1 - The First Turnabout Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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! SIGN    Next Episode Turnabout Sisters — 1st Trial [23:47] PW     Take that!