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Cape Town
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- 36 feature instances
- 9 referencing feature instances
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Cape Town is a 2016 joint German-South African TV series, based on Deon Meyer's novel "Dead Before Dying". Veteran detective Mat Joubert (Trond Espen Seim), despondent after his wife's death in the line of duty a year prior, is given an ultimatum: either he gets back into shape or he will be forced to retire. Along with his wife's former partner, Sanctus Snook (Boris Kodjoe), Joubert is directed to work on a murder case involving an unusual firearm and a cardboard mask of Albert Einstein left on the body of the victim. And when the body of a drugged and strangled rape victim is found along with an Ukrainian passport, Joubert's boss assumes the two cases are connected. | |
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Canon Foreigner | |
| Cape Town / int_113480b7 | comment |
Canon Foreigner: Wernicke, Coolidge, Moorfood and van Rees do not appear in the novel. | |
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The Place | |
| Cape Town / int_1c21e3fb | comment |
The Place: the setting is Cape Town, South Africa. | |
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Calling Card | |
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Calling Card: cardboard celebrity masks left by the Mauser killer. The last scene of every episode shows the killer removing one of the six masks from the wall. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Joubert's late father was this to Mat's older sister Ruth. | |
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Squad Nickname | |
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Squad Nickname: the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation is referred to only by its nickname, "Hawks". | |
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| Cape Town / int_23473ae7 | type |
Adaptation Expansion | |
| Cape Town / int_23473ae7 | comment |
Adaptation Expansion: the series remove the B-plot of bank robberies and include three new ones: the murder of Lara Joubert (explained in the novel), human trafficking and political machinations of ProGas. | |
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Dirty Harriet | |
| Cape Town / int_24e48d72 | comment |
Dirty Harriet: Lara, Joubert's wife and Hawks member, seduced a suspect in a drug smuggling case as a part of a sting operation and was murdered along with him. | |
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Defective Detective | |
| Cape Town / int_30adeff3 | comment |
Defective Detective: Joubert. A chain-smoking, alcoholic, overweight, self-loathing wreck after his wife Lara was killed in a sting operation thirteen months before the series start. | |
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Government Agency of Fiction | |
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Government Agency of Fiction: Hawks. While it's a real division of the South African Police Service, it's never referred to as its official name, Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation. | |
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Death by Adaptation | |
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Death by Adaptation: Hanna Fortier. | |
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Third Line, Some Waiting | |
| Cape Town / int_4c37b23 | comment |
Third Line, Some Waiting: the series-exclusive mystery of Lara Joubert's murder is the one that drags on the longest, but the other series-exclusive case, murders of human trafficking victims, is given almost as much prominence as the Mauser murders, if not more. In the novel, the B-plot of a string of bank robberies is more of a Two Lines, No Waiting case. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: "Do you know anyone who wears turtlenecks?" | |
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Do Not Call Me "Paul" | |
| Cape Town / int_50cc01e1 | comment |
Do Not Call Me "Paul": Christian Coolidge, the head of Rainbow Academy, hates being called "David". | |
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Sassy Black Woman | |
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Sassy Black Woman: Betsy, the office worker at the precinct. | |
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| Cape Town / int_524f94d3 | type |
Rape as Backstory | |
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Rape as Backstory: Hanna Fortier, who hunts down the six men who raped her, and puts the masks they were wearing during the rape on their corpses. Earlier, it is revealed that Robin van Rees also raped Joubert's sister Ruth and was strangled almost to death by her father. | |
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The Shrink | |
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The Shrink: Hanna Fortier, Joubert's psychotherapist and love interest. | |
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Driven to Suicide | |
| Cape Town / int_6d332aea | comment |
Driven to Suicide: Carin Oberholzer, when she realizes the connection between the Mauser Killer victims. She is afraid that the Killer may be going for her as well. | |
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Going Cold Turkey | |
| Cape Town / int_70506bc7 | comment |
Going Cold Turkey: we first meet Christian Coolidge as he stumbles out of what seems to be a cell, visibly hungover and disoriented. Turns out he's trying to kick his drug addiction. | |
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Internal Affairs | |
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Internal Affairs: De Wit wants Snook to investigate whether Joubert played any role in his wife's murder. | |
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Adaptation Explanation Extrication | |
| Cape Town / int_794f3589 | comment |
Adaptation Explanation Extrication: MacDonald's particular wound isn't explained in the series as in the novel, it's him who rapes Hanna, but that role in the series is given to van Rees. | |
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That Man Is Dead | |
| Cape Town / int_87ede6fc | comment |
That Man Is Dead: Hester Clarke, AKA Hanna Fortier. | |
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Cool Car | |
| Cape Town / int_8a295a46 | comment |
Cool Car: Snook's red Audi A5. | |
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Overly Long Name | |
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Overly Long Name: Marcus Andreas Theobald Joubert, goes by Mat. | |
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Vehicle-Based Characterization | |
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Vehicle-Based Characterization: Defective Detective Mat Joubert drives a junker VW Jetta. | |
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PrivateMilitaryContractor | |
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Private Military Contractor: Robin van Rees' company, Rinkhals. | |
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Bait-and-Switch Gunshot | |
| Cape Town / int_a0a838fe | comment |
Bait-and-Switch Gunshot: cut to two of the Big Bad's bodyguards outside shrugging because they think their boss offed Joubert. The Reveal has Hanna Fortier, Joubert's shrink, standing over van Rees' body with a Broomhandle Mauser. | |
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Paparazzi | |
| Cape Town / int_a31c79f3 | comment |
Paparazzi: the sleazy reporter, Dries Moorfood, who outs Charlie Zeelie and then tries to destroy Joubert by running an article accusing him of murdering his wife. | |
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Da Chief | |
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Da Chief: Colonel De Wit. | |
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Teeth-Clenched Teamwork | |
| Cape Town / int_c3648b87 | comment |
Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Joubert and Snook come to blows twice. | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive | |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive: Norbert Wernicke, a representative of the oil company ProGas. Also, the boss of Rinkhals, Robin van Rees. | |
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Composite Character | |
| Cape Town / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: Sanctus Snook. His role in the novel is divided between several characters. | |
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Groin Attack | |
| Cape Town / int_eaf5a1ac | comment |
Groin Attack: MacDonald, the drug smuggler, is shot in the crotch by the Mauser Killer. | |
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Big Damn Heroes | |
| Cape Town / int_eb81c601 | comment |
Big Damn Heroes: when Joubert is cornered on van Rees' farm and deafened by a gunshot, Snook suddenly arrives with the cops in tow. And that roughly five minutes after Joubert is saved by Hanna Fortier pulling a Villainous Rescue (or Anti-Villain-ian) | |
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Redemption Equals Death | |
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Redemption Equals Death: The Reveal has Hanna Fortier having her revenge on van Rees, the last one of her rapists, but then she dies as she and Joubert fend off Rinkhals mercenaries on van Rees' farm. | |
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The Alleged Car | |
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The Alleged Car: Joubert's second-generation VW Jetta. | |
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Bait-and-Switch Gunshot / int_3244422c | |
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German Series / int_3244422c | |
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Government Agency of Fiction / int_3244422c | |
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Rape and Revenge / int_3244422c | |
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Salt and Pepper / int_3244422c | |
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Sassy Black Woman / int_3244422c | |
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The Place / int_3244422c | |
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White Bread and Black Brotha / int_3244422c |
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