Line #71 Characters/MurderInSmallTownX


1	[[folder:The Fifteen Suspects]]
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3	[[WMG: Deanna Harris]]
4	An attorney and Secretary of the Sunrise Press. [[spoiler: She is the fifth suspect to be cleared of suspicion.]]
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6	* AmoralAttorney: [[spoiler: Subverted. Despite being one of the suspects presented at the beginning, she's eventually cleared of suspicion. That said, she does take enjoyment in helping Lambert kick Frank out of his newspaper business.]]
7	* HelloAttorney
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9	[[WMG: Drew Chambers]]
10	Operator of the Sunset Club, a nightclub in Sunrise. [[spoiler: He is the fourth suspect cleared of suspicion.]]
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12	* JerkassHasAPoint: In the first episode everyone calls him out for claiming Carmen might have killed her own family, but he retorts that at that point they don't even know where she is.
13	* WrongGenreSavvy: He at first thinks Carmen's disappearence means she might be the killer. He's quickly proven wrong later that night when Thibodeaux finds Carmen's body.
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15	[[WMG: Dudley Duncan]]
16	The police chief of Sunrise. [[spoiler: He's the first suspect to be cleared.]]
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18	* FriendOnTheForce: Always willing to work with the investigators.
19	* DetectiveMole: [[spoiler: Averted. Despite being one of the fifteen presented suspects, he's the first to be cleared of suspicion in the very first episode.]]
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21	[[WMG: Emerson Bowden]]
22	The mayor of Sunrise.
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24	* ExpertConsultant: He knows everything there is about the town, so he's often spoken to about its history should it come up in the investigation. He's also an expert on taxidermy, which comes in handy when the investigators find some of Nate's fingers presevered in a sardine can in a manner similar to taxidermy.
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26	[[WMG: Frank Kovick]]
27	A newspaper reporter.
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29	* BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: Averted and defied. Once he spots some of the investigators performing a stakeout, he confronts them with not only his abili, but any possible motive he might have had to kill Nate and his family in hopes they'll cut him off the suspect list.
30	* HappilyAdopted: He was abandoned by his biological mother and he never knew his biological dad. Instead he considers the couple who adopted him to be his real parents, since they made his childhood "golden".
31	* {{Jerkass}}: He's quite abrasive and quick-tempered.
32	* WrongGenreSavvy: Granted he hedged his bets by saying no one in Sunrise likes people spying on them, but he still had the wrong idea that the stakeout he spotted was for him (it was actually for Jimmy).
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34	[[WMG: G.D. Thibodeaux]]
35	A Vietnam War Veteran turned ferryboat captain. [[spoiler: He is the sixth suspect to be cleared of suspicion, and the second suspect to be murdered by the real killer.]]
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37	* {{Jerkass}}: One of the reasons he garnered suspicion so quickly.
38	* [[spoiler: RedHerring: He was one of the main suspects in the first half of the series, but got killed off around the halfway point by the real killer.]]
39	* StalkerShrine: For Connor.
40	* StalkerWithACrush: Has a creepy obsession with Prudence Connor.
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42	[[WMG: Hayden [=DeBeck=]]]
43	A former general and leader of the Mind and Science Society. [[spoiler: He is the eighth suspect to be cleared of suspicion, and the third suspect to be killed by the real killer.]]
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45	* ArchEnemy: He's the one most against William in regards to his hotel idea.
46	* FirstLove: He was this for Leita before she was swept away by Oscar, her late husband.
47	* WrongGenreSavvy: He was convinced Connor might have killed Nate since he knows she had money from Nate that supposed to go to him. [[spoiler: In his final moments, he realizes he was way off the mark.]]
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49	[[WMG: Jimmy Tinker]]
50	Boyfriend of the deceased Abby Flint.
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52	* HeroicBSOD: Starts to undergo this after Abby's car is fished up from the nearby water. [[spoiler: The fact that he's not the killer prevents this trope from being a subversion.]]
