History TearJerker / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies

** [[FromBadToWorse Then]] [[spoiler:Athena [[DespairEventHorizon completely breaks down to the point she confesses on stand and to tells the Judge to get it over with and declare her Guilty]]. If it wasn't for a certain deduction and reveal (Athena didn't kill her mom, she stabbed the real murderer Phantom) it would be a DownerEnding.]]

Take examples from other games [[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney to their]] [[TearJerker/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney respective]] [[TearJerker/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth pages]]. SPOILERS ABOUND.

* [[spoiler:Also in case 5, Aura Blackquill's outburst about her [[HoYay almost certainly romantic]] feelings for Metis puts the rest of her personality in a new light-one that turns her from a mere JerAss into an outright TragicHero. All she had left of Metis was that picture on her desk, and her vengeful hatred of Athena. Goes to show just what the affects of losing someone you deeply care about are.]]

** Fail [[spoiler:Ikuya's Mood Matrix segment in ''Turnabout Reclaimed''? Orla is found guilty in Buckler's place and is put down.]]

** Apollo's breakdown at the end of the investigation stage in Case 4, just before he takes his leave from the agency. For a guy who's always smiling, seeing him yell out in anger "DAMMIT... IT'S NOT FAIR!!!!!!!!", and Trucy and Athena's shock at his outburst, just brings out the anger that Apollo is feeling after his best friend was murdered. Everyone's worry after Apollo takes his leave of absence is also heartbreaking.

** Fail [[spoiler:on Fulbright's final testimony? Athena and Simon gets off the hook, but [[KarmaHoudini Fulbright gets away clean]] and the failure to find Phantom causes public opinion towards the law to sink even lower.]]

* [[spoiler:The [[MultipleEndings Bad Endings]] most of them at Case 5 (''Turnabout for Tomorrow''):]]

* [[spoiler:The [[MultipleEndings Bad Endings]] most of them at Case 5:]]

** Fail [[spoiler:to prove Simon Blackquill's innocence? He is found guilty in Athena's place and executed. [[FromBadToWorse Aura vanishes with the hostages (including Trucy), Athena leaves the agency, Apollo is completely broken by the events, and Phoenix gives up being a lawyer.]]

* The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran, getting worse when Apollo leaves the Agency, gets much worse when one piece of evidence implies that Athena killed Clay Terran, and comes to a head when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent. The location of the murder? The same Space Center that the UR-1 incident occurred.]]

* Jinxie's Mood Matrix segment in Case 2. She's so afriaid to recall what she saw at the crime scene that her fear overwelms all other emotions on the matrix. She starts having a complete and total breakdown and remembers everything in the room as monsters. As Athena points out, your goal isn't so much as cross-examining her as it is ''giving her therapy''.

* [[spoiler:Juniper Woods breaking down after Apollo's perceiving]] in Case 3. [[spoiler:She really didn't want her role as Professor Courte's [[TheStoolPigeon class snitch]] to ruin the friendship between herself, Hugh O'Connor, and Robin Newman, however she overheard that Hugh O'Connor has bribes for his grades she believed that Hugh himself is making the bribes and not his parents. And yet even after all that he still is willing to take the fall for her? [[HeartwarmingMoments That is true friendship right there.]]]]

* [[spoiler:Juniper Woods breaking down after Apollo's perceiving]] in Case 3. [[spoiler:She really didn't want her role as Professor Courte's [[TheStoolPigeon Stool Pigeon]] to ruin the friendship between herself, Hugh O'Connor, and Robin Newman, however she overheard that Hugh O'Connor has bribes for his grades she believed that Hugh himself is making the bribes and not his parents. And yet even after all that he still is willing to take the fall for her? [[HeartwarmingMoments That is true friendship right there.]]]]
* The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] is basically the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom. It is this incident where "the Dark Age of the Law" came into effect.]]

* [[spoiler:Juniper Woods breaking down after Apollo's perceiving]] in Case 3. [[spoiler:She really didn't want her role as Professor Courte's [[TheStoolPigeon Stool Pigeon]] to ruin the friendship between herself, Hugh O'Connor, and Robin Newman, however she overheard that Hugh O'Connor has bribes for his grades she believed that Hugh himself is making the bribes and not his parents.]]

* Jinxie's Mood Matrix segment in Case 2. She's so afriaid to recall what she saw at the crime scene that her fear overwelms all other emotions on the matrix. She starts having a complete and total breakdown and remembers everything in the room as monsters. As Athena points out, your goal isn't so much as cross-examining her as it is ''giving her therapy''.

* The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] is basically the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom. It is this incident where the "Dark Age of the Law" came into effect.]]

* The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran, getting much worse when one piece of evidence implies that Athena killed him, and comes to a head when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent. The location of the murder? The same Space Center that the UR-1 incident occurred.]]

** It gets to the point where [[spoiler:Athena is accused of matricide. It really didn't help that ''Edgeworth'', of all people, would suggest that an eleven year old girl would kill her own mother and try to dismantle her to remove evidence. Then this idea got worse at the end of Simon's Mood Matrix and what he witnessed when he saw Athena when he entered that lab.]]

Take examples from other games [[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney to their]] [[TearJerker/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney respective]] [[TearJerker/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth pages]]. Huge Spoiler Warning.

* Cases 1, 4, and 5. The Space Center murders and the Courtroom Bombing.
** The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] is basically the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom. It is this incident where the "Dark Age of the Law" came into effect.]]
*** It gets to the point where [[spoiler:Athena is accused of matricide. It really didn't help that ''Edgeworth'', of all people, would suggest that an eleven year old girl would kill her own mother and try to dismantle her to remove evidence. Then this idea got worse at the end of Simon's Mood Matrix and what he witnessed when he saw Athena when he entered that lab.]]
** The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran, getting much worse when one piece of evidence implies that Athena killed him, and comes to a head when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent. The location of the murder? The same Space Center that the UR-1 incident occurred.]]

Take examples [[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney to their]] [[TearJerker/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney respective]] [[TearJerker/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth pages]]. Huge Spoiler Warning.

* The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] is basically the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom.]]
* The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran, getting much worse when one piece of evidence implies that Athena killed him, and comes to a head when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent. The location of the murder? The same Space Center that the UR-1 incident occurred.]]

* The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran and getting much worse when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent. The location of the murder? The same Space Center that the UR-1 incident occurred.]]

* The Wright Anything Agency [[spoiler:falling apart starting off with the murder of Apollo's friend Clay Terran and getting much worse when Apollo indicts Athena for the said murder. He really wants to believe in her which is why he limited his perception ability around her but his doubts eventually led him to said indictment even though he really wants her to be innocent.]]

Take examples [[TearJerker/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney to the]] [[TearJerker/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney other]] [[TearJerker/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth pages]]. Huge Spoiler Warning.