Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Fixing misuse. The Bus Came Back should only apply if the character was incarcerated, explicitly shown to go away, or returns after another season.
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* TheBusCameBack: Dermot [=McMurphy=] and Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante return as suspect after being absent since [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill 22]], respectively.
to:
* TheBusCameBack: Dermot [=McMurphy=] and Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante return as suspect after being absent since [=McMurphy=], who was incarcerated for running an illegal fight club in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] and 19]], returns here as a suspect after serving his sentence.
*CallBack: Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante returns as suspect after being absent since [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill22]], respectively.22]].
*CallBack: Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante returns as suspect after being absent since [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 22 (click to see context) from:
* {{Gorn}}: Just like [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase03TheGrimButcher The Grim Butcher]], the victim was killed by being hanged from a hook then cut open like a pig, prompting his guts to spill out. The only upside is that he wasn't also tortured like the victim from The Grim Butcher was.
to:
* {{Gorn}}: Just like [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase03TheGrimButcher The Grim Butcher]], the victim was killed by being hanged from a hook then cut open like a pig, prompting his guts to spill out.out, and this time, we see the results. The only upside is that he wasn't also tortured like the victim from The Grim Butcher was.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_292.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:'''Chief Wright:''' Crimson Banks is home to many Irish and Italian businesses... Which have historically flourished side by side, on the two banks of the river.]]
The Flying Squad makes its way to Crimson Banks, the commercial heart of Concordia where Italians and Irish coexist in peace, to chase after Franca Capecchi and stop her from instigating a MobWar between both communities to avenge her husband's murder. There, it doesn't take long before Maddie and the player are informed about a murder being reported in a slaughterhouse, where the body of Irish cab driver Thomas Boyd has been found hanging from a hook and with his guts spilled out.
!!Tropes:
*AttentionDeficitOohShiny: While inspecting the victim's cab for clues, Maddie momentarily gets distracted by swooning over it and comparing it to her own car.
*{{Blackmail}}: The Italians had been blackmailing Betty with aiding them by hiding packages in her butcher shop, and Margherita also used her shop to murder the victim while Betty was forced to turn a blind eye.
*TheBusCameBack: Dermot [=McMurphy=] and Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante return as suspect after being absent since [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill 22]], respectively.
*ComicallyMissingThePoint: Betty does this when you ask her about a murder occurring in her butcher shop.
-->'''Maddie:''' Betty, you said you worked here in the slaughterhouse. How in heavens did you not notice a dead man hanging from the hooks?
-->'''Betty:''' A dead man? We don't sell those here, love, only beef and pork! But I suppose dead meat is dead meat, whatever creature it was before!
*ContinuityNod:
**One of the killer´s traits is that they read ''Pistols & Petticoats'', the magazine mentioned in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase21BlueBlazes Case 21.]]
**Maddie recalls how Antonio brother [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill was mistaken for the Scarlet Slayer and killed as a result.]]
**When you find a severed finger from an Irishman, Maddie recalls how [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase25DeathWithoutParole this isn't the first time the Italians have done this]] as a form of intimidation.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase29BloodBath Evie getting shot by the Italians]] is brought up again.
*DistressCall: Evie performs one from a phone boot in Chapter 3 after getting chased by Betty with a butcher knife, who claims was just following Evie around to "help her".
*DrivesLikeCrazy: The victim was helping Scott Buckley, an Irish immigrant, learn how to drive to become a cab driver just like him, but stopped after the first try because Scott crashed into a lamppost.
*GangBangers: In addition to Antonio returning, Margherita Morello, the killer, is also part of the Italian gang.
*GoodLuckCharm: Butcher Betty has one in the form of a plastic figurine of a pig named Prince Porky.
*{{Gorn}}: Just like [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase03TheGrimButcher The Grim Butcher]], the victim was killed by being hanged from a hook then cut open like a pig, prompting his guts to spill out. The only upside is that he wasn't also tortured like the victim from The Grim Butcher was.
-->'''Maddie:''' Sorry, <Player's Name>... It's just that it's the most gruesome murder we've seen in a while!
