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La Femme Nikita

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La Femme Nikita	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })La Femme Nikita (Nikita in Canada) is a Canadian-American television spy drama based upon the original French film directed by Luc Besson, co-produced by Jay Firestone (Firestone Entertainment) and Warner Bros., and created for television by Joel Surnow, who later co-created 24 with Robert Cochran, his fellow La Femme Nikita executive consultant. This television series debuted in the United States on USA Network in January 1997 and ran for five seasons, until March 2001. La Femme Nikita was the highest-rated drama on American basic cable during its first two seasons; also distributed on television in Canada (as Nikita) and, ultimately, internationally, it continues to have a strong cult following.The premise of the story is that Nikita (Peta Wilson) is a homeless street urchin who finds herself wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to die. Recruited by a mysterious organization known as Section One, she is trained as an assassin and paired with an operative known as Michael. Each episode would take Nikita up against various criminals and terrorists or her own employers. A frequent theme of a season would be Nikita attempting to escape Section One.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The show is notable for its dark and unforgiving story lines, especially for its time. Nikita's employers are ruthless and often treat their operatives as less than tools. Likewise, Nikita's own morality is not always justified against the kind of monsters she faces.The series was also known for its soundtrack. It had a unique way to determine what season an episode was in: the number of words in a title was the season number. For example, season 2 episodes all have a two word title.A remake, Nikita, was launched for the 2010-2011 season on the CW.
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La Femme Nikita / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Walter.
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La Femme Nikita / int_17fc8b9c	type	Storyboarding the Apocalypse
La Femme Nikita / int_17fc8b9c	comment	Storyboarding the Apocalypse: Used to chilling effect in Season Two's Finale "End Game" by Operations and Adrian, especially due to the Harsher in Hindsight nature this discussion takes following the Invasion of Iraq and the current rise of ISIS. Operations justifies his support of Saddam Hussein by describing the chaos that would follow if the dictator suddenly fell from power. In a unique take on the trope, Adrian provides her own take on the situation, stating that Operations will use Hussein as an attack dog to seize control of the Middle East and later go on without Hussein to take over more countries and strategic resources.
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La Femme Nikita / int_19102429	type	Twist Ending
La Femme Nikita / int_19102429	comment	Twist Ending: Frequent instances. Many in order twist the knife and show that the Section had been manipulating Nikita.
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La Femme Nikita / int_1c5002bc	type	The Stoic
La Femme Nikita / int_1c5002bc	comment	The Stoic: Michael, and, to some extent, nearly everyone at Section One.
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La Femme Nikita / int_1dea3034	type	Cool Shades
La Femme Nikita / int_1dea3034	comment	Cool Shades: Nikita and Michael, especially the former, who collects them.
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La Femme Nikita / int_237569e4	type	Ironic Hell
La Femme Nikita / int_237569e4	comment	Ironic Hell: Nikita actually manages to turn Operations and Madeline from favorably disposed to her to actively hating her due to her constant attempts to undermine them. Nikita also arguably makes Madeline and Operations worse people than they are at the start of Season 1 (a tremendous accomplishment). See also: Madeline's inner conflict over whether her mother was really the driving force behind her alienation. "If that's true, then I created my own Hell, and have lived in it ever since."
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La Femme Nikita / int_260926c3	type	Failure Is the Only Option
La Femme Nikita / int_260926c3	comment	Failure Is the Only Option: Nobody gets out of Section. Nobody. Except for season-ending cliffhangers, but you know they'll be back.
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La Femme Nikita / int_2be271c7	type	Hollywood Hacking
La Femme Nikita / int_2be271c7	comment	Hollywood Hacking: Mid-nineties vintage. One scene use the console command screen of Quake to depict hacking.
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La Femme Nikita / int_2c620f20	type	Cleanup Crew
La Femme Nikita / int_2c620f20	comment	Cleanup Crew: Section 1's "Housekeeping", in charge of disposing of corpses and blood.
