Contest (CAG Foreplay #31): Win Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations

[shipwreck]

As detailed in CAG Foreplay Podcast #31, CAG terpkristin was kind enough to donate a brand new copy of Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations for the Nintendo DS.

Listen to the show for details on how to win (or just copy the trend that you see forming of those that actually listened)! Winner will be announced on the next CAG Foreplay.

Good luck everyone and thanks again, terpkristin!

[kojubat]

Lindsey McDonald (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindsey_McDonald) from Angel.

Hopefully not putting any spoilers in, I like the fact that he was literally an evil lawyer. Also, his story in the last season is a nice counterpoint to the Bad-Guy-Is-Now-Good-Because-He-Said-He-Is cliche.

[ratzombie]

Without a doubt, Lionel Hutz.

Why? Well he's a ridiculously funny character and was voiced by one of my favorite comedians.

[xeex]

Perry Mason (because Raymond Burr was an obese, smoking Stanford graduate).

[joshnorm]

She Hulk is my favorite.

Because not only is the character funny (current comic is has some great funny scenes in it) but she can also punch a whole through a wall and can go toe to toe with the Hulk in a fist fight

[lurknomore]

Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird. His name is bad ass, and above all he is the greatest lawyer ever.

And tied for First. Cliff McCormack of Veronica Mars fame....'cause he is funny and from one of the greatest t.v. shows ever.

[SDC]

Hyperchicken. He's a giant blue chicken, son!

[Prowl]

I have to second Lionel Hutz. Very very awesome.

[h3llbring3r]

Best fictional lawyer:
Frito (like the chips) from Idiocracy (2006)
Best quote "Go away 'baitin!"

[ma]

Lionel Hutz is a great answer, but I'm going to go with Vincent ‘Vinny’ LaGuardia Gambini from "My Cousin Vinny". I probably wouldn't like that movie now, but it was pretty funny when I saw it.

[StinkyCheese]

damn; lionenal hutz is taken. er.... how about that other purple-haired ''serious'' lawyer in the simpsons?

also:

http://plataforma.meristation.com/EPORTAL_IMGS/GENERAL/articulos/Julio2007-APM109Azerothexpandesusfronteras/IMG2-cw46af49af972c0/Lionel_Hutz.jpg

[retrovertigo]

My favorite: The Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from SNL by the late, great Phil Hartman.

"I'm just a caveman, your world frightens and confuses me."


http://zaybot.com/mvs/images/stories/cavemen-unfrozen-lawyer-web.jpg

[Mysticheat]

Matlock, he has a kickass theme song, wins his cases with style and loves eating hotdogs.

[SteveDaWonder]

I'm thinking Harvey Birdman could be the best.

[CouRageouS]

Matlock, he has a kickass theme song, wins his cases with style and loves eating hotdogs.
:rofl: +5 points for mentioning Matlock and his theme.

For me I'd probably pick the Birdman, I never watched the show until this past weekend after playing through the Wii game. Entertaining stuff.

[tyhana]

I'm going to go with Jackie DiNorscio from the movie Find Me Guilty (played by Vin Diesel with hair!). He represents himself in court, and the movie is based on a real story, but I'm sure that counts, lol. Anyways, he tells the most inappropriate jokes and stories during the court. It's a pretty good movie, and I don't say that often (probably because I don't watch movies often, lol).

[cranguy]

When will you humans learn that your *feelings*, as you call them, can stand in the way of Big Cash Payoffs?” - Divorce lawyer on the Simpsons

[UltimoRey]

Matt Murdock aka Daredevil. A lawyer who occasionally wins. Oh yeah and he has superpowers.

[NateWhs152]

Lionel Hutz, everthing with the Simpsons is pretty awesome. Except the video gams.

[doraemonkerpal]

Jack McCoy from Law & Order :)

I've been watching him for years on the show and I'm glad he got the head DA job this season hehe.

[HatchbackMustang]

Easily Ben Matlock from Matlock. That show is amazing, and I continue to watch it whenever I get a chance!

Why I like him. He has a soft heart, honest good ole southern boy, and he loves his hotdogs. Plus being 60 years old, he continues to love his job, and is sneakier than ever when catching criminals and sly as a fox. Oh yeah, and as much as he is proper and by the book, he always wears that grey suit! Silver Fox FTW!

[Melhavic]

Perry Mason is my choice.....Also Happy B-Day "Shipwreck" for today is my B-day as well.

[eskimo]

Doug Savage from Science Court

[Kozman]

Harvey Birdman, Case Closed!!!

[Wooten]

Myron Reducto from Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law

Why do I like him? Who dosn't like a paranoid lawyer that brandishes a shrink ray and is voiced by Stephen Colbert. "Back off!"

[mac101010]

Elle Woods (Reese Witherspoon) from Legally Blonde. so hawt and so smart.

