Funny / Gyakuten Kenji 2

General

• Sebastian accidentally slapping himself in the face with his own baton when he's caught off-guard (which is often) never gets old. Ever.
  • On a less sadistic note, his surprised animation is both adorable and cute, because his Idiot Hair, carefully crafted into the shape of a question mark, stands straight up like an exclamation point.

Turnabout Target

• Almost everything Nicole Swift does. Well, until she becomes a suspect, that is. In particular, try presenting her own tape recorder to her during the right-side audience investigation.
• Edgeworth taking offense to the popped Steel Samurai balloon to where he considers it a serious crime on its own.
• Kay's entrance.
• When asked which evidence was tampered with towards the end, selecting "the bullet", despite giving you a penalty, causes a pretty hilarious conversation.
• Huang admitting he hid under the bed after the assassination attempt even though he knew it was fake because he's terrified of the sound of guns is particularly hilarious in the fan translation, where it goes like so:
  Huang: It doesn't matter! I simply hate the sound of guns! That terrifying sound! I just can't help it!
  *awkward silence*
  Nicole: ...That definitely ain't going in my article.
• The second time you're asked to deduce a bullet's shooter judging from its trajectory, fail and you get this:
  Huang: So the murder weapon wasn't a gun, but a boomerang!
• After Huang^note or rather, Huang's body double breaks down, his character turns from resembling a lion to resembling a St. Bernard...
• Payne shows up as a cameo again and mentions he will help Edgeworth as much as he can as a prosecutor. Edgeworth expresses surprise Payne is a prosecutor (he thought Payne was a janitor in the first game).
• The sheer audacity of de Killer's Paper-Thin Disguise. He's literally wearing his signature seashell symbol on his kimono, and absolutely nobody notices the connection until he takes Knightley hostage.

The Imprisoned Turnabout

• When searching for the missing metal weights, Edgeworth tells Gumshoe to use one of his "Seven Secret Weapons"...and instead of the metal detector, Gumshoe eagerly pulls out...a fishing pole.
• The Bait-and-Switch buildup to Raymond greeting Edgeworth as Manfred von Karma.
• Gumshoe mentioning how good he is at leaking investigation reports to defense attorneys.
• Any testimony by Sebastian, period. But the first one still stands out, as most players really don't see its sheer absurdity coming. His theme even plays over it!
• Edgeworth says that Sebastian's decision to arrest Simon based on finding his fingerprints on Knightly's chessboard was too rash. When Sebastian is inevitably confused, Edgeworth explains the reason the prints were there was because Simon delivered it to him. Sebastian has a "Eureka!" Moment and finally understands what he meant... by his use of the word "rash."
  Edgeworth: (He was stuck on that?!)
• Justine "overruling" what is essentially a pickup line from Raymond.
• Sahwit returns, and true to form, smacks Edgeworth with his toupee!
• Edgeworth and Raymond rushing to help Kay, the crisis music kicking in and everything... only to find her being smacked by an elephant. Then Raymond trying to get a hug from Regina, only to yell as the elephant hits him too.
  • Edgeworth deals with the elephant by... pointing at it and shouting "Stop that this instant!" One can't help but reminisce about Phoenix taking on Money "man to monkey" in Justice for All.
• Present incorrect evidence when cross-examining Patricia Roland and you get this exchange:
  Edgeworth: Warden, would you have a look at this evidence?
  Patricia: What's this, Edgey. You want my attention so badly?
  Edgeworth: No, I didn't mean...
  Patricia: I'll give you as many hugs as you like!
  Raymond: Miles, run!
  Edgeworth: O...kay.
• At one point, Edgeworth has to talk to Simon Keyes, but Simon finds Edgeworth so intimidating that Kay has to talk on Edgeworth's behalf. At one point, Edgeworth starts thinking of questions that Kay asks...without being told first.
  Edgeworth: (Is Kay...stealing my thoughts?)
  Kay: No, they're just written on your face!
  Edgeworth: (Reacts)
• Shortly after meeting Raymond, Edgeworth wants to know about the room. So he asks Raymond, who gives three (wrong) options which spawn three amusing conversations. Here's what happens if you say "Lecture Room":
  Edgeworth: (to Raymond) This room... was where the body was found. Do you know anything about it?
  Raymond: Ah, this room, eh? Here's a pop quiz for our prodigy prosecutor. Which one of these three is the name of this room?
  Options are "Lecture Room", "Morgue", and "Entertainment Room"
  Edgeworth: (folding his arms and looking unimpressed) ... The Lecture Room?
  Raymond: (with feigned surprise animation) So they tied up Knightley-boy and lectured him to death? (claps) As expected of Prosecutor Edgeworth! You sure have an eye for the details! (grinning) Well, let's reveal the correct answer! Prosecutor Edgeworth's answer is... Wrong! (failure sound effect) The correct answer is the Workroom.
  Edgeworth: (still looking unimpressed) ...
  Edgeworth: (all three choices were wrong. I hate it when he does that.)
• Raymond offers hugs to just about any female he runs across but only Patricia Roland takes him up on it and man does she ever!
• Ray is quite delighted by the thought of Regina Berry training animals by cracking a whip and barking orders. Edgeworth replies that if that's the sort of thing Ray's into, then he has just the woman in mind...
• When Edgeworth goes to talk to Sirhan Dogen, you have the option of presenting his dog Anubis' profile;
  Edgeworth: I have a few questions to ask about your dog.
  Dogen: In that case, why don't you ask him directly?
  Edgeworth: Very well. ........
  Edgeworth: ........
  Edgeworth: (Damaged animation) (Wait! There's no way I'll be able to interrogate a dog!)

