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* TheButlerDidIt: The presence of the Davis family's butler Nick is meant to imply that one of them is the strangler. [[spoiler:[[spoiler:None of them are, however.]]
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore, a sadistic madman of a man who murders children because he finds it funny. He drops all pretense of sanity after he is caught (see the VillainousBreakdown entry below).]]
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore, Moore]], a sadistic madman of a man maniac who murders children because he finds they find it funny. He The killer [[VillainousBreakdown drops all pretense of sanity after he is caught (see the VillainousBreakdown entry below).]]they are caught]].
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore (real name: Jacob Lucas) who Lucas)]] is revealed to be the SerialKiller behind the strangulations.]]
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike [[{{Sadist}} Ryan]] [[DirtyCoward Rhodes]] and (to a far lesser extent) [[HookersAndBlow Adam Hemmensway]], Lenny is a traditional hero with very few corrupting traits. He and his friends all end up solving over a hundred murders and bringing justice to the victims.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike [[{{Sadist}} Ryan]] [[DirtyCoward Ryan Rhodes]] and (to a far lesser extent) [[HookersAndBlow Adam Hemmensway]], Lenny is a traditional hero with very few corrupting traits. He and his friends all end up solving over a hundred murders and bringing justice to the victims.
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Jonathan sadistically strangles children to death and happily watches the devastating ripple effects on their loved ones... ''because he finds their facial expressions funny''. To say that's not petty would be breaking the Ninth Commandment.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas puts on an act as a normal person in order to try and blend in.]]
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* EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler:Jonathan [[spoiler:Jonathan]] sadistically strangles children to death and happily watches the devastating ripple effects on their loved ones... ''because he finds because [[spoiler:Johnathan]] ''finds their facial expressions funny''. To say that's not petty would be breaking the Ninth Commandment.]]
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* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:JacobLucas Lucas]], the killer, puts on an act as a normal person in order to try and blend in.]]
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--->[[spoiler:"I can still remember when I strangled Melissa Berk, my first victim. That look on her face as her life left her fragile little body… it was HILARIOUS! Her dead face staring at me like that… GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! Then seeing her parents' faces as they cried… COMEDY GOLD, MAN! COMEDY GOLD!"]]
* LargeHam: [[spoiler:Jonathan makes an effort to maniacally scream every other thing he says during the interrogation:]]
--->[[spoiler:"I can still remember when I strangled Melissa Berk, my first victim. That look on her face as her life left her fragile little body… it was HILARIOUS! Her dead face staring at me like that… GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! Then seeing her parents' faces as they cried… COMEDY GOLD, MAN! COMEDY GOLD!"]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas Lucas]] has no empathy for anyone he kills, they kill, as he finds they find it funny]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:Jonathan kills because he finds it absolutely hilarious and entertaining, and he has a habit of playing games of cat-and-mouse with the towns he targets and plants false evidence in Jessica Adams's house just to screw with the town further. This is not the type of behavior you would expect from anyone above the age of twelve.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:Jonathan [[spoiler:Jonathan]] kills because he finds they find it absolutely hilarious and entertaining, and he has a habit of playing games of cat-and-mouse with the towns he targets and they target. [[spoiler:He also plants false evidence in Jessica Adams's house just to screw with the town further. further.]] This is not the type of behavior you would expect from anyone above the age of twelve.]]
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* RedHerring: The story, naturally, gives us false suspects who have alternative reasons for seeming suspicious. [[spoiler:Ultimately, the killer turns out to be Johnathan, a [[TheDogWasTheMastermind seemingly unimportant background character that none of the protagonists paid any sufficient attention to]].]]
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* HateSink: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore is an absolutely repulsive excuse of a human being who murdered his own family when he was a teenager solely because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]] and developed an addiction to [[WouldHurtAChild strangling children to death]]. He is extremely proud of his actions, kills solely because he finds it funny, and has a habit of playing sick games with the residents in every town he targets just to cause chaos. As if he couldn't get any more loathsome, he even asks the police officers to let him commit one more murder in prison if he shows "good behavior", using the excuse that "everyone dies".]]
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* HateSink: HateSink:
** [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore is an absolutely repulsive excuse of a human being who murdered his own family when he was a teenager solely because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]] and developed an addiction to [[WouldHurtAChild strangling children to death]]. He is extremely proud of his actions, kills solely because he finds it funny, and has a habit of playing sick games with the residents in every town he targets just to cause chaos. As if he couldn't get any more loathsome, he even asks the police officers to let him commit one more murder in prison if he shows "good behavior", using the excuse that "everyone dies".]]]]