[Kilraven]

Dan "Reinhold" Feilding from Night Court.

Name me one other lawyer that scored with that many chicks. He was the Capt. Kirk of the DA's office.

[Dr Mario Kart]

Gomez Addams.

[gunm]

Archie Leach from A Fish Called Wanda.

"How very interesting. You're a true vulgarian, aren't you?"

[jello00]

Spongebob!!! in one episode he becomes Mr. Krabs' lawyer. Lawyer for a day counts, right?

http://www.tv.com/spongebob-squarepants/the-lost-mattress---krabs-vs.-plankton/episode/419954/recap.html

[RoboBlue]

Atticus Finch, the original Ace Attorney. If you need to ask why, see for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYQOWfMGA_k
It's interesting to see how much Phoenix and other fictional lawyers have been influenced by him.

[sayHey]

Harvey Birdman...

Who else appears on a MF DOOM album?

[Bojizzle]

Forget Lionel Hutz, it's all about Gill...
... who am I kidding, Lionel Hutz is where it's at.

[Gillespee]

Louis Tully because of his reaction when he wins the case in Ghostbusters 2 (and because I wanted one no one had picked yet.)

[HyperWrench]

Old Man Waterfall: a bisexual, Satan worshipping, polygamist libertarian disabled veteran lawyer

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f209/HyperWrench/Old_Man_Waterfall_futurama.jpg

That and he likes flags. "Old Freebie" never had it so good.

[HotShotX]

Favorite Fictional Lawyer: Jack Thompson

A great lawyer, or the GREATEST lawyer?

Born from humble beginnings in 1951, Jack Thompson was a young child destined for great things. He first grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and later attended Eric Zoolander's Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good. He first became a media attention whore when he hosted his own political talk show on the college radio station during a gay parade. He went to law school at Vanderbilt University, where he met his life partner, Pat.

In 1976 they moved to Florida, where Thompson, working as a lawyer and then a fundraiser for a Nazi ministry, began attending the Kanye West Presbyterian Church as born-again Muppet, going so far as to re-enter and exit the womb of his mother, Papa Smurf. Thompson admits to having a “colorful disciplinary history” as an attorney, particularly a few select incidents involving "black peoples".

Below is a short clip from the young hero's past, a most pivotal stage in the Mr. Thompson's life. When destiny reached down from the Heaven's and graced his soul with a bright future in the porn industry.

http://webnv.net/images/blog/Image/Jack_Thompson.jpg

And that is why, my hero Jack Thompson, who once inserted into the ass of Harrison Ford, will simultaneously solve the Iraq War, balance the National Budget, and cure Dandruff.

Only he is a hero worthy of the praise earned by "Favorite Fictional Lawyer"

~HotShotX

[trabanus]

Hows about Harvey Dent aka Two-Face from Batman. also to be featured in the new movie although Aaron Eckhart cannot compare to Tommy Lee Jones.

[Cursor]

http://www.cinemablend.com/forum/images/admins/zmatt/clicker/clickercrane.jpg

Denny Crane--c'mon, the guy has alzheimer's and he's never lost a case. Plus he gets to bang midgets... er "little people" in his office. I mean, who can't admire that? Did I mention that he had sex in the coat check room with one of the waitresses at his own wedding reception? AND he didn't get taken to the cleaner's in the subsequent inevitable divorce. After all, she did give him permission to stray.

Boy, I hope Mrs. Shipwreck isn't picking the winners to this contest. I'd lose in a heartbeat.

Something tells me that my post won't be getting read on CAGforeplay no matter what happens...:)

[juvo]

Only because Lionel Hutz was already taken ...

Theodore Buckland Esq., aka Ted from Scrubs.

[Adrael]

I choose Ainsley Hayes(played by Emily Procter), White House Associate Counsel(later Deputy Counsel) on "The West Wing".

I liked her because:

ONE, she was a brilliant, talented, and sexy conservative with top credentials, and...

B) I always like stories that include mythological characters(and really, how much more mythological can you get than a conservative who's brilliant, talented and sexy?).

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/Shalnark/22.gif Ja ne! :-P

[Hostile]

I'm with doraemonkerpal. I don't watch Law & Order anymore but I loved Jack McCoy. He's a DA now?

[muncle]

Harvey Birdman, FTW!

[thorbahn3]

Atticus Finch

[GLOCKGLOCK]

Jackie Chiles from Seinfeld because he was a great parody of both your typical 'ambulance chaser' and Johnny Cocoran as well. Always made me laugh.

[knifefish]

I first thought of the hyperchicken from Futurama (which had been previously mentioned) but then I decided to go historical with Clarence Darrow not only because he was defense counsel for the Scopes "monkey trial" and but also because he delivered a twelve-hour closing argument (Leopold & Loeb) to successfully save his obviously guilty clients from the death penalty.

