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* [[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".

* [[Red Herring]]: In "Obssession", the viewers are led to believe that the culprits are PMC goons, when in fact it's an ex-KGB operative that's responsible.

** Similarly, the opening of "The Engagement Part 2" had DiNozzo arriving at the church with the chaplain and her father asking what the result of the mission to rescue Flores is, and the scene then cutting to the interior of a Marine transport plane with Gibbs and the others inside looking at a marine burial coffin, leading the viewers to believe that they failed their mission and Flores was killed. However, the episode later reveals that they actually succeeded in their mission, and the marine burial coffin actually belonged to her commanding officer, who was killed in action by a gunshot to the neck.

* [[Red Herring Mole]]: {{spoiler|Brent Langer}}.

** The entire Season 8 finale/Season 9 opener dealt with this: DiNozzo was assigned to track down someone leaking NCIS secrets (involving Watcher microchips), and the target is seemingly {{spoiler|Special Agent EJ Barret}}. It is later revealed to be {{spoiler|Special Agent Simon Gade}}, but then not only did he reveal that he was actually framed, but the entire thing was actually staged as a trap to kill all of them, although only Gade actually bit the dust, as Barret, while wounded, went into hiding, and DiNozzo was hospitalized with amnesia that was presumably brought about from getting grazed in the head.

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: Justified in that many of the characters are pop culture savvy, from Tony being a movie buff, to McGee being a gamer and internet surfer.

* [[Retcon]]:

** Referenced in "Forced Entry". Kate comments that she spent twelve years in Catholic School; Tony asks if she still has the pleated skirt. In that same episode, Abby's outfit certainly seems schoolgirl-inspired.

** Tony's "hallucination" in ''Kill Ari, Part 2.''

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: In "Singled Out", the team was playing with software showing what children of two people would look like. McGee uses Ziva and Tony for the basis to show them a grumpy little devil of a kid, then the two simultaneously say "Do the Director and Gibbs" and Abby compliments the result saying that Gibbs and Director make nice "Gibblets".

** Lately it seems ''every woman Tony meets'' {{spoiler|including his ex-fiancee who thinks he's perfect!}} ships Tony/Ziva or is at least aware there's someone he already really likes.

** Tony ships [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Bibbs]] - Gibbs/Abigail Borin. [[Right Behind Me|Borin doesn't agree]].

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: McGee's gotten two or three, and DiNozzo's gotten several. Strangely, Gibbs is absent from this unless you count the very-soapy shower scene in "SWAK", which is one for the entire Kate-era team.

* [[Shout-Out]]: So, ''so'' many.

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Invoked by Ari, who {{spoiler|kills Kate and deliberately goes after Shepard and Abby}} just because it would cause Gibbs more pain. The show has a bad record of killing female main/recurring characters and current male characters' love interests. To date, {{spoiler|Kate, Paula Cassidy, Jenny, Michelle Lee, and Lara Macy}}, although {{spoiler|Kate's actress, as well as Jenny's, wanted to leave the show of her own accord}}.

* [[Subtext]]: Beginning with the season five finale, Tony and Ziva's conversations are becoming increasingly subtext-heavy.

* [[Talking Through Technique]]

* [[Tap on the Head]]: Subverted.

* [[Team Dad]]: Gibbs.