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* EmbarrassingCoverUp: Frank was avoiding his foot inspection because, while drunk, he and Margaret painted his toenails. He doesn't want that to end up in the report, and begs Hawkeye to doctor it. He does...by saying that Frank has an unusual discoloration on his toenails.


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* NoodleIncident: Apparently, when they were children, Father Mulcahy's sister bit him on the toe. We're not told why she did that, only that she bit down hard enough for it to scar.
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Getting rid of malformed wicks to Getting Crap Past The Radar


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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** B.J. snarks that the South Korean general's name translates to [[Film/GoneWithTheWind Ashley Wilkes]] during Frank's OhCrap moment after tackling him.
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* VoiceoverLetter: Radar narrates a letter to his mother in Iowa.
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'''B.J.:''' I'll have you running as well as that watch. (''Callen laughs nervously'')

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'''B.J.:''' I'll have you running as well as that watch.watch in no time. (''Callen laughs nervously'')
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* BlatantLies: Col. Potter's wife Mildred had called when he left the camp because she had a premonition something bad would happen to him. Turns out Mildred was right - Col. Potter comes back to the camp having been shot by a sniper (see ShotInTheAss below) - but when she calls back, Col. Potter lies and says he's in the Officer's Club, and that nothing happened.


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-->'''Callen:''' Am I really gonna be all right, Doc?\\
'''B.J.:''' I'll have you running as well as that watch. (''Callen laughs nervously'')
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* DelayedOhCrap: Radar when he realizes the soldier whose gun he was admiring was a North Korean.


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* RunningGag: About the CordonBleughChef - when B.J. is showing General Park and his translator around the camp, he brings them to the mess tent, and tells the general he'd offer him dinner, but as a doctor, he doesn't want to endanger the general's health. General Park laughs at that, and tells B.J. they should arrange a war where only cooks fight each other, so both sides could get rid of the common enemy.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hawkeye claims that Potter having ticklish feet means he's oversexed.

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hawkeye claims that Potter having ticklish feet means he's oversexed.GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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I changed "Guinea pig" to "guinea pig" in the 2nd trop "Friend to All Living Things" just after I fixed it in "Shout-Out" a few minutes ago. The word isn't capitalized in that context.


* FriendToAllLivingThings: Radar adds to his menagerie by mail-ordering a Guinea pig.

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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Radar adds to his menagerie by mail-ordering a Guinea guinea pig.
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** Radar names his Guinea pig "[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey]]".

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** Radar names his Guinea guinea pig "[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey]]".
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** Radar names his Guinea pig "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey]]".

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** Radar names his Guinea pig "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs "[[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey]]".
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* ViolinScam: What the conman pulls on BJ. He gets BJ to buy a "$150" watch for $20.

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* ViolinScam: What the conman pulls on BJ. B.J. He gets BJ B.J. to buy a "$150" watch for $20.
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* ViolinScam: What the conman pulls on BJ. He gets BJ to buy a "$100" watch for $20.

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* ViolinScam: What the conman pulls on BJ. He gets BJ to buy a "$100" "$150" watch for $20.
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* ViolinScam: What the conman pulls on BJ. He gets BJ to buy a "$100" watch for $20.
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* ConMan: The patient who sells BJ a watch with no works, claiming he needs to send the money home for his wife's medical bills.

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* ConMan: The patient who sells BJ B.J. a watch with no works, claiming he needs to send the money home for his wife's medical bills.



** Klinger makes a reference to General Ridgeway as supreme commander; however, BJ arrived in September 1952, several months after Ridgeway passed command on to someone else.

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** Klinger makes a reference to General Ridgeway as supreme commander; however, BJ B.J. arrived in September 1952, several months after Ridgeway passed command on to someone else.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Guess whose table the patient who scammed BJ ends up on after he's wounded again.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Guess whose table the patient who scammed BJ B.J. ends up on after he's wounded again.



* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank, who has been avoiding his foot inspection for the duration of the episode, is finally pinned down by Hawkeye and BJ, who remove his boots to reveal he's wearing nail polish. He explains that he and Margaret had been discussing trench foot and got a little silly.

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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank, who has been avoiding his foot inspection for the duration of the episode, is finally pinned down by Hawkeye and BJ, B.J., who remove his boots to reveal he's wearing nail polish. He explains that he and Margaret had been discussing trench foot and got a little silly.
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* KickTheDog: A nurse tells Radar that nobody's sitting next to her when he asks...and promptly gets up and leaves him without a word.
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* Foreshadowing: When Frank claims he could have taken on the North Korean soldier, Radar warns him that they know judo. Sure enough, when he tackles a South Korean general after mistaking him for a North Korean, he is nearly reduced to tears by a judo move.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: When Frank claims he could have taken on the North Korean soldier, Radar warns him that they know judo. Sure enough, when he tackles a South Korean general after mistaking him for a North Korean, he is nearly reduced to tears by a judo move.
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** To ''Franchise/Batman'' when Hawkeye tells Radar "Come along Robin"
** To ''Theatre/Macbeth'' when Hawkeye says "Lead on Macduff" (actually a BeamMeUpScotty quote; the proper line is "Lay on, Macduff.''

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** To ''Franchise/Batman'' ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' when Hawkeye tells Radar "Come along Robin"
** To ''Theatre/Macbeth'' ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' when Hawkeye says "Lead on Macduff" (actually a BeamMeUpScotty quote; the proper line is "Lay on, Macduff.''
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Radar writes home to his mother about the goings-on in the camp, including the monthly foot inspection and Potter being wounded while bringing supplies to locals.

!!Attention all personnel! Please prepare for inspection of the following tropes:

* AccidentalTickleTorture: Potter reacts this way to Hawkeye's foot inspection.
* ConMan: The patient who sells BJ a watch with no works, claiming he needs to send the money home for his wife's medical bills.
* ContinuityDrift:
** Klinger makes a reference to General Ridgeway as supreme commander; however, BJ arrived in September 1952, several months after Ridgeway passed command on to someone else.
** Hawkeye requires Radar to stay in Margaret's tent while the former performs her foot inspection, explaining that two people must be present when examining an opposite-sex patient. However, he examines her on his own in other episodes both before and after this one.
* CrushingHandshake: The judo move that General Park performs on Frank when the latter offers him a handshake as an apology for tackling him.
* Foreshadowing: When Frank claims he could have taken on the North Korean soldier, Radar warns him that they know judo. Sure enough, when he tackles a South Korean general after mistaking him for a North Korean, he is nearly reduced to tears by a judo move.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Radar adds to his menagerie by mail-ordering a Guinea pig.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Hawkeye claims that Potter having ticklish feet means he's oversexed.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Guess whose table the patient who scammed BJ ends up on after he's wounded again.
* ShotInTheAss: Potter gets a bullet to the behind thanks to a sniper. He insists on only getting a local anaesthetic so he can watch the surgeons work.
* ShoutOut:
** To ''Franchise/Batman'' when Hawkeye tells Radar "Come along Robin"
** To ''Theatre/Macbeth'' when Hawkeye says "Lead on Macduff" (actually a BeamMeUpScotty quote; the proper line is "Lay on, Macduff.''
** Radar names his Guinea pig "[[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Dopey]]".
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: A North Korean soldier lines up in the mess tent for food, has a conversation with Radar, and leaves without anyone noticing until after he's gone.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Frank, who has been avoiding his foot inspection for the duration of the episode, is finally pinned down by Hawkeye and BJ, who remove his boots to reveal he's wearing nail polish. He explains that he and Margaret had been discussing trench foot and got a little silly.

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