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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Since he's not allowed to carry a gun, Monk occasionally has to make do with less orthodox means of self-defence. During "Mr. Monk is Up All Night," he uses a very heavy stack of newspapers to knock out a murderer after tossing it out of a moving van.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The bomb didn't kill her right away. As a result, she spent the last few hours of her life alone and in serious agony.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: By the time of Season 6's "Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man," Adrian has personally been involved in over 410 cases, not counting ones he consulted on remotely or in passing. Distressingly, over a quarter of those involved murder.
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* {{Foil}}: Like Monk, Kevin has an incredible memory but lacks the wisdom to actually do anything useful with it.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: More obviously with Disher, but Stottlemeyer was all ready a police officer while Monk was still in college.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Occasionally leaves Monk's side to pursue other responsibilities or personal interests. At times, she does so while he's in the middle of a murder investigation such as in "Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan."
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* LoonyFan: Like some of the worst examples of this trope, he's all too willing to buy up a musician's merchandise shortly before they're arrested so he can sell them for a song. He's also not above taking a selfie with the corpse of one of his most favorite actors.
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** It's particularly apparent in "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale," his first episode. Dale orders Dr. Christaan Vezza, his personal physician, to murder Justice Catherine Lavinio. It turns out that "Vezza" is a disgraced former surgeon named Glen Sindell who operated on a child while under the influence of drugs and jumped bail; Biederbeck learned the truth and essentially enslaved Sindell for years. However, when Monk solves Lavinio's murder and the cops uncover Sindell's real identity, Dale never stops to consider that the doctor might turn against him and provide evidence to put the financier away...which is exactly what happens.
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** It's particularly apparent in "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale," his first episode. Dale orders Dr. Christaan Vezza, his personal physician, to murder Justice Catherine Lavinio. It turns out that "Vezza" is a disgraced former surgeon named Glen Sindell who operated on a child while under the influence of drugs and jumped bail; Biederbeck learned the truth and essentially enslaved Sindell for years. However, when Monk solves Lavinio's murder and the cops uncover Sindell's real identity, Dale never stops to consider that the doctor might turn against him and provide evidence to put the financier away...which is exactly what happens. Heck, the main reason the police are onto him at all is because he forced Vezza to make it look like he, Dale, was the actual culprit when due to his size he never could be, purely to show off how smart and untouchable he is- had he killed her more discreetly, he might have barely been a suspect.
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* {{Expy}}: He resembles the character Charles Augustus Milverton from Literature/SherlockHolmes, being a very intelligent and successful criminal who operates as a blackmailer that the main detective finds absolutely repulsive but too devious for even them to normally put away, and who visibly enjoys rubbing his villainy in the nose of said detective as well as his other victims since he knows he usually gets away with it.
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* HateSink: One of the most despicable characters on the show. His only interests in life seem to be making money and ruining lives, and he frequently gets people to work for him or otherwise serve his ends through blackmail or deception. He's also extremely rude and condescending to practically everyone he meets, regarding the vast majority of the human race as idiots beneath his notice, and he's quick to tell people to their face how stupid he thinks they are, with the mild exception of women he finds physically attractive who he merely acts lecherous around.
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* GoodIsNotSoft: As an experienced ex-police officer, he will not hesitate to use lethal force to protect himself or others if no other recourse is available. It's all but stated that he would have killed the assassin from the pilot episode (who is arrested with an obvious head wound) if the darkness of the sewers hadn't impaired his aim.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: While he's always wanted to be a cop, Monk is rather morose over the fact that his condition prevented him from fully exploring his interest in athletics and music.
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* ICouldaBeenAContender: While he's always wanted to be a cop, Monk is rather morose over the fact that his condition prevented him from fully exploring his interest interests in athletics and music.
* MyBelovedSmother: He has complicated feelings towards his mother, because while she was a paradoxically fussy and distant maternal figure, she never stopped believing in Adrian and tragically died before she could see him come into his own as a police officer.
* DoctorJerk: Somewhat. While he genuinely tries to help his patients, he makes no secret to them that if he could afford to do so, he would buy a private island and spend the rest of his life there as a hermit to get away from the likes of Monk and Krenshaw.
