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* HeroricBSOD: [[spoiler: Turnabout Consequences was not kind to him by the end of it.]

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* HeroricBSOD: Heroic BSOD: [[spoiler: Turnabout Consequences was not kind to him by the end of it.]]]



* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Due to being the victem of Turnabout Consequences.]

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* PutOnABus: Put on a Bus: [[spoiler: Due to being the victem of Turnabout Consequences.]]]
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* HeroricBSOd: [[spoiler: Turnabout Consequences was not kind to him by the end of it.]

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* HeroricBSOd: HeroricBSOD: [[spoiler: Turnabout Consequences was not kind to him by the end of it.]



* PutOnaBus: [[spoiler: Due to being the victem of Turnabout Consequences.]

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* PutOnaBus: [[spoiler: Due to being the victem of Turnabout Consequences.]
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* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Take's Maya's place during most of Turnabout Consequences.]]


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* GuestStarPartyMember: Briefly helps Phoniex out during day 2 of Turnabout Consequences.
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* DemotedToExtra: Like alot of fan games gumshoe is not the main detective and plays less of a role after rouge turnabout.

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* DemotedToExtra: Like alot of fan games gumshoe is He's not the main detective of this game and plays less of a besides some cameos there and there, his role after rouge turnabout. in the main plot is rather small.
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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Was the one who helped with the false kidnapping of pearl]]

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* BiggerBad: Seems to be one for the whole series, despite being the victim of The Rogue Turnabout. [[spoiler: Was the one who helped Along with being the false former boss of the Rivales Family, his role in the fake kidnapping of pearl]]Pearl Fey pretty much set the over-arching plot into motion.]]



* AscendedExtra:[[spoiler: Takes over as prosecutor during turnabout consequences after playing a minor role in the last case.]]

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* AscendedExtra:[[spoiler: Takes over as prosecutor during turnabout consequences after playing ChekhovsGunman: After having a minor role in Turnabout on the last case.]] Web, he gets more screen-time in Turnabout Consequences, with being [[spoiler: the replacement prosecutor.]]



* Expy:[[spoiler: His prosecuting style is pretty much the same as klavir even being rather helpful to phoniex.]]

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* Expy:[[spoiler: His prosecuting style is pretty much the same as klavir even Klavier's, being rather helpful to phoniex.Phoenix. This may end up being subverted later on, as he does have his own reasons behind what he did.]]
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* AscendedExtra:[[spoiler: Takes over as prosecutor during turnabout consequences after playing a minor role in the last case.]]


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* Expy:[[spoiler: His prosecuting style is pretty much the same as klavir even being rather helpful to phoniex.]]
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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Was the one who helped with the false kidnapping of pearl]]
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* DemotedToExtra: Like alot of fan games gumshoe is not the main detective and plays less of a role after rouge turnabout.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Wright if you choose to [[spoiler: cover for Pearl.]]
--> '''Obadiah:''' Why did you do it? [[spoiler: You let the true culprit escape.]] Is that justice? Is that the truth?
--> '''Phoenix:''' I couldn't... not after everything [[spoiler: she'd been through. I could never do that to her.]]
--> '''Obadiah:''' [[spoiler: Wright, regardless of how much she meant to you, arresting her was the right thing to do. You betrayed your client. You, of all people.]]
--> '''Phoenix:''' [[spoiler: Iris... Iris understands.]]
--> '''Obadiah:''' [[spoiler: I hope you spoke with her before you made that decision. A lengthy string of appeals and mistrials is just what she wants, I'm sure.]]
--> '''Phoenix:''' [[spoiler: I can't explain it to you. I don't have to. Pearl doesn't deserve a jail cell.]]
--> '''Obadiah:''' [[spoiler: And neither does Ms. Iris.]]
--> '''Obadiah:''' I took a risk trying to understand you. It was a mistake. Perhaps I'm just as much to blame for this as you are. I should've known you wouldn't do the honest thing.
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* [[spoiler: EvenEvilHasStandards: As mentioned in NotSoStoic, backstabbing his allies is one thing he won't do.]]


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* NotSoStoic: As it turns out.
-->'''Raphael:''' [[spoiler: This group used to have standards. We would never betray the ones we worked with! If Mendirez is going to change all that, he can go to hell for all I care! That's it! I'm through with it! Finished! I'm not taking anymore orders from a man who won't even show me his face! You hear that, you nutter? I know you're watching this trial! I QUIT!!!]]
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I wouldn\'t really call Meredith \"The Dog Was The Mastermind\". She did use to be a former master of Kurain, after all.

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* [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes: spoiler:She turns out to be the one who shot Maya in Turnabout Consequences.]]



* OlderAndWiser: She doesn't slap Phoenix so often anymore.
* {{BewareTheNiceOnes}}: [[spoiler:she was the one who shot maya during case 4.]].
* {{TheWoobie}}: [[spoiler:saying she is pretty much broken in case 4 is an understate ment..]]
* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom }}: [[spoiler: Her wanting to dissapear and protect maya cause most of the damage of case 4.].

