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{{quote|Woof woof woof! That's my ''other'' dog imitation.|'''Oddball'''}} |
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''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' is a comedy/war movie made by MGM. It stars [[Clint Eastwood]], Telly Savalas, [[Don Rickles]], Donald Sutherland, and Carroll O'Connor. It's about a squad of American soldiers in [[World War |
''[[Kelly's Heroes]]'' is a comedy/war movie made by MGM. It stars [[Clint Eastwood]], Telly Savalas, [[Don Rickles]], [[Donald Sutherland]], and Carroll O'Connor. It's about a squad of American soldiers in [[World War II]] [[France]] who learn about a secret stash of [[Nazi Gold|German gold]] in a bank deep behind enemy lines. Unappreciated by their clueless, profiteering captain and continually denied any chance at decent R&R, they are ripe for the promise of heroic adventure and enthusiastically embark on their new, unauthorized mission. With the help of tank commander Oddball and his squad of misfits, an incompetent artillery officer, a greedy supply officer, a marching band, a grave digger battalion, and eventually the very Germans they set out to fight, they might just succeed, and in the process win an improbable victory for the Allied forces. |
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{{quote|'''Oddball:''' "To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich..."}} |
{{quote|'''Oddball:''' "To a New Yorker like you, a hero is some kind of weird sandwich..."}} |
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* [[Butt Monkey]] - Mulligan. |
* [[Butt Monkey]] - Mulligan. |
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* [[The Caper]] - Robbing a German-held bank in [[World War |
* [[The Caper]] - Robbing a German-held bank in [[World War II]] France of 16 million dollars worth of gold. |
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - The paint shells that Oddball's tank carries show up again at an inopportune moment: ambushing a Tiger tank. |
* [[Chekhov's Gun]] - The paint shells that Oddball's tank carries show up again at an inopportune moment: ambushing a Tiger tank. |
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Oddball. Also, General Colt. |
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Oddball. Also, General Colt. |
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* [[Shout-Out]] - "Get me [[Hogan's Heroes|Hogan in intelligence]]." |
* [[Shout-Out]] - "Get me [[Hogan's Heroes|Hogan in intelligence]]." |
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* [[Shur Fine Guns]] - Justified, later subverted. Petuko's machinegun jams at a critical moment during the ambush of the German barracks, since he's firing alone, and doesn't have a loader to guide the ammunition belt. Subverted in that he manages to clear it, just barely in time. |
* [[Shur Fine Guns]] - Justified, later subverted. Petuko's machinegun jams at a critical moment during the ambush of the German barracks, since he's firing alone, and doesn't have a loader to guide the ammunition belt. Subverted in that he manages to clear it, just barely in time. |
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* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] - Not really in the soundtrack, but Oddball's tank plays soothing music the first time it fights onscreen. Explosions and shouting to several folksy tunes including |
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]] - Not really in the soundtrack, but Oddball's tank plays soothing music the first time it fights onscreen. Explosions and shouting to several folksy tunes including "I've Been Working on the Railroad", made doubly hilarious because they're blasting the crap out, among other things, a crew repairing a railroad bridge. |
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* [[Southern-Fried Private]] - [[Meaningful Name|Cowboy]] |
* [[Southern-Fried Private]] - [[Meaningful Name|Cowboy]] |
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* [[Take Five]]: Crapgame tells his assistant to get a haircut, when Kelly wants to talk business in private. |
* [[Take Five]]: Crapgame tells his assistant to get a haircut, when Kelly wants to talk business in private. |
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* [[Translation Convention]] - Averted. Everyone (Americans, Germans, French) speaks their own language. |
* [[Translation Convention]] - Averted. Everyone (Americans, Germans, French) speaks their own language. |
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* [[Treasure Room]] - {{spoiler|the inside of the bank}} |
* [[Treasure Room]] - {{spoiler|the inside of the bank}} |
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* [[World War II]] |
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* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]] - The gold value and number of bars simply cannot be made to both work out in accordance with what we're shown and told. The detailed math kudzu is on the [[ |
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]] - The gold value and number of bars simply cannot be made to both work out in accordance with what we're shown and told. The detailed math kudzu is on the [[{{PAGENAME}}/Fridge]] page, if you're ''really'' interested in it. |
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