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* IdiotBall: Making a fire during the siege of Bastogne, which a) wastes precious supplies, b) calls attention to their position, and c) gets himself wounded in an ensuing barrage when the enemy sees the fire. However, you can't really blame him, since everybody was freezing their balls off ''in the middle of winter at night.'' Indeed, it was actually one of the most brutally cold winters ever recorded in Belgium, at times reaching -20 degrees fahrenheit.
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* IdiotBall: Making a fire during the siege of Bastogne, which a) wastes precious supplies, b) calls attention to their position, and c) gets himself wounded in an ensuing barrage when the enemy sees the fire. However, you can't really blame him, since everybody was freezing their balls off ''in the middle of winter at night.'' Indeed, it was actually one of the most brutally cold winters ever recorded in Belgium, at times reaching -20 degrees -20° fahrenheit.
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* IdiotBall: Making a fire during the siege of Bastogne, which a) wastes precious supplies, b) calls attention to their position, and c) gets himself wounded in an ensuing barrage when the enemy sees the fire. However, you can't really blame him, since everybody was freezing their balls off ''in the middle of winter at night.''
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* IdiotBall: Making a fire during the siege of Bastogne, which a) wastes precious supplies, b) calls attention to their position, and c) gets himself wounded in an ensuing barrage when the enemy sees the fire. However, you can't really blame him, since everybody was freezing their balls off ''in the middle of winter at night.'''' Indeed, it was actually one of the most brutally cold winters ever recorded in Belgium, at times reaching -20 degrees fahrenheit.
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* AccidentalHero: Winters claims Nixon may be the only man in the entire 101st (certainly the only named character) with 3 combat stars on his jump wings.[[note]]For parachuting into Normandy and Holland with the 101st, then made a third jump as an observer with the 17th.[[/note]] This is despite being one of the most prominent [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guys]] in the series, having not once fired a weapon in combat.
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* AccidentalHero: Winters claims Nixon may be the only man in the entire 101st (certainly the only named character) with 3 combat stars on his jump wings.[[note]]For parachuting into Normandy and Holland with the 101st, then made making a third jump as an observer with the 17th.[[/note]] This is despite being one of the most prominent [[NonActionGuy Non-Action Guys]] in the series, having not once fired a weapon in combat.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His first appearance in the series occurs in episode 2. It's the infamous scene with the German [=POWs=], which isn't even shown onscreen in its entirety.
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** His first appearance in the series occurs in episode 2. It's the infamous scene with the German [=POWs=], which isn't even shown onscreen in itsentirety.entirety.
** Later in the same episode, he leads an assault - across open ground - to capture the last gun position at Brecourt Manor, giving a taste of the heroics he would later display during the assault on Foy. Even Winters and Compton, both of whom were decorated for their roles in the battle, are shocked to see him climb out of the trench and charge.
** His first appearance in the series occurs in episode 2. It's the infamous scene with the German [=POWs=], which isn't even shown onscreen in its
** Later in the same episode, he leads an assault - across open ground - to capture the last gun position at Brecourt Manor, giving a taste of the heroics he would later display during the assault on Foy. Even Winters and Compton, both of whom were decorated for their roles in the battle, are shocked to see him climb out of the trench and charge.
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** To Buck Compton as well. By the time of the Battle of the Bulge, both are arguably suffering the effects of PTSD. However, while the men of Easy Company are understanding of Buck's eventual breakdown, Dike, an outsider to Easy before being appointed company commander, receives no such grace.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: In real life, was decorated twice for bravery - including once during the Battle of the Bulge, for personally rescuing some Easy Company men while under intense fire. As Dike was not interviewed by Ambrose or the screenwriters, and as the surviving members of Easy Company disliked him, these actions never made it into the book or series.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: Succumbs to this in Episode 9 where he bears the responsibility for writing letters home to soldiers who died in his third combat jump.
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* JadeColoredGlasses: Succumbs to this in Episode 9 where he bears the responsibility for writing letters home to soldiers who died in his third combat jump. What makes it worse is that he didn't actually ''know'' any of them, having been assigned to the jump as an observer, but nevertheless has been assigned the task as the highest-ranking survivor.
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* GeneralFailure: The attack on Foy is initially a disaster because of him. Losing sight of Second Platoon, and being under fire, Dike completely freezes up and tells everyone to take cover...in the open, with an enemy garrison raining death down on them. He then commands Second Platoon to try to go around the village (completely detected, mind you) and hit it from the back. Sergeant Foley tells him point blank [[SuicideMission that's nuts]].
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* GeneralFailure: The attack on Foy is initially a disaster because of him. Losing sight of Second First Platoon, and being under fire, Dike completely freezes up and tells everyone to take cover...in the open, with an enemy garrison raining death down on them. He then commands Second First Platoon to try to go around the village (completely detected, mind you) and hit it from the back. Sergeant Lieutenant Foley tells him point blank [[SuicideMission that's nuts]].
