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* AlwaysMurderAlwaysMurder: "One day, Morse, I will send you out for a routine inquiry and that's all it will be."
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: The killer in "Fugue" is this to a tee.
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* GenreSavvy: The killer in "Fugue" uses this to his advantage. And how!
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* AllGermansAreNazis: In "Rocket", Thursday becomes confrontational with an engineer of German extraction and questions him about his past in Germany prior to coming to England. While Thursday is presented as showing a less pleasant, paranoid side of his character, he might not be off base, as this is a [[NazisWithGnarlyWeapons rocket engineer who lived and worked in Germany during the War]], a possible reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun Wernher von Braun]].
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* LondonGangster: One of them, an old nemesis of Thursday, sets up a nightclub in Oxford during the events of "Home". Said gangster is an associate of the Fletcher Brothers (a ShoutOut to the employers of the VillainProtagonist of ''Film/GetCarter'') are implied to be even worse, and he is rumored to have gone to Oxford to escape their wrath.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Inspector Thursday was clearly traumatized by his experiences in World War II, which left a darkness in him that he does his best to suppress.
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* SleazyPolitician: Chief Inspector Bright has some definite shades of this, as he's shown on more than one occasion attempting to quash investigations by Morse and Thursday into criminal behavior by people of importance, clearly motivated by a fear that they could hurt his opportunities for advancement if angered (or would help him if he remained on their good side).
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* WholePlotReference: "Rocket" features Henry Broom and his children Richard, John, and Harry (deceased)- all [[TheHouseOfPlantagenet Plantagenet kings]], but more specifically it is one of many references in the episode to ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter''. There's also the Broom matriarch returning from "exile" (like Eleanor of Aquitane); the death of Harry, the favored son and heir, causing a SuccessionCrisis for the family; a proposed merger with the French; and an IKnowYouKnowIKnow line that can be seen as a ShoutOut to Geoffrey's famous one in ''Theatre/TheLionInWinter''.
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* SettingUpdate: Reaps what the ''Inspector Morse'' series sowed in this regard. That series updated novels set from 1970 onwards to the then-present (1987 onwards). ''Endeavour'', which is initially set in 1965, follows the TV chronology, so its setting is 20+ years before the original series, not five.
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* CreatorCameo: Colin Dexter appears as one of the dons in "Home".
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* DyingClue: The [[spoiler: Reverend]] in 'Girl' leaves one.
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* DyingClue: The [[spoiler: The Reverend]] in 'Girl' leaves one.
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* KansasCityShuffle: The killer's EvilPlan in "Fugue" involves pulling this on Morse and Thursday... twice.
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* KansasCityShuffle: The killer's EvilPlan in "Fugue" involves pulling this on Morse and Thursday... twice.Thursday [[spoiler: ... twice]].
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* DeadpanSnarker: If we had such a trope as Crowning Moment Of Snark, Thursday's deadpan response to Bright's anecdote about meeting Princess Margaret would definitely qualify.
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* CunningLinguist: In consecutive episodes, it is revealed that Thursday speaks both Italian and German fluently.
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* TemptingFate: It is, of course, at the very moment that Chief Superintendent Bright is congratulating himself how well the security operation in "Rocket" went, that the news comes in: somehow, he and his men missed a murder being committed under their very noses.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: Combined with MythologyGag in "Home". Morse's dad doesn't look much like the Endeavour Morse played by Shaun Evans... but he does look remarkably like John Thaw! (This isn't a CastingGag, though - without the make-up, actor Alan Williams ''doesn't'' look like John Thaw at all.)
* TemptingFate: It is, of course, at the very moment that Chief Superintendent Bright is congratulating himself how well the security operation in "Rocket" went, that the news comes in: somehow, he and his men missed a murder being committed under their very noses.
* TemptingFate: It is, of course, at the very moment that Chief Superintendent Bright is congratulating himself how well the security operation in "Rocket" went, that the news comes in: somehow, he and his men missed a murder being committed under their very noses.
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* CallForward: To ''Inspector Morse'', naturally. The series addresses the origins of elements of Morse's character such as his taste for real ale, his limp and his friendship with Strange. Subverted with the rooftop scenes in "Fugue", which could have provided an origin story for his fear of heights, but it seems that is a story for another time.
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* ChekhovsSkill: Subverted in "Home". Early on, Morse is established as an excellent shot, and this is brought up a couple more times in the episode. In the end, however, [[spoiler:it's Inspector Thursday whose skill with a pistol saves Morse, not the other way around.]]
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* DaChief: Superintendent Bright, although his air of authority is slightly underminded by his [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome rhotacism]].
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* DaChief: Superintendent Bright, although his air of authority is slightly underminded undermined by his [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome rhotacism]].
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* HaveAGayOldTime: Strange tells Morse his colleagues think he's a "Queer fish, stand offish... rude".
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* DaChief: Superintendent Bright, although his air of authority is slightly underminded by his [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome rhotacism]].
* OldFashionedCopper: Constable Strange, at the ''DixonOfDockGreen'' end of the spectrum.
