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* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two days, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.
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* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two days, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.Munich.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. And Irwin Linker.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. And [[OddNameOut Irwin Linker.Linker]].
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Irwin Linker.]]
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Irwin Linker.]]
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* BrickJoke: When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up. Then he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]
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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
** When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up. Then he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]]]
** Hank boasts at a dinner he prepared that the steak is so tender that Cotton won't need his teeth. After a scene of mortification at Cotton's "rehab" program for Peggy, he gives her a plate to eat on the floor. The scene ends on Peggy complimenting Hank on the tenderness of the steak.
** When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up. Then he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.
** Hank boasts at a dinner he prepared that the steak is so tender that Cotton won't need his teeth. After a scene of mortification at Cotton's "rehab" program for Peggy, he gives her a plate to eat on the floor. The scene ends on Peggy complimenting Hank on the tenderness of the steak.
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* TrainingFromHell: Cotton gets Peggy to become mobile again has her struggling to crawl and drag her self as he yells and taunts her. Even makes her shine his boots he wants to be buried in.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her in a fetal position.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her in a fetal position.
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* TrainingFromHell: Cotton gets Peggy to become mobile again has her struggling to crawl and drag her self as he yells and taunts her. Even He even makes her shine his boots he wants to be buried in.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her ina fetal this position.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her in
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* StalkerWithACrush: Bill takes Peggy's discarded body cast and brings it to his house and puts a picture of her on it and plays Boggle with it.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Bill takes Peggy's discarded body cast and brings it to his house and house. He then puts a picture of her on it and plays Boggle with it.
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* NeverMyFault: Peggy is cradling G.H. when Cotton grabs him to resume training, when the baby starts crying and telling her "Look what you've done", despite the fact the baby didn't start crying until he grabbed him. Although he could have said that to get Peggy motivated.
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* NeverMyFault: Peggy is cradling G.H. when Cotton grabs him to resume training, when the training. The baby starts crying cries and telling Cotton tells her "Look what you've done", despite the fact the baby didn't start crying until he grabbed him. Although he could have said that to get Peggy motivated.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Cotton assumes this role to help Peggy learn to walk again (and to torment her).
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, with not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: BaldOfAuthority: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, with not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
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* BrickJoke: When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up and how he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]
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* BrickJoke: When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up and how up. Then he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]
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* ExactWords: Cotton's grave is at top of a hill and urges Peggy to come up here, and tells her that if she can climb to the top of the hill, he'll let her dance on his grave. Peggy does and even manages to stand up straight, before asking him if she can have this dance. And Cotton obliges her.
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* ExactWords: Cotton's grave is at top of a hill hill, and he urges Peggy to come up here, and tells her that if she can climb to the top of the hill, he'll let her dance on his grave. Peggy does and even manages to stand up straight, before asking him if she can have this dance. And Cotton obliges her.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
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* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, with not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
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-->'''Peggy:''' What was I thinking? Munich?! Rat tails?! He's no hero. He was just torturing me! He is a complete fraud!\\
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-->'''Hank''': I said, "That fraud used to be 6'4.
-->'''Peggy''': So?
-->'''Hank''': When he came back from the Pacific, he was five foot even. A Japanese machine-gun blew away his shins. The doctor said he'd never walk again. Eighteen months later, he walked right over to that doctor, reached up, and punched him in the kidneys. Now I can't prove what he did at those battles. In fact, I don't even know if the part about hitting the doctor is true, but I do know my dad doesn't have shins and somehow he walks. And that's pretty heroic to me.
-->'''Peggy''': So?
-->'''Hank''': When he came back from the Pacific, he was five foot even. A Japanese machine-gun blew away his shins. The doctor said he'd never walk again. Eighteen months later, he walked right over to that doctor, reached up, and punched him in the kidneys. Now I can't prove what he did at those battles. In fact, I don't even know if the part about hitting the doctor is true, but I do know my dad doesn't have shins and somehow he walks. And that's pretty heroic to me.
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'''Hank:''' ''[incoherent muttering]''\\
'''Peggy:''' What? What are you muttering? Are you actually trying to defend him?\\
'''Hank:''' ''[sigh]'' I said, "That
-->'''Peggy''': So?
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'''Peggy:''' So?\\
'''Hank:''' When he came back from the Pacific, he was
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-->'''Cotton''': Sittin' there high and mighty in your wheel like you're some [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Franklin D. Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Well I gots a telegram for ya. You're no FDR. Stop. You're wastin' my time. Stop. I'm not even sure you want to walk.
-->'''Peggy''': Well, Cotton, of course I do.
-->'''Cotton''': Well, tell me you wanna walk.
