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| 12 | Witnesses and miscellaneous characters that appear in ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney''. [[Characters/AceAttorney Here]] is the main character sheet. |
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| 14 | '''Note''': There are spoilers for later installments as well as the fourth game. Read cautiously! |
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| 16 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 17 | |
| 18 | !!Turnabout Trump (''Gyakuten no Kirifuda'') |
| 19 | [[folder:'''Olga Orly''' (''Masaka Sakai'')]] |
| 20 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/olga_orly_oa_1.png]] |
| 21 | [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see her true identity]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/quickfingers_orly_oa_1.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 22 | |
| 23 | ->''"He's lucky, I'll give him that. You'd have to be to slip free from a trap laid by Olga "Quick-Fingers" Orly!"'' |
| 24 | |
| 25 | Don't worry, her name gets ''plenty'' of lampshading. Anyway, she's a waitress of Borscht Bowl Club that was the dealer for Phoenix and Smith's poker game and ergo a witness to the murder. |
| 26 | ---- |
| 27 | * AlliterativeName: '''O'''lga '''O'''rly. |
| 28 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: A downplayed example, especially compared to the BitchInSheepsClothing that succeeds her in the chapter. Her timid and demure nature is an act, and her true self far ruder and more morally questionable. |
| 29 | * CameraFiend: Often uses her camera in the trial, mostly to photoshoot shocked expressions (such as Apollo's or hers). |
| 30 | * CardSharp: She's a professional card dealer that was asked to be the dealer in the poker game between Phoenix and Shadi. [[spoiler:She was told to put a fifth Ace into the deck in order to frame Phoenix as a cheater, although the plan didn't work.]] |
| 31 | * CharacterTics: Whenever she mentions the bottle used to kill Shadi Smith, she holds the back of her head. [[spoiler:It's because she was hit there with a bottle as well, by the victim no less.]] |
| 32 | * ConMan: Her true nature. |
| 33 | * DishDash: [[http://www.court-records.net/animation4/olga-damage.gif Her "Damage" animation]]. The dishes she's holding are launched straight up, and she catches them perfectly. |
| 34 | * {{Fauxreigner}}: After she drops her facade, she admits to not being Russian, and just faking it due to the kind of restaurant she works at. |
| 35 | * FlungClothing: Does this once to remove her heavy winter clothing to reveal her true disguise. |
| 36 | * JerkassHasAPoint: While Olga's means to expose Phoenix Wright as a 'cheat' seem pretty spiteful and also hypocritical, it's later revealed that she's not wrong about her assumptions, as [[spoiler: Phoenix would occasionally rely on Trucy's gift in order to win certain important card games for seven years]]. |
| 37 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:She's still working as a card dealer in Borscht Bowl in the credits roll, despite her attempt to frame Phoenix.]] |
| 38 | * ALighterShadeOfBlack: She's a con and a cheat, though a saint compared to [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]], the true culprit. |
| 39 | * PoirotSpeak: {{Justified|Trope}} as she's not really a Russian waitress at all, so it makes sense that her accent is hokey. |
| 40 | * PunnyName: |
| 41 | ** Her English name is based on the "O rly?" meme. |
| 42 | ** "Masaka" is the Japanese equivalent of "It can't be!" or "No way!" (or if you prefer, "NO WAI".) |
| 43 | * RedHerring: Being the second witness in the game (and the first besides the defendant or the detective), experienced ''Ace Attorney'' players are likely to suspect her as the murderer, much like Frank, Richard, or [[spoiler:Dahlia]]. Not only is she not the murderer, but she's also a ''double'' Red Herring - [[spoiler:she didn't witness the crime at all]]. |
| 44 | * ShrinkingViolet: The persona she adopts as a Russian waitress. |
| 45 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Kristoph intended to get her declared guilty of the murder ''he'' committed. Only Apollo's Perceive ability saved her by allowing him to prove she was unconscious when the murder happened]]. |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !!Turnabout Corner (''Gyakuten Rensa no Machikado'') |
| 49 | [[folder:'''Wocky Kitaki''' (''Takita Kitaki'')]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wockykitaki_3.png]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | ->''"Wait till I run the yard. Then everyone'll know what time it is. That's right! O.G. time all the time. Represent!"'' |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Apollo's second client, and heir to the Kitaki family. He was shot in the heart six months prior to his case and is still highly at risk of dying. |
| 56 | ---- |
| 57 | * AnimalMotifs: His hairstyle and the "whisker" marks on his face are meant to emulate a fox, and the fox is the Kitaki family's symbol. |
| 58 | * BlackAndGrayMorality: He's a gangster who tried to shoot someone in the past, but he's a small fry compared to [[spoiler:Alita Tiala,]] the true culprit. |
