History VideoGame / LaterAlligator

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Derry can only be talked to right after Pat moves to his hotel room; wait too much longer and he'll vanish from the game, requiring you to restart in order to get his badge.

* MurderInc: Apparently, [[spoiler:contract killers are a regulated legal profession, going by the Bachelor of Hitgator Sciences visible in the Investigator's office at the end of the game.]]

* OpenSecret: While most the family is coy about the "Event" they have planned for Pat, Derry openly admits [[spoiler: that it's just a birthday party]]/

* CuttingOffTheBranches: The description for the achievement given upon seeing the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: "See Pat's true fate,"]] suggests it is considered the canon one.

* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: PlayedForLaughs. The game heavily implies that Pat's family are connected with the mafia, and plotting to [{{DeadlyEuphemism}} "rub him out"]] for [[{{TheSnitch}} "squealing."]] [[spoiler:Turns out that this is a misunderstanding; Pat's family are completely normal, and for the most part, very nice, alligators. The only ones with any illicit connections are the Valentinos, and the Investigator themself.]]

* The Investigator's motives for helping Pat out essentially boil down to "Because it's a game and there would be no plot otherwise." [[spoiler:At least until you realize that this is both an easy excuse for arranging his murder, and a great cover story.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:There's a massive knife in your briefcase, as seen on the options screen]]. If you missed it, it gets brought out for [[spoiler: the knife game with Bobby Blue Eyes, suggesting you aren't quite playing the private detective Pat thinks you are.]]

* [[{{BlackWidow}} Black Widow]]: One of the family members, simply named The Black Widow, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insists that she has nothing to do with her husband's death.]]

* ContrivedCoincidence: Played for laughs, of course. Pat's locked room just happens to have the same password as another room in the hall. Owned by someone whose family is ''also'' trying to kill him. [[spoiler: The plot only occurs because of one as well: Pat ordered a hit on ''himself'' because his jelly sandwich covered up most of the important details of your ad.]]

* GenreShift: The Knife's mini-game is [[spoiler:a [[{{DatingSim}} Dating Sim]] where you try and show him the perfect date.]]

** Finishing every minigame and getting every badge awards you the GoldenEnding: [[spoiler: you have a change of heart and save Pat from your own murder attempt. It's also revealed WHY you tried to kill Pat: he accidentally ordered a hit on himself.]] Somewhat played with, in that the Golden Ending is clearly the "true" one, and the game will actively push you to get it .

* OpenSecret: While most the family is coy about the "Event" they have planned for Pat, Derry openly admits [[spoiler: that its just a birthday party.]]

** You may also find Alligator [[Creator/{{NeilCicierega}} Neil Cicierega]] in the trolley.

* SlidingScaleOfAnimalCast: The game falls under category 1, with every character being alligators.

* WhamLine: The [[spoiler:BadEnding - the Investigator follows Pat out onto the balcony after his birthday party; he takes out his notepad again, now with one option - [[{{ProfessionalKiller}} "FINISH THE JOB."]]]]]]

* DrivingQuestion: Who's planning to kill Pat? [[spoiler: Its ''you.'']]

** Finishing every minigame and getting every badge awards you the GoldenEnding: [[spoiler: you have a change of heart and save Pat from your own murder attempt. It's also revealed WHY you tried to kill Pat: he accidentally ordered a hit on himself.]]

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Bub the Waiter's girlfriend is coming to pick him up after work. Literally. Not even he knows where she'll put him.[[spoiler:You can see them together during the hotel blackout; she's one of the pool players from the arcade.]]

* WhamLine: The [[spoiler:BadEnding - the Investigator follows Pat out onto the balcony after his birthday party; Pat turns around with a big smile as the Investigator takes out his notepad, now with one option - [[{{ProfessionalKiller}} "FINISH THE JOB."]]]]

* WhamLine: The [[spoiler:BadEnding - the Investigator follows Pat out onto the balcony after his birthday party; Pat turns around with a big smile as the Investigator takes out his notepad, now with one option - [[{{ProfessionalKiller}} "FINISH THE JOB."]] ]]

* ShellGame: The first mini-game you encounter is a three-card monte.

* FifteenPuzzle: One of the minigames, in the harder picture version. One of the few minigames with the option to skip it. [[spoiler:Though you do get a puzzle piece for solving it.]]

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Bub the Waiter's girlfriend is coming to pick him up after work. Literally. [[spoiler:You can see them together during the hotel blackout; she's one of the pool players from the arcade.]]

* {{Transgender}}: Joanie is non-binary, and uses they/them pronouns.

** Among the games found at the arcade are [[LightNovel/{{VampireHunterD}} Vampire Punter D]], [[Franchise/{{StreetFighter}} Street Kiter]], and [[Film/{{Tron}} Train]].

** Alligator versions of [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]] [[WebVideo/GameGrumps and]] [[Music/NinjaSexParty Dan Avidan]] are potential trolley passengers, as well as Alligator [[Creator/{{NeilCicierega}} Neil Cicierega]].

** Alligator versions of [[Creator/{{Egoraptor}} Arin Hanson]] [[WebVideo/GameGrumps and]] [[Music/NinjaSexParty Dan Avidan]] are potential trolley passengers.

* RuleOfThree: Nana Rue's challenge is "Old Maid". Winning lets you challenge her older sister, in an event called "Older Maid". And beating her [[spoiler:is one of the steps required to locate their mother, who is the "Oldest Maid" (though she actually just does a tarot reading)]].

* TowersOfHanoi: One of the minigames. Well, pancakes of hanoi, at least.

** Several Family Badges confirms TheUntwist: [[spoiler: everyone's just planning Pat's birthday party.]]
** Most Family Badges reveals [[spoiler: there's someone trying to kill Pat after all. ''You.'']]
** Finishing every minigame and getting every badge awards you the GoldenEnding: [[spoiler: you have a change of heart and save Pat from your own murder attempt.]]

* TangledFamilyTree: Putting one of these together out of Pat's family and close associates via the Family Badges is a challenge that spans multiple runs of the game.

* FifteenPuzzle: One of the minigames, in the harder picture version. One of the few minigames with the option to skip it.

** Tall Jared's phone is full of pictures of alligator anime, including Franchise/JojosBizarreAdventure, Anime/{{Free}}, and Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub.

* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Bob the Waiter's girlfriend is coming to pick him up after work. Literally.