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* AwesomeMcCoolname: To some people anyway. Raphael sure [[UnfortunateNames doesn’t think so]].
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* LeanAndMean: He's very skinny and not a particuarly upstanding man.
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* MeaningfulName: Charles "Lucky" Luciano was a RealLife mobster, a man known for his ruthlessness and efficency.
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* EvilAlbino: She has white hair, red eyes, pale skin, and no morality whatsoever. [[spoiler:Truth is, she's evil, but nowhere near as bad as she makes herself out to be. The worst she does is attacking Trucy, threatening to kill a bunch of people, and perjuring to her heart's content for an entire day.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She was shocked and horrified that Pearl of all people was the one who shot her. When she realises why, she instantly forgives her and feels nothing but sympathy for Pearl's struggles.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:She was shocked and horrified that Pearl of all people was the one who shot her. When she realises why, she instantly forgives her and feels nothing but sympathy for Pearl's struggles.]]
* BittersweetEnding: She has two depending on the ending.
** [[spoiler:In the "good" ending, she is imprisoned, but the circumstances are brought to light and Obadiah promises to be lenient on her. Phoenix and Maya forgive her and decide that they'll be by her side when she's released and she'll also be given the psychological help she desperately needs. The bitter part is that she'll likely never fully recover and always blame herself for shooting Maya and setting the events of the game into motion due to her careless actions.]]
** [[spoiler:In the "bad" ending, she's a free woman and will have an easier time getting her life back on track, and is given the chance to redeem herself and start a new chapter of her life in a chance encounter with Apollo. Due to her guilt and self hatred, it's left ambiguous if she'll take up the offer or not.]]
** [[spoiler:In the "good" ending, she is imprisoned, but the circumstances are brought to light and Obadiah promises to be lenient on her. Phoenix and Maya forgive her and decide that they'll be by her side when she's released and she'll also be given the psychological help she desperately needs. The bitter part is that she'll likely never fully recover and always blame herself for shooting Maya and setting the events of the game into motion due to her careless actions.]]
** [[spoiler:In the "bad" ending, she's a free woman and will have an easier time getting her life back on track, and is given the chance to redeem herself and start a new chapter of her life in a chance encounter with Apollo. Due to her guilt and self hatred, it's left ambiguous if she'll take up the offer or not.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He went from worshipping the steel samurai to vigilante serial killers. It's certainly an alarming teenage phase.
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* FlatCharacter: Once again, she's hardly given any focus, and is forgotten about by everyone rather quickly.
* FlatCharacter: Once again, she's hardly given any focus, and is forgotten about by everyone rather quickly.
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* OhCrap: He has this when Phoenix Wright recognises him when the two are chatting on the AF forum, as this means Phoenix can give Apollo his chores when he returns to the agency. He's not happy, to say the least.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: He gives one to [[spoiler:Pearl Fey]] when the two encounter in the bad ending.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: He gives one to [[spoiler:Pearl Fey]] when the two encounter in the bad ending.
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* BadassNormal: [[spoiler:He's a mere defense lawyer who plays a vital role in toppling the most ruthless criminal organisation in the city, using wits and determination alone.]]
* BlueIsHeroic: As always, he wears blue and seeks to bring justice to criminals and protect the innocent.
* BlueIsHeroic: As always, he wears blue and seeks to bring justice to criminals and protect the innocent.
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* MistakenForGay: In a reference to the massive amount of HoYay him and Edgeworth have, Obidiah straight out asks Phoenix if him and Edgeworth are romantically involved. Phoenix is taken back by this question and denies it, [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall wondering who would pair him with Edgeworth.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: Him and Watters pause an investigation to make jokes about the other's occupation.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Him and Watters pause an investigation to make jokes about the other's occupation.
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Since Apollo's not around to be her unwilling magic assistant, her sweet side is always on display, with her playful teasing and occasional petulance never given a chance to emerge.
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Since Apollo's not around to be her unwilling magic assistant, her sweet side is always on display, with her playful teasing and occasional petulance never given a chance to emerge.
