History Recap / MashS1E19TheLongjohnFlap

* RunningGag: People taking things from Henry's office and burning them for warmth.

* ThatCameOutWrong: When Henry notices part of his desk has been taken for firewood:
-->'''Radar''': They'll burn anything to keep warm, sir.\\
'''Henry''': I know, but to cut off a man's legs and steal his drawers!

* JawDrop: Trapper is shocked to discover Hawkeye is wearing longjohns.
* LargeHam: Hawkeye

-->'''Frank''': ''[after a beat]'' Gee, no.

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye, when he discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing: by offering her Hawkeye's long johns as a gift. He has to be physically restrained by Trapper.

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing: by offering her Hawkeye's long johns as a gift. He has to be physically restrained by Trapper.

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing: by offering her ''his'' long johns as a gift. He has to be physically restrained by Trapper.

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing: by using ''his'' long johns to entice her. He has to be physically restrained by Trapper.

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing. He's using ''his'' long johns.
-->'''Hawkeye''': I'll break his leg, set it, and break it again.

** Hawkeye and Trapper catch Henry wearing the stolen long johns – which he's confiscated for "safekeeping" – and challenge him to identify them without looking:

--->'''Trapper''': I'd like to, but somebody stole it. This war is turning everybody into a criminal and it's making me sick.
--->'''Hawkeye''': Well, next time, try to stay out of the draft. ''[cackles uproariously]''

-->'''Trapper''': Is there a reason this line is going so slow, it's moving in the opposite direction?

-->'''Henry''': Well, uh, they're long...
-->'''Hawkeye''': And they're johns. That's them, all right. I guess they're his.

-->'''Henry''': Uh... I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the latest shipment of supplies to our unit.
-->'''Radar''': ''[writing]'' ...to our unit.
-->'''Henry''': The mosquito netting and the summer underwear were very much appreciated. ''[aside, as he tries to warm himself]'' Oh, boy. I am wearing so many pairs of cotton drawers, my thighs don't know each other anymore.
-->'''Radar''': ''[still writing]'' ...thighs don't know each other anymore.\\

* PunBasedTitle: Playing on "flap" as in a squabble or controversy and "flap" as in the button-up rear covering on a thermal union suit such that featured in the episode.

* ShoutOut: As Henry, suffering from an appendicitis attack, walks out of his office in a low crouch:
-->'''Hawkeye''': By the way, I loved you in ''Film/DuckSoup''.

!!These tropes weaved in through the camp like a pair of long johns...

* LighterAndSofter: In terms of writing. The first episode Alan Alda writes and it's a lighthearted chain of deals instead of Emotional Destruction.

* PlayingSick: Trapper's last resort to getting the longjohns for himself. It works, but only because Hawkeye's irritated by it.

* SkewedPriorities: Henry refuses an emergency appendectomy if it means cutting up the longjohns he's wearing.

* CharacterFilibuster: Hawkeye, after Margaret tells him how "her" long underwear was stolen:

A cold change is in the air as the onset of winter catch the members of the 4077 off-guard. The army in all of their [[SarcasmMode infinite wisdom]] did not send the camp any winter clothing or extra supplies for the season. As such, the characters have to make use of whatever they got to keep themselves warm while also freezing to the bone. The only person seemingly unaffected by the chill is Hawkeye who, unbeknownst to everyone, has been sent double-weave long johns from his father. HilarityEnsues when Trapper persistently begs to borrow them from Hawkeye, who gradually caves in out of irritation, but loses them to Radar in a poker game. Radar trades it over to the cook in exchange for a leg of roast lamb and mint jelly. The cook bribes Frank with them. Margaret tells him forcefully to hand them over to her. Klinger tries to steal it from Frank at gunpoint, only for it to be revealed to him Frank no longer has them, and proceeds to steal them from Margaret. Overcome by a guilty conscience and fearful for his life if he was to be found with them, Klinger gives them to Father Mulcahy during a confessional. Father Mulcahy then turns the longjohns in to Colonel Henry Blake, who wants to keep them for himself. Hawkeye and Trapper enter his office to get them back.

