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Ricardo Tubbs
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| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Ricardo Tubbs |
| Occupation: | Metro-Dade Police detective |
| Relationships: | Sonny Crockett (partner), Rafael Tubbs (brother, deceased), Ricardo Tubbs Jr. (son), Valerie Gordon (love interest) |
| Fandom: | Miami Vice |
| Other: | portrayed by Philip Michael Thomas |
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Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs is a character on the television show Miami Vice. He is a detective with the Organized Crime Bureau, Vice Division, partnered with Sonny Crockett.
Canon
Tubbs is a street cop from NYC who came to Miami looking for revenge and stayed to ogle all the ladies in bikinis (or Crockett depending on which fans you ask). Rico's love interests also tended to die or turn evil, but he was given to anger and suicidal undercover missions rather than brooding like Crockett.
Fanon
- Tubbs is an unlikable pratfalling idiot. (As with many character interpretations, YMMV, but Tubbs isn't primarily used as comic relief in canon.)
- Castillo dislikes Tubbs or thinks he's incompetent in comparison to Crockett.
- Tubbs the yenta who helps hook Crockett up with Castillo.
Shipping
Crockett/Tubbs is the main pairing often preferred by new fans and more commonly found in online archives, although zines primarily featured Crockett/Castillo. It has been widely speculated that race played a large part in Tubbs' lack of popularity.
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
Fanart
Tubbs and Crockett, front cover of Sanity Maintenance #2 (1987) by Suzy Sansom
Crockett/Tubbs art by KOZ from Wicked Games (1993)
External Links
- Ricardo Tubbs tag at Archive of Our Own
- Ricardo "Rico" Tubbs at Miami Vice Wiki
- Ricardo Tubbs at Wikipedia
References