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Argus Hakan
- The Ace: He's able to solve cases in a short amount of time, with very little effort. Made even more impressive by how outlandish the mysteries can get.
- Amateur Sleuth: Like the attorneys of canon, he solves crimes and investigates them without any additional pay. It's a wonder how he's able to go from an amateur to such a skilled detective in such a short amount of time.
- Big Good: Since he's the guy that's responsible for solving cases and defending the innocent, it's a given that he fits this.
- Catchphrase: "Lel."
- Character Development: He goes from a woefully inept lawyer to a formidable attorney.
- Childhood Friends: With Storm.
- Clueless Detective: He has no experience as a detective, and bumbles around with embarassing frequency in early chapters. Thankfully, he improves later on.
- Crusading Lawyer: He gets caught up in so many cases in very little time and he's already tired out after the second one, but that doesn't mean he's ever willing to give up on a client, even if he must stealthily cross the Atlantic Ocean to catch the culprit. Never once does the issue of payment ever come up, either; it's ambiguous if he's even getting paid at all for his work.
- Dark Is Not Evil: He has a darker color scheme than most of the other protagonists, and is a lawyer fighting for justice for his clients.
- Determinator: No matter how outrageous or convoluted things become, he never gives up, no matter how overwhelming things become.
- First-Person Smartass: Like any self-respecting ace attorney protagonist, he has some choice things to say about any situation, things that would have him held in contempt of court if he were to voice them aloud.
- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: He wouldn't be an attorney if he didn't do so.
- Idiot Hero: How he starts off as. He has little grasp on the case he is representing and constantly makes outlandish assertions that start off by only hurting his case. Fortunately, he stumbles across the truth and solves the case.
- This is thoroughly subverted later on when he becomes incredibly competent, solving extremely difficult cases with little effort.
- Insane Troll Logic: He takes over a case he knows nothing about to stop his mentor from getting a penalty. Naturally, this makes things far more difficult for everyone.
- Mystery Magnet: Wherever he goes, a crime occurs.
- Only Sane Man: From chapter 2 onwards, He is one of the few characters who rarely acts like an utter lunatic or moron, being levelheaded and pointing out the absurdity of many situations.
- In the first chapter, this is averted, as he bumbles his way through the trial, behaving just as irrationally as everyone else, sans a flabbergasted Karen.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: His badge is cardboard, something that only a few people actually pick up on. It seems that in the ace attorney universe, nobody can tell the difference between real badges and tacky replicas.
- Player Character: He is the character the player controls through the game.
- Precision F-Strike: One of his responses to the mayor's jaywalking conviction is asking who gives a flying fuck.
- Pumpkin Person: Argus' costume in his Asinine Attorney case.
- Rank Up: After Argus breaks Adrianna's heart locks, she gives him her attorney's badge, replacing the fake cardboard one.
- Refuge in Audacity: How he is able to take over a trial without the consent of his mentor or her client is anyone's guess. The fact that his strategy to solving the case is by grasping at straws also counts as this.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: His red to Storm's blue.
- Spanner in the Works: Truman and Adrianna probably didn't count on him suddenly becoming an attorney and getting involved in their schemes.
- Surrounded by Idiots: A fact he is all too aware of.
- Teen Genius: He may not quite be a teen, but when he was in Hexepta law school, he was apparently brilliant at solving cases as a school defender, the prize pupil of the student justice committee. This serves him well when he finally gets his act together and becomes a good lawyer.
Storm Sente
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: You play as him in Case 4 and the first investigation of Case 6, as well as his Asinine Attorney case.
- Anti-Hero: Prosecuting Adrianna in Case 6, believing he's pursuing the truth.
- The Butler Did It: He's sure of this in Case 3.
- Childhood Friends: With Argus.
- Friendly Rival: Prosecuting in Case 6.
- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger
- Leitmotif: Jokingly named "In Pursuit of Adrenaline," after a certain line in Acquittal that is infamous among it's small fanbase for conflicting with Storm's deadpan expression.
- Lifesaving Misfortune: The only reason Storm didn't die at FemCon with the rest of the lawyers is because his alarm clock broke down that morning. It turns out that this was no luck on his part at all! The day before the incident, Lawrence had broken into his home and tampered with the alarm clock to prevent him from getting caught in the blast.
- Motionless Chin
- Mystery Magnet: Lampshaded by Richard.
