Boss: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
(added Category:TV Series) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
{{Needs More Info}} |
{{Needs More Info}} |
||
If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss |
If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss Battl[[Category:TV Series]]] instead. If you were looking for a singer called "The Boss", see [[Gene Ammon[[Category:TV Series]]], [[Diana Ros[[Category:TV Series]]], [[Rick Ros[[Category:TV Series]]], or [[Bruce Springstee[[Category:TV Series]]]. |
||
{{tropelist}} |
{{tropelist}} |
||
* [[Abusive |
* [[Abusive Parent[[Category:TV Series]]]: There are quite a number of them. |
||
* [[A God Am I]]: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'God'. |
* [[A God Am I]]: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'God'. |
||
* [[Alone with the |
* [[Alone with the Psych[[Category:TV Series]]]: Osawa ends up in this kind of situation a couple of times. |
||
* [[Asshole |
* [[Asshole Victi[[Category:TV Series]]]: Quite plenty. |
||
* [[Badass |
* [[Badass Grandp[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|The killer in Season 2's episode 4, who's also a [[Handicapped Badas[[Category:TV Series]]].}} |
||
* [[Big Brother |
* [[Big Brother Instinc[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Masaki Shougo towards Manami-chan.}} |
||
* [[Brilliant but |
* [[Brilliant but Laz[[Category:TV Series]]]: Kimoto Mami. Will take a taxi instead of walk for ten seconds. |
||
* [[Casanova |
* [[Casanova Wannab[[Category:TV Series]]]: Iwai Zenji is one of the rarer gay examples. |
||
* [[Catch |
* [[Catch Phras[[Category:TV Series]]]: "We have a case". So much that it is noted when she doesn't say it. |
||
* [[Chekhov's |
* [[Chekhov's Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Yamamura's lame-looking "bulletproof" helmet actually works!}} |
||
** {{spoiler|Hanagata's iron plate in Season 2's Episode 2, used by Iwai two episodes later to protect himself from a stab.}} |
** {{spoiler|Hanagata's iron plate in Season 2's Episode 2, used by Iwai two episodes later to protect himself from a stab.}} |
||
* [[Chekhov's |
* [[Chekhov's Gunma[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|The villain of Season 1's Episode 1, whom Osawa seeks advice from regarding a complex bomb in that season's last episode.}} |
||
* [[The |
* [[The Chessmaste[[Category:TV Series]]]: Osawa has quite a few tricks up her sleeve. |
||
* [[Cool Old |
* [[Cool Old Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Oyama Genzo, who keeps his calm all the time. {{spoiler|Even though he was targeted with an explosion and then kidnapped}}. |
||
* [[Cop Show]] |
* [[Cop Show]] |
||
* [[Date |
* [[Date Peeper[[Category:TV Series]]]: In Season 2, Episode 8. |
||
* [[Doesn't Like |
* [[Doesn't Like Gun[[Category:TV Series]]]: Katagiri Takuma, who has good reasons for this. {{spoiler|He finally gets over it in Season 1's episode 8.}} |
||
* [[Drowning |
* [[Drowning Pi[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
* [[Embarrassing Old |
* [[Embarrassing Old Phot[[Category:TV Series]]]: Osawa playing a thief named "Heisuke-san". |
||
* [[Everybody Is |
* [[Everybody Is Singl[[Category:TV Series]]]: Except for the boss. Though that relationship has its own issues. {{spoiler|They finally break up at the end of Season 1.}} |
||
** Katagiri manages to find a girlfriend in Season 2. {{spoiler|He has to break up with her too.}} |
** Katagiri manages to find a girlfriend in Season 2. {{spoiler|He has to break up with her too.}} |
||
* [[Evil |
* [[Evil Counterpar[[Category:TV Series]]]: Kogure (in Season 2's Episode 7) to Hanagata, {{spoiler|Numata}} to Osawa. |
||
* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Nodate in the last episode}}. |
* [[Faking the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Nodate in the last episode}}. |
||
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Osawa's subordinates: |
* [[Five-Man Band]]: Osawa's subordinates: |
||
** [[The |
** [[The Her[[Category:TV Series]]]: Katagiri Takuma |
||
** [[The |
** [[The Lance[[Category:TV Series]]]: Yamamura Keisuke |
||
** [[The Big |
** [[The Big Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Iwai Zenji |
||
** [[The Smart |
** [[The Smart Gu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Kimoto Mami/Tadokoro Sachiko |
||
** [[The Chick]]: Hanagata Ippei |
** [[The Chick]]: Hanagata Ippei |
||
** [[Sixth |
** [[Sixth Range[[Category:TV Series]]]: Kurohara Rika |
||
* [[Gold |
* [[Gold Digge[[Category:TV Series]]]: Yamamura Keisuke is so gullible that he falls victim to this as well as other types of money scams many times. |
||
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Nodate Shinjiro |
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Nodate Shinjiro |
||
* [[Hates Everyone |
* [[Hates Everyone Equall[[Category:TV Series]]]: Kimoto claims to be this. |
