Abigail Sciuto
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| Abigail "Abby" Sciuto | |
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Forensic Scientist |
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Female |
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Pauley Perrette |
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Current Character |
Abigail "Abby" Sciuto is the forensic scientist on the NCIS team. McGee occasionally assists her with forensic and computer work. Known for her gothic style of dress and addiction to the fictional, high-caffeine beverage "CafPow". She is the most active person of the team, often hugging everyone and talking fast. Unlike the rest of the team she and Dr. Donald Mallard never get "headslaps" from Gibbs.
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[edit] Personality
Abby is known for her gothic style of dress and her pigtailed dyed hair, with at least nine tattoos on her neck, arms, back, ankle and other places which are only hinted ; while some of the tattoos are real, some, such as the large cross on her back, are makeup applied for the occasions when Perrette shows her bare back on camera. The spider web on her neck is not real either; producer Donald Bellisario wanted the character to have a tattoo that would be visible (almost) all the time. Her style of clothing includes black dresses and t-shirts, mini-skirts, and goth jewelery. She often wears anklets and toe rings. She has stated several times that she sleeps in a coffin, and in the episode "Hiatus", she says she has a hearse that has flat tires all the time. At one time she also owned a Harley and revealed her then-boyfriend tried to run over her with it while she was sleeping. Abby has a happy-go-lucky attitude and a sweet personality.
Abby is a hearing child born to deaf parents. Gibbs tells DiNozzo she had deaf parents and likes her music loud. Like Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Abby seems to thrive on caffeine; unlike Gibbs, who drinks a lot of coffee, she prefers her caffeine in the form of a soda called "Caf-Pow". When changing the artwork in her lab, she states that she has a "Chagall feeling"–a reference to Marc Chagall, a Jewish Belo-Russian artist whose main works came from fantasy and dreams. Her favorite term for something out of ordinary is "hinky". Her favorite bands are The NewlyDeads, Plastic Death, Android Lust, and Brain Matter, a band started by her friends. In Season 3's "Deception", Abby asks DiNozzo to help her ID some audio evidence, explaining she is having trouble hearing because of attending a Plastic Death concert the night before. She has a stuffed hippo named Bert that passes gas when squeezed
[edit] Background
A native of New Orleans, Louisiana, Abby graduated with full honors from Louisiana State University with a triple major in sociology, criminology and psychology. She earned her master's degree from Georgia State University in criminology and forensic science (Perrette likewise has a Master's Degree in Criminology[1], and has toured the real NCIS offices to meet with the real forensic specialists[2]; the source of her interest in forensics is the same as her character's; living near a wrecking yard and being intrigued by the cause and effect of the wrecks).[3]
Abby is well-versed in her field of study; she is rarely stumped by the puzzles which Gibbs' team present to her. Also, she does all the work on the evidence herself. In season 3, when she is given an "assistant", Chip Sterling, she revolts, but puts up with him. He turns out to be homicidal, and as a result, Abby is freed of him.
In Episode 6.21 entitled "Toxic" Abby was temporarily detached from NCIS and seconded to a special project codenamed "Tarburst" following the disappearance of the project's chief scientist Dr. Phillip Heller. To all outward appearances the purpose of the project was to cure "Afghanistan War Syndrome," however, this aim was a cover story to disguise, a covert operation to develop a biological weapon to enable targeted assassinations without placing assets in the line of fire.
Episode 6.22 demonstrates that Abby has a phobia related to Los Angeles stemming from the events of the Judgment Day story arc.
It has been shown that she has a younger brother. [4]
[edit] Relationships with Colleagues
[edit] Gibbs
Abby has a father-daughter type relationship with Gibbs with a running gag that Gibbs walks in just when she discovers something, something she theorizes has something to do with a psychic link. She is usually excited when Gibbs comes into the lab especially if he has a "Caf-Pow," an extra large convenience store cup of soda, which he gives her as a reward for good work. One Valentines day Gibbs gave her a Caf-Pow with a stuffed "love you" on the straw. Abby is extremely defensive when it comes to Gibbs. Just one example was declaring that she can kill a person without leaving any forensic evidence. In the season 5 episode, Leap of Faith, Abby receives a bouquet of black roses from Gibbs for solving the case. While Tony remarks that the flowers should have been his McGee and Ziva both agree that Tony should stop trying because “Abby will always be his(Gibbs’s) favorite.” Also, Gibbs takes her out to dinner the night before her birthday, except for the year he was too involved in a case. He somehow got a gift into her office unseen, even though she had been in the lab the entire night. While the rest of the team each gave her black roses, when she opened the large, gift wrapped box from Gibbs, it emitted a glowing light and she was impressed. We did not see what the gift was.
[edit] DiNozzo
Abby's relationship with Tony is quite close in spite of the fact that Abby unwittingly played a part in Tony's incarceration during the events chronicled in the third season episode entitled "Frame Up". However, after she has her faith restored in her forensics, she thought of everything she could to discover who the real criminal was.
In the season five episode "Internal Affairs" Abby steadfastly maintained the team's innocence in the murder of René Benoit by aaserting that if a member of the had committed murder that Gibbs would have been aware of the fact. A point which both Deputy Director Vance and Special Agent Fornell had overlooked.
After Tony, Ziva, and Tim were reassigned Abby proceeded to keep a tally of the number of days since their reassignment as a reminder to Gibbs to work towards the restoration of Tony, Ziva, and Tim to Gibbs' team. Abby was overjoyed by Tony's reassignment back to Washington DC
[edit] McGee
Abby and McGee dated briefly during Season One, however they ended the relationship later in the season and remain good friends ever since. Abby often jokes around with McGee, sometimes sexually. In some instances, she becomes jealous when McGee projects his attention onto another woman.
