History VideoGame / ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter

* IneffectualLoner: Once he starts to see his father's strange behavior and develop suspicions about his mother's "vacation," Luke shuts himself in his room for most days during the start of the game.

* YouHave48Hours: Jakes gives Layton and Emmy 24 hours to pack up and leave town, then sends some goons to "encourage" them to hurry it up almost immediately afterward. Fortunately, Emmy is more than capable enough to fend them off.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: The apparently deaf and senile Clarence.

Please place series-spanning tropes on the main ''ProfessorLayton'' page.

* AbhorrentAdmirer: If the player gives him a LovePotion, Gordon will come on to the player, regardless of gender. Likewise, regardless of gender, the player can expect their avatar's happiness to be cut in half.

** The game is however included in the Australian release, just like the American one.

* CrossDressingVoice: The Bardes' old gardener SURE does have a rather feminime voice for being quite old... [[spoiler:It's then justified after Tony takes off the costume]].

* DistantFinale: Only in the form of an art piece, but once you solve all the puzzles, [[spoiler:you get a picture of the game's cast members in the time of the first trilogy. Luke is in his first trilogy clothes. Flora can be seen in the background. Arianna and Tony are noticeably older.]]

* {{Expy}}: Jakes' son slightly resembles [[TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] except a bit fatter...

** An episode shows that she was completely upset about where her life was going to until Groskey comes in attacking a local thug; cue love at first sight.

* [[HeartwarmingOrphan Heartwarming Orphans]]: Arianna and Tony. A flashback shows Arianna being devastated by their father's death.

* [[spoiler:IHaveYourWife: The source of poor Clark Triton's grief through much of the game thanks to Descole.]]
* IllGirl: Arianna suffers from SoapOperaDisease and doesn't have long to live. [[spoiler:After discovering the majestic Golden Garden, her illness ceases to exist one year later thanks to being there]].

* IneffectualLoner: Once he starts to see his father's strange behavior and take suspicion on his mother's "vacation," Luke shuts himself in his room for most days during the start of the game.

* [[spoiler:MissingMom: Clark tricks Luke into believing that his wife went out of the city, but Luke suspects she left Clark because she went away without saying where she actually went. The whole time, she is being held captive beneath the wine room with the family's real butler]].

* FakeLongevity: Of the 100 promised gameplay hours, most of them are going to be to earn enough wealth for the Golden Gloves, which cost 99,999,999 wealth.

* LooseCanon: This game throws characters together without regard for the main games' canon. Their personalities remain intact, but, for example, none of the ''Curious Village'' characters are [[spoiler:robots]].

* AnInteriorDesignerIsYou

* FakeLongevity: Of the 100 promised gameplay hours, most of them are going to be for the Golden Gloves, which cost 99,999,999 wealth.

* PALBonus: Both played slightly straight (for North America) and horribly inverted (for Europe) with the included RPG, ''Professor Layton's London Life''. Though the game was included with the Japanese version, it required clearing the game to play; it's unlocked from the very start in the North American version. However, the game is [[NoExportForYou completely removed from the European version]]- even the English-speaking ones, for, you know, the ''people who actually live in London.''

* SocializationBonus: Shipley allows players to trade items through Tag Mode, but more importantly, Segal runs a Social Club that allows the player to see their friend's London Life avatars. Supposedly, a special character appears if you interact with the Social Club at least ten times.

* [[spoiler:CombiningMecha: Descole's digging machines combine to form one large machine which serves as the final boss]]

* CreepyChild: Upon meeting Arianna face to face, she's got a dark shade over her eyes that point out her status as the city's resident witch girl. [[spoiler:Except for the "witch" part. The dark shade goes away once she finds out she herself thinks is a witch.]]

* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Luke has prophetic visions that correspond to the specter's arrival. [[spoiler: In reality, he actually has been keeping tabs on the water levels of the canal, gets advice from adorable little mouse friends, and his thinking of Armagedddon stem from the old legends of the specter. In truth, he didn't have to be so melodramatic about it.]]
* CuteKitten: Granny Riddleton's cat Keats, who happens to keep all the puzzles you skipped or couldn't find between chapters.

* FishOutOfWater: Literally speaking, the fish you own is this game's method in finding hidden coins. It will tell you by defying the laws of physics by splashing over the place where a coin is hiding.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you enter the building under the arch [[spoiler:long after it has been destroyed]] in Highyard Hill, you'll met a woman named Naiya. When you talk to her, she would mention of an [[ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva opera house built over the sea. Professor Layton comments he would like to go to a place like that someday]].

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Alright, [[spoiler: Arianna]], let's hear the truth about what's going o-wait a minute, [[spoiler: why is there a dinosaur in your lake?!]]

* [[HeartwarmingOrphan Heartwarming Orphans]]: Arianna and Tony, the first was very crushed upon losing her father, the latter not so much as she did.

** In the episode ''I, Of the Yard'', [[spoiler: Inspector Gilbert took a bullet for Constable Chelmey when the latter had rushed ahead during a crime chase.]]

* InMediasRes / HowWeGotHere: The beginning explains how Emmy, Layton and Luke are waiting for the specter, and then flashbacks to how they got there, and then continues onto the plot thereafter.

* MagicMusic: The Specter's Flute is said to call the specter to protect the city. However, seeing as how said specter is ''destroying'' the city it's supposed to protect, the music is deadly. [[spoiler:This stills holds true, somewhat. The music helps to calm Loosha so that it doesn't go to fight the "specter" everyone is so afraid of]].

* [[spoiler:MissingMom: Clark tricks Luke into believing that his wife went out of the city, but Luke suspects she went missing without saying where she actually went. The whole time, she was held captive beneath the wine room with the real family's butler]].

* StrongFamilyResemblance: [[spoiler:Turns out Arianna and Tony's father looked a hell lot like Tony. Although you can see him during the cutscene party (he's seen talking to Clark) Luke assisted a long time ago, the characters nor the game shows how he looks like or directly states he's their dad. You can only connect two and two together in the credits.]]

* [[spoiler:TheButlerDidIt: It turns out that Luke's loyal butler is the mastermind behind the specter and its attacks. But it quickly gets subverted once it's revealed said butler is Descole in disguise, having been imprisoned the real one and Luke's mother in the wine room.]]
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Arianna Pre-Father Death. After that event, she recents the entire city that she locks herself up to the area around her mansion at the top of the place.
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn: Clark's adoration for his family is exploited by Descole and his cronies, and so he remains silent to avoid the bad guys from hurting his family on the spot.]]
* WastedSong: [[spoiler:Descole's]] Theme is one of the most popular songs in the series, with a breathtaking orchestral version used in the release trailer in lieu of ''the game's official theme''. However, it's used in exactly one short conversation, which segues into the next cutscene so quickly most will only hear the first third of it. Fortunately, it sees ''plenty'' of usage in [[spoiler:Eternal Diva.]]
* [[BigBrotherInstinct Young Brother Instinct]]: Tony is very protective of his older sister [[spoiler:so much that he dressses up as an old gardener to make the people of the city (his sister included) believe that speaking ill of her sister will cause the specter to destroy their homes. This also causes her to think she's a witch herself]].

* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: Granny Riddleton's cat Keats, who happens to keep all the puzzles you skipped or couldn't find between chapters.