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!!The Stolen Turnabout (''Nusumareta Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Luke Atmey''' (''Aiga Hoshiidake'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/IanSinclair ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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->"Zvarri! The truth has once again been elegantly revealed to me!"

Self-proclaimed "Ace Detective" (which ends up prompting Phoenix to refer to himself as an [[TitleDrop Ace Attorney]]), and the detective on all the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] cases. Full of himself and wants to be the center of attention ([[PunnyName but you probably knew that already]]) and fails miserably.

* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:All the times that he caught [=DeMasque=] and returned his stolen treasures was planned out from the beginning, in order to satiate his own ego and to meet the demands of his blackmailer]].

* ChubbyChef: For a [[LethalChef very loose definition of chef.]] He's a curvy guy who runs a restaurant, at least.

* SissyVillain: Subverted; while he has the mannerisms down, has done some questionable things, [[spoiler:(stealing and cooperating with Furio Tigre to frame Maggey)]] he is not the murderer.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: In the anime, [[spoiler:he tries to pass off his knowledge of the poison bottle as him learning about it while imitating Phoenix during the first trial. The real Phoenix points out that the only reason he would've impersonated a defense attorney in the first trial is if he was the murderer.]]

* HealthcareMotivation: [[spoiler:Not by choice, but he finds himself forced to reimburse Bruto $1 million for Viola's operation. He plans on seizing Glen's MC Bomber virus as collateral and sell it, but when Glen manages to secure enough money to pay off his own debt (which is not enough to pay off what Tigre owes), Tigre kills him]].

** He also managed to disguise himself as [[spoiler:the already dead victim]], and gets found out by making a few crucial mistakes, [[spoiler:namely wearing an earpiece over the ear the victim had injured and was rendered deaf in.]]
* ProppingUpTheirPatsy: He impersonates Phoenix Wright so he can serve as Maggey's defense attorney and lose the case to get a Guilty verdict for her.

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* {{Yakuza}}: Certainly looks the part with his style of dress but actually he's on the outside looking in (normally he's just some two-bit loan shark who shakes people down for money for his own gain, but got dragged into the bigger picture after his "incident" with Viola).

''Characters/AceAttorney'''s witnesses and other characters debuting in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. There are {{spoiler}}s for later installments as well as the original trilogy; read carefully! Also, most characters (as usual in this franchise) have {{dub name change}}s, which are written in bold.

''Characters/AceAttorney'''s witnesses and other characters debuting in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. There are {{spoiler}}s for later installments as well as the original trilogy; read carefully! Also, most characters (as usual in this franchise) have {{dub name change}}s, which are written in '''bold'''.

''Characters/AceAttorney'''s witnesses and other characters debuting in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations''. There are {{spoiler}}s for later installments as well as the original trilogy; read carefully!

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[[folder:'''Ron [=DeLite=]''' (''Yusaku Amasugi'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/KotaroNishiyama ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Justin Pate ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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->"Come on! I'm guilty! Throw the book at meeeeeee!"

Ron is first introduced having turned himself in for being the PhantomThief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]. Naturally, with his appearance, high-strung actions, and the fact that his (incredibly hot) wife says he's delusional, Phoenix has his doubts.

* AffectionateNickname: 'Dessie' for Desirée.
* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: This is the general reaction he gets when he insists that he's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]; not even his wife believes him, and neither does Phoenix when he represents him in court. [[spoiler:He really is [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]]].
* AnimeHair: His hair is ''something else''; Not only is it [[CompressedHair massively compressed from its natural length]], but it's parted in the middle into what are effectively ''sideways OjouRinglets'', which even shoot out in perfect spirals in his 'damage' animation. One of Ron's idle animations has him tilt his head, allowing his hair to somehow perfectly stay in shape even as it sways to the side. [[spoiler:His hair's compressed shape probably helps when wearing the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] helmet.]]
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He didn't want to become a thief in the first place.]]
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: [[spoiler:Pointed out by Desirée; while Ron as [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] sent calling cards to the authorities as if to say "I'm going to rob this place. Get ready for me!" and still managed to get egg on their faces despite giving them a fair headstart, Luke Atmey was a ManipulativeBastard who worked behind the scenes and had no suspicion placed on him.]]
* CassandraTruth: Ron tries to tell people he's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], but nobody believes him (until other people prove it in court) because, well...he's [[NervousWreck Ron]].
* CloudCuckoolander: While Ron ''is'' quite intelligent, not to mention cunning enough [[spoiler: to pull off several rather intricate crimes and get away with them]], he's childish, more than a little spacey and ''bafflingly'' naive to the point of going onto wild and unhelpfully frank tangents, flooring Phoenix and even ''Godot'' more than once.
-->'''Phoenix:''' Why did you [[spoiler: hide the body in the safe]], anyway?\\
'''Ron:''' ''[completely serious]'' [[MathematiciansAnswer Because it wouldn't fit in a drawer.]]
* CowardlyLion: A timid young man who shies off from even finishing his sentences, but when it counts (such as when saving his at the time future-wife from robbers) he'll jump right into danger. Even if he's crying and yelling in terror the whole way.
* CrazyEnoughToWork: Why does Ron claim to be [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] even though everyone starts suspecting less and less of him, and [[spoiler:even after being ''acquitted'' of stealing the Urn]]? [[spoiler:Because it gives him an alibi of Kane Bullard's murder, which happened at the same time the urn was stolen, at the same time Ron was at the crime scene. Unfortunately for Ron, Maya, Phoenix and Desireé didn't get it, and almost got him convicted of murder]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Not only is he [[spoiler:really the PhantomThief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=],]] he also [[spoiler:saved Desirée from a band of robbers. He apparently did it in a rather hysterical way, but he still did.]]
* ExpressiveHair: His locks fly out to the sides when he's upset, which is often.
* {{Fanboy}}: Desirée says that Ron styles himself after the phantom thief because he's such a fan of his. [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] ''does'' have a fanbase around his antics, [[spoiler:but the reality is that Ron ''is'' in fact the thief]].
* {{Foil}}: With his self-proclaimed arch-nemesis Luke Atmey. Both have (or had) jobs related to security, some speech patterns are shared (such as "dancingly descended" in each one's first testimonies in the first day), [[spoiler:both show ObfuscatingStupidity at what they do and both use Mask☆[=DeMasque=] as an alibi of Kane Bullard's murder]]. The one thing that's inverted is the truth behind their two personas: [[spoiler:while Ron really is the original [=DeMasque=] and did most of the heists for Atmey, Atmey poses as a supposed Ace Detective but is a bigger criminal]].
* TheFool: For much of the case, Ron comes off as a cheerful, harmless schuck pinballing through the machinations of others by the skin of his teeth - which [[spoiler: turns out to be at least partially true, though Ron's more on the ball about the consequences he faces and how to get out of them than he seems]], but even before the case [[spoiler: his response to being blackmailed into serial thievery was just to smile, nod and hope it all worked out]]. What little we see of him afterwards shows that he grew somewhat from the experience and channels his cunning and assertive side on his own terms going forward.
* GenuineImpostor: [[spoiler:He really is [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], but nobody believes him because of how quiet and shy he is.]]
* {{Greed}}: [[spoiler:His fatal flaw. He stole in order to fund the lavish lifestyles of himself and his wife.]]
* HappilyMarried: Despite his fears that she might leave him were she to learn his secrets (which turns out to be incorrect), he and Desirée are genuinely happy together.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:If you examine the chief of police in the next case, you'll hear that [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] tries to stop a bank robbery.]] Admittedly, he wasn't much of a bad guy to begin with. At the end of the game [[spoiler:he's revealed to have turned crimefighting into a business (though he also sells the criminals plans to get them to commit the crimes in the first place.)]] Though by ''Investigations 2'', [[spoiler:he seems to have returned to pulling heists again, this time with Desirée assisting him]].
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: Ron is the thief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], he yells that he is the thief at anyone nearby, and is wearing the signature outfit of the criminal at all times. He essentially hid himself by being so insistent of his true identity that everyone stopped paying attention to him]].
* KarmaHoudini: Downplayed. [[spoiler:Phoenix gets him acquitted of several non-violent crimes he ''did'' commit in the process of getting him acquitted of a violent crime that he ''didn't''.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:A thief in a cast where all other criminals are killers]], he isn't this just to Luke Atmey, but to most other outlaws in the original trilogy. Despite being [[spoiler: one of Phoenix's two clients that are guilty of what they were accused of (although he did not steal the Sacred Urn, which is why he was arrested to begin with),]] Ron is still very sympathetic, unlike his counterpart, [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Pleeeeease Listen"; actually, if you want to get technical, it's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s theme.
* NiceGuy: Behind his [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] persona is a polite, nervous and ditzy guy who steals only for his wife's happiness.
* NotProven: [[spoiler:Thanks to double jeopardy laws and Godot's failure to present evidence and testimony that he was the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] that committed the first four thefts when he was on trial for the fifth theft,]] he is declared by the court to be [[spoiler: Not Guilty of ''being [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] at all,'' meaning he can never be tried for his heists and possibly the data theft. He doesn't even lose his wife, which was the thing he was afraid of.]] Luckily he's not THAT bad of a guy. [[spoiler:Namely, he is a thief, but is [[ALighterShadeOfBlack not a murderer.]]]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: PlayedWith. His apartment is full of memorabilia and gadgets related to the thief, he is constantly wearing [=DeMasque=]'s costume, he tells anybody who asks that he really is [=DeMasque=], and ''nobody believes him for a second'' because of his shy, nervous personality. [[spoiler:Not only is he telling the truth, it actually works ''too well'', and nearly gets him found guilty for a murder he didn't commit, instead of a theft he ''did'' commit]].
* PhantomThief: [[spoiler:Yes, he ''really is'' Mask☆[=DeMasque=], and he did steal all those valuable treasures, despite sending all of them {{Calling Card}}s long before he would commit the crimes. Atmey may have helped him out and done the planning, but that doesn't make his many heists much less impressive]].
* PunnyName: "Amasugi" means "too sweet". His English name may be a play on "run the light" [[spoiler:which may be a clue about his identity as a thief]], or on "rondelli," a pasta that resembles his spiraled hair.
* RedheadInGreen: When he's wearing [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s costume.
* RedHerring: Right after it looks like the true identity of [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] is going to be the central mystery of Stolen Turnabout, you're told that the thief has turned himself in.. only to meet Ron, who is shy, nervous, very polite, and ''nothing'' like the bombastic daredevil GentlemanThief seen in the intro cutscene. Nevertheless, Ron insists that he absolutely IS [=DeMasque=], despite the increasing doubts of everybody around him, including Phoenix and ''his own wife''. [[spoiler:He's telling the truth]].
* RescueRomance: He met Desirée during his security guard days, where she was held at gunpoint and Ron just ''shouted'' at them. Somehow, ''this worked''.
* ShrinkingViolet: He's not really good with people.
* UnconfessedUnemployment: [[spoiler:The reason behind his becoming [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]; so that he could still pay for his wife's shopping habits without her finding out that he had lost his job]].
* VerbalTic: ...well, no, that's not exactly true. It's just a tendency for his explanations to trail off into nothing...
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: During a penalty, you can get Ron to admit that he has a habit of doing this.
* WildTake: At the slightest provocation.

