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* FiveSecondRule: Hardison in one early episode drops a Hot Pocket on the floor, then blows on it before picking it up and eating it. He makes no invocation of the "Five Second Rule", possibly because the rest of the team were absent, so he didn't need to justify himself to anyone.
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* HitThemInThePocketbook: Many of the villains faced in the show are well above the law, so the team either has to trick them into committing crimes, or, alternatively, bankrupt them.
** "The Two Horse Job" has Alan Foss, a broker who was trying to create an investment line using race horses, was not seeing the performance he wanted, so he had the stables torched for the insurance money, leaving only one horse alive and the stable owner blamed for the fire, and thus blackballed in the industry. Nate tricks Foss into thinking another horse is a lost heir to Secretariat, and "sells" him the horse, which he then insures for a large sum. However, they then swap in his old horse, so when [[ArchNemesis Sterling]] scans the microchip that identifies the horse, it shows he insured his old horse for a substantially higher sum, constituting insurance fraud, and allowing Sterling to smugly deny the insurance claim for the fire, causing his investors to seize his remaining assets to cover the loss.
** "The Thin Blue Line Job" has the team bankrupt a corrupt hockey owner, stealing his receipts for the night of a match because he'd let the insurance lapse and if they hit it at a certain point, the insurance for the armored car company would have kicked in. After leaving him with nothing, they force him to sign the rights to the team over to his players, so he won't even be able to profit from selling that.
** "The Real Fake Car Job". The mark of the week (played by Creator/MatthewLillard) is a fraudulent securities investor who gave state's evidence about a mob family, and has a large sum of money he stole from his victims which he's hiding. The team get him to pull his money out of hiding while pretending to offer him a rare and valuable car (and acting like Hardison was an eccentric artist who had already dismantled some of the man's previous collection for "art"). The mark is also being hunted by the mob. Nate manages to steal the money, which the man can't file a theft claim on, and void his plea deal with the government. He also has a frank sit-down with the mob boss, asking him to let the man rot in prison instead of killing him. The mob boss notes that his organization originally began as a way to protect the people from corrupt government, and agrees to Nate's terms. Of course, he may have also heard about what Nate did to Mickey Mosconi in "The Wedding Job" which may have also informed his decision.
** "The Two Horse Job" has Alan Foss, a broker who was trying to create an investment line using race horses, was not seeing the performance he wanted, so he had the stables torched for the insurance money, leaving only one horse alive and the stable owner blamed for the fire, and thus blackballed in the industry. Nate tricks Foss into thinking another horse is a lost heir to Secretariat, and "sells" him the horse, which he then insures for a large sum. However, they then swap in his old horse, so when [[ArchNemesis Sterling]] scans the microchip that identifies the horse, it shows he insured his old horse for a substantially higher sum, constituting insurance fraud, and allowing Sterling to smugly deny the insurance claim for the fire, causing his investors to seize his remaining assets to cover the loss.
** "The Thin Blue Line Job" has the team bankrupt a corrupt hockey owner, stealing his receipts for the night of a match because he'd let the insurance lapse and if they hit it at a certain point, the insurance for the armored car company would have kicked in. After leaving him with nothing, they force him to sign the rights to the team over to his players, so he won't even be able to profit from selling that.
** "The Real Fake Car Job". The mark of the week (played by Creator/MatthewLillard) is a fraudulent securities investor who gave state's evidence about a mob family, and has a large sum of money he stole from his victims which he's hiding. The team get him to pull his money out of hiding while pretending to offer him a rare and valuable car (and acting like Hardison was an eccentric artist who had already dismantled some of the man's previous collection for "art"). The mark is also being hunted by the mob. Nate manages to steal the money, which the man can't file a theft claim on, and void his plea deal with the government. He also has a frank sit-down with the mob boss, asking him to let the man rot in prison instead of killing him. The mob boss notes that his organization originally began as a way to protect the people from corrupt government, and agrees to Nate's terms. Of course, he may have also heard about what Nate did to Mickey Mosconi in "The Wedding Job" which may have also informed his decision.
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* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: The team members have done some amazing things that few people will ever know about.
* GreedMakesYouDumb: Nearly every VillainOfTheWeek does this twice. First, even though they're already rich, they try to get even richer by hurting innocent people, which attracts the attention of the Leverage crew. Then the Leverage crew destroys them by playing on their greed, often causing them to lose everything and/or end up in prison
* GreedMakesYouDumb: Nearly every VillainOfTheWeek does this twice. First, even though they're already rich, they try to get even richer by hurting innocent people, which attracts the attention of the Leverage crew. Then the Leverage crew destroys them by playing on their greed, often causing them to lose everything and/or end up in prison
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* GroinAttack: Done hilariously by Eliot in "The Three Card Monte Job".