- Only Known by Their Nickname
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: His blue to Argus' red. Richard can also apply as his red.
- The Rival: In Case 6.
Adrianna Lockheart
- Amoral Attorney
- Anti-Villain
- Expy: She's a belligerant and determined prosecutor with a tough exterior, not unlike Franziska Von Karma, the basis of her character design.
- Her being an Invented Individual who works for the villains also brings Calisto Yew and Bobby Fulbright to mind, though Lockheart is far less villainous than those two.
- First-Name Basis: Immediately establishes one with Argus. She was his mentor, after all.
- Foreshadowing: A subtle one but she has the exact same body type as Karen. She also only makes her appearance after Karen "dies." The two are also similar in personality, showing that they might be the same person.
- The Glasses Come Off: She does this frequently when things start to get serious. It tends to be a sign that her stoic facade is cracking.
- Heel–Face Turn: Suddenly sides with Argus at the end of Case 3. This is an act to hide her true intentions.
- Invented Individual: She's really Karen Foster in disguise.
- Law of Disproportionate Response: While jaywalking is one of the most minor of crimes, she jumps at the opportunity to use it as an excuse to sabotage Vick Timm's career. She even sets up an extremely expensive trial to have the mayor prosecuted, taking it incredibly seriously.
- Mysterious Woman: Her schtick in the early chapters, until more focus is put into her character. She acts very mysterious because Adrianna is merely an Invented Individual, masking the fact that Karen Foster dyed her hair blonde and became a prosecutor after faking her death.
- Playing Both Sides: She is also Karen Foster, a defence attorney.
- The Rival: She's the lead prosecutor in Cases 2 and 3.
- Running Gag: Throughout chapter 2, there's multiple jokes about whether or not she is going to prosecute the judge's grandson for jaywalking.
- Sore Loser: She takes her loss in Case 2 so poorly she storms out of the courtroom.
- Walking Spoiler: She is Karen Foster in disguise and has been working with the villain all along.
Vick Timm
- Butt-Monkey: Many chapters involve him being accused of or being the victim some sort of crime. This happens so much so that his Punny Name almost comes off as an understatement.
- Cain and Abel: The abel.
- Character Tic: He refers to Argus as 'boy' on many occasions.
- Clueless Boss: He has no idea how to properly run the city, only being able to do the bare minimum. He relies on his subordinates to do most of the work.
- Cosmic Plaything: He is so unlucky and the victim of so many misfortunes that it seems almost like some otherworldly force (or the game's writer) is causing him to suffer for their own amusement.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Wears dark clothing, and is a well meaning individual.
- Designated Victim: He seems to find himself the target of multiple circumstances in a very short amount of time, almost making it seem like people are out to get him in particular. It's because they are.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Him incorrectly being accused of jaywalking almost costs him his job as mayor.
- The Ditz: He's incredibly stupid, with the earliest example showing this involving him putting top secret information into a computer without checking whether it is secure or not.
- Establishing Character Moment: His introduction shows that he has little idea of the severity of the situation, showing him as someone who is willing to help with the investigation while unsure on what exactly he has to do. It also shows he relies entirely on others, something that can easily be exploited.
- Good Is Dumb: He's a good hearted man, and a total moron.
- Horrible Judge of Character: He blindly has faith in everyone he encounters, and never considers the possibility that someone may have it out for him until it happens. He's constantly having to be assisted by Argus either to get justice for him or to keep him from being wrongfully convicted.
- Jaywalking Will Ruin Your Life: It almost does.
- Meaningful Name: He's the victim of many unfortunate events, either involving something bad happening to him or him being accused of something bad.
- Nice Guy: He's well meaning and approachable, even if he's an utter dolt. He even gives Argus an expensive computer on a whim.
- Running Gag: If the title didn't give it away, he's frequently the victim of something bad happening to him.
- Spare to the Throne: His older brother was originally meant to be mayor.
- The Stoic: No matter what is thrown at him, he hardly loses his composure and takes everything in stride.
Detective Camille
- Amnesiac Hero: He has no idea who he is or even his name, going by Camille for some reason.
- Berserk Button: Do not call him "Detective." Only friends can call him that.
- Clueless Detective: His cluelessness isn't highlighted as much as other Ace Attorney detectives, but he still never arrests the right man. Though this is due to him following incorrect orders, as well as the fact that his amnesia probably is interfering with his skill as a detective.
