History Series / CombatHospital

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Grace has to treat a soldier who compulsively and excessively masturbates as a reaction to his stress and anxiety. Not played for nearly as many laughs as you'd think.

* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Commander Will Royal, the chief of nursing.

* TheAlcoholic: [[spoiler: Simon]]. Too drunk to perform surgery? Tsk tsk.
** Subverted in that in this case [[spoiler: he's actually not. He's more too stressed out to perform surgery, and for good reason.]]

* AsianAndNerdy:
** Played with by Bobby Trang, who is a quiet and inexperienced doctor with a lot of tattoos and large muscles. [[spoiler: Ok, totally subverted, he was in prison]].
** Suzy Chao averts this entirely as well.

* BaldOfAwesome: Col. Marks and Will, the chief nurse.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Simon and Rebecca.
* BrainyBrunette: Rebecca.
* TheCasanova: Simon, on a military base and as a civilian to boot.

* ColonelBadass: Col. Marks is a medical version.

* DrJerk: Simon.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Simon has had a few early on.

* HappilyMarried: Colonel Marks.

* HospitalHottie: Rebecca, Simon and Bobby, amongst others.

* InstantDeathBullet: For [[spoiler: Suzy]].

* MagicalAntibiotics: Averted in the second episode.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Averted. The defibrillator is used correctly [[spoiler: but the patient dies anyway.]]

* OnlyAFleshWound: The actual target of the hit in the season 1 finale.

* TheShrink: Major Grace Pedersen, Rebecca's Australian roommate. The awesome kind.

* TeamDad: Col. Marks
* TeamMom: Grace, combining well with her role as the shrink.

* ThoseTwoGuys: The two helicopter-based field medics.

'''''Combat Hospital''''' is an Canadian series set in a military hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the middle of the conflict there in 2006. The series actually started in June, 2011. The first season ended in September, 2011 without any chances of being renewed since [=ABC=] opted not to continue working with Shaw, forcing them to end plans to continue producing the show.

The show focuses on the lives and work of a multi-national International Security Assistance Force medical team as they struggle to cope with the challenges of working in such an environment. Major Rebecca Gordon (a Canadian trauma surgeon) and Captain Bobby Trang (US Army diagnostic specialist) join Colonel Xavier Marks and the rest of his team near the frontlines in the first episode and are thrown into the thick of the action. The other main characters include civilian neurosurgeon Dr. Simon Hill and Major Grace Pedersen (an Australian psychiatrist).

* WellDoneSonGuy: Rebecca. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the therapy session where she accuses ''herself'' of daddy-issues.

* GunsInChruch: Of course, being set in a military hospital.

** [[spoiler: Suzy]] takes on an armed gunman, while unarmed herself, to prevent others being shot and giving [[spoiler: Rebecca]] the time to come in and shoot him.

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including German (though German troops are sometimes seen in other episodes), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Dutch]], [[https://postimg.cc/rzcBvSSY Romania]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singaporean]].[[note]]Although the lone Singaporean soldier needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]] In "Reason to Believe", you'll see [[https://postimg.cc/njK6Xztk French]] and [[https://postimg.cc/rzcBvSSY Romanian]] soldiers.

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including [[https://postimg.cc/njK6Xztk French]], German (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]], [[https://postimg.cc/rzcBvSSY Romania]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]].[[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]]

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including [[https://postimg.cc/njK6Xztk French]], Germany (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]], [[https://postimg.cc/rzcBvSSY Romania]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]].[[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]]

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including https://postimg.cc/njK6Xztk French]], Germany (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]], [[https://postimg.cc/rzcBvSSY Romania]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]].[[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]]

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: How Grace justifies herself [[spoiler: traumatising Afghani orphans into revealing their knowledge of Taliban activities]] in order to get better outcomes for them.

