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Down Periscope

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Down Periscope	comment	Down Periscope is a 1996 comedy movie starring Kelsey Grammer as Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dodge USN, Executive Officer of the Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine USS Orlando. Though considered by many to be a talented officer, he has been denied command of his own submarine twice for his... cavalier command style. A third denial will forever bar him from commanding a submarine, but Vice Admiral Winslow has a feeling that summarily dismissing an officer like Dodge would be a bad thing, and has come up with a method of proving it — a war game which pits USS Stingray, one of the last remaining diesel submarines still owned by the US Navy (and long since forgotten in the Mothball Fleet at that), against the East Coast nuclear navy. Dodge's assignment — simulate a terrorist strike against Charleston and Norfolk.However, his opponent, Rear Admiral Graham, doesn't think the Navy needs irrepressible screwups like Dodge, and is willing to stretch the rules to the breaking point to prove it — starting by giving said screwup the crew he believes such a screwup deserves — ultimately a mistake that will make a laughing stock of the U.S. nuclear navy, as Admiral Winslow has explicitly ordered Dodge to "think like a pirate" to show that most of the world doesn't play by the book, and that's exactly what Dodge is going to do.Notably Lt. Emily Lake (Lauren Holly) is supposed to be the first female submarine crew member in the history of the United States Navy. She is a Diving Officer.The film is a parody of Up Periscope and other films in the submarine-film genre.
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Down Periscope / int_1042bae6	type	Limited Advancement Opportunities
Down Periscope / int_1042bae6	comment	Limited Advancement Opportunities: Dodge has already been passed over twice for command at the start of the film and a third time will mean that he'll be reassigned to a desk job, effectively ending his career.
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Down Periscope / int_11ad560b	type	Control Freak
Down Periscope / int_11ad560b	comment	Lt. Pascal starts off as this for most of the movie, but proves to be a Control Freak and The Neidermeyer, and ends up being made to Walk the Plank (into the waiting net of a fishing boat) after attempting The Mutiny against Dodge.
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Down Periscope / int_13f5b1b	type	Instant-Win Condition
Down Periscope / int_13f5b1b	comment	Instant-Win Condition: In the climax. All the Stingray has to do to win the wargame is sink the dummy ship. Their own survival was never part of the game.
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Down Periscope / int_18d15922	type	Title Drop
Down Periscope / int_18d15922	comment	Title Drop: It's a sub movie called "Down Periscope". A title drop is a given.
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Down Periscope / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Down Periscope / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Spots and R.J., the Stingray's Planesmen. The movie occasionally pauses to show them discussing whatever while at their post, usually R.J.'s basketball career and Spots' betting.
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Down Periscope / int_1e5df5	type	Heh Heh, You Said "X"
Down Periscope / int_1e5df5	comment	Heh Heh, You Said "X": Dodge gets on a Freudian Slippery Slope when talking to the crew about a woman (Lt. Lake) being on board:
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Down Periscope / int_1e9e1428	type	Custom Uniform of Sexy
Down Periscope / int_1e9e1428	comment	Custom Uniform of Sexy: Lt. Lake's uniform ends up being much more revealing after her shipmates sabotage her laundry, leaving her with the tiny uniform of the shrimpy XO.
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Down Periscope / int_1f250372	type	I Need a Freaking Drink
Down Periscope / int_1f250372	comment	I Need a Freaking Drink: After Dodge gives the command to push Stingray's old clapped-out diesel engines well beyond redline for an extended period of time, the chief engineer pulls out a bottle of whisky and pours a shot for himself and the engineer's mate. He then dumps the rest of the bottle into the fuel line, stating that upping the proportion of ethanol to diesel in the fuel will let him squeeze another 50 RPM out of the engine.
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Down Periscope / int_20a14df0	type	Wrong Genre Savvy
Down Periscope / int_20a14df0	comment	Wrong Genre Savvy: Stepanek's first attempt to get out of serving on the Stingray is to openly insult Dodge to his face. Such a tactic would've worked with a by-the-book figure like Knox (who had earlier chastised Dodge's casual swearing), but he didn't realize he was dealing with a Military Maverick.
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Down Periscope / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Down Periscope / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: Two live torpedoes are given to the Stingray as an alternate objective for the final target of the war game. Using this option allows the crew to destroy the dummy ship even though they are killed in the game.
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Down Periscope / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Down Periscope / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: The first thing Pascal declares to Stepanek after the latter's first attempt to get thrown off the Stingray is a characteristic "You're mine maggot!" Naturally, Stepanek throws it back in his face just before the final shove.
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Down Periscope / int_2629c82a	type	Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Down Periscope / int_2629c82a	comment	Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Lt. Emily Lake is (in this movie) the first woman to serve on a submarine of the United States Navy. Commander Dodge, not having been informed in advance, initially thinks that his crew have hired a stripper, and they do indeed treat her mostly as eye candy to start with (which leads them to sabotage her laundry to make her uniform more revealing). Her lack of real-world experience (and lack of confidence) doesn't help her in establishing her credentials, but when a particularly tricky situation calls for her specialist training, she rises to the occasion and proves her skill as a dive officer.
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Down Periscope / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
Down Periscope / int_26eb6287	comment	Funny Background Event: When Graham dares his fellow admirals to "call [him] prude" during his anti-Dodge rant in the prologue, one of them can be seen grinning and giving a subtle "that's exactly what you are" nod in the background.
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Down Periscope / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
Down Periscope / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins: In-Universe, the Stingray and her crew are the opposing force of the war game and they succeed in infiltrating Charleston harbor and sinking the dummy warship. On the other hand, Admiral Winslow considers it a good thing, since something like that happening in a war game is far better than an actual terrorist attack. And now the Navy knows one way it could happen and can act accordingly.
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Down Periscope / int_2ee27afe	type	Radio Contest
Down Periscope / int_2ee27afe	comment	Radio Contest: Nitro tried to connect the sub to Admiral Graham's phone call. Being Nitro, it got misdirected,
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Down Periscope / int_306dece3	type	Office Golf
Down Periscope / int_306dece3	comment	Office Golf: Early in the film, Dodge gets chewed out by his captain for playing golf off the weather deck of USS Orlando as she was sailing into port. He actually does rather well, hitting a long shot onto shore and getting very close to the hole.
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Down Periscope / int_31cc44aa	type	Odd Name, Normal Nickname
Down Periscope / int_31cc44aa	comment	Odd Name, Normal Nickname: One of the submarine crew is called "Nitro" — full name "Michael K. Nitro", as mentioned in the script. When someone else tells him that's a cool nickname, he tells them it's his real name but he's been thinking of calling himself "Mike" as a nickname.
