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* [[Badass Crew]]: Driving through the desert, sneaking up on Nazis and blowing them sky high with 50 caliber guns strapped to jeeps badass enough for you?
* [[Badass Crew]]: Driving through the desert, sneaking up on Nazis and blowing them sky high with 50 caliber guns strapped to jeeps badass enough for you?
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: There are frequent long passages in untranslated German and occasionally French. Hans Gudegast (aka Eric Braeden), who played Hauptmann Dietrich, is a native speaker, as are most of the Nazi characters who speak German. Apparently he sometimes adlibbed German lines—watch the English speaking Nazi extras trying to keep up.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: There are frequent long passages in untranslated German and occasionally French. Hans Gudegast (aka Eric Braeden), who played Hauptmann Dietrich, is a native speaker, as are most of the Nazi characters who speak German. Apparently he sometimes adlibbed German lines—watch the English speaking Nazi extras trying to keep up.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dietrich may be the closest counterpart to [[Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner (Animation)|Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner]] in live-action television: His plans to capture and/or kill the Rats never work (no matter how clever they are), his stuff usually ends up exploded, and heavy objects frequently fall on him. Poor guy can't catch a break. Never mind, they can't kill ''him,'' either.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Dietrich may be the closest counterpart to [[Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Wile E Coyote and The Road Runner]] in live-action television: His plans to capture and/or kill the Rats never work (no matter how clever they are), his stuff usually ends up exploded, and heavy objects frequently fall on him. Poor guy can't catch a break. Never mind, they can't kill ''him,'' either.
* [[Dress-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Subverted. The Germans, the Americans, and the British all wear similar khaki colored uniforms. Eventually you’ve just gotta tell them apart by their equipment or headgear. [[Truth in Television]], as before long the North African sun had bleached all army’s uniforms the same basic color.
* [[Dress-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Subverted. The Germans, the Americans, and the British all wear similar khaki colored uniforms. Eventually you’ve just gotta tell them apart by their equipment or headgear. [[Truth in Television]], as before long the North African sun had bleached all army’s uniforms the same basic color.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: There are several episodes where Dietrich and the Rats form a truce while working for a common end. [[Status Quo Is God|By the end of the episode though]], they always go back to trying to kill each other.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: There are several episodes where Dietrich and the Rats form a truce while working for a common end. [[Status Quo Is God|By the end of the episode though]], they always go back to trying to kill each other.
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* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Seems to be Dietrich’s motivation for remaining a German officer. [[Truth in Television]], as many ''Heer'' (Army) officers despised [[Hitler]], but still wanted a strong Germany and were willing to put up with him if he could give their country superpower status once again.
* [[My Country, Right or Wrong]]: Seems to be Dietrich’s motivation for remaining a German officer. [[Truth in Television]], as many ''Heer'' (Army) officers despised [[Hitler]], but still wanted a strong Germany and were willing to put up with him if he could give their country superpower status once again.
* [[Nice Hat]]: One for everybody. Moffitt sports a black beret, Troy has an Australian slouch hat, Hitchcock is in a red kepi, and Tully wears the only standard headgear, an American GI helmet.
* [[Nice Hat]]: One for everybody. Moffitt sports a black beret, Troy has an Australian slouch hat, Hitchcock is in a red kepi, and Tully wears the only standard headgear, an American GI helmet.
* [[Officer and A Gentleman]]: Sergeant Moffitt, although he technically enlisted and isn’t an officer. He’s got the upper-class Brit part down, and the cool headedness to counteract Troy.
* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: Sergeant Moffitt, although he technically enlisted and isn’t an officer. He’s got the upper-class Brit part down, and the cool headedness to counteract Troy.
* [[Pin Pulling Teeth]]
* [[Pin Pulling Teeth]]
* [[The Quiet One]]: Tully sometimes goes for whole episodes without saying more than one word. Pulls it off by being [[The Big Guy]] who gets to use the bazooka.
* [[The Quiet One]]: Tully sometimes goes for whole episodes without saying more than one word. Pulls it off by being [[The Big Guy]] who gets to use the bazooka.
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