| 59 | * DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster: His parents disagree, and decide to go legit partly because he got shot because of their criminal practices, [[spoiler:and partly to pay for his operation]]. |
| 60 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Regarding [[spoiler:Alita, until she quite plainly spells it out to him]]. Even after that, he continues to take [[spoiler:her]] side and gets mad at Apollo when [[spoiler:he gets her convicted for murder]]. |
| 61 | * JiveTurkey: Evidently Wocky doesn't comprehend the difference between "gangster" and "gangsta". |
| 62 | * {{Keet}}: He's a very excitable young adult that loves using street slang and having a life of crime. Because of the latter, he's barely fazed that he could go to jail for murder. |
| 63 | * LeeroyJenkins: He got his bullet wound by going in 15 minutes in advance. |
| 64 | * {{Malaproper}}: |
| 65 | ** He calls Alita his "little imposter", while he means something along the lines of "poster girl". |
| 66 | ** He also refers to her as a "fallen angel". |
| 67 | ** When Apollo directs his suspicions towards Alita on the second day in court, Wocky interrupts the trial and yells at Apollo for trying to "abuse" her. [[note]]He meant to say "accuse"[[/note]] |
| 68 | * {{Manchild}}: He acts like a young teenager, rather than a man who has recently entered his adult years. |
| 69 | * MealTicket: [[spoiler:Alita was marrying Wocky only to get to the Kitaki fortune, which she could acquire if Wocky died.]] |
| 70 | * NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: He brings ''[[TooDumbToLive only a knife]]'' to a rival family ''turf war'' and is quickly shot for his troubles. |
| 71 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When he finds out [[spoiler:why his father wanted to go legit]], he drops the JiveTurkey talk for a moment. |
| 72 | * PunnyName: |
| 73 | ** His full name sounds like "Walkie-Talkie". His first Japanese name is, much like Alita's name, an anagram of his second name. |
| 74 | ** The surname "Kitaki" (北木) literally means "north tree", but the family is also visually linked to "kitsune", the Japanese word for fox and a common subject of Japanese folklore. "Takita" (滝太) comes from the Japanese word "kita" meaning "north". His full Japanese name shares the repetition of Tiala's Japanese name in that it consists of "north" repeated three times when written in the Asian format of surname first. Another link to Tiala is that her surname, "Minami" (美波), means "south". |
| 75 | * SecretlyDying: A rare case in which he, the person in question, doesn't know, due to being LockedOutOfTheLoop. |
| 76 | * SweetTooth: An easily missable bit of dialogue during the second trial of the case reveals this. This is actually more significant than it might seem, as enjoying sweets is traditionally seen as a feminine trait in Japan, highlighting just how artificial his "gangster" persona really is. |
| 77 | * ThemeNaming: With Alita. His Japanese name in Eastern order is "''kita kita kita''" ("north" three times). |
| 78 | * TooDumbToLive: |
| 79 | ** Even if he doesn't get himself killed, [[spoiler:he does get others killed by mere extension]]. If experiences like this don't teach a person... |
| 80 | ** Prior to the case, there's his [[SarcasmMode great idea]] of [[NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight bringing only a knife]] ''to a turf war'', which not only gets him shot, he also got sent to the Meraktis Clinic to remove the lodged bullet ''close to his heart'', [[spoiler:so close in fact it can't be removed without it killing him in the process, leading to the botched operation]], he now deals with said lodged bullet for his troubles. |
| 81 | * UngratefulBastard: He gets angry with Apollo for [[spoiler:ensuring Alita's conviction as the murderer]], even though it was necessary to get him off. |
| 82 | * {{Yakuza}}: What his parents used to be a part of. Wocky himself is eager and willing to jump into the life feet first but he's more of a poser than maybe even he realizes. |
| 83 | [[/folder]] |
| 84 | |
| 85 | [[folder:'''Guy Eldoon''' (''Mugitsura Yatabuki'')]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/guy_eldoon.png]] |
| 88 | |
| 89 | ->''"You take a spoon, you drink some broth... Those onions will find their way in there. For people who like 'em, why that's just fine. For people who hate 'em... ...I hate onions. Hate 'em! Always sneaking in from the side, gettin' in the way of a good tastin' spoonful."'' |
| 90 | |
| 91 | A noodle stand owner that's a bit bitter towards Meraktis. He comes to Apollo to ask him to find his missing noodle stand. |
| 92 | ---- |
| 93 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Meraktis to him, according to his own words. |
| 94 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His hat looks like a bowl, and his hair looks like ramen noodles. Sure enough, he is a noodle vendor. [[spoiler:The hair is fake, and possibly attached to the bowl-hat. When he takes it off, Eldoon's real hair is medium length, parted neatly towards the left side, and dark brown/black, the same shade as his eyebrows. ''"Permit me to speak as a surgeon..."'' indeed.]] |
| 95 | * BigOlEyebrows: They're big, black, and rectangular. |
| 96 | * ChekhovsGunman: At first he's just an unlucky client who lost his noodle stand, but [[spoiler:his knowledge from his past as a surgeon is a key to understanding the whole mess around Wocky, but he admits he's not skilled enough to remove the bullet still in Wocky.]] |
| 97 | * CoolOldGuy: While he is a bit grouchy on the outside, he means well especially when it's found out he [[spoiler:worked as a surgeon before]], and feels sympathy for the victim (an AssholeVictim). He even states Wocky shouldn't be on trial, but in a hospital bed being treated. |
| 98 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Even without being around for the trial in Case 2-2, he exclaims that someone in [[spoiler: Wocky's]] condition shouldn't be anywhere except a hospital bed for last-minute attempts to save his life. |
| 99 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Take a look at him. Notice how [[spoiler:his eyebrows don't match his hair]]? As it turns out, [[spoiler:the hair is fake]]. |
| 100 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He used to be a surgeon like Meraktis, and has good knowledge of medical procedures. Since being a noodle vendor is a far less respectable job, Apollo is taken back by Eldoon's previous profession.]] |
| 101 | * ImpossiblyDeliciousFood: In the manga, he is able to make an extremely good bowl of Golden Pork Soup noodles, but can only make two per day. |
| 102 | * LethalChef: Apollo is less than amused to know how hot and salty Eldoon's noodles are, claiming that two could kill a man. And in the credits sequence, Eldoon adds ''even more'' salt to his noodles. |
| 103 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:"Permit me to speak as a surgeon..."]] |
| 104 | * OhCrap: After he gets ahold of [[spoiler:Wocky's medical records from the day of his surgery, he's horrified to learn that not only he's got a bullet still lodged in his heart, he's in a court case of all things when he should be in surgery immediately else he will die.]] |
| 105 | * PunnyName: His last name is noodle [[SdrawkcabName backwards]], a reference to his occupation. |
| 106 | * RedHerring: Mentioned in-game when Apollo jokes about him being a suspect after [[spoiler:it's revealed that Eldoon and Meraktis were rivals]]. |
| 107 | * RememberTheNewGuy: It’s mentioned that his family’s stand was frequented by Phoenix and Maya seven years ago, but due to Maya’s TrademarkFavoriteFood of ramen [[InconsistentDub being localized into burgers for the original trilogy]], ''Apollo Justice'' was the first game to so much as mention the noodle stand in its English localization. |
| 108 | * SdrawkcabName: Eldoon is "noodle" backwards, which makes him the "Noodle Guy." |
| 109 | * SympathyForTheDevil: He can't help but feel sorry for Meraktis after he [[spoiler:takes a look at Wocky's medical file and understands how incredibly risky it would be for any doctor to try and remove ''a bullet lodged in a patient's heart''.]] |
| 110 | * WalkingSpoiler: His HiddenDepths allows Apollo to get far more insight into Pal Meraktis and his killer's motivation. This takes a good portion of the case to be revealed. |
| 111 | * YouCantFightFate: At first, Eldoon broke family tradition in that he was a [[spoiler:surgeon]] instead of a noodle vendor. When [[spoiler:Meraktis]] forced him to quit, he begrudgingly started to sell noodles, saying that it's what he was fated to do. |
| 112 | [[/folder]] |
| 113 | |
| 114 | [[folder:'''Plum Kitaki''' (''Koume Kitaki'')]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[quoteright:259:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/plum_oapng.png]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | ->''"Ah ha ha ha! You're cute. Naïve, but cute. When I find whoever did this, you can bet I'll be doing some "cleaning". There's nothing I dislike so much... as a mess."'' |
| 119 | |
| 120 | Wocky's Sherman tank of a mother (as Phoenix put it). She's typically friendly and takes most things in good humor, but when it comes to her family, she becomes quite serious. |
| 121 | ---- |
| 122 | * ActuallyPrettyFunny: Trucy outright calls the Kitaki's "the bad guys" out of endearment, which Plum finds hilarious and fitting. |
| 123 | * AlliterativeName: In Japanese, '''K'''oume '''K'''itaki. |
| 124 | * ApronMatron: She is the matriarch of the Kitaki family, and she tends to wear an apron. |
| 125 | * BigFun: She has a very large body, a friendly demeanor and laughs quite easily. Played with in that Apollo is obviously terrified of her, although Trucy seems to warm up to her quickly. |
| 126 | * CreepyGood: Apollo becomes a nervous wreck when talking with her, ''especially'' if she shows the sword hidden in her broom. However, she's actually quite friendly and only has malicious intent to whoever created the huge mess outside. |
| 127 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: She mentions that staying in the crime business for years led to her developing a sense of seeing the darkness in people, but was unsure of her suspicions towards [[spoiler:Alita Tiala]], despite their friendliness. Turns out, she's completely right. |
