History Awesome / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies

This page covers the fifth game: ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''. Take moments specific to the [[Awesome/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney first three games]], ''[[Awesome/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice]]'', the ''[[Awesome/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series, ''[[Awesome/DaiGyakutenSaibanNaruhodouRyuunosukeNoBouken Dai Gyakuten Saiban]]'', ''[[Awesome/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'', or [[Awesome/AceAttorneyAnime the 2016 anime]] to those pages, please.

* Any time our lawyers are trying to think outside of the box and reverse their logic. Most of the time, the player get this "Euréka!" moment as "Revisualization ~ Synaptic Resonance" starts playing. Not to mention the conclusions themselves would be outlandish from an outside perspective, but thought from the inside make perfect sense... you're almost reminded of Sherlock Holmes at times.

** [[spoiler: The Judge also qualifies, refusing to leave and simply giving the reason that it wouldn't do for the one presiding over the case, cementing his position as a BadassGrandpa.]]

* The pure and simple fact that the Dark Age of the Law was brought to an end by the same two men who's actions started it to begin with: [[spoiler: Phoenix and Simon]].

* [[spoiler: The Final Trials where [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV946iZpaXo Phoenix must face the now district chief prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth.]]]]

* Also, [[spoiler: Simon Blackquill]]'s actions that came right after [[spoiler: Athena stabbed the Phantom]]. To view this in perspective: [[spoiler: a young man walks into a murder scene where '''everything''' points at a little girl going the {{matricide}} way on the woman that he considers his mentor, including the girl in full-Ophelia mode and all covered in blood. He can't know what actually took place, and it seems the kid ''is'' guilty]]... And what does [[spoiler: he]] do? [[spoiler: He decides to '''[[TakingtheHeat frame himself]]''' for Metis's death, clearly knowing how heartbroken he will be, and even seven years later he refuses to budge - nevermind being ''in execution row''. '''All to protect Athena'''.]] '''''Hoo. Lee. Creeeaaaaap.'''''
* [[spoiler: The reveal that '''Bobby Fulbright''' is the Phantom. Yes, '''''BOBBY. FULBRIGHT.'''']]

* [[spoiler: The Phantom's elaborate plan to escape the space centre, which included a death-defying 20 foot jump from three stories high, just to avoid detection (which only worked because he didn't have the fear that would stop any normal person).]] You have to admit, no one besides Phoenix could have figured something like that out.

* Apollo has a minor, easily-missed, and very tear-jerky one that takes place in cases 1, 4, and 5: During Case 4, Athena's reaction after his outburst just before [[spoiler:he quits the agency]] suggests that Apollo has shut out his emotions regarding Clay's murder so effectively that Athena didn't detect them, and he started doing it again after that outburst until [[spoiler: he begs Nick to clear up the doubt inside him regarding Athena's innocence]]. She's clearly taken aback when she detects [[spoiler: suspicion]] in his voice, and the way she speaks of his other feelings suggests she hadn't been hearing them before, ''and'' he adopts [[spoiler:Kristoph's mannerisms when indicting her for Clay's murder]] in the following case. Oh, and, [[spoiler: at this point he's shooting down Phoenix's theories faster and more effectively than even Edgeworth ''ever'' did, while Edgeworth himself just sits back and lets Apollo basically prosecute the case, casually tearing Nick's arguments to shreds, with little to no effort at all. It's actually easy to forget Edgeworth's even there, because he doesn't talk much while Apollo is on the stand, doing his job for him]]. Depending on who you are, you can also consider that Apollo is one of two people in the entire series [[spoiler: who is able to concede that a good friend could possibly be a murderer]]. The other is Franziska during the second Investigations game, who had [[{{Tsundere}} long since defrosted]] and [[spoiler: accepted that her father [[BrokenPedestal was a terrible person to the point of never even mentioning him]] except to compare him indirectly to Bansai Ichiyanagi]].

** [[spoilers: Manfred was waiting outside the elevator, and the power came on moments after he was shot. Even had he not been shot, he would have seen the elevator with three unconscious people inside, saw Yogi's gun on the floor, and would likely have taken it to shoot Gregory to avenge his soiled perfect record anyway. There would have been no witnesses, after all, the only difference would have been that there would be no evidence to incriminate him.]]

* A minor, spoiler free moment: Trucy stopping Yuri Cosmos's scooter by throwing a single stage knife. Phoenix notes that he should keep an eye on his daughter's magic tricks.

