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'''Ryan:''' What? ''Ohhhhh''. *grinning* You wanna be the one to crack it, not Demming, right?<br />
'''Castle:''' Well, the guy is not even homicide. Doesn't that bug you, just a little?<br />
'''Ryan:''' Maybe a little. But that's not why it bugs ''you,'' [[Green
** This even extends to people who've never met one of the pair, it's that obvious. The journalist who writes the article that causes most of the fuss in "The Third Man" alludes to a relationship between the two, having just assumed it was the case because Castle couldn't stop talking about how incredible Beckett was (with his favorite subject in previous interviews being Richard Castle). In the same episode, one of the witnesses for the murder of the week immediately pegged Beckett as "the detective girlfriend"...which was bad for Castle, who was desperately trying to hide the article from Beckett.
** The FBI profiler Jordan Shaw does the same in "Tick Tick Tick". You know, the sort of person who does that sort of thing for a living is 'fooled' into thinking the two are, at the very least, sleeping together.
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* [[Evil Laugh]]:
** Castle tries one in "Vampire Weekend", but then breaks into a coughing fit.
** He does it again successfully in "Food to Die For," complete with a [[Doctor
* [[Evil Plan]]: Each episode is driven by a murder caused by the criminal of the week. On a bigger scale, unraveling the one that killed Beckett's mother ties the seasons together.
* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: The drug dealer they suspect of having a hand in the death of Beckett's mother in the third season. Like wow.
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** In "Sucker Punch", Beckett finds a stash, sticks her finger in, tastes it, and pronounces "heroin". [[Face Palm|Palms met faces nationwide.]]
** Played with when Castle tastes a bird feather and declares it a "Bird of Prey." It actually was a red hawk feather, to boot.
* [[
{{quote| '''Esposito:''' So, do you guys practice doing that when we're not around?}}
* [[Firemen Are Hot]]: Beckett's date in "The Third Man", FDNY's Mr. July.
* [[First Kiss]]: Finally happens in "Knockdown".
* [[First
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Beckett actually.
** [[The Lancer]]: Castle.
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** In "Rise", Beckett freezes and has a minor panic attack when a suspect points a gun at her. This foreshadows the full-blown PTSD breakdown she experiences in "Kill Shot".
** Of all things, the blurb on Castle's website for ''[http://www.richardcastle.net/books?page=3 Storm Fall]'' foreshadows "Linchpin": {{spoiler|specifically, the bit where it suggests that Agent Clara Strike, the character based on Sophia Turner, might have gone rogue...}}
* [[Found the Killer Lost The Murderer]]: This happens {{spoiler|not once, not twice, but ''three times''}} with Becket's mother's murderer. {{spoiler|The first time, Castle and Beckett find the man who murdered Beckett's mother and learn that he's a hired killer, but Beckett has to shoot him in order to get Castle out of a hostage situation. The second time, Beckett manages to capture another hired killer, a sniper, who was hired by the same person(s) who ordered her mother's murder. This sniper is still alive by the end of the episode, but indicates with a stone-faced glare that he'll never inform on his clients. The third time involves a key person involved(really, really complicated) with her mother's murder- '''''Captain Montgomery!''''' She gets to talk to him uninterrupted, and he knows who the mastermind behind the conspiracy is, but [[Subverted Trope|refuses]] to [[His Name Is|say the name]] anyway, saying that [[Do We Have This One?|the mastermind is so rich and powerful]] that giving her his name would get her killed as certainly as if he'd shot her himself. He dies minutes later. Beckett manages to get out of that scrape alive, but is shot during his funeral, presumably by the people from whom he was trying to protect her.}}
* [[Funny Background Event]]: While on the set for Naked Heat, some nuns with guns can be seen in the background.
* [[Freudian Slip]]: In "The Blue Butterfly" Castle is narrating a scene from an old diary of a tryst between private detective Joe and gun moll Vera. Picturing Vera as Beckett and Joe as himself, he accidentally refers to her as Kate. He insists that he actually said "[[Verbal Backspace|fate]]."
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** In "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind": Beckett says "Let's just stick it in and get it over with", referring to an unlabeled DVD.
** In "The Late Shaft": Esposito says "Holy Shift!" in reference to the Bugatti Veyron.
** [[Precision F
** "Cuffed" has quite a few moments. Some are [[Ship Tease]], others... not so much. {{spoiler|For instance, when the two of them are attempting to push the metal crate the first time, it looks and sounds an awful lot like the two having sex.}}
** Season 4, episode 13 is titled "An Embarrassment of Bitches". It's about dogs. And a [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]] version of [[Kim Kardashian]] (and [[Paris Hilton|other]] [[The Hills|celebrities]]).
