History Main / StrangeCopInAStrangeLand

* Downplayed in ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. When the fun-loving buy responsible Detective Kellerman transfers from Arson to Homicide, he finds that Lieutenant Giardello runs a far tighter ship than he's used too. He's yelled at multiple times for wearing jeans to work, and is constantly sniped at by Pembleton for wisecracking at a crime scene.

*** "[[Recap/CSIS5E20HollywoodBrass Hollywood Brass]]" and "[[Recap/CSIS8E16TwoAndAHalfDeaths Two and a Half Deaths]]," where Grissom and Brass travel to Los Angeles as part of their current investigations (though ironically, this is where ''CSI'' was [[CaliforniaDoubling actually filmed]]).

** The two spinoffs originated via this trope. ''Series/CSIMiami'' began with the original Vegas crew going to Miami to solve a case and, likewise, when the Miami crew went to New York, it spun off ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.
** In November of 2006, there was a three-way crossover affectionately referred to as the "CSI Trilogy" which involved a nation-wide human trafficking ring. The episodes, which all aired within four days, were Miami's "Bone Voyage," New York's "[[Recap/CSINYS06E07 Hammer Down]]," and Vegas' "The Lost Girls." CSI Level 3, Dr. Ray Langston, visits Miami to help with their case in the first instalment, then asks Mac to help as well and goes to NYC for his team's assistance in the 2nd. The case wraps up back in Langston's home town in the 3rd, and the three men text each other with updates of more traffickers they've apprehended.

*** "Jackpot," where Grissom travels to a small mountain town after a severed head is mailed to Las Vegas from there.
*** "Hollywood Brass" and "Two and a Half Deaths," where Grissom and Brass travel to Los Angeles as part of their current investigations (though ironically, this is where ''CSI'' was [[CaliforniaDoubling actually filmed]]).

*** During "In Vino Veritas," Mac Taylor from ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' arrives to surprise his girlfriend, who was supposed to be at a restauranteer convention, only to discover she's been kidnapped. D.B. allows Mac to assist with the interrogation of a suspect, who knows he's NYPD and calls him out for having no authority there. D.B. then takes over the questioning.

** In November of 2006, there was a three-way crossover affectionately referred to as the "CSI Trilogy" which involved a nation-wide human trafficking ring. The episodes, which all aired within four days, were Miami's "Bone Voyage," New York's "[[Recap/CSINYS06E07 Hammer Down]]," and Vegas' "The Lost Girls."

** In November of 2006, there was a three-way crossover affectionately referred to as the "CSI Trilogy" which involved a nation-wide human trafficking ring. The episodes, which all aired within four days, were Miami's "Bone Voyage," New York's "Hammer Down," and Vegas' "The Lost Girls."

* ''Franchise/{{CSIVerse}}'': The two spinoffs originated via this trope. ''Series/CSIMiami'' began with the original Vegas crew going to Miami to solve a case and, likewise, when the Miami crew went to New York, it spun off ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.

** ''Series/CSIMiami'': Horatio and Eric pursue Marisol's killer all the way to Rio, in an episode named after the city.

* ''Series/{{CSI}}'':
** In the ''CSI''-verse, the two spinoffs began with this trope. ''Series/CSIMiami'' began with the original Vegas crew going to Miami to solve a case and likewise when the Miami crew went to New York, it spun off ''Series/{{CSINY}}''.
** Mother series ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' also had "Jackpot," where Grissom travels to a small mountain town after a severed head is mailed to Las Vegas from there; and "Hollywood Brass" and "Two and a Half Deaths," where Grissom and Brass travel to Los Angeles as part of their current investigations (though ironically, this is where ''CSI'' was [[CaliforniaDoubling actually filmed]]).
* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'':
** Mac in Chicago. The CPD does not like him waving his badge to get into a vacant Tribune building floor in "The Thing About Heroes."
** In the episode "Grounds for Deception," Detectives Bonasera and Taylor travel to Greece in pursuit of a ring of antiquities smugglers. Detective Taylor not only brings his firearm to Europe (for which he does not have a license in Greece), but discharges it multiple times while in pursuit of a fleeing suspect, eventually shooting him. No legal consequences or complications with local authorities arise from this exchange.
*** The authorities DID tell him he was allowed to keep his gun, but that they *preferred* he not use it. Yeah, right.
** In the episode "2,918 Miles," Mac and Jo follow a lead to San Francisco with a friend of hers, FBI Agent Cade Conover. At one point Mac tells the suspect he's just apprehended, "I'm not from around here." Conover, who was also chasing the guy, immediately arrives to take charge.

For obvious reasons, this applies to local, city, or state law enforcment officials or detectives. May include domestic national investigators. Government espionage agents like Franchise/JamesBond, [[Series/MissionImpossible Jim Phelps,]] or [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]] travel the world as part of their duties, so they wouldn't count.

* ''A Stranger Among Us'' is about a New York City police officer sent undercover to solve a crime in the city's Hasidic (Orthodox Jewish) community. That said officer is a woman creates further complications as she must adopt a more conservative appearance and struggles with attraction to a man who is betrothed to another.

