History VideoGame / CSI

* DisposableSexWorker]] (The victim. TruthInTelevision, as many [[spoiler:serial killers]] like to go after [[spoiler:prostitutes and Troy seems to have a KnightTemplar bend to him]].)

* RedHerring: (Literally; it's found in the fish tank and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Yelina.

8 games have been released based on the {{Series/CSI}} franchise, six based on the original CSI, one based on Series/{{CSINY}} and one based on Series/CSIMiami. Each game has 5 cases to solve, with the final case usually connecting in some way with earlier ones. There are generally 3 suspects in each case, with one obvious suspect, one suspect with a BigSecret and another, non-suspicious one who turns out to be the killer. Though, the games are not above playing with murder mystery tropes.

The cast of both shows voiced themselves in their respective appearances, be they CSI's or other regulars such as Captain Brass or lab technician Greg Sanders (though, he becomes a field agent himself in 3 Dimensions of Murder).

* ChekhovsArmory: [[spoiler: The entire cases becomes very significant later in case five. Notable aspects include the mention of a Murphy Brown in Kylie's printout schedule and the smudged prints on the pharmaceutical bottle.]]
* DisposableSexWorker: The victim was a showgirl

* BigSecret ([[spoiler: Jason Gray is a drug addict, which is what has caused his business to fail.]] Kind of subverted, as he did try to [[spoiler: frame Ritchie for the arson.]])
* CorruptCorporateExecutive (Subverted: [[spoiler: James Ritchie appears to be this, but is cleared from any direct involvement almost immediately after the player questions him.]])
* InsuranceFraud ([[spoiler:Suspected in the middle of the case, then subverted when it is revealed that Gray's confession of this is itself a cover up for his drug problem.]])
* [[spoiler: TheAggressiveDrugDealer]] ([[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since [[spoiler: Stan Ginns]] was most likely high at the time he committed the crime.)

* BewareTheNiceOnes ([[spoiler: Both subverted and played straight, seeing as out of the two polite and helpful characters, John Laskin and Professor Franklin, the former is innocent while the latter is the killer.]])
* [[spoiler: BrokenPedestal (The killer is Nick's old mentor, as well as being a respected professor in the UNLV and within criminology]])
* JackTheRipoff ([[spoiler: Subverted. Evidence indicates that the killer may be a copycat with an intimate knowledge of the original scene, but during his VillainousBreakdown, Franklin\Sutherland explains that ''he'' was the long-sought killer of Jeffrey Deschamps, having killed earlier in his career while studying criminology in order to create the "Perfect Crime", and possibly make a career out of writing on it. Also literally subverted, as Jack Riley was ThePatsy.]])
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller, SplitPersonality]] (The killer, [[spoiler: Professor Franklin\Dr Edwin Sutherland]])

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Dr Wilkinson was cheating on his wife with Leda Callisto.]])
* BlackComedy, IntentionallyAwkwardTitle (Arguably, the title itself)
* ChekhovsGunman (A very impressive example: The unnamed elephant keeper is almost certainly Dominic Petrenko, a key witness in the fifth case of the next game, Dark Motives.)
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin (Not ''quite''. It is only one body in a barrel.)
* MafiaPrincess (The victim, Sophia Benedetti. [[spoiler:One of the biggest reasons for her murder.]])
* WomanScorned ([[spoiler: Subverted with Mrs. Wilkinson and played straight with Leda Callisto, though case five reveals Leda's motives to be much more complex.]])

[[AC:[[spoiler:Leda's]] Swan Song]]

The killer from case four has kidnapped Gil Grissom, and is refusing to give up his location. The player is tasked with rescuing Gil, and soon finds that the titular [[spoiler:Ms. Callisto]] is far more than [[spoiler:she]] seems.

* BigBad, SerialKiller ([[spoiler:Leda turns out to be responsible for Karen\Kylie Yardstrum's murder, making her the perpetrator in cases 1, 4 and 5.]])
* CallBack (To case 4, of course. There is also a [[ChekhovsArmory very significant]] callback to case 1.)
* FictionalCounterpart, WritingAroundTrademarks (U-Store-It.. hmm, why does that sound familiar?)
* SmugSnake ([[spoiler:Leda]])
* HarsherInHindsight ([[spoiler:A dark haired, intelligent young woman who committed a crime out of the victim indirectly causing the death of the only person she loved, an intelligent man with whom she shared a parental relationship, a person who caused harm to Gil Grissom?]]. Nope, nothing like the season 7 finale, no sirree.)
* WomanScorned ([[spoiler:Leda's murders and attempted murder of Gil ultimately come down to her father being framed from tampering with evidence relating to a drug bust of Sophia Benedetti by operatives within CSI working for the politically connected Carlo Benedetti, Sophia's father. Gil Grissom, while not involved in the tampering, did not speak up for Murphy, leading Leda to blame him, in addition to Karen Yardstrum for luring him into a cheap life, for her father's suicide.]])

* AlwaysMurder (Averted. None of the injuries Ace sustained were permanent)
* AssholeVictim (Ace Dillinger, the victim, was described [[UnusualEuphemism euphemistically]] as a horse's 'ace' by his assistant, and bilked [[spoiler: Leslie Handleman for free service by promising, and failing to give her advertising on his show, leading to her]] being used by [[spoiler:Cory Muzotti]] to sabotage Ace's bike).
* BigSecret (Kind of subverted; [[spoiler: Leslie Handleman had disagreements with Ace and was the direct perpetrator, but was paid off by Cory Muzotti to do so.]])
* [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive]] (Cory Muzotti, [[spoiler: who was willing to risk killing his star for a RatingsStunt]])
* [[spoiler: RatingsStunt]] ([[spoiler: Cory Muzotti's]] motive for the crime, as [[spoiler:the show was losing ratings, and might be cancelled if it did badly during this time of season.]])
* TheManBehindTheMan (It initially appears [[spoiler:Leslie]] tried to kill Ace for [[spoiler:shortchanging her for hundreds of dollars in free fix-ups]], but in interrogation, [[spoiler:she reveals she was hired by Cory Muzotti to do it for a ratings stunt and for money, which could compensate her for lost potential advertising revenue]].)
* WrenchWench (Leslie Handleman)

* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler: Meryl Regis] could be viewed as this, for her adulterous affair with Heather Colby]])
* BatmanGambit ([[spoiler:Despite being a crime of passion, Clayton Regis's murder of his wife plays quite well on this, ensuring plausible motives for both Gus and Heather and the possibility of an accident, while establishing a plausible alibi for himself.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Heather Colby was having a lesbian affair with the victim.]]]

