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* ModestyBedSheet: Used constantly whenever couples are seen together in bed post-sex. Guys usually [[ShirtlessScene are baring their chests]] while girls leave [[ShesGotLegs their legs exposed]]

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* ModestyBedSheet: Used constantly whenever couples are seen together in bed post-sex. Guys usually [[ShirtlessScene are baring their chests]] while girls leave [[ShesGotLegs their legs exposed]]exposed]].



* PsychoShowerMurderParody: The appropriately named episode "Friday the 13th" opens with Andy showering at the station's locker room and stepping as sinister music plays... only to be surprised by Dov, who freaked her out by sneaking up on her. He tried to surprise her by putting a gigantic heart cookie but ending up in a ShowerOfAwkward situation instead, and she yells at him to GetOut, since she's only got a tiny ModestyTowel on.

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* PsychoShowerMurderParody: The appropriately named episode "Friday the 13th" opens with Andy Chloe showering at the station's locker room and stepping as sinister music plays... only to be surprised by Dov, who freaked her out by sneaking up on her. He tried to surprise her by putting a gigantic heart cookie but ending up in a ShowerOfAwkward situation instead, and she yells at him to GetOut, since she's only got a tiny ModestyTowel on.
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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Usually averted, played straight notably when Andy is [[spoiler: confronting the child-killer in the park rec centre]]. Played straight with Jerry [[spoiler: when Andy and Sam arrive after he's been fatally wounded by Gail's kidnapper]]

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Usually averted, but notably played straight notably when Andy is [[spoiler: confronting the child-killer in the park rec centre]]. Played straight with Jerry [[spoiler: when Andy and Sam arrive after he's been fatally wounded by Gail's kidnapper]]



** "Friday the 13th" opens with a ShowerScene, showing Andy's SexySilhouette behind the glass, before the moving inside with gratuitous ShouldersUpNudity and ToplessnessFromTheBack shots.

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** "Friday the 13th" opens with a ShowerScene, showing Andy's Chloe's SexySilhouette behind the glass, before the moving inside with gratuitous ShouldersUpNudity and ToplessnessFromTheBack shots.

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It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], McNally]] (Creator/MissyPeregrym), the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.



* AccidentalMisnaming: A RunningGag in one episode has Police Superintendent Peck calling Officer Chris Diaz "Craig".



* AffablyEvil: Jamie Brennan.

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* %%* AffablyEvil: Jamie Brennan.



* AmusingInjuries: Nick throughout the season 4 opener.
* BadassInDistress: Sam in the season 2 finale.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Sam and Andy, Chris and Gail.
* BettyAndVeronica: Sam (Veronica) and Luke (Betty) for Andy (Archie). Initially at least.

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* %%* AmusingInjuries: Nick throughout the season 4 opener.
* %%* BadassInDistress: Sam in the season 2 finale.
* %%* BelligerentSexualTension: Sam and Andy, Chris and Gail.
* %%* BettyAndVeronica: Sam (Veronica) and Luke (Betty) for Andy (Archie). Initially at least.



* BirthDeathJuxtaposition:[[spoiler: "Out of Time" ends with Frank meeting his child with Noelle for the first time while the others learn Jerry has died from his injuries]]

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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition:[[spoiler: BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler: "Out of Time" ends with Frank meeting his child with Noelle for the first time while the others learn Jerry has died from his injuries]]injuries]]
* BoomHeadshot: Andy is talking to a young woman when suddenly the woman gets shot in the head and Andy is splattered with the woman's blood and brain matter. The woman is brain dead and the doctors keep her body alive only because she is an organ donor and they need the police investigation to be closed before they can perform the transplants.



* BrickJoke: The table umbrellas from the episode 'Class Dismissed'.

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* %%* BrickJoke: The table umbrellas from the episode 'Class Dismissed'.