||
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Chief Tanba is hinted to be one. |
* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Chief Tanba is hinted to be one. |
||
* [[I Love the Dead]]: {{spoiler|The ''second'' Angel Killer}}. |
* [[I Love the Dead]]: {{spoiler|The ''second'' Angel Killer}}. |
||
* [[ |
* [[Kee[[Category:TV Series]]]: Hanagata Ippei. |
||
* [[Knife |
* [[Knife Nu[[Category:TV Series]]]: Some of the villains, like the one in Season 1's episode 2. |
||
* [[Magical |
* [[Magical Databas[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
* [[Morality |
* [[Morality Pe[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Manami-chan to the killer of Season 2's Episode 9.}} |
||
* [[The Man Behind the |
* [[The Man Behind the Ma[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Takakura, the [[Big Bad]] of Season 1, is actually manipulated by a secret organization ran by Morioka, Osawa and Nodate's old friend. Then it turns out that even Morioka is manipulated as well, by Rika's old man.}} |
||
* [[Misfit Mobilization |
* [[Misfit Mobilization Momen[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
* [[The |
* [[The Mol[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Nodate pretends to be this. It turns out to be another cop.}} |
||
** {{spoiler|Tadokoro in Season 2, then she undergoes a [[Heel Face |
** {{spoiler|Tadokoro in Season 2, then she undergoes a [[Heel Face Tur[[Category:TV Series]]].}} |
||
* [[Only Sane |
* [[Only Sane Ma[[Category:TV Series]]]: Osawa seems to be this, but only because all the others are so weird. |
||
* [[Pet the |
* [[Pet the Do[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|The villain of Season 2's Episode 9 is probably the most prominent example so far, as he takes care of a little girl whose [[Abusive Parent[[Category:TV Series]]] are among the ones he killed.}} |
||
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: {{spoiler|Numata Yoshimi.}} |
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: {{spoiler|Numata Yoshimi.}} |
||
* [[Ragtag Bunch of |
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfit[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
* [[Roaring Rampage of |
* [[Roaring Rampage of Reveng[[Category:TV Series]]]: Some of the villains. |
||
* [[Shooting |
* [[Shooting Galler[[Category:TV Series]]]: The body parts that the different detectives aim at tells you a lot about their personal issues. |
||
* [[Star-Crossed |
* [[Star-Crossed Lover[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Katagiri has no choice but to break up with his girlfriend as he is a detective, and her father is found out to be a murderer's accomplice.}} |
||
* [[Title Drop]]: The detectives call Osawa "Boss". |
* [[Title Drop]]: The detectives call Osawa "Boss". |
||
* [[Trickster |
* [[Trickster Mento[[Category:TV Series]]]: Nodate. |
||
* [[Well-Intentioned |
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremis[[Category:TV Series]]]: {{spoiler|Morioka and Rika's father, who believe they are doing what's best for their country.}} |
||
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: {{spoiler|Masaki Shougo. While he has no qualms killing Manami's mother, who had nothing to do with his tragic past, he has a sort-of brotherly love for the little girl, who reminds him of his [[Dead Little |
* [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child]]: {{spoiler|Masaki Shougo. While he has no qualms killing Manami's mother, who had nothing to do with his tragic past, he has a sort-of brotherly love for the little girl, who reminds him of his [[Dead Little Siste[[Category:TV Series]]].}} |
||
{{reflist}} |
{{reflist}} |
||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] |
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] |
||
[[Category:Japanese Series]] |
[[Category:Japanese Serie[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the |
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the |
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2010[[Category:TV Series]]] |
||
[[Category:Western |
[[Category:Western Animatio[[Category:TV Series]]] |
Revision as of 00:54, 2 October 2020
Boss is a Japanese live-action series. Osawa Eriko returns home after having worked in America for several years. Back in Japan she becomes the boss of a division that is filled with misfit detectives. This series ran in 2009 and consists of eleven episodes. The second season was released two years later.
This page needs a better description. You can help this wiki by expanding or clarifying the information given. |
If you were looking for the video game concept, try [[Boss Battl] instead. If you were looking for a singer called "The Boss", see [[Gene Ammon], [[Diana Ros], [[Rick Ros], or [[Bruce Springstee].
Tropes used in Boss include:
- [[Abusive Parent]: There are quite a number of them.