* [[spoiler: NoBisexuals]] (Averted with the victim. See below.)
* [[spoiler: SchoolgirlLesbians]] (Meryl Regis and Heather Colby, who first met in acting school and struck up a relationship. Of course, it continues long past that, proving somewhat of a subversion.)
* {{Squib}} (Proves a factor in the case)

* AntiVillain, [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes,, KnightTemplar, LoveMakesYouEvil, {{Necromantic}}]], TheWoobie, WellIntentionedExtremist ([[spoiler:Victor Kaufman killed Ernie Rowntree and took the organs of some of his deceased patients so that his wife would have all her organs and be resurrected on the day of judgement.]])
* AssholeVictim (Aside from [[spoiler:the aforementioned non-victim (of Kaufman, that is) in case two, with him being the target of organ harvesting by Kaufman]], there's [[spoiler: Arnold Zeigler]], who's involved in the illegal animals trade, [[spoiler: Dominic Petrenko]], who, apart from likely working for [[spoiler:the Soviet Union, betrayed his country of Ukraine]] and was also involved in trading illegal animals, [[spoiler: the shady Ernie Rowntree]] and [[spoiler: Dr Julius Rivelli]], who's involved in [[spoiler: the Indian organs trade. This, ironically, leaves only the killer, Victor Kaufman, as a non-asshole.]]
* BigSecret (See above)
* BulletHolesAndRevelations ([[spoiler: More like syringes and revelations. At the very end, Victor Kaufman kills his final victim with a syringe, and there's a close up on Dr Rivelli's eyes watching them appear to contract while a moan can be heard in the background. Then, a pan reveals that Victor committed suicide.]])
* CallBack (Jeffrey Deschamps, the victim of the 20 year old cop killing mystery that played a role in the first game's third case, is listed on the board of directors of Dominic Petrenko's imports company. Brass explicitly points this out, stating a previous intern had worked a case involving Deschamps.)
* ChekhovsGunman (Dominic Petrenko is said to have worked at the Monaco casino with elephants. He both looks and sounds almost exactly like the elephant keeper at the Monaco in the first game's fourth case.)
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]], MyGodWhatHaveIDone ([[spoiler:Rather literally, with Victor Kaufman at the end.]])
* FridgeLogic ([[spoiler:How did Victor intend to give his presumably dead and buried wife her organs back?.]])
* HollywoodJehovahsWitness (Likely both averted and played straight with Victor Kaufman.)
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]] ([[spoiler:''Triple'' subversion. It looks like Victor Kaufman could be this, but then he could just have taken the organs from the deceased after killing them, instead of going through the trouble of involving and blackmailing Dr Julius Rivelli for his wife's donors. We also know that at least one of the victim's was killed by someone else, namely the victim in case two, killed by Clair Thomas, who confessed. While Victor has at least one kill (Ernie Rowntree) and it looks as though he might kill Julius Rivelli next, it turns out that his next and final victim is himself.]])
* TheManBehindTheMan ("[[spoiler: Someone must have done terrible thing to dragon, before I come!]]".)
* WhamEpisode (Everything after it's revealed [[spoiler: Dominic Petrenko is alive.]])

The first (and thus far, only) game of CSI Miami, and the first of any CSI show other than Las Vegas. It introduced updated graphics, and much like it's Las Vegas equivalent, featured the voices of the CSI: Miami cast. It, as you might expect, featured a decidedly different atmosphere, but still with the same CSI flair and the same general themes.

* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:Tim]] Cole was an ill-tempered [[spoiler:adulterer]].)
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Russ Cole skipped football camp with his friends to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.]])
* ChainsawGood (The murder weapon)
* ChekhovsGunman ([[spoiler: Judge Walter Lawford]])
* TheVoice ([[spoiler: Russ Cole]])
* TeensAreMonsters ([[spoiler:Averted. Russ isn't the killer.]])

* AmoralAttorney (Donny Bronson)
* AssholeVictim (As it turns out, the victim tried to [[spoiler:frame his business partner for drug dealing.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Enrique and Nicky were both approached by the victim to perform the aforementioned frame. Nicky rejected it, but Enrique nearly went through with it. Also, Enrique once injured a drunk called Frank Lamb and contributed to the death of an entire family from drunk driving as a result.]])
* JurisdictionFriction (See above. The player has to make the drug link for the FBI to let the CSI's examine the rest of the nightclub.)
* RedHerring, ScaryMinoritySuspect (Subverted. Bobby Bassie, a violent boxer who's blood is on a possible murder weapon, is revealed to have been dead years before the murder occurred, almost immediately after being mentioned. Also subverted with Enrique Sanchez, as he isn't very intimidating despite his bouncer status [[spoiler:and isn't the killer.]])

