his killing Isaac Dover in the past, but Katherine Hall sets her up to take the blame for her own attempt to poison Gustavia.
* SecretIdentity: Not really a "secret", but she's actually a pharmacist.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Her habit of sampling the other contestant's dishes actually undermined the plan to frame her for Issac's murder. How? She snacked on something that was to be a support for a large model ship made of chocolate, eating enough that the support collapsed and the ship fell onto a life-sized chocolate chest where the body was hidden, leading to its early discovery by Katherine. Gustavia intended to freeze the body to throw off the time of death, but with the early discovery, he chose to hide it in one of Issac's sherbet sculptures until he had an alternative plan.
* SweetTooth: She loves eating sweets so much that she broke into the other contestants' room to sample their dishes.
* VagueAge: Her age is listed as "??" and a RunningGag about her is just how old she is. Especially since everyone in the IS-7 incident has aged appropriately over the last 18 years and she doesn't look any different.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: ''Hates'' cockroaches with a passion, so much so that she carries [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill an incredibly strong pesticide]] with her at all times.
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[[folder:'''Tsukasa Oyashiki''' (''Katherine Hall'')]]
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Jeffrey Master's adoptive daughter who assists him on his show. She hid the body of the IS-7 victim and prepared a trap for the real murderer, knowing that he would eventually return.
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* AntiVillain: She obstructs a crime scene, lies to authorities, and tried to kill Dane Gustavia, though this was in a misguided attempt to avenge Jeffrey Master rather than out of malice. Like Godot from ''Trials and Tribulations'', she was well-intentioned but incredibly misguided.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has brown eyes and hair.
* DoorstopBaby: How she first appeared to Master.
* FramingTheGuiltyParty: Tries to do this 18 years after the murder by setting a trap and knowing Gustavia would try to cover up his own crime.
* HappilyAdopted: By Master, though it's hard to see this relationship at first glance.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: To Raymond, [[CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest who not only treats her more seriously than other female characters]], but offers to defend her in a manner very similar to a marriage proposal.
* IWillWaitForYou: She visited Master Jeff in prison for the past 18 years. Their roles are reversed when his sentence is overruled but she has to serve her own sentence.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: True, she tried to poison someone, though her intended victim was a remorseless bastard who had escaped justice for eighteen years.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Sweet Dance".
* {{Meido}}: Acts as this during the show and outside of it.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: She attempted to murder Dane Gustavia for ruining Masters' life. She almost succeeded, though Gustavia escaped before the fumes consumed him. Even though she's arrested for her crimes, Edgeworth and Shields have sympathy for her, understanding she never would have done what she did if Gustavia wasn't about to become a KarmaHoudini.
* PunnyName:
** Her name contains the kanji for "resident of mansion" and "blanket", a reference to how she first hid the body.
** Her full name is a pun on "o yashiki o tsukasadoru" which means "[to be] responsible for the residence". She takes care of Master's mansion.
** Her surname Oyashiki may be a pun on "okashi", which means sweets.
** Her name in the fan translation is a pun on "catering hall."
** "Katherine" may also be a reference to Catherine Douglas, who (according to legend) tried to block the door to prevent a mob from getting in and murdering King James I of Scotland. (This is the probable origin of the phrase "Katy, bar the door.")
* RedHerring: Edgeworth concludes fairly early on in the case's present-day segment that she was responsible for the murder 18 years ago and the attempt on Gustavia's life. Subverted - while she didn't commit the original murder, she ''did'' try to kill Gustavia.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Best shown when she dances as an adult.
* ShooTheDog: Master flatly tells her to forget about him and get on with her life. She doesn't.
* SingleTear: When she breaks down, she reaches a hand up dramatically and cries a single tear.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Her stealing Dover's ice sculptures along with his body hidden inside one accidentally set up the bizarre circumstances of IS-7 and ruined Gustavia's plans to just frame Scones for the murder, leading to Jeff's conviction and DL-6.
* SympatheticMurderer: More like Sympathetic ''Attempted'' Murderer. After losing both Master and her home for almost two decades, combined with believing that Gustavia got OffOnATechnicality, it's no surprise that she finally snapped and attempted a VigilanteExecution.
