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* PovertyFood: After the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for fixing the police car, Jones's tells you he already has spent a month eating instant ramen due to bad financial decisions.

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* PovertyFood: After the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for fixing the police car, Jones's Jones tells you he already has spent a month eating instant ramen due to bad financial decisions.
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* JumpingOutOfACake: During Chief Parker's birthday celebration at the strip club, Ramirez jumps out of a cake [[FanDisservice naked]], much to Jones' horror.

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* JumpingOutOfACake: During Chief Parker's birthday celebration at the strip club, Ramirez jumps out of a cake [[FanDisservice naked]], much to Jones' Jones's horror.



* LuminescentBlush: Jones constantly blushes throughout this case due to the setting being a strip club, as one of your suspects is a very {{Hunk}}y man whose chest is always exposed and another is the club's strippers "mommy."
* MrsRobinson: Nicolette Butler, one of your suspects and killer, is 55 years old and likes to constantly refer to herself as the stripper's sugar mommy.

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* LuminescentBlush: Jones constantly blushes throughout this case due to the setting being a strip club, as one of your suspects is a very {{Hunk}}y man whose chest is always exposed and another is the club's strippers strippers' "mommy."
* MrsRobinson: Nicolette Butler, one of your suspects and killer, is 55 years old and likes to constantly refer to herself as the stripper's strippers' sugar mommy.



* PovertyFood: After the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for fixing the police car, Jones' tells you he already has spent a month eating instant ramen due to bad financial decisions.

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* PovertyFood: After the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for fixing the police car, Jones' Jones's tells you he already has spent a month eating instant ramen due to bad financial decisions.



* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: While we don't get to see it, Jones' reaction towards the cost of fixing the police car he crashed is all we need to know [[PovertyFood he's going to spend another month only eating instant ramen.]]

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* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: While we don't get to see it, Jones' Jones's reaction towards the cost of fixing the police car he crashed is all we need to know [[PovertyFood he's going to spend another month only eating instant ramen.]]



* StagParty: Player straight with Cathy (whose bachelorette party apparently featured male strippers), but hilariously {{Averted}} with Alex, as he chose go to the arcade during his bachelor party according to Jones.

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* StagParty: Player Played straight with Cathy (whose bachelorette party apparently featured male strippers), strippers) but hilariously {{Averted}} with Alex, as he chose go to the arcade during his bachelor party according to Jones.



-->'''Amir:''' When was that? The fifteenth century? Because you won't convince me there were no strip clubs in the 60s, Rupert!

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-->'''Amir:''' When was that? The fifteenth century? Because you won't convince me there were no strip clubs in the 60s, '60s, Rupert!
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* {{Hunk}}: [[RatedMForManly Thunder Dave.]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_184.png Just look at him.]]

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* {{Hunk}}: [[RatedMForManly Thunder Dave.]] Dave. [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_184.png Just look at him.]]

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* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Rupert does this on Amir's behalf when he tells you one of the killer's traits is drinking Pink Thong cocktails, finding unbelievable how Amir can say such thing with a straight face.

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* ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Rupert does this on Amir's behalf when he tells you one of the killer's traits is drinking Pink Thong cocktails, finding unbelievable how Amir can say such a thing with a straight face.



** There's also one at the end of the 2nd chapter when Jones and Player crash the police car against a tree.



* ExpressiveHair: Whenever Jones gets shocked or freaked out, his hair tends to spike up. It happened here, once he saw [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill how expensive the bill was to pay for the repairment of the police car he crashed.]]



* HypocriticalHumor: Rupert does this during one of his analysis.

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* HypocriticalHumor: Rupert does this during one of his analysis.analyses.



* MrsRobinson: Nicolette Butler, one of your suspects and killer, is 55-years-old and likes to constantly refer to herself as the stripper's sugar mommy.

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* MrsRobinson: Nicolette Butler, one of your suspects and killer, is 55-years-old 55 years old and likes to constantly refer to herself as the stripper's sugar mommy.
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-->'''Jones:''' (''covering his eyes''): Is it over? Is it safe to look? Has Ramirez put on some clothes?
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* LuminescentBlush: Jones constantly blushes throughout this case due to the setting being a strip club, as one of your suspects if a very {{Hunk}}y man whose chest is always exposed and another is the club's strippers "mommy."

