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* LotsaPeopleTryToDunIt: Nigel St. Nigel hires Psych to investigate a series of attempts on his life. They soon join the list of people (including SBPD personnel) that wouldn't mind if the killer succeeded.
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* AccidentalPun: "You Music/DaftPunk!"
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* {{Expy}}: Nigel St. Nigel is one of Simon Cowell.
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* {{Expy}}: HarshTalentShowJudge Nigel St. Nigel is one an expy of Simon Cowell.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel. He takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants and berating his co-hosts. When his life is in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Shawn and Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the attempted murderer, because his planned comeback was overshadowed by Nigel, as well as Nigel's general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Shawn and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Juliette's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's enthusiasm, and as the audience sits back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Shawn and Gus from the competition by insulting their act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel. He takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants and berating his co-hosts. When his life is in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Shawn and Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the attempted murderer, because his planned comeback was overshadowed by Nigel, as well as Nigel's general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Shawn and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Juliette's Juliet's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's enthusiasm, and as the audience sits back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Shawn and Gus from the competition by insulting their act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* AssholeVictim: Nigel St. Nigel, though Nigel is a snobbish talent show judge who is antagonistic to almost everyone he meets. Although he doesn't die.die, several attempts are made on his life by a mysterious stalker.
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* HarshTalentShowJudge: Sean and Gus are assigned the case of who's trying to kill Nigel Saint Nigel, notoriously nasty judge in charge of the eponymous talent show. Nigel takes pleasure in putting down contestants and belittling his costars. Sean and Gus are entered in the competition to keep a close eye on him despite their lack of talent and his constant criticisms and whining. At the end, after one the costars overdoses, the other is arrested for causing her to overdose and admits to wanting to kill Nigel because his planned comeback was ruined by being overshadowed by Nigel judging the competition. As the guilty costar is dragged away kicking and screaming in handcuffs, Nigel just can't resist calling him a failure both as a musician and murderer. At the very end, when Sean and Gus give a genuinely good performance that earns them a standing ovation, Nigel shuts down the crowds adulation, eliminates them from the competition by telling them they have no talent whatsoever, and rudely dismisses them by suggesting they kill themselves for being such failures.
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* TheMeanBrit: Nigel St. Nigel. He even ends up criticising the attempted murderer's attempts at murdering him, to his face, while the attempted murderer is once again attempting to murder him.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel, he Nigel. He takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants and berating his co-hosts. When his life is in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Shawn and Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the attempted murdered, murderer, because Nigel his planned comeback was overshadowed his planned comeback, and by Nigel, as well as Nigel's general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Shawn and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Juliet's Juliette's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's enthusiasm, and as the audience sit sits back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Shawn and Gus from the competition by insulting their act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel, he takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants and berating his co-hosts. When his life in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Shawn and Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the attempted murdered, because Nigel overshadowed his planned comeback, and general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Shawn and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Julie's Juliet's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's enthusiasm, and as the audience sit back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Shawn and Gus from the competition by insulting their act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel, he takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants and berating his co-hosts. When his life in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Sean Shawn and Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the attempted murdered, because Nigel overshadowed his planned comeback, and general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Sean Shawn and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Julie's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's enthusiasm, and as the audience sit back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Sean Shawn and Gus from the competition by insulting their act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel, he takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants, contestants and berates berating his co-hosts. When his life in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Sean and Gus, Gus who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the perpetrator, attempted murdered, because Nigel overshadowed his planned comeback, and general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wanna-be wannabe killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Sean and Gus, who were only advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Julie's choreography, and receive a standing ovation from the audience. Nigel immediately shuts down the crowd's standing ovation, insults enthusiasm, and as the audience sit back down in silence, Nigel eliminates Sean and Gus from the competition by insulting their routine act as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever, whatsoever and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* HateSink: Nigel St. Nigel, he takes pleasure in tearing down potential contestants, and berates his co-hosts. When his life in danger, he keeps nit picking and complaining about everything, from his accommodations to the food he's given, to Sean and Gus, who are on guard detail. When Zapato Dulce is revealed to be the perpetrator, because Nigel overshadowed his planned comeback, and general JerkAss attitude, Nigel can't help but insult Zapato as an inept wanna-be killer while Zapato's being dragged away kicking and screaming threats and curses at Nigel. At the very end, when Sean and Gus, who were advanced in the show to keep tab on Nigel's wellbeing, give a genuinely terrific performance, thanks to Julie's choreography, Nigel shuts down the crowd's standing ovation, insults their routine as being the result of not having any talent whatsoever, and rudely dismisses them from the stage.
