History Recap / MashS3E10TheresNothingLikeANurse

* VillainDecay: While Charlie was already a HarmlessVillain to the point ''Frank'' was more the antagonist of his debut episode, he's since gone from dropping bombs and missing horribly to dropping pamphlets insulting the 4077th.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Frank gets trapped in a foxhole that he had ordered the digging of. Hawkeye and Trapper drive a jeep over it to add insult to injury.

* VillainDecay: While Charlie was already a HarmlessVillain to the point ''Frank'' was more the antagonist of his debut episode, he's since gone from dropping bombs and missing horribly to dropping pamphlets asking the 4077th to surrender and go home.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: When the nurses finally return, the song ''Happy Days Are Here Again'' is playing over the PA.

As Henry is recovering from a hangover and listening to the latest tirade of Maj. Houlihan (aka Hermann Goering in drag), Radar reports an enemy attack is imminent (Henry says it's the best news he's heard all day). The nurses take the patients to the 44th Field Hospital, leaving the men to fend for themselves and try to fight off the enemy paratroopers. The guys gain new, genuine appreciation for the nurses; they miss them, especially in the OR. The 4077 nurses made it all look so easy and the guys find out how hard their jobs really are.

** When Frank's bride first appears in his wedding movie, Henry belts out, "[[Literature/MobyDick Thar she blows]]!"

* BaitAndSwitch: When Margaret hears a rhythm of three knocks at her door, she smiles and responds with two knocks. When the knocker knocks backs back a single time, she tells him to come in, thinking it's Frank. [[spoiler: It's Radar.]]

--> '''Klinger''': Nah. The little girl's taller.
--> '''Radar''': Who asked you?!

* TheBusCameBack: The enemy attack the 4077th was told to expect? It's nothing more than the surprise return of an old friend. Who would that be? '''[[spoiler: Five. Oh. Clock. CHARLIIIIEE!]]'''

--> '''Henry''': Well, Major, there's a French unit right down the road. Why don't you just run down and borrow their guillotine?

--> '''Henry''': Bed what?
--> '''Margaret''': When she's not on duty and other than at mealtimes, she is to sit on the edge of her bed at attention for one month.
--> '''Henry''': Aw, be reasonable, Major. You can't keep a nurse in bed for a month. [[TwoFacedAside Although there a few who have tried it]].
* TheGadfly: Hawkeye and Trapper once again throw some witty remarks about Frank's surgical ability...when he's only two or three feet away from them.
--> '''Trapper''': I wouldn't let him cut giblets out of a turkey.
--> '''Hawkeye''': Probably give it cranberry complications.

--> '''Hawkeye''': You know that Washington's false teeth were made out of wood?
--> '''Trapper''': Really?
--> '''Hawkeye''': Martha's lips were always full of slivers.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Henry verbally lashes out at Margaret when [[TheLastStraw the major derogatory remarks how little help he is as a commander.]]
--> '''Henry''': Boy, Major, you and your nurses can be pains in the royal butt! If you're not in here every five minutes with a lot of bugle oil about how you can't control them, they're in here complaining that you're really Hermann Goering in drag!

---> '''Margaret''': I think HQ would be very interested to learn that this unit is commanded by an inept incompetent who runs down his chief nurse every chance he gets! Speaking man to man, Colonel, I realise that the war unhinges us all. If we were to take off our uniforms, we could possibly become friends. That fact aside, your conduct is so beneath contempt that I won't lower myself to elevate it! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Good day! Sir!]]

* BaitAndSwitch: When Margaret hears a rhythm of three knocks at her door, she smiles and responds with two knocks. When the knocker knocks backs back a single time, she tells him to come in, thinking it's Frank. [[spoiler: It's Radar]].

--> '''Henry''': Aw, be reasonable, Major. You can't keep a nurse in bed for a month. [[TwoFacedAside Although there a few]] [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar who have tried it]].

* NotableOriginalMusic: Captain Spalding sings "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" (with Hawkeye and Trapper) and "I Wonder If They Miss Us". Both songs were written by Loudon Wainwright III, who plays Spalding.

* DrinkOrder: Hawkeye requests a ''very'' dry martini at the Officers' Club:
--> '''Hawkeye''': I'd like a dry martini, Mr Kwak. A very dry martini. A very dry, arid, barren, dessicated, veritable dust bowl of a martini. I want a martini that could be declared a disaster area. Mix me just such a martini.
--> '''Trapper''': With two straws.
** Klinger gets a beer not long after.

* NotableOriginalMusic: Captain Spalding sings "Unrequited to the Nth Degree" (with Hawkeye and Trapper) and "I Wonder If They Miss Us". Both songs were written by [[RoleReprisal Loudon Wainwright III, who plays Spalding]].

* InformedAttribute: When Lorraine first appears in the home video, Henry calls out' "Thar she blows!" implying that she is overweight. However, she is actually rather slender.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: When the nurses finally return, the song ''Happy Days Are Here Again'' is playing over the PA.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: During the above rant by Margaret, Henry's POV shows him focused on a piece of food stuck in her teeth.

* UnusuallyInterestingSight: During the above rant by Margaret, Henry's POV shows him focused on a piece of food stuck in her teeth.

* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: When the nurses finally return, the song ''Happy Days Are Here Again'' is playing over the PA.