History Characters / ProfessorLayton

* VillainDecay: He was a genuine threat in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'', where he nearly killed the Professor and Luke with a ferris wheel. However, in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'', [[spoiler:his evil plot takes a backseat to Anton's story and is thwarted in a rather more humorous manner than last time.]] [[spoiler:Unwound Future ultimately has him working with the heroes instead of against them, and he doesn't appear in any of the other games.]]

* HeroesWantRedheads: Luke has a PrecociousCrush on her.

* GutturalGrowler: Gravel is smoother than his voice.

%%* EvilLaugh: After all, he is the Masked Gentleman.
%%* EvilRedhead: After time skip.
* {{Expy}}: Of Hipsters in general as far as appearance goes ( Or on a similar note Eridan: [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Big glasses, thigh pants, purple all over, a scarf...]]) Well, he did go [[IncrediblyLamePun underground]].

%%* FaceHeelTurn: Eighteen years ago, he was Layton, Angela, and Henry's best friend - but all of that changed.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: ThePowerOfFriendship got him better.

%%* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When he realizes that Henry never betrayed him, to the point at which he becomes suicidal.

%%* RevengeBeforeReason: If he'd talked to Angela or Henry before starting all of this, things would have turned out very differently.
%%* RichPeople: Which was a requirement to marry Angela.

%%* UnwittingPawn: To Descole.

%%* WeUsedToBeFriends: Partially with Layton, and more so to Angela, but most of all to Henry, whom he feels betrayed him. The feeling is not mutual.

* GirlInTheTower: [[spoiler:The Gentleman steals her away at one point in the game, and the others have to rescue her.]]

* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Or rather, Contrasting Prequel Antagonist - both Don Paolo and Descole are MadScientist [[MasterOfDisguise Masters Of Disguise]] with [[UnknownRival mysterious vendettas against Layton]], but the two are very different in terms of competence and personality. Paolo worked alone, and could prove dangerous at times thanks to his knack for technology, but his lack of serious planning and [[ImposterForgotOneDetail tendency to slip-up with his disguises]] meant he [[VillainDecay quickly became]] [[GoldfishPoopGang little more than a small thorn in Layton and Luke's sides]]; Descole, in contrast, has [[TheChessmaster very well-laid schemes to uncover the Azran Legacies,]] [[ManipulativeBastard and manipulates many people to further his goals,]] [[TheManBehindTheMan enabling him to hide behind the scenes while his pawns usually do the heavy lifting]] (Perhaps tellingly, Layton often unmasks Paolo only halfway through most of the games in the original trilogy, whereas he usually only has the opportunity to expose Descole at the very end of the games in the prequels). Don Paolo is [[EvilIsHammy particularly hammy]] and [[SoreLoser often quick to anger]], while Descole is WickedCultured and [[VillainRespect often finds Layton's uncovering of him amusing.]]

* VocalDissonance: Despite having the {{Bishonen}} look, Anton has a deep, seductive voice courtesy of Takao Osawa. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} when he turns out to be the old man he is all along.]]
* VocalDissonance: He has a deep voice despite being a young man. [[spoiler:It may be a {{Foreshadowing}} towards his true age.]]

* FlatCharacter: There really isn't much to her besides being [[spoiler:the Golden Apple]] and is barely in the series in general.

* TheLoad: She's insistent on joining Layton and Luke on their adventures despite contributing next tanything to them, not even in the way of solving puzzles.

* {{Bishonen}}: He has a slender build, fair skin, [[LongHairedPrettyBoy shoulder-length]] wavy blonde hair, large blue eyes, and thin lips.

%%* {{Bishonen}}: And the fangirls were ''very'' pleased.

* PeekABangs: Well it is called an [[DespairEventHorizon "Emo-over"]] in some circles so it fits (though impractical).

* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Inexpicable male example, just look at him! With a fully buttoned button up shirt no less!

%%zce* DeclarativeFinger: Used non-ironically.

%%* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:For a bit in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture''.]]

%%* TheNapoleon: To some extent.

%%* OlderThanTheyLook:

%%* VocalDissonance: He has a deep voice. [[spoiler:It may be a {{Foreshadowing}}.]]

