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* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: 3XK

* [[Manly Tears]]: Castle finally cries in "Knockout". It is [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]]. Ryan cries a [[Single Tear]] {{spoiler|after Montgomery's death}}.

** Again in the conclusion of ''Demons'' when the team investigates a supposedly haunted house. Beckett finds an important lead due to what might be a [[Contrived Coincidence]] or, as Castle suggests, aid from the victim's ghost. There is also no explanation as to why all the previous murders in the house were attributed to demons.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: At two points in "Knockout" a character informs another character that "you can't hide [someone] from me," with the other character replying "you got that ass-backwards; you can't hide from ''him / me''." The first is Beckett trying to psych out Lockwood about the identity of his employer, with Lockwood turning it back on her; {{spoiler|the second is Captain Montgomery, moments before making his [[Redemption Equals Death]] [[Heroic Sacrifice]], turning Lockwood's assertion that he can't hide Beckett back on him.}}

** Castle's second wife returns to close the second season, {{spoiler|and they pick back up where they left off.}}

** Beckett has a few too- FBI Agent Sorenson in the first season, ex-cop Royce in the third.

* [[Noble Shoplifter]]: Alexis is so noble that she pays when her ''friends'' shoplift.

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: In "Pretty Dead", [[Laverne and Shirley|Michael]] [[This Is Spinal Tap|McKean]] plays Victor Baron, a thinly veiled Donald Trump clone, complete with comb-over.

** Also in "Setup"

* [[One of Us]]: There is only one person who wants Castle and Beckett to get together more than the fans. That person is Stana Katic. Exhibit [http://youtu.be/DWqXABPC2xU A]. Exhibit [http://youtu.be/y_afnu8Xx20 B.] 'Nuff said.

** There's a [[Genre Savvy]] [[Smug Snake]] suspect in "Knockdown."

** A carpenter with an Eastern European accent that [[Got Me Doing It|gets Beckett to accidentally mimic his accent]].

** Johnny Vong from "Sucker Punch" is an [[In Universe]] example, upon hearing that Jack Coonan was killed.

** Hans von Manschaft, a stripper,in "Almost Famous". He immediately drops the accent when he hears his rival has been murdered

{{quote| '''Castle:''' "Sad, isn't it?"}}

* [[Opening Narration]]:

** "There are two kinds of folk who sit around and think about how to kill people -- psychopaths and mystery writers. I'm the kind that pays better."

** As of early Season 3, the narration is MIA, as is the opening theme song (the opening credits are simply overlaid onto the scenes immediately after the first commercial break.)

** In "Inventing the Girl:"

{{quote| '''Beckett''': "Nobody got murdered in [[Showgirls]]. ''[A [[Beat]]]'' I hear."}}

** Powell, a retired jewel thief that Castle consulted for a novel.

* [[Platonic Prostitution]]: In "Hell Hath No Fury", Castle hires a [[High Class Call Girl]] the victim consorted with solely because it's an easier way of finding her than the police department's time consuming method of tracking her via her offshore based website.

* [[Pool Scene]]: In "To Love And Die in L.A.", including [[Fan Service|Beckett in a clingy swimsuit getting out of a pool in slow motion]]. Justified in that she's trying to catch the eye of a suspect.

* [[Portmanteau Couple Name]]:

**"Esplanie" for Esposito and Lanie, mentioned on-screen in "One Life To Lose."

** Used again in "One Life To Lose."

* [[The Power of Legacy]]: Beckett decides to do this for {{spoiler|Captain Montgomery}}, and the rest of the cast agrees.

* [[Pregnant Hostage]]: Played with. In a bank robbery, there ''is'' a pregnant hostage, but she doesn't go into labor or have health problems. She ''is'', however, the one of the first people the police bargain to get out, and Castle {{spoiler|uses her as an excuse to fetch a pillow located near a window, where he can signal Beckett.)}}

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