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* CanadaEh: His most defining characteristic is his unexplained Canadian accent, which contrasts with his brother's American accent and includes pronouncing "about" as "aboot" and occasionally interjecting things like "you hoser!" into his speech.
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* HappilyMarried: The way he talks about his wife in "Turnabout Time Traveler", you'd think they were just married yesterday and even goes as far as to admonish Edgeworth for putting no stock in ThePowerOfLove.
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* SinsOfOurFathers: His treatment of [[spoiler:Miles]] was intended to shape him into his father's antithesis. To make matters worse, this was after he had [[spoiler: ''murdered his father himself'']].

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* SinsOfOurFathers: His treatment of [[spoiler:Miles]] was intended to shape him into his father's antithesis. To make matters worse, this was after he had [[spoiler: ''murdered his Miles's father himself'']].

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Sins Of Our Fathers is better than Revenge By Proxy because Revenge By Proxy works best when the person that is being blamed is still alive, and Manfred already murdered Gregory by the time that Manfred tried to get revenge on Miles.


* RevengeByProxy: His treatment of [[spoiler:Miles]] was intended to shape him into his father's antithesis. To make matters worse, this was after he had [[spoiler: ''killed his father himself'']].


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* SinsOfOurFathers: His treatment of [[spoiler:Miles]] was intended to shape him into his father's antithesis. To make matters worse, this was after he had [[spoiler: ''murdered his father himself'']].
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For Jacques Portsman and Byrne Faraday, two prosecutors from ''Investigations'', see [[Characters/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth here]]. For Blaise Debeste, a prosecutor from ''Investigations 2'', see [[Characters/GyakutenKenji2MinorCharacters here]]. For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]]. For the prosecutors and inquisitors from the ''Layton'' crossover, see [[Characters/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney here]].

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For Jacques Portsman and Byrne Faraday, two prosecutors from ''Investigations'', see [[Characters/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth here]]. For Blaise Debeste, a prosecutor from ''Investigations 2'', see [[Characters/GyakutenKenji2MinorCharacters here]]. For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]]. For the prosecutors judges and inquisitors prosecutors/inquisitors from the ''Layton'' crossover, see [[Characters/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney here]].
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For Jacques Portsman and Byrne Faraday, two prosecutors from ''Investigations'', see [[Characters/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth here]]. For Blaise Debeste, a prosecutor from ''Investigations 2'', see [[Characters/GyakutenKenji2MinorCharacters here]]. For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]].

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For Jacques Portsman and Byrne Faraday, two prosecutors from ''Investigations'', see [[Characters/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth here]]. For Blaise Debeste, a prosecutor from ''Investigations 2'', see [[Characters/GyakutenKenji2MinorCharacters here]]. For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]]. For the prosecutors and inquisitors from the ''Layton'' crossover, see [[Characters/ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney here]].
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For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]].

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For Jacques Portsman and Byrne Faraday, two prosecutors from ''Investigations'', see [[Characters/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth here]]. For Blaise Debeste, a prosecutor from ''Investigations 2'', see [[Characters/GyakutenKenji2MinorCharacters here]]. For Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, who used to be a prosecutor in her youth, see [[Characters/AceAttorneyKingdomOfKhurain here]]. For the judges and prosecutors of ''The Great Ace Attorney'' (including the final prosecutor of ''The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve'', whose identity is a '''major''' spoiler), see [[Characters/TheGreatAceAttorney here]].
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* VagueAge: His exact age is unclear, but dialogue with Bikini in Case 3-5 implies he is at least older than her.

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* VagueAge: His exact age is unclear, but dialogue with Bikini in Case 3-5 implies he is at least older than her.her (48 at the time).
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The judge who presides over the High Court of Khura'in.

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The His Magistry, the judge who presides over the High Court of Khura'in.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Investigations 2'', he warns Edgeworth that some people are above the law. While at the time this just seems like his usual jerkass way of viewing everything as cold transactions rather than caring about the truth, [[spoiler:the very next case in-game has Edgeworth go up against someone who [[DiplomaticImpunity abuses their diplomatic immunity]] to nearly avoid prosecution.]]

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* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Investigations 2'', ''Investigations'', he warns Edgeworth that some people are above the law. While at the time this just seems like his usual jerkass way of viewing everything as cold transactions rather than caring about the truth, [[spoiler:the very next case in-game has Edgeworth go up against someone who [[DiplomaticImpunity abuses their diplomatic immunity]] to nearly avoid prosecution.]]
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* JerkassHasAPoint: In ''Investigations 2'', he warns Edgeworth that some people are above the law. While at the time this just seems like his usual jerkass way of viewing everything as cold transactions rather than caring about the truth, [[spoiler:the very next case in-game has Edgeworth go up against someone who [[DiplomaticImpunity abuses their diplomatic immunity]] to nearly avoid prosecution.]]
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** Grips his right arm and clutches it while grimacing as his "impatient" animation, along with never using that same arm for anything in court. [[spoiler:It's not just him being supremely impatient, it's a visceral reaction from squeezing on the bullet wound from DL-6! It could also be the wound being inflamed when he's stressed out and squeezing it helps.]] This detail is retained in TheMovie.

