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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Father Mulcahy's first choice to help with the Bris ceremony is Captain Epstein, a rabbi with another outfit, though he's apparently a bit "meshugah" (crazy).

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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Father Mulcahy's first choice to help with the Bris ceremony is Captain Epstein, a rabbi with another outfit, though he's apparently a bit "meshugah" (crazy).(crazy).

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* LiteraryAllusionTitle: To the book/play/film [[Film/LifeWithFather of the same name]].
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* AcceptableTargets: Henry seems more upset about his wife cheating on him with an ''orthodontist'' than the actual cheating itself.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: This is how Father Mulcahy takes Hawkeye's accusation that he is trying to muscle in on his and Trapper's chance to win a Shetland pony.
* AdultFear: Henry is pleased as punch when he receives the letter from his wife that gives him permission to philander around with other women. Then, when he reconsiders the letter at a later time, he starts thinking ''why'' Lorraine would let him do that.
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* DancePartyEnding: Everyone dances at the party held in the mess tent for Sang Min's bris.
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* RidingIntoTheSunset: Hawkeye and Trapper do this on a white horse Hawkeye borrowed to practice for when they get their Shetland pony.

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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The StockFootage of the carrier ''Essex'' is in fact of the ''Yorktown'', and is from at least the late 1960s because of the presence of CH-46 "Chinook" helicopters.

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The StockFootage of the carrier ''Essex'' is in fact of the ''Yorktown'', and is from at least the late 1960s because 1960s, assuming the twin-rotor helicopters shown are of the presence of CH-46 "Chinook" helicopters.variety.
** When searching for a Jewish chaplain, Father Mulcahy suggests checking the Navy and Marines, both of which use the Navy's Chaplain Corps. The Father might not have been aware of this, however.
* ArtisticLicenseReligion: The bris ceremony uses phrasing from the King James Bible rather than a Jewish translation. It is also greatly reduced from a traditional ceremony, no variations of which involve putting a drop of wine in the baby's mouth.



* ContinuityNod: Henry gets more adult movies from the Tabasco Film Company.

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Henry gets more adult movies from the Tabasco Film Company.Company.
** Captain Epstein is a rabbi who serves as a paratrooper. Could this be the same paratrooper rabbi Hawkeye mentions in "[[Recap/MashS2E25OClockCharlie Five O'Clock Charlie]]"?
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: The StockFootage of the carrier ''Essex'' is in fact of the ''Yorktown'', and is from at least the late 1960s because of the presence of CH-46 "Chinook" helicopters.
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* MythologyGag: Trapper mentions a guy named Captain Forrest. Could that be [[Film/{{Mash}} Duke Forrest]]?

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* MythologyGag: Trapper mentions a guy named Captain Forrest.Forrest who's "been gone for two years". Could that be [[Film/{{Mash}} Duke Forrest]]?
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* BestialityIsDepraved: Unless "The Parrot" is a nickname, it's hard to picture Renee, Loretta, and the parrot in "What Yvonne Saw" as anything but this. PlayedForLaughs, of course.


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* StatusQuoIsGod: Despite Father Mulcahy's sister pondering leaving the order to have children of her own, later episodes have her remaining a nun.
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* OneSceneTwoMonologues: Father Mulcahy and Henry are both talking to each other about their letters - Mulcahy's sister thinks she might want to leave the order to start a family, Henry's suspicious his wife is being unfaithful. There's no indication either one is paying attention to what exactly the other is saying.
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* BadassPreacher: Captain Epstein, apparently. He's a paratrooper rabbi who water-skis in his off time.
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* AcceptableTargets: Henry seems more upset about his wife cheating on him with an ''orthodontist'' than the actual cheating itself.
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** During the ceremony, Frank harasses Hawkeye and Trapper while they perform the circumcision, but is respectfully silent (and even chimes in with the group "Amen") when Mulcahy is speaking.
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* ShoutOut: "Hello, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Mr. Benny]]."

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* ShoutOut: "Hello, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Mr. Benny]].""
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Father Mulcahy's first choice to help with the Bris ceremony is Captain Epstein, a rabbi with another outfit, though he's apparently a bit "meshugah" (crazy).
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* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony - until Chim Sa delivers the final blessing herself, having picked up some Hebrew from her husband.

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* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex ''USS Essex'' where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony - until Chim Sa delivers the final blessing herself, having picked up some Hebrew from her husband.
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-->'''Hawkeye:''' Right. gets rich taking her baby around to hospitals getting him circumcised.

