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M*A*S*H pothole, BSG potholes
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Lord Flashheart, Lord Flashheart, you're sexier by far. }}
** Also: "Hurrah! It's the Scarlet Pimpernel!"
* Occasionally seen as a visiting doctor in ''[[MASHM*A*S*H (television)|M*A*S*H]]''. And just as often subverted. One doctor, coerced into visiting by Hawkeye and BJ, {{spoiler|has a [[Heroic BSOD]] midway through the episode, just before having to perform a delicate and life-threatening surgery on a patient. He's found in the Swamp, drunk, much to Hawkeye's disgust}}. A second Ace doctor, filling in for a sick Potter {{spoiler|[[Out, Damned Spot!|also breaks down]]}} just before a [[Recycled Script|suspiciously similar operation]]. A surgeon, temporarily appointed to the 4077th {{spoiler|''wasn't even a surgeon'', but someone ''pretending'' to be one}}. There was one episode involving an Ace colonel that was played by... wait for it... Leslie Nielson.
** The drunk doctor (played by Alan Alda's father) was a veteran of WWI and WWII, and he simply explained that war and age had taken their toll such that experience and expertise were of no avail against the ravages of time and the horrors of war.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'':
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** Dr. Molly Clock, a brilliant shrink who could not only heal ''The Todd'', make any character realize their problems, but her everlasting good mood couldn't be crushed by Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox ''combined'' either.
* On ''[[Leverage]]'', the entire [[Badass Crew|main cast]] is largely this. [[The Big Guy|Eliot]] even falls into the category of [[Invincible Hero]].
* Starbuck from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. But see also...
* Starbuck in the 2000s ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' started out this way, but in a subversion, she began slipping over the course of the series due to childhood trauma, her tumultuous relationship with Apollo, and the machinations of the Cylon Leoben Conoy. By the end of season three, the character is a nervous wreck incapable of flying a simple patrol mission without endangering the fleet.
* ''[[Chuck]]'':
** Captain Awesome in the TV show ''[[Chuck]]''.