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* ProverbialWisdom: Justice Strings often quotes philosophers and statesmen, such as Creator/{{Voltaire}} and UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr. It helps him sound cultured and wise.
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* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, quotes philosophers on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece. [[spoiler:He's the mastermind behind the plot to spring Erlenmeyer, the [[FallGuy so-called]] "[[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]", from prison.]]
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* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, [[ProverbialWisdom quotes philosophers philosophers]] on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece. [[spoiler:He's [[spoiler:He ''is''' the mastermind behind the plot to spring Erlenmeyer, the [[FallGuy so-called]] so-called "[[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]", from prison.prison, he is ultimately a WellIntentionedExtremist who wants an innocent man to go free.]]
* ClosetGeek: It's not immediately apparent, but where his father might quote [[ProverbialWisdom famous philosophers]], Gerald instead quotes ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: {{Parodied|Trope}}. After Judge Chambers's trial, Apollo asks Gerald whether he knows Latin like his father. He responds by reciting the lyrics of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One-Winged Angel]].
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* UnfortunateNames: Since his father is also named "Strings", the game's text boxes abbreviate his full name... as "[[HehHehYouSaidX G. Strings]]".
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* UnfortunateNames: Since his father is also named "Strings", the game's text boxes abbreviate his full name... as name as... "[[HehHehYouSaidX G. Strings]]".
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* PunnyName: "Paul Strings" sounds an awful lot like "[[ManipulativeBastard pull strings]]". [[spoiler:Sure enough, he's pulling the strings of a conspiracy to free Robert Erlenmeyer from the asylum.]]
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%%* WellIntentionedExtremist
* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, quotes philosophers on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece. [[spoiler:While he's not a villain, he's secretly being extorted for money. He's also involved in a plot to spring Erlenmeyer, a convicted criminal, from prison.]]
* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, quotes philosophers on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece. [[spoiler:While he's not a villain, he's secretly being extorted for money. He's also involved in a plot to spring Erlenmeyer, a convicted criminal, from prison.]]
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* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, quotes philosophers on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece.
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* AmoralAttorney: Unlike Edgeworth, Manfred and Franziska, this is not evident at first glance. It comes up when Poole admits that [[spoiler:she fabricated a psychiatrist's report to get Erlenmeyer the death penalty]].
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* AmoralAttorney: Unlike Edgeworth, Manfred and Franziska, this is not evident at first glance.glance, even though she's a bit of a jerk. It comes up when Poole admits that [[spoiler:she fabricated a psychiatrist's report to get Erlenmeyer the death penalty]].
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* ButNowIMustGo: Is willing to accept the consequences of her forging the report, although she stays around for another day after the Judge is killed.
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* ButNowIMustGo: Is willing to accept the consequences of her [[spoiler:her forging the report, report]], although she stays around for another day after the Judge is killed.
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* MaliciousMisnaming: She taunts Apollo in court by calling him "Lady Justice".
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* PunchClockVillain: She doesn't mean Judge Chambers any ill will by prosecuting him, despite their romantic history. She genuinely thought he was guilty under the circumstances and wanted to see justice done.
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* UnwittingPawn: To [[spoiler:Paul Strings]]; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer.
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* UnwittingPawn: To [[spoiler:Paul Strings]]; [[spoiler:To Paul Strings; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer.]]
* GratuitousLatin: Fond of injecting Latin words into his speech. Arguably {{justified|Trope}}, as real-life lawyers use a lot of Latin in legal proceedings.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Chief Justice Strings has quite an impressive vocabulary. For example, he calls Rhea Wits a "pulchritudinous princess" when he first meets her.
* ShrineToSelf: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The bust in his room isn't one of himself, as Apollo initially suspects, but one of Leonidas.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Chief Justice Strings has quite an impressive vocabulary. For example, he calls Rhea Wits a "pulchritudinous princess" when he first meets her.
* ShrineToSelf: {{Subverted|Trope}}. The bust in his room isn't one of himself, as Apollo initially suspects, but one of Leonidas.
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* WickedCultured: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. He speaks in PurpleProse and GratuitousLatin, quotes philosophers on the regular, he keeps a bust of Leonidas in his room, and his ringtone and {{Leitmotif}} is a Bach piece. [[spoiler:While he's not a villain, he's secretly being extorted for money. He's also involved in a plot to spring Erlenmeyer, a convicted criminal, from prison.]]
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%%* FallGuy: Used as one by [[spoiler:Rhea]].
* FreudianExcuse: The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]
* NapInducingSpeak: Shawn O'Fisher mentions that he had a hard time staying awake while listening to Robert's dull and monotonous voice. Apollo later uses this as an explanation as to how the Judge was made unconscious without any blunt trauma or drugs.
* FreudianExcuse: The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]
* NapInducingSpeak: Shawn O'Fisher mentions that he had a hard time staying awake while listening to Robert's dull and monotonous voice. Apollo later uses this as an explanation as to how the Judge was made unconscious without any blunt trauma or drugs.
