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* [[Battle Couple]]: Of the few times they're paired together, Tubbs and Valerie are this. |
* [[Battle Couple]]: Of the few times they're paired together, Tubbs and Valerie are this. |
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* [[Beleaguered Childhood Friend]]/[[Broken Pedestal]]: The repeated moments when one of the heroes would find out an old friend, love interest, or a colleague they trusted had gone bad. |
* [[Beleaguered Childhood Friend]]/[[Broken Pedestal]]: The repeated moments when one of the heroes would find out an old friend, love interest, or a colleague they trusted had gone bad. |
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** The ending of the acclaimed episode "Out Where The Buses Don't Run |
** The ending of the acclaimed episode "Out Where The Buses Don't Run". |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Tubbs hates machine guns... especially when they are being fired directly ''at'' him. Kind of ironic since he himself keeps an arsenal that would make the NRA squeal with delight. |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Tubbs hates machine guns... especially when they are being fired directly ''at'' him. Kind of ironic since he himself keeps an arsenal that would make the NRA squeal with delight. |
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** Also Crockett and men who abuse women. Taking an ugly turn if he's drunk. |
** Also Crockett and men who abuse women. Taking an ugly turn if he's drunk. |
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* [[Cool Pet]]: Crockett has a pet ''alligator'', Elvis. |
* [[Cool Pet]]: Crockett has a pet ''alligator'', Elvis. |
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* [[Cool Shades]] |
* [[Cool Shades]] |
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* [[Corrupt Bureaucrat]]: |
* [[Corrupt Bureaucrat]]: See [[Dirty Cop]]. |
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* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Willie Nelson shows up as a Texas Ranger. |
* [[Cowboy Cop]]: Willie Nelson shows up as a Texas Ranger. |
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* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: Crockett loses his memory while undercover as a drug dealer. As a result, he ''becomes'' the drug dealer and {{spoiler|proceeds to take over much of the Miami market. But in the process he shoots Tubbs when his ex-partner tries to force his memories back. When Crockett does regain his memory and tries to return to the vice squad, he's arrested. It takes a convoluted plot of defeating an [[Ax Crazy]] criminal and saving Tubbs' life to return Crockett to the force.}} |
* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: Crockett loses his memory while undercover as a drug dealer. As a result, he ''becomes'' the drug dealer and {{spoiler|proceeds to take over much of the Miami market. But in the process he shoots Tubbs when his ex-partner tries to force his memories back. When Crockett does regain his memory and tries to return to the vice squad, he's arrested. It takes a convoluted plot of defeating an [[Ax Crazy]] criminal and saving Tubbs' life to return Crockett to the force.}} |
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* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Done by both Crockett and Tubbs early in the episode Freefall |
* [[Cuffs Off, Rub Wrists]]: Done by both Crockett and Tubbs early in the episode "Freefall". |
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* [[Da Chief]]: Castillo, played by Edward James Olmos. |
* [[Da Chief]]: Castillo, played by Edward James Olmos. |
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* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]] |
* [[Damn, It Feels Good to Be a Gangster!]] |
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* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]] |
* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]] |
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* [[Drugs Are Bad]] |
* [[Drugs Are Bad]] |
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* [[The Eighties]]: Arguably the most influential TV of said decade. Many people's ideas of the '80s come straight from Miami Vice |
* [[The Eighties]]: Arguably the most influential TV of said decade. Many people's ideas of the '80s come straight from ''Miami Vice''. |
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* [[Fake Defector]] |
* [[Fake Defector]] |
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* [[Fashion Dissonance]]: Textbook example. |
* [[Fashion Dissonance]]: Textbook example. |
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Some villains (and some heroes) never answer for the crimes they commit. |
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Some villains (and some heroes) never answer for the crimes they commit. |
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* [[Magical Computer]]: The crazed ex-cop Hank in "Out Where The Buses Don't Run" works with a computer to track the "missing" drug lord that Hank is obsessed with catching. The computer "Lorraine" (named for Hank's ex-wife) operates with a mind and personality of its own, and does things that computers in 1985 really didn't do. |
* [[Magical Computer]]: The crazed ex-cop Hank in "Out Where The Buses Don't Run" works with a computer to track the "missing" drug lord that Hank is obsessed with catching. The computer "Lorraine" (named for Hank's ex-wife) operates with a mind and personality of its own, and does things that computers in 1985 really didn't do. |
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* [[Mind Screw]]: The UFO episode |
* [[Mind Screw]]: The UFO episode. |
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* [[Montage]] |
* [[Montage]] |
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* [[Music Video Syndrome]]: Especially in the pilot. |
* [[Music Video Syndrome]]: Especially in the pilot. |
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* [[Product Placement]]: The [[Cool Car]] and cool clothes throughout the series. |
* [[Product Placement]]: The [[Cool Car]] and cool clothes throughout the series. |
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** Also applies to Crockett's handguns in the the television series, namely the Bren Ten for the first two seasons, and the Smith & Wesson 645 for the rest of the series. |
** Also applies to Crockett's handguns in the the television series, namely the Bren Ten for the first two seasons, and the Smith & Wesson 645 for the rest of the series. |
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Crockett |
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Crockett. |
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* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Started being integrated into the plot more once [[Law and Order|Dick Wolf]] became executive producer. Considering the number [[Only in Florida|of crazy things]] that happen in Florida, it was easy. |
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Started being integrated into the plot more once [[Law and Order|Dick Wolf]] became executive producer. Considering the number [[Only in Florida|of crazy things]] that happen in Florida, it was easy. |
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* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: How Tubbs ends up in Miami as Crockett's partner. It pops up as motivation for some of the more [[Ax Crazy]] villains that would guest-star every other week. |
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: How Tubbs ends up in Miami as Crockett's partner. It pops up as motivation for some of the more [[Ax Crazy]] villains that would guest-star every other week. |
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* [[Salt and Pepper]] |
* [[Salt and Pepper]] |
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* [[Samurai]]: Castillo. His martial arts training made him into a stealthy [[Katanas Are Better|katana-wielding]] Badass, but his code of honor was pure Bushido. Highlighted in the second season episode aptly titled "Bushido". |
* [[Samurai]]: Castillo. His martial arts training made him into a stealthy [[Katanas Are Better|katana-wielding]] Badass, but his code of honor was pure Bushido. Highlighted in the second season episode aptly titled "Bushido". |
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* [[Scenery Porn]]: |
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Filming on location in South Florida helps. |
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* [[Shoot Your Mate]] |
* [[Shoot Your Mate]] |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Several episodes of the show "borrowed" plots from various movies, such as ''[[High Noon]]'' or ''[[The Trouble with Harry]]''. Season 3's "Shadow in the Dark" was pretty much one giant allusion to ''[[Manhunter (film)|Manhunter]]'', which Michael Mann himself directed. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several episodes of the show "borrowed" plots from various movies, such as ''[[High Noon]]'' or ''[[The Trouble with Harry]]''. Season 3's "Shadow in the Dark" was pretty much one giant allusion to ''[[Manhunter (film)|Manhunter]]'', which Michael Mann himself directed. |