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Because the Ace Attorney cases are Always Murder, there's always at least one victim. Most have a face and a name, but other than that there are rarely many tropes associated with them. Note that some victims may be in the other pages; mainly, all of the victims from the spin-offs are in their respective games' pages.
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General
- Asshole Victims: There are many victims in this series, so they run the full gamut from 'completely innocent' to 'criminals just as bad as their killers', with a lot of room in between for jerks of all sorts. Some of them only became victims because they tried to murder someone else who then fought back. See the series' trope page for more details.
- Men Are the Expendable Gender: Generally speaking, the victim of a case is far more likely to be male unless they died in the backstory, with multiple games notably having no female victims whatsoever. Dual Destines is the one game to subvert this trope, with half the victims being female.
- Posthumous Character: Other than a few exceptions, the most notable being Mia Fey, Shadi Smith/Zak Gramarye, and Inga Karkhuul Khura'in, the victims are never met by the protagonist before they die.
- Satellite Character: They're often defined by their relationships with a living person, and, being dead, don't get much characterization otherwise. This especially goes for those who died before the murder (e.g. Manuel from "Turnabout Samurai")
- Walking Spoiler: As dead characters in a murder mystery series, it is almost impossible to talk about many of them without giving away major plot points surrounding their deaths and those responsible.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Cindy Stone (Mika Takabi)
The first known girlfriend of Casanova Wannabe Larry Butz, who was murdered in her own apartment by a panicking thug who hit her over the head.
- Asshole Victim: Present, but highly downplayed. Her philandering while in a relationship with Larry is played more to show what a Butt-Monkey Larry is, and she's mostly treated as an innocent woman who just happened to come home at the wrong time.
- Bludgeoned to Death: She was killed by being struck on the head with the Thinker clock Larry made for her.
- Gold Digger: She's got sugar daddies around the world.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being an adulterer, she still cared for Larry enough to take his statue clock with her to Paris, despite it being heavy and difficult to use.
- Plot-Triggering Death: Her death kicks the plot (and the video game series) into motion.
- Punny Name: It even gets lampshaded if, when asked what her name is, you pick what it's punning on. Cinder Block.The Judge: The person in question was a victim of murder, not ill-conceived naming, Mr. Wright.
Jack Hammer (Takeshi Ibukuro)
Voiced by (English): Phillip Annarella (anime)
Former big-name star of Global Studios. His final role was as the Evil Magistrate on The Steel Samurai. Died due to a stab wound.
- Adaptational Heroism: The anime removes the part about him drugging Will Powers' lunch, only implying his jealousy towards him with the fact that he still tried to frame him with the injured ankle, and also implying that what happened with Manuel really was an accident.
- Alternative Character Interpretation: In-universe; Dee Vasquez believes that his killing of Manuel wasn't accidental, with her reasoning being that he wouldn't have put up with her five years of blackmail if it was.
- Blackmail: He was blackmailed by Dee Vasquez after he accidentally killed Manuel.
- Blackmail Backfire: A rare version where the blackmail victim is the one who gets it. HE tried to kill Dee to stop her from blackmailing him, but ended up dying in the process.
- Death by Irony: Gets impaled on the same fence that he accidentally killed another man on years before, which was also an unplanned tragedy.
- Dies Wide Open: When the other characters of the case Turnabout Samurai go over Jack Hammer’s death when his body is found in studio one, you can see in the flashback that his eyes are open since you can see the eyelids are open and the pupils are clearly visible. This is in stark contrast to most victims whose eyes are closed when they are found dead.
- Evil Versus Evil: On one hand, he tried to murder someone and frame an innocent for it; on the other hand, his intended murder victim had been blackmailing him, ruining his career out of vengeance over a (possible) accident, and has used her ties to the mafia to make people disappear, including an attempt on the title character.
- Frame-Up: He drugged Will's lunch and stole his costume to make it look like Will killed Dee. Well, it half worked since Will got blamed, just for the wrong person's death...
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Although Oldbag sympathizes with him over his manslaughter and blackmail at Vasquez's hands, even she admits that he went too far by drugging Will Powers and trying to frame him for murder and cooperates with Phoenix when he proves what Hammer was trying to do.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Zig-zagged like crazy. His original intent for going to Studio 2 was to kill Dee Vasquez and frame Will Powers for the crime. He himself gets killed by Dee (albeit unintentionally), yet Will Powers still ends up getting blamed for his death.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Dies via impalement through the chest, but on a fence spike, rather than the Samurai Spear as originally believed.
- Karmic Death: He got killed while trying to kill Dee Vasquez (for blackmailing him) and was in the process of trying to frame Will Powers for it.
- Punny Name: Jackhammer.
- Spikes of Doom: Met his end on some of these. Specifically, Vasquez knocked him over a railing onto a spiky fence.
- White-Dwarf Starlet: His career went downhill after he accidentally killed one of his fellow actors, and the deceased's lover decided to take vengeance by actively smothering his career.
Manuel (Takumi)
An actor of Global Studios. He died in an accident during a filming.
- Fatal Method Acting: He was killed after falling on a fence during the filming of an action scene.
- No Full Name Given: Unlike many characters, only his first name is stated. Granted, it is his death, having been five years prior, that matters, not his full identity.
- Posthumous Character: He died five years prior to case.
- Satellite Character: Exists only to give Dee Vasquez motivation to blackmail and manipulate Hammer. We never even get his full name or a look at his face.
Polly Jenkins (Sayuri Matsushita)
Played by: Yuko Nakamura (film)
Voiced by (English): Heather Walker (anime)
Fiancée of Yanni Yogi. She committed suicide after the DL-6 incident.
- Driven to Suicide: After the DL-6 case, she couldn't stand the public harassment she and Yogi suffered and killed herself.
- Foreshadowing: Notice that she has the same name as the caretaker's pet parrot, indicating his true identity as Yanni Yogi.
- Happily Married: In the film, she was married to Yanni.
- We Named the Monkey "Jack": Yanni named his parrot after his dead fiancée.
Joe Darke (Joe Aokage)
The defendant of the SL-9 case, and a spree murderer. Yet despite the circumstances, there wasn't any decisive evidence against him. But when he killed Prosecutor Marshall, Edgeworth was able to get him a guilty verdict and the death penalty.
- Adaptational Heroism: Thanks to a translation error, the localization ends up implying that, rather than making a voluntary appearance to the police for questioning, Darke turned himself in out of guilt for his crimes.
- Ambiguous Situation: Why exactly he committed his murders is never explicitly given. It's postulated at one point they may have been motivated by a desire to eliminate witnesses, with his initial crime just being a car accident, but even this is stated to be just speculation in-universe.
- Crime After Crime: If it is true, Darke started his killing spree because he accidentally hit a man named Edward Jones with his car, killing him. Another man named Jason Knight saw this, so Joe killed that guy to keep things quiet. A woman named Edith Kirby witnessed that, so then she had to die. Then a girl named Rachael Moss saw him doing that, and she got killed. Then a jogger by the name of Jeb Bates saw him burying the bodies, and then he had to croak. That's where his killing spree actually ended, unbeknownst to the world.
- The Faceless: His in-game portrait is of the Face Framed in Shadow variety. Ultimately subverted with a recurring flashback image where you can clearly see his face.
- Framing the Guilty Party: Despite the many murders he committed, he truly was framed for Neil Marshall's murder, though he did attempt to kill Marshall before, but failed.
- Grayscale of Evil: He's long dead by the time Case 1-5 starts, and is only seen in black-and-white photographs and pictures.
- Leave No Witnesses: The working police hypothesis is that Joe's killing spree was one big conga line of this after hitting a man with his car by accident. He killed the man who witnessed it, then had to kill the woman who saw him doing that, and so on.
- Meaningful Name: He was an average joe who after one accident, led him down a very dark path.
- Names to Run Away from Really Fast: His Japanese surname, "pale shadow", is even creepier.
- Nothing Is Scarier: Very little is stated for certain regarding Darke, other than that he used to work as a salaryman before committing his murders. Even an explanation for his motives is stated to be nothing more than in-universe speculation, and he is treated more as a ghoulish demon than a normal human being.
- Not Me This Time: Posthumously. He did try to kill Neil Marshall, but someone else finished the job while he was unconscious, and Darke was framed for it to get a conviction.
- The Perfect Crime: He left practically no decisive evidence that could tie him to the murders, which took himself turning himself in and being framed for a final murder to take him down.
- Posthumous Character: He was executed years ago, but his actions still impact the plot.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Giving him the death penalty was entirely justified — he was a Spree Killer with a half-dozen victims to his name, including that of a child. However, the murder he was convicted of that got him executed was of the one guy he didn't kill (although he was going to).
- Sinister Switchblade: His first killing was a vehicular homicide (possibly an accident), but the rest seem to have all been done with his signature switchblade.
- Spree Killer: The biggest example in the franchise, having committed murder on six actually five victims to his name before he was captured and executed for his crimes.
- Would Hurt a Child: One of his victims was a child. He was also willing to try and kill the 14-year-old at the time Ema Skye.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All
Dr. Turner Grey (Tetsuro Kirisaki)
Voiced by (Japanese): Naoya Nosaka (anime)
Voiced by (English): Chuck Huber (anime)
A doctor whose clinic had an accident that resulted in 14 patients dying. Something of a prick and easily excitable. He also hates the weather girl. Murdered by taking a knife in the chest and a gunshot wound to the head. He's the first victim who meets Phoenix in the same case before getting killed.
- Accidental Unfortunate Gesture: He originally adjusted his glasses with his middle finger. The middle finger isn't considered offensive in Japan, and the localization team didn't catch it. The Trilogy release corrects this.
- Asshole Victim: The person who killed him did so because he had possibly drugged her and caused her to fall asleep, causing her sister's death, which also nearly killed her. That's just the main reason. Check out his other tropes to see why even Phoenix thought he was a jerk.
- Bad Boss: He overworked his nurses to the point that one made deadly medical errors that resulted in the deaths of 14 patients.
- Berserk Button: In Phoenix's own words: "Talking about the weather with this guy is asking for punishment..."
- Boom, Headshot!: Turner ultimately gets flatlined when his own gun is turned against him right in the head.
- Captain Obvious: When he complains about his lack of patients: "My clinic isn't seeing nearly as many patients nowadays. Do you understand what that means!? It means they're not coming to my clinic!"
