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* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Judge Powell points during his trial, Ernest freeing the Demon Fish from the underwater cave actually did more harm than good in his quest to preserve the species, as they could've keep living peacefully among the Xerdan ruins with no one to bother them.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: As Judge Powell points during his trial, Ernest freeing the Demon Fish from the underwater cave actually did more harm than good in his quest to preserve the species, as they could've keep kept living peacefully among the Xerdan ruins with no one to bother them.
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** Ray's interactions with Mayor Price evoke [[Series/BrooklynNineNine Captain Holt and Madeline Wuntch's rivalry]]
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* ApatheticCitizens: While this isn't that rare in the franchise, this case deserves a special mention due to the fact the victim is the city mayor herself, as none of the suspects (and even the press) mourn for her death due to she having a beef with every single one of them.
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* ApatheticCitizens: While this isn't that rare in the franchise, this case deserves a special mention due to the fact the victim is the city mayor herself, as none of the suspects (and even the press) mourn for her death due to she her having a beef with every single one of them.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Ernest effectively had this overall, as he was willing to let free a specie of fish he didn't know much about ForScience, didn't give a rat's ass about all the people they killed, and then murdered Martha to release the Demon Fish and prevent them from being killed, even knowing now how dangerous they could be.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Ernest effectively had this overall, as he was willing to let free a specie species of fish he didn't know much about ForScience, didn't give a rat's ass about all the people they killed, and then murdered Martha to release the Demon Fish and prevent them from being killed, even knowing now how dangerous they could be.
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* Patricia's story idea of [[Film/TheShapeOfWater a woman falling in love with a fish.]]
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* SignatureScent: Lola becomes a suspect when you find traces of Diva by Bucci in Martha's hat, a perfume that got discontinued and so Lola bought the entire remaining stock for her, pretty much making it this.
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* SignatureScent: Lola becomes a suspect when you find traces of Diva by Bucci in Martha's hat, a perfume that got discontinued and so Lola bought the entire remaining stock for her, herself, pretty much making it this.exclusive to her.
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* KarmicDeath: Whether she deserved it or not is up to debate, but the way Martha died after trying to exterminate the Demon Fish species can be seen as an example of this Trope.
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* KarmicDeath: Whether she deserved it or not is up to debate, but the way Martha died after trying to exterminate the Demon Fish species can be seen as an example of this Trope. Ernest certainly thinks it is.
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* PyrrhicVictory: After years of work, Ernest manages to prove the world that prehistoric species are capable of still existing. However, this ends up coming at the cost of murdering his own cousin, getting sent to prison for life, and having the fish sent to an aquarium instead of letting them live free inside the Xerdan caves like they did for hundreds of years.
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* PyrrhicVictory: After years of work, Ernest manages to prove the world that prehistoric species are capable of still existing. However, this ends up coming at the cost of murdering his own cousin, indirectly killing the dozens of people the Demon Fish killed, getting sent to prison for life, and having the fish sent to an aquarium instead of letting them live free inside the Xerdan caves like they did for hundreds of years.
* Patricia's story idea of [[Film/TheShapeOfWater a woman falling in love with a fish.]]
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* SkewedPriorities: When you inform Lola of Martha's murder, the first thing she worries about is whether this means the picnic will stp serving champagne, and so she rushes to get a refill.
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* SkewedPriorities: When you inform Lola of Martha's murder, the first thing she worries about is whether this means the picnic will stp stop serving champagne, and so she rushes to get a refill. refill.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ernest effectively had this overall, as he was willing to let free a specie of fish he didn't know much about ForScience, didn't give a rat's ass about all the people they killed, and then murdered Martha to release the Demon Fish and prevent them from being killed, even knowing now how dangerous they could be.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ernest effectively had this overall, as he was willing to let free a specie of fish he didn't know much about ForScience, didn't give a rat's ass about all the people they killed, and then murdered Martha to release the Demon Fish and prevent them from being killed, even knowing now how dangerous they could be.
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Jones and the player rush to the Demon Fish holding facility after hearing of Mayor Price's murder. The report is confirmed when they get there, as they find someone has pushed her into a tank holding the Demon Fish, which proceeded to eat her alive.
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* BackForTheFinale: Benjamin Fletcher, Patricia P. Harris, Lola Valquez, Ernest Emerson, and Ray Parker all appear as suspects.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
* NoodleIncident: After Jones addresses several news reporters asking for questions about the mayor's death, he says he hasn't been this nervous since he played a donkey in his school's nativity play.
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* BackForTheFinale: Benjamin Fletcher, Patricia P. Harris, Lola Valquez, Ernest Emerson, and Ray Parker all appear as suspects.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
* NoodleIncident: After Jones addresses several news reporters asking for questions about the mayor's death, he says he hasn't been this nervous since he played a donkey in his school's nativity play.
