Ace Attorney: Godot (ENTP)

Ne:

“Blacker than a moonless night, hotter and more bitter than Hell itself… That is coffee”

“Even the mightiest of redwoods begin their lives as mere saplings.”

“You’re ‘ready’? Preparation is the last refuge of the weak.”

“A bet’s only good when your life’s the ante.”

“You’ve got to change with the times! That’s one of my rules!”

“We are all but travelers on a road of infinite points.”

“Umm…Could you get to your point?” – Phoenix Wright

“Could you please knock it off with the cheesy proverbs and illogical metapors already?” – Phoenix Wright to Godot

Godot appears to be an extraverted perceiving dominant, or more specifically, an Ne dominant. He demonstrates fairly clear evidence that he’s an extraverted perceiving dominant in the way that he devalues preparation to Phoenix Wright, when mocking him. He calls preparation the “refuge of the weak”, which indicates being someone who is comfortable with little to no preparation and possibly even sees it as only necessary for those who lack skill. In another instance, he comments that: “A bet’s only good when your life’s the ante.” This suggests being someone who is comfortable with high risk situations, which further supports being a dominant extraverted perceiver.

Godot is extremely abstract, prone to confusing those around him. His language is fraught with metaphors and analogies, usually to the point of excess. Much to everyone’s dismay, he frequently goes off on metaphorical tangents that seem unrelated to the question or task at hand. Many of these do center around coffee in some way, but not all. While this tendency not only shows his intuitive nature, it also displays the indirect or rambling nature of Ne. His failure to speak plainly and get to the point is a often point of frustration for others in the courtroom, like Phoenix Wright and the judge.

Godot seems to demonstrates more open-minded or possibility-oriented nature. He’s shown making comments like: “there’s nothing in this world that is impossible.” (Although, admittedly, when doing this, he immediately lists an exception. This further show’s Ne dominance because his thoughts are coming out faster than he can process them.) He also makes a comment about people being travelers on a road of infinite points, which sounds like Ne in how open-ended the statement is. He also makes comments about people constantly changing, and few things remaining constant. It’s no surprise that he also expresses a need to be adaptable when declaring “you’ve got to change with the times!”

Ti:

“I don’t think much of you as a lawyer. It’s always the same with you. You somehow manage to just squeak by without even a faint understanding of the case. Some beautiful woman always seems to come dashing in at the last minute to save you. …But that’s not going to happen this time. This time… you’re going to have to do this by yourself.”

You’re saying that if something isn’t normal, it simply isn’t possible? Where does that leave the porcu-headed lawyer and the topknot chick over there… and the ungodly cool guy with the mask over here? Well, Trite?

“You don’t understand the way the witness thinks.”

“Come on now, Kitten. Haven’t you figured out that you can make your own rules?”

“Pick your head up and speak clearly. There’s always time for crying later.”

Godot appears to have Ti, which further contributes to his abstract nature. His metaphors and analogies often have some relevant meaning, but it rarely apparent to those around him. Instead, logic and rationale behind them usually make sense solely to him, and he ends up needing to explain the connection, or how they make sense. Essentially, the fact that Godot often makes little sense to those around him can be tied to having both high Ti and a high intuition function, due to his subjective logic and tendency towards speaking abstractly. (Of course, the show does exaggerate his character. I’m not trying to say that NTPs never make any sense.) However, in spite of the complex way in which he speaks, Godot looks down on those around him for failing to understand what he’s saying.

Godot is shown berating Phoenix Wright for failing to gain a good understanding of his cases. Godot tells Phoenix Wright that he can’t respect him, because he only ever manages to solve cases with the help of someone else rather than actually understanding the case himself. This demonstrates that he’s unimpressed with the fact that Phoenix Wright gets results, which points away from Te, and instead finds it more important to gain a complete understanding of the case, indicating a Ti preference. Godot also calls Wright out for failing to understand how a witness thinks.

Godot often ignores the rules of the courtroom, and only appears to place value on following his own personal rules. Godot talks the judge into allowing him to wear his mask, and drink his many cups of coffee throughout every trial. He even tells Mia during a trial that she can make her own rules. All of this shows a devaluing of external structure, and preference toward his own subjective system.

