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{{quote|''"This isn't a hospital, it's an insane asylum! And it's your fault!"'' |'''Hot Lips O'Houlihan'''}}
 
''MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors'' was written in 1968 by Richard Hooker, and became the [[Robert Altman]]-directed feature film ''M*A*S*H'' in 1970. A few years later, the quite well-known [[MashM*A*S*H (TV)|television series]] debuted.
 
In the midst of the [[Korean War]], the 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is tasked with fixing up the wounded. Two Army Surgeons, "Hawkeye" Pierce and "Duke" Forrest arrive on the scene with fellow surgeon "Trapper" John McIntyre. Defying all conventions, they decide to "fix up" the mood in the hospital with their brand of black humor. The plot of the film is made up of various episodes dealing with their escapades in the Hospital.
 
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: The film took the novel's main themes, stripped out the [[Values Dissonance|uglier parts]], and came up with this.
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* [[Faux Symbolism]] / [[Last Supper Steal]]: Painless's "last supper" looks very much like DaVinci's original.
* [[Harpo Does Something Funny]]: Pretty much the whole film was improvised; the screenplay was just a template.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Guy]]: ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'' fans are often surprised to see Odo as Father "Dago Red" Mulcahy. Private Boone is [[Harold and Maude|Harold]]. Also, the [[N -Word Privileges|infelicitously-named]] "Spearchucker" will survive the war, but meet his doom in [[From Dusk Till Dawn|a titty bar in Mexico]].
** Duke later went on to [[Alien|command a space mining ship]] and train [[Top Gun|Navy fighter pilots.]]
* [[Initialism Title]]
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* [[Office Golf]]: Hawkeye and Trapper play an impromptu game of this in Col. Merrill's office.
* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: When Painless states that "Poker is only a game", the priest knows how seriously depressed Painless is.
* [[Precision F -Strike]]: During the football game, Painless Pole tells an opposing player, "All right, bud, your fuckin' head is comin' right off!" The line (an ad-lib by actor John Schuck) was the first use of the F-word in a major American studio film.
* [[Random Events Plot]]
* [[Running Gag]]: The camp's bumbling P.A. announcer.
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