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There are many different kinds of worlds out there. Once in a blue moon worlds can even intertwine with each other. It is time...for that blue moon to appear once more.
Phoenix Wright: I never thought I'd return to this world again, but it looks like my friends over here need my help, and this time I won't be helping them on my own.

Elements of Justice is a fan made sequel to the famous Ace Attorney and My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic fan Crossover web series Turnabout Storm that was headed by TheAljavis, who in 2023 passed the torch to Mr. G and other members of the team who now continue the project. Chronologically, the series take place after the 4th season of My Little Pony and Dual Destinies from Ace Attorney, respectively. The series format itself is mostly identical to the style used in Turnabout Storm, complete with voice acting for all characters.

Eight years have passed since Phoenix Wright was summoned to Equestria. Many things have since changed for both worlds, but now a new string of murders has occurred throughout Equestria, and Twilight Sparkle—now the alicorn Princess of Friendship—must once again summon her old friend to defend the innocent and pursue the truth. Together with their respective allies, they must solve the mystery behind the new series of murders. Are all of these new murders merely coincidences? Or is there a far more sinister connection between them?

After a deeply Troubled Production, the series finally launched its first episode on June 5, 2019. Elements of Justice is set to be comprised of 5 cases similar to the Ace Attorney games themselves.

In addition to the main cases, there is also ''Bonds of Justice'', various side-stories that show what some characters, main or otherwise, are doing before, during, or after the cases.

    Bonds of Justice 

  • [S1-1] Messages - Coco Pommel's relationship with Overall Concept (the case victim in Turnabout Theatre) and her coping with his death is explored in a series of phone messages she left on his answering machine.
  • [S1-2] Rainbow Blues - Rainbow Dash airs her emotional frustrations at Phoenix over the development of Scootaloo's criminal arrest. Takes place between episodes 2-2 and 2-3.
  • [S1-3] Guard Duty - A conversation between guardponies Sterling Spade and Cinnamon Swirl during their guard duties at the Everfree Forest. Takes place during episode 2-5.
  • [S1-4] Not Far From the Tree - Apple Bloom's desire to help with Sweetie Belle's trial investigation puts her on a collision course with Lawkeeper Equity. Takes place during episode 2-6.
  • [S1-5] On Valiant Wings - Following Sweetie Belle's trial, Scootaloo musters her bravery for a heart-to-heart chat with Turning Page. Takes place after episode 2-9.
  • [S2-1] A Plea For Strength - Princess Luna deals with the fallout of Sweetie Belle's trial and has a sister-to-sister talk with Princess Celestia. Takes place after episode 2-9
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"I will submit the eviden... ehh... examples, your Honor":

  • Aesop: Thus far, there appears to be one for the idea that, if you need someone's help or they're offering it to you, you should be upfront and honest with your intentions or any risks to ensure that you'll either receive that help, or that you and your helper won't suffer for it.
    • In Case 1, Coco, out of fear Phoenix refusing to defend her as it'll make his job harder, hides the fact that she and Overall Concept, the victim, were court-approved domestic partners, which would grant her legal ownership of his belongings in the event of his death and in turn gives her a strong motive to kill him. As a result, Phoenix is completely blindsided when Blueblood reveals this fact in his bid to paint her as a monster to help his case. If it wasn't for Blueblood's Evil Gloating causing him to make a Freudian Slip that Twilight picks up on, Coco would have been convicted then and there.
    • As the prosecutor of Case 2, Princess Luna treats Athena with the level of condescension and harshness you'd expect of Prosecutors of the main series, calling her "Golden Pixie", undermining her constantly, and is revealed after the first trial to have organised a massive conspiracy for the sake of proving Scootaloo, Turning Page and Sweetie Belle innocent, but made it a point to involve everyone but the Defence team. As she reveals later when she visits Athena in her dreams after a nightmare, this is because Athena being a complete unknown made the Princess wary of her and her intentions and competence, and so decided that the best option would be to serve as a Stealth Mentor to steer her in the right direction. However, this ends up backfiring massively several times. The pressure Luna, and in turn the Judge, put Athena on undermines her self-confidence and causes her to try accusing Zecora as a stall tactic, and even after Athena is told the truth of Luna's actions, she's already sick of being made a Unwitting Pawn in Luna's schemes and so intentionally deviates from her plans to really reach the truth of the case. In the end, Luna's mistrust motivated attempts at being The Chessmaster ends with Athena besting her again, and her own competence as a prosecutor being questioned by the general public due to she herself being made an Unwitting Pawn by Fair Devotion, who successfully prevents her from convicting Turning the first time.
  • Affair Letters: Royal Order's travel pack has one that details Sugar Stamp's affair with him and how she doesn't like being away from him to be with Fair Devotion and Turning Page. Subverted when it's revealed that Sugar Stamp wrote it in order to give herself a motive to kill Royal Order.
  • Amoral Attorney:
    • Prosecutor Prince Blueblood, who at one point goes as far as to try and suppress evidence in order to ensure a guilty verdict.
    • Prosecutor Princess Luna, on the other hoof, is a Subversion. Even though she starts off in a typically dismissive and sneering manner towards the defence (what with nicknaming Athena "golden pixie"), it soon becomes apparent that she's completely cooperative, trying to get to the bottom of the truth in the most ethical and systematic manner possible - inadvertently making her potentially one of the most down-to-earth prosecutors to ever be associated with the AA universe. This takes the protagonists as much off-guard as the audience.
      • This however is Double Subverted as Luna ends up also showing herself to be quite manipulative, basically leading Athena into a specific conclusion, thus showing that while they might be more ethical in many ways, they're also not completely above shady methods. The only thing that complicates things is why they're doing this: Because they're a Friend to All Children, and thus cannot stand or face the idea that one of the younger characters involved might actually be guilty, despite the evidence later on showing that this is the case. That being said, it is ultimately a much more sympathetic reason than the usual.
  • Animation Bump: Even between the beginning when it was a 1 man show, and when the Turnabout Team started coming together, there's a commitment to better fluitdity, mouth movements, and character animation. All their efforts pay off in 2-3, in which high-quality 3D models were implemented (with modified textures to make them pass as 2D models and not clash with the rest of the art, akin to cel-shading), drastically improving the overall feel and quality of the animation.
