Zinc Lablanc

Zinc Lablanc II is a Borginian art dealer who was aboard iFly Airlines Flight I-390, shipping his art works to Europe, when a murder took place.

Encounter with Miles Edgeworth

 * Main article: Turnabout Airlines

Lablanc was of the passengers aboard the plane when Akbey Hicks lost his life. Unaware that iFly's clocks were set to the time zone of their location of departure, Lablanc set his watch to American time, and thus missed the in-flight film he had been anticipating to watch, "License to Love, Laugh, Maim, and Murder". When Rhoda Teneiro freed Edgeworth after tying him up for allegedly murdering Akbey Hicks, Lablanc is angry, insisting that Edgeworth is the murderer. He bursts into the lounge while Edgeworth and Teneiro are investigating, still accusing Edgeworth of being the murderer. Edgeworth soon proves him wrong by showing that the crime happened hours before previously thought, due to Lablanc resetting his watch too early. When the plane lands at the airport, Lablanc, as well as the other passengers and crew, is kept on the plane for questioning. Edgeworth notes that a piece of bloody cloth he found was similar to Lablanc's hat. Later on, when Edgeworth is examining the cargo hold with Dick Gumshoe and Franziska von Karma, Lablanc appears, angry over being banned from checking his art. He jumps over a rail, landing on a piece of cargo. This act of defiance gives Edgeworth the ideas he needs to fill in the holes in the case. Edgeworth soon proved that the artwork Lablanc is shipping over is a fake. However, Lablanc is unaware of this, having recieved certification that the statue was real. However, Edgeworth proved that the documentation was faked, forged by the real killer. With Lablanc's help, Edgeworth soon proved that Cammy Meele was the true killer.

After the incident at the Cohdopian Embassy, Colias Palaeno, the new Cohdopian ambassador, sold the Primidux Statue to Lablanc. However, the art dealer noticed that his new acquisition was very reasonably priced and seemed lighter than he imaged, hinting that the statue in Lablanc's possession is the fake previously belonging to the Babahlese embassy.

Personality
Lablanc is very hot-tempered and impatient, often referring to the phrase "time is money". He consults his pocket watch often, which is another indication of his lack of patience. He is very defensive of his art pieces, although he appears quite poor at spotting fakes.

Lablanc can speak Borginian and English, although his English is not perfect, he often uses various English sayings incorrectly.

Name

 * His Japanese name "Zinc White" may be a reference to zinc oxide which is used as a white pigment in some paints.


 * His English name "Zinc Lablanc" likely has the same origin as his Japanese one ("blanc" is French for "white"). It may have been changed to distinguish him from Redd White.

Development

 * Lablanc's original design indicates he was originally to be a prosecutor