YMMV / M*A*S*H S3 E18: House Arrest

• Broken Base: The subject of rape is treated as casual comedy by the characters. To this day, fans are divided on whether it is legitimately funny or just in plain poor taste. (The creators, for their part, regret the portrayal.)
• Designated Hero: Hawkeye punched Frank in the face with little provocation after verbally bullying Margaret. And yet because Frank is The Un-Favourite in the camp, Hawkeye's aggressive act is seen as being heroic.
• Designated Villain: All Frank ever did at first was defend Margaret's honour by using a towel snap on Hawkeye. This earns him a punch in the face from Hawkeye, ignorance by most of the camp, and a What the Hell, Hero? from Henry Blake for wanting Hawkeye trialled for the offence when Frank is in full right to demand it. He is then forced to watch as the camp continually shows Hawkeye a great deal of respect, even by the MP guards and Father Mulcahy. And then he is framed by Colonel Reese and is charged with attempted rape.
• Protagonist-Centered Morality: The two above tropes are why this was perhaps the nadir of this trope in the show. This is one of the few times that Hawkeye was unreservedly in the wrong (he did assault a superior officer, and not only that, he did it for the petty reason of Disproportionate Retribution) and yet the entire UNIVERSE seems to conspire to make it Frank's fault and have him suffer expressly because he's Frank. Hawkeye gets a free vacation, water buffalo steaks and is treated like Jack the Giant Killer. Frank gets wrongly accused of rape. It's like watching Squidward if he was written for adults.