* ByTheBookCop: Played straight with Chris amongst the rookies, averted by Dov and notably by Sam and [[spoiler:in the episode featuring his death,]] Jerry.
* CanadaEh: Averted. Though pretty blatantly set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, to the point where it often makes references to local street names, the show portrays a fairly realistic and non-stereotypical version of urban Canadian life. Which isn't surprising, since it's a [[CanadianSeries Canadian show]].

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* ByTheBookCop: Played straight with Chris amongst the rookies, averted rookies. Actually detrimental to his performance as he does not take initiative which is noted by his superiors.
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by Dov and notably by Sam and [[spoiler:in the episode featuring his death,]] Jerry.
* CanadaEh: Averted.{{Averted|Trope}}. Though pretty blatantly set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, to the point where it often makes references to local street names, the show portrays a fairly realistic and non-stereotypical version of urban Canadian life. Which isn't surprising, since it's a [[CanadianSeries Canadian show]].



* CoolBigSis: Noelle Williams.

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* %%* CoolBigSis: Noelle Williams.



* DirtyHarriet: Andy and Gail do a stint as prostitutes in a sting operation. Later in the season Andy has to pretend to be a stripper and Sam's girlfriend in an undercover operation. Gail later pretends again to be a high class prostitute to bring in a murder suspect for a missing prostitute. [[spoiler: It's the wrong guy. Turns out the missing person wasn't actually dead, but another prostitute ''had'' been killed earlier by a guy scouting in the same area.]]

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* DirtyHarriet: DirtyHarriet:
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Andy and Gail do a stint as prostitutes in a sting operation. operation in "Signals Crossed".
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Later in the season season, Andy has to pretend to be a stripper and [[UndercoverAsLovers Sam's girlfriend in an undercover operation. operation]].
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Gail later pretends again to be a high class prostitute [[HighClassCallGirl high-class prostitute]] to bring in a murder suspect for a missing prostitute. [[spoiler: It's the wrong guy. Turns out the missing person wasn't actually dead, but another prostitute ''had'' been killed earlier by a guy scouting in the same area.]]



* EnhanceButton: {{Averted|Trope}} when Epstein is asked to do this to find out who shot a man dressed as a chicken (ItMakesSenseInContext) and answers that this isn't actually a thing.



* FairCop: All of them.
* FanService: Three of the rookies undercover as prostitutes in a sting operation in episode 4, with Andy and Gail wearing very revealing outfits.
** Season 2 begins with Andy dancing at home in her underwear for a few moments before anything remotely resembling a scene begins.

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* FairCop: All Though their uniforms are unisex and quite authentic, the main cast is all compromised by {{Hunk}}s and {{Head Turning Beaut|y}}ies.
* {{Fanservice}}: The show has a lot
of them.
* FanService:
scenes where the main characters show skin, with many gratuitous locker room scenes, although most of it is provided by [[MsFanservice Andy]].
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Three of the rookies [[DirtyHarriet undercover as prostitutes prostitutes]] in a sting operation in episode 4, with Andy and Gail wearing [[{{Stripperiffic}} very revealing outfits.
outfits]].
** Season 2 begins with Andy [[HomeNudist dancing at home home]] in [[LingerieScene her underwear underwear]] for a few moments before anything remotely resembling a scene begins.begins.
** "Friday the 13th" opens with a ShowerScene, showing Andy's SexySilhouette behind the glass, before the moving inside with gratuitous ShouldersUpNudity and ToplessnessFromTheBack shots.



* GenreSavvy: During the 'scavenger hunt' exercise Dov realizes that the key part of undercover police work is to get a criminal to trust you and then being able to betray that trust to make an arrest. Especially GenreSavvy as he has just done the same thing earlier to his best friend. He does this in a very straightforward manner while Andy and Traci spend a lot of time creating a new personae for themselves. And he's ''good'' at it.

