History ComicBook / Stumptown

* {{Crossover}}: Dex's client in volume 2, Mim Bracca, is the protagonist of Rucka's novel ''A Fistful of Rain,'' which places ''Stumptown'' in the same continuity as Rucka's Atticus Kodiak novels.

Add in [[ThoseTwoBadGuys two bad guys]] named Dill and Whale, one very rich, very powerful, and [[TheDon very connected]] man, and one [[TheAllegedCar easily broken car]], shake well, and you get ''Stumptown''.

%% * ThoseTwoBadGuys: Dill and Whale.

* EmbarrassingFirstName: Dex's full first name is Dexendrine.

* MeaningfulName: Dex's full first name is Dexendrine, which is also one of the trade names for dextroamphetamine, a central nervous system stimulant used as an athletic performance enhancer, and by military and special forces as a go-to pill during fatigue-inducing missions, such as those done on night time or extended combat operations. So, it's appropiate for it to be the name of a character like Dex who [[{{Determinator}} never gives up, no matter what.]]

* CrossOver: Dex's client in volume 2, Mim Bracca, is the protagonist of Rucka's novel ''A Fistful of Rain,'' which places ''Stumptown'' in the same continuity as Rucka's Atticus Kodiak novels.

* DaChief: The one at the local police station ''hates'' Dex (because she broke up his marriage).

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%% * DaChief: The one at the local police station ''hates'' Dex (because she broke up his marriage).

** The show does the same thing, starting out showing a couple of guys in a car with Dex in the trunk, then rewinds a few days to show how they ended up that way.

Dex Parios is a very good [[PrivateDetective private investigator]], operating in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} Stumptown Investigations, named after one of the nicknames for the city. Unfortunately, she's a very bad gambler and ends up owing the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast $17,616. Fortunately, Sue-Lynn, the head of the Confederated Tribes, will waive Dex's debt... if she will find Sue-Lynn's missing granddaughter.

Dex Parios is a very good [[PrivateDetective private investigator]], operating Stumptown Investigations in UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}. Unfortunately, she's a very bad gambler and ends up owing the Confederated Tribes of the Wind Coast $17,616. Fortunately, Sue-Lynn, the head of the Confederated Tribes, will waive Dex's debt... if she will find Sue-Lynn's missing granddaughter.

On February 2019, it was announced that Creator/{{ABC}} had ordered a pilot based on the graphic novels, with Creator/CobieSmulders cast as Dex Parios and co-starring Creator/JakeJohnson.

On February 2019, it was announced that Creator/{{ABC}} had ordered a pilot based on the graphic novels, with Creator/CobieSmulders being cast as Dex Parios.

* DaChief: The one at the local police station ''hates'' Dex (because she broke up his marriage).

* FriendOnTheForce: Dex has one.
* HomoeroticSubtext: A little bit, although Dex says that she really doesn't know what team she plays for.

* MafiaPrincess: Isabel Marenco.

* PrivateDetective: Dex.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/TheRockfordFiles''.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Dill and Whale.

* TheDeterminator: Dex manages to take ''brutal'' beatings and still keep going. Like a lot of other Creator/GregRucka female characters.

* FootballHooligans: the third volume involves a friend of Dex's getting assaulted after a Portland/Seattle soccer derby, with some of the main suspects being FootballHooligans supporting one side or the other (which is terrifying to the league, which will tolerate some aggressive chanting but fears that any sign of seriously-violent European or Latin American-style hooliganism will kill the sport dead).

* ShownTheirWork: Almost everything about Portland is correct (especially since Creator/GregRucka lives there). Creator/GregRucka basically lives and breathes this trope.

Add in: [[ThoseTwoBadGuys two bad guys]] named Dill and Whale, one very rich, very powerful, and [[TheDon very connected]] man, and one [[TheAllegedCar easily broken car]], shake well, and you get ''Stumptown''.

'''Stumptown Investigations: Taking a Beating So You Don't Have To.'''

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''Stumptown'', written by Creator/GregRucka, consists of two limited series--Volume 1, ''The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini'' (2009), and Volume 2, ''The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case'' (2012)--followed by an ongoing, bimonthly series. So far, the monthly series has featured two arcs. "The Case of the King of Clubs" deals with an assault on a member of the Portland soccer community, while "The Case of a Cup of Joe" has Dex being hired to transport a rare, expensive batch of civet cat coffee.

''Stumptown'' consists of two limited series--Volume 1, ''The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini'' (2009), and Volume 2, ''The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case'' (2012)--followed by an ongoing, bimonthly series. So far, the monthly series has featured two arcs. "The Case of the King of Clubs" deals with an assault on a member of the Portland soccer community, while "The Case of a Cup of Joe" has Dex being hired to transport a rare, expensive batch of civet cat coffee.

* FootballHooligans: the third volume involves a friend of Dex's getting assaulted after a Portland/Seattle soccer match, with some of the main suspects being FootballHooligans supporting one side or the other (which is terrifying to the league, which doesn't want to import such activities to the US)

''Stumptown'' consists of three limited series as of this writing: Volume 1, ''The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini'' (2009), Volume 2, ''The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case'' (2012), and Volume 3, ''The Case of the King of Clubs''.

* TheAllegedCar: Dex has an old Mustang that's in and out of the shop.

* FootballHooligan: the third volume involves a friend of Dex's getting assaulted after a Portland/Seattle soccer match, with some of the main suspects being FootballHooligans supporting one side or the other (which is terrifying to the league, which doesn't want to import such activities to the US)

''Stumptown'' consists of three limited series as of this writing: Volume 1, ''The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini'' (2009), Volume 2, ''The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case'' (2012), and Volume 3, "The Case of the King of Clubs".

''Stumptown'' consists of two limited series as of this writing: Volume 1, ''The Case of the Girl Who Took Her Shampoo But Left Her Mini'' (2009), and Volume 2, ''The Case of the Baby in the Velvet Case'' (2012).

* LesYay: A little bit, although Dex says that she really doesn't know what team she plays for.