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For Sale Mar 29, 2026 at 2:11 PM

Who was your favorite member of The A-Team?

Posted by Jabba_108

Hannibal (the mastermind), Face (the smooth talker), B.A. Baracus (the muscle), or Murdock (the wild card). Back then this was one of those shows you just sat down and watched when it came on. Action, teamwork, and that classic line: "1 love it when a plan comes together." Who was your favorite and why?
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Fabricati_Diem_Pvn Mar 29, 2026 +53
B. A. Baracus, because he wasn't just the muscle, he was the build guy. All of those montages, the welding of extra armor & extra guns, that's mostly him. Then later I heard the story behind Mr T's name and the gold chains, and why he's no longer wearing them, and my respect only grew.
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jenorama_CA Mar 29, 2026 +16
B.A. was actually quite a groundbreaking character for 1980s TV. The others were kind of stock white guys—Face (cute, but stupid), Murdock (insane pilot), Hannibal (questionable leader), but then you had B.A. who on the outside seemed like another stock 80s TV guy—the scary Black dude, but no, this Black dude was an *engineer*. There was not a lot of Black representation on TV in the 80s and they were not anything like this. The only other Black engineer I can think of is George Jefferson’s son and it was only a mention. But every week we saw B.A. doing the impossible, like turning a tiny Le Car into a tank. Mr T seems like that rare bird that we haven’t heard anything upsetting about and I really hope it stays that way. I’ve always heard that in spite of his image that he’s a good guy that does good work with children and I don’t know that I could take another Cosby-level betrayal.
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BlindPelican Mar 29, 2026 +8
I will not stand for this Gerordi LA Forge erasure, man
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jenorama_CA Mar 30, 2026 +7
B.A. welded so Geordi could, uh, plasma weld?
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Careful-One5190 Mar 29, 2026 +10
Right. He was the MacGyver of the group.
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Bentonite_Magma Mar 29, 2026 +2
I know about his name but why doesn’t he wear the chains any more?
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Fabricati_Diem_Pvn Mar 29, 2026 +13
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._T >He stopped wearing virtually all his gold, one of his identifying marks, after helping with the clean-up after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. He said, "As a Christian, when I saw other people lose their lives and lose their land and property ... I felt that it would be a sin before God for me to continue wearing my gold. I felt it would be insensitive and disrespectful to the people who lost everything, so I stopped wearing my gold."
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SurviveDaddy Mar 29, 2026 +25
As a kid, I always liked Face. I thought he was super-cool, and I absolutely loved the Corvette he drove.
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b1gmouth Mar 29, 2026 +12
Plus Battlestar Galactica!
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Jabba_108 Mar 29, 2026 +4
Me too
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throwaway112112312 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Dirk Benedict was one of the most charismatic and likeable actors on TV at the time. He was great on Battlestar Galactica as well.
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Superawesomecoolman Mar 29, 2026 +24
Murdock, I like that he seemed to keep things interesting and was so handy
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samuelgato Mar 29, 2026 +9
He's crazy, but he gets the job done
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areyouhighson Mar 29, 2026 +5
Wildcard!
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cench Mar 29, 2026 +17
The van.
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Jabba_108 Mar 29, 2026 +4
I loved the van
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welsh_will Mar 29, 2026 +3
My grandad owned a van back when I was a kid, and I was always trying to get him to start driving with the side door open so I could jump in while it was moving. Looking back, I understand why he wouldn't! He did let us stand up in the back while driving down windy, narrow country roads and pretend to surf though!
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SkullLeader Mar 29, 2026
The van is iconic, of course, but Face's Corvette was fire.
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BrianMincey Mar 29, 2026 +14
I liked the crazy one, Murdock. Does anyone recall how they would repeatedly and casually drug B.A. because of his fear of flying? I know it was unintentional, but as a little kid it made me think adults routinely just sedated one another whenever it was convenient, or for fun. That show also burned through an unusual amount of military weapons and explosives, and yet nobody, including the enemies or their various henchmen, ever died. No matter how huge the explosion or heavy the gun fire, everyone always managed to escape unharmed.
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Double-Ad-7483 Mar 29, 2026 +7
They stopped drugging BA due to Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign. So instead they switched it up to finding ways to knock him out via blows to the head. So much better!