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* BattleButler: [[spoiler:He's this, due to his real occupation being a gangster for the Rivales family.]]
* BerserkButton: Traitors. [[spoiler:This makes him turn on Mendirez, as the unscrupulous mobster broke that rule in the worst way possible. For all Donatello's faults, he never betrays anyone who hasn't betrayed him, even when working with different groups.]]
* ColdSniper: [[spoiler:His role in the case and what he's implied to be in general. Despite this, he didn't shoot Maya, being guilty of conspiring with Meredith to tamper with the scene and throw the police off the Fey clan's trail.]]
* BerserkButton: Traitors. [[spoiler:This makes him turn on Mendirez, as the unscrupulous mobster broke that rule in the worst way possible. For all Donatello's faults, he never betrays anyone who hasn't betrayed him, even when working with different groups.]]
* ColdSniper: [[spoiler:His role in the case and what he's implied to be in general. Despite this, he didn't shoot Maya, being guilty of conspiring with Meredith to tamper with the scene and throw the police off the Fey clan's trail.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: There's a lot more to him than merely being a butler to Meredith. [[spoiler:Namely that he's the main link between the Rivales family and the Fey clan.]]
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* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:He's a Rivales member]] and a friendly and polite man with a soft spot for old ladies.
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: [[spoiler:He's rather standard for a mobster, using conspiracy and intimidation to get his way rather than torture and murder. This and his genuine honor make him a saint in comparison to the notoriously evil Rivales members.]]
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* DualBoss: [[spoiler:With Meredith Fey.]]
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* AbusiveParents: She was regarded as neglectful and biased towards her children, ignoring them every time matters related to the clan came to action. She's also not much better as a grandparent, doing the exact same thing and using her love for some of them to dismiss and ignore other grandchildren she is less fond of.
* AffablyEvil: Despite all her many awful actions, she is surprisngly sweet to those who don't rub her the wrong way. [[spoiler:She is also capable of showing empathy and remorse, apologising and accepting her punishment when her crimes are brought to light, something only she, Pearl, and Sir Gallante do.]]
* AffablyEvil: Despite all her many awful actions, she is surprisngly sweet to those who don't rub her the wrong way. [[spoiler:She is also capable of showing empathy and remorse, apologising and accepting her punishment when her crimes are brought to light, something only she, Pearl, and Sir Gallante do.]]
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* OddFriendship: With Raphael Donatello, a snarky and odd butler several decades her junior. He's been her closest ally for the past five years [[spoiler:probably due to being one of the few AffablyEvil Rivales family members.]]
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She approached the Rivales family about smuggling Pearl out of the country and became one of their assets in exchange. This set all the events into action, including Maya being shot five years later.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: She brings in an entirely new aspect to the plot and opens up a whole heap of possibilities. As the spoiler tags indicate, there's far more reach to her actions than just maintaining the Fey clan.
* WalkingSpoiler: She brings in an entirely new aspect to the plot and opens up a whole heap of possibilities. As the spoiler tags indicate, there's far more reach to her actions than just maintaining the Fey clan.
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* FatalFlaw: Stubbornness. [[spoiler:She's unwilling to modernize the Fey clan and will ally with those who share her old fashioned ideals, regardless of their backgrounds. Her inability to adapt to the world and embrace a gentler path leads to her neglecting her own family due to her archaic and demanding way of parenting and playing into the hands of the mob, with a disloyal gangster being her only ally.]]
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:She should have known the Rivales were '''not''' to be trusted. Rejecting their help would have been far less catastrophic than playing into their hands.]]
** [[spoiler:In a sadly realistic example, she was unaware that Pearl was showing signs of mental instability and believed her that isolating herself from the world was the best course of action. Naturally, this made things worse and only made Pearl's illness more severe as she had nobody to help her heal. She does this again by not picking up that Pearl is a StepfordSmiler, something extremely alarming for a teenage girl who has recently returned from a self imposed exile due to the trauma she's suffered in the past. This leads to her not realising that the motive behind Maya's shooting could be mental illness rather than a pragmatic reason.]]
