History Main / NoirEpisode

* The first third of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'' Episode 303, where Sam doesn't take kindly to Max's brain being stolen. That part of the game is entirely about Sam, hard-eyed and heartbroken, drifting around town and interrogating suspects with a variety different methods. One of these methods is 'Noir', which lets loose several overly-dramatic parodies of noir monologues.

* ''WesternAnimation/Goofy'': The 1952 short "WesternAnimation/HowToBeADetective" casts Goofy as "Johnny Eyeball", a detective who's hired to find a RunawayGroom known only as "Al".

* ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'', [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E2MissMeKissMeLove "Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me"]]. It has the Legends going back to 1940's LA and tangling with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel Bugsy Siegel]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hill Jeanie Hill]]; how could they resist?

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' episode "This Pun for Hire" with the Warners do a film noir parody, taking every cliché and killing them with many bad puns. Feature Ralph as villain and also HelloNurse (and, after, Minerva Mink) as FemmeFatale.

* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' of all shows did one of these in 2015, with the ([[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]]) episode "Holby Sin City". [[{{Adorkable}} Ethan]] gets embroiled in a a murder mystery involving a couple named Bonnie and Clyde, whilst [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall trying to remember the phrase used to describe Bonnie's character archetype]]. [[FemmeFatale He gets it in the end]].

* ''Series/{{Casualty}}'' of all shows did one of these in 2015, with the ([[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]]) episode "Holby Sin City". [[{{Adorkable}} Ethan]] gets embroiled in a a murder mystery involving a couple named Bonnie and Clyde, whilst trying to remember the phrase used to describe Bonnie's character archetype. [[FemmeFatale He gets it in the end]].

* ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'''s "Guy Noir, PrivateEye".

* Several of Creator/DCComics' ''Pulp Heroes'' 1997 annuals had the banner "Suspense Detective", and many of them were Noir Episodes. For example, ''Comicbook/{{Azrael}}'' managed an extended riff on ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon'' with Jean-Paul as Sam Spade and Catwoman as Bridget O'Shaughnessy.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainSimianAndTheSpaceMonkeys'' has an episode with the crew in a rainy noir movie-looking planet getting involved in a [[Film/TheMalteseFalcon Maltese Falconish]] plot.

* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' episode "Radio Daze" alternated between its normal style and a Film Noir style while parodying the classic film ''Film/TheMalteseFalcon''.

* The Ned Stark sections in ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' has been described as similar to a Noir story, where Ned's investigations into a political murder reveal a web of deceit, betrayal, a plan to murder his friend the king, and that's just talking about the FemmeFatale. He also comes into contact with three ''additional'' conspiracies (Varys, Littlefinger, and Renly), and his merciful heart leads to his own demise at the hands of one of the people he was trying to save. Forget it Ned, it's Kings Landingtown.

SubTrope of SomethingCompletelyDifferent, and arguably a form of OutOfGenreExperience. If the noir elements occur in a dream sequence or other alternate reality, it's also a {{Costumer}}.

%%* The season 7 ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' episode "Charmed Noir".

An episode that {{parod|y}}ies or {{homage}}s FilmNoir, in a series that otherwise doesn't. Will almost always be DeliberatelyMonochrome and feature a PrivateEyeMonologue, and may contrive a way to get characters into period costume; other noir tropes might or might not appear. In long-running series, often used in the manner of a sorbet, to cleanse the audience's palate after numerous high-octane episodes.

** Another, far less impressive attempt at Noir by ''Star Trek'' is ''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager Voyager]]'''s "Ex Post Facto", where an arrested Tom Paris makes a recording of the events that led up to his incarceration, a la a toned-down ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''.

* WesternAnimation/HeyArnold: ''Grandpa's Packard''

* The Ned Stark sections in ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' has been described as similar to a Noir story, where Ned's investigations into a political murder reveal a web of deceit, betrayal, a plan to murder his friend the king, and that's just talking about the FemmeFatale. He also comes into contact with three ''additional'' conspiracies (Varys, Littlefinger, and Renly), and his own merciful heart leads to his demise at the hands of one of the people he was trying to save. Forget it Ned, it's Kings Landingtown.

* The Ned Stark sections in ''Literature/AGameOfThrones'' has been described as similar to a Noir story, where Ned's investigations into a political murder reveal a web of deceit, betrayal, a plan to murder his friend the king, and that's just talking about the FemmeFatale. He also comes into contact with three ''additional'' conspiracies, and his own merciful heart leads to his demise at the hands of one of the people he was trying to save. Forget it Ned, it's Kings Landingtown.

* The [[http://tracerbullett.wordpress.com/blog/ "Tracer Bullet"]] comics from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes''.