* TearsOfRemorse: {{Subverted}}. She is arrested for poisoning, but [[TearsOfJoy she's glad that Master will finally go free]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Her devotion to Master, which worries him because he wants her to live her own life.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By hiding the sculpture that contained Dover's body, she ended up sparking a chain of tragic and horrible events: the forgery of an autopsy report, which led to von Karma's penalty and the DL-6 incident, which in turn caused the fall of the Fey Clan and the events of the first three Phoenix Wright games. However, as Raymond points out, there's a good chance that things would have unfolded as they did anyway, except with Delicia Scones being falsely convicted instead of Master.
* TheWoobie: Considered one in-universe by Gregory and Raymond. Her backstory even makes Gregory shed a few tears.
* YouAreTooLate: By the time she was able to buy back the mansion and find out that she accidentally hid the body with the sherbet sculptures she stole and hid in the freezer, the Statute of Limitations had already (seemingly) expired at that point, so she couldn't simply report the body to the police to help clear up the misunderstanding.
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[[folder:'''Yutaka Kazami''' (''Dane Gustavia'') -- '''WARNING: MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''']]
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A confectioner without the ability to taste. He and the victim of IS-7, Isaac Dover, secretly collaborated in a dessert-making contest. Gustavia was in charge of the flavor, while Dover handled the design. Dover called off the deal at the last minute, abducted Gustavia's son (who was his taste tester) and blackmailed him when he found out about his condition. Gustavia killed him and fled the country. After his return with an expert set of skills, the cure for his condition was published and he regained his ability to taste.
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* AntiVillain: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Gustavia as a person is actually pretty awful (chiefly, completely cutting his son out of his life just because he couldn't assist with his final dessert entry but also equating Delicia's actions during the contest as enough of an offense to warrant framing her and despite claiming respect for Master, acting remorseless about his wrongful incarceration for 18 years) but on the subject of murdering Dover, he wasn't as much a {{Jerkass}} as Dover (with Dover reneging on their agreement at the last minute and then threatening to ruin Gustavia's career and livelihood by revealing his taste disorder unless he paid up a blackmail followed by attacking Gustavia first; Dover is also the reason Gustavia's son no-showed for the finals and what set off the chain of events to follow).
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: He's a professional pastry chef who considers his work almost akin to martial arts.
* AssholeVictim: Almost became this when a DespairEventHorizon-crossing Kate tried to get {{Revenge}} for Master.
* TheBadGuyWins: It's a distinct possibility he ultimately got away with murder in the end, due to Master's trial now having to be filed as a mistrial and thus possibly removing the stipulation that allowed IS-7 to still be within the statute of limitations (a 'contradiction in the law', as Edgeworth and Raymond state), and even if he didn't he still evaded justice for nearly twenty years and managed to pursue and fulfill his goal during his long freedom. He might lose his freedom but his talents can still be appreciated.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He's actually quite helpful during the flashback portion of the case. It's not until the very end where we realize what kind of person he truly was.
* BringMyRedJacket: He claims that he frequently manages to burn or cut himself when cooking, so he started wearing red so that his clothes won't show bloodstains. It probably came in handy when he was killing someone else, too.
* ChekhovsGunman: At the end his role becomes a lot more important. He's not just a simple criminal. He's the father of Simon Keyes.
* DeafComposer: A chef who lost the ability to taste.
* DirtyCoward: His reaction to killing someone on the spur of the moment is running off, abandoning his son, and letting an innocent man take the blame.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He heavily respected Jeff Masters and had no intention to frame him for the murder. Becomes subverted when he never admits earlier that he was behind the murder to exonerate Masters, choosing to save his own reputation instead.
* EvilChef: A pastry chef and the culprit of the case he appears.
* EvilLaugh: Even more proof that he's Simon's father. Edgeworth actually sees the resemblance.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When he's asked about how long his training trip in Zheng Fa was, he sweats bullets and speaks in a halting tone as he answers that it lasted three years, knowing that this means the Statute of Limitations can't protect him.
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance. He's so assured of his success that he ends up trying to outsmart the most respected prosecutor in the country using legal loopholes. Loopholes Edgeworth himself has had personal experience with stopping in the past. To say things don't go well for Gustavia is an understatement.
* ForWantOfANail: Gustavia's whole feud with Dover is what essentially kickstarts ''the whole series's plot''. After Dover is murdered, Gregory Edgeworth meets von Karma, then the latter's forgeries are exposed ([[NotMeThisTime though the one that was exposed actually wasn't his doing]]) and he gets his first penalty ever. Then DL-6 happens. Him severing ties with his son and then fleeing the country instead of searching for him causes Simon to enact his successful revenge against the Zheng-Fa conspiracy.
