History Characters / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTheContemptOfCourt

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He does help Phoenix in case 1, when it becomes more and more clear that [[spoiler: the real perpetrator is Vex Vulper]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: On the last day of trial in case 4, he awakens from his coma and shows up just in time to prevent Hemlock from leaving and provide vital new insight.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: He does sort of help Phoenix in case 1, when it becomes more and more clear that [[spoiler: Krump is Vex Vulper]].

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

** Also, he's yet ''another'' Grossberg's "prize pupil" never mentioned by Mia, after Godot. Lampshaded by Phoenix right after the introduction.

** Also, he's yet ''another'' Grossberg's "prize pupil" never mentioned by Mia, after Godot.

* ThisIsObjectionable: Says that verbatim when cornered by Vincenzo in case 1.

* %% TheStoic

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: So unwitting that he didn't even ''know'' what he instigated. The whole [[spoiler: Hemlock]] plot was set in motion because [[spoiler: Vulper]] decided to frame him for Grossberg's murder.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Possibly. He knows an awful lot about many things, including the [[spoiler: magatama and Psyche-locks]], but apparently thinks that Edgeworth is still his "old" self - a prosecutor who's only concerned in a guilty verdict. So, Hemlock doesn't bother with conditioning him (like he does with Phoenix) and repeatedly offers him [[spoiler: during the portion when Edgeworth is playable]] to claim an easy win. Edgeworth, however, becomes a major SpannerInTheWorks.

** [[spoiler: When Hemlock blackmails Phoenix into throwing the case, Edgeworth can tell from his unusual behavior that something is up, and delays ending the trial to cross-examine his argument on why Renwick must be guilty, even though Renwick's guilt is all but proven at that point.]]

* WeCanRuleTogether: A very twisted version of the trope. He [[spoiler: threatens Phoenix to frame him up for the arson of the Kurazawa temple, then absolve him of all charges and make Phoenix his new right-hand man instead of Smith if he doesn't play along at the trial.]]

* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Despite the fact that Cedric had been exposed for involuntary manslaughter of Stan Nyph and the attempted murder of the "ghost hunter" Victor Barrows, Cedric refused to elaborate on whom his employer was. Yet, he did mention the name "Aculeus" during his rather loquacious breakdown. But, considering how dangerous the organization that Cedric works for is, it was probably indeed for the best that Cedric not elaborated on his employer's name. If he did squeal, "The Boogeyman" would have done [[FateWorseThanDeath a]] ''[[FateWorseThanDeath lot]]'' [[FateWorseThanDeath worse than just simply strangle Cedric with the garrote wire; this anonymous person would have likely gone after Maris, too. Cedric could have been trying to protect her by keeping her in the dark.]]

* DeathByAdaptation

* [[spoiler: GreaterScopeVillain: Of the first case, through Vulper's dealings with Bluecorp. Though this became an AbortedArc once the game was expended and Vulper became more closely tied to Acleus and Hemlock.]]

*** [[spoiler: When Hemlock blackmails Phoenix into throwing the case, Edgeworth can tell from his unusual behavior that something is up, and delays ending the trial to cross-examine his argument on why Renwick must be guilty, even though Renwick's guilt is all but proven at that point.]]

A sarcastic slacker of a detective, Robert Snow is the detective in charge of investigations throughout Contempt of Court.

** TheMeanBrit: Not mean per se, but his sarcasm can turn to sardonicism at times when he is in a bad mood.
*** [[spoiler: EvilBrit: Although his British accent is only a part of his "Robert Snow" persona.]]
* [[spoiler: DetectiveMole: See EvilAllAlong below.]]

* [[spoiler: EvilAllAlong: His true identity is Hemlock, the game's main antagonist.]]

* [[spoiler: InventedIndividual: After he reveals himself as Hemlock, Phoenix asks him what he did with the real Snow, and he tells him that he doesn't exist; He was just an identity he made up for himself so that he could spy on the police force.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Downplayed trope. He's not so much antagonistic as he is sardonic. Nonetheless, he does prove to be an ally towards Phoenix.
** [[spoiler: JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: ...and then he's revealed to be Hemlock.]]

