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* TheEndingChangesEverything: The fact Steve immediately sings the anthem how he showed Stan at the beginning of the episode implies he faked the PTSD to get back at Stan for putting him through the hell of his "teaching" him and force him to let him sing the anthem his own way, no matter how embarrassing it was for him.



* PyrrhicVictory: Roger has all of the items needed to enjoy "Barbara does Celine". He then [[MushroomSamba trips out from eating the Ortolan]] and supposedly misses the whole show.

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Roger has all of the items needed to enjoy "Barbara does Celine". He then [[MushroomSamba trips out from eating the Ortolan]] and supposedly misses the whole show.



* TheEndingChangesEverything: The fact Steve immediately sings the anthem how he showed Stan at the beginning of the episode implies he faked the PTSD to get back at Stan for putting him through the hell of his "teaching" him and force him to let him sing the anthem his own way, no matter how embarrassing it was for him.



-->'''Stan:''' The national anthem is about war, and you'll never be able to sing it until you've ''been'' to war!
-->'''Steve:''' ''("I don't like the sound of that" tone)'' Can you expand on that idea?

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-->'''Stan:''' The national anthem is about war, and you'll never be able to sing it until you've ''been'' to war!
-->'''Steve:'''
war!\\
'''Steve:'''
''("I don't like the sound of that" tone)'' Can you expand on that idea?
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* TheEndingChangesEverything: The fact Steve immediately sings the anthem how he showed Stan at the beginning of the episode implies he faked the PTSD to get back at Stan for putting him through the hell of his "teaching" him and force him to sing the anthem his own way, no matter how embarrassing it was for him.

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* TheEndingChangesEverything: The fact Steve immediately sings the anthem how he showed Stan at the beginning of the episode implies he faked the PTSD to get back at Stan for putting him through the hell of his "teaching" him and force him to let him sing the anthem his own way, no matter how embarrassing it was for him.

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* AllForNothing: After forcing him through a war reenactment to get Steve to sing the national anthem in a dignified matter, Stan lets him sing it his own way, and he embarrasses the everloving hell out of him. Zig-zagged, in that it's implied Steve made a ''conscious effort'' faking the PTSD in such a graphic and severe manner that Stan would be effectively ''forced'' for once to accept Steve's quirk in how he chose to sing it just to see him happy again.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Stan realizes he went ''way'' too far with getting Steve to sing the anthem normally when the usually happy-go-lucky Steve is so distraught by disappointing him with his snap at the ceremony he secluded himself at the golf club "reliving" his "memories" of the "battle".



* ShellShockedVeteran: Steve becomes this after the reenactment is over.

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** Stan is so successful in getting Steve to believe the effects of war that he inadvertently ruins the ceremony when it causes Steve to have a PTSD "flashback" when the fireworks go off. He ultimately has to eat his words and let him sing it his way, rendering his efforts AllForNothing.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Steve becomes this after the reenactment is over. It's implied at the very end he may have faked the whole thing to ensure Stan wouldn't have any problem with just singing it in the exaggerated way he wanted to to begin with.


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* TheEndingChangesEverything: The fact Steve immediately sings the anthem how he showed Stan at the beginning of the episode implies he faked the PTSD to get back at Stan for putting him through the hell of his "teaching" him and force him to sing the anthem his own way, no matter how embarrassing it was for him.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin to make it look like you're "hiding the act from God".
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* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a blowhard as he is, Stan doesn't like Civil War reenactments because the only people they attract, besides historians, are racists.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a right-wing blowhard as he is, Stan doesn't like Civil War reenactments because the only people they attract, besides historians, are racists.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Johnny Mind's doctor asks how he, a quadruple amputee, somehow managed to move the curtain over his bed.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a blowhard as he is, Stan doesn't like Civil War reenactments because the only other people they attract besides historians are racists.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a blowhard as he is, Stan doesn't like Civil War reenactments because the only other people they attract attract, besides historians historians, are racists.

