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The company clerk, and the epitome of HyperCompetentSidekick[[note]]To the point where the trope was originally called TheRadar on this very wiki.[[/note]]; Steve Jackson has actually used him and his ability to know things 'before the Colonel' as full-blown PsychicPowers in two of the company's roleplaying games. In fact, his nickname derives from announcing incoming helicopters before anyone else can. Early on, he's shown as pretty savvy and worldly, and occasionally even a little bit devious; later, the Ottumwa, Iowa native develops more into the lovably naïve {{Woobie}} we all know. Note that we didn't say he ''stopped'' being savvy and worldly... whether he simply opted to behave better for the new CO is up to the viewer. One of only two characters to keep their original actor from the movie, the other being General Hammond.

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The company clerk, and the epitome of HyperCompetentSidekick[[note]]To the point where the trope was originally called TheRadar "The Radar" on this very wiki.[[/note]]; Steve Jackson has actually used him and his ability to know things 'before the Colonel' as full-blown PsychicPowers in two of the company's roleplaying games. In fact, his nickname derives from announcing incoming helicopters before anyone else can. Early on, he's shown as pretty savvy and worldly, and occasionally even a little bit devious; later, the Ottumwa, Iowa native develops more into the lovably naïve {{Woobie}} we all know. Note that we didn't say he ''stopped'' being savvy and worldly... whether he simply opted to behave better for the new CO is up to the viewer. One of only two characters to keep their original actor from the movie, the other being General Hammond.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: It should be noted that once their relationship ended in Season 5, Margaret becomes a lot less tolerable of Frank's actions and opinions, is more a ReasonableAuthorityFirgure, and is more willing to bend army regulations when even she disagrees with them. Then in Season 6 onwards after Frank leaves, Margaret is shown less gullible and it takes an effort to pull one over her, along with developing genuine healthy friendships with the other cast members. Overall, cutting things off with Frank ended up being one of the best things she could've ever done.

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* ToxicFriendInfluence: It should be noted that once their relationship ended in Season 5, Margaret becomes a lot less tolerable of Frank's actions and opinions, is more a ReasonableAuthorityFirgure, ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and is more willing to bend army regulations when even she disagrees with them. Then in Season 6 onwards after Frank leaves, Margaret is shown less gullible and it takes an effort to pull one over her, along with developing genuine healthy friendships with the other cast members. Overall, cutting things off with Frank ended up being one of the best things she could've ever done.
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* ToxicFriendInfluence: It should be noted that once their relationship ended in Season 5, Margaret becomes a lot less tolerable of Frank's actions and opinions, is more a ReasonableAuthorityFirgure, and is more willing to bend army regulations when even she disagrees with them. Then in Season 6 onwards after Frank leaves, Margaret is shown less gullible and it takes an effort to pull one over her, along with developing genuine healthy friendships with the other cast members. Overall, cutting things off with Frank ended up being one of the best things she could've ever done.

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* ToxicFriendInfluence: It should be noted that once their relationship ended in Season 5, Margaret becomes a lot less tolerable of Frank's actions and opinions, is more a ReasonableAuthorityFirgure, ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and is more willing to bend army regulations when even she disagrees with them. Then in Season 6 onwards after Frank leaves, Margaret is shown less gullible and it takes an effort to pull one over her, along with developing genuine healthy friendships with the other cast members. Overall, cutting things off with Frank ended up being one of the best things she could've ever done.

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* BigBrotherInstinct: Downplayed, as he makes fun of Honoria for consistently marrying or living with other men, but is protective of her at heart.