* [[spoiler: MaliciousMisnaming: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged.]] "Snow", the character, is just [[AccidentalMisnaming terrible at remembering names]], but Hemlock gets people's names wrong on purpose to annoy them. However, he only does so in order to make "Snow" seem more endearing; he stops doing it after he drops the disguise.]]
* [[spoiler: MeaningfulName: Cardiovore has since revealed the pun behind his surname; from the verb "snow" as in "to fool or deceive". Although he did state this was sheer coincidence as his initial reasons for Snow's name were different.]]

* [[spoiler: UsingYouAllAlong: As Detective Snow, Hemlock aids Phoenix throughout Contempt of Court for personal gain; to locate and obtain the enigmium and to take revenge upon the two Aculeus members who, in his eyes, did him wrong. Not only did he kill Cedric Maplethorpe in prison for his incompetence during Case 2, but he pins the crime on Vulper, elevating his sentence to the death penalty.]]

* [[spoiler: HesBack: In the epilogue, he states that he plans to go back to being a lawyer again.]]

* TheStoic

The prosecutor throughout Contempt of Court. An irrationally angry man, Brisbane only cares about winning cases [[spoiler: in order to control his anger, as he was conditioned by Manfred von Karma who took advantage of Brisbane's then-unstable mentality to create his idea of a perfect prosecutor.]]

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousEnding: In his mid-credits scene, Brisbane is torn on what to do with the enigmium now he has it back. He seems to have an idea on which he is hesitant, but doesn't elaborate.]]

* [[spoiler: ChekhovsGun: His false eye.]]
* [[spoiler: EyeScream: Courtesy of Vulper.]]

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: After the Hemlock trial, he saw that Hemlock deep delusion of being happy makes him identical in what he did in his prosecutor days (Venting his anger in court cases just to feel sane). As such, he resigns his job of prosecution and even states that only professionals like Phoenix and Edgeworth are the ones to make Criminals be afraid of the court.]]

** [[spoiler: ThemeMusicPowerUp / TriumphantReprise: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s154t9cvz7A Intimidation Returns]], when he [[BigDamnHeroes shows up in court just in time]] to scare Hemlock into staying.]]

* [[spoiler: SadisticChoice: During Snow's trial in Case 3, Vulper once again becomes the most likely suspect. So Brisbane is torn between persecuting the man he hates most, and winning the trial. This... puts quite a strain on him.]]
* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: Downplayed, but during Case 3 he gets increasingly more desperate to defeat Phoenix at least once, and resorts to more and more extreme methods during the trial.]]

* BreakoutVillain: He originally started as nothing more but a StarterVillain for the Contempt of Court series. It wasn't until later that Cardiovore significantly expanded his role in the whole game.

* [[spoiler: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: By Case 3, he's, to quote Phoenix, "gone stark raving mad". Of course, there's also a possibility that he's faking the split personality thing.]]

* [[spoiler: CrypticConversation: Again, once he completely loses it.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: Of Titus Krump in the present.]] Played with in that [[spoiler: once Vulper goes completely nuts in Case 3, said impersonation becomes a full-blown SplitPersonality... or does it?]]

* [[spoiler: FreakOut: Has an '''epic''' one when he receives his first penalty.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: As hard as it is to imagine, Vulper truly ''did'' used to be an Average Joe and a reliable prosecutor. But then, after his [[JerkAss step-brother Jack]] blackmailed him into committing more and more crimes and abused him one time too many, Vulper snapped and became the villain we all know and love today.]]

--> '''Vulper:''' [[spoiler: Grossberg... Krump... Dammit, what is wrong with me?! ]]

* LastStand: During ''Turnabout of the Snow'''s final trial day, [[spoiler: or rather, what would have been the penultimate day of the case of Perry Docks and Cedric Maplethorpe's deaths if Vulper didn't suddenly confess]], Vulper makes a final plea of innocence of both murders, who had been so adamant that he had nothing to do with either of the victim's deaths. Surprisingly, it worked because Phoenix had no decisive evidence that "screamed he [Vulper] did it".