- Deadpan Snarker: He has some quips here and there, showing that while his memory is gone, his wit isn't.
- Deus ex Machina: He appears for the first time at the end of Case 1 with evidence incriminating the witness.
- Hero Antagonist: His investigations make Argus' job far more difficult and he's sometimes called to testify against his clients, though he's only doing his job and trying to provide a fair trial.
- Mr. Exposition: He gives a lot of background information about the events Argus is investigating, as well as some insight about noteworthy characters.
- Nice Guy: He's a bit rough around the edges, but he's one of the few detectives to actually be helpful to the defence and offer insight without going against the prosecution's orders.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: He is referred to as Camille despite it not being his real name. This is due to him not knowing what his real name is because of his amnesia.
- Only Sane Man: He's aware that Lockheart is overzealous with her prosecuting and correctly points out that the mayor being in a position of power doesn't make him exempt from the rules. He also realises that Argus is wearing a fake badge, only letting him off the hook when Argus bluffs that he left his badge in his other pants.
- Post-Final Boss: He killed Frost in the last half hour of the final case and Argus quickly proves his guilt with basic deductive reasoning.
- The Stoic: He has little emotion, being rather blunt and sardonic throughout his appearances.
Richard Kingsley
- Back for the Finale: His first chronological appearance in the game is in Case 6.
- Demoted to Extra: He's still an assistant character, but his role in the game overall is a lot smaller than (what would have been) in Acquittal.
- Motionless Chin
- Parental Abandonment: It's said in Acquittal that he has no family.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: His red to Storm's blue.
The Judge
- Cloud Cuckoolander: He frequently goes off on tangents and gets sidetracked easily, not unlike other judges in the series.
- He almost buys Upton's giant ugly spider monster repellent charm, being the only person in the courtroom unaware that Upton is not to be trusted.
- He's also convinced that his young grandson will be convicted for jaywalking, despite the trial only being held due the mayor's status as well as the fact that the grandson is likely too young to be held accountable for the "crime."
- The Ditz: He's far more easily led, impulsive, and impressionable than most other judges in the ace attorney fangames.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He's the judge, and he's a judge.
- Foil: To the regular judge. He's more irresponsible, aggressive, stupid, and guillible than the canon judge, fitting in well with the rest of Hexepta's citizens. He also has hair and his beard hasn't gone grey yet, unlike lovable Udgey.
- Good Parents: Well, a good grandfather. He loves his grandson dearly and is worried when he thinks Adrianna will arrest him for jaywalking.
- Horrible Judge of Character: Somehow believes that Upton O'Goode is a trustworthy person who will see legitimate products. It makes you wonder how he ever got to become a judge.
- No Name Given: Like any self-respecting judge, he has no name, only a title to be referred to as.
Debuted in The Hacked Turnabout
Karen Foster
- Collateral Angst: She unceremoniously kills herself to give Argus an excuse to grow as a character. This is merely a ploy to disguise herself as Adrianna.
- Cynical Mentor: Throughout case 1, she makes it clear that she has very little faith in Argus' abilities.
- Driven to Suicide: Or so it seems. It's originally thought that what happened was that Argus made such a mockery out of the courtroom by blundering his way to the truth that she killed herself.
- Faking the Dead: She's not actually dead, merely disguised as another person, Adrianna Lockheart to be precise.
- The Mentor: She is this for Argus until her death.
- Only Sane Man: She is probably the only normal person in the first chapter.
- Starts with a Suicide: She kills herself at the end of Case 1 for unknown reasons, possibly due to how terrible of a job her appentice did in court.
- Never Suicide: She wasn't actually dead.
- Surrounded by Idiots: How she sees things. She's not wrong.
- Treacherous Advisor: When she faked her death and began prosecuting Argus' cases as Adrianna Lockheart. Also for the fact that she's been working for the villain the whole time.
- Walking Spoiler: Reveals about her later on turn everything known about her on their head.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: The poor woman thought she was in a more standard ace attorney game. She wasn't.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: She has a reaction like this when Argus hijacks her case on a whim. She's so shocked that she barely protests, spending a lot of time comprehending the situation instead.
Haxin Payne
- Accuser of the Brethren: He swears at the start of Case 1 that he will win the trial as vengeance for her causing his family grief in the past, despite neither of them knowing what he's talking about. It turns out Karen, as Adrianna, had prosecuted a family member of Payne in the past and Payne immediately recognized Karen out-of-disguise.
