History WMG / AceAttorney

It would reveal that the phantom's sabotage of the rocket in case 4-5 and the sniper who shot the phanotm were a FalseFlagOperation. In this game Athena and Phoenix will try to expose a conspiracy that wants to run Japanifornia from the shadows. This game would introduce a new prosecutor, return the jury system, and maybe bring back Kay and Gumshoe. In the final case this new proecutor would be the victim because HeKnowsTooMuch and he will be replaced by the one who is the puppet of the BigBad, who would be exposed as a culprit and would be replaced by Klavier Gamin. And the one behid it all was the Minister of internal affairs, who would be named Dailia Limmerah (hint: her punny name is based on the names of two infamous IRL StateSec leaders).

It would reveal that the phantom's sabotage of the rocket in case 4-5 and the sniper who shot the phanotm were a FalseFlagOperation. In this game Athena and Phoenix will try to expose a conspiracy that wants to run Japanifornia from the shadows. This game would introduce a new prosecutor, return the jury system, and maybe bring back Kay and Gumshoe. In the final case this new proecutor would be the victim because HeKnowsTooMuch and he will be replaced by the one who is the puppet of the BigBad. And the whole conspiracy will be set up by Minister of internal affairs, Dailia Limmerah.

In the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books, it is frequently stated that one-in-a-million chances happen nine times out of ten. Most of the events and circumstances surrounding Phoenix's cases are one-in-a-million chances. Phoenix is a descendant of Granny Weatherwax, which is why he's so good at making up AssPull explanations that end up being right (and it also would explain a lot about his personality and actions in Apollo Justice). The reason why magic and non-humans don't exist any more is simply because people stopped believing in them. (Hey, it works for the anthropomorphic personifications, as proven in ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}''.)

Think about it. His [[ParentalFavoritism Favoritism]] towards the Prosecutors is blatantly obvious. He allows Franziska to physically assault people, Godot gets no reprimand for throwing scalding hot coffee at the defense and even when there's rock solid evidence that the defendent is innocent he still refuses to declare them not guilty until the real murderer is found. And even then he gladly accepts whatever straws the real murderer is clutching at. This would also explain why he is so [[HelloNurse easily enamored by a couple of female witnesses]] but is completely unaffected by Mia's large breasts.

* This particular trope amuses me, in part, because it can also be argued to be rather close to the original Jewish plot of the Book of Job. (For those unaware: in the traditional Jewish viewpoint, it is far less of a bet between God and Satan and rather a case of ''humanity itself'' being put on trial--with Job being the defendant/defense attorney representing humanity as a whole, God being the judge, and [[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?letter=S=270 ha-Satan being the prosecuting attorney]]--right down to using curses as "cross examination", using Job's best friends as a form of attempted witness against the defense, and so on.)

Mainly because they need to introduce Ema prior to ''Apollo Justice''. The fact that "The Lost Turnabout" was adapted out of order, presumably in order to introduce Maggey, makes this more likely.

** '''JOSSED!''' The anime completely skipped over 2-1.

[[WMG: A future game will have Lana Skye be a proscecutor.]]
As stated in ''[=SoJ=]'', there is a lack of proscecutors after Edgworth fired the corrupt ones at the end of ''[=DD=]''. Also it has been some time since her case so she should be released from jail by the end of ''[=SoJ=]''. It would also be nice to have Ema work alongside her sister.

If only because it would be a perfect excuse to get her, Apollo, and Thalassa together to reveal their relation. In this case, the most likely victim is the valedictorian (assuming Trucy herself isn't this, then likely a staff member like the principal or vice-principal. It's also possible Thalassa ends up the victim). Because Trucy, Apollo, or Thalassa would be the most likely defendants (even if it's not so at first), the relationship between the three of them would be a huge piece of information during the case (especially if Thalassa is the victim). This would also likely be the final case of the game.

Based on the first three posts in [[http://www.pwmusical.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1248 this]] thread.

** *bangs gavel* '''Order!''' '''''Order in the court!''''' Would the witness kindly refrain from planting PoisonOakEpilepticTrees likely to destroy the respect we all have for the face of the franchise in this manner?!

* [[PoisonOakEpilepticTrees I'd rather not believe this WMG.]]

* [[spoiler: [[IKnewIt Confirmed]] in Investigations 2. Sort of.]]
* [[spoiler: While not a President, the FinalBoss in Spirit Of Justice is a queen.]]

