History Anime / ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva

The movie received favorable reviews and is currently available in Japan and the United Kingdom; Creator/VizMedia has released the US version.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: In order to find the proper test subject, the BigBad built a cruise liner, with an opera house on it, and filled it with historical artifacts. And then blew it up. To get ''one'' test subject. That's a very expensive plan, especially since he had no way of knowing whether or not the experiment would work on the subject he got a hold of.
** That's it? What about the giant fortress which [[spoiler: unfolds into a stories-tall battle mecha with saw blades, missiles, crab claws, flailing hoses and spider legs, all with a giant pipe organ on top]], which is only for [[spoiler: playing the song to reveal the secret of immortality]]. Or the brainwashed wolves and sharks. That's some serious security for a deserted island. Or what about the mashup pipe organ which secretly [[spoiler: can copy a person's mind into another person]]? Which... if you can do that, who needs [[spoiler: immortality]] anyway? In retrospect, the giant opera house/cruise ship full of treasures and puzzles [[spoiler: held absolutely no relevance to the villain's plan whatsoever]]. On the contrary, it's what brought Professor freaking Layton and Luke in to begin with, which is basically BEGGING for your plan to be DOOMED.

** She was the only other one to successfully figure out Puzzle 3. Everyone else in her group was along for the ride.

* MythologyGag: The film is like watching someone play a Professor Layton game, with the plot being based entirely around solving puzzles and a music player that plays the puzzle tunes among other things. Despite there only being 4 puzzles in the film, they're still numbered 001-004, just as they would be in a ProfessorLayton game.
** In the games, Professor Layton has video game type puzzles thrown at him, leaving fans wondering how there could possibly be a movie. It was quite intelligent of the creators of this movie to have puzzles thrown at him for story reasons.
** We're also treated to a taste of Layton's "famous intuition," when the screen goes dark and he arrives at an idea within moments.

* StrongButUnskilled / WeakButSkilled: Grosky and Emmy, when compared to each other. Grosky pounds through the {{Mook}}s with brute force, but Emmy never gets hit.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted. After the climax, [[spoiler: Grosky claims arrest on Mr. Whistler for kidnapping school girls in an attempt to bring back Melina. [[PetTheDog He at least gives him, when asked, the chance to play the Detragan one last time in her memory]].]]

* TheOtherDarrin: Dr. Schrader, Flora and Don Paolo, during their guest appearance at the beginning, have different voices from the games. It's understandable with Flora, since Lani Minella is a U.S.-based actress and the movie was dubbed in the United Kingdom, but it is somewhat puzzling why Don Paolo has a different actor, since [[TalkingToHimself Chris Miller voiced both Layton and Don Paolo]].

* ComedicUnderwearExposure: Grotsky uses his trousers as a flag to attract a rescue plane.

* EasilyForgiven: Averted. After the climax, [[spoiler: Grotsky claims arrest on Mr. Whistler for kidnapping school girls in an attempt to bring back Melina. [[PetTheDog He at least gives him, when asked, the chance to play the Detragan one last time in her memory]].]]

** ShareTheMalePain: Grotsky cringes and covers himself protectively when he sees it.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Grotsky. No, really.

* InspectorLestrade: Chelmey has a small appearance at the beginning, and Inspector Grotsky fills this role for the rest of the film.
* IronButtMonkey: Grotsky.

The movie received favorable reviews and is currently available in Japan and the United Kingdom; VizMedia has released the US version.

* ISeeLondon: Grotsky uses his trousers as a flag to attract a rescue plane.

* InvertedTrope: Specifically, ''Eternal Diva'' is proof that not all VideoGameMoviesSuck.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Melina decides that she can no longer keep living through Janice, bids everyone farewell, and passes on.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: Emmy and Grotsky.

** As long as you don't think too hard about their relevance to the plot [[FridgeLogic after everything's been explained.]]

* TheCameo: In the theater, you can catch a glimpse of Mr. Beluga from ''Pandora's/Diabolical Box'', and later you can see him and Babette (also from ''Pandora's/Diabolical Box'') [[spoiler:having got off the submarine]].
** The Elysian Box (again, from "Diabolical/Pandora's Box") can be seen next to the TV when Emmy is at Dr. Schrader's house.

* MeaningfulName: The kingdom of Ambrosia, rumored to hold the secret of eternal life, is names after the food of the gods in GreekMythology that gives its eater ageless immortality.

* SequelFirst: In the UK, where it came out before ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter''. Averted in the US, where the delayed release meant ''Last Specter'' got out first (just barely, as ''Eternal Diva'' is coming less than a month after).

After solving the latest Don Paolo caper, Professor Layton puts on a record, sung by his former studant Janice Quatlane. The Professor and Luke recount a case she involved them with three years ago, when she invited them along to an opera at the Crown Petone opera house. After the show, the guests are flung into a dangerous game, where the prize is said to be ''eternal life''. Meanwhile, a series of disappearances hits London, with young schoolgirls going missing. The Professor's assistant Emmy goes about investigating.

* MythologyGag: The film is like watching someone play a Professor Layton game, with the plot being based entirely around solving puzzles and a music player that plays the puzzle tunes among other things.

* InspectorZenigata: Grotsky.

* FridgeLogic: Come for Professor Layton and Luke, stay for the suspense, action, fantastic animation, pretty musical score, some comedy, perhaps a tear-jerker or two, a few puzzles and the general air of old-fashioned mystery. But for sanity's sake, whatever you do, do NOT try to make sense of the plot afterward. The complete and utter lack of logic or coherence will drag your mind into a void of confusion from whence it may never return.

The movie received favorable reviews and is currently available in Japan and the United Kingdom; VizMedia has announced that they have [[{{AndTheFandomRejoiced}} licensed the film for US release]].

** So... Just like [[TakeThat every other Professor Layton story]], then?

** ShareTheMalePain: Groski cringes and covers himself protectively when he sees it.
* ImpossiblyLowNeckline: Groski. No, really.

* InspectorZenigata: Groski.

* IronButtMonkey: Groski.
* ISeeLondon: Groski uses his trousers as a flag to attract a rescue plane.

* BigDamnHeroes: Emmy and Groski

* EasilyForgiven: Averted. After the climax, [[spoiler: Groski claims arrest on Mr. Whistler for kidnapping school girls in an attempt to bring back Melina. [[PetTheDog He at least gives him, when asked, the chance to play the Detragan one last time in her memory]].]]

* InspectorLestrade: Chelmey has a small appearance at the beginning, and Inspector Groski fills this role for the rest of the film.