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* GenreSavvy: HollywoodCopUniform: The cops in this series, inconspicuously set in UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, wear shoulder flashes with an emblem containing similar elements to the real-life emblem/cap badge and have rather generic-looking shield-shaped cap badges. Their uniforms are similarly generic, lacking the red pant stripe and cap band worn by Ontario municipal police forces.
* GenreSavvy:
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During the 'scavenger hunt' exercise Dov realizes that the key part of undercover police work is to get a criminal to trust you and then being able to betray that trust to make an arrest. Especially GenreSavvy as he has just done the same thing earlier to his best friend. He does this in a very straightforward manner while Andy and Traci spend a lot of time creating a new personae persona for themselves. And he's ''good'' at it.



* GoodCopBadCop: Used sometimes. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] early in season 2.
* GoodGuyBar: The Black Penny, where all the cops hide out after each episode.

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* %%* GoodCopBadCop: Used sometimes. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] early in season 2.
* GoodGuyBar: The Black Penny, where all the cops hide out hideout after each episode.



* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler: Sam and Andy]] get interrupted by his boss. Since he's undercover working for a very nasty drug dealer, this is not played for laughs.
* ItGetsEasier: Averted; although a big deal is made of Andy killing for the first time, this hasn't resulted in her being any less hesitant to shoot people.
** Happens again with Dov.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gail. She can be rather rude and off-putting, overly ambitious, and can be quite callous at times, but she still cares for her friends, and has a serious self esteem issue that sometimes cause her to sabotage her personal and professional life.

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* InterrogatedForNothing: Sam is tortured by a criminal who wants to know who killed the criminal's family and why the cops covered it up. Sam knew the guy's family was dead but had no knowledge of the rest. The criminal realizes that Sam probably knows nothing but decides to continue just to make sure.
* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler: Sam and Andy]] get interrupted by his boss. Since he's undercover working for a very nasty drug dealer, this is not ''not'' played for laughs.
* ItGetsEasier: Averted; {{Averted|Trope}}; although a big deal is made of Andy killing for the first time, this hasn't resulted in her being any less hesitant to shoot people.
** %%** Happens again with Dov.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gail. She can be rather rude and off-putting, overly ambitious, and can be quite callous at times, but she still cares for her friends, and has a serious self esteem self-esteem issue that sometimes cause her to sabotage her personal and professional life.



* LoveTriangle: Sam/Andy/Luke. For a while it was resolved in favour of Luke/Andy. Then Luke's former girlfriend Jo shows up and decides to stick around the 15th.

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* LoveTriangle: LovePotion: PlayedWith in an episode. A witch sold a woman a love potion that would bring the woman's "lost love" back after seven days of using it. When the man does not show up, the woman demands a refund and then steals some jewelry from the witch in retribution. The witch presses charges and the cops arrest the love seeker for theft. Things get complicated when the prisoner then collapses from what looks like poisoning. It turns out that the potion was actually just something that you add to your bath and should not be drunk since the ingredients are toxic when ingested. The witch even points out that the instructions were clearly written on the bottle. In a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane ending, the woman's old boyfriend shows up in the hospital and explains that he has been trying to reach the woman all day but her phone was busy all the time. Apparently, she tied up her line leaving the witch angry voice mails and thus almost sabotaged the very thing she tried to achieve with the love potion.
* LoveTriangle:
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Sam/Andy/Luke. For a while it was resolved in favour of Luke/Andy. Then Luke's former girlfriend Jo shows up and decides to stick around the 15th.



* MaternityCrisis: A pregnant cop goes into labor shortly after another female cop is kidnapped and the entire precinct is mobilized to look for her. The pregnant cop gets to the hospital without much hassle but the baby's father is in charge of the search so she forbids anyone to call him so he will not be distracted.



* LesYay: In-universe for Season 4. There seems to be a lot of tension going around between Gail and Holly, the forensic pathologist. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 4 and a ShutUpKiss, they are canonically a couple.]]
* NewOldFlame: The new detective, Jo Rosati, that Andy has to work with the season 2 opener. Turns out she's [[spoiler: Luke]]'s ex-partner, in more ways than one. At the end of the episode, she joins the 15th. That is until [[spoiler:[[KickedUpstairs she was transferred to another station]].]]