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* IdiotBall: Instead of Roger just shutting up and letting Stan think "Barbara Does Celine" is $4.99 to get the pay per view code, Roger reveals it's actually $499. Which Stan immediately refuses to pay.


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* IdiotBall: Instead of Roger just shutting up and letting Stan think "Barbara Does Celine" is $4.99 to get the pay per view code, Roger reveals it's actually $499. Which Stan immediately refuses to pay.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: As much of a blowhard as he is, Stan doesn't like Civil War reenactments because the only other people they attract besides historians are racists.
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After learning that the pay-per-view special costs $500, Stan refuses to let Roger purchase it, saying he wouldn't pay that much to see Creator/BarbraStreisand ''do'' Music/CelineDion. Before wondering if he would, how he would watch them do it, and how it would look on his credit card bill.

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After learning that the pay-per-view special costs $500, Stan refuses to let Roger purchase it, saying he wouldn't pay that much to see Creator/BarbraStreisand ''do'' Music/CelineDion. Before wondering if he would, how where he would watch them do it, and how it would look on his credit card bill.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Roger warns Stan that he'll get the Pay-Per-View code one way or another, and should just surrender it to avoid any shenanigans. He later tortures and interrogates Stan until he does give the code. When it turns out to be fake, Haley gives him the real one in exchange for a bird he was planning to eat, but he tricks her.

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* ForegoneConclusion: Roger warns Stan that he'll get the Pay-Per-View code one way or another, and should just surrender it to avoid any shenanigans. He later tortures and interrogates Stan until he does give the code. When it turns out to be fake, Haley Hayley gives him the real one in exchange for a bird he was planning to eat, but he tricks her.

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin.

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin.napkin to make it look like you're "hiding the act from God".



* IdiotBall: Instead of Roger just shutting up and letting Stan think Barbara does Celine is $4.99 to get the pay per view code, Roger reveals it's actually $499. Which Stan immediately refuses to pay.

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* IdiotBall: Instead of Roger just shutting up and letting Stan think Barbara does Celine "Barbara Does Celine" is $4.99 to get the pay per view code, Roger reveals it's actually $499. Which Stan immediately refuses to pay.pay.
* ForegoneConclusion: Roger warns Stan that he'll get the Pay-Per-View code one way or another, and should just surrender it to avoid any shenanigans. He later tortures and interrogates Stan until he does give the code. When it turns out to be fake, Haley gives him the real one in exchange for a bird he was planning to eat, but he tricks her.


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* PyrrhicVictory: Roger has all of the items needed to enjoy "Barbara does Celine". He then [[MushroomSamba trips out from eating the Ortolan]] and supposedly misses the whole show.
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* NotInTheFace: Buckle gets his legs "blown off" by a grenade and asks Steve to finish him off. Steve shoots him in the face, despite being asked not to, causing Buckle to squirm in pain afterwards.

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* NotInTheFace: Buckle gets his legs "blown off" off by a grenade grenade" and asks Steve to finish him off. Steve shoots him in the face, despite being asked not to, causing Buckle to squirm in pain afterwards.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin napkin.
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* IdiotBall: Instead of Roger just shutting up and letting Stan think Barbara does Celine is $4.99 to get the pay per view code, Roger reveals it's actually $499. Which Stan immediately refuses to pay.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and the means that Roger describes preparing and eating it are accurate. Yes, even the napkin bit.

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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and the means that Roger describes in preparing it you do drown the bird (in Armagnac brandy traditionally, not Amaretto) to kill and eating it are accurate. Yes, even the marinade it, and yes, you traditionally cover your head with a napkin bit.

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* PaintballEpisode: The re-enactors fight with paintballs. They also use markers as knives, pinecones as grenades, and at one point, Steve uses a spray gun as a flamethrower.

