Video Game / Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials After Justice

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials after Justice is a fangame based on the popular Ace Attorney series.

Takeing place between the events of Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, the game follows Phoenix Wright facing off against prosecutor Luis Hawk, an old friend of Edgeworth and ex-Navy lieutenant, who doesn't approve of Wright's methods in solving cases.

Three cases has been released so far, but development on Case 4 seems to be unknown.

More information can be found here.

This Fan Game provides examples of:

• Asshole Victim: Deconstructed. The victim of High School Turnabout, Lyle Snitch, was by all accounts a huge jerk and menace to society, but everyone seems to agree that despite everything he did, he was still a teenager and didn't deserve to be murdered.
• Big Damn Heroes: When it looks like Phoenix is unable to prove that Macintosh did try to kill Dera, Hawk steps in with evidence that proves it.
• Black-and-White Morality: Why Hawk is so against Phoenix: he firmly believes that defense attorneys and prosecutors shouldn't work together and stay on separate sides. He breaks this, however, in the third case when he realizes only he has the evidence that proves the real culprit guilty.
• Butt-Monkey: Phoenix may not get whipped or face off against an evil prosecutor this time around; but he still loses a lot of money, gets insulted and blamed for everything, beaten up by a few characters, and even gets slapped into unconsciousness by Pearl.
• Call-Forward: As thanks for proving her innocent, Dera gives Phoenix a thank you kiss... which Pearl notices and proceeds to slap him into unconsciousness. Something similar would happen at the end of The Stolen Turnabout.
• Chekhov's Hobby: Earlier in Turnabout Daredevils, Hawk mentions that one of his hobbies is practicing jujitsu. Later in the case, Hawk and Gumshoe try to take a defiant Pitstop down to the station for interrogation. Manley witnesses this and threatens Hawk to back off, but the latter puts him in a jujitsu hold.
• Continuity Nod: Stunt Manley mentions that he used to be friends with a guy who went on to play the Nickel Samurai.
• Embarrassing Nickname: Dera's father figure, Paulo Pitstop, refers to her as "Dera-Doll". When Wright visits her in the detention center, she isn't too thrilled to hear that he still calls her that.
• A Day in the Limelight: Checkmate and Turnabout has Maya as the viewpoint character.
• Formula-Breaking Episode: Checkmate and Turnabout has Maya as the acting attorney, as Phoenix has slept in and will be late to step in.
• Graceful Loser: King McQueen is both this and a Sore Loser, as while he started out the game by killing his chess opponent after losing, he accepts defeat when cornered in court and even thanks Maya for showing him the error of his ways.
• Hate Sink: The culprit of Turnabout Daredevils: Mills Macintosh is the manager of The Super D Stunt Show and a man driven by nothing but greed and hatred. Having hated Devlin Deval out of jealousy, he considered it a blessing when the former got killed attempting a stunt and extended his grudge to his daughter, Dera. Convincing Dera to sign a contract that would entitle him to all her inheritance in the event that she got killed or arrested, Macintosh devised a plan to kill her and make it look like an accident. When Plan A is foiled, however, he has to resort to Plan B, which is getting Dera arrested. He dressed in one of Dera's spare costumes and robbed a bank, during which he hit an innocent woman with a car because she saw his face. When Dera is arrested, he feigns concern and hires Phoenix because he's the first lawyer he comes across, thinking that the former would lose the case. When Phoenix finally realizes that Macintosh is the one behind everything and calls him to the stand, he revels in being a Smug Snake and worms his way out of all of the defense's arguments. Until Hawk decides he's had enough and teams up with Phoenix to take him down. This, combined with an assist from Manley and Gumshoe allow both attorneys to finally corner Macintosh. However, even defeated, he's not done being a scumbag, as he spites Dera by telling her that nobody truly cares about her and people will always be trying to kill her for her wealth. Compared to King and Stuart, Macintosh ends up being the nastiest culprit in the game and earns the contempt of everyone in and out of the courtroom.