  • April Fools' Day: In 2019, a video was released where TheAljavis apologized and claimed he was quitting the project since he was burned out. Afterwards, he immediately says he was joking and the first episode is almost done.
    • In 2022, there was a special episode with a different art style that played out as a dating simulator where you play as Athena falling in love with Twilight, rather than a normal Ace Attorney game.
    • In 2023, another episode was released in the style of a Pokémon game where Sonata and Phoenix are turned into Pokémon.
  • Art Evolution: Part 3 of "Crusading for a Turnabout" upgraded the Ace Attorney characters from 2D sprites pulled from Apollo Justice (and fan-made ones for Athena and DD-era Phoenix) to their 3D models from Spirit of Justice.
  • Awful Truth: While Ace Attorney is no stranger to these, Case 2 ends up having one of the most devastating ones so far: After going through a multitude of twists and turns involving clones, blackmail, false affairs and the like, Athena ends up coming to the awful realization of whom the culprit responsible for Royal Order's death is: Turning Page, his own son. It ends up being so horrifying that Athena, despite mere seconds earlier being on a roll with triumphant music in the background, literally cannot bring herself to speak about her realization, instead barely being able to hint towards Luna about this revelation by bringing back Silver Spoon and Sweetie Belle to testify...and the implications are enough to shake the boisterous princess to her core. It's only Phoenix's words about prioritizing the truth over the comfortable illusion involved that gives her the resolve to fully reveal this line of thinking to the court...and even then after the Case's conclusion, Athena still isn't sure if it was the right thing to do, given the damage to everyone involved.
  • Big "SHUT UP!":
    • In addition to the usual Ace Attorney interjections like "Hold It!" and "Objection!", Suri Polomare also regularly shouts "Shut Up!" in large red letters.
    • Starting with the second trial, the new prosecutor, Princess Luna, begins to shout "Be Still!" using her Royal Canterlot Voice when she gets furious at Athena for her groundless accusations of Zecora.
  • Big "WHAT?!": Crusading for a Turnabout after Scootaloo and Turning Page are declared Not Guilty, everybody in the defendant lobby (and the viewers themselves most likely) give this as a reaction when Princess Luna reveals the forensics results on the secondary bloodstains on the Nightmare Night Statue belong to SWEETIE BELLE and the guards promptly arrest her.
    • Earlier in the same case, Trucy and Apollo have this reaction to the reveal that Turning Page became a second suspect in the case.
    • Near the end of Case 2, Twilight, Luna and the Judge have this exact same reaction when Athena reveals that all of the new evidence points towards Turning Page, citing Luna's own words about a small child being the only person who could have been small enough in that scenario. It's so shocking that the entire courtroom is in an uproar.
  • Big Word Shout:
    • In large red letters like in Ace Attorney, "Hold It!" and "Objection!" Suri Polomare gets a unique cut-in: "Shut up!"
    • The new prosecutor of the second trial, Princess Luna, uses "Be Still!". Said words are written with an victorian, old English calligraphy, highlighting the royal and ancient nature of its speaker.
  • Bittersweet Ending: Case 2 ends with special emphasis on the bitter. Scootaloo, Turning (by technicality) and Sweetie Belle all avoid being convicted for Royal Order's murder, with Turning being able to take steps to achieve his dream of becoming royal guard by going to a military school for future royal guards. However, the truth that Turning killed his father was revealed to the world, and Fair Devotion, Private Eye and Sugar Stamp will each be punished for their role in attempting to cover this up, and Turning's own sentecing to military school effectively separates Fair from her son. The case also has a nasty fallout, with everyone, especially Apollo and Athena, being extremely conflicted about the conclusion, while Rainbow and Scootaloo are at Sweetie and Rarity's throats for the former's actions and how they worsened the situation, with Applejack's attempts at calming them down coming up fruitless. Then, as if to rub salt on the wound, Lawkeeper Equity shows up to inform them that Rarity is now a suspect in Overall Concept's murder, arresting her, and encourages Phoenix and Athena to distrust Twilight on account of her hiding the reason for her summoning them, as they realized from Psyche-Locks and discord respectively, and the Bonds of Justice episode "On Valiant Wings", which takes place after the case's conclusion, has Scootaloo finally confess her feelings for Turning Page, only for him to tell her that he doesn't feel the same way, though Scootaloo is at least happy that she finally got it off her chest.
  • Bloody Horror: In Crusading For A Turnabout, the team is informed by investigator Private Eye that a negligible amount of dried, unidentified blood was found behind the Nightmare Night statue - a find which would ordinarily be neither particularly gruesome nor relevant to the crime at hand. Then Athena turns on the UV flashlight, and much of the forest floor and the statue's pedestal light up. The sight is enough to cause Applebloom to have a panic attack.
  • Call-Back:
    • Turnabout Theater
      • Apollo, Athena, and Trucy mistake Twilight for a horse, just like Phoenix first did when he first came to Equestria.
        Apollo: Um...did that purple horse say something?!
        Athena: I thought I heard it talk too!
        Twilight: Excuse me, but I happen to be a pony.
        Trucy: Whoa, it's totally talking!
      • Phoenix jokingly asks Twilight if she summoned him by "accident" again as a nod to how their first meeting went.
        Phoenix: So... did you try to summon the greatest defense attorney in Equestria again?
        Twilight: No, I just simply summoned Phoenix Wright.
      • Twilight only meant to summon Phoenix, but because Apollo, Trucy and Athena grabbed onto him, they got sent to Equestria as well. This is similar to how in Turnabout Storm, Sonata meant to just teleport herself out of the Everfree Forest but ended up bringing Apple Bloom with her when the filly bumped into her.
      • Twilight tells Phoenix what happened to Gilda and Sonata after they were released from prison.
      • Phoenix remembers Rarity as the one who patched up his suit.
      • Phoenix tells Trucy that the currency in Equestria isn't worth anything in their world. He also thinks about how close he was to owning a sports car.
      • Twilight teaches Athena, Apollo, and Trucy about the different abilities each of the different species of ponies have just like she did when Phoenix first came to Equestria.
      • The picture of Luna in the defendant lobby is the same one that was in the defendant lobby in Turnabout Storm.
      • Phoenix remembers Twilight mentioning Equestria's judical system was inspired by humans.
