History Anime / ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva

* GroinAttack: Emmy gives one of these to the mooks.
** ShareTheMalePain: Grosky cringes and covers himself protectively when he sees it.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The message of the movie [[spoiler:is that death is a fate that all people share and there's no way to truly come back from it.]]

''Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' is a feature-length movie featuring Creator/Level5's popular puzzle-solving gentleman, Franchise/ProfessorLayton, and his KidSidekick, Luke. It is set between the events of [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter The Last Specter]] and [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask The Miracle Mask]].

''Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' is a feature-length movie featuring Creator/Level5's popular gentleman, Franchise/ProfessorLayton, and his KidSidekick, Luke. It is set between the events of [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter The Last Specter]] and [[VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask The Miracle Mask]].

* 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. Also, 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 playing the song to reveal the secret of immortality]]. And the brainwashed wolves and sharks. That's some serious security for a deserted island. Then there's the mashup pipe organ which secretly [[spoiler: can copy a person's mind into another person]]. If you can do that, who needs eternal life anyway? In retrospect, the giant opera house/cruise ship full of treasures and puzzles held absolutely no relevance to the villain's plan whatsoever. On the contrary, it's what brought Professor Layton and Luke in to begin with, which is basically BEGGING for your plan to be DOOMED.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Bonus content from ''Last Specter'' shows promotional art for the movie. This is averted in the U.K., where ''Eternal'' Diva was released first.

* 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 ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' game. 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.

''Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' is a feature-length movie featuring Creator/Level5's popular gentleman, Franchise/ProfessorLayton, and his KidSidekick, Luke.

** Flora's extremely brief appearance during the opening of the movie amounts to barely more than this.
*** Don Paolo, Chelmey and Barton also appear in this scene.

** Sammy Thunder (From Diabolical Box) is in Layton's class during Luke's introduction.

* 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. Also, 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]]. And the brainwashed wolves and sharks. That's some serious security for a deserted island. Then there's the mashup pipe organ which secretly [[spoiler: can copy a person's mind into another person]]. f 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 Layton and Luke in to begin with, which is basically BEGGING for your plan to be DOOMED.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Bonus contest from Last Specter shows promotional art for this. This trope is averted in U.K in which Eternal Diva was released first.

* [[spoiler:GiantMecha: In the climax of the movie, the castle turns into one.]]

* [[spoiler:GrandTheftMe: The actual means of the "eternal life" everyone's fighting over, and it only applies to Melina anyway.]]

* SplitPersonality: The Detragan unintentionally causes this as it's [[spoiler: supposed to have Melina take over the girls' personalities. The fact that there isn't a good match forces Melina out when the host remembers herself. Interestingly, the father got so desperate, he was willing to use [[GenderBender Luke]] as a subject.]]

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Amelia]] doesn't want the prize of eternal life for herself, but rather her dying grandfather.

* ConspicuousCGI: EVERYWHERE! Sure it's in the games, but it's very noticeable in a movie.

* TheCoatsAreOff: [[spoiler: Descole flings his cape off in the sword fight between him and Layton.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: The game for eternal life is false and is just a way to find young girls who could, by the thanks of a machine, have their own minds replaced with Melina's memories and personality. The fact that it worked on the first subject, Janice, who willingly gave herself up to Melina, and the fact that Melina is necessary to bring back the legendary Ambrosia, is the real reveal.]]

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

* 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. 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.

''Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' is a feature-length movie featuring Level5's popular gentleman, Franchise/ProfessorLayton, and his KidSidekick, Luke.

* TheCameo: In the theater, you can catch a glimpse of Mr. Beluga from ''[[ProfessorLaytonAndTheDiabolicalBox Pandora's/Diabolical Box]]'', and later you can see him and Babette (also from ''Pandora's/Diabolical Box'') [[spoiler:having got off the submarine]].

* InformedAbility: Amelia is apparently a superb chess player; sadly, the plot provided no opportunity to show this particular skill.

''Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva'' is the first feature-length movie featuring Level5's popular gentleman, ProfessorLayton, and his KidSidekick, Luke. [[{{Level 5}} Level-5]] announced that they hope to produce more.

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

* BatmanColdOpen: The movie starts with Layton and Luke coming to the end of an investigation regarding Big Ben, set during the time-frame of the original trilogy while the story proper is implied to take place after ''Last Spectre''.

* BatmanColdOpen: The movie starts with Layton and Luke coming to the end of an investigation regarding Big Ben.

* 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'' came less than a month after).

* TheOtherDarrin: Dr. Schrader, Flora and Don Paolo, during their guest appearances 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]].

** A really keen eye can find Sammy Thunder (From Diabolical Box) in Layton's class during Luke's introduction.

** Granny Riddleton is seen sitting at the table next to Janice's in the cafe.

** Granny Riddleton is seen sitting next to Janice in the cafe.

** Granny Riddleton is seen in a cafe window.

** A really keen eye can find Sammy Thunder (From Diabolical Box) in Layton's class during Luke's introduction. He seems to be there for no other reason aside from EasterEgg status.