• I Know Karate: Averted. Hawk doesn't warn Manley about his martial arts, but he does tell him: "Don't try me" and then puts him in a jujitsu hold when he persists.
• Inheritance Murder: How Turnabout Daredevils unfolds. Macintosh planned to had Dera killed during her stunt so she can have the money she inherited from her father. However, she was unable to go through with the stunt since she couldn't find her keys. Macintosh had to resort to a plan b, which was framing Dera for another crime.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Stunt Manley, a stunt racer with anger issues who likes to let his fists do the talking. Turns out, he's kind of a softy that stole his co-worker's bike key so she wouldn't get hurt attempting to do a deadly stunt. He also bought Pearl a drink she wanted to try from a vending machine at the stadium.
• Leave No Witnesses: The robber in Turnabout Daredevils hit the victim because she saw their face.
• Not So Above It All: During Turnabout Daredevils, Phoenix has to point out to the Judge that it couldn't have been Dera in the photo of the heist because the figure is not wearing body armor, which meant the shape of her chest would've been showing. However, Phoenix is a bit embarrassed to point it out. Luis is not amused, only for Phoenix to ask Luis to point out the contradiction, and he's equally embarrassed as well. It falls on Maya to point it out to the Judge.
• Punny Name:
  • Finn Gerpain = Finger Pain/Finger Paint
  • Hugo Fanboi = Huge Fanboy
  • Lyle Snitch = I'll Snitch
  • Stuart Dentlee = Student
  • Dera Deval = Daredevil
  • Joel “Stunt” Manley = Stunt Man
  • Patty Destreen = Pedestrian
• Running Gag: The cost of the three Super D Stunt Show deluxe seat tickets that Maya bought behind Phoenix's back. Whenever a character hears that Phoenix bought the tickets, they'll comment on how he must be rich to have afforded them. Phoenix keeps trying to learn the price, but every time he's about to get an answer, he's cut off by something. At least until the final trial, where the judge tells him. The cost: $3,000 for each ticket = $9,000.
  Phoenix: (I... I... I need to put my head down for a minute........)
• Samus Is a Girl: Phoenix is pretty shocked when his latest defendant and professional stunt driver DD is actually a girl. Chronologically speaking, this is set before he meets Desiree Delite, so his surprise isn't unjustified.
• Shipper on Deck: Once it's revealed that Manley hid Dera's keys because he was concerned about her safety, Pearl immediately suggests that it was because he was in love with Dera. And given from Manley's reaction, she appears to be on the nose.
• Shout-Out:
  • The High School in case 2 is named Thomas Light High.
  • In case 3, there's a character named Macintosh and this leads to a My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic reference of all things.
    Lotta: Ya mean that big Macintosh fella?
    Maya: Eeeeeyup!
• Sore Loser: King McQueen is both this and a Graceful Loser, as while he ends up accepting his defeat in court with dignity, the reason the case happened in the first place was because he killed his opponent after losing a chess game.
• Spanner in the Works: Macintosh planned to have Dera killed during her stunt by lacing chloroform into her helmet, but Manley hid her keys since he was worried about her safety and thus couldn't go through with the stunt, leading Macintosh to try and frame her for another crime. If Manley hadn't done what he did, Dera would've been the victim of the case instead.
• Sympathetic Murderer: Stuart Dentlee, the culprit in High School Turnabout. He was being blackmailed by the victim to keep his grades up, and decided to confront him the night of the murder. Stuart only meant to scare Lyle, but his anger got the best of him and he stabbed him. When Luis learns about the motive, he promises that Stuart will get a light sentence when he’s tried later, and he does.
• Villainous Breakdown: These are the following for each Case:
  • Case 1 - King throws away all his chess pieces.
  • Case 2 - Stuart starts crying on the witness stand.
  • Case 3 - Macintosh throws all the apples he has into the air and they all fall onto his head one by one, while the last one splats on him instead.