*GuttedLikeAFish: How the victim died, although "Gutted Like a Pig" would be a more accurate term.
*HeKnowsTooMuch: A non-lethal example: Antonio cut off the finger of an Irish shopkeeper named Sean Flynn because he discovered Antonio had planted a spying device on the victim's cab.
*IfICantHaveYou: Margherita murdered Thomas after he broke up with her for being part of the Italian gang.
*IntergenerationalFriendship: The victim, who was around his late 30s, was friends with fellow Irish Scott Buckley, who is 65, [[WeUsedToBeFriends at least until Thomas decided to not give him a job.]]
*ItHasOnlyJustBegun: At the end of the case, Maddie fearfully says that this murder is just the beginning of the imminent MobWar that is brewing in Crimson Banks and that the entire Squad needs to be prepared for what's about to come.
*JackTheRipoff: The case's killer murdered Thomas the exact same way the killer from a story in the ''Pistols & Petticoats'' magazine did it, which allows Evie to deduce the culprit reads said magazine.
*JustGotOutOfJail: One of the killer's traits is that they have been in prison before. In a more precise example, Dermot, who you arrested back in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] for running an underground fight club, has just been released from prison on accounts of good behavior.
*IJustWantToBeBadass: Throughout the case, Evie tries to investigate on her own and also steals one of Rose's guns to learn how to shot, as she confesses she's been feeling useless against the Italians ever since they injured her in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase29BloodBath Case 29]] and wants to grow stronger.
*KillOnSight: During her arrest, Margherita says that Franca has declared "open season" on the Irish for the Italian gang to kill, and she decided to give the first step by murdering Thomas over a resentment.
*MerchantCity: Crimson Banks is described as this, being the commercial heart of Concordia where merchandise shipments arrive and most of its inhabitants run shops and establishments.
*MisplacedRetribution: During the Additional Investigation, Rose informs you that one of her guns has been stolen and immediately jumps to accuse Diego, claiming that they should've never allowed a criminal to join the Squad. Then you discover it was Evie who stole the gun.
*MurderBallad: {{Implied}} after you rescue Evie from Betty.
-->'''Betty:''' What's that you're saying 'bout me? I only chased after you because I thought you needed help! I wanted to offer a sniff of chloral hydrate to calm you down!
-->'''Evie:''' You were humming a song about slitting my throat!
*NoodleIncident: Rose briefly recalls how she and her late husband once fought a gang of crocodile hunters before telling you it doesn't matter.
*NotProven: Despite Sean declaring that it was Antonio who cut off his finger, the lack of solid proof and Sean leaving Crimson Banks without further declaration spared Antonio from being incarcerated.
*OfficialCouple: As of this case, is clear that Maddie and Charlie are officially going out, with Diego declaring that he feels a little jealous of their relationship and Charlie constantly complimenting Maddie during his analyses.
*OnlyOneName: Betty only has her first name revealed, being called "Butcher Betty" by everyone.
*PetTheDog: After Evie confesses she stole Rose's gun to learn how to shot since she feels weak and useless, Rose comforts her and tells Evie that she's useful for the Squad in her own way, such as being very intelligent.
*PreventTheWar: The Flying Squad arrives to Crimson Banks for this reason, as Franca Capecchi is planning to start a MobWar to kill as many Irish as possible to avenge her husband's death.
*ProtectionRacket: Antonio had been charging the victim for "protection" while he drove through the Italian side of Crimson Banks despite the fact that the only Italians who would've wanted to hurt him were gangster such as Antonio himself.
*SayingTooMuch: Antonio accidentally reveals he cut off Sean's finger because he saw him putting a spying device on the victim's car.
-->'''Antonio:''' He saw me planting a spying device in that Irish cabbie's car, and-
-->Uh, forget I said anything...
*ShoutOut:
**The case's title comes from the song of the same name by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel.
** In the Slaughterhouse Meat Hooks scene, there is a broken figurine that, when repaired, resembles [[Franchise/LooneyTunes Porky Pig]]. Betty, its owner, even calls it Prince Porky.
** In the Crimson Bridge scene, there is a bust of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
*SkewedPriorities: When you inform Margherita about Thomas' murder, she wonders who will take her to her beauty appointment now.
