Line #15 Recap/MashS3E15Bombed


1	The 4077th is in the process of being bombarded with military shells, but despite the danger, the medical staff and all else stationed there must carry on with their work.
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4	!!Troped! We're getting troped, I tell ya! Well if you don't believe me, read 'em yourself!
5	* AskAStupidQuestion: Frank asks Henry if the officers' latrine really did get destroyed in the shelling. Henry was in the latrine at the time of the collapse and is now sporting an injured arm from the incident.
6	--> '''Frank''': Colonel, was the officers' latrine really destroyed?
7	--> '''Henry''': ''[[SarcasmMode Was the officers' latrine really destroyed?]]''
8	--> '''Hawkeye''': [[ShoutOut Gone with the wind]], Frank.
9	* BlatantLies: Frank denies his hands are quivering because of the shelling and claims that it's just a sinus condition.
10	--> '''Henry''': [[LampshadeHanging Anybody scared, just let]] [[StealthInsult yourself be scared]].
11	* CaptainObvious: The PA Announcer is heard telling all personnel to stay clear of the compound, half an hour after the bombing's already started and everyone not in the OR has taken cover.
12	* CreatorCameo: In a word. Hy Averback is one of the co-hosts on the Bob Hope Show [[StockAudioClip heard on the radio]]. He is also this episode's director.
13	* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Frank Burns complains about the large amount of foreigners taking part in the war.
14	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Possibly the shortest in the series after season eight's "[[Recap/MashS8E11LifeTime Life Time]]". The episode opens just before the beginning of a USO show hosted by Bob Hope and ends shortly after the show concludes, suggesting a duration of two or three hours.
15	* FullNameBasis: Trapper uses his full name when Margaret lets him know she doesn't trust him.
16	* GreenEyedMonster: Frank Burns, after believing Margaret had a romantic interlude with Trapper while the two of them were trapped in the supply room.
17	* HesDeadJim: Late in the episode, Hawkeye is brought a patient who is unresponsive. He tests for vital signs, only to find none at all.
18	* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Before Frank is about to give up on his anti-communist rant in the OR and begin treating an enemy patient, the soldier regains consciousness and punches him in the face. The altercation leads Frank refusing to continue the surgery.
19	* HereWeGoAgain: At the conclusion of the episode, there is a HopeSpot where the shelling has gone quiet. Radar uses the newfound peace to replace Seoul City Sue with him reading a letter from his mother. He goes on with this, but the shells start falling again.
20	--> '''Radar''': Uh-oh! Here we go again! Watch out!
21	--> '''Hawkeye''': Oh, dingbust it. I wanted to hear about Cousin Ernie.
22	* HiddenDepths:
23	** Margaret criticizes Frank and his cowardly ways when he suggests that someone of lesser value to the camp should risk their life to dispose of a grenade.
24	** Despite their animosity, Trapper still shields Margaret with his body when a shell hits on their way to the supply tent.
25	* JerkassHasAPoint: While meant to reveal Frank to be a coward (see above), Frank actually had the right idea by suggesting they bring the lower-rank member of the camp - he ''is'' the 4077th's demolitions expert. Too bad the guy's already on an OR table.
26	* KarmaHoudini: The American army doesn't see any repercussions for idiotically bombing the 4077th.
27	* TheMainCharactersDoEverything:
28	** Justified when Hawkeye and Trapper are forced to dispose of a grenade wired to a patient by themselves because the camp's demolitions expert was wounded in the shelling and is currently being operated on.
29	** Averted when Col. Blake and Father Mulcahy get caught in the latrine after it's bombed. Among the medical staff, only Hawkeye shows up. The rest of the work is done by Radar, Klinger, and a couple nameless orderlies. Justified in that Blake and Mulcahy may have required on-site medical attention.
30	** Played straight when Trapper has to help Margaret get the jammed supply room door open.
31	* MassOhCrap: A patient is brought into the OR and it is revealed he has a live grenade wired to blow.
32	--> '''Margaret''': There's a wire across his chest!
33	--> '''Hawkeye''': Don't touch him! That guy's booby-trapped!
34	--> '''Trapper''': There's a grenade under his arm!
35	--> '''Hawkeye''': [[CasualDangerDialogue Now that offends]].
36	* NoodleIncident: The reel of ''The Yearling'' that Father Mulcahy ordered was hijacked by Buddhist monks.
37	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Margaret tries to deflect any suspicions relating to her and Trapper's closeness once they are found and rescued from the supply room.
