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* KarmaHoudiniWarrenty: As Al off-handedly reveals, Don Geno ultimately gets killed by the Carluccis sometime in April '66.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarrenty: KarmaHoudiniWarranty: As Al off-handedly reveals, Don Geno ultimately gets killed by the Carluccis sometime in April '66.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Outside of "The Leap Back", this is the last time the Project tries to outright use the retrieval process on Sam.
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** Outside of "The Leap Back", this is the last time the Project tries to outright use the retrieval process onSam.Sam.
** Sam worrying he'll have to spend 40 years being Don Geno indirectly implies the present day at the Project is in 2005. It isn't until "The Leap Back" where the present is set in the late 90s.
** Outside of "The Leap Back", this is the last time the Project tries to outright use the retrieval process on
** Sam worrying he'll have to spend 40 years being Don Geno indirectly implies the present day at the Project is in 2005. It isn't until "The Leap Back" where the present is set in the late 90s.
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* FalseReassurance: Before he outright reveals what Sam has to do as Don Geno[[note]]get Nonna to win at Bingo[[/note]], Al assuages his concern that he'll be stuck pretending to be a Mafia boss until the present day... by revealing Don Geno gets offed come April.
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** Before parting ways with Sam after Don Geno almost sliced his throat, Tony makes a point to remind him to take Nonna to Bingo.
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* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: "Oh God, now I'm Don Geno..."
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The episode isn't called "Double Identity" because of the Mafia dealings going on, nor is it because of Frankie seeing Teresa behind Don Geno's back. It's also [[{{Foreshadowing}} a major tip-off]] [[BodySurf to the stunt Sam pulls in the climax of the episode]].
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* LanguageBarrier: Sam is dismayed to find out that his leap host is fluent in Italian. People often speak to him in Italian when they need to tell or ask him something really important. He spends several scenes stuck on the other side of the Language Barrier, having to puzzle out how to respond to keep from alerting anyone that something is wrong. His aunts chew him out, he's asked to sing at his brother's wedding, and Don Geno threatens his life, all in Italian! At one point, Al has to walk him through a response in Italian, syllable by syllable, to keep him from getting whacked!
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* LanguageBarrier: Sam is dismayed to find out that his leap host is fluent in Italian. People often speak to him in Italian when they need to tell or ask him something really important. He spends several scenes stuck on the other side of the Language Barrier, language barrier, having to puzzle out how to respond to keep from alerting anyone that something is wrong. His aunts chew him out, he's asked to sing at his brother's wedding, and Don Geno threatens his life, all in Italian! Italian. At one point, Al has to walk him through a response in Italian, syllable by syllable, to keep him from getting whacked!whacked.
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* WeddingEpisode: The episode starts with Frankie's brother's wedding reception and ends with Sam as Don Geno announcing that Frankie and Teresa will be getting married.
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* WeddingEpisode: The episode starts with Frankie's brother's wedding reception and ends with Sam as Don Geno announcing that Frankie and Teresa will be getting married.
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* MissingTime: Frankie experiences this when Sam leaps out of him, questioning why it is suddenly night and then learning that an entire day has passed. Teresa assumes that he has a concussion. This is actually the only time that the show addresses a leapee's experience.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** After [[EvenTheGuysWantHim checking Frankie out in the mirror]], Sam remarks "Let's get to it, [[DramaticIrony killer]]."
** When Sam and Al are discussing him being in 1965, Sam remarks that the Vietnam War is going on.
--->'''Al''': [[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E22MIA (glumly) Don't remind me...]]
** After [[EvenTheGuysWantHim checking Frankie out in the mirror]], Sam remarks "Let's get to it, [[DramaticIrony killer]]."
** When Sam and Al are discussing him being in 1965, Sam remarks that the Vietnam War is going on.
--->'''Al''': [[Recap/QuantumLeapS2E22MIA (glumly) Don't remind me...]]
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* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Outside of "The Leap Back", this is the last time the Project tries to outright use the retrieval process on Sam.
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->'''Sam''': Wouldn't it be nice to know what that is?
* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Outside of "The Leap Back", this is the last time the Project tries to outright use the retrieval process on Sam.
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* TheMafiaTheMafia: A major driving force of the episode [[SarcasmMode if you couldn't tell by now.]]
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--> '''Catholic Priest:''' I have an announcement to make: Don Geno Frescotti wishes it to be known that Frankie La Palma and Teresa Pacci...
