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Body of Proof	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })What if Dr. House was a female medical examiner?Megan Hunt (Dana Delany) was a brilliant neurosurgeon until a car accident caused unknown neurological damage that makes her hands numb occasionally. After she accidentally killed a patient, she decided to switch jobs and become a medical examiner — because, after all, "I can't kill anybody if they're already dead."Blunt and to the point, she has no problem in butting heads with not only the medical investigator Peter Dunlap (Nic Bishop) and the Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kate Murphy (Jeri Ryan), but also with the police detectives she helps. One consequence of her previous life as a workaholic, though, is her estrangement from her daughter and her striving to make up for the neglect she had in the past.Not to be confused with the erotic thriller Body of Evidence.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Body of Proof / int_10a6623b	comment	Fair Cop: Peter, who is an ex-cop and now a medical investigator. Megan is a Fair Medical Examiner.
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Body of Proof / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Body of Proof / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: Marcia Gay Harden plays a TV personality based on Nancy Grace in "Sympathy for the Devil." The character is given Hidden Depths, as she was a dedicated journalist before she got famous.
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Body of Proof / int_1cf11f13	type	No Sympathy
Body of Proof / int_1cf11f13	comment	No Sympathy: Megan is the character trait variation, although she certainly has her moments of empathy. Her daughter and ex-husband appear to have a certain amount as well: The latter lying to their child to make Megan look heartless and badmouthing her when she's actually doing something nice, the former quick to shoot Megan down any time she makes an effort.
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Body of Proof / int_28e79337	type	Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee
Body of Proof / int_28e79337	comment	Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee: Megan asks a friend who performs vasectomies to reveal one of his patients. He can't break doctor-patient confidentiality, but he pointedly leaves his cellphone on the table in clear view and goes to the restroom.
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Body of Proof / int_2fc21a19	type	Distaff Counterpart
Body of Proof / int_2fc21a19	comment	In a later episode, Megan gets her comeuppance in this regard by an arson investigator and Spear Counterpart of herself.
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Body of Proof / int_39884242	type	KnowWhenToFoldThem
Body of Proof / int_39884242	comment	Know When to Fold Them: Megan quit being a neurosurgeon very quickly after accidentally killing a patient. She accepted fault and settled with the family out of court. She does not seem to know when to fold them while investigating a case.
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Body of Proof / int_48081842	type	The Stinger
Body of Proof / int_48081842	comment	The Stinger: In "Lost Souls," the "Demonic Possession" turns out to have a perfectly rational explanation, but something the "possessed" person said during the exorcism is still bothering Megan. She asks about it, and the victim says she doesn't really remember much of anything that happened while she was under the influence of the PCP she'd been poisoned with. Then she says, in a voice that isn't her own: "Now go learn something," which was the rest of the quote that she'd started to say the first time that she was "possessed."
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Body of Proof / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
Body of Proof / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice: In the second season finale, Peter was stabbed while protecting Megan from a crazy serial killer and died in her arms.
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Body of Proof / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Body of Proof / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Megan was this to her daughter, since she worked 18 hour days. After a lot of effort on her part, they got far better, to the point that her daughter stays with her when her father, who had custody, left for a new job in California in season 3
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Body of Proof / int_6ec4232f	type	Casting Gag
Body of Proof / int_6ec4232f	comment	Casting Gag: Christina Hendricks plays the love interest of Geoffrey Arend's character — her husband.
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Body of Proof / int_754df088	type	Put on a Bus
Body of Proof / int_754df088	comment	Put on a Bus: Bud Morris, Samantha Baker and Peter Dunlop after the second season finale: Bud took a leave of absence to take care of his new son; Samantha went to the FBI and Peter was killed (see Heroic Sacrifice above) Megan's ex-husband, Todd Fleming, also left to a new job in California.
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Body of Proof / int_7c4bafc9	type	Atonement Detective
Body of Proof / int_7c4bafc9	comment	Atonement Detective: Megan is still trying to make up for killing a patient on her table.
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Body of Proof / int_8ca89acb	type	I Need to Go Iron My Dog
Body of Proof / int_8ca89acb	comment	I Need to Go Iron My Dog:
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Body of Proof / int_9ca24902	type	Heroic Fire Rescue
Body of Proof / int_9ca24902	comment	Heroic Fire Rescue: One episode kicks off by having Peter run into a burning house to rescue one of the inhabitants, underlining his bravery credentials.
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Body of Proof / int_add9abb3	type	The Missus and the Ex
Body of Proof / int_add9abb3	comment	The Missus and the Ex: For a while during seasons 1 and 2, Megan's boss Kate was dating Megan's ex-husband, Todd Fleming.
