History VideoGame / ProfessorLaytonVSAceAttorney

* BigBad: Both the Storyteller and the Great Witch Bezella are set up to be these. [[spoiler:However, Bezella is merely a legend and the Storyteller has no real power. The game has no BigBad, making this a Subverted Trope]].

** IntercontinuityCrossover: Including the addition, it seems, of a third world for the characters of the first two to jump into. [[spoiler:It turns out that this isn't the case at all - Layton, Wright and Labrynthia all exist in the same world.]]

* FakeCrossover: The special episodes couldn't possibly exist within the Ace Attorney timeline. Since Maya uses Luke Atmey's BorrowedCatchphrase "Zvarri!" and [[spoiler:Phoenix still clearly has his badge]], it can be concluded that the main events of the game must take place between Case 3-2 on October 11-14, 2018 and [[spoiler:Phoenix's disbarment]] on April 19, 2019. While this gives ample time for the events in Labrynthia to take place, it's explicitly mentioned that the special episodes take place a year afterwards, putting them in late 2019 or early 2020. By this point, [[spoiler:Phoenix is disbarred and Maya is off serving as the Master of the Fey clan]], so there is no logical reason for the Ace Attorney characters to be in London at all.

* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: It's ''Phoenix Wright'' and ''Professor Layton'', people. The very first batch of promo pictures included shots of [[http://ds.ign.com/dor/objects/89847/professor-layton-vs-ace-attorney/images/layton-and-ace-attorney-team-up-on-3ds-20101019072705952.html each]] [[http://ds.ign.com/dor/objects/89847/professor-layton-vs-ace-attorney/images/layton-and-ace-attorney-team-up-on-3ds-20101019072659264.html one]] dramatically pointing. This is, of course, how [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbWfXEdW1fk the TGS 2011 trailer]] ends as well.

** Mary the goatkeeper is meant to evoke Mary had A Little Lamb. Lampshaded in the Special Episodes, when she points out that she has a little goat, not a little lamb.

* PhraseCatcher: A lot of people pick up on Layton's "that's what a gentleman does" and start using it themselves with their profession of choice in place of 'gentleman'.

* BritishAccents: Every character, with the exception of Nick and Maya (who have American accents), and Carmine and Olivia (who have Italian accents). The accents are far more varied than most other non-British works; while the more prominent Labyrinthians (such as the Judge and Barnham) have reasonably generic RP accents, witnesses and villagers lean more towards regional accents, such as Mary's thick Yorkshire accent and Kira's noticeable Estuary dialect.

** In addition [[spoiler:all of the murders by witchcraft were faked. The only deaths are in the backstory: one from a suicide and the rest from an accident, so there's actually ''not a single murder in the entire game''.]]
* AnachronisticClue: As they explore the story teller's tower, they find a photo. Up to this point, everything has been medieval in technology level.

** The number of hint coins available and number of hidden puzzles for every location are also shown in the location description when walking around on the world map, and like in every Layton game so far, any puzzles you miss can be solved later at your leisure, although without the dialogue that would normally accompany it.
** At least one of the puzzles also specifically notes that you cannot lose picarats for a wrong answer to that particular puzzle, and invites you to use "Check" as often as you like.

** When you play final main story puzzle, [[spoiler: "The Last Spell"]], the background music doesn't switch to the puzzle-solving theme. Instead, the music from the cutscene before it,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5lYFVpso4E Pursuit ~ Casting Magic]] continues to play while you solve it.

** Phoenix when he's [[spoiler: mourning the apparent death of Maya.]]
** Layton after he [[spoiler: saves Maya.]] He easily beats back and disarms five thugs armed only with [[ImprovisedWeapon stick]], and when it looks like they're about to regroup, he stands his ground and asks, "Now, which one of you are first?".

* CallBack: Luke's habit of touching fire or hot things comes up again.

** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney "ZVARRI!"]] from ''Trials and Tribulations'' is quipped by Maya.

** This is the third time that [[spoiler: Maya was put on trial.]]
** ----> Phoenix: I'm more of a grape juice man myself (His love for grape juice has been mentioned in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'')
** Phoenix is apparently the world's most experienced expert in the art of [[spoiler: parrot cross-examination]].
** Some of the major plot twists are similar to those of previous games in both the ''Layton'' and ''Ace Attorney'' series, including [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox the entire town being subject to hypnotic suggestion caused by a gas]] and [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney young children witnessing traumatic events which lead them to misinterpret their memories and put the blame on the wrong people]]]].
** Layton presents [[spoiler:a photograph of Darklaw]] at one point in the final case. When Phoenix objects to [[spoiler:the evidence's apparent anachronism]], Layton claims that "the end justifies the means". A commonly used phrase in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies'', and one used to depict that game's Dark (Age of the) Law.
** When discussing Phoenix's combat potential in a Special Episode, Phoenix mentions that his fighting catchprase would be something like "It's time to pay for your crimes." He uses this quote during his Ace Attorney Hyper Combo in ''[[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3 Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]''.
** [[spoiler:This isn't the first time the trick with the fire pit has been shown--in Miracle Mask, pretending to set people on fire was actually one of the tricks the Masked Gentleman used.]]

* AnachronisticClue: As they explore the story teller's tower, they find a photo. Up to this point, everything has been medival in technology level.

* MotionlessChin: Layton originating characters have this, despite original and Ace Attorney characters not.

** IntercontinuityCrossover: Including the addition, it seems, of a third world for the characters of the first two to jump into.

