History Film / HamburgerHill

** '''Sgt. Frantz:''' Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school, you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, immersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my chances of being a brain surgeon. People, you are in Vietnam. You have no problems. Except me. And him.

* ScareEmStraight: When showing the fresh troops how silent and deadly the NVA are vs the VC, the instructor specifically tells them to forget about "(Victor) Charlie" and worry about "Nathaniel Victor".
%%* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. The Animals' song "We Gotta Get out of This Place" used to great effect. {{Truth in Television}}.

* CaliforniaDoubling: the Phillipines standing in for Vietnam.

* EveryHelicopterIsAHuey: Justified. It's the Vietnam war, and historically accurate.

* BadassCreed: "Don't Mean Nothin"

''Hamburger Hill'' is a 1987 American VietnamWar film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division 'Screaming Eagles', on a well-fortified position, including trenchworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia Mountain near the Laotian border.

* BilingualBonus Vietnamese: "Dinky Dao"

* NewMeat: Follow experience of [=FNGs=].
* OnlyAFleshWound: Frantz's arm at the beginning.

* WasItReallyWorthIt: The sign at the end.

* YouHaveWaitedLongEnough: Breakup letter.

''Hamburger Hill'' is a 1987 American war film about the actual assault of the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division 'Screaming Eagles', on a well-fortified position, including trenchworks and bunkers, of the North Vietnamese Army on Ap Bia Mountain near the Laotian border.

* OnlyAFleshWound Frantz's arm at the beginning.

--> '''Johnson:''' ''[approaches Beletsky as if to fight, but holds out his hand]'' [[NotSoDifferent "Brother blood.]]

* BattleInTheRain

* {{Retirony}} [[spoiler: PVT McDaniel]] is a short timer who hears a rumor that the squad is being sent back into the A Shau valley and asks his sergeant to find him a job back at the rear before they're sent in. Guess who is killed during the first assault on the hill.

--> Sgt. Worchester: "I remember a guy once, Johnny I-Forget-His-Name. Wore two helmets, two flak jackets and armored underwear. In the A Shau Valley, when your time is up, your time is UP."

* BigNo: Some soliders say this when their fellow soldiers die in battle.

* {{Conscription}}: The draft, this being Vietnam and all.
** The 101st, however, only accepted volunteers.

* PersonalEffectsReveal: An enemy example. The squad follows a blood trail after an ambush to find an NVA soldier's abandoned equipment, including his helmet, canteen and wallet, but no actual body. Inside the wallet is the picture of a pretty young woman. The sergeant is unmoved, commenting that the victim was an "[[NewMeat FNG-type,]] walking around the [[TheDreaded A Shau]] with a half-empty canteen" that made lot of noise. The new soldiers in the squad who see the picture are clearly thinking of their own girlfriends back home.
* {{Retirony}} [[spoiler: PVT McDaniel]] is a short timer who hears a rumor that the squad is being sent back into the A Shau valley and asks his sergeant to find him a job back at the rear before they're sent in. Guess who is killed during the first assault on the hill?

* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. The Animals' song "We Gotta Get out of This Place" used to great effect. {{Truth in Television}}.

* SternTeacher: Spc. Abraham Johnson. "''Be an individual, and I'll be tagging your ugly toothless face straight to a long box with metal handles!''"
** Sgt. Frantz: "''Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school, you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, immersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my chances of being a brain surgeon. People, you are in Vietnam. You have no problems. Except me. And him.''"

* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Sgt. Worcester's monologue.

* TrueCompanions
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar
* WarIsHell

* WeHaveReserves

--> Johnson: "Surely, you must realize, that the brothers are here because they cannot afford an ed-u-cation."
--> Beletsky: "So what am I doing, sitting around in some fuckin' country club, sippin' Seven-and-Sevens and eating a steak? Take a look around, Doc. I see all kinds of white faces here."
--> Johnson: "Okay. The war started for you when you farted, and said good morning, Vietnam. Me? I was born into this shit."
--> Beletsky: "And they yanked that gold fuckin' spoon outta my mouth and sent me here so I could see how you low-class Eleven-Boos live, is that it?"
--> Johnson ''approaches Beletsky as if to fight, but holds out his hand.'' [[NotSoDifferent "Brother blood."]]

* {{Retirony}} [[Spoiler: PVT McDaniel]] is a short timer who hears a rumor that the squad is being sent back into the A Shau valley and asks his sergeant to find him a job back at the rear before they're sent in. Guess who is killed during the first assault on the hill?

* AngryBlackMan: Played straight with the educated and well spoken Doc Johnson, who is constantly commenting on issues of race to his white squadmates, along with frequent emotional outbursts. Subverted thoroughly as he repeatedly risks his life to save anyone who falls regardless of color, and is [[VitriolicBestBuds close friends]] with several white troops, especially SGT Frantz.

* AngryBlackMan: Educated and very well spoken, Doc Johnson is constantly commenting on issues of race to his white squadmates though he's shown repeatedly risking his life to save anyone who falls regardless of color, and is [[VitriolicBestBuds close friends]] with several white troops, especially SGT Frantz.

--> Sgt. Worchester: "I remember a guy once, Johnny I-Forget-His-Name. Wore two helmets, two flak jackets and armored underwear. In the A-shau Valley, when your time is up, your time is UP."

* WhamShot: Lt. Eden is calling in an artillery strike when his position is hit by a mortar. Sgt. Worchester rushes to help and finds him leaning against a tree, dazed but seemingly unharmed and still trying to give orders over the radio. Worchester administers first aid, which annoys Eden because he's busy. "Sir! Your arm." The camera pans down and Eden (and the viewer) sees that his right arm has been ripped off above the elbow.

* AngryBlackMan: Educated and very well spoken, Doc Johnson is constantly commenting on issues of race to his white squadmates though he's shown repeatedly risking his life to save anyone who falls regardless of color, and is [[VitriolicBestBuds close friends]] with several white troops.

* AngryBlackMan: Educated and very well spoken, Doc Johnson is constantly commenting on issues of race to his white squadmates though he's shown repeatedly risking his life to save anyone who falls regardless of color.

* BadassCreed: "Dont Mean Nothin"

* EveryHelicopterIsAHuey

* ScareEmStraight: When showing the fresh troops how silent and deadly the VC are, NVA, the instructor, specifically tells them to forget about "(Victor) Charlie" and worry about "Nathaniel Victor".

** Sgt. Frantz: "''Some of you think you have problems because you're against the war. You demonstrated in school, you wear peace symbols on your steel, and you have attitudes. I'm orphan, my brother's queer, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister, Mom drinks, Dad coughs blood, I have ringworm, imersion foot, the incurable crud and the draft ruined my chances of being a brain surgeon. People, you are in Vietnam. You have no problems. Except me. And him.''"

* TheVietnamWar

* SoundtrackDissonance: Averted. The Animals' song "We Gotta Get out of This Place" used to great effect. {{Truth in Television}}

* ScaryBlackMan: Doc Johnson to the FNG's, though he really cares about everyone in the squad regardless of race.

* WeHaveReserves

* MeLoveYouLongTime

* GoodLookingPrivates

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Averted. It received positive feedback from veterans for its authentic feel.