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{{Character
|name = [[File:Aa5badge.png|70px|link=Category:Defense attorneys]] [[File:prosbadge icon big.png|70px|link=Category:Prosecutors]] <br> Diego Armando
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|name = [[File:Aa5badge.png|70px|link=Category:Defense attorneys]] [[File:Prosbadge icon big.png|70px|link=Category:Prosecutors]] <br> Diego Armando
|image = Godot Portrait.png
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|image = <gallery>
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Godot Portrait.png|As Godot
|size = 230px
 
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Diego 2.png|As Armando
|alias = Godot
 
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</gallery>
|aliastemp = Prosecutor Gobo{{tt|*|by the judge}} <br> Sir Prosecutor{{tt|*|by Luke Atmey}} <br> Captain{{tt|*|by Victor Kudo}} <br> Ungodly cool guy with the mask{{tt|*|self-styled}} <br> Mask boy{{tt|*|by Furio Tigre}} <br> Mr. Prosecutor{{tt|*|by Mia Fey}} <br> Goggles{{tt|*|by Phoenix Wright}} <br> Coffee Aficionado{{tt|*|by Mia Fey}} <br> Mysterious Masked Prosecutor{{tt|*|in the ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' trailer}}
 
|occupation = Defense attorney ( - Aug. 27, 2013) <br> Prosecutor (Oct. 11, 2018 - Feb. 10, 2019)
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|occupation = Defense attorney ( - Aug. 27, 2013) <br> Prosecutor (Oct. 11, 2018 - [[Bridge to the Turnabout|Feb. 10, 2019]])
 
|birthday = 1985-1986
|japanese = 神乃木荘龍 (''Souryuu Kaminogi''){{tt|*|real name; equivalent of Diego Armando}} <br> ゴドー (''Godot'')
 
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|birthday2 = Feb. 17 - Aug. 27, 1985<!-- giantbomb.com is not a sufficient source to determine Godot's specific birthday. -->
|french = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|german = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|spanish = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|italian = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|birthday = 1985
 
 
|age = 27
 
|age = 27
 
|ageref = Turnabout Beginnings
 
|ageref = Turnabout Beginnings
 
|age2 = 33
 
|age2 = 33
|ageref2 = Bridge to the Turnbout
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|ageref2 = Bridge to the Turnabout
|status = Alive (arrested)
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|status = Arrested ([[Bridge to the Turnabout|Feb. 10, 2019]])
|eyes = Unknown (originally brown)
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|eyes = Unknown{{tt|*|originally brown}}
|hair = White (originally black)
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|hair = White{{tt|*|originally black}}
 
|height = 6'1"; 185
 
|height = 6'1"; 185
|friends = '''[[Mia Fey]]''' (former girlfriend, junior partner, and colleague; deceased)
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|friends = '''[[Mia Fey]]''' (former girlfriend, junior partner, & colleague; deceased)
|affiliates = '''[[Marvin Grossberg]]''' (former employer) <br> '''[[Phoenix Wright]]''' (rival defense attorney) <br> '''[[Dick Gumshoe]]''' (subordinate) <br> '''[[Misty Fey]]''' (accomplice; deceased) <br> '''[[Iris]]''' (accomplice) <br> '''[[Franziska von Karma]]''' (colleague)
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|affiliates = '''[[Marvin Grossberg]]''' (former employer) <br> '''[[Dahlia Hawthorne]]''' (poisoner; deceased) <br> '''[[Phoenix Wright]]''' (rival defense attorney) <br> '''[[Dick Gumshoe]]''' (former subordinate) <br> '''[[Misty Fey]]''' (accomplice & homicide victim; deceased) <br> '''[[Iris]]''' (accomplice) <br> '''[[Franziska von Karma]]''' (former colleague)
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|alias = Godot <br> Captain{{tt|*|by Victor Kudo}}
 
|aliastemp = Prosecutor Gobo{{tt|*|by the judge}} <br> Sir Prosecutor{{tt|*|by Luke Atmey}} <br> Ungodly cool guy with the mask{{tt|*|self-styled}} <br> Mask boy{{tt|*|by Furio Tigre}} <br> Mr. Prosecutor{{tt|*|by Mia Fey}} <br> Goggles{{tt|*|by Phoenix Wright}} <br> Coffee Aficionado{{tt|*|by Mia Fey}} <br> Coffee boy{{tt|*|by Ema Skye}} <br> Mysterious Masked Prosecutor{{tt|*|in the ''Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy'' trailer}}
 
|japanese = 神乃木荘龍 (''Sōryū Kaminogi''){{tt|*|real name; equivalent of Diego Armando}} <br> ゴドー (''Godō'')
 
|french = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|german = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|spanish = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|italian = Diego Armando <br> Godot
 
|vaenglish = [[James Wilson|James C. Wilson]]
 
|vaenglish = [[James Wilson|James C. Wilson]]
 
|vajapanese = [[Hideki Kamiya]]
 
|vajapanese = [[Hideki Kamiya]]
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|vaspanish = [[Enric Sarrado]]
 
|vaspanish = [[Enric Sarrado]]
 
|vaitalian = [[Andrea Montagnoli]]
 
|vaitalian = [[Andrea Montagnoli]]
|debut = ''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]'' (as Godot) <br> ''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]'' (as Diego Armando)
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|aanime = [[Hiroaki Hirata]] (Japanese) <br> [[Brandon Potter]] (English)
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|debut = ''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]''{{tt|*|as Godot}} <br> ''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]''{{tt|*|as Diego Armando}}
 
|theme = "[[Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee]]" <br> "[[Reminiscence ~ The Bitter Taste of Truth]]"
 
|theme = "[[Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee]]" <br> "[[Reminiscence ~ The Bitter Taste of Truth]]"
 
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{{quote|Godot|Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself... that is coffee.|''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]''}}
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{{Quote|Godot|Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself... that is coffee.|''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]''}}
   
'''Godot''' (pronounced "''[[wikipedia:Waiting for Godot|GOD-oh]]''" or "''go-do''"{{tt|*|extrapolation from the judge's mispronunciation}}) was the mysterious coffee-loving prosecutor for [[Phoenix Wright]]'s cases from [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations|October 2018 until February 2019]]. He held an open grudge against Wright (although it would be some time until Wright would find out why), intentionally mispronouncing his name as "Trite" to show his contempt.
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'''Godot'''{{tt|*|pronounced ''GOD-oh'', ''gə-DOH'', or ''go-do''}} was the mysterious coffee-loving prosecutor for [[Phoenix Wright]]'s cases from [[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations|October 2018 until February 2019]]. He held an open grudge against Wright (although it would be some time until Wright would find out why), intentionally mispronouncing his name as "Trite" to show his contempt.
   
 
==Defense career==
 
==Defense career==
 
:''Main article: [[Turnabout Beginnings]]''
 
:''Main article: [[Turnabout Beginnings]]''
{{quote|Diego Armando|A lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets.|''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]''}}
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{{Quote|Diego Armando|A lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets.|''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]''}}
[[File:Diego.png|thumb|left|Diego Armando in 2013.]]
 
 
 
Godot was originally '''Diego Armando''', a senior defense lawyer working at [[Grossberg Law Offices]]. He had spiky black hair and wore a red dress-shirt with a black tie. He was fond of referring to women as kittens, and often used metaphors revolving around such names.
 
Godot was originally '''Diego Armando''', a senior defense lawyer working at [[Grossberg Law Offices]]. He had spiky black hair and wore a red dress-shirt with a black tie. He was fond of referring to women as kittens, and often used metaphors revolving around such names.
   
Armando was [[Mia Fey]]'s aide when she took on her [[Turnabout Beginnings|first case]], giving her advice as she went through and urging her to continue on the attack. Near the end of the [[trial]], their client, [[Terry Fawles]], died on the stand as a result of drinking poison given to him by the real killer, [[Dahlia Hawthorne]]. Angered by the outcome, Armando broke his mug of coffee with his bare hands and started bleeding. Soon afterward, the two lawyers started dating, with their boss [[Marvin Grossberg]] referring to them as such.
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Armando was [[Mia Fey]]'s aide when she took on her [[Turnabout Beginnings|first case]], giving her advice as she went through and urging her to continue on the attack. Near the end of the [[trial]], their client, [[Terry Fawles]], died on the stand as a result of drinking poison given to him by the real killer, [[Dahlia Hawthorne]]. Angered by the outcome, Armando [[Breakdown|crushed his mug of coffee in his hand, which subsequently began bleeding]]. Soon afterward, the two lawyers started dating, with their boss [[Marvin Grossberg]] referring to them as such.
   
