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Turnabout Theatre

The possible suspects who might have murdered Overall Concept

• Suri Polomare
• Playwright
  • Both jossed; Overall turns out to have killed himself.

Crusading for a Turnabout

The defendant in this case will be Sweetie Belle

• In a twist of irony, the only crusader who didn't get in trouble during Turnabout Storm will be the one to suffer during this case.
  • Jossed, It's Scootaloo.
    • Ultimately confirmed, It was Scootaloo with Turning Page at first, but after their's aquittal Sweetie Belle was placed in defendant's seat.

The Attorney for this case will be either Apollo with Athena assisting or vice versa

• In between the end of Turnabout Theatre and the beginning of this case, Apollo and Athena will get their Equestrian Attorney badges, allowing them to defend the client in this case, and of course also meaning we get to see Apollo's Perceive and Athena's Analytical Psychology in action.
  • Partially confirmed. Athena takes the reins to defend Scootalo but Twilight is asked to be co-council instead after Athena initially asks to go solo.

Possibilities for the Prosecutor in this case, and in much of the other cases

• Sonata, as part of her appearance at the end of Turnabout Theatre, pledging to "help those who need it".
• Trixie, since we haven't seen her since the end of Turnabout Storm.
  • both jossed; its Princess Luna.

The Mirror Pool will factor into this case.

• The fact that Twilight went into such detail discussing the Mirror Pool and Phoenix pointing out that it wasn't permanently sealed points to the strong likelihood that it will factor into this case.
  • Confirmed; Royal Order made a clone of himself and both were killed at different spots in the forest.
    • Unfortunately Jossed. One of the spots where the blood was found turned out to be a fabrication, and Athena determined that because of that, and the rings of Royal Order's blood on the trees implying his body was levitated by a unicorn, means there must have been only one body, not two.

Scootaloo's parents will be a talking point.

• This can come up in two different ways:
  • One: Scootaloo and Turning Page can find common ground in having parents that they greatly admire, even though they aren't home very often due to their work.
  • Two: Scootaloo can confide in Athena that she has a nagging thought that her parents don't actually love her because of how focused they are on their work. Athena can relate to this since she believed for years that her own mother didn't care about her for similar reasons.
  • Slightly confirmed; Scootaloo and Turning Page bond over how they each have parents that are often never home due to work.

Royal Order’s death was an accident

• A possibility is that Royal Order found out that Turning Page and Scootaloo were heading into the Everfree Forest and went after them only to find them along with Diamond Tiara and Silverspoon being cornered by a Timberwolf. He distracted the Timberwolf to allow the kids to escape. However, a third party, possibly Fair Devotion or Sugar Stamp, saw the confrontation and rushed to help Royal Order with the creature, but during the fight they accidentally knocked Royal Order over onto the damaged scooter with the exposed bolt which killed him and they fled in a panic.
  • Partially confirmed. Turning Page killed Royal Order accidentally by knocking him into the statue.

Royal Order was killed because he witnessed another murder.

• The blood at the Nightmare Moon statue is from that other murder; the murderer knew that Royal Order would turn them in and so he had to die.
  • Jossed.

Guard #2 is the murderer and is stirring up ill feelings towards Scootaloo and Turning Page as a cover up.

• It is really weird how fired up the guards were about arresting a child for a murder that would very clearly be difficult, if not impossible, for said child to commit, especially given that Scootaloo says everyone but Guard #2 has been treating her well and while "the prosecution needs to question the witness" is reasonable, the precise timing of this statement is a little...suspect. Not to mention how smug he is about the idea that Turning killed his father and how he brushes off the very idea that they're zeroing in on another false lead.
  • Jossed.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon will get legal consequences for calling in a false tip.

