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* WeaponOfChoice: Like Pride, [=LaSalle=] uses a P228 as his main sidearm.

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* WeaponOfChoice: Like Pride, [=LaSalle=] uses a P228 as his main sidearm.



* WeaponOfChoice: She uses a Glock 26 as her main sidearm when the show starts. In the pilot episodes in the 12th season of [=NCIS=], Brody was issued with a P228.

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* WeaponOfChoice: She uses Unlike other NCIS agents throughout the franchise (who carry various SIG-Sauers), Brody carries a Glock 26 as her main sidearm when the show starts. In the pilot episodes in the 12th season of [=NCIS=], Brody was issued with a P228.
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!!Special Agent Patton Plame
->'''Played By''': Daryl "Chill" Mitchell

A [=NCIS=] agent stationed at the New Orleans office, he is called when they need to get his advice on technical aspects of a case such as the need for hacking or mining through datafiles. Patton is not active on most cases due to his disabled status.

* OnlySaneMan: To Sebastian's ConspiracyTheorist line of thinking.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Sebastian when push comes to shoves.
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Has one attached onto Patton's wheelchair.



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!!Linda Pride
->'''Played By''': Paige Turco

Pride's estranged wife. They still love each other, but her worrying over his safety led to their separation.

!!Laurel Pride
->'''Played By''': Shanley Casswell

Pride and Linda's daughter. She is studying music at Louisiana State University

!!Douglas Hamilton
->'''Played By''': Steven Weber

A New Orleans councilman who is quick to seize any opportunity for good publicity. He and Pride don't get along, with Pride not bothering to hide his anger while Hamilton makes an effort to be outwardly friendly.

Their fathers had a feud in the past.
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!!Patton Plame
->'''Played By''': Daryl "Chill" Mitchell

A computer expert who is called when NCIS' New Orleans team needs help on technical aspects of a case such as the need for hacking or mining through datafiles.

* OnlySaneMan: To Sebastian's ConspiracyTheorist line of thinking.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Sebastian when push comes to shoves.
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Patton keeps a tablet attached to one of the arms of his wheelchair.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Pride uses a [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm. Though on certain occasions, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed as "Charmaine".

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* WeaponOfChoice: Pride uses normally carries a NCIS-issue [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm. Though on certain sidearm but, for special occasions, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed as "Charmaine".
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* WeaponOfChoice: Pride uses a [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm. Though on certain occasion, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed as "Charmaine".

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* WeaponOfChoice: Pride uses a [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm. Though on certain occasion, occasions, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed as "Charmaine".

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* WeaponOfChoice: Pride uses a [=SIG=]-Sauer P228 as his main sidearm. Though on certain occasion, he uses a Colt Python revolver he nicknamed as "Charmaine".




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* WeaponOfChoice: Like Pride, [=LaSalle=] uses a P228 as his main sidearm.



* MsFanservice: Brody dressed up as the female version of Sigmund Freud for Halloween.




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* WeaponOfChoice: She uses a Glock 26 as her main sidearm when the show starts. In the pilot episodes in the 12th season of [=NCIS=], Brody was issued with a P228.

!!Special Agent Patton Plame
->'''Played By''': Daryl "Chill" Mitchell

A [=NCIS=] agent stationed at the New Orleans office, he is called when they need to get his advice on technical aspects of a case such as the need for hacking or mining through datafiles. Patton is not active on most cases due to his disabled status.

* OnlySaneMan: To Sebastian's ConspiracyTheorist line of thinking.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: With Sebastian when push comes to shoves.
* TheComputerIsYourFriend: Has one attached onto Patton's wheelchair.
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* ChefOfIron: He enjoys cooking for his team after a long day of fighting bad guys.
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* DeathGlare: She has one that radiates pure fury.

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* FeudingFamilies: Pride and Councilman Hamilton's fathers had a feud. Their sons, however, clash simply because they don't get along and because Pride suspects that the councilman might be corrupt.



A transplant to New Orleans, Wade fell in love with the city and never left. She still has the return ticket that she never used. In addition to her duties as a medical examiner, Wade is also Pride's confidant, the one he leans on whenever he is troubled.

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A transplant Jefferson Parish coroner who is contracted to handle the NCIS New Orleans, Wade fell in love with the city and never left. She still has the return ticket that she never used.Orleans Office's cases. In addition to her duties as a medical examiner, Wade is also Pride's confidant, the one he leans on whenever he is troubled.



