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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Inverted. Dubenich could have gotten away with everything if he had just paid them, instead of trying to kill them.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Inverted. Dubenich could have gotten away with everything he'd done in the pilot if he had just paid the team what he'd initially promised them, instead of trying to kill them.
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* TheTroublemaker: Parker and Hardison have alternated as the Troublemaker in various episodes, as part of their role as the TeamKids.
** Hardison is frequently on the receiving end of someone [[PhraseCatcher saying "Damn it, Hadison!"]] when he's caused trouble. Hardison's troublemaking is usually due to his more easygoing nature in the team. In "The Carnival Job", when attempting to clear out a carnival to hunt for an abducted girl, Hardison tells Eliot to grab a list of chemicals, throw them in the hottest non-water liquid he can find, and "run like hell." When a cloud of toxic smoke puffs up in Eliot's face, he replies with the standard "Damn it, Hardison!" But Hardison counters with, "What did you think 'Run like hell' meant?"
** Parker's troublemaking comes from her impulsive nature. She once stabbed a man with a fork for making light of the plight of orphans (and Parker as a former orphan was NOT amused), she once accidentally warned a mark that trouble was coming because she was trying to get a young girl out of a car theft ring, which Sophie actually defended her on, "She was trying to do the right thing, which meant she was actually thinking about doing the right thing." And once, when a mark lifted her wallet, which Nate informed her they needed him to do, she took it as a personal slight to her abilities as a thief, and lifted ''his'' wallet in return, stealing his credit card and using it to purchase a large number of computers later. She also once hit Eliot in the head with a crowbar trying to toss him a weapon, earning a stern "Parker, you don't throw crowbars at people!"
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* TheVillainKnowsMoment: Frequently subverted on the show. There are many instances where it looks like the BigBad of the episode is aware of the heroes and what they're doing, but typically this is already part of ThePlan by TheChessmaster, Nate. The first and most glaring example is in the pilot episode, when Victor Dubenich shows his [[TheDragon Dragon]] the bug the team had planted, then leads him out of the room so they can talk freely, saying that he figured it out quickly, what with Nate using "Nigerians", as it was too reminiscent of an internet scam. But it turns out Nate and the others ''wanted'' Victor to find the bug "with the blinking red light" so he would give himself enough rope to hang himself thinking he was being clever.

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* WhenSheSmiles: Parker.

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* WhenEldersAttack: Parker's mentor, Archie (played by Creator/RichardChamberlain), carries two canes, one concealing a taser and the other a sword. He claims to get the two mixed up when he threatens Chaos with harm after Chaos leers at Parker. Eventually, he does tase the guy for it.
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WhenSheSmiles: Parker.

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