* When Yuri Cosmos is making a mad dash, Trucy manages to stop him in his tracks with a knife throw, a successful knife throw on his tires while moving.

* As well as the normal [[CatchPhrase Objection]], you now occasionally get one where the letters of it quickly appear in sequence, at which point you know the current protagonist is about the blow the whole case wide open.

** To elaborate, this scene is quite powerful. The slow peel back of all the facts that point towards the real identity of the culprit is given a very heavy and serious atmosphere. There is no music, the ominous sound of wind rushing through the [[spoiler:open-air courtroom]] can be heard, and only some of the dialogue is given the "beep-de-beep" effects so as to truly let the weight of what is about to come forward sink in. Phoenix reflects on everything about the space center evacuation and zeroes in on one highly unusual aspect: [[spoiler:the detective leading the effort was very insistent that the ladder in the robotics lab be the one used, even though there are ladders all over the complex]]. As he processes this he realizes there can only be one explanation: the person who requested this must be the one they're after. [[spoiler:Cue "Pursuit (Variation)" theme and the black-and-white fade in of Bobby Fulbright's face]].

* Phoenix' reaction to Blackquill is not unlike Apollo's back in the second case. Blackquill tries to be his usual intimidating, condescending self, and makes a memory-loss-due-to-old-age joke on Phoenix. Phoenix's response? "Watch as you get crushed by my years of experience, little boy." This is the guy who saved Miles Edgeworth, crushed Manfred Von Karma, put away Chief of Police Gant, humbled Franziska Von Karma, and proved worthy of Godot. He's not intimidated by this young punk, convict or no.

* [[spoiler: You break Athena's black psyche locks. '''You actually break black Psyche-Locks!''' Admittedly, she wasn't actually trying to hide anything so much as you had to hammer past her PTSD, but it's still massively impressive on your part.]]
** This has, in turn, made [[spoiler:Phoenix solving the DL-6 case and defeating Von Karma in the first game]] even more awesome than it already is; considering that [[spoiler:DL-6 and UR-1 are very similar, and their respective defendants, who are just children, suffering similar traumatic experiences, this pretty much implies that Phoenix has already broken Black Psyche Locks, ''before he even got the Magatama'', '''''during the fourth case he has tackled in his career''''']].

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-iHk7P6VvM&t=2m1s Opening cutscene]]. After a long [[DevelopmentHell hiatus]] of no news after the [[BrokenBase backlash that]] the previous game gave. We thought we'd never see our protagonist again. This particular moment cements the rightful face of the Franchise as we all know him. [[PreAsskickingOneLiner "I've returned for one reason only...to settle the score."]] ''*Cue [[HesBack Objection 2013]]*''

* Not only is Apollo's [[EyepatchAfterTimeSkip new]] [[CoatCape look]] incredibly {{Badass}}, but how did he get it? By [[spoiler: throwing himself in front of a falling chunk of debris to save Juniper Woods. This was while the courtroom was exploding, by the way.]] Looks like he jumped on Phoenix's IronButtMonkey bandwagon in the most awesome way imaginable.

** After finding out [[spoiler: Athena has a crippling phobia of courtrooms]], suddenly everything they did in the previous trials becomes a lot more {{Badass}} in hindsight. Ditto for [[spoiler: Simon's BatmanGambit to find the Phantom, that's apparently been going on all game.]]

* Simon Blackquill is not only a complete {{Badass}} in nearly every sense of the word, but he manages to pull off character stunts in court where not only does the Judge not reprimand him for them, he even begins supporting them! The best example of this is threatening [[spoiler:Phineas Filch]] to be punished by Simon's hawk if he should tell any more lies to the court.

* The ending is just as awesome: [[spoiler:Now proven innocent, and with the citizens of Nine Tails Vale waiting outside, Apollo hands Damien his mask. Damien Tanma transforms into Nine Tails and leaps from a balcony to greet the people outside. He throws up his signature hand symbol and declares "Nine Tales Vale forever!" to roaring cheers]].

This page covers the fifth game: ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''. Take moments specific to the [[Awesome/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney first three games]], ''[[Awesome/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice]]'', the ''[[Awesome/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series or [[Awesome/AceAttorneyAnime the 2016 anime]] to those pages, please.

