JP: For PurpleHoodedAngel and Chloemcg. Milady, I know you requested this for Miego, but I thought of the only canon nuptials we've seen in the series, with SOJ's Ellen Wyatt and Sorin Sprocket, and thought these hard luck newlyweds deserved some romance after all they endured! I picture them cheek to cheek, dancing under the stars on that magical blimp at their wedding reception while the band serenades them. Plus, I have something equally romantic planned for AA's sexiest duo! Hope you guys enjoy our return to Disney now with the joyous holiday season upon us – it's a time for music bearing Christmas themes and magical romance galore! :)

CT: I swear, whenever I read the lyrics to this parody, I can't help but picture hearing Larry's light sobs as he pressed his head against the door to the dining hall before security came and took him away. But back to the lovely couple that this parody stars, even though Sorin and Ellen are one of the newest couples introduced in the series, they quickly instilled in me a very similar charm that Magshoe has. You can tell that even though they have their issues, Sorin and his anterograde amnesia and Ellen and her crying pan, they truly are in love and are willing to go to the ends of the earth for each other.


"Your Wedding Day"
Sung to the tune of
"Bella Notte" from Disney's
Lady & The Tramp

[Lead Band Singer]

Now look at this sight
At your beautiful bride
In your arms on your wedding day


Gaze in her eyes
You see love, no surprise
After all, it's your wedding day


Groom and bride, life has just begun
You've crossed the final frontier
You're meant to be, you can tell
Two souls united here


So look at this sight
As the stars shine so bright
Upon you on your wedding day


[Band Chorus]

Look at this sight
Handsome groom by your side
In your arms, on your wedding day


Gaze in his eyes
You see love, no surprise
After all, it's your wedding day


Groom and bride, life's begun
You've crossed final frontier
You're meant to be, you can tell
Two souls united here


Now look at this sight
Bello groom, bella bride
Hearts entwined on their wedding day


Dual (because you know, we're a duet!) shout out of thanks and replies to the following awesomesauce readers/reviewers including PM's! Everyone else…thanks so much for reading!

Chapter 54

DJJ680

CT: While Maya may act cute, she's an action girl through and through. If there's no fighting or entertaining dialogue, then she just ignores it. So when it comes to shows like "Sailor Moon" or how I picture "The Pink Princess" to be like, Maya starts daydreaming the second the secondary plots about getting a date or buying a cute outfit start up, only to snap out of it once they get to the actual fighting. That's why I had Maya outright denying that the Pink Princess is a "girly girl who does girly things."
Though based on how Trucy is, I can easily imagine her as being a big fan of the magical girl genre since she herself is a magical girl. Plus, Trucy would love the theatrical form changes, what with all the spinning and bright colors.

JP: Okay your review was so hilarious I had to further investigate these theme songs you referenced….

The Cleveland Show was admittedly awful but at least they pulled the plug on it unlike Seth MacFarlane's other should have been dead in the water ages ago shows which I shall not name but leave it up to you to interpret which ones I am referencing! That being said, I never did watch Sailor Moon, and will acknowledge even though I haven't been into My Little Pony since I was a youngster, yet the theme song is adorable but what dafuq was that last one!? I had to check it out because I never heard of Fanboy & Chum Chum, but… I don't even want to know what it's about the intro is just ridiculous and I felt like I needed to be on something in order to properly register what the heck they're trying to do! Like wears their stash and can I have some?

Indeed, the power of friendship is the underlying theme in AA – and turned to frommagio/MLP extreme levels in Turnabout Academy I mean, friendship bracelets/necklaces?! It's cute when you're 10-year-old girl but when you're 25-year-old man it's just really… Lame?! I have heard about but not checked out Turnabout Storm… Kudos if they have carried on the Crapcom tradition of showing strong bonds of friendship, which seems to be the only kind of relationship that can be well written and not desecrated/be nonexistent like familial/parental/romantic ones!

Simon DiStefan

CT: If Winston Payne, a.k.a. the prosecutor who loses so much and has so little presence that his coworkers mistake him for a janitor, is capable of winning a contest without cheating, then there's still hope for Sebastian. Though frankly, I prefer the idea of Sebastian having legitimate victories to be used sparingly.

Sure, I love Sebastian's character- I wouldn't be using him nearly as often as I do if I hated him- but there's just something so enjoyable about Sebastian having a hard time. I think it has something to do with the fact that Sebastian has such an underdog personality that you can't help but root for him at least a little bit when he's at a disadvantage, even when he's irritating everyone around him to no end.