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* LesYay: In-universe InUniverse for Season 4. There seems to be a lot of tension going around between Gail and Holly, the forensic pathologist. [[spoiler:By the end of Season 4 and a ShutUpKiss, they are canonically a couple.]]
* NewOldFlame: ModestyBedSheet: Used constantly whenever couples are seen together in bed post-sex. Guys usually [[ShirtlessScene are baring their chests]] while girls leave [[ShesGotLegs their legs exposed]]
* NewOldFlame:
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The new detective, Jo Rosati, that Andy has to work with the season 2 opener. Turns out she's [[spoiler: Luke]]'s ex-partner, in more ways than one. At the end of the episode, she joins the 15th. That is until [[spoiler:[[KickedUpstairs she was transferred to another station]].]]



* ParanormalEpisode: An episode had a man claiming to be a psychic help the cops find a kidnapped witness. In the end the cops conclude that it was just a clever scheme to provide them with evidence against a mob boss. Since the cops are not gonna call the 'psychic' as a witness in court, the mob boss will not find out where the evidence really came from. However, the man made quite a few predictions that come true including one that is fulfilled a couple episodes later in a very unexpected and tragic way. [[spoiler: A wedding is called off not because the bride has cold feet but because the groom is killed.]]
* RankUp: At the end of the first season, the rookies get promoted to regular officer status. Though they're still rookies compared to everyone else at the division. LampShaded in the last scene of the first season in a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.

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* ParanormalEpisode: An episode had a man claiming to be a psychic help the cops find a kidnapped witness. In the end the cops conclude that it was [[PhonyPsychic just a clever scheme to provide them with evidence against a mob boss. boss]]. Since the cops are not gonna call the 'psychic' PhonyPsychic as a witness in court, the mob boss will not find out where the evidence really came from. However, the man made man-made [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane quite a few predictions that come true true]] including one that is fulfilled a couple episodes later in a very unexpected and tragic way. [[spoiler: A wedding is called off not because the bride has cold feet but because the groom is killed.]]
* RankUp: PsychoShowerMurderParody: The appropriately named episode "Friday the 13th" opens with Andy showering at the station's locker room and stepping as sinister music plays... only to be surprised by Dov, who freaked her out by sneaking up on her. He tried to surprise her by putting a gigantic heart cookie but ending up in a ShowerOfAwkward situation instead, and she yells at him to GetOut, since she's only got a tiny ModestyTowel on.
* RankUp:
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At the end of the first season, the rookies get promoted to regular officer status. Though they're still rookies compared to everyone else at the division. LampShaded in the last scene of the first season in a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.



* RetiredMonster: Jamie Brennan was a feared gangland enforcer who was infamous for using power tools to torture his victims. After a small stint in jail on relatively petty charges, he got married and went straight. When his family is killed in a suspicious car accident [[spoiler:he kidnaps and tortures an undercover police officer to find out if the police were covering up what really happened.]]
* RoomFullOfCrazy: Nick finds one of these in [[spoiler:Marlo's]] basement, starring a suspect from a previous episode. Meanwhile, said suspect has gone on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that nearly costs three officers their lives.



* SexyMentor: Sam for Andy.

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* ScarSurvey: "Broad Daylight" starts with Andy and Luke laying post-coital in bed while she traces his scars and asks about them. He tries making them sounding badass at first, but then reveals most of them are from lame things, like getting bit by the neighbor's dog or accidentally hitting himself with a hammer.
* SexyDiscretionShot: When Andy and [[spoiler:Sam]] sleep together in "Little Faith", we see them starting to strip and make out while they head to bed as the scene [[FadeToBlack fades to black]]. The next time we see them, they're TalkingInBed while under a ModestyBedsheet.
* SexyMentor: Sam for Andy. As he is her training officer, they are warned several times that nothing can happen. Despite that, and her relationship with a detective at their division, the UnresolvedSexualTension between continues to build.



* ShoutOut: One episode opens with Sam quoting, almost word-for-word, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!]].

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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One episode opens with Sam quoting, almost word-for-word, [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!]].



