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The [[Character Sheet]] can be found [[Psych/Characters|here]].

 

 

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** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|There's still two he hasn't found.]]

** Really, Henry is much more [[Sink or Swim Mentor]] than he is [[Abusive Parent]].

* [[Accidental Aesop]]: Invoked during the second season episode "Zero to Murder in Sixty Seconds," where Henry gives Shawn a piece of advice, which Shawn uses to solve the case. As Shawn is getting increasingly excited while putting it all together, Henry tries to stop him.

{{quote|'''Henry:''' Shawn, don't you learn a wrong lesson while I'm trying to teach you a right one.}}

** "I like it. I like it very much."

** "Gus, can we go into the [something I don't want you to be doing/talking about] room and talk for a second?

** "I'm sensing something!"

* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: In "Scary Sherry: Bianca's Toast", Gus is twice mistaken for the actor who played Bud in ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' (his name's Deon Richmond, by the way). This happens fairly often for people watching the show, too. It's given several references throughout the series after this point, including an episode where Shawn's [[Once an Episode|introduces Gus]] as Deon Richmond, much to Gus' dismay.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The episodes featuring "Mr. Yang" and "Mr. Yin."

* [[Chain of Corrections]]: Many times. It's always Gus doing the correcting.

** Lassie also has a [http://twitter.com/Psych_Lassie Twitter] now, also written by Tim Omundson. And yes, if you tweet him, he will respond in character.

** [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=728155435 Juliet] and [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000215201049 Chief Vick] also have Facebook accounts... As do [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000215201049#!/profile.php?id=100000358267918 Shawn himself] and [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000186495974 Abigail Lytar]. It's not known whether they are written by their respective actors/actresses, but Jules, Shawn and Vick will respond in character to your comments and Wall Posts ==

* [[Cliff Hanger]]: {{spoiler|Season 6 ends on a massive one with Henry being shot by one of his old partners on the force.}}

* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: ''Dual Spires.''

* [[Comatose Canary]]: Shawn, in one episode, is posing as a doctor. He admonishes the interns to speak positively around the coma patient, lest they frighten him into remaining comatose. This is a dodge to get them to speak layman to Shawn about the patient's condition.

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: Lassiter is usually the center. Shawn makes him look foolish. Juliet makes him look foolish. [[Da Chief]] makes him look foolish.

** Shawn's "theory" of Ashton Bonaventure getting shot from below in "Think Tank" is not as ridiculous as they made it out to be. It has been theorized that Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria might have been shot by someone in the sewer.

* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: In "Shawn Rescues Darth Vader" Shawn becomes obsessed with the idea of getting hired by the British ambassador and using the subsidiary immunity to go on a minor crime spree. It doesn't pan out.

* [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Yang}} is revealed as this through flashbacks when Shawn meets {{spoiler|her at the end.}}

* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: One Season 3 teaser. [[Squick|"That wasn't a jelly donut."]]

* [[Dramatic Gun Cock]]: "We'd Like to Thank the Academy." One of the villains, described as "[[Depraved Homosexual|a fabulous Emmett Smith]]," cocks his gold-plated pistol and says, "[[Lampshade Hanging|I don't even need to do that]]. [[Rule of Cool|I just like the effect]]."

{{quote|'''Shawn''': That's ironic, right?

'''Gus''': What's ironic is that you have to keep asking me what irony is. }}

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: A major theme in the Shawn/Juliet relationship, referenced in Juliet's speech at the end of "An Evening with Mr. Yang" and Shawn's speech at the end of "Death is in the Air."

* [[Economy Cast]]: Juliet and Lassiter seemingly investigate every murder in Santa Barbara.

* [[Fridge Logic]]: A rare, in-universe example: {{spoiler|the fact that there's no way Mr. Yang had the time to take Shawn's mom all the way to the drive in and strap her with explosives bothers Mary for a year after the Season 3 finale. He comes to the conclusion that Mr. Yang had a partner.}}

* [[Fundamentally Funny Fruit]]: Pineapples - either the word or the actual pineapple - are slipped into every episode the producers of the show can manage. Pineapples appear to be Shawn's favorite food, or at least his favorite housewarming gift. Or they turn up on pizza, a cake, a smoothie, Henry's shirt, or as a code word.

