knot this
Okay. Can I tie this for you? Don't hog the whole operation.M*A*S*H · 1970 — 第 5 / 22 章 · 3'03" · B2
Trapper John Arrives at the 4077th, Explained：honest to God
The surgery is grim, but the surgeons won't act like it. Between requests for "more thread" and "larger needles," they trade jokes, and when Trapper John turns up they greet him with a mock-ceremonial nickname story. "Only man ever found fulfillment in a Boston-Maine railway" is the punchline.
あらすじ
At a MASH unit in Korea, Hawkeye and the other surgeons operate while cracking jokes. An announcement reports Captain Bandini performing a femoral artery exploration, then orders the men to take down their pin-ups. Later Trapper John McIntyre appears, and the camp explains his nickname; outside, a crowd gathers at the shower tent for the dentist Walt Waldowski.
注目の表現
Trapper Johnbest-equippedget rid ofit's a good thing
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このシーンの表現
honest to God
I swear it is true
In the reunion chatter someone swears on the truth of the story with a strong oath.
Honest to God, I have never met him before.
このシーンの他の表現
- Trapper John
a nickname born from getting trapped
- best-equipped
best equipped, with a dirty double meaning
- get rid of
remove or dispose of
- it's a good thing
it is fortunate that
- keep ahead of
stay in front of
このシーンのメモ一覧
47 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
monopolize
Okay. Can I tie this for you? Don't hog the whole operation.Link tie and this so the t sounds once.
Okay. Can I tie this for you? Don't hog the whole operation.monopolize — Casual complaint word; not for formal use.
Okay. Can I tie this for you? Don't hog the whole operation.how is he
How's he doing? [John ] Doing well.seem to be
Yeah. Suture. [ Man ] Yeah, looks like that's it. Looks like that's it.knot and close
- [ Dish ] What the hell did you do with our thread? It ran out. - Wanna tie that off?allow me
More thread, please, and larger needles. [ Man ] Will you let me?all the same
All you surgeons are all alike. I tell you that.perform surgery on
If this guy knew the clowns who were operating on him, I think he'd faint. [John ] I think he has.relative clause: The who-clause identifies exactly who is being mocked.
If this guy knew the clowns who were operating on him, I think he'd faint. [John ] I think he has.a few additional
Keep ahead of him, babe, will you? We need a couple more stitches in there.tag question: The tag will you nudges the listener to comply.
Keep ahead of him, babe, will you? We need a couple more stitches in there.Link ahead, of, and him into one run.
Keep ahead of him, babe, will you? We need a couple more stitches in there.otherwise with would: Otherwise plus would names the threat that would follow.
It's a good thing you have a nice body, Nurse, otherwise we'd get rid of you quick.sew shut
Okay. Let's have the big stitches for closing up the chest. Fine.a soldier below officer rank
Does anybody know if this is an officer or an enlisted man?arrive as a message
artery explor- exploration and possible graft. [ Clears Throat ] [ Blowing Into Microphone ] The following memo has just come through: Please remove all pictures, postcards, nude calendars, et cetera, from the walls, so that our rooms may look clean and orderly.catch a thrown ball
Duke, did I ever tell you how Androscoggin College beat Dartmouth in a raging blizzard, 6-nothing, 'cause I intercepted a pass? Yeah, you told me.a casual exclamation — A flippant exclamation; avoid in formal talk.
Lucky your mouth wasn't open. It would have got stuck in your throat. Oh, baby!Thought you'd often blurs into a single sound.
Oh, it is TrapperJohn McIntyre! I thought you'd never remember.gain deep satisfaction
John McIntyre. TrapperJohn. Only man ever found fulfillment in a Boston-Maine railway.the women's restroom
In the— In the ladies' can. Conductor opened the door, the girl looked out and yelled, "Oh, you caught me! Oh, my God! He trapped me!" Is that right?the restroom, in slang — Crude slang; only among friends.
In the— In the ladies' can. Conductor opened the door, the girl looked out and yelled, "Oh, you caught me! Oh, my God! He trapped me!" Is that right?examine a corpse
I saw- Once in med school— in premed— I did an autopsy on a guy.「Trapper John Arrives at the 4077th」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene keeps death and jokes in the same breath. A patient is being cut open, and one surgeon cracks that if the man knew "the clowns who were operating on him, I think he'd faint" — the reply is simply, "I think he has." That exchange sets the film's tone: the doctors stay sane by refusing to be solemn. The same instinct runs through the arrival of Trapper John, whose nickname gets a comic origin story rather than a hero's welcome — "Only man ever found fulfillment in a Boston-Maine railway." Even the army's attempt at order, an announcement ordering the men to strip their walls of pin-ups, becomes a running gag. It looks like callousness, but it also reads as a way to keep steady with a man's chest open in front of them.
Theme
Dark humorThe surgeons joke about a patient hearing the "clowns" operating on him while his chest is open.
DutyEven during surgery the banter never stops the work; instruments and stitches keep coming.
このチャプターで学べること
- Banter is how this crew survives the operating table.
- A nickname can trap the man who earned it.
- The cleanest phrase can hide the dirtiest joke.
- Reunion joy here is loud, fast and unsentimental.
発音のポイント
- tie this — Link tie and this so the t sounds once.
- ahead of him — Link ahead, of, and him into one run.
- thought you'd — Thought you'd often blurs into a single sound.
If this guy knew the clowns who were operating on him, I think he'd faint. [John ] I think he has.A joke over an open chest: the patient would pass out if he saw who was operating. The dry reply, "I think he has," gets a laugh because he is, in fact, unconscious.
Oh, it is TrapperJohn McIntyre! I thought you'd never remember.A delighted greeting: the speaker recognizes Trapper John and teases that he was half-afraid his name had been forgotten.
John McIntyre. TrapperJohn. Only man ever found fulfillment in a Boston-Maine railway.The full name delivered like a mock citation, capped by a dig about how he earned the nickname "Trapper" — from a bathroom encounter, not a battlefield.
No, he's what you might call the best-equipped dentist in the army.A pun: best-equipped sounds like a compliment about his dental gear, but the joke is that it means well built — and everyone nearby gets it.
It's a good thing you have a nice body, Nurse, otherwise we'd get rid of you quick.Backhanded and crude: what sounds like a compliment about her body is really a threat that she'd be fired on the spot if she weren't attractive.
Oh, well, well, well. It must be Painless Polish Day in the shower tent.A dry joke at the sight of the shower tent: the crowd gathered around the dentist Waldowski is being treated as a mock holiday.
このシーンについての質問
Why is everyone gathered at the shower tent?
The men are crowding the shower tent around the dentist Walt Waldowski, nicknamed "Painless." The surgeons treat the gathering as a show, joking that he is "the best-equipped dentist in the army."
Why do the surgeons joke while a patient is on the table?
It's how they cope. The patient is unconscious and the work is grim and constant, so they keep up a stream of banter. The joke that he'd "faint" if he saw his surgeons gets the answer "I think he has" — he's already out.
Where does the nickname "Trapper John" come from?
From a story about him being caught in the ladies' room: the girl screamed that he had trapped her, and "Trapper" stuck. The line calls him "only man ever found fulfillment in a Boston-Maine railway."
Who is the "clowns who were operating on him" joke aimed at?
At the surgeons themselves. One of them says the patient would faint if he knew who was operating; the reply is that he already has. It's self-mocking, not aimed at the patient.
Why does one surgeon tell the nurse she'd be "gotten rid of"?
It's a crude, backhanded line: he says it's lucky she has a nice body, otherwise they'd get rid of her quickly. It shows the casual sexism of the camp rather than a real plan to fire her.
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