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| 6 | The Cop Show is an idealised representation of police work, justified by the RuleOfCool. Morality [[BlackAndWhiteMorality is very black and white,]] being a cop is far more dangerous in this genre than it really is, shoot-outs and standoffs are common, as are car chases and [[SerialKiller Serial Killers]]. The protagonist is often a CowboyCop who [[AlwaysGetsHisMan often get their man]] (even if not the first time). Of course, they don't forget the niggling details of the job, either. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Specific variants: BuddyCopShow. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | The more realistic representation of police work in fiction is a PoliceProcedural. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | See also and compare with: CriminalProcedural, ForensicDrama, LawProcedural. |
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| 14 | ---- |
| 15 | !!Examples of Cop Shows |
| 16 | [[index]] |
| 17 | * ''Series/NineOneOne'' |
| 18 | * ''VideoGame/ActionDeka'' |
| 19 | * ''Anime/ActiveRaid'' |
| 20 | * ''Series/Adam12'' |
| 21 | * ''Series/Allegiance2024'' (sometimes with PoliceProcedural) |
| 22 | * ''Series/AlmostParadise'' |
| 23 | * ''Series/AngieTribeca'' |
| 24 | * ''Series/Annika2021'' |
| 25 | * ''Series/{{APB}}'' |
| 26 | * ''Series/ArneDahl'' |
| 27 | * ''Series/AshesToAshes2008'' |
| 28 | * ''Series/AlarmFuerCobra11'' |
| 29 | * ''Series/AlertMissingPersonsUnit'' |
| 30 | * ''Series/AlienNation'' |
| 31 | * ''Series/AlmostHuman'' |
| 32 | * ''Series/AngProbinsyano2015'' |
| 33 | * ''Series/{{Aquarius}}'' |
| 34 | * ''Anime/BTheBeginning'' |
| 35 | * ''WebVideo/BabyMentalist'' |
| 36 | * ''Series/BaghdadCentral'' |
| 37 | * ''Series/BattleCreek'' |
| 38 | * ''Series/BGPersonalBodyguard'' (Partially present because of the presence of the TMPD's SP) |
| 39 | * ''Animation/BlackCatDetective'' |
| 40 | * ''Series/Bloodlands2021'' |
| 41 | * ''Series/BlueBloods'' |
| 42 | * ''Series/BlueHeelers'' |
| 43 | * ''Series/BlueLights'' |
| 44 | * ''Series/BlueSWAT'' |
| 45 | * ''Series/Bluey1976'' |
| 46 | * ''Series/Boomtown2002'' |
| 47 | * ''ComicBook/{{Bookhunter}}'' |
| 48 | * ''Series/{{Bosch}}'' |
| 49 | ** ''Series/BoschLegacy'' |
| 50 | * ''Anime/BravePoliceJDecker'' |
| 51 | * ''Series/BrooklynSouth'' |
| 52 | * ''Series/BurkesLaw'' |
| 53 | * ''Anime/BurnUp'' |
| 54 | * ''Series/CagneyAndLacey'' |
| 55 | * ''Literature/TheCaseFilesOfYakushijiRyoko'' |
| 56 | * ''Series/ChicagoPD'' |
| 57 | * ''Series/CHiPs'' |
| 58 | * ''Series/{{Continuum}}'', partially |
| 59 | * ''Series/Counterpart2018'' |
| 60 | * ''Series/{{Copper}}'' |
| 61 | * ''Literature/CopCraft'' |
| 62 | * ''Series/CopsLAC'' |
| 63 | * ''Series/Cracked2013'' |
| 64 | * ''Series/CriminalMinds'' |
| 65 | ** ''Series/CriminalMindsSuspectBehavior'' |
| 66 | ** ''Series/CriminalMindsBeyondBorders'' |
| 67 | ** ''[[Series/CriminalMindsEvolution Criminal Minds: Evolution]]'' |
| 68 | * ''Series/Crisis2017'' (Somewhat) |
| 69 | * The two ''CSI'' spinoffs below combine this with ForensicDrama (but not the original, since its characters are not detectives): |
| 70 | ** ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' |
| 71 | ** ''Series/CSIMiami'' |
| 72 | * ''Series/DarkBlue'' |
| 73 | * ''Series/DeadLucky'' |
| 74 | * ''Series/{{Deputy}}'' |
| 75 | * ''Manga/DeathNote''; partially |
| 76 | * ''Series/DennouKeisatsuCybercop'' |
| 77 | * ''Series/Detroit187'' |