* [[spoiler: AffablyEvil, SerialKiller]] (The killer)
* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible ([[spoiler: DoubleSubversion. Troy Sullivan may have been following the overall MO of a serial killer who wanted to get caught, but he also misdirected the player towards the other suspects. Played straight with Julia Alvarez and Thad Wilson]])
* CallBack (A possibly unintentional example. During one of the flashback sequences, the killer looks like David McLadden, the victim's assistant in the first case of Dark Motives. [[spoiler:He has nothing to do with it, of course.]])
* [[spoiler: DisposableSexWorker]] (The victim. TruthInTelevision, as many [[spoiler:serial killers]] like to go after [[spoiler:prostitutes and Troy seems to have a KnightTemplar bend to him]].)
* IdolSinger, LatinLover, NoCelebritiesWereHarmed ([[strike:Jennifer Lopez]] Julia Alvarez)
* {{Squick}} ([[spoiler:Thad's sexual problems apparently run back to issues with his mother. Troy thankfully spares us the details. Far more disturbingly (And that's saying something), Troy himself is a necrophiliac serial prostitute killer.]])

* AmoralAttorney (Donny Bronson again)
* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:Roy Diamond, the victim, was killed by Denise Diamond for sexual harassment and manipulative treatment of her and Martin Fordham in regards to their inheritance]])
* BatmanGambit, TheUntwist ([[spoiler:Denise intentionally left the murder weapon, with her fingerprints on it, in a drawer in her room, then directed the CSI's to investigate her brother, who had a less obvious motive (for instance, he usually came up on top during his father's will revisions) and numerous poisons in his room.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Martin Fordham is Roy Diamond's bastard son.]])
* FingerLickingPoison (The cause of the victim's dog, Profit's, death)
* ManipulativeBastard ([[spoiler:The victim himself. See above]])
* RedHerring (Literally; it's found in the fish tank and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Yelina)
* PerfectPoison (Tetrodotoxin, which comes from, among other things, the [[spoiler:blue ringed octopus]].)

* AmoralAttorney (Donny Bronson, yet again. [[spoiler: Played straight in that he is revealed to have been involved in jury tampering, subverted in that he is revealed to have been framed by the Judge for the Judge's death.]])
* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:Deconstructed. It is eventually revealed that the Judge met the previous four cases killers, found out about their problems and manipulated them into killing them, partly out of his disgust with the corruption and softening of the criminal justice system.]])
* BigBad, SerialKiller ([[spoiler: Judge Walter Lawford. See above.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Ron Preston accepted Troy's offer, but didn't go through with it. Louis Stanford found the Judge was already dead with a suicide note, burnt the note, shot the Judge to create the impression he had been silenced by his opponents, and made up a story about kidnapping to implicate other people.]])
* HangingJudge, KnightTemplar, ManipulativeBastard ([[spoiler:The victim.]])
* KarmaHoudini (Averted, as the missing murder weapon in the [[spoiler:second]] case, the killer's shoe, is found near the end of the case.)
* [[spoiler: ThanatosGambit]]
* TheManBehindTheMan (Inverted, in a sense. We know [[spoiler:Troy Sullivan]] claims to have killed the victim, but we don't know how. [[spoiler:Later, it is revealed Ron Preston was used by Sullivan to do so, though he shot the Judge when he was already dead. See above, for a far more elaborate example.]])

* AssholeVictim (The victim was a shrill, egotistical woman who [[spoiler:had sex in the art gallery without Nathan's knowledge.]]
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Mark Stock and the victim's makeup sex, as per above. Also, Nathan Ackerman deals in methamphetamine and was with his bookie at the time of the murder.]])
* ChekhovsGun (The [[spoiler:tickets purchased by the victim prove key to cracking to the case.]])
* ImprovisedWeapon ([[spoiler:The eagle]])
* [[spoiler: MadArtist]] (Justified, because [[spoiler:Patrick Milton was high on cocaine when he killed the victim.]])
* MishmashMuseum (Averted. The art museum stays as such, with only paintings and a few small sculptures in one row.)
* MotiveRant (The killer gives a rather straightforward and angry one when found out)
* ShoutOut (The murder weapon bears a distinct resemblance to ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'')

* AsianAndNerdy (Maya Nguyen. Though this is borderline, depending on whether you think a tomboy marketing executive at a small video game company who dresses in combat gear for live demonstrations can be termed "nerdy".)
* AssholeVictim (The victim was a highly demanding executive producer at a video game company who, as Brass puts it "Has a reputation for pushing people too far".)
* [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes, TheChessmaster]] (Andy Penmore)
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Craig Landers fought with the victim shortly before his death, and was fired from his job.]])
* MediaWatchdog, MoralGuardians (Both had been complaining about the content of Gutwrench III, [[spoiler:and Craig Landers just so happened to agree with them, a factor in his dismissal.]])
* NewMediaAreEvil (Nicely averted. The video game environment is just a setting, the case itself could have taken place in any business environment. Also alluded to. See above.)
* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 (Gutwrench III)

* [[spoiler: AlwaysMurder, FakingTheDead]] [[spoiler:(Subverted and played straight, respectively.)]]
* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:Inverted and played straight, in a way. Michael Dubois was the target of the frameup.]])
* BigSecret (See below. The same individual is also running a bookmaking operation.)
* ChekhovsGun ([[spoiler:The hotel call in Aruba.]])
* DomesticAbuse: (Michael Dubois. Of course, this depends on whether you [[spoiler:believe his story that he and Carrie were into rough sex, or Alex's that he's an abuser.]])
* DaddysGirl (The victim)
* HeadTurningBeauty: (A rare male example in Alex Porterson, [[spoiler:at least to Carrie.]])
* PunnyName (Dubois.. Dubious?)

* MotiveRant (Subverted.)
* [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse (The real reason for the killing is that Carla Mitchell was going to marry another man and possessed an expensive life insurance policy on the victim)]]
* OffingTheOffspring ([[spoiler:Subverted. Emily Hanson was not responsible for her son's death.]])
* RedHerring ([[spoiler:Politics]])
* [[spoiler: SuicideNotMurder]] (Briefly considered during Carla's questioning, but disappointingly never really explored as a possibility)
* TimeDelayedDeath (From [[spoiler:1080 poison in the victim's tobacco.]])

