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* {{Adorkable}}: Amy's in fine form this episode, becoming sidetracked by the thought of finding a contractor while looking at crime scene photos (because blood got into some grouting) and becoming intrigued by how dog and bear feces got mixed in with human feces.
-->'''Jake''': You are so consistent.
** Both Jake and Amy try way too hard to impress Detective Majors with their respective sunglasses removals and notebook flips. The kicker is that Majors doesn't appear to notice this at all.
** Jake trying to ask Amy out on a date is surprisingly adorable.
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-->'''Holt''': Look at me. I can't keep a straight face. I played you like a fiddle.

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-->'''Holt''': ''[[TheComicallySerious (straight faced)]]'' Look at me. I can't keep a straight face. I played you like a fiddle.
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--->'''Security guard:''' ''Ahem''.\\
'''Jake:''' Ohhh, hey! [[TemptingFate You wouldn't kick out a hopeless romantic who's only here in the name of love, would you]]?
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* LoveOverridesTheLaw: Jake ironically tries to invoke this himself after breaking into a private bar. Cue Jake getting literally thrown out.
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-->'''Charles:''' Terry called him?! He's shaking Terry's hand! Now I'm just describing everything that's happening. What's going on?!\\

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-->'''Charles:''' Terry called him?! He's shaking Terry's hand! Now I'm just describing everything that's happening. What's What the hell's going on?!\\
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* GenreSavvy: By this point, Captain Holt knows that choosing either Jake or Amy over the other will only result in endless griping and one-upmanship so he lets both of them work with Detective Majors.
-->'''Holt''': Three heads are better than two. Also, I fear that any other decision I make will just result in more noise.
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* GenreSavvy: By this point, Captain Holt knows that choosing either Jake or Amy over the other will only result in endless griping so he lets both of them work with Detective Majors.
-->'''Holt''': Three heads are better than two. Also, I fear that any decision I make will just result in more noise.

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* GenreSavvy: By this point, Captain Holt knows that choosing either Jake or Amy over the other will only result in endless griping and one-upmanship so he lets both of them work with Detective Majors.
-->'''Holt''': Three heads are better than two. Also, I fear that any other decision I make will just result in more noise.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The prospect of a beloved member of the precinct leaving will become significant in later episodes.
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* ReadingLips: Jake tries to discover the new password for the Keychain by this method, but unfortunately it appears that he's not actually that good at it.
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* GlassesPull: Jake plans to impress Dave Majors by dramatically removing his glasses when he meets him.


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* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Subverted. Dave takes Jake to a secret club where the password is "tropical". When Jake tries to go alone the next night he discovers that the password changes every night. He tries to guess it by {{reading lips}}, but fails.
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* RealMenWearPink: Rosa comes in wearing a pink blouse, which everyone finds shocking. Charles is upset that no one rags on her whereas he was called Mr. Grape for months after wearing a purple shirt once.

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* RealMenWearPink: Rosa comes in wearing a pink blouse, which everyone finds shocking. Charles is upset that no one rags on her whereas he was called Mr. Grape for months after wearing a tie that had a little bit of purple shirt in it just once.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Rosa joins Boyle and Terry in shipping Jake/Amy in this episode.
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* RealMenWearPink: Rosa comes in wearing a pink blouse, which everyone finds shocking. Charles is upset that no one rags on her whereas he was called Mr. Grape for months after wearing a purple shirt once.
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* HypocriticalHumor: This exchange:
-->'''Gina:''' That's how we do things at the Nine-Nine; we've got each other's backs.\\
'''Charles:''' Damn right!\\
'''Gina:''' ''[Snidely]'' Charles, make your ''own'' point. Don't just pile on to mine.
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* HumbleHero: Despite apparently being the best detective on the NYPD and TheAce, Detective Majors is incredibly laid-back and down-to-earth about everything. He even reacts to Amy rejecting him with slightly intrigued calm:
-->'''Majors:''' It's weird, I've never been turned down before. So unexpected. I'm excited to see what happens to me next.
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** Amy is surprised when Jake, who is nervous about his plan to ask out Amy, brushes off the forensic examiner's declaration about human, bear and dog feces being found mixed together at a crime scene.
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->'''Terry:''' I'm trying to do what's best for my family. It's not just about me.\\

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->'''Terry:''' -->'''Terry:''' I'm trying to do what's best for my family. It's not just about me.\\
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Terry rejects this mindset when he points out why he's thinking about leaving the Nine-Nine. Gina... not so much.
->'''Terry:''' I'm trying to do what's best for my family. It's not just about me.\\
'''Gina:''' Exactly! [[{{Narcissist}} It's about]] ''[[{{Narcissist}} me]]'', and how you're abandoning me to these squares!
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** Charles and Gina use bird-noises to secretly communicate with each other while in the squad room, just like Terry and Holt did in "Operation: Broken Feather".
** Jake's slow-motion cool appearance (which is subsequently undermined by Amy) refers back to the very first shots of him in the pilot.


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* CaptainObvious: In his shock over Terry reaching out to the Copperhead Security headhunter, Charles starts doing this, and then takes it to another level by ''lampshading'' that he's doing this:
-->'''Charles:''' Terry called him?! He's shaking Terry's hand! Now I'm just describing everything that's happening. What's going on?!\\
'''Holt:''' I do not know.\\
'''Charles:''' Now Captain Holt doesn't know!
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--> '''Holt''': Gina, where have you been? You left your cellphone on your desk and I assumed you were dead!