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* NotInTheFace: Buckle gets his legs "blown off" by a grenade and asks Steve to finish him off. Steve shoots him in the face, despite being asked not to, causing Buckle to squirm in pain afterwards.
* PaintballEpisode: The re-enactors fight with paintballs. They also use markers as knives, pinecones as grenades, and at one point, Steve uses a spray gun paint sprayer as a flamethrower.
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* WarIsHell: Just two days in the reenactment is enough to give Steve PTSD.
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* PaintballEpisode: The re-enactors fight with paintballs. They also use markers as knives, pinecones as grenades, and at one point, Steve uses a spray gun as a flamethrower.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Roger tortures Stan for their pay-per-view code, forcing him to listen as he reads Michael Patrick King's ''700 page'' first draft of the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie.

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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Roger tortures Stan for their pay-per-view code, forcing him to listen as he reads Michael Patrick King's ''700 page'' first draft of the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie.''Series/SexAndTheCity'' [[Film/SexAndTheCity movie]].
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Roger tortures Stan for their pay-per-view code, forcing him to listen as he reads Michael Patrick King's ''700 page'' first draft of the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie.

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* ColdBloodedTorture: CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Roger tortures Stan for their pay-per-view code, forcing him to listen as he reads Michael Patrick King's ''700 page'' first draft of the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie.
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-->'''Stan:''' The national anthem is about war, and you'll never be able to find it until you've ''been'' to war!

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-->'''Stan:''' The national anthem is about war, and you'll never be able to find sing it until you've ''been'' to war!
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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After learning that the pay-per-view special costs $500, Stan refuses to let Roger purchase it, saying he wouldn't pay that much to see Creator/BarbaraStreisand ''do'' Music/CelineDion. Before wondering if he would, how he would watch them do it, and how it would look on his credit card bill.
* MushroomSamba: Roger experiences this after eating the Ortolan during the Barbara Streisand special.

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* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After learning that the pay-per-view special costs $500, Stan refuses to let Roger purchase it, saying he wouldn't pay that much to see Creator/BarbaraStreisand Creator/BarbraStreisand ''do'' Music/CelineDion. Before wondering if he would, how he would watch them do it, and how it would look on his credit card bill.
* MushroomSamba: Roger experiences this after eating the Ortolan during the Barbara Barbra Streisand special.
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Steve is selected to sing the national anthem at an event honoring veterans, but can't carry the right tune. So Stan takes him to a Vietnam War reenactment.
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* AluminiumChristmasTrees: The Ortolan is a real French bird, and the means that Roger describes preparing and eating it are accurate. Yes, even the napkin bit.
* CallBack: Roger plays the role of Stan's Vietnamese interrogator. He had previously mentioned that he fought for the Viet Cong in the 60s.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Roger tortures Stan for their pay-per-view code, forcing him to listen as he reads Michael Patrick King's ''700 page'' first draft of the ''Film/SexAndTheCity'' movie.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After learning that the pay-per-view special costs $500, Stan refuses to let Roger purchase it, saying he wouldn't pay that much to see Creator/BarbaraStreisand ''do'' Music/CelineDion. Before wondering if he would, how he would watch them do it, and how it would look on his credit card bill.
* MushroomSamba: Roger experiences this after eating the Ortolan during the Barbara Streisand special.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Steve becomes this after the reenactment is over.
* ShoutOut: The episode ends with [[Film/FirstBlood an insane veteran being visited by his commanding officer, who convinces him that the war is over]].
* TemptingFate: After their base camp is wiped out, Principal Lewis tells Steve, Buckle, and Dick that they'll be fine so long as they stay with him. He's promptly shot.
* TortureIsIneffective: Even after getting tortured by Roger, Stan manages to retain his willpower and not give him the code.
* WarIsGlorious: Stan definitely has this view, thinking that experiencing war will make Steve a better singer.
-->'''Stan:''' The national anthem is about war, and you'll never be able to find it until you've ''been'' to war!
-->'''Steve:''' ''("I don't like the sound of that" tone)'' Can you expand on that idea?
* WarReenactors: Stan's NRA friends rent out a golf course to partake in a Vietnam War reenactment with paintballs. Steve initially thinks they're going to be in a Civil War reenactment, which Stan describes as "only for historians and people who hate blacks."

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