<P> Bosco "B.A." (Bad Attitude) Baracus is the muscle for the A-Team, able to perform amazing feats of strength . He is also the team's mechanic . B.A. affects a dislike for Murdock, calling him a "crazy fool", but his true feelings of friendship are revealed when he prevents Murdock from drowning in his desire to live like a fish . B.A. also has a deep fear of flying, and the others usually have to trick and / or knock him out in order to get him on a plane . It is very rare that B.A. is awake while flying, and even rarer for him actually to consent to it . When he does, however, he then goes into a catatonic state . B.A. generally wears overalls and leopard or tiger print shirts in the early seasons, then later wears a green jumpsuit in the later seasons . He is almost always seen with about 50 pounds of gold necklaces and rings on every finger, and also wears a weightlifting belt . Baracus's hair is always styled in a mohawk - like cut . He drives a customized black GMC van, which is the team's usual mode of transport . </P> <P> H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock is the A-Team's pilot, and can fly any kind of aircraft with extreme precision . However, due to a helicopter crash in Vietnam, Murdock apparently went insane . He lives in a Veterans' Hospital in the mental wing . Whenever the rest of the team requires a pilot, they have to break him out of the hospital, generally using Faceman to do so . In Seasons 1--4, Murdock has a different pet, imaginary friend, or persona in each episode . Whenever one of his pets or imaginary friends is killed by an enemy, Murdock snaps and takes revenge (but never kills). Many times, when B.A is mad at Murdock for being crazy, Hannibal will side with Murdock in a sympathetic way . Once he is discharged from the hospital in Season 5, Murdock has a different job each episode . Murdock usually wears a leather flight jacket, a baseball cap, and basketball sneakers . </P> <P> Although the part of Face was written by Frank Lupo and Stephen J. Cannell with Dirk Benedict in mind, NBC insisted that the part should be played by another actor, instead . Therefore, in the pilot, Face was portrayed by Tim Dunigan, who was later replaced by Dirk Benedict, with the comment that Dunigan was "too tall and too young". According to Dunigan: "I look even younger on camera than I am . So it was difficult to accept me as a veteran of the Vietnam War, which ended when I was a sophomore in high school ." </P> <P> Carrere was intended to join the principal cast of the show in its fifth season after appearing in the season four finale, providing a tie to the team's inception during the war . Unfortunately for this plan, Carrere was under contract to General Hospital, which prevented her from joining The A-Team . Her character was abruptly dropped as a result . </P>

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