History Series / SpecialUnit2

%%* HotScientist

* DeathBySex: Lampshaded in the start of "The Depths" by a couple on the beach discussing the sexism of this trope, naturally they get attacked by the Link of the week.

* {{Mummy}}: A Japanese mummy is revived by a [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning strike]]. Bonus points for mentioning that it's very rare for the Japanese to mummify someone due to space being a premium in Japan, meaning that the mummy is someone who was a great samurai when he was alive. As such, you don't wanna mess with it, especially since this one can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting appear as a normal man]] and can kick anyone else's ass. The mummy's goal is to kidnap three women "from different corners of the world" (i.e. 1 white, 1 black, 1 Asian) and sacrifice them in a ritual to boost his power UpToEleven.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat. [[note]]The dragon slipped on a rainy roof while trying to eat him, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] itself on a spire.[[/note]]

%%* DeathBySex: "The Depths."

* ItsFakeFurItsFine: Carl steaks a fur coat for Kate, but since it's fake fur, it wouldn't count as much of a crime.

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Zero, you're welcome. Arguably justified as all Links are evil[tm] and you can frag them to kingdom come.

* AliensAndMonsters: They're described as the "missing link" between humans and primates.

* CityOfAdventure: UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} is home to many Links, and thus, many adventures for [=SU2=]. In ''The Web'', Page name drops an [=SU2=] in UsefulNote/NewYork, implying that there are [=SU2s=] in other cities.

* CityOfAdventure: UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} is home to many Links, and thus, many adventures for [=SU2=].

%%* PsychicAssistedSuicide

%%* OurMonstersAreDifferent

%%* FakeGuestStar: Sean

* VitriolicBestBuds: Nick and Carl are often arguing with each other, insulting each other, and even come to blows (Carl is NighInvulnerable after all) but they are friends underneath it, such as when Nick helped plan Carl's surprise birthday party.

* AbnormalAmmo: Nick, after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]: "Red ammo kicks ass!"

"Everyone has their moments, but Nick and Carl the most often." this is not context. It says nothing about the trope.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: See above for a traditional example. InUniverse, everyone who doesn't work at [=SU2=] displays this.

* BigBad: The unnamed, former king of the Links was shaping up to be this before the series was cancelled.

* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone has their moments, but Nick and Carl the most often.

* MisterExposition: Captain Page, Sean, and later Jonathan play this role.

* TheSmartGuy: Sean in Season 1, Jonathan in Season 2.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Jonathan, for Sean, in Season 2.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Nick and Carl have this sort of relationship.
* WeirdnessCensor: Kate was recruited because she ''didn't'' have one. Everyone else either doesn't see the Links or convinces themselves they didn't. One guy was abducted by a mummy and told everyone it was some guy in bandages.

* TheHunter: The Bogeyman in "The Invisible."

* WhoYouGonnaCall: [[=SU2=] is a government agency that busts links.

* JackTheRipper: He shows up in "The Beast."

Television series that aired on Creator/{{UPN}} and followed Nick O'Malley (Michael Landes) and Kate Benson (Alexondra Lee), two UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} detectives who work for the titular agency, which is charged with dealing with supernatural monsters called "Links."

Lasted only 2 seasons (strictly speaking two half-seasons). Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.

* AbnormalAmmo: Nick (after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]): "Red ammo kicks ass!"

** Kate insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.

* AliensAndMonsters: They're described as the 'missing link' between humans and primates.

* AnArmAndALeg: Page lost a hand in a war. His fake metal hand is sometimes used as a RunningGag.
* AntiHero: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some base line heroism.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: See above for a traditional example. In-universe, everyone who doesn't work at [=SU2=] displays this.
* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it, and they're responsible for protecting Chicago from super natural creatures like gargoyles and werewolves.

* ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in [=SU2=]. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like him as time passed.

