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Harry's commanding officer from ''Literature/TrunkMusic'' until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

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Harry's commanding officer from ''Literature/TrunkMusic'' until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.
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* ArchNemesis: To Bosch, on and off. They develop a truce during the events of ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', which lasts until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

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* ArchNemesis: To Bosch, on and off. They develop a truce during the events of ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', which lasts until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.''Literature/CityOfBones2002''.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She takes over as commander of the Hollywood detectives following [[spoiler: the death of Harvey Pounds]] and cares more about doing the right thing than playing politics or statistical games. Like Pounds, she also doesn't have a great deal of experience investigating homicides, but readily acknowledges this and knows when to stay out of the way. Harry admires and respects this about her, especially after working under Harvey Pounds. She remains Harry’s commanding officer until he retires at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She takes over as commander of the Hollywood detectives following [[spoiler: the death of Harvey Pounds]] and cares more about doing the right thing than playing politics or statistical games. Like Pounds, she also doesn't have a great deal of experience investigating homicides, but readily acknowledges this and knows when to stay out of the way. Harry admires and respects this about her, especially after working under Harvey Pounds. She remains Harry’s commanding officer until he retires at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones''.''Literature/CityOfBones2002''.
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Harry Bosch's partner from ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'' until his first retirement after ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

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Harry Bosch's partner from ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'' until his first retirement after ''Literature/CityOfBones''.
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* CourtroomAntic: With frequency- one spectacular example involved subpeoning a witness just to force him to take the fifth in front of the jury in order to (successfully) distract them from his actual client, and in another case he actually faked a fight in a courtroom in order to force a mistrial.


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* UnconventionalCourtroomTactics: At one point a witness is subpoenaed just to force him to take the fifth in front of the jury in order to (successfully) distract them from his actual client, and in another case he actually faked a fight in a courtroom in order to force a mistrial.
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* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil: His distinctive appearance is often compared to Mr. Clean. Whether this falls on the Awesome or Evil side depends on the novel, but Irving is more frequently played to a sinister angle.
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* MixedAncestry: Half-white, half-Mexican.
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* LesbianCop: Used as leverage by a crooked assistant chief to prevent Harry from revealing information about that chief’s underling’s activities to the chief of police.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes Creator/FredericNietzsche.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes Creator/FredericNietzsche.Creator/FriedrichNietzsche.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes Creator/FrederichNietzsche.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes Creator/FrederichNietzsche.Creator/FredericNietzsche.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes UsefulNotes/FrederichNietzsche.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes UsefulNotes/FrederichNietzsche.Creator/FrederichNietzsche.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes FrederichNietzsche.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes FrederichNietzsche.UsefulNotes/FrederichNietzsche.

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* AmoralAttorney: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Mickey feels bad about helping evil people to get away with their crimes despite respecting their rights as his clients.

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* AmoralAttorney: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Mickey feels bad about helping evil people to get away with their crimes despite respecting their rights as his clients.clients- though he does draw a distinct line between ''guilty'' and ''evil.'' He has absolutely no issues getting clients who are merely guilty off the hook.
* CourtroomAntic: With frequency- one spectacular example involved subpeoning a witness just to force him to take the fifth in front of the jury in order to (successfully) distract them from his actual client, and in another case he actually faked a fight in a courtroom in order to force a mistrial.


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* LongLostRelative: Harry Bosch’s younger half-brother, though they don’t meet until well into adulthood.
* ManipulativeBastard: Mickey is one to some degree, praying up on witnesses', juries' and opposing council's emotional weaknesses in order to influence them and catch them off guard. He gathers as much information as possible and uses it to manipulate witnesses and prosecutors to bend his way. However, it is implied InUniverse that any lawyer worth their salt uses these techniques to some degree, on both sides of the courtroom, though prosecutors tend to think they are above these kind of underhanded tactics.
* MixedAncestry: Half-white, half-Mexican.


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* VanityLicensePlate: Seems to have a penchant for adding these to his signature Lincoln towncars: both “NTGUILTY” and “IWALKEM” have been seen.
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* [[CowboyCop Cowgirl Cop]]: After being demoted out of the profiling unit and ([ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned to North Dakota]] following ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel’s attitude shifts towards the cowgirl end of the spectrum, especially when she teams up with Bosch during ''Literature/TheNarrows''.

