Buddy Faith

"Jacques Portsman"

- Man, what a piece of work that guy is. Come on Jim. We'd better catch up.

"Buddy Faith"

- Yeah.

Buddy Faith was a detective whose body was found in Room 1202 of the Prosecutor's Building, on the day of Miles Edgeworth's return.

A prosecutor and detective team
Faith was assigned to the prosecutor Jacques Portsman as his investigative partner. Portsman proceeded to refer to Faith as "Jim", a name he had used for all the previous detectives assigned to him. Portsman felt that "Jacques and Jim" sounded better than "Jacques and Buddy". The two would often play sports, such as basketball, with each other. However, Faith was never able to make a shot since he was only allowed to pass to his superior. When told about this, Miles Edgeworth thought that Portsman viewed the detective as more of a pet than a partner.

When Ernest Amano was about to be arrested by Shi-Long Lang, Portsman appeared (along with Faith) to take him away. This was because, in actuality, both Portsman and Amano were part of an international smuggling ring headed by Quercus Alba and thus Portsman was tasked to protect Amano from the law.

In order to perform this task, Portsman had Faith obtain two pieces of evidence for him: a gun and a pendant. Both of these were important pieces of evidence in the case against Amano. Portsman also had Faith obtain a video tape for him, which was labeled "KG-8 Incident" and would later aid in the arrest of Alba.

Death

 * Main article: Turnabout Visitor

Faith returned to Portsman's office with the three pieces of evidence, but finding his superior was out, he instead left a note that he had gotten the three items and would meet up with him later. The detective then heard the sound of someone moving about in Edgeworth's office, which was suspicious since the prosecutor had not yet returned to his office. He entered Edgeworth's office only to find Portsman ransacking the room in search of something. Faith confronted his superior and, in the struggle, Portsman took the detective's police issue pistol from him.

The prosecuting prodigy asserted that a prosecutor's job was to find the accused guilty. Faith asked why Portsman was doing what he was doing, only to be told that the prosecutor would use any means necessary to obtain a guilty verdict before promptly being shot. The bullet passed through Faith's lower abdomen and into the bookcase behind him. "Jim" fell back against the bookcase then collapsed, dead. Portsman then wrote "Gumshoe" in Faith's blood on the books beside Faith's body in order to point the finger of blame at detective Dick Gumshoe.

Edgeworth was shocked to find Faith's body in his office and proceeded to investigate the case. Despite Portsman accusing Edgeworth, Gumshoe and Maggey Byrde of the murder, Edgeworth was able to expose Portsman as the true killer.

Personality
Faith appears to have been submissive when it came to following Portsman's orders. However, the confrontation with Portsman that resulted in Faith's demise indicates that he was a good man, shocked at the behavior of his superior. Concerning the tape, Faith's actions in Edgeworth's office appear to show that he was just blindly following orders.

Name

 * His Japanese name may come from the phrase "nakama to shinjiteiru" meaning "I trust him as a friend" or "I believe he is a friend".


 * His English name "Buddy" is indicative of the seemingly friendly relationship between Jacques Portsman and Buddy Faith.


 * "Faith" indicates his (misplaced) devotion and confidence in his investigative partner.


 * "Jacques and Jim" is likely a reference to the nursery rhyme Jack and Jill.


 * Faith's nickname "Jim" may also be a pun on the word "gym", following a similar theme to Jacques Portsman's name being a play on "jock sportsman".