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* WhatTheHellHero: When the heirs all deduce that [[spoiler:the clues point to Crow, Judge Ford, now knowing that Crow is Westing's ex-wife, and having just deduced that Sandy is Sam Westing himself, intervenes on Crow's behalf, pointing out that Crow is innocent until proven guilty, that the only evidence against her is Westing's clues, which are unsubstantiated, and that by turning her in for the inheritance, all they'd be doing is "selling [Crow] for profit." Judge Ford is about to give one of these to Sandy and expose him as Sam Westing when he apparently dies right then and there]]. Even after this, [[spoiler:the Judge's words have made such an impact on the heirs that when Ed Plum asks that someone submit the answer, none of them has it in them to turn Crow in… except Crow herself]].
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
** Mr. and Mrs. Westing had a daughter who preferred suicide over marrying the man her mom ther wanted her to. This ultimately caused the separation of Mr. and Mrs. Westing.
** Flora Baumbach also had a daughter who died before the beginning of the book.
** Mr. and Mrs. Westing had a daughter who preferred suicide over marrying the man her mom ther wanted her to. This ultimately caused the separation of Mr. and Mrs. Westing.
** Flora Baumbach also had a daughter who died before the beginning of the book.
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* MeaningfulName: "I am [[spoiler:Berthe Erica Crow]]. I am the answer and I am the winner."
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%* SmallNameBigEgo: Grace Wexler.
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-->'''Turtle''': Who exactly are you?
-->'''[[spoiler:Otis Amber]]''': I am a licensed private investigator.
-->'''Turtle''': Then why were you disguised as [[spoiler:an idiot delivery-boy]]?
-->'''[[spoiler:Otis Amber]]''': It was my disguise.
-->''Turtle was dealing with a practiced witness.''
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* {{Pun}}: Some of the wrong answers which the teams submit or investigate were reached under the assumption that the clues contained such wordplay (e.g. "Ed Purple-Fruit"). Subverted in that [[spoiler: these all turned out to be wrong. The real pun is in the compass point naming schemes.]].
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* {{Pun}}: Some of the wrong answers which the teams submit or investigate were reached under the assumption that the clues contained such wordplay (e.g. "Ed Purple-Fruit"). Subverted in that [[spoiler: these all turned out to be wrong. The real pun is in the compass point naming schemes.]].schemes]].
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The mansion of Samuel Westing is, of course, known as the Westing House, which is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation one of the first major electrical companies in the United States]] (rival to Thomas Edison's, later General Electric).[[labelnote:*]]Later purchases and mergers have resulted in it owning/becoming CBS Television and then Viacom, but the original still exists as a subsidiary maker of electric appliances.[[/labelnote]]While Sam Westing ran a paper mill, the importance of his business ([[CompanyTown the nearby town where his workers lived]] being [[{{Egopolis}} named after him]]), his rivalry with Mr. Hoo, and his characterization as a benevolent (if arrogant) captain of industry are similar enough to be noteworthy. [[spoiler:Also, the house's destruction in a pyrotechnic display at the book's climax seems quite tongue-in-cheek in this light.]]
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The mansion of Samuel Westing is, of course, known as the Westing House, which is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation one of the first major electrical companies in the United States]] (rival to Thomas Edison's, later General Electric).[[labelnote:*]]Later purchases and mergers have resulted in it owning/becoming CBS Television and then Viacom, but the original still exists as a subsidiary maker of electric appliances.[[/labelnote]]While Sam Westing ran a paper mill, the importance of his business ([[CompanyTown the nearby town where his workers lived]] being [[{{Egopolis}} named after him]]), his rivalry with Mr. Hoo, and his characterization as a benevolent (if sometimes-benevolent (but arrogant) captain of industry are similar enough to be noteworthy. [[spoiler:Also, the house's destruction in a pyrotechnic display at the book's climax seems quite tongue-in-cheek in this light.]]