[[File:Diego_bleeding.png|thumb|left|Armando's hand bleeds after breaking his coffee mug.]]
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[[File:Diego bleeding.png|thumb|left|Armando's hand bleeding after breaking his coffee mug.]]
 
On August 27, 2013, Armando sat with Hawthorne to question her. Fearing that the lawyer was on to her, Hawthorne slipped a special poison into his cup of coffee. As a result of drinking the poisoned cup, Armando fell into a coma. The poison damaged his central nervous system, caused extreme damage to his eyes, and turned the hair on his head white.
   
 
Five years later, Armando miraculously woke up to the smell of coffee. Upon awakening, however, he learned that Mia Fey [[Turnabout Sisters|had been murdered two years prior]] by [[Redd White]], CEO of the blackmailing [[Bluecorp]] company. Furthermore, Dahlia Hawthorne had already been [[Turnabout Memories|brought to justice]]. Armando blamed Fey's understudy, [[Phoenix Wright]], for her death, and resolved to protect Mia's sister [[Maya Fey|Maya]]. He became a prosecutor to test Wright's worthiness to succeed her, as well as to gain privileges to spy on [[Morgan Fey]], whom he knew had [[Reunion, and Turnabout|tried to frame Maya for murder before]] and perhaps would attempt to kill or otherwise harm her again. He began wearing a special visor over his eyes that enabled him to see, although it was limited in that he could not see red on a white background. Considering his old self to have "died", he took on the new name "Godot".
On August 27, 2013, Armando sat with [[Dahlia Hawthorne]] to question her. Fearing that the lawyer was on to her, Hawthorne slipped a special poison into his cup of coffee. As a result of drinking the poisoned cup, Armando fell into a coma. The poison damaged his central nervous system, caused extreme damage to his eyes, and turned the hair on his head white.
 
 
Five years later, Armando woke up to the smell of coffee. However, he learned that Mia Fey, the woman he loved, had been murdered a year ago by [[Redd White]], and that Hawthorne, the woman he hated, had already been [[Turnabout Memories|brought to justice]]. Armando blamed [[Phoenix Wright]] for Fey's death and became a prosecutor to test his worthiness to succeed Fey. He began wearing a special visor over his eyes that enabled him to see, although it was limited in that he could not see red on a white background. Considering his old self to have "died", he took on the name "Godot".
 
   
 
==Prosecuting career==
 
==Prosecuting career==
:''Main articles: [[The Stolen Turnabout]] and [[Recipe for Turnabout]]''
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:''Main articles: [[The Stolen Turnabout]] & [[Recipe for Turnabout]]''
{{quote|Godot|Men that are trapped by the chains of "Maybe" ...can never reach their dreams!|''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]''}}
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{{Quote|Godot|Men that are trapped by the chains of "Maybe" ...can never reach their dreams!|''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]''}}
 
 
[[File:Godot Trilogy Art.png|thumb|left|160px|Reborn as Godot.]]
 
[[File:Godot Trilogy Art.png|thumb|left|160px|Reborn as Godot.]]
Godot made his debut as a prosecutor in the [[The Stolen Turnabout|Mask☆DeMasque trials]]. Sly, sarcastic, and intolerant, he began to put the pressure on Phoenix Wright. When the [[Ron DeLite|defendant]] was declared not guilty, Godot prosecuted the subsequent murder case to challenge Wright again. Near the end of the murder trial, he saw [[Maya Fey]] channel Mia.
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Godot made his debut as a prosecutor in the [[Mask☆DeMasque]] [[The Stolen Turnabout|trials]]. Sly, sarcastic, and intolerant, he began to put pressure on Wright. When the defendant, [[Ron DeLite]], was declared not guilty of theft, Godot prosecuted the subsequent murder case to challenge Wright again. Nonetheless, Wright managed to prove a private detective named [[Luke Atmey]] had created an alibi of larceny to prevent murder charges against himself. Near the end of the murder trial, Godot saw Maya channel Mia so that she could help Wright.
   
Godot challenged Wright again on [[Recipe for Turnabout|another trial]]. He could not see the ketchup stains on [[Maggey Byrde|the defendant]]'s white apron, hinting at his vision problems. He also demonstrated his remarkable ability to keep his cool even when faced with fearsome characters like [[Furio Tigre]]. Nonetheless, Wright bested him again, and Tigre let out a final roar, causing a short blackout. During the blackout, everybody noticed that Godot's mask glowed in the dark.
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Godot challenged Wright again in [[Recipe for Turnabout|another trial]]. He could not see the ketchup stains on [[Maggey Byrde|the defendant]]'s white apron, hinting at his vision problems. He also demonstrated his remarkable ability to keep his cool even when faced with fearsome characters like [[Furio Tigre]]. Nonetheless, Wright bested him again, and Tigre let out a final roar, causing a short blackout. During the blackout, everybody noticed that Godot's mask glowed in the dark.
   
 
===Final trial===
 
===Final trial===
 
:''Main article: [[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''
 
:''Main article: [[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''
{{quote|Godot|Have you forgotten already? In my world, the color red doesn't exist. These must be... my tears.|''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''}}
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{{Quote|Godot|Have you forgotten already? In my world, the color red doesn't exist. These must be... my tears.|''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''}}
 
One day, he overheard Morgan telling her daughter [[Pearl Fey|Pearl]] about a letter she had hidden, which would give her instructions for killing [[Maya Fey]]. Oblivious to the letter's purpose and unable to understand some of the words, Pearl attempted to carry through with the plan, telling Phoenix Wright and Maya about [[Hazakura Temple]]. Godot contacted [[Iris]], a nun at the temple, and [[Misty Fey]], Maya's mother, telling them about the plan and asking for their assistance. Misty had by then taken on the new identity of children's book author Elise Deauxnim, as she had left [[Kurain Village|her hometown]] after being humiliated during the [[DL-6 Incident]] eight years prior.
 
[[File:Godot.png|thumb|right|150px|Godot prepares for his showdown with "Trite".]]
 
Godot also used his privileges as a prosecutor to spy on [[Morgan Fey]], whom he knew had [[Reunion, and Turnabout|tried to frame Maya Fey for murder]] and whom he feared would attempt to kill or otherwise harm her again. One day, he overheard Morgan telling her daughter [[Pearl Fey|Pearl]] about a letter she had hidden, which would give her instructions for killing [[Maya Fey]]. Oblivious to the letter's purpose and unable to understand some of the words, Pearl attempted to carry through with the plan, telling Phoenix Wright and Maya about [[Hazakura Temple]]. Godot contacted [[Iris]], a nun at the temple, and [[Misty Fey]], Maya's mother, telling them about the plan and asking for their assistance. Misty had by then taken on another identity as children's book author Elise Deauxnim.
 
   
 
Misty attempted to keep Pearl from carrying through with the plan by inviting her to read some books, but Pearl went anyway. She crossed [[Dusky Bridge|a bridge]] to the [[Inner Temple]], where Maya was training. Following her mother's instructions, she attempted to channel Dahlia Hawthorne, who had been executed a month before. Godot was already near the temple, prepared for the worst. When Pearl did not show up, Misty became worried and also crossed to the island, channeling Hawthorne to prevent Pearl from doing so.
 
Misty attempted to keep Pearl from carrying through with the plan by inviting her to read some books, but Pearl went anyway. She crossed [[Dusky Bridge|a bridge]] to the [[Inner Temple]], where Maya was training. Following her mother's instructions, she attempted to channel Dahlia Hawthorne, who had been executed a month before. Godot was already near the temple, prepared for the worst. When Pearl did not show up, Misty became worried and also crossed to the island, channeling Hawthorne to prevent Pearl from doing so.
   