38	* ObstructiveBureaucrat: The unnamed military officer Radar contacts for help informs him that the 4077 could not possibly be getting shelled as the current intelligence reports say [[{{Foreshadowing}} the enemy is nowhere near that area]].
39	--> '''Radar''': I'm telling you, we're being shelled! You hear me?! It's been going on for half an hour!
40	--> '''Officer''': Impossible. My latest intelligence map shows there are no enemy units in your sector. You are not being shelled, young man.
41	** This is subverted later when the officer gets an updated map and calls Radar to apologize. He's still of little help though.
42	---> '''Officer''': Reluctantly, I have to admit the latest intelligence tells me you are being shelled. But there's nothing to be worried about. [[FalseReassurance You're being hit by your own artillery]].
43	---> '''Radar''': Well, isn't there anything you can do about it? We're being wiped out!
44	---> '''Officer''': I tried to phone the observation post directing the fire but they're all at The Creator/BobHope Show.
45	* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: Hawkeye Pierce and Frank Burns teamed up to search for a missing Margaret and Trapper.
46	* OnceForYesTwiceForNo: Invoked by Klinger when Henry is buried by the now-destroyed latrine:
47	-->'''Klinger''': Colonel, if you can hear me, knock three times! If you can't, knock twice!\
48	[Knock. Knock. Silence]\
49	'''Klinger''': [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Oh, Lord, he's dead]].
50	* PetTheDog: When Frank starts to worry about the possibility of Margaret leaving him so much that it's affecting his confidence in his surgical ability, Hawkeye lets up on rattling him and tells him that nothing happened between Trapper and Marget while they were stuck in the supply room.
51	* PrimalFear: Nurse Sanchez panics during the BombDisposal scene.
52	* RedScare: [[RefusalOfTheCall Frank refuses to operate]] on a wounded North Korean soldier because of this.
53	--> '''Frank''': Oh my God, this man's a North Korean. I'm not operating on any commie.
54	--> '''Henry''': [[ValuesResonance Oh, come on, Frank. Come on.]]
55	--> '''Frank''': Well, what did they [[ItsAllAboutMe ever do for me?]]
56	* RRatedOpening: The episode starts with scenes of the 4077 getting bombed and people all around the compound taking cover. For a comedy episode, these scenes look horrifyingly realistic.
57	* RunningGag: The 4077th's telephone gets broken twice because of Radar.
58	* ShipTease: Trapper and Margaret are forced to spend some time in the supply room after the shockwave from an explosion jams the door shut.
59	* ShoutOut:
60	** Henry compares his own teeth to that of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turhan_Bey Turhan Bey]].
61	** Father Mulcahy tried to get Literature/TheYearling in for Movie Night as a way to get the camp's mind off the shelling. He was delivered a war movie instead.
62	* SkewedPriorities:
63	** When Henry's left arm is broken during the chaos, he is more concerned about if affecting his golfing backswing than about his surgical proficiency.
64	*** After the officer's latrine is destroyed, Frank is more concerned with the lack of facilities than with Henry and Mulcahey being injured in the blast.
65	** During Margaret's breakdown in the supply tent, she's more upset that she's acting that way in front of someone she outranks. Justofoed in that officers are trained to appear to be in control of a situation, even if they aren't, so as to keep the lower ranking personnel from losing cohesion.
66	* TemptingFate: Just as Frank is about to storm out of the Swamp, Hawkeye snarks that the next shell isn't due for three minutes. ''[[FailedFutureForecast More like three seconds.]]''
67	--> '''Hawkeye:''' [[ReflexiveResponse Can't trust these PX clocks for anything]].
68	* TooDumbToLive: The American army, they ''[[RightHandVersusLeftHand bombed their own side]]''.
69	* TrashTheSet:
70	** The location footage features the camp getting blown to hell, first with an overhead shot and then a point-of-view shot from the mess tent.
71	** The windows of Henry Blake's office are shattered by a nearby explosion.
72	** The explosion also destroys the windows of the OR, leading to a MassOhCrap for the surgical staff now that the threat of contamination is involved.
73	** The latrine is destroyed.
74	** Henry's tent is mentioned to have been flattened by the barrage.
75	* WhamLine:
76	** Radar bursts into the OR at one point with the report that the latrine was hit by a shell and Colonel Henry Blake is trapped inside.
77	** After he is rescued from the ruined latrine, Henry Blake reveals he is not the only person that was trapped.
78	---> '''Henry''': Mulcahy's still down there.
79	** Frank proposes marriage to Margaret. [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud He ends up taking those words back immediately]].

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