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La Femme Nikita / int_2eb94abd	type	Deadly Euphemism
La Femme Nikita / int_2eb94abd	comment	I've decided he's going to recover. His will to live is very strong. Your will to save him has to be strong, too. I'll help you. Go back inside. Tell your colleagues to do the possible, then the impossible, and then the unthinkable, until he's out of danger. Because when you're finished, Doctor, that room will contain either four living men, or four corpses. Do you understand?
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La Femme Nikita / int_3403abfc	type	Mugged for Disguise
La Femme Nikita / int_3403abfc	comment	Mugged for Disguise: In the episode "Rescue", Nikita is shown saving a woman while dressed like a nurse. A few seconds later, a soldier finds an unfortunate nurse Bound and Gagged in a closet, stripped down to her skivvies.
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La Femme Nikita / int_34dcfc96	type	Kick the Dog
La Femme Nikita / int_34dcfc96	comment	Kick the Dog: Both Operations and Madeline have numerous moments to remind us that, while they may act like Michael and Nikita they most certainly are NOT Michael and Nikita. Often used with villains to show why Section One is the lesser of two evils.
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La Femme Nikita / int_34dd5f3	type	La RÃ©sistance
La Femme Nikita / int_34dd5f3	comment	La Résistance: Several examples: Adrian's organization, whose goal is to bring down Section to prevent it from taking over the world. Michael was part of a radical left student organization in France prior to joining Section.
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La Femme Nikita / int_369a1bf6	type	Death Faked for You
La Femme Nikita / int_369a1bf6	comment	Death Faked for You: Section's standard operating procedure, when recruiting.
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La Femme Nikita / int_3820a9ea	type	Tomboyish Name
La Femme Nikita / int_3820a9ea	comment	Tomboyish Name Nikita, depending on the language. Section One founder Adrian.
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La Femme Nikita / int_3a1c2171	type	The Man Behind the Man
La Femme Nikita / int_3a1c2171	comment	The Man Behind the Man After two seasons of seeming to be independent, George is introduced as Operations' boss. Behind George was revealed another mysterious "Mister Jones," who turned out to be Nikita's friend Mick. Except he was the a fake "Mister Jones", the real Mister Jones was Nikita's father. Section One, and the rest of the Sections, is controlled by "Oversight", which in turn anwers to "Center". Also, Section One must answer to or maintain stable relations with agencies such as the CIA.
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La Femme Nikita / int_3b4f2811	type	Dangerous Workplace
La Femme Nikita / int_3b4f2811	comment	Dangerous Workplace: Just how many secret experiments are being run downstairs, anyway?
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La Femme Nikita / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
La Femme Nikita / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Operations makes a habit of killing his employees. Theoretically, this is justified since they're supposedly all former inmates facing life imprisonment. In practice, we find out plenty aren't. In fact, S1 spends so much time backstabbing, plotting and counterplotting, etc, that it begins to strain credulity that the organization can function at all. Lampshaded by Operations shortly after Michael and Nikita escape. "This place is falling apart."
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La Femme Nikita / int_4023b8c8	type	First-Name Basis
La Femme Nikita / int_4023b8c8	comment	First-Name Basis/Last-Name Basis: Both apply. Most of the regular characters are known only by their first names. Several are known only by their last names.
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La Femme Nikita / int_40c57041	type	Manipulative Bastard
La Femme Nikita / int_40c57041	comment	Manipulative Bastard: Every one of the Section higher-ups.
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La Femme Nikita / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
La Femme Nikita / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Nikita ultimately becomes the head of Section One, while Michael leaves to raise his son.
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La Femme Nikita / int_424c9a9b	type	Cold-Blooded Torture
La Femme Nikita / int_424c9a9b	comment	Cold-Blooded Torture: Madeline's specialty And the two technicians who silently show up in the White Room after every interrogation with their briefcases.
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La Femme Nikita / int_426398af	type	Final Season Casting
La Femme Nikita / int_426398af	comment	Final Season Casting: When the series was brought back from cancellation, it did so with a significant cast shakeup. Roy Dupuis, Matthew Ferguson and Alberta Watson were all gone—all three made return appearances—and Cindy Dolenc, who had played Kate Quinn in several episodes the previous season, was promoted to regular.
