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* [[Aliens and Monsters]]
* [[Aliens and Monsters]]
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Except vampires.
* [[All Myths Are True]]: Except vampires.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some base line heroism.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Nick is a type 4; he enjoys killing/tormenting links and even likes intimidating humans on occasion, but still has some baseline heroism.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: See above for a traditional example. In-universe, everyone who doesn't work at SU2 displays this.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: See above for a traditional example. In-universe, everyone who doesn't work at SU2 displays this.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Nick, Kate. They have guns and guts, that's it.
* [[Big Bad]]: The unnamed, former king of the Links was shaping up to be this before the series was cancelled.
* [[Big Bad]]: The unnamed, former king of the Links was shaping up to be this before the series was cancelled.
* [[Boxed Crook]]: Carl works for [[SU 2]] because he is a thief and a bad one.
* [[Boxed Crook]]: Carl works for SU2 because he is a thief and a bad one.
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Kate was this in [[Muggle]] police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in [[SU 2]]. In a inversion of the usual, she's [[Ensign Newbie]] and gradually becomes more like as time passed.
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Kate was this in [[Muggle]] police and contrasts Nick, who has more experience in SU2. In a inversion of the usual, she's [[Ensign Newbie]] and gradually becomes more like as time passed.
* [[Camp]]
* [[Camp]]
* [[City of Adventure]]: [[Chicago]]
* [[City of Adventure]]: [[Chicago]]
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* [[The Danza]]: Richard Gant as Captain Richard Page, Sean Whalen as Sean, Jonathan Togo as Sean's [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|replacement]] Jonathan.
* [[The Danza]]: Richard Gant as Captain Richard Page, Sean Whalen as Sean, Jonathan Togo as Sean's [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|replacement]] Jonathan.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[The Face]]: Carl is the [[SU 2]] 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 [[SU 2]] he's a step up.
* [[The Face]]: 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.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Nick's former partner/lover.}}
* [[Dead Little Sister]]: {{spoiler|Nick's former partner/lover.}}
* [[Death By Sex]]: Subverted in "The Depths."
* [[Death by Sex]]: Subverted in "The Depths."
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]:
** Before he was [[Smallville|Superman]], Tom Welling had a small guest appearance in "The Depths."
** Before he was [[Smallville|Superman]], Tom Welling had a small guest appearance in "The Depths."
** [[Star Trek the Next Generation|John de Lancie]] played the all-powerful, unnamed Link that once ruled them all.
** [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|John de Lancie]] played the all-powerful, unnamed Link that once ruled them all.
* [[Hot Scientist]]
* [[Hot Scientist]]
* [[The Hunter]]: The Bogeyman in "The Invisible."
* [[The Hunter]]: The Bogeyman in "The Invisible."
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* [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[Jack the Ripper]]: "The Beast"
* [[Jack the Ripper]]: "The Beast"
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: Nick and Carl in spades, though the latter veers into [[Jerkass]] fairly often.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Nick and Carl in spades, though the latter veers into [[Jerkass]] fairly often.
* [[Literal Genie]]
* [[Literal Genie]]
* [[Master of Illusion]]: One featured Link, the Chameleon, has the ability to read a person's mind and disguise itself as a familiar face. This allows it to kill its prey and elude capture with far more ease than others.
* [[Master of Illusion]]: One featured Link, the Chameleon, has the ability to read a person's mind and disguise itself as a familiar face. This allows it to kill its prey and elude capture with far more ease than others.
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* [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide]]
* [[Psychic-Assisted Suicide]]
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Captain Page
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Captain Page
* [[Screwed By the Network]]: 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.
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: 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.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Sean in Season 1, Jonathan in Season 2.
* [[The Smart Guy]]: Sean in Season 1, Jonathan in Season 2.
* [[Snarky Non Human Sidekick]]: Carl
* [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick]]: Carl
* [[Spy From Weights and Measures]]
* [[Spy From Weights and Measures]]
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Jonathan in Season 2.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: Jonathan in Season 2.
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* [[Weirdness Censor]]
* [[Weirdness Censor]]
* [[Who You Gonna Call?]]
* [[Who You Gonna Call?]]
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[The X Files]]'' meets ''[[Ghostbusters]]''.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[The X-Files]]'' meets ''[[Ghostbusters]]''.
* [[Your Vampires Suck]]: [[Da Chief]] dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also [[Take That]] to [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|guess what]].
* [[Your Vampires Suck]]: [[Da Chief]] dismisses their existence entirely as "the silliest thing I ever heard." See also [[Take That]] to [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|guess what]].


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[[Category:Turn of the Millennium/Live Action TV]]
[[Category:Live-Action TV of the 2000s]]
[[Category:Speculative Fiction Series]]
[[Category:Speculative Fiction Series]]
[[Category:Short Runners]]
[[Category:Short Runners]]
[[Category:American Series]]
[[Category:American Series]]
[[Category:Special Unit 2]]
[[Category:Special Unit 2]]
[[Category:Series]]
[[Category:TV Series]]

Latest revision as of 19:27, 31 October 2019

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

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

Tropes used in Special Unit 2 include:
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