[kvadair]

Mitch McDeere from John Grisham's "The Firm."

It's not that I particulary loved the character, but I loved the book.

[bsesb2003]

Vinny Gambini. ..from My Cousin Vinny...can you possibly get a better cast in a movie?

Vinny, "Your Honor, may I have permission to treat Ms. Vito as a hostile witness?"

Ms Vito, "You think I'm hostile now, wait 'til you see me tonight."

Judge, "Do you two know each other?"

Vinny, "Yeah, she's my fiancée."

Judge, "Well, that would certainly explain the hostility."

[oscargrouch]

I'm gonna go with Perry Masonary from the Flintstones. Obviously a ploy on Perry Mason. Perry Masonary was the lawyer hired by the rich folks to keep Bam Bam from being adopted by a childless Barney and Betty Rubble (fortunately the rich couple found out they were expecting and recinded the decision in their favor).

[letsgetacid]

Ugh, not to sound like a copy cat but I'd have to say Lionel Hutz too. Very good quotes; Hartman's delivery was tops.

"Well, replace the word 'dog' with 'son', and the word 'accidentally' with 'repeatedly'."

[Johnny-C]

I like Wade Blasingame. It sickens me that dogs get away with the crap they do.http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/24314/Will_Ferell_SNL_Wade_Blasingame.html

[flasht3]

I'll take the case.

Harvey Birdman

[buzzcola]

haha phil ken sebben

[boxcutter]

Uncle Phil from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air

[Emptybottle]

Birdman. Nothing like a 60's era third rate cartoon to make a come back!

[Cao Cao]

Myron Reducto, why? Two words: SHRINK GUN! More words: Hello. mail bomb. Assassination. Fertilizer. Same-sex marriages. Patagonia. NADER FOR PRESIDENT.

[DJSteel]

my cousin Vinny..

'The two Utes..'

'Utes?'

'I'm sorry judge... Youths'

hey he saved the Karate Kid's life

[nicholas01]

Satan, in the book of Job, the original 'adversary.' He's not an evil guy, just trying to call God out on some likely bullshit. Good stuff.

[slimeknight8]

The best lawyer is Harvey Birdman because he represented Fred Flintstone when he was a mob boss.

[MSUHitman]

Sebastian Stark (James Woods) from Shark.

[mkernan]

Jim Adler, the Texas Hammer. The tough, smart lawyer. B/c the commercials rule.

[CAGIronMan]

Harvey Birdman, do i really have to say why?:lol:

[Kingfalcon]

My favorite fictional lawyer would have to be Romo Lampkin of the Battlestar Galactica universe. He's a very shifty fellow and has a very entertaining accent.

http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j143/Nineballsofdeath/321px-Romo_Lampkin.jpg


http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Romo_Lampkin.jpghttp://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Romo_Lampkin.jpg

[ZerotypeX]

Gordon Bombay from the Mighty Ducks movies. He looked out for the kids in the movie (especially in D3). Also, who knows a lawyer that plays hockey?

[Thomas96]

I like Matlock, because not only did he prove his client innocent, but he also found the guilty person and solved the entire crime. Matlock even had some undercover operatives working for him.

[Smuglittleman]

Ben Matlock because not everyone looks good in a seersucker suit!

[MattX66]

Harvey Birdman for sure

[radjago]

Matlock! Old people can't get enough of him and I can't get enough of old people.

[XTommyDonX]

Vinny Gambini from the movie "My Cousin Vinny". If a Phoenix Wright based My Cousin Vinny game came out, I'd be first and only in line. He's so cool that he doesn't even need to say "Objection".

[Phryo88]

For me its gotta be Vincent Gambini from the Classic movie My Cousin Vinny. I say him because of the artful way he picked all the witnesses apart during each of there testimony.


*edit* I didnt read the previous posts. D:

[snakelda]

Atticus Finch because I remember him from the second post and this was my first High School Book we read last year.

[zerowing]

Vincent ‘Vinny’ LaGuardia Gambini, hes the best worst lawyer ever. Incompetent but he got the job done.

Also Hyperchicken and Old Man Waterfall from Futurama.

[alarthame]

I think that I'm going to have to go with Phoenix Wright. I love his delivery in his trials and the fact that he can't win a darn case without me. Sometimes, not even with me! :)

[oxidative]

Jack McCoy from Law & Order rocks my world.

bumbum

[youruglyclone]

Didja Get that Entry I sent ya?

Peter Potamus (Harvey Birdman), cause he's always on top of pressing matters...as far as inter office mail is concerned.

second choice would've been ally McBeal...cause she's a single female lawyer.

[FrankTheFrowner]

Lionel Hutz for me.

Quotes like "This is the greatest case of false advertising I've seen since I sued the movie The Never Ending Story" seal the deal.

[SnotRocket]

I took a whole 3 seconds to think...Vincent Gambini! Joe Pesci played as him in my cousin Vinny!