--> ''The eyes of the women in the crowd go wide and they all begin to make the sign of the cross''
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' ...are to be married. With his blessing!
--> ''Women gasp in relief and begin applauding.''
--> ''The eyes of the women in the crowd go wide and they all begin to make the sign of the cross''
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' ...are to be married. With his blessing!
--> ''Women gasp in relief and begin applauding.''
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-->'''Catholic Priest:''' ...are to be married. With his blessing!
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* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: Even after abruptly leaping into Don Geno, Sam doesn't leap out after resolving the situation with Frankie and Teresa. As it turns out, the ''real'' reason he had leapt in was to make sure Nonna won at Bingo.
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* PantyShot: Teresa is not particularly careful when bending over to play lawn games. It's implied that she's doing it on purpose meet the expectations of people who think she's low class.
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* SuddenlyBilingual: Averted. While Frankie La Palma may speak fluent Italian, Sam Beckett definitely does not.
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* {{Catchphrase}}: Teresa repeatedly says "If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'"dyin.'"
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* OpenSecret: When Sam as Don Geno asks the Catholic Priest to declare that Frankie and Teresa will be married, the reaction of the crowd demonstrates that they already knew.
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* OpenSecret: When Sam as Don Geno asks the Catholic Priest to declare that Frankie and Teresa will be married, the reaction of the crowd demonstrates that unlike Don Geno, they were already knew.aware that Frankie and Teresa were romantically involved.
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* DiggingYourselfInDeeper: Sam as Frankie nearly gets himself killed when he tries to guess an appropriate response to the increasingly irrate Don Geno who is menacing him Italian, which Sam doesn't speak.
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* DiggingYourselfInDeeper: DiggingYourselfDeeper: Sam as Frankie nearly gets himself killed when he tries to guess an appropriate response to the increasingly irrate Don Geno who is menacing him Italian, which Sam doesn't speak.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Ziggy's plan to rescue Sam causes the Northeast Blackout of 1965
* BodySurf: Sam is knocked out of Frankie's body into Don Geno's.
* DangerouslyCloseShave: Don Geno starts to shave Sam as Frankie, threatening to slit his throat if he doesn't answer Geno's questions.
* DiggingYourselfInDeeper: Sam as Frankie nearly gets himself killed when he tries to guess an appropriate response to the increasingly irrate Don Geno who is menacing him Italian, which Sam doesn't speak.
* DiggingYourselfInDeeper: Sam as Frankie nearly gets himself killed when he tries to guess an appropriate response to the increasingly irrate Don Geno who is menacing him Italian, which Sam doesn't speak.
* FauxFluency: Used in-universe. Al helps Sam piece together a reply in Italian to appease Don Geno. His choppy reply is waved off as stuttering out of fear.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Don Geno is upset about his girlfriend, Teresa, cheating on him with Frankie, particularly with them going at it in his house.
--> '''Don Geno''': In my attic? My wife is there, my daughter...
* {{Hypocrite}}: Don Geno is upset about his girlfriend, Teresa, cheating on him with Frankie, particularly with them going at it in his house.
--> '''Don Geno''': In my attic? My wife is there, my daughter...
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* OpenSecret: When Sam as Don Geno asks the Catholic Priest to declare that Frankie and Teresa will be married, the reaction of the crowd demonstrates that they already knew.
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' I have an announcement to make: Don Geno Frescotti wishes it to be known that Frankie La Palma and Teresa Pacci...
--> ''The eyes of the women in the crowd go wide and they all begin to make the sign of the cross''
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' ...are to be married. With his blessing!
--> ''Women gasp in relief and begin applauding.''
* OpenSecret: When Sam as Don Geno asks the Catholic Priest to declare that Frankie and Teresa will be married, the reaction of the crowd demonstrates that they already knew.
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' I have an announcement to make: Don Geno Frescotti wishes it to be known that Frankie La Palma and Teresa Pacci...
--> ''The eyes of the women in the crowd go wide and they all begin to make the sign of the cross''
--> '''Catholic Priest:''' ...are to be married. With his blessing!
--> ''Women gasp in relief and begin applauding.''
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* ImpliedDeathThreat: Don Geno to Tony when he sees Frankie with Teresa in the beauty shop
-->''Don Geno: My condolences on the loss of your oldest son, paison."
