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On an evening out with Sarah and Morgan, Chuck recognises Chinese spy Mei-Ling Cho. The team investigate, and discover that she's on an unofficial mission to rescue her brother, who has been kidnapped by a Triad. Chuck manages to persuade her to defect in exchange for the team's help.
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On an evening out with Sarah and Morgan, Chuck recognises Chinese spy Mei-Ling Cho. Cho (Creator/GwendolineYeo). The team investigate, and discover that she's on an unofficial mission to rescue her brother, who has been kidnapped by a Triad.Triads. Chuck manages to persuade her to defect in exchange for the team's help.
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* BigDamnHeroes: A downplayed example. Ellie usually despises Morgan, but when she hears he's losing a sales competition and in danger of losing his job, she buys Awesome and Chuck's birthday presents early and from him so he won't get fired.
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* ActorAllusion: Creator/JamesHong's character Ben Lo Pan gets a few:
** His very name Ben Lo Pan is a PunnyName, as it's a reference to Creator/JamesHong previous role in ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' where he played a character named Lo Pan, thus his name here being "Been" Lo Pan.
** When Ben Lo Pan is stopped by Chuck while trying to escape, Chuck tells him "Forget it Ben, it's Chinatown", a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' where Creator/JamesHong had a role.
* ActionGirl: Mei-Ling is a female Chinese Intelligence Officer who's just as good as Sarah and Casey on the field.
* BadassInDistress: Mei-Ling, Sarah and Casey all get captured by the Triads in their rescue attempt. Chuck has to step up to rescue them.
* BigDamnHeroes: Adownplayed {{downplayed|Trope}} example. Ellie usually despises Morgan, but when she hears he's losing a sales competition and in danger of losing his job, she buys Awesome and Chuck's birthday presents early and from him so he won't get fired.fired.
* BoundAndGagged: Lee is tied up and gagged when Chuck first sees him, making it obvious to him that the guy in a wheelchair he just helped is actually evil and is actually kidnapping someone.
* TheCakeIsALie: A the end of the episode, Big Mike reveals that the entire sales competition was a lie, the prize for 2nd place, the pizza, was just for him and the prize for 1st place, an [=iPhone=] never existed.
** His very name Ben Lo Pan is a PunnyName, as it's a reference to Creator/JamesHong previous role in ''Film/BigTroubleInLittleChina'' where he played a character named Lo Pan, thus his name here being "Been" Lo Pan.
** When Ben Lo Pan is stopped by Chuck while trying to escape, Chuck tells him "Forget it Ben, it's Chinatown", a ShoutOut to ''Film/{{Chinatown}}'' where Creator/JamesHong had a role.
* ActionGirl: Mei-Ling is a female Chinese Intelligence Officer who's just as good as Sarah and Casey on the field.
* BadassInDistress: Mei-Ling, Sarah and Casey all get captured by the Triads in their rescue attempt. Chuck has to step up to rescue them.
* BigDamnHeroes: A
* BoundAndGagged: Lee is tied up and gagged when Chuck first sees him, making it obvious to him that the guy in a wheelchair he just helped is actually evil and is actually kidnapping someone.
* TheCakeIsALie: A the end of the episode, Big Mike reveals that the entire sales competition was a lie, the prize for 2nd place, the pizza, was just for him and the prize for 1st place, an [=iPhone=] never existed.
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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Variation. Ellie and Morgan are feeling neglected as Chuck keeps breaking plans to hang out with his new girlfriend (actually to do spy work, but obviously they don't know that).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is a Triad leader who has a Chinese diplomat - Mei-Ling Cho's brother - captive, and Chuck just screwed up her rescue.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is a Triad leader who has a Chinese diplomat - Mei-Ling Cho's brother - captive, and Chuck just screwed up her rescue.
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* DeadlyDelivery: Mei-Ling herself twice to get near her targets, first as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant, then as a delivery girl on the Buy More.
* DefectorFromCommieLand: Mei-Ling agrees to defect from China as long as Team Bartowski helps to rescue her brother who was kidnaped by Triads.
* DistressedDude: The plot of the episode revolves around Lee Cho, a Chinese diplomat that was kidnapped by the local Triads. His spy sister, angry that her government doesn't care about him, goes rogue to rescue him herself.
* EvilCripple: Ben Lo Pan is a wheelchair-bound Tria boss and the episode's villain.
* GoodAllAlong: When Mei-Ling's first introduced, the team comes to the WrongAssumption that she's in America to assassinate a Chinatown businessman, but it turns out he's actually [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs a Triad leader]] who kidnapped her brother, and she's just trying to rescue him.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Mei-Ling's ''very'' pissed about her brother being kidnapped, to the point of forsaking her country for a chance to rescue him.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife:Variation.A platonic variation. Ellie and Morgan are feeling neglected as Chuck keeps breaking plans to hang out with his new girlfriend (actually to do spy work, but obviously they don't know that).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is [[EvilCripple a Triadleader leader]] who has a Chinese diplomat - Mei-Ling Cho's brother - captive, and Chuck just screwed up her rescue.rescue.
* NonActionGuy: Chuck as usual, but Mei-Ling's brother is only a diplomat and also useless in a fight.
* OutsideContextProblem: The main plot of the episode had little to do with Chuck or the DEA, until Chuck accidentally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ruined things for Mei-Ling]]. After that, a guilt-ridden Chuck insists on helping, with Sarah and Casey hesitantly agreeing.