* HateSink: Gustavia was an abusive, cowardly, arrogant opportunist who threw out his son like trash when he was no longer needed. While it takes a while to reveal how horrible of a person he really is, when he is cornered as the killer, every positive trait he may have held disappears to reveal an extremely loathsome individual, only beaten by Blaise Debeste and Huang's body double for most loathsome character in the game.
* IHaveNoSon: Claims this in the present. He pretty much only valued his son as a guinea pig for his cooking, and once he started to get his taste back, his son had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness.]]
* IronicName: His English fan-translated name comes from the same Latin root word "to enjoy or rejoice" (which many characters do not do directly or indirectly as a result of his actions). This word also happens to be the root for the word "gustatory", as in "gustatory system", the combination of saliva and taste buds that facilitate the sense of taste, which Gustavia lacks.
* {{Jerkass}}: Once his son didn't show up for the last legs of the competition and Gustavia recovered his sense of taste after the event was over, he never went back to look for him. He also gloats about causing so much trouble to Katherine and Master, as well as how he's supposedly untouchable under the law.
* KarmaHoudini: At the very least, he managed to get away with his crime for the better part of two decades. On top of that, Raymond Shields says that he's going to try and get Jeffrey Master's conviction expunged, even though this will potentially bring the statute of limitations for Dover's murder back down from 19 years to 18, and thus prevent Gustavia from being charged. Gustavia's ultimate fate is never revealed, however.
* KickTheDog:
** He smugly says that he no longer has any connection to his son, who is no longer useful to him now that he's regained his sense of taste. Even Justine, who's defending him, calls this behavior "inhumane."
** Despite professing respect for Master, he's completely unapologetic about letting Master be imprisoned for 18 years for a crime he committed. This earns him the normally unflappable Raymond's TranquilFury.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Brandished Flavor"
* LoneWolfBoss: The case he's the villain of is the only case in the game that wasn't orchestrated in some way by Simon Keyes, although it's still relevant to his backstory.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Simon Keyes learns that Gustavia is his father late in the final case.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: His name means "full of flavor", which he most certainly isn't. His surname contains the kanji for "weathercock". In the fan translation, his first name can be seen as a shortened form of "danish," and Gustavia is a corruption of the Spanish for taste buds 'gustativa', as well as a name associated with Sweden, which would make him ''[[{{Pun}} sweetish]]''.
* NeverMyFault: Since he didn't plan for Masters to be accused of killing Issac Dover, he takes no responsibility for the fact that Master is falsely serving time for a crime he didn't commit.
* NotSoStoic: He normally speaks very polite, somewhat archaic language and acts like your typical CoolOldGuy in the present. He has one hell of an EvilLaugh, and practically borders on EvilIsHammy once he's cornered.
* RealMenCook: He's a pastry chef, and he's ''very'' serious about it too.
* {{Seppuku}}: Uses a dough effigy of himself as a surrogate for this in his VillainousBreakdown.
* SeriousBusiness: Desserts. So much so that he framed Delicia simply on account of her being "not a real pastry chef", and is deeply disappointed Jeffrey was suspected instead, as he considered him a WorthyOpponent.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Among the villains of the game, he has the smallest role in the plot and doesn't contribute much to the final case beyond being Simon Keyes's father, in addition to his murder being separate from the overarching plot. Yet for a man who's pretty much the game's only filler villain, his impact is rivaled only by Blaise Debeste:
** Abandoning his son was the first step in twisting him into a revenge-seeking misanthrope. Simon would go on and cause every case in the game except the third, which Gustavia started.
** As mentioned below, his murder of Dover ultimately led to DL-6, which motivated every major character, good and evil, from the original trilogy in some way.
* SmugSnake: Gustavia really should have studied the statute of limitations before boasting about how he has become a KarmaHoudini. If he had, he'd have realized that he was still culpable as a murderer. This was an especially stupid move when facing a prosecutor who knows the law extremely well and has a [[ParodiesForDummies law book]] to prove his point. Raymond even calls him "an amateur at law."
* ToBeAMaster: Claims this as his sole goal for entering the contest. There's more to it than that.
* TookALevelInBadass: Uh, as "badass" as pastry sculpting can be. He absolutely sucked in the flashback portion. In the present, he's creating works of art in seconds (including a life-sized replica of himself). [[TookALevelInJerkass Also seems to have become a bit of a callous]] InsufferableGenius in the meantime.
