Describe The Phoenix Wright Musical Project here.
I will, Your Honor.
Back in 2008, there was a idea posted on the Court Records forum. Said idea then exploded into a revolution, which quickly gained its own website, which can be found
here
.
The Phoenix Wright Musical Project is, well,
a project to make a musical based on Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. It follows the story of the first game, and the writers have tried to adapt it
as faithfully as possible.
At this point, the musical is well into production, with the script and songs completed and a full-CD in production. As of April 2010, the musical is currently in talk to be licensed by
Capcom under the name "Turnabout Musical". As of June 2011, a CD of "Highlights From Turnabout Musical!" has become available for download through their website.
Matthew Taranto, AKA TriforceBun, is the voice of Phoenix Wright and has since become the creator and head writer of
Brawl in the Family.
This musical provides examples of:
- Accent Adaptation: Several characters are given an accent to reflect their personality.
- Adaptation Distillation: Averted, the musical is approximately as long as the game.
- Animated Adaptation
- Artistic License - Geography: Done intentionally with Redd White - he claims that the statue in his office is a Paris original from Canada, and that he loves "the mountain with the Presidents' heads" and the "big tower that leans to the side" there.
- Cultural Translation: It's based on the USA localization.
- Darker and Edgier: A minor example, but the musical adds lines that would never be allowed in the games, for example:
Gumshoe: You can call him Missile, he'll find any drugs or clues you need!
Phoenix: Well, he should come in handy if the Gourd Lake Monster's been smoking weed.
- In "Ten Thousand Volts", Manfred von Karma makes several threats to kill Phoenix and Maya if they don't hand over a piece of evidence, the most notable being "The trial is now ending/Now your life's depending/On lending that parchment you see" and "You ought to know better/Now give me that letter/Lest you watch your girlfriend be slain". It's especially dark when one remembers what he's actually done before, and then Fridge Horror sets in.
- Early Byrde Cameo:
- Despite her first canonial appearance being Justice for all, Maggey Byrde shows up alongside Gumshoe during the first song and is mentioned by him later on.
- Furio Tigre also pops up in the same song, despite not appearing until Trials and Tribulations in the game. His hair is down and he's wearing a fedora, but he slicks his hair back into spikes when he sees Phoenix.
- Hollywood Tone Deaf: Winston Payne, although it's not much worse than his usual voice.
- Hypocrite: In "Justice For All (Reprise)", von Karma accuses Phoenix of having used any dirty tactics possible to win. This being after Phoenix jumps through nine million hoops to work around von Karma's own dirty tactics and use legitimate evidence to make his points.
- Insult Backfire:
Payne: "You should just walk out that door!"
- Large Ham: EVERY SINGLE CHARACTER. It's a musical based on Phoenix Wright, it's to be expected.
- Mundane Made Awesome: Taken even further than the source material.
- Ominous Latin Chanting: Anything To Win.
- Ominous Pipe Organ: Anything To Win.
- Only Sane Man:
- Oftentimes Phoenix. Take 'The Samurai Always Wins', for example:
Cody: And I stood nearby when the Samurai shot lasers from his eyes.
Phoenix: Wait, what?
Cody: And he flew up high, reaching to the sky— a bright metallic sheen!
Phoenix: Oh boy...
- Which is followed by this:
- Surprisingly, the Judge of all people has shades of this.
- "A Guy You Can Trust" almost entirely consists of Phoenix applying logic to Gumshoe's ridiculous ideas (specifically, thinking a drug-detection dog, a fishing pole, and a metal detector would be at all useful in catching a lake monster).
Phoenix: We're looking for a monster, not change in someone's pants!
Gumshoe: Well, you never know, pal! It may have been eating soda cans!
- Punk In The Trunk: Referenced by Wendy Oldbag in "The Way Things Were"
What would you know/ You disrespectful punk?/ Back in my day, if you talked like that/ We'd lock you in a trunk!
- Stylistic Suck: The Rookie Killer, The Scent Of Fresh Lemons and Pasta Shop.
- That Was Objectionable
- Villain Song: For Redd White, Edgeworth, and Manfred VonKarma.
- World of Ham: To be expected. After all, it's a musical based on Ace Attorney.
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