01x19 - Turnabout Big Top – 2nd Trial

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PW:Someone m*rder*d a circus ringmaster.

PW:The witnesses describe a dark shadow, flying through the air.

PW:Everything points to the k*ller being Max Galactica, the great magician.

PW:Did the m*rder*r really fly?

Show,OP Title:Ace

Show,OP Title:Attorney

Show,OP Title:Ace Attorney

Title:Turnabout Big Top — nd Trial

- margin,R:Reporting live from the district court,

- margin,R:where Max Galactica's trial is about to begin.

Sign:Innocent

R:Is he guilty or innocent?

Sign:December , : AM District Court — Courtroom No.

R:The entire world will be watching this trial.

PW:Prosecutor von Karma...

F:We meet again.

C:Max!

Max:I'll make you all disappear later,

Max:my honeys!

J:Court is now in session for the trial of Max Galactica.

J:Prosecutor von Karma, your opening statement, please.

F:That spirit channeling trial was a sham.

F:I refuse to acknowledge its legitimacy.

F:I shall prove you guilty this time,

F:Mr. Phoenix Wright.

PW:P-Prove me guilty?

M:The old "it didn't count" shtick, eh?

J:The prosecution may call its first witness.

Testimony,Sign:Witness Testimony

Circus,Sign:Berry Big Circus

DG:The m*rder took place late at night, on December th.

DG:It snowed all day right up to the moment of the m*rder,

DG:making it extremely cold out.

DG:The troupe's group rehearsal in the big top ended at PM.

DG:The victim, Ringmaster Russell Berry, returned to his office,

DG:and then headed out to the scene of the crime.

:And at : PM, he was found dead, bent over a big wooden box.

:Cause of death was blunt force trauma that shattered a vertebra in his neck.

:The victim's footprints were found at the crime scene,

:along with a hat which likely belongs to the m*rder*r.

J:What was the m*rder weapon?

DG:We believe it was a flat, heavy object.

F:The police are searching for it as we speak.

J:Strange that the m*rder*r's footprints weren't at the crime scene...

J:Also, what was this wooden box?

DG:A heavy box, weighing about ten kilos.

DG:Inside was a bottle of pepper.

PW:Pepper?

PW:Why pepper?

DG:The reason is, well, unclear.

M:Why was such a tiny bottle of pepper in that huge wooden box?

F:Now, show in the next witness,

F:the pitiful clown that saw the entire thing.

Moe:Congratulations!

Moe:You are the one millionth person to see Moe the Clown's comedy act!

Moe:And if you're not down with that, how about some grape whine?

Moe:It's currently all the rage.

Moe:Currant-ly all the rage!

M:Currant-ly, huh?

PW:You actually liked that?

F:Witness, your name and occupation.

Moe:That was my best gag, you know.

Moe:Why do you all look like someone died—

F:Name and occupation.

Moe:L-Lawrence Curls, AKA Moe.

Moe:Professional funny man.

F:You witnessed the scene at around : PM that night.

F:Correct?

Moe:Oh, of course.

F:Then tell the court what, exactly, you saw.

Moe:First, let Moe tell a hundred rapid-fire jokes.

F:Do you want a hundred rapid-fire lashes?

Testimony,Sign:Witness Testimony

Moe:That night, after the rehearsal ended,

Moe:I went straight back to my room.

TestimonyOrange,Sign:Testimony

Moe:I was pooped, so I hit the sack.

Moe:Then I heard a loud noise from outside...

Moe:It was Max.

M:No way.

Moe:And as I watched, shocked,

Moe:he flew off and vanished into the dark.

J:The k*ller flew?

PW:Th-Through the sky?

C:So, it was Max?

J:Order! Order!

Moe:Bow to the right.

Moe:Bow to the left.

Moe:And the back, too.

PW:Moe!

PW:Your bad jokes need to stop this instant!

Moe:I-I'm not joking.

Moe:I actually did see him vanish into the sky!

M:So this is what Trilo meant yesterday...

PW:Yeah.

F:Max Galactica prides himself on being a master of flight magic.

F:No one but the defendant could have carried out this m*rder.

J:It would also explain the lack of footprints.

Objection,Sign:Hold It a Darn Sec!

Max:Hold it a darn sec!

Max:Come on...

Max:There's no way I can fly!

F:Rumor says you fly around every night.

Max:That's just me swingin' on hella thin wires!

C:Don't say that, Max!

M:This is absurd.

PW:I want to fly off somewhere.

