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* BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase37TheReaperAndTheGeek Tess Goodwin]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Chad Baker]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Donna Walker, Cathy King/The @rtist]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase40AnElementaryMurder Caroline Fitzgerald]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the final one set in the University district. [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase33KillingMeSoftly Riley Davies]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Luke Harris]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Michael Fletcher]] also make small cameos in Chapter 3, providing you with involuntary information regarding your suspects.
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* BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase37TheReaperAndTheGeek Tess Goodwin]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Chad Baker]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Donna Walker, Cathy King/The @rtist]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase40AnElementaryMurder Caroline Fitzgerald]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the final one set in the University district. [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase33KillingMeSoftly Riley Davies]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Luke Harris]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Michael Fletcher]] also make small cameos in Chapter 3, providing you with involuntary information regarding your suspects. [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Penelope Rivera]] also makes a cameo in Chapter 1.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of the case, Mayor Howard Johnson [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase42BloodAndGlory invites you to a party]] as part of his re-election campaign.
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** While visiting Penelope in jail, she calls the Rorschach Reaper "that freak". Back in [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], she called Tess Goodwin the exact same thing.
** At the end of the case, Mayor Howard Johnson [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase42BloodAndGlory invites you to a party]] as part of his re-election campaign.
** While visiting Penelope in jail, she calls the Rorschach Reaper "that freak". Back in [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], she called Tess Goodwin the exact same thing.
** At the end of the case, Mayor Howard Johnson [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase42BloodAndGlory invites you to a party]] as part of his re-election campaign.
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*BoringButPractical: Ramirez finds a simple but extremely effective way of breaking The Rorschach Reaper's hypnosis: smacking the victim upside the head with a frying pan. Whatever works!
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*GeniusBruiser: Chad is revealed to be pretty good with electronics despite being a huge jock.
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*EmbarrassingNickname: Tess tells you The Rorschach Reaper sounds unoriginal, but since it was the press that chose that name there's nothing she could do about it anyway.
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*TheResenter: While hypnotizing Jones, Tess implies this in her [[BreakThemByTalking breaking speech.]]
-->'''Tess:''' But you wouldn't know about being brilliant, would you, Officer Jones? <Player's Name>'s dog, always following, always praising, always failing...
-->It's unbearable, isn't it? Living in <Rank> <Name>'s shadow, being endlessly scolded for failing to meet their standards... So much frustration, Officer Jones...
-->It has to stop, hasn't it? It can't go on forever, it has to stop now. Now and forever. And there's only one thing to do. The right thing.
-->'''Tess:''' But you wouldn't know about being brilliant, would you, Officer Jones? <Player's Name>'s dog, always following, always praising, always failing...
-->It's unbearable, isn't it? Living in <Rank> <Name>'s shadow, being endlessly scolded for failing to meet their standards... So much frustration, Officer Jones...
-->It has to stop, hasn't it? It can't go on forever, it has to stop now. Now and forever. And there's only one thing to do. The right thing.
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* HumansAreBastards: Implied by Tess during her trial, claiming that this is was her thesis was about.
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* YankTheDogsChain: Just when Chad and Madison were getting together in a lovely relationship, she's killed right in front of her. ''Ouch.''
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* SpannerInTheWorks: After The Rorschach Reaper calls to warn you that he'll kill your suspects if they see you interrogating them, Riley, Luke, and Michael (who weren't suspects in this case) drop by to speak with you and tell you random information regarding the people you can't talk to, allowing you to solve the murder thanks to them.
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[[caption-width-right:350:What better way to end an StoryArc set on an University than a HighSchoolDance?]]
Is [[HighSchoolDance Prom Night]] at Grimsborough's university, and the entire Police Department has been invited due to their hard work during the school year. Everyone is partying, having fun, and cheering for Madison Springer, the recently crowned Queen of the Ball! [[TemptingFate Everything seems to be going well.]]
[[MoodWhiplash Then Madison's tiara explodes]], killing her instantly.
