30 Days of Hogan's Heroes - Day 7

[belphegor1982]

There's a lot of great one-liners and ping-pong banter in this show, but this is my favourite!

Day 7 – Favourite quote (recurring or not)?

I know it’s dialogue more than just a quote, but it sums up a lot of the dynamics in Hogan’s Heroes. For the context, Newkirk and LeBeau have gone on a dangerous mission:

Hogan: Kinch, all that matters is victory. Even if you have to sacrifice two good men.
Kinch: Right. (pause) And if they’re not back in ten minutes, we’re going out to get them, right?
Hogan: (nods) Right!

(I can’t for the life of me remember which episode this was from… Bad Bel :S I’ll add the title as soon as I find the episode, though.)

It’s a joke, it’s a subversion of the classic “soldiers are expendable” trope, it shows not only Hogan’s “papa wolf” (well, Papa Bear, since this is Hogan's codename ;o) relation to his men but also the fact that Kinch knows his CO so well he doesn’t even raise an eyebrow at Hogan’s first line. I love it.

Comments

[ivybramble.livejournal.com]

...You're giving me 'feels' for a show I don't watch. Dammit Bel!
And methinks I spy with my little eye something rather Roguish. XD

[belphegor1982.livejournal.com]

If you've got feels now, wait for Day 16 ("a scene that makes you cry")! Spoilers all over the place, of course, but if you don't mind ;o)

What's funny is that, for the entire first season, Hogan's codename was "Goldilocks" (pretty much all the codenames come from fairy tales). Then they switched, and Hogan was "Papa Bear" (and remained so for the rest of the show), London HQ was "Goldilocks", and the British submarine they use to repatriate downed flyers and escaped prisoners was "Mama Bear". "Papa Bear" fits Hogan so well it's a wonder they didn't give him the codename before :o) With him, his men come first, then orders from London, then himself. He might not be my favourite character, but I like him a lot. Imagine JJ as an officer with Len's propensity to look after his own ;o)

[ivybramble.livejournal.com]

I don't. ;) I so rarely have time of late to watch new/old things I'll have forgotten the spoilers by the time I actually get around to checking something out.

...you do realize that description just begs for an AU?

[belphegor1982.livejournal.com]

Well, gee, I don't know... It does, certainly, but I have no idea how to set about it /:)

[ivybramble.livejournal.com]

*smiles innocently while watering the seed planted*