[[folder:'''[=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]''' (''Kamen Mask'')]]
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A notorious thief famous for his theatrics and stealing several priceless treasures around the world. Ron [=DeLite=] is on trial under suspicion of being [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] and stealing the Sacred Urn of Kurain.

* AdvanceNoticeCrime: He sends his card to victims ahead of time
* CallingCard: He sends a card before each robbery, emblazoned with a secret emblem. The police never revealed the details about the emblem to avoid creating copycats. [[spoiler:This is also why his wife isn't upset with his career choice--she appreciates that he plays fair with his victims, as opposed to being just a sneaky criminal]].
* CoatHatMask: A particularly ornate set, as part of his HighlyVisibleNinja attire. One would think these would get in the way of his stealthy methods, but then again [[spoiler: the dude that supposedly handles the investigation of his robberies is also the one who PLANS his heists, so maybe he does not need to be so stealthy after all.]] He even complains about how hard it is moving around with that cape.
* CoolMask: Befitting someone named after a mask, [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] wears a metal mask modeled after the Comedy mask of theatre.
* EvilLaugh: A bombastic "Ahahahahaha!"
%%zce* {{Expy}}: Like most [[PhantomThief Phantom Thieves]], one of Literature/ArseneLupin.
* FairPlayVillain: A GentlemanThief that always sends his calling cards to a location ''before'' stealing from there to give the authorities a proper heads-up.
* GentlemanThief: Complete with announcing his crimes beforehand, and a flashy persona.
* HighlyVisibleNinja: A Highly Visible Cat Burglar. How he's supposed to be a master of stealth while looking like a dude lost on his way to an anime con is never really addressed, but it's clear from the start that he went for style, rather than practicality, when styling his identity.
* LuckyCharmsTitle: How you're supposed to pronounce that star in "[=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]" is unclear... ''[[InsistentTerminology but you'd better do it]]''.
* RepetitiveName: In both Japanese and English - his English name is of the "Classic Classical" variety, while his Japanese name is of the "Classic ''Kurashikku''" variety. Either way, he really wants to call attention to the fact that he's masked.
* ShapedLikeItself: Both English and Japanese names basically equate to "Mask Mask".
* SignatureHeadgear: [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] wears a wide-brimmed hat with two white feathers pinned to the hat by a button bearing the likeness of his mask.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Has a very large following. In fact, Ron's trial led to a bunch of merchandise stands outside the courthouse selling wares themed after the thief. Maya buys a publicity photo before the trial.

[[folder:'''Desirée [=DeLite=]''' (''Mareka Amasugi'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Yuka Keicho ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JamieMarchi ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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Ron's incredibly hot wife. She spends money like it's going out of style and drives her motorcycle fast enough to call it "flying". She despises cowardly criminals above all else.

* AffectionateNickname: 'Ronnie' for her husband and 'Nicky boy' for Phoenix. [[ShipperOnDeck Pearl doesn’t take to kindly to this.]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She has the guts to sneak into [[spoiler:Atmey's]] office to steal back Ami's urn. Not only that, she knew from the start that [[spoiler:Atmey]] was planning to frame Ron for the theft and murder of Ron's boss.
* DevelopersForesight: Accuse her of being the murderer, and you'll receive a unique conversation detailing her alibi. Of course, as it's the wrong choice, [[VideoGameCrueltyPunishment expect your usual punishment.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Her alibi for both the theft of the urn and the murder is that she was caught speeding at the time of the crimes. Also, she states it often took her 20 minutes to drive from her home to KB Security on her motorbike... even though Larry told Phoenix it takes '''30''' on car.
* HappilyMarried: Despite the surface-level impressions you might get from her Shopaholic tendencies, she and Ron really do love each other. Even the reveal that [[spoiler:Ron ''is'' [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]]] isn't enough to shake their relationship.
* LoveAtFirstSight: The first time they met, Ron saved her from robbers back when she was a security consultant, and she's been in love with him ever since.
* MeaningfulName: Sounds like 'desired delight' referencing her shopaholic tendencies.
** 'Mareka' on the other hand, was the name of a good female friend of Takumi.
* NiceGirl: Very friendly and outgoing, she easily forgives her husband whose career is a thief by night.
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Sure, she's a shopaholic with expensive tastes, and that's definitely a large part of her attraction to Ron, but they actually [[MarryForLove Married For Love]]. They're still together by the time of ''Investigations 2'', well after she learns her husband's big secret.
* OppositesAttract: Desirée is confident, outgoing, and friendly; her husband Ron is painfully timid and withdrawn. They're still HappilyMarried.
* PerpetualSmiler: Unless she's surprised or upset, she usually has a very warm smile on her face.
* RescueRomance: How she met Ron--he saved her from a bunch of robbers.
* SuspiciousSpending: Subverted. It's ''her'' spending that makes Ron suspicious. She thinks he's loaded because security guards put their lives at risk and are paid appropriately.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The general response. It's heavily implied that he appeals to her maternal instincts... that and [[spoiler:she's under the impression he's loaded; he went into crime to [[UnconfessedUnemployment avoid telling her that he was fired]]]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler:while Luke Atmey hid and covered up his crimes, Ron always notified his victims ahead of time. So Ron is a criminal, but not the "cowardly" kind Desirée despises.]] Oh, yeah, and there was that one time when Ron saved her from gun-toting robbers, back when he still worked as a security consultant.

[[folder:'''Luke Atmey''' (''Aiga Hoshiidake'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/IanSinclair ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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->"Zvarri! The truth has once again been elegantly revealed to me!"

Self-proclaimed "Ace Detective" (which ends up prompting Phoenix to refer to himself as an [[TitleDrop Ace Attorney]]), and the detective on all the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] cases. Full of himself and wants to be the center of attention ([[PunnyName but you probably knew that already]]) and fails miserably.

