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** Also, since Lisbon (Robin Tunney) is best known for being Sarah in ''The Craft'', the whole episode "Red Rum" had a bit of this.

*** And Lisbon's crazy looked remarkably Tourette's-ish, Tunney's other major role being the lead in ''Niagara, Niagara.''

** Jane commenting "You should have seen me ten years ago" might be a [[Shout Out]] to Simon Baker's 2001 drama series, [[The Guardian]].

** Jane commenting "You should have seen me ten years ago" might be a [[Shout-Out]] to Simon Baker's 2001 drama series, [[The Guardian]].

* {{spoiler|[[Actually a Doombot]]: Jane kills a man who claims to be Red John in the Season 3 finale}}. In the Season 4 premiere, {{spoiler|it turns out the man was merely one of Red John's accomplices}}.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Jane claims that he will always save Lisbon, which is one part incredibly sweet coming from wildly untruthful and dangerously unpredictable flirt-machine Jane and one part hilarious, because Lisbon could kick Jane's ass. She is always the one who shoots/catches/kicks the shit out of the bad guy, often saving Jane in the process.

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** When Jayne is forced to work with another team, he quickly notices that one agent is self conscious about his height and the team lead is a strong believer in surveilence. He uses this knowledge to trick and sabotage them.

** Season 4, "Blinking Red Light". Jane basically pits off {{spoiler|Red John and the [[Monster of the Week]] against each other. How? By belittling the attention-hungry monster in comparison of Red John, he tricks the monster to badmouth Red John in TV ([[Continuity Nod|like Jane had done in the past]]), which causes the pissed off Red John ([[Even Evil Has Standards|who doesn't tolerate public slander]]) to kill that monster as retaliation. With this gambit, Jane manages to both kill the monster and force Red John to resurface.}}

*** {{spoiler|1=Seems to be a case of [[Out Gambitted]]. Red John never cared a whit that anyone thought he was dead and probably knew that Jane thought he was manipulating him; Red John has taken the opportunity to mess with Jane further by stalking the FBI agent investigating the murder and, later, killing the morgue assistant who let Jane bring Red John's blind ex-girlfriend confirm that the fake-Red John Jane killed was not Red John (confused yet?) and dumping the body in his blind ex's house for the police to find. He has taken to directly taunting Jane via webcam and other means too, and the FBI agent he is stalking rightly suspects Jane covered up the fact that Red John was still alive so Jane might go to jail for his convoluted scheming.}}

*** {{spoiler|1=Seems to be a case of [[Out-Gambitted]]. Red John never cared a whit that anyone thought he was dead and probably knew that Jane thought he was manipulating him; Red John has taken the opportunity to mess with Jane further by stalking the FBI agent investigating the murder and, later, killing the morgue assistant who let Jane bring Red John's blind ex-girlfriend confirm that the fake-Red John Jane killed was not Red John (confused yet?) and dumping the body in his blind ex's house for the police to find. He has taken to directly taunting Jane via webcam and other means too, and the FBI agent he is stalking rightly suspects Jane covered up the fact that Red John was still alive so Jane might go to jail for his convoluted scheming.}}

* [[The Atoner]]: Jane, whenever a case brings him into contact with someone that he scammed back in his psychic con artist days.

* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: When trespassing, Jane easily convinced the police that he was the homeowner and that the true homeowner was the trespasser, or at least seriously confused them. This is by no means an isolated incident.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Lisbon, whether reacting to Jane's antics or Tasering a violent suspect. Cho as well, [[The Stoic|with emphasis on the 'deadpan']].

** Jane slips into this when his sympathy runs out.

* [[Dead ~~Mans~~ Chest]]: In "Redline", the killer stuffs the body into the trunk of a sports car when security shows up unexpectedly. The killer is unable to retrieve the body and the car ends up on the showrrom floor.

* [[Dead Man's Chest]]: In "Redline", the killer stuffs the body into the trunk of a sports car when security shows up unexpectedly. The killer is unable to retrieve the body and the car ends up on the showrrom floor.

* [[Death By Origin Story]]: Patrick Jane's wife and their daughter.

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Lisbon. She's a lot more lenient with her team than she used to be, Jane and his wacky schemes in particular.