-->'''Peggy''': (Meekly) I wanna walk.
-->'''Cotton''': I can't hear you!
-->'''Peggy''': (a bit more inflection) I want to walk.
-->'''Cotton''': What was that?
-->'''Peggy''': (with authority) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Want! To! Walk!]]
-->'''Peggy''': Well, Cotton, of course I do.
-->'''Cotton''': Well, tell me you wanna walk.
-->'''Peggy''': (Meekly) I wanna walk.
-->'''Cotton''': I can't hear you!
-->'''Peggy''': (a bit more inflection) I want to walk.
-->'''Cotton''': What was that?
-->'''Peggy''': (with authority) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Want! To! Walk!]]
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-->'''Peggy''':
'''Peggy:''' Well, Cotton, of course I
-->'''Cotton''':
'''Cotton:''' Well, tell me you wanna
-->'''Peggy''': (Meekly)
'''Peggy:''' ''[meekly]'' I wanna
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'''Cotton:''' I can't hear
-->'''Peggy''': (a
'''Peggy:''' ''[a bit more
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'''Cotton:''' What was
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'''Peggy:''' ''[with authority]'' [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Want! To! Walk!]]
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* ReducedToRatburgers: Cotton recalls to Peggy before she leaves for rehab the story of how he was locked in a bamboo cage and had to eat rats for food and after being reduced to on rat, he let it live and ate its droppings. After getting thin, he escaped and used a string of rat-tails to strangle the guard before escaping.
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* ReducedToRatburgers: Cotton recalls to Peggy before she leaves for rehab the story of how he was locked in a bamboo cage and had to eat rats for food and after being reduced food. After getting down to on his last rat, he let it live and ate its droppings. After getting thin, he escaped and used a string He eventually became thin enough to fit through the bars of rat-tails to the cage, strangle the guard before escaping.to death with a rope made out of rat tails tied together, and escape.
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* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two day, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.
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* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two day, days, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.
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Peggy learns to walk again, with the help of Cotton, who is trying to get interred at the Texas State Cemetery on the merits of war heroics.
!!Tropes
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
* BoozeFlamethrower: Cotton's story about how he hid in a barrel of sake that was transported to Japanese troops and after the soldiers got drunk, he jumps out and [[KillItWithFire burns them all]] using the sake and his lighter.
* BrickJoke: When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up and how he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]
* TheCameo: Not AsHimself, but actor Barry Jenner is awarded a plot at the Texas State Cemetery for his portrayal of Dr. Jerry Kenderson on ''Series/{{Dallas}}''.
* ExactWords: Cotton's grave is at top of a hill and urges Peggy to come up here, and tells her that if she can climb to the top of the hill, he'll let her dance on his grave. Peggy does and even manages to stand up straight, before asking him if she can have this dance. And Cotton obliges her.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: Cotton brings Peggy to the VFW and he has her hoist the American flag up the pole. She struggles and leaves it at half-mast. He then berates her about how she deserves to die and she responds by punching him in the nose, which greatly impresses him.
* HeroicBSOD: Peggy begins to doubt herself after she suspects Cotton made up his war stories and thinks he was just torturing her.
* HeroicResolve:
** Cotton invokes this in Peggy to motivate her to walk again.
** And Hank's story of Cotton when Peggy doubts his stories and intentions.
-->'''Hank''': I said, "That fraud used to be 6'4.
-->'''Peggy''': So?
-->'''Hank''': When he came back from the Pacific, he was five foot even. A Japanese machine-gun blew away his shins. The doctor said he'd never walk again. Eighteen months later, he walked right over to that doctor, reached up, and punched him in the kidneys. Now I can't prove what he did at those battles. In fact, I don't even know if the part about hitting the doctor is true, but I do know my dad doesn't have shins and somehow he walks. And that's pretty heroic to me.
* HistoricalCharacterConfusion: After Cotton gets his plot approved for the Texas State Cemetary, him and the Hill family head up there to see his grave. On the way, Bobby sees the grave of Stephen F. Austin, known as "the father of Texas". He asks Hank if that's [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan the bionic guy]] or [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin the wrestler.]] Hank then shakes his head in disappointment.
* HypocriticalHumor: Dale uses Peggy's cast for carpooling to save time. Boomhauer sees him and shames him before taking the cast. Then later on, he uses it for his sexual roleplay games [[BandageMummy where he's in the cast]] and his date dressed as a nurse to give him a sponge bath.
* ICantHearYou: Cotton does this with Peggy:
-->'''Cotton''': Sittin' there high and mighty in your wheel like you're some [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Franklin D. Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Well I gots a telegram for ya. You're no FDR. Stop. You're wastin' my time. Stop. I'm not even sure you want to walk.