      • Twilight being Phoenix's co-council during Rainbow Dash's trial is brought up.
      • One of the gallery ponies during the first case appears to be Wobniar Hsad, Rainbow Dash's palette-swapped "evil twin" from Turnabout Storm.
      • When Phoenix proposes that Overall Concept committed suicide Blueblood, The Judge, and Twilight respond with:
        Blueblood: WHAT!!
        Judge: THE!!
        Twilight: HELLO!?
      • Pinkie Pie misses the trial once again because she slept in.
    • Crusading for a Turnabout
      • Phoenix remarks how Equestria has no cellphone reception.
      • Phoenix remembers Twilight mentioning the "Equestrian High Council" during Rainbow Dash's trial.
      • Apollo tries to argue against the logic of letters getting sent instantly after Spike burns them with his dragon breath, but Phoenix tells him to just give it up as he's not going to win, clearly remembering how he tried to argue against the logic that somepony could use a lightning cloud as a weapon which did nothing but embarrass himself for being ignorant on how Equestria works.
      • Applebloom reminds Twilight about the last time they investigated together.
        Applebloom: Yay! Cutie Mark Crusader Private Investigator!
      • Phoenix remembers when he was stranded in the Everfree Forest and encountered some Timberwolves.
      • Twilight mentions that the Everfree Forest becomes pitch black at night which cause Applebloom to remember the time she got lost in there.
      • Twilight and Applebloom recognize the Canterlot Royal Seal, on one of Zecora's letters, from their last investigation.
      • Phoenix recognizes the "Carousel Boutique" as where he first met Rarity.
      • Athena saw psyche-locks for the first time due to her holding the Magatama. When mentioning "chains and locks", Twilight recalled seeing them as well back in Turnabout Storm after having accidentally absorbing some of the Magatama's power. Apple Bloom also remembers Twilight mentioning "chains and locks" as well.
      • Rainbow Dash is disappointed that Athena, Phoenix, Twilight, and Applebloom weren't able to find any decisive evidence to help Scootaloo but Twilight reminds her that Phoenix wasn't able to save her right away as well and they'll get more details during the trial.
      • Scootaloo and Phoenix recognize each other from Rainbow Dash's trial but were never properly introduced to each other.
      • Twilight mentions that Scootaloo was lucky a defense attorney, Sonata, was willing to defend her mentioning how hard it was for her to find one for Rainbow Dash.
      • Rainbow Dash still holds a grudge against Sonata for what she put her through.
      • The punishment for murder in Equestria is banishment, possibly even to the sun or moon.
      • During the first day of the second trial Twilight asks if the victim knew how to teleport and Luna mentions you can only teleport to places they've been to.
      • Athena asks Twilight for ideas and she comes up with one, cast suspicion on Zecora as the true murderer, but is hesitant to go through with it, having suffered through a similar situation once before.
      • That situation is explained when Phoenix tells Athena that he himself also accused an innocent witness (Fluttershy) in Equestria when defending Rainbow Dash. Twilight was extremely upset that he did it and caused a momentary rift in their trust.
      • Since Trucy, Apollo and Athena never knew the details of why Sonata ended up in jail she tells them about her former blackmailing past with Ace Swift and how she ended up in jail to change for the better.
      • After breaking Sweetie Belle’s Psyche-Locks Sonata mentions that she remembers what that feels like.
      • Sonata mentions that during her trial she had no one to protect until Phoenix asked to protect her.
      • Sonata is once again staying at the Hay and Stay Hotel.
    • Turnabout Discharge
      • Trixie is once again filling the role of the prosecution during the flashback trial of Overall Concept and even mentions to Sonata, who’s the defense for the trial, that it’s been a year since they last saw each other when Sonata was a witness in Rainbow’s trial.
      • Phoenix mentions the last time Rainbow Dash was arrested and had to stay at the detention center after she’s arrested again, but notes she’s at least being treated somewhat better than last time.
      • Lenora can be seen on poster for the Griffon Express outside of Keresmatic's Mare Attic.
      • Apollo, Spike, and Trucy find a poster for the Equestria 600. A race with a name similar to the race from "Turnabout Storm", the Equestria 500.
      • When Spike hears Apollo read Cruise Control's name on the Equestria 600 poster he remembers that he was a suspect in Rainbow Dash's trial and how he attacked Mr Wright.
  • Call-Forward:
  • The Cameo:
    • Some of the background ponies in the courtroom gallery of case 2 are the "Ponysonas" of the production crew.
    • In the Bonds of Justice short, “A Plea for Strength”, one of the reporters that asks Celestia a question at the end of the short is named and voiced by Quillian Inkheart, one of the “Bailiffs” that help run the Elements of Justice Discord server.
  • Central Theme: As of the end of Case 2, To what point is seeking the truth the right thing to do, if in the process it ends up causing immense harm? The Wright Anything Agency is built on the foundational idea of seeking out the truth and defending the innocent, something that has served the likes of Phoenix well for all of his cases, including his previous case in Equestria. A large part of this stems from the underlying belief that the client is innocent, and that seeking the truth will inherently lead to the good for all involved except those guilty. However, the end of Case 2 reveals severe problems and limitations of this belief system as Apollo ends up noting: Namely, what happens if in seeking out the Awful Truth and exposing it without compassion for all of the potential consequences, it ends up making things worse for all involved, tearing families apart like the Order/Devotion family, destroying lives and damaging the friendships and bonds of those caught in the crossfire? What happens if the situation is infinitely more complicated than that, where those guilty are just as sympathetic and have complicated reasons that don't neatly fit into the above, or if the client is not entirely innocent or guilty, and ultimately have made terrible mistakes and decisions that muddy the water further?
  • Continuity Nod: Enough to warrant its own subpage.
  • "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: Case 2 has multiple examples of this.
    • Athena gets called out almost immediately by Twilight, the Judge, and Luna for trying to implicate Zecora as the murderer rather than just calling her testimony into question. This inadvisable and unjustified decision leads to several complications for Athena as the case continues.
    • Scootaloo and Turning Page both get told by the judge that they should have talked to a responsible adult about the blackmail so they didn't end up putting themselves, and multiple other ponies, in danger.
    • Fair Devotion has an opportunity to let her son confess and possibly get a more lenient sentence. Instead, she orchestrates an elaborate coverup that not only results in her losing custody of her son anyway, but also gets her best friend in trouble, and her late husband's friend fired from his job as a detective.