** While Jason Hynes [[spoiler:ultimately isn't the one who killed his son]], he is still nevertheless a bad-tempered and foul-mouthed JerkAss who hardly mourns his son and pushes away anyone who tries to comfort him or solve the murder. It is heavily implied that he abused Michael as well, and even the death of his wife isn't enough to make him appear sympathetic thanks to his coarse, slimy, and insensitive nature.
** [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore is an absolutely repulsive excuse of a human being who murdered his own family when he was a teenager solely because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]] and developed an addiction to [[WouldHurtAChild strangling children to death]]. He is extremely proud of his actions, kills solely because he finds it funny, and has a habit of playing sick games with the residents in every town he targets just to cause chaos. As if he couldn't get any more loathsome, he even asks the police officers to let him commit one more murder in prison if he shows "good behavior", using the excuse that "everyone dies".
** While Jason Hynes [[spoiler:ultimately isn't the one who killed his son]], he is still nevertheless a bad-tempered and foul-mouthed JerkAss who hardly mourns his son and pushes away anyone who tries to comfort him or solve the murder. It is heavily implied that he abused Michael as well, and even the death of his wife isn't enough to make him appear sympathetic thanks to his coarse, slimy, and insensitive nature.
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* AbusiveParents: It is heavily implied that Jason was abusive towards Michael, considering how forensic evidence was found of him mistreating Michael, and he appeared largely apathetic about Michael's death and even tried to have the investigation aborted.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lenny snickers at Jason's insults towards Fred solely because of how over-the-top they are.
* TheAlibi: All suspects besides the actual killer have this to help prove their innocence.
* AmbiguouslyGay: During Lenny's nightmare, Principal Dietrich accuses him and Josh for being gay.
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Lenny snickers at Jason's insults towards Fred solely because of how over-the-top they are.
* TheAlibi: All suspects besides the actual killer have this to help prove their innocence.
* AmbiguouslyGay: During Lenny's nightmare, Principal Dietrich accuses him and Josh for being gay.
* TheButlerDidIt: The presence of the Davis family's butler Nick is meant to imply this.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mr. Voorhees's wife cheated on him and then got herself raped and killed, which is what led him to remarry and then move to Bucksville for a fresh start.
* ADeadlyAffair: As described by the previous trope listed, Mr. Voorhees's wife was revealed to have cheated on him before he moved to Bucksville. She paid for it and then some.
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** Lenny and Josh suspect that Mr. Voorhees may have killed Michael over a piece of gum.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Mr. Voorhees's wife cheated on him and then got herself raped and killed, which is what led him to remarry and then move to Bucksville for a fresh start.
* ADeadlyAffair: As described by the previous trope listed, Mr. Voorhees's wife was revealed to have cheated on him before he moved to Bucksville. She paid for it and then some.
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** Lenny and Josh suspect that Mr. Voorhees may have killed Michael over a piece of gum.
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* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas gloats about how fun all his murders were and how much hey enjoyed it.]]
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* DontYouDarePityMe: Jason shows strong annoyance towards the people who try to comfort him over his son's death.
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas gloats about how fun all his murders were and how muchhey he enjoyed it.]]
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* MissingMom: Lenny's mother never appears in the story, the reason being that she is on a business trip.
* MostGamersAreMale: Josh and Michael are both devoted gamers.
* NightmareSequence: Lenny has a nightmare where all the people he wrongly suspected to be the killer confront and chastise him before he is attacked by the murdered children.
* PaedoHunt: Lenny and Josh suspect Principal Dietrich to be a pedophile based on the way he looks at the kids at his school.
* MostGamersAreMale: Josh and Michael are both devoted gamers.
* NightmareSequence: Lenny has a nightmare where all the people he wrongly suspected to be the killer confront and chastise him before he is attacked by the murdered children.
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* RichBitch: Lenny at first suspects that Tom Davis's family consists of this, but [[SubvertedTrope both of his parents turn out to be friendly people, even thanking Lenny and Josh for helping solve the case despite their age]].
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* SeriousBusiness: Lenny reacts with ''utter horror and disgust'' over ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' playing on TV.
* SirSwearsALot: Jason doesn't exactly have a clean mouth.
* SirSwearsALot: Jason doesn't exactly have a clean mouth.
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:We get a false reveal that Jessica was the killer which is followed by a scene where Lenny sees news footage that no one was killed after her arrest before this turns out to be a dream, and it turns out that Jessica wasn't the killer since another murder happens while she is in jail.]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:We get a false reveal that Jessica was the killer which is followed by a scene where Lenny sees news footage revealing that no one was killed after her arrest before this turns out to be a dream, and it turns out that Jessica wasn't the killer since another murder happens while she is in jail.]]
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--->[[spoiler:"I can still remember when I strangled Melissa Berk, my first victim. That look on her face as her life left her fragile little body… it was HILARIOUS! Her dead face staring at me like that… GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! Then seeing her parents' faces as they cried… COMEDY GOLD, MAN! COMEDY GOLD!"]]