• While not confirmed, they're almost surely the ones who called in the anonymous tip about Scootaloo and Turning Page being in the Everfree/near the crime scene and given that they're still horrible brats at this point, them facing legal consequences their parents can't buy them out of would be much needed Catharsis Factor.
  • Unfortunately Jossed as of 2-9, but could change in a future episode.
    • Doubly jossed. Sweetie Belle sent the tip, not Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, and the tip was actually genuine.

Scootaloo's inability to fly will be a major factor in proving her innocent.

• It's explicitly brought up and highlighted so it's clearly going to be important.
  • Partially Confirmed. Athena claims Scootaloo couldn't have hit the victim with her scooter due to her being unable to fly.

Whoever was responsible for Royal Order was Brainwashed and Crazy.

• This wouldn't immediately be confirmed, just hinted at with the culprit insisting that they didn't mean to kill him; just knock him out to get away but our heroes will be suspicious and mark it down as something to investigate further.
  • Jossed.

Royal Order and Fair Devotion were having marriage troubles.

• With Royal Order and Fair Devotion disagreeing on Turning Page's education might have lead to some arguments and might be the reason Royal Order was spending less time at home in Ponyville.
  • Also, look at their son's name? Mom probably thought it was more of a learning based name. Turning the page. While Dad saw him as a potential stallion to follow in his footsteps. Becoming a PAGE.
  • Confirmed. Royal Order was having an affair with Sugar Stamp, staying with her in Canterlot when away from his family, and it's implied that Fair Devotion knew about it to some degree.
    • Slightly Jossed While it turns out the affair was fake, Royal and Fair were disagreeing on how his parenting style had affected Turning Page, and she was upset about how Royal spent so much time away from home.

Individual Clue guesses

• The letter from Scootaloo's parents is going to hold some secret significance. That it details a secret that will become relevant to the trial.
  • Jossed
• The leaves and twigs in Sweetie's trash..are the remains of a timberwolf. That Sweetie saw what happened near the statue when a timberwolf tore them apart, and it lead to the locks on her heart because she knows a truth that's horrific.
  • Jossed. They were actually a homemade tourniquet that Silver Spoon made for Sweetie Belle.
• The glasses at the crime scene are Silver Spoons. It's where they hid themselves while...something went on with Scootaloo and Royal Order. And their presence will draw the blackmail into the case.
  • Confirmed. Twilight uses this to bring Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara to the stand.
• The lost Blood mess is from a Timberwolf attack. And connecting those 2 clues together will be an important step forward during the trial.
  • Slightly Jossed. The blood wasn't from a Timberwolf attack, but it did help reveal the truth behind Royal Order's death.
• The mysterious mark in Scootaloo's wagon is an imprint of Sugar Stamp's cutie mark on her delivery bag which will prove she was there at the scene of the crime.
  • Confirmed.

Royal Order was killed at Froggy Bottom Bog

• It was mentioned that Royal Order and Turning Page would go to the bog often to spare with the monsters there. So when Royal Order learned his son was in the Everfree Forest this would've been the first place he would've gone to look for him and after he was killed his body was moved using the CMC cape to keep the blood from spilling out. They also could've used the river that connects the bog to the path to the castle to move the body without being seen.
  • Jossed. He was killed at the Nightmare Night statue.

Phoenix will return home briefly to reassure everyone, but come back to Equestria

• While he's still concerned about potential clients back home on Earth, two gruesome deaths back-to-back in a usually peaceful land has him concerned. He'll go back to Earth temporarily to talk to Edgeworth and smooth things over while he and the others are gone, then return to Equestria. This will happen at the end of the case, or the beginning of the next one.
  • Jossed.

Royal Order and Sugar Stamp weren't having an affair

• Due to the conflicting emotions that Athena's been sensing throughout the case from Sugar Stamp and Fair Devotion, its possible that there was no affair and that it was created to give Sugar Stamp a motive for killing Royal Order. Also if you compare the letter to the calendar from Turning Page's house you'll notice that they're similar, meaning that Fair Devotion might've been the one to write the note.
  • Confirmed. The affair was fabricated as part of an attempt to protect Turning Page from being charged for his father’s death.