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[[File:Godot With Elise's Cane Sword.png|thumb|right|Preparing to stab the Misty Fey-channeled Dahlia Hawthorne.]]
 
Hawthorne, in Misty's body, found Maya in the temple's [[garden]] and attempted to kill her, cornering her on a lantern in the temple garden. Godot witnessed this, though he was unaware of who was channeling Hawthorne at the time. He found himself possessed by an intense hatred for the woman who had ruined his life, picking up Misty's [[Victim's Staff|sword-cane]] and stabbing Hawthorne with it, only to be attacked by her one final time, causing his visor to fly off his face and leaving a wound. Maya fainted after the visor flew off, and Hawthorne left Misty's body as she died.
 
Hawthorne, in Misty's body, found Maya in the temple's [[garden]] and attempted to kill her, cornering her on a lantern in the temple garden. Godot witnessed this, though he was unaware of who was channeling Hawthorne at the time. He found himself possessed by an intense hatred for the woman who had ruined his life, picking up Misty's [[Victim's Staff|sword-cane]] and stabbing Hawthorne with it, only to be attacked by her one final time, causing his visor to fly off his face and leaving a wound. Maya fainted after the visor flew off, and Hawthorne left Misty's body as she died.
   
Godot put on his visor again, which concealed his wound. He then carried Maya into the temple and cleaned up the bloodied snow. Unable to see the blood, he was forced to shovel a large rectangular area around the lantern. This also meant that he missed the bloody writing that read "Maya", which Hawthorne had written on the lantern before Misty died. Godot tried to carry Misty's body over the bridge, but it had burnt down, so he attached the corpse to a loose cable and swung it across the river for Iris to receive on the other side. Iris then stabbed the corpse in the [[Hazakura Temple]] courtyard with the [[Shichishito]] sword to make it look as if the crime scene had been on that side. Meanwhile, Maya woke up and wrote a letter to Mia for advice, and then channeled her. Following the advice that Mia subsequently wrote, Maya locked herself in the Inner Temple's channelling chamber and channeled Hawthorne to protect herself. Three days later, when Iris undid the lock she met her sister, who proceeded to switch places with her, masquerading as her dark-haired sibling and locking the real Iris in the channelling chamber.
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Godot put on his visor again, which concealed his wound. He then carried Maya into the temple and cleaned up the bloodied snow. Unable to see the blood, he was forced to shovel a large rectangular area around the lantern. This also meant that he missed the bloody writing that read "Maya", which Hawthorne had written on the lantern before Misty died. Godot tried to carry Misty's body over the bridge, but it had burnt down, so he attached the corpse to a loose cable and swung it across the river for Iris to receive on the other side. Iris then stabbed the corpse in the [[Hazakura Temple]] courtyard with the [[Shichishito]] sword to make it look as if the crime scene had been on that side. Meanwhile, Maya woke up and wrote a letter to Mia for advice, and then channeled her. Following the advice that Mia subsequently wrote, Maya locked herself in the Inner Temple's channeling chamber and channeled Hawthorne to protect herself. Three days later, when Iris undid the lock she met her sister, who proceeded to switch places with her, masquerading as her dark-haired sibling and locking the real Iris in the channeling chamber.
   
 
During the trial of Misty's murder, Hawthorne, pretending to be Iris, testified that Maya committed the crime. However, Wright eventually uncovered her identity and, with the help of Godot and Mia, was able to come to the conclusion that Maya was channeling Hawthorne. Hawthorne, condemned to eternal failure at the hands of Mia, fled from Maya's body. Iris was about to be pronounced innocent, but Godot then challenged Wright to try and find the true killer, without the help and support of the Fey sisters.
 
During the trial of Misty's murder, Hawthorne, pretending to be Iris, testified that Maya committed the crime. However, Wright eventually uncovered her identity and, with the help of Godot and Mia, was able to come to the conclusion that Maya was channeling Hawthorne. Hawthorne, condemned to eternal failure at the hands of Mia, fled from Maya's body. Iris was about to be pronounced innocent, but Godot then challenged Wright to try and find the true killer, without the help and support of the Fey sisters.
   
[[File:Godot's_mask_exploding.png|thumb|Godot's mask exploding.]]
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[[File:Godot's mask exploding.png|thumb|left|Godot's mask exploding.]]
 
Maya later testified as well. Filled with gratitude for Godot, she attempted to cover for him. Godot taunted Wright, asserting that he would "never be half the lawyer [Mia] was", but Wright, fulfilling his mentor's legacy, persevered and proved that Godot was the killer, causing Godot's visor to explode from frustration. Realizing this, and seeing Mia's spirit in Wright, Godot finally admitted his mistakes, accepting that he had only been angry at "Trite" because he had needed someone to blame for Mia's death. He further added that he had been at least partly motivated by a chance at revenge. If he had really only wanted to save Maya, he would have talked to Wright about the plan.
 
Maya later testified as well. Filled with gratitude for Godot, she attempted to cover for him. Godot taunted Wright, asserting that he would "never be half the lawyer [Mia] was", but Wright, fulfilling his mentor's legacy, persevered and proved that Godot was the killer, causing Godot's visor to explode from frustration. Realizing this, and seeing Mia's spirit in Wright, Godot finally admitted his mistakes, accepting that he had only been angry at "Trite" because he had needed someone to blame for Mia's death. He further added that he had been at least partly motivated by a chance at revenge. If he had really only wanted to save Maya, he would have talked to Wright about the plan.
   
At this moment, his eye wound from the knife stab began to bleed through the visor. When told about it, he said simply that red does not exist, and that they were in fact his tears. In truth, he had had problems with forgiving himself. He gave Maya the same advice he had given Mia on her first day in court: "The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over."
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At this moment, his eye wound from the knife stab began to bleed through the visor. When told about it, he said simply that red does not exist in his world, and that they were in fact his tears. In truth, he had problems with forgiving himself. He gave Maya the same advice he had given Mia on her first day in court: "The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over."
   
His soul in peace at last, he shared one last cup of coffee with Wright in the courtroom, and they agreed that it was the best coffee they had ever had. In addition, Godot pronounced Wright's name correctly for the first time. Wright was upset that he had been unable to save Godot, but Mia assured him that he had saved Godot in a way that had nothing to do with living or dying.
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His soul in peace at last, he shared one last cup of coffee with Wright in the courtroom, and they agreed that it was the best coffee they had ever tasted. In addition, Godot pronounced Wright's name correctly for the first time. Wright was upset that he had been unable to save Godot, but Mia assured him that he had saved Godot in a way that had nothing to do with living or dying.
   
 
==Personality==
 
==Personality==
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{{Quote|Godot|You're saying that if something isn't normal, it simply isn't possible? Where does that leave the porcu-headed lawyer and the topknot chick over there... and the ungodly cool guy with the mask over here? Well, Trite?|''[[Recipe for Turnabout]]''}}
{{quote|Godot| The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over. |''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]'' and ''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''}}
 
[[File:Godot Mugshot SD.png|thumb|right|Godot's mugshot.]]
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[[File:Godot Mugshot.png|thumb|120px|Mugshot as Godot.]]
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Armando's talent as an attorney was matched only by his hot-shot confidence that bordered on smugness. He was generally very calm and collected, rarely being rattled even when at a serious disadvantage. This sheer ability to keep his cool was on display while helping Mia Fey through her [[Turnabout Beginnings|first trial]]. He retained this trait in his new persona as Godot, as he was the only one unfazed by [[Furio Tigre]]'s intimidating demeanour.
   
 
Godot had a particular habit of using countless metaphors and quotes constituting his "rules", though their meanings were often lost on others. He would also often let out a short, derisive laugh before proceeding with his remarks. However, his most distinguishing feature was his deep love of coffee. He was known to drink seventeen cups of coffee per trial day and had at least 107 different personal coffee blends, with his personal favorite being ''#102''. His coffee was known for being exceptionally bitter and hot, which he considered a point of pride. Many of his metaphors were related to coffee, leading Wright to refer to them at one point as "Coffeenese".
Godot has been described as "smug" and a "hot-shot". He was unrelenting in court and was fond of referring to women by pet names like "kitten", as well as using countless metaphors and quotes constituting his "rules". He held a deep grudge against Phoenix Wright due to Mia Fey's death, causing him to demean and taunt the defense attorney frequently and even occasionally throwing his coffee cup (filled with boiling hot coffee) at Wright's head in court. However, he eventually realized that he was really just angry at himself for not being able to protect Mia and was redirecting his self-hatred toward Wright.
 
