History VideoGame / AceAttorneyTruthAndConsequences

** [[spoiler: A newspaper headline announces the murder of Vex Vulper from ''VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTheContemptOfCourt'' by
the Phantom. The reason is not revealed. The same newspaper reveals that Francisco Mendirez from ''VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyConflictOfInterest'' has been found dead as well, another Phantom victim most likely.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: Surprisingly, this isn't even the first fan game to kill off [[spoiler:Marvin Grossberg, who is revealed to have been murdered by the Line Man in the post-credits scene. Possibly subverted when Ema and Gumshoe indicate that Fulbright was a psychopath who had them both fooled rather than an offscreen victim of the Phantom's.]]

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Subverted. The killer in the second case is a woman. Which isn't even a spoiler considering all of the suspects are female.

* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably reversed. Phoenix's characterization more closely resembles his personality in the trilogy than in the later games. This is clearly intentional, as it's lampshaded by Athena expressing surprise at his behavior at the end of the game. Larry is also toned down a lot more, resembling his characterization in the first game more than later ones. And Trucy doesn't utter the words "magic panties" once in either of the released cases. The Twin Turnabout hints to the Phantom in ''VisualNovel/DualDestinies'' being a flanderization of the real Phantom in this game's canonical universe.

"Ace Attorney: Truth and Consequences" is an ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' fan game created by Sarcastic Pasta Games.

!!This Game provides examples of:

* TimeSkip: Subverted in that The Turnabout Method takes place ''during'' the ''VisualNovel/SpiritOfJustice'' timeline (after the main game but before the DLC), so it's pretty much a continuation of the timeline with cases occurring within weeks of each other.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As usual, it plays during the credits. Both cases even check in with the player character! The Twin Turnabout Part 1 ends with characters who didn't show up to the Taikan Ball stating their reasons for not attending. When the full case is released, the epilogue will change to reflect the case.

* AccuseTheWitness: In typical Ace Attorney fashion, if it's not your client, it's almost always one of the witnesses. This game is no exception. [[spoiler: Subverted in The Twin Turnabout when Athena accuses ''her own client'' of the crime before realizing what she's doing.]]

* AlternateContinuity: For the canon games, as stated at the beginning. Also, surprisingly, for VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyConflictOfInterest, as its prosecutor is name dropped very briefly as someone involved in past events. The Twin Turnabout makes it clear that the events of VisualNovel/DualDestinies have been ''extremely'' sensationalized and that the true story is much darker.

* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably reversed. Phoenix's characterization more closely resembles his personality in the trilogy than in the later games. This is clearly intentional, as it's lampshaded by Athena expressing surprise at his behavior at the end of the game. Larry is also toned down a lot more, resembling his characterization in the first game more than later ones. And Trucy doesn't utter the words "magic panties" once in either of the released cases. The Twin Turnabout hints to the Phantom in VisualNovel/DualDestinies being a flanderization of the real Phantom in this game's canonical universe.

* HardHead: Phoenix is clubbed with a gigantic lawbook in the first minute of the first scene, knocking him out for nearly an hour. Apart from a few jokes from other characters and even himself, he suffers no long-lasting ill effects. Gumshoe mentions the bridge incident from VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations too, prompting Ema and Apollo to react in shock. Apollo is also hard headed, bouncing back from having been full on ''tackled'' by Trucy in an instant.

** The biggest retcon so far is the revelation that the events of VisualNovel/DualDestinies is actually Larry's painfully inaccurate and embellished account of what happened, complete with Trucy complaining about having been flanderized and Athena stating that the final boss was like a Scooby Doo villain. Apollo, and Trucy emphatically state that [[spoiler:the Phantom in VisualNovel/DualDestinies is a nonsensical version of the real Phantom they encountered.]] The Fib, a popular tabloid, published the fake story, thus making it what everyone assumes happened. It has not yet been revealed what the real story is, but it's implied that [[spoiler:the Phantom]] is a much more sinister villain in this game's timeline.

** The characters who were present for earlier games being surprised by the events of said games. Athena reacts in shock when Phoenix casually mentions being [[spoiler:hit by a car]] in VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney. She also attempts to ask Maya what happened when she references Farewell, My Turnabout by saying that [[spoiler:it took "a year and a hostage situation" to make Phoenix lose a case. Athena suddenly realizes that means there was a hostage situation BEFORE the ones in Turnabout for Tomorrow and Turnabout Revolution]] Phoenix also casually mentions having [[spoiler:proven Ema innocent of murder]], prompting Athena to react in surprise and attempt to ask him about it before being cut off by the bailiff telling them to return to the courtroom. Pearl is confused when Maya jokes that she didn't have to resort to paper airplanes in her first trial, referencing Turnabout Sisters in which Maya, in ''her'' first trial, had to communicate with Phoenix via notes. Gumshoe mentions the bridge incident in VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations, to which both Ema and Apollo react in horror.