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* MeaningfulName: "Erlenmeyer" comes from Erlenmeyer flasks, which are used in laboratories. Fittingly, he was once a science teacher before he went insane.
* NapInducingSpeak: Shawn
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* WordSaladHumor: How he speaks, due to his insanity. The "humor" part is averted for the most part: the game does a ''very'' effective job at [[PlayedForDrama playing it for drama.]] Additionally, some of his gibberish actually makes sense once you know the truth. For example, when he says that "The strawberry killed the plum", he's referring to Rhea, who wears red clothes.
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* WordSaladHumor: How [[spoiler:How he speaks, due to his insanity. The "humor" part is averted for the most part: the game does a ''very'' effective job at [[PlayedForDrama playing it for drama.]] Additionally, some of his gibberish actually makes sense once you know the truth. For example, when he says that "The strawberry killed the plum", he's referring to Rhea, who wears red clothes.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's set up as the culprit for killing Erlenmeyer, but it turns out the killing was faked.
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* DiscOneFinalBoss: He's set up as the culprit for killing Erlenmeyer, but it [[spoiler:it turns out the killing was faked.faked]].
* BunnyEarsLawyer: At the start of the trial, he ''walks into the wrong courtroom'' and starts '''''[[BigLippedAlligatorMoment acting out the defense and prosecution's opening statements.]]''''' Nevertheless, his father praises him as an up-and-coming genius, and he's [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure actually quite reasonable]] once the proceedings officially start.
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* UnfortunateNames: Since his father is also named "Strings", the game's text boxes abbreviate his full name... as "[[HehHehYouSaidX G. Strings]]".
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The Honorable Judge Chambers, better known simply as "the Judge" or "Udgey". One of the city's most famous judges, he now finds himself on trial for the murder of Robert Erlenmeyer, the Mysterious Bust Killer [[spoiler:in revenge for the death of his brother Arthur.]]
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but is murdered later that night after witnessing Rhea trying to kill Erlenmeyer.]]
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but is murdered later that night after witnessing Rhea trying to kill Erlenmeyer.]]
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The Honorable Judge Chambers, better known simply as "the Judge" or "Udgey". One of the city's most famous judges, he now finds himself on trial for the murder of Robert Erlenmeyer, the Mysterious Bust Killer [[spoiler:in revenge for the death of his brother Arthur.]]
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but is murdered later that night after witnessing Rhea trying to kill Erlenmeyer.]]Killer.
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but is murdered later that night after witnessing Rhea trying to kill Erlenmeyer.]]
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Better known as "the Judge's brother", Arthur Chambers was the Canadian judge who presided over Mia Fey and Miles Edgeworth's first trial. [[spoiler:He was a victim of the Mysterious Bust Killer.]]
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Better known as "the Judge's brother", Arthur Chambers was the Canadian judge who presided over Mia Fey and Miles Edgeworth's first trial. [[spoiler:He was a victim of the Mysterious Bust Killer.]]
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Rhea Wits is a bright and cheerful young woman who happens to work in the death industry. Her brother Nathan was brutally murdered by an infamous serial murderer, the "[[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]", and she had to testify in the trial of the alleged culprit, Robert Erlenmeyer, where she befriended Judge Chambers who like her had lost of a member of his family to the murders. When Judge is arrested for the murder of Erlenmeyer, she decides to help Apollo investigate the case, convinced that there is more to the story than meets the eye. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Mysterious Bust Killer, and the [[BigBad true culprit of the case]]]].
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Rhea Wits is a bright and cheerful young woman who happens to work in the death industry. Her brother Nathan was brutally murdered by an infamous serial murderer, the "[[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]", and she had to testify in the trial of the alleged culprit, Robert Erlenmeyer, where she befriended Judge Chambers who like her had lost of a member of his family to the murders. When Judge is arrested for the murder of Erlenmeyer, she decides to help Apollo investigate the case, convinced that there is more to the story than meets the eye. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Mysterious Bust Killer, and the [[BigBad true culprit of the case]]]].
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Robert Erlenmeyer is the victim in this case, and is also known as the [[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]. Prior to his killing spree, he was once a biology teacher. [[spoiler:He's not actually dead, he was broken out of prison by his brother. Furthermore, he's not the real Mysterious Bust Killer, and he's accused of murdering Judge Chambers the day after the latter's acquittal.]]
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Robert Erlenmeyer is the victim in this case, and is also known as the [[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]. Prior to his killing spree, he was once a biology teacher. [[spoiler:He's not actually dead, he was broken out of prison by his brother. Furthermore, he's not the real Mysterious Bust Killer, and he's accused of murdering Judge Chambers the day after the latter's acquittal.]]
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Shawn O. Fisher is a guard at the Clooney Prison Asylum who is Meekins' superior. [[spoiler:He is also Robert Erlenmeyer's twin brother Bob, and he collaborated with Paul Strings to break him out of prison]].
