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Hawkeye's call to an old friend for help solving a crossword puzzle quickly spirals out of control.

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Hawkeye's call to an old friend for help solving a crossword puzzle CrosswordPuzzle quickly spirals out of control.

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* DelayedReaction: Radar, like everyone else in the 4077th, is so used to Klinger's antics that when he sees him eating a jeep, it takes until he's sitting down at his desk to realize that ''Klinger is eating a jeep.''



* LateToTheRealization: Radar, like everyone else in the 4077th, is so used to Klinger's antics that when he sees him eating a jeep, it takes until he's sitting down at his desk to realize that ''Klinger is eating a jeep.''
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changing to the more appropriate trope


* ExtremeOmnivore: Klinger attempts to eat a Jeep as part of his latest Section 8 scheme. Needless to say, [[DidntThinkThisThrough he quickly regrets this choice]].


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* MadnessInducedOmnivore: Klinger attempts to eat a Jeep as part of his latest Section 8 scheme. Needless to say, [[DidntThinkThisThrough he quickly regrets this choice]].
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* MeaningfulName: The episode's name is not only the crossword clue [[spoiler: (for the word "vantz")]] at the heart of the plot, but refers to the 38th parallel that cuts across the Korean peninsula and forms the border between North and South. Misunderstanding and overreaction: Sitcom plot, or cause of a war?

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* MeaningfulName: The episode's name is not only the crossword clue [[spoiler: (for clue[[note]]for the word "vantz")]] "vantz"[[/note]] at the heart of the plot, but refers to the 38th parallel that cuts across the Korean peninsula and forms the border between North and South. Misunderstanding and overreaction: Sitcom plot, or cause of a war?
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Re-adding under the new name.


* SeriousBusiness: Hawkeye is determined to finally finish a Times crossword puzzle.

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* SeriousBusiness: Hawkeye is determined to finally finish a Times crossword puzzle.puzzle.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Klinger's Section 8 stunt of the episode involves eating a jeep. He needs to be hospitalized for a blocked intestine.

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* MatchInABombShack: Korean civilians began gathering spilled gasoline for their lamps using rags. Once it got dark, one of them lit a match...



* RealityEnsues:
** Klinger's Section 8 stunt of the episode involves eating a jeep. He needs to be hospitalized for a blocked intestine.
** Korean civilians began gathering spilled gasoline for their lamps using rags. Once it got dark, one of them lit a match...
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Just as I put the "vantz" spoiler in the series page, I also added it in this recap page.


* MeaningfulName: The episode's name is not only the crossword clue at the heart of the plot, but refers to the 38th parallel that cuts across the Korean peninsula and forms the border between North and South. Misunderstanding and overreaction: Sitcom plot, or cause of a war?

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* MeaningfulName: The episode's name is not only the crossword clue [[spoiler: (for the word "vantz")]] at the heart of the plot, but refers to the 38th parallel that cuts across the Korean peninsula and forms the border between North and South. Misunderstanding and overreaction: Sitcom plot, or cause of a war?
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* HoYay: Klinger beckons Admiral Cox close to him, feigning a medical issue, then lays a big kiss on him.

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* HoYay: Feigning a medical issue, Klinger beckons Admiral Cox close to him, feigning a medical issue, close, then lays a big kiss on him.
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--> '''Klinger:''' If I can't get out of the army, can I get a transfer to the Navy?

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--> '''Klinger:''' [[HelloSailor If I can't get out of the army, can I get a transfer to the Navy?Navy]]?
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* HoYay: Klinger beckons Admiral Cox close to him, feigning a medical issue, then lays a big kiss on him.
--> '''Klinger:''' If I can't get out of the army, can I get a transfer to the Navy?
** Gets a CallBack at the end of the episode as Klinger drives Cox and Tippy away from camp.
---> '''Potter:''' And Klinger, no kissing!
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* NeverMyFault: Radar tells Hawkeye and BJ that they're in a lot of trouble for needlessly bringing Lt. Brookes and Admiral Cox from their ship when he was the one who bungled the message.

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* NeverMyFault: Radar tells Hawkeye and BJ B.J. that they're in a lot of trouble for needlessly bringing Lt. Brookes and Admiral Cox from their ship when he was the one who bungled the message.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Just as Admiral Cox is yelling about how there'll be an investigation into the 4077th for dragging him all the way out here for nothing, Father Mulcahey runs in yelling that there's an ambulance full of burned civilians in the compound.

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!!Attention, all hands! What is a 6-letter word beginning with T with the clue, "Creative Figures of Speech?"

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Hawkeye's call to an old friend for help solving a crossword puzzle quickly spirals out of control.

!!Attention, all hands! personnel! What is a 6-letter word beginning with T with the clue, "Creative Figures of Speech?"Speech?"
* ExtremeOmnivore: Klinger attempts to eat a Jeep as part of his latest Section 8 scheme. Needless to say, [[DidntThinkThisThrough he quickly regrets this choice]].
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* {{Jerkass}}: Burns is in fine form this episode, telling a Korean ''burn victim'' that if she can't speak English that she should go back where she came from, nevermind that she's in her home country. He then goes on to call them heathens.
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* LateToTheRealization: Radar, like everyone else in the 4077th, is so used to Klinger's antics that when he sees him eating a jeep, it takes until he's sitting down at his desk to realize that ''Klinger is eating a jeep.''
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* MeaningfulName: The episode's name is not only the crossword clue at the heart of the plot, but refers to the 38th parallel that cuts across the Korean peninsula and forms the border between North and South. Misunderstanding and overreaction: Sitcom plot, or cause of a war?
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Hawkeye treats a Chinese prisoner's head wound and receives genuine gratitude from the prisoner. After the prisoner exchange, the local propaganda station claims that the surgical scar was from torture and Hawkeye should be branded a war criminal.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Hawkeye treats a Chinese prisoner's head wound and receives genuine gratitude from the prisoner. After the prisoner exchange, Seoul City Sue comes on the local propaganda station radio and claims that the surgical scar was from torture and Hawkeye should be branded a war criminal.
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!!Attention, all hands! What is a 6-letter word beginning with T with the clue, "Creative Figures of Speech?"
* NeverMyFault: Radar tells Hawkeye and BJ that they're in a lot of trouble for needlessly bringing Lt. Brookes and Admiral Cox from their ship when he was the one who bungled the message.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Hawkeye treats a Chinese prisoner's head wound and receives genuine gratitude from the prisoner. After the prisoner exchange, the local propaganda station claims that the surgical scar was from torture and Hawkeye should be branded a war criminal.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Admiral Cox thinks they should respond to the propaganda hit piece with an even bigger hit piece by claiming the burned civilians were the result of a Chinese firebomb attack rather than an accident. Hawkeye talks him out of it.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Hawkeye calls Tippy for help on finishing the crossword puzzle. Tippy misunderstands it as an emergency and heads over to the 4077 with Admiral Cox to help out, eating up a lot of time and nearly getting killed en route.
* RealityEnsues:
** Klinger's Section 8 stunt of the episode involves eating a jeep. He needs to be hospitalized for a blocked intestine.
** Korean civilians began gathering spilled gasoline for their lamps using rags. Once it got dark, one of them lit a match...
* SeriousBusiness: Hawkeye is determined to finally finish a Times crossword puzzle.

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