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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the AmateurSleuth coming up with [[BatDeduction wild and zany]] theories to solve the case. Funny when it's used to insist that a gun above the fireplace ''must'' have been involved due to [[ChekhovsGun narrative probability]]. Less funny when it's used to accuse people of murder based on increasingly flimsy pieces of evidence. While Delilah eventually does solve the case this way, she gets [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewed out for it]] multiple times and the people she falsely accused aren't exactly keen on working with her again after the fact.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the AmateurSleuth coming up with [[BatDeduction wild and zany]] zany theories to solve the case. Funny when it's used to insist she's insisting that a gun above the fireplace ''must'' have been involved due to [[ChekhovsGun narrative probability]]. Less funny when it's used to accuse she's accusing people of murder based on increasingly flimsy pieces of evidence. While Delilah eventually does solve the case this way, she gets [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewed out for it]] multiple times and the people she falsely accused aren't exactly keen on working with her again after the fact.
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* FourTwentyBlazeIt: ''4:20 PM'' comes up twice, once for each investigation phase. On the first day, it's the time that [[TheStoner Ria Nepeta]] is introduced. On the second day, it's the time that [[BlackComedy Lord Tigre's study gets set on fire]].
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** The initial search of Lord Tigre's desk shows a bronze figurine and a fancy fountain pen, but neither are added to the Court Record at first due to their seeming unimportance at the time. The bronze figurine eventually is once Monty recalls noticing something odd about it, while the fountain pen [[SubvertedTrope never gets added]] and isn't important aside from the killer crafting a false motive out of wanting to steal it to explain why she was in the study.
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* {{Deconstruction}}: Of the AmateurSleuth coming up with [[BatDeduction wild and zany]] theories to solve the case. Funny when it's used to insist that a gun above the fireplace ''must'' have been involved due to [[ChekhovsGun narrative probability]]. Less funny when it's used to accuse people of murder based on increasingly flimsy pieces of evidence. While Delilah eventually does solve the case this way, she gets [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewed out for it]] multiple times and the people she falsely accused aren't exactly keen on working with her again after the fact.
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* BrickJoke: Combined with IronicEcho. When Delilah learns that Monty was seen holding the bloody knife and left footprints behind in the spilled ash, she jokes that he was caught "red-handed and black-footed". When she finally pins the crime on Ria, who spilled said ashes and cut her foot on a sharp figurine, she tells her she was caught "black-handed and red-footed".
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* DidNotDieThatWay: It's revealed shortly into the first trial that Lord Tigre didn't die from being stabbed but was actually poisoned. It takes significantly longer to figure out ''how'' exactly he was poisoned.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Delilah finds the truth and wins the case! Except she ended up burning so many bridges in the process, including accusing Lady Tigre's daughter of the murder after already putting away her fiancé, that they don't want anything to do with her anymore and refuse to let her defend Monty and Humphrey in their follow-up trial, giving it to the shady but efficient Tooth & Claw instead.
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* AccidentalMurder: Delilah comes to this conclusion during the first trial when it's revealed that Sunny accidentally brought Lord Tigre some improperly-prepared and highly-fatal Delishafish. Kyle swiftly challenges her assumption, in part because he finds this trope boring.
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* AssholeVictim: Lord Tigre is a RichBastard who sees his live-in servants as beneath him, refuses to let one marry his daughter, has no problem firing ''all of them'' to hide this fact (which was actually to hide his ''own'' affair with their groundskeeper), and doesn't care when both his wife and daughter naturally oppose this. It's no wonder so many mammals were trying to murder him that day.
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* BittersweetEnding: Delilah successfully saves Monty from a murder conviction and uncovers the truth behind Lord Tigre's death. But "uncovering the truth" arguably causes more harm than good and earns Delilah the scorn of most of the household. On top of that, Monty is still going on trial again for ''attempted'' murder and Lady Tigre refuses to let her take the case, giving it to the same two lawyers she had to wrestle it from to begin with. The whole thing leaves her questioning WasItReallyWorthIt but does turn sweet again at the end with the arrival of Delilah's estranged father, looking to make amends.
* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted. The whole purpose of the case is to prove that the butler ''didn't'' do it. Double subverted almost immediately when he confesses at the end of Part 1. Ultimately, he isn't the killer, [[LotsaPeopleTryToDunIt but not for lack of trying]].
* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted. The whole purpose of the case is to prove that the butler ''didn't'' do it. Double subverted almost immediately when he confesses at the end of Part 1. Ultimately, he isn't the killer, [[LotsaPeopleTryToDunIt but not for lack of trying]].
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* DrivingQuestion: Aside from the obvious, the question of why Lord Tigre wanted to fire his staff becomes prevalent during the first half of the case until finally being answered in Part 6.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Millie's [[TheNoseKnows special ability]] is hinted at a few times during the first investigation but she doesn't get the chance to use it until the second.
** Likewise, Delilah's estrangement from her family briefly comes up when she realizes how close they are to her old home, but we don't get the story behind it until her talk with Lucy. Then her father shows up at the very end. (Even then, it's implied this still isn't the ''full'' story, with Delilah's trauma around fire going unexplained.)
** When Lara is first introduced, she comes into the kitchen cheerfully calling for Humphrey, but immediately sours when she sees he's not alone. It's eventually revealed that the two of them are secretly engaged.
** During their talk, Lucy admits that Tooth & Claw was her first choice to defend Monty, citing their efficiency and quick results despite their unscrupulous reputation. In the denouement, Lady Tigre chooses them to defend Monty and Humphrey over B&O for that very reason.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from the ShoutOut below, the case itself involves a literal study as the crime scene. It's also Delilah's first homicide case and serves as a "study" of what to do ([[WhatTheHellHero and what not to do]]).
* LotsaPeopleTryToDunIt: Nearly every member of the household ends up making an attempt on Lord Tigre. In order:
** Sunny Urshine accidentally brings Lord Tigre an improperly-prepared deadly pufferfish for lunch. This avoids killing him purely because he refuses to eat it and chucks it out the window.
** Ria Nepeta kills Lord Tigre with a BlowGun fashioned from a lapel pin, the aforementioned pufferfish, and a customized bong, then cleans up the crime scene.
** Monty Gosland, working with Chef Humphrey, sneaks into the study on a pushcart and stabs the already-dead Lord Tigre in the back of the neck. Humphrey also poisons his wine as a backup plan, but he obviously doesn't get around to drinking it.
** Lara Tigre steals a knitting needle from her mom and climbs down the drainpipe to the study, intending to poison it with the tossed pufferfish and kill Lord Tigre as well. She aborts this plan as soon as she sees he's already dead, but not soon enough to avoid getting caught by an automatic camera.
* ShoutOut: To the first ever Sherlock Holmes story, Literature/AStudyInScarlet. Fittingly, a reference to the great detective is dropped during the first trial.
* SecretRelationship: Chef Humphrey and Lara Tigre, which turns out to be the motive behind Lord Tigre firing his staff and, in turn, the motive for Humphrey and Lara to kill ''him''.
** Millie's [[TheNoseKnows special ability]] is hinted at a few times during the first investigation but she doesn't get the chance to use it until the second.
** Likewise, Delilah's estrangement from her family briefly comes up when she realizes how close they are to her old home, but we don't get the story behind it until her talk with Lucy. Then her father shows up at the very end. (Even then, it's implied this still isn't the ''full'' story, with Delilah's trauma around fire going unexplained.)
** When Lara is first introduced, she comes into the kitchen cheerfully calling for Humphrey, but immediately sours when she sees he's not alone. It's eventually revealed that the two of them are secretly engaged.
** During their talk, Lucy admits that Tooth & Claw was her first choice to defend Monty, citing their efficiency and quick results despite their unscrupulous reputation. In the denouement, Lady Tigre chooses them to defend Monty and Humphrey over B&O for that very reason.
* MeaningfulName: Aside from the ShoutOut below, the case itself involves a literal study as the crime scene. It's also Delilah's first homicide case and serves as a "study" of what to do ([[WhatTheHellHero and what not to do]]).
