Trucy Wright

"Trucy Wright"

- They always say that, on stage, you should hit the crowd with speed and ferocity!

Trucy Wright (née Trucy Enigmar) is a professional stage magician at the Wright Anything Agency who also serves as an investigative partner for the lawyers in the agency. She was born into the Gramarye family of magicians, her biological father being Zak Gramarye and her grandfather being Magnifi Gramarye. Phoenix Wright adopted her after her father's disappearance.

Early life

 * Main article: Turnabout Succession

The first eight years of Trucy's life were spent with her father, magician Zak Gramarye. Her mother, Thalassa Gramarye, disappeared after an accident involving a magic trick being performed between her, Zak and his partner Valant Gramarye. Being of the Gramarye bloodline, she had the ability to perceive subtle, involuntary movements in people.

One day, Trucy's grandfather, Magnifi Gramarye, was killed, and her father was put on trial for the murder. Before the trial, Kristoph Gavin gave Trucy a piece of evidence, instructing her to give it to Phoenix Wright, Zak Gramarye's attorney. The evidence turned out to be fake; prosecutor Klavier Gavin, through a tip from his brother Kristoph, exposed the evidence as a fraud, but Zak Gramarye suddenly disappeared from the courtroom. Trucy helped her father to escape, distracting bailiff Mike Meekins with her giant puppet Mr. Hat. Zak promised Trucy that he would return one day.

Two weeks later, Phoenix Wright called Trucy Enigmar to his office to discuss where she would live. Wright searched for relatives of Trucy to no avail, so he took her in and raised her as his own child.

Trucy converted Phoenix's office into the Wright Talent Agency and held magic performances for money. Among her props were Mr. Hat and her magic panties, out of which she could allegedly pull anything. She also often accompanied Phoenix in the Borscht Bowl Club to help him win his poker games with her ability to read his opponents.

Seven years later

 * Main article: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney

Encounter with Justice

 * Main article: Turnabout Trump

Seven years after his disappearance, Zak Gramarye visited Phoenix Wright at the Borscht Bowl Club as Shadi Smith. He gave Phoenix his will, which gave Trucy the rights to Magnifi's magic tricks. Later, during a poker game with Phoenix, he knocked the dealer unconscious and Phoenix left to call the police; during Phoenix's absence, Kristoph Gavin appeared and killed Zak Gramarye.

Phoenix then replaced Zak's hat on his head and put a drop of blood on an ace of spades. He gave the card to Trucy, instructing her to give it to Apollo Justice, a lawyer working for Kristoph. He then hired Justice as his attorney after he was set to go on trial for Zak's murder.

During the trial, Trucy gave the card to Justice, which revealed crucial facts about the case and allowed for the implication of Kristoph Gavin as the real killer. Kristoph was later convicted and sent into solitary. When Phoenix told Justice that the card had been forged, Justice punched him and vowed never to associate with him again.

Assistant to Justice
Justice was now out of a job thanks to the conviction of his employer, so when Phoenix called Justice, saying he was in "big trouble", Justice reluctantly entered the Wright Talent Agency, where he met Trucy and Phoenix again. Phoenix sent the two to investigate three crimes that had occurred. It would turn out that all three were connected to a murder, and Justice took the case for the defendant. Trucy taught Justice about her ability to perceive tension in witnesses, and Justice found that he also had the ability and that it was somehow much stronger as well. With the help of this newly discovered ability, Justice won the case.

After the case, Trucy became a fan of the prosecutor, Klavier Gavin, and bought all of the albums from his band. She also renamed the Wright Talent Agency the Wright Anything Agency to account for Justice's entertainment-unfriendly profession.

Later, Klavier invited Justice and Trucy to one of his concerts. However, someone was killed, and thus Justice and Klavier faced off again in court, with Justice winning. This case involved Trucy's mother, who had lost her memory and knew herself only as a singer named Lamiroir, but Trucy never became aware of this.

Justice's next case brought back the events from the disappearance of Zak Gramarye. Phoenix gave Trucy Zak's will, claiming that it was a present for Recycle Your Plastics Day, but he told her not to open it yet. The will tied into the case as well, as Magnifi had given the rights to his magic to Zak and then committed suicide, causing Valant to try to frame Zak for the murder.

Justice eventually found out that Shadi Smith was Zak Gramarye, but upon informing the court of this, he was surprised to find her unmoved by the revelation that her father had died. After Justice won the trial, Trucy explained that she had figured that Smith was her father.

