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* TwoFaced: In "Little Lazarus", Vera arrests a psycho who has been terrifying a woman and her son for year. Half of his face is covered in horrific burn scars, leading to the boy's nickname for him of 'the Shiny Man'. However, he turns out not to be the murderer.
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* OldCopYoungCop: DCI Vera Stanhope is usually paired with a much younger detective sergeant; originally Joe Ashworth and later Aiden Healy.
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* VictimOfTheWeek
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* CarCushion: In "Shadows in the Sky", the VictimOfTheWeek is pushed off the top of a multi-storey carpark and lands on a car park on the ground.
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* PursuedProtagonist: "Little Lazarus" opens with a young boy fleeing cross-country from the murderer that just killed his mother.
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* DetectiveMole: In [[spoiler:"Old Wounds"]], Vera investigates a cold case when skeletal remains are found in the woods. The murderer turns out to have been the supervising officer on the original missing person case, who encouraged the investigating officer to do a slipshod job and write the case off as a runaway.
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* LawmanBaton: In "Old Wounds", Vera's team investigates a cold case when a girl's remains are found in the woods twnty years after she disappeared. The murderer was a police officer policing the picket lines during the miner's strike, who killed her by cracking her skull with his baton.
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* MissingWhiteWomanSyndrome: In "Old Wounds", the father of the VictimOfTheWeek complains bitterly that no one seriously investigated when his daughter disappeared - instead preferring to believe she had just run away - because she was miner's child at the time of the miner's strike, and a half-caste. Even when her body is found, he does not believe the police will put any effort into finding her killer.
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* SkinnyDipping: The VictImOfTheWeek in "Changing Tides" was skinny dipping at a stag party before she was murdered.
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* StaircaseTumble: The murderer shoves Joe down a flight of stairs when he discovers the prisoner in the cellar in "The Crow Trap".
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* AutopsySnackTime: In "Telling Tales", TheCoroner Billy swallows antibiotics while he is in the autopsy room with a corpse on the slab.
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* GrievousBottleyHarm: In "Telling Tales", a householder gets hospitalized when an intruder who has broken in to retrieve some some incriminating evidence smashes him over the head with a bottle.
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* RunningAwayToCry: In "Telling Tales", Holly runs into the bathroom to cry after receiving a bollocking from Vera.
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* RevisitingTheColdCase: "Telling Tales" opens with a convicted murderer who is ten years into a life sentence committing suicide. The publicity brings to light an alibi that had been ignored by the original investigators which proved her innocence. Vera and her team have to re-investigate the original murder.
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* ShovelStrike: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Telling Tales" is done in by a blow to the head with a shovel.
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* VehicleRoofBodyDisposal: The accidental version happens in "A Certain Samaritan". After being stabbed, the VictimOfTheWeek staggers against the railing of the overpass. The killer pushes him over and he lands on top of a passing long-distance lorry, where he breaks his spine. The lorry carries him all the way across the country (from Newcastle to Portsmouth).
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* bangingForHelp: In "A Certain Samaritan", the VictimOfTheWeek is thrown off an overpass and lands on top of a truck passing underneath. He breaks his back in the fall and raps on the top of the truck in an attempt to attract attention. The truck driver hears the banging but ignores it and the victim dies.
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* bangingForHelp: BangingForHelp: In "A Certain Samaritan", the VictimOfTheWeek is thrown off an overpass and lands on top of a truck passing underneath. He breaks his back in the fall and raps on the top of the truck in an attempt to attract attention. The truck driver hears the banging but ignores it and the victim dies.
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* bangingForHelp: In "A Certain Samaritan", the VictimOfTheWeek is thrown off an overpass and lands on top of a truck passing underneath. He breaks his back in the fall and raps on the top of the truck in an attempt to attract attention. The truck driver hears the banging but ignores it and the victim dies.
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* SexySoakedShirt: Happens to Joe in "Silent Voices" when he dives into a reservoir fully-clothed to save a woman TrappedInASinkingCar. His shirt is noticeably clingy and see-through when he emerges.
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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: In "Silent Voices", the VictimOfTheWeek is murdered while swimming in a reservoir. There is a shot of blood from her head wound flowing into the water and being diluted.
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* BloodIsSquickerInWater: In "Silent Voices", the VictimOfTheWeek is murdered while swimming in a reservoir.stream. There is a shot of blood from her head wound flowing into the water and being diluted.