* AdaptationalUgliness: The anime significantly increases the prominence of his cleft chin, turning him from merely eccentric looking to a {{Gonk}} proper.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: In the English dub, Atmey prefers to pepper his paragraphs with such patterns;
-->"The Masked Marauder's Mischief-Making is Matched only by My Meticulous Mind, Meanwhile [[PoliceAreUseless you Metropolitan Meatheads]] Missed the Mark on [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s Malfeasance."
* AnimalMotifs: His snazzy tux, long nose, and AnimeHair make him look a lot like a penguin.
* AnimeHair: Take a plate, and spray paint it yellow. Hit said plate with a hammer. Shave your head, and glue the biggest of the plate shards to your forehead. Rinse, lather, and repeat. That's how you recreate his haircut.
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: [[spoiler:His plot to use the concept of double jeopardy to back up his alibi only goes to show that double jeopardy in this universe is nothing like how it is in the real life US or Japan. For starters, neither country applies double jeopardy on a conviction, meaning if proof of Atmey being guilty of murdering Bullard or innocent of being [=DeMasque=] ever came out, a new trial could easily be set up to vacate the conviction. Furthermore, his appearance as a witness in Ron's murder trial is just that: a witness. As it's Ron's trial, he would be the only one eligible for double jeopardy in that particular trial, whereas the law in-game would protect Atmey if Phoenix didn't prove him guilty there. Even further is that, in Japan, a loophole in the law means double jeopardy functionally only applies if the Supreme Court gives an acquittal, as prosecutors are allowed to appeal not guilty verdicts in lower courts.]]
* AttentionWhore: Even as a child, apparently.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As silly as he looks (and acts), he's not to be underestimated.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Really, he's large enough of a ham to justify this...
* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:When the judge calls him evil at one point, he agrees. Though given that this was in the middle of his attempt to sell himself as Mask☆[=DeMasque=] it's probably more of a ploy than a genuine sentiment.]]
* CatchPhrase: "Zvarri!"
* TheChessmaster: Despite being much less intelligent than he wants to be seen as, he actually did manage something fairly clever: [[spoiler:planning an XanatosGambit as follows: If Ron [=DeLite=] gets away with everything as [=DeMasque=], he profits. If Ron gets caught, he can disavow any knowledge of blackmailing him or even pretend to be the one who figured it all out. If he gets away with murdering Bullard, well, he gets away with it. If accused of the crime, though, plead guilty to being [=DeMasque=] to dodge the murder charge. It would've worked if it weren't for Phoenix figuring it all out. And the "less intelligent" thing might actually have been a case of ObfuscatingStupidity--after all, getting convicted on day one seemed to be his Plan A.]]
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:He ''fools the Magatama'' by lying right after a previous lie of his was exposed. It may have something to do with how natural he spoke about it, as players don't notice there's something wrong either until the following day]].
* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:One of the few people who tries to use a guilty verdict ''as an'' '''''alibi''''', and thus invokes double jeopardy. (You cannot be convicted on the same crime if proven to be acquitted.)]]
* DeathGlare: [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/aceattorney/images/b/b9/Atmey_Sweating_1.gif/revision/latest?cb=20120728230329 His sweating sprite sports one of these]], complete with heavy shadows around his one visible eye. Special mention goes to when it's used on Day 2 when [[spoiler:you interrupt his larceny trial to accuse him of murder]], where it actually feels like he's glaring at [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou YOU, the player]].
* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:All the times that he caught [=DeMasque=] and returned his stolen treasures was planned out from the beginning, in order to satiate his own ego and to meet the demands of his blackmailer]].
* GagNose: '''''Holy shit.''''' Fans still don't understand how [[spoiler:he could fit it into Ron's costume]]. Possibly a bit of a PinocchioNose too, as a tip off to his dishonesty.
* GreatDetective: Subverted or possibly deconstructed - [[spoiler:he actually worked out who Mask☆[=DeMasque=] was after his very first crime, and used the opportunity to blackmail him into committing more thefts and giving the money to him. Atmey twice states that he did this because he wanted to create an opponent worthy of his 'genius'. But that may be a complete lie.]]
* HighClassGlass: He has a magnifying-glass monocle, as befits a high-class detective.
* IncomingHam: He introduces himself by startling Phoenix and Maya out of their musings with this line:
-->"...Welcome! To my private little "Banquet of Chaos".
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler:In his final testimony, he claims that Ron wore the [=DeMasque=] regalia to his meeting with Bullard, stating it as the reason why there were no fingerprints on the alarm. While correct, it also happens to finally expose Atmey as the real killer; Ron had only revealed that fact hours earlier, and Atmey - who was stuck entirely in his own trial for grand larceny - would not have known that fact... unless he was at the scene of the crime itself.]]
* InsufferableGenius: [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]], or perhaps [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]]. When you first meet him, he's seems to be a classic case of SmallNameBigEgo; overblown, and more confident in his intelligence than warranted. Then, you find out [[spoiler:he was ''trying'' to get convicted the first day, and was likely [[ObfuscatingStupidity painting himself as less competent than he actually was]]. In fact, you find that he was the one who plotted Mask☆[=DeMasque's=] heists down to the last detail, starting with the second of the heists. And at the last part of the case, he manages to quickly come up with a suitable explanation for all the loose ends of the case, making only one mistake in the process. His ego was his downfall, however; Phoenix insulted Atmey's ego several times in the second trial, which resulted in the rant that eventually allowed Phoenix to win the case.]]
** His ego also gets the better of him in the anime adaptation, as [[spoiler:he ends up flashing around the red jewel on his finger that was stolen by Ron from Kane Bullard, causing Bullard to notice and figure out he was the mastermind behind Mask☆[=DeMasque=], enabling him to blackmail Luke. The detective might've gotten away with his schemes had he not been flashing around a stolen jewel on his finger.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an egotistic and narcissistic douchebag who shamelessly boasts about his so-called detective skills but he has no problem blackmailing [[spoiler: Ron after discovering his secret identity as [=DeMasque=] and framing him for murdering Ron's former boss just because he's also on the receiving end of blackmail by the victim. No wonder, Desirée is pissed at him for being a cowardly criminal instead of Ron.]]
* LargeHam: Atmey manages to steal the spotlight of every scene he's in, thanks to his [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal bizarre]] [[SesquipedalianLoquaciousness speech]] and mannerisms and much of his dialogue being coupled with the sound effects synonymous with loud and dramatic characters. [[spoiler:It's no wonder that his [[EvilIsHammy breakdown]] stands out as one of the most over the top of the entire trilogy.]] Really, it's impressive how much he [[ChewingTheScenery chews the scenery]] despite having zero voiced lines in the game.
* LatexPerfection: Just how did he [[spoiler:wear that mask over his nose]], anyway?
* LaughingMad: When [[spoiler:he is found guilty. Both times]].
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Look at Me", or, [[LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn as it's known in-universe]], "Luke Atmey Elegy" (which he composed for himself).
* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:"''Take a good look, everyone! Unable to find a rival worthy of my genius, I was forced to create one myself! Here I am! The tragic clown...''". The first time he says this, you are led to believe he created the Mask☆[=DeMasque=] persona to give himself [[MonsterProtectionRacket someone to fight]]. The ''second'' time he says this you realize that he actually ''press-ganged'' Ron into becoming his "rival" and make himself rich in the process.]]
* MotiveRant: Used to interesting effect as you hear it from him twice during the course of the case. [[spoiler:The first time he's faking it but the second time is when the jig is actually up]].
* NoseTapping: Can be seen doing this in the article about [=DeMasque's=] first heist. It helps that his nose rivals his finger in length.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:He's ''trying'' to get "exposed" as Mask☆[=DeMasque=] on trial day 1. As a result, he's deliberately leaving holes in his testimony for Phoenix to poke at, even if it makes his Ace Detective-self look bad--because of course the fake testimony never actually happened. Indeed, when you face him again on the second day, the events surrounding him show him to be surprisingly competent.]]
* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:One of the only instances in the series where it is possible to lose an entire life bar on a cross-examination. His final testimony requires that the player ''press'' on his 10+ line statement to find out which one is the most suspicious claim. Choose anything else, and it's an instant game over.]]
* PunnyName: Look at me! I want love, that's all (''ai ga hoshii dake'')! The English version of his name can also refer to [[spoiler:he wants people to literally look at him in a certain photograph as part of his plan.]]
* RenaissanceMan: Played with; he's an AttentionWhore, and all his projects are motivated to make a name for himself. However, he does seem to have a surprisingly broad range of skills -- musical composition, building ships in a bottle, amateur biology & chemistry, better than average knowledge of the law (i.e. [[spoiler:double jeopardy]]), detective skills, [[spoiler:heist planning]], etc.
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Does this to sound as intelligent as possible. Although it seems like he at least does know the meaning of the words he's using, he knows little-to-nothing about the subjects he professes to be an expert in. [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal The anime adaptation adds an abnormal amount of alliteration as well]].
* SherlockScan: Subverted; his "scans" are ludicrously obvious. Godot makes it hilarious, though. However, during their first meeting, he still manages to peg Phoenix as a lawyer[[note]]Probably by the badge, though he's still ahead of most people in that regard; most people don't recognize the badge for what it is[[/note]] and Maya as a spirit medium[[note]]Which suggests some knowledge of the Fey clan[[/note]], which suggests that his powers of observation aren't ''completely'' useless.
* SinisterSchnoz: He has a prominent nose and [[spoiler: he's the true criminal behind the murder of Kane Bullard.]]
* SlobsVsSnobs: The snob to Gumshoe's slob. Whereas Gumshoe proved himself to be a capable detective despite his shabby looks and casual personality, Atmey is pompous, sharply-dressed, and [[spoiler:his accomplishments as a detective are all forged]].
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: [[spoiler: Subverted; he's actually the mastermind behind the thief he's supposedly trying to catch, and the entire "investigation" is a sham.]]
* VillainousBreakdown:
** [[spoiler: The screen shakes before he goes into a LaughingMad fit, and then he goes on a MotiveRant, calling himself a tragic clown who deliberately created a rival to compete with his genius. He does this two times, although he faked the first one to avoid the charges for his true crime.]]
** [[spoiler: The anime has a similar breakdown, though the second time, he calms down enough to explain his whole [=DeMasque=] scheme and motive for murder. Then once Godot points out his plan has completely dried up, Atmey is left groveling to himself in frustration.]]
* VillainRespect: In the anime, he has nothing but praise for [[spoiler: Phoenix for uncovering his true plan]]. There's a touch of this in the game as well, since he reiterates his faked MotiveRant in reference to getting beaten by [[spoiler: Phoenix]].
* YouFool: See the following quote:
-->'''Atmey:''' ''[to Phoenix]'' ...A fool is too foolish to know that he is a fool...

!!Recipe for Turnabout (''Gyakuten no Recipe'')

[[folder:'''Jean Armstrong''' (''Kaoru Hondobo'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Fukushi Ochiai ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JMichaelTatum ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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->"Non, non, NON! You naughty man!"

