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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Wuntch orders Holt to come up with an alternative to the term "Task Force", saying that it's much too aggressive for the New York public. The NYPD starts calling them "Do Groups".

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: PoliticalOvercorrectness: Wuntch orders Holt to come up with an alternative to the term "Task Force", saying that it's much too aggressive for the New York public. The NYPD starts calling them "Do Groups".
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* FatEpisode: Terry's plot for the episode has him gain weight back while under stress. Justified here since he is established as FormerlyFat, thus is both more vulnerable to weight gain and has the tools to take the weight off again.

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* FatEpisode: TheFatEpisode: Terry's plot for the episode has him gain weight back while under stress. Justified here since he is established as FormerlyFat, thus is both more vulnerable to weight gain and has the tools to take the weight off again.
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* FatEpisode: Terry's plot for the episode has him gain weight back while under stress. Justified here since he is established as FormerlyFat, thus is both more vulnerable to weight gain and has the tools to take the weight off again.
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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Jake mentions having wanted to catch a serial killer since he was 4 years old, which Holt mentions is troubling.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Jake mentions having wanted to catch a serial killer since he was 4 years old, which Holt mentions is troubling.troubling.
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'''Wuntch''': Enough foreplay.

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'''Wuntch''': Enough foreplay.foreplay.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Jake mentions having wanted to catch a serial killer since he was 4 years old, which Holt mentions is troubling.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Terry gives a heartfelt speech about how he's learned his lesson about stress-eating and kicked his nib habit... as nibs start spilling out of his bag, which is ''packed'' with them.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Jake is willing to let Chief Garret take sole credit for capturing the Oolong Slayer on the condition that Holt gets reinstated to the Nine-Nine.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Jake is willing to let Chief Garret Garmin take sole credit for capturing the Oolong Slayer on the condition that Holt gets reinstated to the Nine-Nine.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Jake is willing to let Chief Garret take sole credit for capturing the Oolong Slayer on the condition that Holt gets reinstated to the Nine-Nine.
* BrickJoke: Task Forces being renamed in an effort to sound less aggressive.
-->'''Chief of Detectives:''' ''(responding to Peralta's blackmail)'' So what do you want? Your own Do Group?

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'''Charles''': Absolutely not. Sir, just listen.\\

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'''Charles''': Absolutely not. Sir, just listen.\\listen--\\



* HesBack: Captain Holt comes back to the Nine-Nine.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Vulture forces the Nine-Nine to only investigate misdemeanors because he wants to win a bet and makes Amy and Rosa plan his birthday party just because they are women.



-->'''Jake''': Okay, Slayer. Prepare to go to jail for oolong time!\\

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-->'''Jake''': Okay, Slayer. Prepare to go to jail for oolong [[{{Pun}} oolong]] time!\\
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Stuck investigating "dunkers", Jake comes across evidence that the Oolong Slayer is making a return after five years. Forbidden by the Vulture to investigate anything more severe than a misdemeanor, Jake secretly teams up with Holt to try and take the Slayer down without NYPD resources.

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Stuck investigating "dunkers", Jake comes across evidence that the Oolong Slayer Slayer, a notorious serial killer, is making a return after five years. Forbidden by the Vulture to investigate anything more severe than a misdemeanor, Jake secretly teams up with Holt to try and take the Slayer down without NYPD resources.



* NotSoAboveItAll: Holt is surprisingly happy to go along with some of the sillier things Jake and Gina propose while investigating the return of the Oolong Slayer. He even adds his own embellishments to the scheme.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: Holt is surprisingly happy to go along with some of the sillier things Jake and Gina propose while investigating the return of the Oolong Slayer. He even adds his own embellishments to the scheme. It is justified as Holt, beaten down and defeated in his new role, is eagerly embracing what he sees as his last opportunity for 'real' police work.
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Meanwhile, back at the Nine-Nine, the Vulture enlists Rosa and Amy to plan his birthday party while Terry is overcome by home and workplace stress, leading him to find a dangerous new obsession.

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Meanwhile, back at the Nine-Nine, the Vulture enlists presses Rosa and Amy to plan into planning his birthday party while Terry is overcome by home and workplace stress, leading him to find a dangerous new obsession.
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* BehindTheBlack: An entire squadroom full of cops somehow failed to notice Gina sneak by them, install confetti cannons, and sit nonchalantly at her desk before setting off the aforementioned cannons. The feat earns her a round of applause.
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* ResetButton: Jake uses the Oolong Killer arrest as leverage to get Holt back as captain of the Nine-Nine.

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When investigating a serial killer, Jake enlists Holt's help in an attempt to solve the case off the radar. At the precinct, Rosa and Amy are forced to deal with demands from an old adversary and Terry discovers a new obsession.

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When Stuck investigating a serial killer, "dunkers", Jake comes across evidence that the Oolong Slayer is making a return after five years. Forbidden by the Vulture to investigate anything more severe than a misdemeanor, Jake secretly teams up with Holt to try and take the Slayer down without NYPD resources.

Meanwhile, back at the Nine-Nine, the Vulture
enlists Holt's help in an attempt to solve the case off the radar. At the precinct, Rosa and Amy to plan his birthday party while Terry is overcome by home and workplace stress, leading him to find a dangerous new obsession.

!!This episode provides examples of:

* BerserkButton: Once again, do ''not'' call Terry fat. No matter how true it might be.
-->'''Charles''': I don't mean to overstep here, but you're looking a little...fat...\\
'''Terry''': How dare you? You can't comment on my body. This is a workplace. Now I'm feeling objectified by your male gaze!\\
'''Charles''': Absolutely not. Sir, just listen.\\
'''Terry''': No! I don't want to listen, Boyle! You
are forced trying to shame me and that will ''not'' fly!\\
'''Charles''': Okay...\\
'''Terry''': Now I need some more nibs just to calm down!
* BigEater: Terry starts stress eating cacao nibs
to deal with demands from an old adversary the pressure put on him by the Vulture and Terry discovers by his home life. He eats so many that he goes back to being "Fat Terry"
* CostumeInertia: Holt wears
a new obsession.Deputy Inspector's badge and Captain's bars for most of the episode. His insignia goes back to matching at the end of the episode.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Holt is surprisingly happy to go along with some of the sillier things Jake and Gina propose while investigating the return of the Oolong Slayer. He even adds his own embellishments to the scheme.
-->'''Jake''': Okay, Slayer. Prepare to go to jail for oolong time!\\
'''Holt''': Now say: "punk"!\\
'''Jake''': Punk!\\
'''Holt''': ''PUNK''!\\
'''Jake''': ''{annoyed}'' I said it!
* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: Wuntch orders Holt to come up with an alternative to the term "Task Force", saying that it's much too aggressive for the New York public. The NYPD starts calling them "Do Groups".
* SitcomArchNemesis: Wuntch continues to make sure that Holt finds no respite at work. She even assigns one of his civilian subordinates to act as his supervisor.
-->'''Wuntch''': There it is! The shriveled husk of Raymond Holt!\\
'''Holt''': Look, Gina. Is that a talking raisin?\\
'''Wuntch''': Enough foreplay.
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'''''The Oolong Slayer''''' is the fourth episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s third season.

When investigating a serial killer, Jake enlists Holt's help in an attempt to solve the case off the radar. At the precinct, Rosa and Amy are forced to deal with demands from an old adversary and Terry discovers a new obsession.

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