Pal Meraktis

Pal Meraktis V · T · F
Occupation	Doctor ( - June 15, 2026)
Biological information
Reckoned birth year(s) (this is for age comparison purposes, and so may look odd; click on the question mark for details)?	1980
Documented age range (as recorded in court record profiles & case files)	46* (Turnabout Corner)
Last known status	Deceased (June 15, 2026)
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Black
Height (the metric (cm) values are sourced from official guidebooks and may not reflect the relative sizes of characters as depicted in-game or in other official media)	Unknown
Associates
Family	None mentioned
Friends	None mentioned
Affiliates	Guy Eldoon (rival) Wocky Kitaki (patient) Kitaki family (patients) Alita Tiala (former employee) Meraktis Clinic (workplace)
Aliases/nicknames
Onion Boy* (by Guy Eldoon) Herr Doktor* (by Klavier Gavin)
Names in other languages
Japanese (romanization written with the given name first)	宇狩輝夫 (Teruo Ukari)
French	Paul Meraktis
German	Pal Meraktis
Spanish	Pal Meraktis
Italian	Pal Meraktis
Miscellaneous
Debut episode	Turnabout Corner (allusions)

Wocky Kitaki

I woulda been golden if it weren't for that wack doc! Can't even take out a stupid bullet!

— Turnabout Corner

Pal Meraktis was a doctor who was ran the Meraktis Clinic until he was killed as a result of a malpractice incident. He had previously held a rivalry with former doctor Guy Eldoon, but won due to his ties to the mob.

Malpractice

Around December of 2025, Wocky Kitaki was shot during a turf war with the Rivales family and was immediately sent to the Meraktis Clinic. Meraktis, with the assistance of Nurse Alita Tiala, immediately began the operation. However, when he discovered where the bullet was lodged, he knew that there was no way to remove it without killing the patient. However, if he told the Kitaki family that the surgery failed, the family would have killed him for his failure.

Thusly, Meraktis wrote up a fake report claiming the surgery was a success, sewed Wocky back up, and released him from the clinic. He then locked away the real report in a safe in his office. The real report was his insurance, since it also had Tiala's name on it, so she couldn't rat him out to the Kitakis without putting herself in danger.

Meraktis thought he was in the clear, knowing that even if he didn't get himself killed anyway thanks to his reckless behavior, the bullet in Wocky's chest would eventually cause him to drop dead, and Meraktis would be able to cover up the cause of his death permanently.

Death

Main article: Turnabout Corner

The end of Pal Meraktis.

When Alita Tiala informed Meraktis that Wocky Kitaki intended to kill him for his botched operation, Meraktis flew into a rage and strangled Tiala until she passed out. Thinking she was dead, Meraktis intended to dump the body into the river that ran through People Park. However, his car wouldn't start, because Wesley Stickler had jammed Trucy Wright's panties into the tailpipe of the car to hide them. So Meraktis stole Eldoon's noodle cart and hid the unconscious Tiala inside the cart. However, when Meraktis arrived at People Park, Kitaki confronted him, carrying a knife. At this time, Tiala recovered just as Stickler arrived on the scene. While everyone outside was distracted by Stickler, Tiala pulled out her handgun and shot Meraktis while his head was turned. She then escaped without anyone seeing her.

Intending to pin the murder on Kitaki, Tiala tried to find the worst possible attorney to take her fiancé's case. She came across the questionable Wright Anything Agency and hired the attorney working there. However, this backfired as the attorney was able to work out that she was the real killer.

Personality

Not much can be said about Meraktis other than that he was not very honest in his profession. He was willing to become a mob doctor to ensure success over his rivals. His fear of retribution by the mob drove him to cover up his failed operation on Wocky Kitaki, and this drove him to violently attacking Alita Tiala after finding out that the cover had been blown. He has many jars of assorted goldfish in his office.

Name

• His Japanese name "Ukari" (宇狩) comes from the word "ukkari", which means "carelessly".

• If the first letters in "Pal Meraktis" are switched, it forms "Mal Peraktis", a play on "malpractice" and a reference to his cover-up of Wocky Kitaki's failed surgery.

Development

• Originally, his Japanese name was to be "Hamigaki" (meaning "toothpaste") and his hair was to be toothpaste-like. However, this was changed in development, with Spark Brushel gaining the name "Hamigaki", although Meraktis's hair does still bears a resemblance to striped toothpaste.

• Meraktis is the only character in Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney who doesn't have official character art.