History Monster / AceAttorney

* ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]''[='s=] ''Turnabout Goodbyes'' & ''[[VisualNovel/GyakutenKenji2 Investigations 2]]'''s ''The Inherited Turnabout'': [[AmoralAttorney Manfred von Karma]] is an amoral prosecutor who [[ThePerfectionist uses underhanded tactics to maintain his perfect win streak]]. Manfred is desperate enough to preserve his winning streak that he takes to subjecting Jeffrey Master to a whole year of [[MindRape psychological torment]] to break him into confessing, finally coercing him after spitefully threatening to get his beloved daughter convicted instead. When defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth gets him penalized in a trial by exposing his illegal tactics, Manfred [[DisproportionateRetribution becomes enraged despite still winning said trial]], taking the chance given by an earthquake striking the courtroom to catch up with Gregory and his son [[Characters/AceAttorneyMilesEdgeworth Miles]] in an elevator and murdering Gregory, leading to Miles having nightmares about the fact he might have killed his father every day for 15 years. Taking Miles under his wing, Manfred raises him to become a cold, ruthless prosecutor who cares for nothing but always winning a guilty verdict. Setting up a second murder, Manfred plans to frame Miles for both it and his own father's death, intending to see his adoptive son convicted for murder as the [[RevengeByProxy final act of his revenge]] against Gregory.

* ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations Trials and Tribulations]]'': [[Characters/AceAttorneyDahliaHawthorne Dahlia Hawthorne]] is a [[EvilIsPetty petty]] sociopath who [[TheFakeCutie hides]] her [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon devilish personality]] underneath an elegant façade. Having previously manipulated her boyfriend Terry Fawles into assisting her in a robbery meant to spite her family, before killing her stepsister Valerie and framing him for the murder, Dahlia ensured Fawles's suicide to warrant her freedom. Poisoning defense attorney Diego Armando as revenge against Mia Fey for almost getting her convicted, Dahlia seduced Phoenix Wright to cover her tracks, killing his friend Doug Swallow for trying to warn him and framing Phoenix for it after her attempts to poison him failed. Despite being executed, [[ResurrectedMurderer Dahlia returns as a vengeful ghost]], aiding her mother Morgan Fey in her plan to kill Maya Fey solely to spite Mia's spirit.

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* ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Phoenix Wright]]'':
** ''Turnabout Sisters'': [[SmugSnake Redd White]] is the flamboyantly narcissistic [[CorruptCorporateExecutive CEO]] of Bluecorp, a company that specializes in "buying and selling information"--which translates to the systemic {{blackmail}} of hundreds. Redd White holds the lives of hundreds of people in his sway with his industrial blackmail, such as [[Characters/AceAttorneyTheFeyClan the Fey clan]], whom he ruined by exposing their part in the DL-6 investigation, and Marvin Grossberg, whom he's turned into his tormented stooge for 15 years by threatening to leave him to the police for his role in the DL-6 catastrophe. Redd has ruined so many lives he's [[DrivenToSuicide driven a sizable amount of people to suicide]], to the point it takes up the largest space in the evidence folder Mia Fey compiled against him. Redd personally murdered Mia [[HeKnowsTooMuch because of this]], attempting to frame her younger sister Maya for it. When Phoenix Wright comes onto the case, Redd attempts to frame Phoenix for Mia's murder.
** ''Turnabout Goodbyes'': [[AmoralAttorney Manfred von Karma]] is an amoral prosecutor who [[ThePerfectionist uses underhanded tactics to maintain his perfect win streak]]. When defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth gets him penalized in a trial by exposing his illegal tactics, Manfred [[DisproportionateRetribution becomes enraged despite still winning said trial]], taking the chance given by an earthquake striking the courtroom to catch up with Gregory and his son [[Characters/AceAttorneyMilesEdgeworth Miles]] in an elevator and murdering Gregory. Taking Miles under his wing, Manfred raises him to become a cold, ruthless prosecutor who cares for nothing but always winning a guilty verdict. Setting up a second murder, Manfred plans to frame Miles for both it and his own father's death, intending to see his adoptive son convicted for murder as the [[RevengeByProxy final act of his revenge]] against Gregory.

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** Second game: [[AmoralAttorney Blaise Debeste]] is the Chairman of the Prosecutorial Investigation Committee--P.I.C.--whose cruel nature has led to the corruption of the justice system. A self-proclaimed sadist and bully, [[PsychopathicManchild Blaise]]'s greatest joy has always been ruining lives with his prosecution tactics, boasting that he has sent hundreds of people to life imprisonment after pretending he would offer them a plea bargain. Blaise has fabricated evidence, faked autopsies, and [[FrameUp framed]] innocents for decades, abusing the prosecution system so freely that he hosts BlackMarket auctions of important evidence. Blaise is the [[GreaterScopeVillain one who]] drove [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Manfred von Karma]] to murder by tricking him into using a fake autopsy to send an innocent man to prison, only to then penalize ThePerfectionist von Karma for fun. A [[AbusiveParents dreadful father]] to his son Sebastian, Blaise has abused the boy for years and tried to mold him into a perfect prosecutor, and responds to Sebastian's repeated failures by bullying him into a total breakdown. Having helped murder the President of Zheng Fa to empower his body double to take his place, Blaise also helps murder reporter Jack Cameron to cover it up, and later kills Cameron's girlfriend when she comes seeking revenge. Blaise then tries to frame an amnesiac Kay Faraday for the killing, and when he is eventually exposed for his many crimes, Blaise tries to kidnap the judge's son and threaten him with death to get away scot-free.

* ''Farewell, My Turnabout'' 2016 stage play: [[DrivenByEnvy Matt Engarde]] shows himself to be far worse than his already-loathsome [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll original incarnation]]. A famous idol-turned-television star with a bitter hatred for fellow actor Juan Corrida, a few years ago, Matt had set about to ruin Juan's life by [[RapeByProxy tricking Juan's fiancée]] Celeste Impax into [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil getting raped]], ruining her reputation with the public and convincing her to commit suicide. Having Juan killed years later to cover up his impact on Celeste, Matt plans to {{blackmail}} his own assassin Shelly de Killer in an attempt to hold one over him, while having him threaten the life of Maya Fey if Phoenix Wright doesn't acquit him of Juan's murder and declare his manager, Adrian Andrews, the culprit.