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** Grips his right arm and clutches it while grimacing as his "impatient" animation, along with never using that same arm for anything in court. [[spoiler:It's not just him being supremely impatient, it's a visceral reaction from squeezing on the bullet wound from DL-6! It could also be the wound being inflamed when he's stressed out and squeezing it helps.]] This detail is retained in TheMovie. Notably, when [[spoiler:he appears in a flashback case in AAI2, prior to receiving the wound]], his animations are changed, making it clear that this is deliberate.
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in ''Spirit of Justice''. He correctly [[BatmanGambit banked on]] Phoenix trying to take Ahlbi's case after seeing he had no defense attorney, and didn't tell him about the Defense Culpability Act until after the fact so he could get him to surrender to feed his own pride... and ''that's'' where he went wrong, as he [[DidntSeeThatComing didn't expect Phoenix to turn out to be so selfless]] as to continue the trial even at risk of his own life.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He's quite the condescending dick. However, he actually falls on the lower end of the {{Jerkass}} scale in this series because he's also one of the cleanest lawyers with no amoral or unethical actions to speak of.
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** Hardly does anything in the first trial of ''Apollo Justice'' except mock Apollo and swish his fully-grown hair. He even lampshades this toward the end, saying that he actually didn't get to prosecute anybody.

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** Hardly does anything in the first trial of ''Apollo Justice'' except mock Apollo and swish his fully-grown hair. He even lampshades this toward the end, saying that he actually didn't actually get to prosecute anybody.
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* AssistCharacter: For Phoenix Wright in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVSCapcom3'', with his [[DropTheHammer mighty gavel]]!

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* AssistCharacter: For Phoenix Wright in ''VideoGame/UltimateMarvelVSCapcom3'', with his [[DropTheHammer [[WeaponsOfTheirTrade mighty gavel]]!
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* ExtremeDoormat: The Judge is often easily cowed by the von Karma's bullying and intimidation, which Phoenix lampshades at one point.
-->'''Phoenix:''' (For the love of all things good, Your Honor, have some spine... For my sake...)

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* AmoralAttorney: The ''embodiment'' of this trope. Manfred would do anything[[spoiler:, even killing the (then) only defense attorney that caused him to receive a penalty,]] to keep his perfect record. There is a good reason he is the page image.



* PersecutingProsecutor: The ''embodiment'' of this trope. Manfred would do anything[[spoiler:, even killing the (then) only defense attorney that caused him to receive a penalty,]] to keep his perfect record. There is a good reason he is the page image on AmoralAttorney.



* AmoralAttorney: A surprising aversion. He never does anything a true, law-abiding lawyer wouldn't do. The worst thing you can say about him is that he's a jerk with a bad habit of acting condescending toward the defense. Ironically, his boasts are not about his honesty, where he could back them up, but about his mediocre skills.



* PersecutingProsecutor: A surprising aversion. He never does anything a true, law-abiding lawyer wouldn't do. The worst thing you can say about him is that he's a jerk with a bad habit of acting condescending toward the defense. Ironically, his boasts are not about his honesty, where he could back them up, but about his mediocre skills.



* AmoralAttorney: Whereas his brother was a {{Jerkass}} at worst, Gaspen takes pride in being TheBully. In ''Spirit of Justice'' [[spoiler:he eggs Phoenix on into defending Ahlbi Ur'gaid, knowing full well that Phoenix will likely be executed under the Defense Culpability Act if he loses]].



* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite being hilariously incompetent, he was a major figurehead in a corrupt regime which caused the deaths of thousands. If left unchecked, he could have caused hundreds of deaths out of pride and idiocy.

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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Despite being hilariously incompetent, he was a major figurehead in a corrupt regime which that caused the deaths of thousands. If left unchecked, he could have caused hundreds of deaths out of pride and idiocy.idiocy.
* PersecutingProsecutor: Whereas his brother was a {{Jerkass}} at worst, Gaspen takes pride in being TheBully. In ''Spirit of Justice'' [[spoiler:he eggs Phoenix on into defending Ahlbi Ur'gaid, knowing full well that Phoenix will likely be executed under the Defense Culpability Act if he loses]].



* SharedFamilyQuirks: Gaspen has similar movements to his brother Winston. He raises his eyebrows when explaining something, taps his head and screams in pain when the defense attorneys object his remarks.

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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Gaspen has similar movements to his brother Winston. He raises his eyebrows when explaining something, taps his head head, and screams in pain when the defense attorneys object his remarks.



* VisualPun: Given his surname, his attitude and his looks, he's a ''"royal pain"'' in ''Spirit of Justice''.

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* VisualPun: Given his surname, his attitude attitude, and his looks, he's a ''"royal pain"'' in ''Spirit of Justice''.



