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* NoSuchAgency: Special Unit 2 does not officially exist which earned Kate some flak when she talked about them with the rest of the police.
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* CityOfAdventure: [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] is home to many links, and thus, many adventures for its polie.

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* CityOfAdventure: [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] is home to many links, and thus, many adventures for its polie.police.



* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone has their moments, but Nick and Carl the most often.

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* TheFace: Carl is the [=SU2=] liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with [=SU2=] he's a step up.

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* TheFace: Carl is the [=SU2=] liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have has useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with [=SU2=] he's a step up.



* TheHunter: The Bogeyman in "The Invisible."

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* TheSmartGuy: Sean in Season 1, Jonathan in Season 2.

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* YourVampiresSuck: DaChief dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also TakeThat to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer guess what]].

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* YourVampiresSuck: DaChief dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also TakeThat to [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer guess what]].
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Television series that aired on {{UPN}} and followed Nick O'Malley (Michael Landes) and Kate Benson (Alexondra Lee), two [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] detectives who work for the titular agency, which is charged with dealing with supernatural monsters called "Links."

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Television series that aired on {{UPN}} Creator/{{UPN}} and followed Nick O'Malley (Michael Landes) and Kate Benson (Alexondra Lee), two [[TheWindyCity Chicago]] UsefulNotes/{{Chicago}} detectives who work for the titular agency, which is charged with dealing with supernatural monsters called "Links."

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* AgentMulder: Kate, who insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.

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* AgentMulder: Kate, who AgentMulder:
**Kate
insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.



* AllMythsAreTrue: Except vampires.

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* AllMythsAreTrue: Except vampires. They're preposterous.



* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.

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* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.it, and they're responsible for protecting Chicago from super natural creatures like gargoyles and werewolves.



* {{Camp}}
* CityOfAdventure: [[TheWindyCity Chicago]]
* TheCorpseStopsHere
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat.
** The dragon slipped on a rainy roof while trying to eat him, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] itself on a spire.
* CowboyCop: Nick who has little regard for rules. Not that there are that many regarding links but still...
* DaChief: Captain Page is the head of [=SU2=].

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* CityOfAdventure: [[TheWindyCity Chicago]]
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Chicago]] is home to many links, and thus, many adventures for its polie.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat.
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feat. [[note]] The dragon slipped on a rainy roof while trying to eat him, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] itself on a spire.
spire. [[/note]]
* CowboyCop: Nick who has little regard for rules. Not that there are that many regarding links but still...
still he doesn't care about them.
* DaChief: Captain Page is the head of [=SU2=].[=SU2=], which is a sub-division of the Chicago police department.



* DeathBySex: Subverted in "The Depths."

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* FakeGuestStar: Sean
* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here 'except vampires'.

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* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here 'except vampires'.''except vampires''.



* HotScientist

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* IfJesusThenAliens
* ImmuneToBullets: Gargoyles are immune to anything that will not blow them up entirely.
** There's also a creature with tentacles that lives under the SU2 headquarters that eats garbage. The only reason it's there is because they still haven't found a way to kill it.
** Also, Carl is immune to regular bullets, which DaChief uses as a live demonstration to rookies. Carl likes to show off but hates to buy new shirts.
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* ImmuneToBullets: Gargoyles ImmuneToBullets:
**Gargoyles
are immune to anything that will not blow them up entirely.
** There's also a creature with tentacles that lives under the SU2 headquarters that eats garbage. The only reason it's there is because they still haven't found a way to kill it.
** Also, Carl is immune to regular bullets, which DaChief uses as a live demonstration to rookies. Carl likes to show off but hates to buy new shirts.
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* JackTheRipper: "The Beast"
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nick and Carl in spades, though the latter veers into JerkAss fairly often.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Nick and Carl in spades, though the latter JerkWithAHeartOfGold:
**Nick is a bad cop because he thinks all links are dangerous to humans or otherwise a nuisance to them.
**Carl has friendship-of-sorts with [=SU2=] but he
veers into JerkAss fairly often.



* LiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan.
** Unlike a typical genie, this one only had one power - to turn into a puff of smoke and hide in a container. All wishes have to be done the old fashioned way (e.g. someone asks for a model, she has to go and kidnap one).

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* LiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan.
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EvilPlan. It involved manipulating people into talking figuratively which she could then interpret literally. Unlike a typical genie, this one only had one power - to turn into a puff of smoke and hide in a container. All wishes have to be done the old fashioned way (e.g. someone asks for a model, she has to go and kidnap one).



* MisterExposition: Captain Page, Sean, Jonathan.

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* MonsterOfTheWeek

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* MonsterOfTheWeekMonsterOfTheWeek: Each week has a new link causing trouble in Chicago. The responses range from killing to imprisonment, but usually killing.



* NoodleIncident
* OurDragonsAreDifferent
* OurGnomesAreWeirder
* OurMonstersAreDifferent

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* PointyEars

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* PsychicAssistedSuicide

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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Chameleon Links.

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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Chameleon Links.Links are assholes. One of them shifted into Kate's (dead) grandfather and reenacted a cherished memory ForTheEvulz.



* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Carl
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Jonathan in Season 2.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Nick and Carl

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* WhoYouGonnaCall: They bust links.

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* WhoYouGonnaCall: They bust [[=SU2=] is a government agency that busts links.
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* TheDanza: Richard Gant as Captain Richard Page, Sean Whalen as Sean, Jonathan Togo as Sean's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute replacement]] Jonathan.



* HeyItsThatGuy:
** Before he was [[{{Smallville}} Superman]], Tom Welling had a small guest appearance in "The Depths."
*** Coincidentally, star Jonathan Landis played Jimmy Olsen on the first season of ''Series/LoisAndClark''.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration John de Lancie]] played the all-powerful, unnamed Link that once ruled them all.
** [[{{NCIS}} Pauley Perrette]] (and her natural hair color) appeared in four episodes.



* ScrewedByTheNetwork: During Season 2, the series was initially given a pick-up for a full season. However, when a change in leadership occurred, UPN rescinded the order.
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* XMeetsY: ''TheXFiles'' meets ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
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*** Coincidentally, star Jonathan Landis played Jimmy Olsen on the first season of ''Series/LoisAndClark''.

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* DaChief: Captain Page is the head of SU2.

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* DaChief: Captain Page is the head of SU2.[=SU2=].



* DidntSeeThatComing: Nick was able to capture the Chameleon the first time around because an early snow storm threw off its hibernation cycle.



* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here 'except vampires'.

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* FantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here 'except vampires'. vampires'.
* FromBadToWorse: In "The Skin," the new Chameleon successfully frees the original--meaning two vicious killers are out there. Worse, the new one is female and intends to breed.


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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The Chameleon Links.


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* ShroudedInMyth: The nameless Link. Carl recalls being told stories about him from an extremely elderly relative.


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* TheWorldIsNotReady: While people tend to have a WeirdnessCensor, [=SU2=] makes sure to keep the Links situation under wraps. Nick mentions how he once destroyed Kate's photographic proof months before she joined the department.
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* ItsFakeFurItsFine: Carl steaks a fur coat for Kate, but since it's fake fur, it wouldn't count as much of a crime.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Nick (after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]): "Red ammo [[UpToEleven kicks ass]]!"

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* AbnormalAmmo: Nick (after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]): "Red ammo [[UpToEleven kicks ass]]!"ass!"
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* AbnormalAmmo: Nick (after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]): "Red Bullets [[UpToEleven kick ass]]!"

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* AbnormalAmmo: Nick (after [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome blowing up a building with one shot]] from his [[HandCannon service-issue pistol]]): "Red Bullets ammo [[UpToEleven kick kicks ass]]!"

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Lasted only 2 seasons. Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.

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Lasted only 2 seasons.seasons (strictly speaking two half-seasons). Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.


