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Some time after the events of ''PW: AA: Trials & Tribulations'', Phoenix and Maya get a brand new case to solve. Mike November, a private at the Allied Nations' Peace Corps, is accused of murdering Captain Janus Harvey, his superior and the head of the Engineering Company with a pressure explosive detonated inside the captain's office.

** Staff Sergeant Tenant refers to Dr. Siegfried as [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Bones]]. Later, when talking with Wright before the third day of the trial, he says, [[VideoGame/BadDudes "Is little boy blue here a bad enough dude to save November?"]]" Finally, during the epilogue, he sings the first verse of "Colonel Hathi's March" from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Jungle Book|1967}}''.

** Staff Sergeant Tenant refers to Dr. Siegfried as [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Bones]]. Later, when talking with Wright before the third day of the trial, he says, "[[VideoGame/BadDudes Is little boy blue here a bad enough dude to save November?]]"

* ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: [[spoiler: the presence of Areisan currency in Adel Renards office is used to prove the fact that he sold explosives to insurgents in Aresia.]]

* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Cpt. Adel Renard invokes this after confessing his role in the Helios-6 incident by explaining the court has no jurisdiction to try him for crimes committed during his service in the Army, nor can Phoenix clearly prove he murdered Cpt. Harvey, allowing Renard to walk away scott free even after confessing while Siegfried and Victoria are sentenced for his crime. Only Franziska convincing the Judge to threaten contempt of court prevents him from pulling a KarmaHoudini]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Sgt. Lou Tenant [[DrillSergeantNasty does initially come off as unpleasant]] towards Phoenix and Maya (albeit not without reason, since Maya did try to trespass), he warms up to them after finding out they're trying to help Mike. He's much more amiable afterwards, noting that he thought Mike was a good man, and that even though he might need to shout and be mean to his soldiers, he's only doing so when he absolutely needs to, as opposed to the much crueler and pettier Cpt. Harvey.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While Sgt. Lou Tenant [[DrillSergeantNasty does initially come off as unpleasant]] towards Phoenix and Maya (albeit not without reason, since Maya did try to trespass), he warms up to them after finding out they're trying to help Mike. He's much more amiable afterwards, noting that he thought Mike was a good man, and that even though he might need to shout and be mean to his soldiers, he's only doing so when he absolutely needs to, as opposed to the much crueler and pettier Cpt. Harvey.

* DrillSergeantNasty: [=SSgt=]. Lou Tenant, [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold at least at first]].

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:Gumshoe tampered unintentionally with the crime scene by keeping in his pocket a box he found during the investigation. As it is locked, and since he fears Franziska's whip, he decided to not share his blunder with the prosecution until he manages to open it. A GenreSavvy player will expect Gumshoe to interrupt the trial and save Phoenix with a key piece of evidence, but it is hilariously subverted as Franziska's team managed to recover the content of a suicide note that she disclosed in trial, thus grudgingly saving the defense team, right before Gumshoe barges in with the content of the box. Gumshoe is a little disappointed when the court tells him that they are already aware of the suicide letter... until it becomes clear that it is ''another'', different suicide letter he has in his position.]]

* AnimalMotifs: Adel Renard seems to have a [[CunningLikeAFox fox]] motif. His last name is the French word for 'fox,' the badge on his beret resembles a fox head, and when he [[spoiler:reveals the full extent of his involvement in the Helios 6 Incident]], his grin makes it look like he has fangs.

* ConsummateProfessional: Cpt. Adel Renard, the security chief. [[spoiler:Horrifically subverted later on, when revealed to be the killer.]]
* ContinuityPorn: The authors make it clear that the series is attempting to be in continuity with the Ace Attorney timeline -- well, about as close as you can get while considering demon abduction canon.

* DeathIsCheap: In the B-Plot concerning Miles Edgeworth's attempt to return home to America from Japan (made to promote the fan translation of Ace Attorney Investigations Miles Edgeworth 2, Miles is killed by a falling piano. Luckily, due to the efforts of [[VideoGame/GhostTrick Sissel]], his death is averted, however, he is still stuck in the airport.

''Operation: Turnabout'' (aka ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Operation: Turnabout'') is an original ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fancase by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LordIban Team LordIban]] presented in the format of voice-acted animation, with [=TheGoldCrow=] [[RoleReprise reprising his role as Phoenix Wright]] from the unrelated ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm''.

* ContinuityPorn: The authors make it clear that the series is attempting to be in continuity with the Ace Attorney timeline - well, about as close as you can get while considering demon abduction canon.

See also ''WebAnimation/PhoenixWrightDevilsAttorney'', an earlier series by the same creators and ''WebAnimation/PhoenixWrightDevilsAttorney'' for the latest series by the team.

See also ''WebAnimation/PhoenixWrightDevilsAttorney'', an earlier series by the same creators.

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Captain Adel Renard calls Phoenix Wright as being no different than him, saying they both exploit the weakness of people for their own goals, before throwing them away like carrion. Phoenix, naturally, rebuts him, saying he fights for the truth.]]

** Among the things in Lt. Victoria's office is a [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot TNT Crate]].

** Among the Things in Lt. Victoria's office is a [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot TNT Crate]].

* {{Retcon}}: The series fixes a continuity issue created by the team's earlier series ''WebAnimation/PhoenixWrightDevilsAttorney'' by setting it in February 2019 rather than late September as initially stated, with this series taking place in early March shortly after.

* {{Retcon}}: The series fixes a continuity issue created by the team's earlier series {{WebAnimation/Phoenix Wright Devils Attorney}}

* BigBad: [[spoiler:Cpt. Adel Renard, who turns out to be [[SpannerInTheWorks behind almost every tragic event that occurs in the case]] and is the true murderer of Cpt. Janus Harvey.]]

Some time after the events of PW: AA: Trials & Tribulations, Phoenix and Maya get a brand new case to solve. Mike November, a private at the Allied Nations' Peace Corps, is accused of murdering Captain Janus Harvey, his superior and the head of the Engineering Company with a pressure explosive detonated inside the captain's office.

* GoodbyeCruelWorld: Early in the case, Phoenix suggests that maybe Cpt. Janus Harvey took his own life, but the absence of a suicide note leaves him unable to prove his theory. [[spoiler:Against all odds, Franziska's team is able to reconstitute a suicide note, leaving her no choice but to accept that the case may not be a murder, but a suicide. However, things get a lot more complicated once Gumshoe interrupts the trial with another suicide note, whose contents are the opposite of the one they found. Ultimately, both notes ended up being fakes, the more self loathing one being written by Dr. Siegfried and the more regretless one being written by the actual murderer, Cpt. Renard.]]

* {{Ruritania}}: [[spoiler: the fictional eastern european country of Aresia was the location of Helios-6 incident]].

''Operation: Turnabout'' (aka ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Operation: Turnabout'') is an original ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fancase by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LordIban Team LordIban]] presented in the format of voice-acted animation, with TheGoldCrow [[RoleReprise reprising his role as Phoenix Wright]] from the unrelated ''WebAnimation/TurnaboutStorm''.

Operation: Turnabout (aka Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Operation: Turnabout) is an original ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fancase by [[https://www.youtube.com/user/LordIban Team LordIban]] presented in the format of voice-acted animation.