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''Narcos'' is a 2015 {{Netflix}} Original CriminalProcedural/CrimeTimeSoap CriminalProcedural series chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, related from the perspective of a hardbitten deep cover DEA Agent in the 1980s. The series is filmed in both Spanish and English, and mixes drama scenes with a semi-documentary style narration.
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''Narcos'' is a 2015 {{Netflix}} Original CriminalProcedural/[[Crime Time Soap CriminalProcedural/CrimeTimeSoap series chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, related from the perspective of a hardbitten deep cover DEA Agent in the 1980s. The series is filmed in both Spanish and English, and mixes drama scenes with a semi-documentary style narration.
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''Narcos'' is a 2015 {{Netflix}} Original [[Criminal Procedural]]/[[Crime CriminalProcedural/[[Crime Time Soap]] Soap series chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, related from the perspective of a hardbitten deep cover DEA Agent in the 1980s. The series is filmed in both Spanish and English, and mixes drama scenes with a semi-documentary style narration.
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''Narcos'' is a 2015 {{Netflix}} Original [[Criminal Procedural]]/[[Crime Time Soap]] series chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, related from the perspective of a hardbitten deep cover DEA Agent in the 1980s. The series is filmed in both Spanish and English, and mixes drama scenes with a semi-documentary style narration.
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* DrugsAreBad: Played straight with the narrator when discussing cocaine, but very much averted with his cynical attitude toward the focus on marijuana in the war on drugs.
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* ShootTheDog: a painfully ''literal'' example. Works as double character development in making Escobar look more sympathetic than initially assumed... and a certain of his colleagues look much, much worse.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In his first scene, Escobar and his men are stopped at the border by a new military commander, who looks ready to arrest him then and there. Escobar calmly lets the soldiers know that he knows ''everything'' about them, despite never meeting them before that moment: their names, where they live, and their families. He ends by introducing himself as future President of Colombia and offers them all a simple choice: "silver or lead." They let him pass without further incident.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Diana Trubay gives one to Escobar as [[spoiler: she's held hostage.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Diana Trubay Turbay gives one to Escobar as [[spoiler: she's held hostage.]]
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-->'''Diana:''' What did you expect? To get into Congress like it was nothing? Without it mattering that you, in fact, traffic drugs?
-->'''Escobar:''' I expected respect.
-->'''Diana:''' You ''had'' respect when you built homes for the poor. But when you didn't get that respect from a herd of egocentric bureaucrats, you threw a tantrum.
-->'''Escobar:''' ...I was going to do marvelous things for this country. If I have made myself a monster, like all of you say, [[NeverMyFault that is the fault of people like your father and those politicians "of always."]] Those oligarchs and those people were ''never'' going to tolerate that little ''paisa'' from Medellin, who had more money and was more intelligent than all of them!
-->'''Diana:''' ...Yes. You would have done marvelous things. And that is the saddest part.
-->'''Escobar:''' I expected respect.
-->'''Diana:''' You ''had'' respect when you built homes for the poor. But when you didn't get that respect from a herd of egocentric bureaucrats, you threw a tantrum.
-->'''Escobar:''' ...I was going to do marvelous things for this country. If I have made myself a monster, like all of you say, [[NeverMyFault that is the fault of people like your father and those politicians "of always."]] Those oligarchs and those people were ''never'' going to tolerate that little ''paisa'' from Medellin, who had more money and was more intelligent than all of them!
-->'''Diana:''' ...Yes. You would have done marvelous things. And that is the saddest part.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Escobar, ''especially'' towards the end of the series, where he starts taxing his associates to pay for his ongoing wars, the construction of La Catedral and the upkeep of his lifestyle.
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* BlackandGreyMorality: The only difference between our 'good guys' and the cartel is that the good guys don't purposefully endanger civilian lives as they try to bring Escobar to justice.
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* BlackandGreyMorality: BlackAndGreyMorality: The only difference between our 'good guys' and the cartel is that the good guys don't purposefully endanger civilian lives as they try to bring Escobar to justice.
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* DoomedbyCanon: Escobar and the Medellin cartel.
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* DoomedbyCanon: DoomedByCanon: Escobar and the Medellin cartel.
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* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler: The first season ends with Escobar's escape from La Catedral, after a full season of getting away with practically every crime he sanctions from drug trafficking to assassinations to ''terrorrism''.]]