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* LuminescentBlush: Jones constantly blushes throughout this case due to the setting being a strip club, as one of your suspects if is a very {{Hunk}}y man whose chest is always exposed and another is the club's strippers "mommy."



** "''You Can Leave Your Tie On''" is a parody of "''You Can Leave You Hat On''".

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** "''You Can Leave Your Tie On''" is a parody of "''You Can Leave You Your Hat On''".



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This case shows one of the risk of talking to your passenger while driving in the form of Jones crashing the patrol car into a tree after getting distracted recapping what you've learned about the case.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This case shows one of the risk risks of talking to your passenger while driving in the form of Jones crashing the patrol car into a tree after getting distracted recapping what you've learned about the case.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: When you ask Bateman about what he was doing in The Maneater, he nervously denies being there for the strippers, claiming he just reunited there with some clients. Whether this is true or Bateman is a ClosetGay is left unanswered.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: When you ask Bateman about what he was doing in The Maneater, he nervously denies being there for the strippers, claiming he just reunited there with some clients. Whether this is true or Bateman is a ClosetGay is left unanswered. [[note]]His next appearance leaves clear he's attracted to women, so he might be bisexual instead.[[/note]]

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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c242c2.png]][[caption-width-right:350: As if strippers didn't have enough problems.]]

The owner of a male strip club calls in for help when one of her best dancers, Voodoo Vince, drops dead from poisoning.

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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Jones:''' When our Chief told us to help her friend, I admit I
didn't have enough problems.expect it to be at a strip club...]]

Chief Parker sends Jones and the player to The owner of a Maneater, her best friend's male strip club calls in for help when one club, to solve the murder of her best dancers, stripper Voodoo Vince, drops who dropped dead from poisoning.during his act after being poisoned.



* BirthdayEpisode: The AI has the group planning a birthday party for the Chief.

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*AmbiguouslyGay: When you ask Bateman about what he was doing in The Maneater, he nervously denies being there for the strippers, claiming he just reunited there with some clients. Whether this is true or Bateman is a ClosetGay is left unanswered.
* BirthdayEpisode: The AI Additional Investigation has the group police department planning a birthday party for the Chief.Chief per her best friend's request, which ends up happening in her strip club.
*CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase08Stonewalled Christian Bateman]] reappears as a suspect.
*ICantBelieveImSayingThis: Rupert does this on Amir's behalf when he tells you one of the killer's traits is drinking Pink Thong cocktails, finding unbelievable how Amir can say such thing with a straight face.
*ChildhoodFriends: Kiki Shae, Chief Parker's best friend and the owner of The Maneater, appears as a suspect.
*ChippendalesDancers: Both the victim and Thunder Dave, his duo, are this.
*{{Cliffhanger}}: The case ends with Amir informing you that Meera Kat is going to perform an art show with real lava tomorrow, leading to the department worrying whether this is a good idea or not.
*ClingyJealousGirl: Maylin Park, the victim's girlfriend, was jealous of all the attention he got from other women due to his job despite the fact claiming earlier that she wasn't bothered about it.
*ContrivedCoincidence: Maylin, one of your suspects, happened to know Zoe Kusama due to both women being in the Grimsborough Asian Women's Association, providing you with an important clue about her disappearance during the Additional Investigation by giving you Zoe's diary.
*ADayInTheLimelight: For Chief Parker, as most of the Additional Investigation is focused on the department celebrating her birthday.
*DisposableVagrant: During the Additional Investigation, you discover that Zoe was investigating the disappearance of dozens of homeless people over the city (including Trey Warner), which had been occurring for ''at least'' six months, and the only reason why the police didn't know about it is because they were people no one cared about. Jones wonders why Zoe never told him anything about it.



* EntitledToHaveYou: Nicolette Butler certainly thinks she's entitled to treat the strippers however she pleases. This led to her murdering Vince because he warned his coworkers about her behavior.
* JumpingOutOfACake: During Chief Parker’s birthday celebration at the strip club in the additional investigation, Ramirez jumps out of a cake, naked, to David’s horror.

