Breakdown

The breakdown is a special animation that happens when a witness (usually the true culprit of a case) realizes that they have been defeated and confess to the truth.

Notable Breakdowns

 * Redd White--starts to scream in the air and lowers his head in shame, twitching on the stand.
 * Manfred von Karma--roars a demonic scream and slams his head on the wall, cursing Gregory Edgeworth and his son, Miles.
 * Damon Gant--after being cornered, Gant starts laughing and clapping like crazy.
 * Matt Engarde--when the player either chooses to plea "not guilty" or "guilty," the result is the same; Matt Engarde rips new scars into his face, saying he's guilty.
 * Dahlia Hawthorne--in Turnabout Memories, when Mia forces her to take poisoned cold medicine, Dahlia screams her enemy's name repeatedly and glares at her with demonic eyes, asking "Do.  You.  Think.  You've.  Won!?"  Bridge to the Turnabout:  When she learns that she was being channeled by  Maya under instructions from Mia, she curses her again, only to be trash-talked and exorcised from Maya's body, never to walk in the living world again!
 * Daryan Crescend--after learning that Machi Tobaye might testify about cocoon smuggling, Crescend flips out; his weird hairdo controlling him endlessly.
 * Kristoph Gavin--Turnabout Trump: Gavin pounds the stand and asks Phoenix Wright if this is his revenge from 7 years ago.  Turnabout Succession:  After learning that a new judicial system--the Jurist System--was founded by Phoenix, he pounds the stand again, only to go into a Super Saiyan-like freakout, cursing his enemies over accepting this new system.  Later, after an "innocent" verdict was given for Vera Misham, Gavin laughs insanely and is taken away.