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** The victim's {{spoiler|eventual-murder-solving}} last song from "Famous Last Words". And they play it ''constantly'' throughout the episode. Auuuugh.
** The victim's {{spoiler|eventual-murder-solving}} last song from "Famous Last Words". And they play it ''constantly'' throughout the episode. Auuuugh.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbuOQdV5A4 Get on the Floor], from "Lucky Stiff."
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDbuOQdV5A4 Get on the Floor], from "Lucky Stiff."
*** [[In Universe]], too, since Beckett is later seen trying to do an acoustic guitar version of the track.
*** [[In-Universe]], too, since Beckett is later seen trying to do an acoustic guitar version of the track.
** [[Pink|The ringtone from "Nanny McDead".]]
** [[Pink|The ringtone from "Nanny McDead".]]
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]:
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Due to his incessant cockblocking in Season 3, [[Romantic False Lead|Josh Davidson]] has earned the reputation on Tumblr of being blamed for anything negative that happens in the fandom or the show, from the cast not winning awards to problems on the show itself. It is almost always capped with the [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhb8a1nlH1qfpz6o.jpg following picture.]
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Due to his incessant cockblocking in Season 3, [[Romantic False Lead|Josh Davidson]] has earned the reputation on Tumblr of being blamed for anything negative that happens in the fandom or the show, from the cast not winning awards to problems on the show itself. It is almost always capped with the [http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvhb8a1nlH1qfpz6o.jpg following picture.]
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: You can sympathize with the motives, if not the actions, of the terrorists in "Countdown" {{spoiler|embittered soldiers who feel abandoned, betrayed and ignored by their country and their government}}, but any sympathy goes out the window when they kidnap a mother and her baby (the husband and father of whom they'd already murdered), hold the baby hostage, all but threaten to kill her and {{spoiler|force the mother to drive a truck carrying a dirty bomb into the city, which will ultimately frame her as the terrorist when it explodes}}.
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: You can sympathize with the motives, if not the actions, of the terrorists in "Countdown" {{spoiler|embittered soldiers who feel abandoned, betrayed and ignored by their country and their government}}, but any sympathy goes out the window when they kidnap a mother and her baby (the husband and father of whom they'd already murdered), hold the baby hostage, all but threaten to kill her and {{spoiler|force the mother to drive a truck carrying a dirty bomb into the city, which will ultimately frame her as the terrorist when it explodes}}.
* [[Narrowed It Down to The Guy I Recognize]]: The show appears to take delight in [[Zig Zagged Trope|zig-zagging furiously]] on this trope:
* [[Narrowed It Down to the Guy I Recognize]]: The show appears to take delight in [[Zig Zagged Trope|zig-zagging furiously]] on this trope:
** "Inventing the Girl": Julian Sands {{spoiler|''didn't'' do it.}}
** "Inventing the Girl": Julian Sands {{spoiler|''didn't'' do it.}}
** "When the Bough Breaks": [[Homicide Life On the Street|Reed]] [[Dollhouse|Diamond]] {{spoiler|did it.}}
** "When the Bough Breaks": [[Homicide: Life On the Street|Reed]] [[Dollhouse|Diamond]] {{spoiler|did it.}}
** "Little Girl Lost": Francis Capra, AKA [[Veronica Mars|Weevil]], and Judy Reyes, AKA [[Scrubs|Carla Espinosa]]. {{spoiler|Capra's a red herring, but Reyes isn't.}}
** "Little Girl Lost": Francis Capra, AKA [[Veronica Mars|Weevil]], and Judy Reyes, AKA [[Scrubs|Carla Espinosa]]. {{spoiler|Capra's a red herring, but Reyes isn't.}}
** "Kill the Messenger": Gregg Henry pops up. Anyone [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know about this trope went "Oh. Oh ''[[Foregone Conclusion|well]]''." {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
** "Kill the Messenger": Gregg Henry pops up. Anyone [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know about this trope went "Oh. Oh ''[[Foregone Conclusion|well]]''." {{spoiler|Subverted.}}
** [[Twin Peaks|Ray]] [[Reaper (TV)|Wise]] in 2x15, "Suicide Squeeze". {{spoiler|Played straight.}}
** [[Twin Peaks|Ray]] [[Reaper|Wise]] in 2x15, "Suicide Squeeze". {{spoiler|Played straight.