| 128 | * IronicNickname: She mentions that her friends like to call her "Little Plum", even though she's anything but little. This also applies to her Japanese name, Koume, which translates as "little plum". |
| 129 | * SwordCane: Or a sword ''broom,'' anyway. |
| 130 | * TooMuchInformation: At one point the player will handle her panties. And she'll know. |
| 131 | * {{Yakuza}}: She used to be a part of it, and will occasionally drop a DeadlyEuphemism. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:'''Alita Tiala''' (''Minami Namina'')]] |
| 135 | |
| 136 | [[quoteright:249:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/alita_tiala.png]] |
| 137 | |
| 138 | ->''"Please, you have to help him! We're supposed to get married next month..."'' |
| 139 | |
| 140 | Wocky's fiancée. She's concerned that Wocky'll get convicted, so she seeks Apollo's services. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * AllGirlsWantBadBoys: This is what attracted her to Wocky, [[spoiler:or so she claims]]. |
| 143 | * AssholeVictim: She was almost strangled to death by Meraktis at the night of the murder after she tells him that Wocky is out to kill him for his botched operation. [[spoiler:If Meraktis had checked on her vital signs like a proper doctor should have, [[SpannerInTheWorks and a certain panty thief had never gone to Meraktis's garage and blocked his car's muffler,]] Alita would have been the murder victim in this case instead.]] |
| 144 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:She only wanted to marry Wocky for the money, knowing that he was dying, and hires a rookie lawyer for him, thinking that he'll get Wocky a guilty verdict.]] |
| 145 | * ClothingConcealedInjury: [[spoiler:She wears a scarf around her neck to cover up her wounds from when she was strangled by Meraktis.]] |
| 146 | * EvilVersusEvil: [[spoiler:Her conflict with Meraktis, which results in him trying to kill her and her killing him. When Meraktis' mistake is about to come to light, Alita tries to keep it quiet to salvage her own GoldDigger scheme, while Meraktis is willing to let Alita go down with him. No matter who ended up killing whom, the victim would have been an AssholeVictim]]. |
| 147 | * FingerTenting: A very subtle version, but she poses with her fingers interlaced in front of the feather decoration on her chest, and in this pose fidgets with her engagement ring when she's lying. |
| 148 | * FluffyFashionFeathers: Her dress has feathers arranged over the chest in a pattern like angel wings. |
| 149 | * GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Not only does she intend to marry into the Kitaki family for their money, she does so knowing full well that Wocky will die within just a few months, or possibly even weeks after the wedding.]] |
| 150 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:She freaks out a few times during the trial, but mainly because it was about Meraktis' attempt to kill her. When she's finally exposed as the murderer she calmly admits to it without much fuss.]] |
| 151 | * InheritanceMurder: A very strange and indirect example. [[spoiler:She's willing to manipulate events so that Wocky dies of his heart condition before he can get medical help so she can take some of his wealth due to being his fiance. This is her main reason for killing Meraktis, with his attempted murder of her just being an unexpected event.]] |
| 152 | * LightIsNotGood: She wears colorful clothing and is [[spoiler: a GoldDigger and murderer.]] |
| 153 | * MeaningfulName: |
| 154 | ** "Alita" is Latin for "small winged one". Both her names are anagrams of each other. |
| 155 | ** The staff apparently had a hard time remembering her name and often mistook it as "Nami Minami". The reasoning for her Japanese name is to match Wocky's Japanese name (Takita) so, when rendered in traditional Asian syntax where the family name is placed before the given name, it can be broken out into "nami nami nami" (Namina Minami) much like Wocky's breaks out into "kita kita kita" (Kitaki Takita) |
| 156 | ** "Minami" (美波) means "south" in Japanese, with the kanji meaning "beauty" and "wave". Wocky Kitaki's Japanese name, "Kitaki Takita" (北木滝太), consists of "kita" meaning "north", linking the two characters. |
| 157 | * MuggingTheMonster: [[spoiler:If she had successfully framed and (indirectly) killed Wocky and stolen his money, it's unlikely the Kitakis would have shown much mercy to her. Fortunately for everyone, her plan didn't get that far.]] |
| 158 | * MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: She planned to do this to Wocky. Wocky has a bullet close to his heart that could kill him at any moment, but might be removed with surgery. Alita knows this, and knows that Pal Meraktis was incapable of the necessary operation, but she doesn't tell the Kitakis so that she could woo Wocky and inherit his money after he died.]] |
| 159 | * ObviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:While her physical appearance doesn't change, her expression and attitude when her connection to the Meraktis Clinic is uncovered makes it obvious that she isn't a nice person.]] |
