Ron DeLite


 * Mask☆DeMasque redirects here. For the individual who went by the name "Mask☆DeMasque II", see Ka-Shi Nou.

"Ron DeLite"

- Pleeeeease! Don't just ignore meeeeee!

Ron DeLite was a defendant in the Mask☆DeMasque trials.

Origin of Mask☆DeMasque
Ron met his wife Desirée when he was a security guard at KB Security. He saved her from two knife wielding robbers, and they soon married. Ron's pay, however, was not nearly enough to cover his wife's spending. Worried that she would leave him, he attempted to steal his company's secret information in order to get money for Desirée, but he got caught and was fired by his CEO, Kane Bullard.

Ron decided to become a thief; he disguised himself and went by the name "Mask☆DeMasque". It was the only way he could think of to keep his wife happy. In his first heist, he stole the Tear of Emanon, and then he quickly dumped his costume in the trash. However, a passing Luke Atmey spotted the costume and figured out Mask☆DeMasque's identity. He gave the costume back to Ron through mail, and then began to blackmail Ron into stealing three other precious items for him for money: the Crown of Bongora, the Left Hand of Hades and the Portrait of Mejeena.

Final heist

 * Main article: The Stolen Turnabout

Atmey's final blackmail letter led Ron to KB Security. Ron dressed himself in his Mask☆DeMasque costume and approached Kane Bullard's office, but then Atmey, who was in the office, struck him unconscious. After regaining consciousness, Ron found himself in Bullard's office with Bullard dead. Ron decided to hide Kane Bullard's body in a safe, fearing that he would be accused. He then turned himself in as Mask☆DeMasque for the theft of the Kurain Sacred Urn, which Atmey had stolen disguised as Mask☆DeMasque.

Phoenix Wright took Ron's case despite Ron's insistence that he was Mask☆DeMasque. Wright got Ron a not guilty verdict by implicating Luke Atmey as the real Mask☆DeMasque. However, Ron was accused again of Bullard's murder. Only people who had worked at KB Secruity knew how to unlock the safe containing Bullard's body, which cast more suspicion on Ron. Eventually, Phoenix Wright would prove Ron's innocence by correcting his own implication of Atmey as Mask☆DeMasque and re-implicating Atmey as Bullard's killer. Ron also could not be charged for the Mask☆DeMasque heists by the double jeopardy law, which meant that he was completely off the hook.

After the trial
The DeLites have started an organization to help thieves start honest lives. Their slogan is, "Cut it out, PLEEEEEEEEASE!" Ironically, they also help thieves to steal by giving them detailed plans. In addition, Mask☆DeMasque costumes have been sold on the streets. One particular customer became a copycat and invaded the Allebahstian Embassy, hired to steal Allebahst's Primidux Statue, only to be killed.

Personality
Ron is usually a quiet and nervous character but can get easily agitated and in those instances will often beg or whine loudly and dramatically, usually in the form "PLEEEEEEAASSSE!" When making a statement, he will sometimes double-guess or disagree with what he has just said. He also has a tendency to trail off in the middle of a sentence (his words get smaller and fade to a more grayish color). Ron bears some resemblance, in terms of personality, to Wright when he was a university student. Both are nervous crybabies who are so deeply in love that they would risk their lives for the objects of their affection.

Name

 * "Ron" was originally a Hebrew name meaning "joy".


 * His name may also come from "rondelli", a spiral-shaped pasta similar to Ron's hair.


 * "DeLite" is a play on the word "delight".


 * The Japanese surname "Amasugi" (天杉) comes from the word "amasugiru", which means "too sweet".


 * The word "plaisir" in the French version's name "Duplaisir" means "pleasure". When directly translated it means "of pleasure".


 * His alias "Mask☆DeMasque" uses the French word "masque", so the name would literally mean "Mask of Mask" if literally translated into English.


 * The Japanese name "Phantom☆Kamen Mask" follows the same pattern, since "kamen" is Japanese for "Mask".

Development

 * Ron DeLite is notably the only character for which font colors other than red and green are used. In addition to this, the usage of a star (☆) in his alter ego's name is nearly unique in that only foreign, fictional languages are depicted by meaningless symbols.