For me, my favorite prosecutor in the "Ace Attorney" series is, to no one's surprise, Blaise Debeste. Sure, he may not seem like much at first glance, but he's one of the more entertaining characters in the series because he's one of the few villains who's truly sadistic. Sure, we've seen plenty of diabolical fiends throughout the course of the series- Manfred, Kristoph, Ga'ran- but at least all of their crimes were done as a means to an end to accomplish a grander goal- revenge for the loss of a perfect record, revenge against a jerk client and the man he showed favor to and covering it all up, and securing a seat of power and ruling a nation, respectively. However, with Blaise, the reason he commits crimes is because he can. He's the kind of guy who lives to see someone squirm as he grinds the heel of his boot on them; and the only thing that Blaise loves more than bullying people that he has power over is reminding them that he's the one who's in control. That's why Blaise didn't tell Manfred that Dover's body was moved and had the fake autopsy report created- he wanted to knock Manfred down a peg by reminding him whose the one pulling the strings. In short, Blaise is a black hole of morality- a being filled with nothing but coldness and darkness who makes any bit of light that tries to get close to him disappear.

That's why I love writing for Blaise. Sure, his speech pattern can be a bit weird at first, but that's just a small price to pay for the sheer amount of freedom that comes with his character. In a story or scenario, I can have Blaise practically say or do anything, no matter how awful or inhuman it may seem, and it wouldn't appear out of character for him.

JP: Bitchtoff is numero uno on my hate list, since he helped bring on the dark age of the law – no way would Simon have been on death row if Nick still had his badge, plus being a jealous, petty bitch gives him the worst motive EVER! – but Manny aka Nosferatu is number 2 – in more ways than one! Hee!

Nah, if Maya can't catch a break in having one game where she's not a murder suspect, I can't see her getting one with a geek show – but in my world, she gets Nick instead. That's one hell of a consolation prize! Lucky in contests, unlucky in love, Wright? Besides, the prize would have probably included having to endure lunch with Sal Manella – which would no doubt make her lose her appetite for at least a month (for life for anyone who isn't the Burger Queen!) and have that tiny girl wither away to nothing, hence. Poor Sebastian – he's already endured a hard enough life with Blaise as a father – now he'd have to endure Sal if he won a contest, too? Talk about having it rough – the image of that soggy hog eating would be stomach churning even for the mightiest of men! (Which of course, that kid so is not!) :p

Chloemcg

CT: Out of everyone that Simon knows, I feel that one of the people that he has the greatest respect for is Edgeworth, going so far as to never say a single wise crack about the Chief Prosecutor, even behind his back. I could see Simon's respect for his future boss forming when he first became a prosecutor, where he learned about the lengths that Edgeworth had gone for the sake of finding the truth and protecting those close to him.

So with that in mind, I could picture Edgeworth becoming a mentor to Simon, just as he was to Sebastian, and from their relationship, the young prosecutor would notice Edgeworth's Steel Samurai figurine and bring up how he's a fan of the show and samurais in general. At that point, Edgeworth wouldn't outright say that he's a huge fan of the show, but would rather take things slow, telling Simon early on that he watches a few episodes here and there and slowly revealing more and more about his love for the show as time passes.

Heck, when Simon was in prison for seven years, I could picture Edgeworth visiting him every week to tell him about what's happening with the "Samurai" franchise and the fandom. Who knows, maybe Edgeworth came up with his plan to have Simon prosecute- despite the fact that he's a prisoner on death row- during one of these visits.

I'm glad to see that you're enjoying these parodies. I just have fun with it while picturing how the characters handle certain situations.

JP: I do think Maya would be pretty petulant to have lost a theme song contest – to two all-too familiar otakus in the DA office – back to back! – one of which is based on the character that she helped inspire! The idea of Phoenix having to be the one to force her to watch it definitely added to the comedic angle since you would normally assume Maya is the one that has to drag him kicking and screaming to the TV set every week! Woot! More FMA! Read it and adored it! Have you seen the anime movie/sequel flick?

Always a pleasure, milady! :)

RavenPuffPrefect1296

CT: Is it really that surprising? With the way that Simon dresses and how he acts, going as far as to bash hamburgers and praise soba as if it's God's gift to man, I'd be more shocked if he didn't see every anime ever created and didn't have strong views about each and every one of them. Of course, being the otaku that he is, Simon wouldn't ever be caught dead watching a dubbed anime, with the exception of shows like "The Steel Samurai", "The Pink Princess", and "The Nickel Samurai".