| 160 | * PerpetualMolt: The "wings" on her dress allow this [[spoiler:during her VillainousBreakdown]]. |
| 161 | * PimpedOutDress: Her dress has the feather arrangement, a four leaf clover in the middle of the feathers, and lots of frills. |
| 162 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:After Apollo has uncovered her true reasons for getting close to Wocky and Wocky tries to speak up in defense of her, she responds with one, saying that he's a fool for not having figured her out, saying that the evidence should be "so obvious. Even for a brainless, spoiled brat such as [Wocky]."]] |
| 163 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:Once she reveals her true intentions she doesn't hesitate to drop her YamatoNadeshiko act and suddenly pull this act instead, with an equally smug grin to boot]]. |
| 164 | * SpringtimeForHitler: [[spoiler:She hired Apollo thinking that a rookie lawyer employed by a questionable anything agency would get Wocky convicted in no time. Said lawyer ends up uncovering her involvement in Pal's murder as well as revealing her medical malpractice, something she killed to hide her involvement in.]] |
| 165 | -->'''Alita''': [[spoiler:No. My biggest mistake... ...was coming to you for help, Mr. Justice! I believed in you! You and your "Anything Agency"... If anyone would get Wocky declared guilty it was you!]] |
| 166 | * UnderestimatingIntelligence: [[spoiler:Her plan to frame Wocky ended up falling apart because she assumed that Apollo, a rookie Attorney, would be too incompetent to defend Wocky; unfortunately for her, not only was Apollo smart enough to find Wocky innocent, he was also able to figure out that Alita was the real murderer]]. |
| 167 | * VillainousBreakdown: Subverted; her breakdown animation actually happens when [[spoiler:Apollo reveals that Meraktis tried to kill her, and even then it's quite subdued, just a slightly more elaborate version of her regular damage animation. When the fact that she killed Meraktis is finally proven beyond all doubt, Alita doesn't react at all.]] |
| 168 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: She tries to pull one when it's revealed that Meraktis attacked her on the night of the crime. |
| 169 | * YamatoNadeshiko: [[spoiler:Subverted. She pretends to be a sweet traditional Japanese girl but underneath that exterior is the heart of a viper.]] |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:'''Winfred "Big Wins" Kitaki''' (''Tsunekatsu Kitaki'')]] |
| 173 | |
| 174 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winfred_kitaki_oa.png]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | ->''"You gotta do more than just understand to make it. You'll learn, though. Even if the lesson comes at the end of your short life."'' |
| 177 | |
| 178 | Big Wins is the head of the Kitaki family, but when he discovers that it was the gangster lifestyle that put his son in mortal danger, he decided that he wanted to come clean and quit the "business". At the end of the case he starts a pie business. |
| 179 | ---- |
| 180 | * AffablyEvil: Before his HeelFaceTurn, he's morally grey yet a friendly and reasonable person who is easy to approach for a mob boss. |
| 181 | * BigOlEyebrows: The effect of which can also be taken as HiddenEyes. |
| 182 | * DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: At least in the way Apollo and Trucy deserve at the end of the case, according to him. |
| 183 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: To the point he's willing to quit the mafia business once he finds out his son's life is in death's doorstep thanks to it. |
| 184 | * EyesAlwaysShut: Most likely because they become puppy dog eyes when they're open. |
| 185 | * HeelFaceTurn: He goes from a powerful mobster to a humble and legitimate baker. |
| 186 | * LawyerFriendlyCameo: He resembles [[Film/TheGodfather Don Corleone]]. |
| 187 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realizes Wocky is in grave danger because of his criminal activities, he decides to get out of it. He doesn't even want to use all the money he got from said activity due to how responsible he feels. |
| 188 | * RealMenCook: Decides to quit the mafia business to start baking pie. |
| 189 | * ReformedCriminal: He's taken steps to get out of organized crime in order to [[spoiler:pay for Wocky's operation with clean money]]. |
| 190 | * {{Yakuza}}: He used to lead it, as the head of the Kitaki family. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:'''Wesley Stickler''' (''Kyosaku Kawazu'')]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wesley_stickler.png]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | ->''"Witness the power of a Junior in Ivy University's Department of Science!"'' |
| 198 | |
| 199 | A student of the same college Phoenix went to. He tries to portray himself as keenly intelligent and to have friends, but those seem to be his own delusions. He witnessed the murder of Pal Meraktis. |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AccidentalPervert: He really isn't [[spoiler:stealing panties]] for perverted reasons. He's just doing it ForScience Unfortunately for him, no one is convinced. |
