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1	! This film contains unmarked spoilers for ''Film/{{Death Note\|2006}}'' and ''[[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName Death Note: The Last Name]]''. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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3	[[caption-width-right:350:''"I too have sacrificed lives. But I cannot abandon this life in front of me."'']]
4	->''"No matter how gifted, you alone cannot change the world. But that's the wonderful thing about this world."''
5	-->-- '''L Lawliet'''
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7	''L: Change the [=WorLd=]'' is a spinoff from the ''Film/DeathNoteSeries'', and was released in Japan on February 9th, 2008.
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9	The legendary detective L, having written his own name in the Death Note as part of his plan to expose Kira, now has 23 days left to live. Approaching death's door, he uses his remaining time to solve crimes all over the world. When a young girl and boy come to him for aid, L is soon faced with what may be his most difficult case yet: stopping a group of corrupted scientists from spreading a lethal virus throughout the earth.
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11	!!''L: Change the [=WorLd=]'' contains examples of:
12	* AdvertisedExtra: Ryuk is on the poster, even though he only appears in the opening scene.
13	* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: L does this a couple of times to Near.
14	* BigHeroicRun: L attempts one when he realizes Maki's gone, but is too late to find her.
15	* BloodierAndGorier: Compared to the first two films. Several innocent people, including children, die of a virus that makes their skin and eyes bleed, with their skin also boiling, with one person getting burned. Whereas in the first and second films, most people (only adults) died of heart attacks and blood was rarely present throughout both films.
16	* BodyHorror: Maki's dad injecting himself with the virus, while simultaneously being burned to death by K. [[ThereAreNoTherapists Maki's probably going to be dreaming of that for a good long while]].
17	* CanonCharacterAllAlong: The Thai boy who travels with L throughout the movie is unnamed until the final scene, whom he names "Near." The scene where the boy is enamored with a toy robot is foreshadowing for this.
18	* CarryingTheAntidote: Blue Ship are rendered unable to use the virus near the beginning when the antidote is destroyed and therefore if they released it they too would die. [[spoiler: Though in the end, the leader releases it anyway because (unbeknownst to their henchmen) they are willing to die for their cause]].
19	* ChildProdigy: Near, who is a math genius and solves Maki's homework for her.
20	* ChildrenRaiseYou: Maki and [[NoNameGiven "Boy"]] do this for L, although he doesn't get to find true love. [[spoiler: At the end of the movie, L names the boy Near.]]
21	* ContinuityNod: In TheStinger, [[spoiler:L is seen eating a golden foil-wrapped chocolate bar. The chocolate hints that this entire scene is set directly before L's last meeting with Sochiro, and death in ''[[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName Death Note: The Last Name]]'', as he was eating it at the time]].
22	* CoolDownHug: Surprisingly enough, L gives this to Maki after she refused to kill K.
23	* DeathIsDramatic: Dying from the virus certainly is.
24	* DepopulationBomb: The point of the virus. Blue Ship wants an antidote handy so that they can get rid of most of the world's population but not themselves, [[{{Hypocrite}} naturally]].
25	* EmpathyDollShot: When Maki runs away to find K by herself and is kidnapped, L rushes out to try and find her, but the only thing left behind of her after the kidnapping, is her backpack with her precious teddy bear inside it.
26	* FriendToAllChildren: Despite having no people skills, L quickly forms a bond with both his young charges.
27	* HeelFaceTurn: While not evil, the only reason Suruga is helping is to gain L's trust in order to get the Death Note for the US government. When L reveals he burned them, Suruga decides to help him anyways, proving L's trust well-placed.
28	* TheHeroDies: L, of course, [[ForegoneConclusion assuming you've already seen the other two Death Note movies.]] The movie is an {{Interquel}} that takes place just before the ending of [[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName the second film]], and much of this film's conflict is L using his remaining time to solve one final case before he dies.
29	* HeroStoleMyBike: After being caught on the train, L, Maki and Near have no choice but to avoid public transport. In the next scene they are cycling away on bikes that are clearly not theirs.
30	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Subverted in that K is perfectly willing to die from the virus so long as it achieves her goal of ridding the world of humanity. [[spoiler: L doesn't let her]].
31	** ''K'', at least, is willing to die from the virus. [[spoiler: Matoba? Not so much.]]
32	* InnocenceLost: Maki watches her father kill himself violently in defiance of the terrorists' threats. This prompts her to want to murder them in revenge.