* ThrowingOffTheDisability: His own taste disorder is later cured by the widespread drug made by the Master Group.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His murder of Dover indirectly caused almost every tragedy in the original trilogy. Gregory Edgeworth got Manfred von Karma his one and only penalty at the resulting trial, and in revenge von Karma killed Gregory and raised his son Miles to be a prosecutor. Misty Fey conducted a seance that resulted in Yanni Yogi being falsely named; Misty was exiled and the Kurain Technique was disgraced. Mia Fey left to become an attorney and was killed by Redd White; Dahlia (and Iris) were thrown out, kickstarting Dahlia's life of crime; Diego Armando was poisoned, came back as Godot, and killed Misty to kill Dahlia. Oh, and some art student named Phoenix Wright became a lawyer...
* VillainousBreakdown: Carves a dough effigy of himself with his bare hands, then slices it in half.
* WakeUpCallBoss: His testimony is considerably harder to crack than anything beforehand. And even then, he still has the Statute of Limitations on his side...
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He has white hair after the TimeSkip and is an utterly reprehensible bastard.
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: You prove his motive, means and opportunity and then, in a shock subversion of the series' normal conventions, he proceeds to ''flat-out admit everything you said is true'' and gives a full confession. It seems like it's all over... until he goes LaughingMad and reminds you of the Statute of Limitations.
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!!The Forgotten Turnabout (''Bokyaku no Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Tōko Mutō''' (''Karin Jenson'')]]
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A university hospital nurse. She's Bonnie Young's granddaughter and she assists her from time to time. She found and treated Kay after she fell down and lost her memories. She was coerced into working with Blaise Debeste. He made her don a mask and the victim's clothes to pretend that she was one of the auction customers.
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* {{Blackmail}}: If she didn't help with Blaise's plan to kill Jill Crane, her grandmother will be prosecuted for producing the false autopsy report for the IS-7 Incident.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: She has black eyes and hair.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: After Blaise killed Jill during the auction, he made Karin switch clothes with her and pretend she was one of the customers.
* GenerationXerox: She ended up just like her grandmother.
* {{Kawaiiko}}: In comparison to her grandmother, she's immensely adorable.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]PunnyName: Her Japanese name comes from the word for glucose (''budoutou''). Her name in the FanTranslation comes from "injection".
* ObfuscatingStupidity: While her treatment of patients is a little over the top (Kay didn't need to be covered up so much with bandages), her clumsiness comes to a full stop when she deliberately puts false information into patient records only because her grandmother was being threatened.
* TranslatorBuddy: To her grandma.
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[[folder:'''Otome Itami''' (''Bonnie Young'')]]
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A coroner and the director of the Dye-Young hospital (Itami Hospital in Japanese) who works with Karin Jensen;, her grandchild. She's very old and when speaking she always whispers it to Karin who then relays it loud enough to the others. She was forced to work with Blaise Debeste. He made her create a fake autopsy report, which he then gave to von Karma. Blaise then threatens to ruin her and her hospital's reputation with this fact, in order to get Karin to work for him.
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* AnimeHair: She has an ''orb''-shaped bun that's as large as her entire head. It's also lavender-colored. It ''pops'' when Karin hits it too much.
* BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Acts as the tsukkomi to Karin's boke. Gumshoe lampshades this upon your initial meeting with them together, wondering if they're currently witnessing a comedy act at the moment.
* TheDividual: She never appears without her granddaughter.
* {{Gonk}}: She has a very old and wrinkly face with spectacles thicker than Coke bottles.
* MeaningfulName / PunnyName: "Itami o tome" means "stop the pain".
* NonIndicativeName: Usually, "otome" is used to describe a young lady. She most definitely isn't. The same applies to her FanTranslation name: "Bonnie" is Scottish slang for "pretty," and "Young" is self-explanatory.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She's kind to those she likes. Not so much to everyone else.
* TheVoiceless: She does talk, but the player never gets to hear her.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She looks like she's in her eighties or nineties, but she's only sixty years old. This is especially weird when you look at Blaise Debeste, who is 8 years older than she is and quite spry by comparison.
