History Series / AngieTribeca

* BloodBrothers: Lieutenant Atkins has one with Commissioner Bigfish, who [[TakingTheBullet took a bullet]] meant for Atkins back in TheSeventies. This proves problematic when Bigfish is implicated in a sex scandal.

** In "Electoral Dysfunction," Angie's mom (played by Creator/RashidaJones' mother Peggy Lipton) {{Cameo}}s with the comment "I thought it'd be fun to do something together."

* SaltAndPepper: Invoked in "Tribeca's Day Off", when Geils and Tanner are partners for the day. Atkins comments that they'll have to figure out how a white man and a black man can work as partners, as if this had never happened before in the history of police work.

* AcceptableTarget: Invoked in the episode "Contains Graphic Designer Violence" -- when told to investigate the murder of a graphic designer, Angie and Geils dismiss it as a waste of time, calling graphic designers "scum of the earth" and brushing off the murder as a "victimless crime."

* ButNotTooBlack: From the episode ''Organ Trail'':
--> '''Lt Atkins''': You're a detective with experience on the streets.
--> '''Tanner''': So, why didn't you ask Tribeca?
--> '''Lt Atkins''': Because I can't tell if she has experience on the streets or not.
--> '''Angie Tribeca''': I have some. On my father's side.
** Maria Charo, a psychiatrist introduced in Season Four; in "Freezing Cold Prestige Drama", when asked Black, she replies half-and-half...for her coffee.

* FriendlyScheming: [[spoiler:Nearly the entirety of the third season, as revealed in the season finale, was part of a test for Geils.]]

** Many characters are named after musicians, such as the deuteragonist [[Music/TheJGeilsBand Jay Geils]] and Mayor Joe Perry's wife [[Music/KatyPerry Katy]].

* TimeSkip: The second season begins one year after the end of the first, with Angie waking up out of a ConvenientComa.

* EvilCounterpart:
** The FBI agent Diane Duran is this to Angie in "You've Got Blackmail", as well as Angie's {{Foil}}. She was so impressive in...well, everything that [[BrokenPedestal Angie wanted to be her and genuinely liked her. Heck, the entire department liked her.]] Like Angie, she was a female in law enforcement; unlike Angie, however, she played more to her feminine strengths, giving her something in common with Scholls. [[spoiler:Sadly, she was working with Mayhem Global to hack websites and the LAPD, and she [[DesignatedGirlFight almost bested Angie in a fight]] complete with costume changes...until Angie tapped into her own femininity and defeated her.]]

** In general, any female suspect or villain is this to Angie and other female cops, based usually on how [[LightFeminineDarkFeminine they are]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl more feminine than they are]]. [[spoiler:A big clue for Diane Duran being a villain could be that she was the first female cop that wasn't masculine in any way.]]

** Before [[TheReveal the truth comes out]], [[spoiler:Geils learns the hard way why police don't negotiate with terrorists. Siglet promises to release Scholls and stop the animal attacks if all of the zoos close and the animals are freed. Against the advice of Angie and Pritkins, [[ScrewtheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Geils decides to do what Siglet asked.]] This results in more people dying and Scholls still not being freed (she escapes on her own). Mayor Perry basically suspends him for his actions.]]
** In the last few minutes of Season 3, [[spoiler:some people come by to arrest Angie for murder of the ''real'' Angie Tribeca. Angie, being a cop, doesn't bother to protest her innocence, goes quietly, and knows the very best thing she can do is keep her mouth shut until her lawyer arrives.]]

* ProtagonistTitle

** Mayor Joe Perry's wife is named Katy

* WellIntentionedExtremist:
** Mayhem Global.
** Also, possibly [[spoiler:Sergeant Pepper. For a light-hearted parody, he ends up being a Deconstruction of the trope. His efforts to ruin Mayor Perry's campaign become more violent and illegal, resulting in more support for the Mayor. This leads to him resorting to murder and manipulating Angie into taking the fall for him in order to further his goals. In the end, he not only fails at what he was trying to achieve, but his actions basically lead to Mayor Perry's victory. Not to mention that Diane Duran disappears, allowing Geils to take her place. Also, Angie betrays him after being reminded that she has a child and therefore something to fight for. In the end, he is left all alone.]]

** In the second season finale, Creator/JamesFranco, in character as Sergeant Pepper, lampshades how confusing the GambitPileup is while saying that he's only making a cameo as a favor to one of his friends.