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Down Periscope / int_355007c3	type	Brilliant, but Lazy
Down Periscope / int_355007c3	comment	Brilliant, but Lazy: Stepanek is actually very good at his job when he wants to be, it's just he doesn't want to be there. In his first scene he insults Dodge and then proceeds to give a detailed explanation of what regulations he just broke and the required punishment, which will get him out of serving on the Stingray.
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Down Periscope / int_35ae6a23	type	Lethal Chef
Down Periscope / int_35ae6a23	comment	Buckman, when confronted by Pascal regarding his cooking.
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Down Periscope / int_3aec9e5e	type	Properly Paranoid
Down Periscope / int_3aec9e5e	comment	However, after thinking it over for a minute he orders his sub to intercept the contact anyway. See Properly Paranoid above. He's a experienced officer who knows that he can't afford to assume anything. Dodge, knowing Knox very well, had a back-up plan ready because he was pretty sure that Knox would be thorough.
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Down Periscope / int_3b4abb27	type	Double Meaning
Down Periscope / int_3b4abb27	comment	Double Meaning: Stepanek gets "relocated" when he fails to help prepare the ship for service.
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Down Periscope / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Down Periscope / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: The Murmansk brushing incident. Although it's known that in Real Life there have been such incidents, which generally are the end of the responsible CO's career, the details of the one involving Dodge are mostly unknown. All that's known is that he was an Ensign at the time (meaning he likely was not in command, though he was probably running the tactical plot and miscalculated the range to the Russian sub, leading to the collision), got blindingly drunk afterwards, and received his Embarrassing Tattoo while inebriated.
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Down Periscope / int_3c3f28a5	type	Blessed with Suck
Down Periscope / int_3c3f28a5	comment	A sharp-eared Sonar Technician who could not only hear a pin drop, but identify the make and model of said pin from the sound it makes hitting the floor. In this case, there wasn't anything wrong with how he did his job, his leadership were just paranoid that anyone with hearing that sharp would be a security risk and wanted him gone. Oh, he doesn't hear everything. And don't worry, he's very trustworthy... too.
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Down Periscope / int_3e99593b	type	Freakier Than Fiction
Down Periscope / int_3e99593b	comment	Freakier Than Fiction: The basis of the movie - war games pitting decades-old naval hardware against modern equipment - has not only been done repeatedly in Real Life, but has often resulted in victories for the low-techs through skill and guile. The losing side has even changed the rules mid-game on occasion, but not in a subtle manner like Graham's manipulation of the playing area - they actually declared that the ships the low-techs sank were floating again. At least one of the incidents in question, however, the low-tech forces were cheating even by the standards of the exercise (real assets cannot teleport, and a 2,000 pound fishing trawler cannot launch a missile whose launcher alone weighs double the boat's displacement). And "refloating" sunk assets is actually SOP for a naval wargame: The exercises exist as much to train the crewmen as they do the Admirals, and getting "sunk" on day 1 of a wargame and having nothing to do for the rest of the exercise would be counterproductive (think of it as "Ok, we'll pretend you did evade that torpedo and got away, proceed as if you did" or "Ok, you're acting as a replacement for a ship of the same class that was sunk on day 1").
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Down Periscope / int_40a447c3	type	Indestructible Edible
Down Periscope / int_40a447c3	comment	Indestructible Edible: The can of Deviled Ham in the galley. It's been on that shelf since Korea. It expired in 1966. It still tastes like cream corn...
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Down Periscope / int_4127eb1	type	Shut Up, Hannibal!
Down Periscope / int_4127eb1	comment	Shut Up, Hannibal!: Towards the end, Dodge calls out Admiral Graham on his flagrant cheating.
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Down Periscope / int_41a3e267	type	Hidden in Plain Sight
Down Periscope / int_41a3e267	comment	However, it's successfully inverted by Stingray as well. At one point, being hunted by sonar, Dodge leads his crew in a drunken singalong. However, combined with some modifications to their profile and a howling storm, they convince the opposing sub that they're just a trawler full of drunk fishermen. It also helps that Orlando crew is unaware that their opponent is a diesel sub. When Knox's sonar technician tells him he heard a diesel engine, Knox immediately dismisses the possibility of a diesel submarine. However, after thinking it over for a minute he orders his sub to intercept the contact anyway. See Properly Paranoid above. He's a experienced officer who knows that he can't afford to assume anything. Dodge, knowing Knox very well, had a back-up plan ready because he was pretty sure that Knox would be thorough.
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Down Periscope / int_41c6c75d	type	Alcohol Is Gasoline
Down Periscope / int_41c6c75d	comment	Alcohol Is Gasoline: Played With. At the climax, the Stingray's chief mechanic pours a bottle of whiskey inside of the (diesel) submarine's fuel feed to thin the mixture and make the sub go faster.
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Down Periscope / int_429152bd	type	Submarine Pirates
Down Periscope / int_429152bd	comment	Submarine Pirates: A U.S. Navy wargame calls for simulating an attack by terrorists working in conjunction with Submarine Pirates. Winslow's orders explicitly say "think like a pirate". The Stingray crew even plays it up when making LT Pascal Walk the Plank following LCDR Dodge's decision to ignore RADM Graham's attempt to rig the wargame, flying a Jolly Roger and dressed up in piratical clothing. Nitro never bothers to change out of his costume or wash off the fake beard for the rest of the run, and even giving the occasional "Arr". Truth in Television with the Jolly Roger, which is a traditional victory flag for submarines. For example, HMS Conqueror flew one during her return to Britain after sinking the General Belgrano in the Falklands.
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Down Periscope / int_46bcebfd	type	Starship Luxurious
Down Periscope / int_46bcebfd	comment	Starship Luxurious: The modern Orlando in comparison to the elderly, rickety Stingray. Backfires on the modern Navy men, though — some guy dropping his pocket change because he was buying snacks while the Orlando was in Silent Running Mode was the only sound "Sonar" Lovacelli needed to hear to know that the enemy sub was nearby.
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Down Periscope / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Down Periscope / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Lt. Marty Pascal is an obnoxious lout who abuses his crew. The crew abuse him right back as he become the victim of several pranks and pratfalls. Bonus points for the fact that he's played by Rob Schneider.
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Down Periscope / int_48e24f	type	Anti-Mutiny
Down Periscope / int_48e24f	comment	Anti-Mutiny: What Pascal sees his attempted takeover as. He wants to play by Adm. Graham's changed rules, not realizing that Dodge has higher orders, and claims Dodge has "hijacked [his] own boat" before addressing the crew and trying to take command.