| 202 | * AlliterativeName: In Japanese, '''K'''yosaku '''K'''awazu. |
| 203 | * ComicallyMissingThePoint: "I have a new name, one that reflects my true academic nature... Wesley Sicko, reporting! Yes, curiosity is a sickness, and I am the cure!" |
| 204 | * DamnedByFaintPraise: He recalls a professor saying "At least you have good eyesight, Stickler. I'll give you that," and is dumb enough to think that it's genuine praise. |
| 205 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: While he valiantly attempted to stop the argument between Wocky Kitaki and Pal Meraktis, he never stopped to think that in most cases, a murderer would also have killed ''him'' for being a potential witness to the crime. |
| 206 | * FeigningIntelligence: |
| 207 | ** He fools nobody. It's quite clear the book he is reading is a dictionary, and he even misspells relatively simple terms. It borders on InsaneTrollLogic sometimes, if you can read it fast enough. |
| 208 | ** This becomes very obvious when talking to him in the Detention Center. He ''really'' believed [[{{hammerspace}} he could get anything from Trucy's "Magic Panties"]], instead of thinking it was merely a magician's trick. |
| 209 | * ForScience: His justification for [[spoiler:stealing panties]], of all things. He was after Trucy's "Magic Panties" because he wanted to figure out how they worked. [[spoiler:They seem to be roughly the same size...]] |
| 210 | * {{Gonk}}: Not ''ugly'', per se, but his NonStandardCharacterDesign of being an exaggerated biseinen can cause some players to find him unattractive, rather than average looking or attractive. |
| 211 | * MotorMouth: While it does not reach UnreadablyFastText unlike other cases in the series, once he starts talking, not much can stop him. |
| 212 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: He was supposed to be a ''biseinen'' (pretty man). You can see how that turned out for him. |
| 213 | * PantyThief: Although he claims it's for science. On the other hand, if he weren't one, [[spoiler:Alita and Meraktis probably would've switched roles as murderer and victim]]. |
| 214 | * ScrollingText: Not as bad as Wendy Oldbag, however. |
| 215 | * SpannerInTheWorks: His [[spoiler:panty thieving]] shenanigans force [[spoiler:Meraktis to resort to stealing Eldoon's noodle stand in order to dispose of Alita's body. If it weren't for him, ''Alita'' would probably have been the murder victim in this case instead]]. |
| 216 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Wendy Oldbag. Like her, he goes on lengthy MotorMouth tangents that the other characters have to interrupt in order to get on with the trial, and his antics annoy and weird the hell out of the main characters. |
| 217 | [[/folder]] |
| 218 | |
| 219 | !!Turnabout Serenade (''Gyakuten no Serenade'') |
| 220 | [[folder:'''Machi Tobaye''' (''Maki Tobaayu'')]] |
| 221 | |
| 222 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/machi_tobaye_oa.png]] |
| 223 | |
| 224 | ->"''[[TheQuietOne ............]]"'' |
| 225 | |
| 226 | A pianist that accompanies Lamiroir. Is suspected for murder based on uncertain circumstances. He doesn't talk much, and only in Borginian. |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | * AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He's a smuggler and an accomplice in Daryan's scheme, yet is a scared young boy in over his head who is otherwise a decent person. While he comes across as a bit prickly, he is a loyal companion to Lamiroir and incredibly grateful to Apollo and Trucy for their help in acquitting him of a wrongful murder conviction.]] |
| 229 | * BlindMusician: [[spoiler:Actually, he's just faking it.]] |
| 230 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:Subverted, while he did not murder Romein [=LeTouse=], he ''was'' Daryan Crescend's willing accomplice in the smuggling of the Borginian Coccoon.]] |
| 231 | * ConfessToALesserCrime: [[spoiler:What saves him from being convicted of murder, and exposes Daryan in the end. Apollo reveals that if he confesses to smuggling cocoons in the ''current'' court[[note]]Cocoon smuggling is a capital crime in his home country of Borginia, but ''not'' in the country where he is on trial[[/note]], he will be able to avoid the death penalty, and Daryan breaks down after realizing that this will expose him.]] |
| 232 | * EloquentInMyNativeTongue: [[spoiler:He can speak English, just not very well.]] |
| 233 | * MysteriousWaif: A rare male example; he's blind, can't speak English and is falsely accused of murder. [[spoiler:Only one of those things is true, though.]] |
| 234 | * NoodleIncident: For some reason, he's in desperate need of money, [[spoiler:enough to smuggle cocoons]], but he refuses to disclose why. |
| 235 | * ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:Used to help publicity as well as hide the fact that Lamiroir is actually the one who is blind.]] |
| 236 | * {{Panacea}}: [[spoiler:He is the only one who has it in the form of a Borginian Cocoon, obtained via smuggling under Daryan's orders. If he can be proven innocent of the murder, then the medicine might save the life of the Chief Justice's son who has Incuritis.]] |