* [[spoiler: LatexPerfection: Disguises himself as both Vinnie and Titus this way.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Once his psyche lock in The Ensnared Turnabout is broken, he has a moment where he lays out all his regrets to Phoenix, explaining [[StartOfDarkness where it all went wrong for him]]. It seems so heartfelt that even Phoenix, who knows full well Vulper doesn't deserve pity, seems to feel bad for him for a second. If you offered to give him the gold star sticker earlier (which he was eager to earn at the time), he ends the conversation by saying [[HeelRealization he doesn't deserve it.]]]]

* [[spoiler: NotMeThisTime: In Turnabout of the Snow, he's accused of murdering Cedric Maplethorpe and he's also gotten involved in another murder of a police officer by the name of Perry Docks. He denies that he's murdered either of them.]] Bizarrely enough, [[spoiler: it's DoubleSubverted. During Snow's trial, he suddenly breaks down and confesses to both murders. However, it's revealed in ''The Ensnared Turnabout'' that he was framed for them both by Hemlock.]]
* [[spoiler: ObfuscatingInsanity: Played with. He was already quite deranged before his conviction in case 1 and being in prison doesn't seem to have helped that. However, as he reveals in The Ensnared Turnabout, he is not quite as insane as he was letting on.]]

* ObviouslyEvil

* [[spoiler: SanitySlippage: Let's just say prison took its toll on him... Of course, it's possible he's faking it.]]

* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: Notably, he gets ''two'' of these: in case 1, Vex's hair suddenly turns much spikier than usual as his eyes go blank-white and he screams, and later a devil's tail is sprouting from his hair. Then he slumps over on the witness stand. In case 3, he suddenly rushes the judge's bench and sits down in the judge's chair, and then he repeatedly ''declares himself guilty'' while slamming down the judge's gavel over and over at an accelerated pace.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: His role in Turnabout Scapegoat may not be a huge spoiler anymore but what happens afterwards with him spoils rather few significant plot-points...

* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: In the present day of case 1.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: In the opening scene of Turnabout Scapegoat.]]

* [[spoiler: LastStand: After being ambushed by Vex Vulper, as he was targeted by Vulper for the enigmium's whereabouts because of his involvement in the DT-2 Incident, Krump tried his best to tackle Vulper to the ground and fight back in his last few moments of life. Unfortunately, Vulper just remembered he was wielding a knife and proceeded to stab Krump repeatedly and the old man would succumb to his injuries.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: Is rather capable of running the hotel on her own when necessary despite being a maid, considering that there is no other staff seen besides the two.

The owner of the Maplethorpe Hotel in Case 2. A very solemn and sombre man, rarely shows emotion.

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]: Downplayed trope. [[spoiler: Even though he was a criminal, Phoenix in the end feels nothing but pity for him.]]

* [[spoiler: DeadManWalking: Cedric knew that the minute he confessed his crimes, being the attempted murder of Vic Barrows and the involuntary manslaughter of his coworker Stan Nyph, he would inevitably be a target of the mysterious "Boogeyman" for failing in his smuggling operation.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: In case 3.]]

* [[spoiler: MotorMouth: During his VillainousBreakdown, and much like the likes of Wendy Oldbag and Richard Wellington, it's rather difficult to make out what he's saying without reading quickly.]]

* [[spoiler: MurderByMistake: He intended to kill Vic Barrows because he was onto his smuggling activities, but he accidentally fired his gun upwards during the ensuing struggle, and the bullet ended up hitting Stan Nyph in the room above.]]