* CorruptPolitician: [[spoiler:Eddie Pepper]] tells Tribeca that Mayor Perry is the head of a city-wide crime syndicate, and is responsible for crimes including money laundering, racketeering, voter fraud, [[{{Malaproper}} racketeering fraud, and voter laundering.]]

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Eddie has this with the law, of all things. He became disillusioned once he learned that Mayor Joe Perry was getting away with all kinds of crimes. Angie reaches this as well once the perp they arrested got off on an insanity plea for killing his bandmate. [[RageBreakingPoint The final straw comes when the Coast Guard is revealed to be part of an conspiracy to bring in Canadians to help vote for Dreyfuss in the upcoming election, and all her fellow officers care about is that they caught the killer.]] So, she throws in with Eddie. ]]
* BuddyCopShow

* BecomingTheMask: Either played with or deconstructed with Geils in "Beach Blanket Sting-O". He eagerly volunteers to go undercover as a fat-shaming lifeguard to find out who is dealing drugs, and stays for a long period of time. [[spoiler: He does this and admits it is due to not wanting to deal with the stress from being a new father, being in a relationship with Scholls while still having feelings for Tribeca, guilt from leaving Tribeca while she was in a coma, and lying about his baby with Tribeca to Scholls. What snaps him out of it is when Tribeca makes him realize that he was inadvertently bodyshaming his baby to the point where he had come to the beach fully dressed with a jacket and pants--on what was apparently the hottest day of the year.]]

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Eddie has this with the law, of all things. He became disillusioned once he learned that Mayor Joe Perry was getting away with all kinds of crimes. Angie reaches this as well once the perp they arrested got off on an insanity plea for killing his bandmate. [[RageBreakingPoint The final straw comes when the Coast Guard is revealed to be part of an conspiracy to bring in Canadians to help vote for Dreyfuss in the upcoming election, and all her fellow officers care about is that they caught the killer.]] So, she throws in with Eddie. ]]

* ChekhovMIA: In the episode "The Wedding Planner Did It", Angie tells Geils the story of her former partner and lover Sgt. Eddie Pepper, who ran through a dark tunnel on a case once and was never seen again. [[spoiler: In the second season, Sgt. Pepper turns out to be well alive and part of a huge conspiracy.]]

** Season three ends with [[spoiler: Angie being arrested as an imposter and for killing the real Angie Tribeca.]]

* TheConspiracy: [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper creates Mayhem Global, an organization that is dedicated to bringing down Mayor Perry. Things escalate over time, and they go from trying to get him out of office to just killing him. Angie ends up involved in this.]]

* DisappearedDad: Angie's father. [[spoiler: He does this again once she finally finds him.]]

** The FBI agent Diane Duran is this to Angie in "You've Got Blackmail", as well as Angie's {{Foil}}. She was so impressive in...well, everything that [[BrokenPedestal Angie wanted to be her and genuinely liked her. Heck, the entire department liked her.]] Like Angie, she was a female in law enforcement; unlike Angie, however, she played more to her feminine strengths, giving her something in common with Scholls. [[spoiler: Sadly, she was working with Mayhem Global to hack websites and the LAPD, and she [[DesignatedGirlFight almost bested Angie in a fight]] complete with costume changes...until Angie tapped into her own femininity and defeated her.]]

** [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper is this to Geils. Both of them are tall, dark and handsome. Both have relationships with Tribeca that ended badly (Eddie faked his death for ten years, while Geils dumped her for Scholls when she fell into a coma and raised their baby without her.) However, Eddie sent Angie into such a deep depression that she turned into a loner for a decade, and then followed that by dragging her into a conspiracy that resulted in her going to jail and almost killing Mayor Perry. Meanwhile, Geils managed to get her to open up more and connect with people, and he was able to stop her from going through with the assassination by reminding her of their child together and of who she really was.]]

** In general, any female suspect or villain is this to Angie and other female cops, based usually on how [[LightFeminineDarkFeminine they are]] [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl more feminine than they are]]. [[spoiler: A big clue for Diane Duran being a villain could be that she was the first female cop that wasn't masculine in any way.]]

** Played with in the second season. Angie is framed for the murder of a graphic designer, but [[spoiler: this is done on purpose to help with Mayhem Global's conspiracy to kill the mayor.]]

