Franziska von Karma

She outward personality largely stems from being constantly compared to her father, not helped by her often using dubious methods in court herself. However, she tends to resent this comparison, and seeks to win for her own sake. In fact, her conception of perfection is markedly different from her father's. Manfred viewed victory as his singular goal, eschewing anything else that would get in the way of finishing his trials as quickly and efficiently as possible. In contrast, Franziska aims for a "perfect" victory, allowing the pursuit of every line of reasoning that the defense could possibly come up with, the end goal being to crush every possibility. As long as she never lost, this really made no difference to her, as she was able to conflate the two approaches in her mind. Her losses to Phoenix Wright and Edgeworth's return, however, forced her to change her outlook and really think about what being a prosecutor meant to her. She generally comes off as very unrelenting, cold, and headstrong, and tends to view trials and investigations as competitions. This has garnered her a certain reputation as a "megalomaniac" and a "wild mare". Outside of the "competition" of a trial, however, she is, at her core, fiercely determined. Even when she is forcibly taken off a case, her willingness to go to great lengths to see it through remains. Through her ordeals in America, she has been able to develop somewhat friendly relationships with those whom she had considered her enemies and incompetent obstacles. She has even been able to investigate alongside Wright himself, perhaps relating to him through their near-perfect win records and their shared connection to EdgeworthShe likes to use her whip to assert dominance, easily compensating for her smaller stature and age. She once commented that it seems to have a mind of its own after suddenly whipping Gumshoe. She later whipped him again, claiming that it was her "reward" to him. The whip is notable for revealing much of her attitudes toward others and herself, as well as being a metaphor for Franziska herself. She abandoned it while trying to run away from her life, and her one public emotional breakdown occurred as Edgeworth was giving it back to her. Pearl Fey also told Franziska that she was simply a little girl without it.

Her changed outlook on life has mede her want ot go for a relationship.