Line #29 Main/DetectiveDrama


1	[[quoteright:350:[[Radio/BarrieCraigConfidentialInvestigator https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BCraig_01_copy_6612.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrie_Craig,_Confidential_Investigator Detective Drama Radio Drama]]]]
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4	Detective Drama is a type of MysteryFiction that follows the cases of a central detective character as they investigate a crime, usually from initial investigation to arrest. The character is usually a police detective or PrivateDetective (or in film noir, a HardboiledDetective), but can also be an AmateurSleuth or even a KidDetective with strong sleuthing skills.
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6	There are two varieties of Detective Drama, which correspond to the two basic types of mystery: closed and open. In a "closed" mystery, the viewer is as in the dark as the detective (and maybe more so), and only learns the answer to the mystery when the detective reveals it. In an "open" mystery (ReverseWhodunnit), the viewer has an omniscient view of the plot and knows the solution to the mystery; the entertainment value comes from watching the detective unravel it themself.
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8	For common types of detectives, see CopsAndDetectives.
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10	For a list of related tropes, see MysteryTropes and CrimeAndPunishmentTropes. For a list of creators, see MysteryStoryCreatorIndex.
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12	!!Examples:
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14	[[index]]
15	[[foldercontrol]]
16	[floatboxright:
17	Sub-indexes:
18	+ MysteryAndDetectiveAnimeAndManga
19	+ MysteryAndDetectiveFilms
20	]
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22	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
23	* See also MysteryAndDetectiveAnimeAndManga
24	* ''Anime/TheBigO''
25	* ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''
26	* ''Manga/CaseClosed''
27	** ''Manga/DetectiveConanZerosTeaTime''
28	* ''Anime/CaseFileNoTwoTwoOneKabukicho''
29	* ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfYakushijiRyoko''
30	* ''Literature/CopCraft''
31	* ''Manga/DeathNote'' is a reverse whodunnit with the detectives as {{Hero Antagonist}}s.
32	* ''Literature/TheDetectiveIsAlreadyDead''
33	* ''Manga/DetectiveSchoolQ''
34	* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasSecretGadgetMuseum''
35	* ''Anime/{{EL}}''
36	* ''Manga/GhostTalkersDaydream''
37	* ''{{Gosick}}''
38	* ''Anime/HeroMask''
39	* ''Anime/IDInvaded''
40	* ''Manga/TheKindaichiCaseFiles''
41	* ''Manga/MPDPsycho''
42	* ''Manga/MugenShinshi''
43	* ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie''
44	** ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie''
45	* ''Anime/PhantomQuestCorp''
46	* ''Manga/PoliceInAPod'' (Partly)
47	* ''Anime/SpecialSevenSpecialCrimeInvestigationUnit''
48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder:Comic Books]]
51	* ''ComicBook/AcePowers'' is the head of the city's detective bureau, and the comic chronicles his weird adventures.
52	* ''ComicBook/BatmanGordonOfGotham:'' Each story follows normal cops investigating crimes committed by non-costumed criminals, while Batman only makes cameo appearances. The book is a SpiritualPredecessor of sorts to Gotham Central, which also features Gotham cops working cases without Batman.
53	* ''ComicBook/TheCrusader'' chronicles the adventures of a Nazi fighting detective.
54	* ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'' manages to put a standard Detective Drama into the world of superheroes within a comic book. Their foes might be Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/TheFlash supervillains, but the storylines are straight drama involving normal police detectives going about their work. Everybody said it would not work, but it wound up winning critical acclaim and several awards (but was still too good to last, the sales numbers never quite matched the praise).
55	* ''ComicBook/ResidentAlien'' stars {{Amateur Sleuth}} Harry Vanderspiegle, who also happens to be a stranded alien.
56	* ''ComicBook/RicHochet'' tells the adventures of Ric Hochet, an amateur detective, who solving various crimes.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Fan Works]]
60	* ''Fanfic/CoruscantNoir''
61	* ''Fanfic/ValesUnderground''
62	** ''Fanfic/ValesUndergroundRewrite''
63	* ''[[Fanfic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries Vinyl and Octavia in "Dial D for Detectives"]]'' is/parodies one.