* CallBack (Big time. Nathan Ackerman and Michael Dubois are both suspects.) [[spoiler:As is Carrie Canelli]]
* MotiveRant (Subverted. [[spoiler:When Gus Clein is arrested, he merely asks for his lawyer, and denies killing Melbourn.]]

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Connie's child isn't Shane's. Everett Brower hired her as a surrogate mother after his wife became pregnant with a girl.]])
* CorruptCorporateExecutive ([[spoiler:Nicely subverted with Everett Brower. At worst, he's an old fashioned man willing to resort to unusual measures to get a male heir]])
* [[spoiler: HeirClubForMen]] (See below)
* [[spoiler: MamaBear, WomanScorned]] (The motive for the attack was that [[spoiler:Nicole had a girl, while the victim was carrying Everett Brower's surrogate male child,]] leading [[spoiler:Nicole]] to hate both the victim, for [[spoiler:carrying the heir, and the heir himself, for being a threat to her daughter for Brower's fortune]])
* ProductPlacement (The Visa billboard outside the hospital window)
* RedHerring, [[spoiler: SuicideNotMurder]] (The possibility that the attack [[spoiler:was a suicide attempt]] is brought up by Catherine while examining the victim's wounds, but disappointingly never visited again)

* AscendedFanboy (Todd Hinkley)
* BatmanGambit (Warrick gets Jill's autograph for handwriting comparison to a threatening note left in Andrea and Kathy's apartment, while the player gets DNA off a coffee cup she was drinking. He also gets Eddie's fingerprints by getting Eddie to give him a demo CD)
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Jill Wilde is a cocaine user]])
* CallBack (The high rollers room from case 2 appears again in this case)
* RiggedContest ([[spoiler:Maybe.]])
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan (Todd Hinkley was manipulated by Kathy Cantata into killing Andrea, so she could be the new lead singer, after he owed her a favour for her dressing up as Andrea and having sex with him. The band were accidental collateral damage.)]]

* ArrangedMarriage (Aadarsh Darwan to Adya Bandareet. See below.)
* [[spoiler: AssholeVictim (The victim was the cause of his wife's blindness through a botched eye surgery she insisted she sign a disclaimer on, and tried to force his daughter to marry a man she hated and whom was stealing from him. As such, his wife killed him to free her daughter.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler: Aadarsh Darwan was embezzling the victim's money, and really was there the night of the murder.]])
* ProductPlacement (While tracing Darwan's credit card records, Brass refers to contacting Visa about them and the "good people" they have there. Also Darwan has a portable Dyson vaccum)
* TheKillerWasLeftHanded (Literally. It turns out to be the case breaking clue when [[spoiler:the mother and daughter both confess to the killing.]]

* AssholeVictim (See below)
* BigSecret [[spoiler: Ed Jr was having sex with Jill Wilde, which pissed off the Wilde boys so much they went to confront him over it, leading to his death]]
* CallBack (The victim is [[spoiler:Eddie Tillis' son]], while the confessed shooter is [[spoiler:one of Jill Wilde's identical triplets]]. Both [[spoiler:parents]] appear themselves as suspects.)

* [[spoiler: HideYourLesbians, PsychoLesbian]] ([[spoiler:Kathy Burd]], who killed the victim because [[spoiler:she had ended her lesbian relationship with her years ago and rejected her when propositioned at the hotel room. Also a case of HideYourLesbians, as Kathy's proclivities are not revealed until her MotiveRant.]])

* NoPeriodsPeriod (Given a cursory aversion by one suspect, who, when questioned on the presence of the victim's blood [[spoiler:in her shower]], comes up with a number of innocent attributions for it, including "that time of the month".
* RecycledScript (The setup, though in a high class hotel, resembles that of case one in the original game. Also, [[spoiler:in both cases, it was perpetrated by women out of jealous rage, though Inn and Out was perpetrated out of familial rather than erotic desire.]]
* ScaryMinoritySuspect (Hispanic [[spoiler:trucker Airam Dominguez. He's completely innocent, though.]]
* TheManBehindTheMan (Played with. [[spoiler:When put under pressure during interrogation, Kathy states that Charles killed the victim and blackmailed her into helping him cover up the crime. When interrogated, Charles claims the inverse. He turns out to be telling the truth.]])

* BaldOfAwesome, BaldOfEvil ([[spoiler:Averted on both counts by Hank Hackett, who fits neither category.]]
* BigSecret (Played with. [[spoiler:While Willingham's match fixing was the motive for the murder, it was Tina, not Horace, who was ultimately responsible.]]
* [[spoiler: CorruptCorporateExecutive]], RetiredBadass (Horace Willingham. [[spoiler:He's not the killer, though.]])
* RevealingCoverup ([[spoiler:Both the victim and Hank were killed by Tina in order to cover up Horace's match fixing, which leads the [=CSIs=] pretty quickly in his direction.]])
* [[spoiler: RiggedContest]] (See above.)

* BigSecret (One of the most bizarre yet. [[spoiler:Ernie conspired with Jack to get his wife to drink her way out of rehabilitation, the former of which did so in order to get his wife off the stage and to settle down with him, the latter because the theatre was experiencing cuts and either she or him would be the recipient.]])

* SouthernGentleman (Subverted with Jack Shell. He describes himself as such during his interrogation. Dr Langstrom points out he originates from the Bronx.)

* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:The victim hit his own son in an attempt to mold him to his ways and disliked being seen taking his anti cancer medication so much that he hit his pregnant wife when she accidentally walked in on him taking them, causing her to go into labour.]]

