History Characters / AceAttorneyWitnessesAndOtherCharactersJusticeForAll

* SatanicArchetype: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed:]] While he has no supernatural capabilities that would make him similar to Lucifer, he sure shares several similarities with him: First of all, he puts up the façade of being a beloved hero in a kids' show, almost an angel to some. His color scheme is Red and White, two colors in stark contrast with each other, that represent many of Matt and The Morning Star's attributes: He is proud, arrogant, raging and selfish. The fact that his vanity borders a god complex and that he is an absurdly evil handsome young man further drives the point of him being a demonic being with an angelic look home.
As if this wasn't enough, the thought of defending him in court gives Phoenix Wright his recurring nightmare the night before the trial: the giant judge, possibly representing God himself, smiting him for having to prove the "Prince of Evil" himself innocent.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the anime, while he still clubs Ben with a bottle and is called to the victim's office because of that, his salary discussion was that he wanted to split it between everyone else, rather than ask for a raise. He also helps Phoenix guess how the true killer could've performed the murder based on the collected clues.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: On the day of her 22nd birthday, her boyfriend gets murdered, and she ends up being framed for it.

* BornUnlucky: She fell from the 9th floor of a building ''as a baby'', got hit by all sort of vehicles, got sick from all sorts of food, failed every test she has ever taken, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking lost every game of]] TabletopGame/TicTacToe [[BeyondTheImpossible she's ever played]], was framed for murder three times (one of which was a mistrial)... She was even nicknamed Goddess of Misfortune as a child, and Lady Luckless by the time she reached college.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: A plot point--her name is "Magg''ey''", as opposed to the more common "Maggie", which Richard Wellington learns the hard way when he tries to frame her for murder. (In the original Japanese, her name is written with nonstandard kanji.)

* AnimalMotifs: Has a subtle, but strong association with cats, from his attitude (manipulating others via ObfuscatingStupidity, a common cat stereotype), to bearing claw marks over his hidden eye that are implied to be self-inflicted, and owning a pet cat himself. When exposed as De Killer's client, he even states that "The only thing I'm guilty of is taking a cat nap."

%% * BerserkButton: Complaining about foreign sports cars. [[spoiler:Since that was Mimi's hobby before.]]

* TheCameo: After helping Phoenix solve the mystery behind Case 2-2, he has brief appearances in Case 2-4 (only to get whipped by Franziska) and Case 4-2 (while under a different name).

* TheCameo: Matt shows up briefly during TheStinger of [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the film]].

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Hold on a sec. I'm gonna ask [x], OK?"

* TheCameo: She shows up briefly during TheStinger of [[Film/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the film]], though she doesn't have a speaking role.

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Takeshi Uchida ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
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!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Takayuki Nakatsukasa ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
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!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Natsue Sasamoto ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
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!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Shinya Hamazoe ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
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* OffOnATechnicality: Wright can potentially declare Engarde's innocence after revealing that he didn't directly kill Corrida. Engarde ends up begging for a guilty verdict to save himself from being assassinated by a betrayed de Killer.

* FinalBoss: He's the final witness of ''Justice For All'', and the final culprit along with his client.

* WeakBossStrongUnderlings: Matt has a lot of ''social'' power as a wealthy celebrity and a skilled schemer, but in t he end, he's a civilian with no combat training. He makes up for it by hiring Shelly de Killer, a professional assassin and one of the strongest characters in the series.

* AintTooProudToBeg: Despite claiming to trust no one and not rely on anyone, he's reduced to pathetically whimpering, "Help me..." by the end, in all its delicious irony.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Juan Corrida was a dick himself, but Matt got him killed for selfish reasons.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: After Phoenix warns and proves to him that Matt garnered blackmail against him, Shelly immediately releases Maya, thanks Phoenix for his warning and begins to mark Matt as his next priority target. That's the only way Matt can be defeated.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Very briefly slips into this before TheReveal, telling Phoenix it's time for you to meet ''him,'' before revealing his true self. Why is never explained, and he never does it again after that.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the anime, Celeste is not just her mentor, she's her older sister. The staegeplay adaptation also makes them family, with the added clarification that Celeste was her orphaned cousin and subsequently adopted by Adrian's parents.

* {{Bishonen}}: Probably the straightest example in the entire series, and tries very hard to keep up appearances as one.

* {{Bishonen}}: He's rather pretty. He even admits as much.

* InsufferableGenius: His flamboyant, arrogant demeanor makes him very disliked among his colleagues, but even the ones who really can't stand him won't deny that he's an incredibly talented magician who gave the circus a much needed boost in popularity.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Discussed. Max acts like he's the latest and greatest thing in circus-based showbiz, with an ego to match; his fellow performers largely loathe him for this attitude. On the other hand, they can't deny that [[InsufferableGenius Max is fully able to live up to his own hype]], and that without him the circus would have closed down a long time ago; this makes his claims that he's the star of the show entirely correct.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts arrogant and conceited, but only to make his circus mates strive to become better.

** He's just about the only person in the Berry Big Circus apart from Egina who ''doesn't'' have a grudge against Max. [[spoiler:And yet he's the true culprit behind the Ringmaster's murder, albeit by accident, and went through having Max take the fall, also albeit by complete coincidence, just so that he can stick around to see his brother Bat once more]].

* DualityMotif: His PeekABangs represent two different sides of his personality. When his bangs are covering the right side of his face, he acts like a happy-go-lucky SurferDude who can be pretty slow at times. But when he slicks his hair back, he reveals his true self; a ManipulativeBastard who believes people are only there to be used and thrown away.

* PeekABangs: They cover a set of vicious scars over his eye.