History Series / WellingtonParanormal

* ChekhovsGun: Minogue and O'Leary are called out on reports of something that sounds like ghosts but turns out to be a plastic bag in the "A Normal Night episode. At the end of the episode, the plastic bag has a face and attacks Maaka in his office.

* EverythingIsRacist: In the "A Normal Night"episode, Nick accuses Minogue and O'Leary of discrimination against [[FantasticRacism vampires]], before concluding that it's because he's a brown vampire and they wouldn't have arrested a white vampire.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Maaka threatens to dock everyone's pay if his grandmother's donuts are not returned by the end of the day.

* EverythingIsRacist: Nick accuses Minogue and O'Leary of discrimination against [[FantasticRacism vampires]], before concluding that it's because he's a brown vampire and they wouldn't have arrested a white vampire.

* ICouldaBeenAContender: O'Leary theorizes that blood missing from the blood bank has been stolen by athletes looking for a competitive edge, and bitterly says that if she'd done the same when she was in sports, she could have won the gold.

* IncrediblyLamePun: While the cops make his handcuffs tighter, Nick points out that they're in Taita.

* TheMasquerade: Sergeant Maaka insists on only speaking of the paranormal in the unit's office, shushing Minogue for saying "werewolf" in the briefing room and telling O'Leary not to say "zombies" in front of young Officer Parker.

** Many of Nick's attempts to perform the JediMindTrick are accompanied by hand gestures. O'Leary calls him out on a failed attempt:
-->"You're not Obi-Wan Kenobi."

* NotSoAboveItAll: Sergeant Maaka doesn't joke around on the clock, but does dress up a small dog as a cop at work in the "The She Wolf of Kurimarama Street" episode.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Sergeant Maaka doesn't joke around on the clock, but does dress up a small dog as a cop at work.

* ClownCar: Minogue and O'Leary pull one over containing sixteen clowns, partially because the clowns creeped them out, partially because the clowns were dancing in the road [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and jaywalking]].

* CutenessProximity: Played with: O'Leary and Minogue are too busy admiring photos of large dogs on O'Leary's phone to notice people running past their car.

* {{Crossover}}: Along with O'Leary and Minogue, ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows'' cameos include Dion the werewolf and Nick the vampire, now working as a phlebotomist to steal blood from the blood bank.

* PokeThePoodle: Upon discovering that the zombie cops from the "Zombie Cops" episodefollow orders given over radio, the Paranormal Unit and Officer Parker radio them orders to perform various dance moves.

** A gang leader's beloved dogs are named [[Music/BritneySpears Britney]], [[Music/{{Beyonce}} Beyoncé]], and [[Music/{{Rihanna}} Rihanna]] (or Riri).

* BrickJoke: After multiple references to Officer Parker's very young looking face, he's later assigned to be bait to get the zombie cops into jail.

* ChekhovsGun: Minogue and O'Leary are called out on reports of something that sounds like ghosts but turns out to be a plastic bag. At the end of the episode, the plastic bag has a face and attacks Maaka in his office.

* {{Crossover}}: Along with O'Leary and Minogue, ''[[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows What We Do in the Shadows]]'' cameos include Dion the werewolf and Nick the vampire, now working as a phlebotomist to steal blood from the blood bank.

* DeathByRacism: Very narrowly averted when Māori Sergeant Maaka and white Officer Parker stage a civilian assault with Parker 'attacking' Maaka, in the hopes of luring the zombie cops into a jail cell with Parker's fake escape. Maaka is appalled that the zombie cops - part of his own precinct, [[InternalizedCategorism one of them Samoan]] - attack and try to arrest him instead.

* GoodCopBadCop: Subverted: When asked by Minogue to "do your bad cop" to a demon, O'Leary deadpans, "Stop that. It's a bit scary." Surprisingly, it works.

* PokeThePoodle: Upon discovering that the zombie cops follow orders given over radio, the Paranormal Unit and Officer Parker radio them orders to perform various dance moves.

* TakeThat: A [=McDonalds=] drivethrough worker suggests Burger King when zombie cops try to order brains.

** The Paranormal Unit discusses the similarity of some crop circles to [[Music/LedZeppelin Led Zeppelin]]'s Remasters album.

* HauntedHouse: A suburban house where the party's been going since the 70's, [[RealityEnsues attracting decades of noise complaints]].