- Butt-Monkey: He exists to be an easy opponent for Argus to break his teeth on, with his ego being torn down many levels and his reputation suffering even more. He wouldn't be a Payne without this happening to him, after all.
- Didn't Think This Through: His case against Terry Chens falls apart very quickly.
- Dumbass Has a Point: He may not be very smart, but he's the only person who immediately recognizes Karen Foster as Adrianna Lockheart (or vice-versa).
- The Glasses Come Off: ...And shatter into a million pieces.
- Mugging the Monster: He did not expect Argus to put up as much of a fight as he did.
- Punny Name: Hacks in Payne, a pun continuing the family's tradition of being named after someone in physical distress.
- Remember the New Guy?: Apparently, the Paynes have yet another brother who exists to be the punching bag for up and coming attorneys.
- Warmup Boss: He's far less challenging than the following prosecutors and exists mainly to easy people into the game.
Secret Eerie
- Arc Villain: The main antagonist of 'the hacked turnabout.'
- Complexity Addiction: He inexplicably decides to create a rube goldberg machine to pull off a simple hack, taking so many unnecessarily difficult steps that it becomes difficult to even piece together what they were.
- Dark Is Evil: Dressed almost entirely in black, and a villain.
- Fatal Flaw: His Complexity Addiction. While his plan is so convoluted that it throws everyone off guard, it also leads a huge amount of evidence behind, all which links back to him.
- Faux Affably Evil: He's polite and willing to assist in an investigation, though this is all an act to throw suspicion off himself.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: What he presents himself as. The truth is that he's actively sabotaging the mayor, though his scheme takes quite a bit of effort to pull off.
- Meaningful Name: He's the mayor's secetary.
- Obviously Evil: Just look at him. Lampshaded by his profile.
- Refuge in Audacity: His plan to hack into Vick's laptop and steal all the information has to be seen to be believed.
- Reused Character Design: His character design is the same as one of Dee Vasquez's goons.
- Sinister Shades: They serve to add to his untrustworthy appearance.
- Starter Villain: He's the first villain of the game.
- Stupid Evil: For some reason, he thought it was a good idea to leave all the incriminating evidence in his office, not even bothering to hide it. It's a wonder he wasn't suspected earlier.
- Walking Spoiler: As the blanked-out text should demonstrate, there's a lot more to this incredibly conspicuous man than he'd want you to believe.
- Warmup Boss: His testimony is one of the easier ones compared to later witnesses and serves to demonstrate the convoluted logic puzzles this game revels in.
- Zany Scheme: His crime involves searching for a shady website that has overly large computers, so as not to draw suspicion to the spacious boxes they are delivered in. He continues by intercepting the computer from Chens, replacing all the advanced security with bricks, and putting the setup into his office. He then continues his plan by hanging a large amount of hammers from the ceiling by a rope, then hiding inside a crate positioned directly below the hammers while a lighter slowly burns through the rope. When the rope is burned, the hammers fall onto the nails of the crate, nailing it shut while also emulating the sound of someone knocking on the mayor's door. He hides under a layer of bricks inside the crate, which both hides him from the mayor's view while also making him think he had been scammed. While the mayor was setting up the computer, Secret stayed hidden under the bricks until late at night, at which point he climbed out, stole the documents the mayor had put on the computer, and stealthily left the next morning while the mayor was at the computer.
Terry Chens
- He Who Must Not Be Seen: He never actually appears. It's unknown if he even is present at court, as he never even so much as interacts with his lawyer, who just acquitted him of a wrongful conviction, something almost unheard of in the ace attorney universe.
- Reused Character Design: He looks like Terry Fawles, everyone's favorite mentally impared ephebophile.
Debuted in Turnabout on the Road
Bob Bildit
- A Lighter Shade of Black: He's an amoral and unscrupulous individual, but hardly a danger to society to the extent that Upton is.
- Subverted when he shows his true colors and attempts to have Upton assassinated in the middle of the courtroom, proving that he's just as bad, if not worse than Upton.
- Arc Villain: He was the one who schemed to have the mayor charged with jaywalking by swapping two roads. Treated as the main villain of the case.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He's a moderately skilled builder, a fact he uses to look down on everyone around him.
