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* RewatchBonus: If you listen closely during the fireworks show, you can hear the sound of the gunshot that killed the victim.



* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: The true BigBad of the entire case, [[AmoralAttorney Richard]] [[SmugSnake Gunner]], gets closer and closer to losing his cool as Apollo tears apart his BlatantLies and various attempts to escape justice, from pinning the blame on others to [[LoopholeAbuse claiming he's legally dead and can't be convicted]] to trying to cut a deal with the FBI, until he's finally cornered; his eyes go white and he starts screaming about being a dead man walking (due to having boasted of his involvement with the Cadaverini crime family on a livestream) and pounding the witness stand until he finally makes a finger gun and "shoots" himself, complete with a flash of his silhouette, then collapses in a faint.]]

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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: The true BigBad of the entire case, [[AmoralAttorney Richard]] [[SmugSnake Gunner]], gets closer and closer to losing his cool as Apollo tears apart his BlatantLies and various attempts to escape justice, from pinning the blame on others to [[LoopholeAbuse claiming he's legally dead and can't be convicted]] to passing himself off as a BodyDouble to trying to cut a deal with the FBI, until he's finally cornered; his eyes go white and he starts screaming about being a dead man walking (due to having boasted of his involvement with the Cadaverini crime family on a livestream) and pounding the witness stand until he finally makes a finger gun and "shoots" himself, complete with a flash of his silhouette, then collapses in a faint.]]


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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Gunner planned to kill Argine after the trial in order to implicate him as the murderer. He gets this trope thrown back at him by Klavier with respect to his legal profession.]]
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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Gunner abuses this trope to the point it may as well be his main talent. He uses all manner of dirty tricks to sneak out of legal responsibility, including claiming that his murder was done in an attempt to save Mr. Porter's life, abusing the fact that he's legally dead when the law only applies to those who are alive, claiming he isn't Richard Gunner at all, and trying to strike a deal with the FBI for clemency lest their evidence be declared null by the doctrine of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree the fruit of the poisonous tree. Needless to say, he's easily one of Apollo's most obstructive and difficult opponents just by the sheer number of ways he tries to weasel his way out of his crimes]]]].

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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Gunner abuses this trope to the point it may as well be his main talent. He uses all manner of dirty tricks to sneak out of legal responsibility, including claiming that his murder was done in an attempt to save Mr. Porter's life, abusing the fact that he's legally dead when the law only applies to those who are alive, claiming he isn't Richard Gunner at all, and trying to strike a deal with the FBI for clemency lest their evidence be declared null by the doctrine of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree the fruit of the poisonous tree. Needless ]]Needless to say, he's easily one of Apollo's most obstructive and difficult opponents just by the sheer number of ways he tries to weasel his way out of his crimes]]]].crimes]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Gunner abuses this trope to the point it may as well be his main talent. He uses all manner of dirty tricks to sneak out of legal responsibility, including claiming that his murder was done in an attempt to save Mr. Porter's life, abusing the fact that he's legally dead when the law only applies to those who are alive, claiming he isn't Richard Gunner at all, and trying to strike a deal with the FBI for clemency lest their evidence be declared null by the doctrine of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree the fruit of the poisonous tree]]]].

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* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Gunner abuses this trope to the point it may as well be his main talent. He uses all manner of dirty tricks to sneak out of legal responsibility, including claiming that his murder was done in an attempt to save Mr. Porter's life, abusing the fact that he's legally dead when the law only applies to those who are alive, claiming he isn't Richard Gunner at all, and trying to strike a deal with the FBI for clemency lest their evidence be declared null by the doctrine of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruit_of_the_poisonous_tree the fruit of the poisonous tree]]]].tree. Needless to say, he's easily one of Apollo's most obstructive and difficult opponents just by the sheer number of ways he tries to weasel his way out of his crimes]]]].
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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: The Masked Stranger's [[CreepyMonotone low, computerized voice proves quite sinister]] when they start to be revealed as the true murderer; when [[AmoralAttorney Richard Gunner]] ditches the mask, he turns out to be a GutturalGrowler in sharp contrast to the cultured baritone of his would-be patsy, Charles Argine, alias Aldric Fitzroy.]]

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* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: The Masked Stranger's [[CreepyMonotone low, computerized voice proves quite sinister]] when they start to be revealed as the true murderer; when [[AmoralAttorney Richard Gunner]] ditches the mask, he turns out to be a GutturalGrowler growler in sharp contrast to the cultured baritone of his would-be patsy, Charles Argine, alias Aldric Fitzroy.]]
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* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Hector Nash is a smoker who carried a gold-plated lighter, later revealed to be [[spoiler:Charles Argine's former business partner]]. He mentions that [[spoiler:he punched a cigarette out of the mouth of AmoralAttorney Richard Gunner before promising to make him pay for screwing over Argine]].
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* UnableToRetreat: The door to the emergency exit gets its handle broken off on the VIP floor, forcing the guests to evacuate to the roof when the fire alarm goes off.
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* DetachableDoorknob: The door to the emergency exit gets its handle broken off on the VIP floor, forcing the guests to evacuate via the roof when the fire alarm goes off.
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Wouldn't this count as a trailer for a future project?


* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Both Athena Cykes and Juniper Woods (via audio only) make an appearance at the fancase's [[TheStinger stinger]] where the latter calls the former for help in defending her friend who has been accused of murder.]]

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* %%* TheCameo: [[spoiler: Both Athena Cykes and Juniper Woods (via audio only) make an appearance at the fancase's [[TheStinger stinger]] where the latter calls the former for help in defending her friend who has been accused of murder.]]



* TheStinger: This fancase ends with one [[spoiler: taking place two years later where another murder incident has occurred, followed by Juniper Woods calling Athena Cykes to help defend one of her friends who has been accused, setting her up as the main protagonist for the next fancase.]]

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* %%* TheStinger: This fancase ends with one [[spoiler: taking place two years later where another murder incident has occurred, followed by Juniper Woods calling Athena Cykes to help defend one of her friends who has been accused, setting her up as the main protagonist for the next fancase.]]
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''Now has a [[Characters/TurnaboutJackpot character sheet]] under construction.''

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