* LotsaPeopleTryToDunIt: Nearly every member of the household ends up making an attempt on Lord Tigre. In order:
** Sunny Urshine accidentally brings Lord Tigre an improperly-prepared deadly pufferfish for lunch. This avoids killing him purely because he refuses to eat it and chucks it out the window.
** Ria Nepeta kills Lord Tigre with a BlowGun fashioned from a lapel pin, the aforementioned pufferfish, and a customized bong, then cleans up the crime scene.
** Monty Gosland, working with Chef Humphrey, sneaks into the study on a pushcart and stabs the already-dead Lord Tigre in the back of the neck. Humphrey also poisons his wine as a backup plan, but he obviously doesn't get around to drinking it.
** Lara Tigre steals a knitting needle from her mom and climbs down the drainpipe to the study, intending to poison it with the tossed pufferfish and kill Lord Tigre as well. She aborts this plan as soon as she sees he's already dead, but not soon enough to avoid getting caught by an automatic camera.
* ShoutOut: To the first ever Sherlock Holmes story, Literature/AStudyInScarlet. Fittingly, a reference to the great detective is dropped during the first trial.
* SecretRelationship: Chef Humphrey and Lara Tigre, which turns out to be the motive behind Lord Tigre firing his staff and, in turn, the motive for Humphrey and Lara to kill ''him''.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Delilah finds the truth and wins the case! Except she ended up burning so many bridges in the process, including accusing Lady Tigre's daughter of the murder after already putting away her fiancé, that they don't want anything to do with her anymore and refuse to let her defend Monty and Humphrey in their follow-up trial, giving it to the shady but efficient Tooth & Claw instead.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Delilah finds the truth and saves Monty from a murder conviction, but only after accusing pretty much everyone else, revealing secrets that didn't need to be revealed, and accidentally splitting apart the SecretRelationship in the process. Lilac [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chews her out for this]] after the fact, pointing out that her BoringButPractical solution of getting Monty a plea deal would have caused a lot less harm in the long run
* WhoMurderedTheAsshole: It doesn't take long before the DrivingQuestion stops being "Who murdered Lord Tigre?" and becomes "Who murdered Lord Tigre ''first''?"
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* [[AgonyOfTheFeet Agony of the Paw]]: During her break-in, Ria Nepeta removed her boots outside to avoid tracking mud, leaving her paws vulnerable after knocking over a sharp figurine. While the narrative spares us the finer details of the injury, the jury's reactions imply that it's not a pretty sight.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Right after Delilah explains how Ria could have entered and exited the study without tracking mud inside of it, Kyle [=VanDal=] notes that this theory would mean that she could enter and exit the study with no evidence left behind. Delilah agrees shortly before realizing that the "leaving no evidence" part puts her argument in a ticklish position.
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* TotemPoleTrench: Done in Part 7 with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.
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* TotemPoleTrench: Done in Part 7 with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.cheetah.
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* DidNotThinkThisThrough: The gang goes to Ria in Part 7 to see if she has a spare gardening outfit they could borrow. She does, but it's the same size as the one she's wearing now, meaning it's way too big for any of them.
-->'''Ria:''' ''"Well yeah, little dude. Why would I have one that's like half my size?"''
-->'''Delilah:''' ''(Sadly, she is making perfect sense.)''
-->'''Ria:''' ''"Well yeah, little dude. Why would I have one that's like half my size?"''
-->'''Delilah:''' ''(Sadly, she is making perfect sense.)''
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* TotemPoleTrench: Done in part 7 of "A Study in Turnabout" with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.
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* TotemPoleTrench: Done in part Part 7 of "A Study in Turnabout" with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.
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In the wake of their first homicide victory, Eric and Delilah formalize Millie's internship with their law firm, and find out that the secretive closed trial they'd just taken part in has now been leaked. On the bright side, they have a new client! A client who happens to be a notorious convicted criminal, hiring them to defend an acquaintance who's been charged with the murder of his wealthy employer.
Lead: Delilah O'Possum
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!!A Study in Turnabout contains the following tropes:
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Years of substance abuse have rendered Ria totally immune to the effects of catnip. She still acts like a spaced-out ditz, though, as it helps her act BeneathSuspicion.