--->[[spoiler:"I can still remember when I strangled Melissa Berk, my first victim. That look on her face as her life left her fragile little body… it was HILARIOUS! Her dead face staring at me like that… GREATEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE! Then seeing her parents' faces as they cried… COMEDY GOLD, MAN! COMEDY GOLD!"]]
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'''''A Case in Bucksville''''' is a 2020 web story by Looperreallyreallyrocks. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3350693/1/A-Case-in-Bucksville here]] and [[https://www.wattpad.com/955440359-a-case-in-bucksville-story here]].
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'''''A Case in Bucksville''''' is a 2020 mystery web story by Looperreallyreallyrocks. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3350693/1/A-Case-in-Bucksville here]] and [[https://www.wattpad.com/955440359-a-case-in-bucksville-story here]].
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* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore, a sadistic madman of a man who murders children because he finds it funny. He loses drops all pretense of sanity after he is caught (see the VillainousBreakdown entry) below.entry below).]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:Jonathan kills because he finds it absolutely hilarious and entertaining, and he has a habit of playing games of cat-and-mouse with the towns he targets and plants false evidence in Jessica Adams's house just to screw with the town further. This is not the type of behavior you would expect from anyone above the age of twelve.]]
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'''''A Case in Bucksville''''' is a 2020 web story by Looperreallyreallyrocks. It can be read [[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3350693/1/A-Case-in-Bucksville here]] and [[https://www.wattpad.com/955440359-a-case-in-bucksville-story here]].
A killer is on the loose in the otherwise peaceful town in Bucksville. Can Lenny Jones and his friends track the killer down before it's too late?
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!!This story contains examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore (real name: Jacob Lucas) who is revealed to be behind the strangulations.]]
* CanonWelding: Another of the author's stories Literature/ThirtyDaysInSpring is briefly referenced in the story.
--->"He saw Gravity Falls, a reality show, news about a bus going missing during a field trip for middle and high schoolers in Washington, and a talk show all playing on TV. Then he saw it."
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore killed his entire family simply because they annoyed him]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore was barely present throughout the story and is eventually revealed to be the killer]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas gloats about how fun all his murders were and how much hey enjoyed it.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas puts on an act as a normal person in order to try and blend in.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore is an absolutely repulsive excuse of a human being who murdered his own family when he was a teenager solely because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]] and developed an addiction to [[WouldHurtAChild strangling children to death]]. He is extremely proud of his actions, kills solely because he finds it funny, and has a habit of playing sick games with the residents in every town he targets just to cause chaos. As if he couldn't get any more loathsome, he even asks the police officers to let him commit one more murder in prison if he shows "good behavior", using the excuse that "everyone dies".]]
* KidDetective: Lenny Jones who does as much detective work as his own detective father.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas has no empathy for anyone he kills, as he finds it funny]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas killed his parents as a teenager.]]
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore has killed over a hundred children in the past]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The killer definitely qualifies considering that there m.o is strangling children.
A killer is on the loose in the otherwise peaceful town in Bucksville. Can Lenny Jones and his friends track the killer down before it's too late?
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!!This story contains examples of:
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore (real name: Jacob Lucas) who is revealed to be behind the strangulations.]]
* CanonWelding: Another of the author's stories Literature/ThirtyDaysInSpring is briefly referenced in the story.
--->"He saw Gravity Falls, a reality show, news about a bus going missing during a field trip for middle and high schoolers in Washington, and a talk show all playing on TV. Then he saw it."
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore killed his entire family simply because they annoyed him]]
* TheDogWasTheMastermind: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore was barely present throughout the story and is eventually revealed to be the killer]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas gloats about how fun all his murders were and how much hey enjoyed it.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas puts on an act as a normal person in order to try and blend in.]]
* HateSink: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore is an absolutely repulsive excuse of a human being who murdered his own family when he was a teenager solely because [[DisproportionateRetribution they annoyed him]] and developed an addiction to [[WouldHurtAChild strangling children to death]]. He is extremely proud of his actions, kills solely because he finds it funny, and has a habit of playing sick games with the residents in every town he targets just to cause chaos. As if he couldn't get any more loathsome, he even asks the police officers to let him commit one more murder in prison if he shows "good behavior", using the excuse that "everyone dies".]]
* KidDetective: Lenny Jones who does as much detective work as his own detective father.
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas has no empathy for anyone he kills, as he finds it funny]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Jacob Lucas killed his parents as a teenager.]]
* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Jonathan Moore has killed over a hundred children in the past]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The killer definitely qualifies considering that there m.o is strangling children.
