History VideoGame / DoctorLautrecAndTheForgottenKnights

** Lautrec himself, although it's never made clear what his exact duties in the Museum of Natural History are, he spends a suspiciously minimal amount of time there.

* NoIndoorVoice: Gustav's vocal range seems to be limited between "shouting loudly" and "shouting loud enough to shake the walls".
* NoSuchThingAsHR: Lautrec does surprisingly little... well, doctor-of-natural-history-ing, and on many occasions goes into lengthy rants about why he's superior and different from all those run-of-the-mill 'adventurers'... yet most of the time the only thing he does is adventurer-ing. And unlike Indiana Jones, he doesn't have anything to show for it for the museum's benefit afterward, since the Treasure Animatus he recovers is deadly. It's a miracle he keeps his job.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Milady, the owner of La Repaire. Also, the Phantom (yes, of [[ShoutOut The Opera]]).
* {{Expy}}: Contrary to what you may expect, Lautrec feels more like an expy of Series/{{House}} than of Franchise/ProfessorLayton, right down to his English VA sounding a lot like HughLaurie (right down to speech patterns). He's an ObliviousToLove BunnyEarsLawyer (as he repeatedly states he's in this for the Treasure Animatus and the historical or monetary value of the items does not interest him), is a JerkassWithAHeartOfGold (more gold than jerkass, but he has his moments too) and is an InsufferableGenius to boot - pretty much everything that Layton is not.

* PoirotSpeak: Vidocq occasionally lapses into this.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: The catacombs under Paris can still be accessed to this day, and yes, it actually is illegal to explore down there.

* SmugSnake: Vidocq.

SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Inspector Godot, who is intent on stopping all these filthy "adventurers" and bringing them to justice for their trespassing. Lautrec is genuinely offended that Godot lumps him in with the "adventurers".

* ThoseTwoGuys: Jean and Paul.
** FatAndSkinny: For bonus points.
** BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: For extra bonus points (type 1, complementary outfits).

* InspectorJavert: Inspector Godot, who is intent on stopping all these filthy "adventurers" and bringing them to justice for their vandalism (because breaking into a long-lost catacomb, making a rare archeological discovery and not taking anything except for the cursed trinket that kills anyone who touches it is obviously vandalism). Lautrec is genuinely offended that Godot lumps him in with the "adventurers".

[[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 he's got a suit, 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.

* XMeetsY: It's Franchise/ProfessorLayton with Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, Franchise/MetalGear and Film/{{Ghostbusters}} added in for good measure. As a result, it comes off feeling like a mix of Videogame/{{Boktai}} and Pandora's Box (the old Sierra city-themed puzzle collection game about catching evil spirits with the power of solving puzzles).

!! '''contains examples of:'''

** Sophie is shown reading TheThreeMusketeers in the opening chapter, and later discusses TheManInTheIronMask with Lautrec.
** VictorHugo is quoted A LOT. One sidequest delves into LesMiserables deeply.

* XMeetsY: It's Franchise/ProfessorLayton with Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, Franchise/MetalGear and Film/{{Ghostbusters}} added in for good measure. As a result, it comes off feeling like a mix of Videogame/{{Boktai}} and Pandora's Box (the old Sierra city-themed puzzle collection game about catching evil spirits with the power of solving puzzles).

* BarrierChangeBoss: Sang Maudit.

* ShownTheirWork: You have a virtual Paris of the 1880s at your fingertips. You can visit EVERY street, view a panorama of it, and are regularly fed large bits of the city's history through casual dialogue, plot dialogue, sidequests and the journal. About the only thing that breaks the mood is the use of modern-day colour photographs of the city in some of the puzzles.

* ComplexityAddiction: Why Lautrec got into hunting for TreasureAnimatus to begin with, as he has no actual use or interest in the Treasures themselves, only in the puzzles protecting them. See also NiceJobBreakingItHero.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: At one point, Lautrec and his friends catch up to the BigBad [[spoiler: as he's stumped by the fact that the hints that drove the plot thus far have come full circle]]. Lautrec then proceeds to [[spoiler: deduce the error they've made and figures out the next step, announcing the solution out loud...]] while still standing next to the BigBad. Who promptly thanks Lautrec for doing his job for him.

* [[TheQueensLatin The Queen's French]]: In the English dub, all characters speak with various English accents, so you'll be forgiven if you manage to forget most of them are French. To counter this, Gustav occasionally lapses into a (rather fake) German accent.

* FacelessGoons: The titular Knights all wear iron masks and long flowing robes that entirely mask their shape, giving them an inhuman appearance.

* GatlingGood: Paul spends a good portion of his screentime carrying a steam-powered gatling gun. It jams or leaks 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]].

* InsistentTerminology: Milady always calls Sophie "Madame". Sophie, being in her early twenties, finds this highly offensive.

* WakeUpCallBoss: The spirits guarding the {{Plot Trinket}}s are tougher than normal spirits in general, serving as bosses of sorts, but the one under the Bastille takes the cake. Clearing him without losing any spirits of your own is going to be a challenge.

* XMeetsY: It's Franchise/ProfessorLayton with Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, Franchise/MetalGear and Film/{{Ghostbusters}} added in for good measure. As a result, it comes off feeling like a mix of Videogame/{{Boktai}} and Pandora's Box (the old Sierra city-themed puzzle collection game).

* RoyalsThatActuallyDoSomething: [[spoiler:Marie, who turns out to be a descendant of the Bourbon royal family]].

** VictorHugo is quoted A LOT.

* Expy: Contrary to what you may expect, Lautrec feels more like an expy of Series/{{House}} than of Franchise/ProfessorLayton, right down to his English VA sounding a lot like HughLaurie (right down to speech patterns). He's ObliviousToLove, is a JerkassWithAHeartOfGold (more gold than jerkass, but he has his moments too) and is an InsufferableGenius to boot - pretty much everything that Layton is not.

* InspectorJavert: Inspector Godot, who is intent on stopping all these filthy "adventurers" and bringing them to justice for their vandalism. Lautrec is genuinely offended that Godot lumps him in with the "adventurers".

* Period Piece: Welcome to the Paris before the Eiffel Tower was built... or rather, as it was WHILE it was being built.

* {{Curse}}: Well, the treasure animatus. one person who touched it died on the spot.

* Our [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Treasure Animatus is different]] Well, they're pieces of treasure cursed and haunted by ghosts who you must fight to tame using other pieces of treasure, most of the effective ones being haunted by other ones, so.... likely.