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* PlotAllergy: The victim was killed by having her caffeine allergy exploited by the killer.



-->'''Amy:''' Susie was married to... you, Mr Pickley? I didn't think that you... that she... erm...

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-->'''Amy:''' Susie was married to... you, Mr Pickley? I didn't think that you... that she... erm...erm...
* WeaponizedAllergy: The victim was killed by having her caffeine allergy exploited by the killer.
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* AlliterativeName: Again, '''M'''ona '''M'''iddlefinger.
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* DreadfulMusician: Mona Middlefinger, roller derby captain by the day and music composer by the night.
-->'''Mona:''' Nonsense! I'm never threatened! I'm, like, tough, and I play with the big girls! Now excuse me, but I have to go write a new team song on my guitar!
-->It will go like this: WE ARE THE PACIFIC PIXIES, WE SHALL KILL THEM ALL, LAAAA-LAAAA-LAAAA!!!

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lenny Spitfire was in love with Susie, but he couldn't confess his feelings for her since she was already married.
* BusmansHoliday: The death happens while you, Amy and Hannah are attending a roller derby.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lenny Spitfire was in love with Susie, but he couldn't confess his feelings for her since she was already married.
* BusmansHoliday: The death happens while you, Amy and Hannah are attending a roller derby.
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* PulledFromYourDayOff: The death happens while you, Amy and Hannah are attending a roller derby.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The victim added Rocket Cow, a highly caffeinated energy drink, to Susie's own drink before the match, which killed her because she was allergic to caffeine.

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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The victim killer added Rocket Cow, a highly caffeinated energy drink, to Susie's own drink before the match, which killed her because she was allergic to caffeine.
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** HighSchoolSweethearts: Howard and Susie were together ever since high school. He even calls themselves this.

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** * HighSchoolSweethearts: Howard and Susie were together ever since high school. He even calls themselves this.
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* HollywoodHomely: According to her husband, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_439.png Susie]] used to be "homelier" when they were in high school, but changed when she got into rolling.

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* HollywoodHomely: InUniverse example. According to her husband, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_439.png Susie]] used to be "homelier" when they were in high school, but changed when she got into rolling.
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Hannah:''' You need to be fast, fierce, and show some skin! It's all about girl power! You'll love it!]]

While attending a roller derby with Amy and Hannah, team captain Susie Pickley drops dead during the game after being poisoned.

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*ActionGirl: Mona Middlefinger, the captain of the opposing roller derby team.
-->'''Mona:''' Nonsense! I'm never threatened! I'm, like, tough, and I play with the big girls!
*AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lenny Spitfire was in love with Susie, but he couldn't confess his feelings for her since she was already married.
*BusmansHoliday: The death happens while you, Amy and Hannah are attending a roller derby.
*CallBack: [[Recap/CriminalCasePacificBayCase02DeathOnWheels Becky Walden]] reappears as a suspect.
*ContinuityCameo: The reporter narrating the roller derby is the same one seen in the football game in [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase34DeadManRunning Case 34]] of [[VideoGame/CriminalCaseGrimsborough Grimsborough.]]
*DreadfulMusician: Mona Middlefinger, roller derby captain by the day and music composer by the night.
-->'''Mona:''' Nonsense! I'm never threatened! I'm, like, tough, and I play with the big girls! Now excuse me, but I have to go write a new team song on my guitar!
-->It will go like this: WE ARE THE PACIFIC PIXIES, WE SHALL KILL THEM ALL, LAAAA-LAAAA-LAAAA!!!
**HighSchoolSweethearts: Howard and Susie were together ever since high school. He even calls themselves this.
*HollywoodHomely: According to her husband, [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_439.png Susie]] used to be "homelier" when they were in high school, but changed when she got into rolling.
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mona Middlefinger is loud, brash, and aggressive, but in the Additional Investigation you discover that she's been performing rolling tricks in children's hospitals to distract them from the pain.
-->'''Russell:''' But more than this, I'm quite excited about what you discovered, <Player's Name>! Mona really is more than she lets on! She can be selfless and quite nice...
*LampshadeHanging: Russell lampshades how long it took you to meet him [[RememberTheNewGuy despite him being part of the team.]]
-->'''Russell:''' So you're <Player's Name>. I was starting to think you'd never come into my humble office. Russell Crane, profiler at your service.
*{{Manchild}}: Susie's husband Howard is shown to be this in spades, whining that now no one will cook for him and iron his shirts now that she's dead. Even his mother thinks she didn't deserve to be her servant. Fortunately, you get him to turn his life around by the end, convincing him of starting a new life now that his wife and mother are gone.
*MyBelovedSmother: Barbara is this to Howard, treating him like a child and disproving of almost everything he does, hence why she takes matters on her own hands when she starts to think his wife is cheating on him. Russell even calls Howard "smothered."
*ObnoxiousInLaws: Barbara and Susie had a good relationship until the latter started to change after getting into roller derby, seeing her as impure.
*PlayingWithFire: Lenny Spitfire, a HotBlooded street performer specialized in fire-breathing and [[JugglingDangerously torch-juggling]] that you meet in this case.
-->'''Lenny:''' Susie was a regular around here. She liked to train here with her roller skates. I thought she was beautiful, so I gave her the torch. I like giving gifts.
-->Especially gifts that BURN. I like fire. The passion! The heat!
*PlotAllergy: The victim was killed by having her caffeine allergy exploited by the killer.
*PoorCommunicationKills: Barbara killed Susie after she saw her talking to Lenny in the plaza, which made her believe she was going to cheat on and leave her son when Susie and Lenny were only friends.
*RememberTheNewGuy: This case introduces Russell, TheProfiler at the Pacific Bay Police Department.
-->'''Amy:''' Oh! I know who can help us, <Player's Name>! You haven't met Russell Crane yet, have you? Ooooh, you're in for a treat! He's our profiler. Let's send that star to him!
*ShoutOut:
** In the Skating Rink scene, there is artwork of a [[ComicBook/TheJoker sinister jester]].
** In the Susie's Garden scene, there is a copy of ''The Woman Warrior'' by Maxine Hong Kingston.
** Rocket Cow is a parody of Creator/RedBull.
**In the Additional Investigation, Mona dresses as WesternAnimation/PeterPan to perform on a children's hospital.
*StalkerWithoutACrush: Becky Walden was assigned by Barbara, the victim's mother-in-law, to follow her around and post it on her blog under the guise of an important company that would give her fame and fortune if she did.
*TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The victim added Rocket Cow, a highly caffeinated energy drink, to Susie's own drink before the match, which killed her because she was allergic to caffeine.
*UglyGuyHotWife: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_704.png Howard]] to [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2_439.png Susie.]] Even Amy can't believe it.
-->'''Amy:''' Susie was married to... you, Mr Pickley? I didn't think that you... that she... erm...

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