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* [[CowboyCop Cowgirl Cop]]: After being demoted out of the profiling unit and ([ReassignedToAntarctica [[ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned to North Dakota]] following ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel’s attitude shifts towards the cowgirl end of the spectrum, especially when she teams up with Bosch during ''Literature/TheNarrows''.



* ReassignedToAntarctica: Following the events of ‘’Literature/ThePoet’’, Rachel is transferred from her profiler assignment with Behavioral Sciences in Quantico to the field office in Minot, [=ND=]. By ‘’Literature/TheNarrows’’, she has moved up to Rapid City, [=SD=], and afterwards has earned her way back into the Bureau’s good graces and works for an intelligence unit in Los Angeles.

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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Following the events of ‘’Literature/ThePoet’’, ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel is transferred from her profiler assignment with Behavioral Sciences in Quantico to the field office in Minot, [=ND=]. By ‘’Literature/TheNarrows’’, ''Literature/TheNarrows'', she has moved up to Rapid City, [=SD=], and afterwards has earned her way back into the Bureau’s good graces and works for an intelligence unit in Los Angeles.

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* PapaWolf: [[BerserkButton Do NOT mess with Maddie]]. [[TheDeterminator He will go through hell and back to save her]], [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge and he will stack as many bodies as it takes to do it]].



Harry's wife, then ex-wife, and mother of their daughter Maudie.

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Harry's wife, then ex-wife, and mother of their daughter Maudie.
Maddie.

* FBIAgent: Eleanor was one until her involvement in the diamond thefts in ‘’Litersture/TheBlackEcho’’ is discovered by Bosch. Bosch convinces her to come clean, and she spends a few years in prison.
* [[spoiler: MissingMom: In ‘’Literature/NineDragons’’, Eleanor dies in a shootout while she and Harry are trying to find Maddie, who has been kidnapped in Hong Kong.]]



* [[CowboyCop Cowgirl Cop]]: After being demoted out of the profiling unit and reassigned to South Dakota following ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel’s attitude shifts towards the cowgirl end of the spectrum, especially when she teams up with Bosch during ''Literature/TheNarrows''.

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* [[CowboyCop Cowgirl Cop]]: After being demoted out of the profiling unit and ([ReassignedToAntarctica reassigned to South Dakota North Dakota]] following ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel’s attitude shifts towards the cowgirl end of the spectrum, especially when she teams up with Bosch during ''Literature/TheNarrows''.


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* ReassignedToAntarctica: Following the events of ‘’Literature/ThePoet’’, Rachel is transferred from her profiler assignment with Behavioral Sciences in Quantico to the field office in Minot, [=ND=]. By ‘’Literature/TheNarrows’’, she has moved up to Rapid City, [=SD=], and afterwards has earned her way back into the Bureau’s good graces and works for an intelligence unit in Los Angeles.
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[[folder:Eleanor Wish]]

Harry's wife, then ex-wife, and mother of their daughter Maudie.

* ProfessionalGambler: Eleanor's new career after she gets out of prison. She's quite good as a poker player.
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* SonOfAWhore: This is the reason why Bosch was placed in an orphanage even before his mother was murdered.
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[[folder:Detective Michael "Sustained" Chastain]]

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[[folder:FBI Agent Terry [=McCaleb=] ]]

* AwesomeByAnalysis: Terry's job as a [[TheProfiler profiler]] made him this.
* CareerEndingInjury: Terry suffered from heart disease that eventually required him to have a transplant, forcing his retirement from the [=FBI=]. [[TheDeterminator He keeps solving crimes after his surgery anyway, including the murder of the woman whose heart he received.]]
* FBIAgent: Until his retirement.
* TheProfiler: Terry's job as an [=FBI=] Agent was this. He continues to do it after he retires, offering his assistance for free to small departments when they have difficult to solve murders.
* ReluctantRetiree: Terry misses his job, and continues to do it on a volunteer free-lance basis after his surgery.
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[[folder:FBI Agent Rachel Walling]]

* ActionGirl: Even though she is introduced as a [[TheProfiler profiler]], Rachel is a very competent field agent as well.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: A job requirement of being a profiler. Harry Bosch frequently calls her to make use of her skills, even though the [=FBI=] never returns her to the profiling unit after the events of ''Literature/ThePoet''.
* [[CowboyCop Cowgirl Cop]]: After being demoted out of the profiling unit and reassigned to South Dakota following ''Literature/ThePoet'', Rachel’s attitude shifts towards the cowgirl end of the spectrum, especially when she teams up with Bosch during ''Literature/TheNarrows''.
* FBIAgent
* TheProfiler: How she started in the [=FBI=]. Currently working in an intelligence role, but still used for this by Bosch on occasion.
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[[folder:Detective Jerry Edgar]]

