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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Mr. Fan is arrested and the country is saved thanks to Pi Zi and Ying Xiong's efforts. However, several close allies of them are either dead or critically injured, and the San Lien triad had already cut off ties with Pi Zi, severely limiting his options. He-Hisao Mei is also still on the run and manages to kill off the remaining leads to Sarkozy's plan. It will take more efforts to track her down, [[AndTheAdventureContinues but the protagonists are on their way to amend that]].]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:He Hsiao-Mei, the true leader of Sarkozy.]]
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* ShooOutTheClowns: [[spoiler:Hao Ke is written out of the story by being shot by Lei Mousa in episode 21, which is the point where Sarkozy's plan is revealed and the action starts getting more intense. He manages to survive his injuries as mentioned in the ending narration.]]
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: Zai Tian undergoes this in Episode 10 when He Hsiao-Mei is killed in a terrorist attack purported by Hsiao Ming, believing he wasn't there to save her and falls into a catatonic state of depression]].
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: Zai Tian undergoes this in Episode 10 when He Hsiao-Mei is seemingly killed in a terrorist attack purported by Hsiao Ming, believing he wasn't there to save her and falls into a catatonic state of depression]].
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* LastEpisodeThemeReprise: An extended version of the main theme plays during the final police chase.
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* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:He-Hisao Mei was never killed in the explosion and is later found to be the true leader of Sarkozy in the finale, who faked her death to shake the police off of her trail.]]
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* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler: The newly appointed police chief of the South Division turns out to be the man responsible for embezzeling funds from offshore companies to export the Dreamer drug. He shows his true colors once Pi Zi discovers Mr. Li's collection left at his desk.]]
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* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler: The newly appointed police chief of the South Division turns out to be the man responsible for embezzeling embezzling funds from offshore companies to export the Dreamer drug. He shows his true colors once Pi Zi discovers Mr. Li's collection left at his desk.]]
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* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: [[spoiler: The newly appointed police chief of the South Division turns out to be the man responsible for embezzeling funds from offshore companies to export the Dreamer drug. He shows his true colors once Pi Zi discovers Mr. Li's collection left at his desk.]]
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler:Lei Mousa destroys the computer chip when she shoots herself, leaving the police department and the San Lian triad with no leads remaining.]]
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler:Lei Mousa destroys the computer chip when she shoots herself, leaving the police department and the San Lian triad with no leads remaining.remaining after Mr. Li is found dead. Or so they thought. Mr Li manages to defy this trope posthumously by leaving Pi Zi with his entire archive, providing Pi Zi with enough evidence to track down the true BigBad.]]
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* MobstacleCourse: Pi Zi flees from Ying Xiong in Episode 19 by going through a mall, pushing police officers along the way to escape getting arrested.
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* MobstacleCourse: Pi Zi flees from Ying Xiong in Episode 19 by going through a mall, pushing police officers along the way to escape getting arrested.
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* FightingYourFriend: Pi Zi and Ying Xiong get forced into a confrontation when the latter is ordered to arrest Pi Zi. They later reconcile after Ying Xiong nearly sacrifices himself to save Pi Zi from a trap set by [[spoiler:Lei Mousa]].
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* MobstacleCourse: Chasing bad guys at the mall.
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* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: [[spoiler:Lei Mousa destroys the computer chip when she shoots herself, leaving the police department and the San Lian triad with no leads remaining.]]
* MobstacleCourse:Chasing bad guys at Pi Zi flees from Ying Xiong in Episode 19 by going through a mall, pushing police officers along the mall.way to escape getting arrested.
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: [[spoiler:While being held captive by Cheng Nao in Episode 20, he demands Lu Wen the location of the DNA chip that has Jin's autospy report. Defiantly, Lu Wen blurts out Cheng Nao's secrets of being raised a killer, which causes enough distress to allow her to escape.]]
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Edited for clarity with the new ruling.* AcknowledgedAbsolution: [[spoiler: Hsaio Ming is a wanted terrorist with a kill count in the dozens. Wu Ying is tasked with apprehending him in Episode 11 and successfully does so. In the following episode, he is targetted by assassins and later captured alongside Chen Lin. Ming later [[VillainousRescue saves the two]] from the assassins after he stumbles upon their fleeing kidnappers. He offers his help to the protagonists afterward despite the outstanding charges he has. The protagonists would allow it to slide if he helps them with evidence, which Ming does so by showing the chemical mixture he used and where he got it from.]]
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Hsaio Ming is a wanted terrorist with a kill count in the dozens. Wu Ying is tasked with apprehending him in Episode 11 and successfully does so. In the following episode, he is targetted by assassins and later captured alongside Chen Lin. In a HeelFaceTurn, Hsaio Ming saves the two from the assassins and is immediately trusted by them despite having multiple outstanding charges on him. He later helps out the protagonists by revealing the chemical mixture he used.]]
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* HotScientist: Lan Xi Ying, the SDPD's forensics technician.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Hsaio Ming is a wanted terrorist with a kill count in the dozens. Wu Ying is tasked with apprehending him in Episode 11 and successfully does so. In the following episode, he is targetted by assassins and later captured alongside Chen Lin. In a HeelFaceTurn, Hsaio Ming saves the two from the assassins and is immediately trusted by them despite have having multiple outstanding charges on him. He later helps out the protagonists by revealing the chemical mixture he used.]]
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The sudden forgiveness of Hisao Ming is rather strange for a cop show.
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* CoolCar: Yu Ming drives a customized Mitsubishi Montero as his patrol vehicle. It even has a hero badge on it!
** Pi Zi drives a Porsche Boxster as his personal vehicle.
** Pi Zi drives a Porsche Boxster as his personal vehicle.
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* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: Hsaio Ming is a wanted terrorist with a kill count in the dozens. Wu Ying is tasked with apprehending him in Episode 11 and successfully does so. In the following episode, he is targetted by assassins and later captured alongside Chen Lin. In a HeelFaceTurn, Hsaio Ming saves the two from the assassins and is immediately trusted by them despite have multiple outstanding charges on him. He later helps out the protagonists by revealing the chemical mixture he used.]]
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There isn't much coverage of tropes past the first few episodes. Thank goodness for subtitles!
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** Zai Tian goes through a even worse case of this, when [[spoiler: Hsiao-Mei is killed]].
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: Zai Tian undergoes this in Episode 10 when He Hsiao-Mei is killed in a terrorist attack purported by Hsiao Ming, believing he wasn't there to save her and falls into a catatonic state of depression]].