   
 
One of Godot's surprising talents was his accurate impersonations of other people. He has mimicked both [[Desirée DeLite]] and [[Victor Kudo]] to get his point across in court. Maya Fey admired these for their authenticity, while Phoenix Wright described them as the "best and worst impersonation[s]" he had ever seen.
In comparison with the other prosecutors Wright encountered during his career, Godot was infrequently rattled when the defense gained the upper hand, and was generally very calm and collected. This was most notable during [[Maggey Byrde]]'s [[Recipe for Turnabout|trial]] (during which he was the only one unfazed by [[Furio Tigre]]'s intimidating demeanour) and when he was [[Bridge to the Turnabout|accused]] of Misty Fey's murder.
 
   
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===Protecting others===
Godot's most notable personality trait was his deep love of coffee. He was known to drink seventeen cups of coffee per trial day and had at least 107 different personal coffee blends, his personal favorite being ''#102''. His coffee was known for being exceptionally bitter and hot, which he considered a point of pride. Godot also had a habit of using coffee-related words and metaphors, which Wright referred to at one point as "Coffeenese".
 
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Godot's actions since Mia's first trial can be understood in terms of his attitudes toward women. Some of his "rules" resembled a chivalric code with hard gender roles, and he was fond of referring to women by pet names, such as calling Mia "kitten". While his interactions with most men were relatively ordinary, he would often take a more personal and negative attitude toward some women. An example of this is in his dismissive attitude toward [[Franziska von Karma]], telling her when they had just met, "You can go now, princess. It's time for the big boys to take the reins," and that he could not stand women like her. Additionally, his murderous hatred toward Dahlia Hawthorne led him to "kill" her, even though she was already dead.
   
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The most notable manifestation of this aspect of Godot was in his obsession with protecting Mia. Upon learning of her death during his coma, he felt immense guilt for not being able to save her, despite the fact that he had been very much powerless to do anything about it. Godot ended up projecting many aspects of this guilt onto Phoenix Wright, blaming him for Mia's death even though he similarly could not have had the foresight to do anything about it. In addition to this, he used Maya as a proxy for Mia in his fixation on protecting her. These two goals motivated him to become a prosecutor and eventually concoct an elaborate plan to have himself "save" Maya from danger instead of talking to her or Wright to prevent the whole thing from occurring to begin with. Such was the recklessness of the plan that it ended in Misty Fey forfeiting her life and Iris temporarily taking the fall for the crime, whilst Godot simply hid and waited for his opportunity.
One of Godot's surprising talents was his accurate impersonations of other people. He has mimicked both [[Desirée DeLite]] and [[Victor Kudo]] to get his point across in court. Maya Fey admired these for their authenticity, while Phoenix Wright described them as the "best and worst impersonation[s]" he had ever seen.
 
   
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Although Godot proved a formidable opponent to Wright, who called him "the most dangerous enemy I've ever faced" up to that point, his main concern was not in prosecuting but in carrying out what he would later admit was his "stupid fantasy". His actual arguments past his opening statement and witness testimonies would frequently boil down to repeatedly insisting that Wright had no proof to back his claims up. In fact, at times he would downright not bother to protect his case, such as when he let Wright prove [[Ron DeLite]]'s alibi against his theft charge in order to stick a murder charge on him, or when he let Wright trick Furio Tigre into indicting himself for the poisoning of [[Glen Elg]]. This is a sharp contrast to Wright's previous opponents, who would go to great lengths to keep their cases alive.
==Name==
 
* The name "Godot" originates from the famous [[wikipedia:Samuel Beckett| Samuel Beckett]] play ''[[wikipedia:Waiting for Godot|Waiting for Godot]]''. This is furthered by Luke Atmey's comment that "some people spend their entire lives idly waiting for his appearance", a reference to the aforementioned play, in which two men wait for an acquaintance named Godot to arrive, contemplating suicide if he does not show up, effectively "waiting a lifetime". Godot himself also references the play when he states that "There wasn't anyone waiting for me when I woke up". Godot is also a portmanteau of the last syllables of the character's real name - "Die'''''go''''' Arman'''''do'''''".
 
   
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Godot was more concerned with demeaning and taunting Wright, even occasionally throwing his still-nonempty coffee cup at the defense attorney's head in court. He tried to make Wright feel the guilt that he felt, using Ron DeLite's murder accusation and Pearl's inadvertent role in Morgan's murderous plan to make his point. In the end, however, Godot realized that everything he was doing was based on his own guilt rather than any actual malice toward Wright, and accepted his fate as Wright proved that he was Misty's killer. Godot's actions ultimately forced Wright to confront his own conception of what it meant to protect and save others.
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==Name==
 
* The name "Godot" originates from the [[Wikipedia:Samuel Beckett|Samuel Beckett]] play ''[[Wikipedia:Waiting for Godot|Waiting for Godot]]''. This is furthered by Luke Atmey's comment that "some people spend their entire lives idly waiting for his appearance", a reference to the aforementioned play, in which two men wait for an acquaintance named Godot to arrive, contemplating suicide if he does not show up, effectively "waiting a lifetime". Godot himself also references the play when he states that "There wasn't anyone waiting for me when I woke up".
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** Samuel Beckett stated that "''GOD-oh''" was the correct pronunciation for the character in his play.<ref>Piepenburg, Erik (2009-04-30). [http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/30/anthony-page-of-waiting-for-godot-teaches-us-how-to-pronounce-its-title/?_r=0 "Anthony Page of Waiting for Godot Teaches Us How to Pronounce Its Title"]. New York Times. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.</ref> Despite this, the name is often pronounced "''gə-DOH''" in the [[United States]], as is the case in the English dub of the [[Ace Attorney (anime)|anime adaptation]]. In [[Japan]]ese, the name is pronounced "''Godō''" (ゴドー), which is also the case for the ''Ace Attorney'' character. This particular pronunciation is implied in ''[[The Stolen Turnabout]]'', when the [[judge]] mispronounces his name as "Prosecutor Gobo".
 
* His real name in the [[Japan]]ese version, "''Souryuu Kaminogi''" (神乃木荘龍), may be a play on "''kusonigai yumoru''", which translates as "a bitter drink". "''Kaminogi''" translated means "Tree of God" and may be a reference to ''Waiting for Godot'', which takes place at the foot of a tree. Interestingly, his given name contains the kanji for "dragon", a trait shared by Wright's Japanese given name.
 
* His real name in the [[Japan]]ese version, "''Souryuu Kaminogi''" (神乃木荘龍), may be a play on "''kusonigai yumoru''", which translates as "a bitter drink". "''Kaminogi''" translated means "Tree of God" and may be a reference to ''Waiting for Godot'', which takes place at the foot of a tree. Interestingly, his given name contains the kanji for "dragon", a trait shared by Wright's Japanese given name.
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* His real full name was likely chosen as a reference to his alias; "Godot" is a portmanteau of the last syllables of "Die'''''go''''' Arman'''''do'''''". It also shares the same initials as an acronym for both defense attorney, which Armando was, and district attorney (i.e., a prosecutor), which Godot became. Another possibility is that it is a reference to the famous Argentine soccer player and manager [[Wikipedia:Diego Maradona|Diego Armando Maradona]], who is famous for his [[Wikipedia:Argentina v England (1986 FIFA World Cup)#"Hand of God" goal|"Hand of God" goal]] during the [[Wikipedia:1986 FIFA World Cup|1986 FIFA World Cup]] quarter final against [[United Kingdom|England]] and suspension from the sport due to drug use.
 
* His full real name, "Diego Armando", may be a reference to the Argentine soccer player and manager [[wikipedia:Diego Maradona|Diego Armando Maradona]]. The name's initials ("D.A.") are also used as an acronym for a district attorney (i.e., a prosecutor), which Armando became.
 
