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* ComplexityAddiction: Several steps could have been cut from the plan (along with having to explain Baker's new nose when he gets back from R&R) if they had simply had him get hit with the baseball.

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* ComplexityAddiction: Several steps could have been cut from the plan (along with having to explain Baker's new nose when he gets back from R&R) if they had simply had him ''him'' get hit with the baseball.baseball instead of Radar.



--> '''PA Announcer''': Attention. Major Robbins, report for emergency surgery. Major Burns, report to the CO. Major Houlihan, report to Supply. ''[{{beat}}]'' Those are the major announcements of the day.

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--> '''PA Announcer''': Attention. Major Robbins, report for emergency surgery. Major Burns, report to the CO. Major Houlihan, report to Supply. ''[{{beat}}]'' Those are the major announcements of for the day.
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--> '''Mulcahy''': "Seek and ye shall find."

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--> '''Mulcahy''': Well, "Seek and ye shall find."
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--> '''PA Announcer''': Attention. Major Robbins, report for emergency surgery. Major Burns, report to the CO. Major Houlihan, report to Supply. [beat] Those are the major announcements of the day.

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--> '''PA Announcer''': Attention. Major Robbins, report for emergency surgery. Major Burns, report to the CO. Major Houlihan, report to Supply. [beat] ''[{{beat}}]'' Those are the major announcements of the day.
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--> '''Mulcahy''': Seek and ye shall find.

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--> '''Mulcahy''': Seek "Seek and ye shall find."

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* MythologyGag: Like the previous guest character he played in MASH, Stuart Margolin's Stanley Robbins has lecherously set his eyes on Margaret Houlihan.
* NoodleIncident: MASH 4077 recently celebrated Mardi Gras, in which Henry appeared as King Neptune.

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* MythologyGag: Like the previous guest character he played in MASH, Stuart Margolin's Stanley "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts", Creator/StuartMargolin's Robbins has lecherously set his eyes on Margaret Houlihan.
* NoodleIncident: MASH 4077 recently celebrated Mardi Gras, in during which Henry appeared as King Neptune.



* TitleDrop: "Gentlemen, synchronize your watches. [[OperationBlank Operation Noselift]] is about to begin."

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* TitleDrop: "Gentlemen, synchronize your watches. [[OperationBlank Operation Noselift]] is about to begin.""

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* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** While Hawkeye is making a phone call from Henry's office, Trapper can be seen in the background playing with a Japanese doll on Henry's desk, breaking it, and hurriedly hiding the pieces. (Later, when Hawkeye and Trapper are out in the compound, an angry Henry comes up demanding to know who broke the doll.)
** While searching for Robbins, Hawkeye stops to talk to Father Mulcahy in the compound. Behind them is a parked jeep in which two soldiers sit, one reading a hard-bound medical reference and the other a comic book, comparing notes.
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Hawkeye runs into Father Mulcahy while looking around camp for Robbins:

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: While looking around camp for Robbins, Hawkeye runs into Father Mulcahy while looking around camp for Robbins:Mulcahy, who quotes from [[Literature/TheFourGospels Matthew 7:7]].
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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Hawkeye runs into Father Mulcahy while looking around camp for Robbins.

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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Hawkeye runs into Father Mulcahy while looking around camp for Robbins.Robbins:



--> '''Father Mulcahy''': Seek and ye shall find.

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--> '''Father Mulcahy''': '''Mulcahy''': Seek and ye shall find.

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Uncomfortable with the way his nose has been ever since he was a child, Private Daniel Baker has been seeking cosmetic surgery to have it altered, but he faces the issues of cosmetic surgery not being allowed to be performed at a United States military hospital and the fact that none of the surgeons stationed in Tokyo either. As one would expect, Hawkeye and Trapper go above and beyond to help a friend in need, calling in an expert to do the job. And of course, Majors Burns and Houlihan seek to stand in the way.

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Uncomfortable with the way his nose has been ever since he was a child, Private Daniel Baker has been seeking cosmetic surgery to have it altered, but he faces the issues of cosmetic surgery not being allowed to be performed at a United States military hospital and the fact that none of the surgeons stationed in Tokyo either. As one would expect, Hawkeye and Trapper go above and beyond to help a friend in need, calling in an expert expert, Major Stanley "Stosh" Robbins, to do the job. And of course, Majors Burns and Houlihan seek to stand in the way.


