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* RuleOfThree: Jake saying "What did I miss?".
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* StimulantSpeedtalk: Exaggerated, when Jake, Rosa, and Holt accidentally drink too much [[KlatchianCoffee cold brew]] from the new machine. This causes them to [[BulletTime see everyone else as moving too slow]], while to everyone else they are talking way too fast (particularly notable since Rosa and Holt are generally TheStoic).
--->'''Jake:''' ''[rapidly]'' If you're not going slow, that means we're going fast. Are we going fast? Can anyone tell if we're going fast?
---> '''Rosa:''' ''[rapidly]'' I don't think we're going fast at all in any way whatsoever. I feel like we're going slow in ''every'' way whatsoever.
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* CaffeineBulletTime: The ColdOpen is Holt, Rosa and Jake drinking coffee. Suddenly, Charles comes in moving in slow motion, warning them that they've drunk too much coffee. Sure enough, everything around them seems to be in slow motion, then it cuts to them [[MotorMouth talking really fast]].
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* HoneyTrap: The whole premise of the plot. Unlike other famous honey traps, Gordon is stiff, uptight and not conventionally hot by any means. However, Kelly had done his research, as this is actually [[HasAType his target's type]].

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* FakeDefector: Gordon, who pretends to switch sides.



* HeelFaceMole: Gordon, who pretends to switch sides.
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* GeekyTurnOn: The barrel museum for Holt, Gordon (assuming he wasn't lying), and Amy, although the former two are far more stoic, while Amy is clearly turned on when Jake describes the barrel.

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* GeekyTurnOn: The barrel museum for Holt, Holt considers it scandalous when Gordon (assuming he wasn't lying), suggests they go to an exhibit of historic wooden barrels. While their tour seems dry and Amy, although academic, they both insist that it was an "erotically-charged atmosphere". In the former two are far more stoic, while end, Jake takes Amy is to the same exhibit, who very clearly turned on when Jake describes the barrel.shares that opinion.



* XanatosGambit: Holt, who crossed his T's and dotted his I's to make sure that he got Kelly on tape confessing to spying on his precinct. He knew he might not be able to trust Gordon, so he planted bugs and cameras in the restaurant beforehand to avoid the issue altogether, ensuring that whether Gordon turned on them or not, they would have Kelly on tape confessing.

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* XanatosGambit: Holt, who crossed his T's and dotted his I's to make sure that he got Kelly on tape confessing to spying on his precinct. He knew he might not be able to trust Gordon, so he planted bugs and cameras in anticipating Gordon's triple-cross, has the entire restaurant beforehand to avoid the issue altogether, ensuring that whether bugged in advance. That way, if Gordon turned on was being honest, he'd bring them or not, the evidence they needed, if Kelly figured out he was being watched, then at least he'd lose his mole, and if (as happened), Gordon and Kelly tried to use their own operation against them, he'd have ''that'' on tape, which would have Kelly on tape confessing.provide him with even more leverage against Kelly.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Although Holt didn't actually do anything with Gordon, his "date" with Gordon at the museum (done to stall him while Jake downloaded his hard drive) was enough for Kevin to force him to sleep in the guest room that night. However, they made up the next night, and then some.
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Captain Holt is looking for a new assistant to replace Gina, and Jake helps out by finding someone. At first he seems perfect, but Holt reveals that the new hire was hitting on him (in a very Holt-like fashion), and is later discovered to be a plant working for Commissioner Kelly.

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Captain Holt is looking for a new assistant to replace Gina, and Jake helps out by finding someone.someone (played by ''Film/Deadpool2016'''s Karan Soni). At first he seems perfect, but Holt reveals that the new hire was hitting on him (in a very Holt-like fashion), and is later discovered to be a plant working for Commissioner Kelly.
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* ArrowsOnFire: Courtesy of Rosa at the VikingFuneral.
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* SeriousBusiness: Amy, as usual, about organizing the office. When the Marie Kondo "Tidying Up" method fails, she switches to a radical Scandinavian organizer methodology called [[AsLongAsItSoundsForeign Munkensmat]] where they're only allowed to keep one thing and burn the rest. Turns out the inventor even gave up the clothes on his back and froze to death in a snowstorm.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Jake runs through several examples of this as OperationBlank codenames. Holt follows his lead by naming the final plan TRIPLE DRAGON: Two Righteous Individuals Performing Law Enforcement Directives Rapidly Against Gordon Our Nemesis.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Jake runs through several examples of this as OperationBlank codenames. Holt follows his lead by naming the final plan TRIPLE DRAGON: Two Righteous Individuals Performing Law Enforcement Directives Rapidly Against Gordon Our Nemesis.'''T'''wo '''R'''ighteous '''I'''ndividuals '''P'''erforming '''L'''aw '''E'''nforcement '''D'''irectives '''R'''apidly '''A'''gainst '''G'''ordon '''O'''ur '''N'''emesis.
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* HiddenDepths: Rosa, as usual. This time, she reveals that she's an archer and has 5 bows in her car.

