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* MyGodYouAreSerious: When Hawkeye comes to Margaret's tent to check if she's showing any signs of hepatitis, she initially blows him off, thinking he just wants to ogle her. When he ignores the jibe and tells her to step outside because the desk lamp is too yellow for him to check if her sclera are discolored, she realizes he's not fooling around.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[WrittenByCastMember Written]] (and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]]) by Alan Alda when William Christopher was in danger of being PutOnABus after a bought with hepatitis.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[WrittenByCastMember Written]] (and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]]) by Alan Alda when William Christopher was in danger of being PutOnABus after a bought bout with hepatitis.
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William Christopher's bought with hepatitis inspired Alan Alda to write this.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: [[WrittenByCastMember Written]] (and [[DirectedByCastMember directed]]) by Alan Alda when William Christopher was in danger of being PutOnABus after a bought with hepatitis.
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-->'''Hawkeye:''' I hate to say this now, but could you drop your pants? ''[holds up a syringe]''
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-->'''Hawkeye:''' ''[after finishing]'' I hate to say this now, but could you drop your pants? ''[holds up a syringe]''
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet. Potter does observe the operation, but Hawkeye is also tasked with helping manage the outbreak.
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* VirginShaming: Radar turns it on himself, as most of his enlisted buddies will get drunk and go off with business girls but he opts not to, for reasons he can't quite figure out.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Hawkeye talks Radar through his self-doubt about being a virgin in a heartwarming scene.
-->'''Hawkeye:''' I hate to say this now, but could you drop your pants? ''[holds up a syringe]''
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Hawkeye talks Radar through his self-doubt about being a virgin in a heartwarming scene.
-->'''Hawkeye:''' I hate to say this now, but could you drop your pants? ''[holds up a syringe]''
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet.
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* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet.
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* ChekhovsGun: The new operation mentioned in B.J.’s medical journal.
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Father Mulcahy contracts a case of infectious hepatitis, prompting the doctors to step into action to control its spread. The arrival of newspapers from home with stories of a successful classmate aggravate Hawkeye's back pain. B.J. becomes the camp specialist when a patient comes in requiring an operation he just read about in a medical journal.
!!Attention all personnel! Please examine the following tropes for symptoms of hepatitis:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Hawkeye's "incredibly average" former classmate Vernon Parsons, who is racking up awards and earning research grants back home.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: When Hawkeye comes in claiming he needs to collect a blood sample to test for hepatitis, Margaret assumes it's a way for him to flirt with her.
* CallBack: Klinger gets KP[[note]]Kitchen Patrol[[/note]] for 30 days for fighting with Sgt. Zale, a reminder of their rivalry.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Margaret lambasts Hawkeye's disrespectful attitude towards her. He suggests she try the same with Donald's mother.
* {{Determinator}}: Sick as he is, Father Mulcahy's first worry is being able to carry out his duties.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Hawkeye tests his blood, Radar confesses that he sometimes wishes he could hook up with one of the "business girls" at Rosie's Bar, but when he sees his friends flirting with them, he doesn't feel right. Hawkeye tells him he's suffering from "a severe case of decency".
* HairTriggerTemper: Klinger works himself up into a frenzy during Hawkeye's examination, throwing produce and dishes around the kitchen.
* {{Hypochondria}}: As soon as Frank learns there's a case of hepatitis in the camp, he panics and gives Hawkeye a laundry list of supposed symptoms he's diagnosed in himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: As soon as he's completed a delicate operation that nobody at the camp has performed before, B.J. gets drunk in the Officers Club.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hawkeye assumes that "incredibly average" Vernon Parsons is only successful because he's back home while Hawkeye is in Korea.
* OneSceneTwoMonologues: B.J. talks about an article in his medical journal while Hawkeye gripes about Vernon Parsons, neither of them listening to each other.
* PoorMansPorn: Radar suggests Hawkeye read Frank's ''Popular Mechanics'' after the former's nudist magazine doesn't show up in the mail, claiming the ads "go pretty far".
* SickEpisode: Father Mulcahy's hepatitis and Hawkeye's back pain.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Hawkeye has many problems throughout the series but one of them is consistently torturing himself for problems out of his control. Potter (written by Alan Alda) sums it up by saying he'll get a medal for tying himself up in knots.
* StealthInsult: Donald's mother welcomes Margaret to the Penobscot family with a letter chronicling other Houlihans they've known...both of them alcoholic servants.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Hawkeye's back pain is suggested to be psychosomatic, inflamed by his irritation with a classmate's success.
!!Attention all personnel! Please examine the following tropes for symptoms of hepatitis:
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Hawkeye's "incredibly average" former classmate Vernon Parsons, who is racking up awards and earning research grants back home.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: When Hawkeye comes in claiming he needs to collect a blood sample to test for hepatitis, Margaret assumes it's a way for him to flirt with her.
* CallBack: Klinger gets KP[[note]]Kitchen Patrol[[/note]] for 30 days for fighting with Sgt. Zale, a reminder of their rivalry.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Margaret lambasts Hawkeye's disrespectful attitude towards her. He suggests she try the same with Donald's mother.
* {{Determinator}}: Sick as he is, Father Mulcahy's first worry is being able to carry out his duties.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While Hawkeye tests his blood, Radar confesses that he sometimes wishes he could hook up with one of the "business girls" at Rosie's Bar, but when he sees his friends flirting with them, he doesn't feel right. Hawkeye tells him he's suffering from "a severe case of decency".
* HairTriggerTemper: Klinger works himself up into a frenzy during Hawkeye's examination, throwing produce and dishes around the kitchen.
* {{Hypochondria}}: As soon as Frank learns there's a case of hepatitis in the camp, he panics and gives Hawkeye a laundry list of supposed symptoms he's diagnosed in himself.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: As soon as he's completed a delicate operation that nobody at the camp has performed before, B.J. gets drunk in the Officers Club.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Hawkeye assumes that "incredibly average" Vernon Parsons is only successful because he's back home while Hawkeye is in Korea.
* OneSceneTwoMonologues: B.J. talks about an article in his medical journal while Hawkeye gripes about Vernon Parsons, neither of them listening to each other.
* PoorMansPorn: Radar suggests Hawkeye read Frank's ''Popular Mechanics'' after the former's nudist magazine doesn't show up in the mail, claiming the ads "go pretty far".
* SickEpisode: Father Mulcahy's hepatitis and Hawkeye's back pain.
* SimpleMindedWisdom: Hawkeye has many problems throughout the series but one of them is consistently torturing himself for problems out of his control. Potter (written by Alan Alda) sums it up by saying he'll get a medal for tying himself up in knots.
* StealthInsult: Donald's mother welcomes Margaret to the Penobscot family with a letter chronicling other Houlihans they've known...both of them alcoholic servants.
* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: Justified. B.J. is the only one who has any familiarity with the procedure mentioned in a medical journal a casualty needs due to Hawkeye ignoring it because of his back, and Potter and Frank not having the chance to read it yet.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Hawkeye's back pain is suggested to be psychosomatic, inflamed by his irritation with a classmate's success.