| 78 | * ''Series/TheDistrict'' |
| 79 | * ''Series/{{Dog}}'' |
| 80 | * ''Anime/DoubleDecker'' |
| 81 | * ''Series/{{DIRay}}'' |
| 82 | * ''Series/{{DP}}'' (Partially from the military police perspective) |
| 83 | * ''Series/DueSouth'' |
| 84 | * ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'' |
| 85 | * ''Series/DublinMurders'' |
| 86 | * Disney also made a send-up of this with ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', which follows the adventures of a middle-school safety patrol. |
| 87 | * ''Series/TheFall2013'' |
| 88 | * ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' |
| 89 | * ''Series/FlikkenMaastricht'' |
| 90 | * ''Series/FutureCop'' |
| 91 | * ''Series/GMen75'' |
| 92 | * ''Series/GangRelated'' |
| 93 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' |
| 94 | * ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', to an extent. |
| 95 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexSolidStateSociety'' |
| 96 | ** ''Anime/GhostInTheShellSAC2045'' |
| 97 | * ''Series/GoldenBoy'' |
| 98 | * ''Series/{{Graceland}}'' |
| 99 | * ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' |
| 100 | * ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' |
| 101 | ** ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' |
| 102 | * ''Anime/HeroMask'' |
| 103 | * ''Series/HighwayPatrol'' |
| 104 | * ''Series/HillStreetBlues'' |
| 105 | * ''Series/Hometown2021'' |
| 106 | * ''Series/HudsonAndRex'' |
| 107 | * ''Series/{{Hunter|NBC}}'' (1984-2003) |
| 108 | ** [[Series/Hunter1984 1984 Series]] |
| 109 | ** ''[[Film/TheReturnOfHunterEveryoneWalksInLA Everyone Walks in L.A.]]'' |
| 110 | ** ''[[Film/HunterReturnToJustice Return to Justice]]'' |
| 111 | ** ''[[Film/HunterBackInForce Back in Force]]'' |
| 112 | ** [[Series/Hunter2003 2003 Revival]] |
| 113 | * ''Series/{{Identity}}'' |
| 114 | * ''Series/TheIndianDetective'' |
| 115 | * ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' |
| 116 | * ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVSKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'', specifically the Patranger half. |
| 117 | * ''Series/KeishichouNasiGorengKa'' |
| 118 | * ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' |
| 119 | * ''Series/{{Kidnapped}}'' |
| 120 | * ''Series/KillerAndHealer'' |
| 121 | * ''Series/LAHeat'' |
| 122 | * ''Series/LethalWeapon2016'' |
| 123 | * ''Series/LifeOnMars2006'' |
| 124 | * ''Series/LifeOnMars2008'' |
| 125 | * ''Series/LowWinterSun'' |
| 126 | * ''Series/MagnumPI2018'' |
| 127 | * ''Series/MannAndMachine'' |
| 128 | * ''Series/MemphisBeat'' |
| 129 | * ''Manga/MiamiGuns'' |
| 130 | * ''Anime/TheMillionaireDetectiveBalanceUnlimited'' |
| 131 | * ''Series/{{Mindhunter}}'' |
| 132 | * ''Series/{{Mob City}}'' |
| 133 | * ''Manga/MobilePolicePatlabor'' |
| 134 | ** ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlaborTheEarlyDays'' |
| 135 | ** ''Anime/PatlaborTheTVSeries'' |
| 136 | * ''Series/TheModSquad'' |
| 137 | * ''Series/MoonlightMask'' |
| 138 | * ''Series/NashBridges'' |
| 139 | * ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' |
| 140 | ** ''Series/NCISHawaii'' |
| 141 | ** ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' |
| 142 | ** ''Series/NCISNewOrleans'' |
| 143 | ** ''Series/NCISSydney'' |
| 144 | * ''Series/NineteenTwo'' |
| 145 | * ''Series/Numb3rs'' |
| 146 | * ''Series/NYC22'' |
| 147 | * ''Series/NYPDBlue'' |
| 148 | * ''Series/{{OCTB}}'' |
| 149 | * ''Literature/OniheiHankachou'' (Law enforcement franchise set in Edo Japan) |
