History VideoGame / DetectiveGrimoire

* AlertnessBlink: Characters will occasionally react in this way, usually with a glass-breaking sound effect.

* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Fitz wears large headphones while gardening to discourage people from talking to him.

* AdventureDuo: With Grimoire as [[TheMulder the oddball]] and Sally as [[TheScully the serious one]], though they switch roles from time to time. See SnarkToSnarkCombat below.

* {{Leitmotif}}: Beginning with just the little girl and her music box-inspired theme, but as of ''Tangle Tower'' applying to every character.

* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:In the game's finale, Grimoire and Sally are knocked unconscious by the killer, and Fitz, Fifi, and Poppy rescue them in an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome.]]

A sequel, ''Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp''[[note]]typically referred to in storefronts as simply ''[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Detective Grimoire]]''; here referred to as ''Secret of the Swamp'' for clarity[[/note]], sees Grimoire assigned to the murder of Richard Remington, the owner of a tourist attraction in a remote swamp. The murder was believed to have been committed by Boggy, a legendary beast who supposedly lives in the swamp...

A sequel, ''Detective Grimoire: Secret of the Swamp'', sees Grimoire assigned to the murder of Richard Remington, the owner of a tourist attraction in a remote swamp. The murder was believed to have been committed by Boggy, a legendary beast who supposedly lives in the swamp...

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A ''ton.'' Character dialogue will hint at the true nature of many clues, and of the case itself, long before the player might have put two and two together. Though some of it is fairly obvious (for example, the poems Poppy recites when shown character profiles hint at some of the hidden rooms in the house), the thoroughness and subtlety of some of the hints are [[DeveloperForesight genuinely impressive]], and extremely rewarding to catch on a second playthrough.

* LighterAndSofter: Literally, in the case of the art: there are far more pastels and rounded shapes, and the SquiggleVision eliminates any hard edges on the characters. [[spoiler:Notably, when the killer is revealed, they have a new design with no pastels, harder lines, and cel-shaded shadows.]]

* TheCavalry: [[spoiler:In the game's finale, Grimoire and Sally are knocked unconscious, and Fitz, Fifi, and Poppy rescue them offscreen.]]

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Neither Officer James nor the little girl from the previous two titles make any appearance in this game. Their roles have been absorbed by Sally in her upgrade to sidekick.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In the game's finale, Grimoire and Sally are knocked unconscious, and Fitz, Fifi, and Poppy rescue them offscreen.]]

* SongsInTheKeyOfLock: [[spoiler: To learn the correct symbol code for the harp statue, you need to play several tunes for an Etch-a-Sketch-like toy.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Neither Officer James nor the little girl from the previous two titles make any appearance in this game. Their roles have been absorbed by Sally in her upgrade to sidekick.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A ''ton.'' Character dialogue will hint at the true nature of many clues, and of the case itself, long before the player might have put two and two together. For example, [[spoiler: when you present Fifi with the secret diary, she will refer to it as "''a'' book" before pausing and pointedly saying, "''My'' book." It seems like a pause for effect before she makes a point of how you've rifled through her things, but it's actually a hesitation before a lie.]]

* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: [[spoiler:So mysterious that they're literally called Mystids.]]
* PosterGalleryBedroom: Each of the bedrooms you unlock communicates a lot about its owner via the decor.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:The killer escapes, and more Mystids are at large.]]

* MythArc: [[spoiler: Beginning with ''Secret of the Swamp,'' the franchise begins hinting at a larger plot surrounding the [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious Mystids]] and the various people pursuing them.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: A *ton.* Character dialogue will hint at the true nature of many clues long before the player might have put two and two together. For example, [[spoiler: when you present Fifi with the secret diary, she will refer to it as "''a'' book" before pausing and saying, "''My'' book." It seems like a pause for effect, but it's actually a hesitation before a lie.]]