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[[File:ncis-poster.jpg|frame| From left to right (For Seasons 3-5): [[Military Maverick|Gibbs]], [[Da Chief|Jenny]], [[The Coroner|Ducky]], [[Perky Goth|Abby]], [[Handsome Lech|Tony]], [[Hollywood Nerd|McGee]], [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|and]] [[Badass Israeli|Ziva]].]]
Created by [[Donald P. Bellisario]] and Don McGill, ''NCIS'' is a spinoff of ''[[JAG]]'' that leaped on the [[Forensic Drama]] bandwagon started by ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', with some traditional [[Crime and Punishment Series|Crime And Punishment]] and even a bit of [[Spy Drama]] thrown in for good measure. ''NCIS'' (''[[Department of Redundancy Department|Navy NCIS]]'' for its first season) depicts a team of investigators assigned to deal with criminal activity involving Navy personnel and Marines. That means that the entire gamut of crime -- from [[Serial Killer|Serial Killers]] to fraud to international espionage to Unauthorized Absences-- can turn up. This particular team is led by Leroy Jethro Gibbs, a retired Marine gunnery sergeant, and contains (surprise!) a rather colorful collection of detectives and lab workers. The series debuted in September 2003 and is still ongoing.
A classic example of a [[Sleeper Hit]], the show was largely ignored at the beginning of its run, but has gained viewers with virtually every season and as of 2012 is the number one scripted drama on network television.
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A spinoff series, ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'', premiered in 2009.
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== A-E ==
* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: Subverted in Season 3 Episode 14 "Light Sleeper". The initial suspect in the murder of a Korean woman is her Marine husband. Their neighbor claimed she frequently heard them screaming at each other, leading her to believe that husband was abusive. However, the husband reveals to Gibbs that she was the abusive one and proves by lifting up his shirt to reveal a large burn mark where she hit him with an iron. He's actually taken seriously and released.▼
* [[Action Girl]]: First Kate, a former Secret Service agent in the presidential protection detail, then Ziva, whose background with the Mossad was as a spy and an assassin rather than as an investigator.
* [[Adorkable]]: In "Jurisdiction", the CGIS expy of Abby is a cute Asian [[Meganekko]] wearing [[Nerd Glasses]].
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*** It's mutual, too.
** In "Seadog", Ducky goes ballistic on a local LEO who contaminates a crime scene so he can get in good with the news reporter on the scene.
* [[BFG]]: Ex-Watcher operator Casey Stratton uses a Desert Eagle chambered in .50 Action Express against the NCIS team in "Housekeeping".▼
* [[Big Blackout]]: "Power Down". Oh, the fun the writers must have had poking fun at the usual ''NCIS'' bells and whistles.
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* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Ziva is Hebrew, even though it's sorta mangled. Also, Abby and Gibbs using sign language. Gratuitous second-year undergrad level Russian for a lot of characters. Passable French and some level of Arabic.
** Averted hard in the episode "Primitus Victor". "Victor" isn't Latin for "victim;" it's Latin for "victor".
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** Tony in Season 4.
** Trent Kort, the CIA agent who also infiltrated René Benoît's arms-dealing enterprise.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The show was originally named "Navy NCIS", despite the N standing for Navy. This was most likely done to prevent confusion with ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'', something which the series [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] occasionally.
* [[Determinator]]: Gibbs becomes one toward finding Ari over the course of the second season. A repeated motif is the one monitor on his desk that's dedicated to running a facial recognition program on Ari. After Ari briefly kidnaps Kate, Gibbs starts displaying Ahab-ish tendencies, which DiNozzo lampshades.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]:
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** A conversation between Gibbs and Vance implies that {{spoiler|Ziva was this as well}}, something that was treated as pretty much a given by everyone in her first season.
** {{spoiler|NCIS attempts to have Jonathan Cole act as this to them regarding Harper Dearing in the Season 9 finale, which Cole agrees to in exchange for a lighter sentence when he gets back to prison. Unfortunately, Dearing was [[Genre Savvy]] enough to realize what the NCIS was planning to do, so he instead has a waitress deliver the cellphone to Cole for him and then communicate with him via phone and relay a message to Gibbs}}.
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* [[Double Tap]]: The show has almost without exception invoked this; both here and in real life, Federal agents ''never'' fire only once or twice. They will keep shooting you until either you fall down or they run out of bullets, whichever comes first.
* [[Dress Code]]: Forcing Abby to follow one makes her so uncomfortable that it actually hurts her analytical skills.
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* [[False-Flag Operation]]: The whole point in the end of "Devil's Triangle".
