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*** Kyle quits his job as a respected police officer, essentially throwing away his entire (and very promising) career, because it was getting in the way of finding Brian Bradley. Granted, his superiors were probably going to fire him anyway... over ''not doing his job any more'' due to spending all of his time hunting down his erstwhile partner.

*** He has spent every waking moment of the three years before the game doing essentially nothing but following up any leads that might lead him to Brian. He took the job he has partially because it would allow him to move around quite a bit, making his hunt easier.

*** On top of all of that, he's in almost ''exact same position'' as Kevin Woodward. Partner made some shady deals {{spoiler|to protect someone they loved}}? Check. Accused his partner without giving them a chance to explain? Check. Drove his partner away? Check. (~~Granted~~, Kevin did it with words and Kyle did it with a bullet, ''but still''.) Regrets it horribly and desperately wants to hear his partner's side of the story? Check. Threw away his successful career and gave up everything just to find his missing partner? Check. Driven to the bottle just to deal with the loss? Check. It's hard to imagine that the writers missed the glaring parallels.

*** On top of all of that, he's in almost ''exact same position'' as Kevin Woodward. Partner made some shady deals {{spoiler|to protect someone they loved}}? Check. Accused his partner without giving them a chance to explain? Check. Drove his partner away? Check (granted, Kevin did it with words and Kyle did it with a bullet, ''but still''). Regrets it horribly and desperately wants to hear his partner's side of the story? Check. Threw away his successful career and gave up everything just to find his missing partner? Check. Driven to the bottle just to deal with the loss? Check. It's hard to imagine that the writers missed the glaring parallels.

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: "I got myself a paper clip."

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: By around Chapter 2 or 3, you will be worried about running into/getting kicked out by Dunning everywhere.

* [[The Scrappy]]: Jeff.

* [[Ship Tease]]: Exponentially increased between Kyle and Rachel. {{spoiler|Even worse [[Shipping|(better?)]] between him and Mila, since three characters (including his mother) mistake her for his girlfriend, she seems a little ''too'' fond of his Christmas present and when they're on the rooftop he gives her an heartfelt speech about how [[Knight in Shining Armor|he'll always come to her rescue]] should the darkness of life trouble her. In typical writing fashion, all the hints are turned [[Up to Eleven]] in the novel.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Exponentially increased between Kyle and Rachel. {{spoiler|Even worse [[Shipping|(better?)]] between him and Mila, since three characters (including his mother) mistake her for his girlfriend, she seems a little ''too'' fond of his Christmas present and when they're on the rooftop he gives her an heartfelt speech about how [[Knight in Shining Armor|he'll always come to her rescue]] should the darkness of life trouble her. In typical writing fashion, all the hints are turned [[Up to Eleven]] in the novel}}.

* [[The Woobie]]:

** A good portion of the cast! There are also some [[Jerkass Woobie|JerkassWoobies]] and [[Stoic Woobie|Stoic Woobies]].

** Mila. Oh God, Mila. {{spoiler|Witnesses her friend get kidnapped by a complete stranger at the age of nine, brutally struck by said person and put into a coma, wakes up ten years later as a mute, searches for her father for six months with no sense of direction, and passes out ''again'' in the same room where her friend was kidnapped this time losing her breath and narrowly pulled back from the edge.}} And for all of her trouble, what does she learn? {{spoiler|That her father may have been killed by Kyle's partner in the heat of rage when he came to visit her, as revenge for killing his own sister whose name was also Mila.}} Poor girl. For all of the crap she went through, there's no argument that she deserved a happy ending, either with Kyle or Rosa.

** Mila. Oh God, Mila. {{spoiler|Witnesses her friend get kidnapped by a complete stranger at the age of nine, brutally struck by said person and put into a coma, wakes up ten years later as a mute, searches for her father for six months with no sense of direction, and passes out ''again'' in the same room where her friend was kidnapped this time losing her breath and narrowly pulled back from the edge}}. And for all of her trouble, what does she learn? {{spoiler|That her father may have been killed by Kyle's partner in the heat of rage when he came to visit her, as revenge for killing his own sister whose name was also Mila}}. Poor girl. For all of the crap she went through, there's no argument that she deserved a happy ending, either with Kyle or Rosa.

* [[Woolseyism]]: In the German version, Kyle gets so tired of making generic comments about the furniture that he sometimes gets very creative - saying, for instance, [[First-Person Smartass|"Oh, it's a mint-green elephant. Wait, no, it's a table. Sorry, my mistake."]]

** By contrast, most of Kyle's deadpan snarking were [[Lost in Translation]] to the French version, in which the furniture-clicking comments are even ''more'' generic and boring; however, it has Louie call Melissa by the cutesy nickname "Meli-Melo" as he picks her up to carry her back to her room, making the already [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming scene]] just [[Squee|unbearably adorable]].

=== ''Last Window'' contains examples of: ===

* [[Even Better Sequel]] - Delivered while the company was on the brink of bankruptcy... Definitely a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Cing!

* [[Even Better Sequel]]: Delivered while the company was on the brink of bankruptcy... Definitely a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Cing!