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* [[African Terrorists]]: The doctors of County General have faced both the Mai Mai in the Congo and the Janjaweed in Sudan while treating their victims.
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: The series finale. Crosses over with Bookends as a Greene enters and leaves the hospital with Carter.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Used in conjunction with [[Tonight Someone Dies]]. Memorable examples include {{spoiler|Dr. Greene from brain cancer}}, {{spoiler|Lucy Knight being stabbed to death}}, and {{spoiler|Gallant in Iraq...in the ''teaser''}}.
** As well as series regulars/semi-regulars {{spoiler|Greg Pratt from an explosion, Robert Romano from a helicopter, Carla Reese, Dennis Gant, Sandy Lopez...}}. And that's not even mentioning the various actors who guested more than once as the parents/grandparents of various characters - did any of them (other than {{spoiler|Elizabeth's and Abby's mothers}}) survive the 16-year run?
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* [[Between My Legs]]: This shot is used when [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f_WGbwXb70 Abby is taking pictures of Neela].
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: In one episode, Luka recited part of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, and lapsed into Croatian after a few lines. Crosses over to [[Shout-Out]] also, as Goran Visnjic's biggest role up to that point had been a Croatian production of the play.
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: Not ''first'' considering this is ''ER'', but two regular black male cast members eventually die on the show. One in [[The Teaser]] with a voice over.
* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Countless patients, including {{spoiler|Pratt}}
* [[Bolivian Army Cliffhanger]]: Just about every season.
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* [[Building of Adventure]]: The earlier series are set entirely within the hospital.
* [[The Bus Came Back]]: Carter's 4 episode arc in season 12.
** Susan Lewis returned as a regular in season 8, after a five-year absence.
** And, of course, ''all'' the departed regulars from the original cast ({{spoiler|including, via flashback, Greene}}) returned for guest appearances in the [[Back for the Finale|final season]].
* [[Carrying a Cake]]
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* [[Hot Dad]]: Luka.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Quite a few characters. Carol, Sam, Abby, Elizabeth.
* [[Innocent Cohabitation]]: Ray and Neela.
* [[Instant Sedation]]: Both averted and played straight.
* [[The Intern]]
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* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: Another sign of {{spoiler|Dr. Greene's}} brain tumor is when he starts mixing up "he" and "she" in mid-tirade.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Several characters. The most upsetting, perhaps, is {{spoiler|Ray Barnett (played by Shane West), who is first HIT with a bus and then put on one for a couple seasons. For all its cruelty, at least he gets the girl in the end.}}
** [[The Bus Came Back]] for several, especially in the final season.
* [[Race For Your Love]]:
** At least two notable aversions:
*** Doug rushes to Carol's engagement party to tell her he loves her. . .she screams at him to leave her alone, and her fiance punches him.
*** Mark runs to the train station to catch the departing Susan, only to have her gently rebuff him and leave anyway.
** Played straight:
*** Carter buying a ''$9,000'' plane ticket to Japan so that he can get past security and get to the gate to give one last kiss to his departing girlfriend Kem.
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* [[Redemption in the Rain]]
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Dr. Romano and his poor track record with helicopters.
** A in-universe example: The crew cures a homeless girl who turns out to be on the run from a [[Cure Your Gays]]-institution. A person from the facility shows up to take her back, but Carter refuses to release her... by claiming that she is pregnant.
* [[The Reveal]]
** In "Night Shift," a patient who is badly mangled after jumping (or falling) onto the tracks in front of an elevated train is rolled into a trauma room. Dr. Benton tells a nurse to page Benton's [[Butt Monkey|then-favorite medical student]] Dennis Gant, and everyone is horrified when {{spoiler|the patient's beeper goes off—it's Gant on the table!}}
** When Greene {{spoiler|discovers his wife is having an affair.}}
** When Kerry discovers Carter and Lucy Knight {{spoiler|bleeding to death on the floor of a patient's room}}.
* [[Revolving Door Casting]]
* [[Say Your Prayers]]: Kovacks did this in one episode while in the Congo, but winds up living through it.
** It's actually a bit of a subversion since the praying saves him. The rebels holding him think he's is a priest and shooting priests is the one thing they won't do.
* [[Self
* [[Scary Surprise Party]]: a [[Running Gag]] where the staff would trick a co-worker into thinking they were needed for a medical emergency, only to happen upon their surprise birthday party/welcome back party/going away party/bridal shower/baby shower.
* [[Secretly Wealthy]]: Everyone was stunned when Carter was revealed to be from a wealthy family.
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* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Luka {{spoiler|lost his wife and children in the Yugoslav wars}}. Quite a lot of his behaviour can be attributed to [[Heroic BSOD]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the final episode, a patient stated that "I am the Chosen One, I am [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Lugia]]."
* [[Ship Tease]]: Tons, but none more merciless than Ray and Neela.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Plenty.
* [[Star-Making Role]]: For George Clooney.
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