** Trucy rattles off a list of games Carey has in her cabinet that includes obvious references to VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles, VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors, and VideoGame/TheBOSSAJacksepticeyeFanGame. They also find episodes of a show clearly parodying WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender.
** Carey's computer has VideoGame/GlitchInTheSystem installed on it. You can also find an email from "SCYOBI" in her inbox, a reference to Billy from that game. In the opening scene for The Twin Turnabout, Mack can be seen at the airport and Apollo mentions having sat next to him on the airplane. Apparently he was a real conspiracy theorist convinced an "antiseptic guy" was going to take over his country. Wireland is also included in the list of countries that have planes arriving at the airport.
** Characters reference watching a show called "Totally Legit Psychic Detective Agency," which is an obvious parody of Series/Psych. This is confirmed when Phoenix quotes a line from the theme song almost word-for-word right after Penny was talking about the blackout happening ''during said theme song.'' Penny also mentions that they were watching the Season 3 finale that night, which in Psych was about a serial killer who challenged Shawn to find them. This is eerily similar to what's going on in Edgeworth's plotline and quite obviously not coincidental.
** VideoGame/Portal gets a direct shoutout when GLaDOS is mentioned by name. Maya asks who that is and Phoenix immediately responds that he will fix this as soon as possible.
** Maya suggests that internet scammers should come up with a new take on the old Nigerian Prince scam by using the "Maharincess of Franistan." This is a bizarrely specific reference to an episode of Series/ILoveLucy.
** The plastic bags and knife came from Stuff Mart, a store created for WesternAnimation/VeggieTales.
** You can find a picture of Carey with her high school literature club in her bedroom. Since some of the music contains motifs from VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub, it's pretty clear to see the inspiration.
** Larry mentions loaning Carey his boxset of Ferdinand and Finn, likely a parody of WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb.
** Arstotska from VideoGame/PapersPlease is referenced as one of the countries from which a plane is arriving at the airport.
** Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera is briefly mentioned when talking about the chandalier in Maryland Manor.
** Apollo asks is Lorde's garden is "a shop of horrors," referencing Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors.

* SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The developer outright states that she plans to make changes to canon, but a lot of events in previous games are referenced. You'd have to be pretty familiar with Ace Attorney to follow a lot of the story, too. VisualNovel/DualDestinies has been outright stated to be a sensationalized version of the truth, with one character's arc retconned and its villain implied to be more sinister than in said game.

* TimeSkip: Subverted in that The Turnabout Method takes place ''during'' the VisualNovel/SpiritOfJustice timeline (after the main game but before the DLC), so it's pretty much a continuation of the timeline with cases occurring within weeks of each other.

* RunningGag: The characters who were present for earlier games being surprised by the events of said games. Athena reacts in shock when Phoenix casually mentions being [[spoiler:hit by a car]] in VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney. She also attempts to ask Maya what happened when she references Farewell, My Turnabout by saying that [[spoiler:it took "a year and a hostage situation" to make Phoenix lose a case. Athena suddenly realizes that means there was a hostage situation BEFORE the ones in Turnabout for Tomorrow and Turnabout Revolution]] Phoenix also casually mentions having [[spoiler:proven Ema innocent of murder]], prompting Athena to react in surprise and attempt to ask him about it before being cut off by the bailiff telling them to return to the courtroom. Pearl is confused when Maya jokes that she didn't have to resort to paper airplanes in her first trial, referencing Turnabout Sisters in which Maya, in ''her'' first trial, had to communicate with Phoenix via notes. Gumshoe mentions the bridge incident in VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations, to which both Ema and Apollo react in horror.

** Athena attempts to hype everyone up before the trials of both of her cases. No one is hyped.

* RunningGag: The characters who were present for earlier games being surprised by the events of said games:
** Athena reacts in shock when Phoenix casually mentions being [[spoiler:hit by a car]] in VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney. She also attempts to ask Maya what happened when she references Farewell, My Turnabout by saying that [[spoiler:it took "a year and a hostage situation" to make Phoenix lose a case. Athena suddenly realizes that means there was a hostage situation BEFORE the ones in Turnabout for Tomorrow and Turnabout Revolution]] Phoenix also casually mentions having [[spoiler:proven Ema innocent of murder]], prompting Athena to react in surprise and attempt to ask him about it before being cut off by the bailiff telling them to return to the courtroom.
** Pearl is confused when Maya jokes that she didn't have to resort to paper airplanes in her first trial, referencing Turnabout Sisters in which Maya, in ''her'' first trial, had to communicate with Phoenix via notes.