| 237 | * SinisterShades: He uses them because he's blind [[spoiler:or rather, because he's faking. It works very well until Apollo perceives him glancing over at Lamiroir after she lied for him in a testimony]]. |
| 238 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler:He's a young teenager in way over his head, with a ruthless detective threatening him with execution if he doesn't take the fall for him. Even when his crimes are revealed, he's treated with sympathy and mercy.]] |
| 239 | * TheUnreveal: [[spoiler:It's never explained why he needed enough money to risk justify smuggling cocoons. Since he's never mentioned again after ''Turnabout Serenade'', and does not return for ''Dual Destinies'' or ''Spirit of Justice'', it's likely that this is never going to be explained.]] |
| 240 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:He is absent in the credits. Even Lamiroir (aka Thalassa Gramaryre) makes no mention of him. It is, however, implied at the end of the third case that he will go to prison for smuggling cocoons.]] |
| 241 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:In regards to Borginia, since he committed cocoon smuggling, which is punishable by death there.]] |
| 242 | [[/folder]] |
| 243 | |
| 244 | !!Turnabout Succession (''Gyakuten o Tsugu Mono'') |
| 245 | [[folder:'''Vera Misham''' (''Makoto Ese'')]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vera_26.png]] |
| 248 | [[caption-width-right:200:[[labelnote:Click here to see her younger self]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_misham.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | ->"''...I've [[DelicateAndSickly never had a good constitution]], nor... [[ShrinkingViolet personality]]... ...I know very little of the world outside my door...''" |
| 251 | |
| 252 | Young and prodigious artist accused of poisoning her father. Doesn't talk much, and she sketches pictures of faces instead of changing her own expression. |
| 253 | ---- |
| 254 | * AntiVillain: While she [[spoiler:did create forgeries]], she did it because she wanted to make her father happy. [[spoiler:She eventually decides to go clean after she recovers from being poisoned.]] |
| 255 | * BreakTheCutie: The reason why she's so shy and emotionless is because she was almost kidnapped as a child. It gets worse later on when [[spoiler:you learn that she was exploited by Kristoph Gavin. The "good luck charm" that she received was a delayed kill-switch filled with atroquinine. If she used the nail polish and bit her nails, she would ingest the poison, and it would end up killing her]]. |
| 256 | * CharacterTics: She has a habit of chewing her nails when nervous. |
| 257 | * ChildProdigy: Her skill to copy anything with a staggering amount of accuracy. While this was put to use with traditionally forging paintings, this carried onto evidence, such as signatures on documents or ''planting a fingerprint'' on a cup. Eventually after the whole ordeal in the good ending, she decides to use her skills for original paintings in an effort to go outside. |
| 258 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both her hair and her eyes are the same shade of blue. |
| 259 | * TheCutie: While she is emotionless, once you bring up the Gramaryes, she's as cute as a butterfly, and smiles. She's also very idealistic though she hides it well. |
| 260 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:She was kidnapped one time while going outside, which led to her {{Hikikomori}} status.]] |
| 261 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:In the buildup to Zak Gramarye's trial, Kristoph Gavin requested 12-year old Vera's services in forging Magnifi Gramarye's missing diary page, and in exchange, gave her a bottle of nail polish that he called a [[BadLuckCharm "good" luck charm]] as incentive for her to [[{{Hikikomori}} go outside]]. She saw Kristoph as her GuardianAngel, but also noticed the sign of the Devil in the hand that gave her the nail polish, as unbeknownst to Vera, he had laced the nail polish with the deadly poison atroquinine, which she ingested upon [[RapidFireNailBiting nervously biting her nails]]. As she falls unconscious from poisoning, Vera outright calls Kristoph "[[SatanicArchetype the Devil]]".]] |
| 262 | * DelicateAndSickly: She is described to be rather sickly since she was young. |
| 263 | * EmotionlessGirl: She conveys her emotions by drawing on her notepad. However, she is ''extremely'' cute when she smiles. |
| 264 | * HeelFaceTurn: She goes from a [[spoiler:forger]] to a legitimate artist, continuing her father's profession in a positive way. |
| 265 | * {{Hikikomori}}: She's lived in her father's art studio for the past seven years, with the only contact with the outside world through the mail. |
| 266 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:In the bad ending, where she dies of atroquinine poisoning, courtesy of [[BigBad Kristoph Gavin]].]] |
| 267 | * NearDeathExperience: [[spoiler:Despite atroquinine being lethal at a mere 2 µg, she somehow consumes ''less'' than that which only hospitalises her, but she dies in the bad ending.]] |
| 268 | * PunnyName: |
