...and all the King's men couldn't put the King back together again.
During an official speech from the mayor, the body of Sultanistan's king Khalid Souleyman is found in the stables of the horse riding league, head crushed by a horse.
Tropes:
- Arab Oil Sheikh: The victim was a rich king with the biggest oil industry in the world.
- Attack Animal: The killer startled King Souleyman's horse into freaking out, and the horse ended up breaking open the king's head with its hooves.
- Big "WHAT?!": Twice with Jones; first after Ramirez informs him Tony Marconi has got information about Khalid's murder, and later when you discover he was granted a temporary release and was at the crime scene by himself.
- The Bus Came Back: Tony Marconi reappears after being in prison since Case 11.
- Call-Back: Archibald Ashworth and Mayor Howard Johnson reappear as suspects.
- Continuity Nod: In the City Hall Steps, a poster of Martha Price's campaign and a TV with Rachel Priest can be seen.
- Countrystan: Khalid was the king of Sultanistan, an Arabia-esque Expy.
- Evil Chancellor: Hilda Tipton, Mohammad's nanny, killed Khalid to make Mohammad the new king and become his advisor in an attempt to make him a Puppet King for her.
- Flowery Insults: Archibald Ashworth is fond of these, calling you things such as loblolly or poppycock whenever he gets angry at you.
- Luxury Prison Suite: Marconi's prison cell is one, up to including a mini-kitchen that allows him to cook his own meals.Jones: What's going on here? Is this is a prison cell or a cooking class? Who did you bribe to get all this stuff, Marconi? Speak!
- Make It Look Like an Accident: The killer made a firecracker blow a beehive while Khalid was inspecting the horse, which got it out of control and made it kill the king.
- Pen-Pushing President: Mayor Howard tells you this is the reason why he signed Marconi's permission for a temporary release, since he's got so much paperwork he can't read it all. Naturally, Jones has his suspicions about this.
- Pet Heir: At the end of the case, Archibald tells you he will leave his fortune to his bees.
- Puppet King: Hilda's endgame plan was to become Mohammad's advisor and make him follow her instructions, believing she was born for greatness.
- Race Against the Clock: King Mohammad gives you twenty four hours to catch his dad's killer or else he will cut any trade deals between the United States and Sultanistan.King Mohammad: You really thought I would fall for this? You gotta be stupid! Get back to work and find my Dad's killer, minions! The clock is ticking! Tic-toc, tic-toc!
- Royal Brat: From the get go, Mohammad shows himself as an immature, spoiled child without any respect for his elders.
- Shout-Out:
- Hilda Tipton dresses like Mary Poppins.
- In the Stables scene, the is artwork of a blue genie.
- In the Child's Bedroom scene, there are toys that look like Cookie Monster and Dusty Crophopper. There is another artwork of a blue genie, and a Playstation controller.
- In the Sandbox scene, there is a flying carpet.
- In the City Hall Entrance scene, there is a "We Can Do It!" poster and an Uncle Sam poster.
- In the City Hall Steps scene, there is a parody of Captain America's shield with a moon instead of a star.
- Pony is a parody of Sony.
- Jones mentions that he once smoked a hookah as part of his role as a caterpillar in a school play.
- During the Additional Investigation, Jones says that Archibald's bees "have a crush on candy".
- Skewed Priorities: When you find Khalid's body, the only thing Howard worries about is how this is going to affect his political campaign.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Since she murdered a foreigner king in American territory, Hilda is delivered to the International Court rather than being sentenced by Judge Hall.
- We Used to Be Friends: Archibald and Khalid used to be good friends until the latter started his oil company, which became the biggest greenhouse gas supplier on the planet and made Archibald acquire a disgust for him due to feeling that his bees were in danger.
- White-Collar Crime: The mayor gets suspected for one after you find out the king made a hefty donation to the Horse Riding League days before the league itself donated money to the mayor's campaign. However, you don't manage to prove anything by the end.
- The Wrongful Heir to the Throne: Apart from being obviously a child, Mohammad's immaturity and selfishness would make of him a terrible king regardless of his age. He even threatens to make an oil embargo on the US if you fail to catch his father's killer without caring about what kind of consequences it would bring.
- Young and in Charge: Mohammad Souleyman, who is seven-years old, becomes the new king of Sultanistan after his father's death.
