# 18 - Turnabout Big Top — 1st Trial
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***SIGN*** December 5, 7:00 PM Berry Big Circus Big Top
***SIGN*** Miraculous Flight Maximillion
***SIGN*** Berry Big Circus
**[00:27] PW**
Uh, Maya...
**[00:28] PW**
Is this circus really popular?
**[00:31] M**
What are you saying? It's so thrilling!
**[00:33] PW**
Yes, but not in the right way.
**[00:35] M**
Well, just watch...
**[00:36] M**
The main event is something else!
**[00:38] PW**
Really?
**[00:39] M**
Oh, here we go.
**[00:41] RB**
We've kept you all waiting.
**[00:43] RB**
Today's final event will be a miraculous
flight through the sky.
**[00:47] RB**
The twenty-first century's greatest magician,
**[00:49] RB**
Maximillion Galactica!
**[01:02] G**
Max!
**[01:05] M**
Max!
**[01:11] M**
Look, he disappeared!
**[01:18] M**
Look, he flew again!
**[01:19] M**
Gorgeous!
**[01:21] M**
Gorgeous!
**[01:24] M**
Gorgeous!
**[01:26] PW**
Okay, this is awesome.
***SIGN*** Ace
***SIGN*** Attorney
***SIGN*** Ace Attorney
***SIGN*** December 7 Wright & Co. Law Offices
**[03:04] M**
Gorgeous!
**[03:09] PW**
Come on, our files are flying away.
**[03:11] M**
You say "files," but they're all bills and receipts!
***SIGN*** Turnabout Big Top — 1st Trial
**[03:15] M**
We haven't had any clients lately...
**[03:19] M**
I'm bored.
**[03:22] M**
I know!
**[03:23] M**
Why don't you try flying, too?
**[03:25] M**
Jump out this window!
**[03:27] PW**
I'll pass. They'll think I committed
suicide over financial difficulties.
**[03:31] M**
Tsk, you're no fun...
***SIGN*** Killer Circus Act
Appears!!
**[03:36] TV**
*Reporting live from Berry Big Circus,*
**[03:38] TV**
* a murder scene more*
* sensational than the circus!*
**[03:43] M**
No way.
**[03:43] TV**
*The culprit is none other than Max Galactica.*
***SIGN*** Suspect Maximillion Galactica
**[03:46] TV**
* A killer circus act performed by a*
* popular magician, using magic!*
**[03:51] PW**
Killer circus?
**[03:53] M**
Why are you just sitting around?
**[03:56] M**
Let's go.
**[03:57] M**
Max would never do something like that!
**[04:00] Max**
Welcome to the magician's room.
**[04:03] M**
It's the real deal, Nick...
**[04:06] PW**
Yeah, it's the real deal, all right.
**[04:08] Max**
And?
**[04:10] Max**
What did you want?
**[04:11] M**
We're here to defend you!
**[04:15] Max**
Defend?
**[04:17] Max**
You make it sound as though I'm under arrest.
**[04:20] PW**
W-Well, you kind of are.
**[04:23] Max**
I'm Maximillion Galactica, you know?
**[04:25] M**
Right!
**[04:26] Max**
The very big star at the Berry Big Circus.
**[04:29] ---**
Right.
**[04:30] Max**
I'm paid fabulous sums.
**[04:32] M**
So?
**[04:36] Max**
You're pulling my magic wand!
**[04:38] PW**
No, I'm not.
**[04:42] Max**
Jesus! Why me?!
**[04:45] PW**
He hadn't noticed?
You're pulling my attorney's badge.
**[04:45] Max**
Oh, no!
**[04:47] Max**
Ah, Jesus!
**[04:48] M**
Doesn't look that way.
**[04:50] PW**
Anyway, tell us what happened last night.
**[04:55] Max**
The ringmaster was murdered.
**[04:57] Max**
It was after a group rehearsal.
**[05:00] ---**
Around 10:30 PM.