- Deceased Fall-Guy Gambit: Basically, Turner wanted to push the blame of the malpractice incident on Mimi to clear all the allegations against him.
- Department of Redundancy Department: Again, when he complains about his lack of patients.
- Didn't Think This Through: Bringing a gun to a spirit channeling to force a dead spirit to confess is not the best-thought-out idea.
- Dr. Jerk: He is a pretty unpleasant person to be around.Lotta: I hear he's good at surgery and stuff, but his personality stinks like wet sheep.
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul: He worked his employees to the point of exhaustion and ruined their lives to dodge the allegations of his malpractice. He also dons a pair of sinister looking glasses.
- Hate Sink: He spends the first part of the chapter being such an unpleasant bastard that you'd almost want him to die. That ends up happening.
- He Knows Too Much: Why he had to die. If he had done the Channeling, he would have realized that Mimi was still alive. Double-subverted in the anime; "Ini Miney" did try to just fake the Channeling and let him run free with the signed confession, but Morgan decided to blackmail her into the murder anyway out of her own more personal reasons.
- Jerkass Has a Point: Phoenix concludes in the end that Dr. Grey was right and Mimi was responsible for the malpractice that caused the patients' death while revealing Mimi's motive for killing him.
- Lack of Empathy: It's possible his overworking of Mimi may have caused her to make the mistake that resulted in 14 deaths. He even brought a gun to a spirit channeling, implying that he was prepared to call a girl back from the dead to sign a confession at gunpoint if she wasn't cooperative.
- Last Breath Bullet: After being stabbed, he attempted to shoot Miney as she was walking away from him. While the bullet didn't hit anybody, this actually proved very important in solving the crime. The Gunshot made Phoenix and Lotta break into the Channeling Chamber and the Bullet Holes in the Folding Screen and Clothing Box proved Miney was hiding in the channeling Chamber during the Murder.
- Mad Doctor: He has shades of this because overworked his staff to the point that they started making deadly medical errors that killed 14 patients. Then again, this comes from Mimi Miney, who’s rather biased towards him.
- Never My Fault: He refuses to acknowledge that him overworking his employees may have caused the deaths of his patients; he has Maya channel Mimi's spirit for the express purpose of dodging the blame for it. He even brings a gun into the Channeling Chamber to try and threaten the nurse into confessing. Turns out that this is one trait he and Mimi share.
- No Indoor Voice: He can't go a single scene without yelling.
- Not Quite Dead: He fired a shot at his killer before dying. Unfortunately for him, he missed.
- Posthumous Character: Averted. Unlike most of the victims in the series, he is actually first introduced while alive, before he is shot during Maya's channeling.
- Punny Name:
- His hair is brown with a greying fringe - hence, turning grey. Alternatively, 'Turn her grey' in regards to working Mimi to the bone. His Japanese name combines it with Names to Run Away from Really Fast—it translates to "slicing and cutting", and the "tetsu" in his given name can mean "iron."
- His name is also likely a reference to Dr. George Grey Turner, an English surgeon. Grey-Turner sign is a type of bruising from intra-abdominal bleeding, which can be caused by trauma... such as car accidents.
- Spanner in the Works: Due to the stabbing not killing him, he managed to fire a single shot at Mimi in retaliation. Although this missed, the bullet holes he created in the costume, folding screen and clothes box help Phoenix tie together what really happened. Also the gunshot caused Phoenix and Lotta to break into the chamber before Mimi and Morgan were able to properly manipulate the crime scene.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: His motive for having Mimi summoned is to make her admit that she caused the incident in which 14 patients died.
- Walking Spoiler: Knowing his status as 2-2's victim spoils a large deal of that case's first chapter, in which he is initially Phoenix's client and brings Phoenix and Maya back together before getting shot during the channeling.
- White Hair, Black Heart: He is a Bad Boss who overworked his nurses to the point that they started making lethal medical errors that killed 14 patients, and wants to hold one of the dead nurses at gunpoint to confess that she was responsible for the medical errors by using Maya Fey's channeling ability. He is the one at fault for overworking them, refused to take responsibility for his deadly error (but that’s hardly fair, considering Mimi’s not any better than him and she too refuses to take responsibility for the incident), and has a fringe of white hair.
Mimi Miney (Mimi Hanaka)
A nurse that worked under Dr. Grey. Was supposedly the nurse that killed the fourteen patients. Then, a week later, she died in a car crash.
- Ambiguous Situation: Although she ended up being blamed for it, it's never revealed how responsible she was for the 14 deaths at her clinic. Ini states that she was heavily overworked and made the mistake from sheer exhaustion, while Dr. Grey is adamant that she was just careless.
- Cool Car: She had a fondness for cars, and even imported one from another country she refused to let anyone else drive. It was a US 1969 Chevy Camaro SS in the animations, though claimed to be imported from Britain in the English translation to get around the door dilemma.
- Identifying the Body: She lived through the crash, but both she and her sister Ini were burned so badly in the crash that they became unrecognizable. Since the only way to identify them was Ini's driver's license, they used that to reconstruct her face.
- "Rashomon"-Style: Phoenix is given two different stories about the malpractice incident, both by witnesses with a personal motivation to distort the truth; Dr. Grey wants to protect his reputation by blaming Mimi (even if he really had been forcing her to work through sleep deprivation), and Ini wants to protect her sister's memory by blaming Dr. Grey. Well, it's Mimi protecting her own memory, but she'd still rather blame her Bad Boss than take responsibility herself.
- That Man Is Dead: She took on her sister's identity after the crash, seeing it as a way to start her life anew. Unfortunately, she found out her old boss wanted to try channeling her spirit, which was obviously going to be a problem.
- Walking Spoiler: Most tropes associated with her can be found in Ini Miney's profile.
Russell Berry (Naota Tachimi)
Voiced by (Japanese): Kenta Sasa (anime)
Voiced by (English): Bradley Campbell (anime)
The former Ringmaster of the Berry Big Circus, Moe's long-time friend and Max's employer. Killed by a large blunt force taken to the back of the head.
- Animal Lover: He's got a trophy for Grand Prix pet grooming, implying that his daughter inherited her skill with animals from him. (The trophy for Beer Belly Balloon Bouncing, not so much.)
- Benevolent Boss: Everyone at the Berry Big Circus treats him with respect, even his killer.
- Cool Old Guy: He was in his fifties and a saint to all who knew him.
- Death from Above: He was killed by a bust dropped onto him.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Prevented his daughter's death at the hands of Acro by going in her stead.
- Lying to Protect Your Feelings: He told his daughter that when people pass on they become stars in the night sky watching over the ones they love. The naive Regina took this literally and grew into her teens never understanding the true significance of death, as he apparently never had the heart to try to correct her. This ultimately led to his own demise.
- Take Me Instead: It's strongly implied that he knew Acro was trying to lure Regina to her death. More importantly, he knew why Acro would want to kill her—Regina's inability to take Bat's coma with proper seriousness and gravity. An inability that likely came from Berry trying to sugarcoat reality for her.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: The circus performers all admired him very much, he's a lifelong friend of Moe the Clown, he took in Acro and Bat when their parents abandoned them (and continued to help and support them after they were both injured and unable to work for him), and he pays the performers' wages with his own money whenever the circus is struggling. For a long time, he was the one person at the circus Max Galactica respected.
Bat
Mauled by a lion and left comatose, with no indication that he will ever recover. He's Acro's younger brother and has (or had) a crush on Regina. His real name is Sean Dingling (Ippei Kinoshita).
- The Bet: His tragic accident happened because he wanted to impress Regina and made a bet with her that if he stuck his head in a lion's mouth, then she'd go on a date with him to the movies.
- Empty Shell: There's every indication that he'll never recover from a permanent coma due to extensive brain damage.
- Hoist by Their Own Petard: A non-villainous version. If he'd chosen to pull some other prank on Regina besides making her sneeze with pepper, she wouldn't have been inspired to respond in kind, leading to the accident which caused so much trouble.
- Pepper Sneeze: He liked to pull pranks on Regina, invoking this trope. Her counter-prank is what accidentally led to a lion sneezing while his head was in its mouth.
- "Ray of Hope" Ending: Due to Acro's arrest, Regina vows to stay at his side in Acro's place until there's the chance he wakes up.
- Uncertain Doom: It's not made clear if he ever woke up after the case ended.
Juan Corrida (Isao Fujimino)
An actor whose most famous (and last) role was as "The Jammin' Ninja." The Rival to Matt Engarde, star of "The Nickel Samurai," in all things. He had a thing for bears, evidently. Dies via strangulation.
- Adaptational Heroism: The game had him destroy and replace Celeste's suicide note in order to frame Matt, while the anime has him, even at worst, pull a Heel–Face Door-Slam by planning to publish Celeste's original suicide note in order to bring Matt to justice, with the suicide itself apparently being where he drew the line.
- The stage play portrays him much more sympathetically and removes his negative traits. In this version, he never broke up with Celeste and was truly in love with her. When Matt Engarde manipulated Celeste into ruining Juan's reputation and she committed suicide out of guilt, Juan swears to bring Matt Engarde to justice to avenge his lover.
- Adaptational Personality Change: In the stage show, he is portrayed as a goofy, kind individual who genuinely loved Celeste. He lacks even a hint of the pettiness and arrogance of the game and anime versions.
- Always Second Best: To Matt Engarde in terms of their prospective careers. He lost the awards to him and tended to be overlooked as the Jammin' Ninja as opposed to the Steel Samurai and his variants.
- Clean Dub Name: The Spanish localization changed his last name from "Corrida" to "Rivera" because some of the meanings of "Corrida" include "orgasm" and "ejaculation".
- Hate Sink: In the original games, at least. He may have been killed by Engarde technically by asking an assassin to do the dirty work but he's no different from the despicable bastard as it's revealed that he dumped his fiancée because she had previously dated his rival, showing him to be a shallow and vain individual. His motive for wanting to ruin Engarde was also because he was his biggest competitor for ratings rather than being a homewrecker.
- It's All About Me: He chose his childish pride over his fiancée, calling off their engagement for no other reason than that Engarde was her ex-boyfriend. Heartbroken by his selfishness, she hangs herself literally afterward.
- Jerkass: He kickstarted the tragedy of "Farewell, My Turnabout" by dumping the woman he loved when he found out that marrying her would let Engarde score a point on him which was obviously a dick move.