The Inherited Turnabout

• Edgeworth asking Larry Butz to point out an error in Sebastian's argument. He does, easily.
  • Hell, even Larry calls Sebastian an idiot. Like one YouTube comment says: "When Larry Butz calls you an idiot, you know that you have a problem with yourself."
    Larry: Hey Edgey... Don't you think this prosecutor is kind of an idiot?
    Edgeworth: Indeed. Although I've known him for a short time, his logic is always absurd.
• Sebastian gives us this gem:
  Sebastian: I get it now...! Yeah. That's it!
  Edgeworth: Huh... What did you realize?
  Sebastian: The victim committed suicide! And he thought he'd look refined if he died in an art gallery!
  Edgeworth: ...
• The DeLite couple planning their next heist, with Ron in his Mask de Masque outfit.
• The intro scene with Badd meeting Shields, and the slightly concerned sprite they chose for Gregory to explain about Shields' odd paper-eating habit, as well as Badd's surprised reaction. All the while, Shields is standing off to the side, nonchalantly eating the paper describing Badd. Apparently, it tastes "kinda bitter."
• If Edgeworth presents the wrong evidence when asked to show the poison gas's origins, the player gets this gem:
  Justine: ...Sebastian, don't get too close to Mr. Edgeworth. His foolish logic will make you dizzy... I find it poisonous, and even guilty.
  Sebastian: ... (Cue animated surprised expression where he actually scoots away from Edgeworth)
  Edgeworth: (He actually backed off...)
• Jeff's introduction to Gregory and Raymond involves him singing a song. The detention guard next to him responds... by doing jazz hands. Then they do the song again, and this time Gregory gives this remark:
  Gregory: (I got caught up in their song myself.)
• One of the guards in the room where Larry breaks the teapot is apparently convinced Edgeworth could walk through walls if he wanted to.
  Officer: P-Prosecutor Debeste ordered me not to let you investigate anything but this room. I absolutely cannot let you pass through any further than this! I'm sorry!
  Edgeworth: I won't, since I can't pass through anyway. You're standing in front of a wall.
  Officer: No! After all, you're Prosecutor Edgeworth! If you really wanted to, this wall wouldn't stop you.
  Kay: Wow! You are even more fearsome than I thought, Mr. Edgeworth!
  Edgeworth: (Just what kind of human do these people think I am...?)
• When you make Edgeworth present his prosecutor's badge to Delicia Scones during the last part of the case, she notices how he has a different badge from his father. Edgeworth says that it is because he chose the path of becoming a prosecutor instead of a defense attorney. Delicia then gives us this bit:
  Delicia: Ahh... I see! So that's how it is. It can't be helped, eh? Since you're at that age. But when you get a bit bigger, I'm sure you'll understand that your father loved you!
  Edgeworth: ...?
  Delicia: Because everyone goes through the rebellious phase! There's no reason to be ashamed about it!
  Edgeworth: (furiously) What...! I didn't become a prosecutor because I was in a rebellious phase!
• When Badd is forced to watch over Gregory and Ray's investigation of Delicia's room, he says "I'm stuck babysitting again." While this is definitely a Call-Forward to Turnabout Reminiscence, the way he says "again" implies the image of Badd being forced by Manfred to watch over his 1-2 year old daughter. Probably with a reduced salary.
• In the present, examining Pierre Hoquet's other works in the fountain plaza yields some funny results, with the best one featuring a hero fighting a monstrous snake which was apparently made with Dover's fascination with fantasy and heroes triumphing over hardships. The sculpture's theme? "The Math Test".
• When Justine presents a rulebook explaining the statue of limitations on crimes, it's not the thick, imposing legal sourcebook you might expect; it's, instead, a green school textbook with a picture of a cartoon cat pointing to a clock on the cover. The book itself is hilarious, but the idea that Justine, of all people, keeps it on hand is even better.

