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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite her usual friendliness, Natalie's reaction to Dr. Kroger's apparent betrayal of Monk is to break his nose and try to attack him.
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If she's not his girlfriend (or even romantically interested in him), it's Not The Trope. Violently Protective Sidekick could itself be a trope, but it isn't currently.
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* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While Natalie's not Monk's girlfriend, her reaction to Dr. Kroger's apparent betrayal of Monk is to break his nose and try to attack him.
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* BilingualBonus: The Stottlemeyer and Disher equivalents are named Hauptkriminalkommisar Stoffmacher and Kommissar Geshir. Stoffmacher's name is a linguative pun: the proper English translation of Hauptkriminalkommisar is Main forensics commissioner. Stoffmacher translates as German for material maker or fabric maker, but it is also a thinly veiled version of Stottlemeyer's name. And with regards to Kommissar Geshir: Geschirr translates to plates, dishes or cookware, effectively making him Randy Disher in all but name.
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Julie.
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Julie.
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* BilingualBonus: The Lohr's Stottlemeyer and Disher equivalents are named Hauptkriminalkommisar Stoffmacher and Kommissar Geshir. Geshir, names clearly picked for sounding phonetically similar. Stoffmacher's name is goes a linguative pun: few steps further: the proper English translation of Hauptkriminalkommisar is Main "Main forensics commissioner. commissioner". Stoffmacher translates as German for material maker or fabric maker, but it is also a thinly veiled version of Stottlemeyer's name. And with regards to maker. As for Kommissar Geshir: Geschirr Geshir, his name translates to plates, dishes "plates", "dishes" or cookware, effectively making him Randy Disher in all but name.
"cookware".
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, andJulie.Julie.
* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the second case of ''Monk'' material to give Dr. Kroger the limelight, the first one having been season 5's "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink".
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, and
* ADayInTheLimelight: This is the second case of ''Monk'' material to give Dr. Kroger the limelight, the first one having been season 5's "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink".
* RightForTheWrongReasons: The six-fingered man, Dr. Martin Rahner, turns out to have not killed Trudy. However, he is guilty of accidentally killing a journalist who was investigating a Ponzi scheme he was running by scaring him into having a fatal heart attack during an intimidation attempt, and the neighbor he accidentally killed by said gunshot.
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* ShownTheirWork: A lot of research was done on Lohr, Germany, the main setting, for information on the hotel that the psychiatric conference is held at, and also nods to "Snow White".
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* ShownTheirWork: A lot of research was done on Lohr, Germany, the main setting, for information on the hotel that the psychiatric conference is held at, and also nods to "Snow White".White".
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While Natalie's not Monk's girlfriend, her reaction to Dr. Kroger's apparent betrayal of Monk is to break his nose and try to attack him.
* WhatTheHellHero: Dr. Kroger makes very clear to Natalie how unpleased he is with her for enabling Monk to stalk him to Germany.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: While Natalie's not Monk's girlfriend, her reaction to Dr. Kroger's apparent betrayal of Monk is to break his nose and try to attack him.
* WhatTheHellHero: Dr. Kroger makes very clear to Natalie how unpleased he is with her for enabling Monk to stalk him to Germany.
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* PillowSilencer: The killer of the week turns out to have fired a shot through a pillow. Ironically, he didn't mean to kill the victim, only scare him, but the victim was so scared he died of a heart attack.
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* HeroicBSOD:
** Monk becomes absolutely worthless at his job when Dr. Kroger leaves, once causing an investigation to grind to a halt because he's lost track of how many times he blinked.
** When he thinks that Dr. Kroger is involved with the people responsible for Trudy's death, he runs from the scene. When Natalie finds him, he's questioning everything in his life.
** Monk becomes absolutely worthless at his job when Dr. Kroger leaves, once causing an investigation to grind to a halt because he's lost track of how many times he blinked.
** When he thinks that Dr. Kroger is involved with the people responsible for Trudy's death, he runs from the scene. When Natalie finds him, he's questioning everything in his life.
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Dr. Kroger leaves for a psychology convention in Germany, leaving Monk even worse off than usual. He and Natalie catch a flight to follow Dr. Kroger, and while there, Monk comes to suspect that a set of local homicides are murder -- possibly tied to a six-fingered man like the one who killed Trudy.
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* {{Autocannibalism}}: Monk's upstairs neighbor, a former climber, once got stuck on a mountain and cut off and eat one of his own legs to survive. Naturally, Monk finds this anecdote horrifying rather than inspiring and develops an obsession with having a "cannibal" living upstairs.
* BilingualBonus: The Stottlemeyer and Disher equivalents are named Hauptkriminalkommisar Stoffmacher and Kommissar Geshir. Stoffmacher's name is a linguative pun: the proper English translation of Hauptkriminalkommisar is Main forensics commissioner. Stoffmacher translates as German for material maker or fabric maker, but it is also a thinly veiled version of Stottlemeyer's name. And with regards to Kommissar Geshir: Geschirr translates to plates, dishes or cookware, effectively making him Randy Disher in all but name.
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Julie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Monk orders a whole police investigation into a missing sock.
* LetMeAtHim: Natalie lunges at Dr. Kroger and throttles him, thinking he's in a conspiracy with Trudy's killer, and has to be held back by the onlookers.
* ShoutOut: The book opens with Natalie in a detective-sidekick support group that meets for coffee. Natalie mentions that they even have guests in their sessions, including [[Series/{{Psych}} one person who works for a gifted detective who solves crimes by pretending to be a psychic.]]
* ShownTheirWork: A lot of research was done on Lohr, Germany, the main setting, for information on the hotel that the psychiatric conference is held at, and also nods to "Snow White".
!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
* {{Autocannibalism}}: Monk's upstairs neighbor, a former climber, once got stuck on a mountain and cut off and eat one of his own legs to survive. Naturally, Monk finds this anecdote horrifying rather than inspiring and develops an obsession with having a "cannibal" living upstairs.
* BilingualBonus: The Stottlemeyer and Disher equivalents are named Hauptkriminalkommisar Stoffmacher and Kommissar Geshir. Stoffmacher's name is a linguative pun: the proper English translation of Hauptkriminalkommisar is Main forensics commissioner. Stoffmacher translates as German for material maker or fabric maker, but it is also a thinly veiled version of Stottlemeyer's name. And with regards to Kommissar Geshir: Geschirr translates to plates, dishes or cookware, effectively making him Randy Disher in all but name.
* {{Blackmail}}: Natalie talks Monk into stopping off at Paris for a few days by showing him a picture of himself in an absolutely filthy state (taken when he was on Dioxinyl) and threatening to send it to Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Julie.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Monk orders a whole police investigation into a missing sock.
* LetMeAtHim: Natalie lunges at Dr. Kroger and throttles him, thinking he's in a conspiracy with Trudy's killer, and has to be held back by the onlookers.
* ShoutOut: The book opens with Natalie in a detective-sidekick support group that meets for coffee. Natalie mentions that they even have guests in their sessions, including [[Series/{{Psych}} one person who works for a gifted detective who solves crimes by pretending to be a psychic.]]
* ShownTheirWork: A lot of research was done on Lohr, Germany, the main setting, for information on the hotel that the psychiatric conference is held at, and also nods to "Snow White".
