| “ | Me, I prefer to stay in my lab! Technology is easier to understand than people, haha... | „ |
| —Émile Bardot |
Émile Bardot is a main character appearing in Season 8 of Criminal Case, where he serves as the Tech Expert of the Parisian Police Squad.
Profile
29 years of age, Émile has green eyes and short, messy brown hair. He wears a white shirt with a tangerine and yellow tartan bow tie under a purple jumper. He also sports black semi-rimless glasses.
Per his suspect appearance in It All Comes to a Head, it is known that Émile knows swordsmanship, drinks pastis and uses a selfie stick.
| Height | 5'9" |
|---|---|
| Age | 29 |
| Weight | 145 lbs |
| Eyes | green |
| Blood | A- |
Events of Criminal Case
Corpse Chic
After arresting Elise Marx's killer, Enzo enlisted the player's help in persuading Émile to sign himself up for online dating. Despite initial resistance, Émile allowed Enzo to follow through with his plan. They asked photographer Lola du Maurier to take photos of Enzo for his dating profile. After they found and repaired Lola's camera flash, Enzo told Émile that a bottle of vintage Château Megot in his profile picture would make him look more refined. After finding a bottle at Café Le Froufrou, Émile, Enzo and the player met Lola at Pont Alexandre III for the photoshoot. After the shoot, Lola commended Émile for looking adorable and told him that the girls on the dating app would be begging for his number in no time.
Beastly Behavior
After arresting Jackson Peacock's killer, Émile reported to Enzo and the player that he would have a date with someone under the online username "LawGirl21", whom he had been chatting to online. He then requested them to help him impress her with a gift. After receiving a Montmartre-themed jigsaw puzzle from caricaturist Laila Rangwalla, Enzo and the player accompanied a nervous Émile to meet his date at Oh La Vache café, only to find him fainted. After Enzo woke him up, he gave him a pep talk and dosed him up on Spanax to make him ready for the date. Enzo and the player then finally went with Émile to the café, eventually finding out that LawGirl21 was, in fact, Judge Lebrun, Hugo's ex-wife. With the revelation, the two then ended their relationships out of respect for Hugo.
A Priceless Murder
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Inglorious Batard
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It All Comes to a Head
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Analyses
As the Tech Expert of the Parisian Police Squad, Émile has the responsibility of taking care of all the necessary digital/technical analyses, and to inform the team of such results after a certain amount of time or a speed-up process using Criminal Case Cash. His task-wait rates vary depending on the difficulty of the task, but they all cost 1 Criminal Case Cash per 30 minutes.
Below is the list of analyses Émile performs throughout the course of the game:
Case #1: Corpse Chic
- Unlocked Phone (03:00:00)
- Camera Footage (09:00:00)
- Restored Camera Flash (06:00:00)
Case #2: Murder à la Mode
- Smartphone (12:00:00)
- Unlocked Tablet (09:00:00)
Case #3: Making the Cut
- Victim's Phone (12:00:00)
- Fingerprints (09:00:00)
Case #4: Party Like It's 1699
- Unlocked Camcorder (09:00:00)
- Newspaper Article (06:00:00)
Case #5: Death by Design
- Party Mix CD (03:00:00)
- Unlocked Phone (12:00:00)
- Open Model Péniche (09:00:00)
Case #6: The Show Must Go On
- Popotin Rouge Review (09:00:00)
- Defaced Poster (09:00:00)
- Ledgers (06:00:00)
Case #7: Beastly Behavior
- Unlocked Phone (12:00:00)
- Victim's Checkbook (09:00:00)
Case #8: Dressed to Be Killed
- Codes (09:00:00)
Case #9: Die in the Sky
- Mysterious Device (12:00:00)
- Open Folder (09:00:00)
- Unlocked Tablet (09:00:00)
- Muzzle (06:00:00)
Case #10: Juggling With Death
- Victim's Phone (12:00:00)
- Camera Footage (09:00:00)
- Mysterious Numbers (06:00:00)
Case #11: A Priceless Murder
- Victim's Tablet (03:00:00)
- Unlocked Camera (09:00:00)
- Émile's Hearts Rating (06:00:00)
Case #12: Inglorious Batard
- Victim's Laptop (09:00:00)
Case #13: Queen of Hearts
- Lola's Smartwatch (12:00:00)
- Camera Footage (09:00:00)
- Lola's Diary (09:00:00)
Case #14: Out with a Bang
- Fingerprints (09:00:00)
Case #15: Slay it with Flowers
- Spy Cam (09:00:00)
- Open Gargoyle (09:00:00)
Case #16: Early Checkout
- Lawsuit Dossier (12:00:00)
- Camera Footage (09:00:00)
Trivia
- Émile is one of the characters to appear as a quasi-suspect thrice.
- Émile is one of the main characters to be flagged as a suspect in a case.
- Émile is one of the characters (aside from the victims) to have appeared as a clue in a crime scene.
- Émile is one of the characters who animate (or move) in at least one cutscene in the game.
Case appearances
- Corpse Chic (Case #1 of City of Romance)
- Murder à la Mode (Case #2 of City of Romance)
- Making the Cut (Case #3 of City of Romance)
- Party Like It's 1699 (Case #4 of City of Romance)
- Death by Design (Case #5 of City of Romance)
- The Show Must Go On (Case #6 of City of Romance)
- Beastly Behavior (Case #7 of City of Romance)
- Dressed to Be Killed (Case #8 of City of Romance)
- Die in the Sky (Case #9 of City of Romance)
- Juggling With Death (Case #10 of City of Romance)
- A Priceless Murder (Case #11 of City of Romance)
- Inglorious Batard (Case #12 of City of Romance)
- Queen of Hearts (Case #13 of City of Romance)
- Out with a Bang (Case #14 of City of Romance)
- Slay it with Flowers (Case #15 of City of Romance)
- Early Checkout (Case #16 of City of Romance)
- It All Comes to a Head (Case #17 of City of Romance)
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