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Down Periscope / int_4a32f262	type	Reassignment Backfire
Down Periscope / int_4a32f262	comment	Reassignment Backfire: Dodge and his entire crew. He also sees the importance of the war game to the Navy, while Graham simply sees it as another feather in his cap.
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Down Periscope / int_4a852458	type	Big Good
Down Periscope / int_4a852458	comment	Big Good: Vice Admiral Winslow sees potential in Dodge and arranged the war game to give the Lieutenant Commander one last shot at commanding his own submarine. He's also determined to figure out if it's possible for a rogue obsolete sub to seriously threaten the mighty US Navy, unlike the rest of the brass, who automatically dismiss the notion as ridiculous. He's proven right on both counts.
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Down Periscope / int_4b08a5f0	type	Plank Gag
Down Periscope / int_4b08a5f0	comment	Plank Gag: Dodge gets Buckman to unwittingly pull one on Stepanek, as Stepanek's comeuppance for slacking while everyone else is doing scut work.
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Down Periscope / int_51ed5fb9	type	Straw Hypocrite
Down Periscope / int_51ed5fb9	comment	Straw Hypocrite: Graham doesn't like Dodge because he doesn't play by rules, or act like a proper officer. So how does Graham go about ensuring that Dodge won't receive command of a submarine? By cheating, and generally being an arrogant prick.
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Down Periscope / int_54367e5d	type	Mathematician's Answer
Down Periscope / int_54367e5d	comment	Mathematician's Answer: Buckman's answer as to what time of the day 1100 is is indeed mathematically correct.
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Down Periscope / int_58e117b4	type	Pirate Parrot
Down Periscope / int_58e117b4	comment	Pirate Parrot: Nitro wears one at Pascal's walking the plank. Oh, and it is an uncooked chicken.
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Down Periscope / int_5aa8d3d8	type	Friendly Enemy
Down Periscope / int_5aa8d3d8	comment	Friendly Enemy: The crew of USS Orlando are just doing their best to win the wargame, same as the crew of USS Stingray. It's Graham that acts as the Big Bad of the film. Even Commander Knox, who's excessively straight-laced and refused to recommend Dodge for promotion, is not a bad guy at all.
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Down Periscope / int_5d397b9c	type	The Mountains of Illinois
Down Periscope / int_5d397b9c	comment	The Mountains of Illinois: An odd version: The Appalachians do run through Virginia, but aren't visible in any way in Norfolk, being nearly 200 miles away! Most of the film was shot in and around San Francisco Bay in California (USS Pampanito, which plays USS Stingray, is a museum ship in San Francisco), where the hills are much closer to the coast.
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Down Periscope / int_5d3c6435	type	The Drunken Sailor
Down Periscope / int_5d3c6435	comment	The Drunken Sailor: Invoked by Dodge to fool the Orlando into thinking his sub is just a civilian fishing boat caught in a storm. It works.
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Down Periscope / int_5f014f7a	type	Sub Story
Down Periscope / int_5f014f7a	comment	Sub Story: The entire film focuses on wargames conducted on submarines.
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Down Periscope / int_5f92254	type	Blunder-Correcting Impulse
Down Periscope / int_5f92254	comment	Blunder-Correcting Impulse: While the submarine is passing between the propellers of a larger ship Dodge has to remind Lake that she received higher dive officer training marks and desperately needs her to get over her crisis of ability and back behind the wheel.
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Down Periscope / int_607df6c	type	Recruiters Always Lie
Down Periscope / int_607df6c	comment	Recruiters Always Lie: When stringing halogen lamps on the periscope as part of a ruse to look like a fishing boat in rough nighttime weather, Jackson grumbles, "I didnâ€™t see this shit in no recruiting poster!" After successfully taping down the light without drowning, he sings an old US Army recruiting ad song.
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Down Periscope / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Down Periscope / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Most of the crew fit this trope, which is how they ended up on the ship to begin with, starting with their Commanding Officer, LCDR Dodge. Both on and off the job, he's an immature goofball, but he also shows that immature does not necessarily mean irresponsible. His antics are never shown to actually affect his job performance, he gets along well with his subordinates, and he whips a derelict rustbucket submarine into seaworthiness over the course of a montage. Even the way he screws around can indicate his skills. He treats teeing a golf shot off the deck of the boat the same way he would calculating a torpedo shot, with subordinates reading off relevant information about distance, heading, and weather conditions. And gets rather close to a hole in one.
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Down Periscope / int_6383a034	type	The Mutiny
Down Periscope / int_6383a034	comment	The Mutiny: Lt. Pascal, way too by-the-book for this Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, eventually decides to "relieve the captain of his duties" after Dodge ignores both Rear Admiral Graham's orders and Pascal's advice to follow them. However, as Dodge secretly had orders from a higher-ranking admiral, Pascal's move was a classic case of mutiny. As for how well it worked, see above under Didn't Think This Through.
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Down Periscope / int_6575fd50	type	Do-Anything Soldier
Down Periscope / int_6575fd50	comment	Do-Anything Soldier: Nitro is the ship's electrician, but he is doing double duty as a radio operator as well. Also, Buckman is seen doing deck maintenance when he should be cooking. Truth in Television, as all crew members of a sub are cross trained in different departments.
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Down Periscope / int_67b24bc8	type	Why We Are Bummed: Communism Fell
Down Periscope / int_67b24bc8	comment	Why We Are Bummed Communism Fell: Admiral Winslow explains to Dodge that the Russians are selling off their diesel submarine fleet to countries hostile to the U.S., in order to raise much-needed cash. These subs may not be any match for the American nuclear fleet in a conventional battle, but Winslow believes there is a credible threat that a rogue sub, in the hands of a hostile military or a terrorist group, could slip into a U.S. harbor and wreak havoc. Dodge ends up proving him right.
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Down Periscope / int_6ac5926f	type	Insane Admiral
Down Periscope / int_6ac5926f	comment	Insane Admiral: Rear Admiral Graham. He starts off as just an asshole, but by the end of the film the lengths he goes to to try and rig the wargame and screw Dodge over have pushed him fully into Mad Brass territory.
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Down Periscope / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Down Periscope / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: While Lt. Pascal may be a loud Control Freak, his complaints about how Buckman runs the galley are entirely justified.
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Down Periscope / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Down Periscope / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: Lt. Lake, who's never done an actual dive, having only been on a simulatorâ€”think of anyone who's only had training experience (if anything) in a lake, who suddenly has to face the open ocean.
