History Characters / AceAttorneyWrightAnythingAgency

* DeterminedWidow: This trope is played with because she took Phoenix Wright as a client [[spoiler:because he was involved in a case that Dahlia Hawthorne was involved with in order to prove her a murderess. Dahlia tricked Mia's first client into poisoning himself, and also poisoned Mia's boyfriend, causing him to be in a coma.]]

* ArmorPiercingSlap: She can and will take down Phoenix if she thinks he's "betraying" Maya.

** Pearl is an in-universe Phoenix/Maya shipper. She responds... [[ArmorPiercingSlap violently...]] to any suggestion they are NOT madly in love, at least on Nick's part. By the time of ''Dual Destinies'', she seems to get over it for the most part.

* {{Womanchild}}: [[DownplayedTrope To a degree]] in ''Spirit of Justice''. While she ''has'' gotten OlderAndWiser, there are still moments where she shows a childlike enthusiasm and curiousity even into her late twenties.

* HelloAttorney: Designed this way. She wears low-cut tops, form-fitting suits, and miniskirts, and witnesses are often smitten with her.

* DeadpanSnarker: Not as bad as Phoenix in any sense, but she gets her fair share of snark in the cases against Godot and his [[IceCreamKoan coffeenese]]. Most of the pans over to her in the cases are for her to say something about Godot's latest "metaphor", or when Phoenix fails at [[CourtroomAntic bluffing the court]].

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* DisappointedInYou: In 2-2, if you present the wrong piece of evidence regarding the culprit's motive, Mia tells Phoenix, "I fel embarrassed for you for even thinking of showing that piece of evidence," then provides a brief answer as to why the culprit committed murder.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Pearl is a sweet kid who adores her mom and her cousin Maya. She has absolutely no idea that [[spoiler: Her mother wants Maya killed so Pearl can take her place]], and is vital to Phoenix unraveling Case 2-2, [[spoiler: Morgan's latest plot]].

* ThePollyanna: Despite all the hardships she's gone through in her life [[spoiler:like her father dying, her mother vanished and being assumed dead, and being accused of murder in ''Spirit of Justice'']], Trucy always maintains an upbeat and positive attitude. This trope is subverted to some degree, as much of Trucy's cheery nature is a mask, but nevertheless she's still TheHeart of the Wright Anything Agency.

-->'''Trucy''': ...I get it now. That attitude toward magic... [[spoiler:is why my grandfather kicked you out [of Troupe Gramarye]]]. You... you don't deserve to call yourself a magician!

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Her hyper-sensitive hearing (to the point of SensoryOverload, complete with noise-cancelling headphones), ChildProdigy status, [[CuteClumsyGirl clumsy nature]], tendency towards being [[BrutalHonesty blunt]], frequently playing with her hair or earring in a way very similar to common stimming techniques, and her childhood tendency to relate more to robots than people, are all common traits associated with autistic people. Even her hyperempathy, which seems in direct contrast to [[HollywoodAutism common depictions of autistic people]], is actually not unheard of among people on the spectrum.

* MoeStare: Her default cheerful-looking sprite in the original trilogy.

* SpannerInTheWorks: In ''Dual Destinies'', without even showing up in person! [[spoiler:In her letter in "Turnabout for Tomorrow", her inaccurate comment about Phoenix being in a trial in an exploding courtroom (when the trial was actually after the explosion) ended up giving Phoenix the idea of using the blown-up Courtroom No. 4 for the retrial of Metis Cykes's murder. This ultimately causes the phantom being caught, which might not have been possible otherwise.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: In ''Dual Destinies'', without even showing up in person! [[spoiler:In her letter in "Turnabout for Tomorrow", her inaccurate comment about Phoenix being in a trial in an exploding courtroom (when the trial was actually after the explosion) ended up giving Phoenix the idea of using the blown-up Courtroom No. 4 for the retrial of Metis Cykes's murder. This ultimately ends up with the phantom being caught, which might not have been possible otherwise.]]

* NavelDeepNeckline: In her regular outfit she wears a low-cut bustier-like garment under her blazer. When channeled by her sister and cousin, it becomes apparent how much more endowed she is.