**[05:02] ---**
The police presence was gorgeous.
**[05:05] ---**
Just so you know, it wasn't me, honey.
**[05:10] M**
Yeah! It wasn't you, right?
**[05:13] PW**
But why were you arrested?
**[05:15] Max**
Who can say?
**[05:16] Max**
Probably because I was the last to
see him before he was murdered.
**[05:20] PW**
Is that so?
**[05:21] Max**
Well, we were having a chat about my salary.
**[05:28] Max**
I'm the one drawing
all the crowds to the circus.
**[05:30] Max**
I figured I should be compensated likewise...
**[05:33] Max**
But he left before we were done.
**[05:38] RB**
Sorry, Max. Do you mind waiting for me here?
**[05:42] Max**
Heading out this late?
**[05:46] RB**
I'll be right back.
**[05:48] Max**
And he left, never to return...
**[05:52] PW**
I wonder what the ringmaster had to do.
**[05:55] Max**
Beats me.
**[05:56] Max**
Anyway, you're an attorney?
**[05:59] Max**
Get me out of here already!
**[06:02] M**
Sure, leave it to us, Max—
**[06:04] PW**
Give me some time to think.
**[06:07] PW**
We'll come again, Max.
***SIGN*** FC Noodles
**[06:10] M**
What was that all about, Nick?
**[06:12] M**
Playing hard to get and all!
**[06:15] PW**
Well, eat up.
**[06:17] PW**
I can't defend someone I don't fully trust.
**[06:21] M**
What the heck?
**[06:22] M**
You're saying you can't trust Max?
**[06:25] PW**
Anyway, just eat up.
**[06:27] PW**
Frankly, it's all really fishy.
**[06:29] PW**
I mean, he's an anything-goes magician.
**[06:32] M**
Say what? You're...
**[06:35] M**
You're an anything-goes attorney!
**[06:39] PW**
I don't wanna hear that from an
anything-goes spirit medium.
**[06:42] PW**
First, we investigate.
**[06:43] M**
Hmph!
**[06:45] M**
Investigate?
**[06:49] M**
Thanks for the food.
**[06:53] M**
Wait up!
***SIGN*** December 7 Berry Big Circus Big Top
***SIGN*** Public Entrance
**[07:00] M**
This is kinda exciting, huh?
**[07:02] PW**
Maya, we're here for work today.
**[07:08] Bo**
A monkey?
**[07:09] Reg**
Hey! Catch him!
**[07:15] PW**
What's going on?
**[07:16] M**
Nick!
**[07:17] Reg**
Regent!
**[07:19] M**
T-T-T-Tiger!
**[07:21] PW**
Tiger?!
**[07:23] Reg**
Regent, stay.
**[07:25] Reg**
Come here.
**[07:29] Reg**
Thank you.
**[07:31] Reg**
That's Leon's costume.
**[07:33] PW**
Oh, this?
**[07:34] PW**
Here.
**[07:35] Reg**
Money really loves shiny stuff!
**[07:39] PW**
The monkey just now?
**[07:40] Reg**
Yep.
**[07:41] Reg**
And he takes it all back to his home!
**[07:44] PW**
Money the monkey loves shiny stuff...
**[07:47] M**
Hey, aren't you Regina, the animal trainer?
**[07:50] Reg**
Yep!
**[07:51] Reg**
I'm Regina!
**[07:53] Reg**
An attorney?
**[07:54] M**
Yeah, we're here to investigate
yesterday's incident!
**[07:57] Reg**
Incident?
**[07:58] Reg**
Oh, the one where my daddy died?
**[08:02] Bo**
Daddy?
**[08:04] Reg**
I don't really know much about it.
**[08:06] Reg**
After last night's practice, I was
playing with Regent in this tent.
**[08:09] Reg**
Sorry.
**[08:10] M**
No, we're the ones who should be sorry.
**[08:12] M**
We didn't know he was your father...