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* OlderAndWiser: [[spoiler:OlderAndWiser: She doesn't slap Phoenix so often anymore.
* {{BewareTheNiceOnes}}: [[spoiler:she was the one who shot maya during case 4.]].
* {{TheWoobie}}: [[spoiler:saying
anymore and generally seems to be more mature.]] [[spoiler: Horribly, horribly subverted. While she is pretty much broken in case 4 is an understate ment..]]
* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom }}:
does seem to have matured, she does have some SEVERE mental issues.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
[[spoiler: Her wanting to dissapear and protect maya cause Maya caused most of the damage of case 4.].]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Talking about her spoils the twist that [[spoiler: she's alive and well.]] And that's not even the half of it.
* TheWoobie: [[spoiler:Saying she is broken is pretty much an understatement.]]



* WalkingSpoiler: Just look at it!



* OnlyOneName: As of now, at least.

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* OnlyOneName: As of now, at least. [[spoiler: It's not his real name, as we find out from Obadiah. His true name is still unknown.




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* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Obadiah.



* {{TheButterlerdidit }}: [[spoiler:He is pinned as the suspect in the 2nd half of case 4 but see red herring.].

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* {{TheButterlerdidit }}: [[spoiler:He is pinned as the suspect in the 2nd half of case 4 but see red herring.].TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: Except not really.]]



* {{RedHerring }}: [[spoiler:While he was the sniper and is part of the mafia he was not the killer of case 4.]].

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* {{RedHerring }}: [[spoiler:While [[spoiler: RedHerring: While he was the sniper and is part of the mafia Rivales Family, he was not the killer of case 4.didn't shoot Maya Fey.]].



* [[spoiler: TakingTheHeat: For Iris. Except as it turns out, it wasn't Iris at all she's seen.]]



* {{THeDogWasTheMastermind }}: [[spoiler: She was the one behind the assassination plot. ].


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* [[spoiler: RedHerring: While she did unwillingly go through with the assassination plot, she didn't shoot Maya Fey either.]]

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* {{Unwitting Instigator of Doom }}: [[spoiler: Her wanting to dissapear and protect maya cause most of the damage of case 4.].



* {{TheButterlerdidit }}: [[spoiler:He is pinned as the suspect in the 2nd half of case 4 but see red herring.].



* {{RedHerring }}: [[spoiler:While he was the sniper and is part of the mafia he was not the killer of case 4.]].



* {{THeDogWasTheMastermind }}: [[spoiler: She was the one behind the assassination plot. ].



-->'''Raphael''': The last great one, so would say.

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* {{BewareTheNiceOnes}}: [[spoiler:she was the one who shot maya during case 4.]].
* {{TheWoobie}}: [[spoiler:saying she is pretty much broken in case 4 is an understate ment..]]
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* [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Nickname]]]]: Well, she’s known to cause madness at AF.]]

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* [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Nickname]]]]: [[spoiler: Well, she’s known to cause madness at AF.]]
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* BadassNormal: At least for the AceAttorney standards. Compared to all those prosecution prodigies, he's actually a guy you could've met with in real life.

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* BadassNormal: At least for the AceAttorney Franchise/AceAttorney standards. Compared to all those prosecution prodigies, he's actually a guy you could've met with in real life.
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* Lolicon: See CutenessProximity. And it was the photo of Pearls when she was somewhere between 8-13 years old.

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* Lolicon: {{Lolicon}}: See CutenessProximity. And it was the photo of Pearls when she was somewhere between 8-13 years old.
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* [[spoiler: CassandraTruth: He actually didn’t kill Hackins, but at this point nobody believes him. Not even the prosecutor.]]

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* [[spoiler: CassandraTruth: He actually didn’t kill Hackins, but at this point nobody believes him. Not even the prosecutor.]]
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* AssholeVictim: He worked for the Mob, ensuring that everybody would drop the charges against Washington. When Lotta Hart started snooping around, he planned to let Kylie take the fall and make himself out of this situation.

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* AssholeVictim: He [[spoiler:He worked for the Mob, ensuring that everybody would drop the charges against Washington. Washington.]] When Lotta Hart started snooping around, he planned to let Kylie take the fall and make himself out of this situation.
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!! Walter Wade Webb [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/www_9523.png]]

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!! Walter Wade Webb Webb[=/=] Bad Player [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/www_9523.png]]
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** He probably is a caricature of all real-life Apollo's [[{{Hatedom}} haters]]:

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** He probably is a caricature of all real-life Apollo's [[{{Hatedom}} [[HateDumb haters]]:
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* IntrepidReporter: Subverted. She THINKS she’s this, but instead of asking Wright necessary info about the Fey Clan, she asks him questions like “What’s your favorite color”.

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* IntrepidReporter: Subverted. She THINKS she’s this, but instead of asking Wright necessary info about the Fey Clan, she asks him useless questions like “What’s your favorite color”.



* JerkassHasAPoint: She insists that nobody in their right mind would channel [[spoiler: Dahlia Hawthorne]].

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* JerkassHasAPoint: She insists that nobody in their right mind would channel [[spoiler: channel Dahlia Hawthorne]].
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* Catchphrase: “I’m not at liberty to discuss that.”

