finalvortex:

the stepladder thing is great but there are a lot of other great running jokes in ace attorney:

• phoenix not knowing the names of any plants aside from tulips and sunflowers
• maya/trucy trying to steal things and bring them back to the office
• edgeworth being unable to get his witnesses to state their name
• multiple people, on different occasions, failing to see critical evidence because they didn’t look at the other side of a piece of paper
• “Anyone could wear that ______! Even me!”
• edgeworth glaring at things
• phoenix/apollo’s obsession with their hair
• in the third game, phoenix cleaning the toilet
• in the first game, gumshoe never remembering phoenix’s name
• edgeworth being a super steel samurai fan
• yelling ‘objection!’ in everyday, non courtroom situations
• franziska referring to everyone by their full name, all the time
• phoenix being super into gossip and tabloid magazines