History VisualNovel / PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations

* BlindIdiotTranslation: While the script has fewer overt editing compared to the last, the number of overt translation errors are ''far'' more egrigious. In particular, the final trial of the game is ''filled'' with multiple lines which aren't just nothing like the Japanese, but actively create entirely new plot points by complete accident:

*** Franziska is at least mentioned in Adrian Andrews' outro, suggesting they've been spending some time together while Franziska was back in the country. Edgeworth isn't even ''referenced'' in the ending, leaving his final appearance in the trilogy as a fairly innocuous conversation with Phoenix about dinner plans.

%% * PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Despite being clearly chauvinistic, even embarrassing Franziska, Godot is still treated as a [[spoiler:TragicHero who failed to protect his love]]. Why, exactly, [[spoiler:Mia Fey]] would want him is unclear.

* FissionMailed: [[spoiler:Presenting the correct piece of evidence at the end of 3-5 has Godot deliver the exact same dialogue as if the player picked the wrong piece of evidence. [[WhamShot Until the camera pans to Phoenix.]]]]

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Not as bad as the previous game, but one extremely unfortunate typo stands out (emphasis out):
-->'''Mia''': Your Honour. When you were ''in'' a child, this is what was on your report card every year.

''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations'' is the third game in the ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' trilogy and the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' visual novel franchise, following ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyJusticeForAll''. It was initially released for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance in 2004, then for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS in 2007.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Poor [[spoiler:Elise Deauxnim]] is hit especially hard with this trope. Not only does she have the dubious honor of [[spoiler:being the only victim who appears alive before her murder]], her true identity as [[spoiler:Misty Fey]] is enormously important to the trilogy's overarching plot.

** Pearl being unable to spell "gravely" and "roast" comes back later [[spoiler:when she's given instructions by her mother with those words and misinterprets them.]]

* CryCute: [[spoiler: Dahlia (a vicious villainess)]] cutely cries when upset, but is [[CrocodileTears faking it]].

* BlindIdiotTranslation: Not as bad as the previous game, but one extremely unfortunate typo stands out (emphasis ours):

** The explanation of Dahlia's FreudianExcuse is somewhat clearer in the Japanese. [[spoiler:In the ENG, Iris says that "She was abandoned by our mother and never got any love from our father either." In the Japanese, however, the verb Iris uses is [見捨てられて], which more closely means "thrown away and neglected", in reference to Morgan's treatment of the twins after they were found to be powerless. This frames Dahlia's actions as the result of prolonged ParentalNeglect negatively affecting her personality over time rather than being the result of her parents' divorce, which makes Iris' continued sympathy for her come off as more believable.]]

** The explanation of Dahlia's FreudianExcuse is clearer in the Japanese. [[spoiler:In the ENG, Iris says that "She was abandoned by our mother and never got any love from our father either." In the Japanese, however, the verb Iris uses is [見捨てられて], which more closely means "thrown away and neglected", in reference to Morgan's treatment of the twins after they were found to be powerless. This frames Dahlia's actions as the result of prolonged ParentalNeglect negatively effecting her personality over time rather than being the result of her parents divorce, which makes Iris' continued sympathy for her come off as more believeable.]]

* OverratedAndUnderleveled: 20-year-old Edgeworth is already considered quite the prosecutor, even though this is his first case. Justified (and explained) in ''Investigations'', where he solves a double murder in the courthouse on an earlier day that was ''supposed'' to be his court debut, earning Gumshoe's UndyingLoyalty in the process.

* CowardlyLion: Ron [=DeLite=], who despite being a neurotic, fussy, and perpetually fearful is a GentlemanThief by trade and met his BikerBabe wife by attacking multiple armed men that were threatening her.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: From 3-2.

* AnachronicOrder: Chronologically, the case order goes 4,1,2,3,5. 3-1 and 3-4 are set during Mia's time as an attorney, with 3-4 being her first case, [[spoiler: where she first learns about Dahlia Hawthorne]], and 3-1 being her second (a year later, after the ending of 3-4 traumatized her) where she defends Phoenix [[spoiler: and puts Dahlia away for good]]. The FramingDevice for 3-4 is also set a few days before 3-5.

*** Upset with Viola's misguided affection, Phoenix mentions that poisoning and betrayal --the marks of a coward-- are things he considers unforgivable. [[spoiler:Cue case 4, where Dahlia Hawthorne convinces Terry Fawles to commit suicide, and also betrayed him five years earlier when she and her sister sold him to the police.]]

* CryCute: Both [[spoiler:Iris]] and [[spoiler: Dahlia]] do this when upset, but the latter is faking it.

** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] in the fifth case. Despite all the buildup, the culprit of the case ends up being [[spoiler:Godot. However, she is the true villain]].

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Pearl inadvertently [[spoiler: gets her aunt killed]] because she's [[ChildrenAreInnocent too innocent]] to understand Kurain family politics.[[spoiler: So when her mother told her to do something "for the good of the Fey Clan", she does it thinking it's going to help her beloved cousin Maya... because she doesn't realize that Morgan was actually plotting to ''kill'' Maya so her branch family (what she meant by "the Fey clan" could become the main family.]]

%%* CryCute: [[spoiler:Iris]].

%%* TheDon: Bruto Cadaverini.

** [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]] saying in case 4 that her name is Melissa Foster. This is a case of BlatantLies because the player already knows her true name, even though the characters don't, thanks to the story being presented in AnachronicOrder.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Case 3-4 is Edgeworth's first case. As such, Manfred Von Karma's influence on him is still extremely apparent; not only does he pursue his 'win at any cost' philosophy, he also mimics Manfred's mannerisms.

** The 'Double Jeopardy' rule in 'The Stolen Turnabout' (the Mask☆[=DeMasque=] case) [[spoiler:when it gets Ron [=DeLite=] off the hook for the many thefts he committed]]

* DownerEnding: [[FlashBack Case 4]]: [[spoiler:Mia Fey was [[AcquittedTooLate THAT]] close to proving Terry Fawles' innocence for both the current murder and the events five years earlier but instead of continuing his testimony he [[DrivenToSuicide commits]] [[SuicidePact suicide]] in front of the entire courtroom.]]

* AnachronicOrder: The first and fourth cases are set five and six years before the second, respectively (being the second and first cases that Mia took). The FramingDevice of the fourth case is set early into the fifth case, roughly the day prior to the first day of court.

* AntiHero: Much like ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'', almost every defendent is guilty of some crime, just not murder: