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* {{Shipping}}: Ever since his introduction, many players have shipped Russell with Amy.

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* {{Shipping}}: Ever since his introduction, many players have shipped Russell with Amy.If the comments in the game's wikia page is to be believed, the most popular ship at the moment is Russell/Amy.



** James Savage, a loner who gets into a lot of conflicts with many of the residents of the Historical Center, and whose tendency to be around in the wrong place and the wrong time made him a prime suspect in no less than ''four'' murder cases and his refusal to cooperate with the police had gotten him detained during one of the investigations. During the last one of the four cases he got involved in, his husky, who is his only friend got killed. Even Jones admits that he's probably the unluckiest guy around.
** Andrew Kamarov. In his first appearance in chapter 15, he lost his mother and was kidnapped shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:His nanny]], whom he seems to care about, was arrested for the murder. In chapter 17, he [[spoiler:was orphaned when his father was also murdered]].



** The game also puts several side characters through a lot as well:
*** James Savage, a loner who gets into a lot of conflicts with many of the residents of the Historical Center, and whose tendency to be around in the wrong place and the wrong time made him a prime suspect in no less than ''four'' murder cases and gets detained during one of the investigations. During the last one of the four cases he got involved in, his husky, who is his only friend got killed. Even Jones admits that he's probably the unluckiest guy around.
*** Andrew Kamarov. In his first appearance in chapter 15, he lost his mother and was kidnapped shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:His nanny]], whom he seems to care about, was arrested for the murder. In chapter 17, he [[spoiler:was orphaned when his father was also murdered]].
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** Chad Baker in the University Arc goes through an awful lot. He starts out as a JerkJock, but crushes on queen bee [[LovableAlphaBitch Madison Springer]] adorably, even when she doesn't appear to love him back, and he mellows out. He's always helpful in every case he's a suspect in, fixes up the patrol car after Jones gets a flat tire, and finally gets his dream girl when they are crowned Prom King and Queen. Then, [[YourHeadAsplode Madison's tiara explodes]], drenching Chad in blood. He also realized that Madison did in fact, care for him, but due to her Amish upbringing and SecretIdentity, couldn't let him get close.
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*** Frank is starting to shape up as one as he begins to open up to the Player in Ivywood. The guy is estranged from his children, and apparently hasn't been in contact with them for years. He wants to become a better father to them, but not knowing what they are like, his initial attempts to make amends to them got rejected.
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** Eduardo Ramirez, the ButtMonkey of a Grimsborough PD officer whose role in many of the initial cases is meager at best, and mostly appears to become the brunt of jokes. He is also one of ''the'' most popular characters in the game, that he makes a comeback in the Pacific Bay arc as a private detective (the first, and currently only, Grimsborough character to have done so).

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** Eduardo Ramirez, the ButtMonkey of a Grimsborough PD officer whose role in many of the initial cases is meager at best, and mostly appears to become the brunt of jokes. He is also one of ''the'' most popular characters in the game, so much so that he makes a comeback was brought back in the Pacific Bay arc as a private detective (the (and he is the first, and currently only, Grimsborough character to have done so).make an appearance in the new city).
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* IKnewIt: Most fans were not surprised about the revelation that [[spoiler:Duncan Young]] is the Night Walker -- in fact, LetsPlay/{{Pitchingace88}} has been quite expecting this development since the earlier cases in White Peaks. Many were ''not'' actually happy about it, though, and would have preferred it to be anyone else.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Peggy Pascal.

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** Eduardo Ramirez, the ButtMonkey of a Grimsborough PD officer whose role in many of the initial cases is meager at best, and mostly appears to become the brunt of jokes. He is also one of ''the'' most popular characters in the game, that he makes a comeback in the Pacific Bay arc as a private detective (the first, and currently only, Grimsborough character to have done so).
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*** Even Amy, who seem to have nothing but good memories of her home town -- the White Peaks -- slowly becomes disillusioned by it when [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend was arrested for murder and cannibalism in chapter 28]], and her childhood friend got brutally murdered in the very next case.

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*** Even Amy, who seem to have nothing but good memories of her home town -- the White Peaks -- slowly becomes disillusioned by it when [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend was arrested for murder and cannibalism in chapter 28]], and her childhood friend got brutally murdered in the very next case. ''Then'' comes case 30, which forced her to treat her brother, her mother, and one of her coworkers as suspects, which makes her so distraught [[spoiler:she tries to leave the police force]].

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*** Hannah really gets put through a lot when [[spoiler:her past ties with an anarchist group, the Inner Chaos was revealed]]. She was visibly traumatized when she was forced to [[spoiler:kill Fredo Mancini, the group's leader, as he tried to blow up the court house]] during his trial.

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*** Hannah really gets put goes through a lot of stress when [[spoiler:her past ties with an anarchist group, the Inner Chaos Chaos, was revealed]]. She was visibly traumatized when she was forced to [[spoiler:kill Fredo Mancini, the group's leader, as he tried to blow up the court house]] during his trial.