* ShutUpKiss: Chris to Gail. Gail to Holly in 4x12.

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* ShutUpKiss: Chris gives one to Gail. Gail after she's been quarantined. Later in the series, it's Gail's turn; she gives one to Holly in 4x12.to stop her babbling attempt of an explanation as to why she came to check on Gail after she heard Gail was shot at.



* ThereAreNoTherapists: Andy has shot and killed a man, been shot, been spattered with the blood of a victim standing next to her, had to suspect her own father of murder, almost witnessed a suicide and much more, just months out of the academy, but has had no counselling beyond her friends and colleagues.
* TokenMinorityCouple: [[spoiler: Noelle and Frank]].
* TonightSomeoneDies: Played Straight in "Out of Time", and averted in the season 4 finale.

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* SonOfAnApe: Shaw once referred to firefighters as "hose monkeys".
* SuspectIsHatless: Deliberately invoked when a bank robber has a (fake) baby strapped to his chest specifically so all the witnesses focus on the baby and fail to notice any identifying details. Even Andy, a trained police officer, is not able to give a decent description because her primary concern was that the baby did not get hurt.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Andy has shot and killed a man, been shot, been spattered with the blood of a victim standing next to her, had to suspect her own father of murder, almost witnessed a suicide and much more, just months out of the academy, but has had no counselling counseling beyond her friends and colleagues.
* %%* TokenMinorityCouple: [[spoiler: Noelle and Frank]].
* %%* TonightSomeoneDies: Played Straight in "Out of Time", and averted in the season 4 finale.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Gail, with just about everybody.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Sam and Andy. [[spoiler: They do and by the end of season two are trying to start a 'normal' relationship.]].

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* %%* VitriolicBestBuds: Gail, with just about everybody.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Sam and Andy. [[spoiler: They do TheyDo and by the end of season two are trying to start a 'normal' relationship.]].



* WhamEpisode: Season 3's "Out of Time" and "Every Man". The former [[spoiler:has the death of Jerry after being stabbed by a SerialKiller]], while the latter ended with [[spoiler:Gail's suspension after she had forgotten to pat down a suspect and led to the suspect's death inside the holding cell he was in after shooting himself with a hidden gun]].
** Season 4's season finale (a two-parter) really packs on the whammy with [[spoiler:Sam being shot and flatlining.]]
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Oliver's season 4 love interest is named Celery.

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* WhamEpisode: WhamEpisode:
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Season 3's "Out of Time" and "Every Man". The former [[spoiler:has the death of Jerry after being stabbed by a SerialKiller]], while the latter ended with [[spoiler:Gail's suspension after she had forgotten to pat down a suspect and led to the suspect's death inside the holding cell he was in after shooting himself with a hidden gun]].
** Season 4's season finale SeasonFinale (a two-parter) really packs on the whammy with [[spoiler:Sam being shot and flatlining.]]
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: WhoNamesTheirKidDude:
** Dov Epstein. His parents were hippies and were ''not'' pleased when he became a cop.
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Oliver's season 4 love interest LoveInterest is named Celery.Celery.
* WorkingWithTheEx: The main characters tend to date other cops. If the relationship breaks up, they are usually professional enough to keep working with each other without any tension. When the breakup is bad enough, the other person will sometimes transfer to another division (ie off the show).
** Season 2 has Luke [[spoiler: cheat on Andy]] with Jo, [[SexWithTheEx his ex]] who transfers to the 15th Division in the first episode.
** In season 3 Nick, the new rookie turns out to be an ex-fiance of Gail. After she broke off their engagement, he enlisted in the army and after serving in Afghanistan he became a cop. There is a lot of baggage leftover from the relationship and it takes them a lot of time to work it all out.
** Dov finds out that his girlfriend is still married (they never got to signing the divorce papers) and breaks up with her over it. She works in the same division and it creates a lot of tension between them before they reconcile.

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''Rookie Blue'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} ([[Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork Global]] in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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''Rookie Blue'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} ([[Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork Global]] in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". cops".

