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...''' ''and I'm Jennifer Eagle'' '''. }}

 

 

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== Tropes in Both Games ==

** In ''EEM London,'' all the cases in Books 1 and 2 require you to choose five clues before choosing the right suspect. The cases in Book 2 are only a little bit more difficult than those in Book 1, with "Case of the Envelope Espionage" being one of the most noteworthy difficult ones.

* [[Eagle-Eye Detection]]: [[Trope Namer]].

* [[Edutainment Game]]

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: One of the suspects in the first game's "Case of the Reckless Robber" is stated to have perfect manners. Also, Macavity in the sequel goes the extra mile to ensure that his/her criminal schemes don't actually harm anyone, as Inspector Gage admits.

* [[Not Now Kid]]: Averted; despite the main characters being children, nobody ever brushes them off. This is justified, as by the time your character joins the Eagle Eyes at the start of the first game, they've already established themselves as competent detectives.

* [[Oh Crap]]: Bobby Garcia in ''EEM Original'' when he realizes he may have allowed a con artist to clean him out of all his birthday money, some of which he should have put in the bank like his mother had instructed him to.

** Politician Sir Toby Uppingham has a very similar reaction in ''EEM London's'' "Case of the Envelope Espionage," when he realizes that the seal on a top-secret government envelope in his possession has been tampered with.

** Inspector Gage has an ''epic'' dismal reaction in "Case of Macavity's Mace," when he realizes that [[Big Bad|Macavity]] is very likely among a group of guests touring various sites throughout London...who are, at that moment, touring the Tower of London, where the Crown Jewels are kept.

* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: In this case, they always turn out to be someone or something that's been mistaken for a ghost.

* [[Player Headquarters]]: The Eagle's Nest in the first game, and the Eagle family's upstairs garret in the second game.

* [[The Player Is the Most Important Resource]]:

* [[Police Are Useless]]: Evidently, wherever the Eagle Eyes are (Richview or London), the local police can't completely solve crimes without their help.

* [[Punny Name]]: All over the place, sometimes overlapping with [[Meaningful Name]].

* [[Driving Question]]: ''Who is Macavity?''

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: A number of British-born characters in ''EEM London'' have a little of this toward Americans. On the other hand, in the same game's "Case of the Renegade Raven," French journalist and minor character Mademoiselle Le Chaton has nearly nothing good to say about the British.

* [[Frothy Mugs of Water]]: Averted with the Sherlock Holmes Pub (in London proper) and Smuggler's Inn (in the Dartmoor area); both are very obviously bars that serve alcoholic drinks as well as non-alcoholic beverages, and at one point your partner will inform you that Smuggler's Inn has a "no kids allowed after dark" policy.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: {{spoiler|The motive behind "Case of the Pilfered Phone"}}.

* [[My Local]]: London's Sherlock Holmes Pub and the Smuggler's Inn in Dartmoor.

* [[Paparazzi]]: In "Case of the Renegade Raven," one of these tries to get a story on apparent laxness in security at the Tower of London by hounding the head warden and groundskeeper on the furor being caused by the disappearance of one of the eight local tower ravens (according to legend, if all the ravens leave the Tower, the monarchy will crumble).