!!Tropes:
*AntagonistTitle: The Rorschach Reaper is the SerialKiller that has been causing deaths across the University, and now it's up to you to catch them in this case.
*BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase37TheReaperAndTheGeek Tess Goodwin]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Chad Baker]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Donna Walker, Cathy King/The @rtist]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase40AnElementaryMurder Caroline Fitzgerald]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the final one set in the University district. [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase33KillingMeSoftly Riley Davies]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Luke Harris]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Michael Fletcher]] also make small cameos in Chapter 3, providing you with involuntary information regarding your suspects.
*BigBadFriend: Even if she's a crazy SerialKiller who tried to kill you, Tess' [[{{Fangirl}} admiration for you]] seems to be entirely genuine by the end.
*BigDamnHeroes: Ramirez saves you from an hypnotized Jones by smacking him with a FryingPanOfDoom, ruining Tess' plans.
*BloodSplatteredInnocents: Poor Chad has to spend the rest of the case covered with Madison's blood since he was the one closest to her during her death.
*CallingCard: Jones and the player quickly discover that The Rorschach Reaper was the one who killed Madison after they found one of their inkblot tests near her body.
*TheClimax: For the University district.
*CallBack:
**The events of [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase32MurderOnCampus Case 32]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Case 38]] are brought up again as a way of identifying The Rorschach Reaper's M.O. Penelope Rivera, the killer of Case 35, also makes an appearance.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase31DogEatDog Mayor Howard Johnson]] appears [[OncePerEpisode again]] at the end of the case to congratulate you for your work at the University and promote you to Maple Heights.
*CapturedOnPurpose: Tess gives you leads to discover her identity since the final part of her plan needed her to be at the police station, where she would hypnotize Jones and make him kill you.
*ContinuityNod:
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase34DeadManRunning The school stadium]] reappears as a crime scene.
**Donna's office and the gymnasium, previously seen in [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Case 39]], return as crime scenes. Caroline and Jones also mention the events that transpired during said case.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase36TheDevilsPlayground Madison's Amish past]] is brought up again, with Tess revealing that she had been [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailing her with it.]]
*TheCorrupter: Tess' M.O. involves hypnotizing people who saw a certain result in inkblot tests, delivering speeches to them that concern their grudge against certain people, and encouraging them to "do the right thing". She claimed that those killers had weak minds, and all she did was "give them a little push". She even attempts to do this on Jones against the player.
*DanceOfRomance: Alex and Cathy share one during the Additional Investigation.
*EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Tess, Madison's killer, says that this night has been quite a show and that's what she calls [[YourHeadASplode going out with a bang.]]
*{{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of the case, Mayor Howard Johnson [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase42BloodAndGlory invites you to a party]] as part of his re-election campaign.
*FryingPanOfDoom: Ramirez manages to knock out an hypnotized Jones before he kills you.
*HighSchoolDance: Where Madison was killed, right after being crowned Queen of the Ball no less.
*HumansAreBastards: Implied by Tess during her trial, claiming that this is was her thesis was about.
-->'''Tess:''' Their minds were so weak, I bet I could have done it even without hypnotizing them. A murderer sleeps in everyone of us, your Honor! That's what my thesis is all about.
*HypnoPendulum: This is how Tess has been hypnotizing previous murderers to give them "the little push" needed to kill, and does the same with Jones in an attempt to make him kill you.
*KilledMidSentence:
-->'''Madison:''' I can't believe it, it's the happiest day of my lif- ''[[[YourHeadASplode BOOM]]]''
*LifeSavingMisfortune: Alex is extremely glad that Cathy didn't win the Queen of the Ball contest, since she would've been the one dead instead of Madison.
*TheManBehindTheMan: Tess reveals herself as the mastermind behind the murders of [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase32MurderOnCampus Case 32]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Case 38]], hypnotizing the killers so they could receive the little push they needed to kill their friends.
*MoreThanMindControl: According to Tess, her hypnotism didn't force previous murderers to kill, but rather just gave them a confidence boost to do it.
-->'''Tess:''' Manipulate? Misha, Penelope, Taylor... They all wanted to kill, they had it in them! They barely needed the little push I gave them!