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Paul Strings is the Chief Justice of his State's Supreme Court[[note]]The one mentioned in Apollo Justice was apparently replaced after the events of 4-3[[/note]], and quite a towering presence. A self-taught man who comes from a poor family in the countryside with an abusive father, he is an avid reader who is fond of quoting famous philosophers and intellectuals, and has a love for everything ancient. Even if he is not in charge of the Judge Chambers case, he seems to be strangely involved with its events, and appears to have a history with the defendant. His son, Gerald, is Judge's replacement in court. [[spoiler:He was also the mastermind behind the plan to break Erlenmeyer out of prison.]]
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Paul Strings is the Chief Justice of his State's Supreme Court[[note]]The one mentioned in Apollo Justice was apparently replaced after the events of 4-3[[/note]], and quite a towering presence. A self-taught man who comes from a poor family in the countryside with an abusive father, he is an avid reader who is fond of quoting famous philosophers and intellectuals, and has a love for everything ancient. Even if he is not in charge of the Judge Chambers case, he seems to be strangely involved with its events, and appears to have a history with the defendant. His son, Gerald, is Judge's replacement in court. [[spoiler:He was also the mastermind behind the plan to break Erlenmeyer out of prison.]]
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* WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] when he realises that [[spoiler:[[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]]]] When [[spoiler:Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]]
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* WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] everyone when he realises that [[spoiler:[[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]]]] When [[spoiler:Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey. [[spoiler:In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]].]]
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* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey. [[spoiler:In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.[[http://www.court-records.net/arts/gs3_15.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]].]]
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* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a single red flower in her hair. [[spoiler:She still has it while she's in prison, though it's been shredded to pieces.]]
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* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:She thinks murder is the highest form of living — so logically, it should make her a would-be higher life-form. And why is it okay to kill people? Because they're apparently "not really living."]]
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* [[spoiler: BeneathTheMask: What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* [[spoiler: BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler: What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
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* [[spoiler: FalseFriend: [[spoiler: With Judge, [[DramaticIrony whose brother she murdered,]] and with Apollo, [[UnwittingPawn who she's stringing along for her own ends.]]]]
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* [[spoiler: TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. Hoo boy, she'd give Dahlia, Matt or Kristoff a run for their money! She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* [[spoiler: StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* [[spoiler: TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: She grabs a shovel from hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.]]
* [[spoiler: StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* [[spoiler: TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.]]
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: She grabs a shovel from hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheSociopath: [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. Hoo boy, she'd give Dahlia, Matt or Kristoff a run for their money! She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
*[[spoiler: StrawNihilist: [[spoiler: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
*[[spoiler: TimeLimitBoss: Manages [[spoiler:Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.]]
*[[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: She grabs a shovel from hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.]]
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* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* [[spoiler: BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:What What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. Hoo boy, she'd give Dahlia, Matt or Kristoff a run for their money! She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler:Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:She grabs a shovel from hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.]]
* StrawNihilist: [[spoiler:Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:She grabs a shovel from hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven [[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. Hoo boy, she'd give Dahlia, Matt or Kristoff a run for their money! She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* [[spoiler: StrawNihilist:[[spoiler:Her Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* [[spoiler: TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a timelimit.
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* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the [[ForTheEvulz sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[TheDarkKnight [[Film/TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: He slips into this after the BigBad is exsposed.
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* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a single red flower in her hair. [[spoiler:She still has it whilr she's in prison, though it's been shredded to pieces.]]
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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
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* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly]]. Hoo boy, she'd give Dahlia, Matt or Kristoff a run for their money! She even killed her ''own brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
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* BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend and help him on the investigation, but she turns out to be the true culprit behind everything.]]
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* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:Rhea Wits -> '''''[[BigBad "It Was Her."]]''''']]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
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* SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:Rhea Rhea Wits -> '''''[[BigBad "It = [[spoiler:'''''It Was Her."]]''''']]
Her''''']].
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put itmildly.]] mildly]]. She even killed her ''own brother'', brother'' [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMask Clearly, there There is a vast abyss]] abyss between who Rhea seems to be, be and who she truly is. If you knew more, it would be massive spoilers.
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* FallGuy: Used as one by [[spoiler:Rhea]].
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* AmoralAttorney: Unlike Edgeworth, Manfred and Franziska, this is not evident at first glance. It comes up when Poole admits that she fabricated a psychiatrist's report to get Erlenmeyer the death penalty.
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* AmoralAttorney: Unlike Edgeworth, Manfred and Franziska, this is not evident at first glance. It comes up when Poole admits that she [[spoiler:she fabricated a psychiatrist's report to get Erlenmeyer the death penalty.penalty]].
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* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
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* [[spoiler:TheSociopath]]: TheSociopath: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
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* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoile:Because he's not actually dead.]]
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Apollo Justice is a rookie attorney with only four cases under his belt. His mentor was Kristoph Gavin, a skilled but mentally unstable defense lawyer whose pride and paranoia led him to commit multiple murders. He is now the protégé of legendary attorney Phoenix Wright. Apollo, who recently discovered that he is the son of Thalassa Gramarye, former member of a troupe of magicians, and the half-brother of Trucy Wright, Phoenix's adoptive daughter, possesses a bracelet which allows him to detect when people lie.