* SheFu: Mei-Ling does a lot of acrobatic flips during her action scenes.
* ShoutOut: When Morgan begs for Chuck's help, he says "Help me, Chuck Bartowski; you're my only hope", which is a reference to Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan in ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''.
* StockForeignName: A Chinese woman named "Mei-Ling".
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: The villain is a Triad leader that controls most of Chinatown.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Ben Lo Pan (Creator/JamesHong), is a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad boss]] who holds Mei-Ling's brother hostage.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Mei-Ling's attempt to rescue her brother was never sanctioned by the Chinese government, so she was forced to defect and can never return to China again.
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* DefectorFromCommieLand: Mei-Ling agrees to defect from China as long as Team Bartowski helps to rescue her brother who was kidnaped by Triads.
* DistressedDude: The plot of the episode revolves around Lee Cho, a Chinese diplomat that was kidnapped by the local Triads. His spy sister, angry that her government doesn't care about him, goes rogue to rescue him herself.
* EvilCripple: Ben Lo Pan is a wheelchair-bound Tria boss and the episode's villain.
* GoodAllAlong: When Mei-Ling's first introduced, the team comes to the WrongAssumption that she's in America to assassinate a Chinatown businessman, but it turns out he's actually [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs a Triad leader]] who kidnapped her brother, and she's just trying to rescue him.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: Mei-Ling's ''very'' pissed about her brother being kidnapped, to the point of forsaking her country for a chance to rescue him.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife:
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is [[EvilCripple a Triad
* NonActionGuy: Chuck as usual, but Mei-Ling's brother is only a diplomat and also useless in a fight.
* OutsideContextProblem: The main plot of the episode had little to do with Chuck or the DEA, until Chuck accidentally [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ruined things for Mei-Ling]]. After that, a guilt-ridden Chuck insists on helping, with Sarah and Casey hesitantly agreeing.
* SheFu: Mei-Ling does a lot of acrobatic flips during her action scenes.
* ShoutOut: When Morgan begs for Chuck's help, he says "Help me, Chuck Bartowski; you're my only hope", which is a reference to Princess Leia's message to Obi-Wan in ''Film/StarWarsANewHope''.
* StockForeignName: A Chinese woman named "Mei-Ling".
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs: The villain is a Triad leader that controls most of Chinatown.
* VillainOfTheWeek: Ben Lo Pan (Creator/JamesHong), is a [[TheTriadsAndTheTongs Triad boss]] who holds Mei-Ling's brother hostage.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Mei-Ling's attempt to rescue her brother was never sanctioned by the Chinese government, so she was forced to defect and can never return to China again.
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On an evening out with Sarah and Morgan, Chuck recognises Chinese spy Mei-Ling Cho. The team investigate, and discover that she's on an unofficial mission to rescue her brother, who has been kidnapped by a Triad. Chuck manages to persuade her to defect in exchange for the team's help.
!Trope Flash:
* BigDamnHeroes: A downplayed example. Ellie usually despises Morgan, but when she hears he's losing a sales competition and in danger of losing his job, she buys Awesome and Chuck's birthday presents early and from him so he won't get fired.
* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Chuck and Morgan argue about spicing up the evening with fireworks. Morgan thinks it would be fun, Chuck wants to keep all his limbs. Later, when Sarah, Casey and Mei-Ling are held captive by the Triad, Chuck sets off a whole bag of fireworks in the bad guys' van as a distraction.
* ChekhovsSkill: While tracking Mei-Ling, Casey gives Chuck a quick lesson on tailing: how much space to leave, etc. When the others are captured by the Triad, Chuck employs these techniques to follow them back to the restaurant.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: After Chuck screws up her rescue of her brother, Mei-Ling follows Chuck and calls him at the Buy More, demanding his help.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Variation. Ellie and Morgan are feeling neglected as Chuck keeps breaking plans to hang out with his new girlfriend (actually to do spy work, but obviously they don't know that).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is a Triad leader who has a Chinese diplomat - Mei-Ling Cho's brother - captive, and Chuck just screwed up her rescue.
!Trope Flash:
* BigDamnHeroes: A downplayed example. Ellie usually despises Morgan, but when she hears he's losing a sales competition and in danger of losing his job, she buys Awesome and Chuck's birthday presents early and from him so he won't get fired.
* ChekhovsGun: Early on, Chuck and Morgan argue about spicing up the evening with fireworks. Morgan thinks it would be fun, Chuck wants to keep all his limbs. Later, when Sarah, Casey and Mei-Ling are held captive by the Triad, Chuck sets off a whole bag of fireworks in the bad guys' van as a distraction.
* ChekhovsSkill: While tracking Mei-Ling, Casey gives Chuck a quick lesson on tailing: how much space to leave, etc. When the others are captured by the Triad, Chuck employs these techniques to follow them back to the restaurant.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: After Chuck screws up her rescue of her brother, Mei-Ling follows Chuck and calls him at the Buy More, demanding his help.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Variation. Ellie and Morgan are feeling neglected as Chuck keeps breaking plans to hang out with his new girlfriend (actually to do spy work, but obviously they don't know that).
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: When the shooting starts, Chuck sees a man in a wheelchair fleeing the scene and helps him this car. Sadly, he soon realises the man is a Triad leader who has a Chinese diplomat - Mei-Ling Cho's brother - captive, and Chuck just screwed up her rescue.
