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== U-Z ==
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Fornell died in one episode, then showed up at the end without any explanation (though everyone but Gibbs was surprised).▼
{{quote|'''Tony:''' Didn't you ''die?''▼
'''Fornell:''' I'm feeling much better. }}▼
* [[Unorthodox Holstering]]: Largely averted, as the team members almost always wear their sidearms on their "strong side" hip<ref> (specifically, outside-the-waistband paddle holsters, oriented to "FBI forward cant")</ref> though several times they have experienced difficulties when changing where or how they carry. A mini-dress wearing undercover Agent Lee once complained that she could "barely walk straight" because of the location of her gun<ref> (Get your mind out of the gutter)</ref>, and while dating Jeanne, Tony once almost blew his cover when trying to control a potentially violent situation by reaching for his gun...which he had forgotten he wasn't wearing.▼
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Tony, starting in season five. He acknowledges in Season Six that he's going through a dry spell since falling in love while undercover. He just doesn't want anyone to know.▼
* [[Uncomfortable Elevator Moment]]:
** Gibbs uses the elevator (emergency stopped, of course) as his own private conference room, so this results in many of these.
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** In the "Abby's ex is stalking her" episode, Abby eventually hides in the elevator because she read some statistic that elevators are about the least likely place to die in the United States. Subverted when she realizes that the average person spends just a minute a day in an elevator, and if she moves into one, her chances increase thousandfold.
** In Season 7, a massive power outage causes McGee and Ziva to be stuck in the elevator together all night.
▲* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Fornell died in one episode, then showed up at the end without any explanation (though everyone but Gibbs was surprised).
▲{{quote|'''Tony:''' Didn't you ''die?''
▲'''Fornell:''' I'm feeling much better. }}
* [[Unfortunate Names]]:
** "La Grenouille" translates to "The Frog", a very old nickname for people from France.
*** It's noteworthy that La Grenouille's real name is René. In Latin America, Kermit the Frog is named La Rana René (or René, the Frog).
** It's absolutely no surprise that someone with a name like [[Donald Duck|Donald]] [[wikipedia:Mallard|Mallard]] should have picked up the nickname "Ducky".
▲* [[Unorthodox Holstering]]: Largely averted, as the team members almost always wear their sidearms on their "strong side" hip<ref> (specifically, outside-the-waistband paddle holsters, oriented to "FBI forward cant")</ref> though several times they have experienced difficulties when changing where or how they carry. A mini-dress wearing undercover Agent Lee once complained that she could "barely walk straight" because of the location of her gun<ref> (Get your mind out of the gutter)</ref>, and while dating Jeanne, Tony once almost blew his cover when trying to control a potentially violent situation by reaching for his gun...which he had forgotten he wasn't wearing.
* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]:
** Tony and Kate to some degree.
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** Gibbs and Jenny (though theirs ''used'' to be resolved).
** McGee and Abby. When McGee has an onscreen girlfriend {{spoiler|and before she turns out to be an assassin,}} Abby is noticeably torn between wanting him to be happy and just wanting him.
▲* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Tony, starting in season five. He acknowledges in Season Six that he's going through a dry spell since falling in love while undercover. He just doesn't want anyone to know.
* [[The Uriah Gambit]]: {{spoiler|Vance is revealed to have been originally recruited to NIS in 1991 almost specifically for his expendibility. Obviously, it didn't go as planned.}}
* [[Viewer-Friendly Interface]]: The strangest example has to be the 3-D graphic of a hard-drive when scanning a perp's computers, but even the main office contains magical displays that are able to zoom in on whatever part of a digital document is being referred to with a simple click of a remote.
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'''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.
* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]:▼
** S2 Ep15, "Caught On Tape", has a Type 1. Kate names the dog of the killer, Tony, even though it's a girl. This leads to a humorous scene where Tony is listening in on Kate and Abby talking about whether Tony likes them, how cute Tony is, and how they could share Tony.▼
** S5 Ep13, "Dog Tags" has another Type 1. A military police German Shepard that Abby has to examine for evidence, who she names Jethro.▼
* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: When Tony abruptly goes into "serious mode" Ziva and McGee first thinks he's joking, then trying to make them look bad in front of an assistant DA and later believes he is going crazy. It turns out {{spoiler|he was feeling guilty for not noticing a woman he had a one-night-stand with who thought they were soulmates was actually seriously depressed and was trying to make up for it by not making fun of everyone. He got better after Ziva gives him a pep-talk}}.▼
** In "Kill Ari," Gibbs briefly starts acting nice, even offering to buy Tony and McGee coffee. Abby doesn't notice a difference, but Tony is horrified and spends a portion of the episode trying to annoy Gibbs into his usual personality.▼
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Tony; slightly subverted in that Gibbs has always been proud of him...he just doesn't feel the need to say it. This has lessened in later seasons, after Gibbs left his team to Tony during his Mexican sabbatical. This quote is from season six's "Bounce":
{{quote|'''Tony''': Save the pep talk. We both know I screwed up.
'''Gibbs''': Yeah, three years ago. But now you're making it right...and me proud. You've been doing a hell of a job, [[First-Name Basis|Anthony]]. }}
** On a related note, [[Meaningful Name|Anthony means "worthy of praise."]]
▲* [[We Named the Monkey "Jack"]]:
▲** S2 Ep15, "Caught On Tape", has a Type 1. Kate names the dog of the killer, Tony, even though it's a girl. This leads to a humorous scene where Tony is listening in on Kate and Abby talking about whether Tony likes them, how cute Tony is, and how they could share Tony.
▲** S5 Ep13, "Dog Tags" has another Type 1. A military police German Shepard that Abby has to examine for evidence, who she names Jethro.
* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: A [[Nipple-and-Dimed]] (by pouring water) photo on one when a drunken Tony discovers {{spoiler|strait-laced Kate once entered (and won) a wet T-shirt contest.}} He never lets her live it down. {{spoiler|She doesn't get a chance to because Ari doesn't let her live three episodes later.}}
▲* [[We Want Our Jerk Back]]: When Tony abruptly goes into "serious mode" Ziva and McGee first thinks he's joking, then trying to make them look bad in front of an assistant DA and later believes he is going crazy. It turns out {{spoiler|he was feeling guilty for not noticing a woman he had a one-night-stand with who thought they were soulmates was actually seriously depressed and was trying to make up for it by not making fun of everyone. He got better after Ziva gives him a pep-talk}}.
▲** In "Kill Ari," Gibbs briefly starts acting nice, even offering to buy Tony and McGee coffee. Abby doesn't notice a difference, but Tony is horrified and spends a portion of the episode trying to annoy Gibbs into his usual personality.
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]: "[[B ête]] Noire" points out a few of the main characters' (plus Ari who first appears in this episode but becomes a recurring character) fears.
** Tony fears vampires.
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