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* SiblingSwitchSquick: In the book, Gordon and Susan are siblings - in the TV adaptation, Gordon is Susan's ex.

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* NeuralImplanting: [[spoiler:Used by Max to [[BecomeARealBoy Become a Real Girl]]]].

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* %%* NeuralImplanting: [[spoiler:Used by Max to [[BecomeARealBoy Become a Real Girl]]]].BecomeARealGirl]].
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* AbsenteeActor: Susan does not appear in episodes 1 and 3.
** Despite the large amount of police in episode 2, Detective Inspector Gilks is not among them.
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* PragmaticAdaptation: The pilot, adapting ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', removes all of the ''Shada'' elements and tells a much simpler story without losing the spirit of the source material. With it being only one hour long, something was always going to have to go.

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* PragmaticAdaptation: The pilot, adapting ''Literature/DirkGentlysHolisticDetectiveAgency'', removes all of the ''Shada'' ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS17E6Shada Shada]]'' elements and tells a much simpler story without losing the spirit of the source material. With it being only one hour long, something was always going to have to go.



* SayMyName: Dirk says Detective Inspector Gilks every time the man appears.

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* SayMyName: Dirk says Detective "Detective Inspector Gilks Gilks" every time the man appears.
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Overtook The Series is being merged with Adaptation Expansion per TRS. ZCE — what is inevitable?


* OvertookTheSeries: Considering the series is only two books and a fragment, this was inevitable.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dirk is described most unflatteringly in the books; here, he is reasonably handsome (being notably taller and thinner than his book counterpart), though still unkempt and oddly)dressed.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dirk is described most unflatteringly in the books; here, he is reasonably handsome (being notably taller and thinner than his book counterpart), though still unkempt and oddly)dressed.oddly dressed.



* ArbitrarySkepticism: Richard lampshades this when Dirk, firm believer of the interconnectedness of all things, finds the notion of horoscopes being accurate impossible.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Richard lampshades this when Dirk, a firm believer of the interconnectedness of all things, finds the notion of horoscopes being accurate impossible.



** [[spoiler:The second ends less bitterly, as Jane/MAX get away scot free and Dirk is proven innocent, but MAX goes away to explore the world (and probably outrun from her creator), while Dirk stays behind to manage his 'business'.]]
** [[spoiler:At the end of the third episode, Dirk and Richard end up catching a highly wanted assassin (and possibly collect the reward for it), but at that point the damage had already been done and several people were killed because Dirk's too cheap to replace his faulty answering machine.]]

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** [[spoiler:The second ends less bitterly, as Jane/MAX get away scot free scot-free and Dirk is proven innocent, but MAX goes away to explore the world (and probably outrun from her creator), while Dirk stays behind to manage his 'business'.]]
** [[spoiler:At the end of the third episode, Dirk and Richard end up catching a highly wanted assassin (and possibly collect the reward for it), but at that point point, the damage had already been done and several people were killed because Dirk's too cheap to replace his faulty answering machine.]]



* InspectorJavert: Subverted in episode 3. It at first seems Gilks was after Dirk to arrest him for his previous clients recent murders, only for it to turn out he wanted to ''protect'' him from getting murdered himself. He may hate Dirk, but he doesn't think Dirk would kill anybody [[LethallyStupid (on purpose, anyway)]].

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* InspectorJavert: Subverted in episode 3. It at first seems Gilks was after Dirk to arrest him for his previous clients client's recent murders, only for it to turn out he wanted to ''protect'' him from getting murdered himself. He may hate Dirk, but he doesn't think Dirk would kill anybody [[LethallyStupid (on purpose, anyway)]].



'''Suspect:''' I'm sayin, your waders have got an hole in 'em.\\

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'''Suspect:''' I'm sayin, your waders have got an a hole in 'em.\\



* ProperlyParanoid: Mr. Edwards is 100 percent correct about being followed by the Pentagon.

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* ProperlyParanoid: Mr. Edwards is 100 percent per cent correct about being followed by the Pentagon.
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* TheAllegedCar: Dirk's brown Princess, a model made in the 70's, making it at least 29 years old by the time of the series.

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* TheAllegedCar: Dirk's brown Princess, a model made in the 70's, 70s, making it at least 29 years old by the time of the series.
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* StrangelySpecificHoroscope: In the first episode, one of the cases involves a man whose horoscopes are always coming true. Gently tries to convince him that it's a SelfFulfillingProphecy -- he had an affair ''because'' the horoscope said he would, not because he wanted one.

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The first book was adapted for a television pilot in 2010; a full series of three episodes (notable as Creator/{{BBC}}4's first ever continuing drama series) aired in March 2012. In May 2012, it was announced that the series was not being recommissioned.

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The first book was adapted for a A television pilot (loosely based on plot elements of the first book) in 2010; a full series of three episodes (notable as Creator/{{BBC}}4's first ever continuing drama series) aired in March 2012. In May 2012, it was announced that the series was not being recommissioned.



* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dirk, who is described most unflatteringly in the books... as is his appearance.

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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: Dirk, who Dirk is described most unflatteringly in the books... as books; here, he is reasonably handsome (being notably taller and thinner than his appearance.book counterpart), though still unkempt and oddly)dressed.



* BrickJoke: When Richard asks Dirk if he thinks Gordon has something to do with Henry's disappearance, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Dirk responds by saying he has no knowledge of]] [[BestialityIsDepraved Gordon's sexual preferences, feline or otherwise.]] When he gets a hold of Gordon Way's therapy meeting records, his first comment is Gordon showed no sign of inappropriate feelings towards cats.

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
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When Richard asks Dirk if he thinks Gordon has something to do with Henry's disappearance, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Dirk responds by saying he has no knowledge of]] [[BestialityIsDepraved Gordon's sexual preferences, feline or otherwise.]] When he gets a hold of Gordon Way's therapy meeting records, his first comment is Gordon showed no sign of inappropriate feelings towards cats.

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