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* JammedSeatbelts: In "Silent Voices", Joe has to dive into a reservoir to save a woman TrappedInASinkingCar. It takes several attempts for the two of them to get the seatbelt open.
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* TarppedInASinkingCar: In "Silent Voices", the murderer attempts to dispose of his final victim by placing her in a car and rolling it off a cliff into a reservoir. Joe has to dive in to save her.
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* TarppedInASinkingCar: TrappedInASinkingCar: In "Silent Voices", the murderer attempts to dispose of his final victim by placing her in a car and rolling it off a cliff into a reservoir. Joe has to dive in to save her.
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* TarppedInASinkingCar: In "Silent Voices", the murderer attempts to dispose of his final victim by placing her in a car and rolling it off a cliff into a reservoir. Joe has to dive in to save her.
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* TheBigBoard: Vera's first action on returning to the squad room after viewing the VictimOfTheWeek is to set up a board with a photo of the victim, photos of suspects, timelines and whatever clues they have. It is added to over the course of the investigation as new facts are discovered.
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* OopNorth: Set in Northumberland, and many of the cast sport strong Northern accents.
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* VerbalTic: Vera has the habit of addressing everyone as 'pet'.
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* NeverSuicide: Played straight and later averted in "Sundancers". The first death is a murder made to look like a suicide. Vera thinks it looks too much like a suicide to actually be a suicide. When a second near identical death occurs, Vera assumes it is the work of the same killer. This sends the investigation down a blind alley till she realises that the second death actually was suicide.
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* UriahGambit: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Sundancers" is revealed to have pulled this in Afghanistan. Learning one of his subordinates was having an affair with his wife, he sent the soldier into a supposedly cleared building to pronounce the all-clear, knowing that there was still an IED inside. The bomb went off, killing the soldier.
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Her long-suffering right-hand man is Detective Sergeant (DS) Joe Ashworth from series 1-4. Starting in series 5, DS Aiden Healy took over Ashworth's spot.
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Her long-suffering right-hand man is Detective Sergeant (DS) Joe Ashworth from series 1-4. Starting in series 5, DS Aiden Healy took over Ashworth's spot.spot.
''Vera'' contains examples of:
* AteHisGun: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Sandancers" is murdered in such a way as to make it look like he ate his gun. Later, another soldier actually commits suicide this way which muddies the waters of the investigation.
* MolotovCocktail: Used as a murder weapon in "The Ghost Position" where the killer throws three petrol bombs into a house.
* SecretOtherFamily: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Death of a Family Man" is revealed to be living this kind of double-life.
* WholeCostumeReference: The series has Vera casually wearing an outfit [[http://i.imgur.com/9u9GbuH.jpg very similar to the Fourth Doctor's]] from ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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''Vera'' contains examples of:
* AteHisGun: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Sandancers" is murdered in such a way as to make it look like he ate his gun. Later, another soldier actually commits suicide this way which muddies the waters of the investigation.
* MolotovCocktail: Used as a murder weapon in "The Ghost Position" where the killer throws three petrol bombs into a house.
* SecretOtherFamily: The VictimOfTheWeek in "Death of a Family Man" is revealed to be living this kind of double-life.
* WholeCostumeReference: The series has Vera casually wearing an outfit [[http://i.imgur.com/9u9GbuH.jpg very similar to the Fourth Doctor's]] from ''Series/DoctorWho''.
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''Vera'' is a British detective television series based on the works of crime author Ann Cleeves.
The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumberland & City police, played by Brenda Blethyn. She is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. She plods along in a constantly disheveled state, but has a calculating mind, and despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about her work and comrades. In many respects, she can be likened to a female Series/{{Columbo}}.
Her long-suffering right-hand man is Detective Sergeant (DS) Joe Ashworth from series 1-4. Starting in series 5, DS Aiden Healy took over Ashworth's spot.
The central character is Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope of the Northumberland & City police, played by Brenda Blethyn. She is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. She plods along in a constantly disheveled state, but has a calculating mind, and despite her irascible personality, she cares deeply about her work and comrades. In many respects, she can be likened to a female Series/{{Columbo}}.
Her long-suffering right-hand man is Detective Sergeant (DS) Joe Ashworth from series 1-4. Starting in series 5, DS Aiden Healy took over Ashworth's spot.
