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''[[McHale's Navy]]'' is an American sitcom first aired in the 1960s, featuring the exploits of a PT boat crew during [[World War II]]. [[Ernest Borgnine]] starred as Lt Commander Quinton McHale.
The series resulted in two movies, ''[[McHale's Navy (film)|McHale's Navy]]'' (1964) and ''[[McHale's Navy Joins the Air Force]]'' (1965), and a [[Distaff Counterpart]]
A new [[McHale's Navy (1997 film)|''McHale's Navy'' movie]] was released in 1997, starring Tom Arnold as Quinton McHale Jr.
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* [[Armed Farces]]
* [[During the War]]
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* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: McHale's uniform cap badge is smaller than everyone else's by a noticeable amount. This is not an error. In fact, all the other caps, which used 1960's vintage hat badges, are in error. The badge McHale wears in the series is personally owned by Ernest Borgnine, who is a genuine [[World War Two]] Navy veteran and came from his time in the service.
* [[Retool]]: In its final season, the series moved from the Pacific theater to Italy.
** The entire premise of the show itself came from a retool: The pilot episode was called "Seven Against the Sea," an installment of "Alcoa Presents", and was a gritty war drama, featuring McHale as a serious leader trying to keep the men on his PT boat alive after a shattering Japanese attack. [[Executive Meddling|One of the producers, however, wanted to do]] Sgt. Bilko [[In Space|in the Navy]]. He ordered the shore-side business angle (which included running a laundry and still and McHale's rapport with the native chiefs) ramped [[Up to Eleven]], and the dramatics jettisoned. [[Lighter and Fluffier|The rest]] [[
* [[Screw the War, We're Partying]]
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* [[Spiritual Successor]]: ''McHale's Navy'' shares many behind-the-scenes people with ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]'' and in many ways is Sergeant Bilko {{
** Torpedoman's Mate Lester Gruber could also be seen as an unintentional Expy of ''[[The Navy Lark|The Navy Lark's]]'' Chief Petty Officer Jon Pertwee to boot, as both shows cribbed liberally from ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''.
* [[Welcome Episode]]: The pilot has Capt Binghamton assign [[Naive Newcomer]] Ensign Charles Parker the job of making McHale's men behave the military way.
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* [[Buffy-Speak]]:
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'''David''': Very stealthy, sir. }}
* [[Embarrassing Tattoo]]: McHale has dealt with the villain before, and once punished him by taking him (while unconscious) to get McHale's name and face tattooed across his entire torso. Backwards so it can be read in a mirror.
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