Trilo Quist, a ventriloquist's puppet belonging to Benjamin Woodman, was a piece of evidence in Phoenix Wright's investigation into the murder of Russell Berry.
Woodman & Quist[]
Woodman uses Quist for his performances in the circus, specifically by "opera singing" through him, as well as some comedy routines. As Woodman is extremely shy, he uses Quist as a way to talk to others and even talks to Quist himself. This caused problems when he tried to declare his love to the naive Regina Berry, only to make her think it was Quist who loved her, leading to the shy Woodman going along with it. Quist was hidden under a cabinet by Max Galactica as revenge for Woodman's declaration of love to Berry, whom Galactica was also in love with. He was eventually returned to his owner and used to testify in court.
Personality[]
The personality that Woodman gives to Quist depicts him as the opposite of his owner; Quist is loud and rude, talks quickly, and is easily angered. He insists that people use proper manners when talking to him, such as looking directly at him and calling him "Mr. Quist" but never displays any of the same manners himself. The sole exception is Regina Berry, owing to Woodman's romantic feeling for her.
Woodman also sings "opera" exclusively through Quist, and these songs appear to be exclusively either romantic or insulting in theme. Quist's owner also used him to project a dirty sense of humor when singing a song about Berry, with the lyrics "I want you to touch me! I want you to kiss me! I want you to...", before abruptly stopping and exclaiming that "The rest is private!"
Design[]
Trilo Quist overall resembles a miniature version of Woodman, but with a more cartoon-like aesthetic to his design. His head is a wide oval shape, his ears are rounded and stick out, and he has large brown eyes and short slicked back hair with a curl on his forehead. He has no visible nose and his mouth curves on one side when he's "smiling". He wears a blue suit with three white buttons over a white undershirt and a big red bowtie nearly as wide as his head. He also wears blue shorts, and shoes with three large straps. While the color of the straps is usually white, his full-body render in The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney depicts the shoes as a lighter tint of his skin, and the cutscene where he watches Russell Berry walk by depicts them as a dark gray color. In the anime adaptation, his shoes are completely white.