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-->'''Hawkeye:''' Right. She gets rich taking her baby around to hospitals getting him circumcised.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Frank and Margaret's theory that Chim Sa is using a fake dependent card to get her baby circumcised as part of a "racket". Lampshaded by Hawkeye:
-->'''Hawkeye:''' Right. gets rich taking her baby around to hospitals getting him circumcised.
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A Korean woman, Chim Sa comes to the 4077 with a written request from her American husband Corporal Walter Jacobsen for a Bris ceremony to be performed for their infant son Sang Min but runs into difficulties trying to translate this to the campers. Frank Burns ignores her, Margaret tries to help but Frank pulls her away, and Hawkeye and Trapper also struggle with finding out what she needs until she produces her husband's request letter. From there, they, Radar and Father Mulcahy work together to arrange the ceremony.

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A Korean woman, Chim Sa Sa, comes to the 4077 4077th with a written request from her American husband Corporal Walter Jacobsen for a Bris ceremony to be performed for their infant son Sang Min but Min. She runs into difficulties trying to translate this to the campers. get her message across: Frank Burns ignores her, Margaret tries to help but Frank pulls her away, and Hawkeye and Trapper also struggle with finding out what she needs until she produces her husband's request letter. From there, they, Radar and Father Mulcahy work together to arrange the ceremony.
ceremony, getting instructions via Morse code from a rabbi on a Navy ship.



* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony - until Chim Sa delivers the final blessing herself, having picked up enough Hebrew to do it.

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* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony - until Chim Sa delivers the final blessing herself, having picked up enough some Hebrew to do it.from her husband.
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* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony.

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* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony.ceremony - until Chim Sa delivers the final blessing herself, having picked up enough Hebrew to do it.
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* ShoutOut: "Hello, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Mr. Benny]].

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* ShoutOut: "Hello, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Mr. Benny]]."
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: This is how Father Mulcahy takes Hawkeye's accusation hat he is trying to muscle in on his and Trapper's chance to win a Shetland pony.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: This is how Father Mulcahy takes Hawkeye's accusation hat that he is trying to muscle in on his and Trapper's chance to win a Shetland pony.
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A Korean woman, Chim Sa comes to the 4077 with a written request from her American husband Corporal Walter Jacobsen for a Bris ceremony to be performed for their infant son Sang Min but runs into difficulties trying to translate this to the campers. Frank Burns ignores her, Margaret tries to help but Frank pulls her away, and Hawkeye and Trapper also struggle with finding out what she needs until she produces her husband's request letter. From there, they, Radar and Father Mulcahy work together to arrange the ceremony.

During this, both Henry Blake and Father Mulcahy are given what they perceive to be distressing news from home. Henry's wife Lorraine has suddenly for unknown reasons given her husband permission to horse around while the father is shocked to know that his sister Kathy, a nun, wants to leave the order to start a family and asks for his approval.

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!!Attention, all tropers. Attention. The following tropes were included:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: This is how Father Mulcahy takes Hawkeye's accusation hat he is trying to muscle in on his and Trapper's chance to win a Shetland pony.
* AdultFear: Henry is pleased as punch when he receives the letter from his wife that gives him permission to philander around with other women. Then, when he reconsiders the letter at a later time, he starts thinking ''why'' Lorraine would let him do that.
* ByTheBookCop: Frank and Margaret prove to be antagonists again by stating that since a circumcision is considered as elective surgery and against regulations, then it should not be done.
* CharacterDevelopment: Father Mulcahy is left stunned by the revelation that his sister Kathy wishes to leave the order to start a family, leaving him unsure if he can bless her decision with his approval. At the end of the episode, after witnessing how much Chim Sa adores her son, he feels that he can.
* ContinuityNod: Henry gets more adult movies from the Tabasco Film Company.
* DeathGlare: Hawkeye and Trapper both give one to the offscreen character who either kicked or tossed a football between the two of them and into the Swamp.
* HiddenDepths: In the beginning of the episode, Margaret is concerned about Chim Sa when she is asking her and Frank for help. [[AvertedTrope Frank,]] [[DeliberateValuesDissonance not so much]].
** Margaret's case is later subverted when she helps Frank to report Hawkeye, Trapper, Radar and Father Mulcahy are going against military regulations by holding the ceremony.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Henry worries about his wife not being faithful to him while he has not been faithful to her.
* ManlyTears: Henry tries to stop himself from crying over his wife's possible infidelity. He fails miserably when he finds out Lorraine went on a date to the movies with an orthodontist.
* MythologyGag: Trapper mentions a guy named Captain Forrest. Could that be [[Film/{{Mash}} Duke Forrest]]?
* OhCrap: Radar loses contact with the USS Essex where the rabbi is stationed, which brings a temporary standstill to the Bris ceremony.
* SelfDeprecation: When Trapper asks Hawkeye what a United States president would be doing under a haystack, Hawk responds with "What am I doing in South Korea without a paddle?"
* ShoutOut: "Hello, [[Radio/TheJackBennyProgram Mr. Benny]].

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