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* TerrifyingPetStoreRat: Played with InUniverse when Tony "saves" Kate from a snake that he claims is venomous, only for [=McGee=] to show up a moment later and (correctly) identify it as a ''non''-venomous corn snake. Naturally, Kate is not amused.

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* InverseDialogueDeathRule: {{Subverted}}. Kate Todd, one of the lead special agents, gets sniped straight in the center of her forehead and dies abruptly.



* WhamShot: Kate's death, [[BoomHeadshot literally]].

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* WhamShot: Kate's death, [[BoomHeadshot literally]].literally]].
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Directed by Creator/ThomasJWright

Written by Creator/JohnCKelley

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* CharacterDeath: Rest in peace Kate!

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* CharacterDeath: Rest in peace Kate!peace, Kate.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: [[{{Defied}} Oh, no, it's not!]]

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'''Season 2, Episode 23'''
!! Twilight



* DopeSlap: Gibbs gives one to [=DiNozzo=].
--> '''Gibbs:''' You feel that?
--> '''[=DiNozzo:=]''' Feel what?
--> '''Gibbs:''' ''(slap)'' That. Welcome back, [=DiNozzo=]!



* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: In the {{cold open}}, the "Virginia State Trooper" pulls over and shoots dead the naval officers.



->'''Kate:''' "Wow, I thought I'd die before I ever heard..." (BoomHeadshot)

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->'''Kate:''' -->'''Kate:''' "Wow, I thought I'd die before I ever heard..." (BoomHeadshot)

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* CruelTwistEnding: Kate survives TakingTheBullet for Gibbs near the final moments of the episode and all seems well, then BoomHeadshot and Kate is dead.
* DiesWideOpen: Kate, as seen in the page image above.
* EndOfAnAge: Kate's death officially breaks the show's original status quo.
* HeroKiller: If Ari hasn't already proved how dangerous he is, he does now at Kate's expense.
* KilledMidSentence:
->'''Kate:''' "Wow, I thought I'd die before I ever heard..." (BoomHeadshot)



* SeasonFinale: The show's second.
* SuddenDownerEnding: Kate survives TakingTheBullet for Gibbs then starts having her usual banter with Tony. Then out of nowhere, "BoomHeadshot" and Caitlin Todd is no more.



* WhamEpisode

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* WhamEpisodeTonightSomeoneDies: Trailers leading up to the episode promised a major CharacterDeath. They did not disappoint. Rest in peace, Kate.
* WhamEpisode: The episode features the very first major CharacterDeath in the series, officially shaking the status quo.
* WhamShot: Kate's death, [[BoomHeadshot literally]].
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* RelocatingTheExplosion: After Ari leaves the café, Gibbs finds a TimeBomb under the table. He barely has time to chuck it into a dumpster before it goes boom.
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* BorrowedBiometricBypass: One of the dead naval officers is missing his hands, which are then used to access the drone missile's controls.
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* ThatCameOutWrong: After the car bomb, Tony, who had just gone back to work after been afflicted with the plague, is being examined by Ducky. Tony is sore but refuses to rest. Kate says she should just get him into bed. When Ducky and Tony look at her, Kate realizes the innuendo behind that.
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* BondOneLiner:
--> '''Ari:''' Sorry, Caitlin.

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* CharacterDeath: Rest in peace Kate!

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* BoomHeadshot: See the picture above.
* CharacterDeath: Rest in peace Kate!Kate!
* WhamEpisode
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[[caption-width-right:350:Admit it, you never saw this coming right?]]

The FBI is searching for a terrorist assassination team in Washington, D.C., when agents learn the team's target is not a government official but Gibbs.

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* CharacterDeath: Rest in peace Kate!

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