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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Butcher of Kiev.

* [[The Napoleon]]: The younger son in "The Snow Job" is the brains behind the operation, despite his short stature, and resents the cavalier attitude of his much taller brother.

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Hardison.

** In "The San Lorenzo Job", Eliot and Parker plan on rescuing a general being held political prisoner, but -- only for him to decline the offer because he refuses to leave his men in prison. The general then asks Eliot whether he'd leave any of his team.

* [[No Social Skills]]: Parker.

** [[Word of God]] says Parker has a mild case of Asperger's Syndrome.

** My favorite:

'''Parker:''' Oh, definitely. I mean, why do you think I had to let out the waist, to make you look less skinny? }}

** Hardison actually had to teach Parker the hand-quote motion in "The Beantown Bailout Job," and even then she wasn't confident she was doing it right.

** Eliot mentions that he got over his fear of the dark and/or claustrophobia as a kid by locking himself in a shed for a few days. Parker says she did the same thing (cut to Parker locking herself in a trunk ''and having some other kids bury her alive''):

** In "The Runway Job," when Sophie asks the team to give Tara a chance, Parker seems to be trying to fit in/play along, but apparently misjudges the expected response:

'''Parker''': Warm? Cold? Why are we staring? }}

** Also, from "The Zanzibar Marketplace Job":

'''Parker''': What ''about'' the paintings? }}

** Also also, Parker got a hug from the client at the end of "The Future Job" and clearly had no clue how to deal with it.

** Juror #6 Job, where she keeps referring to her alias as a different person (and makes one of her first, non-criminal friends)

'''Sophie:''' Start small, Parker. Try coffee. }}

** As of "The Double Blind Job", Parker's actually getting '''jealous''' of Hardison showing some attention to the current client. [[A Glass in the Hand|She has a hard time dealing with it.]] It seems to give her feelings for... [[Cannot Spit It Out|pretzels.]]

* [[Not So Different]]: Nate and Sterling. Nate and Rockwell in "The 15 Minutes Job."

* [[Not with the Safety On, You Won't]]: Eliot and Nate to Hardison, in the pilot. Though Eliot probably didn't even care.

''Hardison looks down to check, and Nate grabs the gun.'' }}

** Sophie and Tara, when they get caught spying in the "Mark"s hotel room closet in "The Girls Night Out". Personally, I think whoever wants to ''truly'' shoot two hot babes in cocktail dresses, squashed up in a hotel room closet together, is out of his mind.

* [[Off the Wagon]]: Oh, ''Nate''.

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Parker is good at this. Eventually [[Lampshaded]]:

'''Nate:''' I don't even ask any more. }}

* [[Oh Crap]]: Or rather, "oh, [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels|shiny tomato]]!"

** Also, Archie to an extent towards Parker. Watch the two times he confronts Chaos in "The Last Dam Job." The first time, he only looks mildly annoyed by Chaos's insults until he makes a snide comment towards Parker, and ''then'' Archie rests his cane against his neck. Later, when Archie actually does taser him, it's only after he makes yet another snide comment towards Parker.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: From "The Reunion Job"

** Also played with in-universe with the paranoia wall in The Three Days Of The Hunter Job. Parker's not sure if all the conspiracy theories are fake or not, and Hardison and Eliot don't help.

'''Parker''': Wh- Well, you're not a member of the council, are you? Eliot. (To Nate) Is he? (Nate mumbles and leaves) Is he? ''Nate''? }}

** From "The Mile High Job," when Eliot has adopted the guise of an air marshall:

'''Sophie''': Ahhhh... I know that's good for us, but I so wish I didn't know that. }}

* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in "The Bank Shot Job":

'''Parker''': To rob this bank. One security guard who's never fired his gun before, two closed-circuit cameras outside, one inside, and a Glenn-Reider safe built in the '50s whose default combination is the birthdate of the manager's wife! Get in, get out, forty-two seconds. }}

* [[Patron Saint]]: Saint Nicholas' other patronage (that of thieves — more accurately, repentant thieves) is mentioned in "The Miracle Job," where Sophie tells Parker (who is only aware of the [[Santa Claus]] version) that St. Nick is also the patron saint of thieves.