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* Catchphrase: {{Catchphrase}}: “I’m not at liberty to discuss that.”



* Jerkass

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* Jerkass{{Jerkass}}



* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler: This is the reason why she was lying in court constantly.]]

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* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler: This is the reason why she was lying lied in court constantly.the first place.]]



* Troll: Obviously. She did [[spoiler: make a total mockery out of the court after all.]]

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* Troll: {{Troll}}: Obviously. She did [[spoiler: make a total mockery out of the court after all.]]



* Lurker

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* Lurker{{Lurker}}



* Cloudcuckoolander

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* Cloudcuckoolander{{Cloudcuckoolander}}
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Even though joining in the argument against Webb was a joke, it did strain their relationship. [[spoiler: Subverted if you end up examining his message to Mask3d_n00b.]]

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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Even though joining in the argument against Webb was a joke, it did strain their relationship. [[spoiler: Subverted if you end up examining his examine Webb's message to Mask3d_n00b.]]
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* FanDumb: He idolizes Phoenix to such degree, he hates Apollo and uses childish arguments against him.

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* FanDumb: He idolizes Phoenix to such degree, he hates actually disses Apollo and uses childish arguments against in front of him.
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* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Admits his defeat after Wright shows him his code of honor.]]

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* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Admits his defeat after Wright shows him his code of honor.exposes him.]]

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* [[spoiler: AllGrownUp: She’s Charles Locke’s daughter, though Rivales didn’t make the connection even after looking at her. Wayne Parker even says this trope word for word.]]


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[[caption-width-right:70:[[labelnote:Click here]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl2_434.png[[/labelnote]]to see[[spoiler: older Pearl]].]]

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'''Note''': Only put tropes relating to what the characters do or what happens to them in this game.

!! Phoenix Wright [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/phoenix_8940.png]]

* BrainBleach: Phoenix asks for some after hearing out all the gory details from Sarah.
* [[ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder I'm a lawyer, not an electrician]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: He tries not to swear in front of [[spoiler: older Pearl]].

!! Maya Fey [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maya_3348.png]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: The game makes reuse of her sprites from the original PhoenixWright trilogy. She even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this fact in the credit sequence of Case 1:
-->'''Maya:''' Hey, have you ever noticed this...? I'm over ten years older than Trucy, but we look almost the same age. I'm not complaining... Youthful looks definitely have their advantages.
* TerribleArtist: She worked very hard with Trucy on fliers for the Fey Clan Reunion. The results were... debatable.

!! The Judge

!! Pearl Fey [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl_7225.png]]
[[caption-width-right:70:[[labelnote:Click here]]http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pearl2_434.png[[/labelnote]]to see[[spoiler: older Pearl]].]]

* ChekhovMIA
* OlderAndWiser: She doesn't slap Phoenix so often anymore.

!! Cody Hackins [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coi_cody_5996.png]]

* AmateurSleuth: He’s been expressing an interest in solving crimes, seeing as he has a fingerprinting kit at his house.
* CharacterTic: He still takes out his sword when he’s agitated.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Implied. He even has a fingerprinting kit in his house, for some reason.
* [[spoiler: CuriosityKilledTheCast: He was bored, so he decided to hack [=Stranger2Love=]. And it DOES actually kill him in the end.]]
* [[spoiler: DeathByAdaptation]]
* {{Fanboy}}: Subverted. He may be a fan of Sir Gallante, but he does acknowledge that he’s a murderer.
* [[spoiler: [[HeKnowsTooMuch He Knew Too Much]]]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
* PlayfulHacker: [[spoiler: He hacked an AF account for fun. Ended up killing him.]]
* PunnyName[=/=]MeaningfulName: His name is a play on "code hacking", which had [[NonIndicativeName little to do, if anything at all]] with his actions in the original trilogy. However, in this game, he showed some hacking skills.
* [[spoiler: InfantImmortality: Oh, so averted.]]
* SameClothesDifferentYear

!! Dick Gumshoe [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Gumshoe_Dick-icon_2687.png]]

* EasyAmnesia: He got struck in the head by some mysterious object (it turned out to be [[spoiler:a gun]]) and lost memories about his actions from that morning.
* HardHead: Well, maybe not hard ''enough'', since the blow knocked him out cold and caused an amnesia, but he survived thanks to his thick skull.
-->'''Gumshoe:''' The doctors told me that being hit by something from that height would normally kill you!
* SuperHeroOrigin: [[ConversationalTroping Conversed]] with Phoenix and Maya. He wonders if he's been hit by a meteorite and gained some weird alien superpowers from it.
**It could've been also a ShoutOut to VideoGame/GhostTrick.
* TookALevelInDumbass: In The Rogue Turnabout. It’s justified though, and he does get better at the end of the case.

!! Lotta Hart [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lotta_2636.png]]

* InAnotherMansShoes: In A Turnabout Is Worth a Thousand Words she learns how it is to be wrongfully accused.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Her photos managed to expose Washington, after all.