The truth is that NONE of the accused did it, and the case ends with the trial suspended until they can get more information.

• Turning Page, Sugar Stamp, and Fair Devotion are all innocent of the crime, but due to a complicated web of circumstances and coincidences (and outside forces), many thought one of them was responsible. However, because all of them deeply cared about each other, none of them could bear the idea of pinning the murder on each other, regardless of their personal troubles and complicated relationships. They're trying to cover for each other out of a misguided attempt to protect the person they think might have committed the crime, (or in Sugar Stamp's case, working with Fair Devotion and Private Eye to take the fall for her unrequited love Royal Order, her best friend and their son), but in reality none of them have any idea as to what is going on, operating only on incomplete information. For that matter, Turning Page's bruise is a partial Red Herring; he DID get hurt, but not the way everyone thinks he did.
  
  With the revelation that no one at the court was responsible for Royal Order's death, and no one able to confirm the true circumstances of Royal Order's death (or possibly the implication that some unknown party might be responsible), the trial will be suspended in order for both prosecution and defense to figure out what the hell is going on. Which ends up leading into the next case.
  • Jossed. Turning Page did in-fact kill Royal Order, albeit by accident. Fair Devotion then teamed up with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to help protect him from being found out.

Turnabout Discharge

This case will be rooted in or a forward leap to a Wonderbolt episodes

The immediate ideas would be:

• Wonderbolts Academy: Something involving Lightning Dust
• Rainbow Falls: Where Rainbow's decision to stick with her friends had more far reaching impacts on the Wonderbolts than expected.
• Rarity Investigates: This would be where it's a call forward when something like this happens much more violently than was presented before, and it's up to Phoenix and crew to clear Rainbow of Murder once again.

Possible Alternative Defendants for this case (besides Rainbow Dash)

• Soarin
• Spitfire
• Bulk Biceps
• Cruise Control
• "Ash Tray"
  • All Jossed. The case has THREE defendants. Rarity is the defendant for the murder of Overall Concept, Rainbow is the defendant in the poisoning of a fellow Wonderbolts Reserve member, Stream Line, and Overall Concept is the defendant in the flashback trial for the murder of Estella Pantomimia.

The case will be partially Wonderbolts related, but it will also involve the Jerkass guard "Ash Tray" in some form.

The guard has been getting significant amounts of focus to varying degrees throughout Case 2. It's entirely possible that the "Discharge" element could end up being related to him, and we finally get some insight as to what's going on with him and his possible ties to the broader mysteries afoot.

Apollo will take the case due to his memories of Clay

• With Rarity as the defendant and at the real risk of her friends and loved ones never seeing her again, Apollo will likely feel compelled to defend her due to not wanting her friends to go through the same pain he did when Clay died. It could also be him mentioning Clay in conversation that will prompt Rainbow Dash to reconcile with Rarity, as it will cause it to sink that she's at the real risk of losing Rarity for good, and prompt Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle to try burying the hatchet.

Apollo’s friendship with Athena will be damaged

• With how Apollo responded to the events of the previous case and how his talk with Athena at the end of the trial it’s possible his friendship with her, and possibly Trucy, will be strained and they won’t want to work with him in the next case. This could also be an opportunity for Apollo to learn that it’s not uncovering the truth that lead to the tragic fallout of the previous case but because those responsible tried to HIDE the truth.
  • Jossed in regards to Trucy. She shows no ill-will towards him and is quite eager to serve as his co-council.

The identity of the new detective

With Private Eye now stripped of his job, there needs to be a new detective to aid the police and the members of the Wright Anything Agency. And the most likely candidate would be an pony Expy of Gumshoe much like how Sonata was an Expy of Mia and Private Eye was an Expy of Professor Layton.

• Partially Confirmed. The new detective IS an Expy, but of Herlock Sholmes not Gumshoe.