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* WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] when he realises that [[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]] When Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]
[[WMG:Ema Skye]]
* BigDamnHeroes
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* DemotedToExtra
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* BigDamnHeroes
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* WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] when he realises that [[BigBadFriend [[spoiler:[[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]] ]]]] When Rhea [[spoiler:Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]
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!!Ema Skye
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Ema Skye is a detective from the Los Angeles Police Department leading the initial investigation in the murder of Robert Erlenmeyer. After the death of her parents, she was raised by her elder sister, ex-Chief Prosecutor Lana Skye. She dreamed of becoming a forensic scientist, though she did not succeed in qualifying for the position, and was instead hired as a detective.
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*BigDamnHeroes
[[WMG:Phoenix Wright]]
BigDamnHeroes: Arrives in the courtroom just before the verdict is entered with three crucial pieces of evidence [[spoiler:that help corner Rhea]].
!!Phoenix Wright
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Phoenix Wright is a legendary ex-defense attorney known for his nearly spotless record and tendency to turn hopeless cases around. His career went off after the murder of his mentor, Mia Fey, and he quickly rose to fame over the next few years. Unfortunately, it was all cut off abruptly just a few months after the trial of Iris of Hazakura Temple, when he was caught with forged evidence in the trial of Zak Gramarye. After clearing his name and catching the culprit behind his disbarment and several murders, Kristoph Gavin, he has left for Borginia with his adoptive daughter Trucy and her mother, Thalassa Gramarye, leaving his protégé Apollo at the office.
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*DemotedToExtraDemotedToExtra: Due to being away nearly the entire time, he's mostly delegated to this role, occasionally contacting Apollo by cellphone.
[[WMG:Ema Skye]]
!!Ema Skye
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Ema Skye is a detective from the Los Angeles Police Department leading the initial investigation in the murder of Robert Erlenmeyer. After the death of her parents, she was raised by her elder sister, ex-Chief Prosecutor Lana Skye. She dreamed of becoming a forensic scientist, though she did not succeed in qualifying for the position, and was instead hired as a detective.
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[[WMG:Phoenix Wright]]
!!Phoenix Wright
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Phoenix Wright is a legendary ex-defense attorney known for his nearly spotless record and tendency to turn hopeless cases around. His career went off after the murder of his mentor, Mia Fey, and he quickly rose to fame over the next few years. Unfortunately, it was all cut off abruptly just a few months after the trial of Iris of Hazakura Temple, when he was caught with forged evidence in the trial of Zak Gramarye. After clearing his name and catching the culprit behind his disbarment and several murders, Kristoph Gavin, he has left for Borginia with his adoptive daughter Trucy and her mother, Thalassa Gramarye, leaving his protégé Apollo at the office.
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[[WMG:Judge Chambers]]
Also known as The Judge, but this time he's the defendant for killing Robert Erlenmeyer [[spoiler:in revenge for killing his brother]].
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but then is killed by Rhea for seeing her disposing of Erlenmeyer]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason he was killed was because he saw Rhea about to kill Erlenmeyer.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Rhea, whom he met while on the Mysterious Bust Killer case.
* KilledOffForReal
* SpannerInTheWorks: He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about Rhea's downfall.
* UnwittingPawn: To Chambers; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer.
Also known as The Judge, but this time he's the defendant for killing Robert Erlenmeyer [[spoiler:in revenge for killing his brother]].
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but then is killed by Rhea for seeing her disposing of Erlenmeyer]]
* HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason he was killed was because he saw Rhea about to kill Erlenmeyer.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Rhea, whom he met while on the Mysterious Bust Killer case.
* KilledOffForReal
* SpannerInTheWorks: He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about Rhea's downfall.
* UnwittingPawn: To Chambers; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer.
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The Honorable Judge Chambers, better known simply as
[[spoiler:He gets acquitted, but
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Rhea, whom he met while on the Mysterious Bust Killer
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* SpannerInTheWorks: To [[spoiler:Rhea Wits]]. He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about
* UnwittingPawn: To
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Also known as the Judge's brother (and the one who presided over Mia and Edgeworth's first trial). [[spoiler:He is a victim of the Mysterious Bust Killer]]
Also known as the Judge's brother (and the one who presided over Mia and Edgeworth's first trial). [[spoiler:He is a victim of the Mysterious Bust Killer]]
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[[WMG:Mike Meekins]]
A guard at the asylum who was on duty when Chambers visited.
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* PosthumousCharacter
[[WMG:Mike Meekins]]
PosthumousCharacter: Has been dead for some time before the beginning of the case.
!!Mike Meekins
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A former police officer, court bailiff and Blue Badger mascot, Mike Meekins is a guard at theasylum Clooney Prison Asylum who was on duty when Judge Chambers visited.
visited Robert Erlenmeyer.
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[[WMG:Mike Meekins]]
!!Mike Meekins
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[[WMG: Jake Marshall]]
He shows up to testify late in the second day of the trial when Ema is out gathering evidence.
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[[WMG:Rhea Wits]]
Owner of a funeral home, and Apollo's partner on this case. [[spoiler:She is actually the real Mysterious Bust Killer]].
