History Videogame / GhostTrick

** [[spoiler:Cabanela]] and [[spoiler:Jowd]], respectively.

* ResetButton: Most of the game, you spend your time undoing deaths in that happened in the near-past and moving the story along with the character now not-dead. However at the end, Sissel notices that [[spoiler:Yomiel's corpse now has a core due to Commander Sith removing the Temisk fragment from his body and putting his shell into "full death". With this, Sissel now has the power to completely avert everything that led to the events of that evening by undoing the death that started it all ten years in the past.]]

* CartridgesInFlight: {{Defied|Trope}}. Despite the low resolution of the original DS release, the game makes it extremely clear at one point that projectile bullets aren't cartridge-shaped where [[spoiler:Cabanela is about to be shot by Yomiel, but Missile can swap the bullet ''mid-flight'' for something else like the metal hard hat (which causes a much more brutal death) or a knitted hat for the correct answer if left hanging up. It morphs into a cartridge shape if knocked onto the floor, but this won't work with the helmet-shaped bullet and creates an UnwinnableByDesign situation.]]

** Two innocuous-seeming examples: Cabanela's pocket watch, and Sith's grape-peeling machine.

* BigBadDuumvirate: There are two people in the story who are responsible for all the mysterious deaths; Commander Sith and [[spoiler:Yomiel]], the leader of a foreign espionage organization and [[spoiler:the man in red seeking revenge by using his ghost powers to [[DemonicPossesion manipulate]] and kill those who he feels ruined his life]], respectively. They've made a deal of mutual benefit to [[spoiler:wipe out all the people who knew of Temsik]], but each of them has a separate agenda, [[spoiler:which doesn’t end well for Yomiel]].

* TheAtoner: A handful of them:
** [[spoiler:Yomiel]] becomes one of these after he gives up his quest for revenge.
** Cabanela is one because his recklessness gave [[spoiler:Yomiel]] a gun, which he used to escape custody.
** Jowd, because he forced [[spoiler:Yomiel into a corner, so he took Lynne hostage]].
** Kamila has a few shades of this since she built a device that ultimately [[spoiler:''killed her own mother'']] - whereas she used to be able to build complex machines like that, she's now incredibly clumsy. [[spoiler:In this case, however, she doesn't actually have anything to atone for - Yomiel messed with the device with his ghost powers at the crucial moment to turn it from a harmless birthday gift into a weapon.]]
* BackForTheDead: Although it seems like [[spoiler:Missile]] will simply be a minor character, he comes back... just to die. Of course, this serves an important purpose, as [[spoiler:he now has the Ghost Swap power to aid Sissel with]].

* BadassBoast:
-->'''Missile:''' I'm a top Pomeranian, you know!

*** The Chicken Kitchen uniforms resemble the uniforms Maya and Mia wear in 3-2.

* TheLostLenore: The suicide of [[spoiler:Yomiel's fiancee Sissel]] is part of what drove him mad with isolation. [[spoiler:He even named his cat after her]].

* MayItNeverHappenAgain: [[spoiler:A subtle version in the good timeline where Yomiel doesn't die; Due to Jowd [[RippleEffectProofMemory retaining his memories from the bad timeline]], he no longer has the antique gun on display so it can't be misused.]]

* CessationOfExistence: Played with. Beings that die in special conditions ([[spoiler:within the range of the Temsik meteorite or its fragments]]), like Sissel, get to stick around and are able to perform Ghost Tricks until sunrise, the moment when they cease to exist. Those who don't die in these conditions, however, don't get powers, and just disappear - though they stick around for at least 24 hours, the period of time where empowered ghosts might revive them. [[spoiler:Empowered ghosts don't actually have such a time limit. Ray just lied to nudge Sissel into the right place at the right time.]]

* CessationOfExistence: Played with. Beings that die in special conditions ([[spoiler:within the range of the Temsik meteorite or its fragments]]), like Sissel, get to stick around and are able to perform Ghost Tricks (which vary depending on the individual) until sunrise, the moment when they cease to exist. Those who don't die in these conditions, however, don't get powers, and it's unclear what happens to them. They can be revived up to 24 hours after their death by empowered ghosts, but other than that, their soul just seems to remain in their corpse without doing anything.\\\
It is important to note as well that [[spoiler:Ray lies when he says that empowered ghosts cease to exist at sunrise -- he says so just to motivate Sissel into being at the right place at the right time]].
** The implication is that regardless of [[spoiler:Ray/Prime Missile's lie]], souls without Ghost Trickery will sooner or later disappear (and where that leads to being unknown). Hence only being able to communicate with (and rescue) souls that have been dead for less than 24 hours.

* CoolBoat: Well, more like "Cool Submarine": The ''Yonoa'' has an interior which one can see from far away, especially in the HD remaster. Besides the Control Room (with portraits of Commander Sith) and the Engine Room, the sub also has (from left) an entertainment center, a laundry room, a mess hall, and a crew cabin. And above the mess hall is a luxurious Captain's Cabin with a golden four-poster or canopy bed, which is probably Commander Sith's way of sleeping at night. It's no wonder the sub is so luxurious.

