Aristotle Means

Scrappy
Full Name	Aristotle Means
Alias	Professor Means
Origin	Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
Allies	Constance Courte Juniper Woods (both formerly) His students
Powers / Skills	Teaching Law knowledge Charisma Brute strength
Goals	Kill Constance Courte to hide his corruption (succeeded). Frame Juniper Woods for the murder. Escape punishment by any means necessary (both failed).
What failed with the character?	He is an obvious culprit who has little characterization outside of repeatedly preaching his ideology.
Saving Graces	No information
Type of Scrappy?	Flat Social Darwinist

“	The End justifies the Means!	„
	~ Means's recurring mindset.

Aristotle Means is a major antagonist of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies.

He is a highly successful teacher for Themis Legal Academy, serving as the teacher for future defense attorneys. Due to his belief that "the ends justify the means", Means has been corrupting his students and accepting bribes, leading to a rapid increase of amoral attorneys and corruption. When his coworker, Constance Courte, learns of this, Means kills her and tries to frame Juniper Woods.

What Makes Him a Scrappy?

• He has little personality or characterization outside of repeatedly telling people around him that "the ends justifies the means," even after he is exposed as the culprit, which becomes predictable and annoyed the players after a while.
• He is considered an obvious culprit who is easy to identify as the killer, since he tends to repeat his ideology, which the game had already made clear is bad prior to Means's introduction, and he was known to have had a rivalry with Courte.
• Although the game attempts to portray him as an intimidating and dangerous villain, his constant monologues and bizarre quirks make it difficult for the players to take him seriously.