A very...*ahem* ''flamboyant'' French chef and owner of the restaurant Trés Bien. Thing is, the food there is anything ''but''. He's armpit-deep in debt in just trying to keep the restaurant afloat.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The anime removes references to him being a petty thief, as well as the scene in which he helps Tigre try to dispose of Phoenix; in the latter case, Tigre intercepts Phoenix and Maya while they're on the way out of Tender Lender, right after their conversation with Viola.
* AffablyEvil: For a kleptomaniac who is easily pressed into perjury, framing, and beating up people, he's pretty friendly to everyone he meets.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Despite everything he says and does... he's never explicitly ''called'' gay. In the original Japanese, he is referred to as an okama.
* ApologeticAttacker: He apologizes to Phoenix before punching him on Tigre's orders.
* BrainBleach: He invokes this in Phoenix when he sees Armstrong rub aromatherapy oil on himself.
-->'''Phoenix''': MY EYES!
* CampGay: His appearance ''alone'' renders Phoenix and Maya speechless.
* ChubbyChef: For a [[LethalChef very loose definition of chef.]] He's a curvy guy who runs a restaurant, at least.
* DamnedByFaintPraise: On the second day in court, Godot has the following to say about his coffee:
-->'''Godot''': It's special, I'll give you that. [[StealthInsult It's worth a sip just for the experience.]]
* ExactWords: If one of his dishes has the words "Inspired by" in its name, then it has absolutely '''''none''''' of the ingredients listed in its title.
* {{Fauxreigner}}: WordOfGod has [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/zeroobjections/blog/2014/10/31/ace-attorney-trilogy---surprising-tidbits-you-never-knew confirmed]] that Jean isn't actually French. The writers intentionally gave him terrible spoken French and a misspelled restaurant name[[note]](It should be Très Bien, not Trés Bien)[[/note]] to reflect this.
* ForcedIntoEvil: [[spoiler: He's a legitimately nice guy, but he's also half a million dollars in debt with Tigre, and unfortunately, helping Tigre carry out the murder plot and subsequent frame job was his last chance to pay it off]].
* GratuitousFrench: He speaks almost exclusively with this.
* GratuitousSpanish: Apparently for laughs, because it just plain ''comes out of nowhere''. Even the ''Judge'' realizes how out-of-place it is. [[KeepItForeign In the Spanish version]], it's GratuitousEnglish.
* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Sometimes refers to himself as a woman.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Implied. He doesn't get a "where are they now" spot in the ending, but his restaurant somehow stays open after the trial.]]
* KeepItForeign: In the French version, Jean Armstrong is called Luigi Labocca and speaks with GratuitousItalian.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Trés Bien".
* LethalChef: He can't even get ''coffee'' right.
* LethalEatery: There is lots of lace in his kitchen that could hold onto germs and pose a fire hazard with their proximity to the cooking equipment.
* ManlyGay: Physically, though he certainly doesn't ''act'' like it.
* NeverMyFault: He is oblivious to just how horrible his food is, simply writing it off as not being for every customer.
* NonIndicativeName: Trés Bien, [[BilingualBonus French for "very good"]][[note]]Well, misspelled French, see Fauxreigner above[[/note]], has terrible food.
* PoirotSpeak: How he speaks, and rather poorly, at that - he's continuously using feminine articles (la, une) to refer to masculine nouns.
* PunnyName: He's got strong muscular arms. "Hondobo" is a pun on "''fond de veau''" (French for "rich veal"). He's being "strongarmed" by Furio Tigre thanks to his debt.
* RealMenWearPink: And they decorate the walls of their restaurants in it too.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are a very reddish brown, and his cooking is really horrible. [[spoiler:He’s also Tigre's accomplice, albeit unwillingly.]] Considering that his kitchen has lots of lace which could easily hold onto germs, his food might also be unsafe to eat.
* SissyVillain: Subverted; while he has the mannerisms down, has done some questionable things, [[spoiler:(stealing and cooperating with Furio Tigre to frame Maggey)]] he is not the murderer.
* SomethingAboutARose: A few of his animations have him holding a rose. Either he’s picking off the petals while mulling over something, pulling out the petals faster when he’s afraid, or having a shower of petals during his damage sprite.
* StickyFingers: He has a habit of stealing from people [[spoiler: due to his crippling debt, so he likely pawns off whatever he can get his hands on]] and he steals Phoenix's Magatama.

[[folder:'''Victor Kudo''' (''Shohei Igarashi'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Jin Urayama ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Greg Dulcie ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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->"The uniform! It's a disgrace! You can practically see their...*turns pale* their...YES! It's a disgrace!"

An unemployed grouchy old man that has a thing for the Trés Bien waitress uniforms and always has a box of birdseed with him (most likely for the purpose of having a weapon within arm’s length). He comes from a family of kimono embroiderers. A key witness to the case.

* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Ultimately subverted. While it takes quite a lot to drag information out of him in the investigation phase, once he's actually on the stand he is largely upfront and truthful about what he thinks he saw. Even the contradictions Phoenix uncovers ultimately turn out to be a case of him being tricked by the culprit as opposed to him lying or forgetting what he saw.
* ButtMonkey: He's basically on Butt Monkey duty for most of the case, doubly so when he's on the witness stand.
* CripplingOverspecialization: He's (presumably) really good at embroidering kimonos...and not much else, which comes back to bite him when he's living in either a time (Japanese version) or a place (English version) where kimono embroidery just isn't in that big of a demand.
* DirtyOldMan: It's not immediately obvious, but it's trait that the heroes at one point actively exploit to get him to talk. While Maya can't get him to talk despite wearing the waitress uniform he has a thing for, [[spoiler:she channels Mia to ask the questions. Yes, it's [[MsFanservice Mia]] [[HelloAttorney Fey]] ''as a waitress''. He later complains that his reputation's taken a hit since Phoenix used the fact that he only goes to Trés Bien to look at the waitresses to discredit his testimony, bitterly suggesting that he'll be remembered as the old man too busy staring at the serving girl's butt to notice the murder.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards: Even he isn't willing to perv on young Maya when she dresses as a waitress.
* GagNose: Just ''look'' at that big round red nose!
* GoodOldWays: Always preaching about these, and complaining about those damn kids and their newfangled words like "radio" and "glasses" (it's ''"wireless"'' and ''"spectacles"'', dammit!).
* GrumpyOldMan: All too apparent from the moment you meet him, [[spoiler:though he's mellowed out a bit, come the epilogue.]]
* ImplausibleDeniability: His reasons for going to Trés Bien don't hold up when presented with evidence.
* InfiniteSupplies: His birdseed, lampshaded.
* IReadItForTheArticles: He claims that he goes to Trés Bien for the food, reinforced by Psyche-Locks.
* {{Jerkass}}: He doesn't use that box of bird seed to feed pigeons. He uses it to throw it AT them, as well as people who annoy him.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "How Sad, the Memory of This War Song".
* PunnyName: "Victor" comes from "victory", and "Shohei" means "soldier".
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:{{Invoked|trope}} by Furio Tigre. He used Victor Kudo in his staged murder to set up a fake witness, as there wasn't any in the actual murder that wasn't on Tigre's side.]]
* ScatterbrainedSenior: Subverted. At first, it seems that his memories of Glen Elg's murder are completely inaccurate, thanks to a combination of his apparently poor memory and being DistractedByTheSexy. As it turns out, however, [[spoiler:his memory of the incident is actually near-perfect, and the inconsistencies are the result of Furio Tigre's inaccurate imitation of Elg during the staged murder]].
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: Rude, perverted, and all-around unpleasant.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "I don't have a strap fetish!"
* ThrowTheDogABone: He spends most of the case being thought of as a nuisance by most other characters, but in the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue he [[spoiler:talks about how visibly touched he was after his grandchildren threw him a birthday party]].
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Set up by Tigre to witness the fake murder, done to incriminate Maggey.]]

[[folder:'''Lisa Basil''' (''Keiko Koike'')]]
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lisa_basil.png]]

The head of Blue Screens Inc. and Glen's old boss. Incredibly precise and [[AmbiguousRobots may very well actually be a robot]].

* AdaptedOut: She doesn't appear in the anime, since Maya and Phoenix never visit Glen's workplace.
* AlliterativeName: In Japanese, '''K'''eiko '''K'''oike.
* CatchPhrase: Addresses Phoenix and Maya pretty much exclusively as "you good people".
* FunWithPalindromes: Her, Glen and her new hire Adam Mada in the ending. In all languages.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: There's no indication that she's anything other than ethical in her business practices.
* MakingASpectacleOfYourself: She doesn't even NEED to wear an HMD but does anyway.
* MeaningfulName: Her English name might be derived from the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Lisa Apple Lisa]], fitting for someone who runs a computer company.
* MediumAwareness: Whenever you mention someone or something with a picture, it pops up on the screen; she's the only character in the series who ''moves slightly out of the way'' to make room for it, because her leaning-to-the-left pose makes it so the image would otherwise cover part of her head.
* NiceGirl: Very polite to Phoenix and Maya, even as Phoenix uses the Magatama to drag info out of her.
* RedHerring: If you think she has anything to do with the case or trial, think again. [[spoiler:You pressure a little minor info about the victim out of her (that probably could have been deduced through other means) and she's never mentioned again.]]
* RobotGirl: May or may not actually be a robot, but sure acts like one; like a Franchise/GhostInTheShell, as Phoenix puts it.
* SatelliteCharacter: A satellite character to a PosthumousCharacter, at that. She exists mostly for the sake of having somebody who personally knew the victim and his occupation.
* SciFiBobHaircut: Fitting, given the futuristic aesthetic of her tech company.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Phoenix describes her as "definitely not a robot" in his records.
* ThemeNaming: All Blue Screens Inc. employees have [[FunWithPalindromes palindrome names]].
* TronLines: The buttons on her clothes light up periodically.
* VerbalBackspace: When Phoenix asks her to elaborate on Glen Elg being a loser with "bugs" in his personality, she backtracks and acts as though she hadn't said that at all.

[[folder:'''Viola Cadaverini''' (''Urami Shikabane'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SaoriHayami ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MadeleineMorris ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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The Tiger's assistant at Tender Lender. Very, very creepy. She's also the granddaughter of the biggest, baddest mob boss, Bruto Cadaverini.

