History ShoutOut / AceAttorney

* Phoenix's new three-piece suit with pocket watch is clearly taking inspiration from [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird Atticus Finch.]]

* Lasly, the poem on [=JudgeTron=] is a literal shoutout to ComicBook/JudgeDredd
* In Case 2, Apollo thinks to himself: "Yeesh, [[RubeGoldbergDevice Rube Golberg machines]] have less elaborate set-ups then L'Belle's scheme."

** Hibito and Clay also share some personality traits, especially their enthusiasm for space and becoming and astronaut.

* Considering the speaker is an astronaut and the entire case has to do with space, this could very well be a ShoutOut.

* When using Athena's emotion matrix for the first time in case 2, if you pick the wrong emotion, Athena and Apollo's [[WaxingLyrical ensuing dialogue]] is the first few lyrics of [[Music/PinkFloyd Comfortably Numb]].

** In Case 1:
*** The first some somebody does a 180 in their personality for the plot, Phoenix exasperatedly thinks [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "...And now for something completely different...]]".
*** At one point, when talking about music, Phoenix thinks [[Film/{{Grease}} "I've got chills, and they're multiplying..."]].
*** The witness for the first trial is a hippie monk named [[PunnyName Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin]], and of course, at one point Phoenix asks him, [[Music/ElvisCostello "What's so funny, Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin?"]]
*** Sometimes the gallery would [[AudienceParticipation add to his performance]] using a tune that vaguely goes [[Music/{{Queen}} 'stomp, stomp, clap]], stomp, stomp'.
*** The afterlife in Khura'inism is known as the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Realm]]. While that might or might not be a shout out on its own, the fact that at one point Andistan'dhin refers to himself as the "Twilight Messenger" is.
*** When Phoenix accuses Andistan'dhin's testimony of being off, Andistan'dhin believes Phoenix is taking about his music and wonders if Phoenix like "Orchestra" or "Jazz Soul" better (referencing both the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra and Gyakuten Meets Jazz Soul albums).
*** [[spoiler:Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin]] references [[Music/TwistedSister Twisted Sister]] in "The Foreign Turnabout" by saying "I'm not gonna take it! No, I ain't gonna take it!".
*** In case 1, the following exchange happens:

*** Coincidentally, the English release of ''Spirit of Justice'' coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of ''Star Trek''.
** In case 2:
*** Mr. Reus is based on the Joker card, and his green-and-purple color scheme might bring [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]] and Series/KamenRiderDouble's [=CycloneJoker=] form to mind.
*** The twist of Case 2 [[spoiler:(Mr Reus went underground after an injury, got someone else to assume his identity, and the impostor later died)]] brings ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain'' to mind.
*** While giving Apollo and the player the tutorial for investigations in Case 2, Athena exclaims, [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Ten points for House Justice!"]]
*** At one point, [[spoiler:Bonny (Betty) de Famme]] refers to Athena ''specifically'' as a KnowNothingKnowItAll. Given the sheer number of references, could the translator be OneOfUs?
*** When Apollo and Athena discuss the comic books the former has on his desk, Athena jabs at him about researching [[Franchise/StreetFighter street fighting]].
*** Presenting the wrong evidence while cross-examining ends with this exchange:

** In case 3:
*** A highly revered figure, worshiped as a god for taking the law into their own hands and executing criminals, is appropriately named [[Manga/DeathNote Kee'ra]].
*** For bonus points, adding to the above, knowing people's names and faces is both an important part of Khura'in spiritualism, and a necessary prerequisite to using said ArtifactOfDeath.
*** A Khura'inese board game similar to chess, where the goal is to capture ''all'' enemy pieces and [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon each piece has a special move that can be used once per game]], is called [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kachu']][[GottaCatchEmAll demahl]].
*** After learning the time of death [[spoiler:had been faked when she was previously told how it could be accurately determined using forensic science]]:

*** When [[spoiler:Abbot Inmee is channeled into Maya's body]] in Case 3, he asks the judge if he too has [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} "shuffled off the mortal coil"]].
*** At the end of the case, Rayfa says, [[Literature/ASongofIceAndFire "You know nothing, Maya Fey!"]]
*** Inga specifically calls the Defiant Dragons [[Franchise/StarWars rebel scum.]]
** In case 4:
*** At the beginning of the fourth case, when Athena's client is late, Widget says the following:

*** At one point, Blackquill tells Athena, "[[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} You'd best screw your courage to the sticking place]] and attack their testimony head-on!".
** In Case 5 (part 1):
*** [[http://capcom.wikia.com/wiki/Yashichi The Yashichi symbol]] that has shown up in many Capcom games appears in Case 5 as a [[https://youtu.be/AxBu7yW3mV0?t=20m49s computer icon within the E-mail evidence]].
*** The clay automaton in Professor Buff's study likewise yells [[Series/DoctorWho EX-TER-MI-NATE. EX-TER-MI-NATE. DES-TROY ALL TAR-GETS]].
*** Sarge claims that "A modern day warrior must be well-versed in technology... and have [[Music/{{Rush}} mean, mean pride!]]"
*** During Case 5, while investigating Dr. Buff's study, Apollo and [[spoiler:Dhurke]] have a minor dispute about whether a hanging relic is either [[Franchise/{{Superman}} a bird or a plane.]]
*** During Case 5, Paul Atishon attempts to avert suspicion away from him by saying [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "I am not a crook."]]
*** "[[USefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Ask not what you can do for your country]], [[ItsAllAboutMe ask what you can do for me!]]"
*** When Sarge claims that Athena has no place on the "battlefield" (referring to the courtroom), she counters by saying "This [[Franchise/GIJoe G.I Jane]]'s always ready for a fight in the courtroom!"
*** In one of Paul Atishon's testamonies, he states that he was [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Walking alone, lost in thought]]
*** One of the penalty dialogues during Case 5 has the Judge and [[spoiler:Phoenix]] sing Music/KennyRogers' "The Gambler."

** In case 5 (part 2):
*** A key point is that [[spoiler:a character is secretly suffering from prosopagnosia]], much like in ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''.
*** Upon examining the desk in Inga's quarters in Case 5 and seeing the amount of execution paperwork, Edgeworth declares [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} "something is rotten in the Kingdom of Khura'in"]].
*** In Case 5, If you check the curtains in the front of Amara's Tomb (which is functionally the door), Athena thinks somebody else could have hidden there and has solved the case because it's impossible to see through them. Ema shoots her down saying that the royal guards have already thoroughly inspected that area during their siege and found nobody. Athena's response takes a cue from [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki's]] UnsettlingGenderReveal.

*** After Athena's theory about the identity of one of Inga's jacket buttons is denied by Ema, Apollo says "See? [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton Every puzzle has an answer]], Athena".
*** In the final case, Phoenix and Apollo are amazed by [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran]]'s transformation, calling it an "[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 extreme makeover]]".

*** One of the penalty dialogues during Case 5 has the Judge and [[spoiler:Phoenix]] sing Music/KennyRogers' "The Gambler."
-->'''Apollo:''': (I don't know what's worse: the penalty, or their singing.)