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* EntitledToHaveYou: Nicolette Butler certainly thinks she's entitled to treat the strippers however she pleases. This led to her murdering Vince because he warned his coworkers about her creepy behavior.
-->'''Nicolette:''' I paid the money, didn't I? Mama gave the sugar! The boys were mine to do with as I pleased! And Vince dared turn them against me!
-->'''Jones:''' You... they're humans, not things! You don't own them, no matter how much money you spent at the club!
*FanDisservice: During Chief Parker's birthday party, Ramirez, a chubby middle-aged man, pops out naked out of her cake. The chief doesn't seem to mind, [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain but Jones...]]
*{{Guyliner}}: Thunder Dave wears eye glitter as part of his stripper attire.
*HappilyMarried: This case introduces Ray, Chief Parker's husband, attending her birthday party, which he doesn't seem to mind despite taking place in a male strip club and having a bunch of half-naked men dancing for her.
*HeterosexualLifePartners: Thunder Dave [[{{Subverted}} at first]] claims him and the victim were this, but you later learn they were [[TheRival rivals.]]
*{{Hunk}}: [[RatedMForManly Thunder Dave.]] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_184.png Just look at him.]]
*HypocriticalHumor: Rupert does this during one of his analysis.
-->'''Rupert:''' <Player's Name>, I know you're pressed for time and you don't want me to go on rambling, as one sometimes does as one gets older, I admit-
-->'''Jones:''' That rambling thing? [[LampshadeHanging You're doing it right now.]]
*IfItsYouItsOkay: Maylin, the victim's girlfriend, didn't mind him working as a stripper since she knew he only had eyes for her. Later {{Subverted}}, though, when you discover she was starting to grow jealous of all the attention he got from other women.
* JumpingOutOfACake: During Chief Parker’s birthday celebration at the strip club in the additional investigation, club, Ramirez jumps out of a cake, naked, cake [[FanDisservice naked]], much to David’s horror.Jones' horror.
*LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: Jones tells this to the department after Chief Parker's birthday party, mainly because of [[JumpingOutOfACake what happened with Ramirez.]]
*LuminescentBlush: Jones constantly blushes throughout this case due to the setting being a strip club, as one of your suspects if a very {{Hunk}}y man whose chest is always exposed and another is the club's strippers "mommy."
*MrsRobinson: Nicolette Butler, one of your suspects and killer, is 55-years-old and likes to constantly refer to herself as the stripper's sugar mommy.
*NeverMyFault: During her trial, Nicolette declares herself "not guilty," considering it was Vince's fault she killed him due to warning the other strippers about her creepy tendencies.



* ShoutOut: Voodoo Vince's name is one to Film/MagicMike.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Vince was killed when his killer put botulinum toxin into his drink.