* AnswerCut: Hawkeye learns his long johns were stolen from Margaret's tent and remarks, "Only God knows where they are now." The scene cuts to Father Mulcahy who is about to have an improvised confessional with the thief.

** During the poker game:
--->'''Radar''': If I have three red cards and they're all red, would that mean I have three of a kind?
--->'''Hawkeye''': Is that a question for a grown man to ask?
** In Margaret's tent:
--->'''Margaret''': Where were you just now?
--->'''Hawkeye''': Over at surgery, perfecting my old sawing-the-man-in-half routine. Where do you ''think'' I was at this time of night?

-->'''Frank:''' Sergeant, I would be very surprised if you never even had a wife, let alone a stiff one.

-->'''Frank:''' Take off my clothes?! Now look Klinger, I know you're trying to get sent home as a nut, but wearing dresses is bad enough. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Get. Repulsive.]]

--->'''Hawkeye:''' You know all the nights I've lain awake dreaming of this moment. May I kiss your oak leaf, Major?
--->'''Margaret:''' Where were you just now?
--->'''Hawkeye:''' Over in surgery, perfecting my sawing-the-man-in-half routine. Where do you think I was?
--->'''Margaret:''' Somebody ran off with my underwear!
--->'''Hawkeye:''' Well, I hope that teaches you something about blind dates, Margaret.

--->'''Hawkeye:''' Certainly. You think I want to catch cold and die like you.

--->'''Trapper:''' I'd like to, but somebody stole it. This war is turning everybody into a criminal and it's making me sick.
--->'''Hawkeye:''' Well, next time, try to stay out of the draft.

--->'''Trapper:''' You better get some rest, Hawkeye. You're gonna need all your strength tomorrow... to bury me.

-->'''Trapper:''' Is there a reason this line is going so slow? It's moving in the opposite direction.

-->'''Trapper:''' $50 and a picture of my children. $60 and you can have the children!

-->'''Henry:''' Uh... I gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the latest shipment of supplies to our unit.
-->'''Radar:''' ''[writing]'' ...to our unit.
-->'''Henry:''' The mosquito netting and the summer underwear were very much appreciated. ''[aside, as he tries to warm himself]'' Oh, boy. I am wearing so many pairs of cotton drawers, my thighs don't know each other anymore.
-->'''Radar:''' ''[still writing]'' ...thighs don't know each other anymore.\\
'''Henry:''' Don't tell him about my thighs, Corporal! What's the matter with you?!

* [[IllKillYou I'm Gonna Kill Him]]: Hawkeye discovers how Radar caught the attentions of a nurse he was embracing. He's using ''his'' longjohns.
-->'''Hawkeye:''' I'll break his leg, set it, and break it again.

** The camp reacts more jubilantly to the news the longjohns have been saved than the news Henry's pulled through his operation.

-->'''Henry:''' This is ridiculous. Why can't they send us something decent to wear?

--->'''Margaret:''' ''[shivering in shock]'' You've let me sit here and freeze to death with socks on my hands while you've been parading around in those?! You tell your fingers to start bleeding, Frank, and get out! After you give me that underwear!

-->'''Hawkeye:''' Ha ha! Are you kidding? I wouldn't take twelve of your toes for these. [[LargeHam I'm warm. Warm, do you hear? Warm!]]

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Hawkeye loses a nurse to -- (Wait a sec, that can't be right! ...Oh, RuleOfFunny, huh?) -- Hawkeye loses a nurse to Radar.

** In Margaret's ten:

-->'''Radar:''' If I have three red cards and they're all red, would that mean I have three of a kind?
-->'''Hawkeye:''' Is that a question for a grown man to ask?

-->'''Radar:''' ''[still writing]'' ...thighs don't know each other anymore.
-->'''Henry:''' Don't tell him about my thighs, Corporal! What's the matter with you?!
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* SturgeonsLaw: Frank stakes his claim on the longjohns with the quote, "Possession is nine tenths of the law."