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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Hawkeye runs into Father Mulcahy while looking around camp for Robbins.
--> '''Hawkeye''': I need Dr. Robbins.
--> '''Father Mulcahy''': Seek and ye shall find.
--> '''Hawkeye''': [[DeadpanSnarker They certainly foresaw every contingency.]]
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it's not hard to have her actual name


* IAmSpartacus: To keep Frank and Hot Lips from finding out who Robbins operated on (since cosmetic surgery on military personnel is against regulations), Trapper and Hawkeye have every one in the compound wearing bandages over their noses.

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* IAmSpartacus: To keep Frank and Hot Lips Margaret from finding out who Robbins operated on (since cosmetic surgery on military personnel is against regulations), Trapper and Hawkeye have every one in the compound wearing bandages over their noses.
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* IAmSpartacus: To keep Frank and Hot Lips from finding out who Robbins operated on (since cosmetic surgery on military personnel is against regulations), Trapper and Hawkeye have every one in the compound wearing bandages over their noses.
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** "[[YesVirginia Hey Virginia]], there ''is'' a Barracuda."

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** "[[YesVirginia Hey Virginia]], "Hey, Virginia, there ''is'' a Barracuda.""[[note]]A reference to the phrase "Yes, Virginia, there is a SantaClaus."[[/note]]
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** "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YesVirginia Hey Virginia]], there ''is'' a Barracuda."

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** "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YesVirginia "[[YesVirginia Hey Virginia]], there ''is'' a Barracuda."
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** "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/YesVirginia Hey Virginia]], there ''is'' a Barracuda."
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* EstablishingShot: Henry's office is depicted as being in a standalone tent for the only time in the series.
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** Henry funnily tries to guess what famous Hollywood people Stanley Robbins has performed cosmetic surgery on, such as Sylvia Sidney, Slim Summerville and Sid Caesar.

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** Henry funnily tries to guess what famous Hollywood people Stanley Robbins has performed cosmetic surgery on, tossing out such names as Sylvia Sidney, Creator/SylviaSidney, Slim Summerville Summerville, and Sid Caesar.Creator/SidCaesar.
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* TitleDrop: "Gentlemen, synchronize your watches. Operation Noselift is about to begin."

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* TitleDrop: "Gentlemen, synchronize your watches. [[OperationBlank Operation Noselift Noselift]] is about to begin."
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* GagNose: Private Baker's prodigious schnozz.

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* GagNose: Private Baker's prodigious schnozz.is truly prodigious.



* ReflexiveResponse: Father Mulcahy reiterates that all humanity was made in God's image. Bake retorts this with the following line:
--> ''Well then he must have a schnoz the size of Texas.''

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* ReflexiveResponse: After Father Mulcahy reiterates that all humanity was made in God's image. Bake retorts this with the following line:
--> ''Well then he
image.
-->'''Henry:''' Well, then, He
must have a schnoz schnozz the size of Texas.''
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* GagNose: Private Baker's prodigious schnozz.
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* AnachronismStew: Henry references ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]]'' as one of the films shown in the camp -- even though it was several years away from being made at the time.

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* AnachronismStew: Henry references ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]]'' as one of the films shown in the camp -- camp, even though it was several years away from being made at the time.
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* AnachronismStew: Henry references ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]]'' as one of the films shown in the camp - even though it hadn't been filmed yet.

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* AnachronismStew: Henry references ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]]'' as one of the films shown in the camp - -- even though it hadn't been filmed yet.was several years away from being made at the time.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: An upset Private Baker finally cracks a smile when Hawkeye tells him a joke about Napoleon.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: An upset Private Baker finally cracks a smile when Hawkeye tells him jokes that [[UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte Napoleon]] always kept his hand tucked in his coat as a joke about Napoleon.way of hiding his big nose.
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* BrickJoke: When contacting Stanley Robbins, Trapper accidentally sits on Henry's doll, breaking its head off from the body. One scene later, Henry has discovered it and is hopping mad.