   
 
==Development==
 
==Development==
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' art director [[Tatsuro Iwamoto]] based Godot's appearance on the character [[w:c:bladerunner:Roy Batty|Roy Batty]], played by [[wikipedia:Rutger Hauer|Rutger Hauer]] in the sci-fi thriller film ''[[wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]''.<ref>NIHONGOGO (2013-09-05). [http://nihongogo.com/2013/09/tatsuro-iwamoto-x-nihongogo-interview-japan-expo-2013-1st-impact/ Tatsuro Iwamoto x Nihongogo Interview @ Japan Expo USA 2013 1st Impact]. NIHONGOGO. Retrieved on 2013-12-13.</ref>
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* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' art director [[Tatsuro Iwamoto]] based Godot's appearance on the character [[w:c:bladerunner:Roy Batty|Roy Batty]], played by [[Wikipedia:Rutger Hauer|Rutger Hauer]] in the sci-fi thriller film ''[[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]''.<ref>NIHONGOGO (2013-09-05). [http://nihongogo.com/2013/09/tatsuro-iwamoto-x-nihongogo-interview-japan-expo-2013-1st-impact/ Tatsuro Iwamoto x Nihongogo Interview @ Japan Expo USA 2013 1st Impact]. NIHONGOGO. Retrieved on 2013-12-13.</ref>
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* Godot was originally going to smoke and drink bourbon whiskey, but this was changed to an obsession with coffee to be less of a negative influence on children.<ref name=0oblog>Hsu, Janet (2014-10-31). [http://www.capcom-unity.com/zeroobjections/blog/2014/10/31/ace-attorney-trilogy---surprising-tidbits-you-never-knew Ace Attorney Trilogy - Surprising Tidbits You Never Knew!] Capcom Unity. Retrieved on 2014-11-01.</ref>
 
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* Godot was originally intended to have an animation in which he would slam his bench with his foot. This idea would be eventually implemented with [[Barok van Zieks]] in ''[[Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken]]''.<ref>Ash. [http://forums.court-records.net/viewtopic.php?p=1315971#p1315971 Re: DGS in September 2015 Dengeki Nintendo]. [http://forums.court-records.net/ Court Records Forums]. Retrieved 2015-08-29.</ref>
* Godot's color scheme is, on many levels, a completely inverted version of what he wore as Diego Armando. Red and green are chromatic opposites, as are black and white, which are evident in his shirt, hair, and tie.
 
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* Some of the English name ideas that were scrapped for Diego Armando included Joseph Cuppa, Xavier Barstucks and William Havamug.<ref name=0oblog/>
 
 
* Godot's color scheme is, on many levels, a completely inverted version of what he wore as Diego Armando. Red and green are chromatic opposites, as are black and white, which are evident in his shirt, hair, and tie. The absence of red (with the exception of his visor) and presence of white in his color scheme as "Godot" may be a reference to his inability to see red on a white background.
 
* Godot's visor glows in the dark. This is shown in ''[[Recipe for Turnabout]]'' as well as in ''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''. The light from the visor is brighter in the latter than the former.
 
* Godot's visor glows in the dark. This is shown in ''[[Recipe for Turnabout]]'' as well as in ''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]''. The light from the visor is brighter in the latter than the former.
 
 
* Godot's mobile phone ringtone is a simplified version of his main theme music "Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee".
 
* Godot's mobile phone ringtone is a simplified version of his main theme music "Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee".
 
 
* In one of Godot's sprite animations, coffee slides from one end of the table to the other and into his hand. However, seeing as there is no one sitting next to him, the coffee comes literally out of nowhere.
 
* In one of Godot's sprite animations, coffee slides from one end of the table to the other and into his hand. However, seeing as there is no one sitting next to him, the coffee comes literally out of nowhere.
 
* Diego Armando and [[Raymond Shields]] are, to date, the only defense attorneys met in-game who do not openly wear their attorney badges.
 
* Diego Armando and [[Tateyuki Shigaraki]] are, to date, the only defense attorneys met in-game who do not openly wear their attorney badges.
 
 
 
* The intentional mispronunciation of Wright's name by Godot varies between language localizations. In the French, Spanish and Italian versions it's "Light". In the German version it's "Breit"; a pun in that it can mean both "broad" and "drunken". In the original Japanese version it's "Maruhodou".
 
* The intentional mispronunciation of Wright's name by Godot varies between language localizations. In the French, Spanish and Italian versions it's "Light". In the German version it's "Breit"; a pun in that it can mean both "broad" and "drunken". In the original Japanese version it's "Maruhodou".
 
 
* Fittingly, but perhaps unintentionally, [[Redd White]]'s name seems to fit with Godot's inability to see the color red against a white background, as he was unable to see Mia's murder by White take place.
 
* Fittingly, but perhaps unintentionally, [[Redd White]]'s name seems to fit with Godot's inability to see the color red against a white background, as he was unable to see Mia's murder by White take place.
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* Godot has the dubious honor of being the series' least successful prosecutor; it is heavily implied that the three cases with Wright as his opponent were the only ones he prosecuted, all of which ended with a "Not Guilty" verdict and the last of which resulted in his arrest, thereby giving him zero off-screen victories as well.
   
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==Cultural references==
==References to popular culture==
 
* Godot states that he likes his coffee "Blacker than a moonless night". This may be a reference to a similar line spoken by the character [[wikipedia:Dale Cooper|Dale Cooper]] in the second episode ("Traces to Nowhere") of the television serial drama ''[[wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]''. When asked how he takes his coffee, he responds that he takes it [[wikiquote:Twin Peaks#Episode 1.02|"Black as midnight on a moonless night."]]
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* Godot states that he likes his coffee "Blacker than a moonless night". This may be a reference to a similar line spoken by the character [[Wikipedia:Dale Cooper|Dale Cooper]] in the second episode ("Traces to Nowhere") of the television serial drama ''[[Wikipedia:Twin Peaks|Twin Peaks]]''. When asked how he takes his coffee, he responds that he takes it [[Wikiquote:Twin Peaks#Episode 1.02|"Black as midnight on a moonless night."]]
 
* During ''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]'' and ''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]'', Armando/Godot says "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth." This a paraphrase of something often said by the famous fictional detective [[Wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]] in several of [[Wikipedia:Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s novels, including ''[[Wikipedia:The Sign of the Four|The Sign of the Four]]''.
 
* During ''[[Turnabout Beginnings]]'' and ''[[Bridge to the Turnabout]]'', Armando/Godot says "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth." This a paraphrase of something often said by the famous fictional detective [[wikipedia:Sherlock Holmes|Sherlock Holmes]] in several of [[wikipedia:Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s novels including ''[[wikipedia:The Sign of the Four|The Sign of the Four]]''.
 
 
* When encountering [[Franziska von Karma]] in ''Bridge to the Turnabout'', Godot says: "Hey, Filly. Know your role, and shut your mouth. I can't stand women like you." This may be a reference to a catchphrase of former [[wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] wrestler [[wikipedia:Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson]].
 
 
 
* During "[[Dahlia Hawthorne|Iris]]'s" testimony in ''Bridge to the Turnabout'', it is (falsely) stated that Maya turned the tables on her attacker by taking her knife. Godot's response to this is: 'As they say... "A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal".' The quotation he uses is that of a line spoken by the character [[w:c:metalgear:Gray Fox|Gray Fox]] near the end of the stealth action video game ''[[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid]]''.
 
* During "[[Dahlia Hawthorne|Iris]]'s" testimony in ''Bridge to the Turnabout'', it is (falsely) stated that Maya turned the tables on her attacker by taking her knife. Godot's response to this is: 'As they say... "A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal".' The quotation he uses is that of a line spoken by the character [[w:c:metalgear:Gray Fox|Gray Fox]] near the end of the stealth action video game ''[[w:c:metalgear:Metal Gear Solid|Metal Gear Solid]]''.
 
