History Series / Monk

* Can't forget the memorable moment where a Dirty Talkshow Host made cruel jokes about Trudy's death (to the point his heckling yes men were disturbed by it), Natalie even tried to warn and stop it before Monk simply jumped over the table and beat him up.

* ChekhovsGun/{{Irony}}: At the end of "Mr Monk and The End (Part 1)", [[spoiler:Monk finally opens Trudy's final Christmas present. It's a powerful moment, since it means, as pointed out earlier, that he's finally accepting her death. (He's also coming to terms with the possibility that he himself may be dead within a couple of days.) It turns out to be an "IfIDoNotReturn" video made by Trudy, and it contains all the information Monk ''ever'' needed to find her killer. Yes, that's right: the Gun has been sitting, loaded, on the mantle for 12 years and 8 seasons, and has been ''regularly'' pointed out by the characters.]]

* {{AnthropromorphicAnimal}}s: Sort of: The animals don't actually speak english, but a few episodes relating to animals seem to depict the the animals with an almost human understanding. In Mr. Monk and the Dog, A dog Monk has to raise after its owner ends up missing (who is also pregnant) seems to be genuinely sorrowful upon learning that her owner died, and her reaction when giving birth is similar to a human. Likewise, in the episode where Monk goes on a camping trip, the method in which Monk manages to calm a bear down was telling it the murder, and the bear's reactions indicated that it understood fully well what was going on in the story and reacting accordingly.

* AnthropromorphicAnimals: Sort of: The animals don't actually speak english, but a few episodes relating to animals seem to depict the the animals with an almost human understanding. In Mr. Monk and the Dog, A dog Monk has to raise after its owner ends up missing (who is also pregnant) seems to be genuinely sorrowful upon learning that her owner died, and her reaction when giving birth is similar to a human. Likewise, in the episode where Monk goes on a camping trip, the method in which Monk manages to calm a bear down was telling it the murder, and the bear's reactions indicated that it understood fully well what was going on in the story and reacting accordingly.

** There's another one. In "Mr Monk and the Game Show" he talks to Trudy's mother about how she dealt with her grief, she says, "I was ''[[TheMourningAfter buried alive]]''." Three episodes later, in "Mr Monk vs. the Cobra," he literally ''is'' [[BuriedAlive buried alive]].

** There's another one. In "Mr Monk and the Game Show" he talks to Trudy's mother about how she dealt with her grief, she says, "I was ''buried alive''." Three episodes later, in "Mr Monk vs. the Cobra," he literally ''is'' buried alive.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In the second season (Mr Monk and the TV Star) there is a girl who becomes a fan of Monk's work. At the end of the episode, she says something about how he's such a great detective "one day you'll get your own TV show." And then she ask him "if you ever do get your own TV show, ''[[TheyChangedItNowItSucks don't change the opening song]]''." When the credits roll, rather than the 2nd season song, they're playing the first season theme.

* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: "Mr. Monk and the Big Game" uses the standard "give 110%" cliche.

* AdultChild: Monk becomes one through hypnosis. [[IGotBetter He gets better,]] though.

* [=~Chekhov's Gun~=]/{{Irony}}: At the end of "Mr Monk and The End (Part 1)", [[spoiler:Monk finally opens Trudy's final Christmas present. It's a powerful moment, since it means, as pointed out earlier, that he's finally accepting her death. (He's also coming to terms with the possibility that he himself may be dead within a couple of days.) It turns out to be an "IfIDoNotReturn" video made by Trudy, and it contains all the information Monk ''ever'' needed to find her killer. Yes, that's right: the Gun has been sitting, loaded, on the mantle for 12 years and 8 seasons, and has been ''regularly'' pointed out by the characters.]]

** In the episode where Monk flies in a plane, Sharona makes a reference to 'Wings'. Monk replies that he never watched it.

* NotSoFastBucko: In the finale, [[spoiler:Monk sits around in a chair with his therapist at about 40 minutes in, the case apparently solved, and talks about [[LampshadeHanging his lack of closure]].]]

* [=~Oh, The Humanity!~=]: Monks yells this whenever he encounters something ''really'' nasty.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Both Sharona. Natalie and Adrian both also did this on one occasion each (The last bit when under the influence of a drug that's meant to relieve himself of his phobias).

* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler: In "Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan", LindaFusco asks Stottlemeyer "What does a girl have to do to get your attention, kill someone?" Sure enough, three episodes later Monk exposes her as a murderer.]]

* FetishFuel: Sharona.

* In ''Mr. Monk's Favorite Show,'' Monk delivers the summation in his dream while knocked out, which is presented in the style of a sitcom TV show.