F:This witness saw the defendant flying from the crime scene that night.

F:That is an undeniable fact.

PW:But the crime scene wasn't set up for magic tricks.

PW:How could he possibly have flown from there?

F:Didn't he just confess to that?

F:He was swinging on "hella thin wires."

PW:Please... You make it sound so easy.

J:Prosecutor von Karma,

J:can you reveal the secret behind the magic the defendant used that night?

F:No, not yet.

J:Then that's all for today's trial.

J:The prosecution is to solve

J:the mystery behind this remarkable case by tomorrow.

F:Fine.

J:A m*rder*r flying off is unheard of.

F:Thank your lucky stars, Mr. Phoenix Wright.

F:It appears your crushing defeat has been postponed a day.

Max:Listen, I don't use any wires.

Max:That's really great magic, okay?

PW:Okay, I get it already.

M:But if Moe is telling the truth,

M:the k*ller really did fly away.

PW:Come to think of it,

PW:while you were with the ringmaster, where was your costume?

Max:Oh, I took it off in his room,

Max:and hung it by the door.

Max:Right!

Max:When the ringmaster left that night, I said,

Max:"Why don't you wear my costume?"

Max:It was cold out that night.

PW:So the person Moe saw was the ringmaster in your costume?

M:Ah!

M:Then maybe it was him who flew away from the scene!

PW:Uh, the ringmaster got clonked and died.

Max:And anyway,

Max:if that clown really saw me fly away,

Max:why was my silk hat found there?

PW:The plot thickens...

G:The police just called.

G:Apparently, they're coming with a search warrant!

M:Prosecutor von Karma already made her move, huh?

PW:But isn't it pointless if you inform them in advance?

PW:According to Moe's testimony,

PW:the k*ller flew off from here.

M:I don't think you could stage a magic trick here, even if you wanted to.

PW:That room...

PW:It's the Money the Monkey's.

M:Wasn't the person living there out yesterday?

PW:Shall we go check it out?

PW:Excuse me.

PW:I'm Wright, a defense attorney.

A:Please come in.

PW:Thank you.

A:Nice to meet you.

A:You're defending Max, right?

A:I'm Ken Dingling.

A:I went by Acro on stage.

M:Um, were you in an accident?

A:Y-Yeah. Six months ago.

A:I was an acrobat.

A:Well, now that we have Max,

A:things are going smoothly, even without me.

A:We're getting more visitors, too.

A:It's all thanks to him.

PW:Oh?

M:He's a nice guy, isn't he?

PW:Yeah.

A:It's a real shame about the ringmaster.

A:He was like a father...

PW:Acro...

A:But there are things I still have to do.

A:I can't mope around.

M:Yeah!

M:Hurry and get better!

M:We'll come watch your act!

A:Oh, I doubt I'll be able to perform for a while.

A:When I went to rehab the other day,

A:they told me I may not walk again.

M:What?

A:Sorry, you probably didn't want to know.

PW:Don't be.

PW:Uh, who's that?

A:My little brother.

A:But he's in a faraway place now, so I can't see him.

M:U-Um, Acro, about the night of the m*rder...

F:That's enough.

F:Acro will accompany me to the Prosecutors' Office.

F:We need to discuss his testimony.

PW:Prosecutor von Karma?

M:You're calling Acro in court tomorrow?

F:Tomorrow will be the day.

F:I'll have conclusive evidence and a conclusive witness

F:to get a guilty verdict!

F:Take him away.

A:Goodbye.

Circus,Sign:Berry Big Circus

M:Why do you give Nick such a hard time?

M:It doesn't matter if you prove our client guilty.

M:Nothing will bring your dad back.

F:Papa?

F:When did I ever bring up my papa?

F:My target is

F:Miles Edgeworth!

PW:Edgeworth?

F:Right.

F:The man you k*lled.

F:After the DL- trial,

F:he disappeared,

F:leaving a note that said, "Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chooses death."

Sign:Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth chooses death

F:Of course, he's still alive.

F:He simply realized he was no match for you and ran, his tail between his legs.

F:That is why I returned to beat you!

F:If I beat you, the one who crushed him, I...

M:Nick, about Edgeworth...

PW:Maya, please don't ever mention his name again.

M:Is that burger noodles I smell?

Moe:Oh, are you a burger person, too?

M:Yeah, totally a burger...

Moe:Nice sneeze.

Moe:Would you like to join us?

M:Can I?

PW:Wait, you're up for it?