* BaitAndSwitch: During the second trial day, Delilah insists that she has a failsafe as a last resort. When it finally comes down to using that failsafe, she notes that there's a certain someone who has been watching everything from afar and knows a lot about murders. The audience, both those in-story and experienced ''Ace Attorney'' fans, will assume Delilah is about to [[MakeTheDogTestify cross-examine the current witness's pet raven]]. But she actually calls their employer Lucy Sang, an infamous murderer, to testify.
* ChekhovsGun: Parodied with Tigre's Gun. Delilah insists that the hunting rifle on Lord Tigre's wall is a major clue, and apparently thinks this ''every'' time a gun is involved in a case. Lampshaded, as it's briefly listed in the Court Record as Chekov's Gun before Eric makes her change it. The Court Record ''description'' however continues to [[EasterEgg stealthily-update]] several times throughout the case as Delilah becomes increasingly insistent that it will eventually crack it wide open. [[DefiedTrope It's completely irrelevant.]] The description on the final chapter changes to a simple "Chekhov was full of shit."
** For some more traditional examples, the Burnt Scraps and Spilled Ashtray, two pieces of evidence that are found during the initial investigation that are ultimately used to indict the real killer once their true meaning is uncovered.
* ExactWords: When Lara returns to Casa Tigre in Part 7, she demands to know what the lawyers are doing investigating around her house, as she specifically told the bodyguard not to let them in. Millie counters that, since they're investigating the garden, technically they "are" outside the house. Works twofold, as they never mention that they "were" inside earlier, and just snuck past the bodyguard.
* TheStoner: Ria Nepeta is a prescription catnip user, and it really shows.
* TotemPoleTrench: Done in part 7 of "A Study in Turnabout" with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.
Lead: Delilah O'Possum
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!!A Study in Turnabout contains the following tropes:
* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Years of substance abuse have rendered Ria totally immune to the effects of catnip. She still acts like a spaced-out ditz, though, as it helps her act BeneathSuspicion.
* BaitAndSwitch: During the second trial day, Delilah insists that she has a failsafe as a last resort. When it finally comes down to using that failsafe, she notes that there's a certain someone who has been watching everything from afar and knows a lot about murders. The audience, both those in-story and experienced ''Ace Attorney'' fans, will assume Delilah is about to [[MakeTheDogTestify cross-examine the current witness's pet raven]]. But she actually calls their employer Lucy Sang, an infamous murderer, to testify.
* ChekhovsGun: Parodied with Tigre's Gun. Delilah insists that the hunting rifle on Lord Tigre's wall is a major clue, and apparently thinks this ''every'' time a gun is involved in a case. Lampshaded, as it's briefly listed in the Court Record as Chekov's Gun before Eric makes her change it. The Court Record ''description'' however continues to [[EasterEgg stealthily-update]] several times throughout the case as Delilah becomes increasingly insistent that it will eventually crack it wide open. [[DefiedTrope It's completely irrelevant.]] The description on the final chapter changes to a simple "Chekhov was full of shit."
** For some more traditional examples, the Burnt Scraps and Spilled Ashtray, two pieces of evidence that are found during the initial investigation that are ultimately used to indict the real killer once their true meaning is uncovered.
* ExactWords: When Lara returns to Casa Tigre in Part 7, she demands to know what the lawyers are doing investigating around her house, as she specifically told the bodyguard not to let them in. Millie counters that, since they're investigating the garden, technically they "are" outside the house. Works twofold, as they never mention that they "were" inside earlier, and just snuck past the bodyguard.
* TheStoner: Ria Nepeta is a prescription catnip user, and it really shows.
* TotemPoleTrench: Done in part 7 of "A Study in Turnabout" with all three members of Badge and O'Possum trying to maneuver around in a gardening outfit. In a twist on this trope, they're not trying to disguise themselves, but rather this is just the most practical way to get around the massive walls of thorns surrounding the house when the only outfit they have is the size of the house's gardener, a much larger cheetah.
