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* FamilyHonor: Her motivation for joining the other Dragons in the climax.



* SinsOfTheFathers: Since she was only a child ten years ago, she played no role in [[spoiler:the alleged theft of the diamonds from Richmond's land]], but feels that she must make her stand for the sake of her family's honor.



* MisplacedRetribution: By this point, it's fairly clear to the player that the Dragons are ultimately decent people, if sometimes a little misguided. [[spoiler: They didn't even do what Adamas accused them of doing in the first place, almost doing the exact opposite.]]

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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He was close to his deceased mother, who died of her illness some time before the start of the story.
* MisplacedRetribution: By this point, the time he's introduced, it's fairly clear to the player that the Dragons are ultimately decent people, if sometimes a little misguided. [[spoiler: They didn't even do what Adamas accused them of doing in the first place, almost doing the exact opposite.]]]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He says this almost verbatim upon learning the truth, complete with TearsOfRemorse and a PoseOfSupplication.

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* AnimalMotifs: Sherl often compares her to a cat, citing her insatiable curiosity and nonchalant personality, traits stereotypically associated with cats.

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* AnimalMotifs: Sherl often compares her to a cat, citing her insatiable curiosity and nonchalant personality, traits stereotypically associated with cats. It's lampshaded in one case coda, when some cats talk about her, especially noting that her nickname, "Kat," sounds exactly like "cat."



* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: To Hershel Layton. Hershel was a quintessential gentleman, but while Katrielle is a self-styled "gentlewoman," she has a lazy and gluttonous streak. Hershel was more mature and grounded than his companions, Luke, Flora and Emmy, while Ernest and Sherl often have to rein Katrielle in



* NiceGirl: Despite her immaturity, Katrielle is a good person at heart, who's friendly to virtually everyone, even Emiliana. She even manages to gain enough goodwill through her detective work that [[spoiler:when she's accused of murder, several people are willing to help her hide from the police]].



* TheProfiler

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* TheProfilerJerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she can act condescending toward Kat, she ultimately [[spoiler:is willing to lie to Britannias and give Katrielle vital information to solve the murder she was accused of]].
* TheProfiler: A profiler by trade.



* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: While he may not be a murderer, he still manipulated the scene to look like a murder, framed Katrielle, and fully intended on putting her in jail for a crime she didn't commit, all so Hastings wouldn't outshine him.]]

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* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: While [[spoiler:While he may not be a murderer, he still manipulated the scene to look like a murder, framed Katrielle, and fully intended on putting her in jail for a crime she didn't commit, all so Hastings wouldn't outshine him.]]




* BenevolentBoss: Despite having a reputation as a ruthless businessman, he treats his employees well.



[[folder:Lord Adamas (Warning! Many spoilers)]]
A mysterious man whose identity is a mystery to all. Case 12 involves him inviting [[DisappearedDad Professor Layton]] and the Seven Dragons to Richmond Manor for a puzzle party.

* AffablyEvil: Well, AmbiguouslyEvil, admittedly, but he does intend to ruin the Dragons. However, he does give them a chance to solve the puzzles in the manor to earn their way out.
* BlatantLies: It's fairly obvious by the signing that the whole party was just a charade to ruin the Dragons. By the end, it turns out [[spoiler: even if they had somehow won, the Richmond Fortune doesn't even exist to be won.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler:The Dragons completely forgive him for trying to ruin their lives over things they didn't even do. The fact that [[HalfTruth everyone around him told him they did]] might help explain it.]]
* MisplacedRetribution: By this point, it's fairly clear to the player that the Dragons are ultimately decent people, if sometimes a little misguided. [[spoiler: They didn't even do what Adamas accused them of doing in the first place, almost doing the exact opposite.]]
* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a good reason for that]].
* WalkingSpoiler: More than any other character/villain in the game. [[spoiler:He's Maximillian Richmond's grandson, Miles, who's pursuing the Dragons as revenge for cheating his grandfather out of a great fortune in diamonds. If that wasn't enough, he's also [[TheReveal Ernest Greeves]], the main character's assistant and deuteragonist for the whole game.]]