* LadyLand: Sam as Frankie decides to go in Teresa's beauty shop to ask for a haircut so he can spend time with her. It's only when he sees the beauticians and patrons staring at him in wide-eyed shock that he realizes that beauty and barber shops were still very rigidly segregated on opposite sides of the traditional gender line.
-->''Don Geno: My condolences on the loss of your oldest son, paison."
* LadyLand: Sam as Frankie decides to go in Teresa's beauty shop to ask for a haircut so he can spend time with her. It's only when he sees the beauticians and patrons staring at him in wide-eyed shock that he realizes that beauty and barber shops were still very rigidly segregated on opposite sides of the traditional gender line.
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* ASpyAtTheSpa: Tony invokes this trope to try to explain to Don Geno why Frankie is in the beauty shop letting Teresa style his hair.
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* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Frankie is the first leap host that Sam considers better looking than himself. He spends a few minutes mugging in the mirror in his new host body, remarking that Frankie makes his tuxedo look really good.
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* LetTheBullyWin: Teresa points out that everyone is letting Geno win because they're afraid of crossing him
* PantyShot: Teresa is not particularly careful when bending over to play lawn games. It's implied that she's doing it on purpose meet the expectations of people who think she's low class.
* WeddingEpisode: The episode starts with Frankie's brother's wedding reception and ends with Sam as Don Geno announcing that Frankie and Teresa will be getting married.
* SexDressed: When Sam leaps in, Frankie still has his pants around his ankles and Teresa is straightening her dress after a clandestine quickie in the attic of Don Geno's house.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Sam finds out that Frankie's life is in danger because he's sleeping with Don Geno's girlfriend.
* PantyShot: Teresa is not particularly careful when bending over to play lawn games. It's implied that she's doing it on purpose meet the expectations of people who think she's low class.
* WeddingEpisode: The episode starts with Frankie's brother's wedding reception and ends with Sam as Don Geno announcing that Frankie and Teresa will be getting married.
* SexDressed: When Sam leaps in, Frankie still has his pants around his ankles and Teresa is straightening her dress after a clandestine quickie in the attic of Don Geno's house.
* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Sam finds out that Frankie's life is in danger because he's sleeping with Don Geno's girlfriend.
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* BilingualBonus: Many of the support characters speak un-subtitled Italian.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Teresa repeatedly says "If I'm lyin', I'mdyin'"dyin'"
* LanguageBarrier: Sam is dismayed to find out that his leap host is fluent in Italian. People often speak to him in Italian when they need to tell or ask him something really important. He spends several scenes stuck on the other side of the Language Barrier, having to puzzle out how to respond to keep from alerting anyone that something is wrong. His aunts chew him out, he's asked to sing at his brother's wedding, and Don Geno threatens his life, all in Italian! At one point, Al has to walk him through a response in Italian, syllable by syllable, to keep him from getting whacked!
* SuddenlyBilingual: Averted. While Frankie La Palma may speak fluent Italian, Sam Beckett definitely does not.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Teresa repeatedly says "If I'm lyin', I'm
* LanguageBarrier: Sam is dismayed to find out that his leap host is fluent in Italian. People often speak to him in Italian when they need to tell or ask him something really important. He spends several scenes stuck on the other side of the Language Barrier, having to puzzle out how to respond to keep from alerting anyone that something is wrong. His aunts chew him out, he's asked to sing at his brother's wedding, and Don Geno threatens his life, all in Italian! At one point, Al has to walk him through a response in Italian, syllable by syllable, to keep him from getting whacked!
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 6:'''
!Double Identity
->'''Sam''':
Written by Creator/DonaldPBellisario
Directed by Aaron Lipstadt
Airdate: April 21, 1989
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November 8, 1965
Sam leaps into a mafia hit-man who may not live long since he is romancing the Godfather's girlfriend. Also an attempt to bring Sam home causes the 1965 east coast blackout.
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*{{Catchphrase}}: Teresa repeatedly says "If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'"
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 6:'''
!Double Identity
->'''Sam''':
Written by Creator/DonaldPBellisario
Directed by Aaron Lipstadt
Airdate: April 21, 1989
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November 8, 1965
Sam leaps into a mafia hit-man who may not live long since he is romancing the Godfather's girlfriend. Also an attempt to bring Sam home causes the 1965 east coast blackout.
!Tropes:
*{{Catchphrase}}: Teresa repeatedly says "If I'm lyin', I'm dyin'"
