History VideoGame / ProfessorLaytonAndTheLastSpecter

* ADayInTheLimelight: The episodes that are unlocked show little scenes involving daily characters during, before, and after the main story is taken place. If you get all the puzzles you get the last one [[spoiler: which reveals Chelmey's past and why he's so dedicated to his job.]] This is also the only way of seeing [[spoiler:how Emmy and Layton met each other]].

* ADayInTheLimelight: Compared to the other chapters where Professor Layton is the main character, Chapter 6 has you controlling Emmy, who has gone to London to retrieve some information. You later switch back to Luke and Layton to see what they're doing while Emmy is in London.

* StealthPun: All but one of the regular police in Misthallery look alike and are named Chippe. The one who isn't? He's calledd Fische. [[spoiler: [[IncrediblyLamePun Fish and Chips]], [[DontExplainTheJoke get it?]]]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: Compared to the other chapters where Professor Layton is the main character, Chapter 6 has you controlling Emmy.

* StealthPun: All but one of the regular police in Misthallery look alike and are named Chippe. The one who isn't? He's calledd Fishe. [[spoiler: [[IncrediblyLamePun Fish and Chips]], [[DontExplainTheJoke get it?]]]]

It was followed by ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask''. There's also an animated feature set between those two, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva''. It was feared that the game was never going to be released over seas, but it was eventually released in October 18th.

* GetOnTheBoat: Bucky is an avid boat owner that takes you anywhere in Misthallery that's close to a river. It's taken BeyondTheImpossible once you realize his services extend to the old bridges to the town and market that are clearly not very close to the river down below... Lampshaded when Layton and Emmy comment on how unlikely each new location is.

** The Black Ravens are an obvious reference to TheThiefLord. The Black Raven even wears a similar [[WhiteMaskOfDoom mask!]]

It was followed by ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask''. There's also an animated feature set between those two, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva''. It was feared that the game was never going to be released over seas, but it was eventually released in October 18th.

* {{Bookworm}}: Olga, the librarian of the city, is so obsessed with them that she dreams of having a house stacked to the roof with books.

** Emmy pointing out a (step)ladder, calling it a ladder. [[AceAttorney It's a shame there's no one to argue it with.]]

** That [[OcarinaOfTime flute]] looks rather familiar as well... [[hottip:*: When compared to Saria's Ocarina, not the actual Ocarina of Time itself.]]

* VillainExitStageLeft: [[spoiler: Once you beat Descole in the final battle, he declares that this isn't over, leaps off the mech... and supposedly scurries away. While Layton and the others are staring maybe a few feet away.]]

It was followed by ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMiracleMask''. There's also an animated feature set between those two, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva,'' which has been released in Japan and the UK and is set for a US release of November 2011. It was feared that the game was never going to be released over seas, but it was eventually released in October 18th.

It was followed by ''VideoGame/ProfessorLaytonAndTheMaskOfMiracle''. There's also an animated feature set between those two, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva,'' which has been released in Japan and the UK and is set for a US release of November 2011. It was feared that the game was never going to be released over seas, but it was eventually released in October 18th.

* RegionalBonus: Both played slightly straight (for North America) and horribly inverted (for Europe). 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.''

* ADayInTheLimelight: The episodes that are unlocked show little scenes involving daily characters during, before, and after the main story is taken place. If you get all the puzzles you get the last one [[spoiler: which reveals Chemley's past and why he's so dedicated to his job.]] This is also the only way of seeing [[spoiler:how Emmy and Layton met each other]].

* CuteWitch: Arianna, known as the calamity witch by the townspeople. [[spoiler:At least she thinks the "witch" part applies.]]

* 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 and splashing in midair over the place where a coin is hiding.

* {{Handwave}}: How does Bucky get his boats though narrow canals, up ''cliff faces'', and '''through roads'''? Please, Bucky doesn't know the meaning of the word infeasible.

* 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.]]

** [[spoiler:The same could be said to Don Paolo and his other disguises. So was Descole his pupil?]]

* ShoutOut: The old lady right outside the market is appropriately named Aunt Taffy.

* SweetTooth: All the kids in the marketplace LOVE Aunt Taffy's sweets (and Emmy ''wants'' to love them, if only Taffy would let her buy some). [[spoiler: It's a very important hint regarding the Black Raven's identity. Well, a mistake by Tweeds' part.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Arianna, before her father's death. When she hears the townspeople muttering about how glad they are to be rid of him and how he deserved what he got, she develops a powerful resentment and isolates herself on the family estate.

* DeadpanSnarker: Whoever writes the Little London Newspaper has elements of this. "Demonic voices? Or just Hazel being paranoid? We'll let you decide what's more likely, Dear Reader."

* TheFairFolk: Deke thinks there are fairies in the park.
* FakeLongevity: Of the 100 promised gameplay hours, most of them are going to be spent working to earn enough wealth to purchase the Golden Gloves, which cost 99,999,999 wealth.

* RegionalBonus: 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.''

* GetOnTheBoat: Bucky is an avid boat owner that takes you anywhere in Misthallery that's close to a river. It's taken UpToEleven once you realize his services extend to the old bridges to the town and market that are clearly not very close to the river down below... Lampshaded when Layton and Emmy comment on how unlikely each new location is.

* GetOnTheBoat: Bucky is an avid boat owner that takes you anywhere in Misthallery that's close to a river. It's taken BeyondTheImpossible once you realize his services extend to the old bridges to the town and market that are clearly not very close to the river down below... Lampshaded when Layton and Emmy comment on how unlikely each new location is.

Known as ''Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call'' in the UK and ''Professor Layton and the Specter's Flute'' in Japan, this is the fourth game in the ''ProfessorLayton'' WidgetSeries, and the first in the prequel trilogy.

It was followed by ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheMaskOfMiracle''. There's also an animated feature set between those two, ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva,'' which has been released in Japan and the UK and is set for a US release of November 2011. It was feared that the game was never going to be released over seas, but it was eventually released in October 18th.

Please place series-spanning tropes on the main ''ProfessorLayton'' page, and London Life-specific tropes in its respective section at the bottom.

** One of the papers you can investigate in Scotland Yard contains a picture of Prime Minister [[ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture Bill Hawkes]]. Emmy comments that she doesn't like him all that much.

* ObviouslyEvil: Third Eye Jakes. I mean, if the [[spoiler:exclusive LaughingMad scene after meeting him]] didn't give it away...

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

* AsYouKnow: In the department store, the receptionist explains that the floor numbers follow the English system of the bottom being the "Ground Floor" and the "First Floor" being the next one up; and that this is different from America where the bottom one is the "First Floor". She then wonders why she's telling you this, as everyone in Little London is English anyway.

* ShoutOut: The old lady right outside the market is appropiately named Aunt Taffy.