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Actor Allusion: In "The Consul's Car", Valdez angrily calls Cole a madman (the actor playing Cole stars in Mad Men).
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.
Defictionalization: Hey kids, you now can get your very own L.A. Noire notebook, now go get cracking on those cases!
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 liquidated. Most of their employees still haven't received their back pay.
Hey, It's That Guy!: Ken Cosgrove interrogates fellow Sterling Cooper coworkers Harry Crane, Paul Kinsey, Pete Campbell and client comedian Jimmy Barrett. Dr. Wayne has also became a coroner.
- Matt Parkman is a suspect in a case.
- Harbinger has ASSUMED DIRECT CONTROL of an arson investigator.
  - Perhaps its fitting then that you meet and partner up with the Burned Man at the arson desk. Joss Whedon fans will figure out he's Daniel Holtz. He and Connor actually have a reunion, only most people will probably attribute the latter to his role in Mad Men more.
- Walter Bishop is a shady real estate magnate! Splendid!
  - His fate after the game was that he doused himself in oil and jumped off a ledge while on fire.
- Zachariah is still a smarmy dick, even in 1947 Los Angeles.
- Garrus shows up in Los Angeles, too, having left C-Sec to work as a Burglary detective. If the Burglary desk had made it into the final release, he even would've been your partner!
- If you keep your eyes peeled, you'll spot Tom around town.
- Karofsky is a firefighter.
- Leo owns a wine store.
- Daisy A.K.A. Period blood girl is a wife you have to interview at one point. See if you can hazard a guess what other show she appeared on.
- Carl the bartender is still a bartender. In a Mexican bar. So... Carlos?
- Honestly, it seems like the only people from Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce who don't show up are Sterling, Cooper, Draper and Pryce.
- Lesley Arzt (and father of one of the above others) is now providing a different kind of education.
- After he fails to handle the Joker, Detective Stephen quits GCPD to work in Arson in L.A.
- Principal Flutie is a bartender in The Studio Secretary Murder case.
- Isn't Richard Coombs supposed to lie to us and kiss our butts?
- Denny is now in the illegal numbers business.
Hey, It's That Voice!: Guess Doctor Kyne got himself an arson desk job, with a little narrating on the side.
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 Fontaine.
Real Life Relative: Aaron Staton and Connie Fletcher, who are married in real life, play in-game couple Cole and Marie Phelps.
Saved From Development Hell: Trailers were running for this game for at least four years before its release, and judging from the increase in "Rockstarisms" in the later trailers, it underwent many design changes.

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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]]'').
 * [[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.
+* [[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]!
-* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Mad Men|Ken Cosgrove]] interrogates fellow Sterling Cooper coworkers Harry Crane, Paul Kinsey, Pete Campbell, and client comedian Jimmy Barrett. Dr. Wayne has also became a coroner.
+* [[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.]
+* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: [[Mad Men|Ken Cosgrove]] interrogates fellow Sterling Cooper coworkers Harry Crane, Paul Kinsey, Pete Campbell and client comedian Jimmy Barrett. Dr. Wayne has also became a coroner.
 ** [[Heroes|Matt Parkman]] is a suspect in a case.
 ** [[Mass Effect 2|Harbinger]] has [[Memetic Mutation|ASSUMED DIRECT CONTROL]] of an arson investigator.
 *** 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.
 ** [[Fringe|Walter Bishop]] is a shady real estate magnate! Splendid!
-*** 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]].
 ** [[Supernatural (TV series)|Zachariah]] is still a smarmy dick, even in 1947 Los Angeles.
 ** [[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].
 ** [[Charmed|Leo]] owns a wine store.
-** [[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.
+** [[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.
-** [[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?
-** 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.
+** 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.
 ** [[Lost|Lesley Arzt]] (and father of one of the above others) is now providing a different kind of education.
 ** [[The Dark Knight|After he fails to handle the Joker,]] [[The Dark Knight|Detective Stephen]] quits GCPD to work in Arson in L.A.
 ** [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Principal Flutie]] is a bartender in The Studio Secretary Murder case.
-** 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]]?
-** [[The Cosby Show|Denny is now in the illegal numbers business]]
+** [[The Cosby Show|Denny is now in the illegal numbers business]].
 * [[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.
+* [[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]]}}.
 * [[Real Life Relative]]: Aaron Staton and Connie Fletcher, who are married in real life, play in-game couple Cole and Marie Phelps.
+* [[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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