*** In the sequence where Lynne flashes back to Cabanela and Jowd's friendly competition, Jowd makes his point by striking an '''"OBJECTION!"''' pose. He isn't the only character to pull one of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om2Qu8acZ68#t=4m20s these]]...

** One notable instance involves an undercover cop working at a restaurant. Not only does she peg Lynne as "suspicious" purely based on her drinking a lot of water, while she does also correctly suspect Beauty and Dandy of criminal activities, [[spoiler:her attempt to bug their meal and listen in on their conversation causes Detective Rindge and Lynne to both die, Rindge's van to crash through the side of the restaurant, and Memry herself to nearly get killed (she survives only because Lynne pushes her out of the way of [[ItMakesSenseInContext a giant plastic chicken falling towards her]]). Sissel even lampshades how badly [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom she screws things up]].]]

** Compare the "Four Minutes Before Death" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3C-FrmHn44&feature=related music]] with the "Logic ~ The Way To The Truth" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-a60ITJ2Ko track]] from ''Ace Attorney: Investigations''.
** There are several other themes in the game which are strongly reminiscent of ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' tracks as well. For example: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kwKogno3dk "TRAUMA"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxGHvoK9XI Search ~ Core 2001]] from the first game; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLAvtRewiN4 "CHASE"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnp3d_jyGHk "The Fire Carves Scars"]] from ''Justice For All''. Also,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HNuTV0GaUk "REINCARNATION"]], which in places, sounds suspiciously like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm_ESQ8UTqM Maya's Theme]].

* NeverSayDie: {{Averted|Trope}}, obviously. However, when Sissel [[spoiler:crushes each of the blue-skinned assassins under massive objects]], he uses euphemisms rather than acknowledge their deaths. There may be room for doubt with the second one, but the first one is cartoonishly flattened; there's no way he could have survived. So he's either [[NeverSayDie sidestepping a delicate issue]], or else our hero truly [[NobodyCanDie doesn't kill them]], despite "Mino" killing the "Guardian of the Park" in much the same way later on.
** An optional conversation suggests it's the former. If Sissel admitted they were dead, he points out, [[ChronicHeroSyndrome he'd feel obliged to avert their deaths]].
** [[spoiler:Sissel is a cat. He understands that people can die, but his only experience with it when this happens is when the person is already dead and he's seen the cause of death. The two assassins that you crush both die in a fashion that Sissel has never seen before, and they don't leave cores for him to Trick with. Ergo, he doesn't understand that he's actually killed them.]]

** Inspector Jowd, meanwhile, is pretty badass, but spends most of the first part of the game in prison. There's also the matter of [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure]]... [[spoiler:which set the entire plot of the game into motion]].

* MisterMuffykins: The game has you save one named Missile. A small Pomeranian, who he himself admits, is only really good a yapping loudly and not much else. However with the help of the protagonist's supernatural ghost tricks, he is able to save himself and his mistress from a hitman. [[spoiler:He later gains his own ghost tricks and becomes an important ally later on in the game]].

** All the [=GameCenter=] achievements in the iOS version are worth 4, 44, or 444 points, and all the "do X a certain number of times" achievements follow the same pattern.

* OneSteveLimit: {{Inverted|Trope}}. There are actually ''three'' individuals who go by [[spoiler:Sissel]] in the game. [[spoiler:Yomiel takes "Sissel" up as an alias when planning his meeting with Beauty and Dandy at the Chicken Kitchen. As it turns out, it was the name of his fiancé (who is never seen) and the name he gave to his cat.]]

* OhMyGods: Cabanela's "Ye gods!". Others can be heard saying "Gods in heaven!" or variants of it.

* RainbowSpeak: Important words are highlighted in red, while Sissel's thoughts are in blue. Bizarrely, certain letters in seemingly random places are consistently colored red as well. For example, the "Trick" button has a red letter C in the DS version --though not in the iOS version or the HD remaster-- and the "Trick '''T'''ime!" prompt is always colored as such (in both versions). Even the cover art for the Original Sound Tr'''a'''ck follows suit. Is CAPCOM sending hidden messages? [[spoiler:Seems the cover one was false, but the DS button's Tri(C)k, the Sound Tr(A)ck, and the Trick (T)ime link up to the supposed message]].

* RainbowSpeak: Important words are highlighted in red, while Sissel's thoughts are in blue. Bizarrely, certain letters in seemingly random places are consistently colored red as well. For example, the "Trick" button has a red letter C in the DS version --though not in the iOS version-- and the "Trick '''T'''ime!" prompt is always colored as such (in both versions). Even the cover art for the Original Sound Tr'''a'''ck follows suit. Is CAPCOM sending hidden messages? [[spoiler:Seems the cover one was false, but the DS button's Tri(C)k, the Sound Tr(A)ck, and the Trick (T)ime link up to the supposed message]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes:
** The Police Chief, of all people. Apparently he has itchy toes.
** The park's guardian, which is more believable since he's a hippie and all...

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: Sissel can use phone lines to revisit any previously-known location, regardless of its relevance to the plot. This uncovers funny optional side dialogue such as the Guardian of the Park campaigning about protecting the park to Rindge or the Chief's radio conversations with his unseen wife.