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* CynicismCatalyst: Nurse Jemima tells you that she stopped caring about her own childhood when she lost her favorite doll years ago and none of the adults cared, which is why she acts so hold and apathetic towards everything.

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* CynicismCatalyst: Nurse Jemima tells you that she stopped caring about her own childhood when she lost her favorite doll years ago and none of the adults cared, which is why she acts so hold cold and apathetic towards everything.
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Fixing misuse. The Bus Came Back should only apply if the character was incarcerated, explicitly shown to go away, or returns after another season.


* TheBusCameBack: Nurse Jemima Hatchett returns as a suspect after her initial appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19.]]
* CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase31BridgeOverTroubledWater Dermot McMurphy and Antonio Dante]] reappear as suspects, while [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase30HowTheEastWasWon Seamus O'Neill]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase33HoldYourTongue Giulietta Capecchi]] briefly appear during the Additional Investigation.

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* TheBusCameBack: Nurse Jemima Hatchett returns as *TheBusCameBack: Seamus O'Neill makes a suspect after her initial brief appearance after being last seen in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase30HowTheEastWasWon Case 30]], where he was incarcerated.
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[[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19.]]
* CallBack:
Nurse Jemima Hatchett]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase31BridgeOverTroubledWater Dermot McMurphy McMurphy, and Antonio Dante]] reappear as suspects, while [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase30HowTheEastWasWon Seamus O'Neill]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase33HoldYourTongue Giulietta Capecchi]] briefly appear appears during the Additional Investigation.
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*CrisisPointHospital: As a result of the ongoing MobWar that is affecting both gang members and regular citizens, Saint Sulpicius Hospital has become overrun with bodies and injured people, and staff gets so overworked to the point they don't notice medicine being stolen and Dermot running a gambling ring right inside of it.
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[[caption-width-right:350:ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt Crimson Banks is on fire!]]

Amidst a violent MobWar between the Irish and the Italian gangs of Crimson Banks that is growing bloodier by the minute, Maddie and the player are informed that a body has been found at the burning Crimson Bridge that separates both halves of the district, which turns out to be the corpse of Bridget Baker, the plumber they met [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase32CivilBlood in a previous case]], with her head missing.

