John corrected the family tree and the correction is better than what I had.
Leslie Nielsen's character is plain Frank Drebin; the 2025 film makes Neeson
"Jr", which retroactively makes Nielsen the father without ever calling him Sr.
So Frank Drebin Sr is now a THIRD Drebin one generation further back — 1958,
entirely ours, no canon to violate. Terminology corrected across all three docs.
The twist, per John's "maybe he is really a criminal": he is the most prolific
criminal in the city's history, he is also a decorated homicide detective, and
he has never once lied about any of it. Not corruption — corruption requires
noticing. He is a Drebin: totally literal, totally sincere. He robs the payroll,
then investigates it diligently and files an immaculate report stating what he
did, because the form asks what happened and he answers the form. Nobody has
ever caught him because nobody reads the reports. Best clearance rate in the
division.
The mechanic: the score is the cover-up. Played completely straight, no jokes in
the system text — every scoring action is correct procedure that destroys the
evidence against him. Lifting a latent removes it from the metal. Section 9
requires the spoiled card be incinerated, witnessed. The typed report supersedes
the rookie's notes and the Captain signs it unread. You reach 100/100 in room
three; the final room is worth nothing, because you have already been paid in
full for the cover-up.
He is also the Gremlin — the chickens on the Captain's desk come from the coop
he built in 1951, and in seven years nobody has said the word out loud, so it
has never occurred to him that anybody wondered.
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