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La Femme Nikita / int_443b78cd	type	Tranquil Fury
La Femme Nikita / int_443b78cd	comment	Tranquil Fury: Madeline's domain. Perhaps most terrifyingly used in New Regime: I've decided he's going to recover. His will to live is very strong. Your will to save him has to be strong, too. I'll help you. Go back inside. Tell your colleagues to do the possible, then the impossible, and then the unthinkable, until he's out of danger. Because when you're finished, Doctor, that room will contain either four living men, or four corpses. Do you understand?
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La Femme Nikita / int_44f5d199	type	Pretty in Mink
La Femme Nikita / int_44f5d199	comment	Pretty in Mink: Since a lot of her missions required her to pretend to be rich.
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La Femme Nikita / int_474e3977	type	You Have Failed Me
La Femme Nikita / int_474e3977	comment	You Have Failed Me: "Abeyance" is literally where you send incompetent agents to die in suicide missions.
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La Femme Nikita / int_4852f325	type	I Just Want to Be Normal
La Femme Nikita / int_4852f325	comment	I Just Want to Be Normal: Nikita, especially in the first season.
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La Femme Nikita / int_486b2b4c	type	Girls Behind Bars
La Femme Nikita / int_486b2b4c	comment	Girls Behind Bars: Most notably in "Open Heart," guest-starring Gina Torres.
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La Femme Nikita / int_4abc2ca9	type	Virtual Ghost
La Femme Nikita / int_4abc2ca9	comment	Virtual Ghost: One is made of Madeline after she kills herself, but not for long.
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La Femme Nikita / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
La Femme Nikita / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Standard operating procedure for Section One, including having Michael seduce, marry, live with for several years and father a child by a woman in case her terrorist father decided to contact her.
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La Femme Nikita / int_510619dd	type	Covert Group
La Femme Nikita / int_510619dd	comment	Covert Group: Section One, where the main character works with.
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La Femme Nikita / int_53f5119f	type	The Dragon
La Femme Nikita / int_53f5119f	comment	The Dragon Michael used to be Operations' Dragon. It may explain why he takes his later betrayals so personally. Davenport later becomes Operations' Dragon. In the Season 4 finale Nikita is revealed to be the Dragon for Mr. Jones, though this Mr. Jones is actually an impostor.
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La Femme Nikita / int_54f38833	type	PostScriptSeason
La Femme Nikita / int_54f38833	comment	Post-Script Season: Season 5 was the result of a fan campaign in reaction to the series being cancelled after Season 4, which ends with some dangling plots.
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La Femme Nikita / int_559db5c1	type	TheUriahGambit
La Femme Nikita / int_559db5c1	comment	The Uriah Gambit: Operations strategy for dealing with incompetent officers. Does it to Nikita several times.
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La Femme Nikita / int_5941d75	type	Beta Couple
La Femme Nikita / int_5941d75	comment	Beta Couple: While Michael and Nikita's relationship was a central plot of the series, Operations and Madeline, whose ruthless actions were frequently leavened by their soft spots for one another, had a fan following as well.
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La Femme Nikita / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
La Femme Nikita / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Played straight when Section One and Red Cell join forces to stop a common enemy. Subverted in that the two organizations also plan on taking advantage of the situation to destroy the other from within.
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La Femme Nikita / int_5a4aa505	type	Government Conspiracy
La Femme Nikita / int_5a4aa505	comment	Government Conspiracy: Section One IS a government conspiracy; in the remake this is one of the reasons for Nikita's vendetta
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La Femme Nikita / int_5abc8612	type	Unholy Matrimony
La Femme Nikita / int_5abc8612	comment	Unholy Matrimony: He's the Big Boss/personification of Ends Justify The Means. She's a psychological/physical torture specialist who has been a sociopath since she was a child. They run an organization together where the only thing that keeps them busier than killing bad guys is killing their own employees. She's the only person to address him by his first name, and they're very protective of each other - murderously so.