53	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His brief tryst with Mary-Elizabeth comes back to haunt him when Abby's car is found. [[spoiler: That's because he had gotten into a fight with Nate the evening the family was murdered, ran off, then came back in a drunken frenzy to wreck the car in order to get attention, not knowing there was a crime scene in the house. He tried to hide the car and later have it disposed of.]]
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55	[[WMG: Leita Rose-Blodgett]]
56	Mail center operator and widow. [[spoiler: She is the third suspect cleared, and also the first suspect to be murdered by the real killer.]]
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58	* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb: The first townsperson to be killed after the initial murders, and dies right when the mystery starts to get deeper.]]
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60	[[WMG: Mary-Elizabeth Merchant]]
61	Best friend of the deceased Abby Flint.
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63	* AbhorrentAdmirer: She starts to become this for Jimmy when he realizes she's serious about wanting to be the new Abby.
64	* IJustWantToBeYou: Mary-Elizabeth is obsessed with Abby Flint and tries to be just like her. She sleeps with Jimmy Tinker (Abby’s boyfriend). Most creepily she gets C.R. Flint to call her “Abby” [[spoiler: right before Mary-Elizabeth is abducted and killed]].
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66	[[WMG: Prudence Connor]]
67	A garage owner and mistress of the late Nate Flint.
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69	* ADeadlyAffair: It's quickly revealed that she was sleeping with Nate, though he's the one to die. Subverted in that the motive for murder had nothing to do with the affair.
70	* LastNameBasis: Almost always referred to by her last name.
71	* WrenchWench
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73	[[WMG: Rusty Crandall]]
74	Pastor of the First Church of Sunrise.
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76	* SinisterMinister: His behavior during the Flint family's memorial, especially towards Abby, sets off red flags for the investigators. [[spoiler: He's not actually the killer, but the trope still fits given information later on.]]
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78	[[WMG: Samantha Larabee]]
79	A local diner owner. [[spoiler: She is the seventh suspect cleared of suspicion. She was also kidnapped by the killer to be his final victim, only to be saved at the last minute.]]
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81	* SleepDeprivation: She suffers from night terrors, making it difficult to get sleep. She's seeing the town doctor to try and sleep better.
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83	[[WMG: William Lambert]]
84	Business Partner of the late Nate Flint.
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86	* [[spoiler: AllForNothing: Besides finishing his father's original goal of taking out the descendants of the OSL, Lambert was making corporate waves in trying to take control of the town. But he underestimated the investigators and died before he could finish either goal, meaning everything he'd done is now likely to be undone.]]
87	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Revealed to be the real killer.]]
88	* [[spoiler: ChekhovsSkill: He shows that he knows to handle a bang stick (a type of concussive rifle used for fishing). The investigation team soon finds out a bang stick was the murder weapon.]]
89	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Comes off as this.
90	* DestinationDefenestration: [[spoiler: Chief Duncan shoots him out the window to his death.]]
91	* [[spoiler: EvilCounterpart: He turns out to be this for Frank, since both were born to single mothers and ultimately given up for adoption. But Frank ultimately wound up living a happier life with his new family, while William chose to pick up where his father left off.]]
92	* ExactWords: When he confronts two of the investigators going undercover at a strip club he owns, he lets them know that his mother was driven out of Sunrise by rumors started by Leita and he did need Leita's land for a hotel he wants to build, but he would never kill Leita for either of those reasons. [[spoiler: He killed her for a completely different reason.]]
93	* [[spoiler: FairPlayVillain: Overlaps with VillainsNeverLie. He sticks to the rules of his game like glue and never gives out false information when clearing suspects should the investigators correctly answer his questions.]]
94	* HonorBeforeReason: He was on the cusp of practically owning the town and having everyone there in his pocket. [[spoiler: Instead he chose to finish his father's crusade in taking revenge on the descendants of those who killed the [=DuChamps=] family. It ultimately leads to his death.]]