* BareYourMidriff
* BigBad: She's the true culprit.
* BigBadFriend: Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend and help him on the investigation, but she turns out to be the true culprit behind everything.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.
* BreakingSpeech: Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, [[spoiler:Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt]] had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]
* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey. [[spoiler: In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]]]]
* FalseFriend: With Judge, [[DramaticIrony who's brother she murdered,]] and with Apollo, [[UnwittingPawn who she's stringing along for her own ends.]]
* FlowerInHerHair
* ForTheEvulz: What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]
* FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Nothing in the story suggests she suffered any personal tragedies beyond losing her brother that would encourage her to become a killer, especially when you consider ''she'' killed him in the first place. When she finally shows her true colours, one gets the impression that one day, she just thought to herself how fun it would be to kill people, and decided to give it the old college try.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Judge. Or so she wants everyone to think.
* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]] TheStinger implies that she has developed this relationship with Apollo for exposing her.
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Rhea Wits is a bright and cheerful young woman who happens to work in the death industry. Her brother Nathan was brutally murdered by an infamous serial murderer, the "[[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]]", and she had to testify in the trial of the alleged culprit, Robert Erlenmeyer, where she befriended Judge Chambers who like her had lost of a
* BareYourMidriff
* BigBad: She's
* BigBadFriend: Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend and help him on the investigation, but she turns out to be the
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.
* BreakingSpeech: Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, [[spoiler:Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt]] had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill
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*
* FalseFriend: With Judge, [[DramaticIrony who's brother she murdered,]] and with Apollo, [[UnwittingPawn who she's stringing along for her own ends.]]
* FlowerInHerHair
* ForTheEvulz: What
* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]: [[spoiler:Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend and help him on the investigation, but she turns out to be the true culprit behind everything.]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess. [[CombatPragmatist It also serves as a distraction to keep him from devising arguments against her.]]]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: [[spoiler:She manages to surpass every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, Matt, Dahlia and Kristoph had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]]]
* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey. [[spoiler:In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]].]]
* [[spoiler:FalseFriend]]: [[spoiler:With Judge, [[DramaticIrony who's brother she murdered,]] and with Apollo, [[UnwittingPawn who she's stringing along for her own ends.]]]]
* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a single red flower in her hair. [[spoiler:She still has it whilr she's in prison, though it's been shredded to pieces.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With
* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]] [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed that she was the one who murdered her own brother. TheStinger implies that she has developed this relationship with Apollo for exposing her.]]
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* SerialKiller
* TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]
* StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".
* TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]
* StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".
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* SerialKiller
SignificantAnagram: [[spoiler:Rhea Wits -> '''''[[BigBad "It Was Her."]]''''']]
*TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven [[spoiler:TheSociopath]]: [[spoiler:[[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]
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* StrawNihilist:Her [[spoiler:Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: She grabs a shovel from {{hammerspace}} and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMask There is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* TheWalrusWasPaul: As it turns out, there was no motivation at all behind the sheet music and fake naked photos of the victims arranged in the shape of a bust. She just put these things in her crime scenes to mess with the police.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo decides to defend Erlenmeyer, she's quite outraged. But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes.
[[WMG: Robert Erlenmeyer]]
The victim in this case, known as the Mysterious Bust Killer. [[spoiler:He's not actually dead, and is broken out of prison by his brother. He gets accused of the Judge's murder]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMask There is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* TheWalrusWasPaul: As it turns out, there was no motivation at all behind the sheet music and fake naked photos of the victims arranged in the shape of a bust. She just put these things in her crime scenes to mess with the police.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo decides to defend Erlenmeyer, she's quite outraged. But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes.
[[WMG: Robert Erlenmeyer]]
The victim in this case, known as the Mysterious Bust Killer. [[spoiler:He's not actually dead, and is broken out of prison by his brother. He gets accused of the Judge's murder]]
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* VillainousBreakdown: She [[spoiler:Villainous Breakdown]]: [[spoiler:She grabs a shovel from {{hammerspace}} hammerspace and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.
floor.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMaskThere Clearly, there is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* TheWalrusWasPaul:As [[spoiler:As it turns out, there was no motivation at all behind the sheet music and fake naked photos of the victims arranged in the shape of a bust. She just put these things in her crime scenes to mess with the police.
police.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo decides to defend Erlenmeyer, she's quite outraged.But [[spoiler:But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes.
[[WMG:crimes.]]
!!Robert Erlenmeyer
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RobertErlenmeyer]]
TheErlenmeyer is the victim in this case, and is also known as the [[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer. Killer]]. Prior to his killing spree, he was once a biology teacher. [[spoiler:He's not actually dead, and is he was broken out of prison by his brother. He gets Furthermore, he's not the real Mysterious Bust Killer, and he's accused of murdering Judge Chambers the Judge's murder]]
day after the latter's acquittal.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMask
* TheWalrusWasPaul:
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo decides to defend Erlenmeyer, she's quite outraged.