** [[spoiler:In a sadly realistic example, she was unaware that Pearl was showing signs of mental instability and believed her that isolating herself from the world was the best course of action. Naturally, this made things worse and only made Pearl's illness more severe as she had nobody to help her heal. She does this again by not picking up that Pearl is a StepfordSmiler, something extremely alarming for a teenage girl who has recently returned from a self imposed exile due to the trauma she's suffered in the past. This leads to her not realising that the motive behind Maya's shooting could be mental illness rather than a pragmatic reason.]]
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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:The Fey clan has been plagued by misfortune and tragedy, and she's witnessed her family be murdered and imprisoned for horrific crimes. Due to this, she believes that a firm and powerful rule is necessary to restore the clan to its former glory, with her belief that the mob will uphold their end of the bargain. After enabling the family to fall even further and becoming a mere pawn for the Rivales family, she's forced to admit that she's failed as a leader and destroyed any chance of the clan ever rehabilitating itself. While her crimes are worthy of a lengthy sentence, it's hard not to see her as a victim as well due to her noble ideals backfiring horrifically.]]
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* BlueIsHeroic: He wears light blue and is the one of [[spoiler:two]] secondary law enforcement characters to be an unambiguously good person.
* {{Foil}}: To Obadiah. He's relaxed, calm, and informal while Obadiah is alert, stressed, and professional. It makes it even odder that the two became friends in the first place, as he embodies all the traits Obadiah can't stand in other people.
* SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:His death is abrupt and brutal, showing that Luciano is an incredibly dangerous threat if he's actively targetting law enforcement.]]
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* ShoutOut: His username is a reference to the infamous Rick Astley song "Never gonna give you up," showing that he has at least a passing knowledge of internet culture.
* ShoutOut: His username is a reference to the infamous Rick Astley song "Never gonna give you up," showing that he has at least a passing knowledge of internet culture.
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* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:While nowhere near as evil as he originally appears, he's got red hair and is a habitual criminal who is indirectly responsible for his daughter's psychotic outbursts.]]
* EvilRedhead: [[spoiler:While nowhere near as evil as he originally appears, he's got red hair and is a habitual criminal who is indirectly responsible for his daughter's psychotic outbursts.]]
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* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He has far less to do with the crimes than it originally appears. Him and Jane were witnesses and nothing more, regardless of what they'd like others to believe.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Jane tricked him into thinking she was a murderer, and he lied in court to try and provide her with an alibi, thinking it was the only way to deflect suspicion from her. This only served to give her more time to sabotage the trial and bask in the spotlight. Despite this, he's impressed with her cunning behavior when he realises she's outsmarted even him.]]
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:He has far less to do with the crimes than it originally appears. Him and Jane were witnesses and nothing more, regardless of what they'd like others to believe.]]
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:Jane tricked him into thinking she was a murderer, and he lied in court to try and provide her with an alibi, thinking it was the only way to deflect suspicion from her. This only served to give her more time to sabotage the trial and bask in the spotlight. Despite this, he's impressed with her cunning behavior when he realises she's outsmarted even him.]]
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* AntiVillain: He has zero morality whatsoever and is perfectly fine with breaking the law, but isn't actively malicious and can be helpful under the right circumstances. He's less evil and more of a terrible person with some honorable traits buried within him.
* AttentionWhore: He wants to be noticed and have his fifteen minutes of infamy, only ever dropping his desire for recognition when [[spoiler:his daughter is accused of murder.]] He has a habit of purposely exaggurating his worst deeds to make himself seem more notorious, despite it hurting his credibility.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He encouraged and enabled his daughter's worst traits throughout her life. [[spoiler:This got both of them arrested when she used this to derail a murder trial and attack Trucy.]]