** The splash image for the show on Hulu is a picture of Shawn and Gus playing with pineapples on a white background.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: In the Polarizing express you can see the grinch mugging a couple outside the Psych office.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Allison when Juliet figures out she's lying. [[Self-Deprecation|Though she could also talking about herself]].

{{quote|Not bad for a blonde.}}

 

== I-P ==

* [[Like an Old Married Couple]]: Shawn and Gus. Definitely.

* [[Long-Lost Uncle Aesop]]: Shawn's treasure-hunter uncle, Jack, makes more promises than he can keep (or intends to) and is motivated by little more than pure greed.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]: Shawn. All the time.

* [[Love Cannot Overcome]]: Shawn's ex-girlfriend, Abigail, says she can't take the stress of his job anymore after being kidnapped by Mr. Yin.

* [[There Is Another]]: Season 4 finale; {{spoiler|Remember Mr. Yang? She has a partner...}}

* [[They Fight Crime]]: As silly as the premise is of "guy pretends to be psychic, people buy it, so he makes a living at it," that's the premise here. It is parodying TV psychics who in their turn are based on real life "psychics" who make a living of it, including being hired by the police.

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]] and [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: Shawn gets hit pretty bad by this in season 5, though signs of it pop up in season 4 (mostly by starting to abuse Gus in ways that would have long term consequences, such as making expensive charges on his credit card). Previously eccentric and a bit of a [[Genius Ditz]] Shawn is now as jerky as to as to assume his former assistant knows about the Triads ''because he is Asian'' and stupid enough to cut what he himself describes as the cable between the pedals and the engine of a truck.

** Umm, Shawn has been using Gus's credit cards without Gus's permission since the start of the series.

** And Season 6 shows Shawn being low on funds because he's busy repaying the charges on Gus' credit card. As for the Asian assisant knowing about the Triads, see [[Stop Being Stereotypical]] above.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Pineapple, of course.

** In episode 4x09, we learn that the training didn't stop there. Henry taught young Shawn how to escape from being locked in a car trunk... by locking him in a car trunk.

* [[Trigger Happy]]: Detective Lassiter seems all too eager to pull out his gun at a moment's notice. Considering just how many guns he keeps hidden in his house...

* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Desperaux. Shawn says this, word for word, after Desperaux escapes via grappling hook.

* [[Whole-Plot Reference]]: Done with at least two episodes: "Dual Spires", which is an homage to ''[[Twin Peaks]]'', and "Last Night Gus" which was inspired by ''[[The Hangover]]''.

* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Really closer to [[Paper-Thin Disguise]], Shawn and Gus tend to run into closets and come out wearing something appropriate to the situation they're about to enter, but their unfamiliarity with the fine details of the situation they're entering usually ends up with people looking crosswise at them.

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Shawn and O'Hara. {{spoiler|Semi-resolved, in the [[Bittersweet Ending]] of Season 3, when O'Hara finally kisses Shawn... while he's on a date with another woman. And then there's the summer finale of season five... while she's in a relationship with Declan.}}

** {{spoiler|They're in a relationship by "Extradition: Part II".}}

* [[Wish Fulfillment]]: Shawn (and sometimes others as well) will tend to end up acting out various fantasy jobs; he gotten to play football player, male model, telenovela actor, cowboy etc...

* Wouldn'tHitAGirl: Shawn and Gus according to "Shawn and Gus in Drag (Racing)."

'''Shawn, Gus, Jules''': (in unison) "Where's Lucien?" }}

* [[Xanatos Roulette]]: Mr Yin's and Mr Yang's masterful plans. They pretty much have to be to get around [[Hyper Awareness|Shawn]].

* [[You Have 48 Hours]]: The SBPD often gives Shawn a deadline to solve the crime or get out of the way so that the real police can investigate. Played straight in the third season finale, when the killer gives Shawn a time limit to save the victim, {{spoiler|his mother}}.

 

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