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* HiddenDepths: Rosa, as usual. This time, she reveals that she's an archer and has 5 six bows in her car.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Jake runs through several as OperationBlank codenames. Holt follows his lead by naming the final plan TRIPLE DRAGON: Two Righteous Individuals Performing Law Enforcement Directives Rapidly Against Gordon Our Nemesis.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Jake runs through several examples of this as OperationBlank codenames. Holt follows his lead by naming the final plan TRIPLE DRAGON: Two Righteous Individuals Performing Law Enforcement Directives Rapidly Against Gordon Our Nemesis.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Several, throughout the episode.

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* FunWithAcronyms: Several, throughout Jake runs through several as OperationBlank codenames. Holt follows his lead by naming the episode.final plan TRIPLE DRAGON: Two Righteous Individuals Performing Law Enforcement Directives Rapidly Against Gordon Our Nemesis.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Gordon appears to have one, but it's revealed to have been an act in order to frame Holt for spying on the Commissioner (who was doing just that to Holt)
* HiddenDepths: Rosa, as usual, who this time is revealed to be an archer, and has 5 bows in her car.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Gordon appears to have one, but it's revealed to have been an act in order to frame Holt for spying on the Commissioner (who was doing just that to Holt)
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* HiddenDepths: Rosa, as usual, who this time is revealed to be usual. This time, she reveals that she's an archer, archer and has 5 bows in her car.



* NotSoAboveItAll: At first, Holt criticizes Jake's attempts to catch Gordon with tactics taken from spy movies. However, when Jake's plans to secretly record Gordon's confession fails due to Gordon being a triple agent, Holt saves the day by revealing that he'd been recording Gordon ''and'' Commissioner Kelly all along--because he'd followed Jake's example and watched a few spy movies himself.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: At first, Holt criticizes Jake's attempts to catch Gordon with tactics taken from spy movies. However, when Jake's plans plan to secretly record Gordon's confession fails due to Gordon being a triple agent, Holt saves the day by revealing that he'd been recording Gordon ''and'' Commissioner Kelly all along--because he'd followed Jake's example and watched a few spy movies himself.himself. He even gives his plan a cool OperationBlank[=/=]FunWithAcronyms name, just like Jake.



* RecycledScript: Similar to season 2's "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS2E05TheMole The Mole]]", where Wuntch installed a mole in the Nine-Nine, but was caught and forced to back down when Holt bugged her in a restaurant.
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* TragicKeepsake: During Amy's cleanup campaign, Terry is reluctant to throw out a pair of unopened suspenders because they represent the lieutenant exam he once failed, but still intends to pass. Amy gets him to dispose of them anyway but comes to regret it, so she buys him a new pair because “Some things are worth clinging to”.
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* NotSoAboveItAll: At first, Holt criticizes Jake's attempts to catch Gordon with tactics taken from spy movies. However, when Jake's plans to secretly record Gordon's confession fails due to Gordon being a triple agent, Holt saves the day by revealing that he'd been recording Gordon ''and'' Commissioner Kelly all along--because he'd followed Jake's example and watched a few spy movies himself.
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* ForYourOwnGood: Amy's reasoning when forcing them to throw away all their personal belongings.

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* ForYourOwnGood: Amy's reasoning when forcing them her co-workers to throw away all their personal belongings.



* GeekyTurnOn: the barrel museum for Holt, Gordon (assuming he wasn't lying), and Amy, although the former two are far more stoic, while Amy is clearly turned on when Jake describes the barrel.

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* GeekyTurnOn: the The barrel museum for Holt, Gordon (assuming he wasn't lying), and Amy, although the former two are far more stoic, while Amy is clearly turned on when Jake describes the barrel.



* VikingFuneral: They have one in the parking lot for all the stuff they're throwing away.

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* VikingFuneral: They have Amy and her friends conduct one in the Nine-Nine's parking lot for all the stuff they're throwing away.

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'''''The Honeypot''''' is the seventh episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s sixth season.

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'''''The Honeypot''''' [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/brooklyn_nine_nine_the_honeypot.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Is Gordon placing Holt [[{{Pun}} over a barrel}}?]]]]

"The Honeypot"
is the seventh episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s sixth season.



* CaffeineBulletTime: The ColdOpen is Holt, Rosa and Jake drinking coffee. Suddenly, Charles comes in moving in slow motion, warning them that they've drunk too much coffee. Sure enough, everything around them seems to be in slow motion, then it cuts to them talking really fast.

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* CaffeineBulletTime: The ColdOpen is Holt, Rosa and Jake drinking coffee. Suddenly, Charles comes in moving in slow motion, warning them that they've drunk too much coffee. Sure enough, everything around them seems to be in slow motion, then it cuts to them [[MotorMouth talking really fast.fast]].



