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* SeriesGoal: Find out who- or what- killed Patrick Spring.

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* SeriesGoal: Find out who- who -- or what- what -- killed Patrick Spring, and rescue Lydia Spring.

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* MixAndMatchCritters: [[spoiler:The murder weapon was a kitten with the soul of a hammerhead shark. [[ElementalEmbodiment Which it can project as a lightning shark.]]]]



* OddCouple: Dirk is a cheerful Cloudcuckoolander and Todd is a downtrodden Everyman.

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* OddCouple: Dirk is a cheerful Cloudcuckoolander {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and Todd is a downtrodden Everyman.{{Everyman}}.

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* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Dirk let's Todd know that he's a part of the investigation whether he likes it or not.



* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Dirk let's Todd know that he's a part of the investigation whether he likes it or not.
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* DistaffConterpart: Bart to Dirk. Just replace "holistic detective" with "holistic assassin".

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* DistaffConterpart: DistaffCounterpart: Bart to Dirk. Just replace "holistic detective" with "holistic assassin".



* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Gordon murders a women just to prove that he's left his days as Lux Du Jour behind and assert his dominance to his followers.]]

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* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Gordon murders a women woman just to prove that he's left his days as Lux Du Jour behind and assert his dominance to his followers.]]
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* DistffConterpart: Bart to Dirk. Just replace "holistic detective" with "holistic assassin".

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* DistffConterpart: DistaffConterpart: Bart to Dirk. Just replace "holistic detective" with "holistic assassin".

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* ChekovsArmy: Pretty much how the series operates, in that EVERYTHING appears to be linked to something else either directly or by proxy.

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* ChekovsArmy: ChekhovsArmy: Pretty much how the series operates, in that EVERYTHING appears to be linked to something else either directly or by proxy.



** [[spoiler: Dirk getting called "Svlad"; Svlad Cjelli is Dirk's real name in the books]].



* ThoseTwoGuys: The missing persons department, with the FBI guys as {{Sitcom Archnemeses}}.

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* ThoseTwoGuys: The missing persons department, with the FBI guys as {{Sitcom Archnemeses}}.agents, and the Blackwing project guys.
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* ChekovsGun: Pretty much how the series operates, in that EVERYTHING appears to be linked to something else either directly or by proxy.

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* ChekovsGun: ChekovsArmy: Pretty much how the series operates, in that EVERYTHING appears to be linked to something else either directly or by proxy.



* DistffConterpart: Bart to Dirk. Just replace "holistic detective" with "holistic assassin".



* FiveTokenBand: the Rowdy Three have one white member, one black member, one Asian member, and one Latino member

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* FiveTokenBand: the Rowdy Three have one white member, one black member, one Asian member, and one Latino membermember.



* MythologyGag: Dirk mentions being on cases involving a couch and an encounter with Thor, both references to events in the books by Douglas Adams

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* MythologyGag: Dirk mentions being on cases involving a couch and an encounter with Thor, both references to events in the books by Douglas AdamsAdams.
** [[spoiler: Dirk getting called "Svlad"; Svlad Cjelli is Dirk's real name in the books]].


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* ThoseTwoGuys: The missing persons department, with the FBI guys as {{Sitcom Archnemeses}}.
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* FiveTokenBand: the Rowdy Three have one white member, one black member, one Asian member, and one Latino member
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* NonIndicativeName: The Rowdy Three (there are four of them)
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* BadassInDistress: Farah spends the first two episodes tied up and held hostage by Gordon and his minions.


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* FatBastard: Gordon Rimmer. At least his body's one.


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* JokerImmunity: As Bart demonstrates to Ken, no matter how inexplicable, the universe prevents her from being harmed.


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* MyGreatestFailure: Farah sees Patrick Spring's death as this, since she was kidnapped while looking for Lydia before he was murdered.
* MythologyGag: Dirk mentions being on cases involving a couch and an encounter with Thor, both references to events in the books by Douglas Adams


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* SeriesGoal: Find out who- or what- killed Patrick Spring.
** For Bart, it's to kill Dirk Gently, despite not even knowing who he is.

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* BodySurf: Seems to be how Gordon Rimmer and his followers operate, using a machine built for this function to swap bodies with the rich and famous for close to 50 years.
* ChekovsGun: Pretty much how the series operates, in that EVERYTHING appears to be linked to something else either directly or by proxy.



** [[spoiler: They also manage to rescue Dirk and Todd from burning to death.]]



* ThrowTheDogABone: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one (not the jackpot, but enough to repair to the apartment and his car).

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* SacrificialLamb: [[spoiler: Gordon murders a women just to prove that he's left his days as Lux Du Jour behind and assert his dominance to his followers.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one (not the jackpot, but enough to repair to the apartment and his car).car).
* VillainousRescue: [[spoiler: The Rowdy Three step in to save Dirk and Todd by breaking open the wall they're trapped behind in episode four before they suck the life force out of Dirk again.]]

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* PetTheDog: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one.
* PoliceAreUseless: The police are doing their jobs, and quickly see that that certain things cannot be a coincidence, but this a case that have Psychics, Aliens and Vampires, so they might be in over their heads.