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including French, Germany (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]].[[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]]

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including Germany (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]].[[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]]

** In "It's My Party", it's mostly a [[FreezeFrameBonus blink or miss moment]] unless you're familiar with the camo patterns seen on screen that shows other ISAF/non-ISAF partner nation soldiers (Which is entirely correct) including Germany (though German troops are sometimes seen), [[https://postimg.cc/PNghmCTH the Netherlands]] and [[https://postimg.cc/hhzczLFM Singapore]][[note]]Although she needed to wear the No. 4 desert camo variant, which was used by actual Singaporean soldiers who were deployed in Afghanistan.[[/note]].

The show focuses on the lives and work of a multi-national ISAF medical team as they struggle to cope with the challenges of working in such an environment. Major Rebecca Gordon (a Canadian trauma surgeon) and Captain Bobby Trang (US Army diagnostic specialist) join Colonel Xavier Marks and the rest of his team near the frontlines in the first episode and are thrown into the thick of the action. The other main characters include civilian neurosurgeon Dr. Simon Hill and Major Grace Pedersen (an Australian psychiatrist).

* MultinationalTeam: The hospital staff, reflecting the nature of the whole force in Afghanistan. The main characters are from Canada, the UK, the USA and Australia with some local Afghan presence.

* FakeAmerican: Major Rebecca Gordon is played by an American, Michelle Borth. Captain Bobby Trang is portrayed by Terry Chan, a Chinese-Canadian.

'''''Combat Hospital''''' is an Canadian series set in a military hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the middle of the conflict there in 2006. The series actually started in June, 2011. The first season ended in September, 2011. No second season will be produced as [=ABC=] decided not to renew it, leading to its cancellation unless another channel would be partners with them.

'''''Combat Hospital''''' is an Canadian series set in a military hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the middle of the conflict there in 2006. The series actually started in June, 2011. The first season ended in September, 2011. No second season will be produced as [=ABC=] decided not to renew it, leading to Shaw's cancellation unless another channel would be partners with them.

The show focuses on the lives and work of a multi-national ISAF medical team as they struggle to cope with the challenges of working in such an environment. Major Rebecca Gordon (a Canadian trauma surgeon) and Captain Bobby Trang (USAF diagnostic specialist) join Colonel Xavier Marks and the rest of his team near the frontlines in the first episode and are thrown into the thick of the action. The other main characters include civilian neurosurgeon Dr. Simon Hill and Major Grace Pedersen (an Australian psychiatrist).

* GunsInChruch: Of course, being in hospital.

* [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Flag Coded For Your Convenience]]: When they're wearing their fatigues, each character will have the flag of their nation on their arm. Handy way of keeping the Canadians, Australians, Americans etc separate (if you can't track the accents).
** Also they each wear their own services' fatigues.

* [[GunsInChurch Guns In Military Hospital]]: Of course.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Suzy]] takes on an armed gunman, while unarmed herself, to prevent others being shot and giving [[spoiler: Rebecca]] the time to come in and shoot him.

* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Rebecca. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in the therapy session where she accuses ''herself'' of daddy-issues.

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''Combat Hospital'' is an Canadian series set in a military hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the middle of the conflict there in 2006. The series actually started in June, 2011. The first season ended in September, 2011. No second season will be produced as [=ABC=] decided not to renew it, leading to Shaw's cancellation unless another channel would be partners with them.

* [[DeadLittleBrother Crazy Suicidal Little Brother]]: [[spoiler: Simon]].

''Combat Hospital'' is an Canadian series set in a military hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan during the middle of the conflict there in 2006. The series actually started in June, 2011. The first season ended in September, 2011. Whether a second season will be produced has yet to be announced.

* LesYay: Grace gets hit on by Warrant Officer Ariel Garamond, and she [[spoiler: admits that she is attracted to her but she claims to be not available]]. As more of a joke, between Grace and Rebecca [[hottip:*: note that as an Australian officer, she would have no legal issues being "out"]].
** Earlier in the episode, Grace claims [[spoiler: her "appetite" for men has been spoiled by her ex-husband]].