* AntiVillain: While her actions are questionable, she's honorable and extremely well intentioned, if misguided. [[spoiler:Ema and Phoenix feel nothing but sympathy for her when they realise the exact circumstances that led her into evil.]]
* BenevolentBoss: She convinces Edgeworth not to to quit with one speech, reassuring him that her fall wasn't his fault and that- whatever Gant says- his desire to catch criminals does not make him evil.

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* AntiVillain: While her actions are questionable, she's honorable and extremely well intentioned, well-intentioned, if misguided. [[spoiler:Ema and Phoenix feel nothing but sympathy for her when they realise the exact circumstances that led her into evil.]]
* BenevolentBoss: She convinces Edgeworth not to to quit with one speech, reassuring him that her fall wasn't his fault and that- whatever Gant says- his desire to catch criminals does not make him evil.



* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler:He proves to be quite corrupt when he knowingly redacts a key witness's testimony from Richman's trial as part of a larger conspiracy, murders said witness to keep him from exposing the truth, and blackmails one of Richman's supporters into acting as an accomplice.]]



* PersecutingProsecutor: [[spoiler:He proves to be quite corrupt when he knowingly redacts a key witness's testimony from Richman's trial as part of a larger conspiracy, murders said witness to keep him from exposing the truth, and blackmails one of Richman's supporters into acting as an accomplice.]]



* UnwittingPawn: Not that it excuses [[spoiler: the odiousness of his initial crimes of helping facilitating the murder of an innocent man and pin it on a political enemy, but Turnbull explicitly did so believing it was in the defense of his country's interests. He is floored to discover that he was actually a middleman to a deep financial criminal conspiracy. Rather than make him sympathetic, however, it puts the last nail in his self righteous image - as it meant he was too proud to see those obviously illegal orders for what they were.]]

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* UnwittingPawn: Not that it excuses [[spoiler: the odiousness of his initial crimes of helping facilitating facilitate the murder of an innocent man and pin it on a political enemy, but Turnbull explicitly did so believing it was in the defense of his country's interests. He is floored to discover that he was actually a middleman to in a deep financial criminal conspiracy. Rather than make him sympathetic, however, it puts the last nail in his self righteous self-righteous image - as it meant he was too proud to see those obviously illegal orders for what they were.]]



* YouKeepUsingThatWord: In the unofficial Richman retrial, once witness testimony reveals the presence of waiter Gale Gaelic at the scene of the murder and that his supeona was cancelled, Turnbull says it was because the prosecution considered Gaelic's testimony "not important to the trial." Yet Phoenix correctly points that Gaelic's behavior at the time of the murder was highly suspicious[[note]]Gaelic had been in Richman's vicinity up to when the victim was shot, with said shot coming from the direction of where Richman and a waiter were at the time. The other witnesses were able to identify the waiter as Gaelic due to his bandaged right hand.[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Once Edgeworth reveals Gaelic's summons were cancelled by Turnbull himself and he tries to use the same excuse, Edgeworth points out it just makes him look incompetent.]]

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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: In the unofficial Richman retrial, once witness testimony reveals the presence of waiter Gale Gaelic at the scene of the murder and that his supeona subpoena was cancelled, Turnbull says it was because the prosecution considered Gaelic's testimony "not important to the trial." Yet Phoenix correctly points out that Gaelic's behavior at the time of the murder was highly suspicious[[note]]Gaelic had been in Richman's vicinity up to when the victim was shot, with said shot coming from the direction of where Richman and a waiter were at the time. The other witnesses were able to identify the waiter as Gaelic due to his bandaged right hand.[[/note]]. [[spoiler:Once Edgeworth reveals Gaelic's summons were cancelled by Turnbull himself and he tries to use the same excuse, Edgeworth points out it just makes him look incompetent.]]



** He can be a humorous oddball at times, but can be rather stern when calling people out on their misconduct. A few killers, like [[spoiler:Damon Gant and Matt Engarde]] end up getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from him.

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** He can be a humorous oddball at times, times but can be rather stern when calling people out on their misconduct. A few killers, like [[spoiler:Damon Gant and Matt Engarde]] end up getting a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from him.



--> '''Mia''': Is this guy sure how he feels about ANYTHING?

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** He has a ''slightly'' bigger role in ''Investigations 2''. He still doesn't get his own sprite, but at least he's ''involved'' in the plot this time.

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** He has a ''slightly'' bigger role in ''Investigations 2''. He still doesn't get his own portrait sprite, but at least he's ''involved'' in the plot this time.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In "The First Turnabout", he's nowhere near as smug as he would grow to be in later entries.
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* StaticShockGun: [[spoiler:He attacks Phoenix and Maya with a taser while he was taking the DL-6 evidence.]]

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* StaticShockGun: StaticStunGun: [[spoiler:He attacks Phoenix and Maya with a taser while he was taking the DL-6 evidence.]]

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