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* CallBack: A flashback shows Chip discreetly palming two wads of tissue that Tony removed from his bloody nose at the end of the previous episode, "[[Recap/NCISS03E08 Under Covers]]."
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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Ziva finally gets fed up with Ducky's chivalry at the crime scene, and tells him she's a bona fide ActionGirl and can handle herself. Then she takes one step, slips on a rock and bowls herself, Ducky and their gear into a pond with a huge splash.
-->'''Ducky''': How refreshing: an independent woman!\\
''[They both laugh heartily.]''

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* LargeHam: Abby goes full Southern televangelist when she promises the heavens she will ''find the man who did this to Tony and ah will '''crucify''' him!''

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* LargeHam: Abby goes full Southern televangelist when she promises the heavens she will ''find ''"find the man who did this to Tony and ah will '''crucify''' him!''him!"''
* LongList: As a former cop, a federal agent, and (according to Ziva) a general slime of a human being, the team agrees that the number of people who would like to see Tony rot in jail for the rest of his life is not exactly short.


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* ShoutOut: To ''Film/TheTwoTowers'', when Tony "questions" himself in his cell, and the shifting camera angles make it seem as if there are two different men speaking.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tony says, ''"you set this up, didn't you?"'' Chip flinches, before realizing that Tony is pointing past him, at Ziva.



* LargeHam: Abby goes full Southern televangelist when she promises the heavens she will ''find the man who did this to Tony and ah will '''crucify''' him!''
* NotMeThisTime: Tony's first assumption is that Ziva (a trained spy) created the FrameUp as a practical joke.
-->'''Ziva''': I would ''never''... all right, maybe I would - '''but''', I didn't.



--> '''Gibbs''': A little late for that, Jen.
--> '''Jenny''': ''(scoffs)''
--> '''Gibbs''': Uh, I mean. Thank you, Director.
--> '''Jenny''': Better, Jethro.

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--> '''Gibbs''': A little late for that, Jen.
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'''Jenny''': ''(scoffs)''
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'''Gibbs''': Uh, I mean. mean... Thank you, Director.
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Director.\\
'''Jenny''': Better, Jethro.
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* EmbarrassingSuperpower: Tony can look at a murdered woman's severed leg and guess her height and weight to within two decimal points. [=McGee=] and Ziva brush off his "wild guess" and enter a series of measurements into a complex computer program... which spits out Tony's exact figures.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We never see how unarmed Abby overpowers knife-wielding Chip.

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* DopeSlap: After [[DiNozzo]] finishes his monologue in the holding cell, Gibbs signals him over and pops him one.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: During Lt. Kim's interrogation, after the recently married Lieutenant said she regretted her one-night stand with Tony, she put him on the Herpes Alert website.
* DopeSlap: After [[DiNozzo]] [=DiNozzo=] finishes his monologue in the holding cell, Gibbs signals him over and pops him one.


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* TitleDrop: Abby places a carpet fibre into an evidence capsule and states, "Frame-up".
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!! Frame-Up


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* AloneWithThePsycho: Chip cuts the phone lines when Abby is talking to someone.
--> '''Chip''': ''(wielding knife in hand)'' Looks like we lost our connection, Abby.


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* DopeSlap: After [[DiNozzo]] finishes his monologue in the holding cell, Gibbs signals him over and pops him one.
* DramaticDrop: Downplayed. Gibbs drops an unsealed document on his desk when he sees a picture of Chip testifying in court.
* FrameUp: Tony is framed by Chip in revenge for getting him fired from Pemberton Medical Analysis.
* FunWithSubtitles: Tony asks, "Cooon't yooo haaa uuuued my een-al ray-corss?" Ducky insists that making a mold of Tony's teeth is more accurate than his dental records.


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* VerbalBackspace: Jenny gives Gibbs the unsealed Baltimore case file.
--> '''Gibbs''': A little late for that, Jen.
--> '''Jenny''': ''(scoffs)''
--> '''Gibbs''': Uh, I mean. Thank you, Director.
--> '''Jenny''': Better, Jethro.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Subverted, when they realize Abby is possibly in danger, the crew all rush down to Abby's lab. When they see her, they think she was done for, but she stands up, clearly ticked off, and points to her BoundAndGagged killer, asking exasperatedly, "Now can I work alone?"



* ItsAllMyFault: Abby blames herself for Tony's situation, because it was her forensics that seemingly proved that he was a murderer. It makes her all the more determined to clear Tony's name and she never stops working until she finds forensic evidence that will exonerate him.

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* GallowsHumor: An accidental case. While describing Abby's exhaustion, Ziva says that she had probably "passed on" when she meant "passed out."
* ItsAllMyFault: Abby blames herself for Tony's situation, because it was her forensics that seemingly proved that he was a murderer. It makes her all the more determined to clear Tony's name and she never stops working until she finds forensic evidence that will exonerate him.him.
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* {{Determinator}}: Abby refuses to stop working until she clears Tony's name. In the end, McGee states that it was mainly because of her that Tony was cleared of the murder charge.

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* {{Determinator}}: Abby refuses to stop working until she clears Tony's name. In the end, McGee [=McGee=] states that it was mainly because of her that Tony was cleared of the murder charge.
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Tony is suspected of murder when part of a female body is found at Quantico, and Abby makes it her personal mission to find out who is framing him.

!! Tropes in this episode:
* ClearMyName: Gibbs and his team must prove that Tony didn't commit the murder.
* {{Determinator}}: Abby refuses to stop working until she clears Tony's name. In the end, McGee states that it was mainly because of her that Tony was cleared of the murder charge.
* ItsAllMyFault: Abby blames herself for Tony's situation, because it was her forensics that seemingly proved that he was a murderer. It makes her all the more determined to clear Tony's name and she never stops working until she finds forensic evidence that will exonerate him.

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