Harry Bosch's partner from ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'' until his first retirement after ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

* SharpDressedMan: He always wears expensive suits and is noted for being the sharpest dresser in Hollywood division. One time he wears a t-shirt to a murder scene in order to avoid the dirty work of notifying the victim's next of kin and gets stuck doing the paperwork instead of working the field.
* TheWatson: To Harry. Harry even jokingly calls him "Watson" during a [[{{Flashback}} flashback sequence]] at the beginning of ''Literature/EchoPark''.
-->'''Edgar''': Why am I always Watson? Why can't I be Holmes?\\
'''Bosch''': Because Watson is the one who always talks too much. But if you like, I'll start calling you "Homes."[[note]]At the time, Edgar had a side job selling real estate.[[/note]]
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[[folder:Assistant Chief Irvin Irving]]

One of the most senior members of the [=LAPD=]

* AlliterativeName: In ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'', his introductory chapter shows that he considered his silly name to be his one impediment that he had to overcome to advance in the department.
* ArchNemesis: To Bosch, on and off. They develop a truce during the events of ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', which lasts until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.
* BaldOfAwesome / BaldOfEvil: His distinctive appearance is often compared to Mr. Clean. Whether this falls on the Awesome or Evil side depends on the novel, but Irving is more frequently played to a sinister angle.
* DaChief
* InternalAffairs: Irving's command responsibilities in the department included oversight of IAD.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Irving has moments of this, especially during ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'', ''Literature/TheLastCoyote'', and ''Literature/TrunkMusic''.
* ReluctantRetiree: Irving gets maneuvered into retirement at the end of ''Literature/TheClosers''. He does not take this well, and later becomes a city councilman who uses his position to make things difficult for the [=LAPD=].
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[[folder:Lt. Harvey "Ninety-Eight" Pounds]]

Harry's commanding officer until ''Literature/TheLastCoyote''.

* ArchNemesis: To most of the homicide detectives, generally, and to Bosch in particular. Bosch eventually shoves him through his own office window when Pounds interferes with (and ruins) an interview with a suspect.
* ObstructiveBureaucrat: And how. He spends the first three books in command of the Hollywood detective squads, despite having next to zero skill as a detective himself. He is quick to find [[LiesDamnedLiesAndStatistics creative ways]] to boost the homicide clearance rate of the division, but overall his efforts do more to impede his detectives than to help.
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[[folder:Lt. Grace Billets]]

Harry's commanding officer from ''Literature/TrunkMusic'' until ''Literature/CityOfBones''.

* LesbianCop: Used as leverage by a crooked assistant chief to prevent Harry from revealing information about that chief’s underling’s activities to the chief of police.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She takes over as commander of the Hollywood detectives following [[spoiler: the death of Harvey Pounds]] and cares more about doing the right thing than playing politics or statistical games. Like Pounds, she also doesn't have a great deal of experience investigating homicides, but readily acknowledges this and knows when to stay out of the way. Harry admires and respects this about her, especially after working under Harvey Pounds. She remains Harry’s commanding officer until he retires at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones''.
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[[folder:Detective Michael "Sustained" Chastain]]

An InternalAffairs detective in the LAPD.

* ArchNemesis: To Bosch, until [[spoiler: his death at the end of ''Literature/AngelsFlight''.]]
* [[spoiler: DirtyCop: He was Howard Elias’ source for back-door information, which was eventually the motive for him killing Elias.]]
* InternalAffairs: His job, which he does proudly and enthusiastically.
* [[spoiler: KillerCop: He turns out to be Howard Elias' murderer. He also kills Frankie Sheehan to cover it up.]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole: He was this for Howard Elias.]]
* RedBaron: "Sustained" Chastain. He investigates complaints against police officers, which can result in findings of sustained, unsustained, or unfounded. He has a high rate of sustaining complaints, and he wears his nickname like a badge of honor.
* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: A variant ("Someone has to police the police") is Chastain's SignatureLine.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''The Concrete Blonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes FrederichNietzsche.