* AffablyEvil: For a very loose sense of evil. She's a mobster, yes, but she’s only in the loan shark business because of Tigre, and she’s nothing but polite to Phoenix.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: A minor case, but her portrayal in the anime makes her more expressive and softens her facial features, which significantly tones down the creepier aspects of her appearance.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She ''definitely'' nails the "dark" aspect with her calm and composed (yet creepy) personality and she's pretty in a dark (and creepy) way, but her official height is listed at only 5'1", so she's really short and therefore doesn't fulfill the tallness aspect of this trope.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Although creepy by her appearance, Viola's quite amiable and polite to Phoenix and Maya after they arrived at Tender Lender. But when she discovered that [[spoiler: her lover, Tigre never loved her in the first place and was manipulating her to pay off his money debt to her grandfather because of her injury he caused, she gives Phoenix her medical records of the accident to take the Tiger down in court and after he's arrested, in the credits, she's implied to sent poisoned food to him in prison.]]
* CreepyMonotone: Her voice is stated to be like this, and the rate at which her words appear on the screen seem to reinforce that. Confirmed in the anime series, where she speaks very softly with little intonation.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Somewhat. She looks very creepy and at first glance, she seems ObviouslyEvil, but she's more of a victim of the manipulations of [[{{Jerkass}} Furio Tigre]].
* DissonantSerenity: She maintains her calm and polite demeanour while subtly ''[[ImpliedDeathThreat issuing death threats in casual conversations]]''.
* TheDreaded: Even factoring out the fact Bruto'd kill you if you looked at her the wrong way, she's ''very'' good at making people fear for their lives. Just about everyone she meets notes she's a dangerous and unsettling woman, [[spoiler: and just like her grandfather, you ''will'' pay your debts to her if you value your life. Lance was willing to fake his own kidnapping just to get the money he owes her.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: ''Very'' much so.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Threatening to burn down Trés Bien if Armstrong can't pay his debt, all with that calm and collected smile on her face.
* EvilChef: Frighteningly, she hints that there's poison in her coffee.
* FaceOfAThug: She's creepy as hell, but not that bad.
* FreudianExcuse: She really, really wants to believe Furio Tigre did everything out of love for her. [[spoiler:In reality, it was only because Tigre was deathly afraid of her mafia don grandfather]].
* TheGhost: [[spoiler:In the third case of ''Investigations'', it's her demands that Lance Amano paid his debt that eventually sparked the murder that happened in that case, but Viola was merely mentioned in the letter she sent to Lance.]]
* ImpliedDeathThreat: If she ever offers you something to eat or drink, think twice before you accept it...
* IOweYouMyLife: She’s eternally grateful to Tigre for saving her life. [[spoiler:Except that’s not the case. He only did it because Bruto, Viola’s grandfather, saddled him with a million dollar bill, is a notorious mob boss, and a PapaWolf to the max.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Because of the fact that Tigre was callously manipulating her, Phoenix feels angrier over her treatment at his hands than her willing role in framing an innocent woman for murder. Though it's not a surprise she wouldn't suffer legal repercussion for it in any case, seeing as her doting grandfather is a mob boss the police are afraid of. She refers to what was done as "evil," but she's still in the loan shark business as of ''Investigations''.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:The third case of ''Investigations'' has her play the exact same role her grandfather did in Recipe for Turnabout, complete with being TheGhost.]]
* LoanShark: [[spoiler:She takes over Tender Lender at the end of ''Trials & Tribulations''. In ''Investigations'' she sends bills to Lance Amano in the form of ''love letters''.]]
* LoveMartyr: She was in love with [[{{Jerkass}} Furio Tigre]] despite him only using her as a tool and pretending to reciprocate her feelings due of wanting to use her and out of fear of her grandfather. The real kicker is that deep down she knew all along that he didn't really love her.
* MafiaPrincess: Granddaughter of mob boss Bruto Cadaverini. Significant because when [[spoiler:Tigre accidentally hurts her; he's in debt to the crime family.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's a bandaged EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who often offers {{Implied Death Threat}}s in an [[DissonantSerenity oddly serene]] CreepyMonotone. While she's [[DarkIsNotEvil not evil per se]], she still has a discomforting presence.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks younger than her age of 25.
* PunnyName: "Cadaverini" is Italian for "little corpse", while "Viola" might have been chosen for its similarity to "violence," or perhaps a reference to the instrument (which seems to play a big role in goth culture). "Urami" means "grudge", and "Shikabane" means "corpse".
* {{Revenge}}: The epilogue of ''Trials and Tribulations'' reveals that she sent Furio Tigre some poisoned food. "Win Through Compromise", indeed.
* SignatureLaugh: She has an unsettling and gloomy "Hee... Hee... Hee..." giggle that serves as one of her major character tics.
* TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: She's more "pretty in a dark/creepy way" than "hot", but nonetheless her father is shown very briefly in one case and he and her grandfather aren't exactly attractive, but she is.
* TheUnfought: While she was an accomplice to the culprit, she doesn't actually make an appearance in court.
* WomanScorned: During the credits of ''Trials & Tribulations'', she says [[spoiler:that she sent poisoned food to Tigre in jail. And when you think about it, him eating that food would be KarmicDeath]].

[[folder:'''Furio Tigre''', aka '''The Tiger''' (''Toranosuke Shibakuzo'', aka ''Zenitora'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SatoshiMikami ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/SamRiegel ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

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-> "Gwoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...!!"

