Good Morning, Vietnam: Difference between revisions

=== This Movie Contains Examples Of: ===

* [[Acronym and Abbreviation Overload]]

* [[Awesome Yet Practical]]: The reason Cronauer drew out his "Gooooooooood" was to time the beginning of his show with the top of the hour. (''viz.'' Paul Harvey's " ... Good day").

** The real Adrian Cronauer used the time to prepare for his broadcast; getting albums lined up, for example.

* [[Blithe Spirit]]: Adrian Cronauer, to the constant frustration of his superiors.

* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]: Remedied, when Cronauer teaches English to a class of Vietnamese. One sample quiz:

'''Vietnamese Class:''' Pissed me off! }}

* [[Bowdlerize]]: In a television broadcast, much of Robin's blue humor was bowdlerized. Ironic, considering the plot.

* [[Could Say It, But...]]: Cronauer broadcasts an unapproved news report in this fashion and is yanked off the air because of it.

* [[Don't Call Me "Sir"!]]: Sgt. Dickerson is particularly insistent on this point, taking excessive pride in his non-commissioned status.

'''Cronauer''': End of an inning? }}

** Also an example of [[Shown Their Work]]: In the US Air Force (Cronauer), it is common to call your superiors "sir" whether commissioned or not, but in the Army (Dickerson), the term is reserved for commissioned officers and will earn you the ire of any NCO on the receiving end.

* [[Fire-Breathing Diner]]: It's ''[[Captain Obvious|Vietnamese]]'' cooking!

* [[Giftedly Bad]]: Hauk has certain opinions on what is and isn't funny, but his routine falls flat. He even goes so far as to use a ''squeaky horn'' for comedic interrupts and [[This Trope Is Bleep|bleeping.]]

* [[Gung-Holier Than Thou]]: Dickerson.

* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: It is impossible to write dialogue like Cronauer's radio broadcasts. They just pointed Robin in the general direction they wanted him to go and let him run.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Cronauer gets into a bit of a funk following his suspension (see [[Could Say It, But...]] above). He's reluctant to return to the radio even after Gen. Taylor revokes the suspension, until...

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: the movie starts off very funny and irreverent, as Cronauer adjusts (or doesn't) to life in South Vietnam with characteristic hilarity. Then {{spoiler|he's almost blown up by a VC bomb, and finds out that the Vietnamese kid he'd become friendly with is actually a North Vietnamese spy trying to kill as many Americans as he can, and Cronauer eventually becomes horribly disillusioned with the whole situation.}} [[The Vietnam War|Needless to say]], the movie ends on a bit of a [[Downer Ending|downer]].

* [[No Indoor Voice]]

'''Cronauer''': ANYTHING MAN, JUST PLAY IT LOUD! }}

* [[Reassigned to Antarctica|Reassigned to Guam]]: Sgt. Dickerson's ultimate punishment for his vindictiveness towards Cronauer.

* [[Running Gag]]: "When the engine is already running, you generally don't need to turn the key, you know."

* [[Something Only They Would Say]]: "FLIP THEM THE BIRD!"