Mystery Case Files/YMMV


 * Complete Monster: Ravenhearst's Charles Dalimar seems like a Stalker with a Crush, hence is at least somewhat comprehensible as a villain, but he's become this trope in spades by Return.
 * His mother also, assuming  is accurate.
 * Excuse Plot: The plots in all the games are basically excuses to look for random objects in cluttered scenes.
 * Fridge Logic: Who exactly drew the sketches in Emma's diary in Ravenhearst? Especially the one of ? It could be that the detective herself was the one who drew most of them, but there's no indication that she should have known that particular detail. Artistic license?
 * Fridge Brilliance: Escape reveals that ghosts can alter the appearance of objects, so maybe the "sketches" were blank paper until the Master Detective started reading the diary and Emma made the drawings appear.
 * Fridge Brilliance: The reason why you see Charles
 * Funny Moments: In 13th Skull, the bartender at the local dive asks you to unclog the toilet. When you succeed, you are heralded by the sounds of people cheering and applauding.
 * High Octane Nightmare Fuel: Increasing with each game, at least in the PC versions.
 * People who have a phobia of skeletons would do well to keep away from these games, particularly 13th Skull (as the name would imply).
 * The fates of the performers in Madame Fate are all sorts of grisly. We have Art, Dante  , and Francesco