| 150 | * ''Series/PacificBlue'' |
| 151 | * ''WesternAnimation/ParadisePD'' |
| 152 | * ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' |
| 153 | ** ''Anime/PatlaborTheMovie'' |
| 154 | ** ''Anime/Patlabor2TheMovie'' |
| 155 | ** ''Anime/WXIIIPatlaborTheMovie3'' |
| 156 | ** ''Film/TheNextGenerationPatlabor'' |
| 157 | * ''Series/PoliceSquad'' |
| 158 | * ''Series/PoliceStory1973'' |
| 159 | ** ''Series/PoliceWoman'' |
| 160 | * ''Series/PowerRangersSPD'' |
| 161 | * ''Anime/PsychoPass'' |
| 162 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPassSinnersOfTheSystem'' |
| 163 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPass3FirstInspector'' |
| 164 | ** ''VisualNovel/PsychoPassMandatoryHappiness'' |
| 165 | ** ''Anime/PsychoPassProvidence'' |
| 166 | * ''Series/{{Rejseholdet}}'' |
| 167 | * ''Series/RepublicOfDoyle'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/RizzoliAndIsles'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/RobotDetective'' |
| 170 | * ''Series/RookieBlue'' |
| 171 | * ''Series/Rush2008'' |
| 172 | * ''Series/RushHour'' |
| 173 | * ''Series/SafeHouse'' |
| 174 | * ''Series/SavingGrace'' |
| 175 | * ''Series/TheSentinel'' |
| 176 | * ''Series/SightUnseen2024'' |
| 177 | * ''Series/ShadesOfBlue'' |
| 178 | * ''Series/TheShield'' |
| 179 | * ''Series/SOKOPotsdam'' |
| 180 | * ''Anime/SpecialSevenSpecialCrimeInvestigationUnit'' |
| 181 | * ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/Stalker2014'' |
| 183 | * ''Series/StanLeesLuckyMan'' |
| 184 | * ''Series/TheStreetsOfSanFrancisco'' |
| 185 | * ''Series/SeibuKeisatsu'' |
| 186 | * ''Series/SledgeHammer'' |
| 187 | * ''[[Franchise/SPSecurityPolice SP: Security Police]]'' Franchise |
| 188 | ** ''[[Series/SPSecurityPoliceFujiTV SP: Security Police]]'' - A Japanese police show which centered on the Metropolitan Police's Security Police Division |
| 189 | ** ''[[Film/SPSecurityPoliceFilmSeries SP: Security Police]]'' - The Show's film adaptation series. |
| 190 | ** ''[[Manga/SPSecurityPoliceShogakukanPublishing SP: Security Police]]'' - The Manga. |
| 191 | * ''Series/Stumptown2019'' (Partially) |
| 192 | * ''Series/SWAT1975'' |
| 193 | * ''Series/SWAT2017'' |
| 194 | * ''Series/TheSweeney'' |
| 195 | * ''Series/TigerCubs'' |
| 196 | * ''Series/TaiyoNiHoero'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'' |
| 198 | * ''Series/TokusouExceedraft'' |
| 199 | * ''Series/TokusouRoboJanperson'' |
| 200 | * ''Series/TokusouSaizensen'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' |
| 202 | * ''Series/TokkyuuShireiSolbrain'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/TokyoVice'' (partly because of arcs involving the TMPD/NPA) |
| 204 | * ''Series/TJHooker'' |
| 205 | * ''Series/TrainingDay'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/TriggerPoint'' |
| 207 | * ''Series/TrueDetective'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/{{Turks}}'' |
| 209 | * ''Series/TurnerAndHooch2021'' |
| 210 | * ''Series/{{Unforgettable}}'' |
| 211 | * ''Series/{{Unforgotten}}'' |
| 212 | * ''Series/TheUntouchables'' |
| 213 | * ''Series/TheUnusuals'' |
| 214 | * ''Series/VanDerValk'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/Vegas2012'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/WalkerTexasRanger'' |
| 217 | * ''Series/WhitechapelTVSeries'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/WillTrent'' |
| 219 | * ''Manga/YoureUnderArrest'' |
| 220 | [[/index]] |
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