History Characters / TheGreatAceAttorneyMajorCharacters

* CompositeCharacter: Apart from using the same title as Professor James Moriarty, he incorporates elements of Lord Henry Blackwood from ''Film/SherlockHolmes'' and Stapleton from ''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles''.

* HistoricalDowngrade: Soseki Natsume was, and still is, considered a strong contender for the greatest author in the history of Japanese literature. While the Soseki of GAA is a talented literary scholar and writer (and has already achieved national acclaim by the time of GAA 2-1), he's also an insanely paranoid NervousWreck who is mainly used as comic relief due to his overblown mannerisms and LargeHam tendencies. The RealLife Natsume, however, did have a miserable time in London, and really was a paranoid shut-in who surrounded himself with books.

* LargeHam: When he gets emotional.

* TookALevelInSmartass: Considerably {{downplayed|Trope}}, but it seems fame got a bit over his head after publishing ''Literature/IAmACat'', because he got some of a boastful, arrogant attitude in Case G2-1, as he introduces himself and explains what made him be a witness of the murder.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: A wax figure of his past self sports normal-looking hair. Only ten years later, his hair's gone completely white. In fact, his hair apparently went white ''immediately after'' witnessing the Professor's "resurrection".

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Completely white hair, and one of the most sinister characters in the entire duology.

* EvilIsNotWellLit: Not in terms of his office, which is actually quite well-lit, but of himself. One of the first striking traits known from Stronghart is how literally dark his appearance is compared to the rest of the cast. It's the only sign for players, in the first game, that he might have something shady within, which only ends up confirmed as him being the true BigBag at the very endgame of the second one.

* AscendedExtra: In the first game he doesn't do much except oversee the first trial which takes place in Japan. He takes a ''much'' bigger role in the second game.

* HiddenDepths: Enoch Drebber was a very brilliant scientist in fact, he is awarded the Royal Society trophy for excellence (the highest honor for aspiring scientists whose futures are set in stone); however because of his [[BornUnlucky lifestyle and horrible luck]], he resorted to GraveRobbing to obtain funds for his research and during one shift he was [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom at the wrong place at the wrong time]] (e.g. involved in an international conspiracy and witness the "revival" of [[SerialKiller the Professor]]). His life turned for the worse when Asman reveals his name in his publication and from there Drebber's future is stolen, he got expelled from college, and his former award [[TragicDropout is now a curse over the future that he could no longer have which is why he toppled it over instead of proudly displaying it]] when it was discovered at his workshop]].

* HiddenDepths: Enoch Drebber was a very brilliant scientist in fact, he is awarded the Royal Society trophy for excellence (the highest honor for aspiring scientists whose futures are set in stone); however because of his [[BornUnlucky lifestyle and horrible luck]], he resorted to GraveRobbing to obtain funds for his research and during one shift he was [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom at the wrong place at the wrong time]] (e.g. involved in an international conspiracy and witness the "revival" of [[SerialKiller the Professor]]). His life turned for the worse when Asman reveals his name in his publication and from there Drebber's future is stolen, he got expelled from college, and his former award [[TragicDropout is now a curse over the future that he could no longer have which is why [[ItsAllJunk he toppled it over instead of proudly displaying it]] when it was discovered at his workshop]].

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* BreakingOldTrends: While not the only one in ''Resolve'' [[spoiler:(Gregson being the second)]], she's the first character in the franchise to show up in person for one game, and die in another.

** Jezail bullet, as in a bullet from a Jezail rifle. Like the one that [[spoiler:causes John Watson's injury in Holmesian canon]]. It also can mean Jezebel, who violently purged the prophets of Yahweh from Israel, damaging the reputation of the Omride dynasty, which is similar to how Jezaille purged her Japanese target while damaging the reputation of the British empire. "Brett" also sounds a lot like "brat"; which is a fair warning for [[HateSink how unpleasant she is]], and derives from the name Briton, which is fitting for a British nationalist.

* HiddenDepths: Enoch Drebber was a very brilliant scientist [[spoiler:in fact, he is awarded the Royal Society trophy for excellence (the highest honor for aspiring scientists whose futures are set in stone); however because of his [[BornUnlucky lifestyle and horrible luck]], he resorted to GraveRobbing to obtain funds for his research and during one shift he was [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom at the wrong place at the wrong time]] (e.g. involved in an international conspiracy and witness the "revival" of [[SerialKiller the Professor]]). His life turned for the worse when Asman reveals his name in his publication and from there Drebber's future is stolen, he got expelled from college, and his former award [[TragicDropout is now a curse over the future that he could no longer have]] which is why [[ItsAllJunk he toppled it over instead of proudly displaying it]] when it was discovered at his workshop]].

* JustGivingOrders: His rebuttal to Ryunosuke and Kazuma's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech is to gleefully agree that he did nothing for London--so there's nothing to indict him for.

** Stronghart also takes more subtle cues from [[Characters/AceAttorneyDefenseAttorneysAndAssistants Kristoph Gavin]]. Of note, he's at first seen as a pseudo-mentor figure to Ryunosuke who leads him down the path to understanding British judicature, has a man murdered because he was denied a position of law, and undergoes his VillainousBreakdown when he learns that his confessions in a closed court have been overheard by a third party that's ready to cast judgment on him.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To [[Characters/AceAttorneyDetectivesAndOtherLawEnforcementOfficers Damon Gant]] from ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. Both are well-built men of a high ranking in law enforcement who abuse their power leading to murders, be it direct or indirect. Both also act as the FinalBoss of their respective games and their VillainousBreakdown involves clapping their hands hard continuously. To make things even more obvious, the celebratory drawing with all other important ''Ace Attorney'' characters has both Mael and Damon on opposite ends.