* AttentionWhore: He wants to be noticed and have his fifteen minutes of infamy, only ever dropping his desire for recognition when [[spoiler:his daughter is accused of murder.]] He has a habit of purposely exaggurating his worst deeds to make himself seem more notorious, despite it hurting his credibility.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He encouraged and enabled his daughter's worst traits throughout her life. [[spoiler:This got both of them arrested when she used this to derail a murder trial and attack Trucy.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: While she's too young to be diagnosed with anything, she seems to be suffering from psychosis due to her bizarre and destructive behavior, as well as having no impulse of self preservation whatsoever. [[spoiler:While she probably plays it up, no person in their right mind would act like she does.]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: While she's too young to be diagnosed with anything, she seems to be suffering from psychosis due to her bizarre and destructive behavior, as well as having no impulse of self preservation whatsoever. [[spoiler:While she probably plays it up, no person in their right mind would act like she does.]]
* AxCrazy: She's a budding homicidal maniac in a teenage girl's body. [[spoiler:Even if she's only assaulted two people, she clearly shows a desire to do far worse in the future.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: A comedic and lighthearted example. [[spoiler:She succeeded in confusing and annoying the court with her insane behavior and had the time of her life. Even if she's likely to face imprisonment, she got what she wanted and then some.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: A comedic and lighthearted example. [[spoiler:She succeeded in confusing and annoying the court with her insane behavior and had the time of her life. Even if she's likely to face imprisonment, she got what she wanted and then some.]]
* EvilAlbino: She has white hair, red eyes, pale skin, and no morality whatsoever. [[spoiler:Truth is, she's evil, but nowhere near as bad as she makes herself out to be. The worst she does is attacking Trucy, threatening to kill a bunch of people, and perjuring to her heart's content for an entire day.]]
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* RedIsViolent: Red is her main color motif, and she's slightly bloodthirsty, to say the least.
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Admitting to a murder she had no part in, attacking Trucy, and making herself as suspicious as possible is such an insanely stupid thing for an innocent person to do, especially if the culprit is likely to also be a SerialKiller with mob connections. The only reason she's taken seriously is because nobody believes that she'd be idiotic enough to pull such a stunt. When she's finally kicked out of court, the damage has been done and she's made a laughing stock out of the trial.]]
* SlasherSmile: She has a nasty one as her default expression. It makes her look ObviouslyEvil, something she plays up to the maximum.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It's unknown what punishment she faced for attacking Trucy and lying to the court.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: [[spoiler:Admitting to a murder she had no part in, attacking Trucy, and making herself as suspicious as possible is such an insanely stupid thing for an innocent person to do, especially if the culprit is likely to also be a SerialKiller with mob connections. The only reason she's taken seriously is because nobody believes that she'd be idiotic enough to pull such a stunt. When she's finally kicked out of court, the damage has been done and she's made a laughing stock out of the trial.]]
* SlasherSmile: She has a nasty one as her default expression. It makes her look ObviouslyEvil, something she plays up to the maximum.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:It's unknown what punishment she faced for attacking Trucy and lying to the court.]]
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* IronicName: Carlo means "free man" while Luciano means "light." [[spoiler:He's none of these by the end of the game.]]
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: By sheer circumstances. He's a vile sack of garbage, yet [[spoiler:Luciano]] is a child murdering torturer who has killed dozens in horrific and brutal ways, including people that just so happened to be related to his victims. Mendirez obviously never comes close to that level of depravity, though he's still a monster in his own right. [[spoiler:He eventually uses this to escape major punishment, as he's far less of a threat than Luciano, meaning he'll be allowed to hide out while the police investigate the full scope of Luciano's actions.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: A ForegoneConclusion concerning the MN-6 trial.