* TheCoroner: Dr. Loretta Wade is the Jefferson Parish Coroner who consults with the New Orleans team. She is a transplant who fell in love with the city and her Bloody Marys are apparently good enough to die for.

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* TheConfidant: Wade seems to be the only person who can pull Pride out of a funk and he heavily relies on her advice.
* TheCoroner: Dr. Loretta Wade is the Jefferson Parish Coroner who consults with the New Orleans team. She is a transplant who fell in love with the city and her Bloody Marys are apparently good enough to die for.




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* {{Retcon}}: It was established, in the PoorlyDisguisedPilot, that Wade first came to New Orleans later in life and never left but she claims, in a later episode, that she lived in New Orleans 40 years previously and came back after finishing her studies because of a cold case that haunted her.



* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as a forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and a perpetually chipper demeanor.

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* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as a forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and macabre, a perpetually chipper demeanor.demeanor, and a penchant for practical demonstrations of how a victim was killed.

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* ActorSharedBackground: [=LaSalle=] is from Alabama so that Lucas Black can continue to work with his native, and highly distinctive, accent.



* {{Adorkable}} - especially when hyped on caffeine.

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* {{Adorkable}} - {{Adorkable}}: especially when hyped on caffeine.
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* CatchPhrase: He spends an episode trying to come up with one, to the annoyance of other characters.

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* HiddenDepths: He is a talented jazz pianist and can easily fill in for an established quartet, to the surprise of his coworkers.


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* FriendToAllChildren: He volunteers at a children's hospital in his spare time and makes elaborate Lego models to cheer the patients up.
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!!Special Agent Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride

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* {{Adorkable}}: He thinks mashing up bacon and Film/TheTerminator to become the "Baconator" for Halloween is an immensely clever idea.

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* AmicableExes: Pride and his ex-wife are friendly enough to occasionally sleep together. He's holding out for a reconciliation while she tries to gently remind him that it's over.

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* AmicableExes: Pride and his ex-wife are friendly enough to occasionally sleep together. He's holding out for a reconciliation while she tries to gently remind him that it's over. It's later revealed that she still loves Pride but that she is trying to put some distance between them because she's afraid that his job is going to kill him and she can't deal with the constant fear.



** Pride apparently has an agreement with the [=NCIS=] brass that gives him significant leeway in how he runs the New Orleans office. It helps that it had just been him and [=LaSalle=] for a while before Brody showed up from the Great Lakes office.

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** Pride apparently has an agreement with the [=NCIS=] brass that gives him significant leeway in how he runs the New Orleans office.office, even dealing with Director Vance directly even though he technically answers to the [=NCIS=] office in Chicago. It helps that it had just been him and [=LaSalle=] for a while before Brody showed up from the Great Lakes office.



* LovableJock



* CombatStilettos: Brody wears high heeled shoes when working[[note]]It's so that it brings Zoe [=McLellan=] closer in height to her male co-stars[[/note]]. They don't slow her down very much, though, as she can keep up during foot chases.

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* BigEater: She falls in love with New Orleans cuisine and indulges as much as possible. Pride can only look on in amazement when he buys her breakfast and she puts away multiple plates in one sitting with no sign of slowing down.
* CombatStilettos: A realistic example. Brody wears high heeled conservatively high-heeled shoes when working[[note]]It's so that it brings Zoe [=McLellan=] closer in height to her male co-stars[[/note]]. They don't slow her down very much, though, as she can keep up during foot chases.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Ask him why the faked moon landings mean there isn't any decent footage of Bigfoot.
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A recent transfer from the [=NCIS=] Great Lakes Office. Brody was temporarily brought in to help the New Orleans crew with interrogating suspects while investigating the death of Pride's mentor. Once that case was wrapped up, Pride offered her the chance to stay in the [=NOLA=] office permanent, which she happily accepted. She has a reputation, however, for not being able to stay in one place for too long.

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A recent transfer from the [=NCIS=] Great Lakes Office. Brody was temporarily brought in to help the New Orleans crew with interrogating suspects while investigating the death of Pride's mentor. Once that case was wrapped up, Pride offered her the chance to stay in the [=NOLA=] office permanent, permanently, which she happily accepted. She has a reputation, however, for not being able to stay in one place for too long.
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* EmbarrassingTattoos: He has a tattoo that says "Big Al" on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for the University of Alabama.

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* EmbarrassingTattoos: EmbarrassingTattoo: He has a tattoo that says "Big Al" on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for the University of Alabama.
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* EmbarassingTattoos: He has a tattoo that says "Big Al" on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for the University of Alabama.