Moe:Well, who knows how long we'll still be in business.

Moe:First, what happened six months ago.

Moe:And now, the ringmaster...

PW:Six months ago?

Moe:J-Just talking to myself!

Moe:Forget I said anything.

M:Uh, what's with this "Max"?

Moe:Oh, that?

Moe:Huh? Where'd it go?

Moe:It should be around here...

Moe:This.

Moe:The Magic Grand Prix trophy or something.

M:Huh, this is...

PW:Oh, yeah. We saw it in Acro's room.

Moe:That guy bragged about it every chance he got.

PW:Moe,

PW:do you know of anyone, other than Max, who could be the culprit?

Moe:N-Nope.

Moe:The ringmaster has never fought with anyone,

Moe:and he was really kind.

Moe:Oh, but on the morning of the m*rder,

Moe:his face did go beet-red with anger.

Moe:I'd never seen him make a face like that.

M:He was mad?

Moe:It was after he pulled out a note posted here.

Moe:What that was all about?

Moe:At the time, there were more pressing matters,

Moe:what with Max and Trilo fighting.

M:I wonder what that note was about.

PW:Let's look into it.

M:I don't see a note anywhere.

PW:Is this it?

Sign:To the m*rder*r: You haven't forgotten about six months ago, have you? I have conclusive evidence here with me. Come to the plaza in front of the lodging house, tonight, at PM.

PW:"To the m*rder*r.

PW:You haven't forgotten about six months ago, have you?

PW:I have conclusive evidence here with me.

PW:Come to the plaza in front of the lodging house, tonight, at PM."

PW:It's not addressed to anyone.

M:So this is why the ringmaster went to the crime scene.

RB:Together, we'll create a circus

RB:that will put a smile on everyone's face.

Moe:Ringmaster...

Moe:What will I do from now on?

M:Moe!

Moe:Wh-What's with the scary look?

M:Tell us what happened six months ago.

Moe:But what's that got to do with the ringmaster's m*rder?

PW:Look at this.

Sign:To the m*rder*r:

Moe:Wh-What the heck is this?

PW:We found it in the ringmaster's room.

PW:This note called him out that night.

PW:Whatever happened six months ago is connected to this case!

M:Exactly what happened at this circus?

Moe:Six months ago, during a joint rehearsal,

Moe:a tragic accident occurred.

Moe:The victim was Bat, of the Acrobat Brothers.

PW:Acro's little brother?

Moe:Bat was in love with Regina, you see.

Moe:He asked her to see a movie with him if he could pull off her trick.

M:An animal-tamer trick, you mean?

Moe:Yeah.

Moe:Back then, Leon the lion was our star attraction.

Reg:Can you really do it?

Bat:I just have to put my head inside, right?

Bat:Just you watch.

Bat:Okay.

Bat:Good boy.

Reg:Wow!

Moe:I won't forget that face for the rest of my life.

Moe:Acro went at the lion, trying to save Bat,

Moe:but his legs were badly injured.

Moe:Then the ringmaster shot Leon with a r*fle.

PW:What happened to Bat?

Moe:He survived.

Moe:But he's still in a coma.

Moe:Yesterday, Acro was away, visiting him in the hospital.

Moe:With Bat gone,

Moe:and now the ringmaster,

Moe:Acro cried his eyes out.

Moe:He thought of the ringmaster as his own father.

M:I saw this scarf in Acro's room.

Moe:Regina gave it to Bat as a present that day.

Moe:He was so happy about it.

Moe:I still see it in my dreams.

Moe:That sight is burned into my eyes.

Moe:At that moment, Leon smiled.

Reg:Oh, Regent...

Reg:You've taken a liking to the lawyer?

M:Nick isn't tasty! Don't eat him!

Reg:Huh?

Reg:Why is this here?

M:Regina, you know about that note?

Reg:Yeah.

Reg:After all, I was the one who put it on the bulletin board.

Moe:R-Regina, don't tell me you wrote that...

Reg:Of course not.

Reg:It was in my pocket for some reason,

Reg:and I figured its owner would be looking for it.

Moe:Pocket?

PW:When was that?

Reg:Er...

Reg:Remember how Max and Trilo got into a fight?

Reg:That same day, I took Acro's breakfast to his room,

Reg:and I think I found it on the way back.

Moe:The morning of the m*rder, huh?

PW:Acro?

Reg:Yeah.

Reg:Taking Acro's food to him is my job.

