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== [[Film]] ==
* In ''The Pelican Brief'' ([[The Film of the Book|based on the novel of the same name]]), the titular document was formed due to Darby Shaw's (played by [[Julia Roberts]]) investigations based on a theory she came up with regarding the assassination of two Supreme Court judges. To form the brief, she researched the dead judges' case records and kept an eye open for any traits the two men may have had in common.
* In ''[[Sleepy Hollow (Film)|Sleepy Hollow]]'', this is Ichabod Crane's preferred method of solving the mysterious murders in the titular village. He uses revolutionary (for the time period) methods of investigation, including autopsies of dead bodies, and [[Hollywood Atheist|scoffs]] at the supernatural explanations the residents come up with (due to his own [[Harmful to Minors]] childhood memories of his [[Sinister Minister]] father). {{spoiler|The supernatural explanations turn out to be true.}}
* Used to investigate the Jack the Ripper killings in ''[[From Hell]]''.
* ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'': Nicholas Angel uses this to come up with a very wordy but otherwise plausible theory about the <s>murders</s> accidents taking place in Sandford, centering around (he thinks) a lucrative property deal. {{spoiler|Turns out the murders are for a much more mundane reason - keeping up [[Serious Business|Sandford's level of perfection]].}}
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* A necessary tool in the ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'' series.
* The ''[[Eagle Eye Mysteries]]'' series, [[Trope Namer|as noted above.]]
* Could be considered an in-universe example in [[
== [[Board Games]] ==
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