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In the "Dramatic ''M*A*S*H''" phase, character development was key, and even one-note characters such as "Hot Lips" Houlihan (Loretta Swit) became more sympathetic and complex (as seen in Season 5's "The Nurses," in which she asked her nurses, "When did one of you ever even offer me a lousy cup of coffee?"). This shift probably led to Frank Burns (Larry Linville) getting a psychiatric discharge, since he had been developed as an unlikeable character with no room for change (Larry Linville even stated dislike for the character being so unlikeable). He was replaced by Charles Emerson Winchester III (David Ogden Stiers), a snooty [[Blue Blood]] doctor who was by contrast a real asset to the staff and even eventually becomes a nicer guy in [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|his own way]].
Other ways in which the series changed how the [[Sitcom]] was perceived was by its use (or disuse) of the [[Laugh Track]], commonly imposed by the networks if a studio audience was not going to be present at the episodes' filming. The show's creators grudgingly accepted the laugh track, but soon imposed rules on when it was not to be used (during any of the operating room scenes), and dropped it entirely in certain
''M*A*S*H'' revolutionized the use of camera movements and editing styles on television -- for example, in its use of long [[Tracking Shot
The use of [[Boom Up and Over]] was new to television at the time. The use of this technique in sequences where camp announcements were shown from the 'perspective' of the loudspeaker was groundbreaking and memorable.
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*** Painless shows before, to put a crown on Blake's tooth in ''Major Fred C. Dobbs.''
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Numerous times, generally at least once a season.
▲* [[After Show]]: The show's spin-off ''[[AfterMASH]]'' is the trope namer.
* [[All Asians Are Alike]]
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Spearchucker Jones. There were, in fact, black doctors in Korea, and Spearchucker was based on a doctor Richard Hooker heard about at the 8055. Too bad the executives [[Did Not Do the Research|didn't look into it first]].
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* [[Mattress Tag Gag]]: Variant: In "The General Flipped at Dawn", Henry dons a new set of fatigues in anticipation of Gen. Steele's arrival. He asks Radar if there are any tags visible, and Radar tears one off from the back of the pants before reading: "Do not remove this tag under penalty of Federal Code 764-J."
{{quote|'''Henry:''' Boy, you get me in trouble and I'm gonna have your keister.}}
▲* [[McLeaned]]: Col. Henry Blake, played by McLean Stevenson (the [[Trope Namer]])
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: Larry Linville (aka Frank Burns) has been described by his castmates as one of the sweetest men to walk this planet (Almost to the point of [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]). Even Frank's idiotic laugh was made up on the spot by Linville.
* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Provided by Sidney Freedman in the finale.
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* [[Strip Poker]]: An early episode has a gag where Hawkeye and Trapper are down to their underwear while playing this with - and losing badly to - a nurse.
* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Margaret Houlihan, [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that she took her job as head nurse seriously (and that she was an Army brat). Frank Burns was too immature, and Donald Penobscot treated her poorly behind the scenes, but the likes of BJ, Col. Potter, [[Foe Yay|and especially Hawkeye]] helped [[Defrosting Ice Queen|soften her up]].
▲* [[Suicide Is Painless]]: The show's (and film's) theme song is the [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Surrogate Soliloquy]]: "Hawkeye"
* [[Tanks, But No Tanks]]: An interesting example. In the finale, a wounded tanker drives an [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/M24-Chaffee-latrun-1.jpg M24 Chaffee light tank] into the compound, destroying the latrine in the process. The tank begins drawing enemy mortar fire, so Klinger erects a tent to hide it. It doesn't work, and the mortar crew resumes firing on the camp, and Hawkeye drives it out of the camp. The tank he drives out is an [[http://www.usarmymodels.com/AFV%20PHOTOS/M4%20SHERMAN/M4%20Sherman%20Front%20Left.jpg M4 Sherman]], [[BrickJoke destroying the newly built latrine]]. The two tanks look nothing alike, not even the treads (possibly foreshadowed when Klinger holds up a tent flap to show Potter).
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