* AbsoluteCleavage: In her regular outfit she wears a low-cut bustier-like garment under her blazer. When channeled by her sister and cousin, it becomes apparent how much more endowed she is.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: Ultimately resorts to [[spoiler:blackmail in order to defeat master blackmailer Redd White. But to be fair, he's sufficiently proven himself too well-connected to be taken down cleanly, not to mention his constant kicking the dog against both her and everyone she cares about. And Edgeworth had just saved Redd's ass when Phoenix came close to take him down fairly.]]

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Pearl is a sweet kid who adores her mom and her cousin Maya. She has absolutely no idea that [[spoiler: Her mother wants Maya killed so Pearl can take her place]], and is vital to Phoenix unravelling Case 2-2, [[spoiler: Morgan's latest plot]].

* BrokenAce: She's a prodigy, able to meld law practice with emotional psychology, but she is deathly afraid of courtrooms because of her past and it causes her to [[HeroicBSOD seize up]], becoming largely useless until her co-counsel breaks her out of this.

* DisappointedInYou: In 2-2, if you present the wrong piece of evidence regarding the culprit's motive, Mia tells Phoenix, "I feel embarrassed for you for even thinking of showing that piece of evidence," then provides a brief answer as to why the culprit committed murder.
* DudeMagnet: Seeing as she attracted a number of male admirers including Dick Gumshoe and Larry Butz, then, after death, Victor Kudo and possibly Cody Hackins. Just a photograph was enough to trigger an interest from "Director Hotti" and Luke Atmey. She also had a boyfriend named Diego Armando according to case 3-1 [[spoiler:who is shown in-game later on and is still quite concerned about her memory after her death]]. Unfortunately for her, the relationship ended after Diego was put into a coma by Daliah’s poison, and was assumed he wouldn’t come out of it any time soon.

* MagicianDetective: Sort of, being the magician assistant to a defense attorney, though she only very rarely uses her magician skills to help Apollo.She does use her magician skills to help Phoenix when Yuri Cosmos tries to flee on a Segway by throwing a knife into his Segway's tire to disable it, forcing him to finally reveal the information he's been hding from Phoenix.

* BodySurf: Does this frequently to give advice to Phoenix through either Maya or Pearls. [[spoiler:In ''Justice for All'', she does this to relay information to Gumshoe in order to find Maya.]]

* NiceHat: She's never seen without at a magician's silk top hat, even as a child, except when her puppet Mr. Hat is wearing it.

* BreakTheCutie: Pearl is one of the most well-meaning, sweet-natured, and adorably naïve characters in the entire series. Naturally, she gets put through the wringer several times a game, and is probably the character who gets the most grief heaped upon her other than Maya. Phoenix even tries to avert some of this in 2-2 by having her channel Mia for him [[spoiler:so she doesn't have to watch her mother be questioned and arrested. Sadly, this only postpones things to 3-5, where poor Pearl learns that her mother used her in an attempt to kill her cousin and aunt]].

* BreakTheCutie: Pearl is one of the most well-meaning, sweet-natured, and adorably naïve characters in the entire series. Naturally, she gets put through the wringer several times a game, and is probably the character who gets the most grief heaped upon her other than Maya. Phoenix even tries to avert some of this in 2-2 by having her channel Mia for him [[spoiler:so she doesn't have to watch her mother be questioned and arrested]].

* NiceGirl: Pearls is a good kid who just wants the people she loves to be happy. [[spoiler:This gets abused so badly by her mother.]]

* UnwittingPawn:

* SpannerInTheWorks: In case 2-2. Her presence in [[spoiler:the Winding Way]] is the one thing that prevents [[spoiler:Morgan and Mimi]]'s plan from going off without a hitch, preventing them from hiding the evidence that winds up unraveling their entire scheme.

* DudeMagnet: Seeing as she attracted a number of male admirers including Dick Gumshoe and Larry Butz, then, after death, Victor Kudo and possibly Cody Hackins. Just a photograph was enough to trigger an interest from "Director Hotti" and Luke Atmey. She also had a boyfriend named Diego Armando according to case 3-1 [[spoiler:who is shown in-game later on and is still quite concerned about her memory after her death]].

* AwesomeMcCoolName: "Athena," for the Greek goddess of wisdom and defensive warfare, is a pretty impressive name for a lawyer.

* DumbassHasAPoint: In "Turnabout Goodbyes, when Phoenix is worried that Larry's testimony might make things worse for Edgeworth, Maya points out that Edgeworth was convicted, so they have nothing to lose. Phoenix agrees and realizes that Larry is their last hope.