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* CaliforniaDoubling: Though supposedly set in the US, the fact that ''21 Jump Street'' is shot in Canada is made by the fact that the extras/bit parts were hired locally and thus do decidedly non-US things like say "grade 3" instead of "3rd grade" and write graffiti with words ending in "-our" instead of "-or".
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Though supposedly set in the US, the fact that ''21 Jump Street'' is shot in Canada is made by the fact that the extras/bit parts were hired locally and thus do decidedly non-US things like say "grade 3" instead of "3rd grade" and write graffiti with words ending in "-our" instead of "-or". "-or".
** The only slightly blurred "Beautiful British Columbia" license plates are also a dead giveaway.
** The only slightly blurred "Beautiful British Columbia" license plates are also a dead giveaway.
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* MsFanservice: Young Holly Robinson. There's an in-story reason for it sometimes, when they want her to pose as a "bad girl" and/or [[DistractedByTheSexy distract a perp]].
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* VerySpecialEpisode: The show often dealt with hot-button issues, and often had a brief spot afterward with a phone number for the organization dedicated to addressing a particular social problem.
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* RewindReplayRepeat: In one episode, Officer Tom Hanson witnesses his girlfriend being shot in a convenience store robbery and feels guilty that he was unable to stop him. He spends his days watching the surveillance camera tape, replaying the same moment over and over, being obsessed over how much time it would take for him to have been able to stop the murderer.
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* Creator/{{Fox}}: ''21 Jump Street'' was the Fox Network's first drama, and aired on its premire night along with sitcoms ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', ''Duet'' and ''Mr President''.
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** Incidentally, this is one of the few StephenJCannell shows where the theme tune was ''not'' written by Mike Post (see also ''Hawkeye'' ([[MarvelCinematicUniverse not that one]]), ''Cobra'', ''Street Justice'' and ''Missing Persons'').
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*{{Fox}}: Creator/{{Fox}}: ''21 Jump Street'' was the Fox Network's first drama, and aired on its premire night along with sitcoms ''MarriedWithChildren'', ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', ''Duet'' and ''Mr President''.
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* BowlingForRatings: Hanson is an avid bowler.
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* RefugeInAudacity: In season 2, episode 12, Tom Hanson (JohnnyDepp) wrestles a bear for a prize of $500. He ends up being tossed out of the ring about 3 seconds later.
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A very well received [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. Creator/JohnnyDepp and Peter [=DeLuise=] appear in cameos as their original-series characters, Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall. Holly Robinson Peete also returned as Judy Hoffs, in a slightly more substantial role.
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A very well received [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] "sequel"]] (in a completely different genre) has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. Creator/JohnnyDepp and Peter [=DeLuise=] appear in cameos as their original-series characters, Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall. Holly Robinson Peete also returned as Judy Hoffs, in a slightly more substantial role.
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The 1980s version of ''TheModSquad'', with a somewhat more believable premise. The series lasted from April, 1987 to April, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes in five seasons.
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A very well received [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. JohnnyDepp Creator/JohnnyDepp and Peter [=DeLuise=] appear in cameos as their original-series characters, Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall. Holly Robinson Peete also returned as Judy Hoffs, in a slightly more substantial role.
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cameos as their original-series characters, Tom Hanson and Doug Penhall.
A very well received [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. JohnnyDepp
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* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The [=DVDs=] (and now the youtube videos) suffer from this - while the licensed music wasn't the WHOLE draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music. The [=DVDs=] still sold enough to finish the show, possibly because there don't seem to be many bootlegs in circulation.
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[[caption-width-right:320:''"..You'll find you'll need us, 'cause there's no one else to call..."'']]
The 1980s version of ''TheModSquad'', with a somewhat more believable premise. The series lasted from April, 1987 to April, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes in five seasons.
Here, it's about the cases of a special undercover police unit where young-looking police officers infiltrate schools to investigate youth-related crimes.
The series made JohnnyDepp a star, but a teen idol was the last thing he wanted to be. As such, he quit at his first opportunity, which made the show JumpTheShark at that moment.
Currently the episodes are available for streaming on [[http://www.youtube.com/show?p=Q6PCTiUMlw8&s=1 youtube]]
A [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. JohnnyDepp appears in a cameo.
Now has a fan made sequel series, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XspU4ZxHkw 21 Jump Street Rangers]]'', which takes place years after the original team's adventures. (The series also adapts ''TomicaHeroRescueForce'' for added points.)
