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*HiddenDepths: He questioned a South American Maid in Spanish in ''Strangler's Wood'', much to Barnaby's surprise, and in ''Dark Autumn'' we learn that he's a pretty good dancer.
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* FleetingPassionateHobbies: Many an episode starts with her dragging her husband to some cultural event or other, resulting in him being present for the weird-crime-streak-or-the-week.
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* ExpansionPackPast: This is starting to happen to Dr. Perkins as each episode gives her another part of her backstory. Now she been married several times, in Vegas. When she first joined Causton CID she was dating army vet. She drives a convertible, knows all about motorcycles, engages in cross-country rides with a biker gang called The Ladies of Leather, was once a Drag Queen and dated a doomsday prepper.
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* ExpansionPackPast: This is starting to happen to Dr. Perkins as each episode gives her another part of her backstory. Now she been married several times, in Vegas. When she first joined Causton CID she was dating an army vet. She drives a convertible, knows all about motorcycles, engages in cross-country rides with a biker gang called The Ladies of Leather, was once a Drag Queen and dated a doomsday prepper.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Kam Karimore. [[spoiler: They don't.]]
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* BeingPersonalIsntProfessional: Off the clock, Barnaby is friendly with all of his assistants and is regularly shown having them over for dinner or other social occasions. However, he makes it clear to them that while on the clock, he is their superior officer, not their friend. Particularly evident when he tells Nelson ''not'' to refer to him as "Guv".
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's brought into to replace his cousin Tom and performs the exact same role as him. This was more evident during his early seasons. Since then, the writers have managed to turn him into his own distinct character.
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* HappilyMarried: She and John are clearly still deeply in love and are shown to have a happy domestic life.
* ButtMonkey: Winter is probably the most dissrepected of the DS characters, regularly getting humiliated or shown up by Barnaby.
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* HiddenDepths: Winter is an accomplished singer, being able to join and perform as part of ''Theatre/ThePiratesOfPenzance'' to draw out a killer.
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* CharacterDevelopment: In early episodes Troy is quite prone to CaptainObvious and AskAStupidQuestion moments, but they lessen over time as he grows more experienced.
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* NobleBigot: While Troy is homophobic it never interferes with his work, and in ''Faithful Unto Death'' he even goes so far as to visit a lesbian woman in prison on his own initiative to make her aware that the woman she's TakingTheHeat for very much doesn't reciprocate her feelings and has married her male partner in crime.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Introduced an episode into one season and disappeared from the show after the end of the next, giving him the shortest tenure of any sergeant.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: It's a wonder Barnaby kept letting Sgt. Troy drive.
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* TheCoroner: His role on the show.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always ready to make a snarky remark about the crime scene or the murdered person.
* DeadpanSnarker: Always ready to make a snarky remark about the crime scene or the murdered person.
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* {{Cosplay}}: In season 20 Winter loves one comic character so much he cosplays the character in a full spandex costume.
* {{Fanservice}}: In universe and in the show. Nick Hendrix has a few shirtless scenes in season 21 and 22, even in a towel for more than one scene in season 22. In universe Winter is constantly hit on by women and some men.
* {{Fanservice}}: In universe and in the show. Nick Hendrix has a few shirtless scenes in season 21 and 22, even in a towel for more than one scene in season 22. In universe Winter is constantly hit on by women and some men.
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* ExpansionPackPast: This is starting to happen to Dr. Perkins as each episode gives her another part of her backstory. Now she been married several times, in Vegas. When she first joined Causton CID she was dating army vet. She drives a convertible, knows all about motorcycles, engages in cross-country rides with a biker gang called The Ladies of Leather, was once a Drag Queen and dated a doomsday prepper.
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* CoolOldGuy: Older and wiser than all his sergeants, and he used to work for MI6 and be in a band.
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* CoolOldGuy: Older and wiser than all his sergeants, and he used to work for MI6 [=MI6=] and be in a band.
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* AgentScully: One exception to his normal politeness is that he has very little patience for the paranormal and treats it with quite open disdain.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Cordial and genial he may be, but underestimate Tom at your own peril, as more than one murderer has discovered.
* CoolOldGuy: Older and wiser than all his sergeants, and he used to work for MI6 and be in a band.
* DeadpanSnarker: ''Very'' witty, often at the expense of his sergeants.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: His only real blind spot is that he has a terrible habit of befriending or admiring people who later go on to be murderers, at which point he tends to discard them as suspects out of hand. He does actually acknowledge he's doing it in [[spoiler: "The Noble Art"]], however.
* NiceGuy: Tom's an extremely polite and compassionate man, often getting suspects to open up to him simply because he's that likeable and showing empathy for the occasional SympatheticMurderer.
* OldFashionedCopper: Tom isn't above bending or breaking the rules in the course of his investigations, most notably showing a casual disregard for search warrants, but he likewise overlooks a fair bit of minor crime and he makes it absolutely clear on several occasions that he doesn't tolerate PoliceBrutality on his watch.
* PapaWolf: Joyce and Cully's safety is paramount to him; on the several occasions when he finds out one of them has ended up alone with a murderer he drops everything and rushes there with heavy backup each time.
* CoolOldGuy: Older and wiser than all his sergeants, and he used to work for MI6 and be in a band.
* DeadpanSnarker: ''Very'' witty, often at the expense of his sergeants.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: His only real blind spot is that he has a terrible habit of befriending or admiring people who later go on to be murderers, at which point he tends to discard them as suspects out of hand. He does actually acknowledge he's doing it in [[spoiler: "The Noble Art"]], however.