  • Creator Cameo: Aljavis voices one of the guards from "Turnabout Theatre" and a bailiff from "Crusading for a Turnabout".
  • Darker and Edgier: While the original Turnabout Storm was already this compared to MLP, the case itself was relatively tame compared to what you'd expect from the Ace Attorney series. Here, the tone of the cases is much darker, and the murders in Ace Attorney are rarely if ever as gruesome as seen here. Compare the cause of death in Turnabout Storm (electrocution in the middle of a deserted forest) to those of this series. Case 1 has the victim hanged in the middle of a stage show in full view of the audience. Case 2 has the victim die of a stab wound to the head, with no less than five children directly involved with the case.
  • Darkest Hour: The ending of Case 2-9. Despite Athena having won two cases and gotten 3 different clients acquitted, It is revealed that Turning Page, one of her first two clients, was the true culprit, and that Fair Devotion, Sugar Stamp, and Private Eye were all complicit in covering up that fact. As punishment, Turning is shipped off to military school (since he can't be retried for murder due to the rule of Double Jeopardy), Fair loses custody of her son, Private loses his job, and everyone involved with the cover-up is likely to serve quite a bit of jail time. On top of that, it is revealed that the one who informed the police about Turning in the first place was Sweetie Belle, which drives a rift between her and Scootaloo, and by extension between them both and Applebloom, and by further extension between Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Applejack, and by even FURTHER extension the members of the Mane Six AND the Wright Anything Agency, both collectively and individually. And then, almost as if solely to rub salt in the wound, Lawkeeper Equity shows up to arrest Rarity on the charge of murdering Overall Concept.
  • Didn't See That Coming: Fair Devotion had just about everything set up for a perfect crime. With Sugar Stamp and Private Eye's help, she was able to create a scenario with no contradictions between testimony and evidence, setting herself and Sugar Stamp up to take the fall for Turning Page's actions. But there was one problem she was not aware of and therefore did not account for: Athena's ability to sense emotions. She noticed that Fair Devotion's feelings did not line up with her words. Thus, Athena was still able to see through her lies and uncover the truth.
  • Driving Question: Under the surface of everything, there's a question that keeps cropping up: Why did Twilight REALLY summon Phoenix back to Equestria, and what secrets is she keeping from everyone?
  • Easter Egg: One of the flags at the Wonderbolts Academy is a refrence to Sonata's Voice Actress, CadetRedShirt.
  • Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: When Athena concludes that the breathing Scootaloo heard wasn't coming from Royal Order but from BEHIND him Luna counters this by saying only someone as small as child could have done it. This causes Athena to realize that the only one who could've done it was Turning Page!
  • Fan Sequel: Obviously to Turnabout Storm, but the first case "Turnabout Theatre" could also be considered one to "Rarity Takes Manehattan". It centers heavily on the same setting, same characters, and even the same theme and Aesop.
  • Flat "What": Apollo's reaction when Twilight explained that messages are sent instantly by Spike's dragon breath.
  • Foreshadowing: During "Crusading for a Turnabout" Turning Page is warned that for interfering with the guards he could've been arrested. He is later arrested as a second suspect.
    • Also during the same case when wondering what the "clang" Silver Spoon heard was Luna says it might've been armor from inside the castle that fell over, turns out that it WAS armor that made the clang, as Sweetie Belle was using it to scare off Timberwolves.
  • Fluorescent Footprints: A more justifiable version of the trope occurs in "Turnabout Theatre", as the protagonists discover somepony got fluorescent paint on their hooves, creating a trail that started from a dressing room where the victim worked, then to the catwalks where the crime occurred, and finally out a back door. Phoenix and co managed to discover this when the lights began to flicker, revealing the glow-in-the-dark hoofprints. These footprints turned out to be from Suri Polomare, from her attempt to steal some fabric that was coated in the paint.
  • Forgotten First Meeting: When they meet again, Phoenix doesn't immediately recognize Twilight nor Equestria, but after a few moments, his memory is jogged.
  • Harmful to Minors: Case 2 involves quite a few colts and fillies who end up in terrible situations:
    • When Apple Bloom witnesses the pool of blood at the Nightmare Moon's statue, the sheer amount triggers a panic attack in her.
    • Scootaloo crashes into a gravely wounded Royal Order during the night. Turns out she crashed into his corpse.
    • Turning Page was present at the scene, actually hiding besides his father's body who he was moving after accidentally killing him.
    • Sweetie Belle turned out to have been present in the forest the night of the murder, during which a timberwolf attacked her and hurt her so badly he nearly ripped her leg off.
    • Silver Spoon was able to find and help Sweetie Belle in time, but had to treat a severely wounded filly and steal an extremely expensive potion to save her.
    • Diamond Tiara found Royal Order's body, and moved it while looking for the blackmail note.
  • Hollywood Law:
    • Turnabout Theatre; After prosecutor Prince Blueblood examines only a single witness, he tries to pressure the defence into letting him examine the defendant in order to establish a possible motive. Should the defense refuse, he threatens to simply forego discussing any of the remaining evidence (and thus rob the defense of the opportunity of poking holes into them) and call for a swift guilty verdict. This threat (and the request it's meant to back up) would be invalid in Real Life for several obvious reasons (such as the fact that either party should generally have the right to request the examination of all submitted evidence before a final verdict is passed), but the main one is that all the evidence should have already been disclosed to the defence ahead of the trial, giving them plenty of opportunity to investigate and dispute it to their heart's content; as a matter of fact, a trial lawyer is advised to never bring up a question in cross-examination to which he does not already know the answer. Naturally, the under-preparedness of the defense is a running theme in Ace Attorney in general.
    • Exaggerated in Crusading For A Turnabout, where the investigation and trial are essentially declared a state secret by prosecutor Princess Luna - up to and including for the defence team, who (for instance) aren't allowed to converse with the defendants long enough to even ask what happened. This situation is justified In-Universe, but would ordinarily likely lead to an immediate mistrial.
      Athena: Why does it always feel like we're being left in the dark?
    • Also in Crusading For A Turnabout, no heed is paid to the fact that both defendants are (probably) minors; they run risk of facing the same harsh sentences as adult ponies.
