Phony Phanty

Phony Phanty V · T · F
Occupation	Mascot
Biological information
Eye color	Black, with yellow sclera
Hair color	Red
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	Bum Rap Rhiny ("brother")
Friends	None mentioned
Affiliates	None mentioned
Names in other languages
Japanese (romanization written with the given name first)	ねつゾウくん (Netsuzō-kun)
Miscellaneous
Debut episode	Turnabout Countdown

Judge

He's the mascot for a campaign to eliminate false evidence and charges, is he not?

Gaspen Payne

Exactly. His motto is "Phony Evidence is just Trunked Up!"

Athena Cykes

(That's wrong on so many levels.)

— Turnabout Countdown

Phony Phanty is a red anthropomorphic elephant mascot used as part of a campaign set up to combat fabricated evidence in the courtroom during the so-called "dark age of the law". Another mascot, a blue anthropomorphic rhinoceros called Bum Rap Rhiny, was created to raise awareness of false accusations within the legal system. The two mascots are brothers.

Name

• The Japanese name for the mascot, Netsuzō-kun, comes from "Netsuzō" (捏造), which means "fabrication" or "forgery". While the "zō" (象) in the name means "elephant", it may also be a subtle reference to Bobby Fulbright (and thus foreshadowing his true identity), as his given name in the Japanese version is "Gōzō" (轟三).
• "Phony" is a synonym for "fake", while "Phanty" is a play on the word "elephant". However, "Phanty" could also be a reference to the "phantom" (who is also a "phony", in that he pretends to be other people), who used a Phony Phanty doll to conceal a bomb.

References

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