* CityOfAdventure: [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] is home to many links, and thus, many adventures for its police.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat. [[note]] The dragon slipped on a rainy roof while trying to eat him, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] itself on a spire. [[/note]]
* CowboyCop: Nick has little regard for rules. Not that there are that many regarding links but still he doesn't care about them.
* DaChief: Captain Page is the head of [=SU2=], which is a sub-division of the Chicago police department.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone has their moments, but Nick and Carl the most often.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Nick was able to capture the Chameleon the first time around because an early snow storm threw off its hibernation cycle.
* TheFace: Carl is the [=SU2=] liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he has useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with [=SU2=] he's a step up.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here: Gnomes, sphinxes, werewolves, dragons, ogres, genies, gargoyles, mermen, spider people, gorgons, mummies, shape shifting lizard people, the Bogeyman, the Sandman, the undead, everything except vampires.
* FromBadToWorse: In "The Skin," the new Chameleon successfully frees the original--meaning two vicious killers are out there. Worse, the new one is female and intends to breed.

%%* TheHunter: The Bogeyman in "The Invisible."
* IKnowYourTrueName: According to Jonathan's research, knowing the name of the former king of the Links will give one power over him. Needless to say, the unnamed Link kept it underwraps.

** There's a creature with tentacles that lives under the SU2 headquarters that eats garbage. The only reason it's there is because they still haven't found a way to kill it.

%%* JackTheRipper: "The Beast"

** Nick is a bad cop because he thinks all links are dangerous to humans or otherwise a nuisance to them.
** Carl has friendship-of-sorts with [=SU2=] but he veers into JerkAss fairly often.

* LiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan. It involved manipulating people into talking figuratively which she could then interpret literally. Unlike a typical genie, this one only had one power - to turn into a puff of smoke and hide in a container. All wishes have to be done the old fashioned way (e.g. someone asks for a model, she has to go and kidnap one).

%%* MisterExposition: Captain Page, Sean, Jonathan.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: Each week has a new link causing trouble in Chicago. The responses range from killing to imprisonment, but usually killing.

* NoSuchAgency: Special Unit 2 does not officially exist which earned Kate some flak when she talked about them with the rest of the police.

%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The standard Eastern and Western dragons are brought up, but the dragon we actually seen is described as a special Native American dragon...which behaves like a regular Western dragon anyway.

%%* OurGnomesAreWeirder: The only gnome we see is Carl, who looks like a normal short human expect for having PointyEars and a slightly weird looking face. Gnomes are apparently invulnerable to everything except dragon fire and a diamond incrusted blade.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently, being a beast inside makes for one hell of a power broker. Otherwise, pretty standard, except there's a short amount of time where werewolves can be cured.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Page is not on a self-righteous crusade against links; if they leave humans alone he'll leave them alone. The others are wasted.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Chameleon Links are assholes. One of them shifted into Kate's (dead) grandfather and reenacted a cherished memory ForTheEvulz.

%%* TheSmartGuy: Sean in Season 1, Jonathan in Season 2.
* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Carl is a gnome and has many sarcastic things to say to his human co-workers.
%%* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Jonathan in Season 2.

%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Nick and Carl
* WeirdnessCensor: Kate was recruited because she ''didn't'' have one. Everyone else either doesn't see the links or convinces themselves they didn't. One guy was abducted by a mummy and told everyone it was some guy in bandages.

* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: Sean's replacement by SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jonathan is completely unexplained and Sean himself is never mentioned again after the first season.

* YourVampiresSuck: DaChief dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard."

* AllMythsAreTrue: Except vampires. They're preposterous.

* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here ''except vampires''.

* [[LoveGoddess Love God]]: Cupid is a human-looking Link who, when frightened, emits pheromones that make someone inexplicably attracted to someone near them. He also has a ''very'' big heart, causing issues when he has to be taken somewhere on a helicopter.

%%* OurDragonsAreDifferent
%%* OurGnomesAreWeirder

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently, being a beast inside makes for one hell of a power broker.
%%* PointyEars

* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Carl is a dwarf and has many sarcastic things to say to his human co-workers.