Thanks to his similarly-spiky haircut, he looks a lot like Phoenix and even uses that to imitate him, prompting the nickname "Xin Eohp" (pronounced "zin eeope") from Maya. He's the loan shark in charge of Tender Lender, and lent money to Jean Armstrong and Glen Elg. His nickname pretty much sums up his personality.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: He isn't a bright red-orange in the anime, and is instead given a more plausible tan.
* AdaptationalJerkass: While the game makes it clear he's only "with" Viola out of fear for what her family might do to him, the anime has him outright call her a "gloomy bitch" when he thinks she's not in earshot of him.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Orange skin, making him resemble his namesake. Most likely a spray-tan, which would explain how [[spoiler:he was able to pass as Phoenix so easily, he just washed it off]].
* AnimalMotifs: A tiger.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Not yet, but Viola makes it clear that, once they get the chance, her family ''will'' kill him for what he's done. The epilogue suggests she ends up doing just via a poisoned meal.]]
* BadLiar: You don't really need to press his statements to find contradictions within his testimony.
* BilingualBonus: His name is composed of Italian words. "Furio" is a common name for a pet (and fittingly sounds like "furious"), and "Tigre" is... Well, you know.
* BrooklynRage: "WHADDYA THINK YOUSE DOIN'?!"
* TheBully: He roars in the courtroom to scare everyone, even the judge, and make things easier for him. He also constantly talks and acts like a tough guy. He also is a loanshark who will [[spoiler:even kill debtors, but is afraid of people even more powerful than him like Bruto Cadaverini.]]
* CastingGag: In the English dub of [[Anime/AceAttorney2016 the anime]], Furio Tigre is voiced by Sam Riegel, the voice of Phoenix himself in the video game series. Amusing as [[spoiler:he's impersonating Phoenix Wright]].
* ComplexityAddiction: His plan to [[spoiler:get Maggey convicted for Glen Elg's murder]] would likely have gone much better if he hadn't bothered with [[spoiler:setting up the second, fake murder, and just gotten Viola and Armstrong to testify that they saw Maggey killing him]]. Between Victor Kudo's [[spoiler:seemingly]] poor memory and his own carelessness when it came to [[spoiler:impersonating Elg]], it actually ends up backfiring.
* DelayedReaction: Towards the end of "Recipe for a Turnabout", he doesn't realize that [[spoiler:Phoenix tricked him into implicating himself as the culprit]] until it's outright spelled out for him.
* TheDreaded: With the exception of the completely unflappable Godot and the much more powerful and fearsome Cadaverini crime family, everyone who gets on the Tiger's bad side is quick to run and take cover: in case of the trial where he takes the witness stand, quite literally too, with both Maya and the Judge hiding underneath the desk. Even ''Gumshoe'' has to muster up enough courage to restrain him.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: In the anime, [[spoiler:he tries to pass off his knowledge of the poison bottle as him learning about it while imitating Phoenix during the first trial. The real Phoenix points out that the only reason he would've impersonated a defense attorney in the first trial is if he was the murderer.]]
* EvilTwin: Parodied; when Phoenix and Maya first find out about that Nick's got a phony, Maya suddenly exclaims, "I got it!" Phoenix replies, "If you're going to ask if I've got a twin brother, the answer is 'no'."
* HairTriggerTemper: Weaponized during his cross-examinations. The Judge and Godot implement a penalty system on Nick when Tigre is pressed on matters that are likely going to piss him off, mainly if it covers old ground with no new insights.
* HateSink: He's a rather despicable person who runs a loan shark operation and [[spoiler:kills someone to get the money he needs to save himself.]] The only people he so much as pretends to be nice to are those he's afraid of.
* HealthcareMotivation: [[spoiler:Not by choice, but he finds himself forced to reimburse Bruto $1 million for Viola's operation. He plans on seizing Glen's MC Bomber virus as collateral and sell it, but when Glen manages to secure enough money to pay off his own debt (which is not enough to pay off what Tigre owes), Tigre kills him]].
* HiddenDisdainReveal: In the anime, he complains that "this is all that gloomy bitch's fault" loudly enough for Viola to hear.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His entire plan was built upon posing as Phoenix, lies and false evidence. He's ultimately taken down by the ''real'' Phoenix, who in turn lied about a piece of false evidence; Phoenix pretended that the victim's medical cream bottle was the poison-filled murder weapon, only for Furio to do some EvilGloating and calls Phoenix an idiot for thinking that was the case, [[HypocriticalHumor then gives a perfect description of what the murder weapon looks like, something he shouldn't know.]]]]
* HotBlooded: He don't got the look of a boiled lobster for nothin', y'know.
* IncomingHam: The first indication that you'll be encountering him in any given scene? Just look at his character quote!
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: [[spoiler:Phoenix catches him by tricking him into explaining how the poison bottle looked like with enough detail. A fact he shouldn't know if he weren't the murderer.]]
* InSeriesNickname: "Xin Eohp" by Maya.
* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:After killing a man, he goes to very far lengths to make sure Maggey gets convicted, even disguising himself as Phoenix in order to "defend" her and lose on purpose]]. There's also his treatment of Viola.
* LargeHam: He literally roars like a tiger.
* LaughablyEvil: His insane temper, exaggerated accent, and special brand of sheer stupidity help to make him as silly as he is despicable.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Swingin' Tiger".
* LoanShark: The head of Tender Lender.
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: Despite wearing an attorney badge ''made out of cardboard'', having a drastically different personality and skin tone (which he said was a tan), everyone (with the exception of Godot, who didn't take the case) thought he was the real Phoenix Wright. It's only after practically spelling it out in the courtroom that the Judge realizes he was tricked - a whole month after the first trial.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name. Also, the French version changes Tender Lender's name to Sadouille-Crédit; that is, "''credit scammer''".
* NoIndoorVoice: Whenever provoked (which isn't hard for [[HairTriggerTemper him]] at all).
* ObviouslyEvil: He looks like Phoenix but RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver. It goes as far as the game not even trying to hide he's the murderer in the case - he is seen as the one who poisons the coffee cup in the introduction. Furthermore, his first actual appearance has him threatening to beat the crap out of Phoenix, right before HE claims to be the real Phoenix, giving himself away as the imposter.
* PaperThinDisguise:
** His Phoenix disguise consisted solely on a blue suit, his spikey hair, and a cardboard cut-out badge. And everyone fell for it, except Godot, because he didn't take the case the first time.
** He also managed to disguise himself as [[spoiler:the already dead victim]], and gets found out by making a few crucial mistakes, [[spoiler:namely wearing an earpiece over the ear the victim had injured and was rendered deaf in.]]
* ProppingUpTheirPatsy: He impersonates Phoenix Wright so he can serve as Maggey's defense attorney and lose the case to get a Guilty verdict for her.
* PunnyName: He's a furious tiger. "Toranosuke" means "tiger boy" and "Shibakuzo" means, more or less, "I'm gonna kick your ass!" "Zenitora" is roughly "Cash Tiger". Also, tigers are, according to legend, enemies with dragons (i.e. Phoenix, or ''Ryu''ichi).
* RealMenWearPink: He drives a pink scooter. [[spoiler:And accidentally crashes it into a MafiaPrincess.]]
* RedRightHand: His silhouette looks a lot like Phoenix, but his bright orange skin is a dead giveaway that he's not who he claims to be.
* ScreamingWarrior: Roars like a tiger.
* ScrollingText: Most of his roars cannot be contained by just one textbox.
* SdrawkcabName: Maya nicknames him "Xin Eohp".
* TheSociopath: It quickly becomes clear that this guy just does not know how to relate to anyone in any way other than bullying. The only one he bothers to be nice to is Viola, and that's just because her grandfather bullied ''him'' into it.
* StupidEvil: The fact that his convoluted plot to [[spoiler:fake Glen Elg's murder for Kudo just to get Maggey framed]] and then impersonating Phoenix as a lawyer [[spoiler: to cinch the guilty verdict]] made it as far as it did is something of a miracle. He doesn't even realize that [[spoiler: he implicated himself for the murder]] before having it explained to him outright. Him standing in the courtroom among StunnedSilence thinking that he has won [[spoiler: by exposing Phoenix's bluff]] shows just how stupid he is. Maggey's [[BornUnlucky notoriously bad luck]] must be the only reason he got as far as he did in framing her. If he pinned this on anyone else from the start, he wouldn't have had a fighting chance with this gambit.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: [[spoiler:He poisoned Glen Elg's coffee.]]
* TigerVersusDragon: His shirt has a picture of a tiger biting the head of a dragon--Phoenix's Japanese given name has the kanji for dragon in it. Funnily enough, however, he is more of a Dragon than Phoenix, preferring to use complex machinations and skilled planning alongside a healthy dose of intimidation to get his way while Phoenix goes into court with less evidence than he feels he needs and bluffs until he can piece something together, much like the Tiger.
* TooDumbToLive:
** Despite coming up with a quite elaborate plan to [[spoiler:frame Maggey and get her sent to prison]], he really is one of the dumbest criminals in the entire series. Not only are the lies in his testimonies quite easy to spot, he falls for an obvious trap when he [[spoiler:makes what turns out to be his fatal mistake, and doesn't even realize what he's done until it is fully spelled out for him.]]
** Even though he feared the Cadaverinis, he still treated Viola poorly, despite [[MafiaPrincess her status within the family]]. This only turns him into a target after he's convicted.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: Viola sent him poisoned food after his true nature was revealed. Whether or not he's still alive is anyone's guess]].
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:After Phoenix tricks him into proving himself the murderer, he screams so loudly that the lights go out.]]
* {{Yakuza}}: Certainly looks the part with his style of dress but actually he's on the outside looking in (normally he's just some two-bit loan shark who shakes people down for money for his own gain, but got dragged into the bigger picture after his "incident" with Viola).
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: Upon being caught out on whether or not he even knew the victim, Furio laughs and comments that Phoenix isn't bad, and that he was only messing with the lawyer to test him. Phoenix is... not impressed.
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[[folder:'''Bruto Cadaverini''' (''Gonta Shikabane'')]]

[[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bruto_cadaverini.png]]

The head of the mob and doting grandfather to Viola.
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* BaldOfEvil: As befitting an old man.
* TheDon: Which makes him a force to be feared even by Furio.
* TheDreaded: ''Nobody'' crosses this guy. When he makes someone owe [[spoiler:a million dollars to pay for his granddaughter's brain surgery]], the poor debtor will work to make that money happen ''without question'' and by any means possible.
* TheGhost: He's spoken of by several characters, but he doesn't appear in the case in person.
* GreaterScopeVillain: His actions towards Furio set in forth all of case 3, and he's a large crime boss, but he's never actually directly involved.
* PapaWolf: More like "Grandpa Wolf", but same principle. Viola is his little girl; thus hell falls on whoever hurts her in any way. [[spoiler:Furio helping Viola is because he severely injured her in a motorcycle accident, and her grandfather saddled him with a million-dollar debt's worth of brain surgery procedures in retaliation for what he had done]].
* MeaningfulName: He sure seems like a brute. "Cadaverini" and "Shikabane" both mean "corpse". "Gonta" roughly means "big authority" while Bruto means "Brute".
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: [[spoiler:Forces Furio to pay Viola's medical bills.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: One reason why the police haven't arrested him yet.
* ShotgunWedding: More like [[spoiler:"Shotgun Paying For Granddaughter's Medical Bills"]], but similar principle: [[spoiler:when Furio got into an accident that caused Viola to be hospitalized, Bruto immediately put a huge debt on him to cover her medical bills and then some, or else...]]
* TheUnfought: He never gets brought to the witness stand to be cross-examined.
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!!Turnabout Beginnings (''Hajimari no Gyakuten'')

[[folder:'''Terry Fawles''' (''Michiru Onamida'')]]
!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Kenichiro Matsuda ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KyleHebert ([[Anime/AceAttorney2016 anime]])

[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/terry_fawles.png]]

->"... Ugh. Sorry. I told a little lie."