*** Given that the dying man in question was already ''quite'' old himself, and was willing to let a young boy die just so he'd get''maybe'' 3-5 years more, it seems fairly justified

* [[The Perfect Crime]]: The team's cons get close to this at times, such as during "The Beantown Bailout Job," when [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Detective Bonnano]] comments to [[The Mark]]:

** Although it's implied later that Bonanno realizes that's exactly what happened.

* [[Period Piece]]: A good deal of "The Van Gogh Job" takes place in the 1940s.

* [[Phoney Call]]: Hardison does this in "The Iceman Job," telling a mark he has to call his girlfriend, then calling Sophie and managing to signal to her that he's in trouble.

** In "The Boys Night Out Job" Nate and Hurley, hide from Mooks in an addiction support group meeting. (A callback to Hurley's original appearance in "The 12-Step Job." After trying unsuccessfully to get a cellphone from various attendees so he can contact the team, Nate volunteers to talk next, laments about how he hurt his ex-wife, Maggie, and says "If I had a cellphone right now I would call her..." Naturally everyone in the crowd offers him their phones. Of course, [[Hilarity Ensues]] as he attempts to maintain his cover.

 

'''Crowd''': "Ooh..." }}

* [[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]]: Parker turns out to have a lot of strength in her skinny little body when she {{spoiler|grabs Tara by the throat with one hand, then holds her over the roof of a building.}}

* [[Playful Hacker]]: Hardison.

* [[Please Put Some Clothes On]]: Parker has a habit of changing clothes whenever and wherever she needs to, regardless of who is around. Though interestingly, [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|it's usually Hardison.]]

* [[Plot-Powered Stamina]]: Eliot claims he only sleeps 90 minutes a night.

* [[Police Are Useless]]: The FBI and local cops are generally portrayed as being well-intentioned, but incapable of catching the episode's villain either due to ineptitude or legal procedure. Interpol, on the other hand, is quite capable and feared, and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Detective Bonanno]] is always on top of his game.

** Eliot keeps running into other hitters he knows while hunting for the painting in "The Van Gogh Job."

** In "The Boiler Room Job," either no one can remember the mark's nickname--"The Mako"--or people are deliberately misremembering it to hit his [[Berserk Button]].

'''Hardison''': "I don't know, the Blowfish, maybe?" }}

* [[Russian Roulette]]: Eliot has a flashback to being tied up playing this in a Season 1 episode. He was the only one playing. Apparently it was still better than going to one of Sophie's plays.

* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: A [[Word of God]] variant; in answering questions from fans about why the cops and the court system is so ineffective in Leverage-land, John Rogers commented that "There are times you people's faith in law enforcement is genuinely touching." Since the whole premise of the show involves (often not very altered) fictionalized versions of real-life crimes, it's not a surprising attitude to find in the show's creators.

** In "The Second David Job" -

'''Parker''': ''(pets Maggie's head)'' You're adorable. }}

* [[Similar Squad]]: The rival team in "The Two Live Crew Job", which is basically Leverage without Sophie. Their Parker is a tiny guy with a goatee (played by the show's pickpocketing consultant), their Eliot is a hot Israeli [[Action Girl]], and their Hardison is white!Jerk!Hardison. In fact, you might even call him...[[Creator's Pet|The]] [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Wesley]]?

* [[Star Trek Movie Curse]]: Referenced in "The Order 23 Job"; Hardison says he'll say the name of an even-numbered ''[[Star Trek]]'' movie over a hospital intercom for bad news, and an odd-numbered one for good news. Shortly after, a "Dr. [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Ralph O. Khan]]" gets paged...

* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: Parker is really good at vanishing at a second's notice, so much so that Hardison ends up just planting a GPS locator on her. Even Nate and Hardison manage one in "The Stork Job." It gets [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in "The Mile High Job".

'''Nate:''' I don't even ask anymore. }}

* [[Stealth Insult]]: "I'll bet you're very good with your hands."

* [[Stuck on a Ski Lift]]: Invoked in "The Snow Job"; the gang intentionally stops the lift while Parker is on it in order to distract the mark.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Sophie's stage acting.

** [[The Mark]]'s over-the-top clichéd country music video in "The Studio Job".

* [[Suddenly Always Knew That]]: Every once in a while, a character (Parker especially) will pull some hitherto unknown skill from the ether, which is usually just [[Hand Wave|Handwaved]] as being something that they picked up over a long career of professional theft.

* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: {{spoiler|Tara Cole for Sophie, as invoked by Sophie herself}}.