**[08:14] Reg**
Huh? Why should you be sorry?
**[08:17] Reg**
I'm perfectly all right!
**[08:18] Reg**
I mean, my daddy became a star in the sky!
**[08:21] PW**
A star?
**[08:22] Reg**
He taught me that everyone becomes
a star in the sky after they die.
**[08:28] Reg**
Leon's also up there,
so Daddy shouldn't be lonely!
**[08:32] PW**
A lion...
**[08:34] Reg**
Right?
**[08:36] M**
It's pretty cold out, huh?
**[08:39] PW**
Yeah, the snow's still piled up.
**[08:42] PW**
So this is the crime scene.
**[08:44] DG**
Huh? It's you two!
**[08:47] M**
Ah, Detective Gumshoe!
**[08:49] PW**
Hello—
**[08:52] DG**
Don't tell me, you pals...
**[08:54] M**
Yeah!
**[08:54] M**
We're defending Max, pal!
**[08:57] DG**
I knew it, pal...
**[09:00] PW**
Could you tell us about the case?
**[09:02] DG**
Sheesh, are you the only
attorney in the world?!
**[09:07] PW**
I could say the same about you and detectives.
**[09:10] DG**
It was last night, around 10:00 PM.
**[09:12] DG**
In this courtyard, facing the lodging house.
**[09:15] DG**
The victim was killed on the spot
by a blow to the noggin...
**[09:19] PW**
What's this wooden box?
**[09:21] DG**
We're trying to find that out now.
**[09:22] DG**
It was really heavy, and it was locked.
**[09:25] DG**
Also, we found this at the crime scene...
**[09:30] M**
That's Max's hat!
**[09:33] DG**
Indeed! A one-of-a-kind magician's silk hat!
**[09:37] DG**
Finding it lying here settled the case.
**[09:41] M**
Don't jump to conclusions!
**[09:43] DG**
Of course, that's not all.
**[09:46] PW**
This photograph only shows
the victim's footprints!
**[09:50] M**
It's true. Then how did the culprit...
**[09:54] PW**
He murdered the victim without
leaving footprints behind.
**[10:00] DG**
Only one man in this world
is capable of such a feat...
**[10:03] DG**
Yes, it's Max Galactica, the great magician!
**[10:08] DG**
After all, he can fly!
**[10:14] DG**
That's it, pal.
**[10:17] PW**
*The killer flew?*
***SIGN*** Public Entrance
**[10:22] M**
Nick, now we've gotta find
others who can fly!
**[10:27] PW**
Is that how it works?
**[10:29] G**
Huh? The magician did it, obviously.
**[10:33] G**
Acting like he owned the place...
**[10:35] G**
It's gotta be Max.
**[10:37] G**
He ridiculed my act, calling it dated.
**[10:40] G**
What a jerk!
**[10:42] K**
Max did it.
**[10:44] K**
Why do I think that?
Because he broke all my plates.
**[10:50] M**
Everyone here hates Max, huh?
**[10:53] PW**
Well, it's understandable,
**[10:55] PW**
given his condescending attitude.
**[10:55] Max**
Get me out of here already!
**[10:58] M**
But he wouldn't commit murder.
**[11:00] PW**
No...
**[11:01] BW**
Wh-Where's the ring?
**[11:05] M**
Excuse us!
**[11:07] M**
You're Ben, the ventriloquist, right?
**[11:10] M**
We'd like to talk to you about last night—
**[11:15] M**
Er, we're defending Max.
**[11:18] BW**
H-Hate Max.
**[11:21] BW**
My head hurts...
**[11:22] PW**
Are you all right?
**[11:23] BW**
B-Busy...
**[11:25] M**
U-Uh...
**[11:26] Moe**
Hey, missy.
**[11:28] Moe**
Nice outfit you have there.
**[11:33] Moe**
Yeah, outfits really aren't
meant to make you fit in.
**[11:37] Moe**
My sides!
