Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I. was a 1980s detective series set in Hawaii and starred Tom Selleck as Thomas Magnum, a Vietnam vet who'd set himself up as a private investigator. 
A remake series was produced on May 11, 2018.
==Canon Overview==
===Characters===
* Thomas Magnum (Thomas Sullivan Magnum IV)
* Jonathan Higgins (Jonathan Quayle Higgins III)
* T.C. (Theodore Calvin)
* Rick Wright (Orville Wilbur Richard "Rick" Wright)
* Robin Masters (who may or may not be the same person as Higgins) 
===Canonical Crossovers===
The show featured two-part crossover episodes with other crime shows of the day, including Simon & Simon and Murder She Wrote.
There were also nods to Hawaii 5-0, such as when Higgins calls Five-O to report a theft in Season 1, Episode 5, "Thank Heavens for Little Girls, and Big Ones Too." Or Magnum gets on the radio pretending he's with the police and asks: "Billy, this is McGarrett of Five-O. Is David Norman armed?" In in Season 1, Episode 6, "Skin Deep"
===Robin Master's Identity===
Like Charlie on Charlie's Angels, Robin Masters' face was never shown. As the series went on, there were increasing numbers of hints that Higgins, not "Robin", is the real author and owner of the estate. In the series finale, Higgins finally admits this but then later claims to have been lying. No definitive proof is ever given in canon.
==Original Series Fandom Overview==
The original series' fandom is relatively small, with only 134 works on AO3.
The majority of the early sharing of fanworks took place in print zines, either Magnum focused ones or multi-media zines.
Print zines with a focus of Magnum P.I. are Robin's Nest (fiction), and the letterzines How to Be a World Class Private Investigator, I Know What You're Thinking, and Little Voices.
===Slash Pairings===
Slash ships vary between Higgins/Magnum (33 works), TC/Magnum (7 Works) and TC/Rick. This might be expected considering the majority of the fandom took place before the world wide web was introduced. Although, it did have some small popularity in online spaces because there was a slash focused mailing list at one point. 
===In Crossovers===
* Homeward Bound by Alyjude (crossover with Sentinel in which Magnum is Blair Sandburg's father)
*Love Knots by Pam Rose (crossover with Starsky & Hutch, from Best Little Valentine Zine in Texas)
* The Last Chapter by Gina Martin (crossover with Hawaii 5-0, from Anything Goes #4)
* When Brass Turned to Gold is a crossover novel with Tales of the Gold Monkey
* Busman's Holiday by Brenda Callagher (crossover with Knight Rider from Knight 2000)
* Brilliant Disguise by Dovya Blaque (crossover with Indiana Jones from Hungry Hearts)
* Hawaiian Sunshine by Teresa Sarick (crossover with Doctor Who from Grip)
* Return to Paradise (crossover with Simon and Simon in Something to Love)
Image:silken4.jpg|from The Silken Thread That Binds Us: "Another interesting thing in this zine is an illustration of a bar, where Kirk, McCoy and Scotty are having a drink, and if you notice the other patrons, you will find Battlestar Galactica folk, Magnum P.I., I think someone is from Blake's Seven (not sure though) and the bartender is Sam from Cheers. There is no mention of these characters that I saw, just added to the background of the illustration."Text extracted from a 2015 eBay seller
===Original Series Fanworks in Multimedia Zines===
Alternate Dimensions of Reality | Bellisario's Boys | Brothers 'n Blues | Compadres | Cops and Robbers and Spies...Oh, My! | Dial S | The Eyes Have It! | Frisky Business | Fruit Cocktail | Guardian | Heat | The Karenina Continuity Chronicles | Lions and Tigers and Zines, Oh My! | Of Dreams and Schemes | One Way or Another | Our Favorite Things | The Osiris Files | Ouch! | Panning for Pyrites | Remote Control | Rerun Scenario | | Southern Lights | Subject: Adventure | Suffering Heroes | Sweet Justice | Wild Cards | The Yule Tide
===Sample Online Fanworks===
*Eine delikate Angelegenheit(txt version) by T'Len, Higgins needs help with a delicate matter and turns to Magnum - with surprising consequences. (Higgins/Magnum, 23 Feb 2006)
*I'm Sixty-Four (Or Perhaps Somewhat Older) by Lady_Ganesh, Magnum's not sure he's ready to admit that they're both getting older. (Higgins/Magnum, 02 May 2012)
===Sample Fanart===
File:Ourfave2back.jpg|Anne Batterby, from Our Favorite Things #2 (1985)
Image:Virgil Magnum 1985-1.jpg| Laura Virgil (1985)
Image:Virgil Magnum 1985.jpg| Laura Virgil (1985)
File:Vault11art11.jpg|Christine Myers from Vault of Tomorrow, this Star Trek: TOS character appears to be a bit of Magnum P.I. fan casting
File:Slights2.jpg|Laura Virgil, from Southern Lights #2 
File:Southernlights4-6.jpg|Laura Virgil, from Southern Lights #2 
File:Southernlights4-18.jpg|Laura Virgil, from Southern Lights #4 
File:Alternativedimensions1-1.jpg|T'Pyr, from Alternate Dimensions of Reality 
File:MPI WhenBrassGold.jpg|Christine Myers, from When Brass Turned to Gold 
File:Rerun2-11.jpg|Ann Shelby, from Rerun #2 
File:Wildcards3-3.jpg|Angi Towski, from Wild Cards #3 (1995) 
File:Osirisfiles2-6.jpg| Kate Soehnien?, from Osiris Files #2 
 Image:Littlevoices13.jpg| from Little Voices 
 Image:Eyes6.jpg| from The Eyes Have It! #6
File:Ourfavoritethings1-11.jpg|Tracy Christensen, from Our Favorite Things #3 (1984)
File:Ourfavoritethings1-12.jpg|Bonnie Reitz portrays Higgins and The Lads (Dobermans named Zeus and Apollo), from Our Favorite Things #3 (1984)
File:Ourfavoritethings1-13.jpg|Tracy Christensen, from Our Favorite Things #3 (1984)
===Fanvids===
* All For I and I For All (or That’s How It’s Gonna Be) by California Crew
* Bye Bye So Long Farewell by California Crew
* Yogi Bear by California Crew
* Hungarian Rhapsody
*Living Years
===Mailing Lists===
* Magnumslash - focused on the Magnum/Rick pairing
===Archives, Communities & Resources=== 
* Magnum, P.I., A Compendium of Facts by Jude Wilson (from Rerun #1)
*Fun Facts About Every Episode of Magnum, p.i.
*Magnum PI (1980) tag at AO3
==2018 Reboot Fandom Overview==
The 2018 series reboot focuses fiction on the Higgins/Magnum het pairing. On AO3, there are 1858 works.
 
*Magnum PI (2018) tag at AO3
==Notes==
==References==
Category: Magnum, P.I.