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Down Periscope / int_6e37c196	type	Once Done, Never Forgotten
Down Periscope / int_6e37c196	comment	Once Done, Never Forgotten: Dodge's Embarrassing Tattoo, which everyone seems to know about and feel the need to mention.
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Down Periscope / int_6eb4e408	type	Artistic License â€“ Military
Down Periscope / int_6eb4e408	comment	Artistic License â€“ Military: There's plenty of stuff that has those actually familiar with the Real Life US Navy's Submarine Service laughing not only at the intentional comedy that's a surprisingly accurate reflection of submariners, but the unintentional variety as well. While some of the inaccuracies are due to writer ignorance, and some are due to Rule of Cool or convenience to the plot, some of the issues surrounding USS Orlando can be chalked up to the film production staff not having access to classified USN information.
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Down Periscope / int_76b4b7dd	type	The Comically Serious
Down Periscope / int_76b4b7dd	comment	The Comically Serious: Just about the entire crew of Orlando, from Commander Knox on down. They act completely professional and serious at all times, completely unaware of ensuing hilarity happening on Stingray, or the unconventional tactics her crew is pulling off to elude them.
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Down Periscope / int_7738b710	type	Crisis Makes Perfect
Down Periscope / int_7738b710	comment	Crisis Makes Perfect: Lt. Lake's lack of real-time experience bites them when she accidentally drives the sub into the ocean floor, and as a result she loses confidence until the above-mentioned between the screws incident. Invoked in that Dodge was doing it deliberately, as she speaks to him afterwards and she asks him how much longer he would have waited before doing it right.
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Down Periscope / int_78270847	type	Curse Cut Short
Down Periscope / int_78270847	comment	Curse Cut Short: When Admiral Winslow asks Captain Dodge what he thinks of the Stingray, he replies, "It's a complete piece of... antiquated equipment, sir."
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Down Periscope / int_7831c048	type	So Much for Stealth
Down Periscope / int_7831c048	comment	Other notable events that break silence: three loose coins hitting the deck (Orlando) and accidentally hitting the ocean floor (Stingray).
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Down Periscope / int_78c895c8	type	Amusing Injuries
Down Periscope / int_78c895c8	comment	Nitro, a skilled but very eccentric electrician who manages to coerce the aging ship's radio equipment to work via various short-circuits (including several passing through his own body).
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Down Periscope / int_79974fb8	type	Rock Beats Laser
Down Periscope / int_79974fb8	comment	Rock Beats Laser: The whole point of the film's plot is that an old diesel submarine could be a threat to US harbors - if it was crewed and commanded by people willing to play outside the rule books of more conventional submarine forces in an underwater version of guerrilla warfare. This is Truth in Television for modern diesel-electric subs with air-independent propulsion; not so much for a World War II vintage submarine.
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Down Periscope / int_7d36715f	type	Gasshole
Down Periscope / int_7d36715f	comment	Gasshole: Buckman interrupts the sub's silent running with a fat ripper (in his defense, he really tried to hold it in).
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Down Periscope / int_7df2b942	type	Moving the Goalposts
Down Periscope / int_7df2b942	comment	Moving the Goalposts: Graham constantly changes the rules in order to give himself the advantage in the war games, including "I have to know where my attacker is coming from in order to catch him," as if a real enemy combatant would make it that easy. Dodge rightly ignores him; he had higher orders.
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Down Periscope / int_7e5f2db2	type	Talk Like a Pirate
Down Periscope / int_7e5f2db2	comment	Talk Like a Pirate: The "think like a pirate" order doesn't immediately lead to this, but Dodge and the crew go all in when making Pascal Walk the Plank. Even after changing back into their regular clothes, they still indulge a little bit in this for the climax.
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Down Periscope / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Down Periscope / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Dodge: sure, the part involves a captain who has many reasons to be gleeful in giving Graham his comeuppance, but Kelsey Grammer clearly was relishing every line. Admiral Winslow is a booming-voiced authority figure. It's Rip Torn for Christ's sake! Pascal. He has No Indoor Voice, he gets in people's faces a lot, and when he tries to ask Dodge permission to leave the Stingray and get another assignment he does some really weird, wild gesturing with his arms as he attempts to phrase his request politely.
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Down Periscope / int_863fa679	type	What Happened to the Mouse?
Down Periscope / int_863fa679	comment	What Happened to the Mouse?: When the crew is assembled, there are three officers of the Lieutenant Rank: Martin Pascal, the XO; Emily Lake, the Dive Officer; and a third Lieutenant standing next to Lake. This third officer is only seen in group scenes such as making Pascal walking the plank and the final scene when everyone is marching toward Admiral Winslow after disembarking from the Stingray. It is unknown what happened to Pascal after he was thrown overboard on to a fishing boat by the crew of "Stingray" after a failed attempt to take command of the submarine.
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Down Periscope / int_875615dd	type	Truth in Television
Down Periscope / int_875615dd	comment	Truth in Television: Although diesel-electric submarines like Stingray lack the speed and endurance of a modern nuclear-powered boat, they're also quieter and much harder to detect when submerged and running silentnote In nuclear submarines, pumps must run constantly to keep reactors cool. Diesel-electric submarines can simply shut off their engines while underwater and go almost completely silent. A rogue diesel sub therefore presents a significant threat for a modern navy.
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Down Periscope / int_8797239c	type	Bait-and-Switch
Down Periscope / int_8797239c	comment	Bait-and-Switch: As we're introduced to the Ragtag Bunch of Misfits, Dodge fully expects Sonar to be completely deaf and just have an Ironic Nickname. Pascal whispers that Sonar actually has superior hearing and was considered a security risk for it, to which Sonar interjects a good distance away to say that he is quite trustworthy.
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Down Periscope / int_889f217f	type	Hot Sub-on-Sub Action
Down Periscope / int_889f217f	comment	Hot Sub-on-Sub Action: Stingray has to make the final stage of their run on Norfolk with Orlando in hot pursuit.