*MysteriousNote: The Rorschach Reaper keeps sending these to you throughout the investigation, even warning you to stop interrogating people or else they'll kill someone else.
*NervousWreck: Jones becomes one in the final leg of the case, since The Rorschach Reaper has put them a time limit onto their arrest before they decide to kill more people.
-->'''Jones:''' We have to stay calm, <Player's Name>! [[SuddenlyShouting WE HAVE TO STAY CALM!]]
*NeverMyFault: Tess says during her trial that she never laid a finger on the victims from previous cases and such she isn't responsible for their deaths.
*OverprotectiveDad: Chief King prohibits his granddaughter Cathy to involve herself in the investigation, fearing that The Rorschach Reaper would also target her.
*RaceAgainstTheClock: The Rorschach Reaper gives you until dawn to catch them or else they'll kill someone else.
*SecretSecretKeeper: Ramirez and the Player, for the fact that Ramirez had to whack Jones on the head with a frying pan to stop him from shooting the player while under Tess's mind control. Jones assumes his injury is from falling down some stairs, and neither you nor Ramirez bothers to correct him.
*SerialKiller: Tess Goodwin finally reveals herself as The Rorschach Reaper, killer of Madison Springer and the mastermind behind at least three previous murders.
*ShipperOnDeck: Jones becomes this towards Alex and Cathy.
-->'''Alex:''' A-a dance? With me? But- But there's no music! And no lig-
-->'''Jones:''' Of course this idiot would love to dance with you, Cathy! Go on, have fun!
*ShoutOut: This case contains a handful of allusions to ''{{Literature/Carrie}}'':
**The case starts during the King and Queen of the Prom crowning, with one of them dying due to foul play effectuated by a student.
**Madison Springer, who has just been crowned Queen of the Prom, is wearing a dress that strongly resembles the one used by Carrie during the prom in the [[Film/Carrie1976 1976 adaption.]]
**In the Prom Ball scene, a plastic cup with the name of the eponymous girl can be seen.
*SpannerInTheWorks: After The Rorschach Reaper calls to warn you that he'll kill your suspects if they see you interrogating them, Riley, Luke, and Michael (who weren't suspects in this case) drop by to speak with you and tell you random information regarding the people you can't talk to, allowing you to solve the murder thanks to them.
*TragicKeepsake: Chad's photo with Madison becomes this after her death.
*VillainousBreakdown: Tess gets a short but pretty epic one after Ramirez knocks out an hypnotized Jones.
-->'''Tess:''' WHAT DID YOU DO?! You ruined everything! <Player's Name>'s death was going to be my masterpiece! YOU DESTROYED MY WORK!
*WellIntentionedExtremist: After the case is solved, you learn that Caroline's school security plan involves weapon detectors at the entrances, a patrolling helicopter, students wearing GPS trackers, cameras on the bathrooms, and circulation permits. Even the usually paranoid Jones thinks this is a little too much, and Donna fortunately manages to talk her out of it.
*YankTheDogsChain: Just when Chad and Madison were getting together in a lovely relationship, she's killed right in fornt of her. ''Ouch.''
*XanatosGambit: As we learn during her arrest, Tess' plan was one. Either you fail to catch her, allowing her to be free and continue killing people, or you arrest her, giving her the opportunity to hypnotize Jones and make him kill you.
*YouDoNotWantToKnow: During Tess' trial.
-->'''Judge Hall:''' And you, Miss Goodwin? What did you see in those Rorschach tests?
-->'''Tess:''' Believe me, your Honor: you don't want to know.
*YourHeadASplode: How Madison is killed due to a rigged tiara, which blows off the top of her head.
[[caption-width-right:350:What better way to end an StoryArc set on an University than a HighSchoolDance?]]
Is [[HighSchoolDance Prom Night]] at Grimsborough's university, and the entire Police Department has been invited due to their hard work during the school year. Everyone is partying, having fun, and cheering for Madison Springer, the recently crowned Queen of the Ball! [[TemptingFate Everything seems to be going well.]]