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* BoringButPractical: In spite of his complete lack of charisma, he manages to best Natalie in "Mr. Monk and the Election" due to how pragmatic his campaign goals were.
* BoringButPractical: In spite of his complete lack of charisma, he manages to best Natalie in "Mr. Monk and the Election" due to how pragmatic his campaign goals were.
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* TheWatson: More pronounced in the books where, like Watson, she's the principle narrator of each case.
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* UndyingLoyalty: When asked if he would ever lie about Stottlemeyer murdering someone during "Mr. Monk Makes a Friend," Randy reluctantly admits that it would depend on the circumstances of said killing.
* UnknownRival: Bizarre or difficult cases tend to bring out a strange competitiveness in Randy that causes him to start creating all sorts of outlandish theories in an attempt to keep up with Monk and Stottlemeyer.
* UnknownRival: Bizarre or difficult cases tend to bring out a strange competitiveness in Randy that causes him to start creating all sorts of outlandish theories in an attempt to keep up with Monk and Stottlemeyer.
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* LiquidCourage: While drunk he retains his keen analytical skills, but loses many of his neuroses in exchange for being much less cautious and prone to reckless behaviour.
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* BadSanta: He proves to be a rather awful mall Santa during "Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa."
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* HasAType: Unbeknownst to Monk himself, both his assistants share a lot of traits with Trudy in that they're all blonde, intrepid women who [[spoiler:happen to all be single mothers.]]
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* {{Foil}}: He represents a different route Monk could have taken, foregoing using his condition in an extraordinary way in favour of trying to suppress it to live an ordinary life.
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* BadBoss: For as much as he depends on his assistants, he's terribly stingy when it comes to actually paying them.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: Variant. His ''main'' source of guilt isn't that he couldn't prevent Trudy's murder, but that he's never been able to bring her killer to justice.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: Variant. His ''main'' source of guilt isn't that he couldn't prevent Trudy's murder, but that he's never been able to bring her killer to justice.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Variant. His ''main'' source of guilt isn't that he couldn't prevent Trudy's murder, but that he's never been able to bring her killer to justice.
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* The {{Expy}}: Of InspectorLestrade, by being the smug cop who makes the actual arrest, often being quick to bring the obvious suspect into the interrogation room. Straight at first, but after the first season Stottlemeyer begins to move away from this, generally trusting Monk's intuition, and showing genuine detective skills, especially after "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife".
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* The {{Expy}}: Of InspectorLestrade, by being the smug cop who makes the actual arrest, often being quick to bring the obvious suspect into the interrogation room. Straight at first, but after the first season Stottlemeyer begins to move away from this, generally trusting Monk's intuition, and showing genuine detective skills, especially after "Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife".
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* NotAfraidToDie: Death isn't even one of his top five fears (it's ranked either #7 or #8) so while he'd be willing to risk his life for the greater good, just thinking about people being born can scare him stiff.
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* BrokenAce: Back when Trudy was alive, Monk was a very high-functioning detective who just had a handful of quirks such as a hesitance to shake people's hands. In the present, he's still very brilliant, but losing her has exacerbated all his neuroses.
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* HighlyVisibleNinja: He barely bothers to change his appearance or even his name during undercover work.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Has many typical and atypical fears. Oddly enough, he is most definitely not afraid of criminals and is willing to personally engage them when necessary.
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* ColdSniper: During the pilot, his usually fidgety expression settles into one of steely determination as he fires at a criminal who has taken Sharona hostage, hitting the perpetrator (non-lethally) in the head.
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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: While he doesn't like people touching him, he can be terribly obnoxious when it comes to "fixing" the world around him.
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* DrowningMySorrows: According to Dale's physician Dr. Christiaan Vezza in "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale," Dale was originally "only" 400 pounds and still mobile; when his mother died, though, he went into an uncontrollable depression that he dealt with by binge eating.
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* The {{Expy}}: SherlockHolmes, [[CaptainObvious of course]] as well as Literature/HerculePoirot but with his OCD and obsession with cleanliness amped up for the sake of comedy and drama.
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* HiddenDepths: When investigating the mansion of a music producer who was murdered, he admires the 48-track mixing console in his home studio, hinting that he has an interest in music production.