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La Femme Nikita / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
La Femme Nikita / int_6439de78	comment	Heroic Sacrifice Birkoff kills himself to destroy an A.I. that has taken over Section and tries to destroy it to set Birkoff free Mr. Jones gives himself over to the Collective to save Michael's son and is promptly executed.
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La Femme Nikita / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
La Femme Nikita / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: Few regular characters even get last names. Exception for the people Section One opposes, who are always given full names when introduced in the mission briefings.
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La Femme Nikita / int_68b79850	type	Born into Slavery
La Femme Nikita / int_68b79850	comment	Born into Slavery: Birkhof was born in Section since his mother was an agent. He's known no other life outside the Section, rarely goes outside, and unlike every other agent he actually lives inside the building.
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La Femme Nikita / int_6f059863	type	Oddly Small Organization
La Femme Nikita / int_6f059863	comment	Oddly Small Organization: Section. Judging by its worldwide reach, and endless intelligence, would probably have hundreds or at least tens of thousands of employees, yet it always seems like a few dozens or so (most of which we already know). As a result, the big boss appears to be micro-managing everything they do. (One might suspect a man in charge of such an organization would have better things to do with his time.) Possibly averted: there was the occasional hint that Section One is just a blacker than usual black ops division of the CIA. Then it turned out to be the black ops division of a larger, more clandestine intelligence organization.
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La Femme Nikita / int_794095d7	type	Boxed Crook
La Femme Nikita / int_794095d7	comment	Boxed Crook: How Section One gets its agents.
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La Femme Nikita / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
La Femme Nikita / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Madeline's relationship with her lovers.
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La Femme Nikita / int_820133fd	type	Tragic Hero
La Femme Nikita / int_820133fd	comment	Tragic Hero: Nikita.
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La Femme Nikita / int_8504b817	type	Where the Hell Is Springfield?
La Femme Nikita / int_8504b817	comment	Where the Hell Is Springfield?: The series is often vague about its locations, including that of Section One itself. Its original command center is only revealed to be in Paris when it is destroyed to prevent the enemy from gaining control. The other command centers and Section One sub-centers are not revealed unless they are destroyed or are temporary installations. Yet, "mysteriously", all the locations look an awful lot like Toronto, even Sierra Leone (barring some stock footage inserted for an establishing shot).
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La Femme Nikita / int_8767b1f3	type	Black-and-Gray Morality
La Femme Nikita / int_8767b1f3	comment	Black-and-Gray Morality: The Section is terrible. Nikita, despite her protestations, isn't much better.
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La Femme Nikita / int_8e647ba9	type	Undercover as Lovers
La Femme Nikita / int_8e647ba9	comment	Undercover as Lovers: Nikita and Michael, more than once.
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La Femme Nikita / int_926da3d0	type	Virtual Danger Denial
La Femme Nikita / int_926da3d0	comment	Virtual Danger Denial: A hacker attacks both Section One and Red Cell and they pull an Enemy Mine to track him and find him. When they do, the hacker shows surprise at the fact that they managed to track him-and it's sort of implied that he thought he was playing some kind of war game.
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La Femme Nikita / int_994928f9	type	Crapsack World
La Femme Nikita / int_994928f9	comment	Crapsack World: Merely being exposed to Section. Smart ass hacker Hillinger accidentally gets a glimpse of the cool-tech side of Section and marvels at how awesome it would be to work there, only to be shoved into a room by Nikita to watch a man being tortured to death. "Is that a terrorist?" he asks while emotionally breaking. "Nope, that's Dave. He went and met an old girlfriend." Now Hillinger is stuck in Section for having seen it.
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La Femme Nikita / int_9c47b23b	type	Dirty Communists
La Femme Nikita / int_9c47b23b	comment	Dirty Communists: Red Cell is described as a terrorist organization out of North Korea, early in Season 1, though no member shown in the series' run is Asian. Red is the traditional color of communism.