64	[[/folder]]
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66	[[folder:Films]]
67	* MysteryAndDetectiveFilms
68	[[/folder]]
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70	[[folder:Literature]]
71	* See also DetectiveLiterature
72	* ''The Three Apples'', a story from ''Literature/ArabianNights'', is the UrExample. Basic setup; a crime occurs and Ja'far ibn Yahya has three days to solve it. However, it differs in that, not only does Ja'far not care about solving the case, he doesn't. The case is solved when the killer reveals himself. And during another case, Ja'far only solves the case at the very last second thanks to some blind luck.
73	* ''Literature/BleakHouse'' by Creator/CharlesDickens is considered the first English novel to have a major character be a police detective (Mr. Bucket) with a crime-solving role in the plot.
74	* Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's Literature/CAugusteDupin stories are the TropeMaker.
75	* Literature/SherlockHolmes is the TropeCodifier.
76	[[/folder]]
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78	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
79	* See also CrimeAndPunishmentSeries.DetectiveDrama
80	* ''Series/{{Llanargollen}}''. Unlike most detective dramas, this is a PreschoolShow, and nobody gets punished for stealing things as most of the time it's accidental.
81	* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': The episode "Postage Due" is a DetectiveDrama.
82	[[/folder]]
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84	[[folder:Music]]
85	* Music/ToppatakkejaJaToledonTerasta A Finnish concept album with detective drama story.
86	[[/folder]]
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88	[[folder:Video Games]]
89	* ''VideoGame/SixtyFourthStreetADetectiveStory''
90	* ''VideoGame/AloneInTheDark2024''
91	* ''VideoGame/BlacksadUnderTheSkin''
92	* ''VideoGame/CaperInTheCastro''
93	* ''VideoGame/ChickenPolice''
94	* ''VideoGame/DetectiveDiTheSilkRoseMurders''
95	* ''VideoGame/DetectiveGrimoire''
96	* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', although it is a GenreDeconstruction
97	* ''VideoGame/{{Judgment}}''
98	** ''VideoGame/LostJudgment''
99	* ''VideoGame/LANoire''
100	* ''VideoGame/{{Loopmancer}}''
101	* ''VideoGame/MasterDetectiveArchivesRainCode''
102	* ''VideoGame/{{Moonmist}}''
103	* ''VideoGame/NickBounty''
104	* ''VideoGame/ParasiteEve''
105	* ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest1InPursuitOfTheDeathAngel''
106	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest2TheVengeance''
107	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest3TheKindred''
108	** ''VideoGame/PoliceQuest4OpenSeason''
109	* ''VideoGame/{{Scapeghost}}''
110	* ''VideoGame/TheSpaceBar''
111	* ''VideoGame/TexMurphy''
112	* ''VideoGame/{{Virginia}}''
113	[[/folder]]
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115	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
116	* ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' (Platform/PlayStationPortable adaptation)
117	[[/index]]
118	* Some of the stories in ''VisualNovel/ChoicesStoriesYouPlay'':
119	[[index]]
120	** ''VisualNovel/CrimesOfPassion''
121	** ''VisualNovel/MostWanted''
122	** ''VisualNovel/VeilOfSecrets''
123	* The visual-novel entries in the ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' series.
124	* VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClub''
125	** ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClubTheMissingHeir''
126	** ''VisualNovel/FamicomDetectiveClubTheGirlWhoStandsBehind''
127	** ''VisualNovel/BSDetectiveClubLostMemoriesInTheSnow''
128	* ''VisualNovel/JakeHunter''
129	* ''VisualNovel/{{Jisei}}''
130	* ''VisualNovel/ProcessOfElimination''
131	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'': A deconstruction, along with many other tropes.
132	[[/folder]]
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134	[[folder:Web Comics]]
135	* ''Webcomic/VampireCheerleaders''[[note]]after being merged with ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad''[[/note]]
136	[[/folder]]
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138	[[folder:Web Original]]
139	[[index]]
140	* ''WebVideo/Frozen50sMan''
141	[[/index]]
142	[[/folder]]
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144	[[folder:Western Animation]]
145	* ''WesternAnimation/ArchibaldTheKoala''
146	* Some episodes of ''Literature/{{Barbapapa}}'' would feature Detective Barbabravo, his assistant Barbabright, and his dog Lolita.
147	* ''[[WesternAnimation/COPS1988 C.O.P.S.]]''
148	* ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''
149	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}''
150	* ''WesternAnimation/MiraRoyalDetective'' (also a PreschoolShow)
151	* ''WesternAnimation/RubyRocketPrivateDetective''
152	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSylvesterAndTweetyMysteries''
153	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}''
154	[[/index]]
155	[[/folder]]

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