  • I Am Not Weasel: Athena, Apollo, and Trucy mistake Twilight Sparkle for a horse. She gets annoyed and says she is a pony.
  • Immaturity Insult: Princess Luna refers to Athena as a "Child" when she is overcome with fury after the latter accuses Zecora of murder.
  • In Medias Res: Following a brief flashback to six months previously, Case 3 proper opens with Sonata and Phoenix talking with Rainbow Dash in the detention center, the latter having been arrested at some point following the end of Case 2. Rainbow's refusal to talk to Sonata after what happened when they first met results in her situation not being explained until after a round of Logic Chess.
  • Karma Houdini Warranty:
    • A Downplayed instance: in Turnabout Storm, Trixie is the haughty, condescending, revenge-driven prosecutor who tries and briefly succeeds in convicting Rainbow Dash of murder. Even when her career is saved by Phoenix she remains arrogant and unapologetic for her actions and gets off scot-free. In this series, Twilight reveals that the events of "Magic Duel" still occurred afterward, wherein Trixie once again returns for revenge and is outwitted by Twilight and co., but ends up apologizing. Phoenix is surprised that she actually apologized.
    • Suri Polomare ends up not being the killer, but her history of lying, cheating and plagiarism is exposed in court, and will face jail time for assault, robbery, commiting perjury and tampering with the crime scene.
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: In "Turnabout Theatre", Coco Pommel was knocked out when the crime occurred, meaning her memories of the event are hazy. She remembers everything just in time to jump to Suri's defense when she's accused.
  • Laser-Guided Karma: After the way he acted during Coco Pommel's trial Prince Blueblood is removed from the case as prosecutor and will be under investiagtion by the Investigation Committee, meaning his days as a prosecutor are over.
  • Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Apollo comments that Pinkie's songs are something you'd play for little kids.
    • While investigating with Sonata Phoenix mentions how he used to "just rummage around whatever was in front of him". But lately he's taken on a more advanced approach of "looking at things from all angles". A nod to how the newer games allow players to explore around the 3D environments.
  • Left Hanging: In-universe, and with no bad pun intended considered how the victim died, at the end of Turnabout Theatre, pretty much everyone is left wondering why Overall Concept would take his own life, even with depression being a factor. Rarity points out that, all things considered, with Overall being at a point in his life where he was genuinely happy, it doesn't make any sense. Add to that some unresolved mysteries, such as how Suri came to know about the fabric (something which she adamently refused to reveal, and also the letter she may or may have not recieved from someone who claimed to be Coco), and Overall being conveniently distracted by something unknown long enough for Suri to steal the fabric, and it is easy to realize that these unanswered questions will be addressed in the future.
  • Lethal Letter Opener: The murder weapon used in case 2, having somehow been shoved through the victim's skull. Except it wasn't. Someone else stabbed him after he was dead to implicate another pony.
  • Living Lie Detector: Phoenix returning with his magatama, allowing him to perceive deep secrets people (or ponies in this case) are trying to hide from him, as well as Apollo Justice with his Perceive ability allowing him to catch a person's (pony’s)tell when they're lying. Athena Cykes's Mood Matrix has elements of this as well, and her ability to sense the attitude and feelings of the people (ponies) around her makes her The Empath.
  • Malicious Slander: Invoked in the first trial when Blueblood attacks Coco Pommel's character after her initial testimony. To his credit, the judge agrees with Phoenix's assessment and calls for Blueblood to refrain from such remarks in the future.
  • Morton's Fork: During the final stretch of case 2 Athena is faced with a difficult choice. Either she expose the truth, but prove that Turning Page killed his father, or accept Fair Devotion's lie that she was the killer which would save Turning, but would leave him all alone.
  • Motive = Conclusive Evidence: A sizeable portion of Prosecutor Blueblood's case in Turnabout Theatre relies on establishing Coco Pommel's motive - to the point where he is willing to skip the examination of other evidence to press the point. Naturally, ultimately nothing comes of it.
  • Mythology Gag:
    • Before the trial of Coco Pommel begins, the Wright Anything Agency lawyers talk about having a refresher. This is a reference to how the first trial of an Ace Attorney game attempts to be a Justified Tutorial.
    • Prince Blueblood refers to the case Phoenix defended Rainbow Dash in as the TS-5 Incident. This is a reference to the title of the previous series, "Turnabout Storm", which had five episodes.
  • Narnia Time: The last time Phoenix was teleported to Equestria, he went missing in his own world for the same amount of time he was away, which was two days. Since then, however, eight years have passed in Phoenix's world while only a year and a half have gone by in Equestria.
  • The Nicknamer: Pinkie's at it again! Calling Athena and Apollo "Thena" and "Polly".
  • Nightmare Sequence: After the second day of investigating Athena has a nightmare where Twilight, Applebloom, and the rest of the agency berate her for accusing Zecora and calling her a "screw up" which they keep repeating until Luna shows up and dispels the nightmare.
  • Noose Catch: The victim of the first case, Overall Concept, dies from being hung by a rope from up on a catwalk during a theatre production, in full view of the audience.
  • Not Actually the Ultimate Question: Episode 3 of the Bonds of Justice side stories is a conversation between Sterling Spade and Cinnamon Swirl that starts with this:
    Cinnamon Swirl: *clears throat* Hey.
    Sterling Spade: Yeah?
    Cinnamon Swirl: Any clue why we're here?
    Sterling Spade: Ah, one of the greatest mysteries of the universe. "Why ARE we here?"
    Cinnamon Swirl: Um, that's not-
    Sterling Spade: I mean, are we a product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there a being far greater than we could ever imagine? Or maybe we're puppets controlled by the universe to fulfill a purpose we never knew existed? A little show for a bored intergalactic being to entertain themselves and whoever is out there every single day. Cause, I don't know, Cinnamon. But that keeps me up at night.
    (beat)
    Cinnamon Swirl: What?! No! I mean why are we out HERE? Guarding the Everfree Forest?!
  • Oh, Crap!: Athena does this when she realizes that Turning Page might've actually been responsible for his father's death.
  • Only Sane Man: Due to Phoenix having been to Equestria before, Trucy quickly finding familiar ground regarding magic, and Athena's general enthusiasm, Apollo is the only member of the Wright Anything Agency to consistently point out the strangeness of being in a world populated by talking ponies.