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Down Periscope / int_8ad43dc9	type	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
Down Periscope / int_8ad43dc9	comment	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Dodge's crew obviously. We've got: A hot-tempered and uptight Executive Officer. A crusty old Chief Machinist's Mate who's actually retired and working as a civilian contractor (because no active Naval personnel is familiar with a Balao-class engine system). A rebellious Engineman who wants to be court-martialed. A sharp-eared Sonar Technician who could not only hear a pin drop, but identify the make and model of said pin from the sound it makes hitting the floor. In this case, there wasn't anything wrong with how he did his job, his leadership were just paranoid that anyone with hearing that sharp would be a security risk and wanted him gone. Oh, he doesn't hear everything. And don't worry, he's very trustworthy... too. A compulsive gambler with a well-established (and hilarious) losing streak. A former U.S. Naval Academy basketball player who choked on his Big Game, flunked out, and wound up as an enlisted Seaman. A shock-prone (and shock-addled) Electrician who can channel more voltage than a Pikachu. A cigar chomping chef of questionable culinary skill and even-more-questionable personal hygiene. A female Dive Officer (who has never served aboard a ship before) to test the feasibility of a coed crew (giving Dodge further headaches). And pretty much every other insubordinate reject the Navy had available. All put together in a World War II vintage rustbucket of a submarine by a Glory Hound Admiral who was actively sabotaging both the wargames and Dodge's career.
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Down Periscope / int_8d0785d5	type	Didn't Think This Through
Down Periscope / int_8d0785d5	comment	Didn't Think This Through: Pascal tries to remove Dodge from command, as Dodge has intentionally disregarded Graham's orders. Dodge did so because he has higher orders from Winslow. He fails to account for two things. One, Dodge's actions have earned the respect of the crew. Two, his own actions have alienated the whole crew. He seems shocked and outraged when he realizes that Dodge has called him mutinous and is about to take care of the matter.
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Down Periscope / int_8f9f71a8	type	Crazy Enough to Work
Down Periscope / int_8f9f71a8	comment	Crazy Enough to Work: Several of Dodge's plans are incredibly risky, dangerous, or just so ludicrous that they seem unlikely, such as disguising themselves as a trawler full of drunk fishermen. Lampshaded in the climax by Spots, who says that the crew would prefer the risky maneuver, since it keeps working for them.
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Down Periscope / int_90e31482	type	Laser-Guided Karma
Down Periscope / int_90e31482	comment	Laser-Guided Karma: Admiral Graham tries to nullify the exercise by complaining about Dodge ignoring orders. Admiral Winslow shuts him down with a terse "Stow it. He had higher orders. And you can forget about that third star." Graham figured this war game would clinch his appointment for promotion; however, his promotion wasn't yanked for the war game. The Navy would probably overlook his changing the size of the game board; however, a visiting US Navy admiral on board a ship has no authority to just take over which Graham does on board the Orlando because it's personal between him and Dodge. Command in the US Navy is sacrosanct.
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Down Periscope / int_91df3195	type	Military Brat
Down Periscope / int_91df3195	comment	Military Brat: Stepanek, of all people. Turns out his father is Vice Admiral Winslow, and Stepanek's been using his mother's maiden name to avoid allegations of favoritism.
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Down Periscope / int_92e5b254	type	Communications Officer
Down Periscope / int_92e5b254	comment	Communications Officer: Nitro, a skilled but very eccentric electrician who manages to coerce the aging ship's radio equipment to work via various short-circuits (including several passing through his own body). Patton Oswalt has a small role as Stingray's dedicated radio operator.
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Down Periscope / int_93311f8e	type	The Squadette
Down Periscope / int_93311f8e	comment	The Squadette: Emily Lake.
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Down Periscope / int_939a84fa	type	Embarrassing Tattoo
Down Periscope / int_939a84fa	comment	Embarrassing Tattoo: One of Rear Admiral Graham's complaints against Commander Dodge is his owning one of these.
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Down Periscope / int_9600368d	type	Behind the Black
Down Periscope / int_9600368d	comment	Behind the Black: When Pascal is walking the plank, Lt. Lake doesn't seem to notice Pascal is going to fall safely into a fishing net until he actually does so.
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Down Periscope / int_9664698c	type	HarmlessVoltage
Down Periscope / int_9664698c	comment	Harmless Voltage: Nitro, of course. With all the voltage he's absorbed over the years, he's built up a considerable amount of tolerance.
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Down Periscope / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
Down Periscope / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: What Dodge's infamous tattoo actually was. Graham sharks that it's "Welcome Aboard" early on, but we don't get a confirmation either way.
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Down Periscope / int_96b89043	type	Not So Above It All
Down Periscope / int_96b89043	comment	Not So Above It All: Turns out Knox and his first mate had a little bet going on. Knox lost. The payoff happened behind Admiral Graham's back.
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Down Periscope / int_9c4a7090	type	Springtime for Hitler
Down Periscope / int_9c4a7090	comment	Springtime for Hitler: Since he doesn't want to serve on a submarine at all (let alone one like the Stingray), Stepanek tries to get himself kicked out of Lt. Cmdr. Dodge's crew, starting from the moment he first arrives. Of course, Dodge sees through it immediately.
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Down Periscope / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Down Periscope / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Lt. Commander Dodge's threat: "If I throw you off, it'll be in the middle of the Atlantic." The only difference between when he said it and when he finally does it is the person to whom he speaks. He says it to Stepanek, but he does it to Pascal. In fact, it's Stepanek who ends up doing the throwing.
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Down Periscope / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
Down Periscope / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: Sonar is one to Radar from MASH, in name if not necessarily manner.*
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Down Periscope / int_a6cda066	type	Rule of Three
Down Periscope / int_a6cda066	comment	Rule of Three: Played with. Each time Dodge gets a call from Admiral Graham, he has Nitro put it through on a different method. The first time, it shocks Nitro. The second time, it seriously shocks Nitro. The third time, Nitro prepares himself with as much safety gear as possible. It works as intended and Nitro isn't hurt at all, much to his own surprise.
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Down Periscope / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
Down Periscope / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Buckman, when confronted by Pascal regarding his cooking. Also, while Pascal is yelling at him, Buckman sprays shortening on the floor and ladder behind Pascal's back, leading to the latter to slip on both items.
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Down Periscope / int_a90f0639	type	Entitled Bastard
Down Periscope / int_a90f0639	comment	Entitled Bastard: Despite treating his crew mates like crap, Pascal expects them to support when he attempts to take command of the Stingray from Dodge. The rest of crew simply laugh at this and stay on Dodge's side.
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Down Periscope / int_aa8fa208	type	Well-Trained, but Inexperienced
Down Periscope / int_aa8fa208	comment	Well-Trained, but Inexperienced: Lt. Emily Lake has the highest simulator score in the US Navy, but no actual experience on a boat prior to being assigned to the Stingray. Also, she's not very confident, which doesn't help.
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Down Periscope / int_ab031997	type	Underdogs Never Lose
Down Periscope / int_ab031997	comment	Underdogs Never Lose: A commander on his last chance, leading an intentionally collected Ragtag Bunch of Misfits crew, with an obsolete rust bucket of a sub as his craft. Of course, they pull off the win!
