1 - The First Turnabout

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[00:01] T
    Hmm...
[00:03] T
    It's two o'clock, I think...
[00:10] G
    I-I've gotta pin this on someone.
[00:12] G
    Oh, I know!
[00:14] G
    He'll do...
[00:47] PW
    Perfect!
SIGN    Defense Lawyer — Phoenix Wright
[00:50] PW
    I'm Phoenix Wright,
[00:53] PW
    a rookie attorney, who just got
    his badge three months ago.
[01:04] PW
    And today,
[01:06] PW
    for the first time, I set foot in the
    courtroom as an attorney!
SIGN    Courthouse
SIGN    The First Turnabout
SIGN    Lobby 2
SIGN    March 26, 9:47 AM District Court — Defendant Lobby No. 2
SIGN    Fey & Co. Law Offices
    Chief — Mia Fey
[02:59] Mia
    What's keeping Wright?
[03:01] PW
    Excuse me!
[03:05] PW
    Sorry I'm late...
[03:07] Mia
    The trial begins at 10 AM.
[03:08] Mia
    I hope you're ready.
[03:10] PW
    I am!
[03:10] PW
    Sorry to force you to take time to
    be here for me, Chief.
[03:14] Mia
    Don't mention it.
[03:15] Mia
    I mean, it's my beloved subordinate's
    first-ever defense.
[03:19] Mia
    I wouldn't miss it for the world.
[03:23] PW
    Thank you!
[03:24] Mia
    But I must say I'm impressed.
[03:26] Mia
    Not everyone has the courage to take
    on a homicide trial, right off the bat.
[03:32] PW
    I wanted... no, I had to do this.
[03:35] PW
    Because I owe him a favor.
[03:38] Mia
    A favor? To the defendant?
[03:40] PW
    Yes.
[03:41] PW
    Actually, I kind of owe my current job to him.
[03:44] PW
    He's one of the reasons I became an attorney.
[03:48] Mia
    Well, that's news to me.
SIGN    Courtroom 2
[03:53] PW
    I want to help him in any way I can!
SIGN    Courtroom 2
SIGN    March 26 District Court — Courtroom No. 2
SIGN    Prosecutor — Winston Payne
[04:26] PW
    That's my client, Larry Butz.
SIGN    Defendant — Larry Butz
[04:29] PW
    He's been my best friend since grade school.
[04:33] Butz
    Nick!
[04:35] Butz
    It wasn't me!
[04:37] Butz
    What's your problem? Lemme go!
[04:38] Butz
    Nick! It wasn't me!
[04:40] PW
    I know. I believe you.
[04:41] Butz
    Nick!
[04:43] PW
    But the newspapers say it was you.
SIGN    Model Murdered in Own Apartment in Broad Daylight!!
[04:46] [SONG] Sign
    Suspect Larry Butz (23)
[04:49] Mia
    Wright...
[04:50] Mia
    So he's the one who motivated
    you to become an attorney?
[04:54] PW
    Yes.
[04:55] PW
    He's a good guy at heart.
[04:56] PW
    He just has terrible luck.
[05:02] Mia
    He doesn't seem to have the best attitude.
[05:04] PW
    He just has terrible luck and a terrible attitude.
[05:07] Mia
    Anyway, you must believe in his
    innocence to the very end.
[05:11] Mia
    Do not forget that.
[05:12] PW
    I won't!
SIGN    Judge
[05:23] J
    Court is now in session
[05:25] J
    for the trial of Mr. Larry Butz.
[05:29] Payne
    The prosecution is ready, Your Honor.
[05:32] PW
    The defense is ready, Your Honor.
[05:34] J
    Then, your opening statement, Mr. Payne.
[05:37] Payne
    At once, Your Honor.
SIGN    Cindy Stone (22)
[05:39] Payne
    The victim is Cindy Stone,
[05:41] Payne
    a twenty-two-year-old model.
[05:43] Payne
    She was found dead in her
    apartment's living room.
[05:46] Payne
    We have concluded she was murdered from
    autopsy results and the state of the scene.
[05:50] Payne
    Time of death is estimated to
    have been around 4 or 5 PM.
[05:53] Payne
    The cause, blunt force trauma to the head.
[05:56] Payne
    The murder weapon was this statue of The Thinker.
[05:59] Payne
    I present it to the court as evidence.
[06:03] J
    Accepted.
[06:05] J
    But I must say, this is a modern thinker indeed.
[06:09] Butz
    Not "modern"! It's "Rodin"!
