History Fanon / AceAttorney

** For that matter, it's fanon that Edgeworth was legally adopted by the von Karmas at all: he always goes out of his way to specify that Manfred is his "mentor," while Franziska is his "mentor's daughter" (even if that doesn't stop them from acting LikeBrotherAndSister anyway).

* While nothing is explicitly confirmed in the games, many fans have embraced the idea that Edgeworth is gay, due to him not being affected by the more flirtatious women, on top of the huge amount of HoYay between him and Phoenix. Alternatively, he is asexual, which is something "Turnabout Time Travel" somewhat supports by him admitting disinterest in relationships and married life.

* Players of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' often come to the conclusion that [[spoiler: the Phantom [[KillAndReplace murdered Bobby Fulbright so that he could take his identity]]. In canon, it's never revealed how Fulbright died, only that his body couldn't be identified until the closing hours of Case 5-5, which is subsequently interpreted as the phantom [[DesecratedTheDead intentionally mutilating his corpse beyond recognition]] as part of the ruse]].

* While the games never confirmed it, many fans interpret Lana and Mia as having ExperimentedInCollege, due to Lana stating they went to the same law school and the two being "intellectually attracted".

* Since Manfred von Karma is apparently executed somewhere between the first and second games (less than a year, which is fast even by Japanese Law standards), it's a popular belief that he requested the execution to be carried as soon as possible, because someone like him would likely prefer the death penalty over living in disgrace.

* Players of ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Dual Destinies]]'' often come to the conclusion that [[spoiler: the Phantom murdered Bobby Fulbright so that he could take his identity. In canon, it's never revealed how Fulbright died, only that his body couldn't be identified until the closing hours of Case 5-5]].

** For that matter, it's complete fanon that Edgeworth was ''adopted at all'' by the von Karmas.

* In the first game, von Karma mentions he has a grandchild who has a dog named Phoenix. Since Franziska obviously doesn't have any children by her first appearance in the second game, this means she has an older sibling. WordOfGod has [[FlipFlopOfGod flip-flopped]] on the sibling's gender (with a manual saying female and one of the game designers implying male) but fanon more popularly leans toward female. The character is generally portrayed in fan works as the WhiteSheep of the von Karma family due to implications they never took the PersecutingProsecutor path or aren't even a prosecutor at all. Alternatively, some fans HandWave away the character's existence by suggesting Manfred lied about having a grandchild so he could make a point against Phoenix.

* In the first game, von Karma mentions he has a grandchild who has a dog named Phoenix. Since Franziska obviously doesn't have any children by her first appearance in the second game, this means she has an older sibling. WordOfGod has [[FlipFlopOfGod flip flopped]] on the sibling's gender (with a game manual saying female and one of the game designers implying male) but fanon more popularly leans toward female. The character is generally portrayed in fan works as the WhiteSheep of the von Karma family due to implications they never took the PersecutingProsecutor path or aren't even a prosecutor at all. Alternatively, some fans HandWave away the character's existence by suggesting Manfred lied about having a grandchild so he could make a point against Phoenix.

* Since Manfred von Karma is apparently executed somewhere between the first and second games (less than a year, which is fast even by Japanese Law standards), it's a popular belief that he requested the execution to be carried as soon as possible, as someone like him would likely prefer death over living in disgrace.

* Since Manfred von Karma is apparently executed somewhere between the first and second games (which is fast even by Japanese Law standards), it's a popular belief that he requested the execution to be carried as soon as possible, as someone like him would likely prefer death over living in disgrace.

* While nothing is explicitly confirmed in the games, many fans have embraced the idea that Edgeworth is gay, due to him not being affected by the more flirtatious women, on top of the huge amount of HoYay between him and Phoenix. Alternatively, he is asexual, which is something ''Turnabout Time Travel'' somewhat supports by him admitting disinterest in relationships and married life.

* While nothing is explicitly confirmed in the games, many fans have embraced the idea that Edgeworth is gay, due to him not being affected by the more flirtatious woman, on top of the huge amount of HoYay between him and Phoenix.
* Phoenix is frequently theorized by fans as being bisexual, due to his former relationship with Dahlia, ShipTease with [[spoiler:Iris]] and the large amount of HoYay he has with Edgeworth. Alternatively, he is asexual, which is something ''Turnabout Time Travel'' somewhat supports by him showing disinterest in relationships and married life.

* Phoenix is frequently theorized by fans as being bisexual, due to his former relationship with Dahlia, ShipTease with [[spoiler:Iris]] and the large amount of HoYay he has with Edgeworth.

* In fanworks that feature [[FaceHeelTurn Evil!Apollo]], it's common to have his hair-horns hanging down his face, giving off the impression of PeekABangs.

* Klavier and Kristoph Gavin's father is often assumed to be named "Kurtis". This is never established in canon, but has appeared in multiple fan works.

* While Godot's fate post-''Trials and Tribulations'' is not made clear besides that he [[spoiler:was arrested for murdering Misty Fey]], given he [[PutOnABus never appears again afterwards]], many fans theorize that he [[BusCrash died shortly after the game]], due to his lack of appearances, [[spoiler:the drawing at the end of ''Trials and Tribulations'' (which has him besides Mia and Misty, who are both dead)]], and his already poor state of health from [[spoiler:being poisoned and put into a 5 year coma, on top of getting stabbed in the eye]].

* While not entirely common, a number of fans tend to have Pearl quit her spirit medium training entirely in her teenage years in favor of embarking on her own path akin to Mia, largely to distance herself from her EvilAunt, Morgan Fey.

* While Godat's fate post-''Trials and Tribulations'' is not made clear besides that he [[spoiler:was arrested for murdering Misty Fey]], given he [[PutOnABus never appears again afterwards]], many fans theorize that he [[BusCrash died shortly after the game]], due to his lack of appearances, [[spoiler:the drawing at the end of ''Trials and Tribulations'' (which has him besides Mia and Misty, who are both dead)]], and his already poor state of health from [[spoiler:being poisoned and put into a 5 year coma, on top of getting stabbed in the eye]].

* While Franziska has yet to appear post-TimeSkip, many fans interpret her post-TimeSkip design as having a shorter hairstyle, as well as donning a suit like many of the other prosecutors (that still incorporates her unique flourishes).

* While not entirely common, a number of fans tend to have Pearl quit her spirit medium training, if not depart from spirit channeling entirely in favor of embarking on her own path akin to Mia, largely to distance herself from her EvilAunt, Morgan Fey.