** Some other minor characters can be very sympathetic as well:

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** Some other minor The game also puts several side characters can through a lot as well:
*** James Savage, a loner who gets into a lot of conflicts with many of the residents of the Historical Center, and whose tendency to
be very sympathetic as well:around in the wrong place and the wrong time made him a prime suspect in no less than ''four'' murder cases and gets detained during one of the investigations. During the last one of the four cases he got involved in, his husky, who is his only friend got killed. Even Jones admits that he's probably the unluckiest guy around.
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*** In Jazz Town, we get to see Yann's DarkAndTroubledPast as he reveals that his parents were murdered by a serial killer, and when he heard of the killer's return, he becomes obsessed with hunting them down despite Chief Marquez's pleas to leave them be, to the point that [[spoiler:he gets detained as a suspect when the killer did murder someone else]] in Case 24.

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*** In Jazz Town, we get to see Yann's DarkAndTroubledPast as he reveals that his parents were murdered by a serial killer, and when he heard of the killer's return, he becomes obsessed with hunting them down despite Chief Marquez's pleas to leave them be, to the point that [[spoiler:he gets detained as a suspect when the killer did murder someone else]] in Case 24. The serial killer in question is later revealed to be [[spoiler:Freddie Alonzo, someone he's on a friendly terms with]].

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** Hannah really gets put through a lot.
** Andrew Kamarov. In his first appearance in chapter 15, he lost his mother and was kidnapped shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:His nanny]], whom he seems to care about, was arrested for the murder. In chapter 17, he [[spoiler:was orphaned when his father was also murdered]].

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** The "character arcs" of Pacific Bay invariably shapes the team member they focus on into Woobies.
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lot when [[spoiler:her past ties with an anarchist group, the Inner Chaos was revealed]]. She was visibly traumatized when she was forced to [[spoiler:kill Fredo Mancini, the group's leader, as he tried to blow up the court house]] during his trial.
*** In Jazz Town, we get to see Yann's DarkAndTroubledPast as he reveals that his parents were murdered by a serial killer, and when he heard of the killer's return, he becomes obsessed with hunting them down despite Chief Marquez's pleas to leave them be, to the point that [[spoiler:he gets detained as a suspect when the killer did murder someone else]] in Case 24.
*** Even Amy, who seem to have nothing but good memories of her home town -- the White Peaks -- slowly becomes disillusioned by it when [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend was arrested for murder and cannibalism in chapter 28]], and her childhood friend got brutally murdered in the very next case.
** Some other minor characters can be very sympathetic as well:
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Andrew Kamarov. In his first appearance in chapter 15, he lost his mother and was kidnapped shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:His nanny]], whom he seems to care about, was arrested for the murder. In chapter 17, he [[spoiler:was orphaned when his father was also murdered]].
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* StrangledByTheRedString: During the farewell party in the Season 1's finale, it was revealed that Nathan had started seeing Harper Stone, one of the suspects in Case 50, despite the two only interacting on-screen once (and, unlike Cathy, Harper has only made one case appearance).

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* EvilIsSexy: Many fans have come to see some of the unrepentant murderers as "sexy", including:

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** Alice August.
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* EvilIsSexy: Many fans have come to see some of the unrepentant murderers as "sexy", including:
** Mikhail Levin.
** Scott Greene.
** Annabel Stewart
** Milton Grimmes.
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** [[spoiler:Margaret Littlewood]] appears to be a kindly, if a little nosy old lady who loves dogs. Then comes the dog pageant event, and this seemingly harmless woman becomes a monster when she killed 3 dogs and one of the dog's owners, [[spoiler:then attempted to kill Jones to scare the police from continuing the investigation]], just to win the event.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Peggy Pascal.

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* TheWoobie: Hannah really gets put through a lot.

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** Andrew Kamarov. In his first appearance in chapter 15, he lost his mother and was kidnapped shortly afterwards. [[spoiler:His nanny]], whom he seems to care about, was arrested for the murder. In chapter 17, he [[spoiler:was orphaned when his father was also murdered]].
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* FridgeHorror: In the Airport arc, we find out that [[spoiler:Chief King's suicide]] was because [[spoiler:the Crimson Order would kill Cathy if he were caught.]] This raises questions about [[spoiler:the families of Alden Greene, Ashton Cooper, and Luna Hecate]], all of whom were arrested for murder, as well as [[spoiler:Jason Palms, Anakee, Herman Cavendish, Jenny Quaid, Constance Bell, and any other people who helped to take down the Crimson Order]].
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* TastesLikeDiabetes: The springer spaniel as a puppy.