It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Whoo-boy:
** [[spoiler: Traci cheats on her partner Dex with Jerry]].
** [[spoiler: Luke cheats on Andy with Jo]].
** [[spoiler: Chris believes this with Gail and Dov]].
** [[spoiler: Gail cheats on Nick with Blackstone]]
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* UndercoverCopReveal: In the first episode, after [[NeverLiveItDown Andy arrests Sam as a murder suspect and brings him back to the station]].

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* UndercoverCopReveal: In the first episode, after [[NeverLiveItDown [[OnceDoneNeverForgotten Andy arrests Sam as a murder suspect and brings him back to the station]].
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* LesbianCop: Gail, once she starts dating Holly.
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''Rookie Blue'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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''Rookie Blue'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global ([[Creator/GlobalTelevisionNetwork Global]] in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.
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* RankUp: At the end of the first season, the rookies get promoted to regular officer status. Though they're still rookies compared to everyone else at the division. LampShaded in the last scene of the first season in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.

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* RankUp: At the end of the first season, the rookies get promoted to regular officer status. Though they're still rookies compared to everyone else at the division. LampShaded in the last scene of the first season in a CrowningMomentOfFunny.SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}}.
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* CanadaEh: Averted. Though pretty blatantly set in Toronto, to the point where it often makes references to local street names, the show portrays a fairly realistic and non-stereotypical version of urban Canadian life. Which isn't surprising, since it's a [[CanadianSeries Canadian show]].

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* CanadaEh: Averted. Though pretty blatantly set in Toronto, UsefulNotes/{{Toronto}}, to the point where it often makes references to local street names, the show portrays a fairly realistic and non-stereotypical version of urban Canadian life. Which isn't surprising, since it's a [[CanadianSeries Canadian show]].
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* CanadaEh: Averted. Though pretty blatantly set in Toronto, to the point where it often makes references to local street names, the show portrays a fairly realistic and non-stereotypical version of urban Canadian life. Which isn't surprising, since it's a [[CanadianSeries Canadian show]].
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* VitrolicBestBuds: Gail, with just about everybody.

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* VitrolicBestBuds: VitriolicBestBuds: Gail, with just about everybody.

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* BelligerentSexualTension: Sam and Andy, Chris and Gail.



* BelligerentSexualTension: Sam and Andy, Chris and Gail.

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* BiTheWay: Gail as of season 4.



* DonutMessWithACop: Shaw is always hungry, though not necessarily for donuts.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Chris]] to [[spoiler: Gail]] after he's been stabbed and they are trapped in a warehouse with no way out. Although he does not come out and declare his love, he does say he misses her and still has feelings for her.

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* DonutMessWithACop: Shaw is always hungry, though not necessarily for donuts.
donuts. Gail also has a big sweet tooth.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Played with by [[spoiler: Chris]] to [[spoiler: Gail]] after he's been stabbed and they are trapped in a warehouse with no way out. Although he does not come out and declare his love, he does say he misses her and still has feelings for her. [[spoiler: He also survives his injuries.]]



** Season 2 begins with Andy (female) dancing at home in her underwear for a few moments before anything remotely resembling a scene begins.

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** Season 2 begins with Andy (female) dancing at home in her underwear for a few moments before anything remotely resembling a scene begins.



* GenreSavvy: During the 'scavenger hunt' exercise Dov realizes that the key part of undercover police work is to get a criminal to trust you and then being able to betray that trust to make an arrest. Especially GenreSavvy as he has just done the same thing earlier to his best friend. He does this in a very straightforward manner while Andy and Traci spend a lot of time creating new personae for themselves. He realizes that quite soon after. And that he's ''good'' at it.

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* GenreSavvy: During the 'scavenger hunt' exercise Dov realizes that the key part of undercover police work is to get a criminal to trust you and then being able to betray that trust to make an arrest. Especially GenreSavvy as he has just done the same thing earlier to his best friend. He does this in a very straightforward manner while Andy and Traci spend a lot of time creating a new personae for themselves. He realizes that quite soon after. And that he's ''good'' at it.