** Sophie does this to Nate in "The Boost Job" to create a distraction. In her defense, he had slapped her ass earlier.
* GroupieBrigade: Eliot acquires one when posing as a country and western singer in "The Studio Job".
* GuileHero: The whole team, Nate in particular.
* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Eliot]] does this in "The Big Bang Job." Also a good example of GunKata.
* {{Guyliner}}: Eliot has to wear some for his character in "The Runway Job." Hardison, quite naturally, mocks him for it.
** Sophie does this to Nate in "The Boost Job" to create a distraction. In her defense, he had slapped her ass earlier.
* GroupieBrigade: Eliot acquires one when posing as a country and western singer in "The Studio Job".
* GuileHero: The whole team, Nate in particular.
* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Eliot]] does this in "The Big Bang Job." Also a good example of GunKata.
* {{Guyliner}}: Eliot has to wear some for his character in "The Runway Job." Hardison, quite naturally, mocks him for it.
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** Parker does one after stealing the dagger in "The Rashomon Job."
** Hardison does one after busting the guys who put him in a coffin. Nate calls him out on it, until Hardison points out [[BuriedAlive They put him in a coffin! A DAMNED COFFIN!]]
* HatesBeingTouched: Both Eliot and Parker tend to dislike being touched. Parker in particular has no problem with getting up in people's space to distract the guards when necessary, but she once broke a guy's fingers for putting a hand on her leg.
** Parker does one after stealing the dagger in "The Rashomon Job."
** Hardison does one after busting the guys who put him in a coffin. Nate calls him out on it, until Hardison points out [[BuriedAlive They put him in a coffin! A DAMNED COFFIN!]]
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In "The Queen's Gambit Job", it's revealed that [[spoiler:Sterling manipulated the entire con so that he could rescue his daughter from her overbearing stepfather.]]
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** In "The Hot Potato Job" The CEO talks about how covetous he is of his job and smugly claims to have done the people whose agricultural product he stole a favor by taking it, due to his ability to mass distribute it. A couple scenes earlier, his right-hand woman is seen using LoopholeAbuse to seize that new potato from its owners, efficiently and unquestioningly following the company's orders.
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** In "The Hot Potato Job" The Job", the CEO talks about how covetous he is of his job and smugly claims to have done the people whose agricultural product he stole a favor by taking it, due to his ability to mass distribute it. A couple scenes earlier, his right-hand woman is seen using LoopholeAbuse to seize that new potato from its owners, efficiently and unquestioningly following the company's orders.
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* IndignantSlap: "The Maltese Falcon Job". The team is preparing to escape via helicopter, but Nate reveals to them that he torched all of Sterling's evidence against them, meaning that in order to build his case against a dangerous arms dealer again, he will have no choice but to arrest Nate, and so Nate is willingly surrendering to buy safety for his team. After spending the whole time away from the team finding herself [[note]]In reality to cover for Gina Bellman's pregnancy[[/note]], she slaps Nate for leaving her just as she had returned. She later alludes to this in "The Inside Job", when Nate asks if they're ever going to talk about the moment where they kissed, and she says she doesn't remember a kiss. She remembers a slap, and he's still working it off.
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* FiveFiveFive: Especially noticeable on this show, because we see cell phone numbers on display practically OnceAnEpisode.
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* GoodGuyBar: [=McRory's=] pub, where Leverage Consulting and Associates meet their clients. Now, the "Brew Pub" no name yet, that Hardison bought in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} [[WordOfGod (mostly to occupy Eliot)]]
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* GoodGuyBar: [=McRory's=] pub, where Leverage Consulting and Associates meet their clients. Now, the "Brew Pub" no name yet, that Hardison bought in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} [[WordOfGod (mostly to occupy Eliot)]]Eliot)]].
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** In "The Big Bang Job," she adds that she's craving pretzels. As of "The Long Way Down Job," TheyDo.
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* FuneralCut: In "The Two Live Crew Job", after the bomb goes off, we cut to Sophie's funeral. Subverted in that she's FakingTheDead and shows up in mourning costume.
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* HideYourPregnancy: Gina Bellman was pregnant in the second season, so they sent Sophie on a sabbatical to rediscover herself after a lifetime spent grifting and replaced her with SixthRanger Tara. A lot of the time Bellman spent on camera was under heavy coats or sitting down.