- Artistic Licence – Physics: Roads can't just be randomly swapped with a crane on a whim, they have to slowly be dismantled over a period of time. Though, hexepta isn't known for it's logic.
- Blatant Lies: He desperately tries to claim he wasn't using the crane on the day of the incident. This is easily disproved by the fact that there are wheel prints that show that the crane was operated on that day.
- Captain Obvious: His builders usually don't have any new insights to make, heaping praise onto him or repeating what was just said moments ago.
- Complexity Addiction: Like Secret, his plan is so convoluted for no good reason, that Argus isn't able to logically solve it, due to the myriad of absurd actions required for it to work.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Bob dearly loves his crane, as it's his favorite one.
- Evil Brit: Likely, as Bob the builder is British in almost all his iterations.
- Evil Minion: He has henchmen that back up his statements, reinforce his bloated view of himself, and say a bunch of inane things together until Bob tells them to shut up. It's also likely they would have assassinated Upton if they were given the chance.
- Flat Character: His builder's have little personality, just following him around and occasionally threatening people when their boss is cornered.
- He Knows Too Much: As soon as he realizes what Upton has been talking about, he runs to the witness stand and demands his builders kill the guy.Bob: Kill that kid before he says any more!
- Hoist by His Own Petard: His plan is so complex that only he would have the experience needed to pull it off, making him the only suspect.
- Jerkass: He's a bit of a douche to Argus, being arrogant and unhelpful.
- Laughably Evil: He's such a pompous dick and his plan is so stupid that it's impossible to take him seriously. His ensemble popping up at the most ludicrous of moments only cements him as this.
- Light Is Not Good: His builders wear colorful clothing and are assisting Bob in his framing scheme.
- Narcissist: He's very, very proud of his work. He also has hired an entourage that do little but heap him with praise, something he basks in.
- No Name Given: His henchmen have no name apart from being referred to as builders.
- Palette Swap: One of his minions looks exactly like Secret Eerie, just with a hat and a differently colored shirt. The other henchmen look like similar (albeit recolored) versions of Dee Vasquez's goons.
- Punny Name: Bob build it, and also a not so subtle reference to Bob the builder, a popular children's tv show character.
- Refuge in Audacity: He blatantly requests for a witness to be murdered in the middle of a courtroom. Nobody bats an eyelid at this.
- Replacing two roads on a whim also falls into this category. It's assumed that he had one impressive physics-defying crane at his disopsal.
- Shout-Out: He's a reference to Bob the Builder.
- The builders are also a reference to the machines, being different colors as well as following Bob around.
- Small Name, Big Ego: He takes pride in his work far too much for someone that just makes roads.
- Smug Snake: He clearly thinks he's the smartest person in the room, gloating about his amazing building skills to everyone within an earshot.
- Sycophantic Servant: Bob's builders do little but compliment their boss and repeat phrases. He does seem to appreciate it, as long as they keep it in moderation.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Apparently Hexepta takes jaywalking more seriously than attempted murder, as shown by nobody batting an eyelid when Bob tries to have Upton killed during his testimony.
- Villainous Breakdown: His hair turns bright orange, his eyes litht up like flames.
- Walking Spoiler: The fact that he can change the road's placement on a whim completely turns the direction of the case around.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: With Bob arrested, it's unknown if the builders were also sent to jail or back to work without their boss.
- Zany Scheme: He replaces two roads, so that a road where jaywalking is not allowed looks like a road where it is. He then waits for the mayor to cross the road he replaced so that he can notify the police to arrest him in order to frame him for jaywalking and have him removed as mayor. He then testifies and uses his knowledge of the roads in an attempt to further incriminate the mayor.
Upton O'Goode
- Affably Evil: He's a con artist and reckless enough to almost kill someone by speeding but he's extremely friendly and polite, even when trying to rip people off.
- And That's Terrible: His crimes apparently have made him the most notorious criminal in the town, despite the fact he seems rather harmless. He does almost kill someone due to his utter disregard for anyone but himself, so there may be some justification to his notoriety after all.
- Arc Villain: He was responsible for the hit and run that happened around the same time the mayor was caught jaywalking.
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: His crimes include speeding, attempting to rip people off and hitting someone with a car and almost killing them due to his recklessness.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: He starts selling protective charms against a spider monster as a result of a misunderstanding.
