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* [[Best Served Cold]]: {{spoiler|The central plot behind "The Judas Tree".}}

* [[Big Eater]]: Maddy.

{{quote| ''I don't know what I want, I'm not even hungry. A drop of chilli will do me, with some rice. And a spot of salad...and some garlic bread. A jacket potato. Oh, and some crisps.''}}

{{quote|''I don't know what I want, I'm not even hungry. A drop of chilli will do me, with some rice. And a spot of salad...and some garlic bread. A jacket potato. Oh, and some crisps.''}}

* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: In a deleted scene in "The Grinning Man", Joey's actress friend Mina gives her tickets to her new play and warns her that there's a graphic rape scene. Cut to Mina getting taken from behind by a man in a papier-mâché bull's head making loud mooing noises.

* [[British Brevity]]: A very notable example, because Renwick needs a lot of time to formulate each locked room mystery.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Jonathan lampshades this when he finds he's about to meet his hero, hardcore prog-rock icon Roy Pilgrim:

{{quote| '''Jonathan''': I can't go in there.~~<br />~~

{{quote|'''Jonathan''': I can't go in there.

'''Maddy''': Why not?~~<br />~~

'''Maddy''': Why not?

'''Jonathan''': ''Roy Pilgrim''! I can't meet ''Roy Pil''... you're talking about ''mythology''! You reduce someone like that to flesh and blood, the whole thing's destroyed, the whole ''icon''...~~<br />~~

'''Jonathan''': ''Roy Pilgrim''! I can't meet ''Roy Pil''... you're talking about ''mythology''! You reduce someone like that to flesh and blood, the whole thing's destroyed, the whole ''icon''...

'''Maddy''': Jonathan, you're beginning to sound like a prat. }}

** Sure enough, a minor case ensues; Jonathan is struck dumb with mild disillusionment when he learns that Pilgrim is a devoted viewer of ''[[The Waltons]]''.

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* [[Groin Attack]]: "Black Canary" has a very, very nasty example indeed.

* [[Haven't You Seen X Before?]]: "Time Waits for Norman":

{{quote| '''Maddy:''' Yes, all right. Haven't you ever seen a transvestite before?}}

{{quote|'''Maddy:''' Yes, all right. Haven't you ever seen a transvestite before?}}

* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Possibly second only to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' for having a reputation for well-known British actors in unlikely roles.

** The [[Doctor Who|Fifth Doctor]] as a vicar in "Danse Macabre"

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* [[Rube Goldberg Hates Your Guts]]: "Satan's Chimney" and "The Grinning Man", to name two examples.

* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]: Jonathan in "The Scented Room", when [[Asshole Victim]] Le Fley (who had given scathing criticism to Jonathan's magic shows in the past) offers a huge financial reward for finding his missing painting.

{{quote| '''Jonathan''': I know exactly how your painting was stolen, Mr Le Fley. I'm just not going to ''tell'' you.}}

{{quote|'''Jonathan''': I know exactly how your painting was stolen, Mr Le Fley. I'm just not going to ''tell'' you.}}

* [[Shoot the Rope]]: Done fantastically in Black Canary. A very decrepit old man manages to snipe the rope of someone who attempted to hang herself from at least 300 feet, and finishes off by nonchalantly saying "Well, my eyes still work."

* [[The Summation]]: Every episode, always intercut with scenes of the crime itself being committed.