Why?!? Cause he was the man! Got the job done, and fasionably done as well I may add. AND! His girlfriend was insanely hot!

[Chronotrigga]

This man needs no words.

http://www.creativemac.com/2001/07_jul/images/sedelmaier/sedelmaier-harvey.jpg

[Robjus]

I love Harvey Bird Man. He has an amazing show opener. And it's good to see the failed superhero, failed talk show host, FINALLY land on his feet and defending the likes of Scooby-Doo, Secret Squirrel, Boo Boo, and Fred Flinstone.

[KingCrow02]

Vincent La Guardia Gambini of My Cousin Vinny (http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:34008%7ET0)

As the subtitle states: A comedy of trail and error. Oh boy there was alot of hilarious error in this movie.

[spiwak]

Since Lionel Hutz has been named many times, I'll have to go with Futurama's Single Female Lawyer!

Or Paul Biegler from Anatomy of a Murder (played by Jimmy Stewart). The scene with him playing the judge as a "humble country lawyer" always gets me.

[EastBayAnt]

Gotta be the Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer from Saturday Night Live. I can imagine him playing the DS in the courtroom as the verdict is read...

[cytorak]

Maggie Lizer from Arrested Development...justice IS blind, right?

[Omex]

I was going to say Lionel Hutz as well, but now that I've been reminded, Maggie Lizer from Arrested development was awesome. Definitely my favorite eps of arrested development, though I've only seen the first season so far

[Chanash]

I was going to say Lionel Hutz as well, but now that I've been reminded, Maggie Lizer from Arrested development was awesome. Definitely my favorite eps of arrested development, though I've only seen the first season so far


Really though, Bob loblaw....Yeah, great episode, but ill say Lionel Huntz is pretty fab too

[EtchColi]

Harvey Birdman for sure.

"Debbie, we're going to need some law books. With pictures this time. "

[DougCL]

id have to say, its phoenix wright or von karma (the old dude, not the chick with the whip). or maybe mr. jaggers from charles dickens' Great Expectations

[joserjerr]

While Johnnie Cochran is definitely not fictional, his appearance on South Park prosecuting and then defending Chef over "Stinky Britches" with the famed "Chewbacca Defense" was an instant classic.

Transcript:

Ladies and gentlemen of the supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider: (pulling down a diagram of Chewie) this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! (jury looks shocked)

Why would a Wookiee -- an eight foot tall Wookiee -- want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!

But more importantly, you have to ask yourself: what does that have to do with this case? (calmly) Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense!

Look at me, I'm a lawyer defending a major record company, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca. Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense. None of this makes sense.

And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberating and conjugating the Emancipation Proclamation... does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense.

If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

Later in that same episode, Cochran has a change of heart and defends Chef when Chef sues the record company. Again, he uses the Chewbacca Defense, although with some minor changes:

Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, you must now decided whether to reverse the decision for my client Chef. I know he seems guilty, but ladies and gentlemen... (pulling down a diagram of Chewbacca) This is Chewbacca. Now think about that for one moment -- that does not make sense. Why am I talking about Chewbacca when a man's life is on the line? Why? I'll tell you why: I don't know.

It does not make sense. If Chewbacca does not make sense, you must acquit!

(pulling a monkey out of his pocket) Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey! (one of the juror's heads explodes)

Eventually, Chef wins the case and all is well.

[mkg12]

Matlock! WOOHOO!

[mr_btw]

How'z 'bout Reinhold "Dan" Fielding from Night Court?

The guy was a sleaze, but you still had to like him.

[McNinja]

My favorite? Got to be judge judy

[Justme8800]

As much as I'd love to be all smart and choose some obscure lawyer character, you really can't do any better than Phoenix Wright himself. If you've played it, you already know why anyone would choose him. If not... well, there shouldn't be anyone reading this who hasn't. (If so, you're a CAG, what are you waiting for, an invitation on a silver platter?)

~Justme8800

[paintball745]

im gonna go old school and say perry mason on this. i like that show for some odd reason.

[koheed]

Can Avenger practice law? If not, then Harvey Birdman is my favorite.

[Stew101]

Harvey Birdman!http://blog.wired.com/games/images/2007/04/13/harvey_copy.jpg

[crazyfoot491]

Jackie Chiles is without doubt the best fake lawyer ever
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/JackieChiles.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:JackieChiles.jpg
Jackie Chiles: You fool. You're having her try the bra on over a leotard. Of course the bra isn't going to fit on over a leotard. A bra's got to go up against the skin. Like a glove.

[DQT]

Sandy Cohen from the OC because he adopts troubled kids.

[TripMasterMunky]

I dont know many fictional lawyers, so I'm going to have to say Von Karma (forget her actual name) from Phoenix Wright 2. Just because she looks cool :P