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* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: Played with in "The Two Live Crew Job," where Nate describes how impossible a painting would be to steal, including all the specific next-to-impossible obstacles they'd have to overcome... while a different group of thieves are busy overcoming all those obstacles. The team gets in just as the painting has been replaced with a stock Dogs Playing Poker.
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* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: Played with in "The Two Live Crew Job," where Nate describes how impossible a painting would be to steal, including all the specific next-to-impossible obstacles they'd have to overcome... while a different group of thieves are busy overcoming all those obstacles. The team gets in just as the painting {{painting|s}} has been replaced with a stock Dogs Playing Poker."Art/DogsPlayingPoker".
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* FamousForBeingFirst: In "The First Contact Job", the Mark of the episode is an egomaniac who, among other things, is obsessed with being the one to make First Contact, which he lampshades by noting how it's called first contact for a reason.
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* FriendlessnessInsult: In the Pilot episode, Eliot tries to offer some advice to Nate, only for Nate to coldly brush him off.
--> '''Nate''': We're not friends, Eliot.
--> '''Eliot''': Yeah. [[SarcasmMode Because you've got so many.]]
--> '''Nate''': We're not friends, Eliot.
--> '''Eliot''': Yeah. [[SarcasmMode Because you've got so many.]]
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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow: From "The Double Blind Job":
-->'''Hardison:''' Li'l Jennifer Pearson's wearing you out, ain't she?\\
'''Eliot:''' Dude, we walked the Freedom Trail twice.\\
'''Hardison:''' Nice!\\
'''Eliot:''' No, man, the actual Freedom Trail. We took paddle boats to the public gardens, shopped on Newbury Street, and went to something called the Boston Duck Tour.
-->'''Hardison:''' Li'l Jennifer Pearson's wearing you out, ain't she?\\
'''Eliot:''' Dude, we walked the Freedom Trail twice.\\
'''Hardison:''' Nice!\\
'''Eliot:''' No, man, the actual Freedom Trail. We took paddle boats to the public gardens, shopped on Newbury Street, and went to something called the Boston Duck Tour.
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** "The Future Job": TheMark in this episode is a PhonyPsychic named Dalton Rand whom the team are trying to expose as a fraud. However, their plan hits a snag when Dalton is abducted by an ex-con named Nikolaus Kusen who wants Rand to use his "psychic powers" to find stolen money that was hidden by Kusen's partner. However, the Leverage team are able to use this to their advantage by having a terrified Rand reveal his fraudulence to Kusen in an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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** "The Future Job": TheMark The Mark in this episode is a PhonyPsychic named Dalton Rand whom the team are trying to expose as a fraud. However, their plan hits a snag when Dalton is abducted by an ex-con named Nikolaus Kusen who wants Rand to use his "psychic powers" to find stolen money that was hidden by Kusen's partner. However, the Leverage team are able to use this to their advantage by having a terrified Rand reveal his fraudulence to Kusen in an EngineeredPublicConfession.
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*** Teen Hardison hacking into some Iceland bank accounts in his room when asked what he did during his high school prom.
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** They end up [[spoiler: defeating Moreau]] in "The San Lorenzo Job" by [[spoiler: having Hardison rig an election.]]
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* FriendOnTheForce: FBI agents [[ThoseTwoGuys Taggart and [=McSweeten=]]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Massachusetts State Police Detective Captain]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Patrick Bonano]]. Of course, Taggart and [=McSweeten=] don't actually realize they're fulfilling this role -- they still believe that Hardison and Parker are fellow agents, and they think they're solving the cases themselves.
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* FriendOnTheForce: FBI agents [[ThoseTwoGuys Taggart and [=McSweeten=]]] and [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Massachusetts State Police Detective Captain]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Captain Patrick Bonano]]. Of course, Taggart and [=McSweeten=] don't actually realize they're fulfilling this role -- they still believe that Hardison and Parker are fellow agents, and they think they're solving the cases themselves.
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* GriefInducedSplit: Nate's career change from honest insurance investigator to [[JustLikeRobinHood robin-hooding]] {{Chessmaster}} was caused by his insurance company denying his son's health coverage, a move that led to the boy's death. Nate and Maggie divorced in the aftermath, though they remain AmicableExes.
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** Alec Harrison: Internet and Computer Fraud. First shown as the arrogant, playful hacker, who shows off his much more up-to-the-minute technology and constantly snarks with Eliot. His flashback shows that he managed to hack into a hotel's computers to make it look like [[Music/TheRollingStones Mick Jagger]] was staying in his rooms, and he hired women to dress in [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi slave Leia costumes]] and have a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]] fight. Security busts in and Hardison waves his hand slowly, "This is not the room you're looking for." Major geek.