- Jerk Jock: Matt and Juan are both described at being really good at sports, making them both this.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: As bad as he is, he isn't quite as terrible as Matt, since he doesn't go so far as murdering his rival.
- Nice Character, Mean Actor: Downplayed. Sure, the Ninja was lovable and Juan was not, but they do mirror each other. While the Ninja couldn't do heroics, Juan couldn't do true evil like murder.
- Pride: He called off his marriage to Celeste solely because his ego wouldn't let him marry someone who had dated his rival.
- Real Men Wear Pink: His writing is stylish and ornate to the point that his forgery of Celeste’s suicide note is initially assumed to be the real deal.
- The Rival: They may have been allies of justice in costume, but behind the scenes he and Matt Engarde had a vicious rivalry. How vicious? Matt ended it by hiring an assassin to kill Juan.
- Shrouded in Myth: It's rumored among his fans that he spent months fighting bears to train for the show. As such, they send him stuffed bears, particularly in memoriam after he dies. However, the presence of stuffed bears in his garbage can may indicate what he thinks of these gifts.
- Straight Edge Evil: He orders tomato juice from room service, although it's still served in a wine glass. By contrast, his rival Engarde has a cellar full of wine barrels and can pull a shot of brandy from Hammerspace.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Really seems to have liked tomato juice (which isn't censorship for wine, by the way), and had a lot of red foods in his refrigerator.
Celeste Inpax (Yurie Amano)
Juan's former manager and Adrian's mentor. Committed suicide two years before the events of "Farewell, My Turnabout".
- Adaptation Name Change: Her surname only is changed to Andrews in the anime since she's actually Adrian's older sister and not just her mentor.
- Barefoot Suicide: In the picture of Corrida discovering her hanged body, she's visibly not wearing any shoes.
- Driven to Suicide: She was engaged to Juan Corrida, Matt Engarde's longstanding rival. Out of sheer malice, Engarde revealed to Corrida that he and Celeste had also once been in a relationship, which caused Corrida to call off the wedding and Celeste to hang herself.
- in the stage show, she is forcibly kissed by a man hired by Engarde and her photo was taken by paparazzi (also hired by Engarde), ruining Juan Corrida's reputation for loving such a "promiscuous" woman. She committed suicide out of guilt for ruining her Juan's life.
- Ice Queen: This is where Adrian Andrews gets her Sugar-and-Ice Personality. It was implied she wasn't much of an Ice Queen, as she really cared about Adrian, and also Matt and Juan before they betrayed her.
- Meaningful Name: "Celeste" refers to the heavens. "In pax" is Latin for "in peace," making her full name resemble the phrase "rest in peace."
- Related in the Adaptation: In the anime, she and Andrews are sisters. In the stage show they are cousins, raised as adopted sisters after Celeste's parents died in an accident.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: She was almost one. After her suicide, Juan planned to use her real suicide note (in the anime and stage show) or use a fake one (in the game) to smear Matt Engarde and ruin his career. However, he was killed by Engarde's assassin before he could.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Doug Swallow (Kikuzo Nonda)
Voiced by (Japanese): Jun'ya Enoki (anime)
Voiced by (English): Blake McNamara (anime)
Would've been Phoenix's fellow alumnus of Ivy University had he not tragically died. He was a chemistry nut and Dahlia's ex, killed by electric shock. That said, it's no wonder he got killed...
- Asshole Victim: Subverted. Phoenix thinks he was a jerk, but Mia figures out during the court trial that he was a normal guy who was genuinely trying to warn Phoenix of Dahlia's true nature, who didn't listen.
- Cassandra Truth: One of the only people to see through Dahlia's facade. His warning to Phoenix goes unheeded and leads to his death.
- He Knows Too Much: He gets killed because he found out about Dahlia's very dark nature, and thus tried to warn Phoenix until it was too late.
- High-Voltage Death: He was killed by being pushed onto a downed power cable.
- Jerkass: Subverted. Phoenix stupidly claims that he was a "stuck-up British wanna-be", but the truth is that Doug died because he tried to give Phoenix a very important warning about his girlfriend.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Him trying to warn Phoenix Wright about Dahlia Hawthorne seals his fate.
- One-Hit Kill: Phoenix shoved him out of the way and inadvertently knocked him into unconsciousness.
- Punny Name: Studying pharmacology, and has the surname 'Swallow'. His Japanese name, meanwhile, is a play on nondara kiku (roughly "if you take [this medicine], it'll work").
- Tap on the Head: Phoenix shoving him only knocked him out for a very short while, only to wake up when Dahlia finished the job.
- Unwitting Pawn: Dahlia took advantage of him to get some poison to attempt to murder Diego Armando. When Doug found out, he broke up with her, and when he found out that Phoenix was dating her, he attempted to warn him.
Kane Bullard (Kurobee Busujima)
The CEO of KB Security, which was in charge of security during all the Mask☆DeMasque heists. Killed by blunt force head trauma in his office.
- Blackmail Backfire: He tried to put Luke Atmey in his thumbscrews for some loot. Big mistake.
- Bludgeoned to Death: Kane was killed by a blow to his head. What exactly was used to cause that blow is never explainednote .
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Used his own company as a way to gather and sell information about his own clients for a profit.
- Dead Man's Chest: His body was found in a safe in his office.
- Death by Irony: The CEO of a security company is murdered in his own office.
- Expy: He is sort of a poor man's version of Redd White, using his company as a way to gather info for shady purposes.
- The Generic Guy: Maya and Gumshoe lampshade how completely uninteresting a character he is.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Due to his position, he was a much bigger criminal threat than Luke Atmey. And it was his attempt to blackmail Atmey that led the detective to murder him.
- It's All About Me: Had no issue trying to blackmail Luke Atmey, and is implied to have been doing the same to several of his own clients.
- Spot the Thread: The anime elaborates on how he uncovered Luke Atmey's identity as the mastermind behind Mask☆DeMasque, though due to a different detail in the adaptation - specifically, the red jewel was stolen and later fashioned into a ring was originally owned by Kane himself, and when Luke started flashing it around, it did not escape his notice. Though, really, in general, the fact that he figured out Luke Atmey's masterminding of the heists demonstrates that he didn't get the position of the CEO of a security company without merit.
Glen Elg (Takao Oka)
Voiced by (Japanese): Kosuke Onishi (anime)
A genius programmer that worked for Blue Screens, Inc. He had a fatal gambling addiction and won five hundred grand in the lottery before kicking the bucket. Dies from a lethal dose of potassium cyanide, caused by ingesting tainted coffee.
- Blessed with Suck: He wins the lottery mere moments before his loan is due. Unfortunately, the collateral Glen was about to hand over is worth much more than the value of the loan, which prompts Furio Tigre to kill Glen to get the money he needs to pay his own considerably larger debts.
- The Cracker: He wrote a Computer Virus that is highly infectious and destructive, and his virus was destroying files in many government offices including the police department. The criminals who spread this malware were demanding a hefty ransom that the police department refused to pay in order for the crooks to not spread the malware to the police station. This is very close to being a case of
Life Imitates Art because ransomware hit the mainstream news headlines in 2013 with the CryptoLocker malware. - Even Evil Has Standards: While he did make a very dangerous virus, he only did so as an absolute last-ditch way of paying off Tigre, and tried to settle his debt with money from his sudden lottery win when that was an option.
- Fun with Palindromes: He, as with the rest of Blue Screens Inc.'s employees, has a palindrome for a name.
- The Gambling Addict: What eventually led to his death.
- Gambling Ruins Lives: It ended his life; He was a gambling addict who got himself into huge debt and got killed for his winning lottery ticket.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: He created an extremely powerful and dangerous Computer Virus as collateral for a loan. Its effectiveness was demonstrated by the fact that it was destroying the police department's computer files during one of Phoenix's visits to its Criminal Affairs Department. However, he won the lottery a few minutes before the loan was due, so he had no reason to hand over the malware and apparently would have rather paid his debt in money. He got killed because Furio Tigre really was after the malware which was worth millions.
- Lifesaving Misfortune: Inverted. His winning at the lottery is what led to his death. The judge lampshaded the tragic irony of the situation.
- Meaningful Name:
- His English name is a palindrome, spelled the same backwards and forwards. And Furio Tigre—nicknamed "Xin Eohp" by Maya ("Fakenix Wrong" in the anime)—impersonated him just like he did Phoenix.
- In the French translation, his name is Marc Ram. As in random-access memory (RAM), fitting his role as a programmer.
- Shout-Out: Too bad he died. Otherwise, you could've asked him what the Scouter said about The Tiger's power level.
- Unluckily Lucky: Winning the lottery to get out of his gambling debts is exactly what drove Tigre to murder him.
- Tampering with Food and Drink: He got his chips cashed in when his coffee was spiked with cyanide.
- Trapped by Gambling Debts: How ironic that escaping the gambling debts by winning the lottery led to his death.
Elise Deauxnim (Elise Tenryusai)
Voiced by (Japanese): Namiko Morimoto (anime)
Voiced by (English): Terri Doty (anime)
A famous illustrator and picture book author with an unknown past. Larry made her his teacher after he read her book. Killed by stab wound through the back. The exact opposite of Oldbag in personality.
- Bilingual Bonus: Her name is a corruption of "deux" (French for "two"), and the suffix -nim, which alludes to names. Essentially, this means she has "Two Names", hinting at her true identity.
- First-Name Basis: In the Japanese version, she's the only character besides Mia to call Maya by her first name without honorifics. In most cases, it would be overly familiar to refer to a stranger (even a younger one) this way, but it's a perfectly appropriate way to refer to one's own daughter.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: She was stabbed In the Back and run through with her own staff/sword.
- Leitmotif: She has the dubious honor of being the only victim to have her own theme ("A Gentle Melody").
- Mama Bear: As Godot points out, she was ready to pull out the sword in her staff to defend Maya against her sister, Morgan if needed.
- Meaningful Name: "Deauxnim" is pronounced like "pseu-donym", which is a fake name commonly employed by authors to hide their true identities. It's also a corruption of "deux nim"; see Bilingual Bonus above. This naturally serves to conceal the fact that she's really Misty Fey.
- Missing Mom: She is actually Misty Fey, Maya and Mia's long-lost mother.
