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** When Face complains of Murdock keeping him awake talking about Bigfoot, he calls him Marlin Perkins (a zoologist most famous as the host of Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom'').

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** When Face complains of Murdock keeping him awake talking about Bigfoot, he calls him Marlin Perkins (a zoologist most famous as the host of Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom'').''Series/MutualOfOmahasWildKingdom'').

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* CaughtInASnare: Happens to B.A. in the end, by Murdock.

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* CaughtInASnare: Happens to Murdock is disappointed that he hasn't caught Bigfoot by the end of the episode, and he's very excited when one of his Bigfoot traps starts jangling. When he and the others investigate, however, they find B.A. in the end, by Murdock.hanging from a tree branch. Murdock is amused; B.A. is furious.



* ShoutOut: When Face complains of Murdock keeping him awake talking about Bigfoot, he calls him Marlin Perkins (a zoologist most famous as the host of Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom'').

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When Face complains of Murdock keeping him awake talking about Bigfoot, he calls him Marlin Perkins (a zoologist most famous as the host of Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom'').Kingdom'').
** Murdock sings "The Lumberjack Song" from ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''.

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* HandGagging: Face scams Murdock out of the V.A. by saying that he's a threat to national security. Murdock keeps rambling and Face grabs him and puts a hand over his mouth, as though to keep him from spilling anything else.

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* FriendToAllChildren: B.A. bonds with Samantha's son Billy during the brief time the team is with the Lawrences, carrying him around, letting him shadow him while he's logging, and sharing his love of milk with him. Samantha says she hasn't seen Billy this happy since his father's death.
* HandGagging: Face scams Murdock out of the V.A. by saying that he's a threat to national security. Murdock keeps rambling and Face grabs him and puts a hand over his mouth, as though to keep him from spilling anything else. He then tells the staff that they'll be breaking laws if they repeat what Murdock said.



* YourFavorite: As the team prepares to leave, Samantha gives Face a pack of sandwiches for the road, saying they're his favorite: ham sandwiches. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it's uncertain whether these actually are Face's favorite or a [[LargeHam joke at his expense.]]

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* ShoutOut: When Face complains of Murdock keeping him awake talking about Bigfoot, he calls him Marlin Perkins (a zoologist most famous as the host of Mutual of Omaha's ''Wild Kingdom'').
* YourFavorite: As the team prepares to leave, Samantha gives Face a pack of ham sandwiches for the road, saying they're his favorite: ham sandwiches.favorite. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it's uncertain whether these actually are Face's favorite or a [[LargeHam joke at his expense.]]
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* CaughtInASnare: Happens to B.A. in the end, by Murdock.
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* CryptidEpisode: Murdock's obsession ''du jour'' is Bigfoot, and a lot of his scenes in the episode involve him attempting to catch one, either with a camera or with a trap. He fails in catching anything but B.A.

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A brother[=/=]sister logger team contact the A-Team to deal with a local man Bull , who has been giving false promises to loggers that if they join his union (and pay their dues) they'll double the profit, and destroying the property of anyone who refuses to join. The team heads to the woods to catch the lumberjacks (while Murdock simultaneously tries to catch a glimpse of Bigfoot).

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A The Lawrences, a brother[=/=]sister logger team logging team, contact the A-Team to deal with a local man Bull , [=McEwan=], who has been giving false promises to loggers that if they join his union (and pay their dues) they'll double the profit, and destroying the property of anyone any loggers who refuses refuse to join. The team heads to join the woods Lawrences' operation to catch the lumberjacks (while Murdock simultaneously tries to catch a glimpse of Bigfoot).fell [=McEwan=].



* ComicallySmallBribe: The reward for catching Bigfoot in a magazine Murdock was reading is fifteen dollars and a year's free subscription to the magazine. Murdock tries to bribe a diner owner to provide hamburgers for bait by offering to split the money -- in other words, they'll each get $7.50.

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* ComicallySmallBribe: The reward for catching a photo of Bigfoot in a magazine Murdock was reading is fifteen dollars and a year's free subscription to the magazine. Murdock tries to bribe a diner owner to provide hamburgers for bait by offering to split the money -- in other words, they'll each get $7.50.
* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: The episode has an exclamation point on the end.



* HelpImStuck: During one of the early attacks, one of [=McEwan=]'s men fells a tree, which falls and traps Murdock underneath it. Both John Lawrence and Hannibal fail to lift it far enough for Murdock to escape. It takes Hannibal and B.A. lifting together (and John moving Murdock) to free him.



* PayingForTheActionScene: After he and the others bust up the surroundings during a fight with [=McEwan=] and his men, Hannibal gives the owner some money to make up for it.

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* PayingForTheActionScene: After he and the others bust up the surroundings during a fight with [=McEwan=] and his men, Hannibal gives the owner some money to make up for it.it.
* YourFavorite: As the team prepares to leave, Samantha gives Face a pack of sandwiches for the road, saying they're his favorite: ham sandwiches. [[SubvertedTrope However]], it's uncertain whether these actually are Face's favorite or a [[LargeHam joke at his expense.]]
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A brother[=/=]sister logger team contact the A-Team to deal with a local man Bull , who has been giving false promises to loggers that if they join his union (and pay their dues) they'll double the profit, and destroying the property of anyone who refuses to join. The team heads to the woods to catch the lumberjacks (while Murdock simultaneously tries to catch a glimpse of Bigfoot).
!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The episode has a subplot about Murdock trying to trap Bigfoot while the rest of the team fight off villainous lumberjacks in the Northwest.
* ChainsawGood: B.A. uses a chainsaw to saw up the wall of a building where [=McEwan=] and his men are hanging out, and also to destroy a table.
* ComicallySmallBribe: The reward for catching Bigfoot in a magazine Murdock was reading is fifteen dollars and a year's free subscription to the magazine. Murdock tries to bribe a diner owner to provide hamburgers for bait by offering to split the money -- in other words, they'll each get $7.50.
* HandGagging: Face scams Murdock out of the V.A. by saying that he's a threat to national security. Murdock keeps rambling and Face grabs him and puts a hand over his mouth, as though to keep him from spilling anything else.
* {{Improbable Weapon User}}s: During the final battle, the A-Team formulates a cannon that fires lumber.
* PayingForTheActionScene: After he and the others bust up the surroundings during a fight with [=McEwan=] and his men, Hannibal gives the owner some money to make up for it.

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