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* CoolPet:
** Meatball, the bull terrier
** Spaghetti, the captured Japanese talking crow
** Meatball, the bull terrier
** Spaghetti, the captured Japanese talking crow
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** Also the Vultee BT-13 Valiant for Aichi [=D3A=] Val.
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** Also the The Vultee BT-13 Valiant stands in for the Aichi [=D3A=] Val.
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%%* ManlyTears
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** Bob Anderson as well early in the second season
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** Bob Anderson as well early in the second seasonseason.
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%** "College boys!"
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* CatchPhrase
** "Hey Boyington!"
** "College boys!"
* CelebrityStar: Peter Frampton
* ChildSoldier: Jeb Pruitt
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
** "Hey Boyington!"
** "College boys!"
* CelebrityStar: Peter Frampton
* ChildSoldier: Jeb Pruitt
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
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* FriendlyEnemy: Harachi
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* FriendlyEnemy: HarachiHarachi, to Boyington. The two frequently trade taunts over the radio, but it's always with a friendly jibe.
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* GoKartingWithBowser
** Pappy and Harachi
** Pappy and Micklin
** Ping-pong with Rocky Araki
** Pappy and Harachi
** Pappy and Micklin
** Ping-pong with Rocky Araki
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* GoKartingWithBowser
**GoKartingWithBowser: At one point, Pappy and Harachi
**Harachi accidentally shoot each other down over the same island; while waiting for their respective rescues, they manage to get together and swap wine and chocolate.
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* HospitalHottie: The Lambs
* GreaseMonkey: Hutch and Micklin
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Boyington
* IShallTauntYou: Boyington and Harachi's verbal jousting
* JapaneseRanguage: "Your prane no fry!"
* JerkAss: Micklin
* ManlyTears
* GreaseMonkey: Hutch and Micklin
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Boyington
* IShallTauntYou: Boyington and Harachi's verbal jousting
* JapaneseRanguage: "Your prane no fry!"
* JerkAss: Micklin
* ManlyTears
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* HospitalHottie: The Lambs
"Lambs", nurses assigned to the airbase hospital.
* GreaseMonkey: Hutch andMicklin
Micklin, the resident squadron mechanics. When they ''can't'' fix the problem, you know it's bad.
* ImprobablePilotingSkills:Boyington
Boyington, the real-life counterpart of which was a flying ace in his own right, though the series exagerrates his prowess a bit.
* IShallTauntYou: Boyington and Harachi's verbaljousting
jousting.
* JapaneseRanguage: Tamachi. Granted, he ''is'' a Japanese airman, but still.
--> '''Tamachi''': "Your prane no fry!"
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* GreaseMonkey: Hutch and
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* IShallTauntYou: Boyington and Harachi's verbal
* JapaneseRanguage: Tamachi. Granted, he ''is'' a Japanese airman, but still.
--> '''Tamachi''': "Your prane no fry!"
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* TheSquad
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* TheSquadTheSquad: The titular squadron, led by "Pappy" Boyington
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There was a USMC fighter squadron nick named the Black Sheep and it was led by Major Greg Boyington, and the true part ends there! The RealLife Boyington, a technical advisor for the show, called it "fiction based on reality", and noted that his show counterpart was the only real life character, with the rest being created for the show.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: There was ''was'' a USMC fighter squadron nick named nicknamed the Black Sheep "Black Sheep" and it was ''was'' led by Major Greg Boyington, and but the true part ends there! there. The RealLife Real Life Boyington, a technical advisor for the show, called it "fiction based on reality", and noted that his show counterpart was the only real life character, with the rest being created for the show.
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* WorthyOpponent: Tomio Harachi
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* WorthyOpponent: Tomio Harachi
Harachi to Boyington. The two would frequently trade barbs over the radio, often challenging each other to duels.
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses are implied to enjoy casual sex with the officers. In The1940s , women would be written off as immoral and promiscuous.
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses are implied to enjoy casual sex with the officers. In The1940s TheForties , women would be written off as immoral and promiscuous.
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses are implied to enjoy casual sex with the officers. In The'40s , women would be written off as immoral and promiscuous.
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses are implied to enjoy casual sex with the officers. In The'40s The1940s , women would be written off as immoral and promiscuous.
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses
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* EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses are implied to enjoy casual sex with the officers. In The'40s , women would be written off as immoral and promiscuous.
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spelling... it looks wrong but John S. Thach really spelled his name like that
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* AcePilot
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* AcePilotAcePilot: '''All''' the pilots.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Most of the aerial fight scenes consist of the Corsair pilots dogfighting Japanese Zeros. This wouldn't have happened in RealLife, as the Corsair pilots wouldn't have bothered with trying to dogfight and instead would have used their planes' superior speed and power to set up diving attacks that were very effective against Zeros. Additionally, defensive tactics such as the Thatch Weave are never displayed.
