Missile (Pomeranian)


 * Not to be confused with the K-9 police dog also named Missile.

Missile is a Pomeranian breed dog who was adopted by the Edgeworth family, and later the von Karma family. The dog was indirectly responsible for the class trial that brought Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, and Larry Butz together as friends, and helped strengthen their bond as they worked together to find his original owner.

Finding a home

 * Main article: Turnabout Promise

Missile was found by Larry Butz after being abandoned by his owner as a puppy, carrying a wad of money that was dropped by Miles Edgeworth, which Missile "guilt-tripped" Larry into turning over to the police. Later that day, Butz showed the dog to Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth, whom he befriended after he and Edgeworth defended Wright when he was suspected of stealing the money. After Edgeworth deduced Missile's original home address from the torn label on the cardboard box he was left in, the three boys worked together to return him to his rightful owner. When the owner rejected Missile, Miles convinced his father, Gregory, to let him keep the dog. Missile lived with the Edgeworths until Gregory was murdered by Manfred von Karma in the DL-6 Incident, after which he and Miles were adopted by von Karma.

With the von Karmas

 * Main article: Sound the Turnabout Melody

Missile spent the next three years living at the von Karmas' estate. Manfred's five-year-old daughter, Franziska, took particular affinity towards the dog, dressing him up as her father in an effort to cheer up the usually brooding Edgeworth. While shopping with the von Karmas at Lordly Tailor, Missile spotted a female Pomeranian named Napalm and ran after her. Edgeworth later found the two dogs together, leading to a confrontation with another customer, Goldy Gerwitz, whom Edgeworth demonstrated his aptitude for prosecution against whem she tried to claim ownership of the runaway Napalm in order to cheat him out of a $5,000 reward for finding her.

Development
Missile appears exclusively in the Ace Attorney anime adaptation, being based directly on Shu Takumi's Pomeranian of the same name, who also shares his name with another dog from the series. His design is identical to the Pomeranian in the Takumi-developed Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, also named Missile. The dog's name is never stated on-screen in the Japanese version of the anime, instead being given in the English dub.