- Outliving One's Offspring: Outlives her eldest daughter, though only for a few years until she herself is killed as well.
- Posthumous Character: Phoenix meets her a few times at Hazakura Temple, making her one of the few aversions in the series, and the only one in Trials and Tribulations.
- Sword Cane: Her staff contains an iron blade inside.
- Vague Age: The Court Record lists her age as "??". It changes to 49 when her true identity is revealed.
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Shadi Smith (Kagero Urafushi)
A mysterious traveler that arrived at Borscht Bowl to challenge Phoenix Wright to a poker game. Was killed by getting hit on the head by a grape juice bottle. For information about his true identity, see Ace Attorney: Troupe Gramarye.
Pal Meraktis (Teruo Ukari)
A surgeon that made a fortune via making illegal deals with the mob. Was killed while dragging a noodle stand by a bullet to the side of the head.
- Back-Alley Doctor: His trade is performing surgery for the mob and other criminals who wouldn't want accounts of their (presumably) crime-related injuries entering the authorities' records. In an unusual take on this trope, his medical skills are not said to be especially bad - Guy Eldoon outright says that he essentially had no choice but to leave the bullet where it was instead of trying to remove it, which would probably have killed the patient on the operation table.
- Dr. Jerk: He left the bullet in Wocky's heart out of fear that the Kitaki family would leave him for another doctor, keeping him from earning a lot of money.
- Expy: Has quite a bit in common with Turner Grey. They're both jerkass doctors who are the victim of the second case of their respective games, that were killed by a gunshot to the head and they were both killed by nurses that used to work for them that left their clinics as a result of malpractice.
- Failed a Spot Check: Failing to check for a recently dead person's pulse is not something one would expect an experienced surgeon to do. It's very possible he panicked and just thought to get rid of Alita's "body" as quickly as possible.
- He Knows Too Much: He's shot by Alita Tiala just when he's about to tell her fiancé about her involvement in covering up his botched heart surgery just so she could inherit the Kitaki family fortune.
- Mad Doctor: He committed malpractice by failing to inform his patient that he did not have the skills needed to save his patient and told the patient that he solved the issue when it was not, and the issue was a deadly one.
- Posthumous Character: The one straight example in this game, besides Magnifi Gramarye from the flashback case.
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: Subverted, as his victim doesn't die, but he assumes she does.But if I'm going down... I'll want some company. You!
- Punny Name:
- Pal Meraktis > Mal Peraktis > Malpractice.
- In relation to his rival, Pal and Guy.
- The Rival: To Guy Eldoon, with whom he competed with until the poor guy was forced to close his clinic as Pal's took all of his clients.
- Taking You with Me: He tells Alita he won't go down alone for the hidden surgery files just before strangling her. Indeed, when he comes across Wocky while disposing of Alita's "corpse", he tries to tell him his fiancée is tricking him but is killed by Alita before he can do so.
Romein LeTouse (Romaine Lettuce)
Lamiroir's manager and interpreter. Killed by taking a large-caliber gunshot wound to the shoulder.
- The Big Guy: Apollo comments on his tall stature, which rivals that of Kristoph. Fitting that he carried a .45 revolver...
- Completely Unnecessary Translator: Played with. While Lamiroir knows English perfectly well, she's been touring internationally, and he knows some languages that Lamiroir does not.
- Couldn't Find a Pen: A rarity for the series, he actually writes it himself and it ends up being completely true. However, the message isn't what you would expect, given precedent from the rest of the series: he isn't writing the killer's name, but rather his own Interpol ID number, in order to leave behind evidence of why he was killed.
- Flat Character: Even despite being a victim you get to meet in-person, he shows little apparent personality but according to Lamiroir, he was at least cordial with Machi Tobaye.
- Hand Cannon: The revolver he carries, and is subsequently killed by, is this, as it's capable of firing a .45 caliber slug.
- He Knows Too Much: Daryan Crescend killed him because he was onto the smuggling gig of him and Machi.
- Interpol Special Agent: Planted by his organization to investigate the cocoon smuggling operation.
- Line-of-Sight Name: When Shu Takumi was coming up with his name, he happened to see romaine lettuce in a recipe.
- Punny Name: Romein LeTouse = Romaine Lettuce. The Japanese version doesn't even bother with the pun and just makes "Romaine Lettuce" his actual name.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Appears briefly for one scene at the start of the case. The next time you see him, he's bleeding out and seconds away from death.
- Younger Than They Look: He’s 35 years old, but looks older than Lamiroir, who’s 40.
Drew Misham (Doburoku Ese)
A starving artist (so to speak) and Vera's father. Dies due to atroquinine poison ingestion. He is privately known as an expert forger.
- Chekhov's Gunman: He first appears in the introduction of case 4-1 as an unidentified man painting the events of said case. It's not until case 4-4 that you know who he is, why he was painting the events of that case, and how relevant he is to the game's plot.
- Contrived Coincidence: He dies because he couldn't find a stamp for his letter, so he had to use his daughter's favorite stamp, which was framed and, unknown to him, laced with atroquinine.
- He Knows Too Much: He was murdered because he knew who ordered the diary's forgery.
- Hero-Worshipper: An implied Downplayed to Phoenix and his disciple Apollo, given that the forged paintings have a rough sketch of Apollo's first three cases as a base and he took an interest in Phoenix after the latter continued to try to plead his client's innocence, regardless of how the lawyer's own reputation had just been ruined.
- I Did What I Had to Do: He makes it clear to Phoenix that he'll do what he can to make sure his daughter does not grow up in need of anything. Compare the state of the studio just after Phoenix is disbarred to after Misham's murder, and you'll conclude he fulfilled this goal at least.
- My God, What Have I Done?: The man is clearly guilty over providing the testimony that gets Phoenix disbarred, to the point that he, a Reclusive Artist, accedes to allowing you to question him and investigate his place. This does not stop him from continuing his forgeries, as it's what keeps them afloat, but the investigation of case 4-4 will reveal one undeniable fact: the man was on your side the entire time.
- Parents as People: He loves Vera and does his best to raise her despite her crippling agoraphobia and them struggling to make ends meet. Unfortunately, their method for earning the money results in Phoenix being disbarred, Drew being fatally poisoned and Vera almost dying(or actually dying in the bad ending).
- Posthumous Character: Much like Shadi Smith, you meet him in the flashback section of case 4-4.
- Punny Name: "Drew Misham" -> "Drew my sham". Combine with his daughter's name and you get "Vera drew my sham", which reveals exactly the nature of the Misham forgery; namely, that Vera Misham is the one making the forgeries for her father.
- Reclusive Artist: In-Universe. Only three people are known to have actually entered his studio while he was alive: Spark Brushel, Phoenix Wright and Kristoph Gavin.
- Stealth Pun: He's an artist who specializes in making forgeries. In other words, he's a con artist.
- You Are Already Dead: The poison he ingested delivered its lethal effects after a 15-minute delay.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies
Rex Kyubi (Ginji Kyuubi)
The Alderman of Nine-Tails Vale, a village that has long-standing beliefs in the Youkai. Is found stabbed to death during a large festival being held in the village.
- Benevolent Boss: Implied, given that Jinxie, who was working as his maid, has no motive to kill him. He must treat her pretty well.
- Fauxshadow: Through out the case there are several things that pointed to Alderman Kyubi being secretly the Amazing Ninetales. It was well known he strongly apposed the merger, he was a retired pro wrestler that still had plenty of strength, the mask of the Amazing Ninetales contained white hair which he was the only person relevant to the case to have it. Not to mention his Meaningful Name Kyubi refers to the nine-tailed fox and his hair was a Horned Hairdo resembling fox ears. It turns out that this was all coincidental and the Amazing Ninetales was Tenma and the white hair found in the mask came from Kyubi's killer L'Belle.
- Heroic Build: Even though he's a retired pro wrestler, he still kept his body in great shape.
- Horned Hairdo: His hair has horns likely shaped as fox ears.
- Instant Sedation: While talking to Mayor Tenma about the municipal merger when Tenma was about to reveal that he is the Amazing Ninetales, L'Belle serves both men coffee laced with sleeping pills and minutes after drinking the coffee he and Tenma fall into a deep slumber.
- Irony: His insistence that the only weapons he wanted for his collection to be real weapons is what allows L'Belle to have access to the spear used to impale and kill him.
- Meaningful Name: "Kyubi" refers to the nine-tailed fox, referencing his profession as Alderman of Nine-Tails Vale and a direct contrast to Mayor Tenma. If you think that name also ties him to any relation of some sort to the Amazing Nine-Tails, think again.
- Red Herring: With the fact that he's Alderman of Nine-Tails Vale, a former wrestling champion title holder, his Punny Name, his opposition to the municipal merger, and a strand of gray hair was found inside the fox mask, it doesn't take a genius to come to the conclusion that he's the Amazing Nine-Tails. He's not.
- Slain in Their Sleep: Courtesy of L'Belle. In the opening cutscene of the second case, Kyubi and Tenma were drugged with sleeping pills planted in their coffee cups and L'Belle took the opportunity to stab the unconscious Alderman while he was in his drug-induced slumber with one of his own spears.
- Undignified Death: Played completely straight. Not only was he drugged by Tenma's aide so he would be fast asleep and unable to defend himself, but the killer used his one of his spears from his weapon collection to kill him with. Not to mention his death was used to frame his own friend.
Candice Arme (Hozumi Kaku)
Jack Shipley (Ryouji Arafune)
A "captain" of the Shipshape Aquarium who was found dead by the orca pool.
- Anime Hair: His hair has two curved points that make it resemble an anchor.
- Benevolent Boss: His argument against Sasha? Temporarily not allowing her to work out of concern for her own health. The situation regarding his former trainer's death? After knowing her true cause of death, he prevents allowing the first Ora's euthanasia by faking its death.
- Disney Villain Death: It's revealed that Jack was not killed by Orla, but rather fell 65 feet into an empty pool, smashing his head on the landing.
- Expy: Of Russell Berry. Both men are owners of very popular establishments, are Benevolent Bosses to their workers, knew about the motivations caused by traumatic experiences of their killers, and died in a Take Me Instead fashion.
- Face of a Thug: His mugshot depicts him with a stern and scary face but he's genuinely a Nice Guy who cares for his employee and his Orca's wellbeing which made him well-loved by them.