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: More adults dressed as teenagers; the whole premise of the show is young looking police officers going undercover in high schools. Decades later, Depp would poke fun at the "fascist" nature of this premise.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Ioki is hiding the fact that he is Vietnamese, supposedly to avoid the ire of colleagues who may have fought in the Vietnam war. The strange thing is, Ioki would almost certainly be from (the former) South Vietnam, who were America's allies. (And even if he was from North Vietnam, his colleagues wouldn't know that.)
* BadassLongCoat: Booker wears these on occasion, when not sporting a [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket.]]
* BerserkButton: Hanson ''reaaally'' hates it when people make fun of how young he looks.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Though supposedly set in the US, the fact that ''21 Jump Street'' is shot in Canada is made by the fact that the extras/bit parts were hired locally and thus do decidedly non-US things like say "grade 3" instead of "3rd grade" and write graffiti with words ending in "-our" instead of "-or".
* TheChick: Judy Hoffs. However, she is the only one of officers to make Detective, and is depicted as being an intelligent, well rounded member of the cast. Her status as the chick comes from her tendency to rely on her feelings about the suspect, which often are proven wrong. Also, she tends to be addressed by first name more often than the other officers.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The [=DVDs=] suffer from this - while the licensed music wasn't the WHOLE draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music. The [=DVDs=] still sold enough to finish the show, possibly because there don't seem to be many bootlegs in circulation.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Played straight for some of the rebellious teens featured. Subverted for Hanson, who spent his youth as an uptight Republican and doesn't go through his rebellious phase until after joining the Jump Street division.
* CompulsorySchoolAge: The cops are still adult age, but they look like high schoolers, so they have to go to high school to fight crime that happens in/around high school.
* CrimeAndPunishmentSeries
* DaChief: After Capt. Jenko is killed off, Capt. Fuller takes over and makes it very clear from the beginning that he means business and giving him any lip is a ''bad'' idea.
* DawsonCasting: By the ''cops'' inside the show.
** As well as the students, especially in later seasons.
* DirtyHarriet: Judy joined the Jump Street program because it was the only way she'd be able to get any ''other'' type of assignment. Of course, this didn't mean that she didn't ''still'' get just such an assignment occasionally.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme tune was performed by Holly Robinson who played Officer Judy Hoffs on the show (with the "JUMP!" shout provided by Johnny Depp and Peter [=DeLuise=]).
** Incidentally, this is one of the few StephenJCannell shows where the theme tune was ''not'' written by Mike Post.
* EightiesHair: A huge offender.
* MrFanservice: Young JohnnyDepp.
* {{Fox}}: ''21 Jump Street'' was the Fox Network's first drama, and aired on its premire night along with sitcoms ''MarriedWithChildren'', ''TheTracyUllmanShow'', ''Duet'' and ''Mr President''.
* LeastCommonPizzaTopping: The episode "Gotta Finish the Riff"
-->'''Reginald Brooks:''' [ordering pizza for his hostages] I want 10 with sausage, 10 with pepperonis. And no anchovies. I see one anchovy and I kill the librarian
* ManicPixieDreamgirl: An episode featuring a girl named Quincy, who sort of positions herself as this, dragging the straight-laced Hanson around and trying to convince him to "lighten up". Of course, her idea of fun is crime sprees and potentially-fatal thrill-seeking. She terrifies him, and ends up [[spoiler: shot to death by security guards while robbing a house.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Captain Jenko, an aging hippie who, in the first episode, has to teach Hanson how to act like a bad seed.
* OlderThanTheyLook: The show was entirely based around the premise of cops who looked young enough that they could go undercover as high school students.
** Which was pretty silly, and only sorta worked because of DawsonCasting. The actors standing next to ACTUAL high-schoolers would've looked hopelessly out of place.
* RedOniBlueOni Penhall and Hanson, respectively.
* RefugeInAudacity: In season 2, episode 12, Tom Hanson (JohnnyDepp) wrestles a bear for a prize of $500. He ends up being tossed out of the ring about 3 seconds later.
* PopularHistory: The show stands as a good example of what the 80's were actually like.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp:
** In the episode ''Woolly Bullies'', the main characters recount the bullies who have plagued them in their youth. When Doug Penhall recounts his particularly bitter memories of such a tormentor, a friend suggests he seek the bully out and confront him. However, when Penhall does just that by finding the bully's current home, he learns that the bully is now a pathetic unemployed loser with an unhappy marriage to a shrewish wife. Delighted at this turn of events, Penhall decides not to speak to him and returns home quietly gloating how he got the classic best revenge by living well.