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[[folder:Hans and Aleks Lipski]]

A mysterious man whose identity pair of brothers that Katrielle encounters at the start of the story. Hans repairs the Big Ben, while Aleks is a mystery to all. Case 12 involves him inviting [[DisappearedDad Professor Layton]] and patissier.

* StarterVillain: While not evil, they're
the Seven Dragons to Richmond Manor for a puzzle party.

* AffablyEvil: Well, AmbiguouslyEvil, admittedly, but he does intend to ruin the Dragons. However, he does give them a chance to solve the puzzles in the manor to earn their way out.
* BlatantLies: It's fairly obvious by the signing that the whole party was just a charade to ruin the Dragons. By the end, it turns out [[spoiler: even if they had somehow won, the Richmond Fortune doesn't even exist to be won.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler:The Dragons completely forgive him for trying to ruin their lives over things they didn't even do. The fact that [[HalfTruth everyone around him told him they did]] might help explain it.]]
* MisplacedRetribution: By this point, it's fairly clear to the player that the Dragons are ultimately decent people, if sometimes a little misguided. [[spoiler: They didn't even do what Adamas accused them
culprits of doing in the first place, almost doing case. [[spoiler:After Hans dropped the exact opposite.]]
* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler:As
clock hand, Aleks baked a replacement, but it turns out, there's a good reason for that]].
* WalkingSpoiler: More than any other character/villain
ended up dissolving in the game. [[spoiler:He's Maximillian Richmond's grandson, Miles, who's pursuing the Dragons as revenge for cheating his grandfather out of a great fortune in diamonds. If that wasn't enough, he's also [[TheReveal Ernest Greeves]], the main character's assistant and deuteragonist for the whole game.]]rain, hence why people thought it had been stolen]].


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[[folder:Ratman]]
A costumed superhero who makes the rounds in London. For more tropes associated with him, check [[spoiler:Cesar Chance]]'s folder.

* CollectiveIdentity: While he's initially a one-man operation, at the end of "Ratman Forever," several other individuals take up his mantle.
* HeroicBuild: He appears to be a rather muscular individual, at least while in costume. It turns out that his true self, [[spoiler:Cesar Chance]] doesn't look much like him when not in costume.
* RhymesOnADime: He speaks in rhyme, even when he has to fall back on {{painful rhyme}}s.

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[[folder:Midas Shipman]]

Captain of the Thametanic.

* EasilyForgiven: To an extent. [[spoiler:While he does serve time in prison for trying to steal the statue, Fullhold intends for him to once again captain his former cruise ship once he pays for the crime]].
* UngratefulBastard: [[spoiler:He ends up betraying his employer and trying to sell a priceless statue in order to buy back his cruise liner. Granted, he was unaware that Fullhold was holding onto it for safekeeping, or that he'd intended to help Shipman captain it again one day]].
* WalkingSpoiler: It's difficult to talk about his character without revealing that [[spoiler:he's the mastermind behind the theft]].

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[[folder:Lord Adamas (Warning! Many spoilers)]]
A mysterious man whose identity is a mystery to all. Case 12 involves him inviting [[DisappearedDad Professor Layton]] and the Seven Dragons to Richmond Manor for a puzzle party.

* AffablyEvil: Well, AmbiguouslyEvil, admittedly, but he does intend to ruin the Dragons. However, he does give them a chance to solve the puzzles in the manor to earn their way out.
* BlatantLies: It's fairly obvious by the signing that the whole party was just a charade to ruin the Dragons. By the end, it turns out [[spoiler: even if they had somehow won, the Richmond Fortune doesn't even exist to be won.]]
* EasilyForgiven: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler:The Dragons completely forgive him for trying to ruin their lives over things they didn't even do. The fact that [[HalfTruth everyone around him told him they did]] might help explain it.]]
* MisplacedRetribution: By this point, it's fairly clear to the player that the Dragons are ultimately decent people, if sometimes a little misguided. [[spoiler: They didn't even do what Adamas accused them of doing in the first place, almost doing the exact opposite.]]
* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a good reason for that]].
* WalkingSpoiler: More than any other character/villain in the game. [[spoiler:He's Maximillian Richmond's grandson, Miles, who's pursuing the Dragons as revenge for cheating his grandfather out of a great fortune in diamonds. If that wasn't enough, he's also [[TheReveal Ernest Greeves]], the main character's assistant and deuteragonist for the whole game.]]
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* PunnyName: Cesar Chance basically sounds like "Sees a Chance".