- A Father to His Men: Most of his employees refer to him as "Captain", and truly respect and like him. Sasha in particular seems to consider him a father figure.
- Heroic Sacrifice:
- Died trying to save Orla's life. He failed, but his death indirectly saved her anyway.
- In a more literal way, he refuses Marlon's help because he thought it would end with both men dead.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Due to the Aquarium's pirate motif, he's mostly referred to as "Captain" by the staff.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: An all-around nice guy who plays a villainous pirate as part of the aquarium show.
- Poor Communication Kills: Although weirdly the only person it manages to kill is himself. The problem is twofold: first of all, Shipley isn’t clear to Marlon Rimes that his girlfriend died of natural causes in a tragic coincidence that made it look like Ora was responsible. Secondly, he also doesn’t inform anyone besides Dr. Crab that the orca that the aquarium currently uses in their performances is actually the sister of the original Ora Shipley, Orla. The lack of conveyance of these two pieces of critical information put Marlon on the warpath to murder Orla out of revenge for what he percieved as the killing of his girlfriend. When Shipley attempts to clear up this massive misunderstanding in the middle of Marlon’s plot, he winds up being the only victim of it by tumbling into the empty pool Marlon was going to drown Orla in, despite Marlon’s best efforts to save him.
- Terrible Artist: Or at least unimaginative. In an attempt to create a new antagonist for the show, he ended up with what amounted to just a red scarf over the old villain's costume.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Like Russell Berry, this man is a saint. He pays his workers well, he saved the original Ora Shipley from being euthanized, tried to prevent Sasha from performing after finding out about her heart condition, and is respected by everyone at the aquarium, including the Doctor and the culprit. His last actions before dying? Refusing to give Marlon his hand since he would only end up dragging him down as well, apologizing to him for not realizing the pain he suffered and trying to explain that his hatred was misplaced.
Azura Summers (Suzumi Natsukaze)
An animal trainer who lost her life one year before the events of Turnabout Reclaimed. It was believed that Orla killed her during a show, and DePlume wrote a book about it.
- Anime Hair: As seen in her full body art◊, the tips of her hair curve upwards to mimic the tentacles of cephalopods, as a contrast to Sasha's spiky sea urchin-like hair.
- Dream-Crushing Handicap: People with heart conditions are usually banned from physically stressful jobs, exactly to prevent situations like Azura's. Don't lie to your employers, kids.
- Life Will Kill You: Succumbs to heart failure during a show, setting off a case built on multiple misunderstandings. It makes her a rare case in the series of a victim whose death isn't caused by the actions of another person.
- The Lost Lenore: To Rimes, which motivates him to seek revenge against Orla.
- Meaningful Name: Her Japanese name roughly means "to cool off a summer cold". Her English name reflects this; "azure" is a dark shade of blue, and "summers" refers to the season.
- Satellite Love Interest: Mainly exists to tie her boyfriend who turns out to be Rimes to the case.
- Tragic Keepsake: Jack Shipley keeps her walkie-talkie around as a reminder of what happened. It ends up being critical to the case. She also had a matching pendant with her boyfriend which Sasha kept, and she designed the penguin calendar which never left the prototype stage and was sold as she left it.
Constance Courte (Masayo Michiba)
An instructor at the Themis Legal Academy. She is killed in a manner starkly similar to the details of a mock trial currently being held on the campus.
- Alliterative Name: Constance Courte
- The Fettered: To Means' The Unfettered. Means believed that "The end justifies the means," and only cared about winning a trial by any means necessary. Constance, on the other hand, believed finding the truth through legitimate and honest means was a lawyer's single most important duty.
- Foil: She was the complete ideological opposite of Professor Means, believing that those practicing law should stick to principled, legitimate means to reach the truth.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: She was stabbed by Professor Means' staff.
- Peek-a-Boo Corpse: She was discovered by Phoenix and Athena.
- Punny Name: Constance means 'constant' and Courte refers to her role in the courtroom.
- She Knows Too Much: She found out Means was the one taking bribes and confronted him about it, leading him to killing her.
- Statuesque Stunner: She was 5'11/181 cm, making her the tallest female character in the series by a significant margin, and not bad on the eyes.
- Too Good for This Sinful Earth: She was a positive role model among the students in the academy, who constantly taught them to never stoop to unethical means to win a case (one of her former students is one of the cleanest prosecutors in the series), in contrast to Professor Means' Amoral Attorney way of thinking. Seemingly subverted when a piece of evidence is discovered directly ripped from her planner that she is taking bribes from Hugh O'Conner for his grades. Later it becomes Double Subverted when it turns out that the page came from Professor Means' notebook instead of hers.
Clay Terran (Daichi Aoi)
An astronaut who was Apollo's best friend. Dies from a stab wound in the chest.
- Bonding over Missing Parents: He and Apollo became best friends after Apollo comforted Clay after the latter lost his mother.
- Character Catchphrase: "I'm fine!" He got it from Apollo.
- Childhood Friend: To Apollo.
- Dying Moment of Awesome: Implied in the game and inferred by Apollo himself. When the phantom backtracked to the room with Clay and Solomon his primary goal was to retrieve the Hope probe carrying the moon rock that could incriminate him. Given that the probe was found on the scene of the crime and that there would have been no objective reason to kill Clay, it's implied that Clay literally fought to his last breath, despite already being exhausted from carrying Solomon in a heavy spacesuit, to keep the phantom away from the probe carrying the moon rock.
- Hidden Depths: He's described as a cheerful, compassionate guy and a loyal friend by Apollo and Solomon. He also helped Yuri Cosmos fake the launch to protect himself and Solomon from a bomb threat, all without telling Solomon and drugging him with Solomon's own anxiety medication. And may or may not have fought off the Phantom long enough to prevent the latter from stealing the Hope Probe, as described above under Dying Moment of Awesome.
- Identical Stranger: With manga character Flip Chambers. Interestingly, this extends to their deaths- bleeding to death after being stabbed in the chest.
- Meaningful Name:
- 'Daichi' means earth (although referring to the ground instead of the planet Earth), and 'aoi' is a homophone for the word for blue.
- In English, 'Terran' refers to anything from Earth, and Clay is a type of soil. Both English and Japanese names are closely tied to planet Earth. This is because, despite being an astronaut, he was killed before he ever actually went into space.
- Plot-Triggering Death: His death kickstarts Apollo's Roaring Rampage of Revenge.
- Remember the New Guy?: Apollo must be great at separating his work and personal life, because neither the audience nor Athena (who's worked with Apollo for half a year at that point) hears about Clay at all until Apollo mentions him (though not by name) at the end of "Turnabout Academy".
- Too Happy to Live: What Apollo describes him as.
Metis Cykes (Mari Kizuki)
Athena Cykes's mother, who was a psychologist and worked with robots. Killed seven years ago by being stabbed with a katana.
- Abusive Mom: Suspected to be this, or at the very least neglectful, given her use of her daughter in her experiments but in truth she loved her daughter dearly and hoped to enable Athena to live an ordinary life.
- Affectionate Nickname: Called "Mommy Metis" by Ponco and Clonco.
- Better with Non-Human Company: Stated to have loved her robot creations Ponco and Clonco, and to have been awkward with people. Her distance causes outsiders and even Athena herself to question whether Metis really loved her daughter or whether she just saw her as a guinea pig. Ultimately, it's the former that proves to be true.
- Family Theme Naming: She invoked this trope, naming her daughter after the mythological daughter of the Titaness Metis.
- Foreign Culture Fetish: In the English version. Much like her pupil Simon, she had a fascination with traditional Japanese culture, to the point of wearing a kimono most of the time and keeping various Japanese artifacts on display in her lab. Two of them came back to bite her.
- Glamorous Single Mother: Somehow managed to be both a genius A.I. researcher and a parent. To a hypersensitive child, at that. Athena's father is never mentioned.
- Good Parents: Who the hell names their kid after a goddess?
- Guinea Pig Family: A benevolent example (according to Simon, she did it to tamp down Athena's hearing), but she often had young Athena undergo experiments.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Aura Blackquill, though the "heterosexual" part really only applies to Metis.
- Jerkass: Subverted. It seems like her treatment towards Athena when she was a child was neglectful at best and abusive at worst, with the constant scientific and psychological experiments she made her go through as a test subject was for rather selfish reasons. The prosecution even tries to assert this trope by trying to convince the court that this was as good a motive as any for Athena to want to kill her own mother. However, Simon reiterates and tries to assure Athena that Metis' research was solely for the sake of helping Athena dampen her exceptional hearing ability, which has alienated her from other people throughout her childhood, and that Metis loved Athena very much.
- Lady and Knight: A platonic example with Simon; she acted as the 'liege' in their LARP.
- Like Father, Unlike Son: Other than both being intelligent, driven women, Metis shares little in common with her daughter.
- Meaningful Name:
- Her Japanese first name can also be read as the word for psychology.
- Metis in Ancient Greek means "cunningness/wisdom, craft, skill." On the mythology side, Metis was Zeus' first wife, and Athena's mother. In astronomy, Metis is Jupiter's innermost moon-reflecting her lunar motif shared with Athena.
- Single Parents Are Undesirable: Coworkers like Aura resented the fact that Athena always came first in Metis' life (and heart).
- We Were Your Team: The UR-1 group was held together by love of Metis, so once she died, everybody went off in their own directions. In the present day, Athena can't even physically remember that they were a team, and the other members aren't much different.
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice
Paht Rohl (Mima Waruhito)
A treasure guard who was ordered to watch the "Founder's Orb", Khura'in's most prized artifact. Killed by a blow to the head.
- Bludgeoned to Death: Killed by a blow to the head. While it is originally thought that the weapon was the box holding the Founder's Orb, the weapon was actually Pees'lubin's dahmalan.
- Consolation Prize: Since Pees'lubn had already stolen the Orb, Paht decided to just take the Box itself — it's pretty valuable in its own right.
- Inside Job: He was stealing from the temple he was assigned to guard.
- Justified Criminal: He was a thief who tried to steal an orb he was paid to protect, but he intended on doing so to help provide for his rather large family.
- Karmic Death: If he hadn't tried to steal the Orb, he'd still be alive.
- Lack of Empathy: He's killed in the middle of trying to steal the Founder's Orb, while pointing a gun at Ahlbi in order to interrogate him.