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* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler: The first season ends with Escobar's escape from La Catedral, after a full season of getting away with practically every crime he sanctions from drug trafficking to assassinations to ''terrorrism''.''terrorism''.]]
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Take a wild guess.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Escobar pretty much gets away with ''everything'' he does with no serious losses aside from Gustavo's death.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Escobar pretty much gets away with ''everything'' he does with no serious losses aside and escapes from Gustavo's death.prison largely unscathed.]]
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Gaviria is [[Understatement hesistant]] to run as President on a pro-extradition campaign at first.
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Gaviria is [[Understatement hesistant]] hesitant to run as President on a pro-extradition campaign at first.
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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Gustavo is described by one character as the brains behind Escobar's empire. [[spoiler: After his death, it doesn't take long for Escobar to become paranoid and less pragmatic in his villainy.]]
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** Likewise, Murphy alerting the Colombian military to the location of some of Escobar's cronies, which results in the deaths of civilians.
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* TheMistress: Valeria, to Tata's disgust.
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* MoralEventHorizon: Any sympathy for Escobar nosedives when he [[spoiler: orchestrates the bombing of the Avianca flight, and commits subsequent acts of terrorism.]]
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* RefusalOfTheCall: Gaviria is [[Understatement hesistant]] to run as President on a pro-extradition campaign at first.
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* IHaveYourWife: In order to get extradition revoked, the cartel resorts to kidnapping the heirs of Colombia's richest and most powerful families, up to and including the only daughter of a former President.
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* InfantImmortality: Played surprisingly straight, despite the high body count. The youngest casualty shown onscreen is a 16-year old boy.
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* BigGood: Cesar Gaviria becomes the closest thing to one that the series has.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Gustavo.]]
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* LooseLips: [[spoiler: During a dinner with Herrera, Valeria lets it slip that Escobar's wife and children are holed up in an apartment complex while he goes about his business. A car bomb is detonated there shortly after, resulting in Escobar's young daughter becoming permanently deaf in her right ear.]]
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Gustavo calls Escobar out on his decision to wage a terrorist campaign against the Colombian government. He still goes along with it, with the full knowledge that innocent people will be caught in the crossfire.
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* ScaryBlackMan: CIA Agent Owen for the protagonists, Blackie as part of Escobar's crew.
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* TokenBlackGuy: CIA Agent Owen for the protagonists, Blackie as part of Escobar's crew.
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* TokenBlackGuy: CIA Agent Owen for the protagonists, Blackie as part of Escobar's crew.
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** Escobar himself is horrified at Gacha casually shooting his dog, just because the dog couldn't detect the drugs Escobar had hidden on one of his cars.
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* HyperCompetentSidekick: Gustavo is described by one character as the brains behind Escobar's empire. [[spoiler: After his death, it doesn't take long for Escobar to go completely out of control.]]
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** [[spoiler: The season finale heavily implies that Pena is this, by selling proof of Murphy's culpability in the nightclub shooting of several innocents to Pacho Herrera, head of the Cali cartel. He gets a DEA agent in his pocket in exchange for his support in helping the Americans and Colombian military take down Escobar.]]
* DeadPartner: Murphy's Miami partner gets accidentally gunned down by one of Escobar's assassins. Corillo is stated to have lost ''dozens''.
* DoomedbyCanon: Escobar.
* DeadPartner: Murphy's Miami partner gets accidentally gunned down by one of Escobar's assassins. Corillo is stated to have lost ''dozens''.
* DoomedbyCanon: Escobar.
* HappilyMarried: Escobar and Tata.
* InspectorJavert: Corillo. His obsession with catching and killing Escobar is paramount in his life.
* MafiaPrincess: Maria Ochoa fits this trope to the letter.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[spoiler: The Ochoas don't take kindly to Gustavo messing around with their sister. They sell him out to Carillo in exchange for light jail sentences and an implied future partnership with the Cali cartel when they get out.]]
* MafiaPrincess: Maria Ochoa fits this trope to the letter.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[spoiler: The Ochoas don't take kindly to Gustavo messing around with their sister. They sell him out to Carillo in exchange for light jail sentences and an implied future partnership with the Cali cartel when they get out.]]
* TheMistress: Valeria.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: DEA Agent Murphy, who becomes more aggressive and violent as the war against Escobar goes on, much to his wife's growing concern.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: DEA Agent Murphy, who becomes more aggressive and violent as the war against Escobar goes on, much to his wife's growing concern.concern.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: As Escobar and his family leave Hacienda Napoles, Murphy notes that Escobar would never set foot in his most opulent home again.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: As Escobar and his family leave Hacienda Napoles, Murphy notes that Escobar would never set foot in his most opulent home again.