* PunkPunk (The victim, judging by his clothes and hairstyle, was one of these)
* PyroManiac (The victim, naturally, has elements of this.)

* [[spoiler: TheAtoner (Floyd Callister, who leads a normal life in his stage persona of Marcelle after having previously been a violent SerialKiller 36 years ago.)]]
* AuthorTract (Gay-lib themes really start coming out (no pun intended) in this case.)
* BaldOfEvil ([[spoiler:Subverted with Gary Beaumont and played with in the case of Floyd Callister]]
* CallBack (The unnamed gun store clerk (of First Person Shooter), Aadarsh Diwan (of In Your Eyes), Michael Dubois (of Daddy's Girl and The Big White Lie), [[spoiler:Carrie Canneli (ditto)]] and Edsel Danselville aka Ed Freeborn (of Burning for You) appear in the crowd of the club for the episode's teaser. This is rather strange in that the club appears to have a largely homosexual patronage, stranger in that [[spoiler:Aadarsh Diwan]] may have been convicted of credit card fraud, even more bizarre in the case of [[spoiler:Ed Freeborn]], who confessed to a brutal homicide and [[spoiler:arson]], and completely mind boggling in the case of [[spoiler:Michael Dubois]], who confessed to [[spoiler:accessory after the fact, money laundering, drug smuggling and casino slot rigging.]].)
* CelebrityResemblance ([[spoiler:Floyd Callister looks and moves like a CampGay version of Hannibal Lecter. Seeing as both are violent serial killers, it may be more than coincidental.]])
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone [[spoiler: Detective Juarice Briggs gets one when she is informed that the man she murdered in her misguided quest for justice was not the one who killed her husband]].
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller (The Barbur Street Boozer, aka Floyd Callister.)]]

* HelloNurse: (A rare male example in Alex Porterson, [[spoiler:at least to Carrie.]])

* {{HSQ}} (Gets pushed pretty high when [[spoiler: a witness is actually killed off in game.]])

* DomesticAbuser: (Michael Dubois. Of course, this depends on whether you [[spoiler:believe his story that he and Carrie were into rough sex, or Alex's that he's an abuser.]])

* ShoutOut (The murder weapon bears a distinct resemblance to ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}'')

* ShoutOut (The murder weapon bears a distinct resemblance to Film/TheMalteseFalcon)

* [[spoiler: DomesticAbuser]] (Michael Dubois. Of course, this depends on whether you [[spoiler:believe his story that he and Carrie were into rough sex, or Alex's that he's an abuser.]])

* [[spoiler: HelloNurse]] (A rare male example in Alex Porterson, [[spoiler:at least to Carrie.]])

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome, TheStinger (At the very end of the case, Warrick explains to the killer that [[spoiler:the DNA of her "brother" and her did not have a sibling match, and that an off-the-record conversation with the family record keeper reveals that the victim was the product of a love affair between his mother and a chauffeur.]] As such, if the killer hadn't killed the victim, [[spoiler:she would have inherited everything, and wouldn't be going to prison\the chair.]])

* {{Hobos}} ([[spoiler: DoubleSubversion]]. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome.)
* LongLostRelative ([[spoiler: Subverted with the victim. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome]])

* [[spoiler: AlwaysMurder, NeverSuicide]] (Averted)

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome ([[spoiler:The ending.]])
* [[spoiler: HangingJudge]], KnightTemplar, ManipulativeBastard ([[spoiler:The victim.]])

* MediaWatchdogs, MoralGuardians (Both had been complaining about the content of Gutwrench III, [[spoiler:and Craig Landers just so happened to agree with them, a factor in his dismissal.]])

The cases worked on lead up to the climax of the game's main storyline. Dr. Raymond Langston is the player's partner on this case. This case has two parts as there are two murders with one belonging to Manuel Molinez (suspect from the previous case) and the other belonging to Agent Gene Huntby. The main focus of the case is directed towards Beatrice Salazar and a Sergeant named Timothy Lipp.

Sixth game in the CSI series and also the first(and so far only) game based on the NY series. This game was a major departure from the other games in that it was a hidden-object game as opposed to a point-and-click like the previous entries in the series(it also has a graphic novel-like art style as opposed to the more realistic art-styles from the other games) and it was the only game in the series developed by LegacyInteractive. Also different from previous in that the five cases were released episodically(with the last case coming out in 2009, if you buy the game you'll have to have internet access to download and install patch 1.01 to access the last case) All of the CSI: NY main actors reprised their roles.

Sixth game in the CSI series and also the first(and so far only) game based on the NY series. This game was a major departure from the other games in that it was a hidden-object game as opposed to a point-and-click like the previous entries in the series, and it was the only game in the series developed by LegacyInteractive. Also different from previous in that the five cases were released episodically(with the last case coming out in 2009, if you buy the game you'll have to have internet access to download and install patch 1.01 to access the last case) All of the CSI: NY main actors reprised their roles.

A heavily-tattooed man falls to his death from a building, is it suicide or something more?

Sixth game in the CSI series and also the first(and so far only) game based on the NY series. This game was a major departure from the other games in that it was a hidden-object game as opposed to a point-and-click like the previous entries in the series, it was developed by LegacyInteractive. All of the CSI: NY main actors reprised their roles.

Sixth game in the CSI series and also the first(and so far only) game based on the NY series. This game was a major departure from the other games in that it was a hidden-object game as opposed to a point-and-click like the previous entries in the series, it was developed by LegacyInteractive.

A man falls to his death from a building

Sixth game in the CSI series and also the first(and so far only) game based on the NY series. This game was a major departure from the other games in that it was a hidden-object game as opposed to a point-and-click like the previous entries in the series, it was developed by LegacyInteractive. All the NY main cast reprised their roles.

