The A-Team is a group of ex-United States Army Special Forces soldiers who, near the end of the Vietnam War, were convicted of a crime they did not commit and managed to escape from the Military Police. As fugitives, the A-Team work as soldiers of fortune, using their military training to fight oppression or injustice. Hannibal, along with B. A. Baracus, Templeton "Faceman" Peck, and H. M. "Howlin' Mad" Murdock make up the A-Team.

In the pilot episode ("Mexican Slayride: Part 1"), Hannibal is described by a reporter colleague of Amy Allen as follows: "The leader [of the A-Team] is a Colonel...

The A-Team is a group of ex-United States Army Special Forces who were wrongly convicted of a crime during the Vietnam War. They fled to Los Angeles, where, as fugitives, the A-Team work as soldiers of fortune, using their military training to fight oppression or injustice. Murdock, along with Hannibal Smith, B. A. Baracus, and Templeton "Faceman" Peck make up the A-Team. Although Murdock was not convicted of any crime, as the other three were, he is still a full-fledged member of the team.

Considered the best chopper pilot of the Vietnam War, Murdock is officially declared insane (possibly...

John "Hannibal" Smith: Master of Disguise. His most used disguise (although not onscreen) is Mr. Lee, the dry cleaner. This is one of the final parts of the client screening process, as he tells the client where to go in order to make full contact with the A-Team. He dresses most often in a white trench coat and black leather gloves. He also is constantly seen smoking a cigar. Hannibal carries either a Browning Hi Power, Colt M1911A1 or a Smith and Wesson Model 39 as a sidearm most often "Mexican Carried" although he uses a holster when on missions. His catchphrase is, "I love it when a plan...

• Say, are we a groovy, happenin' bunch o' guys, or what?

• To Bad Guys who just said they were nuts: No I'm not, I'm condiments. I've been promoted.

• What can I say? One day I had this Gonzo headache, and before it was over I could speak and read Chinese.

• I'm a bird, I'm a plane, I'm a choo-choo train! WOW!!! (shoves bad guy down) Touchdown!

• I want you to be my role model, someone I can look up to when the purple wobblies start to wobble.

• You know Sarge, I had a cat once, but everytime I tried to give him a bath, the fur stuck to my tongue.

• I have been kicked out! Caine has...

• I love it when a plan comes together.

• Ever notice you run into the nicest people in tanks?

• Hickory dickory dock / The mouse ran up the clock / The clock struck one / Down he run / You smell worse than my socks!

• Next time you think you want to take someone out, don't get yourself a good squad. Get yourself a team.

• Nice, B.A.!

• Go, B.A.!

• See, I was the kid who always liked waiting on Christmas Eve even more than I liked opening the presents the next morning. But the next morning when I started rippin', I started rippin'!

• The Opera isn't over until the fat lady sings.

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