History VideoGame / DoctorLautrecAndTheForgottenKnights

* InsistentTerminology: Milady always calls Sophie "Madame" and pokes fun at her becoming [[OldMaid "an old maid"]]. Sophie, [[ChristmasCake being in her early twenties]], finds this highly offensive.

* OldMaid: Milady constantly jokes at Sophie's expense that her running around adventuring with Lautrec has already turned her into a ChristmasCake. [[spoiler: Lautrec promises Sophie's mother he will marry her himself should this truly come to pass]].

* ShipTease: Lautrec and Sophie have moments of this (always one-sided on Sophie's half) and Milady and Claude have a number of instances of this, too. [[WillTheyOrWontThey Even Sophie isn't sure if they're really interested in each other.]] One of the post-main-story quests ends in Lautrec [[spoiler: promising Sophie's mother to marry Sophie himself should she get caught in ChristmasCake territory because of him]].

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Claude got into adventuring to find a girl that would fall for him, not his inheritance. Then he fell for Milady...

[[AdventurerArchaeologist Doctor Lautrec]] is a [[GeniusBruiser French professor]] at a museum who studies ancient treasures, solves mysteries, and [[GottaCatchThemAll tames ghosts]] that he cannot even sense. and all the while [[BadassInANiceSuit he's got a suit]], [[CoolHat top hat]] with a monkey in it, a peppy female assistant (who '''can''' see these ghosts) named Sophie, and a few more colorful characters to go with it.

[[AdventurerArchaeologist Doctor Lautrec]] is a [[GeniusBruiser French professor]] at a museum who studies ancient treasures, solves mysteries, and [[GottaCatchThemAll tames ghosts]] that he cannot even sense. and all the while [[BadassInANiceSuit he's got a suit]], [[CoolHat top hat]] with a [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkey in it]], a peppy female assistant (who '''can''' see these ghosts) named Sophie, and a few more colorful characters to go with it.

* BadassMustache: Doctor Lautrec, of course.

* GatlingGood: Paul spends a good portion of his screentime carrying an impressively portable steam-powered Gatling gun. [[RealityEnsues It jams or leaks steam or explodes most of the times he tries to actually use it]].

* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: All the historical events happened (and keep happening) as they actually did. Treasure Animatus generally don't do anything supernatural other than kill people that touch the cursed objects, and while some of them are ''rumoured'' to possess supernatural powers or grant them to their wielders, absolutely none of them come to pass once Lautrec and Sophie obtain them, usually to Sophie's chagrin. The only illogical objects in the game are the guns the villains use... [[RealityEnsues which don't reliably work]], just as one would expect from a steam-powered [[GatlingGood Gatling gun]].

Now has a [[Characters/DoctorLautrecAndTheForgottenKnights Character Sheet]].

''Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights'' is an Action-Adventure game by {{Creator/Konami}} for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS, released in 2011.

Now there is a [[Characters/DoctorLautrecAndTheForgottenKnights Character Sheet]].
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** Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera is a character. He's also a descendant of Literature/TheManInTheIronMask, for good measure.
** Sophie is shown reading ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' in the opening chapter, and later discusses ''Literature/TheManInTheIronMask'' with Lautrec.

* DuelingGames: With the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series in general and ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter'' in specific.

* RecycledInSpace: [[NeverTrustATrailer Before its release]] it was accused of being "Franchise/ProfessorLayton IN PARIS!" , but your mileage may vary if that is true or not.

* FollowTheLeader: The core of the game feels very firmly based on the Franchise/ProfessorLayton games with the top hat-wearing historian protagonist that goes around claiming "there's no mystery he can't solve", solving puzzles and combating shadowy secret societies. The meat of the game, however, also includes elements from {{Creator/Konami}}'s own ''Videogame/{{Boktai}}'' and, as such, it's a lot less of a direct copy.
** To make things worse, the first Layton game for the 3DS added ''very'' similar action-puzzler block-moving enemy-avoiding elements.

* XMeetsY: {{VideoGame/Boktai}} meets {{Franchise/Pokemon}} with some stylistic influences from Franchise/ProfessorLayton.

''Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights'' is an Action-Adventure game by {{Konami}} for the Nintendo3DS, released in 2011.

* FollowTheLeader: The core of the game feels very firmly based on the Franchise/ProfessorLayton games with the top hat-wearing historian protagonist that goes around claiming "there's no mystery he can't solve", solving puzzles and combating shadowy secret societies. The meat of the game, however, also includes elements from {{Konami}}'s own Videogame/{{Boktai}} and, as such, it's a lot less of a direct copy.

** VictorHugo is quoted A LOT. One sidequest delves into ''Literature/LesMiserables'' deeply.

** Sophie is shown reading ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' in the opening chapter, and later discusses ''TheManInTheIronMask'' with Lautrec.

** ThePhantomOfTheOpera is a character. He's also a descendant of TheManInTheIronMask, for good measure.

* BechdelTest: Passes, although barely. There are three major named female characters, they do regularly converse with one another, but rarely without the presence of male characters, and when they're alone, while they DO talk about marriage, that's not the only thing they discuss.

* {{Curse}}: The treasure animatus. At least one person who touched it unprotected died on the spot.

* EscapeRope: The Aller Simple.

** ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: Justified. You can only carry (and therefore use in battle) up to three Treasure Animatus at once into a labyrinth, but that's practicality, since the items vary in size between hairpins and suits of armour.

* InfinityPlusOneSword: There are four, one for each of the "main" spirit types, available in the jewel shop from around the middle of the game. You will only be able to afford to buy ONE of them in a single playthrough and only if you managed to complete ALL of the optional dungeons with perfect or near-perfect results in battles and found all of the treasure chests - there simply is just barely enough gems in the game to afford them. With luck, you'll get them before you do the final, hardest, optional quest. Without luck, you'll get them before the TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. Without any luck whatsoever, you'll only save up enough gems to afford them in the post-ending play (you don't actually need them that badly to defeat the final boss).

* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Some quests become available only after their preceding quests in the corresponding plot line have been completed and may be tied into the main story progression (such as [[spoiler:Jean and Paul's]] HeelFaceTurn, Marie's secret being revealed, Sophie's ongoing argument with her mother, Claude's affections for Milady, etc) which sometimes leads to a feeling of disconnect as you hop from one subplot to another, particularly in Chapter 7 when each of them start getting final episodes.

* XMeetsY: VideoGame/Boktai meets {{Franchise/Pokemon}} with some stylistic influences from Franchise/ProfessorLayton.

* ADayInTheLimelight: One quest has you controlling (and therefore watching walk around the maps) Sophie instead of Lautrec.

* OldMaid: Milady constantly jokes at Sophie's expense that her running around adventuring with Lautrec has already turned her into a ChristmasCake.

* ShipTease: Lautrec and Sophie have moments of this (always one-sided on Sophie's half) and Milady and Claude have a number of instances of this, too. [[WillTheyOrWontThey Even Sophie isn't sure if they're really interested in each other.]]