[06:11] Butz
    That is the gift of love that I made
    with all my heart and soul!
[06:15] J
    Oh, so it's handmade?
[06:18] Payne
    By the way, we found the defendant's
    fingerprints on the murder weapon.
[06:21] Butz
    Huh?! No way!
[06:24] PW
    You made it by hand. Of course your fingerprints are all over it!
[06:27] Butz
    Nick!
[06:29] Butz
    Let me state my case, man...
[06:31] Butz
    At this rate, I'm gonna be found guilty!
[06:34] Payne
    The prosecution would also like to
    call the defendant to the stand.
[06:38] J
    Very well.
[06:40] J
    You may proceed.
[06:40] Butz
    All right! Hell, yeah!
[06:43] Mia
    Looks like your friend has a foul mouth, to go
    with his terrible luck and attitude.
[06:57] Payne
    Now, Mr. Butz...
[06:59] Payne
    It seems you were recently dumped by the victim.
[07:02] Butz
    Watch it, buddy!
[07:04] Butz
    We're the twentieth century's greatest couple!
[07:06] PW
    The twentieth century ended
    a long time ago, dude.
[07:09] Butz
    But lately, she'd been ignoring my calls, just a bit.
[07:12] Butz
    And standing me up, just a bit.
[07:15] Payne
    That is generally what we call being dumped—
[07:18] Butz
    Shut up with your nonsense!
[07:19] Payne
    Then you knew about her trip overseas?
[07:24] Butz
    T-Trip overseas?
[07:26] Butz
    That's news to me, just a bit...
[07:29] Payne
    This is the victim's passport.
[07:31] Payne
    According to this, she returned from
    New York the day before the murder.
[07:35] Payne
    We also found a photograph taken during the trip.
[07:39] Butz
    My present...
[07:41] Payne
    I present these two items to the
    court as evidence, Your Honor.
[07:45] J
    Accepted.
[07:46] Butz
    Huh?
[07:47] Butz
    Hang on a second!
[07:48] Butz
    Who took that photo?
[07:50] Payne
    The man with whom she went, of course.
[07:52] Butz
    Aw! Hell, no!
[07:55] PW
    Please stop repeating that word...
[07:58] Payne
    And there we have our motive.
[08:00] Payne
    The defendant heard about this,
    and murdered the victim in a rage.
[08:04] J
    Yes. That is quite the clear motive.
[08:08] Butz
    Wait a second...
[08:10] Butz
    I didn't do it, I swear!
[08:14] Payne
    By the way, on the day of the murder,
    did you visit the victim's apartment?
[08:19] Payne
    M-Maybe I did! And maybe I didn't!
[08:23] Mia
    I can hardly bear how dumb
    he is at playing dumb.
[08:26] Payne
    You don't remember?
[08:28] Payne
    Then, let me remind you...
[08:32] Payne
    The defendant is lying, Your Honor!
[08:36] Payne
    The prosecution would like to call
    its key witness to the stand.
[08:45] PW
    A witness?
[08:47] J
    Order! Order in the court!
[08:51] J
    Escort the witness to the stand.
[08:58] Sahwit
    Hello.
[09:00] Mia
    This is where things get real, Wright.
[09:07] Sahwit
    Hello.
[09:08] PW
    A witness?
[09:10] Payne
    Please state your name and occupation.
[09:13] Sahwit
    I am Frank Sahwit.
[09:15] Sahwit
    I sell newspaper subscriptions.
[09:17] J
    Please tell the court what you
    saw on the day of the murder.
[09:23] Sahwit
    Of course.
SIGN    Witness Testimony
[09:26] Sahwit
    That day, I was at the apartment
    complex to sell subscriptions,
SIGN    Testimony
[09:31] Sahwit
    when I saw a man hurriedly leaving
    the apartment in question.
[09:35] Sahwit
    It was that man, over there.
[09:39] PW
    Damn it, Larry...
[09:40] PW
    Why haven't I heard this?
[09:41] Sahwit
    I found that quite strange, so I
    looked inside the apartment.
SIGN    Testimony
[09:47] Sahwit
    And I saw a woman lying there, dead.
[09:51] Sahwit
    I was too scared to go inside.
[09:54] Sahwit
    So I rushed to a nearby pay phone,
    and called the police.
[10:00] Sahwit
    It was 2 PM.
SIGN    2 o'clock
[10:03] PW
    Two o'clock...
[10:05] J
    A pay phone?
