Life on Mars/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* [[Disappeared Dad]]

* [[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]

* [[Giving Radio to ~~The~~ Romans]]: Sam tries to introduce 'modern' police methodology and encourage his colleagues to see past their bigoted attitudes, though with limited success. One problem is that while in theory Sam is better trained, the techniques he's learned are [[Awesome but Impractical|often useless in 1973]]. Why wait for a search warrant if you can just kick down the door? Why talk in the formal style for interviewing witnesses (useful when every word is recorded, and saying the wrong thing can get a case thrown out of court) when it only confuses people?

* [[Giving Radio to the Romans]]: Sam tries to introduce 'modern' police methodology and encourage his colleagues to see past their bigoted attitudes, though with limited success. One problem is that while in theory Sam is better trained, the techniques he's learned are [[Awesome but Impractical|often useless in 1973]]. Why wait for a search warrant if you can just kick down the door? Why talk in the formal style for interviewing witnesses (useful when every word is recorded, and saying the wrong thing can get a case thrown out of court) when it only confuses people?

* [[Hallucinations]]

* {{spoiler|[[I Choose to Stay]]}}: The series conclusion.

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{{quote| (while the car is going way way too fast) '''Sam:''' You're not above the law you know Gene, I should do you for speeding!<br />

'''Gene:''' What're you talking about Tyler? [[I Am the Trope|I am the law!]] }}

* [[Drinking On Duty]]: Gene considers drinking his duty.

* [[Drinking on Duty]]: Gene considers drinking his duty.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: Gene seems incapable of not ramming every dustbin he sees.

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: We are introduced to Gene Hunt in this fashion, after a disoriented Sam has blundered into the police station demanding to know what year it is -

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* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: "I do NOT snore!"

* [[I'll Tell You When I've Had Enough!]]

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Judge, Jury, and Executioner]] - It's cute that you think you're "innocent"; ''he'll'' decide if you should be locked up, thanks very much.

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Licensed Sexist]]

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Gene is still haunted by {{spoiler|his brother's death from drug addiction}}.

* [[Noble Bigot ~~With~~ a Badge]]

* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]

* [[Politically Incorrect Hero]]: "Look at her. She's as nervous as a very small nun at a penguin shoot."

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: "YOU'RE NICKED!!"

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* [[New Meat]]

* [[Those Two Guys]] (with Ray)

* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]

* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]

=== DS Ray Carling ===

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* [[The Bartender]]

* [[Magical Negro]]

* [[Welcome to ~~The~~ Caribbean Mon]]: Subverted; his accent's as "fake as a tranny's fanny."

* [[Welcome to the Caribbean Mon]]: Subverted; his accent's as "fake as a tranny's fanny."

=== WPC Phyllis Dobbs ===

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Phyllis mans the front desk at Manchester CID, and also oversees the welfare of the prisoners. Probably the only woman in the department whom Gene and his cronies can't intimidate. Bears a slight resemblance to [[From Russia ~~With~~ Love ~~(Film)~~|Rosa Klebb]], though this doesn't seem to hamper her dating life.

Phyllis mans the front desk at Manchester CID, and also oversees the welfare of the prisoners. Probably the only woman in the department whom Gene and his cronies can't intimidate. Bears a slight resemblance to [[From Russia with Love|Rosa Klebb]], though this doesn't seem to hamper her dating life.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]