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La Femme Nikita / int_9ff2b000	type	The Consigliere
La Femme Nikita / int_9ff2b000	comment	The Consigliere: Madeline for Operations.
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La Femme Nikita / int_a0c55654	type	The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
La Femme Nikita / int_a0c55654	comment	The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: Self-lampshaded by Errol Sparks, leader of Glass Curtain, who sees himself as a crazed revolutionary.
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La Femme Nikita / int_a3a6fdb2	type	Room 101
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La Femme Nikita / int_a536f3a3	type	Gender-Blender Name
La Femme Nikita / int_a536f3a3	comment	Gender-Blender Name: Nikita is actually a male name, depending on the language.
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La Femme Nikita / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
La Femme Nikita / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: The characters who would be come Birkoff, Walter, Madeline and Operations—the entire cast minus Nikita and Michael, in other words—existed in the original film as minor characters, collectively getting less than ten minutes of screen time.
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La Femme Nikita / int_a79b1317	type	Spy Versus Spy
La Femme Nikita / int_a79b1317	comment	Spy Versus Spy: Not only Section One versus its enemy organizations, its also Section One versus Oversight.
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La Femme Nikita / int_a8af3e53	type	Secret Police
La Femme Nikita / int_a8af3e53	comment	Secret Police: Section One IS a secret police operating worldwide, and acts like a secret police towards its own operatives. Center and Oversight also act like a secret police towards Section.
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La Femme Nikita / int_ac4ac8e5	type	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
La Femme Nikita / int_ac4ac8e5	comment	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: Season one episodes have one word titles, season two episodes have two word titles, etc.
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La Femme Nikita / int_ac560dc4	type	Save the Villain
La Femme Nikita / int_ac560dc4	comment	Save the Villain: Nikita must often save Operations from being overthrown.
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La Femme Nikita / int_aca32000	type	Armor-Piercing Response
La Femme Nikita / int_aca32000	comment	Armor-Piercing Response: In a deleted scene, Operations drinks in the dark lamenting being sidelined by Nikita and Mr. Jones. He remarks to Walter that he gave his life to this organization, having worked in it in some capacity since his faked death in Vietnam. While sharing the drink, Walter chuckles and points out that Operations gave a lot of people's lives to the organization.
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La Femme Nikita / int_b1346878	type	Fate Worse than Death
La Femme Nikita / int_b1346878	comment	Fate Worse than Death: Getting captured by Section is generally regarded as this, as Madeline often points out during an interrogation. "The doctors say you're going to live. That's the bad news. There is no good news." You leave the White Room as a corpse or a new agent. There are no other options, if one is even given to you.
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La Femme Nikita / int_b2c737e8	type	Klingon Promotion
La Femme Nikita / int_b2c737e8	comment	Klingon Promotion: Operation's strategy to get out of Section and take Oversight is this. Operations is subject to an assassination attempt in order for someone to take his job, and Mr. Jones implies that while it's not standard procedure, there is precedent for it.
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La Femme Nikita / int_bc3cb7ff	type	Clear My Name
La Femme Nikita / int_bc3cb7ff	comment	Clear My Name: Sorta. It would fit well under the old name of the trope (Wrongly Accused), but Nikita spends very little time trying to clear her name, though the wrongful accusation forms a key element of the series. Regardless, once she's been exposed to Section 1, her fate is sealed.
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La Femme Nikita / int_bcb313b3	type	UnCancelled
La Femme Nikita / int_bcb313b3	comment	Un-Cancelled: As a result we got the eight episodes of Season 5 to tie up loose ends.
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La Femme Nikita / int_bf74d357	type	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
La Femme Nikita / int_bf74d357	comment	Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: As unconvincing as possible having a guy looking like Clark Gable with Nikita as his wife won't come down as this no matter the in-universe squick.
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La Femme Nikita / int_c4db6423	type	Yank the Dog's Chain
La Femme Nikita / int_c4db6423	comment	Yank the Dog's Chain: Nikita's attempts to escape Section One end in bitter failure.
