Dick Gumshoe
Dick Gumshoe, also known as Keisuke Itonokogiri (糸鋸圭介, Itonokogiri Keisuke) in Japan, is a detective in the Ace Attorney video game series. He is the only detective currently employed that Phoenix has any contact with. Though well meaning, he occasionally lacks sense with a care-free dispositon.
Name and Name Origin
His English first and last names are both slang terms for "detective."
In Japanese, his family name, "Itonokogiri" roughly means, "a saw." The creator says he chose the name for its uniqueness. The name "Keisuke" was taken from a musician.
Personality
Gumshoe takes great pride in his work, and also in his "strong bond of trust" with the prosecutor's office and Miles Edgeworth. He's usually cheerful, is hardworking, and eager to please. But he also takes his job seriously, which causes conflict when he wants to help both sides of the case. Can sometimes be easily discouraged.
Misc Facts
In Justice for All and Trials and Tribulations, Gumshoe has an obvious crush on officer Maggey Byrde.
Gumshoe has two distinct styles of speech depending on which version you play. In the English, Gumshoe ends a lot of his sentences with "Pal." In the Japanese, Itonoko uses slang in which he slurs the ends of his sentences (i.e. "nan desu ka?" becomes "nansska?"). This speech pattern can be heard in the trailer shown at the 2005 Tokyo Game Show.[citation needed]
The reason Gumshoe seems to be the only working detective through the series is because he uses his "powers of persuasion" to get himself assigned to many cases.
He created the "Blue Badger" (Rise from the ashes)