* At one point in the first trial, Phoenix says to himself that [[Film/{{Grease}} he's got chills and they're multiplying.]]
* The witness for the first trial is a hippie monk named [[PunnyName Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin]], and of course, at one point Phoenix asks him, [[Music/ElvisCostello "What's so funny, Pees'lubn Andistan'dhin?"]]
** Sometimes the gallery would [[AudienceParticipation add to his performance]] using a tune that vaguely goes [[Music/{{Queen}} 'stomp, stomp, clap]], stomp, stomp'.
* The afterlife in Khura'inism is known as the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Realm]]. While that might or might not be a shout out on its own, the fact that at one point Andistan'dhin refers to himself as the "Twilight Messenger" is.
* When Phoenix accuses Andistan'dhin's testimony of being off, Andistan'dhin believes Phoenix is taking about his music and wonders if Phoenix like "Orchestra" or "Jazz Soul" better (referencing both the Gyakuten Meets Orchestra and Gyakuten Meets Jazz Soul albums).
* Andistan'dhin tells Phoenix, [[Music/TwistedSister "I'm not gonna take it! No, I'm not gonna take it!"]]
* While giving Apollo and the player the tutorial for investigations in Case 2, Athena exclaims, [[Franchise/HarryPotter "Ten points for House Justice!"]]
* At one point, [[spoiler:Bonny (Betty) de Famme]] refers to Athena ''specifically'' as a KnowNothingKnowItAll. Given the sheer number of references, could the translator be OneOfUs?
* When Apollo and Athena discuss the comic books the former has on his desk, Athena jabs at him about researching [[Franchise/StreetFighter street fighting]].
* A highly revered figure, worshiped as a god for taking the law into their own hands and executing criminals, is appropriately named [[Manga/DeathNote Kee'ra]].
** For bonus points, knowing people's names and faces is both an important part of Khura'in spiritualism, and a necessary prerequisite to using said ArtifactOfDeath.
* A Khura'inese board game similar to chess, where the goal is to capture ''all'' enemy pieces and each piece has a special move that can be used once per game, is called [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kachu'demahl]].

** The robot in Professor Buff's study likewise yells "EXTERMINATE".
* In response to [[spoiler:Andistan'dhin's transformation]], Phoenix thinks to himself [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "And now for]] SomethingCompletelyDifferent."
* At the beginning of the fourth case, when Athena's client is late, Widget says the following:
-->'''Widget:''' [[Disney/AliceInWonderland He's late, he's late, for a very important date!]]
* In Case 3, Inga specifically calls the Defiant Dragons [[Franchise/StarWars rebel scum.]]
* When [[spoiler:Abbot Inmee is channeled into Maya's body]] in Case 3, he asks the judge if he too has [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} "shuffled off the mortal coil"]].
* At the end of the third case, Rayfa shouts "[[Series/GameOfThrones You know nothing]], Maya Fey!"
* Mr. Reus is based on the Joker card, and his green-and-purple color scheme might bring [[Franchise/{{Batman}} The Joker]] and Series/KamenRiderDouble's [=CycloneJoker=] form to mind.
* During Case 5, Paul Atishon attempts to avert suspicion away from him by saying [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon "I am not a crook."]]
** "[[USefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Ask not what you can do for your country]], [[ItsAllAboutMe ask what you can do for me!]]"
* When Sarge claims that Athena has no place on the "battlefield" (referring to the courtroom), she counters by saying "This [[Franchise/GIJoe G.I Jane]]'s always ready for a fight in the courtroom!"
* In the final case, Phoenix and Apollo are amazed by [[spoiler:Queen Ga'ran]]'s transformation, calling it an "[[VideoGame/ResidentEvil5 extreme makeover]]".
* In case 3, after disproving one of Rayfa's insights she exclaims that Phoenix [[Music/ThomasDolby "blinded her with science."]]
* It is Apollo who utters the immortal phrase [[VideoGame/ProfessorLayton "Every puzzle has an answer"]].
* In case 1, the following exchange happens:

** Coincidentally, the English release of ''Spirit of Justice'' coincided with the fiftieth anniversary of ''Star Trek''.
* During Case 5, while investigating Dr. Buff's study, Apollo and [[spoiler:Dhurke]] have a minor dispute about whether a hanging relic is either [[Franchise/{{Superman}} a bird or a plane.]]
* Sarge claims that "A modern day warrior must be well-versed in technology... and have [[Music/{{Rush}} mean, mean pride!]]"
* One of the penalty dialogues during Case 5 has the Judge and [[spoiler:Phoenix]] sing Music/KennyRogers' "The Gambler."