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* CoverSong: The episode ends with Shawn and Gus doing a mash-up of "Shout" by Music/TearsForFears with elements of Music/MichaelJackson.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Nigel St. Nigel lists off a series of put-downs on a pair of contestants... before they even sing anything. When they point this out, he dismissively remarks "apples and oranges".
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* TheGadfly: When he's not being a CausticCritic on his show, Nigel tends to push people's buttons both due to his own high standards and because it amuses him.
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* WhyWon'tYouDie: Zapato says this to Nigel after it's be reveal that he's been trying to Nigel.
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* WhyWon'tYouDie: WhyWontYouDie: Zapato says this to Nigel after it's be reveal revealed that he's been trying to off Nigel.
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* CareerRessurection: "American Duos" was meant to be one In Universe for Zapato Dulce. Unfortunately, he got overshadowed by Nigel.
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* CareerRessurection: CareerResurrection: "American Duos" was meant to be one In Universe for Zapato Dulce. Unfortunately, he got overshadowed by Nigel.
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* TokenTrio: The judges of ''American Duos'' are a Caucasian man, a Caucasian woman, and a Hispanic man, with Gus even commenting about the tokenism of the arrangement.
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* TokenTrio: The judges of ''American Duos'' are a Caucasian man, a Caucasian woman, and a Hispanic man, with Gus even commenting about the tokenism of the arrangement. The Caucasian male member of the group is the undisputed leader and frequently ignores or interrupts the other two when they try to disagree with his judgments.
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* TokenTrio: The judges of ''American Duos'' are a Caucasian man, a Caucasian woman, and a Hispanic man, with Gus even commenting about the tokenism of the arrangement.
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: When Emilina, an AddledAddict several years his senior, hits on Lassiter, he is visibly disgusted.
* AddledAddict: Emilina is a drug user who sees things that aren't there, has memory problems, and has bad withdrawal syndromes while being held for questioning.
* AddledAddict: Emilina is a drug user who sees things that aren't there, has memory problems, and has bad withdrawal syndromes while being held for questioning.
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* GoingCommando: When Nigel borrows Henry's robe and Henry demands it back, Shawn advises against this, saying Nigel is naked underneath.
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-->'''Gus''': [[Film/UnderTheCherryMoon Under the cherry moon?]]moon?]]
* WhyWon'tYouDie: Zapato says this to Nigel after it's be reveal that he's been trying to Nigel.
* WhyWon'tYouDie: Zapato says this to Nigel after it's be reveal that he's been trying to Nigel.
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* CareerRessurection: "American Duos" was meant to be one In Universe for Zapato Dulce. Unfortunately, he got overshadowed by Nigel.
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* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: As Zapato is being dragged away by the police, Nigel mocks him for his failed murder attempts.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Jam a cork in it, Lester, we're moving on!"]]
[[caption-width-right:350:"Jam a cork in it, Lester, we're moving on!"]]
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** During Shawn and Gus' rendition of [[Music/TearsForFears "Shout"]] at the end of the episode, Gus is clearly dressed to resemble an early Music/MichaelJackson.
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** During Shawn and Gus' rendition of [[Music/TearsForFears "Shout"]] at the end of the episode, Gus is clearly dressed to resemble an early Music/MichaelJackson.Music/MichaelJackson while Shawn looks like [[Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates Daryl Hall]].
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* BilingualBonus: "Zapato Dulce" means "Sweet Shoe" in Spanish.
* EpicFail: Shawn and Gus' rendition of "Take On Me," which serves as their tryout for American Duos. It's hysterically awful, and only Nigel's desperate attempts to PolishTheTurd have them move on to the next round. Averted with their next number at the end of the episode, with Shawn and Gus actually proving themselves to be surprisingly good dancers and singers in their performance of "Shout" by Music/TearsForFears.
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** During Shawn and Gus' rendition of [[Music/TearsForFears "Shout"]] at the end of the episode, Gus is clearly dressed to resemble an early Music/MichaelJackson.
** Doubling as ActorAllusion - Creator/{{Tim Curry}} is playing a character named "[[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel St. Nigel]]."
* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[invoked]] InUniverse, as American Duos was originally meant to be a comeback vehicle for Zapato Dulce (the third judge who was often steamrolled over and ignored by Nigel) - Dulce was even the first judge hired for the show. Unfortunately for him, Nigel St. Nigel was then hired and Nigel proceeded to steal the spotlight away from him, ultimately culminating in Dulce trying to murder him multiple times.
** Doubling as ActorAllusion - Creator/{{Tim Curry}} is playing a character named "[[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Nigel St. Nigel]]."
* SpotlightStealingSquad: [[invoked]] InUniverse, as American Duos was originally meant to be a comeback vehicle for Zapato Dulce (the third judge who was often steamrolled over and ignored by Nigel) - Dulce was even the first judge hired for the show. Unfortunately for him, Nigel St. Nigel was then hired and Nigel proceeded to steal the spotlight away from him, ultimately culminating in Dulce trying to murder him multiple times.
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'''Season 2, Episode 1'''
!American Duos
-> Directed by Creator/JohnLandis
-> Written by Steve Franks and James Roday
The dour, sarcastic British judge on an "American Idol"-esque talent show (played by Creator/TimCurry) finds himself in a panic as a series of near-miss attempts on his life and hires the Psych Agency to protect him from harm, but the duo can't stand his snarky remarks or ungrateful attitude.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Nigel St. Nigel, though he doesn't die.
* BecomingTheMask: Once again, Jules. She gets a little ''too'' into training Shawn and Gus to dance.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Shawn and Gus during Juliet's dance lesson.
* {{Expy}}: Nigel St. Nigel is one of Simon Cowell.
* {{Jerkass}}: Nigel St. Nigel. Which is what leads to Zapato trying to kill him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Even Shawn and Gus ''saving his life'' doesn't makes Nigel St. Nigel show them anything resembling respect or gratitude.
* TheMeanBrit: Nigel St. Nigel.
* RunningGag
-->'''Shawn''': I'm Shawn Spen-star, and this is my partner, Gus T.T. Showbiz!
-->'''Gus''': The extra 'T' is for extra talent!
* ShoutOut: To ''American Idol'', obviously.
** "You [[Music/DaftPunk daft punk]]!"
* UngratefulBastard: Despite them '''saving his life''' '''''multiple times''''' and putting on a legitimately impressive performance, Nigel St. Nigel insults Shawn and Gus' attempt to move up to the next level and makes them leave the competition.
* WaxingLyrical
-->'''Lassiter''': Spencer! You missed something, we found prints.
-->'''Shawn''': [[Music/{{Prince}} Was he in a little red Corvette?]]
-->'''Gus''': [[Film/UnderTheCherryMoon Under the cherry moon?]]
!American Duos
-> Directed by Creator/JohnLandis
-> Written by Steve Franks and James Roday
The dour, sarcastic British judge on an "American Idol"-esque talent show (played by Creator/TimCurry) finds himself in a panic as a series of near-miss attempts on his life and hires the Psych Agency to protect him from harm, but the duo can't stand his snarky remarks or ungrateful attitude.
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!!This episode contains examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Nigel St. Nigel, though he doesn't die.
* BecomingTheMask: Once again, Jules. She gets a little ''too'' into training Shawn and Gus to dance.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Shawn and Gus during Juliet's dance lesson.
* {{Expy}}: Nigel St. Nigel is one of Simon Cowell.
* {{Jerkass}}: Nigel St. Nigel. Which is what leads to Zapato trying to kill him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Even Shawn and Gus ''saving his life'' doesn't makes Nigel St. Nigel show them anything resembling respect or gratitude.
* TheMeanBrit: Nigel St. Nigel.
* RunningGag
-->'''Shawn''': I'm Shawn Spen-star, and this is my partner, Gus T.T. Showbiz!
-->'''Gus''': The extra 'T' is for extra talent!
* ShoutOut: To ''American Idol'', obviously.
** "You [[Music/DaftPunk daft punk]]!"
* UngratefulBastard: Despite them '''saving his life''' '''''multiple times''''' and putting on a legitimately impressive performance, Nigel St. Nigel insults Shawn and Gus' attempt to move up to the next level and makes them leave the competition.
* WaxingLyrical
-->'''Lassiter''': Spencer! You missed something, we found prints.
-->'''Shawn''': [[Music/{{Prince}} Was he in a little red Corvette?]]
-->'''Gus''': [[Film/UnderTheCherryMoon Under the cherry moon?]]