- Pet the Dog: Genuinely cared about Ahlbi and even told him "Don't turn out like me."
- Phantom Thief: This security guard stole plenty of priceless artifacts from Tehm'pul Temple in order to feed his family.
- Punny Name:
- "Patrol".
- His Japanese name is a play on both mimawaru (to patrol) and warui hito (bad person). His full name sounds like mimawaru hito (a patrolling person).
- Would Hurt a Child: He pointed his pistol at Alhbi.
Manov Mistree (Naohito Fushigi)
- Alliterative Name: Manov Mistree.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Pulled up by a harness into a stationary sword. Given how slow the penetration would be, it would've been much more painful than a conventional stabbing.
- Fan Boy: Of the real Mr. Reus, which Roger took advantage of so he could murder him and frame Trucy for it.
- Identical Stranger: He looks very much like Roger Retinz did in his youth, which helped a lot in making the public believe the original Mr. Reus had made a comeback.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Dies from being impaled on a sword.
- Legacy Character: Manov is actually a fan of the original Mr. Reus. Roger took advantage of him to frame Trucy for his murder.
- "Miss X" Pun: The stage name Mr. Reus puns on mysterious, appropriately for a Stage Magician. Doubly meaningful as reus means "guilty" in Latin, and he becomes the victim of a crime.
- The Mole: He was working with Roger Retinz while pretending to work for Trucy to prank her. He might have planned to ruin her by exposing the secrets of Troupe Gramarye's magic without her permission as well, depending on whether or not a statement from Bonny or Betty de Famme to Ema Skye is true or not. It is too bad for Mistree that Retinz considered him more useful dead than alive.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Being the sole known fan of Mr. Reus, enough for him to want to carry on with his legacy, only gets him killed in Retinz's revenge plot.
- Not Allowed to Grow Old: Hasn't appeared to have aged between the 13 years he was kicked out of troupe Gramarye. Subverted in that this isn't the real Mr. Reus, who's aged accordingly.
- Prophetic Name: He took the stage name of "Mr. Reus". Since the word reus in Latin means "guilty", his stage name means "Mr. Guilty". He is guilty of trying to prank Trucy and might have been guilty of planning to expose the secrets of Troupe Gramarye's magic without Trucy's permission, but is not guilty of murder.
- Punny Name:
- "Man of mystery". His magician stage name sounds like 'mysterious'. Also, "Reus" is similar to the word "ruse". Fitting, since he's part of one.
- In Japanese, his first name is written with the kanji for "ordinary" and "person", and his last name is a homophone for "mysterious". His full name is a play on the phrase fushigi na hito (a mysterious person). His stage name, "Menyo", is a slight alteration of menyou, which also means "mysterious".
- Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts: This is how Retinz kills him despite being miles away from the Penrose Theatre.
- Scars Are Forever: Averted as he lacks the double cross-shaped scar on his right arm that is seen in a 13-year-old poster. Played Straight, however, as it proves that he's not the real Mr. Reus.
- Stage Magician: Actually, he's only a magician's student.
Tahrust Inmee (Malmel Aatam)
A Khura'inese priest who died during Maya's training rite. Thanks to spirit channeling, he's called as a witness for the trial on his own death. See here for more about him.
Puhray Zeh'lot / Rheel Neh'mu (Ogamu Mainiiche / Fon Myou)
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Until you learn that he was actually a member of the Secret Police where his job in that organization is that of a Killer Cop, he really seems like he was a nice, loving guy as he was shown smiling happily with Maya, Tahrust and Beh'leeb during the Feast of Blessings in a photo.
- Dead All Along: Chronologically the first victim of the case and had died the night before the Purification Rite started, having been posed in a prayer stance to look as though he's just praying as part of the rite.
- Epic Fail: He is a Professional Killer working for the Secret Police. His last job had him try to kill a pregnant woman. Said pregnant woman managed to kill him in perfectly justifiable self-defense. Getting killed by a pregnant target in self-defense is probably is one of the most humiliating ways for a hitman to die.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed. For however much it's worth, he was aware that Tahrust Inmee was affiliated with the rebels and secretly posted a threat letter to try and dissuade him from carrying through with his plan to aid Datz's escape, which implies that he genuinely didn't want to have to target him.
- Hate Sink: He was a sadistic and fanatical man who tried to kill a pregnant woman who had been nothing but generous to him. He was also responsible for many deaths on the orders of Inga, happily carrying them out without a second thought, making him one of the rare examples where he was far worse than the person who killed him.
- The Heavy: The true villain of Case 3. The Secret Police's primary enforcer, the Kee'ra-impersonator responsible for the rebels' recent losses, and the one who both unsuccessfully attacked Beh'leeb and consequently drove Tahrust to plot his own Miscarriage of Justice to protect her? All this guy.
- Karmic Death: It's almost impossible for a normal person to feel for a Killer Cop who was killed by his own target in self-defense, especially when said target was a pregnant woman who considered him a surrogate son.
- The Killer Becomes the Killed: After boasting he could kill rebels with impunity thanks to having Minister Inga backing him, he is killed.
- Killer Cop: He is a state-sanctioned one-man murderer of many rebels as part of his orders from the Secret Police.
- Lack of Empathy: He's a Killer Cop that died while trying to kill a pregnant woman that had treated him like he was a member of her family. The reveal quickly turns him into a Broken Pedestal for the many people who had a good opinion of him, or the Lady Kee'ra impersonator that had surfaced on Khura'in.
- Last Disrespects: He gets one of the most humiliating funerals ever. In Khura'in, murder trials serve as murder victims' funerals. Beh'leeb Inmee, a pregnant woman who Neh'mu tried to murder, confessed to killing Neh'mu in self-defense, and also said that he was a Killer Cop and Professional Killer working for the Secret Police who followed orders to kill rebels. Nahyuta Sahdmadhi then said that this is probably why no orders were made to investigate the murders that Neh'mu committed as part of his job, which further pointed to Neh'mu's guilt. He therefore was labeled as a Killer Cop and a Professional Killer who got killed in perfectly justifiable self-defense by a pregnant woman, which is one of the most humiliating ways for a hitman to die. Getting labeled as a hitman when he was keeping that job a secret is further humiliation for him at his funeral.
- Of Corpse He's Alive: Zeh'lot was actually the first victim of the case. The Inmees buried his body in snow to mask his time of death, then placed his corpse in a praying position at the Plaza of Devotion, in order to make it look like Tahrust and Zeh'lot were killed by the same culprit by making it seem that Tahrust was killed first.
- Punny Name:
- 'Prays a lot', and his last name sounds like 'zealot'. His real name...yeah.
- His name is a pun on the circumstances of his death. At first, you are lead to believe that he is killed during a prayer ceremony, hence 'Prays a lot.' But then you find out he was killed because he was performing his role as a Killer Cop who kills as ordered as part of his duties as a member of the Secret Police, more like a 'prey zealot.'
- Professional Killer: He has killed rebels from time to time as part of his duties for the Secret Police as a Killer Cop, and he was paid for it.
- Secret Police: His real job.
- Serial Killer: He has killed rebels from time to time as part of the Secret Police.
- Undignified Death: He is a Professional Killer working for the Secret Police. His last job had him try to kill a pregnant woman. Said pregnant woman managed to kill him in perfectly justifiable self-defense. Getting killed by a pregnant target in self-defense is probably is one of the most humiliating ways for a hitman to die.
- Ungrateful Bastard: In the end, he turns on his benefactors, the Inmees, albeit giving them a warning first.
- Vigilante Man: While he's part of the Secret Police, his anti-rebel actions are not legally authorized (even though Inga apparently ordered them), hence why he hides his name.
- Walking Spoiler: Considering the number of spoilered tropes he has, mentioning anything about his real identity, or even that he's the second victim (technically, the first, but Tahrust made sure his body was discovered later) of Case 3 will spoil the plot.
Taifu Toneido (Bakufuu Senpuutei)
- Alliterative Name: Taifu Toneido.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Quite unusual even for this series, being suffocated by a wad of dough pressed against his face.
- Eccentric Mentor: Arguably qualifies as a deconstruction. Both Bucky's suspected motive, and Geiru's actual motive, were caused by miscommunications due to his behavior. Both Uendo and Geiru agree that leaving a dying message by using karuta cards sounds like something he'd do.
- Follow in My Footsteps: Inverted; he specifically wanted Geiru not to do this to her late father, which is why he didn't give her the "Uendo" name. He wanted Geiru to find her own calling in life and not be bound either by rakugo or by the Uendo name. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a big misunderstanding, as Geiru really wanted to succeed him.
- Poor Communication Kills: If only he'd told Geiru up front he was trying to console her, and that he didn't pick her to succeed him because he wanted her to find her own calling in life without being bound by him or by rakugo, he'd still be alive. It seems Taifu has this problem in more than that context as well, with Simon stating he worked in mysterious ways.
- Punny Name: Typhoon tornado.
- Sinister Suffocation: Died from being on the receiving end of this, with the weapon being dough for Udon noodles.
Uendo Toneido the First
A rakugo performer, Geiru Toneido's father and the current Uendo Toneido's predecessor. Died young due to illness.- The Ace: The best rakugo artist Toneido School produced until his death.
- Disappeared Dad: To Geiru.
Archie Buff (Fumiaki Sanagi)
- Adventurer Archaeologist: He's certainly DRESSED as one. Apparently, he explores the mountains around Kurain Village and once got caught by Pearl Fey, who promised not to tell. Before he moved to Kurain, he used to travel around the world stealing precious historical artifacts for research.
- Continuity Nod: His office is full of artifacts. Three of them from Trials and Tribulations appear; the Ami Fey statue, the Sacred Urn (complete with cracks, "AMI" written on it and pink splodges thanks to Adrian) and the scroll depicting Misty Fey...albeit with a permanent gravy stain.
- Death from Above: This is how he got murdered. Paul Atishon pushed Datz Are'bal's extremely heavy suitcase filled with dumbbells from the catwalk above him onto him.
- For Science!: He stole artifacts to study them, while repairing them if they were damaged and returning them once he was done.
- Gentleman Thief: While he stole artifacts, he only wished to study them before returning them. He repaired the artifacts he took if they needed repair.
- Good Parents: The way that Armie talks about him makes it very clear that he loved her. He even went as far as moving out to the countryside and giving up his position at the university he worked at in hopes that it would help Armie move past her mother's death.