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* AuthorUsurpation: Originally known only as an illustrator, Raskin went on to write several quite simplistic children's books; however, she blew everyone's minds with this one, to the point that other than ''The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)'', very few readers [[OneBookAuthor would ever know she had written anything else]]. Sadly, it was also her last book due to her untimely death from a connective tissue disease, so that whether or not any later works might have equaled it in popularity, this novel remains her defining work.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The mansion of Samuel Westing is, of course, known as the Westing House, which is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation one of the first major electrical companies in the United States]] (rival to Thomas Edison's, later General Electric).[[labelnote:*]]Later purchases and mergers have resulted in it owning/becoming CBS Television and then Viacom, but the original still exists as a subsidiary maker of electric appliances.[[/labelnote]] While Sam Westing ran a paper mill, the importance of his business ([[CompanyTown the nearby town where his workers lived]] being [[{{Egopolis}} named after him]]), his rivalry with Mr. Hoo, and his characterization as a benevolent (if arrogant) captain of industry are similar enough to be noteworthy. [[spoiler:Also, the house's destruction in a pyrotechnic display at the book's climax seems quite tongue-in-cheek in this light.]]
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The mansion of Samuel Westing is, of course, known as the Westing House, which is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation one of the first major electrical companies in the United States]] (rival to Thomas Edison's, later General Electric).[[labelnote:*]]Later purchases and mergers have resulted in it owning/becoming CBS Television and then Viacom, but the original still exists as a subsidiary maker of electric appliances.[[/labelnote]] While [[/labelnote]]While Sam Westing ran a paper mill, the importance of his business ([[CompanyTown the nearby town where his workers lived]] being [[{{Egopolis}} named after him]]), his rivalry with Mr. Hoo, and his characterization as a benevolent (if arrogant) captain of industry are similar enough to be noteworthy. [[spoiler:Also, the house's destruction in a pyrotechnic display at the book's climax seems quite tongue-in-cheek in this light.]]
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* AuthorUsurpation: Originally known only as an illustrator, Raskin went on to write several quite simplistic children's books; however, she blew everyone's minds with this one, to the point that other than ''The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel)'', very few readers [[OneBookAuthor would ever know she had written anything else]]. Sadly, it was also her last book due to her untimely death from a connective tissue disease, so that whether or not any later works might have equaled it in popularity, this novel remains her defining work.
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* ChekhovsGun: While there are far too many to list thanks to the intricate nature of the plot, one of the longest-reaching (and most subtle) would be [[ChekhovsArmory Westing's obituary]], where it not only makes note of his [[TwoAliasesOneCharacter penchant for disguises]] but also his love of fireworks displays (at which point Turtle helpfully makes note of [[spoiler:the boxes marked "Danger--Explosives!" in the Westing mansion's basement storeroom; this only becomes ''more'' meaningful when her candles are introduced, the last of them having been sold to Sandy for "his wife's birthday"]]).
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* MadnessMantra: "purple waves" supposedly was for the ghost story told at the start of the book.
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* MadnessMantra: "purple "Purple waves" supposedly was for the ghost story told at the start of the book.
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* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: The mansion of Samuel Westing is, of course, known as the Westing House, which is also the name of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation one of the first major electrical companies in the United States]] (rival to Thomas Edison's, later General Electric).[[labelnote:*]]Later purchases and mergers have resulted in it owning/becoming CBS Television and then Viacom, but the original still exists as a subsidiary maker of electric appliances.[[/labelnote]] While Sam Westing ran a paper mill, the importance of his business ([[CompanyTown the nearby town where his workers lived]] being [[{{Egopolis}} named after him]]), his rivalry with Mr. Hoo, and his characterization as a benevolent (if arrogant) captain of industry are similar enough to be noteworthy. [[spoiler:Also, the house's destruction in a pyrotechnic display at the book's climax seems quite tongue-in-cheek in this light.]]
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This information is still accurate and useful to make note of, but fits better under these tropes; since the first one involves In Universe examples they would merely be puns, and in the second one it's the three repetitions that is notable.
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* RuleOfThree: The PrivateDetective mentioned above ended up being put on the Westing case three times (once in the {{Backstory}}). The first time was because his name was the second listed in the phone book under private investigators and (he surmises) the first name's phone was busy. The second time was by Barney Northrup so as to locate all the prospective tenants (and heirs) of Sunset Towers, while the third was by Judge Ford, as described above. [[spoiler:Since Northrup, as Westing, knew exactly who Otis Amber was and that he was already familiar with and close to his ex-wife, his retention was a direct invocation ensuring both he and Crow would play the Game. Ford is shown noticing ''something'' unexpected in the phone book's listings when she sets out to research the heirs; presumably Westing knew she'd recognize Otis's name, and anticipated she'd hire him for that very reason, making this third example both invoked and enforced.]]