* Godot's mask bears a superficial resemblance to the battle visor worn by the character [[Wikipedia:Cyclops (comics)|Cyclops]] from [[Wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]' [[Wikipedia:X-Men|X-Men]] team. However, in terms of functionality, Godot's visor more closely resembles the vision-enhancing [[w:c:memory-alpha:VISOR|VISOR]] device worn by the blind character [[w:c:memory-alpha:Geordi La Forge|Geordi La Forge]] from the science fiction television series ''[[w:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
 
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* The line "Know your role, and shut your mouth" is a reference to a famous line spoken by [[Wikipedia:Dwayne Johnson|Dwayne Johnson]] as his [[Wikipedia:WWE|WWF persona]] The Rock.
* Godot's mask bears a superficial resemblance to the battle visor worn by the character [[wikipedia:Cyclops (comics)|Cyclops]] from [[wikipedia:Marvel Comics|Marvel Comics]]' [[wikipedia:X-Men|X-Men]] team. However, in terms of functionality, Godot's visor more closely resembles the vision-enhancing [[w:c:memory-alpha:VISOR|VISOR]] device worn by the blind character [[w:c:memory-alpha:Geordi La Forge|Geordi La Forge]] from the science fiction television series ''[[w:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.
 
   
 
==Other media==
 
==Other media==
* In ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', Wright has a number of alternative costumes he can wear, the color schemes of which are all references to other characters. One of the choices is based on the color scheme of Godot's outfit. Godot also appears, along with Franziska von Karma and Miles Edgeworth, as cards in the game's Heroes and Heralds Mode. One of Wright's post-victory lines mentions Godot's Sherlock Holmes-inspired quote, "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth". Wright then goes on to say that a "coffee-loving prosecutor" once said that.
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* In ''[[Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3]]'', Wright has a number of alternative costumes he can wear, the color schemes of which are all references to other characters. One of the choices is based on the color scheme of Godot's outfit. Godot also appears, along with [[Franziska von Karma]] and [[Miles Edgeworth]], as cards in the game's Heroes and Heralds Mode. One of Wright's post-victory lines mentions Godot's Sherlock Holmes-inspired quote, "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth", before stating that a "coffee-loving prosecutor" once said that. Wright also mentions that "I'm not a big fan of things being thrown at me... but at least it wasn't hot coffee!", referencing Godot's habit of throwing such beverages at the defense attorney.
 
 
* In ''[[w:c:megaman:Mega Man Star Force 3|Mega Man Star Force 3]]'', another [[Capcom]] game, there is a subtle reference to Godot. If the character [[w:c:megaman:Omega-Xis|Omega-Xis]] is equipped with the "HumorWrd" ability, the player may receive a call from his teacher [[w:c:megaman:Mitch Shepar|Mitch Shepar]]. In the call, Shepar reveals that the flasks around his neck contain coffee and milk, since he finds it convenient to be able to drink coffee whenever he wants. When quizzed by Omega-Xis about what kind of bean the teacher uses to make his coffee, Shepar says that he cannot tell him, but does reveal that it is called "Blend #107". This is the same number as one of the blends that Godot mentions. The scene in question can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJoOEdYkQ1M here].
 
* In ''[[w:c:megaman:Mega Man Star Force 3|Mega Man Star Force 3]]'', another [[Capcom]] game, there is a subtle reference to Godot. If the character [[w:c:megaman:Omega-Xis|Omega-Xis]] is equipped with the "HumorWrd" ability, the player may receive a call from his teacher [[w:c:megaman:Mitch Shepar|Mitch Shepar]]. In the call, Shepar reveals that the flasks around his neck contain coffee and milk, since he finds it convenient to be able to drink coffee whenever he wants. When quizzed by Omega-Xis about what kind of bean the teacher uses to make his coffee, Shepar says that he cannot tell him, but does reveal that it is called "Blend #107". This is the same number as one of the blends that Godot mentions. The scene in question can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJoOEdYkQ1M here].
 
 
* In the ''[[Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' special episode ''[[Reunion]]'', [[Hershel Layton]] tells [[Luke Triton]] that the group has had enough tea for the moment. Wright, Maya, and [[Espella Cantabella]] all then begin trying to work out how many cups they've had, which turns out to be 17 in total. Maya then wonders why the professor stopped there, and says, "Maybe the professor has a rule when it comes to drinking tea [...] You know, something like... 'I never drink more than 17 cups of tea during any given puzzle'." This is a reference to Godot, who would often state things to be "one of my rules", with one such rule being that he never drinks more than 17 cups of coffee during a trial. The fact that this is a reference is even pointed out in a fourth wall-breaking comment by Wright, who tells Maya that she "might want to think twice about using that kind of Ace Attorney reference here".
 
* In the ''[[Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' special episode ''[[Reunion]]'', [[Hershel Layton]] tells [[Luke Triton]] that the group has had enough tea for the moment. Wright, Maya, and [[Espella Cantabella]] all then begin trying to work out how many cups they've had, which turns out to be 17 in total. Maya then wonders why the professor stopped there, and says, "Maybe the professor has a rule when it comes to drinking tea [...] You know, something like... 'I never drink more than 17 cups of tea during any given puzzle'." This is a reference to Godot, who would often state things to be "one of my rules", with one such rule being that he never drinks more than 17 cups of coffee during a trial. The fact that this is a reference is even pointed out in a fourth wall-breaking comment by Wright, who tells Maya that she "might want to think twice about using that kind of Ace Attorney reference here".
   
 
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Godot
Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than hell itself... that is coffee.

Godot (pronounced GOD-oh, gə-DOH, or go-do) was the mysterious coffee-loving prosecutor for Phoenix Wright's cases from October 2018 until February 2019. He held an open grudge against Wright (although it would be some time until Wright would find out why), intentionally mispronouncing his name as "Trite" to show his contempt.

Defense career

Main article: Turnabout Beginnings
Diego Armando
A lawyer is someone who smiles no matter how bad it gets.

Godot was originally Diego Armando, a senior defense lawyer working at Grossberg Law Offices. He had spiky black hair and wore a red dress-shirt with a black tie. He was fond of referring to women as kittens, and often used metaphors revolving around such names.

Armando was Mia Fey's aide when she took on her first case, giving her advice as she went through and urging her to continue on the attack. Near the end of the trial, their client, Terry Fawles, died on the stand as a result of drinking poison given to him by the real killer, Dahlia Hawthorne. Angered by the outcome, Armando crushed his mug of coffee in his hand, which subsequently began bleeding. Soon afterward, the two lawyers started dating, with their boss Marvin Grossberg referring to them as such.

Diego bleeding

Armando's hand bleeding after breaking his coffee mug.

On August 27, 2013, Armando sat with Hawthorne to question her. Fearing that the lawyer was on to her, Hawthorne slipped a special poison into his cup of coffee. As a result of drinking the poisoned cup, Armando fell into a coma. The poison damaged his central nervous system, caused extreme damage to his eyes, and turned the hair on his head white.

Five years later, Armando miraculously woke up to the smell of coffee. Upon awakening, however, he learned that Mia Fey had been murdered two years prior by Redd White, CEO of the blackmailing Bluecorp company. Furthermore, Dahlia Hawthorne had already been brought to justice. Armando blamed Fey's understudy, Phoenix Wright, for her death, and resolved to protect Mia's sister Maya. He became a prosecutor to test Wright's worthiness to succeed her, as well as to gain privileges to spy on Morgan Fey, whom he knew had tried to frame Maya for murder before and perhaps would attempt to kill or otherwise harm her again. He began wearing a special visor over his eyes that enabled him to see, although it was limited in that he could not see red on a white background. Considering his old self to have "died", he took on the new name "Godot".

Prosecuting career

Main articles: The Stolen Turnabout & Recipe for Turnabout
Godot
Men that are trapped by the chains of "Maybe" ...can never reach their dreams!
Godot Trilogy Art

Reborn as Godot.

Godot made his debut as a prosecutor in the Mask☆DeMasque trials. Sly, sarcastic, and intolerant, he began to put pressure on Wright. When the defendant, Ron DeLite, was declared not guilty of theft, Godot prosecuted the subsequent murder case to challenge Wright again. Nonetheless, Wright managed to prove a private detective named Luke Atmey had created an alibi of larceny to prevent murder charges against himself. Near the end of the murder trial, Godot saw Maya channel Mia so that she could help Wright.