- Horrible Judge of Character: While he locked the personal entrance to his home, he told Armie why he didn't lock the visitor's entrance was because he believed that the good people of Kurain Village wouldn't break into his home. While he was partially right, he didn't take into account the culprit...
- Make It Look Like an Accident: Paul set up Archie Buff's murder to look this way, setting the scene that he was hit on the head by books falling off his shelf.
- Monumental Theft: He stole a giant relief sculpture from the Kingdom of Khura'in and had it mounted into his study. The relief sculpture is large enough to cover an entire wall in his study. He also stole an ancient Humongous Mecha as well.
- Nice Guy: From what others had said about him he was a generous person and a great father even his thievery is an example of his kindness as he restores the items he steals before returning them.
- Phantom Thief: He stole artifacts, and was careful enough not to leave any evidence that would allow the police to arrest him. As a bonus, he puts them back where he found them, and in a restored state, equally as stealthy as he stole them.
- Punny Name: He was an archaeology buff after all.
- Stolen Good, Returned Better: Yeah, he stole artifacts, but For Science!! He restored them if they needed restoration before returning them to the owners.
- Too Dumb to Live: He was convinced that Kurain Village was full of good people, hence why the visitor's entrance wasn't locked, Truth in Television as people living in neighbourhoods with very low crime rates tend to leave their doors unlocked.
Armie Buff's mother
A Russian ex-soldier and Armie Buff's mother. Died six months prior to the events of Turnabout Revolution.- Heroic Sacrifice: Died saving Armie's life from an arson attack.
- Missing Mom: To Armie.
- No Name Given: Her name is never mentioned in the game.
Jove Justice (Sousuke Odoroki)
Dumas Gloomsbury (Seiji Yonekura)
- Bludgeoned to Death: He was killed by being hit in the head with a clock.
- Best Served Cold: He waited until the perfect moment for his revenge against Sorin.
- The Butler Did It: He intended to be on the delivering end of this trope, but ended up on the receiving end instead.
- Evil Brit: Evident in the opening cutscene of "Turnabout Time Traveller" where he tries to push Ellen off the airship balcony.
- In-Series Nickname: He is known as "Mister Doom-n'-Gloom" among the servants of the Sprocket household.
- Lack of Empathy: He tried to kill Ellen.
- Punny Name: He has a very gloomy appearance. Dumas is a reference to Alexandre Dumas, the author of The Count of Monte Cristo, a story where revenge is a prevalent theme. Also, his name sounds phonetically similar to doom-and-gloom, his nickname, and it also contains the word "bury", something you do with your dead. Considering the reasons for his attempted murder, his own death, and that he is The Scapegoat, his name rather fits- doom and gloom buries...
- The Scapegoat: The accident that injured Sorin and killed Selena was blamed on him.
- A Sinister Clue: He was left-handed, and he tried to murder Ellen Wyatt and Sorin Sprocket. His left hand fingerprints were all over the candelabra that he was using as his murder weapon. The candelabra becomes critical evidence in the trial proving that Gloomsbury was left-handed when something only a right-handed person could have written shows up, eliminating him as the author. This trope would have become The Killer Was Left-Handed if he managed to kill one of them, but all of his murder attempts failed.
- Tragic Villain: In the same vein as Jack Hammer and Yanni Yogi, Dumas became a would-be murderer out of Revenge for having his life ruined as The Scapegoat.
- Younger Than They Look: Does he LOOK 25 with that grey hair and dour expression?
Selena Sprocket (Hikari Haguruma)
- Alliterative Name: Selena Sprocket. Doubles as Alliterative Family with her brother Sorin.
- Last Request: Her last words to Pierce Nichody were "Please help Sorin", and Nichody took it upon himself to honor this request and help Sorin with the company. Or so it seems. In reality, Selena was urging Nichody to operate on Sorin first, despite triage dictating she should be helped before her brother.
- The Lost Lenore: To Pierce Nichody, who never got over her death and was consumed with resentment and revenge.
- Nice Girl: According to all who knew her, she was a genuinely kind soul. Until her last moments, she was putting someone else's — namely, her little brother's — life above her own.
- Punny Name:
- Sprocket is a gear, and she was an engineer.
- Hikari can mean light, and Selena means moon, making her name moon-light.
- Satellite Character: She's mainly defined by being Sorin's sister, but she really only exists to give Gloomsbury and Nichody motive for murder.
- Stealth Pun: Selena Sprocket is a Satellite Character named after a satellite.
- Stupid Sacrifice: It's implied that both siblings could have been saved if Selena, whose injuries were far more serious than her brother's and required more immediate attention, had not been so insistent that Pierce operate on Sorin first.
- Take Me Instead: She gave up her own life so her little brother could live.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Her decision to prioritize Sorin's life over hers is what eventually causes the events in the case.
Manga characters
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney manga
Bright Bonds (Hikaru Shinjou)
Belle's old boyfriend and the victim in Turnabout With the Wind in the manga. He was thought to have been killed by Larry out of jealousy when he kept pursuing Belle despite being married.
- Alliterative Name: In English, Bright Bonds.
- Jerkass: Payne speculates that he got killed because he was committing adultery, as he talks about infidelity harming more people than those involved, but it's subverted when it turns out that he was killed because he wouldn’t.
- Love Martyr: In spite of knowing that Belle killed him, he went into a men’s only sauna before he died, possibly to ensure that Belle would not be charged. Phoenix suspects that he still cared for her in spite of everything he said.
- Named After Somebody Famous: He's a sports fanatic who shares the same last name as Barry Bonds.
Eddie Johnson (Jirou Kimura)
A talented employee at Cyber Project who was rude to his superiors and arrogant, and also was in a relationship with Lira Wolfe. Robin Wolfe called Eddie in to have a talk with him, which resulted in him torturing him with spiders, leading him to commit suicide. This led to Robin being suspected of killing Eddie, since he was the last person Eddie saw.- Blood from the Mouth: As he is dying from falling to his death.
- Break the Haughty: Robin says he was hoping to have a talk with him about his arrogance and insubordination, but his method suggests he was going farther.
- Driven to Suicide: The police, however, think it's murder, and considered Robin the prime suspect.
- Insufferable Genius: Was apparently quite arrogant, but also had the talent to back it up.
- Shout-Out: He and his brother Brock's names combined form "Eddie Brock", also known as Venom.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Extremely arachnophobic as a result of being bitten by a spider as a child, and commits suicide after his traumatic experience.
Robin Wolfe (Akamune Komori)
President of Cyber Project, he hires Phoenix to defend him when he comes under suspicion of murdering Eddie Johnson. He ends up getting killed himself in Turnabout Gallows, and Phoenix is hired to defend Bobby when he’s charged with Robin’s murder.- Bait-and-Switch Boss: He's initially the potential defendant in Turnabout Gallows until he becomes the victim.
- Bald of Evil: A fairly shiny one.
- Big Fancy House: The owner of one, due to his profession.
- Dying Clue: Double subversion. The police investigate his drawing of a spider, thinking that it's related to the "spider man" that was threatening him, but Phoenix points out he merely draws what is in front of him when he needs to come up with an idea. It turns out that the spider was drawn upside down, and he unwittingly provided evidence that he was being restrained on the ceiling.
- Hated by All: The kind of person almost everyone in the area at the time of the murder hated enough to have a motive for wanting him dead. His daughter hates him for driving Eddie to his death, Brock suspects that he killed Eddie and Bobby secretly resents how he's being pushed to the side and seen as worthless.
- Jerkass: Has essentially alienated his wife and daughter. Interestingly enough, however, he's surprisingly nice to Phoenix.
- Karmic Death: Being restrained in a chair, tricked into thinking that Eddie was back from the dead, as a spider man on the ceiling, and then essentially tricked into killing himself by falling to his death (the same way Eddie killed himself).
- Pet the Dog: Subverted; he claims that he sent Bobby to San Francisco to give him working experience and confidence, but Brock's statements suggest that he wanted him away from home so that he could take Eddie to the Den of Spiders (which also seems like a considerable investment out of love for his brother, but also keeps Bobby out of sight). However, he has an arguably straight example, when toward the end of the trial, Lira recalls a fond memory of him drawing her picture.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: He derides Eddie for being "weak" for committing suicide, and even laughed about driving him to his death.
- Unreliable Expositor: He claims that Lira had no relationship with Eddie, but she makes it clear later that she loved him. He also denies Bobby is his brother and claims that he’s a servant when he doesn’t have any servants. It’s thus difficult to believe his claim that he knew nothing of Eddie’s arachnophobia.
Flip Chambers (Junpei Ichinomiya)
The actor who plays Twinklestar. He was formerly in a relationship with Julie Henson until he left her for someone else.- Big Ol' Eyebrows: His resemble Sparklestar's, to the point at which Maya is surprised when he isn't the one in the costume.
- Gorn: Both sides of the costume and his clothes are soaked with blood. Unlike some of the other stabbings in the series, the killer did not leave the weapon in or wipe up the blood.
- Identical Stranger: With Clay Terran, from the main series games, down to the Pointless Band-Aid and the manner in which they died (that is, bleeding out from a stab wound to the chest).
- Locked Room Mystery: He was stabbed in the chest, without the front of the costume being pierced. He couldn't have opened the costume (which is zipped from the back) from the inside, and none of the mascots can hold anything in their hands, leaving Julie as the only suspect. All this, however, only applies if the costumes are not worn backwards, as he and his killer did.
- Meaningful Name: His Japanese name means "One palace," which the translators changed to "Chambers" to preserve the reference to the Locked Room Mystery.
- Pointless Band-Aid: On his nose.
- Red Herring: It's noted that he and Julie are not on the best of terms, as he dumped her for someone else. This never comes up a second time, and she is innocent of his murder.
- The Show Must Go On: One explanation for his going back on stage despite being fatally stabbed.
- Working with the Ex: He and Julie have not reconciled after their breakup.
Oracle Hecate (Oracle Reika)
A fortune teller who is the "gatekeeper" of the "Gates of Hell" aka the Nether World. Her prophecies come from the Lord of Death. She's the victim in Turnabout Prophecy.- Continuity Nod: The chant she told Russi to say (Larmawiledlanmag Mamaxmatphoe Romagteriri) are really small parts of all the defendants' names from the first game to the third one.
