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* TragicKeepsake: Deconstructed. Monk kept Trudy's last gift because it was the last one he would receive from her. Everyone kept telling him to open it, so that he could process his grief. When he finally does, he realizes that they were right; if he had watched the video, he would have found Trudy's killer ages ago... albeit that they were RightForTheWrongReasons, as ''nobody'' had known that Trucy had someone who wanted her dead, or that she'd foresee her own murder and record evidence just in case.
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* TragicKeepsake: Deconstructed. Monk kept Trudy's last gift because it was the last one he would receive from her. Everyone kept telling him to open it, so that he could process his grief. When he finally does, he realizes that they were right; if he had watched the video, he would have found Trudy's killer ages ago... albeit that they were RightForTheWrongReasons, as ''nobody'' had known that Trucy Trudy had someone who wanted her dead, or that she'd foresee her own murder and record evidence just in case.
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* TragicKeepsake: Deconstructed. Monk kept Trudy's last gift because it was the last one he would receive from her. Everyone kept telling him to open it, so that he could process his grief. When he finally does, he realizes that they were right; if he had watched the video, he would have found Trudy's killer ages ago.
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* TragicKeepsake: Deconstructed. Monk kept Trudy's last gift because it was the last one he would receive from her. Everyone kept telling him to open it, so that he could process his grief. When he finally does, he realizes that they were right; if he had watched the video, he would have found Trudy's killer ages ago.ago... albeit that they were RightForTheWrongReasons, as ''nobody'' had known that Trucy had someone who wanted her dead, or that she'd foresee her own murder and record evidence just in case.
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* ContinuitySnarl: When Stottlemeyer is explaining the situation to his "task force", the bulletin board shows images of Monk, Kazarinski, and Dr. Nash. However, the sticky note by Nash identifies him as "Dr. Nash Thomas" instead of his clearly established name of "Dr. Malcolm Nash.
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* ContinuitySnarl: When Stottlemeyer is explaining the situation to his "task force", the bulletin board shows images of Monk, Kazarinski, and Dr. Nash. However, the sticky note by Nash identifies him as "Dr. Nash Thomas" instead of his clearly established name of "Dr. Malcolm Nash.Nash".
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* ContinuitySnarl: When Stottlemeyer is explaining the situation to his "task force", the bulletin board shows images of Monk, Kazarinski, and Dr. Nash. However, the sticky note by Nash identifies him as "Dr. Nash Thomas" instead of his clearly established name of "Dr. Malcolm Nash.
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* EvilIsPetty: Monk sees the Judge's actions as this, killing Trudy because he was too plum paranoid about her spilling that he'd been in an affair.
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* EvilIsPetty: Monk sees the Judge's actions as this, killing Trudy because he was too plum paranoid about her spilling that he'd been in an affair.affair (although that in turn could have lead to the discovery that he murdered the midwife involved in the birth) so he could keep his ''job''. Once Monk puts it all in perspective for him, Ethan even looks like it's just hit him how petty it all is.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When Randy finds the murdered body of the train announcer, he talks about how Joey is likely armed and dangerous over his radio, while the announcer's mike is still on, which sends the rest of the crowd into a panic and gives Joey some cover.
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* WholePlotReference: Shares several storybeats with ''{{Literature/Curtain}}'' by Creator/AgathaChristie, as it features a dying eccentric detective desperate to solve what appears to be his last case. Unlike Poirot, however, Monk manages to keep his hands clean, and goes on to have a few more supplementary adventures in the novels.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: Molly Evans gets her name from creator Andy Breckman's two children.
* WholePlotReference: Shares severalstorybeats story beats with ''{{Literature/Curtain}}'' by Creator/AgathaChristie, as it features a dying eccentric detective desperate to solve what appears to be his last case. Unlike Poirot, however, Monk manages to keep his hands clean, and goes on to have a few more supplementary adventures in the novels.
* WholePlotReference: Shares several
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: This is originally believed to be the way that Monk was poisoned. Turns out that he was poisoned by other means.
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* AfraidOfNeedles: One of Monk's many phobias. It takes every hospital employee to restrain him to draw some blood to test.
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* {{Irony}}: Germophobic Monk always needed a wipe whenever he uses his hands for something, which becomes awkward when it was revealed that the ''wipes'' are laced with poison.
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** Germophobic Monk always needed a wipe whenever he uses his hands for something, which becomes awkward when it was revealed that the ''wipes'' are laced withpoison.poison.
** The judge committed several crimes of murder to keep his job as a judge.
** Germophobic Monk always needed a wipe whenever he uses his hands for something, which becomes awkward when it was revealed that the ''wipes'' are laced with
** The judge committed several crimes of murder to keep his job as a judge.
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** At the beginning of the episode, Trudy lists the things on her agenda, including Ambrose's medication. In "[[Recap/MonkS2E11MrMonkAndTheThreePies Mr. Monk and the Three Pies]]", Ambrose says that he feels guilty, believing (incorrectly) that this is the reason she was killed.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Subverted. Trudy says that her baby died minutes after birth; at the end of the episode, however, Trudy's daughter turns out to be alive, shortly after the death of the daughter's father.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Monk avenges Trudy by exposing the Judge as her killer, as well as someone who murdered the midwife Wendy Stroud. He then finds out that Trudy's daughter is alive and HappilyAdopted. Monk reconnects with Molly and offers to give up his detective work to spend all of his time with her. Molly gently tells him he can still spend time with her and solve cases, something that Monk prefers. He keeps solving cases.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Monk avenges Trudy by exposing the Judge as her killer, as well as someone who murdered the midwife Wendy Stroud. He then finds out that Trudy's daughter is alive and HappilyAdopted. Monk reconnects with Molly and offers to give up his detective work to spend all of his time with her. Molly gently tells him he can still spend time with her and solve cases, something that Monk prefers. He keeps solving cases.cases and, as the epilogue implies, becomes more functional.
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* LovingAShadow: In her video tape, Trudy lampshades that Monk has put her on a pedestal and idealized her, to the point it has blinded him from the fact she isn't perfect. Unwittingly, she's also right on the money regarding [[NostalgiaFilter how he's martyred her memory as a saintly woman who could do no wrong]].