The latest game, which added the mechanism of collecting insects [[HundredPercentCompletion to unlock bonus material]], including in a ''hospital''. Introduced the cell phone mechanic for Brass and Sara (the only CSI not to work with the player directly in a case, likely due to Greg's introduction) to contact and speak to the player remotely, as well as the garage room for examining vehicles. Like the previous game, it used soundalikes for Sara and Catherine.

The sixth of the CSI series featured the addition of new character Dr Raymond Langstrom and EnsembleDarkhorse Riley Adams. It also featured the departure of Gil Grissom, Sara Sidle and Warrick Brown, keeping up with CSI's latest seasons. It produced 5 new cases, a more advanced interface and a darker, more mature feeling closer to that of the original show.

It also featured decidedly Anvilicious ProductPlacement, especially from {{Visa}} and HewlettPackard. All of the lab equipment uses HP monitors, as do all other computer monitors and TV screens in game. It's place in the series timeline is even more ambiguous than most of the CSI games, with the game taking place in 2007 but Grissom not possessing his beard, while Greg has become a lab tech.

* ProductPlacement (While tracing Darwan's credit card records, Brass refers to contacting Visa about them and the "good people" they have there.)

* BatmanGambit (Warrick gets Jill's autograph for handwriting comparison to a threatening note left in Andrea and Kathy's apartment, while the player gets DNA off a coffee cup she was drinking.)

* MotiveRant ([[spoiler:Ed gives one of these after Warrick points out the hole in the story that he just threatened the cabby for money, and accidentally lit him on fire, namely that he snatched the money from the flames. He states that even if he did it the way Warrick described, it would have been to rid the world of an AssholeVictim like Bob Castner.]])

* [[spoiler: BewareTheNiceOnes, TheChessmaster]] (The killer)

* KarmaHoudini (Due to lack of a murder weapon, the DA won't bring charges.)

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:See {{Shotacon}}. Also, Russ Cole skipped football camp with his friends to go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans.]])

* {{Shotacon}} (Averted; [[spoiler: Ronni Landon]] romanced [[spoiler: Russ Cole]] when he was only 18.)

* [[spoiler:{{Shotacon}} (Averted, as Jill Wilde romanced Eddie Tillis when he was 18. This, along with Eddie's boasting about by waving Jill's bra in front of the triplets, caused Anthony to accidentally shoot into the floor and trigger the fatal shootout.)]]

8 games have been released based on the {{Series/CSI}} franchise, six based on the original CSI, one based on Series/CSINY and one based on Series/CSIMiami. Each game has 5 cases to solve, with the final case usually connecting in some way with earlier ones. There are generally 3 suspects in each case, with one obvious suspect, one suspect with a BigSecret and another, non-suspicious one who turns out to be the killer. Though, the games are not above playing with murder mystery tropes.

* BigSecret (Almost ''preemptively'' subverted, given this is the first case of the series. It would seem that [[spoiler:Jenny Strickland]] has one of these, but they only turn up once, early in the case.)
* ChekhovsArmory ([[spoiler: The entire cases becomes very significant later in case five. Notable aspects include the mention of a Murphy Brown in Kylie's printout schedule and the smudged prints on the pharmaceutical bottle.]]
* DisposableSexWorker (The victim was a showgirl)
* NoobCave, StopHelpingMe, UnskippableCutscene (It *is* an unskippable tutorial, after all.)
* TheUntwist ([[spoiler: Ultimately subverted with Devon Rodgers, who is revealed late in case five to have been set up by Leda Callisto, the real killer.]])

* BigSecret (Almost ''pre-emptively'' subverted, given this is the first case of the series. It would seem that [[spoiler:Jenny Strickland]] has one of these, but they only turn up once, early in the case.)
* ChekhovsArmory ([[spoiler:The entire cases becomes very significiant later in case five. Notable aspects include the mention of a Murphy Brown in Kylie's printout schedule and the smudged prints on the pharmaceutical bottle.]]

* TheUntwist ([[spoiler:Ultimately subverted with Devon Rodgers, who is revealed late in case five to have been set up by Leda Callisto, the real killer.]])

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Jason Gray is a drug addict, which is what has caused his business to fail.]] Kind of subverted, as he did try to [[spoiler:frame Ritchie for the arson.]])
* CorruptCorporateExecutive (Subverted: [[spoiler:James Ritchie appears to be this, but is cleared from any direct involvement almost immediately after the player questions him.]])

* [[spoiler:TheAggressiveDrugDealer]] ([[JustifiedTrope Justified]], since [[spoiler:Stan Ginns]] was most likely high at the time he committed the crime.)

* BewareTheNiceOnes ([[spoiler:Both subverted and played straight, seeing as out of the two polite and helpful characters, John Laskin and Professor Franklin, the former is innocent while the latter is the killer.]])
* [[spoiler:BrokenPedestal (The killer is Nick's old mentor, as well as being a respected professor in the UNLV and within crimonology]])
* JackTheRipoff ([[spoiler:Subverted. Evidence indicates that the killer may be a copycat with an intimate knowledge of the original scene, but during his VillainousBreakdown, Franklin\Sutherland explains that ''he'' was the long-sought killer of Jeffrey Deschamps, having killed earlier in his career while studying criminology in order to create the "Perfect Crime", and possibly make a career out of writing on it. Also literally subverted, as Jack Riley was ThePatsy.]])
* [[spoiler:SerialKiller, SplitPersonality]] (The killer, [[spoiler:Professor Franklin\Dr Edwin Sutherland]])

[[AC:More Fun Than A Barrel Of Corpses]]

* WomanScorned ([[spoiler:Subverted with Mrs. Wilkinson and played straight with Leda Callisto, though case five reveals Leda's motives to be much more complex.]])

* CallBack (To case 4, of course. There is also a [[ChekhovsArmory very significiant]] callback to case 1.)

