#kimball cho

[janes-cup-of-tea]

—The Mentalist, “Nothing But Blue Skies”

[profwonderbearthementalista]

Mentalist Trivia - Crafting the Characters

Patrick Jane

Simon came up with the idea of Jane having a couch as it served two purposes. 1) It reminded him of a therapist who can read and analyse people, just like Jane and 2) He could get to sit down at all times! The couch was meant to be 'slick yet messy', just like Jane.

Jane's suits were meant to always look wrinkled and crumpled as Jane stored them all in a drawer and not hung-up in a wardrobe. He also never ironed his suits.

CBS originally wanted Jane to drive a Taurus but Simon wanted a different car. He visited a movie lot with many cars used in films and chose the 1970s Citroen DS Pallas. The original colour of the Citroen was red but they resprayed it blue to match Jane's aesthetic.

Jane was written to wear sandals all the time but Simon suggested the fan favourite old brown shoes.

Jane is a working class Irish last name.

Teresa Lisbon

Lisbon was originally meant to be half Irish and half Portuguese.

Lisbon was meant to have 4 brothers.

The Lisbon brothers were originally meant to all be policemen or fireman (like Teresa and her dad respectively) with Tommy being the black sheep.

Jane and Lisbon were meant to have more of an enemies-to-friends dynamic but this changed thanks to the friendship between Simon and Robin.

Kimball Cho

Cho's millitary background became a pivotal part of his character after discussions with Tim and the producers.

Cho was meant to be a family man but Tim was given the freedom, to change Cho's background and character. In fact, all the actors were allowed to flesh out their characters by coming up with their backstories.

Wayne Rigsby

Rigsby was meant to be the 'frat jock guy' and 'popular with the ladies' but his character was changed thanks to Owain's personality and skill set.

The characters of Jane and Rigsby are the ones to be shown eating more than a bite of food. Owain remarked years later in a 2019 interview for Emergence that he put on weight from all the eating as tv food = real pounds so he had to start working out more.

The CBI Building

The CBI headquarters were made to look like an old Sacramento shipping company which is why there are faded adverts and slogans outside Jane's attic. The CBI building facade is actually the Pico House in downtown LA.

Red John

Red John's smiley face calling card is based on a real serial killer nicknamed the Smiley-Faced Killer who left smiley faces by the bodies.

Originally, Red John's arm was meant to be shown in scenes and there is a deleted scene in 1x01 where RJ has a tv screen and a cup of tea watching Jane.

Facts credited to TheMentalistHQ on Twitter and various interviews.

Tagging under the cut:

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[morgane-art]

You all heard about third wheeling but

Have you ever heard about

Fifth wheeling

My man is sick of all the flirting and bickering

[graciehart]

TIM KANG as KIMBALL CHO The Mentalist (2008-2015)

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[robntunney]

.°˖✧ HAPPY HOLIDAYS @profwonderbearthementalista

this is my family. i found it all on my own. it's little and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good.

[stellaseveride]

Man of Honor THE ROOKIE 3.01 || THE MENTALIST 7.12

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☆ THE MENTALIST APPRECIATION WEEK 2025 ☆

-> DAY 1 (2/12) - Season 1 or Favorite Character

She was SO happy 😭🥹

[montismissives]

⦗ THE MENTALIST APPRECIATION WEEK 2025 ⦘

DAY 1: season 1 or favorite character

my favorite character? KIMBALL CHO, FROM THE GET-GO. this pineapple-on-pizza hater and patrick jane enabler has stolen my heart since he first appeared onscreen. he just steals and owns every scene he's on. it's just like what jane said: “ NO BUSINESS LIKE CHO BUSINESS ”! 🙂‍↕️🙏🏻

hello, the mentalist fandom! 👋🏻 i hope you guys have room for a new fan around. gosh, i regret not joining this fandom earlier! i have only finished the first season of the show, and came back to tumblr just in time to see that an appreciation week for the show is being hosted. i'm way too ecstatic not to hop in and join. i'm currently binging season 2, and i hope that by participating in this event, i get to meet more people in the fandom and my fellow kimball cho lovers too.

[badadboombadabing26]

Be the change you want to see in a Fandom that's been dead since the 2000's

[skulandcrossbones]

TIM KANG as KIMBALL CHO the mentalist 2x14: blood in, blood out

[profwonderbearthementalista]

Happy Blue Bird Day/Jisbon 10th Anniversary!!

Here are some more collages to celebrate Blue Bird 6x22 first airing 10 years ago exactly today (May 18th 2014) !!

A massive thank you to all the girls @tmsource for your daily gorgeous #jisbon100countdown gifsets which have got all us Mentalistas prepared for today!

Massive Disclaimer: All the fanart used in my Blue Bird collages have been found from Tumblr, Pinterest and Google Search. The people who have made these are insanely talented and these collages are a celebration of their talent!

@feministjane, @backgroundagent3, @adder24, @lightningzombie and @magicandmaybe

Photo credit to @renegadesstuff

[tmsource]

TMSOURCE's Episode of the Week ↳ WEEK 12 ✧ 1x01 — "Pilot"

Dear mister Jane, I do not like to be slandered in the media, especially by a dirty money-grubbing fraud. If you were a real psychic, instead of a dishonest little worm, you wouldn't need to open the door to see what I've done to your lovely wife and child.

[graciehart]

THE MENTALIST + text posts