Judge


 * You may be looking for the other judge who appears in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations.

"Judge"

- The law is the end product of many years of history... the fruit of human knowledge! Like a gem, polished to a gleam through trials... and errors. It is this fruit we receive, and pass on, and face in our time. And it is always changing, growing. Nurturing it is our task as human beings.

The "judge" usually refers to the character who presides (as judge) over most of the cases in the Ace Attorney series.

Personality
"Phoenix Wright"

- (For the love of all things good, Your Honor, have some spine... For my sake...)

The judge is naive and gullible, but he is said to give the correct verdict without fail. He tends to change his mind very easily, a trait that Phoenix Wright uses to his advantage. However, he is also very easily wooed by female witnesses such as Dahlia Hawthorne, which allows guilty female witnesses to almost be let off the hook several times.

The judge is often portrayed as a bit absent-minded and hard of hearing. For example, he has, on at least one occasion, wasted an entire day searching for his dentures only to realize they were in his mouth all along. This absent-mindedness has led to many comical occurrences in the courtroom. In addition, the judge sometimes finds it hard to follow what people are saying, very rarely understanding what Godot says. Nevertheless, the judge occasionally shows signs of deep wisdom.

It often seems that the judge is more likely to side with the prosecution than the defense and to prefer Miles Edgeworth over Phoenix Wright, but this ultimately does not affect his verdict.

The judge is very out of touch with technology. For example, he is known not to know the meaning of e-mail or computers, and he refers to old-fashioned things such as the Gramophone. He also has never heard of nail polish, leaving him puzzled as to why his wife's nails are red.

The judge often lets his fear of certain people get to him. He is horribly afraid of Franziska von Karma and always gives in to her, to the point of forgetting that he has more authority than she does. His fear of one witness, Furio Tigre, forced him to hide under his stand every time Tigre shouted.

The judge can speak Spanish.

Name?
Phoenix Wright once received the judge's business card, but couldn't read his signature.

References to Other Video Games
During Bridge to the Turnabout, the judge refers to himself as a "spoony bard." This is a direct reference to a famous phrase from Final Fantasy IV, in which Tellah refers to Edward Chris von Muir as a "spoony bard."