* BodySurf: Bazu'aal of the Unholy Realm possesses a young teenage girl, both her parents, and the family dog, and the officers take a while to catch on when he's hopped.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: In universe: The Unit has to look up a video tutorial to perform an exorcism, but [[TruthInTelevision has to wait for the video to buffer multiple times]].

* StopCopyingMe: The aliens copy the officers' dialogue. Once the officers realize this, they weaponize it to have the aliens copy their fear so they can escape.
* TakeThat: A McDonalds drivethrough worker suggests Burger King when zombie cops try to order brains.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: The young girl Bazu'aal first possesses vomits green fluid, leading the cops to believe she's simply [[CantHoldHisLiquor drunk]].

''Wellington Paranormal'' is a 2018 [[BritishBrevity six episode]] Comedy Horror {{Mockumentary}} series and SpinOff of ''[[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows What We Do In The Shadows]]''. Shot in the style of police reality shows, the two [[{{UsefulNotes/Wellington}} Wellington]] police officers who followed up a noise complaint in the vampires' flat in the original film, Kyle Minogue and O'Leary, tackle paranormal crime on their new assignment to Sergeant Maaka's paranormal unit.

* NoNameGiven: O'Leary's first name is never revealed; Minogue's is only revealed in the finale.

-->'''Minogue:''' "My name is Kyle."

* BrickJoke: After various references to Officer Parker very young looking face, he's later assigned to be bait to get the zombie cops into jail.

** Maaka knows a lot about the walking dead "from watching ''TheWalkingDead''".

* AlmostFamousName: Minogue and O'Leary get mocked by fellow officers as "KylieMinogue and his little sister Dannii", which Minogue corrects:

* IncrediblyLamePun: While making the handcuffs tighter, Nick points out that they're in Taita.

* TheMasquerade: Sergeant Maaka insists on only speaking of the paranormal in the unit's office, shushing Minogue for saying "werewolf" in the briefing room.

** Many of Nick's attempts to perform the JediMindTrick on O'Leary and Minogue are accompanied by hand gestures. O'Leary calls him out on a failed attempt:

''Wellington Paranormal'' is a 2018 [[BritishBrevity six episode]] Comedy Horror {{Mockumentary}} series and SpinOff of ''[[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows What We Do In The Shadows]]''. Shot in the style of police reality shows, the two [[{{UsefulNotes/Wellington}} Wellington]] police officers who followed up a noise complaint in the vampires' flat in the original film, Minogue and O'Leary, tackle paranormal crime on their new assignment to Sergeant Maaka's paranormal unit.

* AmbiguouslyGay: O'Leary has short hair, does not care to comment on the sexual tension Minogue claims to exist between them, plays softball, and responds to a woman asking her, "Men! Am I right? Why do we even bother?" with "I'm actually more of a cat person."

* NoNameGiven: Four episodes into a six episode season, Minogue and O'Leary have not had first names revealed.

!! This show provides examples of:

* VomitIndiscretionShot: The young girl Bazu'aal first possesses vomits green fluid, leading the cops to believe she's simply [[CantHoldHisLiquor drunk]].

* DemonicPossession: Bazu’aal of the Unholy Realm in the first episode, possessing a young teenage girl, both her parents, and the family dog.

** Bazu’aal of the Unholy Realm

*** Minogue notes his and O'Leary's passing similarity to Scully and Mulder, saying that "She’s like Scully, because she’s analytical, she’s got the brains, and I’m a man with brown hair."

* StopCopyingMe: The aliens copy the officers' dialogue. Once the officers realize this, they weaponize it to have the aliens copy their fear so they can escape.

''Wellington Paranormal'' is a 2018 Comedy Horror {{Mockumentary}} series and SpinOff of ''[[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows What We Do In The Shadows]]''. Shot in the style of police reality shows, the two [[{{UsefulNotes/Wellington}} Wellington]] police officers who followed up a noise complaint in the vampires' flat in the original film, Minogue and O'Leary, tackle paranormal crime on their new assignment to Sergeant Maaka's paranormal unit.

* PsychoExGirlfriend: Sheena talks about her ex-boyfriend Dion a lot even before learning that he's turned her into a werewolf. Then she [[WhatAnIdiot tells two cops she's going to murder him]] and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge goes over to his house to yell at him]].

* WhatAnIdiot: Minogue and Maaka try to taser a ghost appearing between them, and end up tasing each other.