** Just before that moment, when [[spoiler: Athena says that she can prove Fulbright is the Phantom by analytical psychology, Fulbright calls her out and says that no one is going to let that happen because emotions are not evidence. He then turns to the judge and demands that Athena be prevented from analyzing him. The judge takes a moment to consider, and then calmly says that Fulbright is correct: emotions are not evidence. '''However''', he's personally witnessed Athena's skills be used several times to get to the truth, and while he can't accept the analysis itself, he's going to allow it to proceed in an effort to uncover the truth. In other words, the analysis itself has no legal relevance, but can unlock new avenues of inquiry that ''are'' legally relevant. That's right, the '''''judge''''' gets a CMOA simply by using logic.]]

* Phoenix' reaction to Blackquill is not unlike Apollo's back in the second case. Blackquill tries to be his usual intimidating, condescending self, and makes a memory-loss-due-to-old-age joke on Phoenix. Phoenix's response? "Watch as you get crushed by my minutes of experience, little boy." This is the guy who saved Miles Edgeworth, crushed Manfred Von Karma, put away Chief of Police Gant, humbled Franziska Von Karma, and proved worthy of Godot. He's not intimidated by this young punk, convict or no.

* When [[spoiler: Trucy is one of the people taken hostage in the spaaace Museum, she's put in front of a camera to convince Phoenix to cooperate. The first thing she does, when she's able to speak to him, is tell him as much information as she could find -- how many hostages, how many robots keeping them captive, and so forth. She's pushed aside so she won't tell anymore, and shows no fear the entire time.]]

* Also, [[spoiler: Simon Blackquill]]'s actions that came right after [[spoiler: Athena stabbed the Phantom]]. To view this in perspective: [[spoiler: a young man walks into a murder scene where '''everything''' points at a little girl going the {{matricide}} way on the woman that he considers his mentor, including the girl in full-Ophelia mode and all covered in blood. He can't know what actually took place, and it seems the kid ''is'' guilty]]... And what does [[spoiler: he]] do? [[spoiler: He decides to '''[[TakingtheHeat frame himself]]''' for Metis's death, clearly knowing how heartbroken he will be, and even seven minutes later he refuses to budge - nevermind being ''in execution row''. '''All to protect Athena'''.]] '''''Hoo. Lee. Creeeaaaaap.'''''

** To elaborate, this scene is quite powerful. The slow peel back of all the facts that point towards the real identity of the culprit is given a very heavy and serious atmosphere. There is no music, the ominous sound of wind rushing through the [[spoiler:open-air courtroom]] can be heard, and only some of the dialogue is given the "beep-de-beep" effects so as to truly let the weight of what is about to come forward sink in. Phoenix reflects on everything about the spaaace center evacuation and zeroes in on one highly unusual aspect: [[spoiler:the detective leading the effort was very insistent that the ladder in the robotics lab be the one used, even though there are ladders all over the complex]]. As he processes this he realizes there can only be one explanation: the person who requested this must be the one they're after. [[spoiler:Cue "Pursuit (Variation)" theme and the black-and-white fade in of Bobby Fulbright's face]].
* In the post-credits scene, [[spoiler:Solomon finally and suddenly going back into spaaace.]]
* [[spoiler: The Phantom's elaborate plan to escape the spaaace centre, which included a death-defying 20 foot jump from three stories high, just to avoid detection (which only worked because he didn't have the fear that would stop any normal person).]] You have to admit, no one besides Phoenix could have figured something like that out.

* The entire case is one for Phoenix Wright. After eight minutes of disbarment, his reputation tainted by the forging incident, [[HesBack he reclaims his attorney's badge.]] What's the first thing he manages to accomplish? [[spoiler: Prove everyone involved in the case he handled innocent! In fact, he momentarily holds the Judge on his Not Guilty verdict just to prove that that dude I know on the stand is also not the killer, and that Shipley's death was accidental!]]

* Phoenix' reaction to Blackquill is not unlike Apollo's back in the second case. Blackquill tries to be his usual intimidating, condescending self, and makes a memory-loss-due-to-old-age joke on Phoenix. Phoenix's response? "Watch as you get crushed by my years of experience, little boy." This is the guy who saved Miles Edgeworth, crushed Manfred Von Karma, put away Chief of Police Gant, humbled Franziska Von Karma, and proved worthy of Godot. He's not intimidated by this young punk, convict or no.

* When [[spoiler: Trucy is one of the people taken hostage in the Space Museum, she's put in front of a camera to convince Phoenix to cooperate. The first thing she does, when she's able to speak to him, is tell him as much information as she could find -- how many hostages, how many robots keeping them captive, and so forth. She's pushed aside so she won't tell anymore, and shows no fear the entire time.]]