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Downplayed, as he makes fun of Honoria for consistently marrying or living with other men, but is protective of her at heart.heart.
** The episode with the stuttering soldier heavily implies he's so kind and protective of the young man because his own sister also stutters, with Winchester projecting his own protectiveness of her onto him.
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* TooProudForLowlyWork: One episode had most of the 4077th down with food poisoning, with Margaret and Charles the only healthy ones. Charles reasoned that since the only thing left to do was provide general nursing care for the patients until they recovered, and he's a doctor, that meant he could go take a nap in his tent and stick Margaret with all the work. She didn't let him get away with it.
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* JerkAssWoobie: As much of a whiny, racist, selfish, pompous and stubborn jerk as he is, you really are inclined to feel a bit sorry for him on occasion, such as during the telephone call scene in "Margaret's Engagement." Most of the time in Seasons 1 and 2, his suffering at the hands of his tentmates is classic ComedicSociopathy material. His wedding video increases the Woobiedom, with almost no guests, a bride who doesn't smile, and getting a fly strip stuck to his face while cutting the cake.

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* JerkAssWoobie: As much of a whiny, racist, selfish, pompous and stubborn jerk as he is, you really are inclined to feel a bit sorry for him on occasion, such as during the telephone call scene in "Margaret's Engagement." Most of the time in Seasons 1 and 2, his suffering at the hands of his tentmates is classic ComedicSociopathy material. His wedding video increases the Woobiedom, with almost no guests, a bride who doesn't smile, and getting a fly strip stuck to his face while cutting the cake. The stories he shared of his childhood - abusive father that never loved him, a bullyish brother also garners some sympathy - until he does something to retract it.
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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He once tells a story of a kid losing control of his wheelchair and crashing into a car, finds it hilarious, and gets pissed off when nobody else finds it funny.

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* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He once tells a story of a kid losing control of his wheelchair and crashing into a car, finds it hilarious, and gets pissed off when nobody else finds it funny. He also jumps in late to "Gee, Mom I want to go home" - a humorous song about how the army sucks with essentially a death threat to the other doctors - clearly meant to be funny, but quickly shamed into silence.
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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Shows no empathy for Radar's pets during a bug out, leading to one of the few times Radar actually talks back to Frank.

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* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: Shows no empathy for Radar's pets during a bug out, leading to one of the few times Radar actually talks back to Frank. He also objected strenuously to treating a military dog (and horrified to find out Cupcake is technically an officer)



* TheBully: To Radar, who he treats horribly even when Radar is doing nothing but what he asks or helping run the unit properly, or even just responding to a question- All the while Radar never really defends himself except on rare occasions, leaving Blake or Potter to step in instead.

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* TheBully: To Radar, who he treats horribly even when Radar is doing nothing but what he asks or helping run the unit properly, or even just responding to a question- All the while Radar never really defends himself except on rare occasions, leaving Blake or Potter to step in instead. He also abuses the nurses during OR, and some of the patients he deems to either be Goldbricking or not worthy of medical care.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: while more or less every character in ''M*A*S*H'' does this, Father Mulcahey really goes the extra mile for orphans; and since he's a humble priest, he can usually get away with more tha most of the "regular" military members.

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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: while more or less every character in ''M*A*S*H'' does this, Father Mulcahey this at least once in a while, Mulcahy really goes the extra mile for orphans; and since he's a humble priest, he can usually get away with more tha than most of the "regular" military members.



* SexyPriest: He's notably open minded about the amount of sex that goes on around him (he knows about motels as "each man prays in his own way") and seems perfectly happy to sleep/flirt with Hawkeye, which is apparently what gets him to run in "Run For The Money".

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* SexyPriest: He's notably open minded about the amount of sex that goes on around him (he knows about motels as "each man prays in his own way") and seems perfectly happy to sleep/flirt with Hawkeye, which is apparently what gets him to run in "Run For The for the Money".
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: while more or less every character in Mash does this, Father Mulcahey really goes the extra mile for orphans; and since he's a humble priest, he can usually get away with more tha most of the "regular" military members.

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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: while more or less every character in Mash ''M*A*S*H'' does this, Father Mulcahey really goes the extra mile for orphans; and since he's a humble priest, he can usually get away with more tha most of the "regular" military members.

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