JAG (TV series): Difference between revisions

* [[Courtroom Antics]]: Frequently. [[Disregard That Statement]] and [[That Was Objectionable]] in particular occur innumerable times.

** Harm once fired a loaded machinegun during a trial. [[Never Live It Down|No one lets him forget about that either, particularly the judge presiding over the case.]] Bud later uses a loophole so the incident, which has evidently caused a structural weakness in the building itself, will not count as a black mark on Harm's record.

* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Mac, as she speaks Russian, Japanese, Spanish, Farsi and German.

* [[Dad the Veteran]]: Harm's deceased father obviously. Admiral Chegwidden, the the [[Father to His Men]] would also qualify.

* [[Stock Sound Effects]]: The "message being displayed in capital letters at the bottom of the screen" sound. JAG used it all the time.

* [[Straw Civilian]]: Occurs often. In fact, the [[The War On Straw]] tropes applied heavily in the later seasons. The only exception was [[Straw Man Has a Point]], the military was never portrayed as wrong. The corrupt members of the military were always the exception and lectured on their betrayal of the [[United States]].

* [[Strawman Political]]: Roberta "Bobbie" Latham, democratic congresswoman from Michigan is an arch-typical leftist liberal advocating of the advancement of women in the military for the sake of just doing it, is critical of excessive defense spending, and a strong advocate of UN peacekeeping operations (even if the operation can't keep the peace in the first place.)

** There are also several episodes where the political system, usually Congress, conducts an investigation that turns into a politically expedient [[Witch Hunt]]. Also, the evidence used to start the investigation is shown as weak.