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=== Hershel Layton ===
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The protagonist. A gentlemanly archaeologist famous for his puzzle-solving skills.
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* [[Actual Pacifist]]: He eschews violence, considering it to be ungentlemanly, and will only get into a fight if it's absolutely necessary. And when he does fight, he fights to disarm, never to injure or kill.
* [[Adventurer Archaeologist]]: Although he repeatedly gets mistaken for a detective in ''Curious Village''.
* [[Ambiguously Jewish]]: The name "Hershel" is pretty uncommon outside of Jewish communities. It ''would'' explain why he's always wearing a hat.
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Berserk Button]]/[[Beware the Nice Ones]]: He never goes exactly ''berserk'', but there are some things that Layton simply will not tolerate. Threatening the innocent citizens of London, for example, will turn him into an [[Implacable Man]] who will not stop until he's stopped you. And don't even think about [[Papa Wolf|touching those kids]].
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* [[Doting Parent]]: He has shades of this with Flora. Most noticeably, he has a particular voice inflection that seems to be reserved solely for when he's speaking to her; it's softer and gentler than his regular voice (which is already quite placid and easy on the ears).
* [[Face Palm]]: Covers his eyes with his hat whenever he gets a puzzle wrong.
* [[Fake Brit]]: Not an in-game example, but his voice actor, Christopher Robin Miller, uses
* [[Famed in Story]]: Even though he is no detective.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Used to have one. Check the trailer for ''Mask of Miracle'' if you doubt it.
* [[Gentleman Adventurer]]
* [[Gentleman and
* [[Gentleman Detective]]
** "Actually, I'm a [[Insistent Terminology|Professor of Archaeology]]".
* [[Gentleman Snarker]]: Downplayed, but occasionally in ''[[Professor Layton and
* [[Geek Physiques]]: His coat and hat somewhat hide the fact that he's basically a pipe-cleaner man with a pumpkin for a head. Less severe in the official art, but some cutscenes give him really, really bony arms.
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: He ''loves'' doing this while accusing people or when he gets a puzzle correct.
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* [[Papa Wolf]]: ''Unwound Future'' in particular puts him in this light. Do ''not'' mess with Luke Triton or Flora Reinhold. He ''will'' defy the laws of physics if that's what it takes to make you pay for it.
* [[The Professor]]
* [[Quintessential British Gentleman]]: Don't get between Layton and his tea.
* [[Stiff Upper Lip]]: For all the weirdness and dangerous situations that get thrown his way, Layton never loses his composure. {{spoiler|The ending of ''Unwound Future''}} is one of the few times Layton's [[Stiff Upper Lip]] falters.
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: Seen only in ''[[Unwound Future]]'', when circumstances put him in [[Papa Wolf]] mode; his expression darkens (look at his eyes) and his voice takes on a harsh edge, but he doesn't properly let loose with the anger he's obviously feeling.
* [[Unknown Rival]]: Has one in Don Paolo. It's revealed in ''Unwound Future'' how their feud began.
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'''Layton''': "I haven't the slightest idea, Luke." }}
** There are tiny hints dropped from game-to-game. Another hint is dropped in the second. {{spoiler|From Don Paolo's point of view, Layton took a LOT from Don Paolo - his teacher, his praise, the girl he loved. And Layton is TOTALLY OBLIVIOUS.}}
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=== Luke Triton ===
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The professor's apprentice. Aspires to be a gentleman when he's older.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: To Layton.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He behaves like this toward Flora in the second and third games, despite being very obviously younger than she is. [[Justified]] in that he's known the Professor longer and has more investigative experience, while she's new at pretty much everything in the world.
* [[Big Eater]]: In ''[[Diabolical Box]]'', it's noted that Luke orders twice as much food as Layton in the train's dining car. And in ''[[Unwound Future]]'', Flora remarks that he always seems to order half the menu whenever they dine out.
* [[Bratty Half
* [[Cross
* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: Yep, him too, when he solves a puzzle correctly.
* [[Face Palm]]: When he gets a puzzle wrong, he does a classic example of this.
* [[She
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: He is Layton's apprentice. Don't bother trying to put another word on their relationship; he even cuts off Layton himself whenever he tries to clarify the issue.
** And in ''Eternal Diva'', he cuts off Emmy when she suggests he could be Layton's ''second'' assistant. "Apprentice, NUMBER ONE!"
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* [[Leave Me Alone]]: In ''Last Specter'', ten-year-old Luke has become introverted and withdrawn, spending most of his time in his room, as a result of the events in the game's [[Backstory]]. Layton helps him to open up more.
* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SevSsKwGsS4 He finally gets one in "Eternal Diva".]
** Given the scene it accompanies, some fans joke it's his [[Super Mario Bros.|Invincibility]] [[Power-Up Motif|Theme.]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZf0G09ghY&feature=related Seriously.]
* [[Nice Hat]]: It's stated in one of the ''Curious Village'' meta-puzzles that he never takes it off.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: In the UK
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]: While Flora wears a fair bit of pink, Luke's signature color is very much blue.
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: The English version of ''Curious Village'' presents it as [[Friend to All Living Things]], though, and an [[Informed Ability]] at that (when he tries to coax a cat to him, he ends up getting scratched). The other games, however, use the trope perfectly
** There actually may be a reason to why Luke couldn't communicate with Claudia. {{spoiler|[[Fridge Brilliance|The cat is probably a robot, like the rest of the residents of St. Mystere]]}}
* [[The Watson]]: Having this role in the games makes him something of an [[Ascended Fanboy]], since in ''Unwound Future'' he remarks that he's read the [[Sherlock Holmes]] books many times over.
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=== Flora Reinhold ===
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* [[Daddy's Girl]]: To her own father before his death, and then later {{spoiler|she essentially becomes this to Layton.}}
* [[Distinguishing Mark]]: She has a birthmark on her collarbone which is significant to the secrets of St. Mystere.
* {{spoiler|[[
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Aroma Rhineford in the Japanese version.
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: Her trademark pink ribbon.
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: In ''Diabolical Box'', she admits to being this, and is enraptured by new experiences such as a simple country fair.
* [[Girl in
* [[Giving Someone the Pointer Finger]]: She doesn't get to solve any puzzles until ''Unwound Future'', but sure enough, when she gets it right...
* {{spoiler|[[Happily Adopted]]}}: {{spoiler|She seems to like being Layton's foster daughter.}}
** While it's never made clear if she was {{spoiler|legally adopted, Baron Reinhold did entrust guardianship over Flora to whoever solved the mystery of the Golden Apple... and that was the professor. And considering that adorable laugh of hers when she hugged Hershel in ''[[Professor Layton and
*** Their brief but emotional reunion {{spoiler|when she throws herself into his arms after her abduction in ''Unwound Future''}} would also suggest this.
* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]
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* [[Royal Blood]]: She's the daughter of a baron, and thus part of the nobility. {{spoiler|This actually has relevance to the plot of ''Professor Layton's London Life''.}}
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She doesn't seem to have a malicious bone in her body, and on those occasions when she actually does get mad, it's not hard to soothe her.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: It's understandable that Layton doesn't want to bring a young lady into danger (and even if you think that's a bit sexist, you have to admit that Flora is in no way equipped to handle such situations), and he'll go to her aid when she ''is'' in danger; but the fact is that when she's not physically present, she might as well not exist. It's even worse when you consider that Flora is quite sensitive to being left
** In ''Diabolical Box'' {{spoiler|Luke and Layton realize that the "Flora" they've been traveling with was really Don Paolo, with the real Flora unaccounted for. They guess that she was left behind at a previous stop and, content that she's safe, go on their merry way (they were right, but had no way of knowing this).}}
*** Well, {{spoiler|Don Paolo himself}} was the one who said where she was, and he had little reason to lie about that at that point. But even if they disbelieved him, the only other place she could be (considering that {{spoiler|two Floras on the train would've been too suspicious}}) would be safe at home. In any case, it's not like they could just go back for her: the train was stopped at the station, and all of the crew was exploring Folsense instead of preparing to start it up again. They were stuck in that town.
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* [[Vague Age]]: It's not really made clear how old Flora is. She's older than Luke (whose age is confirmed to be ten in ''Last Specter'', and thus twelve or thirteen by the time of ''Curious Village''), but still young enough to require a guardian, and it is stated that the events of the first game don't happen until she's "out of childhood." Most players estimate her to be between fourteen and seventeen.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: She seems to have an intense fear of being left alone. It gets the [[Woobie]] treatment in ''Diabolical Box'', but ''Unwound Future'' makes it seem more like a [[Berserk Button]]. (Maybe she thought they should have caught on by then that she's afraid to be alone.)
* [[Windows to
=== Emmy Altava ===
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* [[Action Girl]]: Boy howdy; she could chase after the Black Raven and jump from rooftop to rooftop.
** [[Kick Chick]]: She's got powerful kicks too.
* [[The Apprentice (trope)|The Apprentice]]: Though not to the same extent as Luke, Emmy does take lessons from the professor in observation and puzzle-solving.
* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]]/TheTeamWannabe: More [[Sidekick]] than Team, though. Emmy seems to have something of an obsession with Layton, and even uses the word 'Laytonesque'. This was ''before'' he was famous. It's implied that she's done a lot to get the job as Layton's assistant.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: She's a bright, curious young woman who's also probably the best fighter in the series.
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* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: Of a sort; her first answer to most every hurdle is a good roundhouse kick.
* [[Supreme Chef]]: A scene in the credits of ''Last Specter'' shows her cooking a meal for Rosa and Layton, both enjoying the meal.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Tomboy]]
=== Inspector Chelmey ===
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* [[Informed Ability]]: He's implied to be one of the greatest policemen Scotland Yard has to offer, but every single conclusion he ever draws at any point in-game is consistently ''wrong''.
* [[Inspector Lestrade]]
* [[Jerk
* [[The Real Remington Steele]]: {{spoiler|The Chelmey in ''Curious Village'' is Don Paolo in disguise; the real Chelmey doesn't appear until game 2.}}
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: To be fair, he IS going up against Professor Hershel Layton. If he was going up against any other detective, he'd fare better.
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* [[Anime Hair]]: A giant pompadour.
* [[Badass]]: He ran all the way from Scotland Yard to Misthallery (and back) which takes Emmy at least ten hours ''on her scooter'', and when pushed into shark-infested waters, he decides to go for a swim, not minding the fact that he could be eaten alive.
* [[Carpet of Virility]]: Shaped like a heart no less.
* [[Friend
* [[Hot
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]
* [[Top
=== Don Paolo ===
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A [[Mad Scientist]] and the Professor's self-declared arch rival. Most of his plans involve disguising himself as someone. Also likes playing music.
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* [[The Cameo]]: In the beginning of ''Eternal Diva'', along with several other characters from the first trilogy.
* [[Dastardly Whiplash]]
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Literally.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: From Don Paul.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Remarks upon seeing a missile in ''Lost/Unwound Future'', "Even I'd never use something like this."
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** [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]/[[I Was Just Passing Through]]: He claims that {{spoiler|he only fixed Layton's car in ''Unwound Future'' so Layton could safely rescue the kidnapped Flora.}}
* [[Jerkass]]
** [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Latex Perfection]]: Thus far we've seen him flawlessly impersonate {{spoiler|Inspector Chelmey, Flora Reinhold, Dr. Andrew Schrader, Dean Delmona, and Professor Layton himself!}}
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=== Jean Descole ===
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The antagonist in the second trilogy, as well as in ''Eternal Diva''. He's a masked man who creates machines for his evil purposes and likes to "play games" with his victims. No one {{spoiler|(Except maybe Broneph)}} knows his real identity. It's hinted that he has a past with Layton.
* [[All
* [[Badass in
* [[Battle Butler]]: His servant counts as one. In ''Mask of Miracles,'' {{spoiler|when Descole's about to be arrested, his servant throws a smoke bomb allowing him to escape before Broneph takes off his mask.}}
* [[Big Bad]]
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* [[Domino Mask]]
* [[Expressive Mask]]
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: In ''The Last Specter'' {{spoiler|his machines beat the poor [[Cute Monster|Lagushi]] while trying to destroy the town.}}
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]: He and his [[Mook
* [[Master of Disguise]]: {{spoiler|In The Last Specter and Mask of Miracles.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: So far, we don't know the history between him and Layton, but Layton notes that he has heard his name before.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: When Layton finds out about game mechanics from someone else.
* [[Have We Met?]]
* [[Leaning
* [[Meaningful Name]]: His two distinguishing features are his 'stache and his scarf.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Fans have theorised he may be the one person who knows that they're in a game.
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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Arguably.
* [[Doomed
* [[Have We Met?]]: Each time she meets Layton and Luke, she acts as though she's never seen them before, even though they recognize her right away.
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Subverted; she thinks she still ''is''.
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* [[Dead to Begin With]]: His death is the start of the entire plot.
* [[Doting Parent]]
* [[
=== Matthew ===
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* [[Dying Clue]]: The letter he sends to Layton to kickstart the plot.
* [[The Obi-Wan]]
* [[Spell My Name
=== Babette ===
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* [[Rich Bitch]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: She usurps Layton and Luke's table in the dining car by flaunting her wealth and refusing to bow to common sense or decency.
