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'''Sister Bertrille''': Don't be silly, Rico! Whoever heard of [[Title Drop|a flying nun]]? }}
''[[The Flying Nun]]'' was a sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC [[Adaptation Displacement|based on the book]] ''[[
The star was a young [[Sally Field]] (post-''[[Gidget]]''), who played the former Elsie Ethrington, a spunky novice nun assigned to the Daughters of Charity convent in Puerto Rico. As a novice, Sister Bertrille (as she was now called) wore a white habit robe with a heavily starched winged cornette.
Due to some [[Artistic License Physics]] that beggar [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief]], Sister Bertrille was able to fly in a slight breeze. "When lift plus thrust is greater than load plus drag, anything can fly." And once the breeze caught her cornette...
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{{quote|'''Reverend Mother Plaseato''': We shall... pray... for your eyesight, Mr Umpire!}}
* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]]: [[Funny Foreigner]] Sister Sisto. [[Don't Explain the Joke|Although technically not a foreigner since she is Puerto Rican]].
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: Usually, as is typical in a convent. But in one episode, an old boyfriend who fears his rejection caused Sister Bertrille to become a nun refers to her by her birth name of Elsie.
* [[Fantastic Comedy]]
* [[Give Me a Sign]]: Carlos's nearsighted uncle is convinced he's going to die in a week after seeing a giant white bird flying above him. Guess who the "bird" was....
* [[Hypno Fool]]: One episode has a dentist ([[Bernie Kopell]]) cross this one with a bizarre [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: He uses hypnosis to make Sister Bertrille and the Mother Superior think they're each other. Hilarity, of course, ensues when a visiting Father ([[Paul Lynde]]) is observing the convent.▼
▲* [[Hypno Fool]]: One episode has a dentist (Bernie Kopell) cross this one with a bizarre [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: He uses hypnosis to make Sister Bertrille and the Mother Superior think they're each other. Hilarity, of course, ensues when a visiting Father (Paul Lynde) is observing the convent.
* [[Lottery Ticket]]: In one episode, Sister Betrille returns a lost lottery ticket to a poor couple, who come to believe the ticket is blessed to win after accidentally witnessing her flying off.
* [[Narrator]]: Episodes are usually introduced by Sister Jacqueline, although some episodes are set up by Carlos, and even a few by Reverend Mother Plaseato herself.
* [[Nice Hat]]: So nice, it lets her fly!
* [[Nuns Are Funny]]: Much of the series' ''raison d'être''.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Sister Sisto.
* [[Ravens and Crows]]: In one episode, a crow takes off with a $5,000 donation check made out to the convent.
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