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{{quote|''{{'}}Cause suicide is painless,
''It brings on many changes,
''And I can take or leave it if I please }}
{{quote|''"This isn't a hospital, it's an insane asylum! And it's your fault!"''
|'''Hot Lips O'Houlihan'''}}
'''M*A*S*H''' is the 1970 film adaptation of the 1968 novel ''[[MASH (novel)|MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors]]''
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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* [[Running Gag]]: The camp's bumbling P.A. announcer.
* [[Shoe Shine, Mister?]]: Snippets of the song "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" are played at various times. The song is also on the movie soundtrack. In the film it is sung in Japanese, except for the words "Tokyo Shoe Shine Boy" in English.
* [[Stock Shout-Outs]]: The funeral dinner for Painless briefly is shown in a tableau that mimics [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s "The Last Supper".
* [[Suicide Is Painless]]: The theme song is the [[Trope Namer]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Hawkeye and Trapper, through and through.
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