** He even suffered a case of ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Booker, who is [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority totally rad]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good guy deep down]], but is [[{{Badbutt}} kinda dangerous]] and [[CowboyCop plays by his own rules]]. Like, ''totally''.
* SixthRanger: Richard Grieco's character, Dennis Booker, for one season. His character was then given his own short-lived spinoff.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: David Barry Gray's Dean Garrett replacing Johnny Depp's Tom Hanson.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Happens with [[GirlOfTheWeek almost distrubing frequency.]] It helps that Johnny Depp's character was in his [[OlderThanTheyLook mid-twenties]], not actually a student, and in the most [[{{Egregious}} egregious]] example, met before he was actually assigned to her school.
* TrueCompanions
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[JohnnyDepp Johnny Depp's]] attraction to eyeliner didn't start with [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] - during his time on this show, he was undercover in drag in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4bJr_gY2E0#t=4m34 In the Custody of a Clown]]" and looked far too convincing.
** In on episode, Hanson complains about being in drag for other cases, and laughs that it was getting him asked out by guys. Consider how [[AttractiveBentGender effective]] he is in drag, it's hard to tell if he's joking or just laughing it off.
* WoobieOfTheWeek
* VanityPlate
* VerySpecialEpisode: The show often dealt with hot-button issues, and often had a brief spot afterward with a phone number for the organization dedicated to addressing a particular social problem.
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The 1980s version of ''TheModSquad'', with a somewhat more believable premise. The series lasted from April, 1987 to April, 1991, with a total of 103 episodes in five seasons.
Here, it's about the cases of a special undercover police unit where young-looking police officers infiltrate schools to investigate youth-related crimes.
The series made JohnnyDepp a star, but a teen idol was the last thing he wanted to be. As such, he quit at his first opportunity, which made the show JumpTheShark at that moment.
Currently the episodes are available for streaming on [[http://www.youtube.com/show?p=Q6PCTiUMlw8&s=1 youtube]]
A [[Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet film adaptation]] has been released, starring [[SuperBad Jonah Hill]] (who also co-wrote the script), [[GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra Channing]] [[StepUp Tatum]], [[TheUnitedStatesOfTara Brie Larson]], and IceCube. JohnnyDepp appears in a cameo.
Now has a fan made sequel series, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XspU4ZxHkw 21 Jump Street Rangers]]'', which takes place years after the original team's adventures. (The series also adapts ''TomicaHeroRescueForce'' for added points.)
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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdultsDressedAsChildren: More adults dressed as teenagers; the whole premise of the show is young looking police officers going undercover in high schools. Decades later, Depp would poke fun at the "fascist" nature of this premise.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Ioki is hiding the fact that he is Vietnamese, supposedly to avoid the ire of colleagues who may have fought in the Vietnam war. The strange thing is, Ioki would almost certainly be from (the former) South Vietnam, who were America's allies. (And even if he was from North Vietnam, his colleagues wouldn't know that.)
* BadassLongCoat: Booker wears these on occasion, when not sporting a [[HellBentForLeather leather jacket.]]
* BerserkButton: Hanson ''reaaally'' hates it when people make fun of how young he looks.
* CaliforniaDoubling: Though supposedly set in the US, the fact that ''21 Jump Street'' is shot in Canada is made by the fact that the extras/bit parts were hired locally and thus do decidedly non-US things like say "grade 3" instead of "3rd grade" and write graffiti with words ending in "-our" instead of "-or".
* TheChick: Judy Hoffs. However, she is the only one of officers to make Detective, and is depicted as being an intelligent, well rounded member of the cast. Her status as the chick comes from her tendency to rely on her feelings about the suspect, which often are proven wrong. Also, she tends to be addressed by first name more often than the other officers.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The [=DVDs=] suffer from this - while the licensed music wasn't the WHOLE draw of the show, it was an important part of the atmosphere, and lyrics were often used to communicate plot, which makes chunks of some DVD episodes make very little sense now that they're backed by nothing but elevator music. The [=DVDs=] still sold enough to finish the show, possibly because there don't seem to be many bootlegs in circulation.
* ComingOfAgeStory: Played straight for some of the rebellious teens featured. Subverted for Hanson, who spent his youth as an uptight Republican and doesn't go through his rebellious phase until after joining the Jump Street division.
* CompulsorySchoolAge: The cops are still adult age, but they look like high schoolers, so they have to go to high school to fight crime that happens in/around high school.