* [[
=== Mr. Beluga ({{spoiler|real name: Friedrich Herzen}}) ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Brother Worship]]: He idolized his big brother Anton.}}
* [[Jerk
* [[The Napoleon]]: To some extent.
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=== Anton Herzen ===
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|It looks this way, but in reality he was paranoid due to the fact that he's been stuck in a completely empty city for the past 50 years, believing that his fiancee left him for another lover, and much much more.}}
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Anton in the North American version, Vladimir in the European version, and Anthony in the Japanese version.
** [[Dub
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: {{spoiler|When he believed his fiancee left him for another--she was really talking about their daughter--he went mad.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Identical Grandson|Identical Granddaughter:]] She looks just like her grandmother Sophia, except that she has her grandfather Anton's eyes.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Long-Lost Relative]]}}
* [[Raised
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]
=== Sophia ===
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== Characters in ''[[Unwound Future]]'' ==
=== Future Luke {{spoiler|(real name: Clive Dove)}} ===
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[[Exactly What It Says
* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
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* [[My Future Self and Me]]: With Luke. {{spoiler|But then again, he isn't Luke.}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: He also has one, similar to Luke's, {{spoiler|which he removes when revealing his identity}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Used to Be
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]}}: {{spoiler|Clive denies what he's doing is for revenge, insisting that it's really for justice against [[Science Is Bad|single-minded scientists]] and [[Democracy Is Bad|corrupt politicians]]. However, after seeing how the incident that killed his parents was swept under the rug despite the severity of it, Clive believes that only a massive act of destruction could possibly change anything; cue enough military hardware to turn London into a crater.}}
=== Claire Folly ===
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Layton's college sweetheart who died in an accident with a [[Time Machine]]. {{spoiler|She did travel through time, but her body couldn't manage the time travel and was fighting to go back to the time when the machine exploded, resulting in her death. She's the one who taught Layton about being a true gentleman.}}
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=== Celeste Folly ===
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Claire's sister who aids the heroes in ''Unwound Future''.
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* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]: She explains that she and Claire had been estranged when the accident occurred, and that her biggest regret is how she didn't try to make amends with her sister before it was too late. {{spoiler|This is presumably so that Layton won't question why Claire never mentioned her}}.
* [[Save the Villain]]: {{spoiler|Saves Clive, largely out of feeling responsible for the tragedy that cost him his parents}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Time Travel
* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]: Everyone who knew Claire is taken aback by how much her sister looks like her. {{spoiler|Of course, that's because they're really the same person.}}
=== Dr. Stahngun {{spoiler|(real name: Dimitri Allen)}} ===
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A mysterious scientist who invents the time machine and appears to be responsible for the disappearance of Bill Hawks.
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* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]
* {{spoiler|[[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Layton realizes that he's bluffing when he claims that the room they're in is rigged with explosives, noting that while he has used many immoral tactics in the pursuit of the plan, he would never actually kill anyone.}}
* [[Unfinished, Untested, Used Anyway]]: {{spoiler|Tried to stop Bill from going through with the time machine test for his corporate sponsors, but doesn't get there in time.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Unwitting Pawn]]}} {{spoiler|Is played like a fiddle by Clive.}}
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|All he wants is to save Claire, but later he does admit some of his actions may have been done out of pride as well.}}
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=== Bill Hawks ===
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The Prime Minister of Great Britain.
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=== Clark Triton ===
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Luke's father and Misthallery's Mayor. He was a fellow archaeologist along with Layton in the past, also having been mentioned as a previous assistant to Dr. Schrader.
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* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]
* [[Tareme Eyes]]/[[Tsurime Eyes]]: Switches between types depending on her mood.
* [[Used to Be
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]
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=== Levin Jakes ===
Chief of Police of Misthallery.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[The Dragon]]: To Descole.
* [[Fat Bastard]]: Apparently he uses his immense girth to threaten people.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Third Eye Jakes.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Shortly after Layton meets him.
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=== Lando Ascad/{{spoiler|The Masked Gentleman}} ===
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* [[Black Eyes]]
* [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]: She being the blonde, Lando being the redhead and Layton being the brunette.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Lando's disappearance really got her depressed.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Sharoa into Sharon.
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=== Henry Leidle ===
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* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Luke has a [[Precocious Crush]] on her.
* [[Idol Singer]]
* [[Non
* [[Redheaded Hero]]
* [[Spell My Name
** Her last name is often speculated by fans to be a misromanization of "[[Meaningful Name|quatrain]]".
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: {{spoiler|She willingly lets her best friend Melina use her body to go on living after Melina dies.}}
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