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Jones and the player rush to the animal control facility where the Demon Fish
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*AcquiredSituationalNarcissism: [[TheDiva Not that she was very humble to
*ApatheticCitizens: While this isn't that rare in the franchise, this case deserves a special mention due to the fact the victim is the city mayor herself, as none of the suspects (and even the press) mourn for her
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* BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase28DeadMenTellNoTales Ernest Emerson, Patricia P. Harris]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase29LightMyFire Benjamin Fletcher,
*BeardnessProtectionProgram: As part of his Mortimer disguise, Rupert is required to sport a fake beard.
*BlameGame: Benjamin had been blaming Martha for [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase26BoneOfContention Penny's death]] due to filling her head with ideas of civil duty, which led to Penny investigating the dognapper and ultimately being murdered for it. As a result, this gets him marked as a strong suspect.
*BookBurning: Despite Patricia being one of her biggest supporters and financiers in her political campaign, Martha still decided to ban her books from public libraries due to "corrupting the mind of the young" due to their raunchy nature, something that didn't sit well with Patricia, who made a piñata of Martha's head to let off steam. She later attempts to revert this decision by stealing the mayoral seal from her body, but she's caught.
*CantHoldHerLiquor: Lola seems to have a very low alcohol tolerance, since she gets absolutely plastered on champagne to the point she can barely speak and even vomits all over Jones' shoes.
*TheClimax: For Maple Heights.
*ConnectedAllAlong: Martha, the mayoral candidate you met in Season 1, and Ernest, the Antarctica scientist with a minor appearance back in Season 3, are actually cousins. Who would've thought?
*ContinuityNod:
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase43TroubledWaters This isn't the first time]] Patricia has been caught stealing because of her novels. She's even confronted and fined during the Additional Investigation just like the aforementioned instance.
**Jones' love for celebrity gossip magazines [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase44TheScentOfDeath is brought up again]] when he tells you one of them reported Lola buying the entire stock of her favorite perfume after it got discontinued.
**Martine recalls [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase26BoneOfContention this isn't the first City Hall member you've sent to her]].
*DevouredByTheHorde: Martha's body is found half-eaten by the Demon Fish, with chunks of her legs, arms, torso, and even a cheek already devoured by them. Thankfully, it seems she died pretty quickly because of the neurotoxin according to Martine.
*DidntThinkThisThrough: As Judge Powell points during his trial, Ernest freeing the Demon Fish from the underwater cave actually did more harm than good in his quest to preserve the species, as they could've keep living peacefully among the Xerdan ruins with no one to bother them.
*TheDogWasTheMastermind: What Jones thinks of Ernest being the one responsible from freeing the Demon Fish into the Grimsborough waters and murdering the mayor.
-->'''Jones:''' Dr. Emerson always struck me as eccentric, but I never thought he'd be capable of killing someone!\\
And not only that, we've discovered he was the one who blew a hole in the underwater cavern and released the Demon Fish in the first place!\\
Who would've thought it? Especially after he helped us save Martine when she was bitten!
*EarlyBirdCameo: Barb Bellamy, the head of security of [=DreamLife's=] dome, makes an unnamed cameo picking up Rupert disguised as Mortimer to take him under the dome before being properly introduced [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase31Domesday in the next case]].
*EndangeredSpecies: Martha actually intended to exterminate the Demon Fish after giving the press a tour around the animal control facilities, which put him at odds with her cousin Ernest and ultimately led to him killing her when she caught Ernest trying to free them back into the river.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish into the river in the first place all to prove their
-->'''Jones:''' So you found an ancient species that you knew nothing about, and you thought it'd be a good idea to release them into the city's water supply?!\\
'''Ernest:''' It was for science! But then you had to get involved and capture them, <Player's Name>!\\
'''Jones:''' Yes, because they were killing people!
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Coupled with a dose of TemptingFate, Cathy warns Rupert [[spoiler:to not let anyone see him talking to the police department through the HiddenWire she's installed in his watch, or else he could get in trouble with [=DreamLife=]]]. Come [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase32ThingsFallApart Case 32]], and this is exactly what happens.
*GadgetWatches: During the Additional Investigation, Cathy modifies Rupert's watch with a HiddenWire so he'll be able to communicate with the team while inside the dome.
*GreenEyedMonster: Lola accuses the mayor of being this because she rejected Lola's proposal of building a stature commemorating her, although it's clear Lola is just making stuff up.
*InterspeciesRomance: During the Additional Investigation, Patricia tells you her next book will be about a woman falling in love with a fish.
*KarmicDeath: Whether she deserved it or not is up to debate, but the way Martha died after trying to exterminate the Demon Fish species can be seen as an example of this Trope.
