History TearJerker / ElementsOfJustice

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes the final victory taste like ash: Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's a case of double jeopardy, he is not banished, but is forced to go to the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well, meaning that Private Eye's career is presumably over for good, Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye, and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question since she committed perjury. No one can say if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what has happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrets from her. As if that's not enough, Lawkeeper Equity comes with a speech about trust issues AND arrests Rarity for Overall Concept's murder. For the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened, none of the main cast can truly trust each other, seemingly proving Equity's point.

* Sugar Stamp isn't as [[StepfordSmiler cheerful and happy as she pretends to be.]] She reveals that she has no family since her husband died a year ago due to a heart attack and, possibly, has no children at all. This stuns everyone hearing this confession.

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!!Turnabout Theatre

!!Crusading for a Turnabout

!!Bonds of Justice
* The entirety of ''Messages'' where Coco's voice messages to the late Overall Concept culminate in her barely holding back tears while saying goodbye posthumously to her never-to-be betrothed.

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes the final victory taste like ash: Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's a case of double jeopardy, he is not banished, but is forced to go to the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well, meaning that Private Eye's career is presumably over for good, Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye, and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question since she committed perjury. No one can say if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what have happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrets from her. As if that's not enough, Lawkeeper Equity comes with a speech about trust issues AND arrests Rarity for Overall Concept's murder. For the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened, none of the main cast can truly trust each other, seemingly proving Equity's point.

* Sweetie Belle's attempt to save Scootaloo and get her vengeance against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon has her accusing Turning Page of murder by creating the anonymous tip, manipulating Spike into sending the letter for her by offering to help get him a date with Rarity, lying and hiding her tracks, framing Diamond Tiara by planting the magazine in her trash can and, worst of all, blackmailing Silver Spoon into enacting all this by leveraging the feelings Silver Spoon had told her about her friendship with Diamond Tiara and crucially, the potion that she had used to save Sweetie's life since the potion was a rare valuable one used by the hospital Silver Spoon’s parents worked at. Once Athena had laid out everything Sweetie Belle had done, she breaks down, screaming and crying a fountain of tears. In the aftermath of her explanation, Luna and Athena point out the tragic irony, that in order to get back at what Diamond Tiara had done, Sweetie Belle had [[HeWhoFightsMonsters done everything Diamond Tiara did, if not worse]]. Sweetie Belle, in horror of what she's done, visibly but silently cries through the rest of the trial unless called upon.

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes the final victory taste like ash: Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's the double jeopardy case, he is not banished, but is forced to go to the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well, meaning that Private Eye's career is presumably over for good, Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye, and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question since she committed perjury. No one can say if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what have happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrets from her. As if that's not enough, Lawkeeper Equity comes with a speech about trust issues AND arrests Rarity for Overall Concept's murder. For the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened, none of the main cast can truly trust each other, seemingly proving Equity's point.

* Sweetie Belle's attempt to save Scootaloo and get her vengeance against Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon has her accusing Turning Page of murder by creating the anonymous tip, manipulating Spike into sending the letter for her by offering to help get him a date with Rarity, lying and hiding her tracks, framing Diamond Tiara by planting the magazine in her trash can and, worst of all, blackmailing Silver Spoon into enacting all this by leveraging the feelings Silver Spoon had told her about her friendship with Diamond Tiara and crucially, the potion that she had used to save Sweetie's life since the potion was a rare valuable one the hospital her parents used. Once Athena had laid out everything Sweetie Belle had done, she breaks down, screaming and crying a fountain of tears. In the aftermath of her explanation, Luna and Athena point out the tragic irony, that in order to get back at what Diamond Tiara had done, Sweetie Belle had [[HeWhoFightsMonsters done everything Diamond Tiara did, if not worse]]. Sweetie Belle, in horror of what she's done, visibly but silently cries through the rest of the trial unless called upon.

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes final victory taste like ash - Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's the double jeopardy case, he is not banished, but is forced to go to the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well - that would mean that Private Eye's career is presumably over for good and Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye; and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question, since she still committed perjury. No one could have said if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what have happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrets from her. And as if it is not enough already, Lawkeeper Equity comes with a speech about trust issues AND imprisons Rarity for Overall Concept's murder. And for the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened, no one of the main cast can truly trust each other, proving Equity's point.