[[MoodWhiplash Then Madison's tiara explodes]], killing her instantly.
!!Tropes:
*AntagonistTitle: The Rorschach Reaper is the SerialKiller that has been causing deaths across the University, and now it's up to you to catch them in this case.
*BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase37TheReaperAndTheGeek Tess Goodwin]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Chad Baker]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Donna Walker, Cathy King/The @rtist]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase40AnElementaryMurder Caroline Fitzgerald]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the final one set in the University district. [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase33KillingMeSoftly Riley Davies]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Luke Harris]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Michael Fletcher]] also make small cameos in Chapter 3, providing you with involuntary information regarding your suspects.
*BigBadFriend: Even if she's a crazy SerialKiller who tried to kill you, Tess' [[{{Fangirl}} admiration for you]] seems to be entirely genuine by the end.
*BigDamnHeroes: Ramirez saves you from an hypnotized Jones by smacking him with a FryingPanOfDoom, ruining Tess' plans.
*BloodSplatteredInnocents: Poor Chad has to spend the rest of the case covered with Madison's blood since he was the one closest to her during her death.
*CallingCard: Jones and the player quickly discover that The Rorschach Reaper was the one who killed Madison after they found one of their inkblot tests near her body.
*TheClimax: For the University district.
*CallBack:
**The events of [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase32MurderOnCampus Case 32]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Case 38]] are brought up again as a way of identifying The Rorschach Reaper's M.O. Penelope Rivera, the killer of Case 35, also makes an appearance.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase31DogEatDog Mayor Howard Johnson]] appears [[OncePerEpisode again]] at the end of the case to congratulate you for your work at the University and promote you to Maple Heights.
*CapturedOnPurpose: Tess gives you leads to discover her identity since the final part of her plan needed her to be at the police station, where she would hypnotize Jones and make him kill you.
*ContinuityNod:
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase34DeadManRunning The school stadium]] reappears as a crime scene.
**Donna's office and the gymnasium, previously seen in [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase39MarkedForDeath Case 39]], return as crime scenes. Caroline and Jones also mention the events that transpired during said case.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase36TheDevilsPlayground Madison's Amish past]] is brought up again, with Tess revealing that she had been [[{{Blackmail}} blackmailing her with it.]]
*TheCorrupter: Tess' M.O. involves hypnotizing people who saw a certain result in inkblot tests, delivering speeches to them that concern their grudge against certain people, and encouraging them to "do the right thing". She claimed that those killers had weak minds, and all she did was "give them a little push". She even attempts to do this on Jones against the player.
*DanceOfRomance: Alex and Cathy share one during the Additional Investigation.
*EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: Tess, Madison's killer, says that this night has been quite a show and that's what she calls [[YourHeadASplode going out with a bang.]]
*{{Foreshadowing}}: At the end of the case, Mayor Howard Johnson [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase42BloodAndGlory invites you to a party]] as part of his re-election campaign.
*FryingPanOfDoom: Ramirez manages to knock out an hypnotized Jones before he kills you.
*HighSchoolDance: Where Madison was killed, right after being crowned Queen of the Ball no less.
*HumansAreBastards: Implied by Tess during her trial, claiming that this is was her thesis was about.
-->'''Tess:''' Their minds were so weak, I bet I could have done it even without hypnotizing them. A murderer sleeps in everyone of us, your Honor! That's what my thesis is all about.
*HypnoPendulum: This is how Tess has been hypnotizing previous murderers to give them "the little push" needed to kill, and does the same with Jones in an attempt to make him kill you.
*KilledMidSentence:
-->'''Madison:''' I can't believe it, it's the happiest day of my lif- ''[[[YourHeadASplode BOOM]]]''
*LifeSavingMisfortune: Alex is extremely glad that Cathy didn't win the Queen of the Ball contest, since she would've been the one dead instead of Madison.
*TheManBehindTheMan: Tess reveals herself as the mastermind behind the murders of [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase32MurderOnCampus Case 32]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase35AtTheEndOfTheRope Case 35]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase38SpringBreakMassacre Case 38]], hypnotizing the killers so they could receive the little push they needed to kill their friends.