- Fortune Teller: Her profession.
- Gonk: It's actually pretty normal here considering that she's a fortune teller.
- Jerkass: She's described as a terrible human being by Saito. Also, she's like that with some of her customers.
- Literal-Minded: When Cytherea suggested that she should lock herself up and nail all the entrances to the booth, she took it seriously.
- Locked Room Mystery: Both the front door and the back door are locked and Russi was supposedly the only one there besides herself. You can unlock the back door through the hole in the Gates of Hell though.
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: When she's nailing the entrance via ventilation system.
- Phony Psychic: She's really in league with Cytherea to make it look like her fortune-telling is 100% accurate.
- Posthumous Character: Kind of. She's only ever seen in-person from Russi's point of view but Phoenix never actually met her.
- Super-Strength: She practically slammed the doors of all the booths when she found about her death sickle being touched.
- The Precious, Precious Car: Don't even think about touching her death sickle.
Buck Wheatley (Nihachi Kanenari)
The former president of Buckwheat Palace and Diana's father, who had an allergy to buck wheat.
- Abusive Dad: He often vented his anger on his daughter, and his outbursts were so violent that she even feared she'd die more than once.
- Bad Boss: According to Alice Butler, he was harsh to his employees.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: He had very shady methods of running his company, and according to his daughter, made several enemies. She suspects that her kidnapping as a child was perpetrated by one of said enemies, and the reason why said kidnapping wasn't reported to the police is because his methods would have been exposed.
- Irony: The guy ended up developing an allergy to wheat, the same stuff that made him rich in the first place.
- Jerkass: He was a massive dick, to say the least.
- One-Steve Limit: Wheatley and Montana share the same given name.
- Punny Name: Comes from "buck wheat", the stuff that made him rich and ironically caused his death.
- Villain with Good Publicity: Covers up many of his underhanded deeds and the kidnapping on Vale, as well as the fact that she's the daughter of his mistress.
Vale Wheatley (Kasumi Kanenari)
Buck's wife and Diana's mother. She died in an accident when Diana was four years old.
- Abusive Mom: It turns out that instead of being a kidnapper, Diana's real mother was trying to save her.
- Missing Mom: Diana's; she died in a car accident. Except she wasn't really her mom, but rather her stepmother.
- Wicked Stepmother: Right down to mistreating her stepdaughter for being the daughter of her husband and another woman instead of her own.
Milo "Fairplay" Kent (Justice Masayoshi)
One of the contestants on the Gourmand Battle show.
- Blood from the Mouth: Right as he kicks it, he spits blood from his mouth.
- Cheaters Never Prosper: Averted and Invoked at the same time, because Milo's constant winning streaks were a result of him using his magician's tricks to cheat and win. Unfortunately, it also got him killed.
- Meaningful Name: Milo means "Merciful".
- Poisoned Chalice Switcheroo: Risa claims that he switched her poison bowl with his. And she was counting on him doing so.
- Red Baron: Known as "The Magician".
- Villain with Good Publicity: Well, "villain" is a bit strong, but he WAS a total cheater who managed to get away with it because he was so good-looking and charming to everyone else. It's also pointed out that if word of this gets out, it will cause a lot of trouble, especially since he had advertising deals going on.
Casper Sly (Kagero Hosobosoki)
Also known as G.I. Sly (GI Kagero). He was a private investigator who was investigating the Great Tengu Society.
- Meaningful Name: G.I. stands for "Ghost-like and Inconsolable." The way he had disappeared after he was spotted on the third floor of the tower made it look like he had spirited away.
- Of Corpse He's Alive: He was suspended by wires to make it seem as though he were alive for some time after his death to prevent people from finding out when he died, and thus who killed him.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Subverted. He tells Phoenix and Maya his full name before he tells them his nickname.
- Private Detective: Investigated the Great Tengu Society.
Ace Attorney Investigations manga
Hayden Maxwell (Hatsune Mada)
A woman who is stabbed to death at the masquerade party.
- In the Back: Fatally stabbed in the back.
- It's All About Me: She bled her previous boyfriend dry, dumped him, then moved on to another boyfriend with no remorse.
- Karma Houdini: Seen as such by her killer, for causing her boyfriend to go deep into debt and commit suicide. The victim then responds with Pay Evil unto Evil.
Holland (Hayato)
The lead vocalist for Bird Wing, who was killed during his band's final show.—-
- Ambition Is Evil: He was widely disliked among the band for going solo.
- Working with the Ex: He used to be in a relationship with Hiedei, but dumped her a week before his death.
Hobart Tarkington (Hirofumi Takeda)
A robber who tried to steal 200 million yen worth of diamonds, but was killed.
- Boom, Headshot!: How he meets his end.
- Disguised Hostage Gambit: He tried this, but...
- Hoist by His Own Petard: It backfired on him and ultimately led to his "hostage" shooting him
- Human Shield: Uses his hostage or rather, his accomplice, as one
- It's All About Me: He was a robber who tried to steal diamonds.
Max Arden (Mamoru Ato)
A security guard at the Seselagi Art Museum, who was killed in an attempt to steal the painting "Officers".
- He Knows Too Much: He found out that Miller had sold Officers. He chose to stay quiet, but Miller decided to kill him to silence him, as part of his plan to pretened that it was stolen.
- Mentor: Monet's martial arts master.
- Of Corpse He's Alive: Although the killer couldn't quite get him into a standing position, and so had to improvise.
- Secret-Keeper: That "Officers" was sold and replaced by a fake.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Angrily chastises Miller for selling Officers. He reluctantly decides to keep quiet, but Miller doesn't trust him, and so kills him.
Brodie Toynbee (Burikichi Omochiya)
President of Toy-be. He looks Japanese and apparently follows a samurai code.- Better with Non-Human Company: His only close companion is a dog.
- Seppuku: Or so his killer wanted everyone to believe.
Gabriel Toynbee (Gannosuke Omochiya)
The first president and founder of Toy-be and father of the three Toynbee brothers. He committed suicide in his office on New Year's Day. Since the next president apparently committed suicide near New Year's Day too, it was believed that he placed a curse on Brodie and killed him.- Seppuku: His method of killing himself.
Yardley Kidman (Yasushi Kito)
The man convicted of blowing up a giant Christmas tree although he kept pleading his innocence and claimed that he was in his apartment at that time. He had no proof to help him and ended up in prison. Two days before the premier of "Othello Detectives: The Movie," he escaped prison and commits suicide by jumping off a 15-story apartment building. People started doubting whether Kidman really was the "Giant Christmas Tree Bomber."- Driven to Suicide: After escaping from prison.
Emi St. Cloud (Emi Izumo)
The actress playing as the heroine in the movie, "Othello Detectives".- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She's nice on the screen and when making public appearances, but stops being nice when she doesn't need to fool people.
- Jerkass: Her true nature outside of the big screen is that of a rather selfish individual who acts like a jerk to many people.
- Nice Character, Mean Actor: Gumshoe notes that Emi acts completely different than she is on-camera.
Samuel Sylent (Sadaharu Otonashi)
A novelist staying at the Ogre's Axe Hotel.- Alliterative Name: Samuel Sylent.
- Jerkass: A thrice-convicted extortionist who was killed while trying to extort from his murderer.
Tony Granier (Teruo Daiho)
Owner of Ogre’s Axe Hotel.- Spanner in the Works: His interference threatened the plan to hide Samuel's body, which Youngport had formulated. Even though he's killed for it, his killer is ultimately found out.
- Speak Ill of the Dead: He didn't know for certain that Ava's husband was dead, but he's certainly willing to jump to the conclusion that he abandoned her.
Marco Swindell (Makuri Makiage)
A man who injured his arm, then claims it didn't heal properly to extort money from the clinic.- Meaningful Name: His last name is a homonym for "swindle," which is exactly what he's doing to the clinic.
- Obviously Evil: The man is an Expy of the classic depiction of Satan for crying out loud!
- Thanatos Gambit: Hope suspects that he committed suicide merely to spite the clinic. It turns out that this is not the case.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Claims Dr. Jiffy failed to treat him in order to extort money from the clinic.
Anime characters
Gale Gaelic
Voiced by (Japanese): Koji Yusa (anime)
Voiced by (English): Patric Carroll (anime)
A waiter who worked at the venue where Avery Richman allegedly murdered Benjamin Cashanova.
- Alliterative Name: Gale Gaelic.
- Blackmail: He tries to blackmail Turnbull, using his involvement in the plot to frame Richman as leverage. Turnbull kills him instead.
- Foil To Shelley de Killer. de Killer is an assassin who follows a code of honor and ends up being blackmailed by his clients, while Gale has no such code and blackmails his client.
- Lack of Empathy: Given that he was an assassin and a blackmailer.
- Walking Spoiler: It's difficult to discuss him without revealing that he ends up as the murder victim or that he was responsible for framing Richman.
Benjamin Cashanova (Yendol Kanesky)
The Secretary General of the United States Trade Federation. His assassination led to the wrongful conviction of Avery Richman, his economic adversary. Musical characters
Senator Robert Cole
A US Senator who was killed during Governor Miller's presidential campaign. His death, however, may have more to the situation than meets the eye...Marcus Payne
The victim of The Truth Reborn Once More, who was murdered via poison. Stageplay characters
Yuuya Dan
The victim of Turnabout Spotlight, though he survives the attempt on his life. Go here for more information.Troupe Sukhavati
A troupe of ghosts who were once actors when they were alive, only to have died just before they could make their big break. They are led by Gaga Miyako (see here).Koyuki Kurono
The director of the action-drama show "Psychic Academy Σ".- Face–Heel Turn: Originally went to her home village to protest against the dam's construction, but Yachiro successfully bribed her into looking the other way. It's what led to her death.
Maldea Valenbough
An unknown participant in the Judicial Olympics, reportedly being a prosecutor from Mexico.- The Heavy: He was sent to kill Yukari Fukashigi by Antino Nivantess to retrieve the files of the World Judicial Union’s criminal ties which she was about to release to the public.
- Karmic Death: Stabbed to death by the son of the woman who the former killed 15 years ago. With the same knife she stabbed him with, no less.
Kin Crowmack
The former chairman of the World Judicial Union.Yukari Fukashigi
Yoko's mother, and the former leader of 'Rabbits'. Novel characters