  • Original Character:
    • For "Turnabout Theatre" - Playwright, a director and writer of various theatre plays from Manehattan. And Overall Concept, a costume designer at the Bridleway Theatre and the victim of the case.
    • For "Crusading for a Turnabout" - Private Eye, an investigator from Canterlot who reminds Phoenix of a certain British professor. Turning Page, the young son of the the victim of the case. Fair Devotion, the wife of the victim. Royal Order, member of the royal guard and the victim. Sugar Stamp, a mail pony who frequently delivers Scootaloo letters from her parents, and Lawkeeper Equity, head of the Equestrian Council and a Lieutenant in the Royal Guard.
    • For "Turnabout Discharge" - Estella Pantomimia, a prominent Manehattan costume designer and the victim in Overall Concept's trial. Espie Pantomimia, Estella's twin sister who mysteriously disappeared after her sister's murder. Fated Pursuit, former teacher/superintendent in Equestria's educational system and a member of the Equestrian High Council, with the title of "Headmistress". Philo Reed, a detective with the EBI and Private Eye's senior colleague. Amber Gleam, an investigative photojournalist.
  • Pyrrhic Victory: While Athena is able to figure out who killed Royal Order and prove Sweetie Belle's innocence it resulted in a family being seperated, and the friendship between Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo severely damaged.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Princess Luna delivers a scathing one to Athena (and to a lesser degree, to the whole gallery) after she accuses Zecora, pointing out that Zecora's own testimony was not conclusive, reminding Athena very coldly (and with contained but obvious anger) of what her job actually entails (ie. pointing out flaws in the prosecution's assumptions or in a witness' testimony, not blindly accusing someone of murder without any proof), and that her baseless accusation hurt not only Zecora's name, but her own as well. She only calms down after the Judge threatens her with holding her in contempt of court.
  • Recursive Fanfiction: A fan made sequel based off a fan based crossover video series.
  • Ridiculously Cute Critter: Athena and Trucy can’t stop gushing about how cute the ponies of Equestria are.
  • Rotating Protagonist: "Crusading for a Turnabout" sees Athena Cykes take charge as the lead attorney.
    • "Turnabout Discharge" also does this but actually switches between having Apollo and Sonata as the protagonists.
  • Running Gag: The nonsensical word "cakewalk" pops up a few times, in reference to what was initially a typo in the first episode.
  • Sadistic Choice: By necessity, Athena forces an ultimatum on her second client. Either Sweetie Belle waives her right to remain silent and testifies in court, or Athena will step down as her defense, at which point she would be found guilty immediately.
  • Save the Villain: When Coco Pommel regains her memory, she realizes that Suri couldn't have committed the murder, and so testifies to save her, interrupting a Not Guilty verdict for herself. Phoenix (along with everyone else in the courtroom) is shocked, but ultimately decides to defend both of them as innocent.
  • Sean Connery Is About to Shoot You: The original poster art for Elements of Justice has Phoenix Wright doing his trademark stance directly at the audience while Twilight and Sonata are pointing their hooves to the left and right respectively.
  • Secret Diary: Royal Order's travel pack also contains a planner that only has entries for 3 days where he was trying to find a way to duplicate himself in order to stay with both Fair and Sugar (or in the case he couldn't find it, to tell Sugar he ultimately chooses Fair), finds the Mirror Pool to clone himself, and to meet with Sugar Stamp that night of the murder. This and the Affair Letters are the evidence to convict Sugar of "one or both" his murders. Unfortunately, this piece of evidence turned out to be forged by Private Eye.
  • Sequel Escalation: From 1 long, extra detailed case, to a planned 5 cases, going all over Equestria in the process.
  • Ship Sinking: Scootaloo and Turning Page had slight Ship Tease in "Crusading for a Turnabout" in the form of Apple Bloom and Athena teasing Scootaloo about her budding crush on Turning. In the Bonds of Justice episode "On Valiant Wings", Scootaloo works up the courage to finally confess to Turning, only for him to tell her that while he's happy someone feels that way about him, he does not feel the same way.
  • Ship Tease: Apple Bloom mentions how well Scootaloo and Turning Page get along with each other.
  • Shout-Out:
    Athena: (The entire outcome?! Talk about pressure...pushing down on me!)
    • After Athena tells Scootaloo that the trial was a "cakewalk" Widget calls her out with "You sit on a throne of lies!"
    • Upon discovering that the Mirror Pool's boulder has been moved, Twilight exclaims "There was a boulder here! It's gone now!"
    • When Rainbow Dash angrily flies off, Pinkie Pie comments that she looks like she's going to explode and not in an "I'm so excited!" way.
    • The two Royal Guards at the beginning of the third "Bonds of Justice" story have a conversation akin to the one that kicked off Red vs. Blue.
    • Private Eye mentions that "Critical thinking is the key to success."
    • Private Eye's story about his mentor at the Equestrian Bureau of Intelligence is a reference to the My Little Investigations character Philo Reed, who would have been introduced in the game's second case if it had not been cancelled.
    • Luna tells Athena that trust is a leap of faith.
    • Luna says that Sweetie Belle is lucky "the bells didn't toll for her".
    • At one point late in the second trial day of case 2, Luna quotes a line from Doctor Who nearly word for word by encouraging Athena to "go forward with your beliefs, and prove to me that I was not mistaken in mine".
    • Sweetie Belle's breakdown animation is similar to that of Cody Hackins in the Ace Attorney case Turnabout Samurai.
    • While Athena is using the Mood Matrix on Fair Devotion she says "Allons-y".
    • Fair Devotion's breakdown animation is similar to that of Dee Vasquez in the Ace Attorney case Turnabout Samurai.
    • In the first episode of Turnabout Discharge, Princess Celestia makes a mention to the play “Machoof” with Overall Concept also mentioning the superstition surrounding the play’s name.
    • Sonata uses “Logic Chess” in order to get information from uncooperative witnesses.
    • When Phoenix asks what Rainbow does for Wonderbolt’s training she responds with “Push-ups, sit-ups, plenty of juice, the usual wonderbolts stuff”.
    • Playwright mentions three actors that work at Bridleway Theater that are the “ponified” names of real actors: Mr Hockkins, Ms Coltman, and Mr Gaitiss.
