Gibbs' rules

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Gibbs' rules are a set of personal and professional guidelines frequently cited by the character Leroy Jethro Gibbs on the television series "NCIS," serving as a moral and operational code for his team.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gibbs rules 1
Gibbs' rules canonical 1
Gibbs’s Rules 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional concept ⓘ
set of rules ⓘ
television series element ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gibbs rules ⓘ
linked to: Gibbs' rules

Gibbs’s Rules ⓘ
linked to: Gibbs' rules
appearsIn NCIS ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Leroy Jethro Gibbs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creator Donald P. Bellisario ⓘ
describedAs life rules ⓘ
personal guidelines ⓘ
professional guidelines ⓘ
exampleRule Rule 12: Never date a coworker ⓘ
Rule 1: Never let suspects stay together ⓘ
Rule 39: There is no such thing as coincidence ⓘ
Rule 3: Never believe what you are told. Double check. ⓘ
Rule 45: Clean up the mess you make ⓘ
Rule 9: Never go anywhere without a knife ⓘ
fandomImpact inspired fan-made lists and posters ⓘ
widely quoted by NCIS fans ⓘ
feature rules are often quoted by number ⓘ
rules are treated as binding by Gibbs’s team ⓘ
rules cover ethics, safety, and investigative practice ⓘ
some rules are never fully revealed ⓘ
fictionalUniverse NCIS ⓘ
firstAppearedIn NCIS episode "Yankee White" ⓘ
NCIS season 1 ⓘ
linked to: NCIS
genre crime drama ⓘ
police procedural ⓘ
hasApproximateCount over 50 rules mentioned or implied in the series ⓘ
inUniverseDocumentation compiled by Abby Sciuto on a lab wall ⓘ
written on the back of Gibbs’s wallet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
narrativeFunction character development device ⓘ
moral code ⓘ
operational code ⓘ
running gag ⓘ
originWithinFiction created by Gibbs after experiences in his life and career ⓘ
partOf NCIS canon ⓘ
primaryUser Leroy Jethro Gibbs ⓘ
structure numbered list of rules ⓘ
usedBy Anthony DiNozzo ⓘ
Eleanor Bishop ⓘ
NCIS Major Case Response Team ⓘ
NCIS agents in the series ⓘ
Nick Torres ⓘ
Timothy McGee ⓘ
Ziva David ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leroy Jethro Gibbs → knownFor → Gibbs' rules ⓘ
Gibbs' rules → alsoKnownAs → Gibbs’s Rules ⓘ
linked to: Gibbs' rules
Gibbs' rules → alsoKnownAs → Gibbs rules ⓘ
linked to: Gibbs' rules