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{{quote|''I've got eyes like a bat and my feet are flat |
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If the setting is during a state of total warfare, this can avoid implying the character is [[Draft Dodging]]. This can be a case of [[Informed Flaw]]. A [[Ruptured Appendix]] is a medical condition with no real long term consequence, though generally won't qualify for this. Some vision problems are still disqualifying from service even if they [[Blind Without'Em|can be corrected with the right prescription lens]]. [[w:Flat feet|Flat feet]] is the classic [[Stealth Pun|impediment]] to enlistment, in part because of [[Inherently Funny Words|how ridiculous it sounds]]. |
If the setting is during a state of total warfare, this can avoid implying the character is [[Draft Dodging]]. This can be a case of [[Informed Flaw]]. A [[Ruptured Appendix]] is a medical condition with no real long term consequence, though generally won't qualify for this. Some vision problems are still disqualifying from service even if they [[Blind Without'Em|can be corrected with the right prescription lens]]. [[w:Flat feet|Flat feet]] is the classic [[Stealth Pun|impediment]] to enlistment, in part because of [[Inherently Funny Words|how ridiculous it sounds]]. |
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* A variant; Barbara Gordon tried signing up for police and federal law enforcement work in ''[[Batgirl: Year One]]''. Why was she rejected despite her stellar academics and physical ability? Because she didn't meet their minimum height requirements. While her dad could have pulled connections to get her a job, he refused. Commissioner Gordon tells his daughter bluntly that he doesn't want her on the front lines because it is dangerous, and she's safer working in a library. |
* A variant; Barbara Gordon tried signing up for police and federal law enforcement work in ''[[Batgirl: Year One]]''. Why was she rejected despite her stellar academics and physical ability? Because she didn't meet their minimum height requirements. While her dad could have pulled connections to get her a job, he refused. Commissioner Gordon tells his daughter bluntly that he doesn't want her on the front lines because it is dangerous, and she's safer working in a library. |
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* As seen in the page quote, the "narrator" of [[Phil Ochs]]' [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFFOUkipI4U "Draft Dodger Rag"] has several conditions (in addition to a host of other reasons) that allegedly disqualify him from Vietnam-era military service. |
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends == |
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** In at least one [[WWII]]-vintage cartoon, [[Bugs Bunny]] was apparently rejected for military service (the sole of one foot is stamped "4F") for something so minor that it didn't prevent him from performing his usual antics. |
** In at least one [[WWII]]-vintage cartoon, [[Bugs Bunny]] was apparently rejected for military service (the sole of one foot is stamped "4F") for something so minor that it didn't prevent him from performing his usual antics. |
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** In another, this gets [[Played With]]. Bugs gets a draft letter mistakenly sent his way instead of to B. Bonny; he passes the health exam due to perfect eyesight and the doctor thinking he's seeing a rabbit skeleton on the X-ray due to hallucinations. When the general finds out they hired a rabbit, after Bugs blew up the military camp using a shell to hammer a photo, they say that Bugs can't work on the frontlines because he's not human. They have him testing shells in the factory instead. |
** In another, this gets [[Played With]]. Bugs gets a draft letter mistakenly sent his way instead of to B. Bonny; he passes the health exam due to perfect eyesight and the doctor thinking he's seeing a rabbit skeleton on the X-ray due to hallucinations. When the general finds out they hired a rabbit, after Bugs blew up the military camp using a shell to hammer a photo, they say that Bugs can't work on the frontlines because he's not human. They have him testing shells in the factory instead. |
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