History TearJerker / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies

** However, as proof that TearJerker moments don't always have to be sad, there's yet another scene in Case 5. [[spoiler: Phoenix, possibly for the first time since his second case, finds himself alone at the office. With a clearly-hurting Apollo going off on his own, Trucy having decided to follow him, and Athena having been arrested at the end of Case 4, Phoenix is feeling at his lowest, as he had taken it for granted that they would always be there. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Cue a letter from Maya and a surprise visit by Pearl, which end up being ''exactly'' what he needs to lift his spirits.]]]]

** [[spoiler:Metis Cykes was introverted, but loved her daughter Athena with all her heart. She tried to help the child with her inability to tune out emotions, but was seen by Athena as just being part of being used for an experiment. She was ultimately murdered by Phantom for a psyche profile she no longer had, but her gift to her daughter ultimately helped catch her killer]].

-->''"[[spoiler:Once again... I'm too weak... To save anyone...]]"''

** [[FromBadToWorse Then]] [[spoiler:Athena [[DespairEventHorizon completely breaks down to the point she confesses on stand and to tells the Judge to get it over with and declare her Guilty]]. If it wasn't for a certain deduction and reveal it would be a DownerEnding with the real criminal getting away with it all.]]

** However, as proof that TearJerker moments don't always have to be sad, there's yet another scene in Case 5. [[spoiler: Phoenix, possibly for the first time since his second case, finds himself alone at the office. With a clearly-hurting Apollo going off on his own, Trucy having decided to follow him, and Athena having been arrested at the end of Case 4, Phoenix is feeling at his lowest, as he had taken it for granted that they would always be there. [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Cue a letter from Maya and a surprise visit by Pearl, which ended up being ''exactly'' what he needed to lift his spirits.]]]] I dare ''anyone'' who's played the series from the beginning to get through that scene with a dry eye.

* [[spoiler:The [[MultipleEndings Bad Endings]] most of them on Case 5 (''Turnabout for Tomorrow''):]]

* The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] [[WholePlotReference is basically the]] [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom. It is this incident where "the Dark Age of the Law" came into effect, infecting the wound that had already been opened by Kristoph Gavin's framing of Phoenix.]]

* [[spoiler:Marlon Rimes']] VillainousBSOD at the end of ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Despondent at the discovery that he was trying to kill an orca who was not at all, involved with his girlfriend's death, he refuses to admit that Jack Shipley's death was accidental, instead claiming that he [[DeathSeeker deserves the death penalty]].]] It's only after Phoenix reveals that [[spoiler:Marlon had [[TakeMyHand tried to save Shipley's life]]]] and [[spoiler:Sasha tells him to return to the aquarium after his rehabilitation]] is the BSOD broken.

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths involved in the case were accidental: Azura Summers died of a heart attack from a condition she kept from everyone due to not wanting to give up her job as a trainer, and the blame fell on the original Ora who was trying to save her (and later on Orla who was put in the original's place); while Jack Shipley died trying to save Orla from Marlon, who didn't want Jack to die at all. Shipley did some mildly unscrupulous stuff, like using technically illegal monitoring equipment to watch out for his animals and lying about euthanising the first Ora. However, he was otherwise a solid guy through and through (such as wanting to stop Sasha from performing because he learned of her heart condition and not wanting a repeat of the aforementioned trainer's death), and he actually rescued Orla when she was beached, nursing her to health to the point that Orla, when released into the ocean, came back to Jack. It's implied that he let himself fall when Rimes tried to save him, so Rimes wouldn't fall in and die with him]].

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths involved in the case were accidental: Azura Summers died of a heart attack from a condition she kept from everyone due to not wanting to give up her job as a trainer, and the blame fell on the original Ora who was trying to save her (and later on Orla who was put in the original's place); while Jack Shipley died trying to save Orla from Marlon, who didn't want Jack to die at all. Shipley did some mildly unscrupulous stuff, like using technically illegal monitoring equipment to watch out for his animals and lying about euthanising the first Ora. However, he was otherwise a solid guy through and through (such as wanting to stop Sasha from performing because he learned of her heart condition and not wanting a repeat of the aforementioned trainer's death), and it's implied that he let himself fall when Rimes tried to save him, so Rimes wouldn't fall in and die with him]].

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths involved in the case were accidental: Azura Summers died of a heart attack from a condition she kept from everyone due to not wanting to give up her job as a trainer, and the blame fell on the original Ora who was trying to save her (and later on Orla who was put in the original's place); while Jack Shipley died trying to save Orla from Marlon, who didn't want Jack to die at all. Shipley did some mildly unscrupulous stuff, like using technically illegal monitoring equipment to watch out for his animals and lying about euthanising the first Ora. However, he was otherwise a solid guy through and through (such as wanting to stop Sasha from performing because he learned of her heart condition), and it's implied that he let himself fall when Rimes tried to save him, so Rimes wouldn't fall in and die with him]].

