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Gourd Lake
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Gourd Lake and Gourd Lake Nature Park are tourist attractions in Los Angeles, although the lake's shores have also been the scene of two separate murders; of Robert Hammond in 2016 and Bastian Rook in 2019. The lake was at one point believed to be home to a mysterious monster called "Gourdy", which was later proven to be a hoax.

Murder of Robert Hammond[]

Main article: Turnabout Goodbyes

In 2016, Robert Hammond was murdered at Gourd Lake, with Miles Edgeworth being put on trial for the crime. Phoenix Wright took on the case against prosecutor Manfred von Karma and not only won, but also uncovered the truth behind the DL-6 Incident, which had been behind the entire case.

Assassination attempt and kidnapping[]

Main articles: Turnabout Trigger & A Turnabout Forsaken
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Gourd Lake during Di-Jun Wang's speech.

Some years later, the president of Zheng Fa, Di-Jun Wang, gave a speech at the lake about how thankful he was to the prosecutor's office for taking down the leader of a smuggling ring that had been ruining his country's economy. During the speech Wang was apparently shot, but this later transpired to be a staged assassination attempt in an attempt to improve his ratings back home. Bronco Knight took advantage of the confusion to murder Bastian Rook, but was soon exposed and arrested thanks to Miles Edgeworth.

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Kay Faraday, overlooking the lake at night.

Some days after, Kay Faraday was lured to Gourd Lake, where she was subsequently drugged by a mysterious assailant wearing a red hood, who then transported her atop the Bigg Building, after planting a bug inside her Yatagarasu Pin, in order to force Edgeworth to investigate the murder committed on the location.

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  • Japanese - Hyōtan Mizūmi (ひょうたん湖)
  • English - Gourd Lake:
    • According to Phoenix Wright, Gourd Lake was given its name because, many years before, the area was used to grow gourds. Coincidentally, the lake apparently also has an hourglass shape reminiscent of a bottle gourd when viewed from above.

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