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Not to be confused with direct-to-video ''[[Doctor Who]]'' spinoff ''P.R.O.B.E.''
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* [[Framing the Guilty Party]]: A category 3, by a ''gorilla:'' An extremely smart gorilla that has been taught to communicate via sign language, and educated itself by watching TV. When it kills someone, it plants evidence that points to itself as the guilty party, because in the TV shows it watched, the obvious suspect that everyone thinks did it at first, is always found innocent.
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Gee, [[The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Mysteries|Frank Hardy]]'s gotten real hyper, hasn't he?
* [[I Have My Ways]]: In one episode, the [[Big Bad]] has Austin isolated from his friends, taunting him through a radio implant. Suddenly, the friends break in on the frequency:
{{quote|'''Villain:''' "Who is this?!"
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'''Mickey:''' "We have our ways." }}
* [[Infrared X-Ray Camera]]: Done in one episode with a piece of [[Applied Phlebotinum]] which could, among other things, see a lock mechanism inside its metal casing.
* [[Instant AI, Just Add Water]]/[[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: The pilot episode, "Computer Logic," had a classic "newly-sentient computer goes on rampage" episode that ended with Austin demolishing said machine with a fire axe while shouting [[2001: A Space Odyssey|"Sing 'Daisy'!"]]
* [[An Odd Place to Sleep]]: Austin James sleeps in a cupboard; he explains this because he wanted a sensory deprivation tank when he was young, but couldn't afford one. By the time the series starts, he can afford as many as he likes, but he's gotten used to cupboards.
* [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]]: A regular staple of the series, wherein someone approaches Austin with apparently supernatural events, only to have them debunked by Austin in the climax.
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