#why can’t I hyperfixate on something with a normal amount of plot that is easy to explain for once

[magicalgirlfia]

The legal system in the universe exists in the state they do because there is so much crime that spending more than 3 days on the simultaneous trial and investigation is a waste of time.

A man who has a hairstyle that vaguely resembles that of a main character is able to pretend to be him by using a cardboard attorneys badge.

High schoolers with no experience with the law are regularly allowed to act as paralegals.

The police have a cartoon mascot who in turn has merch, lore, and an entire theme park based on it.

One of the main antagonists has a pet dog named “Clams”.

In a spin off game, the main character is mind controlled into thinking he and his assistant have been bakers for 5 years when in actuality it was around 2 days. He remembers he was a lawyer and it is never really brought up again.

The producer of one of the most popular kids shows had close ties to the mob. This fact is ultimately not too important to the case.

A main character in the third entry is a man who woke up from a years long coma and became a prosecutor out of spite for the main character. He regularly waxes poetic about the ~17 cups of coffee he drinks per trial.

Everyone talks about how silly Ace Attorney is but only ever mentions the parrot and the Almost Christmas thing, so here’s a few highlights of insane shit that happens in Ace Attorney that I personally adore:

The famous orca defendant from Phoenix’s first case after disbarment turns out to be the secret sibling of another orca… who was also falsely accused of murder

The final case of what is widely considered one of the best games in the series involves a clown crushing the president of fantasy Hong Kong to death with a hot air balloon. The president turns out to be a body double who replaced the original president 15 years prior. This is all taken completely seriously

The inciting incident of effectively the entire series was an episode of cupcake wars that went really, REALLY poorly

The plot of the most recent mainline game is “what if defense attorneys were systematically oppressed by the government”

The main character gets hit by a car in one of the cases and walks it off. He does sprain his ankle though

Two separate characters can summon butterflies in court and make their scarves levitate. They have literally no relation to each other and this inexplicable telekinesis is never mentioned by the cast even once

A major plot point in one of the cases is someone tying a corpse to the end of a rope and then pendulum swinging them across a bridge so aggressively they get launched 30 feet into the air on the other side. This is fully animated and you get to watch it happen no less than 4 times