**[11:38] M**
Outfits... fit in...
**[11:40] Moe**
You guys are such a bore.
**[11:42] Moe**
I can't stand people like you.
You've just got Togo!
**[11:47] M**
Got Togo...
**[11:49] Moe**
I'm Moe, the clown.
**[11:51] Moe**
I've spent twenty years in the Berry Big
Circus as the most popular kids' attraction.
**[11:55] M**
Twenty years?
**[11:58] Moe**
The ringmaster and I
started this circus together.
**[12:01] Moe**
He was a reliable man,
**[12:03] Moe**
and everyone loved him.
**[12:06] Moe**
How did things come to this?
**[12:10] Moe**
Damn that Max!
**[12:11] Moe**
I swear I'll make him pay!
**[12:13] M**
But we don't know for sure that he did it—
**[12:16] Moe**
Nope! It was definitely him!
**[12:18] Moe**
Yesterday, he even smacked Ben
in the head with an empty bottle.
**[12:22] M**
The ventriloquist?
**[12:24] PW**
Come to think of it, he did say his head hurt.
**[12:28] Moe**
And he said that I was "amusing, in a way."
**[12:33] Moe**
What do you mean, "in a way"?
**[12:35] Moe**
Quit Messi-ing around!
**[12:37] M**
Messi-ing around...
**[12:39] Moe**
Anyway, everyone hates him!
**[12:42] Moe**
There's no doubt he did it!
**[12:45] M**
I don't even feel like
questioning people anymore.
**[12:47] PW**
I've had my fill of people
backbiting Max, too.
**[12:51] PW**
Shall we look at the ringmaster's room?
**[12:55] M**
The ringmaster's?
**[12:56] PW**
On the night of the murder,
Max met him there.
**[13:00] PW**
We might find some clues.
**[13:02] M**
Yeah!
**[13:07] M**
Hey!
**[13:08] M**
Nick, this is it.
***SIGN*** Berry Big Circus Inside the Big Top — Ringmaster's Room
**[13:10] [SONG] Sign**
Employment Contract
**[13:13] PW**
It's an agreement concerning Max's salary.
**[13:16] M**
He did say he negotiated with
the ringmaster last night.
**[13:20] PW**
Yeah.
**[13:21] PW**
Looks like he wasn't lying.
**[13:23] M**
See? I was right.
**[13:26] M**
What's wrong?
**[13:27] PW**
What's this?
**[13:29] Max**
Gorgeous.
**[13:30] Max**
Well, have you proven my innocence yet?
**[13:37] PW**
Max...
**[13:38] PW**
Last night, you met the ringmaster
to negotiate your salary.
**[13:42] PW**
That's what you said?
**[13:43] Max**
Yeah.
**[13:45] Max**
What's that?
**[13:47] PW**
Your contract.
**[13:49] PW**
Yes, your pay has gone up,
**[13:51] PW**
but the date is from last week.
**[13:55] M**
You lied to us?
**[13:58] PW**
The most important thing for attorneys
**[14:00] PW**
is a relationship of trust with their clients.
**[14:03] PW**
We can fight to the end because
we believe in them.
**[14:07] PW**
I'm sorry, Max.
**[14:09] PW**
But I cannot defend you.
**[14:12] PW**
Goodbye.
**[14:15] Max**
Hold on a darn second!
**[14:16] PW**
Darn?
**[14:17] Max**
Ah... Ah didn't do nothing!
**[14:20] M**
Ah?
**[14:21] Max**
Ah... Ah may be more spoiled than
a hog in a hamburger mud pit.
**[14:26] Max**
But a killer? That's insane!
**[14:31] PW**
U-Uh, you are Max, aren't you?
**[14:33] Max**
Aye.
**[14:35] Max**
My real name is Billy Bob Johns.
**[14:38] M**
You're a country bumpkin?
**[14:40] PW**
You're way too shocked by this.
**[14:43] Max**
Sorry for losin' my cool.