* [[Family Relationship Switcheroo]]: At the end of one Season 6 episode, a young Marine mentions that his mother took care of Gibbs when he was wounded on a mission in her country. {{spoiler|Gibbs tells the Marine that his mother was already pregnant when they met. Seconds later, in Vance's office, Vance asks Gibbs if Gibbs told the young man that his mission had been to kill his father}}.
* [[Fan Service]]: Abby, mostly. At times, Director Shepard, especially after wardrobe started putting her in tight skirts and [[Sweater Girl|sweaters]]. And let us not forget [https://web.archive.org/web/20210321080148/http://www.celebrity-pictures.ca/
** One of the most blatant instances of potential fan service (Ziva in a fairly skimpy bikini) actually ended up being a half-subversion, as she's lying on her side reading a book and the audience never gets a good look... unless you count the screensaver McGee made from Tony's pictures of her.
** Kate as an adult version of a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD0NGf1YEk4 'Catholic Schoolgirl' and as a Dominatrix]. This was the lighter side of a very serious episode.
* [[Fatal Attractor]]: The entire cast. With relatively few exceptions, every date any of the characters go on will be with someone evil.
* [[Fatal Family Photo]]: The ending of the episode "Rekindled" features a Marine out at sea on an amphibious carrier accidentally dropping his cell phone through the grates, reassembling it to see his family photo, only to find flickering lights underneath the door to the electric room (strongly implied to be the arson electrical bomb trap from earlier) before he is knocked back in an explosion that's heavily implied to have sunk or at the very least severely damaged the ship.
* [[Feuding Families]]: The Reynosas vs Gibbs and his father and teammates.
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** Child genius Angela in Season 7 Episode 9 "Child's Play".
* [[Give Away the Bride]]: When {{spoiler|Ziva}} is considering marrying {{spoiler|Ray}}, everyone assumes Gibbs would walk her down the aisle. {{spoiler|It does ''not'' happen, and never will. Marrying Ray, that is, not Gibbs walking her down the aisle. Still holding out hope for the second bit}}.
* [[Give the Villain a Hero's Funeral]]: NCIS decided to do this with [[The Mole]] {{spoiler|Agent Michelle Lee, after learning that she was blackmailed into her role. When her handler uses her as a [[Human Shield]] against Gibbs, she signals for Gibbs to shoot her, sacrificing her life in the process. Despite knowing how much information she compromised, NCIS covers up the treason and gives her a funeral with full honors.}}
* [[The Glomp]]: Abby, usually to Tony and McGee (especially if they're injured, which seems to be a minor [[Running Gag]]).
* [[Glove Snap]]: Tony does this comically quite often.
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'''Tony''': There we go. That wasn't so tough, was it? Now how about a little hug? Big buddy hug. Come on.
[''Abby immediately hugs Ziva, Ziva slowly reciprocates'']
'''Tony''': Now a [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|deep tongue kiss]].
[''Abby and Ziva punch him in the chest at the same time'']
'''Tony''': OOF! Now we feel better.}}
* [[Iron Lady]]: Director Shepherd.
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* [[Jerk Jock]]: Though not in high school, Tony, especially in early McGee episodes. Incidentally, his major was Phys. Ed.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Tony, although [[Your Mileage May Vary|depending on your mileage]], he skirts into [[Jerkass]] territory.
* [["Join the Army," They Said]]: The [[Victim of the Week]] in one episode was an unscrupulous Marine recruiter who made promises that would never be met, such as promising one recruit that he would be trained as a medic. As Gibbs points out, the Marine Corps doesn't have medics; they use Navy corpsmen.
* [[Jurisdiction Friction]]
== K-O ==
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* [[Magical Database]]
** Lampshaded in "False Witness" when there is a national database for the DNA of ''wild turkeys'' and both Abby and Gibbs find it weird.
*** [[Truth in Television]]! [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826052741/http://www.nwtf.org/nwtf_newsroom/press_releases.php?id=12351 National Wild Turkey Federation DNA Database].
* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Gibbs. But "he only uses his powers for good."
* [[Malaproper]]: Ziva (the ESL variety) which is a [[Running Gag]] on the show; she speaks English perfectly, except for idioms, which she constantly gets wrong and is usually corrected by Tony. What's strange is that she [[Rule of Funny|actually has a remarkably good grasp of American pop culture]]. That and her level of English proficiency mean she shouldn't get nearly ''every single idiom'' she uses wrong. It's eventually revealed that Ziva was using a ''For Dummies'' book to memorize pop culture cliches from by rote, especially movie lines. And it's hinted in a later episode that she was, at times, [[Obfuscating Stupidity|playing dumb]] to get people off-guard (and yank Tony's chain). Possibly a [[Retcon]], though.
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** Abby, in the few times when she wears glasses.
