History Main / NoirEpisode

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': In "Little Frogtown", Hop Pop is inspired by some detective movies Anne had saved on her phone to do a ''film noir''-style investigation of the apparent mysterious disappearance of his old friend Sal.

Film Noir is one of the most popular and recognizable genres in the history of film. Practically everyone can recognize it’s tropes, and everyone knows the staples of it. Not surprisingly, a lot of writers and actors grew up loving it, so it would only make sense they would reference it.

* Wiki/ThisVeryWiki has a whole page written FilmNoir-style [[SoYouWantTo/WriteAFilmNoir here]] ([[SelfDemonstratingArticle it also happens to be a guide to writing]] InTheStyleOf FilmNoir).

* ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Babes and Bullets]]'', much like its source material (a prose story in ''ComicBook/GarfieldHis9Lives''), concerns an homage to film noir where Garfield is a detective.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/GarfieldSpecials Garfield's Babes and Bullets]]''.

SubTrope of SomethingCompletelyDifferent, and arguably a form of OutOfGenreExperience. If the noir elements occur in a dream sequence or other alternate reality, it's also a {{Costumer}}. Compare HeistEpisode, which usually involves robbery.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': "Who Killed Myndi Mayer" may not be DeliberatelyMonochrome, but it's still a heartfelt noir homage, complete with PrivateEyeMonologue from Inspector Indelicato.

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': "B-MO Noire" complete with black and white and dramatic narration.

* "Shadow Play" was a NoirEpisode in season 4 of ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars''. Under the influence of prescription drugs, Spencer hallucinates while watching a FilmNoir movie. In her DreamSequence, Toby is a PI, Hanna is a switchboard operator, and Mona and Ezra are cooperating against the girls, while demostrating some ShipTease.

* Several of Creator/DCComics' ''Pulp Heroes'' 1997 annuals had the banner "Suspense Detective", and many of them were Noir Episodes. For example, ''Comicbook/{{Azrael}}'' managed an extended riff on ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' with Jean-Paul as Sam Spade and Catwoman as Bridget O'Shaughnessy.

* ''Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse''

* The ''{{Series/Bonanza}}'' episode "Joe Cartwright, Detective" dealt with Little Joe being reprimanded by Ben and Hoss for his obsession with reading detective novels, but he ultimately finds himself in the middle of a real mystery when he hears a pair of businessmen who are plotting to rob the bank at night when no one is around. When Little Joe tries to tell Hoss about this, [[{{Not Now Kiddo}} Hoss just blows him off]], but when he does listen, [[{{Cassandra Truth}} he just thinks that the businessmen are just doing their typical job.]] Of course, it's when Hoss and Joe listen in on the businessmen talking about their bank robbery plans that Hoss starts to believe Joe.

* [[Recap/CommunityS3E03CompetitiveEcology "Competitive Ecology"]] in ''{{Series/Community}}'' is a very, very mundane FilmNoir with [[PsychopathicManchild Chang]] in the role of a detective.

* The ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' episode "The Big Snag" has Myka and Pete getting trapped in a hard-boiled detective novel that is also an artifact. The episode even has a SpecialEditionTitle with a saxophone version of the theme tune and a sputtering neon sign logo.
* Similarly, ''[[Series/TheLibrarians2014 The Librarians]]'' "...and the Silver Screen" has Flynn and Eve get trapped in a film noir and unable to leave until they follow the script to the end. [[spoiler: The ''original'' script, not the one that was filmed.]]

* [[Videogame/MegaMan3 Gemini Man]]'s song ''[=GeminEye=]'' from Music/TheMegas' ''History Repeating: Red'' album is a essentially a noir episode, with themes and vocabulary drawn from noir detective stories.

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* The original ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' animated series has some CityNoir elements in its own right, including the trench coat and fedora disguise the turtles wear while in public, but goes full blown private eye tribute in the episode "The Maltese Hamster," with Donatello giving the monologue.

* The episode "Brain Noir".
** The show also parodied the famous British Noir TheThirdMan in "The Third Mouse", a black-and-white episode that trades heavily on Brain's [[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson Welles]]-like voice.

* In ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComicsSonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' #52, Sonic stumbles into a noir-themed Zone and has an adventure, complete with muted coloring and casting Sonic and Sally as detective and client respectively.

* The ''Series/{{Castle}}'' episode "The Blue Butterfly", jumps back and forth between regular Castle, and Castle reading a diary of a 1940s-era P.I., done noir, of course.
* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' of all shows did one of these in 2015, with the ([[BizarroEpisode non-canon]]) episode "Holby Sin City". [[{{Adorkable}} Ethan]] gets embroiled in a a murder mystery involving a couple named Bonnie and Clyde, whilst [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall trying to remember the phrase used to describe Bonnie's character archetype]]. [[FemmeFatale He gets it in the end]].

%%* The ''Series/{{Moonlighting}}'' episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice".

* A brief gag in the ''Series/{{StargateSG1]]'' episode "200" had Teal'c pitching a TV show where he starred as a private detective, shot and narrated in this style.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Season 5 has an episode where Lucifer tells Trixie the story of how he got his ring via noir-themed flashbacks. These scenes are filmed in black and white for the full FilmNoir effect. Additionally, the main characters are a hard-broiler Private Investigator, a mob boss, a stranger from out of town, and an alluring woman with a mysterious past. It also features deliberate {{Special Effects Failure}}s done in the same way as a 1940s film would have, with things like fake blood that looks like dried ketchup, a driving scene with the characters sitting in a car mockup while a film of a city street is played on a screen behind them, and other similar things.

* ''Series/Lucifer2016'': Season 5 has an episode where Lucifer tells Trixie the story of how he got his ring via noir-themed flashbacks. These scenes are filmed in black and white for the full FilmNoir effect. Additionally, the main characters are a hard-broiler Private Investigator, a mob boss, a stranger from out of town, and an alluring woman with a mysterious past.