* In Case 5, If you check the curtains in the front of Amara's Tomb (which is functionally the door), Athena thinks somebody else could have hidden there and has solved the case because it's impossible to see through them. Ema shoots her down saying that the royal guards have already thoroughly inspected that area during their siege and found nobody. Athena's response takes a cue from [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki's]] UnsettlingGenderReveal.
-->'''Athena:''': (''crying in frustration'') My brilliant deduction -- destroyed in three sentences.
* Upon examining the desk in Inga's quarters in Case 5 and seeing the amount of execution paperwork, Edgeworth declares [[{{Theatre/Hamlet}} "something is rotten in the Kingdom of Khura'in"]].
* One of the twists of case 5 involves a character secretly suffering from prosopagnosia and having it used against him. Said character also flees when someone he shot several times still comes after him. [[VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors Sound familiar?]]

* In one of Paul Atishon's testamonies, he states that he was [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Walking alone, lost in thought]]

* There are multiple references throughout the games to earlier investigation serials like ''Series/PerryMason'' or ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''. Unlike most other references on this page, these were usually in the original Japanese dialogue as well.

* When Athena stumbles upon her first dead body, Phoenix remarks that she turned five shades of pale... but he was expecting [[Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey fifty]].

* When Edgeworth is cross-examining Frank Sahwit and [[spoiler:Frank has thrown his toupee at Edgeworth]] Frank will say "I'm just your [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} friendly neighborhood]] witness!"
** Franziska drops another one in case 4: "[[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} With great whipping comes great responsibility!]]"

* Considering the speaker is an astronaut and the entire case has to do with space, this could very well be a ShoutOut.
-->'''Starbuck''': Well, it wasn't a big exaggerated deal like [[Franchise/StarWars master and apprentice]] or anything like that.
*** In one of Paul Atishon's testamonies, he states that he was [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Walking alone, lost in thought]]

* Again from the DLC case: After Rimes drinks that barrel of "steroids" and became pumped up, his character design wouldn't look so out of place in a [[Anime/OnePiece particular pirate anime]].

* Guy Eldoon has a noodle-bowl-shaped hat with a built-in wig with hairs the shapes and colors of noodles and dark eyebrows. The colors of noodles is close to blond. Ken Masters from Franchise/StreetFighter has bleached blond hair and dark eyebrows. Also, Guy Eldoon shares his first name with Guy from VideoGame/FinalFight, which is part of the same universe as Street Fighter.

* Guy Eldoon has a noodle-bowl-shaped hat with a built-in wig with hairs the shapes and colors of noodles and dark eyebrows. The colors of noodles is close to blond. [[Franchise/StreetFighter Ken Masters]] has bleached blond hair and dark eyebrows.

* In '''Bridge to the Turnabout''', Dahlia says that she is "permanently retired." Dead reploids in the [[VideoGame/MegaManX Mega Man X]] and later series are called "retired".

* Might be a coincidence, but at one point, Athena says "Okay, all that's left now is to [[VideoGame/Persona4 reach out to the truth]]!"

* '''Grossberg''': "Unnngh... It feels like my hemorrhoids are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(song) doing the Harlem Shake!]]"[[note]]The game was released in 2004, eight years before the song's release. However, there is a dance called the Harlem Shake, popularized in 1981 by Al B[[/note]]

* '''Grossberg''': "Unnngh... It feels like my hemorrhoids are [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Shake_(song) doing the Harlem Shake!]]"

* This conversation between Phoenix and Maya:
-->'''Maya:''' I bet [[spoiler:Lady Kee'ra]]'s spirit possessed the sacred robe or something!\\
'''Phoenix:''' [[Anime/KillLaKill A spirit possessing a piece of clothing...?]] Umm... Maybe you should cut back on all those action-superhero shows, Maya.

* The defendant in case 4 is named Solomon [[Franchise/BattlestarGalactica Starbuck]].

* Maya brings up the topic of the [[Film/{{Rocky}} "Rocko" soundtrack and "Claw of the Tiger"]].