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* BadBoss: If Wocky is to be believed, he's even worse than his uncle. [[spoiler: While Francisco Mendirez himself is DEFINITELY not a saint, he's not the one who backstabbed Togamera and Meredith but rather his imposter. Making Mendirez look like one of these was part of his plan. He's this for a different reason, as he had most of his underlings slaughtered to protect himself from punishment by the legal and illegal world.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: A ForegoneConclusion concerning the MN-6 trial. [[spoiler:He can also become this in the good ending, as he escapes the full scale of the law and will likely be able to live out the rest of his life if he's able to flee the wrath of the Rivales family.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: A ForegoneConclusion concerning the MN-6 trial. [[spoiler:He can also become this in the good ending, as he escapes the full scale of the law and will likely be able to live out the rest of his life if he's able to flee the wrath of the Rivales family.]]
* HateSink: He's a ruthless and treacherous coward who murders his own allies due to his obsession with power. Despite the hell he's put through, it's impossible to feel any sympathy for him once it's revealed why he's being targetted.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Phoenix Wright defending him. While he's far less dangerous than Luciano and innocent of the charges he's accused of, he's still a massive threat to society who killed many people in his path for power. Sadly, his freedom is necessary to capture Luciano, making it an undesirable but necessary payoff.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:He's this to Virgil Black/Sir Gallante, manipulating him into killing his fellow mobsters for him.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:While "Yosarrian" is this to Phoenix Wright, it's revealed he was also this to Virgil Black, tricking him into doing his dirty work for him under the impression that it was a necessary evil. If Luciano didn't get to Black first, Mendirez would have once he took over the family.]]
* MeaningfulName: Francisco means [[spoiler:free man. He's never imprisoned for his crimes, and dies a civilian if he is killed in the game.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:While "Yosarrian" is this to Phoenix Wright, it's revealed he was also this to Virgil Black, tricking him into doing his dirty work for him under the impression that it was a necessary evil. If Luciano didn't get to Black first, Mendirez would have once he took over the family.]]
* MeaningfulName: Francisco means [[spoiler:free man. He's never imprisoned for his crimes, and dies a civilian if he is killed in the game.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: He's a mafia officer, but insists he didn't kill anyone this time, and being Phoenix's client, this is bound to be true. On a much wider scale [[spoiler: while he turns out to be Francisco Mendirez, current leader of the Rivales Family, he's not responsible for any of the game's murders that were taken to court: they were ordered or carried out by Carlo Luciano using his name.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: He's a mafia officer, but insists he didn't kill anyone this time, and being Phoenix's client, this is bound to be true. On a much wider scale [[spoiler: while he turns out to be Francisco Mendirez, current leader of the Rivales Family, he's not responsible for any of the game's murders that were taken to court: they were ordered or carried out by Carlo Luciano using his name. He's responsible for using Virgil Black to murder his fellow Rivales mobsters in his quest to usurp his own uncle, though it's unlikely he'll ever face consequences for this.]]
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* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler:He murdered the only person that had enough evidence to link Mendirez to the Gallante killings, meaning that he'll likely end up becoming a KarmaHoudini in the legal sense. This ironically is the only hope of Mendirez saving himself, meaning that in that instance, Luciano indirectly helped protect Mendirez from harm and consequences in an attempt to ruin his life.]]
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* AmbitionIsEvil: In his bid to take over the Rivales family, [[spoiler:he turned Sir Gallante into an UnwittingPawn]] to murder his allies so he could take their place once turning on him. He even lacks the [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist nature of Gallante, just being an evil bastard with no loyalty or empathy whatsoever.]]
* AmbitionIsEvil: In his bid to take over the Rivales family, [[spoiler:he turned Sir Gallante into an UnwittingPawn]] to murder his allies so he could take their place once turning on him. He even lacks the [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist nature of Gallante, just being an evil bastard with no loyalty or empathy whatsoever.]]
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* TheDon: Took over the leadership of the Rivales Family after Michael's death. [[spoiler:He's unlikely to keep it due to his treachery being revealed, meaning that he'll become a pariah amonst the family and spend what little he has left of his life running away from some seriously pissed off and ruthless mobsters, provided that there's enough of them left to hunt him down.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: As it turns out, he was the one who killed Cody Hackins. He threatened to do the same to Pearl Fey if Meredith wouldn't cooperate.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: As it turns out, he was the one who killed Cody Hackins. He threatened to do the same to Pearl Fey if Meredith wouldn't cooperate. This is eventually subverted, as Carlo Luciano was the real culprit, though it's likely that Mendirez would have done the same if it suited him.]]