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La Femme Nikita / int_c83a589c	type	Luke, I Am Your Father
La Femme Nikita / int_c83a589c	comment	Luke, I Am Your Father: Subverted. Madeline suggests this of Operations and Nikita (primarily to keep her from killing him), but it's later proven to be false. (Of course, Nikita's argument that no father would willingly expose his child to Section doesn't exactly pan out...)
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La Femme Nikita / int_d7b34c31	type	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
La Femme Nikita / int_d7b34c31	comment	Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Apparently by official policy, the head of Section 1 is referred to as Operations and addressed as "Sir", except sometimes by Madeleine and George.
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La Femme Nikita / int_dda99fa8	type	Despair Event Horizon
La Femme Nikita / int_dda99fa8	comment	Despair Event Horizon: Operations, who never really recovered from losing Madeline and control of Section in one blow.
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La Femme Nikita / int_e52a0409	type	Calling the Old Man Out
La Femme Nikita / int_e52a0409	comment	Calling the Old Man Out: Nikita's father, wonderful man, runs the Sections and arranged for his daughter to be framed, "executed", enslaved, and run through hell, so she could replace him. She doesn't approve.
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La Femme Nikita / int_e70127	type	The Mole
La Femme Nikita / int_e70127	comment	On Season 5 Quinn is revealed as a mole. Operations believes he has found The Mole working for the Collective. It turns out she's another of Center's moles.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f27ec906	type	Identical Stranger
La Femme Nikita / int_f27ec906	comment	Identical Stranger: In addition to several duplicates infiltrating Section under the guise of a main character, there was also Birkoff being replaced by his own twin brother after his Heroic Sacrifice. Said main character also takes a turn at impersonating another series regular.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f4379d92	type	Double Reverse Quadruple Agent
La Femme Nikita / int_f4379d92	comment	Double Reverse Quadruple Agent: Nikita, so many many times. And most of the characters take at least one turn at this.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f49b7394	type	Lzherusskie
La Femme Nikita / int_f49b7394	comment	Lzherusskie: Nigel Bennett of all people. A great actor but his attempts at being Russian are... interesting to say the least.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f50c4557	type	Viewer-Friendly Interface
La Femme Nikita / int_f50c4557	comment	Viewer-Friendly Interface: Averted. Although this is mostly not averted in the remake, Nikita's computer looks like it's running GTK+ 1.0 under an X11 window manager.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f5e59782	type	A Real Man Is a Killer
La Femme Nikita / int_f5e59782	comment	A Real Woman Is a Killer: Nikita's induction into Section is secured when she proves she can kill.
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La Femme Nikita / int_f9c17447	type	The Remnant
La Femme Nikita / int_f9c17447	comment	The Remnant: "The Collective", formed by the surviving members of Red Cell, Glass Curtain, the Freedom League and several other organizations defeated by Section One.
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La Femme Nikita / int_fa73ee9d	type	Explosive Leash
La Femme Nikita / int_fa73ee9d	comment	Explosive Leash: Oddly enough, Section doesn't use them, but some of their opponents do! Nikita gets to wear one at least twice in the series.
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La Femme Nikita / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
La Femme Nikita / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Section One, according to some. Some of their enemies as well. Nikita appears to fall into this category in the 2010 remake.
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La Femme Nikita / int_ff7f34c5	type	Pet the Dog
La Femme Nikita / int_ff7f34c5	comment	Pet the Dog: Operations gets these on occasion. Yes, Operations. Such as the time, after Walter endured torture on behalf of Section, he gave him a token of sentimental value and told him to take a month off. Operations was about to put an agent on abayence simply out of jealousy that he was Madeline's latest fling. He finally decided not to once he realized it was petty and the agent was actually doing important work. Often provided to various characters by Nikita. After spending an episode pretending to be a medium to help a terrorist leader communicate with his dead son, Nikita reveals to him just minutes before his execution that his son is alive and in Section custody which she reveals because he kept his "professional" life away from his family.
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