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* BrickJoke: When contacting While Hawkeye phones Stanley Robbins, Trapper accidentally sits on the Japanese doll on Henry's doll, desk, breaking its head off from the body. One scene later, Henry has discovered it and is hopping mad.

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* TheChessmaster: When Frank and Margaret get suspicious, Hawkeye and Trapper start leading the two into a game that was over before it began.

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* TheChessmaster: When Frank and Margaret get suspicious, Hawkeye and Trapper start leading the two into a game that was over before it began. That being said...
* ComplexityAddiction: Several steps could have been cut from the plan (along with having to explain Baker's new nose when he gets back from R&R) if they had simply had him get hit with the baseball.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: How are they planning on explaining Baker's new nose when he gets back from his supposed R&R?
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!!Operation Noselift consisted of these tropes:

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!!Operation Noselift consisted of these !!Attention, all hands! Private Baker's surgery will involve the following tropes:

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* BlatantLies: Hawkeye informs Frank and Margaret that Stanley's visit to the 40777 is merely social.

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* BlatantLies: Hawkeye informs Frank and Margaret that Stanley's visit to the 40777 4077 is merely social.


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* RapeAsComedy: Robbins follows Margaret into the supply tent and starts to make advances on her including shoving her onto a table. This is entirely played for laughs.

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* AnachronismStew: Henry references ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]]'' as one of the films shown in the camp - even though it hadn't been filmed yet.



** Two of the movies shown on Movie Night in the past week were [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]] and [[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]].

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** Two of the movies shown on Movie Night in the past week were [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld ''[[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]] Thing]]'' and [[Film/TheBlob1958 ''[[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]].Blob]]''.
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: Frank wisely suspects that Stanley Robbins' visit is not for social reasons.
--> '''Frank''': A plastic surgeon in a field hospital. Don't you think they're up to something sneaky?
--> '''Margaret''': Oh, if you do, I do, Frank. I trust your sneaky instincts.

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* DescriptionCut: Henry instructcs Private Bake to go to Father Mulcahy to talk about his problems, confiding that the chaplain is a good and wise man. The scene moves to Father Mulcahy talking to Baker.

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* BerserkButton: Margaret catches Frank making lovey-dovey talk to a woman on the phone. The fact that it's his wife doesn't settle things.
* BigDamnHeroes: Hawkeye arrives in time to stop Major Robbins forcing himself on Margaret. Trapper also gets to be this too by being a shoulder for Margaret to cry on.
* BlatantLies: Hawkeye informs Frank and Margaret that Stanley's visit to the 40777 is merely social.
** [[ContinuityNod Once again]], Frank fibs to his wife that Major Houlihan is a guy.
* BrickJoke: When contacting Stanley Robbins, Trapper accidentally sits on Henry's doll, breaking its head off from the body. One scene later, Henry has discovered it and is hopping mad.
* TheChessmaster: When Frank and Margaret get suspicious, Hawkeye and Trapper start leading the two into a game that was over before it began.
* DeadpanSnarker: The PA Announcer issues out a set of commands as part of Hawkeye's plan for Baker's operation as well as getting Frank and Margaret out of the way.
--> '''PA Announcer''': Attention. Major Robbins, report for emergency surgery. Major Burns, report to the CO. Major Houlihan, report to Supply. [beat] Those are the major announcements of the day.
* DescriptionCut: Henry instructcs Private Bake Baker to go to Father Mulcahy to talk about his problems, confiding that the chaplain is a good and wise man. The scene moves to Father Mulcahy talking to Baker.Baker.
* GenreSavvy: Frank wisely suspects that Stanley Robbins' visit is not for social reasons.
--> '''Frank''': A plastic surgeon in a field hospital. Don't you think they're up to something sneaky?
--> '''Margaret''': Oh, if you do, I do, Frank. I trust your sneaky instincts.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Hawkeye and Trapper make a pair when Baker is going through Robbin's catalogue of nose shapes and styles.
--> '''Hawkeye''': Gee, I never realised how hard it was to pick a nose.
--> '''Robbins''': [''scowling''] Do me a favour, huh? [''points to a page''] Big winner. Very popular number. This job paid for two Cadillacs.
--> '''Trapper''': I'd call that paying through the nose.
--> '''Robbins''': The wit in this tent flows like molasses.
* MythologyGag: Like the previous guest character he played in MASH, Stuart Margolin's Stanley Robbins has lecherously set his eyes on Margaret Houlihan.



