List of running gags

A **running gag**, or **gag reel**, is a series of jokes and/or cliches that runs throughout Criminal Case and happens frequently. The purpose of this is to make the player have a laugh or a "déjà vu" feeling.

## Partners' crushes

On occasion, the player's partner—specifically either Jones, Amy, Frank, Jack, Gwen, or Scott—will fall in love with or have a crush on a suspect at some point in the game. Later, however, the person with whom they fell in love will either be revealed to have something wrong with them or end up in a tragedy as described herein:

#### Jones

* Jones falls in love with Alice August, but later discovers that she is guilty of Trixie Velvet's murder.
* Jones has a strong liking of Rachel Priest and cares for her as a friend, but her attempt to expose a criminal endeavor costs Rachel her life.
* Jones falls in love with Isabella Fairchild, who eventually admits her wrongdoings at the climax of the murder investigation of Andrew Ashworth.
* Jones' girlfriend Zoe Kusama went missing for several months after being kidnapped by DreamLife. When she was found, Zoe was revealed to have suffered amnesia. Later, Zoe was unraveled as the killer of Ernesto Vega, the DreamLife scientist who had experimented on her whilst she was in captivity. Whilst at Bromden Psychiatric Hospital, Zoe was murdered by Louis Leroux. However, she was revived at fanfic version.

#### Amy

* Amy has a crush on Zack Taylor until she finds out that he is gay.
* Amy's ex-boyfriend, Bobby Prince, eventually turns out to be the horrific slayer of a pilot.
* Amy has a liking of Mikey Bolero, who is found guilty of the murder of an acrobat.

#### Frank

* Frank has deep feelings for Veronica Blade, who is ultimately found guilty of the premeditated electrocution of Peggy Pascal, the unlawful utilization of Colonel Spangler's weather-controlling machine, and the willful destruction of property through Hurricane Yves and Hurricane Zelda, thus confirming her as the person liable for the largest crime spree in Jazz Town.
* Frank has a mild liking of Luz Lucha, who is ultimately revealed to be the murderer of a movie producer.

Frank opts to step down from the police ranks to pursue a romance with a femme fatale named Velma Bannister, who ultimately turns out to be a fraud before being arrested for plotting the theft of a rare diamond, and later becomes the killer of a movie producer.

* Frank is attracted to Grace O'Brien, who is then found guilty of the murder of a croupier.

#### Jack

* Jack falls for Asal Hawaa, a spy for Mossad. After repeatedly flirting with her and disrupting their mission together, Asal tranquilizes Jack to neutralize him. After this, they actually get in a relationship with each other. Even after she assassinates Nick Kringle, Jack forgives her. Later, however, Jack and Asal break up in the aftermath of the murder investigation of a SOMBRA scientist.
* During the investigation of Lavinia De Brills' murder, it is revealed that she had an affair with Jack.

#### Gwen

* Gwen falls for Pierce Cromwell, before she later discovers through Fabien de la Mort that Pierce was a vampire. She and Pierce then officially end their complicated relationship after Pierce nearly bites Gwen.
* Gwen starts dating gold magnate Justine Bankston in Arizona, before learning Justine was arrested for the murder of her sister. The team ultimately uncover Justine's connection to a serial-killing ghost getting vengeance on Justine and her friends due to a ritual that killed her. Gwen and Justine then officially break up after these events.

#### Scott

* Scott fall in love with a former bellydancer Mia Anderson in Sahara Desert during his mission to track Midas Crystals. But, Scott and Mia break up after the make latter cheating on her when he met Daisy Allen (formerly Daisy Winter).
* Scott started a date with Daisy Allen over the month during their first met.

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