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* CowboyCop: If he wasn't running afoul of the department chain of command or city politics (or both), it wouldn't be a Harry Bosch case.
* CombatPragmatist: He weaponized the 8-ball to devastating effect once when taken captive and held in a room with a pool table.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''The Concrete Blonde'' ''Literature/TheConcreteBlonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes FrederichNietzsche.FrederichNietzsche.
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Bosch uses his lieutenant's name to run some DMV traces when he is investigating his mother's murder while on stress leave since he doesn't have official standing to do so at the time. He later steals the lieutenant’s badge since he does not have his own. This turns out very badly for the lieutenant when the bad guys think he’s the one investigating them.



* MeaningfulName: The original Creator/HieronymusBosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for nightmarish hellscapes. This connection is mentioned in several Harry Bosch novels and is explored at length in ''A Darkness More Than Night''.

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* MeaningfulName: The original Creator/HieronymusBosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for nightmarish hellscapes. This connection is mentioned in several Harry Bosch novels and is explored at length in ''A Darkness More Than Night''.''Literature/ADarknessMoreThanNight''.


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* OldCopYoungCop: Harry is the senior detective in all of his various partnerships throughout the series. The very young and inexperienced Lucy Soto is partnered with Harry in ''Literature/TheBurningRoom'' so that she can benefit from his decades of experience before he retires.
* RealMenGetShot: Harry takes a round in the shoulder during the climax of ''Literature/TheBlackEcho'', which nearly kills him. Several of his subsequent romantic partners comment on the scar.
* SignatureLine: Everybody counts or nobody counts.
* StandardCopBackstory: [[DisappearedDad Absent father]], check. [[MissingMom Murdered mother]], check[[note]]He gets the bonus points for her murder being unsolved until he personally solved it in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote''.[[/note]]. Raised in an orphanage, check. Numerous failed romances, check. MarriedToTheJob, check. He was even in the Army (and a Vietnam combat vet to boot) before joining the LAPD.
* TurnInYourBadge: Investigated the murder of his mother while on suspension/stress leave for assaulting his commanding officer in ''Literature/TheLastCoyote''. After retiring at the end of ''Literature/CityOfBones'', he works as a private investigator in ''Literature/LostLight'' and ''Literature/TheNarrows'', both times lamenting the difficulties caused by his lack of official standing. Finally, he was given this order at the end of ''Literature/TheBurningRoom'' by his commanding officer for being caught breaking into the office of the RHD captain.
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** Also, when Bosch and his father met, Mr. Haller brought up author ''HermannHesse'' because one of Hesse's works (Steppenwolf) featured a character named "Harry Haller". It was after reading that story Harry Bosch decided to become a cop.

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The eponymous Lincoln Lawyer from [[MichaelConnelly Michael Connelly's]] novels.

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* MeaningfulName: The original HieronymusBosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for nightmarish hellscapes. This connection is mentioned in several Harry Bosch novels and is explored at length in ''A Darkness More Than Night''.

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* MeaningfulName: The original HieronymusBosch Creator/HieronymusBosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for nightmarish hellscapes. This connection is mentioned in several Harry Bosch novels and is explored at length in ''A Darkness More Than Night''.
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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Honey Chandler in ''The Concrete Blonde'' accuses Harry Bosch of this and quotes FrederichNietzsche.
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* AlliterativeName: He'd have one if he took his father's surname.


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* MeaningfulName: The original HieronymusBosch was a Dutch Renaissance painter known for nightmarish hellscapes. This connection is mentioned in several Harry Bosch novels and is explored at length in ''A Darkness More Than Night''.
** Also, when Bosch and his father met, Mr. Haller brought up author ''HermannHesse'' because one of Hesse's works (Steppenwolf) featured a character named "Harry Haller". It was after reading that story Harry Bosch decided to become a cop.


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* DisappearedDad: Haller Sr. passed away back when Mickey was five years old.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Mickey might be one of the relatives Harry Bosch met in the flashback featured in ''The Black Ice''.
* WorkingWithTheEx: His first ex-wife occasionally helps him with some work and his second one is his secretary.
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[[folder:Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch]]

A [=LAPD=] detective and illegitimate child of Michael Haller Sr.

* LongLostRelative: To his half-brother Mickey Haller
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[[folder:Michael "Mickey" Haller Jr.]]

The eponymous Lincoln Lawyer from [[MichaelConnelly Michael Connelly's]] novels.

* AmoralAttorney: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] Mickey feels bad about helping evil people to get away with their crimes despite respecting their rights as his clients.
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