History Main / NoirEpisode

* The first third of ''SamAndMax'' Episode 303, where Max [[{{Understatement}} doesn't take kindly]] to Max's brain being stolen.

* The ''DoctorWho'' story ''The Happiness Patrol'' was originally going to be a black-and-white noir pastiche called ''The Crooked Smile''. The [[DoctorWhoMagazine comic strip]] ''The Deep Hereafter'' counts though, with the Doctor taking on the persona of a detective investigating the death of a fish person detective in an alien CityNoir.

* ''MetalGearSolid4'' had a Noir Level.

--> [[CSIMiami YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH]]

* The show ''Radio Active'' had a noir episode with Morgan as the detective, giving her own PrivateEyeMonologue. It included a direct riff on ''To Have Or Have Not'''s famous 'whistle' line.

* The first season finale of "{{Quantum Leap}}" (1989) called "Play it Again, Seymour" both uses and spoofs noir tropes. Sam is cast as a P.I., in the typical old fashioned office, takes the case of a beautiful bombshell in distress, dances to a 1940s-style band, and leaps into a body that even resembles and dresses like Humphrey Bogart.

* In-Universe: Sally's science project in MeAndMyDick. [[NoodleIncident What we hear about it]].

* ''MetalGearSolid 4'' had a Noir Level.
* The first third of SamAndMax Episode 303, where Max [[{{Understatement}} doesn't take kindly]] to Max's brain being stolen.

* There's one episode of ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}'' set in a Film Noir style.

** Another, [[SoBadItsHorrible far less impressive]] (although as always, [[YourMilageMayVary YMMV]]), attempt at Noir by StarTrek is Voyager's ''Ex Post Facto''.

** Another, [[SoBadItsHorrible far less impressive]], attempt at Noir by StarTrek is Voyager's ''Ex Post Facto''.

* In-Universe: Sally's science project in MeAndMyDick. [[NoodleIncedent What we hear about it]].
-->'''Sally''': Well, I was thinking we do a FilmNoir about silver nitrate. You know, AgNO3....'''(later)'''... and it's not until the '''silver'' and the '''nitrogen'' find all three of the oxygens do they finally solve the case!!!

* ''TheVentureBros.'' had one in season 4, with Hank fancying himself a noir detective. The picture switches to monochrome whenever he puts on his fedora. (it came with a [[IndianaJones whip]]! A detective's whip!)

* ''TheVentureBros.'' had one in season 4, with Hank fancying himself a noir detective. The picture switches to monochrome whenever he puts on his fedora. (it came with a whip! A detective's whip!)

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* ''Mobile Police {{Patlabor}}'' had an episode that was half this and half BladeRunner parody.

* The ''DoctorWho'' story ''The Happiness Patrol'' was originally going to be a black and white noir pastiche called ''The Crooked Smile''. The [[DoctorWhoMagazine comic strip]] ''The Deep Hereafter'' counts though, with the Doctor taking on the persona of a detective investigating the death of a fish person detective in a alien CityNoir.

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* A subversion in the ''HowIMetYourMother'' episode "Of Course": TheTeaser plays like this, with Barney on the PrivateEyeMonologue -- but the rest of the episode is in the show's usual style.
* ''{{Fringe}}'' combined this with a MusicalEpisode-- that's right, a film noir musical. Justified in that it was a [[FramingDevice story within a story]] told by a drugged Walter to Olivia's niece.
* The first season finale of "{{Quantum Leap}}" (1989) called "Play it Again, Seymour" both uses and spoofs noir tropes. Sam is cast as a P.I., in the typical old fashioned office, takes the case of a beautiful bombshell in distress, dances to a 40s-style band, and the body he leaps into even resembles and dresses like Humphrey Bogart.
* The 7th season ''Boy Meets World'' episode ''As Time Goes By'' contains a parallel noir universe in Corey and Topanga's closet.

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* ''DiscworldNoir'' deserves a honorable mention, though it was a video game that was a spinoff from the books.

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* ''PhineasAndFerb'' had an episode in which the two boys were inspired by a FilmNoir movie to become private eyes and even applied black and white make up to themselves.
* ''{{Duckman}}'' had one, in which Cornfed took on the role of the hard-boiled detective. (Which he kind of is anyway.) There were femmes fatales, atmosphere music, fog, black and white, the whole deal.
* There is an episode of ''{{Gargoyles}}'' in which Broadway did this called "The Silver Falcon."

* The ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Brain Noir."

* TheVentureBros had one in season 4, with Hank fancying himself a noir detective. The picture switches to monochrome whenever he puts on his fedora (it came with a whip! A detective's whip!)

* The childrens show ''BetweenTheLions'' had Sam Spud, Par-Boiled Potato Detective. The bits were frequently a HurricaneOfPuns as everything Sam narrated was literally true. The absurdity of it was always [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by a child watching the show, only to be assured by their mother that the show was educational and, thus, should be good for them... somehow.

* ''PhineasAndFerb'' had an episode in which the two boys were inspired by a FilmNoir movie to become private eyes and even applied black and white make up to themselves.

* ''{{Duckman}}'' had one, in which Cornfed took on the role of the hard-boiled detective. (Which he kind of is anyway.) There were femmes fatales, atmosphere music, fog, black and white, the whole deal.

* There is an episode of ''{{Gargoyles}}'' in which Broadway did this called "The Silver Falcon."

* ''Mobile Police {{Patlabor}}'' had an episode that was half this and half BladeRunner parody.
* ''DiscworldNoir'' deserves a honorable mention, though it was a video game that was a spinoff from the books.

* ''MetalGearSolid 4'' had a Noir Level.
* There's one episode of ''{{The Fairly OddParents}}'' set in a Film Noir style.

* The ''PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode "Brain Noir."
* An episode of, of all things, ''CaptainPlanetAndThePlaneteers''. (It's just a story one of the characters is telling.)
* An episode of ''SamuraiJack'' about the assassin robot who found a dog and became a trumpet player before being forced back into his old role by Aku.
* The ''DoctorWho'' story ''The Happiness Patrol'' was originally going to be a black and white noir pastiche called ''The Crooked Smile''. The [[DoctorWhoMagazine comic strip]] ''The Deep Hereafter'' counts though, with the Doctor taking on the persona of a detective investigating the death of a fish person detective in a alien CityNoir.
* Episodes 8 and 9 of ''DarkerThanBlack'' center on PluckyComicRelief character [[CluelessDetective Gai Kurosawa]] and pretty much parody every single hard-boiled trope.

* The second season ''[[SupermanTheAnimatedSeries Superman: The Animated Series]]'' episode "The Late Mr. Kent", which features Superman narrating (in full PrivateEyeMonologue) the story of how Clark Kent was "murdered" while investigating a death row inmate's wrongful conviction.

* ''{{Fringe}}'' recently combined this with a MusicalEpisode-- that's right, a film noir musical. Justified in that it was a [[FramingDevice story within a story]] told by a drugged Walter to Olivia's niece.