[10:07] J
    Didn't the apartment have a phone?
[10:09] Payne
    There was a phone by the front door,
[10:11] Payne
    but the area had a blackout that
    day, from 1 PM to 6 PM,
SIGN    Blackout Notice
[10:15] Payne
    so he couldn't use it.
[10:17] J
    That does explain using a pay phone.
[10:21] PW
    A blackout?
[10:22] Payne
    How about it, Your Honor?
[10:23] Payne
    You could hardly ask for a more
    conclusive witness testimony.
[10:30] Mia
    What's the matter?
[10:30] PW
    N-Nothing.
[10:33] J
    The defense may begin its cross-examination.
[10:36] PW
    Y-Yes, Your Honor!
[10:37] Mia
    Here's your time to shine.
[10:40] Mia
    If your client is innocent,
[10:42] Mia
    the witness must have lied in his testimony.
[10:45] Mia
    Compare the testimony to the evidence.
[10:47] Mia
    A contradiction is bound to be in there.
[10:50] Mia
    Find it.
[10:52] PW
    A contradiction...
[10:53] Mia
    That's right.
[10:54] Mia
    The evidence holds all the keys.
[10:57] Mia
    Go get 'em.
[10:58] PW
    Okay.
[10:59] PW
    I'll give it a shot!
[11:04] PW
    Er...
[11:06] PW
    Your Honor! Just now, there was a clear
    contradiction in the testimony!
[11:11] J
    Oh? Where, exactly?
[11:17] PW
    Well, uh...
[11:19] PW
    I'm saying we should all put our
    heads together and find it...
[11:25] PW
    Ow!
[11:26] Mia
    What's so funny?
[11:27] Mia
    Right now, you need less laughter, more thought.
[11:30] PW
    Ah, y-yeah!
[11:32] PW
    The autopsy report...
[11:35] PW
    What is this?
[11:37] PW
    All right!
[11:38] J
    Let's try again. The defense may
    begin its cross-examination.
SIGN    Cross-Examination
[11:43] PW
    You say you found the body at 2 PM.
[11:46] PW
    Are you sure of the time?
[11:48] Sahwit
    Absolutely sure.
[11:51] PW
    But according to the autopsy report,
[11:53] PW
    the victim's estimated time of death
    was sometime after 4 PM.
[11:57] [SONG] Sign
    Autopsy Report
    
    Name: Cindy Stone
    
    Sex: F
    
    Age: 22
    
    Estimated Time of Death: After 4 PM
    
    Cause of Death: Blunt force trauma to the head
    
    Place of Death: Her apartment
SIGN    Four o'clock
SIGN    Two o'clock
[12:00] PW
    Isn't this a clear contradiction?
[12:07] Mia
    Brilliantly done, Wright!
[12:11] J
    The witness is to explain himself.
[12:13] Sahwit
    O-Of course...
[12:14] Sahwit
    In the apartment, I heard the
    time being announced.
[12:17] Sahwit
    She must've been watching TV before she died.
[12:19] Payne
    Oh, that makes sense—
[12:20] PW
    Huh?
[12:21] PW
    Wasn't there a blackout at that time?
[12:25] [SONG] Sign
    Blackout Notice: Today, 1-6 PM
SIGN    2 o'clock 4 o'clock
[12:27] PW
    The TV couldn't have been on.
[12:30] Sahwit
    My apologies, I was mistaken.
[12:33] Sahwit
    I heard the clock.
[12:34] Sahwit
    The table clock.
[12:37] PW
    The table clock?
[12:40] Sahwit
    That's right!
[12:42] Sahwit
    The Thinker that he used to kill her.
[12:45] Payne
    Your Honor, if I may, this is indeed a clock.
[12:49] Payne
    If you twist the neck,
    it appears to say the time aloud.
[12:55] Butz
    Whaddya think of my genius idea?
[12:57] PW
    Mention these things earlier!
[12:59] PW
    If you twist the neck, it says the time?
[13:04] PW
    Mr. Sahwit!
[13:06] PW
    You're lying!
[13:11] PW
    In your testimony, you said...
[13:13] Sahwit
    I was too scared to go inside.
[13:15] PW
    You could only know this was a clock
    if you heard it announce the time.
[13:20] PW
    That's right.
[13:21] PW
    You heard this clock that day.
[13:23] PW
    When you entered the apartment,
    and used it to strike the victim!
[13:28] T
    It's two o'clock, I think...
[13:31] PW
    The sound must have surprised you.