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* [[Fun With Subtitles]]: In "Red Sauce" from the first season, the CBI has reason to suspect one Sonny Battaglia, a well-connected gangster type. Van Pelt mentions that he lives in Palm Desert and Jane, with notable interest, asks "Palm Desert, California?" Lisbon, realizing what he's thinking, immediately replies "No." "Palm Desert's not in California?" asks Jane. "No, you can't sneak off and try to talk to Sonny Battaglia!" replies Lisbon. Jane gives a giggle and says that he thought that she meant that Palm Desert wasn't in California. "It is in California, right?" The scene changes and a subtitle at the bottom of the screen reads "Palm Desert." There is a delay of about two to three seconds and then "California" appears underneath that.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: In "Strawberries and Cream," Jane makes a presumptuous remark about how the situation will turn out. This is the norm for him throughout the entire series - Jane being extraordinarily Genre Savvy at any time of day - but since this is the third season finale, of course the con of the episode is being played with much higher stakes. Accordingly, the tension of the moment is high and instead of just rolling her eyes like usual, Lisbon points out how arrogant Jane is being. "Pleeeeease don't say that, nothing is foolproof. ...And stop being so confident! It makes me nervous." Those who have seen spoilers for season four {{spoiler|know that Lisbon had the right idea. Within five minutes of the season four premiere, Jane will be in jail for homicide, and there will be no evidence of Red John's cellphone (with the call to O'Laughlin) or his gun. Acting extra confident in the season finale with the villain Red John who has proved time and again he's immensely more clever than Jane was not Jane's brightest move, but Lisbon got it.}}

* [[Good Cop Bad Cop]]: In "Red Gold," Jane tells Hightower, who is out in the field instead of Lisbon, that she can be "Bad Cop."

* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: In "Red Gold," Jane tells Hightower, who is out in the field instead of Lisbon, that she can be "Bad Cop."

* [[Guile Hero]]: Our friend [[The Trickster|Patrick Jane]] pretty much embodies this.

* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]: The killer in "Red Alert", when confessing the details of his second murder, which he committed because the victim had stumbled across evidence that had the potential to reveal his attempt to frame someone else for his first murder, notes that "she said that she hadn't told anyone else[about the evidence], so I met her at her home [and killed her]".

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* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Jane, after coming home to discover the grisly scene of his family's murder. The episode "Red Brick and Ivy" reveals that the BSOD was what sent Jane off to a padded room for a while.

** Jane undergoes brief [[BSO Ds]] when he unexpectedly sees the dead bodies in "His Red Right Hand" and "Aingavite Baa." It is possible Jane needs to mentally prepare himself before seeing a dead body, or seeing multiple dead bodies triggers flashbacks of finding his family.

* [[How Many Fingers]]: Used by Lisbon on a female suspect in "Red Herring." The suspect had been poisoned and was definitely in no condition to to tell Lisbon how many fingers she was holding up. She perished shortly afterward.

* [[How Many Fingers?]]: Used by Lisbon on a female suspect in "Red Herring." The suspect had been poisoned and was definitely in no condition to to tell Lisbon how many fingers she was holding up. She perished shortly afterward.

** Jane was knocked out by a baseball in Throwing Fire. when he woke up, Cho held up three fingers and asked him how many. He answered six.

* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: Jane in "Red All Over", after he finds an excuse to say "Stop the presses".

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** The season 4 premiere hints at his financial limits; Jane needs to get his hands on a million dollars, and while he does, he has to play high-stakes poker to get it, so presumably he's either not a millionaire or is, but not so much of one that he can just casually throw ''that'' kind of money around.

* [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: Jane, after getting whacked in the head with a baseball. [[Played for Drama]] in that his comment just before losing consciousness references a flashback to his own troubled childhood.

** On the flip side, just after gaining it, he insists he's fine, brushing off the [[How Many Fingers]] question with 'six'.

** On the flip side, just after gaining it, he insists he's fine, brushing off the [[How Many Fingers?]] question with 'six'.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: In the season three episode "Cackle-Bladder Blood:"

{{quote| '''Jane:''' (after getting slapped by an old friend he hasn't seen in years) AHH. What was that for?<br />

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** In "Blood for Blood," a child confesses to Lisbon and Jane that she killed her father, partly in self-defense (after he turned a gun on her) and partly because he killed her mother. Lisbon wants to take her to Juvenile, but Jane says that if they do that, she'll just get lost in the system, likely spending months if not years in foster care and getting punished. Lisbon points out that they are part of that system, which is good people that are doing the best they can. Jane, naturally, is not persuaded. Lisbon takes the girl to Juvenile anyway, Jane in tow, but when she gets there, she simply stands for several seconds before the guy at the desk tells her to hurry it up because they're very busy. She dithers a bit longer and then tells him to keep up the good work before leaving with the girl. Jane tells the guy at the desk that he's just witnessed a beautiful thing.

* [[Serial Killer]]: "Red John". Unusually, he is able to find, and manipulate, other serial killers. He's technically retired in that most of his last victims are to cover his tracks, or to avenge an insult, whereas he began as someone who targeted women seemingly for kicks; a dramatic change of M.O.

* [[Sharp Dressed Man]]: Patrick Jane.

* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Patrick Jane.

** However, Jane is only ever seen in his hallmark three-piece suit, his curls can get unruly, the suit itself is somewhat rumpled, and his shoes are very worn.