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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Not that he tried to hide it very much.]]
* HateSink: He's a cruel and ruthless man who cares about nobody but himself. It's no wonder Phoenix can't stand him.
* HateSink: He's a cruel and ruthless man who cares about nobody but himself. It's no wonder Phoenix can't stand him.
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* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Well, he's Francisco Mendirez, so this is pretty much a given. Not that he tried to hide it very much.]]
* HateSink: He's a cruel and ruthless man who cares about nobody but himself. It's no wonder Phoenix can't stand him. [[spoiler:He's also Francisco Mendirez, who is also a HateSink, so there's a two in one for that.]]
* HateSink: He's a cruel and ruthless man who cares about nobody but himself. It's no wonder Phoenix can't stand him. [[spoiler:He's also Francisco Mendirez, who is also a HateSink, so there's a two in one for that.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: He's a mafia officer, but insists he didn't kill anyone this time, and being Phoenix's client, this is bound to be true. On a much wider scale [[spoiler: while he turns out to be Francisco Mendirez, current leader of the Rivales Family, he's not responsible for any of the game's murders: murders that were taken to court: they were ordered or carried out by Carlo Luciano using his name.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: What he likes to do to his victims. He would much rather make them want to kill themselves than kill them directly, as his "fun" stops once they're no longer alive to suffer due to his cruelty. His favorite method is to target their friends and family first, then blame them for his own actions.
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* SympatheticMurder: [[spoiler:The Rivales family were awful wastes of humanity, and he genuinely wanted to be like a superhero and protect the people. He even apologises for his mistakes and accepts his punishment, showing that he's still a NiceGuy, despite his bloodsoaked hands.]]
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* SympatheticMurder: SympatheticMurderer: [[spoiler:The Rivales family were awful wastes of humanity, and he genuinely wanted to be like a superhero and protect the people. He even apologises for his mistakes and accepts his punishment, showing that he's still a NiceGuy, despite his bloodsoaked hands.]]
* TheAce: He's probably the only law enforcement OC who seems to be genuinely good at his job, knowing what he's talking about and able to work and mantain his composure in difficult and unusual cases. [[spoiler:Being a ProfessionalKiller likely helps him with this, though his skills are impressive for a man usually regarded as just a sadistic brute.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Along with Allen Yossarian.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:Along with Allen Yossarian.Yossarian, a.k.a Franceso Mendirez. Though he's the far more dangerous out of the two, as Mendirez kills for his own benefit while Dreisen kills just because.]]
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:Even when completely cornered, he still puts up a decent fight due to being able to bluff his way through situations on the spot. Luciano is a masterful tactician, and without his sadistic urges being as apparent in his testimony, he's a far trickier opponent.]]
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler:Even when completely cornered, he still puts up a decent fight due to being able to bluff his way through situations on the spot. Luciano is a masterful tactician, and without his sadistic urges being as apparent in his testimony, he's a far trickier opponent.]]
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* EvilLaugh: [[spoiler:His breakdown, involving his arms flailing and sharp teeth gleaming is terrifying, mirroring Damon Gant's breakdown, but giving it to a sadist with a horror movie villain aesthetic.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: Well, more in the style of Blaise Debeste's idea of "affability." [[spoiler:He seems helpful, competent, and chatty, yet is depraved and sadistic, moreso when he no longer has to hide his true self.]]
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* LightIsNotGood: He may mainly be covered with white and light grey, but [[spoiler:his heart is as black as they come.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: He's so creepy and conspicious that [[spoiler:it's a wonder he wasn't suspected sooner. Especially since he somehow seemed to either appear right after a crime had happened to have an insider knowledge on the crimes and criminals.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's rather ancient looking for a 52 year old, making you wonder what he's done to age so poorly. [[spoiler:Truth is that his old appearance is likely a ruse to make him look less threatening.]]