Reg:He can't use the stairs, you know.

M:Oh, right.

Reg:Right?

Reg:Did you know that Acro eats his meals with Money?

Moe:Then, that note was from...

M:What? I wanna eat with him, too!

Sign:To the m*rder*r: You haven't forgotten about six months ago, have you? I have conclusive evidence here with me. Come to the plaza in front of the lodging house, tonight, at PM.

PW:Is that what this is all about?

SignA,Sign:Miraculous Flight Maximillion

PW:Before we return to the office,

PW:can we stop by one more place?

PW:I need to know the secret behind the magic trick in this m*rder.

PW:So I want to ask an expert.

M:Okay, got it.

PW:The truth behind this case might be very painful.

M:Nick?

PW:But I won't run away.

Lobby,Sign:Lobby No.

Sign:December , : AM District Court — Lobby

DG:I made it in time.

M:Detective Gumshoe!

PW:Thanks for listening to our request.

DG:It's not like I'm taking your side.

DG:Also, I have a message for you.

DG:"The verdict will surely be decided at the last second."

DG:That is all.

PW:The last second?

DG:Later, pal!

M:What could it mean, Nick?

PW:That message...

PW:It couldn't be!

Sign:December , : AM District Court — Courtroom No.

Reg:Hang in there, Max!

Max:Regina?

J:Court is now back in session for the trial of Max Galactica.

F:During yesterday's investigation, the prosecution gained a new witness.

F:We are also set to reveal the trick behind the defendant's flying through the air.

F:Prepare to go down, Mr. Phoenix Wright.

J:Bring the witness to the stand.

F:Due to the condition of this witness's legs,

F:he has come directly from the hotel room we booked for him

F:following our chat at the Prosecutors' Office yesterday.

A:I'm Acro, an acrobat.

Testimony,Sign:Witness Testimony

SignB,Sign:Moe (st Floor) Lodging House Acro (rd Floor)

A:It was past ten, on the night of the m*rder.

Testimony,Sign:Testimony

A:I was in bed, when I heard a loud noise from outside.

A:And when I got up,

A:I saw a caped silhouette rising, outside the window.

A:It was Max, no doubt.

J:Hmm, it matches the clown's testimony from yesterday.

F:Exactly.

F:That is all for the testimony.

F:All that remains is to show how the culprit vanished into the sky.

F:Scruffy!

DG:Yes, ma'am!

DG:Um, I put all my heart into making this model of the crime scene—

Objection,Sign:Hold it!

PW:Hold it!

PW:Before that, I will cross-examine the witness!

J:Was there a problem with Acro's testimony?

F:There was no problem.

F:The witness merely stated what he saw.

PW:The defense has the right to cross-examine the testimony.

PW:And I don't intend to give it up.

J:Very well.

J:The court acknowledges the defense's claim.

DG:But I stayed up all night to make this...

J:The defense may begin its cross-examination.

PW:Acro, on the night of the m*rder,

PW:you saw the defendant outside your window?

A:Yes.

A:That cape and hat were unmistakable. It was definitely Max.

PW:The silk hat was found lying at the crime scene.

PW:You couldn't have seen it.

A:I'm not sure what to say.

A:I'm just honestly telling you what I saw.

F:If you dare call this witness a liar,

F:show me the proof,

F:Mr. Phoenix Wright!

PW:Flying magic requires a lot of setup.

PW:There was no sign of that at the scene!

DG:But I hit upon it!

DG:Using this Gumshoe-style wire technique,

DG:the k*ller could...

DG:...not run away?

PW:In the first place,

PW:there was no point in constructing such an elaborate gimmick to commit m*rder.

DG:I feel you've rejected my very existence.

A:But Moe also saw it, right?

A:The great magic the k*ller performed that night?

PW:Acro, don't you actually know

PW:what happened at the crime scene back then?

A:Who, me?

A:Why would I know?

PW:Because the one who planned this crime and took the victim's life

PW:was you, Acro!

Show,Sign:Ace Attorney

PW:Objection!

PW:The magic behind the circus ringmaster's m*rder is displayed in court.

PW:The identity of the flying culprit brings us closer to the truth.

PW:When light shines into the fog caused by the tragedy six months ago,

PW:the curtains rise on a new act.

PW:And then, that man returns.

PW:Find the contradictions!

PW:Reach out to the truth!

PW:Next time: Turnabout Big Top — Last Trial!

Sign:Next Episode Turnabout Big Top — Last Trial

PW:Take that!