!! Bikini [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bikini_5552.png]]

*RunningGag: Her biological relationship with the Fey Family. It gets to the point where even the former master isn’t sure.

!! Winston Payne [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Payne_Winston_AJ-icon_6265.png]]

*YouExclamation: His reaction to Wright being the defense attorney.

!! Trucy Wright
!! Apollo Justice [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/odoroki_5073.png]]
* DemotedToExtra
!! Guy Eldoon

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!! Kylie Washington [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/washington_8065.png]]
A famous pop singer, who isn't very good in writing her own music, so she started copying notes form other artist. They threatened to sue and Kylie asked the mafia for help.
* AccidentalMurder: Her killing Timmons wasn’t planned, as the intro shows us.
* BlankWhiteEyes: When she gets angry.
* IdolSinger
* ItsAllAboutMe: Of course. She’s a famous popstar after all. And the first case murderer.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]ShoutOut: Her name is a reference to Music/MileyCyrus[=/=]Series/HannahMontana.
**Some players have also pointed to Music/KylieMinogue.
* ProperlyParanoid: She became suspicious after she saw Timmons talking with Lotta. Her intuition didn't fail her.
* RevealingInjury
* StarterVillain
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Though in her case it might be as well a part of her stage image.

!! Victor Timmons [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/timmons_2723.png]]
Manager of Kylie Washington and also a member of [[spoiler:the Rivales Family.]]
* AssholeVictim: He worked for the Mob, ensuring that everybody would drop the charges against Washington. When Lotta Hart started snooping around, he planned to let Kylie take the fall and make himself out of this situation.
* [[UnfortunateNames UnfortunateName]]: [=“VICtor TIMmons”=]. Even the Judge himself lampshades this:
-->That name sounds very... unfortunate.
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!! Obadiah Williamson [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/obadiah_755.png]]
A veteran prosecutor who has been investigating the Sir Gallante killings for the past three years. He despises defense attorneys for some reason, and also appears to hold a grudge against Phoenix Wright.

* AmoralAttorney: Averted. He doesn’t use any illegal means in court.
* BadassBeard
* BadassGrandpa: Not as old as Manfred von Karma, but still.
* BadassNormal: At least for the AceAttorney standards. Compared to all those prosecution prodigies, he's actually a guy you could've met with in real life.
-->'''Phoenix:''' That can't be right. There's no way I would be facing a normal human being.
* BerserkButton: Tampering with evidence, intentionally giving false testimony, disturbing the proceedings in any way.
* BigNo: [[spoiler: His reaction to [=PureMadness’=]“joke”]]
--> I CAN’T BEEEELIIIIIIEEEEVVVEE THIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSS!!!
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Averted. He doesn’t exhibit strange quirks like Wright’s other opponents did.
* CoolOldGuy
* HeelRealization: Shows some shades of this after [[spoiler: Phoenix points out that he could’ve ended the case with letting [=PureMadness=] go to jail.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He’s a jerk towards Phoenix, make no mistake. However, he really does care about finding the truth.
* MysteriousPast: Even the police doesn’t know much about him. The only person that seems to know about it is Jimmy, Williamson’s ex-partner.
* RedOniBlueOni: Red, serious one to Jimmy’s blue and carefree.
* TheStoic: Most of the time.
** NotSoStoic: When dealing with unpredictable witnesses.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Togamera in the third case.
* ThisCannotBe: See BigNo.
* UngratefulBastard: Phoenix exposes Sir Gallante, a serial killer that Williamson was after for 3 years. Williamson obviously still assumes the worst of Phoenix after that. Later subverted in Turnabout on the Web, as he thanks Phoenix for helping him expose [[spoiler: Togamera]].

!! Mark Watters [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/watters_425.png]]

The blabbermouth lead detective on the Sir Gallante investigation. He doesn’t take his job entirely seriously, and is probably more trusting than a homicide detective should be.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: If not for his intervention, Togamera would’ve gotten away with everything.]]
* BrilliantButLazy: He did after all [[spoiler: manage to get Webb’s Interpol ID]].
* CluelessDetective: Almost as bad as Gumshoe in that regard, seeing as he gives out important details even before the trial starts. [[spoiler: No, really. It’s not an act, he really is as clueless as he seems. He even blabbed out all details concerning the investigation of Sir Gallante to a journalist.]]
* [[spoiler: TheDayTheMusicLied: During the second day of the trial, Gallante’s Leifmotif plays for a short while when you confront him about being Gallante. He isn’t.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilLawyerJoke: If you present the attorney’s badge to him 3 times in the 4th case.]]
* GreaserDelinquents: Well, he looks like one. It's a strange choice of attire for a police officer.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Becomes one to Phoenix after the events of [[spoiler: The Rogue Turnabout.]] He’s more of a jerk towards Phoenix, but he still cares about finding the truth.
* KickTheDog: Mocking Phoenix’s intelligence the day after [[spoiler: his best friend got shot.]] Even Williamson admits it was unnecessary.
* NiceGuy: Despite working with the prosecution, he’s helpful towards Phoenix and Maya as he even lets them investigate the place. [[spoiler: It doesn’t stay that way.]]
* PunnyName: His name is a pun on watermark.
* [[spoiler: RedHerring: His fingerprints are on the gun along with Rivales’, he has [[TheLostLenore a motive]] to want them all dead, and he was in the penthouse at the day of the murder. One would assume that he’s Sir Gallante… right?]]
* SkewedPriorities: Apparently examining the material of the desk is more important than actually examining the crime scene. Y’know, the thing that all detectives should do.
* TheSlacker: He’s surprisingly carefree for a homicide detective.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Justified, seeing as Wright [[spoiler: accused him of a murderer, which he wasn’t.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Tsundere}}: Type A. Even Wright lampshades it in Turnabout Consequences]]
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Not for the reasons you think.]]