    • When Playwright says that the police have already investigated the theater and Overall’s apartment Applejack responds with “Well, ain’t that a kick in the head”.
    • Three of the ponies in the end credits sequence for case 3 closely resemble Zipp, Pipp, and Sunny from G5.
    • While at Keresmatic's Mare Attic Apollo notices how all the ponies are staring at them, and Trucy chimes in with that "They're just standing there, not even menacingly".
    • While scolding Prince Blueblood Fated Pursuit mentions that he will be having a hearing with the Investigation Committee.
    • While talking with Fated Pursuit Philo Reed mentions the phrase "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown".
    • In the scene when Philo Reed is deducing Apollo and Trucy's identities, he does so in the manner of Herlock Sholmes and his "dances of deduction" from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles.
    • When Trucy compliments Philo on another on of his deductions he replies with "Twas elementary, my dear".
    • When Apollo makes a joke about Trucy reading too many comic books she responds with "Like you're one to talk, Mr. "I need to keep up-to-date with my Romance Dawn manga!"
    • Sonata's investigation segments and use of the of the "Logic" mechanic are from the Ace Attorney: Investigations series.
    • An Among Us Crewmember can be seen hidden on one of the water bottles on top of the Storage Room lockers.
    • The book To Kill a Mockingbird can be seen on Equity's office desk.
    • A pony Steel Samurai figurine can be seen in Luna’s office in the “Bonds of Justice” short “A Plea for Strength”.
      • In the same video, Luna asks Celestia to take some time off from being a prosecutor Celestia agrees by giving her a fifteen minute break.
      • Celestia mentions the time that she wouldn’t get out of bed to raise the sun, a reference to the fan song “Who Knows” by 4everfreebrony.
      • Some of the advice Celestia gives to Luna, “You’ve got to think ahead and carry out the things you’ve planned”, is a reference to the fan song “Sinking Ships” by SlyphStorm.
    • Rarity mentions that Andrear McAmble was "simply divine" as Hinny in the play.
    • When Apollo, Trucy, and Applejack are about to head to investigate the theatre again he mentions that this is starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day.
    • The famous "Ladder vs Stepladder" debate is refrenced when Spike calls out Apollo on his "narrow-minded cultral assumption" while investigating Bridleway Theatre.
    • The race course that held the Equestria 600 is named after the famous race horse Secretariat.
    • Amber Gleam calls "amateur shutterbugs" as "country mares that can barely work a camera". A refrence to the character Lotta Hart from the Ace Attorney games.
    • Sonata makes a comment about staring at a "Jackson Paddock" painting, a play on the american painter Jackson Pollock.
    • In response to his cellphone being used to jettison one of Spike's scrolls, Phoenix bellows "What?! How?! Why?! I have so many questions!"
  • Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids!: Lawkeeper Equity claims relying on the "magic of friendship" is childish and naïve, and points out how big a chess master Luna is, considering her former past as Nightmare Moon and how she walks a path of mistrust.
  • So Proud of You: At the conclusion of Case 2, before Fair Devotion is arrested for perjury, and before Turning Page is sent to Military School for accidentally killing his father, Fair Devotion asks for a few minutes to say a few words to her son. She then tells Turning Page how proud she is that he grew up to be such a good pony—while he did accidentally kill his father, he spent the whole case wanting to turn himself in and take responsibility, and only went along with the cover-up to spare his mother any further emotional pain. And while he's reckless, it's because he's loyal to what he believes in and will protect those he cares about at any cost. So, while Turning Page will need to atone for his crime, Fair Devotion still believes that Turning Page has the best qualities of both her and Royal Order.
  • The Stinger:
    • Following the credits of the final part of "Turnabout Theatre" there is a scene of Sonata from "Turnabout Storm" being freed from prison, having completed her sentence and saying she's going to help those that it. Just like Phoenix did for her.
    • Following the credits of "Crusading for a Turnabout" part 2, Sonata is seen talking with Lawkeeper Equity about the case and tomorrow's trial.
    • Following the credits of "Crusading for a Turnabout" part 4, Lawkeeper Equity talks with Private Eye about continuing an investigation in Manehattan (and reluctantly allows his choice to keep investigating the case in Ponyville). She later passes beside a framed photograph on her desk. When viewed up close, most is blocked by the sunlight, but it shows a smiling Royal Order and what appears to be the hoof of Equity herself.
    • Following the credits of "Turnabout Discharge" part 3, a flashback is shown of Overall Concept and Cruise Control having a friendly conversation in Keresmatic's Mare Attic, though it takes a turn when Cruise brings up a list Estella Pantomimia gave him of KMA workers, which Overall Concept immediately advises not to look into for his sake. The scene ends with a photo of Cruise Control, his sister and Overall Concept playing together.
  • Suicide, Not Murder: This is how "Turnabout Theatre" concludes in regards to Overall Concept's death, as both Coco and Suri were proven not to be the killer. However, if it really was suicide, the Driving Question is why, given that the victim (outside his depression and the implied stress from Playwright) didn't show signs of being suicidal beforehand. However, it was then revealed at the end of Case 2 that new evidence surfaced to indicate that Overall Concept was indeed murdered and that, now, Rarity is the prime suspect.
  • Summoning Ritual: Twilight summons Phoenix directly after a request for help from Rarity. However, Apollo, Trucy, and Athena get caught up in the spell when they grab onto Phoenix once they saw him fading away.
  • Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Following the end of "Crusading for a Turnabout", quite a few events unfold in a tragic way, whereas in an Ace Attorney game (let alone the My Little Pony franchise) things would end up on a slightly more positive note:
    • Private Eye wants to use his position as a chief investigator to make sure that Sugar Stamp can become Turning Page's legal guardian. He is immediately shut down by Luna, who rightfully points out that after all that transpired during the trial, he doesn't have the authority to do so, and may very well be fired from his job very soon. He accepts the consequences, though he alludes that he could still be able to pull some strings.
    • While Turning Page didn't mean to kill his father, the fact stands that he still did and, as his mother points out, he will be regarded quite unfavorably by the common folk as a result, as while he is judicially "innocent" thanks to the Double Jeopardy Clause and thus can't be prosecuted, knowledge about the truth behind everything that happened will inevitably become known. He is also separated from his mother who, despite not having killed her husband, committed several crimes in order to protect her son.