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* PunnyName: Cesar Chance basically sounds like "Sees a Chance".a/our chance".


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* DoesNotLikeSpam: She's not fond of vegetables or spicy foods.
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* Green-Eyed Monster: His jealousy of Hastings' recent success is what motivates him to [[spoiler: frame Katrielle for murder.]]

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* Green-Eyed Monster: GreenEyedMonster: His jealousy of Hastings' recent success is what motivates him to [[spoiler: frame Katrielle for murder.]]
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* BigEater: Can pretty much be tempted to go anywhere or do anything, as long as there's food as a reward. A big eater she may be, she can be compared to Luke Triton's own voracious appetite.

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* BigEater: Can pretty much be tempted to go anywhere or do anything, as long as there's food as a reward. A big eater she may be, but she can be compared can't compare to Luke Triton's own voracious appetite.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Constantly preaching how superior her profiling is to Kat's "Amature" sleuthing, despite Katrielle's constant sucess in piecing the mystery together. Sherl even lampshades how satisfying her superiority complex is more important to her solving the case.
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* [[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt]]: [[spoiler: Ernest acts like a butler to Katrielle Layton and is Miles Richmond, the grandson of Maximillian Richmond, the mastermind in the final case]].

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* [[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt]]: TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler: Ernest acts like a butler to Katrielle Layton and is Miles Richmond, the grandson of Maximillian Richmond, the mastermind in the final case]].



* [[spoiler:SecretIdentity]]: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].

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* [[spoiler:SecretIdentity]]: SecretIdentity: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].

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* GotMeDoingIt: [[spoiler: In episode 42 of the Anime adaptation, Sherl got Katrielle's mannerism of the exaggerated spin as he took on a case, the ''Eureka!'' moment, the dramatic stares at the audience as he explains and borrowed the catchphrase of the truth being stranger than fiction as well as having an assistant who is a cat. Ironically, he never lampshade this after being around Katrielle for so long]].



* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: In episode 42 of the Anime adaptation, Sherl got Katrielle's mannerism of the exaggerated spin as he took on a case, the ''Eureka!'' moment, the dramatic stares at the audience as he explains and borrowed the catchphrase of the truth being stranger than fiction as well as having an assistant who is a cat]].


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* GotMeDoingIt: [[spoiler: Near the end of Episode 48, Emiliana found herself doing Katrielle's dramatic staring at the audience prior to explaining things with a ''straight'' face, no one else other than Sherl commenting on it]].


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** [[spoiler: Subverted in the Anime where she was not present in the episode based on the case and not even afraid when she did show up in a later episode]].
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: In episode 42 of the Anime adaptation, Sherl got Katrielle's mannerism of the exaggerated spin as he took on a case, the ''Eureka!'' moment, the dramatic stares at the audience as he explains and borrowed the catchphrase of the truth being stranger than fiction as well as having an assistant who is a cat]].


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** [[spoiler: Subverted in the Anime episode 42 where Sherl can talk to a cat just fine]].
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* [[spoiler:AlterEgo]]: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].
** PunnyName: Cesar Chance basically sounds like "Sees a Chance".

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* [[spoiler:AlterEgo]]: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].
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PunnyName: Cesar Chance basically sounds like "Sees a Chance".Chance".
* [[spoiler:SecretIdentity]]: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].
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* BigEater: Can pretty much be tempted to go anywhere or do anything, as long as there's food as a reward.
** A big eater she may be, she can be compared to Luke Triton's own voracious appetite.

