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3 | '''Related Indexes:''' |
4 | + ForensicPhlebotinum |
5 | + MysteryTropes |
6 | ] |
7 | An index for ways in which characters can deduce a clue from their environment: |
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9 | !!Verbal clues |
10 | * ConvictionByContradiction: Someone is revealed as guilty due to their story having an inconsistency. |
11 | * INeverSaidItWasPoison: Rendering oneself guilty by having knowledge that they shouldn't have. |
12 | * INeverToldYouMyName: Rendering oneself guilty by knowing someone's name which they shouldn't. |
13 | * LooseLips: Unintentionally spilling information. |
14 | * NotableNonSequitur: A seemingly nonsensical line that turns out to be a clue. |
15 | * SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Denying something in a way that makes them look guilty. |
16 | * YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: They called you ''that'' just now? Something's wrong. |
17 | |
18 | !!Written/visual clues |
19 | * AffairLetters: Love letters reveal an affair. |
20 | * CondensationClue: A hidden message written in condensation with a finger. |
21 | * ConvenientPhotograph: A photograph captures a piece of crucial information. |
22 | * CouldntFindAPen: Writing down a clue with something else than a pen, most likely blood. |
23 | * DyingClue: A cryptically written message by a dying character. |
24 | * EnhanceButton: A clue derived from impossible image enhancement. |
25 | * InvisibleWriting: Writings that aren't visible to the naked eye. |
26 | * RewindReplayRepeat: Replaying video to get a better look at a clue in it. |
27 | * SecretSocietyGroupPicture: A picture of the past connects characters. |
28 | * WritingIndentationClue: Rubbing a pencil on a "blank" notebook paper to reveal secret words. |
29 | |
30 | !!Suspicious character behavior |
31 | * CoverIdentityAnomaly: An imposter doesn't know a basic piece of information about their cover identity. |
32 | * ImposterForgotOneDetail: A Doppelgänger makes a slip that gives them away. |
33 | * TheKillerWasLeftHanded: Left-handedness as a clue. |
34 | * NotHimself: Getting suspicious of a character not acting like their normal self. |
35 | * OutOfCharacterAlert: An out-of-character action or statement reveals an imposter. |
36 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: An out-of-character action or statement alerts of some danger. |
37 | * SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: A phrase that reveals a character's true identity. |
38 | * SpottingTheThread: A deception is broken by one subtle flaw. |
39 | * SuspiciouslyPrescientPlanning: Excessively and specifically preparing for an event indicates foreknowledge of it happening. |
40 | * TheTell: A character's body language and/or behavior indicates how they're truly feeling. |
41 | |
42 | !!Revealing items |
43 | * AffairHair: A hair renders someone guilty of an affair. |
44 | * AnachronisticClue: An item becomes a clue by being from the wrong time period. |
45 | * BookmarkClue: A clue is revealed because someone used it for a bookmark. |
46 | * CallingCard: A criminal's signature clue. |
47 | * ClockDiscrepancy: The clock was wrong. |
48 | * TheGirlWhoFitsThisSlipper: Clothing being character-specific as a clue. |
49 | * GoingByTheMatchbook: A branded item, such as a matchbook, provides a clue. |
50 | * FramedClue: A clue hides behind a picture frame. |
51 | * IdentificationByDentalRecords: Dental records reveal the identity of a victim. |
52 | * LipstickMark: A lipstick mark convicts someone of an affair. |
53 | * OrgyOfEvidence: The sheer amount of clues reveals that they're fake. |
54 | * RevealingInjury: A revealed injury serves as a clue. |
55 | * SignatureItemClue: A personal item found provides a vital clue. |
56 | * SignedWithAKiss: A lipstick mark gives away the identity of a letter's author. |