* ObviouslyEvil: He's so creepy and conspicious that [[spoiler:it's a wonder he wasn't suspected sooner. Especially since he somehow seemed to either appear right after a crime had happened to have an insider knowledge on the crimes and criminals.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: He's rather ancient looking for a 52 year old, making you wonder what he's done to age so poorly. [[spoiler:Truth is that his old appearance is likely a ruse to make him look less threatening.]]
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* FinalBoss: [[spoiler:He's the last enemy of the game, and by far the most climactic and complicated one to beat, due to his absolute determination to get away with his heinous acts.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:How does a coroner have such good insight into a secretive and complicated family that he should never have encountered in his life? There's also the fact that he's the first person to enter the records room after Cody Hackins, a place he really had no reason to be at, especially at such a suspicious time.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:How does a coroner have such good insight into a secretive and complicated family that he should never have encountered in his life? There's also the fact that he's the first person to enter the records room after Cody Hackins, a place he really had no reason to be at, especially at such a suspicious time.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His fingerprints have been destroyed by him to avoid leaving traces, which ends up proving that he is the killer, as he wouldn't have left a print on the murder weapon due to having no print to leave. His excuse about why he doesn't have any fingerprints doesn't hold up, and it's the first sign that he may not be able to wriggle his way out of his mess.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:He's the infamous assassin Carlo Luciano, the true BigBad who's been using Francisco Mendirez's name to ruin his reputation.]]
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* WalkingSpoiler: Want to know why his page has more spoiler tags than a FBI classifed file? [[spoiler:He's the infamous assassin Carlo Luciano, the true BigBad who's been using Francisco Mendirez's name to ruin his reputation.]]
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a harmless, eccentric old man who enjoys his job a bit too much. [[spoiler:He also just so happens to be a serial killer who liberally uses torture and torment to make his victims suffer as much as possible before he kills them.]]
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* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:In a game with [[DirtyCop Nathen Togamera,]] [[SerialKiller Virgil Black,]] [[TheDon Michael Rivales,]] and [[TheHeavy Francesco Mendirez,]] he somehow manages to be worse than all of them combined and times by ten for good measure. There is no low he won't sink to, and his methods of targeting his victims are the stuff nightmares are made from.]]
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* FatalFlaw: Pointless cruelty. He [[spoiler:probably would have taken longer to catch if he hadn't gone on a killing spree during the fifth chapter to add more damage to Mendirez's reputation, which he had already utterly destroyed. The fact that he does so much to his victims also means he leaves enough evidence that he can be directly linked to many crime scenes even without a fingerprint.]]
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* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:He's got all the signs of a dangerous low functioning sociopath. He's pointlessly sadistic, lacks empathy or a basic comprehension of human interactions, has no impulse control or self preservation, is a thrill seeker to ridiculous extremes, and is entitled and narissistic to boot. He breaks the law more often than he breathes, and has an understanding but apathy to right and wrong.]]
* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:He's got all the signs of a dangerous low functioning sociopath. He's pointlessly sadistic, lacks empathy or a basic comprehension of human interactions, has no impulse control or self preservation, is a thrill seeker to ridiculous extremes, and is entitled and narissistic to boot. He breaks the law more often than he breathes, and has an understanding but apathy to right and wrong.]]
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* StupidEvil: While he's a great liar and cunning tactician, he leaves a trail of evidence behind with his needless cruelty, making it rather easy to implicate him in his crimes. [[spoiler:In some ways, this lack of self preservation makes him even more dangerous, as he's unable to determine when to count his losses, going out all guns blazing even when hopelessly outmatched.]]
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* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Being revealed as Carlo Luciano does nothing to break his resolve, and he goes down kicking for a FinalBoss worthy testimony, trying to murder everyone in the courtroom when he is defeated in a battle of wits. Even when his neck is snapped by Mendirez, he still gets a final shot in.]]