- Con Man: He's always trying to rip people off, no exceptions.
- Crying Wolf: What the giant spider monster ends up being for O'Goode. He was right that he was moved by something, though he didn't properly identify what moved him, with the actual culprit being Bob Bildit's crane.
- Dark Is Evil: He wears dark clothing, and is a bit of a dick.
- Drives Like Crazy: He will even rewrite the rules of the road if he must.
- Eviler than Thou: He's supposedly the most wanted criminal in the city, and hit someone with his car, as opposed to Bob who is just trying to frame the mayor for a petty crime.
- Subverted when Bob tries to have him executed during his testimony, showing that while both of them are terrible people, Bob is the more dangerous one.
- Evil Redhead: He's got red hair, and is certainly not a paragon of society.
- For the Evulz: Evil is a bit of a stretch, but his only motivation for ripping people off is that he feels like doing so.
- He Knows Too Much: He's almost killed by Bob due to inadvertedly dismantling his testimony by being at the right place at the wrong time.
- Insane Troll Logic: He feels like speeding, so he removes the speeding sign so he can speed to his heart's content. It's as ludicrous as it sounds.
- Irony: Upton removed the stop sign so he could speed with inpunity. If Argus gives it back to him at the end of the chapter, it ends up slowing him down, doing what Upton desperately tried to avoid being done.
- I Shall Return: He says this at the end of the second chapter. He doesn't.
- It's All About Me: He cares more about self-gratification than the safety of other people.
- Karma Houdini: He gets away with all his crimes by running off before he can be detained.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: It's left ambiguous if he is caught if Argus tricks him into slowing himself down by running from the police while holding the stop sign. If he is caught and hauled off to jail for his hit and run incident, he'll certainly fall into this trope.
- Meaningful Name: He's up to no good, something he'll be sure to demonstrate.
- Never the Obvious Suspect: He seems like an obvious culprit, being a common swindler and troublemaker in general, but his crimes are completely unrelated to the jaywalking trial. He's responsible for a hit and run and speeding, with Bob Bildit obviously being the framer.
- Nothing Is Scarier: He sees the giant ugly spider monster as this. Fortunately for him, this monster doesn't exist how he imagines it. It's actually Bob's crane.
- Obviously Evil: If his name didn't give him away, his actions will. He does little to hide how sleazy he is.
- Oh, Crap!: He has this reaction when he's almost arrested for all his petty mischief, as well as hitting someone with a car.
- Red Herring: He's set up to be the culprit, but is responsible for an entirely different crime, with Bob Bildit being the true mastermind.
- Refuge in Audacity: He tries to con everyone in the courtroom during his testimony, well aware that fraud is a criminal offense. He's lucky that he wasn't arrested for that.
- His idea to get away with speeding is to just remove the stop sign so he can speed with inpunity. It's so stupid that Argus is shocked that he thought it was a even good idea in the first place.
- Running Gag: He tries to rip everyone off around him, no exceptions. This happens an insane amount of times.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He has this reaction when he's about to be hauled to jail, running off before he can be detained. Why he wasn't apprehended before he could make a run for it is anyone's guess.
- Snake Oil Salesman: His cons consist of him trying to sell bogus products to people, not limited to his giant ugly spider monster repelling charm. Nobody gets the chance to buy his garbage.
- Spanner in the Works: By committing a crime at the same time as Bob, and later testifying about his actions, Upton ended up miraculously ruining Bob's plan.
- Stupid Evil: As well as mistaking a crane for a spider monster, he also tries to flee the police while holding onto the stop sign that Argus sneakily lent him, not realising that he'll almost certainly be caught due to this. He's not the brightest tool in the shed, that's for sure.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: The person that he hit with his car never seems to get the attention that the mayor does for jaywalking.
- Walking Spoiler: He's far more than just a petty crook.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's left ambiguous if he faced any consequences for his actions or if he was hauled off to jail (if Camille managed to catch him due to Upton being slowed down by the stop sign he's carrying.) Though due to the city's incompetence, it's likely he'll remain a fugitive for a while longer.
Debuted in Turnabout in Flames
Butler
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He even insists that his name remain a secret. According to the mayor, his first name is "Xavier."
- Mr. Exposition: Pretty much his entire role in Case 6. He provides some exposition in Case 3 as well.
- Red Herring: For the arson.
- Undying Loyalty: To the Timm family.
