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== David Rossi ==

* Just Rossi's scene in "About Face," when he's preparing to return to the BAU -- might not have seemed as cool when we were first watching it, but seeing it again later, knowing Rossi, seeing him get ready to return to the job with the CM background music (DUNDUN DUN DUN!)... it's simply awesome.

* Rossi's [[Shut UP, Hannibal|response]] to Rothchild's [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Masterpiece" about destroying Rossi's ego and killing his "family" and that he was going to get away with it: ''"Did you get all that, Garcia?"''. Followed by Rossi offhandedly mentioning that the confession will make "a good teaching aid" - oh, wait, did he forget to tell Rothchild that he [[Lying to ~~The~~ Perp|teaches interrogation at Quantico]]?

* Rossi's [[Shut UP, Hannibal|response]] to Rothchild's [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Masterpiece" about destroying Rossi's ego and killing his "family" and that he was going to get away with it: ''"Did you get all that, Garcia?"''. Followed by Rossi offhandedly mentioning that the confession will make "a good teaching aid" - oh, wait, did he forget to tell Rothchild that he [[Lying to the Perp|teaches interrogation at Quantico]]?

* In "Omnivore", after The Reaper has taken out an entire bus full of people in response to Hotch turning down a deal, Hotch is suffering from a severe crisis of faith and believes [[It's All My Fault|it's all his fault]]. What does Rossi do? [[Crazy Awesome|He holds out his gun to Hotch.]]

{{quote| '''"Well here, use mine. You've convinced me. No, no, you hung up on him, you practically killed them yourself. Go ahead, get it over with. Don't worry about us, we'll get this guy without you... Look, if you want to end up like Shaughnessy, like Gideon, blaming yourself for everything, you go ahead. But that voice in your head? It's not your ''conscience'', it's your ''ego''."''}}

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** He also helped take care of Angel in the episode "Foundation". Angel escaped from the UnSub and Morgan got him to talk and interact again. When they finally catch the UnSub, Morgan was able to punch him a couple of times before being stopped by Rossi. [[Complete Monster|The UnSub]] deserved it. {{spoiler|There were ''bite marks'' on Angel. Worst part, there were ''more victims before him''.}}

* Morgan walking into a Congressional candidate's fundraiser in "25 to Life" and ''accusing him of murder'' after repeatedly being told by [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|Strauss]] that his job is on the line if he so much as looks at the man wrong. Morgan - with Rossi and Prentiss for backup - strides right up to the guy and [[Guile Hero|baits the guy into confessing]] in front of a ballroom full of guests, then handcuffs him and leads him out.

* In "Lauren," he arguably saves [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice|a grievously injured Prentiss]] (at least until the paramedics can get there) by [[No One Gets Left Behind|forcing her to stay conscious]], despite her [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|entreaties to let her slip away]]. His plea of "if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand" doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]].

* In "Lauren," he arguably saves [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice|a grievously injured Prentiss]] (at least until the paramedics can get there) by [[No One Gets Left Behind|forcing her to stay conscious]], despite her [[I Cannot Self-Terminate|entreaties to let her slip away]]. His plea of "if you can hear me, just squeeze my hand" doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|CMOH]].

* Chased a minivan off the side of the road into a lake in "Out of the Light." He then dives in to pull the victim out of the car and resuscitates her. (Possibly [[My Greatest Second Chance|having flashbacks to "losing" Prentiss]]).

* His epic "screw you" response to a [[Conspiracy Theorist]]'s [[Hannibal Lecture]] in "Identity."