!! Wayne Parker [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/parker_6907.png]]
A security guard who worked for the Michael Rivales. He has been accused of being the serial killer known as Sir Gallante.
* [[spoiler: TheAtoner: Even though he didn’t actually kill Charles Locke, he didn’t do anything to stop his death. It doesn’t come off as much of a surprise that he turns himself in at the end.]]
* BigWhat: Does this frequently.
* BruiserWithASoftCenter: It’s rather easy to hurt his feelings. [[spoiler: And despite of being a mafia enforcer, he never killed anyone in his all life.]]
* FaceOfAThug: He does look like an intimidating mobster, but he’s actually more of a GentleGiant with the shades of {{Manchild}}.
* GentleGiant
* MeaningfulName: His name is a mix of both [[Franchise/{{BATMAN}} Bruce Wayne]] and [[Franchise/SpiderMan Peter Parker]]. And he's got accused of being a vigilante superhero.
* NiceGuy: Despite being a mobster, oddly enough. And it’s revealed that he actually hated his job.
* OddFriendship: With Virgil Black. One wouldn’t expect a mobster to hang out with a carefree hippie.
* ResignationsNotAccepted: He really wanted to quit his job, but one cannot simply leave the mafia.
* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted. He doesn’t act like it at all.

!! Michael Rivales [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rivales_305.png]]
* AssholeVictim: Potentially one of the worst out there. [[spoiler: Even his own employees hate him.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: How he kept Parker around. He did know some very important Family secrets, after all.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* TheDon: Obviously.
* MeaningfulName[=/=]ShoutOut: He shares his first name with one of the main characters from Film/TheGodfather trilogy.

!! Virgil Black [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vblack_452.png]]

A friend of Wayne Parker. He is unemployed because “Working’s a scam, dude.” He relies on Parker’s financial assistance to keep him from starving in the streets.
* [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes: Look below.]]
* [[spoiler: BewareTheSillyOnes: He’s Sir Gallante.]]
* [[spoiler: CompressedHair: How on earth does he manage to make his Funny Afro fit inside his helmet?]]
* [[spoiler: TheDogWasTheMastermind: Who would’ve thought that a NewAgeRetroHippie is actually a dangerous serial killer?]]
* FunnyAfro
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: Virgil, combined with Gallante gives Vigilante. He’s also the ‘’’black’’’ knight.]]
* {{NEET}}: Let’s see. He’s jobless, his place is a total mess and he lives off his friend’s money.
* NewAgeRetroHippie: [[spoiler: His methods of operation as Sir Gallante are everything but pacifistic.]]
* NiceGuy: Seeing as his friend is suspected of being a SerialKiller, he tries to help him the best way he can. [[spoiler: Subverted later, as he does have his own reasons for it. His friendship towards Wayne is genuine though.]]
* OddFriendship: With Wayne Parker.
* TheSlacker: As he would put it “Working’s a scam, dude.”
* TheStoner: Implied. He keeps a bong in his room.
* [[spoiler: ShameIfSomethingHappened: “If he knows you’re onto him, he might try coming after you.”]]
* TotallyRadical: Did you expect anything else from a guy like him?
* VSign: The Hippie version.

!! Sarah Keyes [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sarah_keyes_3369.png]]

The victim’s secretary/security chief. She seems to have an unhealthy obsession with violence. Saw Parker enter the victim’s penthouse the night of the crime.
* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Phoenix. [[spoiler: Unlike Oldbag though, it’s all an act. The moment she saw that bungee harness, she kicked him out of the scene.]]
* [[spoiler: AllGrownUp: She’s Charles Locke’s daughter, though Rivales didn’t make the connection even after looking at her. Wayne Parker even says this trope word for word.]]
* [[spoiler: BewareTheSillyOnes: She does act all sweet and all, but she actually worked together with Sir Gallante to take down Michael Rivales.]]
* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing: Sure, she might seem nice towards Phoenix, but it’s all an act. She’s actually a bitter cynic that hates the entire Rivales Family.]]
* [[spoiler: BrokenBird]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Despite acting ditzy, she is somewhat competent in using the security system.
* DissonantLaughter: She sure seems to like talking about all these gory details with smile on her face, much to Phoenix’s dismay.
* TheDitz: [[spoiler: It’s all an act.]]
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: See TheDitz]]
* [[spoiler: FamilyThemeNaming: Locke and Keyes. Lock and keys, anyone? She changed her name [[InvokedTrope on her own]] in order to hide her identity from Michael Rivales, but it still counts.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that she’s in charge of the security system shows us she isn’t as ditzy as she appears to be.
* IRejectYourReality: She gave evidence pointing towards Parker to Wright… while completely ignoring the fact that he’s a defense attorney. Even after he has introduced himself.
-->'''Sarah:''' Maybe that will help you get the '''guilty''' verdict you want!
* MoodSwinger: One time she’s an extremely cheerful and kind of ditzy, one time she’s a bitter woman. Especially towards Maya. [[spoiler: And towards both Michael Rivales and Wayne Parker]].
* MaliciousMisnaming: Towards Maya.
* TheNicknamer: Her nicknames for Phoenix are as bad as Oldbag’s. For example, Feenie-Weenie, Feenie-Poo.
* [[spoiler: ObfuscatingStupidity]]
* [[spoiler: YouKilledMyFather: The real reason she started working for the Rivales Family. She wanted to get close to Michael Rivales so that she could have revenge.]]