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* EmbarassingTattoos: EmbarrassingTattoos: He has a tattoo that says "Big Al" on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for the University of Alabama.



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* EmbarassingTattoos: He has a tattoo that says "Big Al" on his rear that he got after a night of heavy drinking to show pride for the University of Alabama.
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* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as the sole forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and a perpetually chipper demeanor.

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* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as the sole a forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and a perpetually chipper demeanor.
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* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS]]'' as the sole forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and a perpetually chipper demeanor.

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* {{Expy}}: He is very similar to Abby on ''Series/{{NCIS]]'' ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' as the sole forensic scientist with a fascination of the macabre and a perpetually chipper demeanor.

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A proud native of New Orleans, Pride is determined to keep his city safe while also investigating Navy-related crimes throughout the Gulf of Mexico. He is old friends with Gibbs over at [[Series/{{NCIS}} NCIS Headquarters in DC]], going back to when they were both probationary agents in the early 1990s.



A former Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Deputy, [=LaSalle=] was recruited by Pride to join [=NCIS=] shortly after Hurricane Katrina. He's originally from Alabama and moved to New Orleans as a teenager. He is very proud of his roots, though, and is an alumnus of the University of Alabama.

* ActorSharedBackground: [=LaSalle=] is from Alabama so that Lucas Black can continue to work with his native, and highly distinctive, accent.
* NoodleIncident: He says he owed Pride because Pride saved his life. He hasn't gone into any detail of how exactly that happened.




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* SouthernFriedGenius: Don't let the accent fool you. He is a highly skilled investigator and is cool under pressure.



A recent transfer from the [=NCIS=] Great Lakes Office. Brody was temporarily brought in to help the New Orleans crew with interrogating suspects while investigating the death of Pride's mentor. Once that case was wrapped up, Pride offered her the chance to stay in the [=NOLA=] office permanent, which she happily accepted. She has a reputation, however, for not being able to stay in one place for too long.



* NoodleIncident: She and Gibbs worked together in the past, but neither go into any detail because the incident is classified.



A transplant to New Orleans, Wade fell in love with the city and never left. She still has the return ticket that she never used. In addition to her duties as a medical examiner, Wade is also Pride's confidant, the one he leans on whenever he is troubled.

She is also Brody's landlord, although Brody has no idea.




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->'''Played By''': Rob Kerkovich

A forensic scientist who works down the hall from Loretta Wade's morgue.


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->'''Played By''': Scott Bakula
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->'''Played By''': Lucas Black
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->'''Played By''': Zoe [=McClellan=]
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->'''Played By''': Creator/CCHPounder
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Says she broke up with her boyfriend because anyone that age who has never been married sends up red flags. Pride points out that she's just as old as her ex and has never been married, and she says she prefers the dead because they don't call her on her hypocrisy.
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!!Special Agent Christopher LaSalle

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!!Special Agent Dwayne Cassius "King" Pride

* AmicableExes: Pride and his ex-wife are friendly enough to occasionally sleep together. He's holding out for a reconciliation while she tries to gently remind him that it's over.
* CowboyCop:
** Pride apparently has an agreement with the [=NCIS=] brass that gives him significant leeway in how he runs the New Orleans office. It helps that it had just been him and [=LaSalle=] for a while before Brody showed up from the Great Lakes office.
--->'''Pride''': My city. My way.
** Whereas Gibbs will intimidate suspects through sheer force of will, Pride prefers being more hands on when it comes to softening up suspects for interrogation. Pride's temper can get bad enough that even Gibbs will step back to give him room.
--->'''Gibbs''': ''(After Pride throws a suspect across the hood of a car)'' Kinda old school. Think you made your point there, King?\\
'''Pride''': Old school still works in Louisiana.

!!Special Agent Christopher LaSalle

!!Special Agent Meredith "Merri" Brody

* CombatStilettos: Brody wears high heeled shoes when working[[note]]It's so that it brings Zoe [=McLellan=] closer in height to her male co-stars[[/note]]. They don't slow her down very much, though, as she can keep up during foot chases.
* NewMeat: [=LaSalle=] treats Brody as such and gives her AsYouKnow spiels. Brody reminds him that she is an experienced investigator and interrogator who worked out of Detroit.
* TheSmartGuy: Brody does crossword puzzles in her head and can memorize large amounts information quickly.

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!!Doctor Loretta Wade

* TheCoroner: Dr. Loretta Wade is the Jefferson Parish Coroner who consults with the New Orleans team. She is a transplant who fell in love with the city and her Bloody Marys are apparently good enough to die for.

!!Sebastian Lund

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