More cases

 * Main article: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies



Trucy continues to work in an investigative partner capacity at the Wright Anything Agency.

Family
"Phoenix Wright"

- I'm the only one who knows how she really feels... on the inside.

Trucy Wright's oldest known relative is Magnifi Gramarye, her grandfather. Her father is Zak Gramarye and her mother is Thalassa Gramarye, better known as Lamiroir after her "death". Trucy has never been informed of her mother's whereabouts or about the fact that Apollo Justice is her half-brother through her mother.

Phoenix has been Trucy's father for the recent years of her life, and Trucy has always asked him to "look for a new mommy." Trucy and Phoenix are frequent visitors to Guy Eldoon's noodle stand.

Personality
"Trucy Wright"

- A lot of people come just to see my panties, you know!

"Apollo Justice"

- You... might not want to advertise it like that.

"Trucy Wright"

- ?

Similarly to Wright's old assistant Maya Fey, Trucy is bright, energetic and very naïve. However, underneath all this, she is also very perceptive and intelligent, usually being able to piece things together in and out of court even more quickly than Apollo Justice does. She recently became a fan of Klavier Gavin and his band, getting a large "allowance bonus" from her father to buy a great deal of their merchandise.

She often orders "Extra-spicy" curry, just to make sure it is, in fact, spicy. However, the curry turns out to be too spicy for her, and she always wastes it.

Despite her cheerful demeanor, Phoenix has said that she is hiding a deep sadness. This is understandable given that, as far as she knows, she has lost both her biological parents.

Magic act
"Wesley Stickler"

- No! You do not understand! A mystery is the unknown, and the unknown is unacceptable! And, my friends, when it comes to mysteries, those panties are the promised land! From the moment I first laid eyes on them, I was compelled to investigate... for science!

Trucy performs magic at the Wonder Bar every night. One of the most well-known of her tricks is her "Magic Panties" act. Trucy pulls out objects larger than the panties, such as a car tire, a stewpot, a frozen chicken and a broom.

Other tricks of Trucy's involve a human-sized puppet named Mr. Hat, which is apparently hidden on her person at all times. She has used Mr. Hat to disguise herself as an adult on at least one occasion. Similarly, she has used Mr. Hat as an in-court distraction at least once. She's also mentioned an act that involves her shooting a cat named Bullets out of a gun.

Name

 * Her Japanese adoptive surname, "Naruhodou" (成歩堂), is a reference toward the Japanese expression "naruhodo", which roughly means "I see", "I understand" or "indeed". It is usually used to agree with other people's ideas.


 * Her Japanese given name "Minuki" (みぬき) comes from the word "minuku". which means "to see through", referring to her ability to read subtle body movements.


 * Trucy comes from the word "true". Breaking it down into its syllables gives "true see" and reversing the syllables gives the phrase "see through", reflecting on her perceive ability. Her name is also similar to the Russian word for "panties" (трусики ("trusiki") or трусы ("trusi").


 * Her adoptive surname, "Wright", is likely meant to have a similar effect to the Japanese equivalent.


 * Her English birth surname, "Enigmar", is likely a play on "enigma", meaning "puzzling", "mysterious" or "inexplicable".


 * "Vérité" means "truth" in French.

Development

 * Like the other members of Troupe Gramarye, Trucy's cape is held in place by a brooch in the shape of a suit in a deck of cards. Diamonds, in Trucy's case. This may be a reference to her parents viewing her as precious, her strength despite losing all her blood relatives or perhaps just mirroring her mother's choice of suit for her brooch. Trucy says she always signs her names with a diamond in the middle. In fact, her outfit seems to be a replication of her mother's when she was still part of Troupe Gramarye.


 * Underneath her magician's hat, Trucy has two very small "hair antennae" that bear a resemblance to those that give Justice his unique hairstyle. This may have been intended as a subtle nod towards their shared kinship, although Justice's hair is gelled, while Trucy's is presumably natural.

References to popular culture

 * The name of Trucy's puppet, "Mr. Hat", may be a reference to the Mr. Hat puppet owned by the character Mr. Garrison from the American animated sitcom South Park.


 * Before the last trial in Turnabout Corner, Trucy makes her puppet "Mr. Hat" say the line "Here's looking at you, kid". This is a well-known line spoken by the character Rick Blaine (played by Humphrey Bogart) in the iconic movie Casablanca.