**[14:45] Max**
Ah...
**[14:46] Max**
No, I apologize, my honey.
**[14:50] PW**
Then, Max,
**[14:52] PW**
tell us once more about last night.
**[14:55] Max**
In truth, the ringmaster admonished me.
**[14:57] Max**
He told me not to fight with the others...
**[15:00] M**
Oh, was this about hitting Ben?
**[15:03] Max**
Yeah, that's right.
**[15:04] M**
And making fun of Moe's bad puns?
**[15:06] Max**
And that.
**[15:08] PW**
Why do you fight with them?
**[15:10] PW**
You're all part of the same circus.
**[15:12] Max**
As an artist of the performing
arts, I cannot stand them.
**[15:15] Max**
They have no ambition.
**[15:19] Max**
I trained for ten years to attain my
current level of magic mastery.
**[15:23] Max**
And last year, I finally won
the Magician's Grand Prix.
**[15:30] Max**
The audience that day was shocked
and overjoyed by my magic...
**[15:35] Max**
Applause rained down on the stage.
**[15:37] Max**
And at that moment, I was so happy,
I could have died.
**[15:41] Max**
I felt like I'd lived my entire life
for that one moment.
**[15:45] Max**
Artists should polish their skills and
try to take the big stage by storm!
**[15:50] Max**
But those guys are stuck
in their comfort zones,
**[15:53] Max**
performing their stale acts.
**[15:54] Max**
No sign of progress.
**[15:56] Max**
It's not like they're incapable of improving!
I know they can do it!
**[16:00] M**
So that's what it was about.
**[16:02] Max**
I know that they suspect me.
**[16:04] Max**
But I didn't want you to find out.
**[16:08] Max**
Max...
**[16:11] Max**
P-Please! Don't abandon me!
**[16:15] M**
Nick...
**[16:16] PW**
I'm sorry, too.
**[16:23] PW**
Would you let me defend you?
**[16:29] Max**
Thank ya so much!
**[16:31] Max**
Y'all sure are nice folks!
**[16:34] M**
The Billy in you is leaking out again.
***SIGN*** Berry Big Circus
**[16:37] M**
We're gonna find some clues this time!
**[16:40] M**
Right, Nick?
**[16:41] PW**
Yeah.
**[16:42] PW**
Huh?
**[16:43] PW**
Oh, thanks.
**[16:45] PW**
A banana?
**[16:48] M**
Nick!
**[16:51] M**
Your attorney's badge!
**[16:53] PW**
Hey, give that back!
**[17:06] PW**
So this is his home...
**[17:17] PW**
You— Ow!
**[17:20] PW**
You damn monkey!
**[17:26] M**
Nick!
**[17:29] PW**
Oh, it's on now,
**[17:31] PW**
you damn monkey!
**[17:40] PW**
O-Ow! S-Stop it!
**[18:01] M**
We did it, Nick!
**[18:07] M**
Here, your badge.
**[18:08] PW**
Thank you.
**[18:12] PW**
That should do it.
**[18:14] M**
This place is a mess...
**[18:17] PW**
Yeah.
**[18:18] PW**
Looks like someone lives here.
**[18:24] M**
H-Heavy...
**[18:29] M**
Huh?
**[18:30] PW**
What is it?
**[18:31] M**
Is this Max?
**[18:33] PW**
It is.
**[18:38] PW**
A ring?
***SIGN*** From Trilo to Regina
**[18:41] PW**
"From Trilo to Regina"?
**[18:44] M**
Huh? It's Regina's?
**[18:47] M**
Where could she be?
**[18:49] PW**
Let's go check the big top.
**[18:53] Tri**
Wait right there, you two!
**[18:58] Tri**
Why the hell do you have that ring?
**[19:01] M**
Wh-What's with that boy?
**[19:03] Tri**
I'm Trilo, a tenor singer from hell.
**[19:07] M**
T-Tenor singer?