** Male example; Jimmy Palmer. Agent Lee definitely thought so.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Gibbs is an in-universe example. When asked what the most awesome [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|cage fight opponent]] for Gibbs would be, McGee and Abby casually discard such foes as Godzilla and Mothra, and decide (however unintentionally) that Gibbs vs. ''Gibbs'' would be pretty much impossible to top. At least once, Abby has put forth the theory that Gibbs has magical powers. Tony once compared Gibbs arresting [[God]] to [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|The Thing]] arresting [[The Hulk]]. Even ''diseases'' know better than to mess with Gibbs, as proven in "SWAK".
{{quote|'''Gibbs''': Never had a cold. Never had the flu, either.
'''Kate''': ...Why do I believe that?
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** McGee is also frequently guilty. Hilariously lampshaded somewhat in one episode:
{{quote|'''McGee:''' All right. I think I know what happened here.
'''Tony''': Oh, [[Genre Savvy|twenty bucks says McGee's about to say something nobody understands again!]]
'''McGee''': The GPS coordinates came bundled in a proprietary packet. Since it was a beta, I thought--
'''Gibbs''': I'm starting to think you can't ''help'' yourself, McGee.}}
** In "Baltimore", Gibbs actually throws away one of McGee's reports because of the technical jargon he used.
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* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]:
** {{spoiler|Kate's death}} was either because Sasha Alexander wanted to have a child, which wouldn't have worked into the episodes very well or because she was exhausted by her role.
** Pauley Perrette's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522072559/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,216205,00.html nightmarish divorce from ex-husband Coyote Shivers] may or may not have been the basis for the plot for "Bloodbath", where the team has to deal with Abby's stalker ex-boyfriend, but the parallels are impossible to deny.
* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Inverted. McGee and DiNozzo are capable of killing, and Gibbs is an expert, but Ziva boasts about her talents enough to make everyone, including the male characters, mildly uncomfortable.
* [[Rear Window Witness]]: "Witness".
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'''McGee''': He figured it out for himself.}}
*** In the very early episodes, Gibbs is the one who is movie savvy.
** One Halloween episode has the team being mistaken for lousy ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' cosplayers.
** In "Secrets", one of the neighbourhood-vigilante superheros being interrogated exclaims "Why on [[Marvel Universe|Earth 616]] would I kill a fellow superhero!?"
** When Tony refers to assistant coroner Palmer as "the autopsy gremlin", Gibbs' response is telling Tony to [[Gremlins|not get him wet.]]
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** The team has also run into "child versions" of DiNozzo and Gibbs, respectively.
** In "Jurisdiction", one of the CGIS investigators is a red-haired female version of Gibbs. Tony is the first to notice and the others are all rather amused. Gibbs is apparently the only member of the team that is not aware of this.
* [[Single Woman Seeks Good Man]]: Delilah seeks out McGee for this reason. Bonus for [[Geeky Turn On]].
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Kate is an example of this from the first episode, since the team was established in ''[[JAG]]''. Later, McGee, and then once again with Ziva {{spoiler|following Kate's death}}.
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: McGee and Abby in the first season.
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* [[Throwing the Fight]]: Ziva in the Season 5 episode "Shalom" {{spoiler|against an Iranian Agent so she would [[Just Between You and Me|confess who she was thinking she was going to kill Ziva right after said confession.]] Ziva laughs, thanks her and promptly kills her}}.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kate and Abby, and then Ziva and Abby.
* [[Took a Level
** Tony, who Shepard puts in charge when Gibbs is seriously injured and doesn't appear to be coming back. Once he puts aside the smart-ass tendencies, he becomes quite the effective leader. This, of course, shows us some [[Hidden Depths]], and leads to a great exchange when he starts channeling Gibbs during a team argument.
{{quote|'''Abby''': You're not Gibbs, Tony.
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'''Cassidy''': I'm afraid your lawyer's going to miss your execution tomorrow.
'''Tony''': He's kinda dead.
'''Gibbs''': [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Enjoy hell]].
'''Boone''': *insert breakdown and screaming here*]]}}
* [[Vomiting Cop]]: An amnesiac Gibbs, being brought up to speed on recent history, succumbs to this trope when his old mentor tells him about 9/11.
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** This gets lampshaded in the episode "Friends and Lovers", when the team has to investigate a high-class nightclub. Rather than make up a celebrity to get into the place, they simply send in McGee using his "Gemcity" identity, complete with a trio of female admirers (Ziva, Abby, and Michelle Lee).
* [[X Days Since...]]
* [[You! Get Me Coffee!]]: Regularly.
** Played with in the "[[Doppelg Ã]]¤nger" episode when the McGee analogue fetches coffee for Gibbs ''and'' his counterpart.
** This is also played with when one of the team members (usually McGee) drinks or spills Gibbs' coffee, leaving them stammering, sputtering, and scrambling to get him a fresh cup.
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