History Leverage / TropesNToS

** A very minor case in "The Rashamon Job", they are using tech from ten years ago, which has an impact on how shipping is managed, and more importantly, means that Hardison had no wifi to hack.

* ShownTheirWork: The producers hired an actual pickpocket to advise them. Most of the villians' {{Evil Plan}}s are RippedFromTheHeadlines. On the DVDCommentary, the creators note that every script has to be well-researched.

** Hardison freaks out rather badly in "The Rundown Job" when he finds out that the episode's villain is attempting to weaponize [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu the Spanish Flu]] and nearly backs out of the job.

* PantsPositiveSafety: Played with hilariously in "The Miracle Job" when Eliot and Hardison run into some street thugs and the leader tries to intimidate them by lifting up his shirt and revealing the gun tucked into the front of his pants. Eliot just grabs the gun and flips the safety off without ever removing it from the guy's pants. It's very effective.
** I bet the guy didn't keep his gun ''there'' any more.

** Deliberately invoked in their second encounter with Sterling. Sterling knows exactly how Sophie and Nate think, so the only way they are able to beat him is by thinking "What would Parker/Hardison (respectively) do?"

* ProperlyParanoid: Sterling in "The Second David Job". [[spoiler: This is what Nate was counting on.]]

* OverlyLongGag: In "The Tap-Out Job", Eliot explains mixed martial arts to Sophie, who doesn't believe it to be a sport, by having Parker put a submission hold on Hardison. As Nate changes the subject to discuss plans on their latest mission, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Parker still hasn't stopped, and Hardison's complaints about not being able to breathe are getting weaker and more strained.]]

** Played with in "The Long Goodbye Job", when Nate is being interviewed about the heist by an Interpol agent, [[spoiler:he tells her how the plan went awry and the entire team ended up getting killed. However, the agent finds some inconsistencies and presents her own theory about what might have happened.]] In the end, it turns out that neither story is true, since the real story [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome is even more awesome.]]

** From "The Reunion Job," Hardison and Eliot are pretending to be health inspectors to get into a Iranian secret police safehouse disguised as a restaurant. With each violation ("cockroach in the shisleek," "shwarma is only lukewarm"), they say with righteous indignation and in the exact same tone of voice each time "That's going to cost ya" and "I've gotta dock ya!" Leads to a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} later in the episode, when one of the secret policemen breaks into a locked room and is confused to find 'health inspector' Eliot there. To which Eliot shrugs and says "I've gotta dock ya again!" And then beats him up.

* ShipTease: Nate/Sophie since day one. Parker/Hardison here and there. Season three ramped it up (including an [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments absolutely adorable]] dance at the end of "The Reunion Job") and ended with Nate and Sophie [[BedmateReveal in bed together]] and Parker finally admitting [[CannotSpitItOut she wants]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretzels.]]

** A [[TheCaper caper]] featuring a {{plan}} that goes awry.

* OneLastJob: The team promises that their job in "The Homecoming Job" will be the last one (this was before they were inflicted with GoodFeelsGood). Nate's father also says he's taking one last job in "The Three-Card Monte Job".

* PutOnABus: Done slightly differently. While Sophie couldn't do anymore cons halfway through season 2, due to Gina Bellman's [[RealLifeWritesThePlot pregnancy]], Sophie is still in almost every episode, appearing in a different part of the world every time the team calls complete with regional get up and cheesy background. It's becoming apparent that while the character was PutOnABus, she never really left.

** In "The Tap-Out Job", Hardison fakes Nate's cover online, like usual, and [[spoiler:the mark simply talks to his friend, blowing it.]]

** In "The Maltese Falcon Job" Tara strips down to only a ModestyTowel to convince the housekeeper that she locked herself out of a room (To convince him to open it for her). When he hesitates, she "accidentally" lets the [[DressHitsFloor towel fall to her feet]] giving him (and Eliot and Parker watching down the hall) [[EatingTheEyeCandy quite an eyeful.]]

* OverlyLongGag: In "The Tap-Out Job", Eliot explains mixed martial arts to Sophie, who doesn't believe it to be a sport, by having Parker put a submission hold on Hardison. As Nate changes the subject to discuss plans on their latest mission, [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Parker still hasn't stopped, and Hardison's complaints about not being able to breathe are getting weaker and more strained.]]

** Played with in "The Long Goodbye Job", when Nate is being interviewed about the heist by an Interpol agent, [[spoiler:he tells her how the plan went awry and the entire team ended up getting killed. However, the agent finds some inconsistencies and presents her own theory about what might have happened.]] In the end, it turns out that neither story is true, since the real story [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome is even more awesome.]]

** From "The Reunion Job," Hardison and Eliot are pretending to be health inspectors to get into a Iranian secret police safehouse disguised as a restaurant. With each violation ("cockroach in the shisleek," "shwarma is only lukewarm"), they say with righteous indignation and in the exact same tone of voice each time "That's going to cost ya" and "I've gotta dock ya!" Leads to a CrowningMomentOfFunny later in the episode, when one of the secret policemen breaks into a locked room and is confused to find 'health inspector' Eliot there. To which Eliot shrugs and says "I've gotta dock ya again!" And then beats him up.

* [[HeReallyCanAct She Really Can Act]]: Done in-universe with Sophie. She's usually a terrible actress unless she's grifting, but her performance in "The Stork Job" amazed ''everyone'' because it was part of the job.

* ShipTease: Nate/Sophie since day one. Parker/Hardison here and there. Season three ramped it up (including an [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming absolutely adorable]] dance at the end of "The Reunion Job") and ended with Nate and Sophie [[BedmateReveal in bed together]] and Parker finally admitting [[CannotSpitItOut she wants]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext pretzels.]]

* PlotTailoredToTheParty: Inverted and reconstructed InUniverse. Since Nate is setting up the plans, it always plays to their strengths. He also had them train each other in their respective areas of expertise, just in case they wound up short a skill or need to {{swap|ped roles}} tasks.

* SwappedRoles: The team tries this in a few episodes, most notably in "The Three Days of The Hunter Job," when Sophie masterminds, Parker and Hardison grift and Eliot hacks.

* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Many of Leverage Inc.'s client base explicitly state this. For them, it's not about the money; it's about the cruelty they suffered, the loss of their good name or security, the often irreversible harm done to their family, and the fact that the people who cheated them walked away scott--free. It also sets them up in direct contrast to [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney the people who hurt them in the first place]]. [[WeHelpTheHelpless Team Leverage always makes sure they get what they need.]]

** "The Mako," the villain of "The Boiler Room Job" who combines it with InsufferableGenius by virtue of being the son and grandson of the best con-men of their times, meaning that he knows every trick the Leverage team do, and he ''will not shut up'' about this fact.

* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: In "The First Contact Job", Parker does an impression of ETTheExtraTerrestrial while pointing her finger in Eliot's face. The look he gives her indicates he's ''already'' sick of that joke.