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* TheWoobie: Hannah really gets put through a lot.
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** [[spoiler:Milton Grimmes]] is the head of [[spoiler:an organization that is implied to be behind almost all of Grimsborough's murders, including the murders of Rachel Priest and Adam Bentley.]] Then, he [[spoiler:points a gun at the player character.]]
** [[spoiler:Erikah Mabayo]] is the second SerialKiller in the game behind the Rorschach Reaper, and it shows. Even beforehand, she is responsible for several minor crimes in Bayou Bleu, but in Case 10 it is discovered that [[spoiler:she killed 4 24-year old prostitutes for no real reason, including one of the only sympathetic characters in the bayou, singlehandedly ruined Harvey Fitchner's career, found the only witness and blackmailed him, then started the voodoo craze to give herself power.]]
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* ShipsThatPassInTheNight: And before Russell's introduction, Amy was shipped with Jones, whom she never interacts with due to them coming from different districts.
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* {{Shipping}}: Ever since his introduction, many players have shipped Russell with Amy.
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** The Rorschach Reaper is already a heartless SerialKiller and [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]]. [[spoiler:Who then goes on to hypnotize Jones into attempting to murder ''the player character'']].

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** The Rorschach Reaper is already a heartless SerialKiller and [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]]. [[spoiler:Who then goes on to hypnotize Jones into attempting to murder ''the player character'']].character'']].
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* CompleteMonster: Quite a few of the murderers. Let's just leave it at that, it would take too long to list all of them.
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* CompleteMonster: Quite a few of the murderers. Let's just leave it at that.

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* CompleteMonster: Quite a few of the murderers. Let's just leave it at that.that, it would take too long to list all of them.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Just about any heartless murder would qualify a person for this, but several individuals in this game deserve special mention.
** Alden Greene is pegged for most of the Financial Center arc as a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's suspected to be involved in some very questionable transactions, who believes [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney his money can get him out of any trouble]], and who's a SmugSnake in general. [[spoiler:Then he murders recurring character Rachel Priest with an injection that causes her to die a horrific death, in order to silence her on the unethical SuperSoldier program he's about to bankroll]].
** The Rorschach Reaper is already a CompleteMonster by way of being a serial killer. [[spoiler:Who then goes on to hypnotize Jones into attempting to murder ''the player character'']].

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* MoralEventHorizon: Just about any heartless murder that wasn't [[AccidentalMurder an accident]] or whose perpetrator [[SympatheticMurderer wasn't sympathetic]] would qualify a person for this, but several individuals in this game deserve special mention.
** Alden Greene [[spoiler:Alden Greene]] is pegged for most of the Financial Center arc as a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's suspected to be involved in some very questionable transactions, who believes [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney his money can get him out of solve any trouble]], and who's a SmugSnake in general. [[spoiler:Then he murders recurring character Rachel Priest with an injection that causes her to die a horrific death, in order to silence keep her on from revealing the unethical SuperSoldier program he's about to bankroll]].
** The Rorschach Reaper is already a CompleteMonster by way of being a serial killer.heartless SerialKiller and [[ManipulativeBastard master manipulator]]. [[spoiler:Who then goes on to hypnotize Jones into attempting to murder ''the player character'']].
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* EarWorm: The background music, which plays and loops continuously throughout game-play.

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* EarWorm: The background music, which plays and loops continuously throughout game-play.game-play.
* MoralEventHorizon: Just about any heartless murder would qualify a person for this, but several individuals in this game deserve special mention.
** Alden Greene is pegged for most of the Financial Center arc as a CorruptCorporateExecutive who's suspected to be involved in some very questionable transactions, who believes [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney his money can get him out of any trouble]], and who's a SmugSnake in general. [[spoiler:Then he murders recurring character Rachel Priest with an injection that causes her to die a horrific death, in order to silence her on the unethical SuperSoldier program he's about to bankroll]].
** The Rorschach Reaper is already a CompleteMonster by way of being a serial killer. [[spoiler:Who then goes on to hypnotize Jones into attempting to murder ''the player character'']].
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* CompleteMonster: Quite a few of the murderers. Let's just leave it at that.
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* CompleteMonster: The killer in Case 3. Knocking out the victim with a blunt object to the head, then torturing her by burning her on her breasts with cigarettes, slicing her open and cutting out her heart ''while she's still alive and unconscious'', hanging up the body in a butcher's warehouse, then delivering the cut-out heart to the victim's mother [[{{Squick}} for her to]] ''[[{{Squick}} eat it]]'' [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution and all of this as payback because the victim slept with the killer's boyfriend]]...yes, Trish Colletti, you deserve to go to prison]].
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* CompleteMonster: The killer in Case 3. Knocking out the victim with a blunt object to the head, then torturing her by burning her on her breasts with cigarettes, slicing her open and cutting out her heart ''while she's still alive and unconscious'', hanging up the body in a butcher's warehouse, then delivering the cut-out heart to the victim's mother [[{{Squick}} for her to]] ''[[{{Squick}} eat it]]'' [[spoiler:[[DisproportionateRetribution and all of this as payback because the victim slept with the killer's boyfriend]]...yes, Trish Colletti, you deserve to go to prison]].
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* EarWorm: The background music, which plays and loops continuously throughout game-play.

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