* YourCheatingHeart: Although Holt didn't actually do anything with Gordon, his "date" with Gordon at the museum (done to stall him while Jake downloaded his hard drive) was enough for Kevin to force him to sleep in the guest room that night. However, they made up the next night, and then some.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Although Holt didn't actually do anything with Gordon, his "date" with Gordon at the museum (done to stall him while Jake downloaded his hard drive) was enough for Kevin to force him to sleep in the guest room that night. However, they made up the next night, and then some.some.
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* CaffeineBulletTime: The ColdOpen is Holt, Rosa and Jake drinking coffee. Suddenly, Charles comes in moving in slow motion, warning them that they've drunk too much coffee. Sure enough, everything around them seems to be in slow motion, then it cuts to them talking really fast.



* HeelFaceMole: Gordon, who pretends to switch sides.


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* HeelFaceMole: Gordon, who pretends to switch sides.


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* IncrediblyLameFun: As a cover to get to Gordon's laptop, Holt takes him to a barrel exhibit at the Museum of American Industry. Holt is thoroughly enjoying it, even going through the history of one particular barrel for an hour, then going to another barrel and talking about as long on how it's ''identical'' to the previous one.
* InsistentTerminology: Holt refers to Creator/TomCruise as Thomas Cruise.


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* MinorFlawMajorBreakup: Holt rejects his latest assistant candidate for abbreviating a one-syllable word.


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* ResetButton: With Commissioner Kelly defeated, floor one of the Nine-Nine is reopened, and the bullpen is restored to its usual, non-crowded state.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "Are you literally saying hem and haw?"
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* BatmanGambit: Holt, who figured he still might not be able to trust Gordon, planted bugs and cameras in the restaurant beforehand, just in case Gordon turned on them.
* CallBack: Jake once again refers to Holt (as well as Kevin, this time) as his "dad".



* ForYourOwnGood: Amy's reasoning when forcing them to throw away all their personal belongings.
* FunWithAcronyms: Several, throughout the episode.
* GeekyTurnOn: the barrel museum for Holt, Gordon (assuming he wasn't lying), and Amy, although the former two are far more stoic, while Amy is clearly turned on when Jake describes the barrel.



* HiddenDepths: Rosa, as usual, who this time is revealed to be an archer, and has 5 bows in her car.



* OhCrap: Jake and Holt, when they realize Gordon was a triple agent. And then Commissioner Kelly and Gordon when they realize Holt expected it, and planted bugs and cameras all throughout the restaurant.



* VikingFuneral: They have one in the parking lot for all the stuff they're throwing away.

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* VikingFuneral: They have one in the parking lot for all the stuff they're throwing away.away.
* XanatosGambit: Holt, who crossed his T's and dotted his I's to make sure that he got Kelly on tape confessing to spying on his precinct. He knew he might not be able to trust Gordon, so he planted bugs and cameras in the restaurant beforehand to avoid the issue altogether, ensuring that whether Gordon turned on them or not, they would have Kelly on tape confessing.
* YourCheatingHeart: Although Holt didn't actually do anything with Gordon, his "date" with Gordon at the museum (done to stall him while Jake downloaded his hard drive) was enough for Kevin to force him to sleep in the guest room that night. However, they made up the next night, and then some.
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'''''The Honeypot''''' is the seventh episode of ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'''s sixth season.

Captain Holt is looking for a new assistant to replace Gina, and Jake helps out by finding someone. At first he seems perfect, but Holt reveals that the new hire was hitting on him (in a very Holt-like fashion), and is later discovered to be a plant working for Commissioner Kelly.

Meanwhile, with the first floor closed and the fourth floor bullpen being overcrowded, Amy leads the rest of the squad in an attempt to organize the place.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Gordon tries to pull one by pretending to be a double agent for Holt, when really he was only pretending to switch sides to Holt in order to make it look like Holt was spying on the Commissioner. However, Holt then reveals that he had bugged the rest of the restaurant and put in cameras beforehand, so Gordon and Commissioner Kelly were caught revealing their entire plan.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Commissioner Kelly, as always, even when asking for Holt's resignation. However, his "affable" charade quickly falls away when Holt reveals he caught Kelly on tape admitting he planted a spy in the Nine-Nine.
* HeelFaceMole: Gordon, who pretends to switch sides.
* HeelFaceTurn: Gordon appears to have one, but it's revealed to have been an act in order to frame Holt for spying on the Commissioner (who was doing just that to Holt)
* LaserGuidedKarma: Commissioner Kelly gets what has been a long time coming, when Holt catches him spying on the Nine-Nine.
* MookFaceTurn: Gordon pretends to have one.
* RecycledScript: Similar to season 2's "[[Recap/BrooklynNineNineS2E05TheMole The Mole]]", where Wuntch installed a mole in the Nine-Nine, but was caught and forced to back down when Holt bugged her in a restaurant.
* VikingFuneral: They have one in the parking lot for all the stuff they're throwing away.

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