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* TakeThat: The claim that [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer vampires don't exist]] (which came back to [[IncrediblyLamePun bite them in the behind]] when Miss Summers saw them both come and go).
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* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Nick's former partner/lover, Julie.]]

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* ImmuneToBullets: Gargoyles are immune to anything that will not blow them up entirely.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Gargoyles are immune to anything that will not blow them up entirely. entirely.
** There's also a creature with tentacles that lives under the SU2 headquarters that eats garbage. The only reason it's there is because they still haven't found a way to kill it.
** Also, Carl is immune to regular bullets, which DaChief uses as a live demonstration to rookies. Carl likes to show off but hates to buy new shirts.


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* {{Mummy}}: A Japanese mummy is revived by a [[LightningCanDoAnything lightning strike]]. Bonus points for mentioning that it's very rare for the Japanese to mummify someone due to space being a premium in Japan, meaning that the mummy is someone who was a great samurai when he was alive. As such, you don't wanna mess with it, especially since this one can [[VoluntaryShapeshifting appear as a normal man]] and can kick anyone else's ass. The mummy's goal is to kidnap three women "from different corners of the world" (i.e. 1 white, 1 black, 1 Asian) and sacrifice them in a ritual to boost his power UpToEleven.
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* [[LoveGoddess Love God]]: Cupid is a human-looking Link who, when frightened, emits pheromones that make someone inexplicably attracted to someone near them. He also has a ''very'' big heart, causing issues when he has to be taken somewhere on a helicopter.

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* LiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan.

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* LiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan. EvilPlan.
** Unlike a typical genie, this one only had one power - to turn into a puff of smoke and hide in a container. All wishes have to be done the old fashioned way (e.g. someone asks for a model, she has to go and kidnap one).
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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

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* OurWerewolvesAreDifferentOurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Apparently, being a beast inside makes for one hell of a power broker.

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* OurGnomesAreWeirder



* OurGnomesAreWeirder

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* OurGnomesAreWeirderOurWerewolvesAreDifferent
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* LightningCanDoAnything: Like revive ([[spoiler:and kill]]) an ancient Japanese mummy.
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** The dragon slipped on a rainy roof while trying to eat him, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaling]] itself on a spire.
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* AliensAndMonsters

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* AliensAndMonstersAliensAndMonsters: They're described as the 'missing link' between humans and primates.



* ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in [=SU2=]. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like as time passed.

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* ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in [=SU2=]. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like him as time passed.



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl actually killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl actually killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat.



* DaChief: Captain Page

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* DaChief: Captain PagePage is the head of SU2.



* FantasyKitchenSink

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* FantasyKitchenSinkFantasyKitchenSink: Lots of stuff from fantasy is here 'except vampires'.



* ImmuneToBullets

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* ImmuneToBulletsImmuneToBullets: Gargoyles are immune to anything that will not blow them up entirely.



* LiteralGenie

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* LiteralGenieLiteralGenie: One of the links exploited this for her EvilPlan.



* PrecisionFStrike: In "The Eve," Carl sarcastically tells the officers "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Maybe you should re-named yourselves [=FU2=]]]."

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* PrecisionFStrike: In "The Eve," Carl sarcastically tells the officers "[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Maybe "Maybe you should re-named yourselves [=FU2=]]].[=FU2=]."



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain Page

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Captain PagePage is not on a self-righteous crusade against links; if they leave humans alone he'll leave them alone. The others are wasted.



* TheyWalkAmongUs

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* TheyWalkAmongUsTheyWalkAmongUs: Links are everywhere; a sphinx sat in front of a college because others thought it was a statue.



* WeirdnessCensor

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* WeirdnessCensorWeirdnessCensor: Kate was recruited because she ''didn't'' have one. Everyone else either doesn't see the links or convinces themselves they didn't. One guy was abducted by a mummy and told everyone it was some guy in bandages.



* WhoYouGonnaCall

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* WhoYouGonnaCallWhoYouGonnaCall: They bust links.
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* YourVampiresSuck: DaChief dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also TakeThat to [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer guess what]].