[[WMG:
!!Robert Erlenmeyer
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Robert
The
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* FallGuy: Used as one by Rhea.[[spoiler:Rhea]].
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Because he's not actually dead.
* PosthumousCharacter: Subverted. He's actually alive.
* PosthumousCharacter: Subverted. He's actually alive.
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* NeverFoundTheBody: Because [[spoile:Because he's not actually dead.
dead.]]
* PosthumousCharacter:Subverted.[[spoiler:Subverted. He's actually alive.]]
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[[WMG:Shawn O. Fisher / Bob Erlenmeyer]]
A guard at the asylum, who is Meekins' superior [[spoiler:and Erlenmeyer's twin brother. He collaborated with Paul Strings to break Erlenmeyer out of prison]].
A guard at the asylum, who is Meekins' superior [[spoiler:and Erlenmeyer's twin brother. He collaborated with Paul Strings to break Erlenmeyer out of prison]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for his brother.
[[WMG:Paul Strings]]
The new Chief Justice of the court system[[note]]The one mentioned in Apollo Justice was apparently replaced after the events of 4-3[[/note]]. [[spoiler:He also masterminded the plan to break Erlenmeyer out of prison]].
[[WMG:Paul Strings]]
The new Chief Justice of the court system[[note]]The one mentioned in Apollo Justice was apparently replaced after the events of 4-3[[/note]]. [[spoiler:He also masterminded the plan to break Erlenmeyer out of prison]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite [[spoiler:Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for his brother.
[[WMG:Paul Strings]]
The newbrother.]]
!!Paul Strings
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Paul Strings is the Chief Justice ofthe court system[[note]]The his State's Supreme Court[[note]]The one mentioned in Apollo Justice was apparently replaced after the events of 4-3[[/note]]. 4-3[[/note]], and quite a towering presence. A self-taught man who comes from a poor family in the countryside with an abusive father, he is an avid reader who is fond of quoting famous philosophers and intellectuals, and has a love for everything ancient. Even if he is not in charge of the Judge Chambers case, he seems to be strangely involved with its events, and appears to have a history with the defendant. His son, Gerald, is Judge's replacement in court. [[spoiler:He was also masterminded the mastermind behind the plan to break Erlenmeyer out of prison]].
prison.]]
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[[WMG:Paul Strings]]
The new
!!Paul Strings
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Paul Strings is the Chief Justice of
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He's faced with this regarding Erlenmeyer. He [[spoiler:He chooses to break the law by freeing him, but accepts his punishment once he's caught.]]
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[[WMG:Jessica Poole]]
The prosecutor Apollo goes up against on this case, who is tirelessly devoted to justice.
The prosecutor Apollo goes up against on this case, who is tirelessly devoted to justice.
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A tough veteran prosecutor
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[[WMG:Gerald Strings]]
The Chief Justice's son, who is relatively new.
[[WMG:Gerald Strings]]
The Chief Justice's son, who is relatively new.
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* NewOldFlame: To the Judge
[[WMG:Gerald Strings]]
Judge.
* {{Troll}}: Messes with Gerald Strings when he arrives late due to walking in the wrong courtroom.
!!Gerald Strings
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The son of ChiefJustice's son, who Justice Paul Strings, he is the replacement judge in charge of Judge Chambers' trial. He is relatively new.
new to the courts.
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[[WMG:Gerald Strings]]
* {{Troll}}: Messes with Gerald Strings when he arrives late due to walking in the wrong courtroom.
!!Gerald Strings
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The son of Chief
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[[WMG:Vivian Snow]]
[[WMG:Vivian Snow]]
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--> '''Gerald Strings:''' Get that... that... ''thing'' out of my courtroom, this instant! (...) BAILIFF, I SAID '''THIS INSTANT'''!
[[WMG:Vivian Snow]]!!Vivian Snow
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* InsistentTerminology: Takes issue with the Mysterious Bust Killer's gender. It turns out that the real killer is a woman.
* StrawFeminist: PlayedForLaughs
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* InsistentTerminology: Takes issue with the Mysterious Bust Killer's gender.
* StrawFeminist:
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, [[spoiler:Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt'' had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, [[spoiler:Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt'' Matt]] had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]
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* NapInducingSpeak: Shawn O'Fisher mentions that he had a hard time staying awake while listening to Robert's dull and monotonous voice. Apollo later uses this as an explanation as to how the Judge was made unconscious without any blunt trauma or drugs.
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* TheWalrusWasPaul: As it turns out, there was no motivation at all behind the sheet music and fake naked photos of the victims arranged in the shape of a bust. She just put these things in her crime scenes to mess with the police.
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* FreudianExcuse: :The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]
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* FreudianExcuse: :The The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]
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* WordSaladHumor: How he speaks, due to his insanity. The "humor" part is averted for the most part: the game does a ''very'' effective job at [[PlayedForDrama playing it for drama.]]
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* WordSaladHumor: How he speaks, due to his insanity. The "humor" part is averted for the most part: the game does a ''very'' effective job at [[PlayedForDrama playing it for drama.]]
