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Some of the more complex [[Xanatos Roulette|Xanatos Roulettes]] may stretch from the most trifling crimes to the mind-bogglingly evil in a mind-bogglingly complex manner.
Sometimes the [[Anti
Works in which several different crimes are committed (e.g. a [[Police Procedural]] TV series) sometimes follow the pattern that ''every'' Minor Crime reveals a Major Plot - the main characters can't investigate any crime, big or small, without stumbling upon an [[Evil Plan]] involving [[Loads and Loads of Characters|several different people]] and six- or seven-digit sums of money. This is largely an [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|Acceptable Break From Reality]]; of course, in [[Real Life]], thousands of crimes are committed each day without any sort of plan or conspiracy behind them - burglars sneak into homes, steal some small cash and sneak out again, people are killed when petty arguments get out of hand, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|dastardly villains cross streets in illegal ways to get to the other side faster]] - but it makes for a more interesting story to have your master detectives slowly uncover the villainous plot of a [[Diabolical Mastermind]] than to have them book [[Bit Part Badguys|random mugger after random mugger]].
[[Truth in Television]]. [[Real Life]] professional criminals will bend over backwards to make sure they don't trip up over something minor, because it's happened before. The best way to avoid capture is to not attract attention - at all.
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Not to be confused with [[Wanted Meter]].
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== Anime and Manga ==
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== Comic Books ==
* ''[[Watchmen (Comic Book)|Watchmen]]'': Investigating the murder of an ex-superhero -> uncovering a plot to prevent nuclear war by destroying a city.
* ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)|King Ottokar's Sceptre]]'': Kidnapping of an expert on Syldavian history -> coup d'etat
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** ''[[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]]''. Murder of a British agent --> Dr. No's SPECTRE operation to destroy American missiles.
** ''[[Goldfinger (Film)|Goldfinger]]''. Cheating at Texas hold'em, murder of Jill Masterson and gold smuggling --> nuking Fort Knox.
** ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]''. Diamond smuggling --> Hold the world for ransom with a [[Frickin' Laser Beams|laser-armed]] [[Kill Sat]].
** ''[[Live and Let Die (Film)|Live and Let Die]]''. Deaths of three British agents --> massive heroin smuggling operation.
** ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me (Film)|The Spy Who Loved Me]]''. Disappearing nuclear submarines --> a plot to start a nuclear war between the N.A.T.O. and U.S.S.R.
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* ''[[The Wire]]'': Season Two: Warfie with suspicious amounts of money buys a stained window for a church -> bulk smuggling of drugs, prostitutes and goods; multiple ethnic gangs, murders agogo.
* This has happened frequently on [[CSI: Miami]].
* This seems to be the point of the [[Buddy Cop Show]], ''[[The Good Guys (TV)|The Good Guys]]''. An old [[Noble Bigot With a Badge]] [[Cowboy Cop]] [[Odd Couple|is paired with a young]] [[By
* Pretty much every [[Myth Arc]] episode of ''[[The X Files]]'', and several Monster of the Week ones as well.
* ''[[The Shadow Line (TV)|The Shadow Line]]'': The death of a drug baron --> {{spoiler|A [[Government Conspiracy]] using drug money to fund police pensions.}}]]
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** In the fourth game, a racing spinoff, Jak and friends are coerced into entering a competition, only to find out they're in the middle of a gang war.
** In the fifth game, an [[Interquel]] that [[Gaiden Game|focuses on Daxter]], he's just trying to make a living and figure out how to rescue Jak, only to to uncover the brewing invasion plot by the Metal Heads.
** In the sixth game, Jak, Daxter and [[A Day in The Limelight|Keira]] set out to find more eco and restore balance to the world, but things [[
* ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'': [[Save the Princess]] -> Prevent the [[Endofthe World As We Know It]].
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls II Daggerfall (Video Game)|Daggerfall]]'': Exorcise a walking spirit and deliver a letter -> Shape the future of [[The Empire]].
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