Honor Gesst
Cooke Sue
- Ascended Extra: Her name was listed among the staff present at the town hall in Case 1.
- Demoted to Extra again in Case 6 and Storm Sente: Asinine Attorney, in which she has not even 15 lines between them.
- Punny Name: Possibly the worst in the game.
Debuted in Turnabout Apprentice
Charlie Lawrence
- Amoral Attorney: At the time of Turnabout Apprentice, he was under investigation due to suspicions that he used illegal tactics during his trials. He believes these accusations to be false.
- Cool Teacher
- Mad Bomber: He is the culprit behind the FemCon incident. Not wanting to see Storm's passion go overshadowed, Lawrence bought some bombs from the black market and used them to blow up the Femley School of Law, killing off every other lawyer and law student in the country. The disaster resulted in 9839 casualties.
- The Mentor
- Motive Rant: After Storm proves he killed the Chief of Police, Lawrence admits to both the murder and the FemCon bombing. He tells the court that he had studied hard to become a master of law, only to be slandered by the media and for his courtroom tactics to be labelled as underhanded. Only Storm showed any respect for him and, wanting him to succeed where he had failed, he decided to kill off every other lawyer in the country. This severed any competition Storm may face and guaranteed his path to fame. He considered Storm's victory in the trial a success on his part and had no regrets after being taken away.
Lizzy Harrison
- The Cameo: Her only appearance outside of this case is through allusions in Case 6, alongside the other prosecutors of Acquittal: Induction.
Sebastian Donovan
- The Cameo: His only appearance outside of the bonus cases is through allusions in Case 6.
- Motionless Chin
- The Rival: To Storm.
Justice Sullivan
- The Cameo: His only appearance outside of this case is through allusions in Case 6.
- Motionless Chin
Debuted in The Stolen Turnabout
Perry Tour
- Arc Villain: Shared with DePaint. Not only is he Killian and the one who stole the mayor's medal, but he also stole the painting from De Paint some time before the events of the case.
- Blame Game: Between him and DePaint
- Narcissist
Shipley Pandeck
May DePaint
- Arc Villain: Shared with Tour. She was responsible for stealing the painting from the ship.
- Blame Game: Between her and Tour.
- Framing the Guilty Party: Her theft of the painting is designed to incriminate Shipley.
Debuted in The Sculpted Turnabout
Anton Frost
- Arc Villain
- Big Bad: It certainly seems to be the case, given the reveal that he is Truman Timm.
Bartholomew Legrande
- Wine Is Classy: Never seen without a glass of wine in hand, even in court. He never actually drinks it, though.
Gerard White
- Disc-One Final Boss
- Narcissist: He thinks very highly of his work for the museum.
Katherine Flare
- Accuser of the Brethren: Her reason for not being completely honest with the court in Case 6.
Gill Flare
- She Knows Too Much: Apparently, she was framed for arson because she was investigating the organization targeting the mayor.
Debuted in Argus Hakan: Asinine Attorney
Conrad Cross
- Crossover: He originally appeared in Burden of Proof, another game based on Ace Attorney.
- Say My Name: A result of his frustration upon discovering L'Belle's actions prior to the trial.
Harry Hardson
- What Did I Do Last Night?: He sets out on a mission to find his lost horse, but by the time he follows its hoofprints to the Wright Anything Agency, he needs someone to remind him why he's even there.
Florent L'Belle
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself
- Narcissist: Entirely faithful to his Dual Destinies appearance.
- Shameless Self-Promoter: He shows up at Trucy's Halloween party just to promote his products - which he still isn't selling. He doesn't even wear a costume.
Phoenix Wright
- Arc Villain: Guilty of eating too many chocolates.
- For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself
Trucy Wright
- It's a Costume Party, I Swear!: She and Argus are the only ones dressed in a costume.
Bojack Eric
- Paper-Thin Disguise: All he's wearing is a mask.
- Plot Twist: To Argus' surprise, he actually is a horse!
Debuted in Storm Sente: Asinine Attorney
Arc
- Creator Cameo: He was the lead developer of Hexepta: Logic Hack.
Mr. Mystery
- Arc Villain
- Based on a True Story: Mr. Mystery actually did plagiarize music that was to be used for Hexepta: Logic Hack.
- Creator Cameo: He was the composer for Hexepta: Logic Hack. Or so Arc thought.