Godot challenged Wright again in another trial. He could not see the ketchup stains on the defendant's white apron, hinting at his vision problems. He also demonstrated his remarkable ability to keep his cool even when faced with fearsome characters like Furio Tigre. Nonetheless, Wright bested him again, and Tigre let out a final roar, causing a short blackout. During the blackout, everybody noticed that Godot's mask glowed in the dark.

Final trial

Main article: Bridge to the Turnabout
Godot
Have you forgotten already? In my world, the color red doesn't exist. These must be... my tears.

One day, he overheard Morgan telling her daughter Pearl about a letter she had hidden, which would give her instructions for killing Maya Fey. Oblivious to the letter's purpose and unable to understand some of the words, Pearl attempted to carry through with the plan, telling Phoenix Wright and Maya about Hazakura Temple. Godot contacted Iris, a nun at the temple, and Misty Fey, Maya's mother, telling them about the plan and asking for their assistance. Misty had by then taken on the new identity of children's book author Elise Deauxnim, as she had left her hometown after being humiliated during the DL-6 Incident eight years prior.

Misty attempted to keep Pearl from carrying through with the plan by inviting her to read some books, but Pearl went anyway. She crossed a bridge to the Inner Temple, where Maya was training. Following her mother's instructions, she attempted to channel Dahlia Hawthorne, who had been executed a month before. Godot was already near the temple, prepared for the worst. When Pearl did not show up, Misty became worried and also crossed to the island, channeling Hawthorne to prevent Pearl from doing so.

Godot With Elise's Cane Sword

Preparing to stab the Misty Fey-channeled Dahlia Hawthorne.

Hawthorne, in Misty's body, found Maya in the temple's garden and attempted to kill her, cornering her on a lantern in the temple garden. Godot witnessed this, though he was unaware of who was channeling Hawthorne at the time. He found himself possessed by an intense hatred for the woman who had ruined his life, picking up Misty's sword-cane and stabbing Hawthorne with it, only to be attacked by her one final time, causing his visor to fly off his face and leaving a wound. Maya fainted after the visor flew off, and Hawthorne left Misty's body as she died.

Godot put on his visor again, which concealed his wound. He then carried Maya into the temple and cleaned up the bloodied snow. Unable to see the blood, he was forced to shovel a large rectangular area around the lantern. This also meant that he missed the bloody writing that read "Maya", which Hawthorne had written on the lantern before Misty died. Godot tried to carry Misty's body over the bridge, but it had burnt down, so he attached the corpse to a loose cable and swung it across the river for Iris to receive on the other side. Iris then stabbed the corpse in the Hazakura Temple courtyard with the Shichishito sword to make it look as if the crime scene had been on that side. Meanwhile, Maya woke up and wrote a letter to Mia for advice, and then channeled her. Following the advice that Mia subsequently wrote, Maya locked herself in the Inner Temple's channeling chamber and channeled Hawthorne to protect herself. Three days later, when Iris undid the lock she met her sister, who proceeded to switch places with her, masquerading as her dark-haired sibling and locking the real Iris in the channeling chamber.

During the trial of Misty's murder, Hawthorne, pretending to be Iris, testified that Maya committed the crime. However, Wright eventually uncovered her identity and, with the help of Godot and Mia, was able to come to the conclusion that Maya was channeling Hawthorne. Hawthorne, condemned to eternal failure at the hands of Mia, fled from Maya's body. Iris was about to be pronounced innocent, but Godot then challenged Wright to try and find the true killer, without the help and support of the Fey sisters.

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Godot's mask exploding.

Maya later testified as well. Filled with gratitude for Godot, she attempted to cover for him. Godot taunted Wright, asserting that he would "never be half the lawyer [Mia] was", but Wright, fulfilling his mentor's legacy, persevered and proved that Godot was the killer, causing Godot's visor to explode from frustration. Realizing this, and seeing Mia's spirit in Wright, Godot finally admitted his mistakes, accepting that he had only been angry at "Trite" because he had needed someone to blame for Mia's death. He further added that he had been at least partly motivated by a chance at revenge. If he had really only wanted to save Maya, he would have talked to Wright about the plan.

At this moment, his eye wound from the knife stab began to bleed through the visor. When told about it, he said simply that red does not exist in his world, and that they were in fact his tears. In truth, he had problems with forgiving himself. He gave Maya the same advice he had given Mia on her first day in court: "The only time a lawyer can cry is when it's all over."

His soul in peace at last, he shared one last cup of coffee with Wright in the courtroom, and they agreed that it was the best coffee they had ever tasted. In addition, Godot pronounced Wright's name correctly for the first time. Wright was upset that he had been unable to save Godot, but Mia assured him that he had saved Godot in a way that had nothing to do with living or dying.

Personality

Godot
You're saying that if something isn't normal, it simply isn't possible? Where does that leave the porcu-headed lawyer and the topknot chick over there... and the ungodly cool guy with the mask over here? Well, Trite?
Godot Mugshot

Mugshot as Godot.

Armando's talent as an attorney was matched only by his hot-shot confidence that bordered on smugness. He was generally very calm and collected, rarely being rattled even when at a serious disadvantage. This sheer ability to keep his cool was on display while helping Mia Fey through her first trial. He retained this trait in his new persona as Godot, as he was the only one unfazed by Furio Tigre's intimidating demeanour.

Godot had a particular habit of using countless metaphors and quotes constituting his "rules", though their meanings were often lost on others. He would also often let out a short, derisive laugh before proceeding with his remarks. However, his most distinguishing feature was his deep love of coffee. He was known to drink seventeen cups of coffee per trial day and had at least 107 different personal coffee blends, with his personal favorite being #102. His coffee was known for being exceptionally bitter and hot, which he considered a point of pride. Many of his metaphors were related to coffee, leading Wright to refer to them at one point as "Coffeenese".

One of Godot's surprising talents was his accurate impersonations of other people. He has mimicked both Desirée DeLite and Victor Kudo to get his point across in court. Maya Fey admired these for their authenticity, while Phoenix Wright described them as the "best and worst impersonation[s]" he had ever seen.

Protecting others

Godot's actions since Mia's first trial can be understood in terms of his attitudes toward women. Some of his "rules" resembled a chivalric code with hard gender roles, and he was fond of referring to women by pet names, such as calling Mia "kitten". While his interactions with most men were relatively ordinary, he would often take a more personal and negative attitude toward some women. An example of this is in his dismissive attitude toward Franziska von Karma, telling her when they had just met, "You can go now, princess. It's time for the big boys to take the reins," and that he could not stand women like her. Additionally, his murderous hatred toward Dahlia Hawthorne led him to "kill" her, even though she was already dead.

The most notable manifestation of this aspect of Godot was in his obsession with protecting Mia. Upon learning of her death during his coma, he felt immense guilt for not being able to save her, despite the fact that he had been very much powerless to do anything about it. Godot ended up projecting many aspects of this guilt onto Phoenix Wright, blaming him for Mia's death even though he similarly could not have had the foresight to do anything about it. In addition to this, he used Maya as a proxy for Mia in his fixation on protecting her. These two goals motivated him to become a prosecutor and eventually concoct an elaborate plan to have himself "save" Maya from danger instead of talking to her or Wright to prevent the whole thing from occurring to begin with. Such was the recklessness of the plan that it ended in Misty Fey forfeiting her life and Iris temporarily taking the fall for the crime, whilst Godot simply hid and waited for his opportunity.

Although Godot proved a formidable opponent to Wright, who called him "the most dangerous enemy I've ever faced" up to that point, his main concern was not in prosecuting but in carrying out what he would later admit was his "stupid fantasy". His actual arguments past his opening statement and witness testimonies would frequently boil down to repeatedly insisting that Wright had no proof to back his claims up. In fact, at times he would downright not bother to protect his case, such as when he let Wright prove Ron DeLite's alibi against his theft charge in order to stick a murder charge on him, or when he let Wright trick Furio Tigre into indicting himself for the poisoning of Glen Elg. This is a sharp contrast to Wright's previous opponents, who would go to great lengths to keep their cases alive.