* HarsherInHindsight ([[spoiler:A dark haired, intelligent young woman who committed a crime out of the victim indirectly causing the death of the only person she loved, an intelligent man with whom she shared a parental relationship, a person who caused harm to Gil Grissom?]]. Nope, nothing like the season 7 finale, no siree.)

The second game updated the graphics and introduced new tools, such as the brush for clearing away dust from evidence and the adhesive speciment mount, for removing powdered substances for chemical and electron microscope analysis in the lab.

A daredevil is injured in what looks like a botched stunt during a show at the Meditteranean Casino, but investigation of his motorcycle soons turns up evidence of foul play.

* AssholeVictim (Ace Dillinger, the victim, was described [[UnusualEuphemism euphemistically]] as a horse's 'ace' by his assistant, and bilked [[spoiler:Leslie Handleman for free service by promising, and failing to give her advertising on his show, leading to her]] being used by [[spoiler:Cory Muzotti]] to sabotage Ace's bike).
* BigSecret (Kind of subverted; [[spoiler:Leslie Handleman had disagreements with Ace and was the direct perpetrator, but was paid off by Cory Muzotti to do so.]])
* [[spoiler:CorruptCorporateExecutive]] (Cory Muzotti, [[spoiler: who was willing to risk killing his star for a RatingsStunt]])
* [[spoiler:RatingsStunt]] ([[spoiler:Cory Muzotti's]] motive for the crime, as [[spoiler:the show was losing ratings, and might be cancelled if it did badly during this time of season.]])

* AssholeVictim (The victim [[spoiler: was killed over an argument with his non-sister when he claimed he would fight her for her fathers inheiritance, though one could chalk that up to Clair being an UnreliableNarrator and trying to justify her crime]].)

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Markus van der Hellen non-lethally poisons the homeless with rat poison to avoid them eating his food and bothering the customers in his restaurant.]])
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome, TheStinger (At the very end of the case, Warrick explains to the killer that [[spoiler:the DNA of her "brother" and her did not have a sibling match, and that an off-the-record conversation with the family record keeper reveals that the victim was the product of a love affair between his mother and a chaffeur.]] As such, if the killer hadn't killed the victim, [[spoiler:she would have inhereited everything, and wouldn't be going to prison\the chair.]])

* {{Hobos}} ([[spoiler:DoubleSubversion]]. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome.)
* LongLostRelative ([[spoiler:Subverted with the victim. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome]])
* [[spoiler:WomanScorned]] (The killer.)

[[AC:Diggin' It]]

* BigSecret ([[spoiler:John Montana falsified the land report on the casino land in exchange for Adam Kilborn's trailer. Also, Madame Lazora was one of Freddy's victims.]])
* FortuneTeller, [[spoiler:PhonyPsychic]] (Madame Lazora, who claims to have received psychic visions about the late victim. [[spoiler:The truth, as Adam Kilborn reveals, is rather more simple. She was one of Freddy Sloan's victims, and may have figured out Freddy had been killed, and possibly even knew the perpetrator's identity.]])

* MotiveRant, WellIntentionedExtremist ([[spoiler:Adam Kilborn]] confesses at the end that [[spoiler:he]] killed Freddy because [[spoiler:he]] wanted to start a chain that would lead to the elimination of all con men like Freddy.)
* PrisonRape and BlackComedyRape, TheStinger (Captain Jim Brass: "A word of advice, [[spoiler:Mr Kilborn]]? They have soap in prisons too. Don't bend over in the shower to pick it up.")

* [[spoiler:NoBisexuals]] (Averted with the victim. See below.)
* [[spoiler:SchoolgirlLesbians]] (Meryl Regis and Heather Colby, who first met in acting school and struck up a relationship. Of course, it continues long past that, proving somewhat of a subversion.)

* AntiVillain, [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes,, KnightTemplar, LoveMakesYouEvil, {{Necromantic}}]], TheWoobie, WellIntentionedExtremist ([[spoiler:Victor Kaufman killed Ernie Rowntree and took the organs of some of his deceased patients so that his wife would have all her organs and be resurrected on the day of judgement.]])
* AssholeVictim (Aside from [[spoiler:the aforementioned non-victim (of Kaufman, that is) in case two, with him being the target of organ harvesting by Kaufman]], there's [[spoiler:Arnold Zeigler]], who's involved in the illegal animals trade, [[spoiler:Dominic Petrenko]], who, apart from likely working for [[spoiler:the Soviet Union, betrayed his country of Ukraine]] and was also involved in trading illegal animals, [[spoiler:the shady Ernie Rowntree]] and [[spoiler:Dr Julius Rivelli]], who's involved in [[spoiler:the Indian organs trade. This, ironically, leaves only the killer, Victor Kaufman, as a non-asshole.]]

* BulletHolesAndRevelations ([[spoiler:More like syringes and revelations. At the very end, Victor Kaufman kills his final victim with a syringe, and there's a close up on Dr Rivelli's eyes watching them appear to contract while a moan can be heard in the background. Then, a pan reveals that Victor committed suicide.]])

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]], MyGodWhatHaveIDone ([[spoiler:Rather literally, with Victor Kaufman at the end.]])

* [[spoiler:SerialKiller]] ([[spoiler:''Triple'' subversion. It looks like Victor Kaufman could be this, but then he could just have taken the organs from the deceased after killing them, instead of going through the trouble of involving and blackmailing Dr Julius Rivelli for his wife's donors. We also know that at least one of the victim's was killed by someone else, namely the victim in case two, killed by Clair Thomas, who confessed. While Victor has at least one kill (Ernie Rowntree) and it looks as though he might kill Julius Rivelli next, it turns out that his next and final victim is himself.]])
* TheManBehindTheMan ("[[spoiler:Someone must have done terrible thing to dragon, before I come!]]".)
* WhamEpisode (Everything after it's revealed [[spoiler:Dominic Petrenko is alive.]])