* PsychopathicManChild: Henry Blake.
--> '''Henry''': Hey! Who broke my doll?!
--> '''Robbins''': I didn't know you guys had a mental ward.
--> '''Hawkeye''': That, Doctor Ripley, is our commanding officer.
--> '''Robbins''': Do I salute or test his reflexes?



* ShoutOut: Two of the movies shown on Movie Night in the past week were [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]] and [[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]].

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* ShoutOut: ShipTease: Margaret and Trapper.
--> '''Trapper''': There, there, my Margaret. Ain't nobody gonna harm y'all unless you leave old Uncle Trapper's arms.
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Two of the movies shown on Movie Night in the past week were [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]] and [[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]].Blob]].
** Henry funnily tries to guess what famous Hollywood people Stanley Robbins has performed cosmetic surgery on, such as Sylvia Sidney, Slim Summerville and Sid Caesar.
** Hawkeye refers to [[Film/Frankenstein1931 Frankenstein]], claiming that Stanley built him in his laboratory.
* TheTag: Hawkeye and Trapper (and the audience) realise that Stanley Robbins is leaving the 4077 without mentioning the nurse they claimed to be setting up for him. This leads to them to believe that he met a nurse who fit and reciprocated his tastes, and immediately set themselves about finding who that nurse was.
* TitleDrop: "Gentlemen, synchronize your watches. Operation Noselift is about to begin."
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Uncomfortable with the way his nose has been ever since he was a child, Private Daniel Baker has been seeking cosmetic surgery to have it altered, but he faces the issues of cosmetic surgery not being allowed to be performed at a United States military hospital and the fact that none of the surgeons stationed in Tokyo either. As one would expect, Hawkeye and Trapper go above and beyond to help a friend in need, calling in an expert to do the job. And of course, Majors Burns and Houlihan seek to stand in the way.

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!!Operation Noselift consisted of these tropes:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: An upset Private Baker finally cracks a smile when Hawkeye tells him a joke about Napoleon.
* AmusingInjuries: Henry, in the middle of saluting, catches his finger on one of his hat's fishing hooks.
--> '''Henry''': What are you trying to do to me?
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Henry confesses that he is not very good with handing out discipline.
* DescriptionCut: Henry instructcs Private Bake to go to Father Mulcahy to talk about his problems, confiding that the chaplain is a good and wise man. The scene moves to Father Mulcahy talking to Baker.
* NoodleIncident: MASH 4077 recently celebrated Mardi Gras, in which Henry appeared as King Neptune.
* PlausibleDeniability: Henry tells Hawkeye and Trapper not to inform him any further about what they have planned to help Baker get the cosmetic surgery for his nose, wanting to put this trope into effect.
--> '''Henry''': You guys have my full permission, and I never said that, I mean, I'm not even here, so how could I?
* {{Pun}}: Henry, when asked by Hawkeye and Trapper if he's noticed Baker's nose.
--> '''Henry''': Ooh, that's quite a hooter. There's one bazoo that's begging for a salami slicer.
* ReflexiveResponse: Father Mulcahy reiterates that all humanity was made in God's image. Bake retorts this with the following line:
--> ''Well then he must have a schnoz the size of Texas.''
* RememberTheNewGuy: This is not the first time Daniel Baker has gone AWOL.
* RunningGag: Once more, Henry Blake has to deal with a negative report written by Frank and Margaret that was sent to a ranking general, in this example General Mitchell.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Cosmetic surgery is against army regulations. That doesn't stop Hawkeye and Trapper from helping Baker out.
* SelectiveObliviousness: A habit of Father Mulcahy's; he translates hearing things like sexual subjects into the Latin language.
--> '''Father Mulcahy''': Makes them sound noble.
* ShoutOut: Two of the movies shown on Movie Night in the past week were [[Film/TheThingFromAnotherWorld The Thing]] and [[Film/TheBlob1958 The Blob]].

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