33	* {{Interquel}}: This movie is a sequel to ''The Last Name'', but all of the events take place after Light's defeat and during L's final 23 days. [[spoiler:TheStinger is set immediately before his death in the aforementioned film]].
34	* LikeYouWereDying: L puts up his best front for Maki and Near, even holding a picnic together while in hiding.
35	* LivingOnBorrowedTime: L gives himself 23 days to live in order to beat Light, but his death is sealed from the moment he writes his name down.
36	* MarkedToDie: Much of the conflict comes from the fact that [[YourDaysAreNumbered L will die in 23 days]] and that only gives him a limited amount of time to solve the case and save humanity.
37	* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: The ''aversion'' of this is a driving plot point. The ecoterrorist BigBad has a super-virus that will wipe out humanity, but he is not willing to die along with the rest of us. However, the scientist who created a vaccine destroys it and kills himself after learning of the villain's plan rather than let the plan succeed, causing the villain to go after the scientist's daughter, who has notes on the vaccine and who L takes in.
38	* MythologyGag: Near, an AlternateContinuity version of the manga Near.
39	** TheStinger has L eating a chocolate bar a la Mello. See ContinuityNod for it's other significance.
40	* ThePlague: The virus that was created is a mix of ebola and influenza, highly contagious, and quick to mutate. Naturally finding a cure before it wipes everybody out is the main plot of the movie.
41	* PapaWolf: L.
42	* PeacefulInDeath: L writes that he will die quietly of a heart attack, standing in contrast to Light's UndignifiedDeath.
43	* RaceAgainstTheClock: In a twist, it is the heroes' unfortunate actions that are time sensitive. Maki is the one who injected herself with the virus to begin with, and it has to be cured before it becomes active or she could kill innocent bystanders. L likewise is at the last of his days having written his own name in the notebook and has to get the problem solved before he dies.
44	* RedRightHand: One of the principle terrorists has a cloudy blue left eye.
45	* RidingIntoTheSunset: More like "walking into the sunset". L does this in the film's final minutes, as he realizes that he wanted to live longer.
46	* SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism: Surprisingly falls well on the side of idealism. No matter how [[SyntheticPlague horrible]] the actions of Blue Ship are, humanity's capacity to solve its own problems and choose healing over revenge wins out in the end.
47	* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: With Watari dead, the Kira case solved, and only 23 days left to live, L falls into this, trying to pass the days solving as many cases as possible despite his despondence. After the Blue Ship case is over, he realizes he did want to keep on living.
48	* SpotlightStealingTitle: The first and second movie adaptations of the franchise are ''Film/{{Death Note\|2006}}'' and ''[[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName Death Note: The Last Name]]''. ''Film/LChangeTheWorld'' is the third in the series.
49	* TheStinger: [[spoiler:[[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName A short scene is set just minutes before L's final meeting with Sochiro and death,]] with L closing his case book and leaving his desk. The screen goes black, and these words appear]]:
50	-->''[[spoiler:[[InMemoriam L Lawliet\
51	Rest in peace]]]]''
52	* SyntheticPlague: Blue Ship manufactures the virus in order to wipe out humanity and restore balance in the ecosystem.
53	* TitleDrop: "No matter how gifted, you alone cannot Change the World".
54	* TookALevelInKindness: L.
55	* UndignifiedDeath: Ryuk tries to stop L from burning the Death Notes, telling him he will die anyways, and reminding him that Light thought he could become a god with them. L asks whether Light died like a god, and burns them without regret.
56	** Dying from the disease definitely counts.
57	* WantedPoster: K goes on TV and declares Maki to be a medical patient with a deadly virus who must be detained at all costs. This, along with the posters plastered everywhere, makes it very difficult for the group to move, especially since K is an acclaimed scientist, so no one doubts the story.
58	* WhenHeSmiles: L smiles a couple of times here and it is adorable.
59	* {{Xanatos Speed Chess}}: What do you expect if L is involved?
60	* WholesomeCrossdresser: L apparently does this so he can pass as Maki's mother at one point.
61	* YouKilledMyFather: This ultimately the result when Maki's father is DrivenToSuicide and refuses to help K.
62	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Since it's an {{Interquel}} that takes place in the 23 days before his death in [[Film/DeathNoteTheLastName the second film]], much of the tension comes from L trying to stop a group of eco-terrorists from wiping out humanity with a deadly virus before he meets his own imminent demise.
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