History Fridge / TurnaboutStorm

Consider this: In the games, all the prosecutors not called [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Winston Payne]] come with a pretty open and shut case at first glance, same as Trixie; and usually have a piece of evidence or testimony they pull off from nowhere after Nick finds a contradiction, destroying Wright's line of logic, same as Trixie; and Phoenix manages to break their case ''just'' in time by using either "unimportant" evidence he collected or a testimony from someone he spoke to while investigating[[note]]Or the occasional BigDamnHeroes moment[[/note]], making him get the upper hand at the end. But it's different this time.\\

* More a case of Fridge Sadness, but as funny as it is to watch Twilight flounder around during her conversation with Derpy, the idea that Derpy has a mental disorder that makes her believe that nopony bothers to remember her name is rather depressing.

*** Want some extra FridgeHorror? Looking at the state of her Black Psyche-Locks, the outcome of the trial could've very well decided who her AA-verse parallel (in terms of Black Lock bearer and psyche) would've been. [[spoiler:Turnabout Storm's official canon has her paralleled with Athena Cykes, who, prior to having hers broken, had forgotten her secret but it still haunted her, traumatizing her. In the Bad Ending canon, she would be paralleled to Kristoph Gavin, who has his black locks whole and whose traumatizing secret had become so ingrained into his memory that it twisted him to the point of ending people's lives and careers for the pettiest of reasons.]]

* Pinkie stops Phoenix from saying Derpy's name during their encounter. Despite many fans believing this to be a nod to "[[PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad Derpygate]]", after watching ''Part 3 - Twilight'' it becomes apparent that Pinkie simply knew [[IHaveManyNames the problems that would arise]], since it's normally Pinkie's hobby to memorize a basic bio of each and every single citizen of Ponyville.

* Trixie is pretty damn successful holding up her case in the first day of the trial; she manages to end ''with the upper hand'' the first day of the trial, something ''Ace Attorney'' prosecutors can't brag about. She could be considered a VillainSue by some but then again, she ''does'' have an advantage over the prosecutors in the games.\\

* It may seem a bit random, or just like a random lucky break for Phoenix, that Rarity is the only pony in town who seems to like his hair, let alone mention his suit, when everyone else has made fun of it at one point or another. However, this makes sense, as Rarity is well versed in many forms of fashion, including haute couture. Her sense of style is more diverse than the average Ponyville citizen, and so she would be the one most likely to think his sense of hairstyle looks good on him.

*** Want some extra FridgeHorror? Looking at the state of her Black Psyche-Locks, the outcome of the trial could've very well decided who her AA-verse parallel (in terms of Black Lock bearer and psyche) would've been. [[spoiler:Turnabout Storm's official canon has her paralleled with Athena Cykes, who, prior to having hers broken, had forgotten her secret but it still haunted her, traumatizing her. In the Bad Ending canon, she would be paralleled to Kristoph Gavin, who has his black locks whole and whose traumatizing secret had become so ingrained into his memory that it twisted him to the point of ending people's lives and careers for the pettiest of reasons.]]
* When Phoenix tries to anger Gilda into slipping up in her testimony since, as he puts it, anger makes you stupid, Twilight makes mention that it seems he's taking a page out of Trixie's book. This actually gives some insight into how Trixie acts. She intentionally acts pompous and aggravating to make people slip up under that same reasoning. In court she's constantly calling her opponents inflammatory names and other such things, under the knowledge that if she can make them mad enough, she might be able to get them to slip up in her favor.

*** Want some extra FridgeHorror? Looking at the state of her Black Psyche-Locks, the outcome of the trial could've very well decided who her AA-verse parallel (in terms of Black Lock bearer and psyche) would've been. [[spoiler:Turnabout Storm's official canon has her paralleled with Athena Cykes, who, prior to having hers broken, had forgotten her secret but it still haunted her, traumatizing her. In the Bad Ending canon, she would be paralleled to Kristoph Gavin, who has his black locks whole and whose traumatizing secret had become so ingrained into his memory that it twisted him to the point of ending people's lives and careers for the pettiest of reasons.]]

* Sonata and Ace Swift are parallels to Mia Fey and Red White. Though Sonata lacks the moral character that Mia possesed, she still was almost killed trying to expose the [[AssholeVictim asshole]] blackmailer. But in the far more [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism idealistic world]] of ''Frienship is Magic'', karma killed Ace for his crimes rather than Sonata. %%That particular case starts off by showing the guilty party, and the death of Mia is not a spoiler in the series.

* Why did Twilight still assume Phoenix was a pony up until summoning him? Because his name actually sounds like it ''almost'' could be the name of a character on that show. With a normal human's name, she would have immediately raised an eyebrow.

* It's weird seeing Trixie's Black Psyche-Locks being viewed as a TearJerker when the previous ([[spoiler:and around the time the episode was shown, ''only'']]) person who [[spoiler: had them was a CompleteMonster]]. However, it makes perfect sense when you hear how Phoenix describes them when he faced the latter. One of the details he said to describe them was "full of despair". So in a sense, they're still the same, but in the former's case, that part of them is more remarkable than in the latter's.

** It helps that the next character to have Black Psyche-Locks in Ace Attorney's canon [[spoiler: (Athena Cykes)]] is much more sympathetic than [[spoiler: Kristoph]]. And with [[spoiler: her]] Psyche-Locks being similar to Trixie's to boot.

** It helps that the next character to have Black Psyche-Locks in Ace Attorney's canon is much more sympathetic than Kristopher. And with her psylokcs being similar to Trixie's to boot.

*** Want some extra FridgeHorror? Looking at the state of her Black Psyche-Locks, the outcome of the trial could've very well decided who her AA-verse parallel (in terms of Black Lock bearer and psyche) would've been. Turnabout Storm's official canon has her paralleled with Athena Cykes, who, prior to having hers broken, had forgotten her secret but it still haunted her, traumatizing her. In the Bad Ending canon, she would be paralleled to Kristoph Gavin, who has his black locks whole and whose traumatizing secret had become so ingrained into his memory that it twisted him to the point of ending people's lives and careers for the pettiest of reasons.