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During a Saint Patrick's day parade, Frank and the player come across the body of Irish priest Angus O'Brian, strung by balloons and floating in the air with his spine missing.

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During a Saint Patrick's day Day parade, Frank and the player come across the body of Irish priest Angus O'Brian, strung by balloons and floating in the air with his spine missing.



* {{Blackmail}}: Angus had been blackmailing Mark into giving him steroids in exchange of not revealing the secrets he had confessed to him as a priest.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Angus had been blackmailing Mark into giving him steroids in exchange of for not revealing the secrets he had confessed to him as a priest.



* BrokenPedestal: Villainous example with Fredo and Hannah, who used to be member of Inner Chaos and an admirer of Fredo until she started to see how dangerous they were.

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* BrokenPedestal: Villainous example with Fredo and Hannah, who used to be a member of Inner Chaos and an admirer of Fredo until she started to see how dangerous they were.



* DeadGuyOnDisplay: You find the victim's body exposed during a St. Patrick's day parade.

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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: You find the victim's body exposed during a St. Patrick's day Day parade.



* FightingIrish: Both O'Brians are Irish bare-knuckle fighters.



* IsThisAJoke: When Frank recaps how the suspects are a Russian, an Anarchist, an Irishman, a surgeon and a fighter, he says it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.

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* IsThisAJoke: When Frank recaps how the suspects are a Russian, an Anarchist, an Irishman, a surgeon surgeon, and a fighter, he says it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.



* NoodleIncident: Chief Marquez recalls how Frank locked himself up in the station's detention cell last time he celebrated Saint Patrick's day.

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* NoodleIncident: Chief Marquez recalls how Frank locked himself up in the station's detention cell the last time he celebrated Saint Patrick's day.Day.



* SiblingRivalry: Angus and his brother Colin were at odds with each other since Angus didn't lent him a place to sleep after Colin arrived to Inner City, then tricked him into losing a boxing tournament so he could hog all the prize money for himself.

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* SiblingRivalry: Angus and his brother Colin were at odds with each other since Angus didn't lent lend him a place to sleep after Colin arrived to in Inner City, then tricked him into losing a boxing tournament so he could hog all the prize money for himself.

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* BusmansHoliday: Frank and the player discover the body while attending a parade.
-->'''Frank:''' Oh no, don't even think about it, <Player's Name>: this is Saint Patrick's and there will be zero investigations today!


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* PulledFromYourDayOff: Frank and the player discover the body while attending a parade.
-->'''Frank:''' Oh no, don't even think about it, <Player's Name>: this is Saint Patrick's and there will be zero investigations today!
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*FanDisservice: The player finds a picture of Shelly, who is fat and not at all pretty, in a sexy/seductive pose.
-->'''Frank:''' Yikes, this can't be unseen!


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*IrishPriest: The murder victim is the local priest of Inner City and a member of the Irish community residing in the district.
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*DeadGuyOnDisplay: You find the victim's body exposed during a St. Patrick's day parade.
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Frank:''' Chief, it's Saint Patrick's day: the one day in the year where you HAVE to drink.]]

During a Saint Patrick's day parade, Frank and the player come across the body of Irish priest Angus O'Brian, strung by balloons and floating in the air with his spine missing.

