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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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* [[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
* [[Carrying a Cake]]
* [[Claustrophobia]]: Neela
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* [[Demoted to Extra]] : Kerry Weaver
* [[Development Hell]]: The [[Pilot]] was written in 1974 and filmed 20 years later
* [[Dropped a Bridge
* [[The Documentary]]
* [[Dr. Jerk]]: A few doctors like these come and go, especially Dr. Romano. Dr. Morris flirts with this trope, before becoming a [[Jerk
* [[Dysfunction Junction]] - Most of the ER staff are this. Abby's father left her when she was very young and her mother and brother have bipolar disorder. Same thing with Pratt's father, though {{spoiler|we find out that he tried to get back with Pratt's mother, but she never answered his letters}}. Sam had come from a family of alcoholics. Carter's relationship with his parents was never that great and his grandfather resented him for choosing a career as a doctor. Ross' father was abusive and ultimately abandoned him and his mother. Subverted with Mark Greene: He had spent most of an episode resenting his father for ... it's not clear (having a dominating personality?), when Doug Ross (who really DID have an abusive/neglectful father) angrily told him to "get your head out of your ass!" Greene eventually admitted to his daughter that he didn't even remember why their relationship was so bad, only saying that it was "probably my fault."
* [[Everybody Is Single]]
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* [[The Intern]]
* [[It's Personal]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Dr. Romano. Most of the other characters who have behaved like jerks have later gone on to be examples of [[Jerk
** Including Romano. There are numerous episodes which show him as being a [[Jerk
** Carter started out as an idealistic young med student, then went through a period of [[Jerkass|jerkassery]] in the second season, mainly in imitation of the cutthroat surgeons (*cough* Benton! *cough*) he was working alongside then. By the third season he had mostly gotten it out of his system, thank goodness, although in the last few seasons he reverted a bit.
*** And then came back in the last season as almost saintly.
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* [[Prom Baby]]: Sam explains this to be the case with her son.
* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: Another sign of {{spoiler|Dr. Greene's}} brain tumor is when he starts mixing up "he" and "she" in mid-tirade.
* [[Put
** [[The Bus Came Back]] for several, especially in the final season.
* [[Race For Your Love]]:
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*** Carter again racing through the streets of Paris to get to Kem's place and declare his love for her.
*** The best example is of Carol rushing to catch a plane to Seattle in the hopes that it's not too late to reconcile with Doug.
* [[Redemption in
* [[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.
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* [[Sexy Shirt Switch]]: Played straight plenty of times and subverted with Ray and Neela. Neela wears Ray's shirt to bed because it's comfortable, not because they're sleeping together. This is later important because the two develop feelings for each other and she offers it back when she moves out.
* [[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
* [[Ship Tease]]: Tons, but none more merciless than Ray and Neela.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Plenty.
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