*StarCrossedLovers: Both Margherita about Thomas were in a relationship despite she being Italian and Thomas being Irish, which was seen as taboo. This ended up with Thomas breaking up with Margherita and she murdering him out of spite.
*TheTaxi: The victim was in charge of driving one of these across both sides of the river.
*UngratefulBastard: Dermot declares that the victim's car used to belong to him, and Dermot lent it to Thomas while he was in prison. However, Thomas refused to give it back to Dermot when he got out, claiming that he was making too much money as a cab driver.
[[caption-width-right:350:'''Chief Wright:''' Crimson Banks is home to many Irish and Italian businesses... Which have historically flourished side by side, on the two banks of the river.]]
The Flying Squad makes its way to Crimson Banks, the commercial heart of Concordia where Italians and Irish coexist in peace, to chase after Franca Capecchi and stop her from instigating a MobWar between both communities to avenge her husband's murder. There, it doesn't take long before Maddie and the player are informed about a murder being reported in a slaughterhouse, where the body of Irish cab driver Thomas Boyd has been found hanging from a hook and with his guts spilled out.
!!Tropes:
*AttentionDeficitOohShiny: While inspecting the victim's cab for clues, Maddie momentarily gets distracted by swooning over it and comparing it to her own car.
*{{Blackmail}}: The Italians had been blackmailing Betty with aiding them by hiding packages in her butcher shop, and Margherita also used her shop to murder the victim while Betty was forced to turn a blind eye.
*TheBusCameBack: Dermot [=McMurphy=] and Antonio "The Scorpion" Dante return as suspect after being absent since [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill 22]], respectively.
*ComicallyMissingThePoint: Betty does this when you ask her about a murder occurring in her butcher shop.
-->'''Maddie:''' Betty, you said you worked here in the slaughterhouse. How in heavens did you not notice a dead man hanging from the hooks?
-->'''Betty:''' A dead man? We don't sell those here, love, only beef and pork! But I suppose dead meat is dead meat, whatever creature it was before!
*ContinuityNod:
**One of the killer´s traits is that they read ''Pistols & Petticoats'', the magazine mentioned in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase21BlueBlazes Case 21.]]
**Maddie recalls how Antonio brother [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill was mistaken for the Scarlet Slayer and killed as a result.]]
**When you find a severed finger from an Irishman, Maddie recalls how [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase25DeathWithoutParole this isn't the first time the Italians have done this]] as a form of intimidation.
**[[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase29BloodBath Evie getting shot by the Italians]] is brought up again.
*DistressCall: Evie performs one from a phone boot in Chapter 3 after getting chased by Betty with a butcher knife, who claims was just following Evie around to "help her".
*DrivesLikeCrazy: The victim was helping Scott Buckley, an Irish immigrant, learn how to drive to become a cab driver just like him, but stopped after the first try because Scott crashed into a lamppost.
*GangBangers: In addition to Antonio returning, Margherita Morello, the killer, is also part of the Italian gang.
*GoodLuckCharm: Butcher Betty has one in the form of a plastic figurine of a pig named Prince Porky.
*{{Gorn}}: Just like [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase03TheGrimButcher The Grim Butcher]], the victim was killed by being hanged from a hook then cut open like a pig, prompting his guts to spill out. The only upside is that he wasn't also tortured like the victim from The Grim Butcher was.
-->'''Maddie:''' Sorry, <Player's Name>... It's just that it's the most gruesome murder we've seen in a while!
*GuttedLikeAFish: How the victim died, although "Gutted Like a Pig" would be a more accurate term.
*HeKnowsTooMuch: A non-lethal example: Antonio cut off the finger of an Irish shopkeeper named Sean Flynn because he discovered Antonio had planted a spying device on the victim's cab.
*IfICantHaveYou: Margherita murdered Thomas after he broke up with her for being part of the Italian gang.
*IntergenerationalFriendship: The victim, who was around his late 30s, was friends with fellow Irish Scott Buckley, who is 65, [[WeUsedToBeFriends at least until Thomas decided to not give him a job.]]
