History Series / CSIVerse

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->''"Beautiful people doing high-tech crime work? Might be a series in that."''
-->-- '''Stewart Lytle''' [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leaning on the fourth wall]] in the ''Series/{{CSI}}'' episode "Two and A Half Deaths".

Welcome to the United States of America, but not quite as you know it. In this world, forensic investigators have cool gadgets, look gorgeous and are allowed to conduct entire criminal investigations on their own. Crimes are solved far quicker than in your world, with snazzy flashbacks and re-enactments. Did we mention that lab work is done to funky music, with {{Real Song Theme Tune}}s by Music/TheWho?

May you die in a interesting way and leave a beautiful (or horribly mangled, whichever works) corpse.

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!! The Shows:
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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2000-Current)
* ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2002-2012)
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' (2004-2013)
* ''Series/CSICyber'' (2015-2016)
* ''Series/WithoutATrace'' (2002-2009)
* ''Series/ColdCase'' (2003-2010)
[[/index]]

!! The Comic Books:
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* ''CSI:''
** ''Thicker Than Blood'' by Jeff Mariotte and Gabriel Rodriguez (July 2003)
** ''Serial'' #1-5 by Max Allan Collins and Gabriel Rodriguez (2003)
** ''Bad Rap'' #1-5 by Max Allan Collins and Gabriel Rodriguez (2003)
** ''Demon House'' #1-5 by Max Allan Collins and Gabriel Rodriguez (2004)
** ''Dominos'' #1-5 by Kris Oprisko and Gabriel Rodriguez (2004)
** ''Secret Identity'' #1-5 by Steven Grant and Gabriel Rodriguez (2005)
** ''Dying in the Gutters'' #1-5 by Steven Grant and Stephen Mooney (2006)
* ''Miami:''
** ''Smoking Gun'' by Jeff Mariotte and Jose Aviles (October 2003)
** ''Thou Shalt Not...'' by Kris Oprisko and Renato Guedes (April 2004)
** ''Blood/Money'' by Kris Oprisko and Renato Guedes (September 2004)
* ''NY:''
** ''Bloody Murder'' #1-5 by Max Allan Collins and J.K. Woodward (2005)
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!! The Novels:
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* ''CSI:''
** ''Double Dealer'' by Max Allan Collins (November 2001)
** ''Sin City'' by Max Allan Collins (October 2002)
** ''Cold Burn'' by Max Allan Collins (April 2003)
** ''Body of Evidence'' by Max Allan Collins (November 2003)
** ''Grave Matters'' by Max Allan Collins (October 2004)
** ''Binding Ties'' by Max Allan Collins (April 2005)
** ''Killing Game'' by Max Allan Collins (November 2005)
** ''Snake Eyes'' by Max Allan Collins (September 2006)
** ''In Extremis'' by Ken Goddard (October 2007)
** ''Bad Rap'' by Max Allan Collins (March 2008)
** ''Nevada Rose'' by Jerome Preisler (June 2008)
** ''Headhunter'' by Greg Cox (October 2008)
** ''Brass In Pocket'' by Jeff Mariotte (August 2009)
** ''The Killing Jar'' by Donn Cortez (November 2009)
** ''Blood Quantum'' by Jeff Mariotte (February 2010)
** ''Dark Sundays'' by Donn Cortez (May 2010)
** ''Skin Deep'' by Jerome Preisler (August 2010)
** ''Shock Treatment'' by Greg Cox (November 2010)
** ''The Burning Season'' by Jeff Mariotte (June 2011)
* ''Miami:''
** ''Florida Getaway'' by Max Allan Collins (August 2003)
** ''Heat Wave'' by Max Allan Collins (July 2004)
** ''Cult Following'' by Donn Cortez (December 2005)
** ''Riptide'' by Donn Cortez (July 2006)
** ''Harm for the Holidays: Misgivings'' by Donn Cortez (November 2006)
** ''Harm for the Holidays: Heart Attack'' by Donn Cortez (January 2007)
** ''Cut and Run'' by Donn Cortez (March 2008)
** ''Right to Die'' by Jeff Mariotte (September 2008)
* ''NY:''
** ''Dead of Winter'' by Stuart M. Kaminsky (August 2005)
** ''Blood on the Sun'' by Stuart M. Kaminsky (March 2006)
** ''Deluge'' by Stuart M. Kaminsky (May 2007)
** ''Four Walls'' by Keith R.A. [=DeCandido=] (May 2008)
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!! The Video Games:
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* ''CSI:''
** ''Crime Scene Investigation'' (2003; PC, Mac, Xbox)
** ''Dark Motives'' (2004; PC, Nintendo DS)
** ''3 Dimensions of Murder'' (2006; PC, [=PlayStation=] 2)
** ''Hard Evidence'' (2007; PC, Xbox 360, Wii, Mac)
** ''Deadly Intent'' (2009; PC, Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo DS)
** ''Fatal Conspiracy'' (2010; PC, Xbox 360, Wii, [=PlayStation=] 3)
** ''Unsolved'' (2010; Nintendo DS, Nintendo [=DSi=])
** ''Crime City'' (2010; Facebook)
** ''Hidden Crimes'' (2014; Android, [=iOS=], Facebook)
* ''Miami:''
** ''Miami'' (2004; PC, [=iOS=])
** ''Heat Wave'' (2012; Facebook)
* ''New York:''
** ''The Game'' (2008; PC)
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!! Other:
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* ''CSI: Intern at Your Own Risk'' (August 2009) - A one-off Creator/{{Tokyopop}} manga by Sekou Hamilton and Steven Cummings
* The ''Level 26'' trilogy of "Digi-Novels:"
** ''Dark Origins'' (2009)
** ''Dark Prophecy'' (2010)
** ''Dark Revelations'' (2011)
* ''No Statute of Limitations'' (2012-2014) - A Russian ForeignRemake of ''Cold Case''
* ''Cold Case: Door of Truth'' (2016-2018) - A Japanese ForeignRemake of ''Cold Case''
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!! The Verse contains examples of:

* AcceptableBreaksFromReality: Way too many to count. The simple fact that most cases take a few days at best to be solved is a blatant example of this.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Gender-flipped with Gil Grissom/D.B. Russell, Mac Taylor, and Horatio Caine.
* CelebrityParadox: Despite the shows existing in the same universe, actors have guest-starred on one show before turning up on another as a completely different character. ''Series/WithoutATrace'' and ''Series/ColdCase'' in particular--Thom Barry and John Finn appeared on ''WAT'' a year before beginning lead roles on ''CC''.
* FairCop: Virtually every cop character who's a regular qualifies. There's probably someone there for everyone's taste.
* ForensicPhlebotinum: All three have FacialRecognitionSoftware, IdentificationByDentalRecords, [[WritingIndentationClue Writing Indentation Clues]], and [[TheKillerWasLeftHanded Left-Handed Killers]] to name a few.
** Vegas has [[BitterAlmonds Hodges' sensitive nose.]] Catherine even asks him to sniff the carpet at one particular crime scene. He's also seen sniffing the wine barrel in evidence during episode 13.13, 'In Vino Veritas.'
** There's a CondensationClue in NY's episode 9.04, 'Unspoken.'
* HotScientist: ''Again'', virtually every character who's a scientist and a regular qualifies. There's probably someone there for everyone's taste.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: With ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen.''
* NoBadgeNoProblem:
** The original ''Series/{{CSI}}'' gets {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed into this in parodies but it's not as prevalent as it's made out to be. While the [=CSIs=] tend to do things that the police would be the ones to do in real life (like interviewing suspects or capturing them, though the latter tends to happen only when someone they plan to just speak to runs away), Grissom often reminds civilians he isn't a cop, and at one point was told to leave the scene by Brass when it became apparent that a suspect was still there.
** Averted for the most part in the spinoffs, as the characters actually ''are'' full-fledged cops or FBI agents. However one ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode had Mac do a technical one of these when he follows his stalker to Chicago, and tries to throw his badge to get into the Tribune building. Chicago PD had to remind him that badges only work in their jurisdiction and he had no power in Chicago.
* QuipToBlack: Practically every episode of the big three.
%%* RustproofBlood

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* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2000-2015)