Barney Miller: Difference between revisions

Characters and references to the show still turn up. In a novel spinoff of ''[[The Blair Witch Project]]'', ''Confessions of Rustin Parr'', the investigations were headed by Detective Nicholas Yamana. In William P. Young's supernatural murder mystery ''The Shack'', a Polish police detective says his name is "spelled just like it sounds". In ''[[Frasier]]'', one of Martin's police friends was Stan Wojciedubakowski, and when he died, Martin briefly dated his widow.

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* [[Ambulance Chaser]]: Arnold Ripner, a recurring character. At one point he sues Harris for putting a thinly-veiled version of him in his novel.

* [[Beleaguered Bureaucrat]]: Barney in some episodes. Some government officials that get called in are also this. (Usually because of [[Wide Eyed Idealist|Wojo]] giving someone political asylum or similar.)

* [[The Bet]]: Between Yemana (to stop gambling) and Harris (to stop smoking) on who could last the longest.

* [[A Father to His Men]]: Wojo seems to view Barney this way.

* [[Fingertip Drug Analysis]]

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Chano occasionally lost his temper and let loose in Spanish, including "asshole" (pendejo) at least once. In an early episode, a man talking about his wife joining a cult that hoped to travel to Saturn pointed upward with his middle finger as he said "Up there, Saturn." Fish's response: "Hold that thought."

** In another episode, a suspect stoned out of his mind on pot insists on referring to Bernice Fish as "mother." When she leaves the room, he shouts, "That mother left me!"

* [[In Vino Veritas]]: No alcohol or drugs are involved, but this is basically the effect of putting Wojo under hypnotism in one episode.

* [[Landslide Election]]: During an election day episode, Inspector Luger is a strong proponent of a good friend of his who is running for office, even though the only thing that anybody else can remember about the candidate is that he was accused of being involved with bribery and corruption in the sanitation department (the Inspector's awkward attempts to defend the candidate on the grounds that "[[Implausible Deniability|they couldn't prove any of that]]" only seem to confirm the truth of the accusations). Not surprisingly, the candidate loses by a margin of more than 5 to 1.

* [[Mad Magazine]]: ''Blarney Miller''

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The aging inspector who looks back fondly on the life-threatening shootouts of the old days, waxes nostalgic about his old comrades getting shot down in their prime, and doesn't understand the modern force's need for things like proper procedures, suspects' rights, and paperwork is named "Luger."

* [[Recurring Character]]: Lt. Scanlon from Internal Affairs, Officer Zatelli, Marty and Darryl, Arnold Ripner, Bruno Binder, Ray Brewer, Arthur Duncan, Mr. Cotterman...

* [[Required Spinoff Crossover]]: Dietrich turns up in a ''Fish'' episode.

** The characters would frequently cite the actual articles or court cases that inspired the episode.

* [[Sit Com]]

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''[[Night Court]]'', created by former ''Barney Miller'' writer Reinhold Weege.

* [[Stock Sitcom Grand Finale]]

* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: In particular, a rerun of the two part episode "Quarantine" inspired the revival of that trope's YKTTW.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Harris and Dietrich again. They're even roomies at several points.

{{quote| '''Dietrich''' (After the others list all his previous occupations): You forgot Lumberjack and Beekeeper. that was my wilderness period.}}

* [[Work Com]]: With a little [[Dom Com]] thrown in the first season.