95	* {{Jerkass}}: He's not a very likable guy.
96	* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]
97	* [[spoiler: VillainBall: He practically goes out of his way to be as much of a HateSink as possible to keep himself on the suspect list in order to maintain his game, when it could have been so much easier to act like a concerned citizen and stay under the radar.]]
98	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: It's impossible to discuss him without revealing that he's the killer the investigators are looking for.]]
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100	[[WMG: X-Ray]]
101	A taxi cab driver that lives in Sunrise. [[spoiler: He's the second suspect to be cleared.]]
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103	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname
104	* SupportPartyMember: Along with Moe, he provides transportation for the investigators.
105	[[/folder]]
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107	[[folder:Others]]
108
109	[[WMG: Nate Flint]]
110	Husband of Carmen Flint and Father of Abby Flint. Murdered at the beginning of the series.
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112	* PosthumousCharacter
113	* [[spoiler: SinsOfTheFather: He and his daughter were killed because his grandfather was involved with the death of the [=DuChamps=] family.]]
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115	[[WMG: Carmen Flint]]
116	Wife of Nate Flint and Mother of Abby Flint. Murdered at the beginning of the series.
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118	* ExactWords: The killer promised to return her to the people of Sunrise a few days after the murders. He never said she'd be ''alive'' when that happened.
119	* MouthOfSauron: She was coerced to be this at the start of the game to introduce it to the investigators.
120	* PosthumousCharacter
121	* PrettyLittleHeadshots: Justified, as the murder weapon was a fishing tool known as a bang stick, which relies on concussive force to kill rather any sort of ammunition.
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123	[[WMG: Abby Flint]]
124	Daughter of Nate and Carmen Flint. Murdered at the beginning of the series.
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126	* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her father didn't approve of her dating Jimmy, [[spoiler: likely because they enjoyed making sex videos together.]]
127	* TheLostLenore: She was Jimmy's girlfriend.
128	* PosthumousCharacter
129
130	[[WMG: Oscar Blodgett]]
131	Deceased husband of Leita Rose-Blodgett
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133	* PosthumousCharacter
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135	[[WMG: C.R. Flint]]
136	Patriarch of the Flint Family.
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138	* LastOfHisKind: The sole surviving member of the Flint family after the initial murders.
139
140	[[WMG: Moe Zaleski]]
141	A local sailor that works with Thibodeaux.
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143	* DarkIsNotEvil: Looks pretty creepy, but he's on the investigator's side.
144	* ImNotHereToMakeFriends: Non-competitive example. He doesn't care what the investigators think about him. He only cares that the mystery gets solved.
145	* SupportPartyMember: Along with X-Ray, he provides transportation for the investigators.
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147	[[WMG: The Sweepers]]
148	People in suits that constantly sweep the grounds of Sunrise.
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150	* WeAreEverywhere: The investigators note the Sweepers seem to be one step ahead of them in terms of the investigation, almost always near where one of the tracks are.
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152	[[WMG: Burnt Face Man]]
153	A man who appears on a series of films found by the investigators.
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155	* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Committed suicide out of guilt after killing Oscar Blodgett.]]
156	* FacialHorror: His face is badly burned.
157	* [[spoiler: IAmAMonster: He says that his murder of Oscar Blodgett turned him into a monster.]]
158	* [[spoiler: MadBomber: Rigged Oscar Blodgett's boat to explode.]]
159	* [[spoiler: NoNameGiven: We can presume his last name is [=DuChamps=], since he's the SoleSurvivor of this family (which features heavily into the plot of the mystery), but we never learn his first name.]]
160	* PosthumousCharacter: Long dead by the time the investigation begins.
161	* [[spoiler: RevengeFeelsEmpty: Killed Oscar Blodgett to avenge his family, but felt nothing but regret and shame after the act.]]
162	* [[spoiler: TragicVillain: His entire family was murdered, and his attempt at revenge only drove him to despair.]]
163	* WalkingSpoiler
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