!!Tropes:
*AbhorrentAdmirer: Shelly becomes this for Frank after you interrogate her for the first time.
-->'''Frank:''' I'm warning you <Player's Name>, if you tell anyone back at the station that Shelly likes me, you will regret it.
*AnarchyIsChaos: This is the ultimate goal of Inner Chaos.
-->'''Fredo:''' Mock me all you want: but I will liberate this city by restoring chaos on its streets!
*BackForTheDead: {{Inverted}}. Shelly Dulard, who came back [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayBayouBleuDistrict from a district-long absence]], turns out to be the killer.
*BadassPreacher: Angus was an Irish priest by the day, and an underground boxer by the night.
*{{Blackmail}}: Angus had been blackmailing Mark into giving him steroids in exchange of not revealing the secrets he had confessed to him as a priest.
*BombThrowingAnarchists: We're finally properly introduced to Inner Chaos in this case with the debut of Fredo Mancini, the leader of the group.
*BrokenPedestal: Villainous example with Fredo and Hannah, who used to be member of Inner Chaos and an admirer of Fredo until she started to see how dangerous they were.
*BusmansHoliday: Frank and the player discover the body while attending a parade.
-->'''Frank:''' Oh no, don't even think about it, <Player's Name>: this is Saint Patrick's and there will be zero investigations today!
*CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase07EasyPrey Shelly Dulard]] and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase12Payback Mark McKenzie]] reappear as suspects in this case.
* ContinuityCameo: A drawing of [[VideoGame/CriminalCaseGrimsborough Jones]] eating cookies appears in Ramirez' notebook.
*ContinuityNod:
**Franks recalls how [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase11Heartless a heart]] and [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase13EasternPromises a pair of lungs]] have disappeared from the victim's bodies after you discover that Angus' spine was removed.
**When meeting Shelly Dulard, Frank mentions [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase07EasyPrey that time she threw a bucket of fish guts at Amy.]]
*CruelAndUnusualDeath: The victim was killed by being forced to ingest helium until his lungs exploded.
*DisappointedInYou: Villainous example regarding Fredo with Hannah, who properly responds with a ShutUpHannibal.
-->'''Fredo:''' I found you, I taught you how to fight the pigs! And now you're one of them? Instead of hunting the corrupt government, you work for them... How does it feel to betray yourself?
-->'''Hannah:''' It's true, you found me, and then you nearly led me to jail for some abstract dogma! Thanks, but I'm better off with <Player's Name>, at least they make things right without creating fights!
*TheDon: You meet Nikolai Kamarov in this case, who despite only acting as the leader of the Russian community of Inner City, is clear that he has ''very'' close ties to TheMafiya.
*EmbarrassingOldPhoto: Shelly sent a "sexy" picture of her to Angus, which he used to humiliate her and crush her self-esteem to win the tournament against her. It's the reason why she killed him.
*ForeignCussword: {{Downplayed}}. Nikolai calls Angus a "dourak", which is Russian for fool.
*HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Mark notes how Inner City can't have a celebration for five minutes without a murder ruining it for everyone.
*IsThisAJoke: When Frank recaps how the suspects are a Russian, an Anarchist, an Irishman, a surgeon and a fighter, he says it sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.
*LoveHurts: Shelly fell in love with Angus when they met each other in the ring, and Angus deceived her into making it appear he loved her too. However, it turned out to be part of Angus' plan so he could win against her in the tournament, which made her kill him.
*NoodleIncident: Chief Marquez recalls how Frank locked himself up in the station's detention cell last time he celebrated Saint Patrick's day.
*PyroManiac: Fredo tries to burn a church with a Molotov cocktail, though Frank manages to stop him.
*ShoutOut:
** In the Street Parade scene, there is a poster of [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} the Terminator saying his iconic line "I'll be back"]]. There is also a banner for [[Series/{{Seinfeld}} Festivus]].
** In the Parade Float scene, there is a satirical picture of Creator/OscarWilde.
** In the Statue scene, there is a picture of the Virgin Mary as well as pixel art of a [[VideoGame/SpaceInvaders Space Invader]].
*SiblingRivalry: Angus and his brother Colin were at odds with each other since Angus didn't lent him a place to sleep after Colin arrived to Inner City, then tricked him into losing a boxing tournament so he could hog all the prize money for himself.
*ThereAreNoCoincidences: Frank says a variant of this after you find out that the victim's spine has gone missing.
-->'''Frank:''' You're right <Player's Name>, since we've been in Inner City, first a heart went missing, then some lungs... And now a spine?!
-->Two can be passed off as being a coincidence, but three is too important to ignore...
*ThrowingTheFight: Nikolai paid Angus 50,000 dollars to lose the fighting tournament against Shelly since all the odds were against her and Nikolai would've made a fortune if Shelly won, but Angus ended up double-crossing him.
*TitleDrop: Nikolai Kamarov drops one, which doubles as a {{Pun}} for how the victim was found.
-->'''Nikolai:''' You know, just because the Irish like to drink, they think us Russians are alike. But I find them... How do you say? Spineless.
*TookALevelInKindness: Shelly is more friendly and less rude towards you. Ironically, she ends up being the killer despite that.
*UnseenNoMore: After only being hinted at [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase11Heartless in the]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase12Payback previous]] [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase13EasternPromises three]] cases of Inner City, Fredo Mancini, leader of [[BombThrowingAnarchists Inner Chaos]], makes his debut here.
*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Frank confesses he is afraid of clowns in this case.
*YouDoNotWantToKnow: Frank tells the player that his story about how he knows Nikolai Kamarov is one he'd rather not remember.

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