    • One would expect the Cutie Mark Crusaders to make up after everything that happened. This is not the case here, as both Sweetie and Scootaloo (and their respective parental figures) engage in a very vicious argument, calling each other out for creating the whole mess and making things worse. Apollo dryly points out that things could have been handled better, judging from the depressing aftermath of the trial, and no one can truly deny his claims.
    • During his investigation in "Turnabout Discharge", Apollo encounters Amber Gleam and discovers a tell when she mentions Cruise Control. However, Amber doesn't take it well when asked to repeat herself, questioning if Apollo is hard of hearing, and ignores his request. While for gameplay reasons witnesses will repeat their statement when Apollo asks to, in reality people can get annoyed if asked to repeat their last words without a reason.
  • Tagline:
    • "These two worlds will collide for a second time...In pursuit of the one and only truth!"
    • "A storm brews on the horizon..."
  • Tempting Fate: When Twilight is getting an Equestrian attorney's badge for Athena she decides to get one for Apollo "just in case", even though Apollo doubts he'll need it.
  • Video Game Demake: Of the "mock-up" variety, in a way. The Ace Attorney continuity takes place after Dual Destinies but the characters' sprites are taken from previous pre-Video Game 3D Leap installment Apollo Justice. Custom sprites are used for Athena and Phoenix (in his updated look) in order to match the style of the others. Starting with part 3 of "Crusading for a Turnabout", this was changed to using 3D models for all the Ace Attorney characters, pulled from Spirit of Justice.
  • Warmup Boss: The prosecutor who fulfills this role for "Turnabout Theatre" (i.e. the first case) is Prince Blueblood. Word of God has stated that his characterization and animation in the series takes cues from Winston Payne as can be seen in his concept art.
  • Wham Line:
    • In Case 2, Scootaloo states that some other pony decided to be Scootaloo's defender. But she described them as:
      Scootaloo: I didn't catch her name, but she was a dark-coated unicorn with eyeglasses and an eyeball for a Cutie Mark.
      Phoenix and Twilight: (looking in wide-eyed shock)
    • After Scootaloo and Turning Page are cleared of the crime of murder, Princess Luna approaches the W.A.A. and relays a disturbing fact about the bloodstains on the Nightmare Night statue.
      Luna: What I'm here for... relates to the blood test that Detective Private Eye and Sonata performed.
      Athena: Huh? What about it? Was... was it wrong?
      Luna: No. It is true that the large bloodstain contained blood that belonged to Royal Order and, as you surmised, his killer. But that killer's identity...
      Athena: I don't like where this is going...
      Twilight: Who... who is it?
      Luna: Sweetie Belle.
    • Near the end of Case 2 Episode 7, Athena Cykes needs to get testimony from Sweetie Belle, but the latter is maintaining a right to remain silent. Athena's next words come as a shock to everyone in the courtroom: "Your Honor, at this point, the defense...would like to step down from defending Sweetie Belle."
    • At the end of case 2, Lawkeeper Equity informs the W.A.A. that not only has Detective Philo Reed uncovered evidence showing that the death of Overall Concept back in case 1, which Phoenix supposedly proved to have been self-inflicted, was a homicide after all, but that there is also a new suspect.
      Equity: (to a Royal Guard) You are to arrest the pony suspected of conspiring to murder Overall Concept... Ms. Rarity!
  • Wham Shot:
    • The ending of Case 1 has a big one. When Phoenix asks Twilight why she called him to Equestria when she could have defended Coco Pommel herself due to having studied law and her status as a Princess allowing her to, five Psyche Locks pop up, implying that there might be another reason she called him to Equestria...
    • Case 2, the Nightmare Night statue covered in blood.
    • Also Case 2, Turning Page being brought in as another defendant.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Prosecutor Luna gives one to Athena in Crusading For A Turnabout when she, trying to emulate her boss Phoenix, attempts to implicate the witness Zecora in the murder in order to argue the point that reasonable doubt exists as to whether Scootaloo or Turning Page are truly guilty. Luna is - in stark contrast to her 'colleagues' Trixie and Blueblood - openly disgusted by the unethical and careless nature of this trick, especially since she had been going out of her way to protect the defendants from any unjust accusations anyway.
  • Wild Take:
    • It doesn't happen often, but in Part 2 of Turnabout Theatre, whenever Prince Blueblood is really caught off-guard, such as Phoenix pointing out that his fabric roll evidence is incomplete or the Judge telling him off for accusing Phoenix of presenting false evidence, Prince Blueblood rears back in shock and his normally slicked-back mane and tail "flare out" briefly before slumping back down, and he then cowers with a hoof above his head.
    • Twilight does this in part 3 of case 2 when she finds out princess Celestia asked the judge to preside over the trial.
      • She does another one during part 8 when she realizes Sweetie Belle used Spike to send the anonymous tip, and when Athena proves there was no clone of the victim.
    • In part 7 of case 2, Sugar Stamp hides behind her wings when she's shocked or surprised. Fair Devotion hits the witness stand with her retractable baton several times when she's angry or frustrated, and when she gets surprised or shocked she stands on her hind legs and starts bending her baton. Private Eye's wild takes are more subdued; his eyes go wide when he's surprised, and when he finally confesses to forging evidence, he takes off his hat.
  • Wouldn't Hurt a Child: Arguably the Fatal Flaw of the conspirators of Case 2. Wanting to protect Turning Page from the consequences of accidentally murdering his father and in turn his innocence, they all formed an elaborate conspiracy to deflect the blame from him, even at times being willing to take the fall themselves. In the end, this proves All for Nothing when Athena unravels the whole thing and successfully indicts Turning anyway, in turn getting them all charged with perjury and losing Private Eye his job, showing that it would have been a lot more painless if they had simply allowed Turning to be indicted and tried their best to support him through conviction and maybe try arguing for leniency on his sentence. Their desires to protect Turning is also noted to have blinded them to the how the whole thing was a Morton's Fork, as even if their self-Frame-Up succeeded, Turning would have been left alone with no one to support him.
  • "You!" Exclamation: This is Rarity's reaction to literally running into Suri Polomare in "Turnabout Theatre".
Phoenix: Once we find the truth behind all of this we'll be able to bring peace back to Equestria.
Lawkeeper Equity: A bold statement. I find it rather admirable that you choose to have such faith in your naive ideals.

 
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