History YMMV / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTheContemptOfCourt

* NightmareFuel: Hemlock was already terrifying with his SinisterSurveillance and ParanoiaFuel, but TheReveal of his true identity somehow managed to make him even more horrifying. [[spoiler: First, there's Snow's demented facial animations. Then, there's his actual personality: turns out Hemlock is a guy who's primary motivation is being ''happy and positive''. He acts like an optimistic happy-go-lucky guy all while gleefully confessing to committing serial murders and founding a criminal organization just to ensure his own happiness. He somehow manages to make a huge, beaming grin even scarier than a SlasherSmile. He's also a PsychopathicManchild ControlFreak who ''completely loses it'' if someone doesn't act ''exactly'' how he tells them to, as he brutally demonstrates at the end of the conversation. He then says Phoenix will let him win in the trial, or else he'll burn down Hazakura Temple, where Maya is, ''and make it look like Phoenix did it.'' And then just to make sure, he calls him and mimics the voice of Edgeworth and ''Maya herself''.]]

** Case four is more complicated and tense than previous cases, and wraps up the stories quite nicely. [[spoiler:It adds some depth to Erol Brisbane and Renwick Smith and introduces Morag Weever, a well liked witness. Hemlock is also well recieved as the BigBad, being a satisfying MarathonBoss with a creative and challenging set of gimmicks and tactics to display.]]

* ItWasHisSled: Many people at this point know Vulper is the villain of Turnabout Scapegoat.
* JerkassWoobie:
** Erol Brisbane. Five years ago, he was accused of murdering his best friend, Jack Crane. At the time, he had nobody to turn to except for Vincenzo Cicatrice. During the trial, it was promptly revealed that the one who killed Jack and framed Brisbane was no one else but [[spoiler: his (Jack's) step-brother, Vex Vulper.]] Brisbane getting a Not Guilty verdict was not the end of his nightmare, as at the most unexpected moment [[spoiler: Vulper came back and threw the enigmium card right at Brisbane, destroying his eye in the process.]] What was once a well-meaning, if a bit spineless law student turned into a savage brute with a HairTriggerTemper developing an intense hatred for [[spoiler: Vulper]] and defense attorneys, stemming from his (rather unfounded and petty) resentment towards Vincenzo Cicatrice. Things only got worse when he met [[spoiler: Manfred von Karma]], who further enabled Brisbane's self-destructive nature. And then there's also [[spoiler: what happened to him in The Ensnared Turnabout...]]
** [[spoiler: Cedric Maplethorpe.]] At a rather young age, [[spoiler: he lost his twin brother in a tragic incident with a flintlock pistol. He understandably grew up resenting his grandfather (who showed the twins the gun that caused the accident in the first place), while bottling up his feelings as a manager of the Maplethorpe Hotel.]] True, none of this excuses [[spoiler: his allegiance with Aculeus while using Maris as a scapegoat for Stan Nyph's accidental death]] but is it any surprise he turned out like he did?
** Downplayed with Vulper. While it's definitely easy to feel bad for him after the full story of his past comes out, especially [[spoiler: knowing how much Hemlock made his life a living hell]], Phoenix points out that his actions were still horrible and unjustified, and the player is likely to share his view.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Erol Brisbane. His anger and bluntness either makes him a tough and different prosecutor or it makes him come across as uninspired and charmless. Whether he's effective is another contested issue, as his blunt dismissal of obections is either an effective CallBack to Manfred Von Karma or a poorly executed mechanic to make him a tougher opponent.

* BestBossEver: Like any canon or fanon ace attorney game, there's bound to be a few memorable bosses.