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* BlackandGreyMorality: The only difference between our 'good guys' and the cartel is that the good guys don't purposefully endanger civilian lives as they try to bring Escobar to justice.
* [[spoiler: TheBadGuyWins]]: [[spoiler: The first season ends with Escobar's escape from La Catedral, after a full season of being nigh-untouchable.]]
* TheDragon: Gustavo, to Escobar.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of Escobar's thugs is visibly disturbed at being ordered to kill [[spoiler: the young widow of the man they duped into blowing up Avianca and their two-year old baby daughter. The woman is shot, but he refuses to shoot the baby.]]
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of Escobar's thugs is visibly disturbed at being ordered to kill [[spoiler: the young widow of the man they duped into blowing up Avianca and their two-year old baby daughter. The woman is shot, It's not clear who shoots the woman, but he refuses to shoot the baby.]]
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Gustavo is brutally beaten to death by Carillo's men.]]
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* AnyoneCanDie
* BreakTheCutie: Across the board with many, many characters.
* BreakTheCutie: Across the board with many, many characters.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Escobar clearly loves his mother, and is sincerely devoted to his wife and two children (dalliances with Valeria aside). Gacha has an only son, and [[spoiler: goes into a VillainousBreakdown when he's killed.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of Escobar's thugs is visibly disturbed at being ordered to kill [[spoiler: the young widow of the man they duped into blowing up Avianca and their two-year old baby daughter. The woman is shot, but he refuses to shoot the baby.]]
* FairCop: Surprisingly averted for most of the cast. Played straight with Javier Pena, played by [[GameofThrones Pedro Pascal.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Not too surprising, considering Escobar's eventual fate.
* HowWeGotHere: The series opens with a Colombian military raid (with American support) on a nightclub that results in some of Escobar's men being killed, as well as innocent civilians. The story (up until episode 8) is told in flashback.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of Escobar's thugs is visibly disturbed at being ordered to kill [[spoiler: the young widow of the man they duped into blowing up Avianca and their two-year old baby daughter. The woman is shot, but he refuses to shoot the baby.]]
* FairCop: Surprisingly averted for most of the cast. Played straight with Javier Pena, played by [[GameofThrones Pedro Pascal.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Not too surprising, considering Escobar's eventual fate.
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* ProperlyParanoid: The few times Gacha's paranoia kicks in, his instincts are usually right on the money. [[spoiler: Subverted horribly with Escobar.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Diana Trubay gives one to Escobar as [[spoiler: she's held hostage.]]
* TheSociopath: Poison stands out in Escobar's organization as being particularly brutal, not even hesitating to [[spoiler: shoot a two-year old girl.]]
** Gacha.
* TookALevelInJerkass: DEA Agent Murphy, who becomes more aggressive and violent as the war against Escobar goes on, much to his wife's growing concern.
* TheSociopath: Poison stands out in Escobar's organization as being particularly brutal, not even hesitating to [[spoiler: shoot a two-year old girl.]]
** Gacha.
* TookALevelInJerkass: DEA Agent Murphy, who becomes more aggressive and violent as the war against Escobar goes on, much to his wife's growing concern.
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''Narcos'' is a 2015 {{Netflix}} Original series chronicling the rise and fall of the notorious drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, related from the perspective of a hardbitten deep cover DEA Agent in the 1980s. The series is filmed in both Spanish and English, and mixes drama scenes with a semi-documentary style narration.
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!! ''Narcos'' contains examples of:
* AnimalMotif: Rats are used as a major symbol in the first episode.
* TheCartel: The primary focus.
* CrookedCop: Alluded to as one of the ways Escobar secures his empire.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: The DEA agent's narration style is in this vein.
* ShootTheDog: A ''literal example''. Also used as character development to display a more sympathetic side to Pablo Escobar.
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!! ''Narcos'' contains examples of:
* AnimalMotif: Rats are used as a major symbol in the first episode.
* TheCartel: The primary focus.
* CrookedCop: Alluded to as one of the ways Escobar secures his empire.
* PrivateEyeMonologue: The DEA agent's narration style is in this vein.
* ShootTheDog: A ''literal example''. Also used as character development to display a more sympathetic side to Pablo Escobar.