!! Sir Gallante[= /=] [[spoiler: Virgil Black]] [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gallante_3387.png]]

A knight-themed serial killer and self-proclaimed super hero who has been killing off members of the criminal underworld for the past three years. Most information is supposed to be classified, but somebody leaked a lot of it to the public.
* AffablyEvil
* {{AntiVillain}}: Type III
* {{Badass}}
* {{BlackKnight}}
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He somehow manages to [[spoiler: break the entire witness stand to pieces]]
* CodeOfHonour
* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Admits his defeat after Wright shows him his code of honor.]]
* [[spoiler: HeelRealization]]
* KnightTemplar: Moves on to this territory after he [[spoiler: Threatens Phoenix & Maya in the abandoned building]]
* MeaningfulName: His pseudonym refers to how he perceives himself: a gallant knight that slays the evil.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler: He ''almost'' broke this rule by causing Watters to be sentenced in his place. Thankfully, Wright reminded him about his principles.]]
* NobleDemon
* [[spoiler: NonHumanSidekick: Remember that hawk that frequently sits on the Rivales Tower entrance?]]
* SuperheroesWearCapes
* SerialKiller
** SerialKillerKiller: Most of his victims had many deaths on their hands.
* VigilanteMan
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Breaks the entire witness stand.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He does kill criminals, after all.

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[[folder:Debuted in ''Turnabout on the Web'']]

!! Edman Books [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/books_8083.png]]
The defendant in this case. Considers himself to be the number one fan of Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney. A bit naive and doesn't quite understand the severity of being accused of murder.

* {{Fanboy}}
* FanDumb: He idolizes Phoenix to such degree, he hates Apollo and uses childish arguments against him.
** He probably is a caricature of all real-life Apollo's [[{{Hatedom}} haters]]:
-->'''Books''': I'm so glad you're the one defending me and not that stupid Justice guy."
-->'''Phoenix''': Hey! Don't talk about him that way!
-->'''Maya''': Yeah! Polly's our friend!
-->'''Books''': He's a no talent failure!
-->'''Phoenix''': No talent? He hasn't lost a single case!
-->'''Books''': Face it, the guy fails at life!"
-->'''Phoenix''': You haven't even met him. Why would you say that?!"
-->'''Books''': He's trying to [[ReplacementScrappy replace you]]!
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Even though joining in the argument against Webb was a joke, it did strain their relationship. [[spoiler: Subverted if you end up examining his message to Mask3d_n00b.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: He seems to ship Maya with Phoenix, much to Phoenix’s confusion.
* SignificantAnagram: Edman Books → Masked Noob → Mask3d_N00b
* StevenUlyssesPerhero: His last name is Books and he works at the library.
* TerribleArtist
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: He believes in this. He’s proven wrong at the end of the case, when he meets the Woman:
-->'''Books''': There ARE girls!! There are GIRLS on the INTERNET!!!

!! Walter Wade Webb [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/www_9523.png]]

The victim. A shady figure who never made an attempt to get to know any of his neighbors. He looks like an average guy, but he is said to be a member of Rivales Family. [[spoiler: The part of him being a member is actually one big lie made up by Togamera. Then he turns actually to be an Interpol agent investigating the family.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Subverted. Not only he isn’t a criminal Togamera said he was, he was INVESTIGATING people from the Rivales Family. Not to mention, he was willing to die in Cody’s place.]]
* [[spoiler:GoodAllAlong]]
* [[spoiler:InterpolSpecialAgent]]
* TheNondescript[=/=]RidiculouslyAverageGuy:
* [[spoiler: UndercoverCopReveal: Posthumously.]]
* PunnyName: His name is a pun on the World Wide Web, obviously.

!! Morton Dreisan [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dreisan_8184.png]]
An amoral coroner working for the police department. He seems to have little to no respect for the dead.

* TheCoroner
* GallowsHumour: He has… a rather weird sense of humor.
* LackOfEmpathy: He doesn’t show any respect for the dead at all, as he refers to them as “it”. [[spoiler: Subverted, it’s more of a verbal tic. He does apologize to Phoenix, after all.]]
* OpaqueLenses
* VerbalTic: Calling the dead people “it”.

