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* PromotedToOpeningTitles: Herman Wedemeyer started to play the DropInCharacter of Duke Lukela in the season 5 premiere "Death is a Company Policy," getting PromotedToOpeningTitles with the season 9 premiere "Nine Dragons." Although he doesn't get to go to Hong Kong.
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** MartinSheen appeared in two episodes as different characters.
** Bruce Boxleitner appeared three times as different characters -- and two of them were in the ''same season''!
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** MartinSheen Creator/MartinSheen appeared in two episodes as different characters.
**Bruce Boxleitner Creator/BruceBoxleitner appeared three times as different characters -- and two of them were in the ''same season''!
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** Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and LeslieNielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
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** Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and LeslieNielsen.Creator/LeslieNielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Creator/WilliamShatner guest-starred as a Texas private detective in the Season Five episode "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich -- But It Helps", [[{{Fanservice}} and spends some time on the beach.]]
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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Before Sharon Farrell joined as a regular, she did this in "Why Won't Linda Die?" [[spoiler: Except it's a subversion - she plays ''one'' woman pretending to be two.]]
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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Before Sharon Farrell joined as Farrell, before becoming a regular, she did this in "Why Won't Linda Die?" [[spoiler: Except it's a subversion - she plays ''one'' woman [[FakeTwinGambit pretending to be two.two]].]]
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* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Before Sharon Farrell joined as a regular, she did this in "Why Won't Linda Die?" [[spoiler: Except it's a subversion - she plays ''one'' woman pretending to be two.]]
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* CreatorBacklash: David Gerrold, in his days as a script typist for CBS, had the pilot script as one of his assignments - and he hated the drafts so much they immediately put him off watching the series!
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* YouLookFamiliar: Very prevalent. Among the most notable examples:
** Actor Al Harrington appeared in five episodes, playing five different characters, before landing the recurring role of HPD Detective Ben Kokua.
** MartinSheen appeared in two episodes as different characters.
** Bruce Boxleitner appeared three times as different characters -- and two of them were in the ''same season''!
** Both Sharon Farrell and Moe Keale were guest actors (in three and eleven episodes respectively, each time as a different character) before joining the show as regulars in the final season.
** Creator/LeslieNielsen was a government agent in the pilot and a vengeful rancher in his only other episode ("We Hang Our Own").
** Andrew Duggan, also a government agent in the pilot [[spoiler: (but unlike Nielsen's character, he turned out to be TheMole)]], appeared in five other episodes, usually as a villain.
** Sportscaster Al Michaels, then the voice of the baseball Hawaii Islanders, appeared in a first season episode as a defense attorney for an AWOL sailor accused of murder.
** Actor Al Harrington appeared in five episodes, playing five different characters, before landing the recurring role of HPD Detective Ben Kokua.
** MartinSheen appeared in two episodes as different characters.
** Bruce Boxleitner appeared three times as different characters -- and two of them were in the ''same season''!
** Both Sharon Farrell and Moe Keale were guest actors (in three and eleven episodes respectively, each time as a different character) before joining the show as regulars in the final season.
** Creator/LeslieNielsen was a government agent in the pilot and a vengeful rancher in his only other episode ("We Hang Our Own").
** Andrew Duggan, also a government agent in the pilot [[spoiler: (but unlike Nielsen's character, he turned out to be TheMole)]], appeared in five other episodes, usually as a villain.
** Sportscaster Al Michaels, then the voice of the baseball Hawaii Islanders, appeared in a first season episode as a defense attorney for an AWOL sailor accused of murder.
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* UsefulNotes/AmericanAccents: Made use of Hawaiian dialect.
** In "Full Fathom Five", [=McGarrett=] refers to a missing tourist as a "rich haole[[note]]Pronounced "how-leh" or "how-lee", it's the native Hawaiian word for "outsider"; can be used as a slang reference for tourists, mainlanders, or Caucasians in general.[[/note]] lady from the mainland."
** Fun drinking game: take a sip every time Chin Ho or Kono says "brudder".
** In "Full Fathom Five", [=McGarrett=] refers to a missing tourist as a "rich haole[[note]]Pronounced "how-leh" or "how-lee", it's the native Hawaiian word for "outsider"; can be used as a slang reference for tourists, mainlanders, or Caucasians in general.[[/note]] lady from the mainland."