Mia's first-ever client, an escaped death-row convict. Has a poor grasp of grammar and acts mostly like a scared little kid.
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* AcquittedTooLate: For ''several'' crimes he's suspected of; it becomes clear that he didn't kill Dahlia when "Melissa Foster" is revealed to actually be her, but by that point he's suspected of killing Valerie, meaning that Dahlia being alive isn't enough to get him off the hook. [[spoiler: And he kills himself ''just'' before Mia is about to clear him of Valerie's death, so he never gets the chance to be officially exonerated for either crime.]]
* BitingTheHandkerchief: Uh... biting the heavy iron ball he's chained to.
* BloodFromTheMouth: After he [[spoiler:poisons himself]].
* CatchPhrase: "I din't do nuttin'! I din't kill nobody!" and "Sorry, I told a little lie."
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: In the anime, he dies in Mia's arms after drinking the poison.]]
* DoomedByCanon: He's the defendant in both Mia and Edgeworth's court debuts. In 1-2 it's mentioned that Edgeworth had never lost a case until he goes up against Phoenix, and in case 3-1, it's mentioned that Mia's first case [[spoiler: ended so badly that she didn't step foot in court again until over a year later. Also, ''Dahlia'' is involved in the crime.]] In short, the player knows it'll be bad... it's ''how'' bad that's the mystery.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:He has a SuicidePact with Dahlia that both will commit suicide if they could no longer trust each other. He honors it while Dahlia does not.]]
* DumbMuscle: He's strong, to the point where he's got no problems carrying his ball and chain, but highly childlike.
* {{Ephebophile}}: Sure does seem like the odd man out on this list, but he dated 14-year-old Dahlia Hawthorne when he was 20 and refers to her as his 'teen angel'.
* FallGuy: Dahlia and Valerie betrayed him, leaving him to take the fall for the kidnapping and "killing" Dahlia.
* GentleGiant: The only crimes he’s committed are [[spoiler:participating in a jewel heist disguised as a kidnapping]] and stealing a car. Other than that, he’s a very sweet and trusting guy.
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: His many years spent on death row are implied to have driven him insane. He was once hired as the Hawthornes' tutor before his arrest, but in the present he is more like a gullible, dim-witted child in a grown man's body.
* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:He's still in love with Dahlia, so much that even after Mia exposes her wrongdoing, he kills himself because he can't trust her anymore--fulfilling the suicide pact that they supposedly made, not that Dahlia had any intentions of doing the same.]]
* ManChild: He's a very gullible child in a grown man's body.
* PunnyName: Both his English and Japanese names refer to falling tears. Not only that, but he was also framed for a murder that he didn't commit ''twice''; meaning he was the "fall guy", so to speak.
* PuppyDogEyes: When he feels like he's about to cry.
* SuicidePact: [[spoiler:He has one with Dahlia that both will commit suicide if they could no longer trust each other. He honors it while Dahlia does not.]]
* SuperGullible: His childlike nature means that he tends to believe in others, even those who are rather obviously setting him up. [[spoiler: Dahlia always intended him to be her fall guy and the "suicide pact" was just Dahlia's way to ensure he'd die before giving her up, but he believes in Dahlia's love so much that he kills himself genuinely believing that she'd do the same. She didn't, and instead used his suicide to get away with murdering Valerie.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Terry's choosing to [[spoiler:commit suicide rather than give testimony that would have fingered Dahlia as Valerie's killer]] plays a major part in setting up the events of not only ''Trials and Tribulations'', but arguably even the entire original trilogy. Had Terry helped convict [[spoiler:Dahlia]], then at the very least [[spoiler:Doug Swallow wouldn't have been killed, and Diego Armando would never have been poisoned, but possibly even Mia herself would have lived, and the events of 3-5 would never have come to pass due to Diego not being so full of self-loathing and hatred towards Dahlia]].
* UnwittingPawn: His biggest flaw is that he believes everything Dahlia tells him without fail, [[spoiler:including their supposed SuicidePact, which she clearly never had any intention of honoring]]. Given this character trait, it's also clear that Dahlia and Valerie intended for him to be their fall guy from the very beginning.
* YouNoTakeCandle: He speaks like a caveman most of the time. It goes with his brutish appearance. Remember that this guy originally met Dahlia when he was hired to be her ''tutor''. Either the Hawthornes had incredibly low standards in tutors, or being in a solitary cell in prison for so long [[GoMadFromTheIsolation really took its toll on Terry's mind]].
[[/folder]]

!!Other Mentioned Characters

[[folder:'''Adam Mada''' (''Kazutomo Motozuka'')]]
[[quoteright:70:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adam_mada.png]]
A programmer hired by Blue Screens Inc. to fill in for Glen Elg's position after his death.
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* FunWithPalindromes: Like everyone else hired by Blue Screens Inc.
* YouAllLookFamiliar: Shares the same profile art as the generic Blue Screens Inc. programmers.
[[/folder]]

* AdaptationalUgliness: The anime significantly increases the prominence of his cleft chin, turning him from merely eccentric looking to a full-blown {{Gonk}}.

* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:One of the few people who tries to use a guilty verdict AS AN '''ALIBI''', and thus invokes double jeopardy. (You cannot be convicted on the same crime if proven to be acquitted.)]]

* GagNose: Look at the size of the thing! Fans still don't understand how [[spoiler:he could fit it into Ron's costume]]. Possibly a bit of a PinocchioNose too, as a tip off to his dishonesty.

* PhantomThief: [[spoiler:Yes, he ''really is'' Mask☆[=DeMasque=], and he did steal all those valuable treasures, despite sending all of them {{Calling Card}}s long bef ore he would commit the crimes. Atmey may have helped him out and done the planning, but that doesn't make his many heists much less impressive]].

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:If you examine the chief of police in the next case, you'll hear that [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] tries to stop a bank robbery.]] Admittedly, he wasn't much of a bad guy to begin with. At the end of the game [[spoiler:he's revealed to have turned crimefighting into a business (though he also sells the criminals plans to get them to commit the crimes in the first place.)]]
** Though by ''Investigations 2'', [[spoiler:he seems to have returned to pulling heists again, this time with Desirée assisting him]].

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Thanks to Double Jeopardy laws and Godot's failure to present evidence and testimony that he was the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] that committed the first four thefts when he was on trial for the fifth theft,]] he is declared by the court to be [[spoiler: Not Guilty of ''being [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] at all,'' meaning he can never be tried for his heists and possibly the data theft. He doesn't even lose his wife, which was the thing he was afraid of.]] Luckily he's not THAT bad of a guy, though whether he deserved karma is debatable. [[spoiler:Namely, he is a thief, but has a good motive and most criminals at the series are killers, but [[ALighterShadeOfBlack not this guy.]]]]

[[folder:'''Dahlia Hawthorne''' (''Chinami Miyanagi'') -- '''WARNING: MAJOR UNMARKED SPOILERS''']]

Ron is first introduced having turned himself in for being the PhantomThief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]. Naturally, with his appearance, high-strung actions, and the fact that his (incredibly hot) wife says he's delusional, Phoenix has his doubts.

* AffectionateNickname: 'Dessie' for Desirée.
* AndImTheQueenOfSheba: This is the general reaction he gets when he insists that he's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]; not even his wife believes him, and neither does Phoenix when he represents him in court. [[spoiler:He really is [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]]].
* AnimeHair: His hair is ''something else''; Not only is it [[CompressedHair massively compressed from its natural length]], but it's parted in the middle into what are effectively ''sideways OjouRinglets'', which even shoot out in perfect spirals in his 'damage' animation. One of Ron's idle animations has him tilt his head, allowing his hair to somehow perfectly stay in shape even as it sways to the side. [[spoiler:His hair's compressed shape probably helps when wearing the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] helmet.]]

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: [[spoiler:Pointed out by Desirée; while Ron as [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] sent calling cards to the authorities as if to say "I'm going to rob this place. Get ready for me!" and still managed to get egg on their faces despite giving them a fair headstart, Luke Atmey was a ManipulativeBastard who worked behind the scenes and had no suspicion placed on him.]]
* CassandraTruth: Ron tries to tell people he's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], but nobody believes him (until other people prove it in court) because, well...he's [[NervousWreck Ron]].

* CrazyEnoughToWork: Why does Ron claim to be [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] even though everyone starts suspecting less and less of him, and [[spoiler:even after being ''acquitted'' of stealing the Urn]]? [[spoiler:Because it gives him an alibi of Kane Bullard's murder, which happened at the same time the urn was stolen, at the same time Ron was at the crime scene. Unfortunately for Ron, Maya, Phoenix and Desireé didn't get it, and almost got him convicted of murder]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Not only is he [[spoiler:really the PhantomThief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=],]] he also [[spoiler:saved Desirée from a band of robbers. He apparently did it in a rather hysterical way, but he still did.]]

* {{Fanboy}}: Desirée says that Ron styles himself after the phantom thief because he's such a fan of his. [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] ''does'' have a fanbase around his antics, [[spoiler:but the reality is that Ron ''is'' in fact the thief]].
* {{Foil}}: With his self-proclaimed arch-nemesis Luke Atmey. Both have (or had) jobs related to security, some speech patterns are shared (such as "dancingly descended" in each one's first testimonies in the first day), [[spoiler:both show ObfuscatingStupidity at what they do and both use Mask☆[=DeMasque=] as an alibi of Kane Bullard's murder]]. The one thing that's inverted is the truth behind their two personas: [[spoiler:while Ron really is the original [=DeMasque=] and did most of the heists for Atmey, Atmey poses as a supposed Ace Detective but is a bigger criminal]].

* GenuineImpostor: [[spoiler:He really is [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], but nobody believes him because of how quiet and shy he is.]]
* HappilyMarried: Despite his fears that she might leave him were she to learn his secrets (which turns out to be incorrect), he and Desirée are genuinely happy together.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:If you examine the chief of police in the next case, you'll hear that [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] tries to stop a bank robbery.]] Admittedly, he wasn't much of a bad guy to begin with. At the end of the game [[spoiler:he's revealed to have turned crimefighting into a business (though he also sells the criminals plans to get them to commit the crimes in the first place.)]]
** Though by ''Investigations 2'', [[spoiler:he seems to have returned to pulling heists again, this time with Desirée assisting him]].
* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler: Ron is the thief [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=], he yells that he is the thief at anyone nearby, and is wearing the signature outfit of the criminal at all times. He essentially hid himself by being so insistent of his true identity that everyone stopped paying attention to him]].
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Thanks to Double Jeopardy laws and Godot's failure to present evidence and testimony that he was the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] that committed the first four thefts when he was on trial for the fifth theft,]] he is declared by the court to be [[spoiler: Not Guilty of ''being [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] at all,'' meaning he can never be tried for his heists and possibly the data theft. He doesn't even lose his wife, which was the thing he was afraid of.]] Luckily he's not THAT bad of a guy, though whether he deserved karma is debatable. [[spoiler:Namely, he is a thief, but has a good motive and most criminals at the series are killers, but [[ALighterShadeOfBlack not this guy.]]]]

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Pleeeeease Listen"; actually, if you want to get technical, it's [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s theme.
* NiceGuy: Behind his [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] persona is a polite, nervous and ditzy guy who steals only for his wife's happiness.

* PhantomThief: [[spoiler:Yes, he ''really is'' Mask☆[=DeMasque=], and he did steal all those valuable treasures, despite sending all of them {{Calling Card}}s long bef ore he would commit the crimes. Atmey may have helped him out and done the planning, but that doesn't make his many heists much less impressive]].