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* PetTheDog: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect tailing menacingly following Amanda in the second and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that third episode, [[spoiler: the lottery ticket he found is the winning one.
Rowdy Three step in after Amanda has a freakout after purchasing groceries. They beat up some teenagers trying to record Amanda, do something strange to her mind, but ultimately Amanda wakes up in her own garage unharmed with her groceries right next to her.]]
* PoliceAreUseless: The police are doing their jobs, and quickly see that that certain things cannot be a coincidence, but this a case that have Psychics, Aliens and Vampires, so they might be in over their heads.heads.
* ThrowTheDogABone: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one (not the jackpot, but enough to repair to the apartment and his car).
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* PoliceAreUseless: The police are doing their jobs, and quickly see that that certain things cannot be a coincidence, but this a case that have Physics, Aliens and Vampires, so they might be in over their heads.

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* PoliceAreUseless: The police are doing their jobs, and quickly see that that certain things cannot be a coincidence, but this a case that have Physics, Psychics, Aliens and Vampires, so they might be in over their heads.
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* DareToBeBadass: Dirk tells Todd that he needs to stop to reacting and work towards to bettering his life.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Dirk let's Todd that he's a part of the investigation whether he likes it or not.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Yeah, Todd did steal from Dorian. But instead of evicting him and calling the police, Dorian trashes his car and then threaten him with a car.
* IllGirl: Amanda, Todd's sister, suffers from "pararibulitis", an illness that causes hallucinations and pain. Todd had the same thing, but his parents spent a fortune on medications for him, leading Amanda to suffer continuously

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* DareToBeBadass: Dirk tells advises Todd that he needs to stop to reacting and work towards to bettering his life.
* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Dirk let's Todd know that he's a part of the investigation whether he likes it or not.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Yeah, Todd did steal from Dorian. But instead of evicting him and calling the police, Dorian trashes his car and then threaten him with a car.gun.
* IllGirl: Amanda, Todd's sister, suffers from "pararibulitis", an illness that causes hallucinations and pain. Todd had the same thing, but his parents spent a fortune on medications for him, leading Amanda to suffer continuouslycontinuously since they are now broke.

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* IllBoy: Todd suffered from an illness that cause hallucinations and pain, and now his sister Amanda is suffering from it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Todd is remorseful for his landlord's death, feeling that his actions ultimately lead to it.

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* IllBoy: Todd suffered IllGirl: Amanda, Todd's sister, suffers from "pararibulitis", an illness that cause causes hallucinations and pain, and now pain. Todd had the same thing, but his sister parents spent a fortune on medications for him, leading Amanda is suffering from it.
to suffer continuously
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Todd is remorseful for his landlord's death, feeling that his actions ultimately lead to it.


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* OneExtraMember: The Rowdy Three actually have four people.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The RowdyThree seem to suck life force out of Dirk. They're also a rowdy group.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: The RowdyThree Rowdy Three seem to suck life force out of Dirk. They're also a rowdy group.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Todd is remorseful for his landlord's death, feeling that his actions ultimately lead to his death.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Todd is remorseful for his landlord's death, feeling that his actions ultimately lead to his death.it.
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a 2016 BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.

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Not to be confused with ''Series/DirkGently'', the other adaption of the Dirk Gently novels.
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* Adorkable: Shades of this with both Dirk and Todd.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: Shades of this with both Dirk and Todd.
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<b>Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency </b>is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.

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<b>Dirk Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency </b>is is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.

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Dirk <b>Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is </b>is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016. The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.
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PetTheDog: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one.

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PetTheDog: *PetTheDog: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one.

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* Adorkable:
* DareToBeBadass
* DisproportionateRetribution
* IllBoy:
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?:
* PetTheDog:
* PoliceAreUseless:

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* Adorkable:
Adorkable: Shades of this with both Dirk and Todd.
*AxCrazy: Bart Curlish only kills people who cause harm to others, but she does kill without remorse.
* DareToBeBadass
DareToBeBadass: Dirk tells Todd that he needs to stop to reacting and work towards to bettering his life.
*TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: Dirk let's Todd that he's a part of the investigation whether he likes it or not.
* DisproportionateRetribution
DisproportionateRetribution: Yeah, Todd did steal from Dorian. But instead of evicting him and calling the police, Dorian trashes his car and then threaten him with a car.
* IllBoy:
IllBoy: Todd suffered from an illness that cause hallucinations and pain, and now his sister Amanda is suffering from it.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?:
MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: Todd is remorseful for his landlord's death, feeling that his actions ultimately lead to his death.
*OddCouple: Dirk is a cheerful Cloudcuckoolander and Todd is a downtrodden Everyman.
*OurVampiresAreDifferent: The RowdyThree seem to suck life force out of Dirk. They're also a rowdy group.
PetTheDog: After losing his job, becoming a murder suspect and have his apartment trashed, Todd sees that the lottery ticket he found is the winning one.
* PetTheDog:
* PoliceAreUseless:
PoliceAreUseless: The police are doing their jobs, and quickly see that that certain things cannot be a coincidence, but this a case that have Physics, Aliens and Vampires, so they might be in over their heads.

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* Subtrope 1
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* Subtrope 3

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016.[1] The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.[2]

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016.[1] The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.[2]2016.

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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency is a BBC America science-fiction detective series based on the Douglas Adams novel series of the same name. Written by Max Landis, it stars Samuel Barnett as the time-traveling detective Dirk Gently and Elijah Wood as his reluctant sidekick Todd. A trailer for the series debuted at San Diego Comic Con 2016.[1] The series is a co-production between BBC America and Netflix, with episodes commencing airing on BBC America in the United States on October 22, 2016, and all episodes being available to stream on Netflix worldwide outside of the United States in December 2016.[2]

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