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** Alec Harrison: Internet and Computer Fraud. First shown as the arrogant, playful hacker, who shows off his much more up-to-the-minute technology and constantly snarks with Eliot. His flashback shows that he managed to hack into a hotel's computers to make it look like [[Music/TheRollingStones [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Mick Jagger]] was staying in his rooms, and he hired women to dress in [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi slave Leia costumes]] and have a [[Franchise/StarWars lightsaber]] fight. Security busts in and Hardison waves his hand slowly, "This is not the room you're looking for." Major geek.
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* EverybodysDeadDave[=/=]KillEmAll: [[spoiler:Nate wants Interpol to think this happened to the rest of his team in "The Long Goodbye Job".]]
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* EverybodysDeadDave[=/=]KillEmAll: EverybodysDeadDave: [[spoiler:Nate wants Interpol to think this happened to the rest of his team in "The Long Goodbye Job".]]
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** Parker and Hardison seem to be more well-rounded in this episode. Parker shows much less of her social awkwardness and Hardison is more capable outside of hacking, sucessfully pickpocketing a cell phone.
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* FaithInTheFoe:
** In "The Last Dam Job", the team recruit Chaos, who had once tried to murder Sophie, to help perform the hacking since the BigBad of the episode was familiar with and prepared for Hardison's software. They also recruit Mr. Quinn, who once beat down on Eliot. In Quinn's case, it helps that he's a professional who is in it for the money, and has no actual enmity with Eliot. The Leverage team knows they'll both get their jobs done.
** Chaos demonstrates faith in the Leverage team, though in his case it was part of a BatmanGambit. He staged a credit card heist at a mall, then sent the VictimOfTheWeek to the Leverage team knowing they would be able to shut down his digital credit theft. But in doing so, they cut off the security to a nearby bank that the maintenance tunnels under the mall had access to.
** [[ArchEnemy Sterling]] recruits Nate and his team to help steal a specially made weight for a nuclear centrifuge. In truth, this was one of Sterling's objectives, but not his sole, or even primary objective. The Leverage Team was there to serve as a distraction while Sterling rescued his daughter from the clutches of her stepfather, a corrupt businessman who was selling the weight to a hostile nation. But Sterling knew that the Leverage team would also succeed in rendering the weight non-functional ([[{{Foreshadowing}} It was revealed earlier in the episode that if so much as a speck of dust landed on the weight, it would be useless]]), keeping a dangerous foreign power from obtaining obtaining a functional nuclear centrifuge.
** Sterling trusts Nate and Sophie enough that when they inform him that the paintings in an art collection are all forgeries, he takes them at their word. He didn't expect the suspect to flee when he asked point blank about it, though.
** In "The Last Dam Job", the team recruit Chaos, who had once tried to murder Sophie, to help perform the hacking since the BigBad of the episode was familiar with and prepared for Hardison's software. They also recruit Mr. Quinn, who once beat down on Eliot. In Quinn's case, it helps that he's a professional who is in it for the money, and has no actual enmity with Eliot. The Leverage team knows they'll both get their jobs done.
** Chaos demonstrates faith in the Leverage team, though in his case it was part of a BatmanGambit. He staged a credit card heist at a mall, then sent the VictimOfTheWeek to the Leverage team knowing they would be able to shut down his digital credit theft. But in doing so, they cut off the security to a nearby bank that the maintenance tunnels under the mall had access to.
** [[ArchEnemy Sterling]] recruits Nate and his team to help steal a specially made weight for a nuclear centrifuge. In truth, this was one of Sterling's objectives, but not his sole, or even primary objective. The Leverage Team was there to serve as a distraction while Sterling rescued his daughter from the clutches of her stepfather, a corrupt businessman who was selling the weight to a hostile nation. But Sterling knew that the Leverage team would also succeed in rendering the weight non-functional ([[{{Foreshadowing}} It was revealed earlier in the episode that if so much as a speck of dust landed on the weight, it would be useless]]), keeping a dangerous foreign power from obtaining obtaining a functional nuclear centrifuge.
** Sterling trusts Nate and Sophie enough that when they inform him that the paintings in an art collection are all forgeries, he takes them at their word. He didn't expect the suspect to flee when he asked point blank about it, though.
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* HollywoodNerd: Monkeywrenched every which way with Hardison, who is confident with girls, and openly admits to playing ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' (and even bonds with a "coworker" over it in a cover!) and torrenting ''Series/DoctorWho''. And he's not exactly "Hollywood" good-lookin', either, but he can rock a suit when he needs to. In "The Bottle Job" Hardison strips to arrange a last minute weatherman job and trust me -- he is definitely ''Hollywood Nerd''!
