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| Hilda Hertz |
| You can't just take care of the patient's body. You gotta take care of the heart too. |
Hilda Hertz is the elderly director of the Hertz Hospital. She has worked with the police as a coroner on at least two occasions and is never seen without her granddaughter and assistant Florence Niedler at her side.
Forging evidence[]
In 2000, Chief Prosecutor Excelsius Winner blackmailed Hertz into creating a fake autopsy report for Artie Frost, the victim in the IS-7 Incident, despite the body having gone missing before it could actually undergo an autopsy. The report was then given to Manfred von Karma, the presiding prosecutor for the case, and presented in court. However, the defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth knew that the body had gone missing, and so tried to prove that the evidence was falsified in court. However, von Karma had the backing of the police force that the autopsy report was legitimate. The trial continued for a year before ending in a conviction for Edgeworth's client.
Rosie Ringer's murder[]
| Hilda Hertz |
| I will accept whatever wrongs you may have done. Just tell me everything. |
Hertz with her granddaughter Florence Niedler.
Eighteen years later, Niedler found Kay Faraday unconscious and took her to the Hertz Hospital, where it was discovered that she had lost her memory. Hertz was then called to the Committee for Prosecutorial Excellence's chamber to act as coroner for the murder of Rosie Ringer. She relayed her autopsy report to Niedler to write down, and refused to let Miles Edgeworth near the body until Prosecutor Franziska von Karma arrived. She gave the written report to Eustace Winner before leaving the Committee chamber. She and Niedler then bought cotton candy from a stand at the top of the tower before heading home.
The next day, Hertz was summoned to the Committee chamber during a Committee hearing to determine Edgeworth's future, as it had been discovered that the autopsy report she had given the police was incorrect. Hertz was surprised when Edgeworth showed her that the information that she had dictated to Niedler was not what was written in the report itself. Niedler admitted that she, too, was being blackmailed by Excelsius, who had threatened to reveal Hertz's involvement in the IS-7 Incident. She had even been forced to act as an accomplice to Excelsius's plot to kill Ringer, but her testimony to Edgeworth allowed him to prove that Excelsius was the true culprit. Shortly afterward, Faraday finally regained her memory. Hertz congratulated her and reminded Niedler that they had to mend hearts as well as bodies.
Von Karma took Hertz and Niedler into custody for the crimes that they had committed. Since they had been blackmailed, they were not punished severely.
Personality[]
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Hertz dislikes having to speak up, so often relays what she was saying via her granddaughter. She is very opinionated and dislikes having her time wasted or explaining herself to other people. She occasionally hits Niedler on the back of the head with her cane and reminds her that bedside manner is just as important as patient safety.
Name[]
- Japanese - Otome Itami (伊丹 乙女):
- Her full name comes from the Japanese phrase "Itami o tome" (痛みを止め), which means "stop the pain."
- "Otome" (乙女) means "a young and pure lady, maiden or virgin", likely chosen to contrast with her aged appearance.
- English - Hilda Hertz:
- A play on the phrase "heal the hurts", referencing her career in medicine.
- Chinese - Zhǐténg Yào (指藤 要):
- Her full name is a play on "Zhǐ téng yào" (止疼藥) meaning "painkiller."
Unofficial[]
- English - Bonnie Young:
- Her English name in the fan translation of Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit is "Bonnie Young," which is likely meant to have a similar meaning to her Japanese given name; "Bonnie" coming from the Scottish word for "pretty/attractive" and "Young" being in contrast with her age.