* PutOnAPrisonBus: [[spoiler:Subverted twice Because Betty was protecting herself and Becca's death was 100% accidental, she gets a slap on the wrist for her half-hearted attempt at framing Carey. She's even seen in the ending credits. Kevin is revealed to be guilty of property damage but gets fined rather than imprisoned. Played straight with Dr. Entiste.]]

** The biggest retcon so far is the revelation that the events of VisualNovel/DualDestinies is actually Larry's painfully inaccurate and embellished account of what happened, complete with Trucy complaining about having been flanderized and Athena stating that the final boss was like a Scooby Doo villain. Apollo, and Trucy emphatically state that [[spoilers:the Phantom in VisualNovel/DualDestinies is a nonsensical version of the real Phantom they encountered.]] The Fib, a popular tabloid, published the fake story, thus making it what everyone assumes happened. It has not yet been revealed what the real story is, but it's implied that [[spoiler:the Phantom]] is a much more sinister villain in this game's timeline.

* FriendlyEnemy: Franziska von Karma, who has obviously grown quite a lot since Phoenix last saw her. Her rivalry with him seems to be more of a joke than something she takes seriously.

* HardHead: Phoenix is clubbed with a gigantic lawbook in the first minute of the first scene, knocking him out for nearly an hour. Apart from a few jokes from other characters and even himself, he suffers no long-lasting ill effects. Gumshoe mentions the bridge incident from VisualNovel/TrialsAndTribulations too, prompting Ema and Apollo to react in shock. Apollo is also hard headed, bouncing back from having been full on ''tackled'' by Trucy in an instant.

* BookEnds: The first case opens and closes with a monologue from Athena about the choices we make in life. The second case also opens and closes with a monologue, this time from Phoenix, about love and how we use it in a lot of contexts.

* {{Sidekick}}: Athena has two in The Turnabout Method: Maya and Pearl. Phoenix has two for Turnabout Ladies Night: Trucy and Maya. [[spoiler:Edgeworth even brings Kay back as his assistant.]]

* SlidingScaleOfContinuity: The developer outright states that she plans to make changes to canon, but a lot of events in previous games are referenced. You'd have to be pretty familiar with Ace Attorney to follow a lot of the story, too.

* SuddenSoundtrackStop: Played straight in typical Ace Attorney fashion for objections and for laughs at twice in which both Athena and Phoenix, in their separate cases, clearly on a roll, suddenly hit a snag in their logic. The music stops abruptly when they realize that the result of their speculation doesn't quite make sense.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As usual, it plays during the credits. Both cases even check in with the player character!

It is a Visual Novel developed in [=PyWright=]. The game's first and second cases are available for free on [[https://gamejolt.com/games/truth-and-consequences/783854 Gamejolt]].

* AccuseTheWitness: In typical Ace Attorney fashion, if it's not your client, it's almost always one of the witnesses. This game is no exception.

* AlwaysMurder: [[spoiler: Subverted, as Turnabout Ladies Night features a case in which the victim was the aggressor and the killer acted entirely in self defense. Played straight in The Turnabout Method.]]

* AlternateContinuity: For both the canon games, as stated at the beginning. Also, surprisingly, for VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyConflictOfInterest, as its prosecutor is name dropped very briefly as someone involved in past events.

* AnimeHair: Phoenix and his spikes are back again.

* ButtMonkey: Phoenix falls victim to this, as usual. Somewhat downplayed, but other characters seem surprised sometimes when he comes up with a decent argument.

* ChivalrousPervert: Larry, but that's no surprise. He does seem to care a great deal for Carey, but it doesn't stop him from being curious about what's in her bedroom and bathroom.

* DeadpanSnarker: Phoenix, as usual, but also Ema and Edgeworth. Maya has a few moments as well.

* DeathByAdaptation: Surprisingly, this isn't even the first fan game to kill off [[spoiler:Marvin Grossberg, who is revealed to have been murdered by the Line Man in the post-credits scene.]]

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Franziska whips Phoenix once during the trial, which doesn't seem to upset anyone (Phoenix included). Pearl threatens to hit him once, twice if you look at optional flavor text, but never follows through with it.