* CrimeAndPunishmentSeries
* DaChief: After Capt. Jenko is killed off, Capt. Fuller takes over and makes it very clear from the beginning that he means business and giving him any lip is a ''bad'' idea.
* DawsonCasting: By the ''cops'' inside the show.
** As well as the students, especially in later seasons.
* DirtyHarriet: Judy joined the Jump Street program because it was the only way she'd be able to get any ''other'' type of assignment. Of course, this didn't mean that she didn't ''still'' get just such an assignment occasionally.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme tune was performed by Holly Robinson who played Officer Judy Hoffs on the show (with the "JUMP!" shout provided by Johnny Depp and Peter [=DeLuise=]).
** Incidentally, this is one of the few StephenJCannell shows where the theme tune was ''not'' written by Mike Post.
* EightiesHair: A huge offender.
* MrFanservice: Young JohnnyDepp.
* {{Fox}}: ''21 Jump Street'' was the Fox Network's first drama, and aired on its premire night along with sitcoms ''MarriedWithChildren'', ''TheTracyUllmanShow'', ''Duet'' and ''Mr President''.
* LeastCommonPizzaTopping: The episode "Gotta Finish the Riff"
-->'''Reginald Brooks:''' [ordering pizza for his hostages] I want 10 with sausage, 10 with pepperonis. And no anchovies. I see one anchovy and I kill the librarian
* ManicPixieDreamgirl: An episode featuring a girl named Quincy, who sort of positions herself as this, dragging the straight-laced Hanson around and trying to convince him to "lighten up". Of course, her idea of fun is crime sprees and potentially-fatal thrill-seeking. She terrifies him, and ends up [[spoiler: shot to death by security guards while robbing a house.]]
* NewAgeRetroHippie: Captain Jenko, an aging hippie who, in the first episode, has to teach Hanson how to act like a bad seed.
* OlderThanTheyLook: The show was entirely based around the premise of cops who looked young enough that they could go undercover as high school students.
** Which was pretty silly, and only sorta worked because of DawsonCasting. The actors standing next to ACTUAL high-schoolers would've looked hopelessly out of place.
* RedOniBlueOni Penhall and Hanson, respectively.
* RefugeInAudacity: In season 2, episode 12, Tom Hanson (JohnnyDepp) wrestles a bear for a prize of $500. He ends up being tossed out of the ring about 3 seconds later.
* PopularHistory: The show stands as a good example of what the 80's were actually like.
* SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp:
** In the episode ''Woolly Bullies'', the main characters recount the bullies who have plagued them in their youth. When Doug Penhall recounts his particularly bitter memories of such a tormentor, a friend suggests he seek the bully out and confront him. However, when Penhall does just that by finding the bully's current home, he learns that the bully is now a pathetic unemployed loser with an unhappy marriage to a shrewish wife. Delighted at this turn of events, Penhall decides not to speak to him and returns home quietly gloating how he got the classic best revenge by living well.
** He even suffered a case of ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof.
* ShooOutTheNewGuy: Booker, who is [[CoolPeopleRebelAgainstAuthority totally rad]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good guy deep down]], but is [[{{Badbutt}} kinda dangerous]] and [[CowboyCop plays by his own rules]]. Like, ''totally''.
* SixthRanger: Richard Grieco's character, Dennis Booker, for one season. His character was then given his own short-lived spinoff.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: David Barry Gray's Dean Garrett replacing Johnny Depp's Tom Hanson.
* TeacherStudentRomance: Happens with [[GirlOfTheWeek almost distrubing frequency.]] It helps that Johnny Depp's character was in his [[OlderThanTheyLook mid-twenties]], not actually a student, and in the most [[{{Egregious}} egregious]] example, met before he was actually assigned to her school.
* TrueCompanions
* WholesomeCrossdresser: [[JohnnyDepp Johnny Depp's]] attraction to eyeliner didn't start with [[PiratesOfTheCaribbean Captain Jack Sparrow]] - during his time on this show, he was undercover in drag in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4bJr_gY2E0#t=4m34 In the Custody of a Clown]]" and looked far too convincing.
** In on episode, Hanson complains about being in drag for other cases, and laughs that it was getting him asked out by guys. Consider how [[AttractiveBentGender effective]] he is in drag, it's hard to tell if he's joking or just laughing it off.
* WoobieOfTheWeek
* VanityPlate
* VerySpecialEpisode: The show often dealt with hot-button issues, and often had a brief spot afterward with a phone number for the organization dedicated to addressing a particular social problem.
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