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BrianMincey Mar 29, 2026 +2
That is one trope that needs to end. Brain damage is real.
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hopefulfican Mar 30, 2026 +2
I thought they also ended up using hypnotism at some point, I vaguely remember a episode where the sleep word was 'eclipse' and in a scene some asked BA for 'some clips' (ammunition) and he went unconscious during a firefight....or it was a fever dream of mine... *edit* found it https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0504173/quotes/?item=qt0195685&ref_=ext_shr_lnk
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jazzmaster_jedi Mar 29, 2026 +4
They made a point to cut to the bad guys crawling out of the burnt wreckage, even if their helicopter just slammed into a cliff and exploded. I believe that's part of what makes the A-Team a live action cartoon.
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Underwater_Karma Mar 29, 2026 +5
Murdock was shot in one episode, but i think that was the only team member to ever be seriously injured. The show was so weird, over the top action and gun violence... Near zero injuries
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tr1nn3rs Mar 29, 2026 +1
Face was shot in the last season - Without Reservations.
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FleetAdmiralCrunch Mar 29, 2026 +12
Hannibal. Calm, smart, respected by the gang, and I looked like a younger version of him.
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ItsBinissTime Mar 30, 2026 +1
And don't forget, Hannibal was a master of disguise.
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OreoSpeedwaggon Mar 29, 2026 +12
This post is Amy erasure.
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SkullLeader Mar 29, 2026 +6
I think Murdoch because he always seemed to have the most quotable lines. But also Face because Dirk Benedict was just so cool between playing Starbuck and Face. And, what, no love for Frankie? (I’ll see myself out)
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OrlandoGardiner118 Mar 29, 2026 +4
Howling Mad Murdock, of course. Bonus question: Without looking it up. "Face" was obviously a nickname. What was his real name in universe?
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SkullLeader Mar 29, 2026 +6
Templeton Peck
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OrlandoGardiner118 Mar 29, 2026 +1
Niche knowledge. Well done. I'm still waiting on my time to shine at a pub quiz. Alas...
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sfitz0076 Mar 29, 2026 +3
Hannibal. First of all, his name is Hannibal. I used to think that was a cool name until Hannibal Lecter ruined it. And he always wore gloves for some reason. Why did he wear gloves all the time? I don't know, but it looked cool.
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Hosni__Mubarak Mar 29, 2026 +3
The Van
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RunninOnMT Mar 29, 2026 +2
I was 7 so Murdock
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travio Mar 29, 2026 +2
And that is why he was the [red carpet reporter for the Yummy Awards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MP5t-1IIM4). NBC's 1983 Saturday Morning Cartoon Preview show.
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BorisBadanovss Mar 29, 2026 +2
Van
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cliff7090 Mar 29, 2026 +2
As a kid, i loved Hannibal. I was always Hannibal when we played The A-Team after school. But as I've watched the show as an adult, I realize what a wonderful job Dwight Schultz did bringing Murdock to life. he was having so much fun and Murdock just stole the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfiYOQeWAk
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abilliontwo Mar 29, 2026 +1
Jewelry Man
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papasnork1 Mar 29, 2026 +1
I think as a kid I was more a fan of Mr T and that bad ass van they drove around in.
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Knight_thrasher Mar 29, 2026 +1
Always Murdock
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FlashyEarth8374 Mar 29, 2026 +1
I identified as Murdock, because my older brothers had already chosen Face and BA
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umbathri Mar 29, 2026 +1
Hannibal and BA were cool, didn't much care for Face. For me the best was Murdock, I didn't want to emulate the man, but he made the show fun.
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rightsomeofthetime Mar 30, 2026 +1
Hannibal's cool unshakableness was the blueprint for what I later learnt was my autistic masking. Thanks for helping me fly under the radar all those years, George Peppard!
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aerojockey Mar 30, 2026 +1
Whichever one had the most kills.
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thebarkbarkwoof Mar 30, 2026 +1
Mr T. Who were the others?😂
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jazzmaster_jedi Mar 29, 2026 +1
The stunt guys. They must have had so much fun destroying cars and blowing stuff up. When the bad guys drive up in a early '70's full size car, those guys are going to go for a flight in that car. If that jeep has a roll bar, later it will get rolled.
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