-->'''Jones:''' So you pushed her! You let her be eaten by the Demon Fish!\\
'''Ernest:''' It was a fitting end for her! Killed by the very creatures she wanted to murder!
*LampshadeHanging: When you discover a series of text messages between Martha and Ernest that show they had a fight before her death, Jones says he's tired of suspects always lying to you, which is a commonplace in the series where the suspects never tell you the full relationship they had with the victim during their first interrogation.
*LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Joe Warren, Martha's vice-mayor is introduced in this case during the Additional Investigation, taking the helm as Grimsborough's interim mayor until new elections can be held.
*MediaScrum: One is held at the beginning of Chapter 2 when news about Martha's death break out, with Chief Parker forcing a very nervous Jones to take care of it.
*TheMourningAfter: Benjamin is still in pain after Penny's death, to the point he
*MurderInTheFamily: Martha was
* NoodleIncident: After Jones addresses several news reporters asking for questions about the mayor's death, he says he hasn't been this nervous since he played a donkey in his school's nativity
*OverlyNervousFlopSweat: One of the killer's traits is that they sweat a lot, and as such, many of your suspects are seen doing it.
-->'''Lola:''' Today's the WORST! I'm sweating like... like a sinner in church! AND my s-sunscreen's run out!
*PerformanceAnxiety: Jones suffers from this when he's forced to address the MediaScrum regarding Martha's death.
*PicnicEpisode: The case and most of the crime scenes take place during a picnic held by Martha, who organized it to celebrate the capture of the Demon Fish.
*PyrrhicVictory: After years of work, Ernest manages to prove the world that prehistoric species are capable of still existing. However, this ends up coming at the cost of murdering his own cousin, getting sent to prison for life, and having the fish sent to an aquarium instead of letting them live free inside the Xerdan caves like they did for hundreds of years.
*IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: When you inform her of Martha's death, Patricia says she's always wanted to write a steamy City Hall romance novel, and is planning to name a character after the mayor in her next book.
*ShoutOut:
** Joe Warren resembles Creator/AdrienBrody.
** Brolex is a parody of Rolex.
*ShrineToSelf: Lola had requested Martha to build a statue of her as a commemoration, but Martha rejected the proposal due to the statue breaking height rules, which greatly upset the diva.
*SignatureScent: Lola becomes a suspect when you find traces of Diva by Bucci in Martha's hat, a perfume that got discontinued and so Lola bought the entire remaining stock for her, pretty much making it this.
*SitcomArchnemesis: Turns out Ray and Martha had this kind of relationship, being incapable of standing each other due to Martha finding his proposals in the City Hall reunions so tedious she started holding said reunions without inviting him.
*SkewedPriorities: When you inform Lola of Martha's murder, the first thing she worries about is whether this means the picnic will stp serving champagne, and so she rushes to get a refill.
*VolleyingInsults: You find a recording of Ray and Martha throwing these to each other, which is how you find about their status as SitcomArchnemesis.
-->'''Martha:''' You know I despise lilies, Ray! They reek of death!\\
'''Ray:''' Quite, just like your breath. And their vibrant orange color reminds me of the burning fires of hell, where you're headed for serving your guests prosecco instead of champagne!\\
'''Martha:''' How long did it take you to think up that insult, Ray? You're sweating with exertion!\\
Besides, your name would've never made it onto the guest list if I still had an assistant!\\
'''Ray:''' Well, I see you're still as salty as those olives they're serving.
*VomitIndiscretionShot: Lola visibly pukes all over Jones' shoes when she appears drunk at the start of Chapter 3.
*WoundedGazelleGambit: Ernest claims to be saddened about Martha's due to being cousins, when in fact he's the one who murdered her.
*YouHaveToBelieveMe: Benjamin says this word for word when you arrive to collect Martha's body, claiming he had nothing to do with her death.
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* BackForTheFinale: Benjamin Fletcher, Patricia P. Harris, Lola Valquez, Ernest Emerson, and Ray Parker all appear as suspsects.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
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* BackForTheFinale: Benjamin Fletcher, Patricia P. Harris, Lola Valquez, Ernest Emerson, and Ray Parker all appear as suspsects.suspects.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killedher.her.
* NoodleIncident: After Jones addresses several news reporters asking for questions about the mayor's death, he says he hasn't been this nervous since he played a donkey in his school's nativity play.
* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed
* NoodleIncident: After Jones addresses several news reporters asking for questions about the mayor's death, he says he hasn't been this nervous since he played a donkey in his school's nativity play.
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* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
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* ForScience: Ernest is revealed to be the one who unleashed the Demon Fish in the first place all to prove their existence. When he learned Mayor Price was gonna have them exterminated, he killed her.
