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* FriendshipMoment: Implied: After Sam wins the championship match, we cut to a shot from outside the ring, where he seemingly hugs himself while talking to thin air.[[note]]Since Al was in the ring with him, the implication is that Sam hugged Al.[[/note]]
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* BrickJoke: After entering Kid Cody's apartment for the first time (and before he meets Angela), Sam assumes he has a roommate with "cauliflower ears". Later on, when Sam makes it clear to Jake that he won't take a dive in the upcoming fight, Jake asks if he has cauliflower in his ears.
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* ContinuityNod: While hanging out with Kid Cody's trainer at the bar, Sam notices a TV report about Nixon being pardoned over [[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E03StarCrossed the Watergate incident]].
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* TakeThat: In-universe: Sam makes the assumption in his opening narration that him leaping into Kid Cody ''seconds'' prior to getting punching in the face in a boxing ring was "the big guy upstairs"' response to him [[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E03StarCrossed directly breaking his own rules by helping Donna]].
-->'''Sam''': (narrating; over footage of ''Star-Crossed'') You know, this leaping about in time has its advantages. Like being able to reunite the love of my life with her father. And even though I wasn't supposed to affect anyone in my personal future, I figured the big guy upstairs would understand.
-->(Sam leaps out; leaps into a boxing ring; is promptly punched in the face and collapses)
-->'''Sam''': (narrating) Then again, maybe he didn't.
-->'''Sam''': (narrating; over footage of ''Star-Crossed'') You know, this leaping about in time has its advantages. Like being able to reunite the love of my life with her father. And even though I wasn't supposed to affect anyone in my personal future, I figured the big guy upstairs would understand.
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-->'''Sam''': (narrating) Then again, maybe he didn't.
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: When Roscoe shows up to get paid, Dixie threatens to break his nose the next time he "come between [her and Cody] and a jelly-filled, sugar-glazed and sprinkles on top one more time". After getting the money thrown at him, he bends down to pick it up... as Dixie slams the door shut.
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: When Roscoe shows up to get paid, Dixie threatens to break his nose the next time he "come "come[s] between [her and Cody] and a jelly-filled, sugar-glazed and sprinkles on top one more time". After getting the money thrown at him, he bends down to pick it up... as Dixie slams the door shut.
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** Al mentions that Ziggy had predicted that Sam would wind up leaping into Texas in the mid 1950s, only for both him and Sam to acknowledge she was ''way'' off. [[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E05HowTheTessWasWon Cue the next episode.]]
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-->'''Roscoe''': (in pain) Oh! Damn it... Oh, you broke my nose.
-->'''Roscoe''': (in pain) Oh! Damn it... Oh, you broke my nose.
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** After being pulled aside by the crooked boxing promoter, Jake Edwards, Sam tries to get out of fighting in the championship by expressing a desire of retiring, referencing ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' in the process. In case you forgot, Marlon Brando's character [[ICouldaBeenAContender coulda been a contender]] had he not [[ThrowingTheFight thrown the fight]].
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** After being pulled aside by the crooked boxing promoter, Jake Edwards, Sam tries to get out of fighting in the championship by expressing a desire of retiring, referencing ''Film/OnTheWaterfront'' in the process. In case you forgot, Marlon Brando's character [[ICouldaBeenAContender coulda been a contender]] had he not [[ThrowingTheFight thrown the fight]].
** Al mentions that Ziggy had predicted that Sam would wind up leaping into a farmer in 1956, only for both him and Sam to acknowledge she was ''way'' off. [[Recap/QuantumLeapS1E05HowTheTessWasWon Cue the next episode.]]
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-->"I thought that God sent me a champion, but He sent me a cheat."
-->"I thought that God sent me a champion, but He sent me a cheat."
* FreudianExcuse: Angela's entire family was killed in a house fire. She wondered why she was spared, as she was bounced around and left homeless. She was later taken in by a nun and turned her life around--renewing her faith in God and making her want to build a chapel to help the needy.
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'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 3:'''
!The Right Hand of God
->'''Sam:''' I'm on the take, I wear polyester clothes and I live above a bar in an apartment decorated like a gym. If I have a roommate, he probably has cauliflower ears.
Written by John Hill
Directed by Gilbert M. Shilton
Airdate: April 7, 1989.
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October 24, 1974
Sam steps into the ring as Clarence “Kid” Cody, a boxer on the take from a sleazy bookkeeper. As Cody, Sam must fight to legitimately claim the heavyweight title and help the nuns who own his contract get the money to build a mission for the poor.
!Tropes:
* TheBoxingEpisode
* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Cody’s girlfriend, Dixie, is as friendly and wholesome a stripper as can be.
* HollywoodNuns
* PursueTheDreamJob: Cody and Dixie’s dream is to open their own donut shop.
* {{Streaking}}: Sam convinces Dixie to streak at the State Heavyweight Championship to distract his opponent. It doesn’t work as well as Sam was hoping.
* ThrowingTheFight: Jake orders Cody to throw the State Championship. Sam is there to change that.
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Previous: Recap/QuantumLeapS01E03StarCrossed\\
Next: Recap/QuantumLeapS01E05HowTheTessWasWon]
'''''Series/QuantumLeap'''''\\
'''Season 1, Episode 3:'''
!The Right Hand of God
->'''Sam:''' I'm on the take, I wear polyester clothes and I live above a bar in an apartment decorated like a gym. If I have a roommate, he probably has cauliflower ears.
Written by John Hill
Directed by Gilbert M. Shilton
Airdate: April 7, 1989.
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October 24, 1974
Sam steps into the ring as Clarence “Kid” Cody, a boxer on the take from a sleazy bookkeeper. As Cody, Sam must fight to legitimately claim the heavyweight title and help the nuns who own his contract get the money to build a mission for the poor.
!Tropes:
* TheBoxingEpisode
* FamilyFriendlyStripper: Cody’s girlfriend, Dixie, is as friendly and wholesome a stripper as can be.
* HollywoodNuns
* PursueTheDreamJob: Cody and Dixie’s dream is to open their own donut shop.
* {{Streaking}}: Sam convinces Dixie to streak at the State Heavyweight Championship to distract his opponent. It doesn’t work as well as Sam was hoping.
* ThrowingTheFight: Jake orders Cody to throw the State Championship. Sam is there to change that.
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