*** [[Columbo (TV)|A rumpled suit and unruly hair, you say?]]

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* [[Ship Tease]]: Here we go. First, there's Rigsby and Van Pelt, who seem to be the [[Official Couple]], and {{spoiler|do get together, with somewhat disastrous results}}. Then there's Lisbon and Bosco, which, while {{spoiler|canon as all hell}}, is almost universally hated by the fans. The crowner is Lisbon and ''Jane'', which has included some fairly un-platonic touching, an anguished declaration of ''caring'', [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other|which was]] [[Tear Jerker|heartbreaking]], at least two [[Undercover As Lovers]] gambits, and one slow dance. Yuh-huh. Slow dance. [[Sarcasm Mode|Of course you're just co-workers. How on earth would anyone think otherwise?]]

** Then there's "The Crimson Hat", which just plain ''oozes'' Jisbon shipage. In addition to the little scene at the church where Lisbon [[Slap Slap Kiss|pointedly exclaims how much she hates Jane]] (with her usual amount of "[[Can't Live With Them Can't Live Without Them]]" affection), there's Jane's "Good luck, Teresa. I love you" right before {{spoiler|he fakes shooting her multiple times}}. Of course, when Lisbon asks him what he meant by that, Patrick [[Status Quo Is God|feigns forgetfulness and asks what he said]], because he was a little hyped up at the time and can't remember. Then after she saves him {{spoiler|from Red John's girl and goon}}, they're holding hands. Really, writers? ''Really?'' You just love to yank the shippers' chains, don't you?

* [[Shout Out]]: Rigsby snatches a girl's microphone out of her hand and takes over, at one point stating 'I'mma let you finish'. Now, where have we seen ''that'' before?

* [[Shout-Out]]: Rigsby snatches a girl's microphone out of her hand and takes over, at one point stating 'I'mma let you finish'. Now, where have we seen ''that'' before?

** Jane always has "[[Blackaddera|cunning plan]]".

** Jane, to a bouncer blocking his way: "[[Star Wars|These aren't the droids]] [[Jedi Mind Trick|you're looking for.]]"

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** Hightower: "[[Firefly|I was aimin' for his head."]]

** Jane sings the sea shanty from ''Jaws'' at the start of "Ladies in Red."

** Jane saying "You should have seen me ten years ago" might be a [[Shout Out]] to Simon Baker's 2001 CBS drama series, [[The Guardian]].

** Jane saying "You should have seen me ten years ago" might be a [[Shout-Out]] to Simon Baker's 2001 CBS drama series, [[The Guardian]].

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Watching Patrick Jane in action has made his colleagues less awed by others doing a [[Sherlock Scan]].

{{quote| '''Dr. Daniel:''' You're ambitious, more than you let anyone see. A girl from nowheresville, desperate to make it big, but you're worried that you'll always be smalltown, smalltime, you haven't got what it takes, and that's why you're so shut down to everything but this job.<br />

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* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: Most of the CBI, but particularly {{spoiler|Jane himself, ironically}}. Lampshaded in {{spoiler|Red John's Friends}} by Lisbon. "You think you're playing him and he thinks he's playing you. One of you is wrong."

* [[Villainous Rescue]]: {{spoiler|Red John saves Jane from his copycat killer in the second season finale}}.

* [[Wham Episode]]:

* [[Wham! Episode]]:

** Season 2's "His Red Right Hand". {{spoiler|Rebecca is revealed to be Red John's mole, Bosco and his entire team are killed, [[Da Chief|Minelli]] resigns from his position, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and it is strongly implied that Jane knows about Rigsby and Van Pelt's secret romance]].}}

** Season 3's "Strawberries and Cream". {{spoiler|Jane meets and kills Red John. Season Four reveals it was only an accomplice, though.}}

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* [[Witness Protection]]: The victim in "Red Sauce" was in a witness protection scheme.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Red John considers Jane to be one.

** Jane couldn't give a shit. But he certainly respects La Roche, the [[Who Watches the Watchmen|Internal Affairs]] officer and his foil, very highly. Not that he likes [[La Roche]], though.

** Jane couldn't give a shit. But he certainly respects La Roche, the [[Who Watches the Watchmen?|Internal Affairs]] officer and his foil, very highly. Not that he likes [[La Roche]], though.

* [[Would You Like to Hear How They Died]]: {{spoiler|In "Strawberries and Cream", Red John sadistically describes to Jane how the latter's wife and daughter smelled as they were murdered. Season Four reveals this was only an accomplice, though.}}

* [[Would You Like to Hear How They Died?]]: {{spoiler|In "Strawberries and Cream", Red John sadistically describes to Jane how the latter's wife and daughter smelled as they were murdered. Season Four reveals this was only an accomplice, though.}}