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'''''[=CHiPs=]''''' was a 60-minute comedy/drama on Creator/{{NBC}} about two California Highway Patrol ("[=CHiPs=]") motorcycle officers. The series ran for six seasons from 1977 to 1983. The stars of the show were Francis "Ponch" Poncherello (Erik Estrada) and Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox).
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-->"If you see a black guy driving fast, he's been shot at." -- ''the punchline''
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* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: An episode involves the younger brother of a CHP officer who'd been killed in the line of duty. He started posing as a cop in his brother's old uniform. When caught by Ponch and Jon, he protested that he couldn't join the CHP himself because he was colorblind.
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* TheAce: T.C. from "New Guy In Town" can apparently do no wrong. He's so good at his job of CHP officer, the other officers start a pool betting on when he finally screws up. (T.C. even enters the pool himself to show he's a good sport.) He later admits that while his skills make him an excellent officer, it also makes it hard for him to make friends. At the end of the episode, he transfers to another location. Before he leaves, Getraer reveals that he missed a vital clue which could have solved the case earlier and counts that as a screw-up. Guess who wins the pool.
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* EveryCarIsAPinto: In most episodes, one or more car will flip or explode.
** Ironically, actual Pintos have been spared this fate. (Although one did end up at the bottom of a swimming pool.)
** Ironically, actual Pintos have been spared this fate. (Although one did end up at the bottom of a swimming pool.)
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* {{Irony}}: In "Name Your Price", Ponch goes on a game show similar to ''Series/ThePriceIsRight''. He spends much of his off time visiting stores to learn the prices of items. When he gets called down, the featured item is a motorcycle, implied to be the same model he rides as a highway patrolman. He loses.
** The episode "Vintage '54" revolves around a series of classic car thefts. However, none of the stolen cars are from the '54 model year.
** The episode "Vintage '54" revolves around a series of classic car thefts. However, none of the stolen cars are from the '54 model year.
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* RecycledSoundtrack: Because of a musicians' strike, season four's "The Poachers" was "scored" by re-recorded AlanSilvestri pieces from other episodes, while several episodes of the same season were tracked with music Silvestri wrote for shows in previous seasons.
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A MadeForTV movie was produced called ''[=CHiPs 99''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess which year it came out in.]]
Compare to {{Franchise/Dragnet}} and Adam-12, other series centering on police officers in the Los Angeles area.
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A MadeForTV movie was produced called ''[=CHiPs ''[=CHiPs=] 99''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess which year it came out in.]]
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A MadeForTV movie was produced called ''[=CHiPs=] [[{{Trope2000}} 2000]]''. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess which year it came out in.]]
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In the [[{{Trope2000}} 2000]] MadeForTV movie, Ponch is able to identify that a set of skid marks were left by a stolen police bike based on the tread marks, due to their police motorcycles using a distinctive type of tire.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In the [[{{Trope2000}} 2000]] 1999 MadeForTV movie, Ponch is able to identify that a set of skid marks were left by a stolen police bike based on the tread marks, due to their police motorcycles using a distinctive type of tire.
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* ExactWords: In ''Chips 2000'', Ponch explains that he spent his temporary retirement making a living as a painter. When a situation requires him to improvise a sling so a police chopper can lift him away on a rope, he explains that he learned how while working as a painter... painting the Golden Gate Bridge.
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* ExactWords: In ''Chips 2000'', ''CHiPs '99 '', Ponch explains that he spent his temporary retirement making a living as a painter. When a situation requires him to improvise a sling so a police chopper can lift him away on a rope, he explains that he learned how while working as a painter... painting the Golden Gate Bridge.
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* BackInTheSaddle: ''Chips 2000'' has Chips coming out of retirement to rejoin the California Highway Patrol, clashing with some of the younger officers on the way.
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* BackInTheSaddle: ''Chips 2000'' has Chips coming out of retirement to rejoin the California Highway Patrol, clashing with some of the younger officers on the way.
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* CowboyCop: In the 2000 revival movie, a mention is made of how thick Ponch's record was due to his various stunts. At one point, he jokes that they don't have to worry anymore, as computerized record keeping means that his stunts won't take up excessive file space anymore.