** Observing Professor Layton in action, causes Phoenix to muse that they should make a movie of [[IndianaJones an Archaeology Professor who goes on epic adventures in his spare time]]

* EvolvingTitleScreen: The main screen either shows the courtroom dark (when the cast is investigating and solving puzzles) or lit with fire (if you left off during a trial).

* SaveScumming: Doing this in the Trials doesn't take you to where you saved, but to a somewhat earlier moment, causing you to swim through waves of text (or even pressing and presenting) to get back to where you screwed up. It's almost as if the developers WANT to drive the players insane. Then again, that's why we have the hint coins.

* ShooOutTheClowns: Following [[spoiler: Kira's]] very FamilyUnfriendlyDeath [[spoiler: (or, more specifically, her Family Unfriendly DisneyDeath)]] at the end of the first witch trial, the game takes a decidedly dark turn. Although the comedic elements are still present, they are notably downplayed and before long you'll see [[spoiler: Professor Layton turned to gold, Maya accused of witchcraft and threatened with Kira's fate, Luke turning against Phoenix and Maya in his grief over the Professor, and Maya seemingly ''killed'' in the fire pit, pushing Phoenix into HeroicSafeMode.]] ''Damn!''

** Mildly, with Espella being called [[MrMagoriumsWonderEmporium Mahoney]] in the Japanese version.

* SpringTimeForHitler: [[spoiler: Phoenix was not meant to succeed in the case in Britain; hence his being put into a trial without prior notice, and without even a background in the British court system. He was told to go along with the guilty plea and the prosecutor even lets it slip that "this wasn't how it was supposed to go" when he declares his client not guilty.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Phoenix receives this speech from Rouge [[spoiler:after Maya's "death"]], and is told to GetAHoldOfYourselfMan. [[spoiler: Should be noted that her speech actually ''isn't'' the typical "get ahold of your emotions" speech, but the exact opposite. She gets on Phoenix's case for holding onto his emotions TOO MUCH and never self-pitying, which is an original, yet also profound and rather nice, variation]].

* FawltyTowersPlot: [[spoiler: Project Labyrinthia began this way - in order for Espella to recover from the trauma caused by the fire, Arthur (the Storyteller) made a story about a witch being punished...then told Espella that witches were real and that his stories become true. It started out with a few people acting out roles in his stories, and as both the town and the story expanded, it ended up with an entire town with it's population hypnotized and made open to suggestion.]]

* WaterSourceTampering: [[spoiler:Though it's naturally occuring as opposed to being maliciously put there, Labyrinthia's water source is contaminated with a substance that causes citizens to pass out at the sound of pure silver and, when channeled through the plants, produces a substance that, when mixed into ink, makes them extremely vulnerable to suggestion.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Layton when he [[spoiler: saves Maya after the audience was lead to believe both of them were dead.]]

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Espella being lead to believe that she is Bezella causes this, several times. This also happens to Eve after she discovers that it was her who rang the bell and caused the Legendary Fire. Also Luke when he thinks Layton is gone forever. Though it's half this trope, half BreakTheCutie]]

* PlotHole: [[spoiler:The Great Witch flying on the Tower Bridge. At this point, Luke and Layton hadn't been exposed to the hypnosis yet, so the later explanations of how the magic worked could not apply.]]

* TakenForGranite: Professor Layton gets turned into solid gold, and Espella gets put on trial for his death. [[spoiler:Of course, the Professor isn't really dead - [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt like they would really kill off a main character in a crossover game]] - but the crime scene is a good enough fake that everyone gets fooled. This hits Luke extremely hard, and it has much greater implications for the rest of the story.]]

** Averted (for the first time in an Franchise/AceAttorney game), the trials are Witch Trials.

** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney "ZVARRI!"]] from Trials & Tribulations is quipped by Maya.

** ----> Phoenix: I'm more of a grape juice man myself (His love for grape juice has been mentioned in VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney)

* FictionalColor: [[spoiler: Anything meant to be invisible to Labyrinthia's inhabitants is painted in a color called "pure black" (as opposed to regular black, which is why things like Nick and Maya's hair aren't invisible). Aside from the invisibility (which is psychological and has nothing to do with the color itself, anyway), [[DownplayedTrope this is actually]] [[AluminumChristmasTrees not all that fictional]], since [[TruthInTelevision such a color could theoretically exist]]; science just hasn't gotten there yet, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack though it has gotten close.]]]]

* FictionalColor: [[spoiler: Anything meant to be invisible to Labyrinthia's inhabitants is painted in a color called "pure black" (as opposed to regular black, which is why things like Nick and Maya's hair aren't invisible). Aside from the invisibility (which is psychological and has nothing to do with the color itself, anyway), [[DownplayedTrope this is actually]] [[AluminiumChristmasTrees not all that fictional]], since [[TruthInTelevision such a color could theoretically exist]]; science just hasn't gotten there yet, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantablack though it has gotten close.]]]]

* FictionalColor: [[spoiler: Anything meant to be invisible to Labyrinthia's inhabitants is painted in a color called "pure black" (as opposed to regular black, which is why things like Nick and Maya's hair aren't invisible). Aside from the invisibility (which has nothing to do with the color itself anyway), this is actually [[DownplayedTrope not all that fictional]], since [[TruthInTelevision such a color could theoretically exist]]; science just hasn't gotten there yet, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_black though it has gotten close.]]]]

** This is the third time that [[spoiler: Maya was put on trial]]