* ''Film/Wind River'': Jane is a young white FBI agent stationed out in Las Vegas. Being sent out to TheRez in freezing Wyoming is a brutally eye opening experience on how neglected they are.

* Happens twice to Jim Chee in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee series of Creator/TonyHillerman. Chee is a Navajo Tribal Police officer whose jurisdiction is the Navajo reservation in New Mexico and Arizona. In ''The Ghostway'', however, his case takes him to Los Angeles. In ''Talking God'' he goes to Washington, D.C. He experiences mild culture shock in both instances, mostly due to being very much a CountryMouse.

Also this can result in a Buddy Cop scenario, as two cops from two different law enforcement worlds may realize that are NotSoDifferent after all and come to a comfortable working relationship.

* Sam Vimes in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Literature/{{Jingo}}'' ([[{{Qurac}} Klatch]]), ''Literature/TheFifthElephant'' ({{Uberwald}})), ''Literature/{{Thud}}'' (Uberwald again) and ''Literature/{{Snuff}}'' ([[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties the Shires]] [[spoiler: and [[{{UsefulNotes/Paris}} Quirm]]]]). And also ''Literature/{{Night Watch|Discworld}}'', where the strange and foreign country is his own native Ankh-Morpork -- but thirty years previously in his past...

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** One of the two protagonists was originally a New York detective. When his quest to avenge the death of his brother brough him into conflict, and grudging partnership, with a UsefulNotes/{{Miami}} vice cop, he was persuaded to stay permanently

* New Mexico Marshal Sam Series/McCloud escorts a prisoner to New York City and winds up on semi-permanent, "special assignment" with the NYPD.

For obvious reasons, this applies to local, city, or state law enforcment officials or detectives. May include domestic national investigators. Government espionage agents like Franchise/JamesBond or [[Film/MissionImpossible Ethan Hunt]] travel the world as part of their duties, so they wouldn't count.

* Sam Vimes in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' novels ''Discworld/{{Jingo}}'' ([[{{Qurac}} Klatch]]), ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant'' ({{Uberwald}})), ''Discworld/{{Thud}}'' (Uberwald again) and ''Discworld/{{Snuff}}'' ([[UsefulNotes/HomeCounties the Shires]] [[spoiler: and [[{{UsefulNotes/Paris}} Quirm]]]]). And also ''Discworld/NightWatch'', where the strange and foreign country is his own native Ankh-Morpork -- but thirty years previously in his past...

** In the ''CSI''-verse, the two spinoffs began with this trope. ''Series/CSIMiami'' began with the original Vegas crew going to Miami to solve a case and likewise when the Miami crew went to New York, it spun off ''Series/CSINewYork''.
** Mother series ''Series/CSICrimeSceneInvestigation'' also had "Jackpot", where Grissom travels to a small mountain town after a severed head is mailed to Las Vegas from there; and "Hollywood Brass" and "Two and a Half Deaths", where Grissom and Brass travel to Los Angeles as part of their current investigations (though ironically, this is where ''CSI'' was [[CaliforniaDoubling actually filmed]]).
* ''Series/{{CSI NY}}'':
** Mac in Chicago. The CPD does not like him waving his badge to get into a vacant Tribune building floor on .

* ''Series/DeathInParadise'': In the two part "Man Overboard", Humphrey, Florence and Dwayne travel fro Saint Marie to London in pursuit of a murderer. While this is Humphrey's old stomping ground, Florence--and especially Dwayne--are well outside their comfort zone. Humphrey takes a certain pleasure in being the one playing guide for once.

* The first two ''Franchise/DieHard'' movie see UsefulNotes/{{New York|City}} cop John [=McClane=] taking on terrorists in unfamiliar locations (an office tower in UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, and a UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC airport) and with law enforcement that don't necessarily appreciate his methods.
* A dramatic example with ''Film/InTheHeatOfTheNight'', released in 1967, in which a black UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} detective finds himself first accused of killing a white man in very racist town, [[DeepSouth Sparta, Mississippi]], and then actually gets pressed into helping the bigoted white police chief catch the real killer.
* The ''Film/RushHour'' movies. In the first, Inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) is the (very) Strange Cop in the (very) Strange Land, in this case Los Angeles. In the second movie, Detective Carter (Chris Tucker) has to figure out how to fit in in Hong Kong. In the third movie, both are Strange Cops in Paris, France.
* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual]]... "Predecessor" ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'' stars Jackie Chan as Chinese ''Imperial Guard'' Chong Wang (pronounced Creator/JohnWayne), who travels to TheWildWest to rescue a kidnapped Chinese princess and later [[IChooseToStay decides to stay]] and become a sheriff in Nevada. In the sequel ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'', Chong and his American pal Roy team with UsefulNotes/ScotlandYard to catch an international criminal in VictorianLondon.
* ''Film/TheFrenchConnection II'' finds Detective Popeye Doyle, the New York narc from the first film, traveling to Marseilles to catch the French drug kingpin. He isn't fond of the French law officials, and they aren't very fond of the alleged "true American hero".

* ''Film/ShaftInAfrica''. ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

* In ''{{Film/Cruising}}'', a BigApplesauce straight cop goes undercover in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]] local gay scene to catch a SerialKiller preying on homosexual men.