* EntertainmentBelowTheirAge: Maya is 29 years old and just as into the Steel Samurai as she was when she was 17. Phoenix, Larry, and Carey are all implied to love cartoons.

* FirstPersonSmartass: Phoenix, as usual. Although he's a little bit more likely to verbalize his comments when around his friends.

* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably reversed. Phoenix's characterization more closely resembles his personality in the trilogy than in the later games. This is clearly intentional, as it's lampshaded by Athena expressing surprise at his behavior at the end of the game. Larry is also toned down a lot more, resembling his characterization in the first game more than later ones. And Trucy doesn't utter the words "magic panties" once in either of the released cases.

* GracefulLoser: Both the killer and prosecutor in Turnabout Ladies Night fit this category, as neither put up a fight when Phoenix is able to prove what happened. [[spoiler:It's made pretty obvious that Edgeworth had no intention of winning his trial against Athena and even seems to enjoy taking Entiste down with her. Kay]] also shows up, grinning widely while congratulating Athena for "destroying" them in court.

* HardHead: Phoenix is clubbed with a gigantic lawbook in the first minute of the first scene, knocking him out for nearly an hour. Apart from a few jokes from other characters and even himself, he suffers no long-lasting ill effects.

* LastNameBasis: Mostly subverted, but Betty is referred to as Mrs. Nightingale. Franziska is addressed by her first name by everyone except the judge, and Phoenix even tells Athena and Ema both that he'd rather not be called Mr. Wright anymore. As usual, Edgeworth refers to Phoenix simply as "Wright."

* LeftHanging: In their closing monologues, both Athena and Phoenix references pain coming their way very soon. This is not expanded upon, but is likely to be seen in later cases.

* MistakenForRomance: Phoenix and Maya several times. Both of them refuse to define their relationship apart from stating that they're very close friends. Maya lampshades this in optional text claiming that she's breaking up with him, prompting Trucy to ask if it counts as a breakup if they're not dating.

* NoodleIncident: Trucy invokes the trope when she turns up halfway through The Turnabout Method informing them that her rehearsal was cut short "on account of the chocolate syrup" and then immediately changing the subject.

* PutOnAPrisonBus: [[spoiler:Subverted. Because Betty was protecting herself and Becca's death was 100% accidental, she gets a slap on the wrist for her half-hearted attempt at framing Carey. She's even seen in the ending credits. Played straight with Dr. Entiste.]]

* {{Retcon}}: The game now takes place in Maryland. And, in this universe, it always has. This almost certainly retcons several earlier cases to a minor degree. The biggest retcon is the revelation that the events of VisualNovel/DualDestinies is actually Larry's painfully inaccurate and embellished account of what happened, complete with Trucy complaining about having been flanderized and Athena stating that the final boss was like a Scooby Doo villain. All of it has been published in an in-game tabloid. According to WordOfGod, this is specifically because she disliked a lot of that game and felt it didn't fit into her universe, as it was too over the top. She has stated that this takes place in a parallel universe in which a lot of the events occurred exactly as outlined in the games but there are big changes to how the events happened in the later games (with games 1-4 being pretty much the same apart from the location). She has also been clear that any flashbacks in future cases to those games will be rewritten to make the writing style more cohesive.

* {{Retcon}}: The game now takes place in Maryland. And, in this universe, it always has. This almost certainly retcons several earlier cases to a minor degree.

** Carey's computer has VideoGame/GlitchInTheSystem installed on it. You can also find an email from "SCYOBI" in her inbox, a reference to Billy from that game.

* ShowWithinAShow: The Steel Samurai, Plumed Princess, Ferdinand and Finn, and Totally Legit Psychic Detective Agency are all mentioned.

It is a Visual Novel developed in PyWright. The game's first and second cases are available for free on [[https://gamejolt.com/games/truth-and-consequences/783854 Gamejolt]].

"Ace Attorney: Truth and Consequences" is an Ace Attorney fan game created by Sarcastic Pasta Games.

** Athena reacts in shock when Phoenix casually mentions being [[spoiler"hit by a car]] in VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney. She also attempts to ask Maya what happened when she references Farewell, My Turnabout by saying that [[spoiler:it took "a year and a hostage situation" to make Phoenix lose a case. Athena suddenly realizes that means there was a hostage situation BEFORE the ones in Turnabout for Tomorrow and Turnabout Revolution]] Phoenix also casually mentions having [[spoiler:proven Ema innocent of murder]], prompting Athena to react in surprise and attempt to ask him about it before being cut off by the bailiff telling them to return to the courtroom.

