Line #6 YMMV/Nikita


1	!!The Luc Besson film contains examples of:
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3	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The {{electronic\|Music}} score by regular Besson collaborator Music/EricSerra[[note]](responsible for scoring all the director's films except for ''Angel-A'', ''Film/{{Malavita}}'', and ''Film/ValerianAndTheCityOfAThousandPlanets'')[[/note]]. Standout tracks include [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOcrCZMjC1g "Rico's Gang Suicide"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_EvcMuxWgA "Learning Time"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGIvOw0lQEE "NPOKMOP"]].
4	%%* NightmareFuel: The acid bath scene.
5	* OneSceneWonder: Creator/JeanReno as the creepy Victor. The audience response to him in contrast to his screentime is why we have ''Film/TheProfessional''.
6	* SpiritualSuccessor:
7	** [[https://www.popmatters.com/la-femme-nikita-special-dvd-2496254835.html Pop Matters notes]] that Nikita is "gifted, complicated, and tough-minded, a lively precursor for [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy]] or Sydney in ''Series/{{Alias}}'', even Trinity in ''Film/TheMatrix''."
8	** A more direct example is ''Film/TheProfessional'' which also has a young woman training to become an assassin and a ruthless "cleaner" portrayed by Creator/JeanReno.
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10	!!The TV series contains examples of:
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12	%%* ActorShipping: Shane West and Maggie Q.
13	* {{Anvilicious}}: DrugsAreBad, kay?
14	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
15	** Roan is quite popular for a mostly [[TheQuietOne wordless]] sociopath. The fact that he's MadeOfIron probably helps.
16	** Owen's a quitessential TroubledButCute [[TheAtoner Atoner]], so of course he's popular, except for some DieForOurShip from Michael/Nikita shippers who somehow seem threatened by him.
17	* FanPreferredCouple:
18	** As of season 3, [[CrackPairing Alex/Owen]] could be seen as one compared to the canon Sean/Alex, although definitely not by far.
19	** [[HoYay Alex]]/[[MentorShip Nikita]] is still very popular, but not to the extent of [[OfficialCouple Michael/Nikita]].
20	* HilariousInHindsight: Nathan comment that Michael sounds like Batman. Shane West will later star as Bane in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''.
21	* MoralEventHorizon: Well, Percy crossed it a long time before the show began, but in-series he crosses it when he [[spoiler: kills the Engineer]] for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness becoming obsolete]]. Note that Birkoff was visibly disturbed when he witnessed that.
22	** And if not that, then altering the agent tracking chips to also be kill chips may also qualify.
23	*** Actually, screw both of those. His true MEH was TheReveal that [[spoiler: ''he's'' the one who had Michael's family killed, so that he could recruit Michael into Division]].
24	*** And then it turns out that the plan was [[spoiler: for Michael to be killed, building the rep of a Division mole, allowing him entry into Al-Qaeda. When Michael survived, Percy recruited him into Division with the empty promise that they'd hunt the man who killed his family]].
25	** Amanda hits hers when she deliberately provokes a bad guy into killing one of her captured agents in order to get Alex to go.
26	*** And any moral points she still had left go out the window in "Fair Trade" when she nearly ''lobotomizes'' [[spoiler: Birkhoff]].
27	* PortmanteauCoupleName: "Mikita" for Michael and Nikita.
28	** And in real life, there's "Shaggie" for fans of Shane West and Maggie Q being a couple.
29	* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap:
30	** Jaden in "Girl's Best Friend," putting aside her rivalry with Alex to focus on the mission, and gunning down a terrorist and all his {{Mooks}}.
31	** Ryan was disliked by much of the fanbase, until "Pandora", where he TookALevelInBadass by [[spoiler: ''holding the director of the CIA at gunpoint'']] in order to help Nikita.
32	* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Creator/SimuLiu Shang-Chi]] worked as a police constable in Hong Kong before he moved to San Francisco and got a job as a valet.
33	* TheScrappy: Ever since the first episode, Jaden has been consistently annoying both to Alex and the viewers.
34	* SeasonalRot: The drastic changes to the show's setup in season 3 were not welcomed by the fans, as well as several unpopular plot twists that caused the ratings to drop like a stone until the following season was not only the last, but given just six episodes.
35	* SpecialEffectFailure: In "Pandora" while [[spoiler: Nikita's building burns]].
36	* TearJerker: Alex's flashbacks after her [[spoiler: panic attack]], and the reason why in the fourth episode.
37	** And Alex [[spoiler: shooting Thom and breaking down in tears after that]].
38	** In the season finale, Alex [[CallingTheOldManOut calls Nikita out]] for her obsession with taking down Division, and using her. You can practically ''see'' their relationship fall apart on screen as Nikita tearfully tries to justify her actions. And the worst part is, we'll never know if it would have worked, since at that moment an assault team [[MoodWhiplash attacks the loft]].
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