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--> ---> '''Holt''': Gina, where have you been? You left your cellphone on your desk and I assumed you were dead!
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* Jake trying to ask Amy out on a date is surprisingly adorable.

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* ** Jake trying to ask Amy out on a date is surprisingly adorable.
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* TheAce: Det. Dave Majors, according to Jake.



* Jake trying to ask Amy out on a date is surprisingly adorable.



* CannotSpitItOut: Jake has trouble asking Amy out on a date.



* LongingLook: Jake to Amy (at a distance) when he sees Amy and Majors dating.



* ShipTease: Rosa reveals that Amy reveals when she's attracted to someone by nervously flipping her hair behind both ears at the same time. At the end, after she's shared a moment with Jake, she nervously flips her hair behind both ears after he leaves the room.

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* ShipTease: Rosa reveals that Amy reveals when she's attracted to someone by nervously flipping her hair behind both ears at the same time. At the end, after she's shared a moment with Jake, she nervously flips her hair behind both ears after he leaves the room.room.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Guess who.
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* CallBack: To the Boyle-Linetti Wedding.
--> '''Jake''': We had this weird romantic moment thingy at Charles and Gina's parents' wedding...


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** Holt becomes worried when Gina leaves her cellphone on her desk.
--> '''Holt''': Gina, where have you been? You left your cellphone on your desk and I assumed you were dead!
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** Both Jake and Amy try way too hard to impress Detective Majors with their respective sunglasses removals and notebook flips. The kicker is that Majors doesn't appear to notice this at all.



* BittersweetEnding: Amy doesn't go out with Detective Majors, but reveals to Jake that she has no intention of ever dating another cop again, causing Jake to lose his nerve about asking her out. After they share a moment and he leaves the room, the look on Amy's face also suggests that she might be second-guessing this particular decision when it comes to Jake.



* NoodleIncident: The precise circumstances behind which human, bear and dog feces became mixed together in one case that the forensic unit is dealing with.



--->'''Terry''': You hate looking at pictures of my twins. You said since they were identical, I didn't need to take photos of both.

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--->'''Terry''': You hate looking at pictures of my twins. You said since they were identical, I didn't need to take photos of both.both.
* ShipTease: Rosa reveals that Amy reveals when she's attracted to someone by nervously flipping her hair behind both ears at the same time. At the end, after she's shared a moment with Jake, she nervously flips her hair behind both ears after he leaves the room.
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* BatmanGambit: Holt forces Terry to work late, meaning that Terry has to cancel date night, and digitize years' worth of old case files. Terry's reminded of all the good he's done as a cop and resolves to stay at the Nine-Nine rather than go into private security.
-->'''Holt''': Look at me. I can't keep a straight face. I played you like a fiddle.
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* FreudianSlip: Jake accidentally reveals a little too much about his feelings while trying to make his classic sex tape joke.
-->'''Jake''': "Why doesn't your mouth work?": title of our sex tape.\\
'''Amy''': What?\\
'''Jake''': Your sex tape! What?! No!
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'''Gina''': If Rosa had a twin she would have eaten her in the womb.

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'''Gina''': If Rosa had a twin she would have eaten her in the womb.womb.
** Terry becomes suspicious of Charles and Gina's motives when Gina asks to look at baby pictures.
--->'''Terry''': You hate looking at pictures of my twins. You said since they were identical, I didn't need to take photos of both.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Amy's in fine form this episode, becoming sidetracked by the thought of finding a contractor while looking at crime scene photos (because blood got into some grouting) and becoming intrigued by how dog and bear feces got mixed in with human feces.
-->'''Jake''': You are so consistent.


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* MomentKiller: Jake attempts to ask Amy out in a forensics lab full of distracting crime scene photos. He tries to power through, then Oliver the lab tech comes in with a report about fecal matter. The attempt is ended completely when Detective Majors comes in with a major development in the case.
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Meanwhile, Terry gets a job offer from Copperhead Security and considers taking the offer. Charles and Gina try to stop Terry from leaving the Nine-Nine.

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Meanwhile, Terry gets a job offer from Copperhead Security and considers taking the offer. Charles and Gina try to stop Terry from leaving the Nine-Nine.Nine-Nine.

!!This episode provides examples of:
* GenreSavvy: By this point, Captain Holt knows that choosing either Jake or Amy over the other will only result in endless griping so he lets both of them work with Detective Majors.
-->'''Holt''': Three heads are better than two. Also, I fear that any decision I make will just result in more noise.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Rosa comes to work wearing a pink shirt. Everyone is suitably freaked out and trying to rationalize why she would do such a thing.
-->'''Amy''': Are we sure it's not a white shirt that's just been bloodied in a motorcycle crash?\\
'''Terry''': Maybe it wasn't her. Does she have a twin sister?\\
'''Gina''': If Rosa had a twin she would have eaten her in the womb.
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'''''Det. Dave Majors''''' is the twenty-first episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s second season.

Holt assigns Jake and Amy to work on a case with the Nine-Three's Detective Dave Majors, who, according to Jake, is "the best detective on the NYPD". Jake is excited to work with Majors, only to find out that Majors wants to ask Amy out on a date after the case is over.

Meanwhile, Terry gets a job offer from Copperhead Security and considers taking the offer. Charles and Gina try to stop Terry from leaving the Nine-Nine.

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