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Down Periscope / int_abe0f934	type	Dissimile
Down Periscope / int_abe0f934	comment	Dissimile
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Down Periscope / int_acecb17d	type	Chekhov's Skill
Down Periscope / int_acecb17d	comment	Chekhov's Skill: Sonar's attempts to mimic whales by recording their calls. Also, Dodge's skill in calculating targeting solutions is shown early on via him nearly getting a hole in one while teeing a golf shot from the deck of a moving submarine.
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Down Periscope / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Down Periscope / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Graham's providing a bum crew for Dodge probably would have steered him straight for another wargame victory, if only Sonar hadn't been among them. His insane talents for hearing and sonar use, not to mention mimicry, are the most directly responsible for Dodge coming ahead in troubling situations.
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Down Periscope / int_ad9fbc1e	type	Pyrrhic Victory
Down Periscope / int_ad9fbc1e	comment	Pyrrhic Victory: The Orlando is able to catch the Stingray during the final run and get a torpedo firing solution, but unfortunately not before the Stingray was able to launch two live torpedoes that blow up a designated target sky-high. In the end, Admiral Graham (who was gloating his victory just one second before Dodge points this out) can only sit down and listen to Dodge's countdown as the torpedoes approach their target, and once the exercise is over his career offically goes down the drain thanks to his actions during it.
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Down Periscope / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Down Periscope / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Most everyone gets a moment or two, it's that kind of movie, but of note is Stepanek's introductory scene; dressed like a biker, being escorted by SPs as he yells at and threatens them... Stepanek has a few good lines of his own, such as after Lake screws up and crashes the submarine on the ocean bottom.
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Down Periscope / int_aec3e0b8	type	Glory Hound
Down Periscope / int_aec3e0b8	comment	And pretty much every other insubordinate reject the Navy had available. All put together in a World War II vintage rustbucket of a submarine by a Glory Hound Admiral who was actively sabotaging both the wargames and Dodge's career.
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Down Periscope / int_af616e40	type	Accidental Misnaming
Down Periscope / int_af616e40	comment	Accidental Misnaming: Nitro can never get Admiral Graham's name right.
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Down Periscope / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
Down Periscope / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Lt. Lake is left in a too-tight top that her breasts almost pop out of after her laundry is sabotaged. Fortunately this sabotage only lasts one short scene. In-Universe, the crew views Lake as this until she proves her skill as dive officer.
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Down Periscope / int_b4a6ae4c	type	Everyone Has Standards
Down Periscope / int_b4a6ae4c	comment	Everyone Has Standards: Stepanek isn't trying to screw everybody, only himself.
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Down Periscope / int_b913a5df	type	Accidental Innuendo
Down Periscope / int_b913a5df	comment	Accidental Innuendo: In-Universe, Dodge's speech introducing Diving Officer Lake to the rest of the crew has some of these, much to his embarrassment and their amusement.
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Down Periscope / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
Down Periscope / int_bc00493f	comment	Precision F-Strike: Captain Dodge (reading his own fitness report): "This is a confirmed kill. Twenty years down the fucking drain!"
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Down Periscope / int_bdea4ea	type	Prank Punishment
Down Periscope / int_bdea4ea	comment	Prank Punishment: When XO Lt. Pascal tries to mutiny and take over the USS Stingray, Commander Dodge and the other crew dress up as pirates and hold a mock execution for him, forcing Pascal to walk the plank off the submarine, blindfolded. He falls harmlessly into the net of a waiting fishing trawler that takes him back to shore.
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Down Periscope / int_bdfb07bf	type	Walk the Plank
Down Periscope / int_bdfb07bf	comment	Walk the Plank: What the crew of USS Stingray makes Pascal do when he pushes them too far. A fishing boat is in on the joke and catches him in a strung net for laughs. As added injury, Stapanek gives Pascal his luggage-by dropping it on his crotch.
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Down Periscope / int_be991863	type	The Neidermeyer
Down Periscope / int_be991863	comment	The Neidermeyer: Rear Admiral Graham tries to change the rules of the war game behind the back of his own superior officer, is abusive to the crew of the Orlando and takes over command of the Orlando at the end of the war game over its captain's protests. Lt. Martin Pascal doesn't speak at anything quieter than a shout and verbally abuses the entire crew even though they all have his number.
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Down Periscope / int_c33c51b2	type	Outside-the-Box Tactic
Down Periscope / int_c33c51b2	comment	Outside-the-Box Tactic: To give the Navy the experience of a renegade submarine, Winslow orders Dodge to "think like a pirate." The extreme actions taken by Dodge are so far from normal submarine operations he fools his old CO on the Orlando, exactly like a terrorist would do in a similar situation, proving that when the target has nothing to lose, he's extremely hard to counter.
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Down Periscope / int_c621dd28	type	Silent Running Mode
Down Periscope / int_c621dd28	comment	Silent Running Mode: Pretty much a given in a submarine movie, and played with in multiple scenes: When Stingray is trying to avoid detection by Orlando earlier in the exercise, they're doing well in hiding until Buckman rips a massive fart that the Orlando's sonar operator says almost sounds like an explosion. Other notable events that break silence: three loose coins hitting the deck (Orlando) and accidentally hitting the ocean floor (Stingray). However, it's successfully inverted by Stingray as well. At one point, being hunted by sonar, Dodge leads his crew in a drunken singalong. However, combined with some modifications to their profile and a howling storm, they convince the opposing sub that they're just a trawler full of drunk fishermen. It also helps that Orlando crew is unaware that their opponent is a diesel sub. When Knox's sonar technician tells him he heard a diesel engine, Knox immediately dismisses the possibility of a diesel submarine. However, after thinking it over for a minute he orders his sub to intercept the contact anyway. See Properly Paranoid above. He's a experienced officer who knows that he can't afford to assume anything. Dodge, knowing Knox very well, had a back-up plan ready because he was pretty sure that Knox would be thorough.
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Down Periscope / int_c7502712	type	Way Past the Expiration Date
Down Periscope / int_c7502712	comment	Way Past the Expiration Date: The food stores in Stingray's galley date, in at least one case, back to The Korean War. Most of the crew view the Stingray as such, at least until she starts winning the wargame.
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Down Periscope / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
Down Periscope / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Nitro, due to having "absorbed a lot of voltage" in his electrical career. His Establishing Character Moment is basically him testing loose wires for voltages without a meter. 'Sonar' Lovacelli is, to a lesser degree, one as well.