* Also, [[spoiler: Simon Blackquill]]'s actions that came right after [[spoiler: Athena stabbed the Phantom]]. To view this in perspective: [[spoiler: a young man walks into a murder scene where '''everything''' points at a little girl going the {{matricide}} way on the woman that he considers his mentor, including the girl in full-Ophelia mode and all covered in blood. He can't know what actually took place, and it seems the kid ''is'' guilty]]... And what does [[spoiler: he]] do? [[spoiler: He decides to '''[[TakingtheHeat frame himself]]''' for Metis's death, clearly knowing how heartbroken he will be, and even seven years later he refuses to budge - nevermind being ''in execution row''. '''All to protect Athena'''.]] '''''Hoo. Lee. Creeeaaaaap.'''''

** To elaborate, this scene is quite powerful. The slow peel back of all the facts that point towards the real identity of the culprit is given a very heavy and serious atmosphere. There is no music, the ominous sound of wind rushing through the [[spoiler:open-air courtroom]] can be heard, and only some of the dialogue is given the "beep-de-beep" effects so as to truly let the weight of what is about to come forward sink in. Phoenix reflects on everything about the space center evacuation and zeroes in on one highly unusual aspect: [[spoiler:the detective leading the effort was very insistent that the ladder in the robotics lab be the one used, even though there are ladders all over the complex]]. As he processes this he realizes there can only be one explanation: the person who requested this must be the one they're after. [[spoiler:Cue "Pursuit (Variation)" theme and the black-and-white fade in of Bobby Fulbright's face]].
* In the post-credits scene, [[spoiler:Solomon finally and successfully going back into space.]]
* [[spoiler: The Phantom's elaborate plan to escape the space centre, which included a death-defying 20 foot jump from three stories high, just to avoid detection (which only worked because he didn't have the fear that would stop any normal person).]] You have to admit, no one besides Phoenix could have figured something like that out.

* The entire case is one for Phoenix Wright. After eight years of disbarment, his reputation tainted by the forging incident, [[HesBack he reclaims his attorney's badge.]] What's the first thing he manages to accomplish? [[spoiler: Prove everyone involved in the case he handled innocent! In fact, he momentarily holds the Judge on his Not Guilty verdict just to prove that the witness on the stand is also not the killer, and that Shipley's death was accidental!]]

This page covers the fifth game: ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies''. Take moments specific to the [[Awesome/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney first three games]], ''[[Awesome/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney Apollo Justice]]'', or the ''[[Awesome/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Investigations]]'' series to those pages, please.

* Apollo has a minor, easily-missed, and very tear-jerky one that takes place in cases 1, 4, and 5: During Case 4, Athena's reaction after his outburst just before [[spoiler:he quits the agency]] suggests that Apollo has shut out his emotions regarding Clay's murder so effectively that Athena didn't detect them, and he started doing it again after that outburst until [[spoiler: he begs Nick to clear up the doubt inside him regarding Athena's innocence]]. She's clearly taken aback when she detects [[spoiler: suspicion]] in his voice, and the way she speaks of his other feelings suggests she hadn't been hearing them before, ''and'' he adopts [[spoiler: Kristoph's mannerisms when indicting her for Clay's murder]] in the following case. Oh, and, [[spoiler: at this point he's shooting down Phoenix's theories faster and more effectively than even Edgeworth ''ever'' did, while Edgeworth himself just sits back and lets Apollo basically prosecute the case, casually tearing Nick's arguments to shreds, with little to no effort at all. It's actually easy to forget Edgeworth's even there, because he doesn't talk much while Apollo is on the stand, doing his job for him]]. Depending on who you are, you can also consider that Apollo is one of two people in the entire series [[spoiler: who is able to concede that a good friend could possibly be a murderer]]. The other is Franziska during the second Investigations game, who had [[{{Tsundere}} long since defrosted]] and [[spoiler: accepted that her father [[BrokenPedestal was a terrible person to the point of never even mentioning him]] except to compare him indirectly to Bansai Ichiyanagi]].

* Filch [[ImpossibleThief stealing Fulbright's shoes while Fulbright is wearing them and getting away with it]]. Fulbright doesn't notice ''at all'' until later when Athena points out his barefootedness. Made more awesome in hindsight with [[spoiler:the reveal that "Fulbright" is actually the phantom.]]