The overall theme of the case will be "Forgiveness"

Due to the events of Case 2, a lot of the major characters are on very hostile terms, with Rainbow Dash and Scootaloo being angry at Sweetie Belle and Rarity for the former's actions and the latter defending them, who in turn lash back at them, with the Rarity resenting Rainbow for how quick she was to disparage Sweetie when she was first accused. Meanwhile, Rainbow finds herself being defended for a poisoning by Sonata, who she heavily resents for the events of Turnabout Storm, making her very reluctant to cooperate with her despite everyone else's willingness to accept her Heel–Face Turn.

In turn, it's very likely the truth of Overall Concept's murder will be that the culprit was wronged by him in the past in some way, or maybe even assumed that they were, and refused to forgive him despite his attempts at atoning or reconciling. The truth of the matter will force a lot of the cast to put their own grudges into perspective, which will prompt the Pegasi and Unicorn sisters to reconcile, and for Rainbow, possibly helped by them creating a Fire-Forged Friendship throughout the case, to accept that Sonata has changed for the better and agree to start burying the hatchet.

Stream Line was able to join the Wonderbolts using dishonest methods

Rainbow mentioned that she had never heard of the victim, Stream Line, before and then suddenly found her way onto the team even though her attitude doesn’t line up with the morals and beliefs the Wonderbolts represent. So, it’s possible she was able to join by using some kind of dishonest method, possibly blackmail, cheating, or nepotism.

One of the Pantomimia twins was a clone

Ok I know this sounds crazy with what happened in the last case, but here’s my reasoning. During the end credits we see what looks one of the twins in the Everfree Forest, specifically the cave holding the Mirror Pool. Another thing you’ll notice in the end credits is that one of the twins is always wearing a dress that conveniently covers up her Cutie Mark. It’s also possible that when the real one was killed it caused her clone to disappear and return to the Mirror Pool, since we don’t know what would happen to the clone if the original pony they were cloned from died.

The surviving Pantomima twin became Lawkeeper Equity.

She had a Despair Event Horizon after her sister died and reinvented herself as Equity, seeking to track down the actual killer and destroy them publicly.

Stream Line's grape juice contains an illegal steroid that Overall Concept was bullied into being a drug mule for.

There's some potion in the juice that assists flying in some way, but overdose or withdrawal causes hallucinations and panic attacks, and so it's strictly regulated despite not being a true poison. Stream Line was dosing on it, and Rainbow Dash found out, hence her dislike of Stream, but Stream was able to force her silence somehow, likely swapping her juice for Dash's and now Dash is worried she'll get in trouble if it can't be proven it was a frame job. Overall had to run the juice with the Pantomima twins before he got a more stable job (the vial Apollo and Trucy found was a container for the potion that he left behind when he broke free of the life), and the supplier found out he was planning to bust open their operations (possibly with Stream's help) to avenge the twins or protect the surviving Pantomima, silencing him and then trying to kill Stream with the tornado.

Alternatively, somepony put poison in the juice, causing Stream Line to collapse

Besides the possibility of a sterorid, it could also be that the killer could've placed poison in Stream Line's juice (preferably the one with the different shipment number), which makes it the murder weapon of the case.

Sky High, the filly who was injured by the tornado, is Cruise Control's little sister.

We see in the credits that Cruise Control and his sister will be involved in some way. Spitfire said they were giving a tour for Wonderbolt applicants and competition winners when the tornado happened. Perhaps Cruise Control brought his sister with him on the tour, and she got caught up in the tornado.

The tornado that hit Wonderbolt Academy was meant to kill Cruise Control, and this is connected to both Overall's death and the disappearance of the Pantomimia sisters.

At the end of 3-3, we learn that Cruise Control was given a list detailing ponies connected to KMA by Estella, and that when he told Overall Concept about it he was warned not to look into it any further for both his and his sister's sakes. Perhaps some mysterious villain killed Overall believing he had the list, but then discovered that Cruise Control had it and targeted him with the tornado.