* GodzillaThreshold: During season 3, Det. Luke Callahan is called back into action whatever there is a case that was... big. He returns in Season 4, under the same problem. Well, the latter half of Season 4.

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* GodzillaThreshold: During season 3, Det. Luke Callahan is called back into action whatever there is a case that was... big. He returns in Season 4, under the same problem. Well, the latter half of Season 4.



* ImportantHaircut: Attempted by Gail in the season 5 premiere after her brother has discovered her relationship with Holly. Subverted because she tried it while she was drunk and it looks terrible. Holly tries to help tidy it up but Gail clearly regrets it.

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* ImportantHaircut: Attempted by a drunken Gail in the season 5 premiere after her brother has discovered her relationship with Holly. Subverted because the events of the season 4 finale. She winds up regretting it almost immediately due to the freak out she tried it while she was drunk and it looks terrible. Holly tries to help tidy it up but Gail is clearly regrets it.going through and has Holly fix it for her.



* ItGetsEasier: averted; although a big deal is made of Andy killing for the first time, this hasn't resulted in her being any less hesitant to shoot people.

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* ItGetsEasier: averted; Averted; although a big deal is made of Andy killing for the first time, this hasn't resulted in her being any less hesitant to shoot people.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gail. She can be rather rude and off-putting, overly ambitious, and can be quite callous at times, but she still cares for her friends, and has a serious self esteem issue that sometimes cause her to sabotage her personal and professional life.



* LesbianCop: Gail, once she starts dating Holly.



* OnceAnEpisode: During Season 1, near the start of the episode there's a scene in the squad room, at the end of which the officer in charge says "Protect, Serve and (plot significant statement the rookies will not follow)". By the start of Season 2, it seems they are doing this off and on. By Season 3, they have stopped doing so.

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* OnceAnEpisode: During Season 1, near the start of the episode there's a scene in the squad room, at the end of which the officer in charge says "Protect, Serve and (plot significant statement the rookies will not follow)". By the start of Season 2, it seems they are doing this off and on. By Season 3, they have stopped doing so.



* OneHeadTaller: Luke/Andy, Chris/Gail. Sam/Andy if that counts.

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* OneHeadTaller: Luke/Andy, Chris/Gail. Sam/Andy if that counts.Chris/Gail, Sam/Andy.



* TonightSomeoneDies: Played Straight in "Out of Time", and possibly [[spoiler:the Season 4 finale]].
* UndercoverCopReveal: In the first episode, after [[NeverLiveItDown Andy arrests a him as a murder suspect and brings him back to the station]].

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* TonightSomeoneDies: Played Straight in "Out of Time", and possibly [[spoiler:the Season averted in the season 4 finale]].
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* UndercoverCopReveal: In the first episode, after [[NeverLiveItDown Andy arrests a him Sam as a murder suspect and brings him back to the station]].



* VitrolicBestBuds: Gail, with just about everybody.



* WhatTheHellHero: Chris delivers one to [[spoiler: each Dov and Gail after finding about Dov's LoveConfession to her]].
* WhamEpisode: Season 3's "Out of Time" and "Every Man". The former [[spoiler:has the death of Jerry after being stabbed by a SerialKiller]], while the latter ended with [[spoiler:Gail's suspension after she had forgotten to pat down a suspect and led to the suspect's death inside the holding cell he was in after taking a hidden gun]].
** Season 4's season finale (a two-parter) really packs on the whammy with [[spoiler:Sam being shot and possibly dying after flatlining.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Chris delivers one to [[spoiler: each both Dov and Gail after finding about Dov's LoveConfession to her]].
* WhamEpisode: Season 3's "Out of Time" and "Every Man". The former [[spoiler:has the death of Jerry after being stabbed by a SerialKiller]], while the latter ended with [[spoiler:Gail's suspension after she had forgotten to pat down a suspect and led to the suspect's death inside the holding cell he was in after taking shooting himself with a hidden gun]].
** Season 4's season finale (a two-parter) really packs on the whammy with [[spoiler:Sam being shot and possibly dying after flatlining.]]
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* TheBoxingEpisode: It had two, "Fite Nite" and "Different, Not Better", which feature officers of the 15th division competing with other divisions in an annual charity boxing match.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Gail really ships Traci and Steve.