JP: The Twisted Samurai is a given! Any man who uses the archaic term "dono" while using antiquated Victorian Brit phrases like balderdash and poppycock obviously isn't above going the extra few blade inches on the otaku scale when he's already such a non-closeted weeb!😅

No doubt he and Miles spend Friday nights at the Prosecutor's Office dissecting the merits of all the kids' samurai shows and drinking sake with their pinkies up!

TheFreelancerSeal

CT: Funny that you mention how I try to make things visual. You see, the reason why I try to do that is because when I come up with ideas, they play in my mind like a television show or movie. Thus, when I'm writing, I'm trying to record how I see things playing out in my mind. Plus, when I first started writing fanfics, I was on a site that had a strict character limit. So instead of wasting valuable time describing settings in great detail or going into emotional depth with characters' thought processes in the form of standard paragraphs, I would instead focus on movement and dialogue via a screenplay format.

Based on the convicts we've seen in the series- Tigre, Blaise, Kristoph, etc.- I wouldn't be surprised if Simon created his gruff, threatening persona out of self-defense. If word spread around the prison that Simon was the otaku prosecutor- which it probably did because he's as subtle as a fire at a gas station- he would have had to look and act the part of a supposed murderer if he didn't want to be bullied to death, or worse...

JP: I really did love how they balanced out new grown-up Maya's playful, childlike disposition with newfound maturity in Spirit of Justice. It just goes to show that Capcom is very capable of character development, even if they did regress it for certain characters in that same game *cough* Athena/Larry *cough*

It's interesting how both the otaku Edgy and weeb, Simon have the premise of executing fear on their sides to keep from being openly mocked for being such geeks! After all one is not above using his clout first as a High Prosecutor and now, Chief Prosecutor and as poor Gumshoe knows he can use said clout to make you miserable as well as be helpful! Simon's fear is different… He would just cut a bitch if they dared mock him – or unleash the Taka! Either way, it's a free pass to mock him behind their backs mercilessly and merely smirk in their presence about their not so known secret hobbies!

The one exception would definitely be Aura Blackquill… She's already in prison, so what did she have to lose? :p

Muhammad Sban

CT: In the anime, they might as well change the name of "Recipe for Turnabout" to "Recipe for Subversion" because they made Tigre- the most intimidating character in that case- surprisingly tame while making Godot and Gumshoe- two guys who don't strike me as particularly threatening- look like two of the deadliest people you'll ever meet. When I saw Gumshoe subdue Tigre with little effort, I was legitimately floored because not only is Gumshoe a gentle giant who I could never picture even thinking about getting into a fight, but that he was able to do it despite subsisting on a diet consisting solely of off-brand instant noodles and weenies. I guess the old saying that the most dangerous type of person is one who has nothing to lose is true; that, or perhaps Gumshoe is the second strongest character in the series behind Pearl. If Gumshoe's capable of making the ground shake as he runs in his current state, then I could only imagine how powerful he would be if he was actually able to eat a balanced diet. Maybe the reason why Edgeworth keeps cutting our favorite scruffy detective's pay isn't to punish him, but to keep the rest of us safe.

As for Godot, I never thought in a million years that anyone would be able to make the phrase "Pull a stunt like that again and I'll have you drink 17 cups of ketchup." sound legitimately threatening, but the anime did it. With the way that Godot actually walked up to the defense's bench and looked Phoenix right in the eye with that face of barely-restrained anger and hate, I actually thought that he was going to plunk down an empty coffee mug right in front of Phoenix, fill it up with ketchup, and force the spiky-haired attorney to drink it right then and there, lest he become a training exercise for what's in store for Misty. Now I can't help but imagine Godot constantly threatening to destroy Grossberg's beloved painting back in his days as a defense attorney, driving the poor man to tears as Mia and Hammond watched from the sidelines.

Though I have to say, I wasn't disappointed with Tigre's courtroom appearance in the anime. I knew there would be a lot of airbending with him, but I didn't think that he'd start literally blowing people away the second he opened the doors to the courtroom. However, going back to the theme of subversion, Tigre's final breakdown was a bit anticlimactic, whereas Armstrong's was surprising memorable in that we saw him twerking as he got banished to the Rose Dimension.

