Klinger

Klinger is a surname, most famously associated with Corporal Maxwell Klinger, a character from the television series *M*A*S*H* who wore women's clothing in hopes of being discharged from the Army as mentally unfit.

The name sometimes alludes to desperate or theatrical attempts to escape an unwanted situation: He pulled a Klinger, showing up to work in a bathrobe hoping they'd send him home.