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* ExactWords: In ''Chips 2000'', Ponch explains that he spent his temporary retirement making a living as a painter. When a situation requires him to improvise a sling so a police chopper can lift him away on a rope, he explains that he learned how while working as a painter... painting the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Compare to {{Franchise/Dragnet}} and ""[=CHiPs=]"""" , other series centering on police officers in the Los Angeles area.
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* ChickMagnet: Ponch. Many episodes had him trying to nurture a [[GirlOfTheWeek young, hot babe]].
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* DownLADrain: Seen a lot in StockFootage, with the cops riding their motorcycles through it to get wherever they were going.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: In the [[Trope2000 2000]] MadeForTVFilm, Ponch is able to identify that a set of skid marks were left by a stolen police bike based on the tread marks, due to their police motorcycles using a distinctive type of tire.
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* DownLADrain: Seen a lot in StockFootage, with the cops riding their motorcycles through it to get wherever they were going.
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* FalseConfession: One episode has a man confess to numerous recent crimes to the point of annoyance. He would later be proven innocent and turned away. [[spoiler: It turned out that he was planning to commit an actual crime and was confessing to the other ones to establish a "crying wolf" effect. Unfortunately for him, his plan is ruined when Ponch witnesses the crime he does commit and confirms his confession.]]
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* AbsenteeActor: Only Robert Pine (Getraer) is present and correct for the entire run.
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* CartwrightCurse: In one episode Ponch finally finds true love. After the climax, Ponch and his girl have a picnic in the park... where she [[spoiler:gets hit by a drunk driver. The episode ends with the girl dead in Ponch's arms.]]
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** Ironically, actual Pintos have been spared this fate. (Although one did end up at the bottom of a swimming pool.)
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* SyndicationTitle: ''[=CHiPs=] Patrol''
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->'''Shawn:''' Dude, ''[=CHiPs=]'' was gonna come on like 20 minutes. What was I supposed to do! It was {{the one with}} the freeway crash where the car [[RampJump used the empty car-carrier trailer as a ramp]] and flipped in mid-air!\\
'''Gus:''' [[OncePerEpisode That happens in like every episode.]]
-->-- ''Series/{{Psych}}'', "And Down the Stretch Comes Murder"
'''''[=CHiPs=]''''' was a 60-minute comedy/drama on Creator/{{NBC}} about two California Highway Patrol ("[=CHiPs=]") motorcycle officers. The series ran for six seasons from 1977 to 1983. The stars of the show were Francis "Ponch" Poncherello (Erik Estrada) and Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox).
Each episode of the show featured chase scenes and a series of accidents, many of which were choreographed scenes of cars flipping over and [[EveryCarIsAPinto catching on fire]]. Throughout the entire run the two main characters ''never'' drew their weapons, the only police series which can claim that distinction.[[note]]Yes, even [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife]] drew his weapon. And put the bullet in.[[/note]]
Though Ponch and Jon are best friends on the show, the actors playing these two roles were known for their deep mutual dislike.
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!!''[=CHiPs=]'' provides example of the following tropes:
* BigFun: Officer Grossman ("Grossy") fancies himself a comedian. In one episode it doesn't go over well because he tells a racist joke. The same joke is a hit when told by a black comedian.
-->"If you see a black guy driving fast, he's been shot at." -- ''the punchline''
* CartwrightCurse: In one episode Ponch finally finds true love. After the climax, Ponch and his girl have a picnic in the park... where she [[spoiler:gets hit by a drunk driver. The episode ends with the girl dead in Ponch's arms.]]
* DaChief: Sgt. Joe Getraer
* DoesntLikeGuns: Throughout six seasons, neither Ponch or Jon drew his weapon.
* DoNotPassGo
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Almost every episode. Unique in which they'd freeze on one character laughing over something, then another character reacting laughing and freezes, and so on.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: In most episodes, one or more car will flip or explode.
* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles
* FriendsRentControl: Initially averted by Ponch living at a mobile home in a trailer park. Later played straight when he moved into a fancy apartment by the marina. This led to jokes among fans about Ponch being on the take from criminals.
* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: Though Ponch and Jon avert this one themselves, the rest of the CHP (and for that matter everyone else on the freeway) turn it UpToEleven at least ''once per episode''! (see IdiotBall, below)
* HotPursuit: OncePerEpisode.
* IdiotBall: Watch enough episodes and a viewer might come to the conclusion that (a) California Highway Patrol officers are complete morons, or (b) the show was written by former police officers from around Los Angeles out to make the CHP officers look like complete morons.
* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: An episode involves the younger brother of a CHP officer who'd been killed in the line of duty. He started posing as a cop in his brother's old uniform. When caught by Ponch and Jon, he protested that he couldn't join the CHP himself because he was colorblind.
* WeaponizedCar: In one episode, Ponch and Jon took on "the Stunt Car bandits".
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->'''Shawn:''' Dude, ''[=CHiPs=]'' was gonna come on like 20 minutes. What was I supposed to do! It was {{the one with}} the freeway crash where the car [[RampJump used the empty car-carrier trailer as a ramp]] and flipped in mid-air!\\
'''Gus:''' [[OncePerEpisode That happens in like every episode.]]
-->-- ''Series/{{Psych}}'', "And Down the Stretch Comes Murder"
'''''[=CHiPs=]''''' was a 60-minute comedy/drama on Creator/{{NBC}} about two California Highway Patrol ("[=CHiPs=]") motorcycle officers. The series ran for six seasons from 1977 to 1983. The stars of the show were Francis "Ponch" Poncherello (Erik Estrada) and Jon Baker (Larry Wilcox).
Each episode of the show featured chase scenes and a series of accidents, many of which were choreographed scenes of cars flipping over and [[EveryCarIsAPinto catching on fire]]. Throughout the entire run the two main characters ''never'' drew their weapons, the only police series which can claim that distinction.[[note]]Yes, even [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Barney Fife]] drew his weapon. And put the bullet in.[[/note]]
Though Ponch and Jon are best friends on the show, the actors playing these two roles were known for their deep mutual dislike.
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!!''[=CHiPs=]'' provides example of the following tropes:
* BigFun: Officer Grossman ("Grossy") fancies himself a comedian. In one episode it doesn't go over well because he tells a racist joke. The same joke is a hit when told by a black comedian.
-->"If you see a black guy driving fast, he's been shot at." -- ''the punchline''
* CartwrightCurse: In one episode Ponch finally finds true love. After the climax, Ponch and his girl have a picnic in the park... where she [[spoiler:gets hit by a drunk driver. The episode ends with the girl dead in Ponch's arms.]]
* DaChief: Sgt. Joe Getraer
* DoesntLikeGuns: Throughout six seasons, neither Ponch or Jon drew his weapon.
* DoNotPassGo
* EverybodyLaughsEnding: Almost every episode. Unique in which they'd freeze on one character laughing over something, then another character reacting laughing and freezes, and so on.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: In most episodes, one or more car will flip or explode.
* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles
* FriendsRentControl: Initially averted by Ponch living at a mobile home in a trailer park. Later played straight when he moved into a fancy apartment by the marina. This led to jokes among fans about Ponch being on the take from criminals.
* HollywoodPoliceDrivingAcademy: Though Ponch and Jon avert this one themselves, the rest of the CHP (and for that matter everyone else on the freeway) turn it UpToEleven at least ''once per episode''! (see IdiotBall, below)
* HotPursuit: OncePerEpisode.
* IdiotBall: Watch enough episodes and a viewer might come to the conclusion that (a) California Highway Patrol officers are complete morons, or (b) the show was written by former police officers from around Los Angeles out to make the CHP officers look like complete morons.
* SorryBillyButYouJustDontHaveLegs: An episode involves the younger brother of a CHP officer who'd been killed in the line of duty. He started posing as a cop in his brother's old uniform. When caught by Ponch and Jon, he protested that he couldn't join the CHP himself because he was colorblind.
* WeaponizedCar: In one episode, Ponch and Jon took on "the Stunt Car bandits".
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