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!!The Grand Turnabout (''Oinaru Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Shimon Aizawa''' (''John Marsh'')]]
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A 13-year old child actor often mistaken for an elementary school student. He has a starring role in the upcoming Moozilla movie. He is being raised by Justine Courtney, his late mother's cousin. He is the son of the real Di-Jun Huang.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He is surprisingly sharp and perceptive for someone his age, a fact that catches Edgeworth off-guard more than once. He is also noted by Will Powers to be as professional as an adult actor.
* AnimalMotif: Based around the cow theme.
* BadassAdorable: When he's introduced, he impresses Edgeworth by holding his ground against Lang. In the end, he even almost kills a ''professional assassin'', and his reason for ultimately stopping from doing so isn't cowardice, but love for his adoptive mother.
* BerserkButton: Don't call him [[OlderThanTheyLook an Elementary School student.]]
* BrattyHalfPint: He addresses adults as old people and doesn't like to be seen with his mother whenever she wants him to behave.
* ChekhovsGunman: He first appears during Case 3 in the gallery, then in Case 4 while working on the Moozilla movie before finally becoming a witness in Case 5.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He has imp-like horns, but isn't a bad guy.
* DisappearedDad: His dad's been dead for a ''long'' time.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Visited Zodiac Art Gallery in ''The Inherited Turnabout'' and filmed a scene in front of the Grand Tower in ''The Forgotten Turnabout''.
* FailedASpotCheck: Completely failed to notice Blaise Debeste hiding in the lot and Simon Keyes lowering a body into the lot from a hot-air balloon. Granted, he had earphones in at maximum volume and was talking on the phone for the latter event, but still.
* HappilyAdopted: He's aware that Judge Courtney is not his biological mother, yet he calls her as his mother anyways and genuinely does think of her as family.
* HeroicBastard: He is the offspring of an affair. He is still good, if somewhat bratty and rude, and loves his mother and colleagues.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's about as brash and cranky as you'd expect a 13-year old boy to be, but he cares about his adoptive mother and can show respect to people if they impress him. He also refuses Dogen's PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou, not because of IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim, but because becoming a murderer would hurt his adoptive mother and everyone else who cares about him.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Pointed Age," a cool and slightly funky theme that reflects how assertive and uncaring he is.
* MeaningfulName: "Shimon" means fingerprints. In the fan translation, John's name is by coincidence shared with a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marsh real-life rancher]] who lived in California.
* MissingMom: She died a few years ago so he was adopted by her [[PromotionToParent cousin]].
* TheNapoleon: He's as short as an elementary school student and [[BerserkButton isn't proud of it]]. It's possibly also the reason why he's keen on drinking so much milk.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's a 13-year old middle school student, who looks young for his age and wears an elementary schooler's backpack due to playing one in the film. Most people are surprised once they find out.
* PerpetualFrowner: He always has this "not impressed" look throughout the entire case. The one other emotion he shows besides this one is shock.
* PunnyName: In the fan translation, his given name "John" sounds similar to his father's "Di-Jun."
* TheStoic: He doesn't smile throughout most of the game. Once you startle him though, he's just like any other boy.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: The Di-Jun Huang he saw killed was an imposter. And only the imposter, Patricia Roland, Blaise Debeste, Sirhan Dogen, and Simon Keyes knew about the real one. So it's perfectly understandable.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Milk. His damage sprite shows that his backpack contains more milk cartons, and when he gets kidnapped, a milk carton is used to track him down.
* YouKilledMyFather: To Dogen. He contemplated {{Revenge}} for a while, but ultimately decided against it, claiming that while ''he'' might enjoy it, his ''mother'' won't.
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* NoodleIncident: It's never explained exactly what he's in for. He can get quite violent when provoked, and threatens to kill Edgeworth on at least one occasion, which could imply something. But then again, Dogen says several of the inmates were falsely accused, so you never know.

* PunnyName:

* KickTheSonOfABitch: True, she tried to poison someone, though her intended victim was a remorseless bastard who had escaped justice for eighteen years.
* {{Meido}}: Acts as this during the show and outside of it.

* WhosLaughingNow: He's gleeful about seeing the conspirators who ruined his life, and who once terrified him be charged with murder (Blaise, Patricia) or end up dead(the body double).

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Though he would claim otherwise, Simon turns out to be similar to his father, Dane Gustavia. He even freezes the body of his victim in order to throw off the time of death, not knowing that Gustavia did the same thing, or even that Gustavia was his father in the first place.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Edgeworth calls him out on his revenge scheme this way. Whether he realizes it or not, he embodies qualities from the four people he happens to despise the most: