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*TheCaptain: Both Commander Knox and Lieutenant Commander Dodge.
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* SealTheBreach: After Stepanek and the engine crew seal a series of smaller leaks, the main water pipe bursts, releasing a geyser that Stepanek plugs single-handed.
-->'''Stepanek''': Now ''that'' was fun!
-->'''Stepanek''': Now ''that'' was fun!
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* EntitledBastard: Despite treating his crew mates like crap, Pascal expects them to support when he attempts to take command of the ''Stingray'' from Dodge. The rest of crew simply laugh at this and stay on Dodge's side.
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* RiddleForTheAges: What Dodge's infamous tattoo actually was.
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* RiddleForTheAges: What Dodge's infamous tattoo actually was. Graham sharks that it's "Welcome Aboard" early on, but we don't get a confirmation either way.
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** It is unknown what happened to Pascal after he was thrown overboard on to a fishing boat by the crew of "Stingray" after a failed attempt to take command of the submarine.
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* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: Admiral Winslow explains to Dodge that the Russians are selling off their diesel submarine fleet to countries hostile to the U.S., in order to raise much-needed cash. These subs may not be any match for the American nuclear fleet in a conventional battle, but Winslow believes there is a credible threat that a rogue sub, in the hands of a hostile military or a terrorist group, could slip into a U.S. harbor and wreak havoc. Dodge ends up proving him right.
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* RiddleForTheAges: What Dodge's infamous tattoo actually was.
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* UnderdogsNeverLose: A commander on his last chance, leading an intentionally collected RagtagBunchOfMisfits crew, with an obsolete rust bucket of a sub as his craft. Of course, they pull off the win!
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* PermissionToSpeakFreely: Emily Lake asks for this, gets it, and then kisses the captain. Earlier, Dodge gives permission to Pascal when he tries to ask Dodge to relieve him of his post so he can go to another assignment, and Pascal buries himself deeper by calling the whole crew "the biggest collection of ''assholes'' in naval history!" and tried to open up his attempt at using PresentCompanyExcluded on his ''captain'' with "I know why you're here (the damned penis tattoo), but..."
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* PermissionToSpeakFreely: Emily Lake asks for this, gets it, and then kisses the captain. Earlier, Dodge gives permission to Pascal when he tries to ask Dodge to relieve him of his post so he can go to another assignment, and Pascal buries himself deeper by calling the whole crew "the biggest collection of ''assholes'' and ''retards'' in naval history!" and tried to open up his attempt at using PresentCompanyExcluded on his ''captain'' with "I know why you're here (the damned penis tattoo), but..."
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-->'''MMC (Ret) Howard:''' Gives us an extra fifty [=RPMs=]!
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-->'''MMC (Ret) Howard:''' Gives Whiskey, thins out the mix; gives us an extra fifty [=RPMs=]!
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Turns out Knox and his first mate had a little bet going on. Knox lost. The payoff happened behind Admiral Graham's back.
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* BigGood: Vice Admiral Winslow sees potential in Dodge and arranged the war game to give the Lieutenant Commander once last shot at commanding his own submarine. He's also determined to figure out if it's possible for a rogue obsolete sub to seriously threaten the mighty US Navy, unlike the rest of the brass, who automatically dismiss the notion as ridiculous. [[spoiler:He's proven right on both counts]].
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* BigGood: Vice Admiral Winslow sees potential in Dodge and arranged the war game to give the Lieutenant Commander once one last shot at commanding his own submarine. He's also determined to figure out if it's possible for a rogue obsolete sub to seriously threaten the mighty US Navy, unlike the rest of the brass, who automatically dismiss the notion as ridiculous. [[spoiler:He's proven right on both counts]].
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* SteppingOutToReact: Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dodge is so surprised that he received a message to get to headquarters to be assigned a submarine for captaining (right after seeing that he was denied a commission for the third time, which made his career in his own words "thirty years down [[PrecisionFStrike the fucking drain]]") that he asks his captain if this is a misunderstanding (and his captain says he had the message decoded twice, so it isn't) and then walks out of the room before whooping out in joy.
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* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: When the ''Stingray'' submerges the first time, Chief Engineer Howard throws a switch that shuts down the diesel engine and runs the submarine on battery power. But when he does so, the propeller screws in the engine room stop moving, whereas in actuality they would continue to run on battery power (in fact, if they didn't, the submarine would stop moving forward and could not stay submerged).
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* InstantWinCondition: In the climax. All the ''Stingray'' has to do to win the wargame is sink the dummy ship. Their ''own'' survival was never part of the game.
-->'''Dodge:''' ''Orlando'', this is ''Stingray'', Stingray One speaking. We acknowledge the kill and congratulate all the fine men on your boat.\\
'''Graham:''' [[SarcasmMode Well thank you, Captain.]]\\
'''Dodge:''' ''However'', at the time of your transmission, I had already fired two torpedoes.\\
'''Graham:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]\\
'''Dodge:''' You can probably hear them in the water. And though we are dead, our fish are on their way to the Naval Station dummy ship. They hit, we still win. [[TalkLikeAPirate Harr harr..]]
-->'''Dodge:''' ''Orlando'', this is ''Stingray'', Stingray One speaking. We acknowledge the kill and congratulate all the fine men on your boat.\\
'''Graham:''' [[SarcasmMode Well thank you, Captain.]]\\
'''Dodge:''' ''However'', at the time of your transmission, I had already fired two torpedoes.\\
'''Graham:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]\\
'''Dodge:''' You can probably hear them in the water. And though we are dead, our fish are on their way to the Naval Station dummy ship. They hit, we still win. [[TalkLikeAPirate Harr harr..]]
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* TalkLikeAPirate: The "think like a pirate" order doesn't immediately lead to this, but Dodge and the crew go all in when making [[spoiler:Pascal]] WalkThePlank. Even after changing back into their regular clothes, they still indulge a little bit in this for the climax.
-->'''Dodge:''' Harrve you any last worrrrds before ye walk the plank, sirrr?
-->'''Dodge:''' Harrve you any last worrrrds before ye walk the plank, sirrr?
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* JoinTheArmyTheySaid: When stringing halogen lamps on the periscope as part of a ruse [[spoiler:to look like a fishing boat in rough nighttime weather]], Jackson grumbles, "I didn’t see this shit in no recruiting poster!" After successfully taping down the light without drowning, he sings an old US Army recruiting ad song.
-->'''Jackson:''' Be all that you can be!\\
'''Dodge:''' That's the ''Army'' song, Jackson!
-->'''Jackson:''' Be all that you can be!\\
'''Dodge:''' That's the ''Army'' song, Jackson!
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* RecruitersAlwaysLie: When stringing halogen lamps on the periscope as part of a ruse [[spoiler:to look like a fishing boat in rough nighttime weather]], Jackson grumbles, "I didn’t see this shit in no recruiting poster!" After successfully taping down the light without drowning, he sings an old US Army recruiting ad song.
-->'''Jackson:''' Be all that you can be!\\
'''Dodge:''' That's the ''Army'' song, Jackson!
-->'''Jackson:''' Be all that you can be!\\
'''Dodge:''' That's the ''Army'' song, Jackson!
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