[13:34] PW
    And the time was burned into your memory.
[13:37] PW
    Am I wrong?
[13:40] J
    How does the witness respond?
[13:42] Sahwit
    I never...
[13:48] Sahwit
    Shut up! Quit yammering and nitpicking!
[13:51] Sahwit
    I saw it with my own eyes...
[13:52] Sahwit
    He was the one who killed her!
[13:59] J
    Order!
[14:00] J
    Watch your mouth, witness.
[14:02] J
    Can the defense prove that the witness
    heard this clock announce the time?
[14:11] PW
    W-Well...
[14:12] Mia
    Simple.
[14:13] Mia
    Let's sound the clock here and now, in this court.
[14:17] PW
    Yes.
[14:20] T
    Hmm...
[14:21] ---
    It's 9:25, I think...
[14:25] J
    What a Rodin way to announce the time.
[14:28] Butz
    Isn't it great?!
[14:29] Butz
    It's my genius voice—
[14:31] J
    But how is this proof of anything?
[14:35] PW
    9:25?
[14:38] PW
    Mr. Payne, what time is it right now?
[14:40] Payne
    Right now? 11:25.
[14:44] J
    It's two hours slow!
[14:47] PW
    Mr. Sahwit's testimony was also two hours off.
[14:50] PW
    Which means, what he heard
    at the time of the murder
[14:54] PW
    was most definitely this clock!
[15:06] Sahwit
    I'll grant you that's an amusing story...
[15:08] Sahwit
    Sure, it looks like the clock's two hours slow.
[15:12] Sahwit
    But we don't know if it was running
     slow on the day of the murder!
[15:17] Sahwit
    Well?
[15:18] Sahwit
    Got an answer to that?!
[15:22] Sahwit
    If you can't prove that, you have no case.
[15:27] Mai
    Wright!
[15:28] J
    How about it, defense?
[15:33] Mai
    You can't back down here.
[15:36] PW
    Am I going to fail you, after coming so close?
[15:51] Butz
    Objection!
[16:00] J
    If you don't have any proof, I cannot
    let you indict this witness.
[16:05] Sahwit
    I come all this way to testify,
    and you call me a murderer?
[16:09] Sahwit
    You attorneys are all scum!
[16:12] PW
    Forgive me, Larry...
[16:14] J
    This concludes Frank Sahwit's cross-examination.
[16:20] Mia
    Not so fast!
[16:22] PW
    Ch-Chief?
[16:25] Mia
    Now is the time to laugh, Wright.
[16:28] Mia
    An attorney can only laugh
    when times are desperate!
[16:33] Mia
    Don't give up until the very end.
[16:35] J
    If the defense has something to say, speak up.
[16:41] J
    Well, do you?
[16:44] PW
    But there's no way to prove the clock was
    running slow on the day of the murder.
[16:49] Mia
    Turn your thinking about.
[16:51] PW
    Turn it about?
[16:53] Mia
    Yes.
[16:53] Mia
    Try to figure out why the clock was running
    two hours slow, in the first place.
[17:00] PW
    Two hours...
SIGN    2 o'clock 4 o'clock
[17:02] PW
    Two hours.
[17:04] J
    It seems the defense has nothing to say, after all.
[17:09] PW
    I see...
SIGN    2 o'clock 4 o'clock
[17:10] PW
    Two hours!
[17:10] J
    This concludes the cross-examination.
[17:13] PW
    Objection!
SIGN    Objection!
[17:21] PW
    The reason the clock was running
    two hours slow is this...
[17:27] PW
    Right here!
[17:29] Sahwit
    Wh-What about that photo?
[17:31] PW
    Japan is in a different time zone
    than other countries.
[17:35] PW
    According to her passport,
[17:36] PW
    the victim had just returned from
    overseas the day before the murder.
[17:40] PW
    The time difference between Japan
    and New York is fourteen hours.
[17:44] PW
    When it's 4 PM here, it's 2 AM there.
[17:47] PW
    Disregard AM and PM.
[17:48] Mia
    And the difference is exactly two hours.
[17:52] PW
    The victim took the table clock
    with her on the trip,
[17:55] PW
    but hadn't reset it since returning.
[17:58] PW
    That's why the time you heard
[18:00] PW
    was two hours off!
[18:03] PW
    How's that, Mr. Sahwit... No, Mr. Didit!
[18:10] J
    Arrest the witness immediately!