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* ShoutOut: *PlasticBitch: One of the killer's traits is that they've had plastic surgery, and Nicolette, the (very selfish and unpleasant) killer, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_751.png looks like this.]]
*PovertyFood: After the ShockinglyExpensiveBill for fixing the police car, Jones' tells you he already has spent a month eating instant ramen due to bad financial decisions.
*TheRival:
Voodoo Vince's name Vince was this for Thunder Dave, as Vince was becoming a SuperiorSuccessor and stealing all the fame and money from Dave.
*ShockinglyExpensiveBill: While we don't get to see it, Jones' reaction towards the cost of fixing the police car he crashed
is one all we need to know [[PovertyFood he's going to spend another month only eating instant ramen.]]
* ShoutOut:
** The victim, Voodoo Vince, is a parody of
Film/MagicMike.
** In the Garage scene, there is an altered "We Can Do It" poster.
** [=MagiCard=] is a parody of [=MasterCard=].
** Protox is a parody of Botox.
** "''You Can Leave Your Tie On''" is a parody of "''You Can Leave You Hat On''".
*StagParty: Player straight with Cathy (whose bachelorette party apparently featured male strippers), but hilariously {{Averted}} with Alex, as he chose go to the arcade during his bachelor party according to Jones.
*StalkerWithACrush: Nicolette had been constantly harassing Vince because of this, which led to him warning the other strippers about her and Nicolette ultimately killing him.
*StalkerWithoutACrush: According to Bateman, Vince had been stalking him because he wanted Bateman to finance his own strip club, and continued insisting even after Bateman denied it.
*SuperiorSuccessor: The victim was this for Thunder Dave, as Vince was hired as Dave's replacement while he took a few days off due to surgery. Vince then quickly became more popular and received more tips than Dave, which led to a rivalry between them.
*SurpriseCarCrash: At the end of Chapter 2, Jones gets distracted while driving and talking to the player and crashes into a tree. Both of you are fine... [[ShockinglyExpensiveBill but Jones' wallet ends up taking a hit.]]
*SurpriseParty: The Additional Investigation has Kiki and the police department organizing a surprise birthday party for Chief Parker.
*SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: This case shows one of the risk of talking to your passenger while driving in the form of Jones crashing the patrol car into a tree after getting distracted recapping what you've learned about the case.
*SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Jones has this to say when you find a cream for abs-enhancement, which he deduces belongs to [[{{Hunk}} Thunder Dave.]]
-->'''Jones''': [[OverlyNervousFlopSweat Not that I was looking at his abs]], mind you. They're just kind of... [[WalkingShirtlessScene hard to escape when you talk to him.]]
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Vince was killed when his killer put botulinum toxin into his drink.drink.
*TemptingFate: Oh Jones, you never learn when to shut up.
-->'''Jones:''' I'm really worried, <Player's Name>. At this point, I'd even welcome a good case to distract me.
-->'''Chief Parker:''' It just so happens that I have on for you!
*TestosteronePoisoning: Martine asks Jones and the player if they haven't been to a stripper club show before, citing all the sweat and testosterone as its selling points. Jones isn't convinced.
*ThatCameOutWrong: The following statement:
-->'''Jones:''' Well, <Player's Name>, this case is certainly off to a fleshy... I mean, flashy start!
*UngratefulBastard: Kiki accuses the victim of being this, as he intended to start his own strip club and become her competition despite the fact Kiki was the one who gave him a job in the first place.
*WalkingShirtlessScene:
**Thunder Dave is only seen with an open waistcoat from the waist up and nothing more.
**During Chief Parker's birthday party, Ramirez [[JumpingOutOfACake jumps out of her cake]] [[FanDisservice completely naked]], though thankfully we only see him from the waist up too.
*WrenchWench: Mailyn Park, the victim's girlfriend and a suspect, works as a mechanic. She's even put in charge of fixing the patrol car crashed by Jones.
*YeGoodeOldeDays: Once again, Rupert does this regarding strip clubs, much to Amir's skepticism.
-->'''Rupert:''' You know, <Player's Name>, in my day, there were no "strip clubs." People just gathered around for a nice cup of tea.
-->'''Amir:''' When was that? The fifteenth century? Because you won't convince me there were no strip clubs in the 60s, Rupert!
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never do learn what Voodoo Vince's real name is.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never do learn what the real names of either Voodoo Vince's real name is.Vince or Thunder Dave.

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[[caption-width-right:350: Strippers can lead to a whole lot of problems.]]

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* EntitledToHaveYou: Nicolette Butler certainly thinks she's entitled to treat the stripper however she pleases.

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* EntitledToHaveYou: Nicolette Butler certainly thinks she's entitled to treat the stripper strippers however she pleases.pleases. This led to her murdering Vince because he warned his coworkers about her behavior.
* JumpingOutOfACake: During Chief Parker’s birthday celebration at the strip club in the additional investigation, Ramirez jumps out of a cake, naked, to David’s horror.
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* ShoutOut: Voodoo Vince's name is one to [[Film/MagicMike]].

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* ShoutOut: Voodoo Vince's name is one to [[Film/MagicMike]].Film/MagicMike.
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* BirthdayEpisode: The AI has the group planning a birthday party for the Chief.

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* AlliterativeName: '''V'''oodoo '''V'''ince.
* BirthdayEpisode: The AI has the group planning a birthday party for the Chief.Chief.
* DisposableSexWorker: Vince, to his killer.
* EntitledToHaveYou: Nicolette Butler certainly thinks she's entitled to treat the stripper however she pleases.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never do learn what Voodoo Vince's real name is.
* ShoutOut: Voodoo Vince's name is one to [[Film/MagicMike]].
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Vince was killed when his killer put botulinum toxin into his drink.
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[[caption-width-right:350: Strippers can lead to a whole lot of problems.]]

The owner of a male strip club calls in for help when one of her best dancers, Voodoo Vince, drops dead from poisoning.

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* BirthdayEpisode: The AI has the group planning a birthday party for the Chief.

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