* ChekhovsGunman ([[spoiler:Judge Walter Lawford]])
* {{Shotacon}} (Averted; [[spoiler:Ronni Landon]] romanced [[spoiler:Russ Cole]] when he was only 18.)
* TheVoice ([[spoiler:Russ Cole]])

* RedHerring, ScaryMinoritySuspect (Subverted. Bobby Bassie, a violent boxer who's blood is on a possible murder weapon, is revealed to have been dead years before the murder occured, almost immediately after being mentioned. Also subverted with Enrique Sanchez, as he isn't very intimidating despite his bouncer status [[spoiler:and isn't the killer.]])

* [[spoiler:AffablyEvil, SerialKiller]] (The killer)
* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible ([[spoiler:DoubleSubversion. Troy Sullivan may have been following the overall MO of a serial killer who wanted to get caught, but he also misdirected the player towards the other suspects. Played straight with Julia Alvarez and Thad Wilson]])

* [[spoiler:DisposableSexWorker]] (The victim. TruthInTelevision, as many [[spoiler:serial killers]] like to go after [[spoiler:prostitutes and Troy seems to have a KnightTemplar bend to him]].)

* AssholeVictim ([[spoiler:Roy Diamond, the victim, was killed by Denise Diamond for sexual harassment and manipulative treatment of her and Martin Fordham in regards to their inhereitance]])

* RedHerring (Literally; it's found in the fishtank and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Yelina)

* AmoralAttorney (Donny Bronson, yet again. [[spoiler:Played straight in that he is revealed to have been involved in jury tampering, subverted in that he is revealed to have been framed by the Judge for the Judge's death.]])

* [[spoiler:AlwaysMurder, NeverSuicide]] (Averted)
* BigBad, SerialKiller ([[spoiler:Judge Walter Lawford. See above.]])

* [[spoiler:HangingJudge]], KnightTemplar, ManipulativeBastard ([[spoiler:The victim.]])

* [[spoiler:ThanatosGambit]]

The fourth game, and the third set in Las Vegas. It's undeniable the switch of developers (from 369 Interactive to Telltale Games) has had a dramatic impact on the storylines and character of the series.

* [[spoiler:MadArtist]] (Justified, because [[spoiler:Patrick Milton was high on cocaine when he killed the victim.]])

* [[spoiler:BewareTheNiceOnes, TheChessmaster]] (The killer)

* [[spoiler:AlwaysMurder, FakingTheDead]] [[spoiler:(Subverted and played straight, respectively.)]]

* [[spoiler:DomesticAbuser]] (Michael Dubois. Of course, this depends on whether you [[spoiler:believe his story that he and Carrie were into rough sex, or Alex's that he's an abuser.]])

* [[spoiler:HelloNurse]] (A rare male example in Alex Porterson, [[spoiler:at least to Carrie.]])

* [[spoiler:MurderTheHypotenuse (The real reason for the killing is that Carla Mitchell was going to marry another man and possessed an expensive life insurance policy on the victim)]]

* [[spoiler:SuicideNotMurder]] (Briefly considered during Carla's questioning, but disappointingly never really explored as a possibility)

It also featured decidedly Anvilicious ProductPlacement, especially from {{Visa}} and HewlettPackard. All of the lab equipment uses HP monitors, as do all other computer monitors and TV screens in game. It's place in the series timeline is even more ambigious than most of the CSI games, with the game taking place in 2007 but Grissom not possessing his beard, while Greg has become a lab tech.

* [[spoiler:NoBisexuals]] (Averted with Liz)

* [[spoiler:HeirClubForMen]] (See below)
* [[spoiler:MamaBear, WomanScorned]] (The motive for the attack was that [[spoiler:Nicole had a girl, while the victim was carrying Everett Brower's surrogate male child,]] leading [[spoiler:Nicole]] to hate both the victim, for [[spoiler:carrying the heir, and the heir himself, for being a threat to her daughter for Brower's fortune]])

* RedHerring, [[spoiler:SuicideNotMurder]] (The possibility that the attack [[spoiler:was a suicide attempt]] is brought up by Catherine while examining the victim's wounds, but disappointingly never visited again)

* [[spoiler:TheManBehindTheMan (Todd Hinkley was manipulated by Kathy Cantata into killing Andrea, so she could be the new lead singer, after he owed her a favour for her dressing up as Andrea and having sex with him. The band were accidental collateral damage.)]]

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim (The victim was the cause of his wife's blindness through a botched eye surgery she insisted she sign a disclaimer on, and tried to force his daughter to marry a man she hated and whom was stealing from him. As such, his wife killed him to free her daughter.]])
* BigSecret ([[spoiler:Aadarsh Darwan was embezzling the victim's money, and really was there the night of the murder.]])

* [[spoiler:HideYourLesbians, PsychoLesbian]] ([[spoiler:Kathy Burd]], who killed the victim because [[spoiler:she had ended her lesbian relationship with her years ago and rejected her when propositioned at the hotel room. Also a case of HideYourLesbians, as Kathy's proclivities are not revealed until her MotiveRant.]])

[[AC:Coulda Been A Contender]]

* [[spoiler:CorruptCorporateExecutive]], RetiredBadass (Horace Willingham. [[spoiler:He's not the killer, though.]])

* [[spoiler:RiggedContest]] (See above.)

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner (Floyd Callister, who leads a normal life in his stage persona of Marcelle after having previously been a violent SerialKiller 36 years ago.)]]

* CelebrityResemblance ([[spoiler:Floyd Callister looks and moves like a CampGay version of Hannibal Lecter. Seeing as both are violent serial killers, it may be more than coincidential.]])
* [[spoiler:SerialKiller (The Barbur Street Boozer, aka Floyd Callister.)]]