}}
** "One Man's Trash": features DB Woodside, ''[[Twenty Four|24]]'''s Wayne Palmer and [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'s Principal Wood, as well as Perrin "[[Entourage|Mrs. Ari Gold]]" Reeves and Abigail "[[Mad Men|Miss]] [[How I Met Your Mother|Blah-blah]] [[Mad Men|Farrell]]" Spencer. {{spoiler|Subverted for the women, not so much for the guy.}}
** "One Man's Trash": features DB Woodside, ''[[24]]'''s Wayne Palmer and [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'s Principal Wood, as well as Perrin "[[Entourage|Mrs. Ari Gold]]" Reeves and Abigail "[[Mad Men|Miss]] [[How I Met Your Mother|Blah-blah]] [[Mad Men|Farrell]]" Spencer. {{spoiler|Subverted for the women, not so much for the guy.}}
** Played with like a kitten's ball of string {{spoiler|and averted}} in "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice". Lesse, the deceased was a post-grad who had [[Gilmore Girls|Lane Kim]] and [[My So-Called Life|Brian Krakow]] vying for the same award, so it must've been one of them, right? She also went undercover as a dominatrix in an S&M club whose proprietor is [[Saw|Dina Meyer]], so maybe it's her? {{spoiler|Nope: it was her roommate, who was played by a relatively unknown actress}}.
** Played with like a kitten's ball of string {{spoiler|and averted}} in "The Mistress Always Spanks Twice". Lesse, the deceased was a post-grad who had [[Gilmore Girls|Lane Kim]] and [[My So-Called Life|Brian Krakow]] vying for the same award, so it must've been one of them, right? She also went undercover as a dominatrix in an S&M club whose proprietor is [[Saw|Dina Meyer]], so maybe it's her? {{spoiler|Nope: it was her roommate, who was played by a relatively unknown actress}}.
** "Wrapped Up in Death", Navi Rawat (AKA Amita from [[Numb3rs]]), Erick Avari (crazy Dr. Bey from ''[[The Mummy 1999 (Film)|The Mummy 1999]]'') and Currie Graham (from ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', [[Hey, It's That Guy!|among others]]). {{spoiler|Currie Graham did it}}. {{spoiler|Currie Graham ALWAYS is the murderer, unless he's a series regular. No exceptions.}}
** "Wrapped Up in Death", Navi Rawat (AKA Amita from [[Numb3rs]]), Erick Avari (crazy Dr. Bey from ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy 1999]]'') and Currie Graham (from ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', [[Hey, It's That Guy!|among others]]). {{spoiler|Currie Graham did it}}. {{spoiler|Currie Graham ALWAYS is the murderer, unless he's a series regular. No exceptions.}}
** "The Late Shaft" averts this by salting the suspects with enough B and C-list celebrities for a [[VH 1]] reality show. [[Americas Funniest Home Videos|Tom]] [[Dancing With the Stars|Bergeron]] played the big late-night talk show host {{spoiler|victim}}; Fred Willard played his feisty sidekick, [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV)|Beth Broderick]] played his first wife, Bill Bellamy played his heir apparent, Dan Cortese played the network president, Kelly Carlson played another guest {{spoiler|who hooks up with Castle}}, and even [[3rd Rock From the Sun|French Stewart]] [[Playing Against Type|played a skeevy guy who did business with Bergeron]]. {{spoiler|Fred Willard dood it.}}
** "The Late Shaft" averts this by salting the suspects with enough B and C-list celebrities for a [[VH-1]] reality show. [[America's Funniest Home Videos|Tom]] [[Dancing With the Stars|Bergeron]] played the big late-night talk show host {{spoiler|victim}}; Fred Willard played his feisty sidekick, [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Beth Broderick]] played his first wife, Bill Bellamy played his heir apparent, Dan Cortese played the network president, Kelly Carlson played another guest {{spoiler|who hooks up with Castle}}, and even [[3rd Rock from the Sun|French Stewart]] [[Playing Against Type|played a skeevy guy who did business with Bergeron]]. {{spoiler|Fred Willard dood it.}}
** Mitch Peliggi [[Hey, It's That Guy!|a.k.a]] [[The X Files|A.D Walter Skinner]] turns up in "A Deadly Game" as a hardened spy / assassin. {{spoiler|Hilariously subverted; turns out he's just some hapless schmuck on a spy vacation who thinks that this is all part of the game. Once he realizes he's in "real jail", [[Playing Against Type|he bursts into tears]].}}
** Mitch Peliggi [[Hey, It's That Guy!|a.k.a]] [[The X-Files|A.D Walter Skinner]] turns up in "A Deadly Game" as a hardened spy / assassin. {{spoiler|Hilariously subverted; turns out he's just some hapless schmuck on a spy vacation who thinks that this is all part of the game. Once he realizes he's in "real jail", [[Playing Against Type|he bursts into tears]].}}