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler:This is used to identify him as Luciano, as having a gouged out eye is a pretty rare physical characteristic, especially in Ace Attorney.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: His murder methods are far more brutal and depraved than in most Ace Attorney canon works and fangames and the fact that he psychologically torments his victims and their close ones until their brutal deaths almost seem like a MercyKill is so vile that the mood goes from bleak to nightmarish when he appears. There is no depth too low for him to sink to and the game doesn't shy away from it, showing how nightmarish of a foe he is.
* {{Determinator}}: It's almost impressive how much effort he puts into what he does, even when the odds are completely against him. He goes above and beyond the call of duty by using hundreds of different methods to ensnare, torment, and dispose of his targets. Even when it's revealed that he may [[spoiler:not be dead after all, he continues his killing spree as the police close in on him, while still doing his job. If something nice can be said about him, it's that he never gives up no matter what.
* {{Determinator}}: It's almost impressive how much effort he puts into what he does, even when the odds are completely against him. He goes above and beyond the call of duty by using hundreds of different methods to ensnare, torment, and dispose of his targets. Even when it's revealed that he may [[spoiler:not be dead after all, he continues his killing spree as the police close in on him, while still doing his job. If something nice can be said about him, it's that he never gives up no matter what.
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* EyeScream: What [[spoiler:Mendirez]] did to him. He's not too happy about it.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: A deconstructed example as it makes him even worse. His methods are so barbaric and inhumane that they actually offer sympathy to his victims, regardless of how vile they are as people. He liberally uses physical and mental torture to strike fear in the hearts of his enemies, though this isn't just reserved for the guilty.
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* {{Sadist}}: He's perfectly capable of simply killing his victims, he just doesn't like to because it takes the fun out of destroying every aspect of their life before he gets bored of them and moves on to another unfortunate soul.
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* KickTheDog: He makes jokes about [[spoiler:Watters' wife, who he murdered, solely to be a reprehensible douchebag.]]
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* HateSink: There's not an ounce of humanity in him. He's a sadistic murderer who tortures and torments his victims, taking depraved joy in the suffering of them and their close ones. [[spoiler:He somehow becomes even more unlikable when Morton Dresian reveals his true colors, being so devoid of any likable or endearing qualities that fellow HateSink Mendirez almost seems badass for subduing him.]]
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* KickTheDog: His entire life revolves around being as cruel and depraved as possible, not only hurting those who wrong him, but also everyone they care about.
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* WalkingSpoiler: His mere presence and [[spoiler:the fact he's still alive]] dramatically raises the stakes of the game, as he's far more dangerous and powerful than anyone else who appears before him. [[spoiler:Doubly so in the fact that's he's Morton Dresian, a character who has personally interacted with Phoenix and co many times before.]]
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* HumbleHero: He's confused and concerned about why he has a fanclub dedicated to him. While he's flattered, he doesn't feel that he's worthy of such an honor.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He dies in a similarly brutal way to all those he's murdered. It's less satisfying than most examples, but a fitting end for him nonetheless.]]
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:She broke the law by framing an "innocent" man and assisting in a murder, but she wasn't aware of Wayne Parker's HeelFaceTurn and Michael Rivales was responsible for her father's murder.]]
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* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: See TheDitz.]]
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler: See TheDitz.]]
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* TheDitz: [[spoiler: She gives off spades of this when first encountered, being a strange and erratic woman with an unsound and irrational mindset. It’s all an act.act, as she's fairly intelligent, though the part about her being irrational is completely accurate.]]
* DumbBlonde: [[spoiler:See TheDitz.What she seems to be. It's actually a ruse to make her beneath suspicion, as she's a fairly cunning woman.]]
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* SympatheticMurder: [[spoiler:The Rivales family were awful wastes of humanity, and he genuinely wanted to be like a superhero and protect the people. He even apologises for his mistakes and accepts his punishment, showing that he's still a NiceGuy, despite his bloodsoaked hands.]]
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: He does kill criminals, after all.all, though his methods are more similar to the Punisher than Batman.
