3-3 already takes place over a month after the actual murder of Glen Elg. Remember, there was that false trial with Furio that got Maggey jailed. I believe it's not unreasonable that by the time of Recipe for Turnabout, Mada has already been hired and the mid-credits scene is Basil introducing Mada to someone who hasn't seen him before. After all, not every credits scene is talking to Phoenix. For example, Shelly de Killer's credits scene advertising his service in JFA is addressed to a courtroom, which Phoenix is not participating in. That is my case for the Programmer who looks identical to Mada in fact being Mada.
- No, I suppose it's not unreasonable to speculate that either the mid-credits scene takes place before 3-3, or nobody makes it apparent to Phoenix that he has just been hired. In the end, however, it's still just speculation, and doesn't really overturn the base assumption that the Programmer is a different person. T&T's development famously had cartridge storage issues, leading to things like Bikini being short. It's not unreasonable to suppose that they perhaps wanted to make an entire different profile picture for Programmer, but couldn't. Capefeather (talk) 23:21, 5 September 2022 (UTC)