** In terms of what a case in the game would look like where this happens, this is possibly what it would look like: Lamiroir is killed with one of Trucy's throwing knives. Trucy is, of course, accused for probably a few reasons including that she saw the victim last (and there's photographic evidence of her being the last person to leave the dressing room), was the last person seen with the victim, and ''because'' there are no prints on the murder weapon (as Trucy wears gloves). The trial progressively gets worse (as they do) and the prosecution in their ever-flowery and melodramatic way points out that Trucy may not have meant to kill the victim (conceding that she may have been practising her knife throwing act and unknowingly hit her mother) but that she's still responsible for her death. Phoenix has his HeroicBSOD and panics, and Apollo, acting as co-counsel, points out that there could have been another killer using a photo of the dressing room as evidence (Open window?). Trial continues and eventually it's revealed that the victim was killed by a blow to the head about an hour after impact (as not all blows to the head are bloody and kill instantly). Further, the thing they found to have possibly been what dealt the killing blow has Apollo's prints on it. He uses all of this to take the blame, since it would have been impossible before them for him to make a reasonable claim that he did it, as the evidence up to then pointed at Trucy, specifically the lack of prints on her throwing knife. It wouldn't make sense. Why? Well, he's confessing to the murder; great. If he was going to confess, why did he leave evidence incriminating Trucy? Apollo doesn't wear gloves, so the lack of prints on the knife would have meant he ''intentionally'' didn't leave any prints on a knife that he ''knows'' would immediately be linked to Trucy. So, he'd have to wait for an opening in the case to claim he did it (and improvise it on the spot). Apollo directs the blame onto himself, claiming that he didn't realise when he hit the victim that he'd done something that would kill her (in reality, he ''did'' hit her around that time and it ''was'' an accident and it definitely wasn't hard enough to kill her, meaning his lie would be a half-truth and making it easier ''to'' lie and it wouldn't trigger Trucy's perception abilities). He does his best to explain away the evidence incriminating Trucy, by stating that it's possible that Lamiroir fell on the knife when she collapsed at last from her head wound, something Phoenix proved could be possible (though lacked any concrete proof). Unlikely but perfectly plausible given the state of the dressing room, which has already been explained as being caused by her stumbling around. It just was coincidence that Trucy saw her last. He of course knows full well he didn't do it, but if he doesn't claim he did, Trucy will continue to be blamed. Something like this, I think would be what would happen, since him interrupting the trial is already too late for him to reasonably claim he did it and make it believable. There'd have to be a natural shift of the blame from her to him for it to not look like him covering for her, even when he is; he'd have to either claim it was him from the start in a situation where it's possible either of them did it, or what I already said. Unless in the previous set-up, he claims that he didn't realise he killed her until he thought about it, but even then it would be just a little unnatural. The Mood Matrix test in my set-up wouldn't play in until Day 2 where Athena is the co-counsel instead
:: Alternately, of course, using this same situation, if he's the first to happen upon the crime scene and he recognises the knife, he could just tamper with the crime scene to shift the blame onto himself, which would easily produce the same thing as what Blackquill did to protect Athena.

[[WMG: The anime's version of The Forgotten Turnabout will touch on the infamous neck snap contradiction]]

I genuinely am at a loss for why everyone else seems to think he would have. His traumatic event doesn't line up with why Athena had them. [[ProfessorLaytonVsPhoenixWrightAceAttorney Espella and Eve]]? They most likely had them, since their traumatic event and discovery of the truth behind it closely resembled Athena learning the truth about her mother's death. Edgeworth? No. He remembered everything about the DL-6 that he could possibly remember. He wasn't hiding anything, subconsciously or otherwise. He legitimately had no idea who murdered his father because he passed out after hearing Manfred scream and didn't wake up until long after his father was murdered and never ''heard'' the scream again except in his nightmares. His trauma about the event can be far easily compared to what Maya most likely experienced from Case 1-2, Case 2-2, and Case 3-5. Edgeworth didn't have any memories that were blocked from him about the event, ergo, he couldn't possibly have had the special Psyche-Locks reserved for such a thing.

* One, not shooting at all. This would imply A) guilt and B) it meant they weren't clever enough to take on his legacy anyway. In the case of guilt, it meant they refused to fire the pistol that as far as they knew, took Thalassa's life by their own hand. Bit of a leap of logic, but nothing out of the ordinary for the Ace Attorney world. As to the lack of cleverness, it meant they were unworthy of his legacy. [[ProfessorLayton Clearly Magnifi spent an awful lot of time in England]].

[[WMG: Gregory Edgeworth was familiar with the (older) cast of ProfessorLayton.]]

* '''''HOLD IT!''''' There's one more possibility: Phoenix is a result of Haruhi accidentally merging Taniguchi, who not only closely resembles Phoenix, but sounds [[SamRiegel ''exactly like him'']], with Kyon (thus, the personality) and Koizumi (who manifests as his ability to always find the truth and later, to use the Magatama). Athena is the result of Haruhi accidentally merging ''herself'' with Yuki (hence the superhearing) and Mikuru (hence the red hair). The entire Ace Attorney series is just an accidental universe created by Haruhi.

** Not to mention the AddedAlliterativeAppeal the Fey family seems to have going on for most of their children. Morgan... Misty... Mia... Maya... ''Miles''...

* '''''OBJECTION!''''' Kay Faraday is a {{pettanko}} with no real sex appeal! Plus, while not making a comparison to the hotness of other Ace Attorney females (such as in the "Is Ema Skye Hot" WMG above), the fact is the player has been exposed to way hotter, and as such, Kay Faraday and her mild attractiveness should leave no impact on the player. Thus, she shouldn't be considered hot. (On the subject of her younger self being adorable, however...)

** The prosecution submits that being a {{pettanko}} is part of Maya's charm, as well as her personality. Unless they give Maya a personality redo like with Hobo!Nick, a flat chest will forever and always be associated with her.

[[WMG: GhostTrick takes place in the far future of Ace Attorney, in a timeline where Vera died.]]

** I believe there's a fanfiction on this somewhere around FanfictionDotNet.

* WMG/ProfessorLaytonVsAceAttorney
* WMG/DaiGyakutenSaibanNaruhodouRyuunosukeNoBouken