Dick Gumshoe

Dick Gumshoe was a homicide detective in Los Angeles. He often happened to take the same cases that Phoenix Wright did when Wright was a lawyer. He generally gathered evidence and occasionally helped Wright depending on the circumstances behind the case at hand. He also usually took the stand first during a trial to testify and give basic facts about a case. He usually helps Miles Edgeworth in his investigations.

Life
Little is known of Gumshoe's early life other than that he knew Angel Starr when he was 16 and mentions that even then she was known as the "Cough-up Queen". He mentions vaguely that only she could get him to talk about what happened "that day". What he is referring to is never revealed. When Gumshoe mentions this Maya Fey wonders what the incident was whilst Phoenix Wright wonders if Gumshoe wore a trenchcoat even when he was 16.

It apparently has always been a dream of his to become a member of the police force. At some point, he joined the police force and was promoted to the Detective Division in 2011. Half a year later, he was involved in the investigation of the murder of fellow detective Valerie Hawthorne.

Early career

 * Main article: Turnabout Beginnings

Meeting Phoenix Wright

 * Main article: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Under Franziska von Karma

 * Main article: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Justice For All

Wright's ally

 * ''Main article: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations

After Bridge to the Turnabout
Gumshoe's last appearance in the series was on April of 2019, when he testified against Zak Gramarye.

Edgeworth's ally

 * Main article: Miles Edgeworth: Ace Attorney Investigations

Personality
Gumshoe has a strong loyalty to Miles Edgeworth. He is very sensitive, often leading to his feelings getting easily hurt, but he is also a very optimistic and hard-working person. He also has a habit of jumping to conclusions and doing things a sensible person wouldn't. Despite this he has been shown to be courageous and dependable, saving Wright and Maya from gangsters on one occasion and tirelessly trying to save Maya from a kidnapper on another occasion.

Gumshoe has a penchant for getting involved in complicated murders, and he uses his powers of persuasion to get in charge of those cases. Unfortunately for him, Gumshoe is often bumbling and has had his pay cut many times, such that he lives on instant noodles (though he tries to diversify his diet when he can). He still maintains a good working relationship with most of the the force, and he uses it to prevent himself from losing his job.

His relationship with Wright and Maya is a strange one. On one hand he has helped them solve cases and even temporarily joined the Wright & Co. Law Offices. However, on other occasions (notably his last chronological appearance) he boasts to Wright that there is no way Wright can win the case since Gumshoe's evidence is too strong.

Relationship with Maggey Byrde
Gumshoe also had a very big crush on Maggey Byrde ever since she joined the force. She, in turn, was grateful for his teaching during her training. She was fired after a murder incident in which she was accused; she became a waitress soon afterward, but Gumshoe kept in contact. When Byrde was accused of murder a second time, he stood by her even though she believed he had betrayed her. Through his efforts, he managed to help to turn the case around, and she soon forgave him.

They became a couple soon afterward, and Byrde bought Gumshoe a new coat.

Name

 * "Dick" and "Gumshoe" are slang terms for a private eye. "Dick" is usually used in a negative sense, and "Gumshoe" is often used to denote very new and inexperienced private detectives.


 * Itonokogiri (糸鋸) roughly means "a saw" and Keisuke (圭介) is the name of a musician.


 * Dick Tektiv comes from the word "detective".