SIGN    Full Story
[18:19] PW
    As a newspaper salesman, Frank Sahwit
    had been burglarizing homes,
[18:23] PW
    while residents were away.
[18:29] PW
    But the victim returned while
     he was in her apartment,
[18:34] PW
    and that led to the murder.
[18:36] T
    It's two o'clock, I think...
[18:40] J
    Order!
[18:43] J
    Mr. Wright...
[18:44] PW
    Yes, Your Honor.
[18:45] J
    I am quite honestly amazed.
[18:48] J
    In your first defense, you even
    discovered the true culprit.
[18:52] PW
    Gee, thanks, Your Honor.
[18:54] J
    I shall now hand down the verdict.
SIGN    Not
SIGN    Not Guilty
[18:59] J
    Not guilty!
[19:03] Payne
    Aw! Hell, no!
[19:06] Mia
    Well done, Wright.
[19:08] PW
    Thank you, Chief.
[19:11] J
    And with that, court is adjourned.
SIGN    Lobby 2
[19:17] Butz
    You're amazing, Nick!
[19:20] Mia
    Congratulations, Mr. Harry Butz.
[19:22] Butz
    Uh, my name's Larry...
[19:26] Mia
    Could you repeat that, Harry?
[19:27] Butz
    Never mind, er, well...
[19:30] Butz
    Thank you so much!
[19:31] Butz
    I'll never forget this.
[19:34] PW
    Dude, I was the one who saved you.
[19:36] Butz
    Oh, right!
[19:37] Butz
    Please accept this!
[19:39] Mia
    Wait, isn't this the murder weapon?
[19:42] Butz
    Oh, no...
[19:43] Butz
    It's the same thing, but it's not.
[19:46] Butz
    I made two of them, and this one's mine.
[19:48] Mia
    Ah.
[19:49] Butz
    Please accept it as a memento of our meeting!
[19:51] Mia
    Then, I guess I'll take you up on it.
[19:54] Mia
    Thank you.
[19:57] Butz
    I loved her, man. How could
    she betray me like that?
[20:00] Butz
    I'm so sad!
[20:02] PW
    Larry...
[20:03] Mia
    I wouldn't be so certain.
[20:07] Mia
    She loved you.
[20:09] Mia
    And here's the proof.
[20:11] Butz
    Lies!
[20:12] Butz
    Nick!
[20:14] PW
    Oh, yeah. She took that clock with
    her on the trip, didn't she?
[20:19] Butz
    She probably just didn't have any others.
[20:21] PW
    You really think she'd take something
    so bulky, just because of that?
[20:28] Butz
    I guess not.
[20:31] Butz
    Thanks, man.
[20:38] Mia
    Today got a bit exciting, but you
    finally took your first step.
[20:41] PW
    Yeah, it was really scary, though.
[20:45] Mia
    But still...
[20:46] Mia
    It was an important step you took to help someone.
[20:55] Mia
    Listen well, Wright.
[20:57] Mia
    In our massive society,
[21:00] Mia
    there must be plenty of people
    out there who need your help.
[21:08] Mia
    Do your best.
[21:09] PW
    I will!
[21:11] Mia
    Oh, right... The reason you
    became an attorney?
[21:15] PW
    I owe it all to him.
[21:17] Mia
    Tell me the whole story sometime.
[21:19] PW
    Sure thing!
[21:21] PW
    I forgot my bike at the courthouse!
[21:23] Mia
    Oh, dear...
[21:24] PW
    See you later!
[21:27] PW
    And so, my first trial came to a close.
[21:32] PW
    But my promise to tell the chief about
    my reason for becoming an attorney
[21:37] [SONG] Sign
    Fey & Co. Law Offices
[21:37] PW
    was a promise I wouldn't be able to keep.
SIGN    Ace Attorney
[23:20] ---
    Objection!
[23:21] PW
    One night, tragedy befell the chief.
SIGN    Beautiful Attorney Murdered
    
    Mia Fey (28)
[23:24] PW
    At the messy crime scene were shards of glass,
[23:27] PW
    an utterly startling murder weapon,
[23:29] PW
    and a dying message in blood.
[23:31] PW
    What do those words mean?
[23:34] PW
    The one under arrest
[23:36] PW
    is the chief's little sister?
[23:38] PW
    Why were you there?
[23:39] PW
    Are you really a murderer?
[23:41] PW
    Find the contradictions.
[23:42] PW
    Reach out to the truth!
[23:44] PW
    Next time: Turnabout Sisters — 1st Trial!
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[23:47] PW
    Take that!