A Turnabout for Brotherhood

The defendant in this case will either be Shining Armor or Big Macintosh

Since the title is A Turnabout for Brotherhood, it is a good guess that somehow, one of two big brothers of the two Mane 6 members will be accused of murder, meaning the gang will have to help him.

• Big Mac is more likely due to Shining's position as Prince of the Crystal Empire making it generally rather difficult to frame him for murder.
• It's also possible that they'll throw us for a loop and make it Fluttershy's younger brother Zephyr Breeze.

Part of the case will deal with Apollo and Trucy's relationship

Even if they're still unaware of their true relation, it could still come up.

The Turnabouts of Friendship

Defendant Possibilities

• Spike-Having such a tiny role in Turnabout Storm AND an important character in Friendship is Magic, Spike being accused of murder and needing serious help will be an important change for him and his fans in the fandom!
• Sonata-Being accused of murder might lead Phoenix to uncover the secrets the Equestrian Royal Council and Twilight are hiding.
• Trixie-Defending Trixie during the final case would be a good place to encounter her again and find out what her Black "Psyche Locks" are hiding.
• Celestia and/or Luna-Having to defend one or both of the Royal Sisters would be perfect for the final case of the series and Phoenix can finally learn how Celestia knew about him from Turnabout Storm.
• Twilight-Would be similar to how Phoenix defended Athena in Dual Destinies and Phoenix can find out what Twilight’s Psyche-Locks are hiding.Would also be a great way to send off the series in the final case.

The prosecutor in this case will be Edgeworth

If they can bring in Phoenix and the Judge, Edgeworth would most likely be possible as well. Not to mention, it'd fit for a final case to include him.

• Personally I think it'd be more likely that Lawmaker Equity will be the final prosecutor.

The case will take place in the Canterlot High Court

And it will take a page from Ace Attorney VS Professor Layton in having to face the jury of the High Council and show them the truth.

• It might actually be more like the jurist system from The Great Ace Attorney.

Murder Victim Possibilites

• Cruise Control-the very first trailer of the story shows us that he is going to return. So while this is exciting he could be a character we see through out the story, only to end up dead by the near-end. Cruise could find out about something horrible or get involved with something, probably about the High Council, and end up murdered to be silenced from telling anyone else.
• Private Eye-He is a kindly gentlemen of a detective. Unlike a certain detective from Dual Destinies, he hopefully is a truly good-hearted stallion who could find out something very serious connecting to the fifth case, which could get him killed to be silenced.
• Sugar Stamp-Another character who could easily be killed to be silenced for something she learned about. Sugar Stamp seems like a character who starts off as not-so-important only to be much later in the story.
• Fated Pursuit-So far she seemed like a lovely pony who deeply cares about the education of Equestria. Perhaps Fated will learn a Dark Secret that is connected to the Pantomimia sisters' disappearance and will be murdered before she reveal the information to the heroes. Also the possible of a member of the High Council could shake things up in the story's field.
• Philo Reed-Another High Council member with a very flamboyant personality, he could discover a very important fact and be murdered before revealing it, especially if it is something very incriminating to Equity.

Character Guesses

An ongoing arc for this story is Athena's feeling of inexperience compared with her team

• It's first hinted at in Case 1-2, where Apollo and Phoenix give her a slight ribbing about her lack of practice by comparison, or that someone else is more needed for the case. This will develop until Athena gets to defend, and be a Coming of Age Story to overcome her anxieties to show she is where she says she is.
  • Confirmed. Athena's feelings of inadequacy as a lawyer drive most of her actions in Case #2.

Lawkeeper Equity's antagonism is built on her disdain for the deception and flaws within the hierarchy of Equestria, only further exacerbated due to the circumstances of Royal Order's death.

Equity is shown multiple times to be sowing the seeds of doubt and distrust amongst the cast, making them question why so many secrets are being kept from them and each other. She's also shown in her brief appearance at the end of Case 2 to basically take the Wright Anything Agency's beliefs to greater lengths than they do, being willing to force the truth to come out regardless of the consequences. As such, it's possible that she sees Equestria and certain privileged groups (especially the Mane Six and the two Sisters) as being corrupt and too lenient on deception and constantly keeping the truth away from others to benefit themselves (Luna's own shady past and her recent tendencies in the trial), whether through putting Twilight into a position of power based on vague arbitrary reasons and grand plans, or being willing to cover up the death of Royal Order.

As such, Equity and whomever else she might be working with is trying to create a society where the truth is always exposed, and deception and lies are not only revealed, but also actively not even allowed to exist out of her hatred for the failings of society to constantly mask the truth to preserve certain falsehoods. However, her callousness is motivated by a combination of her sadness for Royal Order and it's possible that there's also a strong dislike of the Mane Six and their benefactors playing part in it, thus possibly compromising her integrity and ability to recognize her own hypocrisy.

Sonata knew Trixie when they were kids and was responsible for Trixe’s Black Psyche-Locks

In 3-1 Sonata mentions her ability to read others and find out their secrets to use them for her own advantage made her foalhood difficult, and with what she seemed to know about Trixie from Turnabout Storm makes it seem possible that they knew each other when they were kids. This could become a key plot point or clue in a future case. It also opens up another theory concerning Trixie’s black Psyche-Locks. It’s possible that Sonata was responsible for some tragic event/incident that happened to Trixie when they were kids that hurt her, like say possibly being kicked out of Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, but Trixie didn’t know it was Sonata and thought Twilight was the one responsible and developed a grudge for her as a result.

• This was already partially confirmed in Turnabout Storm. Sonata and Trixie attended Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns together (as did Sunset Shimmer if Trixie's breakdown in TS-5 is anything to go by), and Sonata hinted several times that she knows the real source of Trixie's bitterness towards Twilight. Whether or not she had any role in causing that bitterness, or if Trixie's black Psyche-Locks will even figure into this story, is still up in the air.

The overall story

Somepony is using magical mind control to prompt the murders

Five murders (at least one of which turns out to be a suicide, which is not just rare in Equestria but previously actively unheard of) in the span of less than a year in a land where it just doesn't happen? Seems kind of an important detail that somepony is pushing others to do this.

• The timing of when Overall decided to commit suicide adds to this theory. Committing suicide is one thing, but doing it while you're in the middle of chasing a thief is just plain odd, adding to the possibility that he was brainwashed or influenced into it.
• There's also Suri knowing about the special fabric Overall and Coco were making despite only them and Playwright knowing about it. When Phoenix questions her about it, she gets panicky and adamant about keeping quiet, presenting the possibility that there's a Greater-Scope Villain who helped her plan the theft, possibly so Overall's suicide would draw attention. The fact that Overall was, to Suri's confusion, distracted by something when she took the fabric yet conveniently came out when she was about to leave adds to this.
• Given further credit with the second case featuring a Royal Guard being murdered; hard to deny that killing a highly skilled and well-respected member of the protectors of the realm probably isn't doing anyone any favors for feeling safe or trusting and in a land ruled by Harmony and Friendship, distrust is a very dangerous thing...
• That could also explain how Scootaloo, a small disabled child, got accused of killing a royal guard

Twilight summoned Phoenix and the rest of the Wright Anything Agency because Equestria is going through its own Dark Age of the Law

Twilight has mentioned before that Equestrian Law is pretty much a copy of the human judicial system as represented in the Ace Attorney games. As we've seen, however, that same human judicial system has been prone to high levels of corruption, culminating in the events of Dual Destinies. If the Equestrian judicial system has the same flaws and weaknesses, then it's not out of the question that something could be happening in the Equestrian legal system that has spawned its own Dark Age of the Law. And if Twilight's psyche-locks are any indication, it's something that affects her ability to practice law, as well as other members of the Royal line.

