History Characters / UltimateMarvelVsCapcom3

* VariableMix: He's got 2 themes, one as his standard character theme, and one for when Phoenix is in Turnabout mode.

* HairFlip: Just before his Spiral Swords hyper.

While not the most adept fighter in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' universe, Phoenix Wright is nonetheless an expert defense attorney, who only wants to free the innocent and sentence the guilty. Nick's fighting style mirrors his home game: in Investigation Mode you gather "good" evidence while throwing away "bad" evidences, and in Courtroom Mode you throw documents and each "good" evidence turns into a decent projectile. If you have three pieces of good evidence and connect with an "[[CatchPhrase Objection!]]", Nick enters "Turnabout Mode" where his moves are powered up and he can use his Level 3 Hyper Combo, accusing his opponent of being the real culprit.

* AdaptationalBadass: Given that he doesn't even fight in his home series and is a playable character in a fighting game, although he is canonially considered incredible hardy for the standards of his own universe, repeatedly surviving accidents and attempts on his life that would have killed other characters and causing the destruction of at least 2 metal doors in his way.

* ConfettiDrop: Courtesy of Maya in his win animation.

** One particular example: In one of his hypers, the Judge appears behind him, smashing both the enemy and ''Phoenix Wright himself'' with his gavel. Phoenix doesn't take any damage, though.

* HandBehindHead: His winpose.

* JokeCharacter: Mostly in Investigation mode.

* BadassBiker: This is the dude who single-handedly made [[WesternAnimation/FantasticFour Galactus (the final boss of the game, mind you)]] his ''[[PrecisionFStrike bitch]]''.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8ob0BAkOs See for yourself.]]

** More pronounced at "Courtroom mode", where each "good" evidence has its own properties as a projectiles. Flower vase is an arc; knife is a 3-directional projectile; watch is a time-delayed projectile; pictures is a 3-hit compressed beam.

* {{Badass in a Nice Suit}}: His default costume is his trademark classy three-piece (with his second color scheme being based on Edgeworth).

* BarrierMaiden: Courtesy of Maya

* FingerPokeOfDoom: see {{Kamehamehadoken}}

* {{Kamehamehadoken}}: The aforementioned good-evidence projectiles, as well as a steroid-induced, beamlike version of his trademark finger point in Turnabout Mode.

* BadassBystander: He's a FREAKIN LAWYER that can BEAT THE CRAP OUTTA FREAKIN GALACTUS!

* FingerPokeOfDoom: One of his attacks in Turnabout mode.

* AdaptationalBadass: Given that he doesn't even fight in his home series and is a playable character in a fighting game, although he is canonially considered incredible hardy for the standarts of his own universe, repeatedly surviving accidents and attempts on his life that would have killed other characters and causing the destruction of at least 2 metal doors in his way.

** InvulnerableAttack: During his punching combo hyper. It gets to the point where even other hypers can't knock him out of it!

* BadassAdorable: He's a cute little raccoon. A raccoon that is a master of numerous weapons, a brilliant tactician and an expert engineer.

* NamesTheSame: There's already [[Characters/MarvelVsCapcom3MarvelCharacters Jean Grey/Phoenix]] in the games, so most people tend to stick with FullNameBasis.
** LastNameBasis: Not quite so. Everybody (except Akuma, Nemesis, Amaterasu, Ghost Rider and Firebrand) refers to him as simply "Mr. Wright".

-->'''''CENTURION!'''''

** He has a special attack called "Pressing the Witness" where he walks toward his opponent, while mentally(and possibly physically) pressuring them with banters. The move itself seemed decent as it starts and/or continues combo strings with negligible recovery after the move, but the animation is so long and only hyper-cancellable, expect punishment if you whiffed.

While not the most adept fighter in the ''Marvel vs. Capcom'' universe, Phoenix Wright is nonetheless an expert defense attorney, who only wants to free the innocent and sentence the guilty. Nick's fighting style mirrors his home game: in Investigation Mode you gather "good" evidence while throwing away "bad" evidences, and in Courtroom Mode you throw documents and each "good" evidence turns into a decent projectile. If you have three pieces of evidence(bad or good) and connect with an "[[CatchPhrase Objection!]]", Nick enters "Turnabout Mode" where his moves are powered up and he can use his Level 3 Hyper Combo, accusing his opponent of being the real culprit.

* MagikarpPower: Phoenix starts in Investigation mode, which has a limited special movepool, two of which takes a while to recover(Maya can't be summoned if she was summoned already) but if he manages to play keep-away long enough to collect the right evidence, he can enter Courtroom mode and get a variety of special projectile attacks. From which he can move to...

* MagikarpPower: He starts with weak, awkward moves with very long animations but if he manages to play keep-away long enough to collect the right evidence, he can enter Courtroom mode and get a variety of special projectile attacks. From which he can move to...

** SuperMode: His Tournabout Mode, where he gets a golden glow, a ThemeMusicPowerUp, his level 3 Hyper and a finger pointing attack that covers the whole screen.

* AssistCharacter: Maya Fey is an assist character available as a Lv.1 super and during Investigate mode. Missile appears in grabs and one of his assists, and TheJudge appears as a Lv.1 super, available only during Courtroom Mode and Turnabout Mode.

* ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Pursuit - Cornered'' starts playing after he gathers enough evidence and lands a successful "Objection!". Start running.
* VariableMix: He's got 2 themes, one as his standard character theme, and one for when Phoenix is able to use his Level 3.

* AssistCharacter: Maya Fey, Missile the dog, and TheJudge.
** To be more specific, Maya Fey is an assist character available as a Lv.1 super and during Investigate mode. Missile appears in grabs and one of his assists, and TheJudge appears as a Lv.1 super, available only during Courtroom Mode and Turnabout Mode.