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* BigEater: Can pretty much be tempted to go anywhere or do anything, as long as there's food as a reward.
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reward. A big eater she may be, she can be compared to Luke Triton's own voracious appetite.

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* DisappearedDad : ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Apparently Hershel Layton had been missing for a while. [[spoiler: Not to mention her biological dad disappeared when she was a baby, too.]]



* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up since she is technically [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted]]. The anime averted this by explained further into her background.

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* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up since she is technically [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted]]. The anime averted this by explained further into her background. Apparently she died at the childbirth in the middle of the ocean.
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* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up. [[spoiler:As she's HappilyAdopted, there may not even ''be'' a Mrs. Layton. But that begs the question of who and where her birth parents are.]]

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* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up. [[spoiler:As she's HappilyAdopted, there may not even ''be'' a Mrs. Layton. But that begs the question of who and where up since she is technically [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted]]. The anime averted this by explained further into her birth parents are.]]background.
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* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Katri is well aware she is not Hershel's biological child. It does not change her love and admiration for him as her father one iota.]]
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Downplayed; she and Ernest can understand Shurl, but nobody else can, and they can't understand other dogs.

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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Downplayed; she and Ernest can understand Shurl, Sherl, but nobody else can, and they can't understand other dogs.
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* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Downplayed; she and Ernest can understand Shurl, but nobody else can, and they can't understand other dogs.
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* SweetTooth: Katri loves sweets dearly and constantly likens mysteries to desserts in ways that Sherl says never make any sense.
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* CatchPhrase: "Any mystery solved!" as the general motto for her agency and her MO, and "This mystery is history!" for when she's cracked a case.

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* CatchPhrase: "Any mystery solved!" as the general motto for her agency and her MO, and "This mystery is history!" for when she's cracked a case. She also favors "the truth is always stranger than fiction!" when on the job.

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* GeniusSweetTooth: She's an incredibly talented detective who's a huge fan of sweets.



* DoggedNiceGuy: Is head over heels in love with Katrielle and would do anything for her, but has trouble actually voicing his affections strongly.

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* DoggedNiceGuy: Is head over heels in love with Katrielle and would do anything for her, but has trouble actually voicing his affections strongly. [[spoiler: Even after he was revealed to be the mastermind behind the game's main plot, his attraction and affection toward Kat were genuine.]]


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* LoveAtFirstSight: Was enamored with Kat the first time he set his eyes on her. Her genius detective skills and bold, honest personality only made him fall for her even more.
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[[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt]]: [[spoiler: Ernest acts like a butler to Katrielle Layton and is Miles Richmond, the grandson of Maximillian Richmond, the mastermind in the final case]].

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* BluntYes: When Sherl asks Katrielle if she "decides which cases to investigate based on how interesting they are", her answer is this.
--> '''Katrielle''': Exactly. I'm glad you understand.
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* PunnyName: Grant Sloanes, owner of a bank, grants you loans.
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** Furthermore, Katrielle [[spoiler: deliberately answered a puzzle incorrectly just so she can investigate, something which Hershel himself did in the Eternal Diva, this doubling as a CallBack of sort]].


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[[spoiler: TheButlerDidIt]]: [[spoiler: Ernest acts like a butler to Katrielle Layton and is Miles Richmond, the grandson of Maximillian Richmond, the mastermind in the final case]].

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** A big eater she may be, she can be compared to Luke Triton's own voracious appetite.



** And like Hershel, [[spoiler: it was implied that Katrielle is HappilyAdopted during the post-credits scene, freaking out both Ernest and Sherl]].



** [[spoiler: Though he did have a mean mind, all that became null and void like the Diamond Mine]].



** Slight subverted when he manages to solve some himself.



** [[spoiler: Technically slightly subverted in Case 08. While he was right in pointing out Abel Seamon being the culprit in stealing the Golden Goddess Statue, he did not know it was the entire crew of the Thametanic who were involved]].




