Bobby Fulbright

— "Ghost and Phantom"

## Social description

### Relatives

Brother to Jaques-Marie Vidocq, Nephew of Gregory Smiles, Cousin to Johnny Smiles, Sammy Thunder

### Hates

Phantom, Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth, Ghoul

## Appearances

### Debut

Dual Destinies

Bobby Fulbright is a detective / undercover investigator who used to work for the Los Angeles police department. He worked there for a number of years, and gained coworkers who enjoyed his presence, such as Dick Gumshoe and Jake Marshall. He was murdered in 2026 by the Phantom, and has since been haunting them.

## Personality

Fulbright is an individual who takes great pride in the upholdment of justice. He believes that if he cannot trust others to do it, that he will do it himself. Due to this, he is very selective of who he puts his trust in. Those he does trust get to know his full self besides the one he presents to most (outside of being 'just that guy who smiles a whole bunch and likes superheroes'), because that's how trust works.

Fulbright has found he can never really be honest to himself or to the people around him, and often forces himself to bite back on being confrontational when someone wrongs him directly. Insults, harassment, anything that isn't really an 'injustice' will 'fly over his head'.

He is a deeply passionate individual who is easily hurt and creates grudges even more easily, especially when it comes to people thinking he's a moron.

## History

### Early Life

As a kid, Fulbright was bullied for being 'weird' and 'easy to make cry', as he 'let his emotions control him'. He stayed very emotional into adulthood, easily offended but very good at masking what makes him upset and what doesn't. Some time during his childhood, he also got an official autism diagnosis.

When he was young, he and his younger brother, Robby Fulbright, went on a trip to France with their parents. While in Paris, his brother was kidnapped. His parents elected to stay in Paris until he was found, and Bobby spent the entirety of his formative years within the French education system. He learned French, learned the ways of the locals, and eventually learned that he needed to find his brother if his family was to ever find closure for his disappearance.

Fulbright took up the role of a private investigator, trying to find any trace of his brother for what was probably over a decade. His brother and him were well bonded when he disappeared, so when he eventually caught traces of him again, Fulbright was quick to recognize him. It had been a decade or so, but Robby— now going by a completely different name— had been reunited with his family.

Respecting Robby's decision to remain in Paris and away from his family, the Fulbrights moved back to The States for better work.

### Detective Life

Fulbright was a detective for around nearly ten years, and in that time he made plenty of friends, lost plenty of friends, and had a great time. However, he still felt a bit isolated due to his interest in superheroes and wrestling (only the former of which was judged), 'obsession' with justice, and the way he behaved.

Fulbright did not attempt to ever mask his enthusiasm for justice or his superhero-ish way of going about things, and because of this, some people made friends with him just because he was sort a 'spectacle.' As he was a very far departure from many other detectives working for the force, not many knew how to handle him or his attitude.

Gumshoe and Marshall were some of the notable examples of people who could, with Gumshoe being his neighbor and crush and Marshall sharing a lot of traits with Fulbright (including his sense of justice) that he found reassuring.

Everything seemed to be going well for Fulbright as he got promoted to work for a team of undercover investigators tracking Shelly de Killer, a notorious assassin. His skills were put to the ultimate test, and slowly, Fulbright came to realize there was more to the world and criminals than he could ever think.

Then, one night, he went out for dinner with Gumshoe and got shot between the eyes.

### Ghost Life

As a ghost, Fulbright was unable to affect the physical world in any meaningful way (at first). Unlike other ghosts, he found himself 'awake' when everyone else was 'asleep'. He watched as his identity was stolen and his life was lived by someone else. He made many attempts on the life of his murderer, but none came to fruition.

Fulbright became incredibly resentful and hateful of the system he used to be apart of. He always was resentful of the way things were run, but being a ghost and never having anyone notice he was dead really put things into perspective. He grew to resent Miles Edgeworth, Phoenix Wright, and others who perpetuated the idea of the 'Dark Age of Law' even moreso than he did in life, because it seemed like such an easy 'out' for not noticing he was dead.

Fulbright became irrational and consumed by hatred and a need to do things himself, since no one else seemed to ever want to help him do anything. So, he actively haunts Phantom to find the opportunity in where he can kill them himself, from beyond the grave.

## Powers

When he was murdered, Fulbright became a malevolent entity whose supernatural powers go beyond the normal capabilities of other ghosts. Over the three years of which he has haunted Phantom, his power slowly grew from jus the occasional lightbulb flicker to shadowy manifestation, large-scale electrical interference, and even the possession of machines. He also appears to have the ability to manipulate dreams.

His existence as a spirit is very electricity-centric, and it seems like he controls it wherever he manifests.

## Gallery

Ghost fulbright as depicted by Ramon (@clocki99).