** Fun drinking game: take a sip every time Chin Ho or Kono says "brudder".
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* WrittenByCastMember: As well as playing the title role in "Stringer," guest star Paul Williams also has co-story credit.
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** The episode is on YouTube, but the copies are pretty bad.
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* ActingForTwo:
** In "A Bullet for El Diablo", the title dictator's daughter is replaced by a double in an attempt to assassinate him. [[spoiler:(It works.)]]
** Steve [=McGarrett=] comes face to face with his double in "The Ninety-Second War, Part I".
** And in "Welcome to Our Branch Office", where criminals have set up a phony Five-O office with simulacra of our heroes, three of the main four are impersonated by people with similar attributes -- but the fake Danny Williams, like the ''real'' Danny Williams, is played by James [=MacArthur=] (in the end credits, "Fake Danny" is the only one of the four not listed).
** In "A Bullet for El Diablo", the title dictator's daughter is replaced by a double in an attempt to assassinate him. [[spoiler:(It works.)]]
** Steve [=McGarrett=] comes face to face with his double in "The Ninety-Second War, Part I".
** And in "Welcome to Our Branch Office", where criminals have set up a phony Five-O office with simulacra of our heroes, three of the main four are impersonated by people with similar attributes -- but the fake Danny Williams, like the ''real'' Danny Williams, is played by James [=MacArthur=] (in the end credits, "Fake Danny" is the only one of the four not listed).
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* ActorAllusion: The villain of "A Bullet for [=McGarrett=]" is an American communist mole who learned his {{Brainwashing}} skills from Wo Fat while he was a POW during the Korean War. Khigh Dhiegh, the actor who played Wo Fat, had earned his first fame as the master brainwasher Yen Lo, who turns American [=POW=]s into double agents during the Korean War in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.
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* ActorAllusion: The villain of "A Bullet for [=McGarrett=]" is an American communist mole who learned his {{Brainwashing}} skills from Wo Fat while he was a POW during the Korean War. Khigh Dhiegh, the actor who played Wo Fat, had earned his first fame as the master brainwasher Yen Lo, who turns American [=POW=]s into double agents during the Korean War in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.''Film/TheManchurianCandidate''.
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* TheOtherDarrin: TheOtherDarrin:
** Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and LeslieNielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
** Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and LeslieNielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
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* BannedEpisode / MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
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* BannedEpisode / MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", ActorAllusion: The villain of "A Bullet for [=McGarrett=]" is an American communist mole who learned his {{Brainwashing}} skills from Wo Fat while he was a POW during the Korean War. Khigh Dhiegh, the actor who played Wo Fat, had earned his first fame as the master brainwasher Yen Lo, who turns American [=POW=]s into double agents during the Korean War in ''TheManchurianCandidate''.
* BannedEpisode: The 1970 episodeabout "Bored, She Hung Herself" was banned after a viewer supposedly died from imitating a deadly yoga technique that bears more than looked a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. lot like AutoeroticAsphyxiation. The episode was never syndicated, barred from ever airing again, not even in syndication, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
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** Mark Lenard, alias [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Sarek]], played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Oh dear.
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** Mark Lenard, alias [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Sarek]], played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Ruth" with the intensely European Will Kuluva also cast as a Japanese. Oh dear.dear. (Then again, [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Lenard's role was originally meant for Ricardo Montalban]]. As Karen Rhodes put it in her book on the series ''Booking '''Hawaii Five-O''''', "apparently a Japanese actor wasn't considered.")
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* DirectedByCastMember: Jack Lord, of course; in addition to directing six episodes he was also more or less an uncredited executive producer (especially after creator and ''actual'' EP Leonard Freeman passed away in 1973).
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** Similarly, Albert Paulsen played villain Charley Bombay in season two's "Just Lucky, I Guess"; when the character returned in season eight's "McGarrett Is Missing" he was played by Charles Cioffi (making him TheDanza). He also had his name slightly changed to ''Charlie''.
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** Similarly, Albert Paulsen played villain Charley Bombay in season two's "Just Lucky, I Guess"; when the character returned in season eight's "McGarrett "[=McGarrett=] Is Missing" he was played by Charles Cioffi (making him TheDanza). He also had his name slightly changed to ''Charlie''.
