History YMMV / AceAttorney

*** Telling a man who already knows that he was deceived by his girlfriend five years ago exactly ''how'' he was deceived? Sure, the truth turned out to be that he hadn't been as bad a judge of character as he thought he was, but Edgeworth starts pushing for the Truth to come out without knowing what it is. Edgeworth inherently knows that The Truth will heal the man's pain rather than giving him more to be upset about.

*** Revealing who the killer is, even when there's already enough evidence to prove the defendant didn't do it, and the killer is [[SympatheticMurderer largely a decent person who had a compelling reason for what they did]] and will now likely get in huge trouble? Mia says it's justice (though Maya didn't seem to agree and it's unclear whether Phoenix was fully convinced).

*** Telling a man who already knows that he was deceived by his girlfriend five years ago exactly ''how'' he was deceived? Sure, the truth turned out to be that he hadn't been as bad a judge of character as he thought he was, but Edgeworth starts pushing for the Truth to come out without knowing what it is. Edgeworth somehow just inherently knows that The Truth will heal the man's pain rather than giving him more to be upset about.

* BrokenAesop: A minor one. Cases [[spoiler: 2-4]] and [[spoiler: 3-5]] are all about bringing The Truth to light, especially when Edgeworth is involved. The issue is that the view of ''when'' the truth should be brought to light expressed through the events of the game is a nuanced one, while the view expressed through the dialogue is an absolute one. Edgeworth's dialogue after his HeelFaceTurn could be summarized as "expose the truth, no matter how painful." Yet there are situations in which players are supposed to hate someone for exposing the truth.

** How about Shelly [=deKiller=]

* FanNickname: Phoenix in ''Apollo Justice is [=HoboPhoenix=], Naruhobo, or Hobonix, and Daryan Crescend is "Dickhead" for, well, [[UnfortunateCharacterDesign obvious reasons]].
* HetIsEw: Any time a female character gets involved with Phoenix or Edgeworth, prepare to see a shitstorm amongst Phoenix/Edgeworth shippers.
* HoYay: Phoenix Wright and TheRival Miles Edgeworth certainly have some rather... intense... feelings about each other. On the flip side, there's Mia and Lana's "intellectual attraction" and the various weirdness surrounding Adrian Andrews and [[spoiler:her co-dependency]]. The fourth game seems to toy with this more than most with Apollo and Klavier. For example, upon meeting Apollo, Klavier says, "I must say I'm used to being inspected by the ladies... But this is the first time I've felt this way with a man." Capcom is definitely aware of the implications, and [[ShipTease love]] to be as vague about it as possible.
** Also, some of the concept art for ''Investigations'', especially the one of Edgeworth and Gumshoe [[TogetherUmbrella sharing an umbrella]].
** Edgeworth and Shi-Long Lang on ''Investigations''. The later have a penchant on calling Edgeworth a pretty boy and getting on his personal space since the beginning, not to mention the banter between the two have certain... [[UnresolvedSexualTension tension.]]
* IKnewIt: The fandom were correct in assuming that [[spoiler:Ema's button was a spycamera]] and that [[spoiler:Edgeworth is secretly a big fan of the Steel Samurai]].
** {{Jossed}}: However, the fandom was NOT correct to assume that Trucy was [[spoiler:Phoenix Wright's biological daughter]] or that she's actually an older Pearl.
** [[spoiler:When the flashback case featuring Gregory Edgeworth was announced to involve Manfred von Karma, people began [[IncrediblyLamePun suspecting]] that this was the case that led to von Karma's penalty, and by extension the DL-6 incident that basically sparked all the events of the series.]]

* MagnificentBastard: [[spoiler:Manfred von Karma and Damon Gant]] in the first game, [[spoiler:Matt Engarde]] in the second game, [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] in the third, [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] in the fourth and [[spoiler:Quercus Alba]] in ''Investigations''. In short, ''all the [[BigBad big bads]] from each game!''