Oh my gosh, Prosecutor Flutter! I think I've just found Klavier's nickname for Nahyuta! Though speaking of Nahyuta and Rayfa, I find it really surprising how little the latter took after Amara, even though she was the advisor. Sure, Rayfa inherited her use of the word "nincompoop", but other than that, she couldn't be any more different from her mother. I guess Rayfa was saved by a combination of taking more after Dhurke in terms of personality and Inga purging her of Amara's evil ways, just like how Phoenix managed to save Trucy from her Gramarye jerk genes. It's a real shame that SoJ never gave us any dialogue between Inga and Rayfa. But then again, if they did that, I wouldn't have had the motivation to write "The Imperial Daddy" and have so much fun with Inga's character in the process.

When it comes to Trucy's views on Phaya, I can see her shipping it not because she feels that Phoenix and Maya are a great couple, but because Maya's one of the few women that Phoenix takes an interest in, as well as the fact that Pearl's there to assist her. However, while Trucy can see the potential in Phaya, she's keeping her options open and is willing to take her biological mom back with open arms if she's willing to marry her daddy and be an active mother. After all, Phoenix is no spring chicken, so Trucy can't afford to be picky.

JP: Maybe we can refer to She of Many Chins as TFL for short? :p

I do love how they've given Gumshoe extra depth and even made him kind of a badass despite still being a trademark bumbler, although I do wish they made Maggey less contemptuous towards him… In the videogame those two seem pretty much canon and it seems like the affection is mutually reciprocated… Whereas here he seems to be pining for a lost cause which kinda sucks because I love Magshoe!

I also love what they did with Viola in the anime, how they made her vulnerable but still every bit the threatening Mafia Princess with her final whispered words to her fake lover/fake lawyer at the end of the episode! That's one tiger that's going to be turned into a rug whether he is behind bars or not to mark my words! Mobster boss Bruno will see to it!

With regards to Manfred because he is my most despised number two villain and an irredeemable monster in every way shape and form I don't really care what made him change his mind or whether or not his plan was to send Miles to the gallows the whole time or not the point is he still took away a little boy's father for a shitty penalty, and left a lifetime of scars on said innocent young boy and also his own daughter as well, so as much as I can appreciate any additional depth they try to get him in the anime and will even consider it to be canon, the end doesn't justify the means and won't change my mind on the fact that I'm happy he's burning in hell!

And yes, I am going to consider the anime to be canon with the exception of some of the dates… For example they have Mia's death listed as April 5 am not mistaken and not September 5 which is going to throw off a whole lot of fanfictions and fan arts out there! The reason I'm considering it canon is Takumi is directly involved with the script writing and since he's also the creator of Ace Attorney if he's making it seem like it so then we just got a go with the flow!

It wouldn't have been a big deal if that horrible Queen Amara had kicked the bucket it's not like Rayfa couldn't just work on channeling her if she wanted to chat with her every once in a while…yes I know I am horrible but then again Ace Attorney is really good at creating despicable characters who are not necessarily even villains… Apollo Justice had Zak Gramarye, Drew Misham, Wocky Kitaki…THALASSA…. Spirit of Justice had the entire Royal family except for Princess Rayfa who grew on me at the end (Dhurke notwithstanding!) Heck I even hated Marlon from Dual Destinies I thought the little mouth way too easy for trying to kill an innocent animal and they should've done some more hard time or suffered more for that sin I don't care what his motivations were but also please keep in mind that I tend to like animals way more than people… and who did not want to cuddle Orla/Ora?

I don't know if it's a case of Trucy being a shipper of Nick and Maya or the fact that she is no problem embracing replacements in her life if they surpass the original… Although Athena is obviously a shipper so they probably have helped sway her in that direction too! So don't underestimate Pearl's powers of persuasion! But, remember, she called Nick Daddy about five minutes into the story and let's also not forget her pivotal transition from wearing pink a.k.a. Zak's colours to blue to show the world that she is officially Nick's baby girl, and the fact that she barely seemed to react to her sperm donor's passing

As for the animators (I'm loving the anime but I really don't care for Godot's voice in the dubbed I prefer the Japanese actor and am bouncing in my seat waiting for the original storyline to have coming up this weekend with the train ride!) personally being Phaya shippers… I sent you something to your inbox – how's that for animators being just as much Phaya trash as we are? LOL

I am SO excited about the new original anime storyline coming up – they've all been amazing so I can't wait to see what lies ahead when Nick and Maya and the judge are all aboard the Phoenix Wright Freedom Express (insert tunnel of love joke ANYWHERE!) Choo! Choo! :p