Turnabout Storm/Awesome

• The fact that when Twilight tries to summon "The Best Defense Attorney" the spell Literal Genies Phoenix is pretty impressive, as it implies that Phoenix is the best Lawyer in the entire multiverse.
  • Nick himself even points out the implications in part 1.
  • Rainbow Dash likes the idea of that.

Rainbow Dash: Awesome! It's only fitting, The best Pegasus ever gets the best lawyer ever! You were destined to defend me!

• • Slightly nullified in part 3 where it's revealed that Celestia told Twilight specifically to summon Phoenix, not necessarily the best attorney in the universe. Still fairly awesome, considering that the Princess herself actually KNOWS, somehow, about Phoenix and holds him in sufficiently high regard to recommend his services in defense of a pony she almost definitely wants free.
    • OBJECTION! Let's not forget; the entire first day of the trial while Phoenix is hindicapped by the fact that he is: 1) Still struggling to cope with the whole world transfer. 2) Near ignorant of the workings of Equestria and having to learn as he goes. 3) Lacking in almost any evidence whatsoever. 4) Dealing with a prosecutor who is obviously more prepared and has more information than he does. And 5) Suffering from a poor night's sleep and no meals for the better part of a a day depending on when he last ate. But he STILL manages to hold his own impressively well for most of it and even manages to catch Trixie off guard enough to panic her for a while. I think the title 'Best Defense Attorney in the Universe' still applies to Mr. Wright.
• Every time Nick schools Trixie in court in part 2, especially for Trixie haters.

Trixie: What do you take me for, a fool!?
Phoenix: Why, in fact, I do.

Trixie: ...!

• Every time Trixie, an untrained prosecutor, manages to get the better of Phoenix, a trained Defense Attorney with an impressive track record.
  • There's also the fact that she tries to keep her cool every time a contradiction is pointed out, always coming up with some excuse or compromise to them.
• Apple Bloom hiding a key piece of her testimony from Trixie, because "I don't like you".
• Ironically, Phoenix managing to convince the court that Fluttershy, of all people, could also be the suspect with what little he had to work with in both evidence and witness testimonies was a pretty awesome move... Yes, a Shoot the Dog moment is also an awesome moment.
• "OBJECTION! This can't go on!" "The... defense is objecting to... ITSELF!?"
  • Followed closely by one of only two times Phoenix gets chewed out. The second being when Applejack said that she should hit him in the head.
• Phoenix telling Sonata why he's still defending somepony he has no stake in. "Did I stutter?".
• Derpy's poem that calls Trixie a "Big, stuck-up... meanie."
• Fluttershy's Big Damn Heroes in Part 3 - Phoenix.
• Sonata's blackmailing Phoenix, while a "Moral Event Horizon" moment for some, to others it just demonstrates Magnificent Bastardry.