* [[spoiler:AlterEgo]]: [[spoiler: Cesar is Ratman himself]].
** PunnyName: Cesar Chance basically sounds like "Sees a Chance".



* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a good reason for that.

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* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a good reason for that.that]].
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* EasilyForgiven: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler: The Dragons completely forgive him for trying to ruin their lives over things they didn't even do. The fact that [[HalfTruth everyone around him told him they did]] might help explain it.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Dragons completely forgive him for trying to ruin their lives over things they didn't even do. The fact that [[HalfTruth everyone around him told him they did]] might help explain it.]]



* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler: As it turns out, there's a good reason for that.
* WalkingSpoiler: More than any other character/villain in the game. [[spoiler: He's Maximillian Richmond's grandson, Miles, who's pursuing the Dragons as revenge for cheating his grandfather out of a great fortune in diamonds. If that wasn't enough, he's also [[TheReveal Ernest Greeves]], the main character's assistant and deuteragonist for the whole game.]]

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* TheVoice: He doesn't appear physically for his guests, instead speaking to them from elsewhere. [[spoiler: As [[spoiler:As it turns out, there's a good reason for that.
* WalkingSpoiler: More than any other character/villain in the game. [[spoiler: He's [[spoiler:He's Maximillian Richmond's grandson, Miles, who's pursuing the Dragons as revenge for cheating his grandfather out of a great fortune in diamonds. If that wasn't enough, he's also [[TheReveal Ernest Greeves]], the main character's assistant and deuteragonist for the whole game.]]

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* ActionGirl: She's not afraid of getting her hands dirty for the sake of investigations. She jumped down from a bridge to a boat!



* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sherl and Ernest often have to pull her out from getting too distracted.
* BigEater: She can scarf down copious amounts of food.

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* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sherl and Ernest often have and Sherl need to pull constantly remind her out from getting too distracted.
to keep at a case, not shop for food or clothes.
* BigEater: She can scarf down copious amounts of food.Can pretty much be tempted to go anywhere or do anything, as long as there's food as a reward.



* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: Graciously gotten the gesture from her father.



* IconicItem: Her mini silk hat headband, which is her equivalent of Hershel's top hat. It's even part of the wax seal on her logo, just like the Professor's.



* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up.

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* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up. [[spoiler:As she's HappilyAdopted, there may not even ''be'' a Mrs. Layton. But that begs the question of who and where her birth parents are.]]


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* PrivateDetective: Unlike her father, who was an archaeologist and academic first, Katrielle is this, full stop.
* RealPlaceBackground: Her [[https://d17omnzavs9b58.cloudfront.net/assets/article/2016/07/27/ladylayton_feature.jpg office]], which seems to be based on London's ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' [[http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/place/48930-sherlock-holmes-museum Museum]].

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* NotSoAboveItAll: For all his frustration and snark, he admits liking the name "Agent Sherl" when Katrielle challenges him to solve a case.
* PungeonMaster: Barks out a dog-related pun in every other sentence.



* PungeonMaster: Barks out a dog-related pun in every other sentence.

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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Like her father; "Katrielle" is a name rarely seen outside of Jewish communities.



* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Sherl and Ernest often have to pull her out from getting too distracted.



* TheGadfly: Especially with Sherl, Hastings, Emiliana... basically anyone who can act as a good comedic foil.



* MissingMom: Not that she's even brought up.



* [[LikeParentLikeChild Like Father, Like Daughter]]

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* [[LikeParentLikeChild LikeParentLikeChild: Like Father, Like Daughter]]Hershel, she's a savant at detective work who operates on a gentleman's (er, gentlewoman's) code of conduct.



* NiceHat: A yellow-and-red mini top hat that looks like it's attached to a headband. Her downloadable outfits feature several others, including her father's trademark hat.

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* NiceHat: A yellow-and-red mini top silk hat that looks like it's attached to a headband. Her downloadable outfits feature several others, including her father's trademark hat.

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