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Most of the aerial fight scenes consist of the Corsair pilots dogfighting Japanese Zeros. This wouldn't have happened in RealLife, as the Corsair pilots wouldn't have bothered with trying to dogfight and instead would have used their planes' superior speed and power to set up diving attacks that were very effective against Zeros. Additionally, defensive tactics such as the Thatch Thach Weave are never displayed.
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* EternalSexualFreedom EternalSexualFreedom: The nurses
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Doesn't fit the trope
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* BattleaxeNurse: Lieutenant Commander Delmonte in the pilot.
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* RealLife/CoolPlane: The squadron flies Corsairs which in RealLife were the terror of the Pacific and looked suspiciously like [[VampireTropes bats]].
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elaborating Cigar Chomper
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* CaptainObvious: "What are you flying?" "AN AIRPLANE, YOU IDIOT!!"
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* CaptainObvious: From "The Fastest Gun": "What are you flying?" "AN AIRPLANE, YOU IDIOT!!"
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* CigarChomper: Micklin, except when he's asleep.
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* CigarChomper: Micklin, except when he's asleep. And sometimes even when he's asleep: in "The Fastest Gun" he has a cigar in his mouth as he takes a nap on a hammock.
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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved
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* NotSoDifferent: The Japanese. They are shown in a rather compassionate way.
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* UnconventionalFoodUsage: At least one episode includes a reference to (metaphorically) patching up a fighter plane with chewing gum and wire.
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An American television series following the exploits of the US Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-214, based on the fictional island of Vella La Cava. The show lasted from September, 1976 to September, 1978, with a total of 37 episodes in two seasons. When not in combat, the members of the squad could often be found getting in trouble in and around base.
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An American television series starring Creator/RobertConrad and following the exploits of the US Marine Corps fighter squadron VMF-214, based on the fictional island of Vella La Cava. The show lasted from September, 1976 to September, 1978, with a total of 37 episodes in two seasons. When not in combat, the members of the squad could often be found getting in trouble in and around base.
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** Boyington, however, ''was'' a notorious drinker, brawler, and general trouble-maker.
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** Also the Vultee BT-13 Valiant for Aichi D3A Val.
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** Also the Vultee BT-13 Valiant for Aichi D3A [=D3A=] Val.
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* GentlemenRankers: DoubleSubverted. All the soldiers are technically officers, but fly combat missions, and they are definitely ''not'' gentlemen...
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* WeaponsUnderstudies: Modified T-6 Texan for the A6M Zeros, of which very few surviving examples exist, even fewer of which are airworthy.
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* WeaponsUnderstudies: Modified T-6 Texan for the A6M [=A6M=] Zeros, of which very few surviving examples exist, even fewer of which are airworthy. airworthy.
** Also the Vultee BT-13 Valiant for Aichi D3A Val.
** Also the Vultee BT-13 Valiant for Aichi D3A Val.
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* Expy: Rod Towers of Clark Gable
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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Rod Towers of [[Creator/ClarkGable Clark GableGable]]
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* IShallTauntYou: Boyington and Harachi's verbal jousting
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** Boyington dictating a letter to the family of a fellow pilot
** Gutterman's HeroicBSOD after being shot down by Harachi
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* ArtisticLicenseMilitary: Most of the aerial fight scenes consist of the Corsair pilots dogfighting Japanese Zeros. This wouldn't have happened in RealLife, as the Corsair pilots wouldn't have bothered with trying to dogfight and instead would have used their planes' superior speed and power to set up diving attacks that were very effective against Zeros. Additionally, defensive tactics such as the Thatch Weave are never displayed.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Hand-picked by Boyington himself.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Hand-picked by Boyington himself. Ironically, because he cared little about what they did off-duty, they had little to rebel against and became a well-oiled bunch.
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* StockFootage: Actual WWII air combat footage, including [[YouFailHistoryForever archived footage of ''German'' warbirds]]. TPTB figured nobody would notice.
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* StockFootage: Actual WWII air combat footage, including [[YouFailHistoryForever [[ArtisticLicenseHistory archived footage of ''German'' warbirds]]. TPTB figured nobody would notice.
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* WeaponsUnderstudies: Modified T-6 Texan for the A6M Zeros, of which very few surviving craft exist.
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** The real-life VMF-214 "Black Sheep" had a fairly good professional reputation in the South Pacific, with no more (or less) [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears Lawyers]] than any other Marine fighter squadron. Veterans of VMF-214 were offended by the show’s portrayal of their outfit, and a very apologetic Boyington told them that the producers weren’t interested in historical accuracy and he needed the money.
* WeaponsUnderstudies: Modified T-6 Texan for the A6M Zeros, of which very few survivingcraft exist.examples exist, even fewer of which are airworthy.
* WeaponsUnderstudies: Modified T-6 Texan for the A6M Zeros, of which very few surviving
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* NotSoDifferent: The Japanese. They are shown in rather compassionate way.
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* NotSoDifferent: The Japanese. They are shown in a rather compassionate way.
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Hand-picked by Boyington himself
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* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Hand-picked by Boyington himselfhimself.