]] Additionally, some of his gibberish actually makes sense once you know the truth. For example, when he says that "The strawberry killed the plum", he's referring to Rhea, who wears red clothes.
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* [[spoiler: WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] when he realises that [[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]] When Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeKnowsTooMuch]]HeKnowsTooMuch: The reason he was killed was because he saw Rhea about to kill Erlenmeyer.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about Rhea's downfall]].
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Chambers; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer]]
* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about Rhea's downfall]].
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:To Chambers; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer]]
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
KilledOffForReal
* SpannerInTheWorks:[[spoiler:He He accidentally takes sleeping medicine instead of tranquilizers, then heads to the cemetery late at night. He gets killed, but this gradually brings about Rhea's downfall]].
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* UnwittingPawn:[[spoiler:To To Chambers; his visit furthered the plan to spring Erlenmeyer]]Erlenmeyer.
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BusCrash: He was killed between his appearance in the official games and this case.
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[[WMG:[[spoiler:Jake Marshall]]]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Very attractive, and very helpful, and is generally well-liked by everyone, the Judge and Apollo included. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Ha]] [[BigBad Ha]] [[TheSociopath Ha]] [[HaHaHaNo No]]]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
** [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
* [[spoiler:BreakingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess]].
* [[spoiler:DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
** [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
* [[spoiler:BreakingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess]].
* [[spoiler:DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]]]
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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Very attractive, BigBad: She's the true culprit.
* BigBadFriend: Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend andvery helpful, and is generally well-liked by everyone, help him on the Judge and Apollo included. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Ha]] [[BigBad Ha]] [[TheSociopath Ha]] [[HaHaHaNo No]]]]
investigation, but she turns out to be the true culprit behind everything.
*[[spoiler:BigBad]]
** [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing:BitchInSheepsClothing: Basically, she seems nice enough when you first meet her, but it turns out, there's not a nice bone in her body.]]
body.
*[[spoiler:BreakingSpeech]]: [[spoiler:Gives BreakingSpeech: Gives Apollo one to eat up his time during the recess]].
recess.
*[[spoiler:DarkerAndEdgier: DarkerAndEdgier: Than every other canon BigBad before her. As horrible as they were, Dahlia, [[spoiler:Dahlia, Kristoph, and Matt Matt'' had human, if petty excuses for their crimes, and each personally killed at most three to four people. Rhea outdoes ''all of them'' by being a SerialKiller of ''twelve people'' for no other reason than the [[ForTheEvulz thrill of the crime,]] and to [[ItsAllAboutMe boost her ego.]]]]]]
* BigBadFriend: Pretends to be Apollo's (girl)friend and
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** [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]
* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing:
*
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* [[spoiler: ForTheEvulz: What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Nothing in the story suggests she suffered any personal tragedies beyond losing her brother that would encourage her to become a killer, especially when you consider ''she'' killed him in the first place. When she finally shows her true colours, one gets the impression that one day, she just thought to herself how fun it would be to kill people, and decided to give it the old college try.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Judge. [[spoiler:Or so she wants everyone to think.]]
* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]] [[spoiler: TheStinger implies that she has developed this relationship with Apollo for exposing her.]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Nothing in the story suggests she suffered any personal tragedies beyond losing her brother that would encourage her to become a killer, especially when you consider ''she'' killed him in the first place. When she finally shows her true colours, one gets the impression that one day, she just thought to herself how fun it would be to kill people, and decided to give it the old college try.]]
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Judge. [[spoiler:Or so she wants everyone to think.]]
* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]] [[spoiler: TheStinger implies that she has developed this relationship with Apollo for exposing her.]]
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Judge.
* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]]
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* [[spoiler:StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* [[spoiler:TimeLimitBoss]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Without giving much away, [[BeneathTheMask there is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo [[spoiler:decides to defend Erlenmeyer]], she's quite outraged. [[spoiler:But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes]].
* [[spoiler:TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* [[spoiler:StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
* [[spoiler:TimeLimitBoss]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Without giving much away, [[BeneathTheMask there is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo [[spoiler:decides to defend Erlenmeyer]], she's quite outraged. [[spoiler:But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes]].
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* [[spoiler:SerialKiller]]
SerialKiller
*[[spoiler:TheSociopath: TheSociopath: [[UpToEleven To put it mildly.]] She even killed her ''own brother'', [[ManipulativeBitch just to throw the police off, and get involved in the case,]] and as Apollo points out, she's clearly incapable of loving anything or anyone, [[EmptyShell even herself.]]]]
* [[spoiler:StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".]]
*[[spoiler:TimeLimitBoss]]
StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".
*[[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]
TimeLimitBoss: Manages to convince Gerald Strings to put a time limit on the final part of the trial. After all, the witnesses can't take all their time coming up with what to say, so it's only fair that the defense would have a time limit.
* VillainousBreakdown: She grabs a shovel from {{hammerspace}} and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.
* WalkingSpoiler:Without giving much away, [[BeneathTheMask there There is a vast abyss]] between who Rhea seems to be, and who she truly is.
