#mash polls

[summerreign4077]

May the best Charles win…

[quordleona03]

You're the tops

[francisjohnpatrickmulcahy]

Something that's been knocking around my skull for a while is about how MASH and Muppets are two of my very most favorite things. Two things which no matter what's going on in the world around me or inside my head, these are two things which always make me feel… if not "good" then at least some flavor of "comfortable" (no small feat with that kind of reliability).

I sometimes find fun comparisons between MASH and Muppets from the same era both shows would have been on TV, the most obvious parallel imo being Houlihan and Miss Piggy of course. But I also see such similarities between Klinger and Gonzo, Radar and Scooter, Charles and Sam the Eagle, etc.

But here's the million-dollar question:

These are as many characters as I am imaginative to come up with for possible contenders, I'm certain I must be looking clear past a few obvious choices.

Also I'm curious to know if there're other similarities you guys see!

[basil-the-scorned]

My only take on the Mash polls: I'm really surprised/ happy that the final 4 episodes that made it are specifically episodes that you can show to someone as the main genre of MASH, which is a comedy- drama.

Yes, it does leans more on the drama in later season, but it was always there. Sometimes You Hear The Bullet is one of those key episodes where it shines the most and that's in the first season of the show.

(gonna hide spoilers for it even though it's a 40+ year show)

Yankee Doodle Doctor hits that seriousness towards the end with Hawkeye's speech, but to me it doesn't linger on the rest of the episode like it does in Sometimes You Hear The Bullet.

Tommy's death is such a shock, that it affects everything, from Hawkeye's actions from then on, to even making the B plot of the episode duller afterwards. That was the first time the series leaned into the drama part, and it stayed for the episodes.

After that, more episodes began to do that, like Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde where Hawkeye's inability to sleep becomes more uncomfortable and sad to just watch. From him singing "Der Fuehrer's Face" with rain/unshed tears while Radar worryingly looks on to telling a also worried Trapper his rambling plans to find who started the whole Korean war, the episode leans into Hawkeye's disgust on the war, which lingers into future seasons.

It also unknowingly foreshadows later seasons where Hawkeye reaches small breaking points and frustrations over the war, from the food to the countless lives, relationships and time lost, until the finale where it just becomes too much and Hawkeye is changed forever.

[kreetchius]

Major Character Death Warning

This is sort of a M*A*S*H question but also an AO3-warnings question.

In a post-GFA story where Frank Burns never actually appears as a character but the reader finds out during the story that Burns is dead, do you have to tick the Major Character Death Warning tickbox? Technically yes because Burns is a major and so if he dies this is a Major Character Death. Technically no because he's not a major character in the story in which he dies. Which is it? Asking for a friend.

[whitetyger123]

The antagonists!

Master post

[summerreign4077]

[mash4077confessions]

*Don't vote for your least favorite character. I know lots of people hate Frank, but you're supposed to. Vote for the character whose death would have served a purpose within the shows narrative.

I'm curious as to what you all think

[quordleona03]

Hawkeye / Mulcahy

[tawnysoup]

SIFFRIN FLAT NOSE TRUTHERS WE WIN!!!!! WE HAVE WON!!!!!!

[episodeoftv]

FINAL VOTE (3rd place votes)

propaganda and summaries are under the cut (May include spoilers)

M*A*S*H: 11.16 Goodbye, Farewell and Amen

In the closing days of the Korean War, the staff of the 4077 M*A*S*H Unit find themselves facing irrevocable changes in their lives.

LITERALLY the most episode ever. For American television broadcasts it remains the most-watched primetime television episode ever, beaten only by a number of Super Bowls, the moon landing, and the Nixon resignation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Farewell_and_Amen

Star Trek: The Original Series: 2.01 Amok Time

In the throes of his Pon Farr mating period, Spock must return to Vulcan to meet his intended future wife, betrothed from childhood.

this is the fuck or die episode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amok_Time

[francisjohnpatrickmulcahy]

M*A*S*H F*M*K!

Spin the wheel

I tried to include as many characters as I could think of and find through research, though I'm sure I'm missing a lot of recurring characters.

Please share so we can see how many and which characters were selected!

EDIT: The genie's out of the bottle now, can't put the original version back in the bottle, but I've removed Ho Jon from the wheel, if only from the original post. Apologies again, there's no excuse.