* WideEyedIdealist: Want to learn much from being Layton's apprentice and is genuinely curious of the outside world and its mysteries.

* NoPronunciationGuide: "DeScole", according to the Japanese dub. "Descolé", according to the English dub. This comes off as strange because, according to how his surname's spelled in the Japanese scripts (デスコール, ''Desucōru''), the former pronunciation is correct.

* FamedInStory: Even though he is no detective.

* TimeShiftedActor: He is voiced by Maki Horikita, Creator/LaniMinella, and Creator/MariaDarling as a child, by Shun Oguri and Creator/YuriLowenthal as Future Luke in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', and by Soma Saito as an adult in ''Layton Mystery Detective Agency''. [[spoiler:Subverted with Future Luke since he's only Clive pretending to be one.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He is surprisingly nice to his animals.

%%* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Arguably.

* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Somehow he got a tan after he fell into that hole, possibly because he's shown working on the fields while he had amnesia.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: He appears to be one of these.

* KillAndReplace:
** A non-lethal example in ''Diabolical Box''. While Hershel, Luke, and Flora are exploring Dropstone, Don Paolo manages to [[spoiler:kidnap and pass himself off as Flora]], with nobody none the wiser until they enter Folsense.

A mysterious girl from St. Mystere.

* DemotedToExtra: She was [[spoiler:the Golden Apple]] in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' and was demoted to being a secondary character in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'', being replaced by [[spoiler:Don Paolo in disguise]] for most of the game. ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'' fixes this, promoting her to being a playable character, though she only gets a few puzzles to solve and doesn't appear until about halfway through the game. Flora does not appear in the [[AnachronicOrder prequel trilogy]], but she has a brief [[TheCameo cameo]] in the FramingDevice of ''Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva''.

* TheLoad: She insists on tagging along with Layton and Luke despite being written as near useless. In ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', her only significant role is [[spoiler:being kidnapped.]] She tries, though.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: She decides to get a job as Layton's assistant sometime after he clears her name on a pickpocket case. [[spoiler: However, at the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheAzranLegacy,'' she's revealed to have been working for Targent all along to get close to him. She did so to help Layton convince Bronev to end his obsession with the Azran civilization for good, and her friendships with Layton and Luke are genuine.]]

* AnimeHair: HornedHair, to be precise.

* VillainDecay: He was a genuine threat in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'', where he nearly killed the Professor and Luke with a ferris wheel. However, in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox'', [[spoiler:his evil plot takes a backseat to Anton's story and is thwarted in a rather more humorous manner than last time.]] [[spoiler: Unwound Future ultimately has him working with the heroes instead of against them, and he doesn't appear in any of the other games.]]

* BigBad: Of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter''. [[spoiler: He is also TheManBehindTheMan in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask''.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Was completely shocked when Clive revealed his ulterior motives to destroy London with a superweapon, which Dimitri had no clue about.]]

* PunnyName: Stahngun is a pun on "stun-gun", which makes sense as it's a [[spoiler: cover for his real name, Dimitri]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: After realizing all of the atrocities he knowingly caused, is it really hard to feel sympathy for him when he's taken hostage?]]

* GracefulLoser: He may be slightly arrogant to everyone but after being [[spoiler: deduced as the Targent mole by Layton. He's willing to surrender quickly rather than fight back.]]

* IllGirl: [[spoiler:She gets better, thanks to Loosha.]]

* IllGirl: With an IncurableCoughOfDeath, possibly SoapOperaDisease.

* DeclarativeFinger: Used non-ironically.

* {{Expy}}: Akihiro Hino from Level-5 revealed that he's actually a clever [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] expy.

* CryCute: At the end of ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', having to say goodbye [[spoiler:to Claire before she dies for good.]]

* NoPronunciationGuide: "Dess-coal", according to the Japanese dub. "Descolé", according to the English dub.

* NeverBareheaded: It's stated in one of the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' meta-puzzles that he never takes his hat off.

* NiceHat: It's stated in one of the ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheCuriousVillage'' meta-puzzles that he never takes it off.

* NiceHat: He also has one, similar but different from Luke's, which he removes when revealing his identity.

* NiceHat: It's a feather away from being a pimp hat.