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** When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
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** When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV. Overlaps with ThePublicDomainChannel.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Cheng's technology could have been used to catch dangerous criminals and protect victims. He could have made a lot of money allowing law enforcement to use it for legitimate purposes, but he just had to make a little bit extra selling the technology to evil organizations, forcing the team to take him down.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Sophie, who points out that Cheng is obsessed with his own privacy, while violating everyone else's.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Apparently Breanna was responsible for the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Maple_Syrup_Heist Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist]]!
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* NoodleIncident: Apparently Breanna stole (or otherwise ran a caper somehow involving) 3000 tons of maple syrup at some point in the past.
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someone's race can't be "downplayed", and unless they had a reason to use his culture in the con, there's no REASON to bring it up. and if it's not the real problem with their relationship, then file it under what the ACTUAL problem is
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope. He's a tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope. He's a Chinese-American tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior.
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* DomesticAbuse: Libby Barnes' ex-husband Reece was abusive to her and her daughter Frankie. Team Leverage has been protecting them from him, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* DomesticAbuse: DomesticAbuse: Libby Barnes' ex-husband Reece was abusive to her and her daughter Frankie. Team Leverage has been protecting them from him, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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someone's race can't be "downplayed", and unless
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}. He's a tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}.trope. He's a tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* DomesticAbuse: Libby Barnes' ex-husband Reece was abusive to her and her daughter Frankie. Team Leverage has been protecting them from him, but then Reece uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: Eliot and Marshal Shipp.
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* ShoutOut: When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
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** When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
** When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
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* PhraseCatcher: The federal marshal tells Eliot that the way he disarmed her gun was "very distinctive."
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* PhraseCatcher: The federal marshal tells Eliot that NoodleIncident: Apparently Breanna stole (or otherwise ran a caper somehow involving) 3000 tons of maple syrup at some point in the way he disarmed her gun was "very distinctive."past.
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* PhraseCatcher: The federal marshal tells Eliot that the way he disarmed her gun was "very distinctive."
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** When Eliot shows up at Cheng's house, he says he's from [[Film/OfficeSpace Initrode]] Security.
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** When Eliot shows up at The private security company providing on-call service for Cheng's house, he says he's from house is called [[Film/OfficeSpace Initrode]] Security.
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece tracks her down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece tracks her uses his position as a policeman to track them down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: DomesticAbuse isn't exactly minor, but when Team Leverage investigates how Reece Barnes was able to find Libby, they discover the existence of Searchlight and its dire implications for the privacy of ordinary citizens around the world.
* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this by sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing this to infiltrate Cheng's home.
* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this by sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing this to infiltrate Cheng's home.
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* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: DomesticAbuse isn't exactly minor, but when Team Leverage investigates how Reece Barnes was able to find Libby, they discover the existence of Searchlight and its dire implications for the privacy of ordinary citizens around the world.
* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this by sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowingthis them to infiltrate Cheng's home.
* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this by sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}. He's an amoral tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}. He's an amoral a tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Cheng and his partners aren't too particular about who uses Searchlight, or why. A DomesticAbuser tracking down his terrified ex? Amoral PrivateMilitaryContractors? Dictators making sure their victims can't escape? Who cares, as long as the check clears?
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* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this bu sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing this to infiltrate Cheng's home.
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* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this bu by sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing this to infiltrate Cheng's home.
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* NoSocialSkills: Cheng is uptight, nervous and cranky whenever he has to interact with people instead of software. Leverage takes advantage of this bu sabotaging his meetings with RIZ, leading his partner Harwick to hire "[[TheSocialExpert social interactions consultants]]" Sophie and Parker, allowing this to infiltrate Cheng's home.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}} and weaponized by Leverage, who have their Joseph Cheng chased down by the police for crimes committed by other Joseph Chengs.
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* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}} and weaponized by Leverage, who have their ''their'' Joseph Cheng chased down by the police for crimes committed by other ''other'' Joseph Chengs.
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* ContinuityNod: RIZ, the fascistic PrivateMilitaryContractors from "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E1TheTooManyRembrandtsJob The Too Many Rembrandts Job]]" and "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E2ThePanamanianMonkeyJob The Panamanian Monkeys Job]]", are interested in either buying or investing in Searchlight. They set up two meetings with Cheng, but Leverage disrupts them both by causing Cheng to act like a paranoid weirdo, which scares RIZ off.
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* ContinuityNod: RIZ, the fascistic PrivateMilitaryContractors from "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E1TheTooManyRembrandtsJob The Too Many Rembrandts Job]]" and "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E2ThePanamanianMonkeyJob The Panamanian Monkeys Job]]", are interested in either buying or investing in Searchlight. They set up two meetings with Cheng, but Leverage disrupts them both by causing Cheng to act like a paranoid weirdo, weirdo[[note]]more than usual[[/note]], which scares RIZ off.
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* ContinuityNod: RIZ, the fascistic PrivateMilitaryContractors from "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E1TheTooManyRembrandtsJob The Too Many Rembrandts Job]]" and "[[Recap/LeverageRedemptionS1E2ThePanamanianMonkeyJob The Panamanian Monkeys Job]]", are interested in either buying or investing in Searchlight. They set up two meetings with Cheng, but Leverage disrupts them both by causing Cheng to act like a paranoid weirdo, which scares RIZ off.
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The team takes on a brilliant software developer who is selling a groundbreaking facial recognition system that threatens everyone’s privacy but his own.
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The team takes on a brilliant software developer who is selling a groundbreaking facial recognition system that threatens everyone’s privacy but his own.own.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}. He's an amoral tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece tracks her down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Leverage eventually defeats Cheng by turning his own creations Searchlight and Alay-Na against him.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: DomesticAbuse isn't exactly minor, but when Team Leverage investigates how Reece Barnes was able to find Libby, they discover the existence of Searchlight and its dire implications for the privacy of ordinary citizens around the world.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}} and weaponized by Leverage, who have their Joseph Cheng chased down by the police for crimes committed by other Joseph Chengs.
* RobotBuddy: Cheng's relationship with Alay-Na, the AI that runs his house (and his life). He gets along with it better than any human he interacts with.
* ShoutOut: When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
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* AsianAndNerdy: Joseph Cheng is a villainous version of this trope, although the Asian part is {{downplayed|trope}}. He's an amoral tech genius who has created Searchlight, which is not only the most scarily advanced FacialRecognitionSoftware on the planet, but also predicts its subjects' behavior. He also happens to be Chinese-American, although no one ever brings this up.
* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Another DownplayedTrope. Libby Barnes is black and her ex-husband Reece is white. However, the source of conflict in their relationship is that Reece is a DomesticAbuser. Team Leverage has been protecting Libby and her daughter Frankie, but then Reece tracks her down with Searchlight, proving how easily the program can be misused.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Leverage eventually defeats Cheng by turning his own creations Searchlight and Alay-Na against him.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: DomesticAbuse isn't exactly minor, but when Team Leverage investigates how Reece Barnes was able to find Libby, they discover the existence of Searchlight and its dire implications for the privacy of ordinary citizens around the world.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}} and weaponized by Leverage, who have their Joseph Cheng chased down by the police for crimes committed by other Joseph Chengs.
* RobotBuddy: Cheng's relationship with Alay-Na, the AI that runs his house (and his life). He gets along with it better than any human he interacts with.
* ShoutOut: When Leverage starts messing with Alay-Na, ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968'' is shown playing on Cheng's TV.
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