*MoreThanMindControl: According to Tess, her hypnotism didn't force previous murderers to kill, but rather just gave them a confidence boost to do it.
-->'''Tess:''' Manipulate? Misha, Penelope, Taylor... They all wanted to kill, they had it in them! They barely needed the little push I gave them!
*MysteriousNote: The Rorschach Reaper keeps sending these to you throughout the investigation, even warning you to stop interrogating people or else they'll kill someone else.
*NervousWreck: Jones becomes one in the final leg of the case, since The Rorschach Reaper has put them a time limit onto their arrest before they decide to kill more people.
-->'''Jones:''' We have to stay calm, <Player's Name>! [[SuddenlyShouting WE HAVE TO STAY CALM!]]
*NeverMyFault: Tess says during her trial that she never laid a finger on the victims from previous cases and such she isn't responsible for their deaths.
*OverprotectiveDad: Chief King prohibits his granddaughter Cathy to involve herself in the investigation, fearing that The Rorschach Reaper would also target her.
*RaceAgainstTheClock: The Rorschach Reaper gives you until dawn to catch them or else they'll kill someone else.
*SecretSecretKeeper: Ramirez and the Player, for the fact that Ramirez had to whack Jones on the head with a frying pan to stop him from shooting the player while under Tess's mind control. Jones assumes his injury is from falling down some stairs, and neither you nor Ramirez bothers to correct him.
*SerialKiller: Tess Goodwin finally reveals herself as The Rorschach Reaper, killer of Madison Springer and the mastermind behind at least three previous murders.
*ShipperOnDeck: Jones becomes this towards Alex and Cathy.
-->'''Alex:''' A-a dance? With me? But- But there's no music! And no lig-
-->'''Jones:''' Of course this idiot would love to dance with you, Cathy! Go on, have fun!
*ShoutOut: This case contains a handful of allusions to ''{{Literature/Carrie}}'':
**The case starts during the King and Queen of the Prom crowning, with one of them dying due to foul play effectuated by a student.
**Madison Springer, who has just been crowned Queen of the Prom, is wearing a dress that strongly resembles the one used by Carrie during the prom in the [[Film/Carrie1976 1976 adaption.]]
**In the Prom Ball scene, a plastic cup with the name of the eponymous girl can be seen.
*SpannerInTheWorks: After The Rorschach Reaper calls to warn you that he'll kill your suspects if they see you interrogating them, Riley, Luke, and Michael (who weren't suspects in this case) drop by to speak with you and tell you random information regarding the people you can't talk to, allowing you to solve the murder thanks to them.
*TragicKeepsake: Chad's photo with Madison becomes this after her death.
*VillainousBreakdown: Tess gets a short but pretty epic one after Ramirez knocks out an hypnotized Jones.
-->'''Tess:''' WHAT DID YOU DO?! You ruined everything! <Player's Name>'s death was going to be my masterpiece! YOU DESTROYED MY WORK!
*WellIntentionedExtremist: After the case is solved, you learn that Caroline's school security plan involves weapon detectors at the entrances, a patrolling helicopter, students wearing GPS trackers, cameras on the bathrooms, and circulation permits. Even the usually paranoid Jones thinks this is a little too much, and Donna fortunately manages to talk her out of it.
*YankTheDogsChain: Just when Chad and Madison were getting together in a lovely relationship, she's killed right in fornt of her. ''Ouch.''
*XanatosGambit: As we learn during her arrest, Tess' plan was one. Either you fail to catch her, allowing her to be free and continue killing people, or you arrest her, giving her the opportunity to hypnotize Jones and make him kill you.
*YouDoNotWantToKnow: During Tess' trial.
-->'''Judge Hall:''' And you, Miss Goodwin? What did you see in those Rorschach tests?
-->'''Tess:''' Believe me, your Honor: you don't want to know.
*YourHeadASplode: How Madison is killed due to a rigged tiara, which blows off the top of her head.
