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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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* [[Screw the War, We're Partying]]
* [[Sitcom]]
* [[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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