Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney/Tear Jerker

""In my world, the color red doesn't exist. These must be...my tears.""

-, Trials and Tribulations case 5

Take moments specific to Apollo Justice or Investigations to those pages, please.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
"Maya: But...it's just a dream, right?
 * Even the first games had its moment. Remember Lana, everyone's favorite Defrosting Ice Queen? Surely this troper wasn't the only one who got misty eyed when she
 * This troper teared up when
 * And earlier in that case, as the realization hits as to exactly what the evidence in implicates, and why Lana has acted the way she has:   And then Phoenix has to make the accusation in court to prove Lana innocent. I just... no.
 * Also, when Ema tells you that she became a budding scientific investigator to give the police lots of evidence so  D'awwww...
 * Oh, that's not even half of it about SL-9. There's a reason everybody remembers the case with a mix of sadness and anger. Ultimately, it caused the deaths of two good police officers and send several people into prison or at least caused them to loose their jobs, which most of them seemed to be greatly dedicated to. Not to mention all the emotional suffering it caused for all the various participants. What this troper thinks, though, is the worst case of Fridge Tragedy, is about  This gives the whole thing a feel that it all could've been avoided so easily...
 * There is also in the first game.
 * On a related note, in
 * I started to tear up after realizing that the attorney Mia wanted Maya to go if she got into trouble wasn't Grossberg, but
 * But at that point, and Mia knew it. This possibly makes it even sadder, in that she almost certainly would have wanted to leave Maya in 's care, but she can't.
 * In the first game's second case, when you have the choice between defending  or leaving  to a different defense attorney. If you're sadistic enough to choose "No way, " or whatever it is, Phoenix gets a vision as to what would happen:  We then pick up from after the choice, where Phoenix decides to defend.
 * How can no one have mentioned Edgeworth yet? In Turnabout Goodbyes (Case 1-4), is really quite sad. Up to that point, pretty much the only emotions he has shown are boredom, smug confidence, and anger. Also  When he says to Wright   that was just too sad. Especially when you play it a second time, and you know  And, in Rise from the Ashes (Case 1-5) when Edgeworth is   And in Case 3-5 after   his reaction is heartbreaking:   With his conscience  you can be sure he's really suffering. He's really quite a tragic character.
 * What really gets me is this one piece of dialogue in case 1-4, when he's discussing the nightmare:

Edgeworth: That thought has been the only thing keeping me sane for these past fifteen years. But what if I'm wrong? What if it was real?"


 * The only thing stopping him from breaking down for good was the fact that he could convince himself that his dream was just a dream. Just hink about that for a moment.
 * Yanni Yogi's story.
 * The classroom trial, doubles as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming for Edgeworth and Larry.
 * The first game's credit's theme has a feeling of "The show's over, but there's more to come!" 1-5 has a spy-like feel to it. Justice For All has a moving piece. Then there's the credits theme to Trials and Tribulations, which will hopefully make you feel (mostly) satisfied with the Phoenix Wright trilogy.
 * The third case isn't exactly memorable in the tear department, but it got this troper really darn close on how it affected all those involved. Will Powers?  Jack Hammer?   Cody Hakins?   Wendy Oldbag?   Really, just a sad bunch of mis-happenings.
 * This Troper always felt that Cody's scene was underplayed. Think about it:
 * This Troper completely hates Wendy Oldbag but when she decides to stop being annoying for a few minutes and explains what happened to Jack Hammer all those years ago, it brought this troper to tears.
 * In Turnabout Musical I was looking at the characters and saw that Wendy Oldbag had a song called 'the way things were', just the name made me sob, I found out that this isn't what the song is about though but it seems to be what the reprise is about...
 * Detective Gumshoe, having gone through a lengthy series of pay-cuts throughout the game, feels betrayed in 1-5, when  The guy never gets a break, despite doing everything he possibly can to support the prosecution and catch criminals.
 * No mention for the scene in 1-4, after ? This tropette, who didn't really like , promptly wanted to reach into the screen and give her a hug (After she got done wiping her tears off her DS, though.). Coming from someone who didn't even blink when
 * The 'final photo' of Turnabout Goodbyes. Not just because it has the main cast of the game- Phoenix, Maya, Edgeworth, Gumshoe, Larry and even Mia in spirit form, but particularly, Edgeworth's face. For the first time in the game, he's smiling. Not the trollish smirk kind he does in court, but actually smiling. Plus with the 'FREEDOM' banner...it's heartwarming enough to make this Troper to take a bit of a breather.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice for All
"Maya: ...
 * Though many loathe the case, the end of Turnabout Big Top where  almost made me
 * It's just unfair when you want to throttle the defendant and give the murderer a hug. I cannot be the only one who would have preferred to lose that case.
 * You're definitely not the only one who would've preferred to lose. Whenever I think about that case, I nearly cry.
 * Your Mileage May Vary- Though the defendant is highly annoying,  definitely did not gain him any sympathy in my view. That and the fact he tries to get an innocent person convicted.
 * I agree about the last part, but
 * I cried the first time I thought about the victim, Russel Berry. His wife died, he was a single father to Regina, adopted, treated the whole circus like his family, and was an all-around good man. Then he died . There's currently a lump in my throat just from typing that.
 * Although it's not as heartwrenching as some of the other moments described here, Accusing the Witness takes a decidedly non-comedic turn in the fourth case of the second game, where you are forced to accuse, who by this point is woobie-tastic, just to buy time. If that's not bad enough, If that's not bad enough, the game also forces you to press the button yourself, a la the end of Metal Gear Solid 3, to increase your complicity that much more. I never thought I would agonize so hard about a "choice" in a strictly linear game without multiple endings.
 * Worse yet,
 * Think indicting  is tear-jerkingly terrible enough? Play through it a second time, when you know how everything goes down and have to go through it all anyway.
 * Also, in the middle of this stressful case, you're on the verge of and making everything that follows unnecessary, only to discover that you're too late and the villain has made his getaway. All that's left is
 * And 's tragic past is one big tearjerker:  . You've got to wonder what it's like to
 * The Bad Ending is just heartbreaking if you ignore the typo.
 * Or have a version which had corrected it.
 * To summarize the Bad Ending:
 * Case 4 is not only full of tears, but SO MUCH nerves. Just playing through the first trial, knowing you and then, we get to see Wright's head-in-hands sprite for the first time, and it's just soul-crushing, because you know  I can just imagine him screaming at the phone every time he gets a call. Poor Phoenix.
 * In Justice For All, it is pretty hard to feel sorry for  as most of her story can quickly be considered Narm However, This troper thought about it, and realized in a second playing that
 * And the death of ? Nobody can reject that it isn't sad at all.
 * If Phoenix holds his head down on the defense bench, you know someone's heart just got strangled. In 2-4,
 * When Maya is arrested in Case 2-2 for the murder of Dr. Grey, she's convinced that she is the one who killed him, and emphatically tells Phoenix that he can't take her case, because she's a murderer and he'll lose. Phoenix tells her "Stop it!", making it clear that he will not abandon her. That's when she breaks down into tears.