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*AbusiveParents: Sadie, Bridget's mother, forced her to steal morphine from the hospital (which got Bridget kicked out of it as a result) for her addiction.
*AccidentalMurder: Timmy accidentally killed Bridget when she grabbed him from behind and he struck her with his knife, as he was already on the edge due to the MobWar killing multiple street children and already being robbed once.
*BeardnessProtectionProgram: Seamus has been using a fake beard to pass unnoticed by both the Italian gang and the police, although you don't see him with it on.
*TheBusCameBack: Nurse Jemima Hatchett returns as a suspect after her initial appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19.]]
*CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase31BridgeOverTroubledWater Dermot McMurphy and Antonio Dante]] reappear as suspects, while [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase30HowTheEastWasWon Seamus O'Neill]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase33HoldYourTongue Giulietta Capecchi]] briefly appear during the Additional Investigation.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: The case ends with Evie informing you that Giulietta has sent you a note claiming that her mother Franca is planning to detonate a bomb at the train station.
*CynicismCatalyst: Nurse Jemima tells you that she stopped caring about her own childhood when she lost her favorite doll years ago and none of the adults cared, which is why she acts so hold and apathetic towards everything.
*DeathOfAChild: The victim was just a 17-year-old teen who became another victim of the MobWar razing Crimson Banks.
-->'''Judge Lawson:''' <Player's Name>, today was a hard day to be a judge... I never thought I'd have to sentence one traumatized child for the murder of another...
*DeclarationOfProtection: Timmy tells you how Bridget swore to protect him when they became best friends, although he claims that she left him when the gang wars started and he got mugged as a result.
*IDidntMeanToKillHim: Timmy explains how he accidentally killed Bridget due to mistaking her for a gang member who wanted to rob him and how he didn't mean to kill her.
*EmpathyDollShot: Jemima claims that she lost her childhood memories and innocence when she lost her favorite doll, which you manage to find after many years and slightly restore her faith that there is good people in the world.
*ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: Timmy Tanner is a StreetUrchin who also works as newspaper boy.
*GeneHunting: During one of her analyses, you see Viola arguing with her biological mother about who her real father is. While Viola's mother refuses to say and instead tells Viola that her father is the man who raised her, Viola insists on keep searching for the truth against her mothers's protests.
*HarmfulToMinors: The whole MobWar between the Irish and the Italians has been these for the street kids of Concordia, who are forced to witness death and bloodshed while the gangs kill each other. Worse, sometimes said street kids end up being collateral damage, such as what happened to Bridget.
*IllegalGamblingDen: Dermot has been running one of these in the hospital of all places, and promptly gets arrested by Lawson and the player during the Additional Investigation.
*ImprobableAimingSkills: When Antonio attempts to burn down the playground where the victim was living, Rose manages to shot the match he's holding out of his hand without harming him.
*InnocentBystander:
**Dermot ''claims'' to be this when you find him in the hospital, claiming to be collateral damage of the ongoing MobWar. However, you later discover he's actually part of the Irish gang.
**Played straight with Bridget, who had nothing to do with the gangs but ended as another death indirectly caused by them.
*JunkieParent: Sadie Smith, Bridget's mother, is addicted to morphine, and asked her to steal some for her from the local hospital, which got Bridget kicked out by Nurse Hatchett.
*LackOfEmpathy: Going with her BattleaxeNurse status, Jemima is seen to be very apathetic regarding Bridget's death due to having her hands full with work, and also refuses to give street children a safe space in her hospital until you find her doll during the Additional Investigation.
-->'''Jemima:''' Do you have any idea how many people have been in and out of this hospital since the gang wars began? Of course, you don't! Neither do I!
-->I cannot keep up with the whereabouts of every single patient! They are free to go. Especially when they can't pay! And that girl was no different!
*LipstickMark: This is how you discover Seamus and Giulietta are still dating, as you find marks of her lipstick on the fake beard he's been using.
*LivingEmotionalCrutch: Giulietta claims that she can't live without Seamus, which is why she decided to accept his apology and continue being with him despite killing her father.
*MistakenForSpies: Antonio mistook Bridget for being a spy working with the Irish gang, which is why he tried to burn down the playground where she lived. However, nothing suggests that Antonio claims was true.
*MobWar: The case takes place in the middle of a war between the Irish and the Italian gangs, and isn't until the last stretch of the case that things start to calm down due to both sides not having enough members to keep fighting.
*MoleInCharge: Giulietta explains how she and Seamus have actually been trying to stop the war by working together, and Seamus accepted the position of Irish gang leader so he could sabotage them from the inside for this reason.
*MomentKiller: Maddie and the player interrupt Seamus and Giulietta while both of them are kissing in the park, as Seamus is still a fugitive and is forced to run.
*NeutralityBacklash: Dermot warned Bridget about staying neutral on the gang war, trying to force her to chose a side since anyone who wasn't with the Irish gang was against them.
*OffWithHerHead: How Bridget was killed.
*PartingWordsRegret: Timmy laments how the last thing he said to Bridget was calling her a liar for abandoning him in the middle of the gang war, as he still considered her his best friend. Even worse when you discover he's the one who accidentally killed her.
*PersonaNonGrata: As a result of stealing morphine from the hospital for her mother, Bridget was kicked out of the building by Nurse Hatchett.
*PyroManiac: Antonio attempts to burn down a whole playground with kerosene to "send" a message to the Irish, as Bridget lived in said park and he though she was a spy for the rival gang.
*ShoutOut:
** In the Crimson Bridge scene, there is a bust of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
** Stucco Wafers are a parody of Necco Wafers.
*SocietyIsToBlame:
**During Timmy's trial, Judge Lawson recognizes that society failed Bridget, Timmy, and all the street kids suffering as a result from the MobWar, and laments how their lives were ruined because of it.
**When you interrogate Giulietta about her relationship with Seamus, she tells you that she forgave him for his father's death since it wasn't his fault, but the whole gang wars who forced Seamus to kill him.
*TeenPregnancy: Sadie had Bridget when she was just 17, and was forced to give Bridget for adoption as a result. However, they found each other not long ago.
*TemptingFate: At the end of the case, Maddie laments how they haven't find clues regarding Franca Capecchi's whereabouts moments before Evie comes to inform you that Franca has planted a bomb at the train station.
*TruceZone: During the Additional Investigation, Judge Lawson and the player convince Nurse Hatchett to make her hospital one of these for the street children of Crimson Banks, who are in grave danger due to the MobWar.

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