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Body of Proof / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
Body of Proof / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Curtis has a very particular way of saying: "Mmm-hmm."
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Body of Proof / int_b5b3599d	type	Amoral Attorney
Body of Proof / int_b5b3599d	comment	Amoral Attorney: The lawyer the victim was sleeping with in the first episode — and the victim herself before she had an accident falling down stairs which changed her.
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Body of Proof / int_b6cebad3	type	Double Standard
Body of Proof / int_b6cebad3	comment	Double Standard: Mentioned by Megan when she describes how her husband got full custody of her daughter: She claims the court ruled against her because a man who works 18 hours a day is a "good provider," a woman who works 18 hours a day is an "absentee mother."
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Body of Proof / int_b72ae7	type	Omnidisciplinary Scientist
Body of Proof / int_b72ae7	comment	Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Evidently, it's easy to go from being a neurosurgeon to being a pathologist / medical examiner! The two disciplines are about as far apart as you can go without completely falling out of the realm of medicine. The only unifying subject that both disciplines deal with, neurohistology / neuroanatomy, is interestingly the only subject that the show has yet to touch on. Furthermore, it takes a regular doctor about 4 to 7 years to achieve board certification in forensic pathology.
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Body of Proof / int_bbe740e2	type	Tyrant Takes the Helm
Body of Proof / int_bbe740e2	comment	Tyrant Takes the Helm: When Kate gets (unfairly) demoted, Curtis takes over. Not only does he become an obnoxious martinet, he's also incompetent, doing things like entering scenes without gloves.
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Body of Proof / int_c10d1dcb	type	California Doubling
Body of Proof / int_c10d1dcb	comment	California Doubling: Set in Philadelphia. Shot in California.
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Body of Proof / int_c19bdbe1	type	Good Cop/Bad Cop
Body of Proof / int_c19bdbe1	comment	Good Cop/Bad Cop: Megan says she was just trying to be bad cop after accusing a suspect of killing the victim in the first episode.
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Body of Proof / int_c70fc0a2	type	Pretentious Latin Motto
Body of Proof / int_c70fc0a2	comment	Pretentious Latin Motto: A sign over the lab door reads Hic Locus est Ubi Mors Gaudet Succurrere Vitae. Megan points it out to Ethan in "Sympathy for the Devil."
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Body of Proof / int_cfbd1467	type	Never Suicide
Body of Proof / int_cfbd1467	comment	Never Suicide: Subverted, Megan has a ANA (antinuclear antibody) panel run on a suicide — not because she thinks it's murder, but because she just wants to know why they committed suicide.
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Body of Proof / int_cffafc80	type	You, Get Me Coffee
Body of Proof / int_cffafc80	comment	You, Get Me Coffee: Megan does this to Detective Morris during the autopsy in the first episode. In a later episode, Megan gets her comeuppance in this regard by an arson investigator and Spear Counterpart of herself.
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Body of Proof / int_d129e13e	type	"Eureka!" Moment
Body of Proof / int_d129e13e	comment	"Eureka!" Moment: As soon as Peter says he has a nut allergy, Megan gets a total House face. And that's just one of many moments.
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Body of Proof / int_e3048d1b	type	Amateur Sleuth
Body of Proof / int_e3048d1b	comment	Amateur Sleuth: Technically, Megan Hunt is only supposed to examine the bodies, not solve the crimes. But she doesn't care.
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Body of Proof / int_e6132e31	type	Old Flame
Body of Proof / int_e6132e31	comment	Old Flame: In the third season, the new police detective Tommy Sullivan turns out to be an old flame of Megan. He claims he returned to Philadelphia to get her back. She wasn't very interested.
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Body of Proof / int_f5a3e496	type	Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Body of Proof / int_f5a3e496	comment	Suspiciously Similar Substitute: Peter Dunlop (Nic Bishop) dies in the second season finale and is replaced by Tommy Sullivan (Mark Valley). Both men are handsome, square-jawed, have similar build, similar voices, and the characters have similar personalities. Peter was introduced in the pilot as having an ongoing working relationship with Megan; Tommy was given a built-in history as an Old Flame, so was able to drop into place without a hitch.
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Body of Proof / int_f75cf3bd	type	Terrible Interviewees Montage
Body of Proof / int_f75cf3bd	comment	Terrible Interviewees Montage: Curtis interviewing new drivers. The candidates are mostly unqualified and/or creepy (i.e., talking about how interested they are in dead bodies). There is one one experienced, normal sounding candidate, and it looks like the montage is over... And then she starts texting in the middle of the interview.
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