It is a Visual Novel developed in PyWright. The game's second case, Turnabout Ladies Night, is available for free on [[https://gamejolt.com/games/truth-and-consequences/783854 Gamejolt]].

* AlwaysMurder: [[spoiler: Subverted, as Turnabout Ladies Night features a case in which the victim was the aggressor and the killer acted entirely in self defense. Likely to be played straight in future installments.]]

* BookEnds: The case opens and closes with a monologue from Phoenix about love, and how we use it in a lot of contexts.

* DeadpanSnarker: Phoenix, as usual, but also Ema.

* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Subverted. The killer in this case is a woman. Which isn't even a spoiler considering all of the suspects are female.

* {{Flanderization}}: Arguably reversed. Phoenix's characterization more closely resembles his personality in the trilogy than in the later games. This is clearly intentional, as it's lampshaded by Athena expressing surprise at his behavior at the end of the game. Larry is also toned down a lot more. And Trucy rarely even mentions being a magician.

* FriendOnTheForce: Ema and Phoenix are obviously pretty good friends by this point. Optional dialogue has her facetiously welcome him to the family.

* GracefulLoser: Both the killer and prosecutor in Turnabout Ladies Night fit this category, as neither put up a fight when Phoenix is able to prove what happened.

* IndyPloy: Lampshaded by Maya when she suggests Phoenix should make something up when he can't figure out what to do next. Phoenix corrects her, saying he accidentally stumbles onto the solution.

* LastNameBasis: Mostly subverted, but Betty is referred to as Mrs. Nightingale. Franziska is addressed by her first name by everyone except the judge, and Phoenix even tells Athena and Ema both that he'd rather not be called Mr. Wright anymore.

* LeftHanging: In his closing monologue, Phoenix references pain coming his way very soon. This is not expanded upon, but is likely to be seen in later cases.

* MistakenForRomance: Phoenix and Maya several times. Both of them refuse to define their relationship though. Maya lampshades this in optional text claiming that she's breaking up with him, prompting Trucy to ask if it counts as a breakup if they're not dating.

* PutOnAPrisonBus: [[spoiler:Subverted. Because Betty was protecting herself and Becca's death was 100% accidental, she gets a slap on the wrist for her half-hearted attempt at framing Carey. She's even seen in the ending credits.]]

* {{Sidekick}}: Phoenix has two for this case: Trucy and Maya. A sneak peek at the first scene of the next case set for release confirms that Athena also will have two: Pearl and Maya.

* SuddenSoundtrackStop: Played straight in typical Ace Attorney fashion for objections and for laughs at one point in which Phoenix, clearly on a roll, suddenly hits a snag in his logic. The music stops abruptly when he admits he hadn't gotten quite that far in his reasoning.

* TimeSkip: Subverted in that some of this game takes place ''during'' VisualNovel/SpiritOfJustice, so it's pretty much a continuation of the timeline with cases occuring within weeks of each other.

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: As usual, it plays during the credits. Even the judge and Phoenix himself get a little section!

[[caption-width-right:350:Judge picture by Hesseldahl]]

[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/t&c_cover.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Box art compiled by Lily Grace]]

* ChivalrousPervert: Larry, but that's no surprised. He does seem to care a great deal for Carey, but it doesn't stop him from being curious about what's in her bedroom and bathroom.

* Flanderization: Completely subverted. Phoenix's characterization more closely resembles his personality in the trilogy than in the later games. This is clearly intentional, as it's lampshaded by Athena expressing surprise at his behavior at the end of the game.

* OutOfOrder: Due to its last minute addition, The Turnabout Method, which is the first case in this game's timeline, has yet to be released.

* Retcon: The game now takes place in Maryland. And, in this universe, it always has. This almost certainly retcons several earlier cases to a minor degree.

** Trucy rattles off a list of games Carey has in her cabinet that includes obvious references to VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles, VideoGame/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors, and TheBOSSAJacksepticeyeFanGame.

** Characters reference watching a show called "Totally Legit Psychic Detective Agency," which is an obvious parody of Series/Psych. This is confirmed when Phoenix quotes a line from the theme song almost word-for-word right after Penny was talking about the blackout happening ''during said theme song.'' Penny also mentions that they were watching the Season 3 finale that night, which in Psych was about a serial killer who challenged Shawn to find them. This is eerily similar to whats' going on in Edgeworth's plotline and quite obviously not coincidental.

* SuddenSoundtrackStop: Played straight in typical Ace Attorney fashion for objections and for laughs at one point in which Phoenix, clearly on a roll, suddenly hits a snag in his logic. The music stops abruptly when he admits he hadn't gotten quite that far in his reasoning quite yet.