Following Elliot's advice, the Bureau arrives to Ubud, Indonesia, to investigate what plans SOMBRA and Anbu Devanesan could have in the country. Once there, it doesn't take long before Jack and the player stumble onto the body of Riaja Somalinggi, the SOMBRA recruit they saw on a DVD back in Japan, lying on the beach and with a spear impaled on her torso.
Tropes:
- Animal Lover: Paul Irwin, which fits him as a parody of Steve Irwin.
- Animal Testing: Prof. Metcalf claims to be visiting Indonesia to perform experiments on monkeys, and says it doesn't count as animal cruelty since he's only giving them what he tests on him first.
- Bait-and-Switch: During an analysis regarding the victim's toy monkey, Lars tries to tell you a joke before he's interrupted by Jack due to being on a hurry to solve the murder. Lars comprehends... and says you're definitely not monkeying around.
- Bio-Augmentation: What SOMBRA is revealed to be doing with their brainwashed human test subjects on the camp. According to Elliot, they are granted either intelligence, strength, or speed.
- Brainwashed: Riaja had apparently changed during her time with SOMBRA, as her brother recalls how she returned "different" after her months-long disappearance, becoming lazier and paranoiac about everything. Later, you also find a recording by left by Maya calling her tests "cognitive retraining", further supporting thins.
- Call-Back:
- Asal Hawaa and Prof. Marshall Metcalf reappear as a suspects.
- The victim is the same girl seen on a DVD at the end of Case 30.
- Classified Information: What Asal claims her mission on Indonesia is.
- Continuity Nod: The photo Jack and Asal took mounting a yak in Case 17 appears again.
- Crush the Keepsake: Alam did this himself to a handprint mold of him and his sister, which was an important part of his childhood memories, since she hated how much she changed due to SOMBRA's experiments.
- Demonic Possession: Mbah believed the victim was under this due to her Technicolor Eyes and Super-Speed, hence why he tried to perform an exorcism on her and Riaja's blood was on his knife.
- I Didn't Mean to Kill Him: Maya claims she just tried to stop Riaja from running away, and panicked before shooting her with the speargun when she had no other option.
- Evilutionary Biologist: Prof. Marshall Metcalf is revealed to be a member of SOMBRA and the one conducting Bio-Augmentation on their test subjects, though he believes he's doing the right thing.Marshall: Well, I have nothing to be ashamed of! I'm proud of what I've achieved!You won't understand, <Player's Name>, but I'm working to improve the human race! I turn these kids into better versions of themselves.
- Fluffy the Terrible: Paul named a saltwater crocodile he found "Clive".
- Ghost Town: An abandoned village appears as a crime scene, which makes it the perfect place for SOMBRA to establish a secret experimentation camp there.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Alam tells you how her sister was always carrying a toy monkey he gave her when they were kids, and you later find it with a clue regarding the killer.
- Hesitation Equals Dishonesty: When you discover a piece of equipment belonging to Prof. Metcalf in the SOMBRA camp, he hesitates while denying being involved with them.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: The victim was killed by being shot with a speargun.
- Implausible Deniability:
- Marina has a lot of trouble believing that Maya Salim could be running psychological tests on the victim in a camp owned by SOMBRA without knowing what SOMBRA is, and she later turns out to be right when Maya is revealed to be a proud member of the organization.
- Later, you also find some of Prof. Metcalf's equipment in the SOMBRA camp, but denies being involved with them despite hesitating with his words.
- Just a Kid: Elliot wishes to stop being seen as this, claiming that he's fine despite everyone's concern about his well-being following his kidnapping in the previous case.
- Just Following Orders: Asal tells Jack she couldn't tell him she was in Indonesia because she's under orders from the Mossad and shouldn't feel bad about it.
- Mischief-Making Monkey: During your visit to the Monkey Bridge, one of them steals Jack's sunglasses.
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate: Prof. Marshall Metcalf, though he's more driven in the name of science than outright evil.
- My Greatest Failure: For Alam, failing to protect his sister Riaja after being the only family she had left in the world is this, crying while you inform him about her death.
- Noodle Incident: When Lars informs he needs to speak with you about Jack, Carmen says she hopes they didn't argue about what movie to watch again.
- Not Proven: Despite the overwhelming evidence that Prof. Metcalf is behind the Bio-Augmentation program led by SOMBRA, the Bureau is unable to arrest him due to all of the test subjects being "volunteers" which means he's technically not doing anything wrong.
- The Paranoiac: Both Maya and Paul recall how the victim had grown to be extremely paranoiac over time due to SOMBRA's experiments, believing that the food Maya offered her was poisoned and Paul was an agent sent to kill her.
- Psycho Psychologist: Maya Salim is a psychologist working for SOMBRA who is willing to kill their test subjects in case they try to escape.
- Resignations Not Accepted: Riaja attempted to escape from the SOMBRA camp due to not wanting to be experimented on anymore, which led to her being killed by the psychologist conducting the brainwashing program.
- Shout-Out:
- The case's title comes from the song of the same name by Gwen Stefani.
- The victim resembles Lara Croft.
- During the case, an inkblot test is found. Jack sees it as "two dwarves fist bumping".
- Paul Irwin is a parody of Steve Irwin.
- The Shrink: Maya Salim, a psychologist working under SOMBRA, appears as a suspect.
- Super-Speed: What Riaja's Bio-Augmentation ability was. Coupled with her Technicolor Eyes, it led to Mbah to believe she was suffering from a Demonic Possession.
- Technicolor Eyes: A side-effect from the SOMBRA experimentation program is that the test subjects' eyes become yellow, which is how the Bureau manages to deduce that Baxter Fraser, the boxer they met in Case 31, was one of them.
- Tested on Humans: Prof. Metcalf is testing his Bio-Augmentation experiments on the SOMBRA recruits, which are mostly succesful apart from changing the color of their eyes.
- Unintentional Final Message: Riaja sent a message to Baxter asking him to meet in New Zealand so they could escape from SOMBRA's clutches, not knowing that she would die after trying to run from them.
- Witch Doctor: Mbah Tirta, one of your suspects, proclaims himself as the local witch doctor of the village, and attempts to sell you protective and lucky spells whenever you interrogate him.