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths involved in the case were accidental: Azura Summers died of a heart attack she kept from everyone due to not wanting to give up her job as a trainer, and the blame fell on the original Ora who was trying to save her (and later on Orla who was put in the original's place); while Jack Shipley died trying to save Orla from Marlon, who didn't want Jack to die at all. Shipley did some mildly unscrupulous stuff, like using technically illegal monitoring equipment to watch out for his animals and lying about euthanising the first Ora. However, he was otherwise a solid guy through and through (such as wanting to stop Sasha from performing because he learned of her heart condition), and it's implied that he let himself fall when Rimes tried to save him, so Rimes wouldn't fall in and die with him]].

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths involved in the case were accidental: Azura Summers died of a heart attack, and the blame fell on the original Ora who was trying to save her (and later on Orla who was put in the original's place); while Jack Shipley died trying to save Orla from Marlon, who didn't want Jack to die at all.]]

** Fail [[spoiler:Ikuya's Mood Matrix segment in ''Turnabout Reclaimed''? Orla is found guilty in Buckler's place and is put down.]]

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both are accidental deaths, Azura Summers dies from a heart attack but was originally blamed by Ora even though she tried to save her trainer. Jack Shipley (the current victim) never suspected that Ora caused Azura's death and tries to prevent the euthanasia of Orla and lost his life in an attempt to prevent her death (and it wasn't even the same Orca) that even [[TragicVillain Marlon Rimes]] [[TakeMyHand tried to save his life]].]]

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both are accidental deaths, Azura Summers died from a complication from heart problems but was originally blamed by Orla even though she tried to save her trainer. Jack Shipley (the current victim) never suspected that Orla caused Azura's death and tries to prevent the euthanasia of Orla and lost his life in an attempt to prevent her death that even [[TragicVillain Marlon Rimes]] [[TakeMyHand tried to save his life]].]]

** This also applies to the DLC Case, ''Turnabout Reclaimed''. [[spoiler:Both deaths were accidental, Azura Summers died from a complication from heart problems but was originally blamed by Orla even though she tried to save her trainer. Jack Shipley (the current victim) never suspected that Orla caused Azura's death and tries to prevent the euthanasia of Orla and lost his life in an attempt to prevent her death that even [[TragicVillain Marlon Rimes]] [[TakeMyHand tried to save his life]].]]

** [[spoiler:Bobby Fullbright, the real person, had been dead since before the first case. However, if Phantom's act was anywhere close to the real deal, then Fullbright was a good man dedicated to justice who was cut down all too soon, for something he never even saw coming]].

* Heck, just the fact that, in a first for the series [[spoiler: there isn't a sinlge AssholeVictim to be found among the murder victims of the game, all of them were genuinely nice people. Meaning this is possibly one of the saddest games in the series when you think about it. To wit:

* Heck, just the fact that, in a first for the series [[spoiler: there isn't a sinlge AssholeVictim to be found among the murder victims of the game, all of them were genuinely nice people, with some like Constance Courte and Clay Terran falling into TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth territory.]] Meaning this is possibly one of the saddest games in the series when you think about it.

* Case 5 again. [[spoiler: The reveal that the phantom is not actually Bobby Fulbright, but just pretending to be Bobby Fulbright can be this. There really was a detective as kind-hearted and morally honest as Bobby Fulbright, but he was killed just so that the Phantom could use his identity as a convenient cover, bastardizing his quest for justice.]]

* [[spoiler:Also in case 5, Aura Blackquill's outburst about her [[HoYay almost certainly romantic]] feelings for Metis puts the rest of her personality in a new light-one that turns her from a mere JerkAss into an outright TragicHero. All she had left of Metis was that picture on her desk, and her vengeful hatred of Athena. Goes to show just what the affects of losing someone you deeply care about are.]]

* The [[spoiler:UR-1 incident]] is basically the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney DL-6 incident]] for [[spoiler:Athena Cykes and Simon Blackquill. The former [[BreakTheCutie witnessed her mother's murder right in-front of her eyes at age 11]], while the latter was falsely convicted for the said murder while trying to protect the girl and is on Death Row for it. The former is very lucky to even '''being''' alive after that because she attacked in self-defense against the real criminal Phantom. It is this incident where "the Dark Age of the Law" came into effect, infecting the wound that had already been opened by Kristoph Gavin's framing of Phoenix.]]