!! Nathen Togamera [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/agent_5938.png]]
A pompous FBI agent investigating the criminal activities of the victim. Has a tendency to be overly dramatic and exaggerate things.

* BigNo: [[spoiler: Also a part of his VillainousBreakdown.]]
* BerserkButton: Tampering with HIS case. Also, talking about Webb.
* BoldInflation: He really likes to EMPHASIZE things.
* [[spoiler: CassandraTruth: He actually didn’t kill Hackins, but at this point nobody believes him. Not even the prosecutor.]]
* Catchphrase: “I’m not at liberty to discuss that.”
* [[spoiler: DetectiveMole]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop]]
* FBIAgent
* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: Oddly enough, despite his VillainousBreakdown.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Whenever someone disrupts HIS investigation. [[spoiler: It’s all an act.]]
* [[spoiler: HoistByHisOwnPetard: If he only didn’t have [=PureMadness=] as a witness, the murder would’ve been most likely left unsolved.]]
* Jerkass
* [[spoiler: JustFollowingOrders: He claims this is his reason for killing Webb, as he was assigned to kill him by FBI. Subverted, because this is just yet another lie.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: It’s even lampshaded by Williamson here:
-->'''Obadiah''': You really don’t have any loyalty to anyone but yourself.
* [[spoiler: KillerCop]]
* [[spoiler: KubrickStare]]
* LargeHam: When talking about Webb.
-->'''Togamera:''' A villain! A truly HORRENDOUS man!! The world will not mourn his passing!!
-->'''Phoenix:''' Was he really that bad?
-->'''Togamera:''' A tyrant! A dictator!! The WORST of men!!!
-->'''Phoenix:''' ...That bad. Got it.
* MoodSwinger: He can somehow alternate between TheStoic and LargeHam, oddly enough. [[spoiler: The latter is an act.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: He NEVER smiles. And when he doesn’t frown, he grimaces angrily.
* SinisterShades
* TheStoic: Oddly enough, he alternates between this and LargeHam.
* [[spoiler: TheSociopath]]
* SpeakIllOfTheDead
** [[spoiler:DeceasedFallGuyGambit]]
* NoIndoorVoice: Especially when talking about Webb.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Williamson.
* TheMenInBlack: He looks like one of them.
**Alternatively, his character design might've been inspired by Agents from Film/TheMatrix.
* ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: Part of his VillainousBreakdown.]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He claims that killing Webb was necessary, since he was a threat to society. Subverted, because Webb was actually an Interpol agent who tried to expose him.]]
* VerbalTic: Tends to ACCENTUATE certain words in his PHRASES to sound upper-crust, much like Florent L’Belle.
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: He takes his glasses off, breaks them and screams.]]

!! Woman / [[spoiler: [=PureMadness=]]] [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/woman_332.png]]

A sole [[spoiler: alleged]] eyewitness to the crime.

* AnnoyingLaugh: “Teehee”
* BadLiar: [[spoiler: Even Williamson calls her out on it.]]
* CoolMask
* ExpressiveShirt: With an [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/awesome-face-epic-smiley Awesome Face]].
* TheFaceless
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler: She claims she killed Webb for this reason. It’s a complete lie, as she wasn’t even near the crime scene when it happened.]]
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: She shows some signs of this when Wright confronts her about it on AF.]]
* InsaneTrollLogic: For example, when Phoenix presses her on the statement where she admits that she didn’t see it from her house.
-->'''Phoenix:''' I think this is pretty much clear by now.
-->'''Woman:''' Aha! So you admit that [[spoiler: I killed him]]?
* ItAmusedMe: [[spoiler: This is the reason why she was lying in court constantly.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: When she’s exposed in court.]]
* MaliciousMisnaming: Constantly refers to Obadiah as “Mr. Wilson”
* [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName Meaningful Nickname]]]]: Well, she’s known to cause madness at AF.]]
* NoNameGiven
* ShoutOut: To many Internet memes and Internet culture in general:
**She wears a Guy Fawkes mask, which is an allusion to the (in)famous Anonymous group. Indeed, she remains anonymous for all the case, as we never learn her true name.
**She spins [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loituma_Girl a leek]] and her {{Leitmotif}} is a remix of Ievan Polka.
* [[spoiler: SockPuppet: Turns out "Salmonella" is her other account on Ace Fanclub.]]
* [[spoiler: SpannerInTheWorks: Her testimony may have incriminated Books at first, but the constant lies and her unpredictable nature have caused Togamera’s downfall.]]
* Troll: Obviously. She did [[spoiler: make a total mockery out of the court after all.]]
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: Was this to Togamera, as it turns out.]]

!! Anton Simms [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/simms_4611.png]]
A forty-year old man who is still living in his mother's basement and [[spoiler: the administrator of the Ace Fanclub, better known by his username 1337aZnPrInceSz]].