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* ShipperOnDeck: Gail really ships Traci and Steve. Also Oliver with Macswarek"you and Sam were great and you'll always will be".
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* CarFu: Just as the perp was about to get away from Andy... Swarek nails a suspect with his patrol car, complete with a {{badass}} BondOneLiner.

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* CarFu: Just as the perp was about to get away from Andy... Swarek nails a suspect with his patrol car, complete with a {{badass}} badass BondOneLiner.
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'''''Rookie Blue''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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'''''Rookie Blue''''' ''Rookie Blue'' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.
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'''''Rookie Blue''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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'''''Rookie Blue''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''GreysAnatomy'' "''Series/GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.
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[[caption-width-right:350:They're just trying to get through the day.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:They're [[caption-width-right:350: They're just trying to get through the day.]]
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The series ended in 2015, airing for six seasons. ABC and Global have stated that the sixth season serves as the show's finale.


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!!The series provides examples of:
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* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Andy
** TheLancer: Gail
** TheSmartGuy: Chris
** TheBigGuy: Dov (adernaline junkie)
** TheChick: Traci
** TheSixthRanger: Nick
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* ActorAllusion: In the Season 2 episode ''A Little Faith'', Andy assumes the undercover name of Candice. On ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Missy Peregrym played the illusion-generating Candice Wilmer.
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*** Neither of these come to fruition after Gail hooks up with Holly.
** Season 4 and 5 have one between Nick/Andy/Sam.


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* ShipperOnDeck: Gail really ships Traci and Steve.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Chris delivers one to [[spoiler: to each Dov and Gail after finding about Dov's LoveConfession to her]].

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* WhatTheHellHero: Chris delivers one to [[spoiler: to each Dov and Gail after finding about Dov's LoveConfession to her]].
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* ChekhovsGunman: The disgruntled man being forced out of his apartment complex during moving day returns a few episodes later and is revealed to be [[spoiler: a MadBomber on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
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* BiTheWay: Gail as of season 4.


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* ImportantHaircut: Attempted by Gail in the season 5 premiere after her brother has discovered her relationship with Holly. Subverted because she tried it while she was drunk and it looks terrible. Holly tries to help tidy it up but Gail clearly regrets it.

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* ActorAllusion: In the Season 2 episode ''A Little Faith'', Andy assumes the undercover name of Candice. On ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Missy Peregrym played the illusion-generating Candice Wilmer.



* ActorAllusion: In the Season 2 episode ''A Little Faith'', Andy assumes the undercover name of Candice. On ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', Missy Peregrym played the illusion-generating Candice Wilmer.
* AlwaysMurder: Averted. The 15th has dealt with a variety of crimes, ranging from child abduction to drug trafficking.


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* AlwaysMurder: Averted. The 15th has dealt with a variety of crimes, ranging from child abduction to drug trafficking.
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* KickedUpstairs: Oliver at the beginning of season 5, since Frank has to take the fall for 15th division's failings (in the form of a leave of absence).
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'''''Rookie Blue''''' is an Creator/{{ABC}} (Global in Canada) series focusing around five new rookies assigned to Division 15 straight out of the academy. The show focuses a lot more on the personal lives of the rookies than other crime shows, and has been described as "''GreysAnatomy'' with rookie cops". It follows their introduction to real policing under the guidance of the senior officers and detectives at Division 15, and how they struggle to cope with the toll the job takes on them and their lives. While there is a main character, [[TomboyishName Andy]] [[GirlNextDoor McNally]], the show utilises its ensemble cast very well and every episode will follow each of the rookies and some of the senior officers. The series is one of handful of shows airing on US TV (''{{Flashpoint}}'' (''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' being another) in which its Canadian setting is actually preserved.

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