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The [[Cop Show]] is an idealised representation of the police. Morality [[Incredibly Lame Pun|is very black and white,]] being a cop is far more dangerous than it really is, shoot-outs are common, as are car chases. They always get their man. |
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Specific variants: [[Buddy Cop Show]]. |
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See also: [[Crime-Time TV]], [[Forensic Drama]], [[Police Procedural]]. |
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* ''[[Adam-12]]'' |
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* ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]'' |
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* ''[[Alarm Fur Cobra 11 (TV)|Alarm Fur Cobra 11]]'' |
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* ''[[Alien Nation (TV)|Alien Nation]]'' |
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* ''[[Blue Heelers]]'' |
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* ''[[Blue Swat]]'' |
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* ''[[Boomtown (TV)|Boomtown]]'' |
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* ''[[Bookhunter (Comic Book)|Bookhunter]]'' |
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* ''[[Cagney and Lacey]]'' |
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* ''[[CHiPs]]'' |
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* ''[[Continuum (TV)|Continuum]]'', partially |
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* ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]''; partially |
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* ''[[Detroit One Eight Seven]]'' |
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* ''[[The District]]'' |
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* ''[[Due South]]'' |
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* ''[[Dragnet (Radio)|Dragnet]]'' |
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* Disney also made a send-up of this with ''[[Fillmore (Animation)|Fillmore]]!'', which follows the adventures of a middle-school safety patrol. |
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* ''[[Flashpoint (TV)|Flashpoint]]'' |
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* ''[[Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex (Anime)|Ghost in The Shell Stand Alone Complex]]'', to an extent. |
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* ''[[Grimm (TV)|Grimm]]'' |
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* ''[[GSG-9]]'' |
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* ''[[Hawaii Five-O (TV)|Hawaii Five O]]'' |
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** ''[[Hawaii Five-0 (TV)|Hawaii Five 0]]'' |
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* ''[[Identity (TV)|Identity]]''. |
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* ''[[Kidou Keiji Jiban]]'' |
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* ''[[Life On Mars 2006 (TV)|Life On Mars 2006]]'' |
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* ''[[Life On Mars 2008 (TV)|Life On Mars 2008]]'' |
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* ''[[Memphis Beat]]'' |
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* ''[[The Mod Squad]]'' |
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* ''[[Nash Bridges]]'' |
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* ''[[NCIS (TV)|NCIS]]'' |
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** ''[[NCIS Los Angeles]]'' |
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* ''[[NYC 22 (TV)|NYC 22]]'' |
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* ''[[Rizzoli and Isles]]'' |
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* ''[[Rookie Blue (TV)|Rookie Blue]]'' |
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* ''[[Rush (TV)|Rush]]'' |
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* ''[[Saving Grace]]'' |
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* ''[[The Sentinel (TV)|The Sentinel]]'' |
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* ''[[Series/SP|SP]]'' - A Japanese police show which centered on the Metropolitan Police's Security Police Division |
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* ''[[SWAT]]'' |
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* ''[[The Sweeney]]'' |
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* ''[[Taiyou Ni Hoero|Taiyou ni Hoero]]'' (Bark at the Sun), a Japanese police show that first aired in the Seventies. It had majorly influenced every Japanese Cop Show since; references and comparisons to it -- even snatches of the [[Instrumental Theme Tune]] -- are now almost inescapable. (The show was in the thematic vein of ''[[Starsky and Hutch (TV)|Starsky and Hutch]]'', except with a ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''-sized ensemble cast.) |
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* ''[[The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko (Manga)|The Case Files of Yakushiji Ryoko]]'' |
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* ''[[Tokkei Winspector]]'' |
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* ''[[Tokusou Exceedraft]]'' |
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* ''[[Tokusou Robo Janperson]]'' |
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* ''[[Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain]]'' |
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* ''[[TJ Hooker]]'' |
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* ''[[The Untouchables]]'' |
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* ''[[The Unusuals]]'' |
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* ''[[Police Squad!]]!'' was a parody. |
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[[Category:Fiction]] |
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[[Category:Show Genres]] |
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[[Category:Crime and Punishment Tropes]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:42, 16 March 2014
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