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo[[spoiler:decides decides to defend Erlenmeyer]], Erlenmeyer, she's quite outraged. [[spoiler:But But it turns out that it's mainly because she wants him to be convicted for her crimes]].
crimes.
*
* [[spoiler:StrawNihilist: Her reason for killing people is essentially that she thinks killing is the highest form of living -- so logically, killing as many people as she likes is not only perfectly okay, but makes her a would-be higher life-form. And why is okay to kill those people? Because they're apparently "not really living".
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* VillainousBreakdown: She grabs a shovel from {{hammerspace}} and digs a hole in the courtroom floor.
* WalkingSpoiler:
* WhatTheHellHero: When Apollo
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* [[spoiler:FallGuy]]: [[spoiler:Used as one by Rhea]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Because he's not actually dead]].
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Subverted. He's actually alive]].
* [[spoiler:FallGuy]]: [[spoiler:Used as one by Rhea]].
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Because he's not actually dead]].
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Subverted. He's actually alive]].
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* [[spoiler:FakingTheDead]]: [[spoiler:By FakingTheDead: By his brother]]
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*[[spoiler:FallGuy]]: [[spoiler:Used FallGuy: Used as one by Rhea]].
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* FreudianExcuse:[[spoiler:The :The death of his cat, which he believed to be his fault, drove him into madness. But it's subverted, as even mad, [[FrameUp he never killed anyone]]]]
anyone]]
* NeverFoundTheBody:[[spoiler:Because Because he's not actually dead]].
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for [[spoiler: his brother.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his abrasive personality, he deeply cares for [[spoiler: his brother.]]
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He's faced with this [[spoiler:regarding Erlenmeyer. He chooses to break the law by freeing him, but accepts his punishment once he's caught]].
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: He's faced with this [[spoiler:regarding Erlenmeyer. He chooses to break the law by freeing him, but accepts his punishment once he's caught]].
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* [[spoiler:AntiVillain: Type III]]
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* [[spoiler:AmoralAttorney]]: [[spoiler:Unlike AmoralAttorney: Unlike Edgeworth, Manfred and Franziska, this is not evident at first glance. It comes up when Poole admits that she fabricated a psychiatrist's report to get Erlenmeyer the death penalty]].
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* [[spoiler: WasItAllALie: He's about as [[ShockingSwerve shocked as everyone]] when he realises that [[BigBadFriend Rhea's the killer.]] When Rhea taunts him about how she'll get away with her crimes, he switches from her best pawn, to her greatest enemy.]]
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* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey [[spoiler: In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]]]]
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* {{Expy}}: Being a PluckyGirl and TheWatson, nevertheless involved in a business regarding the dead, she seems to be channeling Maya Fey Fey. [[spoiler: In reality, being a BitchInSheepsClothing and the BigBad, her tendency to refer to her [[UnwittingPawn 'love interest']] by a pet name, and [[TheStinger the stinger's]] implication of her developing a [[ItsPersonal vendetta against the defense attorney who exposed her]] makes her a clear cut {{Expy}} of Dahlia Hawethorne. Her physical appearance is even based off of the concept art for [[http://aceattorney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Fanbook_Dahlia_2.jpg Dalhia Hawethorne]]]]
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* ItsPersonal: With [[SerialKiller Robert Erlenmeyer]] [[YouKilledMyFather for killing her brother.]] [[spoiler: TheStinger implies that she has developed this relationship with Apollo for exposing her.]]
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* [[spoiler: ForTheEvulz: What makes her so repulsive, and yet at the same time, unconsidered as a suspect is the sheer lack of any reasonable motive for the crimes. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds A biology teacher snapping from reliving a childhood trauma]] is leagues easier to swallow than a [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil young, seemingly well-adjusted woman deciding to kill several people]] [[StrawNihilist because she believed they weren't really alive.]] Paul Strings unintentionally [[ShoutOut compares her]] to [[TheDarkKnight the Joker]] with the Burmese Bandit quote, and all things considered, its fairly fitting.]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Nothing in the story suggests she suffered any personal tragedies beyond losing her brother that would encourage her to become a killer, especially when you consider ''she'' killed him in the first place. When she finally shows her true colours, one gets the impression that one day, she just thought to herself how fun it would be to kill people, and decided to give it the old college try.]]
* [[spoiler: FreudianExcuse: [[DefiedTrope Defied.]] Nothing in the story suggests she suffered any personal tragedies beyond losing her brother that would encourage her to become a killer, especially when you consider ''she'' killed him in the first place. When she finally shows her true colours, one gets the impression that one day, she just thought to herself how fun it would be to kill people, and decided to give it the old college try.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: A CloudCuckooLander, and something of a careerist, who's willing to indulge in unorthodox court procedures to improve his reputation. [[spoiler: Then [[BigBad Rhea]] [[TheReveal reveals what she really is]] and his only reaction is [[ThisIsUnforgivable sheer, unadulterated disgust]] and an immediate Not Guilty verdict for the defendant. After the trial, [[HeelRealization he decides to retire as a judge]] partially because he realised that he unintentionally aided a SerialKiller out of his attraction to her, and to further his career.]]
