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* RealMenWearPink: Contrast the closeted homosexual Harding (who fears showing signs of weakness) with the straight, [[RatedMForManly boisterous]] [=McMurphy=] who isn't afraid to express his softer side once in a while.

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* RealMenWearPink: Contrast the closeted homosexual Harding (who fears showing signs of weakness) with the straight, [[RatedMForManly boisterous]] boisterous [=McMurphy=] who isn't afraid to express his softer side once in a while.
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* DepravedDwarf: Warren the orderly has dwarfism, and is one of Nurse Ratched's enforcers.

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* DepravedDwarf: Warren Williams the orderly has dwarfism, and is one of Nurse Ratched's enforcers.



* ScaryBlackMan: The three daytime orderlies, Warren, Washington, and Williams, are horribly abusive to the patients.[[FreudianExcuse Warren at least has the excuse of having seen his mother raped by whites as a child.]] Averted with Geever, a night-shift orderly who removes the used chewing gum from the underside of the Chief's bunk, and Turkle, another night man who lets the patients have their party before [=McMurphy's=] [[spoiler:self-foiled]] escape.

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* ScaryBlackMan: The three daytime orderlies, Warren, Washington, and Williams, are horribly abusive to the patients.[[FreudianExcuse Warren Williams at least has the excuse of having seen his mother raped by whites as a child.]] Averted with Geever, a night-shift orderly who removes the used chewing gum from the underside of the Chief's bunk, and Turkle, another night man who lets the patients have their party before [=McMurphy's=] [[spoiler:self-foiled]] escape.



* TroubledAbuser: Warren, one of the ScaryBlackMan attendants who are downright abusive toward the patients of the mental hospital they work in, is said to have [[HarmfulToMinors seen his mother being raped by a white man as a child]].

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* TroubledAbuser: Warren, Williams, one of the ScaryBlackMan attendants who are downright abusive toward the patients of the mental hospital they work in, is said to have [[HarmfulToMinors seen his mother being raped by a white man as a child]].
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* NomDeMom: The Metis narrator is named Chief Bromden. He inherited "Chief" from his Indian dad, Chief Tee Ah Millatoona, but "Bromden" from his white mom.
* NoMedicationForMe: It is mentioned that the anti-seizure medication causes your teeth to fall out, which is a good reason why some of the patients don't want to take it.[[note]]In real life, decreased salivation ("cotton mouth") is a side-effect of most psychoactive drugs of various kinds and daily use over a long period of time is likely to wreck your teeth.[[/note]] One gets the unfortunate side effect mentioned above, and decides he'd rather have the seizures; the other is terrified of having a seizure, and takes the medication intended for the first epileptic as well as his own to make sure he avoids it.

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* NomDeMom: The Metis narrator is named Chief Bromden. He inherited "Chief" from his Indian dad, Chief Tee Ah Millatoona, but "Bromden" from his white mom.
mom. In fact, when his parents got married, his father took his mother's name instead of the other way around.
* NoMedicationForMe: It is mentioned that the anti-seizure medication causes your teeth to fall out, which is a good reason why some of the patients don't want to take it.[[note]]In real life, decreased salivation ("cotton mouth") is a side-effect of most psychoactive drugs of various kinds and daily use over a long period of time is likely to wreck your teeth.[[/note]] One gets the unfortunate side effect mentioned above, and decides he'd rather have the seizures; the other is terrified of having a seizure, and takes the medication intended for the first epileptic as well as his own both men's doses just to make sure he avoids it.be safe.



* OrderliesAreCreeps: The orderlies act as Nurse Ratched's enforcers. [=McMurphy=] beating one up in a fistfight is considered a triumphant achievement for the patients.

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* OrderliesAreCreeps: The orderlies act as Nurse Ratched's enforcers. The patients consider it a victory when one of them gets his nose broken in a basketball game, and again when [=McMurphy=] beating one beats him up in a fistfight is considered a triumphant achievement for the patients.fistfight.
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* HiddenDepths: George Sorensen captained a PT boat during World War II and was awarded the Navy Cross.

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* BeginnersLuck: Despite knowing nothing about fishing, the guys who go on the boat trip reel in a good haul, including a halibut estimated at 200-300 pounds. They do have an advantage in that George Sorensen used to work as a commercial fisherman.



* TerrifiedOfGerms: George Sorenson is constantly washing his hands until the skin is raw, but is such a germophobe he won't use soap. After the fishing trip and the participants are forced to take a special shower to be deloused, George has a meltdown.

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* TerrifiedOfGerms: George Sorenson Sorensen is constantly washing his hands until the skin is raw, but is such a germophobe he won't use soap. After the fishing trip and the participants are forced to take a special shower to be deloused, George has a meltdown.
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She has so much power over them that no one dares to stand up to her, until one day when Randle Patrick [=McMurphy=] swaggers into the ward, and things are never the same again as he takes everything the Big Nurse stands for and destroys it right before everyone's eyes.

Was adapted into a 1963 stage play by Dale Wasserman starring Creator/KirkDouglas as [=McMurphy=], as well as a [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest critically-acclaimed 1975 film]] directed by Creator/MilosForman, starring Creator/JackNicholson as [=McMurphy=] and Creator/LouiseFletcher as Nurse Ratched. The 2020 Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/{{Ratched}}'' is a {{prequel}} starring Creator/SarahPaulson as the eponymous character.

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She has so much power over them that no one dares to stand up to her, until one day when Randle Patrick [=McMurphy=] swaggers into the ward, and things are never the same again as he takes everything the Big Nurse stands for and slowly destroys it right before everyone's eyes.

Was adapted into a 1963 stage Broadway play by Dale Wasserman starring Creator/KirkDouglas as [=McMurphy=], as well as a [[Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest critically-acclaimed 1975 film]] movie]] directed by Creator/MilosForman, starring Creator/JackNicholson as [=McMurphy=] and Creator/LouiseFletcher as Nurse Ratched. The 2020 Creator/{{Netflix}} series ''Series/{{Ratched}}'' is a {{prequel}} starring Creator/SarahPaulson as the eponymous character.

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