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* YourVampiresSuck: DaChief dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also TakeThat to [[BuffyTheVampireSlayer [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer guess what]].
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* SpyFromWeightsAndMeasures

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* AnArmAndALeg: Page lost a hand in a war. His fake metal hand is sometimes used as a RunningGag.



* BoxedCrook: Carl works for SU2 because he is a thief and a bad one.
* ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in SU2. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like as time passed.

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* BoxedCrook: Carl works for SU2 [=SU2=] because he is a thief and a bad one.
* ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in SU2.[=SU2=]. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like as time passed.



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Carl actually killed a dragon once. It was more by accident than on purpose, but still considered an impressive feat.



* DeadpanSnarker
* TheFace: Carl is the SU2 liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with SU2 he's a step up.
* FantasyKitchenSink
* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Nick's former partner/lover.]]

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* DeadpanSnarker
* TheFace: Carl is the SU2 liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with SU2 he's a step up.
* FantasyKitchenSink
* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler:Nick's former partner/lover.]]partner/lover, Julie.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone has their moments, but Nick and Carl the most often.


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* TheFace: Carl is the [=SU2=] liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with [=SU2=] he's a step up.
* FakeGuestStar: Sean
* FantasyKitchenSink
* HalloweenEpisode: "The Eve." [=SU2=] faces off against the unnamed, former king Link, who raises the dead as part of a plan to reclaim a powerful artifact.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: "The Skin" and "The Eve" hint that Nick's former partner was on to something big and putting pieces together in regards to the unnamed Link.


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* WeirdnessMagnet: Kate is shown or stated to have had encounters with monsters since childhood. It is implied that all members of [=SU2=] have had similar experiences.
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Lasted only 2 seasons. Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.

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Lasted only 2 seasons. Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.



* AgentMulder: Kate, who insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.

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* AgentMulder: Kate, who insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.



* AntiHero: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some base line heroism.

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* AntiHero: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some base line heroism.



* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.

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* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.



* BoxedCrook: Carl works for SU2 because he is a thief and a bad one.

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* BoxedCrook: Carl works for SU2 because he is a thief and a bad one.



* TheFace: Carl is the SU2 liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with SU2 he's a step up.

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* TheFace: Carl is the SU2 liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with SU2 he's a step up.



* HeyItsThatGuy:

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* HeyItsThatGuy: HeyItsThatGuy:



* XMeetsY: ''TheXFiles'' meets ''{{Ghostbusters}}''.

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* XMeetsY: ''TheXFiles'' meets ''{{Ghostbusters}}''.''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.
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** [[{{NCIS}} Pauley Perrette]] (and her natural hair color) appeared in four episodes.
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** [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration John de Lancie]] played the all-powerful, unnamed Link that once ruled them all.

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** [[StarTrekTheNextGeneration [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration John de Lancie]] played the all-powerful, unnamed Link that once ruled them all.
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* CityOfAdventure: {{Chicago}}

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* CityOfAdventure: {{Chicago}}[[TheWindyCity Chicago]]

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* AgentMulder: Kate

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* AgentMulder: KateKate, who insisted she saw monsters as a kid well into adulthood.



*AntiHero: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some base line heroism.



* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate.

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* BadassNormal: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.



*BoxedCrook: Carl works for SU2 because he is a thief and a bad one.
*ByTheBookCop: Kate was this in {{muggle}} police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in SU2. In a inversion of the usual, she's EnsignNewbie and gradually becomes more like as time passed.



* CowboyCop: Nick

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* CowboyCop: NickNick who has little regard for rules. Not that there are that many regarding links but still...


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*TheFace: Carl is the SU2 liason to the link underworld. He's not personable or friendly to say the least but he does have useful connections and considering other links want nothing to do with SU2 he's a step up.
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Lasted only 2 seasons.

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Lasted only 2 seasons. Running from April, 2001 to February, 2002. A total of 19 episodes.

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