** Muse Watson aka [[NCIS (TV)|Mike Franks]] in "Punked". {{spoiler|Didn't do it}}.
** Muse Watson aka [[NCIS|Mike Franks]] in "Punked". {{spoiler|Didn't do it}}.
** "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind" has [[Lyle Lovett]] and [[Aliens|Bishop]]. {{spoiler|The killer was someone else.}}
** "Close Encounters of the Murderous Kind" has [[Lyle Lovett]] and [[Aliens|Bishop]]. {{spoiler|The killer was someone else.}}
** "One Life to Lose" features [[All My Children]] regulars Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison, [[Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (TV)|Jane Seymour]], [[Sex and The City|David Eigenberg]], [[Psych|Corbin Bernsen]], and [[Veronica Mars|Tina Majorino.]] {{spoiler|That last one did it.}}
** "One Life to Lose" features [[All My Children]] regulars Rebecca Budig and Cameron Mathison, [[Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman|Jane Seymour]], [[Sex and the City|David Eigenberg]], [[Psych|Corbin Bernsen]], and [[Veronica Mars|Tina Majorino.]] {{spoiler|That last one did it.}}
** "Head Case" features [[Entourage|Adam Davies]] {{spoiler|(suspicious but didn't do it)}}, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Film)|April O'Neill]] {{spoiler|(did it and then herself)}}, [[Die Hard (Film)|Richard]] "[[Ghostbusters|Dickless]]" [[Die Hard (Film)|Thornburg]] {{spoiler|(a subverted [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]])}}, and [[Iron Man (Film)|Yinsen]] {{spoiler|(stole the victim's head, but [[It Makes Sense in Context|with justifiable reason]])}}.
** "Head Case" features [[Entourage|Adam Davies]] {{spoiler|(suspicious but didn't do it)}}, [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (film)|April O'Neill]] {{spoiler|(did it and then herself)}}, [[Die Hard|Richard]] "[[Ghostbusters|Dickless]]" [[Die Hard|Thornburg]] {{spoiler|(a subverted [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]])}}, and [[Iron Man (film)|Yinsen]] {{spoiler|(stole the victim's head, but [[It Makes Sense in Context|with justifiable reason]])}}.
** In "Demons": Has {{spoiler|Has Frederic Lehne}} ever played a good guy?
** In "Demons": Has {{spoiler|Has Frederic Lehne}} ever played a good guy?
* [[Not So Different]]: In "Law & Murder", Castle says that Alexis' "tell" is her nose twitch. When he lies to ''her'' later on, she realizes he's lying when his nose twitches. This is promptly following by her rapidly figuring out what the truth is by boiling down a series of guesses to their logical conclusion. She'd make a good detective, is the implication.
* [[Not So Different]]: In "Law & Murder", Castle says that Alexis' "tell" is her nose twitch. When he lies to ''her'' later on, she realizes he's lying when his nose twitches. This is promptly following by her rapidly figuring out what the truth is by boiling down a series of guesses to their logical conclusion. She'd make a good detective, is the implication.
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