History VideoGame / ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney

* AcousticLicense: Two aversions of this trope prove to be important to the plot:
** In the first witch trial, [[spoiler:one of the witnesses claims he heard someone say his name. He then reveals his name is Emeer, and Phoenix figures out that he actually misheard the witch casting Dimere, an invisibility spell]].
** During the second witch trial, [[spoiler:everyone believes the witch cast Goldor, a gold transmutation spell; when Cracker the parrot testifies by repeating everything he heard at the crime scene, Phoenix realizes the witch actually cast Godoor, a portal spell]].

* RewatchBonus: Replaying the first witch trial and getting to the part where one of the witnesses claims to have heard a "sploosh" sound; at the time the characters think this refers to [[spoiler: the lantern falling into the mud]] and it's never brought up again, but knowing how the case ends you realize [[spoiler: it was the sound of the culprit's glasses falling into the bucket of milk]].

* DamnedByFaintPraise: When the Vigilantes give their initial testimony, it quickly gets messy and all over the place, with three of them making statements unrelated to the case and the last one speaking a long sentence that flat-out admits he doesn't remember anything. The Judge's response? "Well, I suppose that can be summed up by saying, you all did the best you could".

* ShooOutTheClowns: Following [[spoiler: Kira's]] very FamilyUnfriendlyDeath [[spoiler: (or, more specifically, what ''appears'' to be her family-unfriendly death]] at the end of the first witch trial, the game takes a decidedly dark turn. Although the comedic elements are still present, they are notably downplayed and before long you'll see [[spoiler: Professor Layton turned to gold, Maya accused of witchcraft and threatened with Kira's fate, Luke turning against Phoenix and Maya in his grief over the Professor, and Maya seemingly ''killed'' in the fire pit, pushing Phoenix into HeroicSafeMode.]] ''Damn!''

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Sometimes during a trial it's made fully clear the accused is not really a witch early. But gameplay-wise the game still needs game overs. So no matter what happens during a trial, when you run out of shields and get a game over, the person accused for being a witch will be sentenced to death. This is REALLY egregious during the last trial where [[spoiler: even long after it's been made fully clear that there is no such thing as magic, the town is a project, and Espella is not a witch, you can still get Espella sentenced to death if you mess up and get a Game Over as Layton, who is on the PROSECUTION'S side!]]

** Jean Greyerl the butler, in two ways. First, Earl Grey is a popular type of English tea. Second, [[spoiler:Jean Grey is the name of one of the original members of [[Franchise/XMen a certain other group]] that is often persecuted for having superhuman abilities.]]

* GenderRestrictedAbility: It is made explicit during chapter 3 that only women can be witches, thus explaining why while Newton Belduke was treated with suspicion due to practicing alchemy (which is distinct from magic, but similar enough to put people on edge), he couldn't actually be accused of witchcraft. It also becomes a plot point when [[spoiler:Phoenix starts unraveling the case of Layton's gold transmutation, and discovers Jean Greyerl, the butler, is actually a girl. She admits passed herself off as a boy to avoid suspicion]]. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the trope is {{Subverted|Trope}} as it's revealed that the magic isn't really magic, just a technologically crafted illusion, and thus on paper gender wouldn't really be a factor. In fact, Phoenix and Layton are the ones to use the last "spell", Taelende, to bring the ruse to an end]].

** Averted in "The English Turnabout." Phoenix proves Espella's innocence in the crime of assaulting Olivia, but while he establishes the existence of a third party who's the true culprit, he doesn't identify that person in court.

* GenderRestrictedAbility: It is made explicit during chapter 3 that only women can be witches, thus explaining why while Newton Belduke was treated with suspicion due to practicing alchemy (which is distinct from magic), he couldn't actually be accused of witchcraft. It also becomes a plot point when [[spoiler:Phoenix starts unraveling the case of Layton's gold transmutation, and discovers Jean Greyerl, the butler, is actually a girl. She admits passed herself off as a boy to avoid suspicion]]. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:the trope is {{Subverted|Trope}} as it's revealed that the magic isn't really magic, just a technologically crafted illusion, and thus on paper gender wouldn't really be a factor. In fact, Phoenix and Layton are the ones to use the last "spell", Taelende, to bring the ruse to an end]].

* YouDidntAsk: PlayedForLaughs in the second witch trial. When Barnham demands to know why he was never informed that [[spoiler:Lettie Mailer asked Emeer to get something for her the morning Sir Belduke was found dead]], the witness replies that he never asked. The Judge shakes his head in disbelief.

* YouDidntAsk: PlayedForLaughs in the second witch trial. When Barnham demands to know why he was never informed that [[spoiler:Lettie Mailer]], the witness replies that he never asked. The Judge shakes his head in disbelief.

* BorrowedCatchphrase: The first person to say Layton's {{catchphrase}}, "that reminds me of a puzzle", is actually Phoenix, who ironically hasn't solved any puzzles at that point.[[note]]Unless you happened to find one optional puzzle for him by that point.[[/note]]