57 | * StoppedClock: The clock stopped when something happened. |
58 | |
59 | !!Environmental clues |
60 | * BitterAlmonds: Cyanide traces identified by their smell. |
61 | * DetectivesFollowFootprints: A detective follows footprints as a clue. |
62 | * FootprintsOfMuck: Footprints as a clue. |
63 | * FreshClue: A clue that someone was present not too long ago. |
64 | * AGlitchInTheMatrix: A hint that it's AllJustADream. |
65 | * GPSEvidence: A clue that points to a specific location. |
66 | * ImminentDangerClue: A clue that spells imminent danger. |
67 | * ItsQuietTooQuiet: Silence is ominous. |
68 | * TrailOfBlood: Someone leaves blood behind as a clue. |
69 | * TrailOfBreadCrumbs: Someone leaves temporary clues behind. |
70 | |
71 | !!Other |
72 | * AbsenceOfEvidence: The absence of something is a clue in and of itself. |
73 | * ClueEvidenceAndASmokingGun: A very evident evidence renders moot the deductive, minute, and preceding ones. |
74 | * ClueOfFewWords: A plotpoint, mystery, or puzzle involves interpreting the meaning of only one to three words. |
75 | * CriminalMindGames: A criminal intentionally leaves behind clues. |
76 | * FingertipDrugAnalysis: Tasting a substance to check if it is drugs. |
77 | * FiveSecondForeshadowing: Foreshadowing an event just moments before it happens. |
78 | * ForeignMoneyIsProofOfGuilt: Foreign money being a clue because it's foreign. |
79 | * ForensicAccounting: Cracking secrets by tracing their finances and paperwork. |
80 | * TheKetchupTest: Tasting a substance to check if it is blood. |
81 | * QuietCryForHelp: A character asking help from others by some indirect hints. |
82 | * PolicePsychic: Psychic powers being used to get a clue. |
83 | * RegularlyScheduledEvil: The regularity of the crime is a clue. |
84 | * RevealingContinuityLapse: An in-universe continuity error, meant to signify something about the story, setting or characters. |
85 | * RevealingCoverup: Hiding something in such a way that just draws attention to it. |
86 | * SherlockScan: Noticing a few simple clues with a subsequent impressive logical conclusion. |
87 | * SniffSniffNom: Using your sense of taste to identify substances. |
88 | * SuspiciouslyCleanCriminalRecord: A clean criminal record raises suspicion. |
89 | |
90 | !!Hiding clues |
91 | * ClockTampering: Someone messed with this clock. |
92 | * CorpseTemperatureTampering: Interfering with the natural cooling of a dead body to obfuscate the time of death. |
93 | * CutAndPasteNote: Making a note out of existing text to avoid leaving handwriting clues. |
94 | * DestroyTheEvidence: Destroying or hiding evidence for another character's crimes. |
95 | * EatTheEvidence: Disposing of clues by eating them. |
96 | * FakingAndEntering: Staging a break-in to cover up something else. |
97 | * FieryCoverup: Burning the evidence for your crime. |
98 | * HideTheEvidence: Hiding clues to prevent them from being found. |
99 | * InconvenientlyVanishingExoneratingEvidence: Important evidence disappears. |
100 | * ItWasHereISwear: While witnesses are being retrieved, the evidence disappears. |
101 | * ObfuscatingPostmortemWounds: Additional wounds are inflicted on a corpse to mask the true cause of death. |
102 | |
103 | !!Clues that are not |
104 | * TheCorpseStopsHere: A person seen hunching over the victim's body is never the culprit. |
105 | * ConvenientlyInterruptedDocument: A document is missing the part that could give away a clue. |
106 | * FalseConfession: Confessing to crimes that you didn't do to confuse the investigation. |
107 | * MistakenForEvidence: What you thought was a clue, wasn't. |
108 | * PossessionPresumesGuilt: An innocent person holds an item that makes them look guilty. |
109 | * RedHerring: Something which seems like a clue but isn't. |
110 | * UselessSecurityCamera: No clues from the cameras. |
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