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Down Periscope / int_cdb1c635	type	Side Bet
Down Periscope / int_cdb1c635	comment	Side Bet: Spots and Jackson are seen exchanging money a couple of times. Keep an eye on them whenever something exciting happens. Money changes hands aboard Orlando right after the climax of the film, between the normally strait-laced Captain Knox (CO of Orlando) and his (rather smug-looking) XO.note eXecutive Officer Note that Knox bet against his former subordinate. Of all people, he should have known better, though the other option would be betting against himself. To be fair, Knox didnâ€™t KNOW who was commanding the â€œenemyâ€� sub (which would be the case in a real life situation) and was more likely betting that he and Orlando would win. He can console himself with the fact that Graham had pulled rank and took command, so the loss was Grahamâ€™s.
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Down Periscope / int_d0b60f23	type	GoshDangItToHeck
Down Periscope / int_d0b60f23	comment	Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Commander Knox. Profanity is his Berserk Button.
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Down Periscope / int_d2cf1dce	type	Hyper-Awareness
Down Periscope / int_d2cf1dce	comment	Hyper-Awareness: Sonarman 2nd Class E.T. "Sonar" Lovacelli can hear how much change is dropped on a nearby submarine. And a crewman eating an Oreo on another deck. And a couple of lobsters dukin' it out. This IS helped by his listening equipment, but it takes more than fancy gear to point out that someone dropped "forty-five cents. A quarter... and two dimes", after jerking as if an explosion went off in his ear after the coins hit the deck.
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Down Periscope / int_d40e1a9f	type	Break Out the Museum Piece
Down Periscope / int_d40e1a9f	comment	Break Out the Museum Piece: Deconstructed by Admiral Winslow. Dodge believes that he's been set up for an elaborate practical joke, appointed to command a rusted World War II-era diesel sub, but Winslow explains that the whole point of the wargame is to test whether a diesel sub, of the kind that the former Soviet Union is selling off in droves to smaller countries hostile to the U.S., could evade the U.S. Navy's submarines and surface ships protecting its harbors.
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Down Periscope / int_d442f9d1	type	ToiletHumor
Down Periscope / int_d442f9d1	comment	Toilet Humor: Buckman almost ruins Silent Running Mode with a mammoth fart. More comedy as the crew must stifle any urge to shout in disgust, which stretches into an Overly Long Gag.
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Down Periscope / int_d54b9eb3	type	Inter-Service Rivalry
Down Periscope / int_d54b9eb3	comment	Interservice Rivalry: Downplayed, but when R.J. sings the Army's then-current recruiting jingle ("Be all that you can be") while participating in one of Dodge's Crazy Enough to Work plans, Dodge is visibly annoyed. In the middle of a storm.
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Down Periscope / int_d69c3cdc	type	Permission to Speak Freely
Down Periscope / int_d69c3cdc	comment	Permission to Speak Freely: Emily Lake asks for this, gets it, and then kisses the captain. Earlier, Dodge gives permission to Pascal when he tries to ask Dodge to relieve him of his post so he can go to another assignment, and Pascal buries himself deeper by calling the whole crew "the biggest collection of assholes and retards in naval history!" and tried to open up his attempt at using Present Company Excluded on his captain with "I know why you're here (the damned penis tattoo), but..."
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Down Periscope / int_dca70c44	type	Reasonable Authority Figure
Down Periscope / int_dca70c44	comment	Reasonable Authority Figure: Vice Admiral Winslow. He sees the potential in Dodge and gives him higher orders that give him more flexibility than Graham would permit in the war game. Dodge himself may be a loose cannon when it comes to dealing with his superiors, but he treats his crew with genuine respect, which earns him their loyalty (unlike Pascal who berated and abused them).
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Down Periscope / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
Down Periscope / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: Dodge and Emily. At one point Emily even expresses her admiration and gratitude to Dodge by giving him a kiss on the lips.
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Down Periscope / int_dd0882e0	type	Seal the Breach
Down Periscope / int_dd0882e0	comment	Seal the Breach: After Stepanek and the engine crew seal a series of smaller leaks, the main water pipe bursts, releasing a geyser that Stepanek plugs single-handed.
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Down Periscope / int_df41acb	type	Casual Danger Dialogue
Down Periscope / int_df41acb	comment	Casual Danger Dialogue: Stepanek leads the engine crew in stopping the leaks that almost sink the boat, after Howard, the civilian specialist, gets knocked-out. Afterwards, Stepanek helps Howard back to his feet when he comes to.
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Down Periscope / int_e35ab565	type	Indy Ploy
Down Periscope / int_e35ab565	comment	Indy Ploy: Almost everything Lt. Cmdr. Dodge does amounts to winging it.
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Down Periscope / int_e3a5d345	type	Fartillery
Down Periscope / int_e3a5d345	comment	Fartillery: Buckman's fart is not only loud enough to be picked up by the Orlando's passive sonar microphones (and the sonar technician who hears it flat-out calls it "some sort of explosion") but he stinks up the entire inside of the sub to the point the other crew members have a hard time breathing and their eyes start to water.
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Down Periscope / int_e4965307	type	Composite Character
Down Periscope / int_e4965307	comment	Composite Character: Nitro is apparently both the boat's electrician and radio operator (in Real Life, these are separate rates). Justified in that for this mission, the Stingray really doesn't need a full-time radioman. Another possible justification is that the equipment is in such bad shape that only Nitro knows how to keep it working.
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Down Periscope / int_e4f5affb	type	The Chew Toy
Down Periscope / int_e4f5affb	comment	The Chew Toy: Nitro has to endure electric currents through his body several times, just so Dodge can talk to somebody. To be fair, he seems to like it - or at least not mind much.
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Down Periscope / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
Down Periscope / int_e624f0e8	comment	Oh, he doesn't hear everything. And don't worry, he's very trustworthy... too.
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Down Periscope / int_eaf5a1ac	type	Groin Attack
Down Periscope / int_eaf5a1ac	comment	Groin Attack: Pascal gets his luggage tossed straight into his groin right after he's made to walk the plank.
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Down Periscope / int_f15c2859	type	NO INDOOR VOICE
Down Periscope / int_f15c2859	comment	No Indoor Voice: Pascal, most of the time. Of course, it is Rob Schneider...
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Down Periscope / int_f237981e	type	The Alleged Car
Down Periscope / int_f237981e	comment	The Alleged Car: USS Stingray, a Balao-class fleet submarine, was the fastest, quietest, deadliest, most advanced weapon under the sea in her prime... which was in 1943. She was considered obsolete by the late 50s, has been rusting on Red Lead Row since 1965, and didn't even get the GUPPY-II upgrade like many of her sisters. She was chosen to be the aggressor for the war game because of her obsolete, decrepit nature. A submarine without the GUPPY upgrades or any of the things a modern diesel submarine has is damn near impossible to find when it goes silent and a WWII-era submarine can go silent for 2-3 days. How alleged is the Stingray? Well, during the middle of the wargame, Nitro is still rewiring the entire radio system pretty much from scratch and ends up using his own body to close the circuit so Dodge can take radio calls.