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** During episode 8, when Winters gives the briefing for the second patrol, Speirs display a dark, stressed and sadden face, clearly knowing and disapproving what is ordered to his men. By the end of the briefing, after Winters explain a specific caveat to the mission, there is one of the rare moment when Speirs can be seen with a genuine smile.
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-->'''Lipton:''' ''(narrating)'' Dike wasn't a bad leader because he made bad decisions. He was a bad leader because he made ''no'' decisions.
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* LifeSavingMisfortune: After the "mutiny" by Easy Company, Sobel is reassigned to command a jump training school in England. Had he not been, then he would have been on the HQ transport plane when it was shot down during D-Day.
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: A variant as Webster remains a private throughout the war and doesn't have any issues over this even though his college education would have made him an officer candidate and other Toccoa men men rose through the ranks to become leaders. According to the book, this was because he'd decided he'd spend the war as a detached obsever and would only do as he was told and not give the army any more than necessary.
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* HappinessInMinimumWage: A variant as Webster remains a private throughout the war and doesn't have any issues over this even though his college education would have made him an officer candidate and other Toccoa men men rose through the ranks to become leaders. According to the book, this was because he'd decided he'd spend the war as a detached obsever and would only do as he was told and not give the army any more than necessary.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Just like Christenson, since his actor is arguably the most famous out of everyone in the cast nowadays.
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* TheAlcoholic: Although it is not shown in the series, the book mentions his love for whisky and how it earned him the nickname of "Bourbon Bob".
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As summarized by Nixon, "no flaws, no vices, [[NoSenseOfHumor no sense of humor]]". It's a bit of a deconstruction as well: Winters' men respect him, but are slightly suspicious of his moral behavior (in the first couple of episodes only).
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: As summarized by Nixon, "no flaws, no vices, [[NoSenseOfHumor no sense of humor]]". It's a bit of a deconstruction as well: Winters' men respect him, but are slightly suspicious of his moral behavior (in the first couple of episodes only).(until he proves himself extremely competent on D-Day).
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: On the ship ride to Britain, Guarnere makes a comment about Sobel being Jewish, clearly showing his disdain for Jews by calling him "A son of Abraham". Liegbott angrily says that he's Jewish too. and Guarnere responds, "Congratulations, get your nose out of my face", which results in a fight breaking out. This was a period where anti-Semitism was still fairly common in both America and Europe. Just before that, he also makes a comment about Winters being a Quaker and how he doesn't trust him to pull his weight in combat. This stems from Guarnere being Catholic, like most Italian Americans, and the long-standing divide between Catholics and Protestants dating back centuries.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: On the troopship to England, he makes an antisemitic remark about Sobel's Jewish background[[note]]"That prick's a son of Abraham"[[/note]]. When Liebgott, the company's other Jew, confronts him, Bill doubles down by telling Liebgott to "get your nose out of my face."
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: On the troopship ship ride to England, he Britain, Guarnere makes an antisemitic remark a comment about Sobel's Sobel being Jewish, clearly showing his disdain for Jews by calling him "A son of Abraham". Liegbott angrily says that he's Jewish background[[note]]"That prick's a son of Abraham"[[/note]]. When Liebgott, the company's other Jew, confronts him, Bill doubles down by telling Liebgott to "get too. and Guarnere responds, "Congratulations, get your nose out of my face."face", which results in a fight breaking out. This was a period where anti-Semitism was still fairly common in both America and Europe. Just before that, he also makes a comment about Winters being a Quaker and how he doesn't trust him to pull his weight in combat. This stems from Guarnere being Catholic, like most Italian Americans, and the long-standing divide between Catholics and Protestants dating back centuries.
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** Subverted. His his put-down of Private Miller was blunt to the point of rudeness, but his pointing out that Miller, as a freshly-arrived replacement, hadn't actually done anything to earn the unit citation badge he was wearing, seems like a valid criticism. In truth (and as the others point out), this doesn't matter. It is a unit citation, and as such any NewMeat may wear it despite not having "earned" it (as long as they stay in the unit anyway). So he's not just a jerk, he's wrong too.
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** Subverted. His his put-down of Private Miller was blunt to the point of rudeness, but his pointing out that Miller, as a freshly-arrived replacement, hadn't actually done anything to earn the unit citation badge he was wearing, seems like a valid criticism. In truth (and as the others point out), this doesn't matter. It is a unit ''unit'' citation, and as such any NewMeat may wear it despite not having "earned" it (as long as they stay in the unit anyway). So he's not just a jerk, he's wrong too.
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* WeaponSpecialization: Cobb prominently makes use of an [=M34] Grease Gun, the only member of Easy Company to do so.
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* TragicKeepsake: Weirdly enough, an example taken from an enemy. He kills a German soldier and takes his Edelweiss, wearing it until he's wounded and taken out of the field.
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* RevolversAreJustBetter: Averted. The police chief of his hometown sends him a revolver to take into Normandy. The only use it sees is when he uses the barrel of it to tap awake the soldier who's supposed to take over watch for him, only for him to get bayonetted for his trouble.
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