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* HarsherInHindsight: "[[Recap/BonanzaS01E03 The Newcomers]]" is this when you know ''both'' the terminally ill Emily and Hoss (who's fallen for her) are played by people who passed away during the series' original run (Inger Stevens played Emily).
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: One of the most iconic TV theme songs ever. "DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN ''DAAAA!''"

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: One of the most iconic TV theme songs ever. "DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN ''DAAAA!''"Bo-nan-''ZAAAA!''"
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* CompleteMonster--"[[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 Thunder Man]]": [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the titular so-called "[[AntagonistTitle Thunder Man]]", is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and, when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Ben Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin.

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* CompleteMonster--"[[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 Thunder Man]]": [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the titular so-called "[[AntagonistTitle Thunder Man]]", is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and, when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Ben Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin.

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* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the so-called "Thunder Man" from season 4's [[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 episode of the same name]], is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Joe Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin. [[spoiler: Joe manages to stop Poole by shooting him; the nitroglycerin spills on Poole and blows up, killing him.]]

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* CompleteMonster: CompleteMonster--"[[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 Thunder Man]]": [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the titular so-called "Thunder Man" from season 4's [[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 episode of the same name]], "[[AntagonistTitle Thunder Man]]", is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and and, when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Joe Ben Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin. [[spoiler: Joe manages to stop Poole by shooting him; the nitroglycerin spills on Poole and blows up, killing him.]]nitroglycerin.
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* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the so-called "Thunder Man" from season 4's [[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 episode of the same name]], is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Ben Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin.

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* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the so-called "Thunder Man" from season 4's [[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 episode of the same name]], is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Ben Joe Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin.nitroglycerin. [[spoiler: Joe manages to stop Poole by shooting him; the nitroglycerin spills on Poole and blows up, killing him.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A lot of episodes have "G" ratings for the most part, but there are some intensely dark stories among ''Bonanza'', such as "Don't Cry My Son" where a childbirth goes horribly wrong and is very tragic for the mother and the father, and "Frenzy", where a sodbuster winds up losing his mind and attacking his own loved ones.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: A lot of episodes have "G" ratings for the most part, but there are some intensely dark stories among ''Bonanza'', such as "Thunder Man" (a seemingingly nice munitions expert secretly brutally rapes and murders women), "Don't Cry My Son" where a (a childbirth goes horribly wrong and is very tragic for the mother and the father, and "Frenzy", where a father), "Frenzy" (a sodbuster winds up losing his mind and attacking his own loved ones.ones) and others. And then there were intensely violent episodes, including "Terror at Two O'Clock" (a racist is hell-bent on massacring an entire town during the signing of a treaty granting Native Americans land rights, hoping to start a new war) and "Kingdom Of Fear" (based on ''Film/CoolHandLuke'', where the Cartwrights are illegally arrested and placed in a slave labor camp; the episode was so violent that it was pulled from broadcast in 1968, before finally making the airwaves in 1971).

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* CompleteMonster: [[WouldHitAGirl William Poole]], the so-called "Thunder Man" from season 4's [[Recap/BonanzaS04E31 episode of the same name]], is a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly-seeming]] demolitions expert whose pleasant nature belies a violent SerialRapist and [[SerialKiller murderer]] of women. When a helpless young woman crosses his path in the opening pleading for him to help her stroke-afflicted uncle, Poole uses the opportunity to rape and murder her on the spot. Poole attempts to murder the woman's paralyzed uncle afterward, silently gloating over the man with the knowledge he witnessed every moment of Poole's assault on his niece, and when another young woman clues in that Poole was the murderer, Poole breaks her neck. Poole is confronted by Ben Cartwright at the end of the episode, who pieces together Poole's list of victims is hardly contained to the current day, to which Poole sneeringly declares himself untouchable by heaven or Earth and attempts to kill Joe with a vial of nitroglycerin.
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* AwesomeMusic: One of the most iconic TV theme songs ever. "DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN ''DAAAA!''"

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: One of the most iconic TV theme songs ever. "DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN du-du-DUN ''DAAAA!''"
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* ReplacementScrappy: The fourth Cartwright son, Jamie, who was adopted some time after Adam's departure. He wasn't all that liked due to being a KidAppealCharacter, but he eventually got more respectable as he matured. "The Grand Swing" and "A Home For Jamie" are the two episodes that showed Jamie was not a replacement for Adam, but that Ben had come to love him like one of his own sons. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap These episodes helped him become a much more welcome addition to the Cartwright crew.]]

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The fourth Cartwright son, Jamie, who was adopted some time after Adam's departure. He wasn't all that liked due to being a KidAppealCharacter, but he eventually got more respectable as he matured. "The Grand Swing" and "A Home For Jamie" are the two episodes that showed Jamie was not a replacement for Adam, but that Ben had come to love him like one of his own sons. [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap These episodes helped him become a much more welcome addition to the Cartwright crew.]]
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* EarWorm: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdRgBAY278 DUN dudu DUN dudu DUN dudu DUN dudu DUN]] ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjdRgBAY278 DUN!]]''
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: David Dotort [[https://www.metv.com/stories/the-actor-who-played-bonanzas-hop-sing-actually-was-an-acclaimed-chef said]] that Hop Sing was so popular he got fan letters asking him to get more screen time.

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