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** Similarly, Albert Paulsen played villain Charley Bombay in season two's "Just Lucky, I Guess"; when the character returned in season eight's "McGarrett Is Missing" he was played by Charles Cioffi (making him TheDanza). He also had his name slightly changed to ''Charlie''.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Creator/WilliamShatner William Shatner]] guest-starred as a Texas private detective in the Season Five episode "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich — But It Helps," [[{{Fanservice}} and spends some time on the beach.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Creator/WilliamShatner William Shatner]] Creator/WilliamShatner guest-starred as a Texas private detective in the Season Five episode "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich — -- But It Helps," Helps", [[{{Fanservice}} and spends some time on the beach.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[Creator/WilliamShatner William Shatner]] guest-starred as a Texas private detective in the Season Five episode "You Don't Have to Kill to Get Rich — But It Helps," [[{{Fanservice}} and spends some time on the beach.]]
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Montalban was more than just a native of Mexico; he was ethnically Mexican (and very proud of that fact; he retained his Mexican citizenship until his death). However, other than productions made in Mexico by Mexican studios, he rarely portrayed his own ethnic group in film.
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** Mexican-born actor [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ricardo Montalban]] gets it twice: as the Japanese Tokura in "Samurai" and as European race car driver Alex Pareno in "Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain". At least they weren't in the same season (although seeing these episodes back-to-back in reruns can be jarring...).
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** Mexican-born Mexican actor [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ricardo Montalban]] gets it twice: as the Japanese Tokura in "Samurai" and as European race car driver Alex Pareno in "Death Wish On Tantalus Mountain". At least they weren't in the same season (although seeing these episodes back-to-back in reruns can be jarring...).
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* TheOtherDarrin: Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and Leslie Nielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and Leslie Nielsen.LeslieNielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
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* FakeNationalityBannedEpisode[=/=]MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
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* MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
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* TropeNamer: For BookEmDanno.
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** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock's dad]] played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Oh dear.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: In "Tricks Are Not Treats," [[Series/BarneyMiller Chano has Harris assassinated]], while [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi]] tends bar.
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* RetroactiveRecognition: In "Tricks Are Not Treats," [[Series/BarneyMiller Chano has Harris assassinated]], while [[Film/TheKarateKid Mr. Miyagi]] tends bar.
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* FictionalCounterpart: Averted. There has never been a "Five-O"-like police agency in the history of Hawaii. Reportedly, phone books advised tourists to dial 911 instead of trying to find the number to Five-O.
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* FakeNationality
** Wo Fat, played by Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese-American Khigh Dheigh. Yes, really.
** In "Samurai", Mexican-born actor [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ricardo Montalban]] played a ''Japanese'' mobster.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock's dad]] played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Oh dear.
* MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
* TheOtherDarrin: Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and Leslie Nielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
* PlayingAgainstType: Andy Griffith is a con artist in "I'm a Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!"
* TropeNamer: For BookEmDanno.
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** Wo Fat, played by Anglo-Egyptian-Sudanese-American Khigh Dheigh. Yes, really.
** In "Samurai", Mexican-born actor [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Ricardo Montalban]] played a ''Japanese'' mobster.
** [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Spock's dad]] played a Japanese saboteur in "To Hell With Babe Ruth." Oh dear.
* MissingEpisode: "Bored She Hung Herself", a 1970 episode about a deadly yoga technique that bears more than a passing resemblance to EroticAsphyxiation, has been banned since its original broadcast, allegedly because a viewer accidentally died while imitating the technique. The episode was never syndicated, and it's not included on the second season DVD box set.
* TheOtherDarrin: Tim O'Kelly as Danno, Lew Ayres as The Governor and James Gregory as State Department official Jonathan Kaye (a recurring character on the series) in the pilot movie; Ayres later guested on the series (twice, in different roles), as did pilot cast members Andrew Duggan (four times!) and Leslie Nielsen. Kaye, meanwhile, was played by a total of '''six''' different actors.
* PlayingAgainstType: Andy Griffith is a con artist in "I'm a Family Crook -- Don't Shoot!"
* TropeNamer: For BookEmDanno.
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