Godot was more concerned with demeaning and taunting Wright, even occasionally throwing his still-nonempty coffee cup at the defense attorney's head in court. He tried to make Wright feel the guilt that he felt, using Ron DeLite's murder accusation and Pearl's inadvertent role in Morgan's murderous plan to make his point. In the end, however, Godot realized that everything he was doing was based on his own guilt rather than any actual malice toward Wright, and accepted his fate as Wright proved that he was Misty's killer. Godot's actions ultimately forced Wright to confront his own conception of what it meant to protect and save others.

Name

  • The name "Godot" originates from the Samuel Beckett play Waiting for Godot. This is furthered by Luke Atmey's comment that "some people spend their entire lives idly waiting for his appearance", a reference to the aforementioned play, in which two men wait for an acquaintance named Godot to arrive, contemplating suicide if he does not show up, effectively "waiting a lifetime". Godot himself also references the play when he states that "There wasn't anyone waiting for me when I woke up".
    • Samuel Beckett stated that "GOD-oh" was the correct pronunciation for the character in his play.[1] Despite this, the name is often pronounced "gə-DOH" in the United States, as is the case in the English dub of the anime adaptation. In Japanese, the name is pronounced "Godō" (ゴドー), which is also the case for the Ace Attorney character. This particular pronunciation is implied in The Stolen Turnabout, when the judge mispronounces his name as "Prosecutor Gobo".
  • His real name in the Japanese version, "Souryuu Kaminogi" (神乃木荘龍), may be a play on "kusonigai yumoru", which translates as "a bitter drink". "Kaminogi" translated means "Tree of God" and may be a reference to Waiting for Godot, which takes place at the foot of a tree. Interestingly, his given name contains the kanji for "dragon", a trait shared by Wright's Japanese given name.
  • His real full name was likely chosen as a reference to his alias; "Godot" is a portmanteau of the last syllables of "Diego Armando". It also shares the same initials as an acronym for both defense attorney, which Armando was, and district attorney (i.e., a prosecutor), which Godot became. Another possibility is that it is a reference to the famous Argentine soccer player and manager Diego Armando Maradona, who is famous for his "Hand of God" goal during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter final against England and suspension from the sport due to drug use.

Development

  • Ace Attorney art director Tatsuro Iwamoto based Godot's appearance on the character Roy Batty, played by Rutger Hauer in the sci-fi thriller film Blade Runner.[2]
  • Godot was originally going to smoke and drink bourbon whiskey, but this was changed to an obsession with coffee to be less of a negative influence on children.[3]
  • Godot was originally intended to have an animation in which he would slam his bench with his foot. This idea would be eventually implemented with Barok van Zieks in Dai Gyakuten Saiban: Naruhodō Ryūnosuke no Bōken.[4]
  • Some of the English name ideas that were scrapped for Diego Armando included Joseph Cuppa, Xavier Barstucks and William Havamug.[3]
  • Godot's color scheme is, on many levels, a completely inverted version of what he wore as Diego Armando. Red and green are chromatic opposites, as are black and white, which are evident in his shirt, hair, and tie. The absence of red (with the exception of his visor) and presence of white in his color scheme as "Godot" may be a reference to his inability to see red on a white background.
  • Godot's visor glows in the dark. This is shown in Recipe for Turnabout as well as in Bridge to the Turnabout. The light from the visor is brighter in the latter than the former.
  • Godot's mobile phone ringtone is a simplified version of his main theme music "Godot ~ The Fragrance of Dark Coffee".
  • In one of Godot's sprite animations, coffee slides from one end of the table to the other and into his hand. However, seeing as there is no one sitting next to him, the coffee comes literally out of nowhere.
  • Diego Armando and Raymond Shields are, to date, the only defense attorneys met in-game who do not openly wear their attorney badges.
  • The intentional mispronunciation of Wright's name by Godot varies between language localizations. In the French, Spanish and Italian versions it's "Light". In the German version it's "Breit"; a pun in that it can mean both "broad" and "drunken". In the original Japanese version it's "Maruhodou".
  • Fittingly, but perhaps unintentionally, Redd White's name seems to fit with Godot's inability to see the color red against a white background, as he was unable to see Mia's murder by White take place.
  • Godot has the dubious honor of being the series' least successful prosecutor; it is heavily implied that the three cases with Wright as his opponent were the only ones he prosecuted, all of which ended with a "Not Guilty" verdict and the last of which resulted in his arrest, thereby giving him zero off-screen victories as well.

Cultural references

  • Godot states that he likes his coffee "Blacker than a moonless night". This may be a reference to a similar line spoken by the character Dale Cooper in the second episode ("Traces to Nowhere") of the television serial drama Twin Peaks. When asked how he takes his coffee, he responds that he takes it "Black as midnight on a moonless night."
  • During Turnabout Beginnings and Bridge to the Turnabout, Armando/Godot says "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth." This a paraphrase of something often said by the famous fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in several of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's novels, including The Sign of the Four.
  • During "Iris's" testimony in Bridge to the Turnabout, it is (falsely) stated that Maya turned the tables on her attacker by taking her knife. Godot's response to this is: 'As they say... "A cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal".' The quotation he uses is that of a line spoken by the character Gray Fox near the end of the stealth action video game Metal Gear Solid.
  • Godot's mask bears a superficial resemblance to the battle visor worn by the character Cyclops from Marvel Comics' X-Men team. However, in terms of functionality, Godot's visor more closely resembles the vision-enhancing VISOR device worn by the blind character Geordi La Forge from the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.
  • The line "Know your role, and shut your mouth" is a reference to a famous line spoken by Dwayne Johnson as his WWF persona The Rock.

Other media

  • In Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Wright has a number of alternative costumes he can wear, the color schemes of which are all references to other characters. One of the choices is based on the color scheme of Godot's outfit. Godot also appears, along with Franziska von Karma and Miles Edgeworth, as cards in the game's Heroes and Heralds Mode. One of Wright's post-victory lines mentions Godot's Sherlock Holmes-inspired quote, "Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains must be the truth", before stating that a "coffee-loving prosecutor" once said that. Wright also mentions that "I'm not a big fan of things being thrown at me... but at least it wasn't hot coffee!", referencing Godot's habit of throwing such beverages at the defense attorney.
  • In Mega Man Star Force 3, another Capcom game, there is a subtle reference to Godot. If the character Omega-Xis is equipped with the "HumorWrd" ability, the player may receive a call from his teacher Mitch Shepar. In the call, Shepar reveals that the flasks around his neck contain coffee and milk, since he finds it convenient to be able to drink coffee whenever he wants. When quizzed by Omega-Xis about what kind of bean the teacher uses to make his coffee, Shepar says that he cannot tell him, but does reveal that it is called "Blend #107". This is the same number as one of the blends that Godot mentions. The scene in question can be viewed here.
  • In the Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney special episode Reunion, Hershel Layton tells Luke Triton that the group has had enough tea for the moment. Wright, Maya, and Espella Cantabella all then begin trying to work out how many cups they've had, which turns out to be 17 in total. Maya then wonders why the professor stopped there, and says, "Maybe the professor has a rule when it comes to drinking tea [...] You know, something like... 'I never drink more than 17 cups of tea during any given puzzle'." This is a reference to Godot, who would often state things to be "one of my rules", with one such rule being that he never drinks more than 17 cups of coffee during a trial. The fact that this is a reference is even pointed out in a fourth wall-breaking comment by Wright, who tells Maya that she "might want to think twice about using that kind of Ace Attorney reference here".

References

  1. Piepenburg, Erik (2009-04-30). "Anthony Page of Waiting for Godot Teaches Us How to Pronounce Its Title". New York Times. Retrieved on 2015-02-14.
  2. NIHONGOGO (2013-09-05). Tatsuro Iwamoto x Nihongogo Interview @ Japan Expo USA 2013 1st Impact. NIHONGOGO. Retrieved on 2013-12-13.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hsu, Janet (2014-10-31). Ace Attorney Trilogy - Surprising Tidbits You Never Knew! Capcom Unity. Retrieved on 2014-11-01.
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