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Down Periscope / int_f66dfb4b	type	His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
Down Periscope / int_f66dfb4b	comment	His Name Really Is "Barkeep": Nitro's name really is Nitro — his full name being "Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Michael K. Nitro" according to the filming script. He's considering "Mike" as a nickname.
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Down Periscope / int_f6f2ff1	type	Insult Backfire
Down Periscope / int_f6f2ff1	comment	Insult Backfire: Graham's protests against giving Dodge a submarine over his "Welcome Aboard" tattoo only amused the other Admirals, and potentially made them more impressed with Dodge as a submariner, a naval branch that emphasizes roguish qualities. Admiral Winslow himself saw it as a positive trait for a renegade sub captain.
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Down Periscope / int_f9b36fec	type	Stripper/Cop Confusion
Down Periscope / int_f9b36fec	comment	Stripper/Cop Confusion: In Real Life, at the time the movie was made women weren't allowed on US submarines — Dodge is thus thrown by Lake's appointment as the ship's dive officer, not knowing about a (then fictional) experimental program to see if women will be allowed to serve on subs. He thought that she was hired by the crew as a present for him.
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Down Periscope / int_fa7d3dfe	type	Number Two
Down Periscope / int_fa7d3dfe	comment	Number Two: Lt. Pascal starts off as this for most of the movie, but proves to be a Control Freak and The Neidermeyer, and ends up being made to Walk the Plank (into the waiting net of a fishing boat) after attempting The Mutiny against Dodge. Lt. Lake, following Pascal's departure, basically becomes XO to Dodge by default, as every other named character on board is of enlisted rank.
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Down Periscope / int_fbd285b7	type	Comically Missing the Point
Down Periscope / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: When Stingray makes her first dive in 40 years down to 500 feet, Chief Machinist Mate Howard attaches a string to the inside of the pressure hull taut from port to starboard. As Stingray's depth increases, the water pressure begins squeezing the hull, causing the string to sag noticeably. Howard grins at Nitro, having put up the string to demonstrate this very thing.
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Down Periscope / int_fc0b5019	type	Stepping Out to React
Down Periscope / int_fc0b5019	comment	Stepping Out to React: Lieutenant Commander Thomas Dodge is so surprised that he received a message to get to headquarters to be assigned a submarine for captaining (right after seeing that he was denied a commission for the third time, which made his career in his own words "thirty years down the fucking drain") that he asks his captain if this is a misunderstanding (and his captain says he had the message decoded twice, so it isn't) and then walks out of the room before whooping out in joy.
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Down Periscope / int_fd94c4ac	type	Theme Naming
Down Periscope / int_fd94c4ac	comment	Theme Naming: An interesting example as the different themes used by the two subs demonstrates just how far apart they are in terms of technology and service. Stingray is named using the US Navy's World War II-era tradition of naming submarines for fish, while Orlando uses the Navy's later tradition of naming attack submarines for cities note similar to how they used to name cruisers; missile subs meanwhile use the old battleship theme of being named for states
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Down Periscope / int_fe0330fb	type	Brick Joke
Down Periscope / int_fe0330fb	comment	Brick Joke: Two with Stepanek: When he first meets his crew, Dodge gets Stepanek to settle down by informing him that "if I throw you off, it'll be in the middle of the Atlantic." Later in the film, Dodge does in fact throw an insubordinate member of his crew off of the Stingray in the middle of the Atlantic - but it's not Stepanek, it's Pascal, and he's tossed onto the waiting net of a helpful fishing boat rather than into the water, and Stepanek is the one doing the tossing. Early in the film when Stepanek makes his dislike of serving aboard a submarine (or in the Navy in general) clear, Dodge points out that the service is voluntary and he can simply resign. Stepanek notes in frustration that he can't because his father's an admiral. At the end of the film, Admiral Winslow thanks Dodge for getting his son (Stepanek) to face forward.
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Down Periscope	hasFeature	Control Freak / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Crazy Enough to Work / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Crisis Makes Perfect / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Custom Uniform of Sexy / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Dissimile / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Dive! Dive! Dive! / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Dope Slap / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Drunken Song / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Embarrassing Tattoo / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Ensign Newbie / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Fartillery / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Films of 1995â€“1999 / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Freudian Slippery Slope / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Gasshole / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Giver of Lame Names / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Harmless Electrocution / int_be47eb2c
HarryDeanStanton	seeAlso	Down Periscope
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Hear Me the Money / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Heh Heh, You Said "X" / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Hidden in Plain Sight / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Hollywood Military Uniform / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Hot Sub-on-Sub Action / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Hyper-Awareness / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Indy Ploy / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Insane Admiral / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Intimate Marks / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	It Tastes Like Feet / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Jolly Roger / int_be47eb2c
KelseyGrammer	seeAlso	Down Periscope
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Limited Advancement Opportunities / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Majorly Awesome / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Military Maverick / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Missile Lock-On / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Moving the Goalposts / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Must Have Caffeine / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Nitro Boost / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Nobody Here but Us Birds / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Non-Verbal Miscommunication / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Odd Name, Normal Nickname / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Office Golf / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Other Common Music Video Concepts / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Pirate Parrot / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Playing Drunk / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Prank Punishment / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Radio Contest / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Reassignment Backfire / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Rock Beats Laser / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Saved by the Platform Below / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Shrunk in the Wash / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Side Bet / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Silent Running Mode / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Snub by Omission / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Special Person, Normal Name / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Starship Luxurious / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Stepping Out to React / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Stripper/Cop Confusion / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Sub Story / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Submarine Pirates / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Super-Hearing / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Super-Senses / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Surprisingly Elite Cannon Fodder / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Talk Like a Pirate / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Tattoo as Character Type / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	That Came Out Wrong / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	The Alleged Car / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	The Captain / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	The Mutiny / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	The Neidermeyer / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	The Squadette / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Underdogs Never Lose / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Walk the Plank / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Wasn't That Fun? / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Way Past the Expiration Date / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Well-Trained, but Inexperienced / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	What a Piece of Junk / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	With Due Respect / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Dressed to Plunder / int_be47eb2c
Down Periscope	hasFeature	Plank Gag / int_be47eb2c

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