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** The ME's name is Donald Mallard. A mallard, as his nickname (Ducky) implies, is a duck. Essentially, we have a character named "[[Donald Duck]]" on the show. -- Tsunoba
** At first glance, McGee appears to be the [[Unfavorite]] (at least compared to Abby, Tony and Ziva) where Gibbs is concerned. But after a few seasons of watching Gibbs interact with various people, it's clear that he cares about McGee as much as any member of his team. But while [[Obfuscating Stupidity|Tony]], [[Action Girl|Ziva]] and [[Hot Scientist|Abby]] are allowed to operate with a freer hand (in part because of their respective experience levels and individual personalities), McGee is kept on a shorter leash because he HAS to be. He has [[Absent-Minded Professor|a tendency to get lost in the details]], become easily distracted by issues in his private life (women, his writing, video games) and occasionally is still intimidated by power (a disadvantage when investigating crimes occasionally involving high-ranking officials). But thanks in part to [[Papa Wolf|Gibbs]] and his "tough love", he's now a [[Nerd Action Hero|more proficient agent]] and seems far more comfortable in his own skin. And thus, a much more effective member of the team. Now, if Gibbs ever does join [[Badass Grandpa|Mike Franks]] in Mexico (or wherever), he can be completely confident that NCIS (and ''NCIS'') is in good hands. And one also gets the feeling that he's training Palmer in the exact same manner. -- ''TVsTim1''
*** As of this writing (January 2021), being just a few episodes in season 18, it appears quite a lot that McGee is also being groomed to take Gibbs's position. Perhaps this is actually recent given the loss of Tony DiNozzo, but is actually the idea Gibbs had from the beginning, that McGee has the potential to be the leader this team will need after Gibbs has left (retired or killed), and he's been grooming McGee the entire time. -- KZadBhat
* In the pilot episode "Yankee White" it is not really strange Gibbs knew the plot of ''[[Air Force One (film)|Air Force One]]'' and about the traitor. [[Names the Same|The traitor was also named Gibbs.]] Because of the same name and NCIS!Gibbs' patriotism he remembered the plot out of dislike of his name being the name of a traitor.
* The father-daughter dynamic between Gibbs and Ziva gets a boost if one noticed Ziva's birthday when it was revealed: if you figure out how old his daughter was when {{spoiler|she was killed by the drug cartel}}, it works out that she and Ziva were born around the same time. Ziva is literally his daughter's age.
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