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** Averted with Alexis' new boyfriend [[Gender Blender Name|Ashley]], who's seen in the first ep he was talked about...being terrorized by Castle with an old-timey pistol.
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: It's hinted that both Castle and Beckett have at least slightly kinky tastes in the bedroom.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: regarding Anton Francis in "The Third Man": "Mr. Francis here, not one to waste such a sinister looking scar, decided to round out the stereotype with a laundry list of criminal activity..."
* [[Got Me Doing It]]: "The Final Nail" Beckett accidentally mimics a witness' accent before catching herself. This was actually a mistake by Stana. The producers decided to [[Throw It In]].
* [[Grammar Nazi]]:
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** In "The Third Man," even after complimenting Ryan on the correct use of irony, he uses "you and I" in the predicate of the next sentence.
* [[Green Eyed Epiphany]]: Implied in "Eye Of The Beholder" when Beckett gets jealous over Castle getting close to Serena the insurance investigator{{spoiler|-slash-former art thief}}, who doesn't [[Everyone Can See It|steal things that belong to others.]]
* [[Green
** After [[Romantic False Lead|Demming]] shows up, Castle is stuck in a very bad mood.
{{quote| '''Esposito:''' I bought a falafel from the stand every day for two months just so I could talk to the falafel girl.<br />
'''Ryan:''' Yeah, you mean like [[Romantic False Lead|Demming]] showing up every morning for coffee just to run into Beckett? *turns to Castle, chuckling*<br />
'''Castle:''' *[[Green
'''Ryan:''' *[[Genre Blind|grin freezing, turns back to look at Esposito]]*<br />
'''Esposito:''' *[[Genre Savvy|shaking his head and mouthing no]]* }}
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* [[Handshake Substitute]]: More of a high five substitute. Castle and Esposito's trademark high five which is referred to, in a blooper reel, as "feeding the birds."
* [[Happily Married]]: {{spoiler|Joe Flynn and Vera Mulqueen, from "The Blue Butterfly". They threw away the titular prize because of it's supposed curse and not once did they consider going back for it because they're more than happy with each other.}}
* [[Haunted House]]: "Demons" has the [[Body of the Week]] be found in one. Although there's ultimately [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane|a mundane explanation for that case, it's still left up in the air whether the house actually is haunted]].
* [[Head
** In "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice", Ryan, Esposito, and Castle are investigating BDSM on the Internet. This trope ensues, with all three of them essentially saying, "Is it even possible to get in that position?" In a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]], Beckett strolls in and casually says,
{{quote| '''Beckett:''' [[Fetish Fuel|Oh, it's possible.]]}}
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{{quote| '''Castle''': What turned you off; the fact that he was wearing a rug? ''[Beckett gives him a look]'' [[Too Soon]]?}}
** One memorable lame pun in "Food to Die For" includes Castle (after [[Evil Laugh|laughing like a maniac]]) realizes that he's late for his date with [[Girl of the Week|Madison]] and accidentally drops his watch into a bowl of liquid nitrogen.
{{quote| ''Castle''': "Hey look. [[Doctor
** In "Slice of Death," after finding a body in a pizza oven.
{{quote| ''Capt. Montgomery'': "I didn't want to tell [my wife] that [her favorite pizza] now came in full-bodied flavor."}}
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* [[Interdisciplinary Sleuth]]: Castle.
* [[The Irish Mob]]: The Westies.
* [[Ironic Echo Cut]]: "Eye of the Beholder" features a scene intercut between a conversation with Castle and Martha where Castle is singing the praises of the insurance investigator who's temporarily joined their investigation, and Beckett ranting [[Green
{{quote| '''Castle:''' I find her... impressive.<br />
'''Martha:''' So, what's she like?<br />
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* [[Its for A Book]]: Pretty much the excuse for Castle to get to hang around and investigate murders.
** It's invoked by Castle to get info from the bad guys in episodes "Home is Where the Heart Stops" and "Deep in Death".
* [[
** In "Cops and Robbers", when Castle and his mother are caught in a hostage situation.
{{quote| '''Ryan''': Since when do we do bank robberies?<br />
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* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: As of "Overkill", we can safely place Castle squarely in this category.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: No few cops are square-faced manly men. Played with by Castle, who probably has the squarest jaw in the cast and works for justice as well, but is neither a cop nor, truth be told, much of a manly man.
* [[Last
** Castle, at least, has gradually become a lot more comfortable referring to Beckett by her first name more frequently and casually over the course of the third and fourth seasons. This, not coincidentally, has coincided with a gradual awakening and deepening of his feelings towards her. He uses her first name mostly when he's being serious and affectionate.
** Beckett actually calls Castle by his first name ''less often'' in later seasons as she did in seasons one and two. She invariably uses it as a term of mockery or ridicule.
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