| 269 | ** Both her English and Japanese names refer to honesty. |
| 270 | ** Her Japanese family name is probably also a reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%88ze Èze]], a town which many artists have lived in. |
| 271 | * ShrinkingViolet: She's exceedingly shy and has difficulty opening up to the main characters, as a result of being sheltered all her life. |
| 272 | * ShyBlueHairedGirl: Really shy and has bright blue hair. |
| 273 | * SpannerInTheWorks: As a result of ''not'' being the UnwittingPawn. Liking the Troupe Gramarye stamp so much that her father got it framed greatly delayed Kristoph's plans, just enough for Phoenix to find a way to get him convicted. |
| 274 | * WellDoneSonGuy: She fondly talks about how happy her father was when she displayed her talents as [[spoiler:a forger]], so it's possible that she did what she did to make him happy. |
| 275 | * WhenSheSmiles: When you talk to her about the Troupe Gramarye and [[spoiler:prove her innocence in her father's murder]]. |
| 276 | * YouAreAlreadyDead: [[spoiler:Her nail-biting habit, coupled with her atroquinine-laced nail polish, causes her to collapse in the courtroom from the poison's time-delayed effects. Subverted because she didn't take enough to die, and she fully recovers the next day--if you choose "Not Guilty", that is.]] |
| 277 | [[/folder]] |
| 278 | |
| 279 | [[folder:'''Spark Brushel''' (''Shotaro Hamigaki'')]] |
| 280 | |
| 281 | [[quoteright:269:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/spark_brushel.png]] |
| 282 | |
| 283 | ->"''Where're my manners!? Name's Brushel. Spark Brushel. "I'm Not Picky -- Journalist Just Closes Eyes, Writes", end quote.''" |
| 284 | |
| 285 | A quirky freelance reporter always in search for the next big scoop. He smells like toothpaste whenever he smiles, "which is far too often," to quote Zak. He witnessed Drew's murder. |
| 286 | ---- |
| 287 | * BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: In a series known to play this trope straight, Brushel greatly downplays this trope. He's not an outright [[AvertedTrope aversion]] because his tendency to jump into wrong conclusion or focus on less important facts means the player has to work to get important facts out of him, but Brushel otherwise never tries to hide anything from Apollo or Phoenix. In fact, during Phoenix's MASON section, he's the only character, alongside Trucy in the past, to not have any sets of Psyche-Locks. |
| 288 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He's incredibly quirky and tends to jump to the wrong conclusions at times, but he seems to do good work. He also managed to arrange an interview with Drew Misham, who had never done so before. |
| 289 | * ButtMonkey: It's heavily implied that his relationship with Zak Gramarye was physically abusive, and when you get down to it he isn't really a bad guy at all. |
| 290 | * CharacterTics: In his case, it's not a specific tic but the ''number'' of nervous and verbal tics he has, which are a lot (which makes the actual tic Apollo notices while Perceiving more difficult to find). Brushel even admits to Phoenix that he has long stopped caring about his nervous tics. |
| 291 | * CreatorCameo: According to WordOfGod, he is visually an ''extremely'' exaggerated caricature of series creator Shu Takumi. |
| 292 | * {{Gonk}}: Not exceptionally ugly, but there are a number of things that are really off about him. For example, he's rail thin but quite tall, blinks with only his lower eyelids, his PermaStubble goes over his lips, and his "damage" animation involves wrapping his tie so tightly around his own head that it looks deformed. |
| 293 | * HiddenDepths: He may not look it, but he's also a certified notary. |
| 294 | * IntrepidReporter: |
| 295 | ** Has a good (and rather literal) nose for a scoop. He kept to the Gramarye case for over seven years, and his investigation uncovered some fairly important details. He got so close to Zak Gramarye that for years [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin]] had him watched. |
| 296 | * {{Leitmotif}}: While used for weird witnesses, "Eccentric 2007" combines with him perfectly, down to the way he takes notes, gives three quick nods, takes some more notes, and gives a slow nod. That single moment of his synchronizes so perfectly that it gives the creepiest vibes. Also, it is his theme in court. |
| 297 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: He describes the events of case 4-4 as a tangled cobweb; it starts off pretty good, but then he loses Phoenix at "biggerer". |
| 298 | * NonStandardCharacterDesign: Looks like and is animated like a person out of WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes next to the rest of the {{Animesque}} cast. |
| 299 | * VerbalTic: "Reporter Frequently Speaks In Headlines! Talking To Him Is A Chore!", end quote. |
| 300 | * WhamLine: In Case 4-4, [[spoiler:gives indications revealing Apollo being Lamiroir[=/=]Thalassa's son]] |
| 301 | -->'''Brushel:''' "[[spoiler:Thalassa Has Another Child Besides Trucy]]", end quote. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
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