** In "Boyz II Men", while Angie and [[spoiler: Sgt. Pepper]] take a stroll through the woods, we see a skeleton chained to a tree with a sign that says "Save the trees"; a man with a cleaver chasing two young women; and a leprechaun hiding behind a tree.

* HeroicBSOD: Angie spends most of season two in this mode, due to being in a coma and Geils dating Scholls. [[spoiler: This is a big part of how Eddie was able to enlist her in his schemes.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper recruits Angie to his cause against Mayor Perry. Guess who betrays him in the end?]]

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: Angie is finally fed up and chooses to help Eddie and Mayhem Global take down corruption and Mayor Joe Perry. The thing that pushes her into doing so was a crime that Mayhem Global got away with.]]

** Also, [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain:
** [[spoiler: Eddie's attacks against Mayor Perry only served to strengthen his position, for people rallied behind him and voted to keep him in office.]]
** LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: Eddie thought that he could use Angie to help him take down the Mayor. Not only does she end up betraying him, but she shoots him in the end.]]

** Before [[TheReveal the truth comes out]], [[spoiler: Geils learns the hard way why police don't negotiate with terrorists. Siglet promises to release Scholls and stop the animal attacks if all of the zoos close and the animals are freed. Against the advice of Angie and Pritkins, [[ScrewtheRulesImDoingWhatsRight Geils decides to do what Siglet asked.]] This results in more people dying and Scholls still not being freed (she escapes on her own). Mayor Perry basically suspends him for his actions.]]

* {{Postmodernism}}

** The gym teacher who kidnapped Geils and trapped him in a bomb vest in the first season finale. His actions led to [[spoiler: Angie's coma in season two, which led to Geils dating Scholls and raising their child with her, which led to Angie's HeroicBSOD, which led to her teaming up with Eddie to kill Mayor Perry.]]
** Victoria [[spoiler: the robot.]] She only appeared in one episode, but it was enough for her to not only murder her boss, but also [[spoiler: sleep with Geils, effectively helping him end his already crumbling relationship with Angie.]]

* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper turns out to be this for Angie, encouraging her to break the law and go after Mayor Joe Perry.]]
%%** The lifeguards are this for Geils. [[spoiler: Even worse once they turn out to be cops.]]* TransatlanticEquivalent: As a ''Series/PoliceSquad''-esque parody of cop dramas, packed with {{Visual Gag}}s and ComicallyMissingThePoint dialogue and running on pure RuleOfFunny, the show's comedic style is extremely reminiscent of ''Series/ATouchOfCloth''.

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Vivian Tribeca states that she flipped out and killed a man because he, like everyone else sitting in first class, is so rude and unappreciative of the efforts made to make them comfortable.]]

** Also, possibly [[spoiler: Sergeant Pepper. For a light-hearted parody, he ends up being a Deconstruction of the trope. His efforts to ruin Mayor Perry's campaign become more violent and illegal, resulting in more support for the Mayor. This leads to him resorting to murder and manipulating Angie into taking the fall for him in order to further his goals. In the end, he not only fails at what he was trying to achieve, but his actions basically lead to Mayor Perry's victory. Not to mention that Diane Duran disappears, allowing Geils to take her place. Also, Angie betrays him after being reminded that she has a child and therefore something to fight for. In the end, he is left all alone.]]

* AmbiguouslyBrown: Angie's mixed heritage (which mirrors that of Rashida Jones in real life) is obliquely referenced in an uncomfortable but hilarious gag when Atkins commits the faux pas of assuming Tanner will know his way around the "black market" because he is a cop with "years of experience on the streets". He's not sure about Tribeca's "experience on the streets", but he's definitely sure Geils has no "experience on the streets".
--> '''Tribeca:''' I have some. On my father's side.

* HotScientist: Scholls. Her glasses add to the effect.

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* PoisonousFriend:
** [[spoiler: Eddie Pepper turns out to be this for Angie, encouraging her to break the law and go after Mayor Joe Perry.]]
** The lifeguards are this for Geils. [[spoiler: Even worse once they turn out to be cops.]]

* TransatlanticEquivalent: As a ''Series/PoliceSquad''-esque parody of cop dramas, packed with {{Visual Gag}}s and ComicallyMissingThePoint dialogue and running on pure RuleOfFunny, the show's comedic style is extremely reminiscent of ''Series/ATouchOfCloth''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the works of Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers, particularly ''Series/PoliceSquad'' and ''Film/TheNakedGun,'' featuring the exact same style of humor.