* NightmareFuel: Phoenix and Apollo seem to have this opinion of the Blue Badger. ''Investigations'' may have finally succeeded in communicating the Badger's creepiness to the audience.
** Oh God... The Proto Badger... * shiver*
*** The Proto Badger is creepy enough on its own. Then [[spoiler:it sneaks up on Edgeworth with a sword in a haunted house and Jesus Christ that thing is made of nightmares]].
**** THIS: [[http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll128/Boomerang78/AHHHHHHHHHWHATTHEHELL.png WILL EAT YOUR SOUL.]]

** Also, Damon Gant.

Take tropes specific to [[YMMV/{{ptitlesv1ek77e}} the Phoenix arc]], ''[[YMMV/{{ptitle11hpolf2}} Apollo Justice]]'', or ''[[YMMV/{{ptitlegi61rfw8}} Investigations]]'' to those pages, please.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome:
** A quote from a forum: "If I shake the DS very violently, will Edgeworth curl up into a ball and cry like a little girl?" - theodorel
*** How awesome would that have been!
** Due to the game mechanics, there are many situations where you have to pick a person's profile from the Court Record as an answer to a question. Should you choose the false person, the game will give a general failure-response and drain some points from your LifeMeter before you can try again. This is entirely comprehensable due to the CombinatorialExplosion trope, but it would nonetheless be comedic gold to see their reactions when you randomly start accusing people like Marvin Grossberg or Winston Payne of being the actual murderer.
*** Actually, you can (in one case) accuse TheJudge, in which case you receive a [[EasterEgg secret 90% penalty.]]
*** Alternatively, the court could be so shocked that they don't have anything to say when you accuse someone way out of left fied.
** [[color:red:HOLD IT!]] (slams desk) Remember when Phoenix spots that chessboard in Edgeworth's office (think: pink "edgey" knights surrounding blue "spiky" pawn)? (reads and taps document) Want to know how awesome it would have been if Phoenix called him out on it? (Zooms in to face) [[http://b.fanfiction.net/s/5791012/1/Custom_Made Have a look at this!]]

* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Phoenix, Mia, Apollo
** LawfulNeutral: Miles, Franziska
*** Don't forget TheJudge.
** LawfulEvil: Kristoph, Manfred, Damon, Shelly
** NeutralEvil: Matt, Dahlia, Quercus

* {{Narm}}: Admit it, some of the murderer's breakdowns had you doubled over laughing by [[CrossesTheLineTwice how over the top they were]].

** [[color:red:HOLD IT!]] Remember when Phoenix spots that chessboard in Edgeworth's office (think: pink "edgey" knights surrounding blue "spiky" pawn)? Want to know how awesome it would have been if Phoenix called him out on it? [[http://b.fanfiction.net/s/5791012/1/Custom_Made Have a look at this!]]

** Edgeworth and Shi-Long Lang on ''Investigations''. The later have a penchant on calling Edgeworth a pretty boy and getting on his personal space since the beggining, not to mention the banter between the two have certain... [[UnresolvedSexualTension tension.]]

** Due to the game mechanics, there are many situations where you have to pick a person's profile from the Court Record as an answer to a question. Should you choose the false person, the game will give a general failure-response and drain some points from your LifeMeter before you can try again. This is entirely comprehensable due to the CombinatorialExplosion trope, but it would nonetheless be comedic gold to see their reactions when you randomly start accusing people like Marvin Grossberg or Winston Payne of being the actual murderer.

* AdaptationDecay: The Takarazuka musical, while undeniably possessed of CrowningMusicOfAwesome and some quite nice dance numbers, played fast and loose with canon. It gave Phoenix a past love interest in Leona Clyde, who was apparently a childhood friend and his college girlfriend. It also featured Phoenix mocking Maya's claim to being a spirit medium, despite the fact her (dead) sister Mia had been an invaluable asset in the past.