The Forgotten Turnabout

• In the fan translation, Karin Jenson diagnoses Edgeworth with lupus.
• When Franziska Von Karma meets Sebastian Debeste. The guy can't finish a sentence without getting whipped. He even lampshades it himself, and gets whipped for it.
• Later, when we get introduced to Blaise Debeste, Franziska greets him with a curtsey. Blaise says that the curtsey is unnecessary, then proceeds to reminisce about when she used to "sit on his lap and call him Unkie Boo-Boo".
• Examining the Winged Unicorn statue on the Big Tower roof leads to a completely irrelevant and hilarious bit of dialogue. The title of the statue turns out to be "Contradiction". The memetic popularity of a certain show makes it Hilarious in Hindsight.
  • Needless to say, the fan translation (released well after Friendship is Magic became popular) goes all-in on this reference, having Edgeworth say that the statue of the Winged Unicorn "sparkles in the twilight".
• Karin and Bonnie's Boke and Tsukkomi Routine where the former whacks the latter's round hair bun from behind like a speedball and the latter conks the former from her blind spot with her walking stick.
• When Kay loses her memories, Edgeworth attempted to get her to remember the names of completely mundane everyday things, but she managed to turn them all into thief-related stuff.
• Franziska meeting with Lotta again. Not only does Franziska absolutely remember Lotta, but she hates her. Of course, it's a matter of seconds before Franziska whips her and they're both cheesed off. Made funnier by Ema and Edgeworth commenting on it from the peanut gallery.
  Ema: (nonchalant thinking face) ... Ms von Karma seems to really dislike Lotta.
  Edgeworth: (with his arms folded and eyes closed, evidently bored) ... I can't say she's fond of her.
• Franziska shows up to reveal a crucial fact about the case... only for the room to go dead silent as this turns out to be something that had already been proven before she arrived. She also gets frustrated when the group talks about various points they covered while she was gone, making her angry about being kept out of the loop.

