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* TakeThatUs: One of the criminals talks about how modern TV is terrible and they should stick to ''I Love Lucy'' and other classics.
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away the end, no worse for wear.]]

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away the end, no worse for wear.]]



* DeadPartner: Both Crockett and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. [[spoiler: Tubbs actually lost his brother]]

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* DeadPartner: Both Crockett and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. [[spoiler: Tubbs actually lost his brother]]brother.



* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Scott Wheeler is TheMole for Calderone. Which means Calderone knows Tubbs was a cop.]]

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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Scott Wheeler is TheMole for Calderone. Which means Calderone knows Tubbs was a cop.]]



* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.]]
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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead police as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Sonny's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.

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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead police as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Sonny's Crockett's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.



* AnimalCompanion: Sonny has a pet crocodile named Elvis.
* AssassinOutclassin: Tubbs takes down the cross-dressing hitman with Sonny providing a distraction.

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* AnimalCompanion: Sonny Crockett has a pet crocodile named Elvis.
* AssassinOutclassin: Tubbs takes down the cross-dressing hitman with Sonny Crockett providing a distraction.



* BatmanGambit: Sonny has the judge say that Leon the Drug Dealer cooperated with the police in hopes of getting him to actually do. Sadly, this gets Leon killed.

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* BatmanGambit: Sonny Crockett has the judge say that Leon the Drug Dealer cooperated with the police in hopes of getting him to actually do. Sadly, this gets Leon killed.



* DeadPartner: Both Sonny and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. [[spoiler: Tubbs actually lost his brother]]

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* DeadPartner: Both Sonny Crockett and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. [[spoiler: Tubbs actually lost his brother]]



** Sonny has a chatty amiable attitude that allows him to ingratiate himself with a local drug dealer as well as reassure his partner in equal measure.
* FlockOfWolves: Sonny complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.

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** Sonny Crockett has a chatty amiable attitude that allows him to ingratiate himself with a local drug dealer as well as reassure his partner in equal measure.
* FlockOfWolves: Sonny Crockett complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.



* MyFistForgivesYou: Tubbs punches out Sonny for punching him first (he'd made a crack about his dead partner).

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* MyFistForgivesYou: Tubbs punches out Sonny Crockett for punching him first (he'd made a crack about his dead partner).



* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Sonny asks if Tubbs is down in Miami to work on his tan.

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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Sonny Crockett asks if Tubbs is down in Miami to work on his tan.
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* ProfessionalKiller: The cross-dressing hitman is one of these for TheCartel.
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* KarmaHoudini: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: Calderone gets away the end, no worse for wear.]]
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* DownerEnding: Calderone escapes at the end, showing ''Miami Vice'' would have a very different view of law enforcement than typical cop shows.


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* KarmaHoudini: Calderone gets away scott free at the end due to paying two million dollars in bail then skipping town.
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* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Tubbs almost guns down Calderone for killing his brother but pulls back at the last second.
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* AssassinOutclassin: Tubbs takes down the cross-dressing hitman with Sonny providing a distraction.
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* DirtyCop: [[spoiler: Scott Wheeler is TheMole for Calderone. Which means Calderone knows Tubbs was a cop.]]

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* DeadPartner: Both Sonny and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone.

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* DeadPartner: Both Sonny and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone. [[spoiler: Tubbs actually lost his brother]]
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Tubbs impersonates his brother, killed by Calderone.
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* TakeThatUs: One of the criminals talks about how modern TV is terrible and they should stick to ''I Love Lucy'' and other classics.
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* MaleGaze: Leon spends an extended time looking at a BikiniBar dancer as does the camera.

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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead partners as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Sonny's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.

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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead partners police as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Sonny's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.


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* TheCartel: The Columbian is a member of one of these if the name wasn't clue enough.
* CopKiller: The Columbian doesn't hesitate to kill cops.

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* BatmanGambit: Sonny has the judge say that Leon the Drug Dealer cooperated with the police in hopes of getting him to actually do. Sadly, this gets Leon killed.



* BigBad: The Columbian AKA

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* BigBad: The Columbian AKA Calderone.
* CreepyCrossdresser: The cross-dressing hitman who kills Leon.



* HisNameIs: Leon the Drug Dealer is killed before he can give up any information.




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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Sonny asks if Tubbs is down in Miami to work on his tan.
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* AFlockOfWolves: Sonny complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.

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* AFlockOfWolves: FlockOfWolves: Sonny complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.
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* AFlockOfWolves: Sonny complains that a big drug bust went belly up because three of the four individuals involved were cops.
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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs and James "Sonny" Crockett are both on the trail of a mysterious drug supplier named "The Columbian." Both of them are out to avenge dead partners as the Columbian killed both two New York policemen as well as Sonny's partner, Eddie Rivera. The two reluctantly agree to work together in order to bring down the drug lord, developing a fast friendship along the way.

It was originally shot as a PilotMovie but was split into two parts in syndication.

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This episode contains the following tropes:

* AnimalCompanion: Sonny has a pet crocodile named Elvis.
* BashBrothers: Crockett and Tubbs gradually evolve into this over the course of the episode.
* BerserkButton: Bringing up the death of Eddie Rivera.
* BigBad: The Columbian AKA
* DeadPartner: Both Sonny and Tubbs have one of these, killed by the Columbian AKA Calderone.
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Eddie Rivera has a pregnant wife that he is presently fighting with over money.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** Tubbs intimidates a group of punks and silently stalks a dealer before getting into a shootout where he is utterly lethal.
** Sonny has a chatty amiable attitude that allows him to ingratiate himself with a local drug dealer as well as reassure his partner in equal measure.
* MyFistForgivesYou: Tubbs punches out Sonny for punching him first (he'd made a crack about his dead partner).

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