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* [[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.
** Tony and Ziva, four seasons and counting.
*** As one example for the former, they were required to go undercover as a couple of assassins. You read that right, ''couple''. As in ''married couple''. They engage in simulated sex for the benefit of a surveillance camera... and fool the guy who can tell if a person is faking an orgasm, who happens to enjoy <s>the "fake" porn</s> manning the camera.
*** The tension is taken to the next level in Season Six, where Tony is obviously pining for Ziva and clearly jealous of her relationship with Michael. {{spoiler|Of course, killing Michael doesn't help his chances, and probably kills any possibility of hooking up with Ziva in the near future
*** Then again in
*** Then again, {{spoiler|they're being rather cagey about who took the bed and who took the sofa while they were in Paris}}...
*** In
** 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
* [[Urban Legend Love Life]]: Tony, starting in
* [[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.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: [[Deadpan Snarker|Kyle]] [[Magnificent Bastard|Boone]], [[Serial Killer|serial]] [[Complete Monster|killer]], in the episode
{{quote|[[spoiler: '''Boone''': Hey, do you think she screamed, when he cut out her tongue, Jethro?
'''Gibbs''': I don't know. Why don't you ask her yourself?
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'''Tony''': He's kinda dead.
'''Gibbs''': [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Enjoy hell]].<br />
'''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.
* [["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
{{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"]]:
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* [[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
* [[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
* [["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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** Ari fears butterflies.
* [[What Kept You?]]: Frequently.
* [[Who Dunnit to Me?]]: "Dead Man Walking". A lieutenant is poisoned via radiation and asks NCIS to solve who did it to him before he starts getting really sick. {{spoiler|He survives to the end of the episode, but dies offscreen a few shows later
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: "Why does it always have to be boats, and rats?"
* [[Wild Card]]: Tony describes himself as one {{spoiler|when captured by Saleem}}.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: A guy exploits vulnerabilities in the entire Navy fleet to avenge his son, who died when a terrorist exploited a flaw in his battleship.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Want to show how awesome a new threat is?? Have them take down Ziva in a fight.
* [[Working with the Ex]]: Seasons
* [[Write Who You Know]]: McGee's based a series of thriller novels he's written on his coworkers and miscellaneous civilians. He is a best-selling author, under the [[Pen Name]] of "[[Significant Anagram|Thom E. Gemcity]]". Despite his picture being on the back cover, he's almost never recognized. This causes problems when a [[Loony Fan]] starts killing people based on actions taken by their fictional selves in McGee's next book (the killer {{spoiler|1=had been reading McGee's typewriter ribbons to get a sneak peek}}). In that episode, McGee finally admits that he bases the characters in his books off the NCIS team (after the content of his latest book had been revealed, [[Running Gag|he'd made it a point to deny the similarities]]).
** 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).
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* [[You Have to Believe Me]]: The show ''loves'' subverting this one. See trope page for examples.
* [[You Killed My Father]]:
** Director Shepard to La Grenouille. {{spoiler|Later she does kill him, but no one figures it out until she's already dead... [[The Un-Reveal|or was it Trent, actually telling the truth
** {{spoiler|The daughter of the drug dealer who killed Gibbs' family to Gibbs; it turns out she's now the leader of the gang and she's the one who's been orchestrating all the Mexican intrigue
** {{spoiler|Variation: You killed my daughter. [[Prepare to Die]]. -- Gibbs' former mother-in-law to the Navy captain who was the main connection to the drug dealers that killed her daughter and granddaughter (the closest she could get to the actual murderers) -- ''as he's on his knees about to propose to her''. Gibbs later reveals to her that he avenged his family and "illegally" arrests her in her lawyer's presence to negate the charges
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* [[You Know What They Say About X...]]
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: Gibbs' team tries to find him the perfect woman in the ninth season episode "Safe Harbor" so he will stop making them work nights and weekends.
** Gibbs told Tony he'd made a mistake in blowing off his ex-fiancee for Christmas brunch in the ninth season episode "Newborn King
** Tony and Ziva often push Tim McGee to ask out a girl and Tony once arranged a date for Tim.
* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]: Lt. Roy Sanders in "Dead Man Walking
* [[You Taste Delicious]]: During the aforementioned sexual harassment training, Ziva notices Tony not paying attention, and licks him. He promptly jumps up and draws everyone's attention.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: This is one of the staples of Abby's wardrobe.
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