The Grand Turnabout

• The case begins with a crime scene suggesting an interesting yet sadly implausible murder: the president of Zheng Fa being stomped on by a kaiju. Edgeworth has to repeatedly remind Kay that this is probably not the case.
• In the first investigation, if you examine the door with the broken lock a second time, Kay and Edgeworth will both agree that they "don't see anyone important around here", just as the camera pans up to show Phoenix and Maya in the background checking out the Grand Tower, blocked from Kay and Edgeworth's line of sight by the fence.
• Lotta's running animation.
• Kay scolding Edgeworth, of all things.
  Edgeworth: Doing something like this, it's as if we're a couple of petty thieves...!
  Kay: Shh! Be quiet! Right now, we're a couple of Great Thieves! Have some self-awareness!
  Edgeworth: (...She scolded me.)
• The first time we see Justine be a mother to John is her lecturing him, which takes so long that the game skips most of it, and an exasperated Lang has to remind them that they are in the middle of an investigation. Even better, the music that plays during this scene is the hectic sounding Restless People (which usually plays for less serious characters like Nicole Swift and Delicia Scones), basically the complete opposite what we've seen of Justine's demeanor.
  • Soon after, when you find out John wasn't where he told Justine he was, she slams her gavel as her rather intense theme tune starts playing.
• Justine calling Lang a werewolf/wolf-man. Especially since it's so otherwise out-of-character for her.
• Try examining the rabbit and tortoise-shaped play equipment during the SS-5 orphanage recreation. Kay's version of the Tortoise and the Hare fable has to be seen to be believed.
• This game's Big Bad turns out to be Simon Keyes, the seemingly unimportant circus performer and defendant from case 2. When Edgeworth confronts him, he's about to perform his show, and is dressed as a clown. Fittingly, he gets some hilarious animations and poses despite his horrible actions:
  • His "shrugging shoulders" pose, with an innocent "Oh come on, you joker!"-like smile and squirrels jumping from his left hand to the right one and somersaulting back on the left one. They don't even acknowledge the latter.
  • His "confident" pose. He leans on a cat, who's being held up by a chipmunk, who's standing on a pig. Don't ask how this formation can even exist, let alone function as a stable piece of furniture.
  • His fake breakdown, a Skyward Scream set to his father's theme music before both him and the music abruptly cut off. "Just kidding!"
  • His real Villainous Breakdown: after his evil is exposed, all the animals he's been working with are pissed at him and beat him up while he begs for mercy: first, three hummingbirds peck him in the face. Then, the can he's been using as an armrest does a jumping kick. Money the Monkey rapidly claws him, and then a gorilla punches him while the chipmunks he's been juggling pull his hair. Finally, Astique the Elephant pulls him upwards.
• Present the Yatagarasu Badge to Lang and watch as Kay and Lang argue over whether crows or wolves are stronger like children in rival fandoms.
• As usual, every time Franziska gets royally cheesed off, it's hilarious. Somehow even moreso than before due to her Character Development making her genuinely kinder and more patient. When she finds out two key pieces of evidence are missing and they're luckily granted a 15 minute recess due to Shields' quick thinking, she makes her presence known off camera by a number of sound effects that either indicate her stomping about, which is hilarious on its own, or hitting Shields (though there is no whip sound effect). Edgeworth calmly notes, "... And here comes another noisy individual."
• After Edgeworth finds Sebastian tied up in his own home, we get cut to Ray, Courtney, and Franziska "stalling the trial". This involves Ray stating that the Absence of Evidence should be enough to acquit the defendant, Franziska calling him a fool and whipping him, and Courtney and Roland watching on like they're watching The Three Stooges. It seems this process had been repeating ad nauseum for two hours.
• While recreating the SS-5 incident, a very obvious and important contradiction is displayed as Di-Jun Huang being held at gunpoint by the kidnapper, while Jack Cameron is squatting below them and a fourth person is about to kill him with a brick, creating a darkly hilarious and absurd image of four people in the same spot while two of them are committing crimes.
• While on the search for John Marsh, talking to Regina has her mention that she wanted to use Astique the elephant and Regent the tiger to help, only to get stopped by Simon from letting the animals run around the city.
  Edgeworth: (Hmm, if Simon hadn't been there, there would probably be a mass panic right about now...