-->'''Peggy''': Well, Cotton, of course I do.
-->'''Cotton''': Well, tell me you wanna walk.
-->'''Peggy''': (Meekly) I wanna walk.
-->'''Cotton''': I can't hear you!
-->'''Peggy''': (a bit more inflection) I want to walk.
-->'''Cotton''': What was that?
-->'''Peggy''': (with authority) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Want! To! Walk!]]
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When Cotton officially begins training with Peggy: "Don't you eyeball me! Don't look away!"
* InstantlyProvenWrong: At dinner, when Cotton informs Hank that he's helping Peggy to walk again and how she quit the rehab and states she doesn't need her wheelchair anymore. Afterwards a crashing sound is heard and Peggy is seen dragging herself into the room.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cotton at least seems sympathetic for his hated daughter-in-law and helps her learn to walk again ([[TrainingFromHell in his own way of course]]).
* NeverMyFault: Peggy is cradling G.H. when Cotton grabs him to resume training, when the baby starts crying and telling her "Look what you've done", despite the fact the baby didn't start crying until he grabbed him. Although he could have said that to get Peggy motivated.
* NoodleImplements: Apparently, Cotton invented a bayonet technique that's used to gut people today while in Japan in WWII.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Irwin Linker.]]
* PetTheDog: Cotton helping Peggy to learn to walk, despite how much they despise each other
** Another moment in a twisted way is when he tries to get her to climb and sit on the chair so they can have dinner. She tries but fails, but Cotton praises her for the effort and puts the plate on the floor for her.
** Peggy helping Cotton with his application to be buried at the Texas State Cemetery. She briefly turns against him after doubting his stories, but then pulls through for him in the end.
* ThePowerOfHate: What Cotton uses to motivate Peggy into walking normally again, by taunting and berating her.
* ReducedToRatburgers: Cotton recalls to Peggy before she leaves for rehab the story of how he was locked in a bamboo cage and had to eat rats for food and after being reduced to on rat, he let it live and ate its droppings. After getting thin, he escaped and used a string of rat-tails to strangle the guard before escaping.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' with Dale and Cotton in his military outfit about to head to his hearing and Dale asks [[DrivenToSuicide if he's going to check into a motel room and shoot himself.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Bill takes Peggy's discarded body cast and brings it to his house and puts a picture of her on it and plays Boggle with it.
* ToBeContinued: In-Universe: Cotton says these words after Peggy leaves for rehab after hearing his rat story.
* TrainingFromHell: Cotton gets Peggy to become mobile again has her struggling to crawl and drag her self as he yells and taunts her. Even makes her shine his boots he wants to be buried in.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her in a fetal position.
* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two day, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.
!!Tropes
* BaldBlackLeaderGuy: Ramsey who runs the rehab program Peggy is initially enrolled in is black, not one hair on his head and is eager to help people get back into shape.
* BoozeFlamethrower: Cotton's story about how he hid in a barrel of sake that was transported to Japanese troops and after the soldiers got drunk, he jumps out and [[KillItWithFire burns them all]] using the sake and his lighter.
* BrickJoke: When Peggy first meets Ramsey, he tells her that it will take a while for her to get completely mobile again and to build strength up and how he says it took the Grand Canyon 200 years to carve, to which Peggy says it was actually a million years. Then in the next meeting, he says they were both right: it was [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs 200 million years.]]
* TheCameo: Not AsHimself, but actor Barry Jenner is awarded a plot at the Texas State Cemetery for his portrayal of Dr. Jerry Kenderson on ''Series/{{Dallas}}''.
* ExactWords: Cotton's grave is at top of a hill and urges Peggy to come up here, and tells her that if she can climb to the top of the hill, he'll let her dance on his grave. Peggy does and even manages to stand up straight, before asking him if she can have this dance. And Cotton obliges her.
* FisticuffProvokingComment: Cotton brings Peggy to the VFW and he has her hoist the American flag up the pole. She struggles and leaves it at half-mast. He then berates her about how she deserves to die and she responds by punching him in the nose, which greatly impresses him.
* HeroicBSOD: Peggy begins to doubt herself after she suspects Cotton made up his war stories and thinks he was just torturing her.
* HeroicResolve:
** Cotton invokes this in Peggy to motivate her to walk again.
** And Hank's story of Cotton when Peggy doubts his stories and intentions.
-->'''Hank''': I said, "That fraud used to be 6'4.
-->'''Peggy''': So?