The main prosecutor will be Lawkeeper Equity

At end of Crusading for Turnabout Part II Sonata is talking to a mysterious mare with a very commanding presence who's heavily implied in being Lawkeeper Equity, the major leader of Equestrian law. I believe that she is the prosecutor due to her status and the way she said Sonata needed her "permission" to investigate. In addition the prosecutors identity has been kept in dark, so I think they're going to be a big deal.

• Jossed, it's Princess Luna.

The Equestrian Council will be the main antagonist

One of the member(s) of the council might be behind the murders in a plan to dethrone the Royal Sisters and take over as ruler(s) of Equestria.

• Alternately we're led to believe this is true only for it to turn out that one or more of the council members have been replaced by imposters with nefarious motives.

The overall theme of this game is Logic vs Intuition and Friendship

• It's started with Rarity's unshakable certainty in Coco's innocence, even when on some light digging, there were reasons to suspect her. Then with Scootaloo, there's points of doubt and fear in the ability of others to protect her, or on the capabilities of Athena. So, the overall story will be about how logic is always useful, but it's nothing without the value systems behind it. So that Friendship, Trust and intuition are just as important to use in defending others. In other words, finding a harmony between Phoenix's ironclad learning to believe in a client, and a lawyer's skills to use logic to reach the truth. And by extension, the main villain will be someone whose sense of logic causes her to try to engineer the fall of the government and structures that prioritize friendship and harmony as the greatest powers of all.

The hypothesized Big Bad is connected to the Alicorn Amulet somehow

Either they created it, were sealed away inside of it, etc, thus it will be a major McGuffin tying the whole plot together

Apollo will end up defending Discord

And it will be HILARIOUS

The Main Villain is NOT Lawkeeper Equity

Considering all the build-up around her, it's not hard to imagine she's the endgame big bad. However, it could be while she is going to a be major obstacle, the reason could be she's being manipulated by the true big bad through lies and deceit.

The finale will be a Surprisingly Happy Ending

Hopefully the Grand Finale of Elements of Justice will give the Wright team, the Mane 6, and all the victims (defendants and sympathetic conscriptors) endings that throw bones or shine rays of hope after everything they've gone through through. With everything happening right now, it would be satisfying, comforting, and heartwarming to get an ending where both teams are able to defeat the Greater Scope Villains (whether they be Equity and the rest of the Equestrian Council or someone else), the defendants are able to go back to their normal lives and the sympathetic wrongdoers are given pardons and are also to go back to their lives. After all the suspense, it would be very sweet to see everyone happy and relieved to put it all behind them.

• After finally getting answers about Overall's murder, Coco will be able to move on and go back to her career.
• Private Eye will be able to return to his career as a detective.
• Fair Devotion will be able to regain custody of her son.
• Sugar Stamp will not only not get prison time for perjury (albeit just some community service), but she'll also be able to more involved in Fair and Turning's lives as they're back together.
• Scootaloo will be allowed and managed to keep in contact with Turning Page, who hopefully will be able to return to Ponyville once in a while.
• All the Mane 6 and Cutie Mark Crusaders members will reconile with each other before the end of the story.
• As they leave for back home, Phoenix promises to Twilight that they can summon him and the rest of Agency anytime whenever they need a good lawyer or two, promising to stay friends.

Trucy Wright will be the defense in one of the cases.

She wants to avert the Tagalong Kid thing, and having seen Phoenix, Apollo, and Athena in action, she decides to helm a case herself, despite not actually being a lawyer. She takes an Equestrian law exam and passes, earning her own badge, though it might not be valid back on Earth.

• She will make use of the Perceive mechanic Apollo uses, although without his bracelet, she won't have as many opportunities as he does.