The Listener: Difference between revisions

m
Mass update links
(Import from TV Tropes TVT:Series.TheListener 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Series.TheListener, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)
 
m (Mass update links)
Line 18:
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Toby, unsurprisingly, since he's already a paramedic.
* [[Corrupt Cop]]: Mike Henderson in the first episode.
* [[Cover -Blowing Superpower]]: Subverted in that when he's kidnapped in "Desperate Hours", his fellow hostage (Oz) knows about his powers and no explaining is needed. Unfortunately, his power is more subtler than most and barely kept them alive.
* [[Cursed With Awesome]]: Toby decides that his telepathy is a gift rather than a curse.
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead(?) Little Brother]]: Toby remembers a baby brother.
Line 28:
'''Toby:''' It's not a movie, Oz. It doesn't happen that way.<br />
(Car blows up.) }}
* [[Exact Eaves DroppingEavesdropping]]: Occasionally.
* [[Fair Cop]]: Det. Marks.
* [[Foster Kid]]: Toby is one.
Line 36:
* [[Hospital Hottie]]: Foster.
* [[I Have This Friend]]: Oz in the episode "A Voice in the Dark" is trying to figure out what's going on with Toby, but doesn't want to bring Toby's name into it -- so he tells his Ryder that he has a friend who's been acting strangely, getting distracted on the job, etc. Ryder at first thinks Oz is talking about himself, but later, when Oz mentions that it's as if his friend can tell what he's thinking, the supervisor jumps to the conclusion that Oz is talking about [[Crowning Moment of Funny|him.]]
* [[Instant Humiliation - Just Add YouTube]]: A politician's sex tape gets leaked to the Internet and goes viral seemingly instantly.
* [[Is That What TheyreThey're Calling It Now?]]: Right after Toby has been teasing Oz about how all he thinks about is his new girlfriend:
{{quote| '''Oz:''' Look, if I do Ryder a favor or two, he could help me switch some shifts and I can sync up with Sandy's schedule.<br />
'''Toby:''' Is that what it's called nowadays? }}