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** Nahyuta Sahdmadhi, from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'', states that, as a prosecutor that takes cases all over the world, he studies all he can about the context of the cases he takes. While in itself a very sensible thing to do, what puts him in this trope is the ridiculously short timeframes in which he manages to do so. For instance, he manages to research enough information about rakugo, in a single night, to be able to talk about it for hours and even ''give full performances'', added by the fact he was handling a completely different case the previous day.
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** In the penultimate case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], it turns out that Manfred von Karma [[spoiler:has trained Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he correctly anticipated Phoenix might be desperate enough to take a joke suggestion to call the bird as a witness at face value.]] That said, Phoenix and Maya are still able to work around it and blow the case wide open.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case. He jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case. He jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.
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** In the penultimate case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], Case 1-4]], it turns out that Manfred von Karma [[spoiler:has trained Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he correctly anticipated Phoenix might be desperate enough to take a joke suggestion to call the bird as a witness at face value.]] That said, Phoenix and Maya are still able to work around it and blow the case wide open.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded twice in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case.He Phoenix jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.sometimes, and Phoenix himself later notes his own surprise when said screwdriver ends up being a key piece of evidence on the final day of the trial.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded twice in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case.
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* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** In the penultimate case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], it turns out that Manfred von Karma [[spoiler:has trained Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he correctly anticipated Phoenix might be desperate enough to take a joke suggestion to call the bird as a witness at face value.]] That said, Phoenix and Maya are still able to work around it and blow the case wide open.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case. He jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.
** Lana Skye has people doing work for her while she's in containment. One case is when she kept very conclusive evidence [[spoiler:in the back of an Evidence Law book]]. And for bonus points, [[spoiler:the Evidence Law book itself was the final piece of evidence needed to convict the killer]].
** In the penultimate case of [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the first game]], it turns out that Manfred von Karma [[spoiler:has trained Polly the parrot to stop squawking her usual phrases because he correctly anticipated Phoenix might be desperate enough to take a joke suggestion to call the bird as a witness at face value.]] That said, Phoenix and Maya are still able to work around it and blow the case wide open.
** Phoenix Wright, aka the player, himself. You may not know ''why'' you have to pick up random pieces of "evidence", but they ''will'' come in handy, because you're ready with them. Lampshaded in the first game's final case, where Edgeworth tells him about a [[ChekhovsGun seemingly unrelated screwdriver]] from the game's second case. He jots down info about it just in case, prompting Edgeworth to point out how stubborn Phoenix can be sometimes.
** Lana Skye has people doing work for her while she's in containment. One case is when she kept very conclusive evidence [[spoiler:in the back of an Evidence Law book]]. And for bonus points, [[spoiler:the Evidence Law book itself was the final piece of evidence needed to convict the killer]].
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* The fourth case's culprit in ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'' [[NearVillainVictory almost]] gets off scot-free because they prepared for the very unlikely scenario that ended up happening, and only gets caught thanks to a DeusExMachina. [[spoiler:Beatrice used her demonic familiar, Marrunath, to murder her father. Marrunath is constantly hidden from everyone else thanks to the invisibility spell she casts on him every hour, so nobody even knows about his existence. Despite this, Tyrion manages to figure out through deduction and Celeste's Detect Magic spell (which can detect the usage of the invisibility spell) that Beatrice has a familiar. He has him testify, and finds out that demons can't lie. When it seems that it's going to be easy for Tyrion to prove his case, Beatrice steps in and has Marrunath confess to the crime. Then she asks him "Did I order you to murder my father?", to which he answers "No, you did not". Which is technically true - she just told him he ''could'' murder the victim, knowing that he ''would''. She argues that familiars have their own agency and she's not to blame for the murder, except her Blood Contract with Marrunath explains the concept that he can't kill any human without her express permission. Of course, the contract is not in evidence, so Tyrion would have normally lost had his dead mother not suddenly communicated with him and taught him how to issue a Divine Edict to get a copy of the contract - something that not even Beatrice could have possibly predicted. And keep in mind, the only reason Beatrice was even a suspect in this case was because [[SpannerInTheWorks an unpredictable third party accidentally framed her]]. So she avoided directly ordering Marrunath in preparation for the extremely unlikely scenario that Marrunath was called to testify.]]
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* The fourth case's culprit in ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'' [[NearVillainVictory almost]] gets off scot-free because they prepared for the very unlikely scenario that ended up happening, and only gets caught thanks to a DeusExMachina. [[spoiler:Beatrice used her demonic familiar, Marrunath, to murder her father. Marrunath is constantly hidden from everyone else thanks to the invisibility spell she casts on him every hour, so nobody even knows about his existence. Despite this, Tyrion manages to figure out through deduction and Celeste's Detect Magic spell (which can detect the usage of the invisibility spell) that Beatrice has a familiar. He has him testify, and finds out that demons can't lie. When it seems that it's going to be easy for Tyrion to prove his case, Beatrice steps in and has Marrunath confess to the crime. Then she asks him "Did I order you to murder my father?", to which he answers "No, you did not". Which is technically true - she just told him he ''could'' murder the victim, knowing that he ''would''. She argues that familiars have their own agency and she's not to blame for the murder, except her Blood Contract with Marrunath explains the concept that he can't kill any human without her express permission. Of course, the contract is not in evidence, so Tyrion would have normally lost had his dead mother not suddenly communicated with him and taught him how to issue a Divine Edict to get a copy of the contract - something that not even Beatrice could have possibly predicted. And keep in mind, the only reason Beatrice was even a suspect in this case was because [[SpannerInTheWorks an unpredictable third party accidentally framed her]]. So she avoided directly ordering Marrunath in preparation for the extremely unlikely scenario that Marrunath was called to testify.]]
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* On ''Series/TaskMaster'', Alex is often ''insanely'' ready for the antics of the comedians. One task involved two sets of instructions on two separate cards: the first card read "say a letter of the alphabet", and when the contestant said that, Alex presented them with a second card that read "put the most things beginning with the letter you just said on the tray". Ed Gamble thought he was being clever when he answered "[[MathematiciansAnswer a letter of the alphabet]]", but Alex, without skipping a beat, had another card ready that said "Ha ha ha. You must now pick a letter of the alphabet and say ''that'' out loud."
--> '''Ed:''' You must be ''so'' proud of yourself that that worked.
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* On ''Series/TaskMaster'', Alex is often ''insanely'' ready for the antics of the comedians. One task involved two sets of instructions on two separate cards: the first card read "say a letter of the alphabet", and when the contestant said that, Alex presented them with a second card that read "put the most things beginning with the letter you just said on the tray". Ed Gamble thought he was being clever when he answered "[[MathematiciansAnswer a letter of the alphabet]]", but Alex, without skipping a beat, had another card ready that said "Ha ha ha. You must now pick a letter of the alphabet and say ''that'' out loud."
--> '''Ed:''' You must be ''so'' proud of yourself that that worked.
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