* The entirety of ''Messages'' where Coco's voice messages to the late Overall Concept culminate in her last where she barely holds back tears while saying goodbye posthumously to her never-to-be betrothed.

* If there is any sympathy for Diamond Tiara, she will have to live with the fact that everything in this case is all her fault. If she never made that blackmail threat and forcefully stole Scootaloo's scooter, the dominoes would never have fallen, and so many lives would not be ruined, and Royal Order would still be alive. [[ForWantOfANail And all because she wanted a roll of sparkly fabric.]] Turning Page does have a point in saying that ''she'' deserved some punishment for this.

* If there is any sympathy for Diamond Tiara, she will have to live with the fact that everything in this case is all her fault. If she never made that blackmail threat for the fabric, the dominoes would never have fallen, and so many lives would never be ruined. [[ForWantOfANail And all because she wanted a roll of sparkly fabric.]] Turning Page does have a point in saying that ''she'' deserved some punishment for this.

* If there is any sympathy for Diamond Tiara, she will have to live with the fact that everything in this case is all her fault. If she never made that blackmail threat for the fabric, the dominoes would never have fallen, and so many lives would never be ruined. Turning Page does have a point in saying that ''she'' deserved some punishment for this.

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes final victory taste like ash - Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's the double jeopardy case, he is not banished, but is forced to go the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well - that would mean that Private Eye's career is presumably over for good and Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye; and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question, since she have still committed perjury. No one could have said if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what have happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrets from her. And like this is not enough already, Lawkeeper Equity comes with speech about trust issues AND imprisons Rarity for the Overall Concept's murder! And for the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened no one of the main cast can truly trust each other, proving Equity's point.

* The entire ending of case 2-9. Everything makes final victory taste like ash - Turning Page killed his father by accident and Fair Devotion made the whole conspiracy with Sugar Stamp and Private Eye to protect him from banishment. Since it's the double jeopadry case, he is not banished, but is forced to go the military academy. Other conspirators are going to pay the price as well - that would mean that Private Eye's carrer is presubaly over for good and Fair Devotion is separated from her son with a tearful goodbye; and making Sugar Stamp Turning's legal guardian is still in question, since she have still commited perjury. No one could have said if the cost was worth the truth. After the trial Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle are quarreling about what have happened, and Twilight is starting to figure out that her friends are keeping secrtes from her. And like this is not enough already, Lawkeeper Equity comes with speech about trust issues AND imprisones Rarity for the Overall Concept's murder! And for the final nail in the coffin, it turns out that after what happened no one of the main cast can truly trust each other, proving Equity's point.

* When Phoenix notices Athena's growing stubborness to try and prove herself, he takes her aside to give her a stern talking to. She confesses [[CantCatchUp she's frustrated over how she constantly feels she's stuck in Phoenix's and Apollo's shadows]] and believes she can't improve her skills unless she tries to go solo. [[ScareEmStraight Phoenix responds by telling her of the time he tried to do the same thing]] [[VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney and how it resulted in a trainwreck of bad choices that nearly ruined his life]]. Athena, Twilight, and everyone else are naturally horrified at this revelation.

* Silver Spoon divulged her feelings to Sweetie Belle after they got out of the Everfree Forest, expressing her jealousy towards the Cutie Mark Crusaders' comradery and happiness with one another, something that she and Diamond Tiara didn't have. She also thinks her friendship with Diamond Tiara was only formed because of the absences of their parents in their life, which also makes Silver Spoon afraid to break the friendship because she's scared she would be alone otherwise. It gets even more heartbreaking when Silver Spoon decides to ask if Sweetie Belle would like hang out with her, only for Sweetie Belle to reject and shut the door in her face.

* Athena realizing that Turning Page may actually be guilty of killing his own father. Crosses into Nightmare Fuel.

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** Luna's entire [[HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath change of demeanor]] could count as well, especially when Athena points out that Luna herself is the one who gave her the idea that Turning Page is the culprit and the one that makes the most sense. Even when the bruise is found on Turning Page, Luna remains in denial, most likely unable to believe that a child could commit such an act.

* what is even more tragic is that friendship of Cutie Mark Crusaders WOULD have been damaged by the end of this trial. Scootaloo especially would be feeling hurt and betrayed by Sweetie Belle. It would seem grim and unlikely that their friendship would remain the same at the end of this case.