* RedheadInGreen: When he's wearing [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s costume.
* RedHerring: Right after it looks like the true identity of [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] is going to be the central mystery of Stolen Turnabout, you're told that the thief has turned himself in.. only to meet Ron, who is shy, nervous, very polite, and ''nothing'' like the bombastic daredevil GentlemanThief seen in the intro cutscene. Nevertheless, Ron insists that he absolutely IS [=DeMasque=], despite the increasing doubts of everybody around him, including Phoenix and ''his own wife''. [[spoiler:He's telling the truth]].
* RescueRomance: He met Desirée during his security guard days, where she was held at gunpoint and Ron just ''shouted'' at them. Somehow, ''this worked''.

* UnconfessedUnemployment: [[spoiler:The reason behind his becoming [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]; so that he could still pay for his wife's shopping habits without her finding out that he had lost his job]].

[[folder:'''[=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]''' (''Kamen Mask'')]]

A notorious thief famous for his theatrics and stealing several priceless treasures around the world. Ron [=DeLite=] is on trial under suspicion of being [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] and stealing the Sacred Urn of Kurain.

* CoolMask: Befitting someone named after a mask, [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] wears a metal mask modeled after the Comedy mask of theatre.

* LuckyCharmsTitle: How you're supposed to pronounce that star in "[=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]" is unclear... ''[[InsistentTerminology but you'd better do it]]''.

* SignatureHeadgear: [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] wears a wide-brimmed hat with two white feathers pinned to the hat by a button bearing the likeness of his mask.

[[folder:'''Desirée [=DeLite=]''' (''Mareka Amasugi'')]]

* HappilyMarried: Despite the surface-level impressions you might get from her Shopaholic tendencies, she and Ron really do love each other. Even the reveal that [[spoiler:Ron ''is'' [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]]] isn't enough to shake their relationship.

* OppositesAttract: Desirée is confident, outgoing, and friendly; her husband Ron is painfully timid and withdrawn. They're still HappilyMarried.

* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: The general response. It's heavily implied that he appeals to her maternal instincts... that and [[spoiler:she's under the impression he's loaded; he went into crime to [[UnconfessedUnemployment avoid telling her that he was fired]]]]. There's also the fact that [[spoiler:while Luke Atmey hid and covered up his crimes, Ron always notified his victims ahead of time. So Ron is a criminal, but not the "cowardly" kind Desirée despises.]] Oh, yeah, and there was that one time when Ron saved her from gun-toting robbers, back when he still worked as a security consultant.

Self-proclaimed "Ace Detective" (which ends up prompting Phoenix to refer to himself as an [[TitleDrop Ace Attorney]]), and the detective on all the [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=] cases. Full of himself and wants to be the center of attention ([[PunnyName but you probably knew that already]]) and fails miserably.

-->"The Masked Marauder's Mischief-Making is Matched only by My Meticulous Mind, Meanwhile [[PoliceAreUseless you Metropolitan Meatheads]] Missed the Mark on [=Mask=]☆[=DeMasque=]'s Malfeasance."

* CardCarryingVillain: [[spoiler:When the judge calls him evil at one point, he agrees. Though given that this was in the middle of his attempt to sell himself as Mask☆[=DeMasque=] it's probably more of a ploy than a genuine sentiment.]]

* GreatDetective: Subverted or possibly deconstructed - [[spoiler:he actually worked out who Mask☆[=DeMasque=] was after his very first crime, and used the opportunity to blackmail him into committing more thefts and giving the money to him. Atmey twice states that he did this because he wanted to create an opponent worthy of his 'genius'. But that may be a complete lie.]]

* InsufferableGenius: [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]], or perhaps [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]]. When you first meet him, he's seems to be a classic case of SmallNameBigEgo; overblown, and more confident in his intelligence than warranted. Then, you find out [[spoiler:he was ''trying'' to get convicted the first day, and was likely [[ObfuscatingStupidity painting himself as less competent than he actually was]]. In fact, you find that he was the one who plotted Mask☆[=DeMasque's=] heists down to the last detail, starting with the second of the heists. And at the last part of the case, he manages to quickly come up with a suitable explanation for all the loose ends of the case, making only one mistake in the process. His ego was his downfall, however; Phoenix insulted Atmey's ego several times in the second trial, which resulted in the rant that eventually allowed Phoenix to win the case.]]
** His ego also gets the better of him in the anime adaptation, as [[spoiler:he ends up flashing around the red jewel on his finger that was stolen by Ron from Kane Bullard, causing Bullard to notice and figure out he was the mastermind behind Mask☆[=DeMasque=], enabling him to blackmail Luke. The detective might've gotten away with his schemes had he not been flashing around a stolen jewel on his finger.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He's an egotistic and narcissistic douchebag who shamelessly boasts about his so-called detective skills but he has no problem blackmailing [[spoiler: Ron after discovering his secret identity as [=DeMasque=] and framing him for murdering Ron's former boss just because he's also on the receiving end of blackmail by the victim. No wonder, Desirée is pissed at him for being a cowardly criminal instead of Ron.]]

* MeaningfulEcho: [[spoiler:"''Take a good look, everyone! Unable to find a rival worthy of my genius, I was forced to create one myself! Here I am! The tragic clown...''". The first time he says this, you are led to believe he created the Mask☆[=DeMasque=] persona to give himself [[MonsterProtectionRacket someone to fight]]. The ''second'' time he says this you realize that he actually ''press-ganged'' Ron into becoming his "rival" and make himself rich in the process.]]

* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:He's ''trying'' to get "exposed" as Mask☆[=DeMasque=] on trial day 1. As a result, he's deliberately leaving holes in his testimony for Phoenix to poke at, even if it makes his Ace Detective-self look bad--because of course the fake testimony never actually happened. Indeed, when you face him again on the second day, the events surrounding him show him to be surprisingly competent.]]

A very...*ahem* ''flamboyant'' French chef and owner of the restaurant Trés Bien. Thing is, the food there is anything ''but''. He's armpit-deep in debt in just trying to keep the restaurant afloat.

* {{Fauxreigner}}: WordOfGod has [[http://www.capcom-unity.com/zeroobjections/blog/2014/10/31/ace-attorney-trilogy---surprising-tidbits-you-never-knew confirmed]] that Jean isn't actually French. The writers intentionally gave him terrible spoken French and a misspelled restaurant name[[note]](It should be Très Bien, not Trés Bien)[[/note]] to reflect this.

* {{Leitmotif}}: "Trés Bien".

* NonIndicativeName: Trés Bien, [[BilingualBonus French for "very good"]][[note]]Well, misspelled French, see Fauxreigner above[[/note]], has terrible food.

An unemployed grouchy old man that has a thing for the Trés Bien waitress uniforms and always has a box of birdseed with him (most likely for the purpose of having a weapon within arm’s length). He comes from a family of kimono embroiderers. A key witness to the case.

* DirtyOldMan: It's not immediately obvious, but it's trait that the heroes at one point actively exploit to get him to talk. While Maya can't get him to talk despite wearing the waitress uniform he has a thing for, [[spoiler:she channels Mia to ask the questions. Yes, it's [[MsFanservice Mia]] [[HelloAttorney Fey]] ''as a waitress''. He later complains that his reputation's taken a hit since Phoenix used the fact that he only goes to Trés Bien to look at the waitresses to discredit his testimony, bitterly suggesting that he'll be remembered as the old man too busy staring at the serving girl's butt to notice the murder.]]

* ImplausibleDeniability: His reasons for going to Trés Bien don't hold up when presented with evidence.

* IReadItForTheArticles: He claims that he goes to Trés Bien for the food, reinforced by Psyche-Locks.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Threatening to burn down Trés Bien if Armstrong can't pay his debt, all with that calm and collected smile on her face.

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His name. Also, the French version changes Tender Lender's name to Sadouille-Crédit; that is, "''credit scammer''".

* MediumAwareness: Whenever you mention someone or something with a picture, it pops up on the screen; she's the only character in the series who ''moves slightly out of the way'' to make room for it.

* HealthcareMotivation: [[spoiler:Not by choice, but he finds himself forced to reimburse Bruto for Viola's $1 million operation. He plans on taking and selling Glen's MC Bomber virus as collateral, but when Glen comes up with enough money to pay off his own debt (which is not enough to pay off what Tigre owes), Tigre kills him]].

'''Ron:''' ''(completely serious)'' [[MathematiciansAnswer Because it wouldn't fit in a drawer.]]

-->'''Atmey'''(to Phoenix): ...A fool is too foolish to know that he is a fool...

--> '''Phoenix:''' "Why did you [[spoiler: hide the body in the safe]], anyway?"
--> '''Ron:''' (completely serious) [[MathematiciansAnswer "Because it wouldn't fit in a drawer."]]

* CallingCard: He sends a card before each robbery, emblazoned with a secret emblem. The police never revealed the details about the emblem to avoid creating copycats. [[spoiler:This is also why his wife isn't upset with his career choice--she appreciates that he plays fair with his victim, as opposed to being just a sneaky criminal]].

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Fukushi Ochiai ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/JMichaelTatum ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Jin Urayama ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Greg Dulcie ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SaoriHayami ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/MadeleineMorris ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/SatoshiMikami ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/SamRiegel ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])

* CastingGag: In the English dub of [[Anime/AceAttorney the anime]], Furio Tigre is voiced by Sam Riegel, the voice of Phoenix himself in the video game series. Amusing as [[spoiler:he's impersonating Phoenix Wright]].

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Kenichiro Matsuda ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/KyleHebert ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])

!!!'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])
!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/IanSinclair ([[Anime/AceAttorney anime]])