- A God Am I: The villain in episode 2 refers to himself as 'God'.
- [[Alone with the Psych]: Osawa ends up in this kind of situation a couple of times.
- [[Asshole Victi]: Quite plenty.
- [[Badass Grandp]: {{spoiler|The killer in Season 2's episode 4, who's also a [[Handicapped Badas].}}
- [[Big Brother Instinc]: Masaki Shougo towards Manami-chan.
- [[Brilliant but Laz]: Kimoto Mami. Will take a taxi instead of walk for ten seconds.
- [[Casanova Wannab]: Iwai Zenji is one of the rarer gay examples.
- [[Catch Phras]: "We have a case". So much that it is noted when she doesn't say it.
- [[Chekhov's Gu]: Yamamura's lame-looking "bulletproof" helmet actually works!
- Hanagata's iron plate in Season 2's Episode 2, used by Iwai two episodes later to protect himself from a stab.
- [[Chekhov's Gunma]: The villain of Season 1's Episode 1, whom Osawa seeks advice from regarding a complex bomb in that season's last episode.
- [[The Chessmaste]: Osawa has quite a few tricks up her sleeve.
- [[Cool Old Gu]: Oyama Genzo, who keeps his calm all the time. Even though he was targeted with an explosion and then kidnapped.
- Cop Show
- [[Date Peeper]: In Season 2, Episode 8.
- [[Doesn't Like Gun]: Katagiri Takuma, who has good reasons for this. He finally gets over it in Season 1's episode 8.
- [[Drowning Pi]
- [[Embarrassing Old Phot]: Osawa playing a thief named "Heisuke-san".
- [[Everybody Is Singl]: Except for the boss. Though that relationship has its own issues. They finally break up at the end of Season 1.
- Katagiri manages to find a girlfriend in Season 2. He has to break up with her too.
- [[Evil Counterpar]: Kogure (in Season 2's Episode 7) to Hanagata, Numata to Osawa.
- Faking the Dead: Nodate in the last episode.
- Five-Man Band: Osawa's subordinates:
- [[The Her]: Katagiri Takuma
- [[The Lance]: Yamamura Keisuke
- [[The Big Gu]: Iwai Zenji
- [[The Smart Gu]: Kimoto Mami/Tadokoro Sachiko
- The Chick: Hanagata Ippei
- [[Sixth Range]: Kurohara Rika
- [[Gold Digge]: Yamamura Keisuke is so gullible that he falls victim to this as well as other types of money scams many times.
- Handsome Lech: Nodate Shinjiro
- [[Hates Everyone Equall]: Kimoto claims to be this.
- Henpecked Husband: Chief Tanba is hinted to be one.
- I Love the Dead: The second Angel Killer.
- [[Kee]: Hanagata Ippei.
- [[Knife Nu]: Some of the villains, like the one in Season 1's episode 2.
- [[Magical Databas]
- [[Morality Pe]: Manami-chan to the killer of Season 2's Episode 9.
- [[The Man Behind the Ma]: Takakura, the Big Bad of Season 1, is actually manipulated by a secret organization ran by Morioka, Osawa and Nodate's old friend. Then it turns out that even Morioka is manipulated as well, by Rika's old man.
- [[Misfit Mobilization Momen]
- [[The Mol]: Nodate pretends to be this. It turns out to be another cop.
- {{spoiler|Tadokoro in Season 2, then she undergoes a [[Heel Face Tur].}}
- [[Only Sane Ma]: Osawa seems to be this, but only because all the others are so weird.
- [[Pet the Do]: {{spoiler|The villain of Season 2's Episode 9 is probably the most prominent example so far, as he takes care of a little girl whose [[Abusive Parent] are among the ones he killed.}}
- Psychopathic Manchild: Numata Yoshimi.
- [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfit]
- [[Roaring Rampage of Reveng]: Some of the villains.
- [[Shooting Galler]: The body parts that the different detectives aim at tells you a lot about their personal issues.
- [[Star-Crossed Lover]: Katagiri has no choice but to break up with his girlfriend as he is a detective, and her father is found out to be a murderer's accomplice.
- Title Drop: The detectives call Osawa "Boss".
- [[Trickster Mento]: Nodate.
- [[Well-Intentioned Extremis]: Morioka and Rika's father, who believe they are doing what's best for their country.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: {{spoiler|Masaki Shougo. While he has no qualms killing Manami's mother, who had nothing to do with his tragic past, he has a sort-of brotherly love for the little girl, who reminds him of his [[Dead Little Siste].}}
[[Category:Japanese Serie] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000] [[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2010] [[Category:Western Animatio]