Godot appears to demonstrate common thinker preferences, such as putting off emotions until later. When he decides to be direct, Godot doesn’t appear to have any issues ignoring the emotional impact his statements might have. He is shown being rather pointed with certain individuals, like the judge, Franziska, and etc.

Fe:

“Hey now… If you’re gonna have a pity party, invite me, too!”

“No, no, no… You’ve got it all wrong! Today, YOU’RE the finest! After all, it took an amazing amount of guts to take this case.”

“You must have blinders on, my equestrian angel. Don’t you see the big lock and chains?”

Godot’s tertiary Fe surfaces in a couple of different ways, the most stereotypical one being his smug, over-confident nature. While obviously not every tertiary Fe user is like this and other types can be overconfident, tertiary feeling often surfaces in an over-confidence in self, assuming the user doesn’t struggle with self-esteem. A specific example of Godot’s tertiary Fe can be seen when he refers to himself as the “ungodly cool guy with the mask” while in court.

However, beyond this, Godot gives off the appearance of being polite, but does so in a demeaning or fake way. For instance, he’ll ask if something is okay in such way that implies it doesn’t really matter if it’s not, because he’s going to do it anyway. Similarly, he gives other character nicknames or pet names, which essentially amounts to obviously fake flattery or chivalry. This is all essentially showing his Fe filter over his speech, albeit extremely thin and devalued.

In a positive manner, Godot is very supportive of Mia during the first trial he helps her with it. He expresses how impressed he is with her, and seems to genuinely compliment her for taking on the case. He later finds himself moved by her faith in her clients, and works to help her resolve the case that had ended prematurely in tragic suicide. His extremely protective nature (which he transfer to Maya after Mia’s death) can be seen as a manifestation of his Fe.

Lastly, Godot appears somewhat disconnected from his own feelings. He states that a lawyer isn’t able to cry until it’s all over, which is significant later when blood starts to run down from his mask. Phoenix Wright points it out, and Godot states that it must be his tears, implying that he’s finally able to cry now.

Si:

“Godot Blend #102… … My personal favorite.”

“This coffee here… It’s my own special blend. I call it Godot #107. I’m trying to decide whether to cut down on the acidity or the bitterness… That’s the only thing I’ve got on my mind right now… …Mr. Trite.”

“Life is war. But that is exactly why you must be more precise in your wording.”

“There are 253 distinct types of bitterness in coffee… But to pick out each one requires total connection and use of all the senses.”

Godot’s inferior Si is actually quite prominent. He demonstrates a very meticulous nature when it specifically comes to coffee. In fact, he gets hyper-specific with his coffee preferences. He claims that there are 253 distinct types of bitterness, and has at least 107 special blends of coffee. They’re all numbered, and he calls out at least two different ones (107 and 102). He claims #102 as his favorite, and verbally criticizes #107, trying to determine how to precisely correct it’s shortcomings. He also drinks a specific amount of coffee every trial: 17 cups. However, he only appears to display this level of precision and specificity in the realm of coffee.

In actual life and in the courtroom, Godot tells Wright that he needs to be more precise in his wording, right after Godot himself gives a cryptic opening statement that leaves everyone clueless. (He spoke about Ron DeLite being too young to go to war.) The focus here on precision points to Si, but his inconsistent and contradictory use shows that it’s inferior. Godot also tends to add random context when he speaks, such as the coffee details explained above. Another example of this is when he explains that he took a witness statement while drinking his 8th cup of coffee. He later repeats the story but changes it to his 13 cup of coffee, which yet again, shows the inconsistent, yet still detailed, nature of inferior Si.

While Godot may use specific wording in his metaphors and statements, it’s essentially pointless or meaningless because the information being relayed is often lost on others. This shows a misuse or devaluing of Si. In addition, his plan to save Maya seems overall impractical and unnecessarily convoluted, demonstrating somewhat of a detachment from reality (due to his desire to carry out his “stupid fantasy”, as he so aptly described it). He could have gone the safe and secure route, by going directly to Wright or finding some other way to prevent Maya (or Pearls) from ever going to the temple at all. Instead, his approach to “save” her ends up being reckless and fraught with risk, resulting in an unnecessary death.