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* [[Ms. Fanservice|Mrs Fanservice]]: Jane Liddle, who's spends most of her on screen appearence in her underwear.
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: It's ''Gust'' Avrakotos, not ''Gus'' Avrakotos.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Subverted. It's not Charlie's fault that Afghanistan slides into Taliban control: he's seen trying to get his fellow congressmen to send more rebuilding aid and failing. It leads {{spoiler|to Charlie's unhappy grimace at the opening/closing award ceremony. In [[Real Life]], Charlie Wilson remained worried that his actions unintentionally contributed to [[The War On Terror]].}}
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|No Politicians Were Harmed]]: Few names were changed, although Amy Adams' character is a composite of several of Rep. Wilson's [[Real Life]] aides.
* [[No Except Yes]]:
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** One of his secretaries explains it [[A Worldwide Punomenon|beautifully]] to a visitor: "Well... Congressman Wilson, he has an expression. He says, 'You can teach 'em to type, but you can't teach 'em to grow tits.'"
* [[Shout Out]]: "Has there ever been [[The West Wing|a show about Washington]]? I don't think there has."
* [[Signature Style]]: The screenplay has [[Aaron Sorkin]]'s fingerprints all over it, [[Self
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: We're introduced to covert warfare strategist Mike Vickers playing chess in a park against four opponents simultaneously.
* [[Smooch of Victory]]: Charlie kisses his secretary in front of his congressional colleagues when she brings him the news of the first Hinds being shot down.
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