-->'''Hank''': When he came back from the Pacific, he was five foot even. A Japanese machine-gun blew away his shins. The doctor said he'd never walk again. Eighteen months later, he walked right over to that doctor, reached up, and punched him in the kidneys. Now I can't prove what he did at those battles. In fact, I don't even know if the part about hitting the doctor is true, but I do know my dad doesn't have shins and somehow he walks. And that's pretty heroic to me.
* HistoricalCharacterConfusion: After Cotton gets his plot approved for the Texas State Cemetary, him and the Hill family head up there to see his grave. On the way, Bobby sees the grave of Stephen F. Austin, known as "the father of Texas". He asks Hank if that's [[Series/TheSixMillionDollarMan the bionic guy]] or [[Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin the wrestler.]] Hank then shakes his head in disappointment.
* HypocriticalHumor: Dale uses Peggy's cast for carpooling to save time. Boomhauer sees him and shames him before taking the cast. Then later on, he uses it for his sexual roleplay games [[BandageMummy where he's in the cast]] and his date dressed as a nurse to give him a sponge bath.
* ICantHearYou: Cotton does this with Peggy:
-->'''Cotton''': Sittin' there high and mighty in your wheel like you're some [[UsefulNotes/FranklinDRoosevelt Franklin D. Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Well I gots a telegram for ya. You're no FDR. Stop. You're wastin' my time. Stop. I'm not even sure you want to walk.
-->'''Peggy''': Well, Cotton, of course I do.
-->'''Cotton''': Well, tell me you wanna walk.
-->'''Peggy''': (Meekly) I wanna walk.
-->'''Cotton''': I can't hear you!
-->'''Peggy''': (a bit more inflection) I want to walk.
-->'''Cotton''': What was that?
-->'''Peggy''': (with authority) [[PunctuatedForEmphasis I! Want! To! Walk!]]
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: When Cotton officially begins training with Peggy: "Don't you eyeball me! Don't look away!"
* InstantlyProvenWrong: At dinner, when Cotton informs Hank that he's helping Peggy to walk again and how she quit the rehab and states she doesn't need her wheelchair anymore. Afterwards a crashing sound is heard and Peggy is seen dragging herself into the room.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cotton at least seems sympathetic for his hated daughter-in-law and helps her learn to walk again ([[TrainingFromHell in his own way of course]]).
* NeverMyFault: Peggy is cradling G.H. when Cotton grabs him to resume training, when the baby starts crying and telling her "Look what you've done", despite the fact the baby didn't start crying until he grabbed him. Although he could have said that to get Peggy motivated.
* NoodleImplements: Apparently, Cotton invented a bayonet technique that's used to gut people today while in Japan in WWII.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; when Cotton introduces Peggy to his friends at the VFW: Stinky, Fatty, Stinky, Brooklyn, Stinky, Brooklyn, Fatty, Fatty and Doc. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers And Irwin Linker.]]
* PetTheDog: Cotton helping Peggy to learn to walk, despite how much they despise each other
** Another moment in a twisted way is when he tries to get her to climb and sit on the chair so they can have dinner. She tries but fails, but Cotton praises her for the effort and puts the plate on the floor for her.
** Peggy helping Cotton with his application to be buried at the Texas State Cemetery. She briefly turns against him after doubting his stories, but then pulls through for him in the end.
* ThePowerOfHate: What Cotton uses to motivate Peggy into walking normally again, by taunting and berating her.
* ReducedToRatburgers: Cotton recalls to Peggy before she leaves for rehab the story of how he was locked in a bamboo cage and had to eat rats for food and after being reduced to on rat, he let it live and ate its droppings. After getting thin, he escaped and used a string of rat-tails to strangle the guard before escaping.
* ShoutOut: To ''Film/AFewGoodMen'' with Dale and Cotton in his military outfit about to head to his hearing and Dale asks [[DrivenToSuicide if he's going to check into a motel room and shoot himself.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: Bill takes Peggy's discarded body cast and brings it to his house and puts a picture of her on it and plays Boggle with it.
* ToBeContinued: In-Universe: Cotton says these words after Peggy leaves for rehab after hearing his rat story.
* TrainingFromHell: Cotton gets Peggy to become mobile again has her struggling to crawl and drag her self as he yells and taunts her. Even makes her shine his boots he wants to be buried in.
* TroubledFetalPosition: After a bad day in rehab, Peggy has Hank put her in bed and tells him to put her in a fetal position.
* UnreliableNarrator: After investigation, Peggy discovered that some of Cotton's war stories are embellished, saying he fought in Japan and was in Munich, Germany. Since he couldn't have been in both places within two day, this led Peggy to doubt the authenticity of his stories and brought her into a HeroicBSOD and made her think [[KickTheDog he was just torturing her for fun.]] It's implied that Cotton got confused and he was never in Munich.