*ItHasOnlyJustBegun: At the end of the case, Maddie fearfully says that this murder is just the beginning of the imminent MobWar that is brewing in Crimson Banks and that the entire Squad needs to be prepared for what's about to come.
*JackTheRipoff: The case's killer murdered Thomas the exact same way the killer from a story in the ''Pistols & Petticoats'' magazine did it, which allows Evie to deduce the culprit reads said magazine.
*JustGotOutOfJail: One of the killer's traits is that they have been in prison before. In a more precise example, Dermot, who you arrested back in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Case 19]] for running an underground fight club, has just been released from prison on accounts of good behavior.
*IJustWantToBeBadass: Throughout the case, Evie tries to investigate on her own and also steals one of Rose's guns to learn how to shot, as she confesses she's been feeling useless against the Italians ever since they injured her in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase29BloodBath Case 29]] and wants to grow stronger.
*KillOnSight: During her arrest, Margherita says that Franca has declared "open season" on the Irish for the Italian gang to kill, and she decided to give the first step by murdering Thomas over a resentment.
*MerchantCity: Crimson Banks is described as this, being the commercial heart of Concordia where merchandise shipments arrive and most of its inhabitants run shops and establishments.
*MisplacedRetribution: During the Additional Investigation, Rose informs you that one of her guns has been stolen and immediately jumps to accuse Diego, claiming that they should've never allowed a criminal to join the Squad. Then you discover it was Evie who stole the gun.
*MurderBallad: {{Implied}} after you rescue Evie from Betty.
-->'''Betty:''' What's that you're saying 'bout me? I only chased after you because I thought you needed help! I wanted to offer a sniff of chloral hydrate to calm you down!
-->'''Evie:''' You were humming a song about slitting my throat!
*NoodleIncident: Rose briefly recalls how she and her late husband once fought a gang of crocodile hunters before telling you it doesn't matter.
*NotProven: Despite Sean declaring that it was Antonio who cut off his finger, the lack of solid proof and Sean leaving Crimson Banks without further declaration spared Antonio from being incarcerated.
*OfficialCouple: As of this case, is clear that Maddie and Charlie are officially going out, with Diego declaring that he feels a little jealous of their relationship and Charlie constantly complimenting Maddie during his analyses.
*OnlyOneName: Betty only has her first name revealed, being called "Butcher Betty" by everyone.
*PetTheDog: After Evie confesses she stole Rose's gun to learn how to shot since she feels weak and useless, Rose comforts her and tells Evie that she's useful for the Squad in her own way, such as being very intelligent.
*PreventTheWar: The Flying Squad arrives to Crimson Banks for this reason, as Franca Capecchi is planning to start a MobWar to kill as many Irish as possible to avenge her husband's death.
*ProtectionRacket: Antonio had been charging the victim for "protection" while he drove through the Italian side of Crimson Banks despite the fact that the only Italians who would've wanted to hurt him were gangster such as Antonio himself.
*SayingTooMuch: Antonio accidentally reveals he cut off Sean's finger because he saw him putting a spying device on the victim's car.
-->'''Antonio:''' He saw me planting a spying device in that Irish cabbie's car, and-
-->Uh, forget I said anything...
*ShoutOut:
**The case's title comes from the song of the same name by Music/SimonAndGarfunkel.
** In the Slaughterhouse Meat Hooks scene, there is a broken figurine that, when repaired, resembles [[Franchise/LooneyTunes Porky Pig]]. Betty, its owner, even calls it Prince Porky.
** In the Crimson Bridge scene, there is a bust of UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar.
*SkewedPriorities: When you inform Margherita about Thomas' murder, she wonders who will take her to her beauty appointment now.
*StarCrossedLovers: Both Margherita about Thomas were in a relationship despite she being Italian and Thomas being Irish, which was seen as taboo. This ended up with Thomas breaking up with Margherita and she murdering him out of spite.
*TheTaxi: The victim was in charge of driving one of these across both sides of the river.
*UngratefulBastard: Dermot declares that the victim's car used to belong to him, and Dermot lent it to Thomas while he was in prison. However, Thomas refused to give it back to Dermot when he got out, claiming that he was making too much money as a cab driver.
