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It's Christmas at the bar, with a wreath on the inside of the front door, and decorations, and Norm complaining about the remote cabin he has to go to for a weekend with Vera. Into the bar strolls an older gentleman with a plummy British accent[[note]]Actor Ellis Rabb was actually from Memphis[[/note]] who announces that his name is Eric Finch. Through a series of theatrical gestures and comments Finch (Ellis Rabb) (Creator/EllisRabb) makes clear that he is actually an exotic Franchise/JamesBond-style spy, TuxedoAndMartini-flavored. Everyone at Cheers is captivated as Finch tells his tall tales, except for Diane, who spots several glaring errors in Finch's stories and exposes him for a fraud.
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Episode: Season 1, Episode 12\\
Title: The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/DavidLloyd\\
Air Date: December 16, 1982\\
Previous: One for the Book\\
Next: Now Pitching, Sam Malone\\
Guest Starring: Creator/JohnRatzenberger, Creator/EllisRabb]
"The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One" is the twelfth episode of the first season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
It's Christmas at the bar, with a wreath on the inside of the front door, and decorations, and Norm complaining about the remote cabin he has to go to for a weekend with Vera. Into the bar strolls an older gentleman with a plummy British accent[[note]]Actor Ellis Rabb was actually from Memphis[[/note]] who announces that his name is Eric Finch. Through a series of theatrical gestures and comments Finch (Ellis Rabb) makes clear that he is actually an exotic Franchise/JamesBond-style spy, TuxedoAndMartini-flavored. Everyone at Cheers is captivated as Finch tells his tall tales, except for Diane, who spots several glaring errors in Finch's stories and exposes him for a fraud.
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!!Tropes:
* CapeSwish: Diane does this with a dramatic flourish as she puts on her coat, vowing to comb the city until she finds Eric Finch again. The moment is comically undercut when Finch appears at the door immediately after.
* ChristmasEpisode: An understated example, as the bar is decorated for Christmas, and Norm complains about the cabin in the woods that Vera has booked for a holiday getaway, but otherwise the date is relatively unimportant.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Finch is dressed in the standard tan trenchcoat that's required of a spy, and he wears a long scarf to make himself stick out even more.
* EccentricMillionaire: What "Eric Finch", real name Thomas Hilliard III, really is. After saying that he gets his jollies from wandering into random bars and telling ridiculous stories, Hilliard writes Sam a $2 million check to buy the bar. Sam laughs, thinking this is another one of Finch/Hilliard's tall tales, and a mortified Diane tears up the check. They are all shocked when Hilliard's chauffeur shows up at the front of the bar and tells him that his plane is waiting at the airport.
* GratuitousFrench: Diane can't not be pretentious, so she can't say "small potatoes", she has to say "I have something that is going to make Creator/JohnUpdike look like pretty small ''pommes de terre''."[[note]]The French literally translates out to "earth apples".[[/note]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: What Diane ''thinks'' she's revealed about Finch, who makes obvious errors like placing Ankara in Bulgaria (it's in Turkey) and talking about Norway's "totalitarian regime" (Norway has always been a democracy).
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is of course a shout-out to ''Literature/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold''.
* ShoutOut: The poem that Finch recites, humiliating Diane when she believes that it's his, is "A Birthday" by Creator/ChristinaRossetti.
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Episode: Season 1, Episode 12\\
Title: The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One\\
Directed by: Creator/JamesBurrows\\
Written by: Creator/DavidLloyd\\
Air Date: December 16, 1982\\
Previous: One for the Book\\
Next: Now Pitching, Sam Malone\\
Guest Starring: Creator/JohnRatzenberger, Creator/EllisRabb]
"The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One" is the twelfth episode of the first season of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''.
It's Christmas at the bar, with a wreath on the inside of the front door, and decorations, and Norm complaining about the remote cabin he has to go to for a weekend with Vera. Into the bar strolls an older gentleman with a plummy British accent[[note]]Actor Ellis Rabb was actually from Memphis[[/note]] who announces that his name is Eric Finch. Through a series of theatrical gestures and comments Finch (Ellis Rabb) makes clear that he is actually an exotic Franchise/JamesBond-style spy, TuxedoAndMartini-flavored. Everyone at Cheers is captivated as Finch tells his tall tales, except for Diane, who spots several glaring errors in Finch's stories and exposes him for a fraud.
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!!Tropes:
* CapeSwish: Diane does this with a dramatic flourish as she puts on her coat, vowing to comb the city until she finds Eric Finch again. The moment is comically undercut when Finch appears at the door immediately after.
* ChristmasEpisode: An understated example, as the bar is decorated for Christmas, and Norm complains about the cabin in the woods that Vera has booked for a holiday getaway, but otherwise the date is relatively unimportant.
* ConspicuousTrenchcoat: Finch is dressed in the standard tan trenchcoat that's required of a spy, and he wears a long scarf to make himself stick out even more.
* EccentricMillionaire: What "Eric Finch", real name Thomas Hilliard III, really is. After saying that he gets his jollies from wandering into random bars and telling ridiculous stories, Hilliard writes Sam a $2 million check to buy the bar. Sam laughs, thinking this is another one of Finch/Hilliard's tall tales, and a mortified Diane tears up the check. They are all shocked when Hilliard's chauffeur shows up at the front of the bar and tells him that his plane is waiting at the airport.
* GratuitousFrench: Diane can't not be pretentious, so she can't say "small potatoes", she has to say "I have something that is going to make Creator/JohnUpdike look like pretty small ''pommes de terre''."[[note]]The French literally translates out to "earth apples".[[/note]]
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: What Diane ''thinks'' she's revealed about Finch, who makes obvious errors like placing Ankara in Bulgaria (it's in Turkey) and talking about Norway's "totalitarian regime" (Norway has always been a democracy).
* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is of course a shout-out to ''Literature/TheSpyWhoCameInFromTheCold''.
* ShoutOut: The poem that Finch recites, humiliating Diane when she believes that it's his, is "A Birthday" by Creator/ChristinaRossetti.
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