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3	''P.J.'' is a French PoliceProcedural series created by Michelle Podroznik and Frédéric Krivine. It first aired on the France 2 channel and ran for a total of [[LongRunners 13 seasons]] between 1997 and 2009.
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5	It follows the routine of [[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif Police Judiciaire]] (hence the [[InitialismTitle acronym]]) law enforcement agents in the 10th and 11th arrondissements (greater administrative districts) of UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} as they deal with petty criminality, bigger criminality, bureaucracy, and their personal lives. Their police station is located in the district of Porte-Saint-Martin, near the Saint-Martin Canal.
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7	!!''P.J.'' provides examples of:
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9	* TheNineties: The show started in 1997 and it shows with the time's distinctive cars, computer hardware, cellphones and children playing the UsefulNotes/GameBoy.
10	* BadLiar: ''Very'' often, petty criminals and whatnot who get caught in the act and have drugs, weapons or stolen goods on them will deny that it's theirs or deny that they stole it. FellOffTheBackOfATruck is also frequently used.
11	* BigEater: Inspecteur/Lieutenant/Captain Bernard Léonetti loves to eat, and it shows with his looks.
12	* DaChief: Commissioner Henri Meurteaux, although he's quite laid-back most of the time and him ''really'' losing his temper usually means OOCIsSeriousBusiness.
13	* CitizenshipMarriage: One case involved the team dismantling of a network of smugglers of illegal immigrants who facilitate "mariages blancs" (marriages of convenience).
14	* {{Crossover}}: In a movie certainly [[invoked]][[FollowTheLeader inspired]] by the ''Franchise/CSIVerse'', ''P.J.'' became the first French cop show to cross over with another series, that being the LawProcedural ''Avocats et Associés'' ("Lawyers & Associates"), in 2007.
15	* {{Delinquents}}: The agents (particularly the lower ranked ones) have had to deal with pretty much the whole spectrum of petty criminality, juvenile included.
16	* FrenchAccordion: The [[https://youtu.be/FRRR8yTAL4E main theme]] of the show (which is set in Paris) is a SinisterTangoMusic-[=like=] take on the instrument to emphasize the show's serious tone.
17	* GayParee: Thoroughly averted. The show reflects the immigration-induced diversity and least glamorous and picturesque aspects of Paris quite well, right out the gate in the early episodes. It was quite rare at the time it first aired (in the late [[TheNineties '90s]]).
18	* InitialismTitle: ''"P.J."'' as in "Police Judiciaire" (judicial police).
19	* LeadPoliceDetective: Inspector (then Captain, then Commandant) Vincent Fournier usually fits this role, being TheLeader whenever investigations and field operations are organized.
20	* OfficeRomance: A lesbian romance develops between colleagues Nadine Lemercier and Tina at the police station after a while.
21	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Brigadier Chloé Matthieu's political opinions tend to lean on the far-right spectrum and she's somewhat homophobic initially, though she gets a fair share of CharacterDevelopment.
22	* RankUp: Most of the show's characters ranked up over the twelve years that the show lasted. Some of them didn't however, such as Agathe Monnier (who remained a Captain throughout) and Alain Porret (played by Creator/ThierryDesroses, remained a Lieutenant).

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