**[19:09] PW**
Take a good look.
**[19:10] PW**
It's ventriloquism.
**[19:12] Tri**
I-I'll sing you a tune.
**[19:14] Tri**
*Oh, I will give you a gentle kiss*
**[19:18] Tri**
*on your beautiful eyeball.*
**[19:21] M**
Wow, sweet melody!
**[19:24] PW**
The lyrics, not so much.
**[19:26] Tri**
Anyway, give back the ring!
**[19:28] M**
Oh, this is yours?
**[19:30] Tri**
Yeah.
**[19:31] Tri**
Isn't that right, Ben?
**[19:34] Tri**
Why don't you say something?
**[19:37] PW**
Maya, let's just give it back.
**[19:40] M**
Right.
**[19:43] Tri**
Damn that monkey. The next time
I see him will be his last.
**[19:47] Tri**
Oh, yeah.
**[19:48] Tri**
You said you were defending Max?
**[19:50] M**
Yes, that's right.
**[19:52] Tri**
I'll let you in on something good.
**[19:54] Tri**
He definitely did it!
**[19:57] Tri**
We saw him heading to the crime scene!
**[20:03] Tri**
It was after last night's rehearsal.
**[20:04] Tri**
I was waiting for Regina by that
entrance the whole time.
**[20:08] Tri**
That's when he walked past.
**[20:12] Tri**
And Max was the only one I saw.
**[20:15] Tri**
Right?
**[20:16] Ben**
M-Maybe? I don't...
**[20:18] Tri**
Be clear, dude!
**[20:21] M**
No way. Max...
**[20:24] Tri**
Like they say, there's no doubt about it.
**[20:27] PW**
But your story has a contradiction.
**[20:30] Tri**
C-Contradiction?
**[20:32] PW**
If you were there last night,
watching the entire time,
**[20:35] PW**
you should have seen one more person pass.
**[20:38] Tri**
Wh-Who?
**[20:40] PW**
The ringmaster.
**[20:42] PW**
To reach the crime scene, the victim
would have passed by, too.
**[20:46] PW**
And there's no doubt about *that*.
**[20:49] M**
I see!
**[20:50] PW**
You probably looked away
when Money stole that ring.
**[20:56] PW**
In other words, there's a chance that someone
**[20:59] PW**
other than Max went to the crime scene.
**[21:02] PW**
The possibility definitely exists!
**[21:06] PW**
Your eyewitness account alone
isn't enough to declare Max guilty!
**[21:14] Tri**
Damn it!
**[21:17] PW**
Well, thank you for your valuable testimony.
**[21:21] Tri**
Wait.
**[21:23] Tri**
Don't think you've won yet.
**[21:26] Tri**
After all, there's an eyewitness
who saw something crazier!
**[21:32] Tri**
I can't wait for tomorrow's trial.
**[21:36] M**
Nick,
**[21:38] M**
what could that crazy something be?
**[21:40] PW**
No clue.
**[21:41] PW**
But I'm going to believe in the great
magician, Max Galactica!
***SIGN*** Berry Big Circus
**[21:47] M**
Right!
***SIGN*** Ace Attorney
**[23:20] PW**
Objection!
**[23:21] PW**
Court enters its first session for
the circus ringmaster's murder.
**[23:25] PW**
Testimonies and evidence come flying,
**[23:28] PW**
all pointing toward the flying murderer.
**[23:30] PW**
And a new eyewitness to the murder appears.
**[23:33] PW**
An incident from six months ago,
**[23:34] PW**
which led to this murder, comes to light.
**[23:38] PW**
It was a sad event which affected
everyone in the circus.
**[23:43] PW**
Find the contradictions!
**[23:43] PW**
Reach out to the truth!
***SIGN*** Next Episode
Turnabout Big Top — 2nd Trial
**[23:45] PW**
Next time: Turnabout Big Top — 2nd Trial!
**[23:48] PW**
Take that!