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== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[The Kindaichi Case Files]]'' ends every story arc with one of these, although they rarely happen in a parlor, instead usually occurring in the same place where one of the victims was killed. The summation is usually accompanied by a dramatic explanation of exactly how the killer carried out his crimes. Kindaichi will explain ~~everything -- motive~~, method, all the secrets behind the ~~case -- without~~ revealing the killer's identity, leaving that for the very end.

* ''[[The Kindaichi Case Files]]'' ends every story arc with one of these, although they rarely happen in a parlor, instead usually occurring in the same place where one of the victims was killed. The summation is usually accompanied by a dramatic explanation of exactly how the killer carried out his crimes. Kindaichi will explain everything—motive, method, all the secrets behind the case—without revealing the killer's identity, leaving that for the very end.

* ''[[Case Closed]]''. Played with a lot since Conan, as a child, has to use Richard as a sort of mask in order to reveal the truth, by knocking him out, slumping him over something for a generic "deep thought" pose, and using a voice-changer to talk like him. Not always the best idea since sometimes, these suspects aren't very willing to just stand and a watch the man reveal everything.

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** In ''Too Many Detectives'', it takes place in a hotel room in Albany, where he has been summoned to submit to questioning in a state investigation of illegal wiretapping.

** In ''The Impolite Corpse'' (from the third radio series), it takes place at the murder scene because his client told him over the phone that Archie was in danger. Wolfe suspects (correctly) that this was a lie intended to get him over there, but had found the case so annoying that he was willing to just solve it right there and be done with it. {{spoiler|Incidentally, the fact that his client went to such lengths to make him leave his office is the pivotal clue that breaks the case.}}

* In [[Randall Garrett]]'s [[Lord Darcy]] homage to "Too Many Cooks", ''Too Many Magicians'', the Summation Gathering takes place in the Nero Wolfe-analogue's office, but it's conducted by Lord Darcy. However, the [[Summation Gathering]] is actually [[Kansas City Shuffle|an elaborate misdirection]] to {{spoiler|get the real murderer to give them his sword to reenact of the murder, so he'll be unarmed when they arrest him}}.

* In [[Randall Garrett]]'s [[Lord Darcy]] homage to "Too Many Cooks", ''Too Many Magicians'', the Summation Gathering takes place in the Nero Wolfe-analogue's office, but it's conducted by Lord Darcy. However, the Summation Gathering is actually [[Kansas City Shuffle|an elaborate misdirection]] to {{spoiler|get the real murderer to give them his sword to reenact of the murder, so he'll be unarmed when they arrest him}}.

* In Glen Cook's Nero Wolfe-inspired ''[[Garrett P.I.]]'' series, this happens at Garrett's house in ''Cold Copper Tears'', and at the brewery in ''Faded Steel Heat''. In a variant, the gatherings aren't just an opportunity for the sleuth to explain his deductions, but also for the Dead Man to use his mind-reading powers on the culprits and any accomplices.

* In [[Vernor Vinge]]'s ''[[Across Realtime|Marooned in Realtime]]'', the detective Wil Brierson calls most of the (decimated) world's population into a meeting hall to accuse the suspect of murder. The character is not only aware of the trope whilst doing it but is worried about a horrible variant he read about: detective gathers the suspects into a room then applies a definitive test to all the suspects: all suspects are guilty. Unmarked grave for detective, happy end for the suspects.