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* [[Actor Allusion]]: In "The Consul's Car", Valdez angrily calls Cole a [[Mad Men|madman]] (the actor playing Cole stars in ''[[Mad Men]]''). |
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* [[Creator Killer]]: Team Bondi shuttered months after release. Though the game was a critical and commercial success, Team Bondi's founder clearly considered it his [[Magnum Opus]] and terrible working conditions and endless delays resulted. It destroyed the relationship with Rockstar and ensured they would never get another publisher. |
* [[Creator Killer]]: Team Bondi shuttered months after release. Though the game was a critical and commercial success, Team Bondi's founder clearly considered it his [[Magnum Opus]] and terrible working conditions and endless delays resulted. It destroyed the relationship with Rockstar and ensured they would never get another publisher. |
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* [[Defictionalization]]: Hey kids, you now can get your very own [https://web.archive.org/web/20110903133911/http://rockstarwarehouse.stores.yahoo.net/lnonoandpese.html ''L.A. Noire'' notebook, now go get cracking on those cases]! |
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* [[Development Hell]]: Beyond the obvious fact that the game took over seven years to make, there's a literal example here. Team Bondi was by all accounts... a shitty place to work. Plus, studio head Brendan McNamara was ''charitably'' described as "a tyrant" by most of the workers. [[It Got Worse]] when Team Bondi was [https://web.archive.org/web/20111227064434/http://kotaku.com/5847883/la-noire-studio-owes-1-million-to-employees++and-a-quarter-of-that-is-claimed-by-the-boss liquidated. Most of their employees still haven't received their back pay.] |
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** [[Heroes|Matt Parkman]] is a suspect in a case. |
** [[Heroes|Matt Parkman]] is a suspect in a case. |
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** [[Mass Effect 2|Harbinger]] has [[Memetic Mutation|ASSUMED DIRECT CONTROL]] of an arson investigator. |
** [[Mass Effect 2|Harbinger]] has [[Memetic Mutation|ASSUMED DIRECT CONTROL]] of an arson investigator. |
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*** Perhaps its fitting then that you meet and partner up with [[Fallout: New Vegas|the Burned Man]] at the arson desk. Joss Whedon fans will figure out he's [[Angel|Daniel Holtz]]. He and [[Angel|Connor]] actually have a reunion, only most people will probably attribute the latter to his role in Mad Men more. |
*** Perhaps its fitting then that you meet and partner up with [[Fallout: New Vegas|the Burned Man]] at the arson desk. Joss Whedon fans will figure out he's [[Angel|Daniel Holtz]]. He and [[Angel|Connor]] actually have a reunion, only most people will probably attribute the latter to his role in Mad Men more. |
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** [[Fringe|Walter Bishop]] is a shady real estate magnate! Splendid! |
** [[Fringe|Walter Bishop]] is a shady real estate magnate! Splendid! |
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*** His fate after the game was that he [[Lord of the Rings|doused himself in oil and jumped off a ledge while on fire |
*** His fate after the game was that he [[Lord of the Rings|doused himself in oil and jumped off a ledge while on fire]]. |
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** [[Supernatural (TV series)|Zachariah]] is still a smarmy dick, even in 1947 Los Angeles. |
** [[Supernatural (TV series)|Zachariah]] is still a smarmy dick, even in 1947 Los Angeles. |
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** [[Mass Effect|Garrus]] shows up in [[Los Angeles]], too, having left C-Sec to work as a Burglary detective. If the Burglary desk [[What Could Have Been|had made it into the final release,]] [[Missed Moment of Awesome|he even would've been your partner!]] |
** [[Mass Effect|Garrus]] shows up in [[Los Angeles]], too, having left C-Sec to work as a Burglary detective. If the Burglary desk [[What Could Have Been|had made it into the final release,]] [[Missed Moment of Awesome|he even would've been your partner!]] |
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** [[Glee|Karofsky]] is a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110625230601/http://twitpic.com/4zbwbp/full firefighter]. |
** [[Glee|Karofsky]] is a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110625230601/http://twitpic.com/4zbwbp/full firefighter]. |
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** [[Charmed|Leo]] owns a wine store. |
** [[Charmed|Leo]] owns a wine store. |
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** [[Californication|Daisy]] |
** [[Californication|Daisy]] A.K.A. [[Superbad|Period blood girl]] is a wife you have to interview at one point. See if you can hazard a guess [[Mad Men|what other show]] she appeared on. |
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** [[How I Met Your Mother|Carl the bartender]] is still a bartender. In a Mexican bar. So...Carlos? |
** [[How I Met Your Mother|Carl the bartender]] is still a bartender. In a Mexican bar. So... Carlos? |
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** Honestly, it seems like the only people from [[Mad Men|Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce]] who ''don't'' show up are Sterling, Cooper, Draper |
** Honestly, it seems like the only people from [[Mad Men|Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce]] who ''don't'' show up are Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce. |
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** [[Lost|Lesley Arzt]] (and father of one of the above others) is now providing a different kind of education. |
** [[Lost|Lesley Arzt]] (and father of one of the above others) is now providing a different kind of education. |
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** [[The Dark Knight|After he fails to handle the Joker,]] [[The Dark Knight|Detective Stephen]] quits GCPD to work in Arson in L.A. |
** [[The Dark Knight|After he fails to handle the Joker,]] [[The Dark Knight|Detective Stephen]] quits GCPD to work in Arson in L.A. |
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** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Principal Flutie]] is a bartender in The Studio Secretary Murder case. |
** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Principal Flutie]] is a bartender in The Studio Secretary Murder case. |
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** Isn't Richard Coombs supposed to [[Ghostbusters|lie to us and kiss our butts |
** Isn't Richard Coombs supposed to [[Ghostbusters|lie to us and kiss our butts]]? |
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** [[The Cosby Show|Denny is now in the illegal numbers business]] |
** [[The Cosby Show|Denny is now in the illegal numbers business]]. |
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Guess [[Dead Space (video game)|Doctor Kyne]] got himself an arson desk job, with a little [[Narrator|narrating]] on the side. |
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Guess [[Dead Space (video game)|Doctor Kyne]] got himself an arson desk job, with a little [[Narrator|narrating]] on the side. |
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* [[Name's the Same]]: Amusingly, this is the ''second'' major story-driven action game set in the 1940's/1950's era with a [[Big Bad]] named {{spoiler|[[BioShock (series)|Fontaine]]}}. |
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* [[Real Life Relative]]: Aaron Staton and Connie Fletcher, who are married in real life, play in-game couple Cole and Marie Phelps. |
* [[Real Life Relative]]: Aaron Staton and Connie Fletcher, who are married in real life, play in-game couple Cole and Marie Phelps. |
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* [[Saved From Development Hell]]: Trailers were running for this game for at least four years before its release, and judging from the increase in [[Signature Style|"Rockstarisms"]] in the later trailers, it underwent many design changes. |
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