* [[spoiler: AntiVillain: He did forge evidence, true. He did have his reasons for it though, as he and his mother were in danger.]]
* BasementDweller
* BerserkButton: Calling his anime “cartoons”.
* CutenessProximity: How he reacts when you show him Pearl’s profile.
* [[spoiler: EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He cooperated with Family to protect his mother.]]
* {{Fanboy}}: Of Phoenix Wright. He even made a page dedicated to him.
* [[spoiler: FatBastard: Downplayed. While he did give false testimony and forge evidence, it wasn’t like he really had a choice.]]
* {{GIRL}}
* GoodHairEvilHair: Being a guy obsessed with Asian culture, he wears the Fu Manchu mustache. [[spoiler: Subverted, he isn’t evil. He did forge evidence, but he didn’t kill Walter Webb.]]
* GratuitousJapanese
* [[spoiler: Hypocrite: He claims to be a fan of Phoenix Wright and yet he lies to him and disrupts his investigation. He does have his reasons, but still.]]
* [[spoiler: KarmaHoudini: While he wasn’t a murderer, he never faces punishment for forging evidence. In fact, he and his mother end up under Witness Protection Program.]]
* Lolicon: See CutenessProximity. And it was the photo of Pearls when she was somewhere between 8-13 years old.
* OccidentalOtaku
* OCStandIn: He’s the one that was chatting online with the chief detective in the original trilogy.
* ThePigpen: His shirt is stained in mustard and ketchup. And he’s later testifying in court. In the same shirt.
* TakeThat: Is a living one to otakus.

!! Jimmy [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jimmy_coi_253.png]]
A mysterious acquaintance of Obadiah Williamson's. Seems to be taking a great interest in Nick's recent cases.

* DarkSkinnedBlond
* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Williamson. Well, at least they’re on neutral terms if nothing else.
* NiceGuy: Unlike Williamson, he doesn’t seem to mind Phoenix that much.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: When Phoenix asks him if he and Obadiah are friends.
* OnlyOneName: As of now, at least.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue, carefree Oni to Williamson’s red, stern one.

!! [=Stranger2Love=][=/=][[spoiler: Nathen Togamera]] [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stranger2love_8081.png]]

* Lurker
* TheQuietOne
* [[spoiler: BewareTheQuietOnes: As it turns out, he’s a member of the Rivales Family.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Yeah, it’s rather hard to talk about them without revealing that [[spoiler: It’s actually Agent Togamera’s account to communicate with members of Rivales Family.]]

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Debuted in ''Turnabout Consequences'']]

!! Gladys Porter[=/=][[spoiler: Makoto Fey]][[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/porter_1863.png]]
A rude and bitter reporter from Oh! Cult! Magazine.

* Cloudcuckoolander
* CommanderContrarian: No matter how you answer her questions during the interview, she’ll NEVER be satisfied.
* ConspiracyTheorist
* IntrepidReporter: Subverted. She THINKS she’s this, but instead of asking Wright necessary info about the Fey Clan, she asks him questions like “What’s your favorite color”.
* {{Jerkass}}: Not to the level of Togamera, but still…
* JerkassHasAPoint: She insists that nobody in their right mind would channel [[spoiler: Dahlia Hawthorne]].
* NoJustNoReaction: [[spoiler: After Wright has run out of questions towards her and starts grasping]]
-->'''Porter:''' Okay, no. You know what? Shut it. Just SHUT it!
* PunnyName[=/=]ShoutOut: To GLaDOS from Videogame/{{PORTAL}}.
* [[ManChild Woman Child]]: She’s quite immature despite being 29 years old.
* TalkativeLoon
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
* YourMom: When you present Pearl’s profile to her.

!! Raphael Donatello [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raphael_2620.png]]
A caretaker working at a home in Kurain Village and a trusted butler of Meredith Fey.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: To some people anyway. Raphael sure [[UnfortunateNames doesn’t think so]].
* ChekhovsGunman: Remember the man from Lotta’s photo in the first case?
* TheComicallySerious: He says ‘’I was raised in the sewers and I was taught the art of ninjitsu.’’. With a completely straight face.
* ServileSnarker
* TheStoic: He isn’t a man of many expressions.
* TheQuietOne: Raphael doesn’t really speak much.

!! Meredith Fey [[quoteright:70:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meredith_9631.png]]

A former Master of the Kurain Channling Technique and the grandmother of Maya and Pearl. She retired beacuse her spirit powers wore off due to her old age.

* BrutalHonesty: She’s highly critical about Maya’s leadership and isn’t afraid to speak her mind.
* TheCynic: What she says about Maya says it all:
-->'''Meredith:''' She’s always tried to please everyone, which in our case simply is NOT possible.
* FirstNameBasis
* NostalgiaFilter:
-->'''Meredith''': When I was Master, Kurain saw more peace and tranquility than it had in a hundred years.
* ToughLove: Implied with her relationship towards Maya.
* ParentalFavoritism: Towards Pearl and Iris.
* RetiredBadass: She was once a Kurain Master.
-->'''Raphael''': The last great one, so would say.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She’s strict towards Maya, but surprisingly nice to Phoenix and Pearl.

[[/folder]]

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