* NiceGuy: Tom's an extremely polite and compassionate man, often getting suspects to open up to him simply because he's that likeable and showing empathy for the occasional SympatheticMurderer.
* OldFashionedCopper: Tom isn't above bending or breaking the rules in the course of his investigations, most notably showing a casual disregard for search warrants, but he likewise overlooks a fair bit of minor crime and he makes it absolutely clear on several occasions that he doesn't tolerate PoliceBrutality on his watch.
* PapaWolf: Joyce and Cully's safety is paramount to him; on the several occasions when he finds out one of them has ended up alone with a murderer he drops everything and rushes there with heavy backup each time.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: ''Very'' homophobic.
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* RankUp: He was ultimately promoted to DI in his own right.
--> '''Tom:''' You are as politically correct as a Nuremberg rally.
* RankUp: He was ultimately promoted to DI in his own right.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Scott has quite an eye for women, to the point that Barnaby ribs on him for it.
* CityMouse: He's an officer from London, used to doing things very differently and quite thrown by how routine murder is in Midsomer, which causes a fair bit of friction with Barnaby.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Scott very simply disappears after Jones is introduced, it's explained that he phoned in sick in Jones' introductory episode but he's never mentioned again after that.
* CityMouse: He's an officer from London, used to doing things very differently and quite thrown by how routine murder is in Midsomer, which causes a fair bit of friction with Barnaby.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Scott very simply disappears after Jones is introduced, it's explained that he phoned in sick in Jones' introductory episode but he's never mentioned again after that.
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* TheStoic: He's a fair bit more reserved than his cousin.
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*BenevolentBoss: While Barnaby is not above lighthearted jabs at his Detective Sergeant's expense, especially when Troy puts his foot in his mouth or makes a particularly obvious comment about the crime scene, he wants the best for him and is genuinely happy to see the smile on Troy's face when he finds out he passed his Inspectors' Exam.
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!!DCI Tom Barnaby
->'''Played by''': Creator/JohnNettles (episodes 1.1-13.8)
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!!Joyce Barnaby
->'''Played by''': Jane Wymark (ep 1.1-13.8)
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!!DS Gavin Troy
->'''Played by''': Daniel Casey (ep. 1.1-7.1, 11.2)
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!!Dr. George Bullard
->'''Played by''': Barry Jackson (ep. 1.1-14.4)
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!!Dr. Dan Peterson
->'''Played By''': Creator/TobyJones (ep. 2.2-2.3, 3.1, 3.3)
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!!DS Daniel Scott
->'''Played by''': John Hopkins (ep. 7.2-8.8)
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!!DS Ben Jones
->'''Played by''': Jason Hughes (ep. 9.1-15.6, 19.3)
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!!DC Gail Stephens
->'''Played By''': Kirsty Dillon (ep. 10.5, 10.7, 10.8, 11.1-13.8)
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!!DCI John Barnaby
->'''Played By''': Neil Dudgeon (ep. 13.1, 13.8-present)
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!!Sarah Barnaby
->'''Played By''': Fiona Dolman (ep. 14.2-present)
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!!Dr. Kate Wilding
->'''Played By''': Tamzin Malleson (ep. 14.5-17.4)
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!!DS Charlie Nelson
->'''Played By''': Gwilym Lee (ep. 16.1-18.6)
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!!Dr. Kam Karimore
->'''Played By''': Manjinder Virk (ep. 18.1-19.6)
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!!DS Jamie Winter
->'''Played By''': Nick Hendrix (ep. 19.1-present)
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!!Dr. Fleur Perkins
->'''Played By''': Creator/AnnetteBadland (ep. 20.1-present)
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->'''Played by''': Creator/JohnNettles (episodes 1.1-13.8)
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!!Joyce Barnaby
->'''Played by''': Jane Wymark (ep 1.1-13.8)
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!!DS Gavin Troy
->'''Played by''': Daniel Casey (ep. 1.1-7.1, 11.2)
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!!Dr. George Bullard
->'''Played by''': Barry Jackson (ep. 1.1-14.4)
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!!Dr. Dan Peterson
->'''Played By''': Creator/TobyJones (ep. 2.2-2.3, 3.1, 3.3)
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!!DS Daniel Scott
->'''Played by''': John Hopkins (ep. 7.2-8.8)
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!!DS Ben Jones
->'''Played by''': Jason Hughes (ep. 9.1-15.6, 19.3)
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!!DC Gail Stephens
->'''Played By''': Kirsty Dillon (ep. 10.5, 10.7, 10.8, 11.1-13.8)
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!!DCI John Barnaby
->'''Played By''': Neil Dudgeon (ep. 13.1, 13.8-present)
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!!Sarah Barnaby
->'''Played By''': Fiona Dolman (ep. 14.2-present)
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!!Dr. Kate Wilding
->'''Played By''': Tamzin Malleson (ep. 14.5-17.4)
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!!DS Charlie Nelson
->'''Played By''': Gwilym Lee (ep. 16.1-18.6)
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!!Dr. Kam Karimore
->'''Played By''': Manjinder Virk (ep. 18.1-19.6)
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!!DS Jamie Winter
->'''Played By''': Nick Hendrix (ep. 19.1-present)
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!!Dr. Fleur Perkins
->'''Played By''': Creator/AnnetteBadland (ep. 20.1-present)
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