* [[spoiler: SecretKeeper: Despite the fact that Cedric had been exposed for involuntary manslaughter of Stan Nyph and the attempted murder of the "ghost hunter" Victor Barrows, Cedric refused to elaborate on whom his employer was. Yet, he did mention the name "Aculeus" during his rather loquacious breakdown. But, considering how dangerous the organization that Cedric works for is, it was probably indeed for the best that Cedric not elaborated on his employer's name. If he did squeal, "The Boogeyman" would have done [[FateWorseThanDeath a]] ''[[FateWorseThanDeath lot]]'' [[FateWorseThanDeath worse than just simply strangle Cedric with the garrote wire; this anonymous person would have likely gone after Maris, too. Cedric could have been trying to protect her by keeping her in the dark.]]]]

* BavarianFireDrill: Is first met rushing onto the crime scene, flashing an obviously fake police badge, trying ''way'' to hard to act like a [[HardboiledDetective hardboiled detective]], and arresting Maris. Phoenix naturally finds the whole thing very odd. [[spoiler: Subverted, he ''is'' a real detective... he just has a ''very'' different agenda to what you probably thought.]]

* [[spoiler: GoodAllAlong]]

* [[spoiler: InterpolSpecialAgent: He used to be one in the past.]]

* [[spoiler: RedHerring: His rather suspicious behavior in The Haunted Turnabout understandably raises suspicion in Phoenix' eyes (and possibly few players too). As it turns out however, Terry himself has nothing to do with Stan Nyph's murder.]]

* [[spoiler: StrawNihilist: Since his wife Sarah's death at the hands of Hemlock, Trent has held a rather dim view of life in general. He believes good people only exist to be trampled on and walked over by the bad guys, that people who just try and live their lives and pay the bills get premature death as thanks. He even questions the point of "being good" at one point during his DespairSpeech.]]

* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia]]

* ShoutOut: His whole character is one big one to ''Ghostbusters.''

* PosthumousCharacter

* [[spoiler: HiddenDepths: There is a lot more to his relaxed and careless demeanor [[NotSoStoic than he lets on]], as hinted at in his flashback investigation at the end of Case 3.]]

** [[spoiler: When Phoenix has finally caught Renwick in a time and place of which [[ButThouMust there is no possible escape, nowhere to run and nowhere to hide]], and when he confesses to Phoenix that he was essentially one-half of "The Boogeyman", Hemlock being the other half, his second leitmotif is known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9soi-GbV6mw A Hopeless Defence]]]]

* [[spoiler: WhiteMaskOfDoom: Worn by Renwick in Case 4 when he entered Brisbane's home to steal the enigmium for Hemlock. Hemlock actually ordered Renwick to wear the mask for the sole purpose of making him look suspicious to Morag Weever, whose timely appearance to witness Renwick leave the house was also planned.]]

* PosthumousCharacter

* EarpieceConversation: [[spoiler: How he was instructed by Hemlock to give proper testimony in court, hence the awkward pauses before each his statement.]]

* SpontaneousHumanCombustion: [[spoiler: When Phoenix really pisses him off during the day 2 trial of ''The Ensnared Turnabout'', he somehow lights himself ''on fire''! Taken UpToEleven in his breakdown.]]

* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: Downplayed. His motives of following his dreams are certainly admirable (and, deep down, purehearted), it's just too bad he follows that directive way too literally.]]
* [[spoiler:BaldOfEvil: He is bald underneath his "Robert Snow" wig, with his head covered in tattoos of blue thorned vines (with the Aculeus symbol on the back of his head).]]

* [[spoiler: CreepyShadowedUndereyes: They're a visual indicator of his obsessive desire to keep everything under his control. It's implied he gets very little sleep because he's too busy watching everybody's moves.]]

* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the end of the trial, the detonation feature of Hemlock's Grapevine app ultimately failed to activate. And why? ''A single typo in the programming code.'' He thought he was so perfect and that he could do anything he put his mind to, that he never even considered the possibility that he'd ever make a mistake (something he's outright dissociated himself with). Needless to say, his own hubris caused his downfall. It remains unknown as to whether the "digital bomb" would've [[TechnoWizard actually worked]] had the typo not been there.]]