What's the Difference between MASH the Movie and M*A*S*H the TV Show?
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Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce
Portrayed by: Donald Sutherland
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Captain Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce
Portrayed by: Alan Alda
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Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan
Portrayed by: Sally Kellerman
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Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan
Portrayed by: Loretta Swit
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Duke Forrest
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This Character does not appear.
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This Character does not appear.
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Max Klinger
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The Painless Pole
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This Character does not appear.
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In the TV Show |
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Hawkeye Pierce is a married man who enjoys fooling around with nurses. His hair is blond. |
Pierce is not married. He has brown hair. He is the Chief Surgeon with a specialty in thoracic surgery. |
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McIntyre is the Chief Surgeon with a specialty in thoracic surgery. He is single and has brown hair. |
He has blond hair, is married and fools around with the nurses.
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A hidden microphone in Hot Lips' tent is used to hear her having sex with Burns. |
They are heard making baby type love talk to each other. |
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Ho-Jon is drafted and Hawkeye gives him stimulants so he will fail the medical. |
Hawkeye gets Ho-Jon into his old college so he can avoid fighting.
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Duke Forrest from Georgia and John MacIntyre from New England are two different surgeons who are Hawkeye's friends in the Swamp. |
John MacIntyre is from the South and takes on the characteristics of Forrest as well; he is Hawkeye's only friend in the Swamp. |
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Johnathan Hobson is a stern and religious bunkmate of Hawkeye's in the Swamp. He is replaced by Frank Burns. |
Frank Burns takes on the religious characteristics of Hobson and is Hawkeye's only enemy in the Swamp.
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Col. Blake pulls a little more authority; although he is lax on rules, the Swampmen make him feel like the boss when they are trying to get something from him. |
Col. Blake is a complete pushover who is easily manipulated by the Swampmen. |
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Hawkeye and Forrest end their tour of duty and leave the 4077th on the same jeep they came in on. MacIntyre has not yet completed his tour so he stays. |
MacIntyre ends his tour of duty and leaves while Hawkeye is on vacation. Hawkeye does not leave until after the armistice via chopper.
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Hawkeye and Colonel Blake will use the slur "gook" on occasion to refer to Koreans. |
Hawkeye and Blake are both disgusted by racism and never use the word. |
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Hawkeye frequents brothels when he is lonely. |
Hawkeye frequents the nurses' tents when he's lonely.
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Frank Burns is a Captain. |
Frank Burns is a Major and Hawkeye's superior. |
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After the camp exposes her while taking a shower, Major Houlihan resigns her commission. |
This does not happen; Major Houlihan stays from the beginning of the series until the end of the war.
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Father Mulcahy is somewhat rough around the edges and is not afraid to curse or stand up to Hawkeye. |
Father Mulcahy acts innocent and fatherly. |
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Hawkeye, like all the other surgeons, dislike the war and the ensuing casualties but do not protest against the war's cause. |
Hawkeye is a frequent critic of the war and why it is being fought.
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Col. Blake is a Regular Army doctor who has been in the service for a long time. |
Col. Blake was drafted. |
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Radar is as mature as the other enlisted men. |
Radar is sweet, innocent, childlike, and naive.
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Col. Blake has been in the army for a long time. |
Col. Blake was drafted. |
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Frank Burns is transferred out of the Swamp but still remains at the 4077th. |
Frank Burns stays in the Swamp until he leaves the 4077th.
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