Maya: ...Help me...

Maya: Nick, help me... I'm scared..."

"Edgeworth: And if you don't...you cannot change the ending of this story."
 * At the end of Justice for All, when The whole  really touched this troper, too. Having a piano remix of the ending theme just made the moment so sad, this troper wanted to put the game down and bawl.
 * This troper got horribly depressed when he went to Matt's house in 2-4 and
 * Simply this line from Edgeworth, where the entire screen has gone black and all you can see is his sprite and the text box:

It doesn't seem like he's talking to Phoenix, but rather you, the player.

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations
"Fawles: Mister... Armando... Thanks for... the... ..."
 * While the last two cases of Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations have a number of tragic moments, only one line caused this troper to put down the DS for a few minutes... both times he played through it. "" The next few lines weren't even necessary.
 * To elaborate,
 * The end of Game 3 Case 4 in which


 * This is the moment that caused this troper to shout, "NO!!" a bit louder than is usually admissable at 2 am...
 * The worst part is why he did it:
 * This particular troper had to take a break after that case and take a few minutes to think his life over...
 * This troper had never cried at a handheld game before this one. Along with the above incidents, what really killed her was in the last part of 3-5 at the sudden, awful realization of  This troper wibbled helplessly as   and finally, really burst into tears at
 * It can take some work to put the pieces together, but seeing hints at how much  throughout the third game can really get to this troper; particularly Godot's seemingly silly line, "by the way, I've tried salt in my coffee. It tastes terrible," then you see the context in 3-4 when
 * On that note, This Troper had to set her DS down to control herself while playing case 3-4 when she realized that Diego was the person that Mia had picked up some of her advice she gave to Phoenix before she died. ("A lawyer is someone who always smiles, no matter how bad it gets") That, and seeing Godot say something in case 3-2 that the Judge had said in 3-4 ("To err is human, to forgive, divine.") Maybe that one's a bit of a stretch, since it is a common phrase, but I don't find it to be a coincidence that he remembered that line for so long.
 * Don't forget Iris confessing that Does Phoenix,, react with anger?  Iris isn't the only one who can barely hold back her tears.
 * Don Â´t forget the response of Iris:
 * Only made better by this line being the exact cue for the Trial theme to start.
 * Also, the whole scene involving in the end. Also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming.


 * Oh dear God, this line from Franziska:


 * And just when you think the game's going to let up, the ending credits include a shot of . I thought I'd run out of tears long before then. I was wrong.
 * Also a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, even more so when you realize that
 * I actually love the sketch as a whole.
 * For me, it was 3-3, making Viola Cavaderini confess that she knows the man she claims to love may not feel anything for her. I'm sorry, but making that slightly creepy, ghostly looking girl cry...god damn you, Furio Tigre. You and your siezure inducing breakdown
 * What makes it worse is that her crying animation is the exact same one used for her creepy laughter. It makes you wonder if all those times, she was just trying to hold back tears...
 * Case 3-5, at the very end. (Paraphrasing a bit.) Don't forget that  and that he.
 * In 3-5,