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* TheSixties: The temporal setting. setting, albeit not the "Swinging Sixties" but a much more true-to-life drab setting full of [[RealIsBrown grey cars, brown suits, beige sofas and olive green paint.]]
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* ActorAllusion: When Abigail Thaw's character first meets Morse she wonders if they've met before. "In another life maybe" is the answer.
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* ActorAllusion: When Abigail Thaw's character first meets Morse she wonders if they've met before. "In When Morse says no she says 'In another life maybe" is the answer.maybe'.
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* ActorAllusion: When Abigail Thaw's character first meets Morse she wonder's if they've met before. "In another life maybe" is the answer.
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* DyingClue: The [[spoiler: Reverend]] in 'Girl' leaves one.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The daughter of one of the victims in 'Fugue'.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: The daughter of one of the victims in 'Fugue'.
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* NoSmoking: Very much averted.
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* WickedCultured: The entire plot of "Fugue"."Fugue".
* YouLookFamiliar: The series has so far taken the same attitude toward casting as ''Lewis'', meaning that while guest actors aren't re-used as different characters in this series, actors who've previously appeared in ''Inspector Morse'' or ''Lewis'' can be brought back in different parts to what they originally played. Notably, "Rocket" has guest appearances by Martin Jarvis (who appeared in ''Morse'') and Jenny Seagrove (who appeared in ''Lewis'').
* YouLookFamiliar: The series has so far taken the same attitude toward casting as ''Lewis'', meaning that while guest actors aren't re-used as different characters in this series, actors who've previously appeared in ''Inspector Morse'' or ''Lewis'' can be brought back in different parts to what they originally played. Notably, "Rocket" has guest appearances by Martin Jarvis (who appeared in ''Morse'') and Jenny Seagrove (who appeared in ''Lewis'').
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* TheCameo: The [[CoolCar red Jaguar]] owned by Morse in ''InspectorMorse'' is seen on a garage forecourt in the pilot.
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* TheCameo: The [[CoolCar red Jaguar]] owned by Morse in ''InspectorMorse'' is seen on a garage forecourt in the pilot. pilot.
* ChewingTheScenery: Chief Superintendent Bright in "Rocket", as the pressure of the murder investigation begins to tell on him.
* ChewingTheScenery: Chief Superintendent Bright in "Rocket", as the pressure of the murder investigation begins to tell on him.
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* GenreSavvy: The killer in "Fugue" uses this to his advantage. And how! how!
* GrammarNazi: In "Rocket", Morse is sent to keep an eye on a group of anarchist protesters and make sure they don't cause trouble. He can't resist pointing out a spelling mistake on one of their banners.
* GrammarNazi: In "Rocket", Morse is sent to keep an eye on a group of anarchist protesters and make sure they don't cause trouble. He can't resist pointing out a spelling mistake on one of their banners.
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* OldFlameFizzle: Alice in "Rocket", when she realises Morse is still carrying a torch for Susan / Wendy.
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* TemptingFate: It is, of course, at the very moment that Chief Superintendent Bright is congratulating himself how well the security operation in "Rocket" went, that the news comes in: somehow, he and his men missed a murder being committed under their very noses.
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* OneWordTitle: Each episode has one, as does the series.
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* WickedCultured: "Fugue"The entire plot of "Fugue".
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* SignificantAnagram: repeatedly in "Fugue".
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* TheSixties: The temporal setting.
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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Effectively, Morse himself is this to Thursday.
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''Endeavour'' (2012-) is the second {{spinoff}} series of ''InspectorMorse''. A {{prequel}} set in TheSixties, it relates the early cases of the young Detective Constable Morse, starting with his arrival at Oxford CID.
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!!!This show provides examples of:
* TheCameo: The [[CoolCar red Jaguar]] owned by Morse in ''InspectorMorse'' is seen on a garage forecourt in the pilot.
* TheDanza: Strange was given the first name 'James', [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-09-03/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-report-on-the-new-series-of-inspector-morse-prequel-endeavour in tribute to James Grout]], who played the character in ''InspectorMorse''.
* MythologyGag: In the pilot, the question of whether Morse's girlfriend at university was called Wendy (as in the books) or Susan (as in the series).
* OldCopYoungCop: Inspector Thursday and Constable Morse.
* TurnInYourBadge: In "Girl".
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!!!This show provides examples of:
* TheCameo: The [[CoolCar red Jaguar]] owned by Morse in ''InspectorMorse'' is seen on a garage forecourt in the pilot.
* TheDanza: Strange was given the first name 'James', [[http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-09-03/exclusive-a-behind-the-scenes-report-on-the-new-series-of-inspector-morse-prequel-endeavour in tribute to James Grout]], who played the character in ''InspectorMorse''.
* MythologyGag: In the pilot, the question of whether Morse's girlfriend at university was called Wendy (as in the books) or Susan (as in the series).
* OldCopYoungCop: Inspector Thursday and Constable Morse.
* TurnInYourBadge: In "Girl".
