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* HesBack: Rosie hesitates before climbing aboard his plane for another mission after his time at the Flak House. When he swings himself up through the hatch, "[[CharacterSignatureSong The Chant]]" by Artie Shaw cues up.
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* PapaWolf: The German farmer hears from his children that an enemy soldier threatened them with a gun. He immediately grabs his shotgun and a buddy and they go into the local marsh looking for this dangerous man.
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* EnemyMine: Crosby and Westgate stumble across a party hosted by folks who are heavily implied to be socialists, with a musician singing [[Music/WoodyGuthrie Tear the Fascists Down.]]"

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* EnemyMine: Crosby and Westgate stumble across a party hosted by folks who are heavily implied to be socialists, with a musician singing [[Music/WoodyGuthrie "[[Music/WoodyGuthrie Tear the Fascists Down.]]"

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* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends with Bucky being placed in a prisoner of war camp, but after being threatened with lynch mobs or being handed over to the Gestapo, this is the safest Bucky has been in days. [[spoiler: Also, he is reuined with Buck Clevan, who is revealed to have survived the Bremen Raid after all.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends with Bucky being placed in a prisoner of war camp, but after being threatened with lynch mobs or being handed over to the Gestapo, this is the safest Bucky has been in days. [[spoiler: Also, he is reuined reunited with Buck Clevan, Cleven, who is revealed to have survived the Bremen Raid after all.]]


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* PowderKegCrowd: While being escorted between stops, Bucky and his fellow [=POWs=] find themselves in the middle of a recently-bombed city, surrounded by understandably angry residents. Things turn ugly when several of the civilians rush the group and beat several airmen to death (or nearly so) before their guards can bring the crowd under control.
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* EnemyMine: Crosby and Westgate stumble across a party hosted by folks who are heavily implied to be socialists, with a musician singing [[Music/WoodyGuthrie Tear the Fascists Down.]]"


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* RuleOfSymbolism: Rosenthal keeps hesitating at doorways, until he finally steels his nerve and climbs through the door into his bomber for his next mission.
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* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends with Bucky being placed in a prisoner of war camp, but after being threatened with lynch mobs or being handed over to the Gestapo, this is the safest Bucky has been in days. [[spoiler: Also, he is reuined with Buck Clevan, who is revealed to have survived the Bremen Raid after all.]]


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* DoorOfDoom: Rosie hesitates at the hatch before entering his plane for his next mission, before working up the nerve to get on with it. Once he does enter, he closes the door behind him, revealing that it is adorned with a threatening message for any Germans who dare to approach it.

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* WhamLine: When Bucky arrives at the prisoner of war camp:

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* WhamLine: When Bucky arrives at the prisoner of war camp: camp at the very end of the episode:

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* FauxAffablyEvil: The German interrogator is fastidiously polite, and even makes a note of Bucky's report about the lynch mob. And then he reveals that they've collected quite a bit of detail about Bucky's life, but can't verify that he was on the mission he claims to be. If he could just provide a few correlating details about his unit such as when they are expecting to receive replacement bombers and crews, he can avoid having to hand him over to the Gestapo as a spy.



* PayEvilUntoEvil: Bucky gets this trope reversed on him after being taken prisoner by the Germans, when he and the other downed flyers he is with are accosted by a lynch mob angry over their neighborhood being recently bombed.



-->'''Doctor Huston''': No, you’re right. We had to do something, and... [[JumpedAtTheCall here we are.]]

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-->'''Doctor Huston''': No, you’re right. We had to do something, and... [[JumpedAtTheCall here we are.]]]]
* WhamLine: When Bucky arrives at the prisoner of war camp:
-->'''[[spoiler: Buck Clevan]]''': John Egan! Your two o'clock! [[CasualDangerDialogue What the hell took you so long?]]

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In the fallout of the Munster Raid, Crosby is sent to represent the 100th Bomb Group at a conference in Oxford, to give him some time off from his duties, while Rosenthal and his crew are sent to the "Flak House" for some mandatory rest-and-relaxation. Meanwhile, Bucky is trapped in Germany trying to evade capture or worse.

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!!Tropes in this episode include:

* CharacterSignatureSong: Rosie is a music lover, and the episode ends with him climbing into his plane for the next mission, while Artie Shaw's "The Chant" (the song he hummed in the previous episode) plays over the soundtrack.
* DoubleTap: One American prisoner suffers this fate when a group of prisoners are attacked by a lynch mob.
* MusicForCourage: Rosie's crew discusses how his humming an Artie Shaw tune over the intercom during the Munster Raid helped them rally during their darkest moment.
* NoseArt: As Rosie boards ''Rosie's Riveters'' and shuts the door behind him, we see the door is adorned with a message for German pilots:
-->"[[BadassBoast Jerry, if you're close enough to read this, start prayin'.]]"
* SurvivorGuilt: Crosby blames himself for the losses faced during the Munster Raid, in particular Bubbles's death, because of the role he played in planning it, and because he had replaced Bubbles as the Group Navigator just before the mission.
* WarIsHell: Doctor Huston and Rosie talk about the friends they've lost in the war so far, but this is ironically Rosie's motivation for fighting in it:
-->'''Doctor Huston''': This war… [sighs] Human beings weren’t meant to behave this way... You disagree?
-->'''Rosie''': No. But you see people being persecuted, subjugated, you have to do something, right? They can’t fight for themselves, can they? So, what do we do?
-->'''Doctor Huston''': No, you’re right. We had to do something, and... [[JumpedAtTheCall here we are.]]

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