John Garpeau

Character
John is overall a very nervous person. He gets nervous very quickly and sometimes squeezes a stressdoll to calm himself down.

When confronted with people he feels are too loud or annoying, he gets quiet. But he does make a few sarcastic remarks in his head.

When John Garpeau meets a woman he finds attractive or very nice, he gets a bit nervous, and gooey. This doesn't happen too often, but when it happens, Verité usually makes some snarky comments.

John appreciates his friends, and thinks just as high (if not higher) of them as his family. When confronted with news of one of them dying, he gets very emotional. Though he wanted to cry at "The Case of the Double Murder," but wanted to stay strong in front of Verité.

Development

 * During development (when the story still took place in England) his name was John Brooks. This was just a random name the writer came up with,because the idea of giving everyone a name with a pun in it, hadn’t crossed his mind yet.
 * A second name for John was John Gurskin, Garpeau is actually based on this name.
 * John originally had a blue tie, but this was changed to a pastel green, since his old outfit looked too much like Appollo Justice's from Ace Attorney.
 * At a point, he was 72 in the stories, and a veteran attorney, returning after 10 years. The idea was scrapped just a month before development began for the main series.

Name

 * John means “God is generous” he is blessed with mostly not-guilty verdicts, so you could say  his luck is a generous gift from god.


 * Gar (GARpeau) comes from the word “Guard,” because he’s the guard of his clients’ future.


 * Peau (GarPEAU) is the French word for skin, which is a reference to him having a touch hide and being stubborn.


 * Garpeau is also a French version of Gurskin, which was his name during development, back when the story took place in England.

Sidenotes

 * His badge number is the same as Bart van Oosterhout's student ID in highschool.