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[[caption-width-right:324:Fuck tha police!]]
In this 1922 short, Creator/BusterKeaton is trying to become a successful businessman in order to woo the mayor's daughter (VirginiaFox), but unwittingly gets into a series of steadily escalating mishaps with members of the LAPD. Eventually he wanders into a policemen's parade, obliviously tosses a bomb into the crowd, and ends up chased by the entire police force.
This film is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEac6g6KpsM Youtube]].
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!!"Cops" provides examples of
* TheAllegedSteed: The deaf, denture-wearing horse.
* AllNaturalSnakeOil: "Dr. Smith, Goat Gland Specialist"
%%* AngryGuardDog
* BaitAndSwitch: A stealthy joke. Buster takes his horse in to visit the goat gland specialist[[note]](a quack that specialized in boosting mens' libido)[[/note]] and she perks up quite a bit. Buster then glances at the miracle worker's sign and pauses for a few seconds before walking back inside in a suspicious manner -- but his intentions are innocent. He's only retrieving his hat.
* BlackComedy: Specifically, KafkaKomedy.
* BlindAlley: Buster is able to hide in a doorway when police officers rush in from all sides.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: There is one at the parade who throws a bomb that lands beside Buster. The latter is then MistakenForTerrorist.
* CartoonBomb: The cartoonish bomb that kicks off the chase.
* ConMan: Buster is being had by one.
* CouldntFindALighter: Buster lights his cigarette off the fuse of a bomb.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: At the end the girl refuses to hook up with Buster. Well, she was asking for him to become a business man, not a police officer.
* DownerEnding: See SpurnedIntoSuicide.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Buster manages to dress as a police officer at the end. But it doesn't help his cause.
* EscalatingChase / EveryoneChasingYou / HotPursuit: At first Buster chased by a squad of police men but ends up pursued by what looks like a few hundreds of them.
* ExtendoBoxingGlove: This film provides what is quite possibly the UrExample. Buster improvises an ingenious device to signal a left turn with a boxing glove on a pantograph. It works quite well, until he encounters a traffic cop at an intersection, clocking him twice as he makes a u-turn.
%%* HotPursuit
* {{Irony}}: "Maybe he was arrested for speeding."
* LemmingCops: At the end, they all rush into the precinct station like lemmings, enabling Buster to lock them up.
%%* NobodyHereButUsStatues
* NonFatalExplosions: The cops experience ClothingDamage when the bomb goes off at the parade, but nobody seems to have been harmed otherwise.
* OutsideRide: Combined with a VehicleVanish (see below).
* PercussivePickpocket: Early on, Buster steals the rich man's wallet while trying to help him up but then making both of them fall down on top of each other.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide / SuicideByCop: Implied at the end. After initially escaping the cops and then being rejected by the girl again, he commits suicide by turning himself in to the angry mob of cops.
%%* TapOnTheHead
* {{Undercrank}}: Used sporadically in the big ChaseScene.
* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Buster packing a vase and a pitcher.
* WireFu: When Buster is launched from a seesaw.
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[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BusterKeatonCops_1638.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:324:Fuck tha police!]]
In this 1922 short, Creator/BusterKeaton is trying to become a successful businessman in order to woo the mayor's daughter (VirginiaFox), but unwittingly gets into a series of steadily escalating mishaps with members of the LAPD. Eventually he wanders into a policemen's parade, obliviously tosses a bomb into the crowd, and ends up chased by the entire police force.
This film is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEac6g6KpsM Youtube]].
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!!"Cops" provides examples of
* TheAllegedSteed: The deaf, denture-wearing horse.
* AllNaturalSnakeOil: "Dr. Smith, Goat Gland Specialist"
%%* AngryGuardDog
* BaitAndSwitch: A stealthy joke. Buster takes his horse in to visit the goat gland specialist[[note]](a quack that specialized in boosting mens' libido)[[/note]] and she perks up quite a bit. Buster then glances at the miracle worker's sign and pauses for a few seconds before walking back inside in a suspicious manner -- but his intentions are innocent. He's only retrieving his hat.
* BlackComedy: Specifically, KafkaKomedy.
* BlindAlley: Buster is able to hide in a doorway when police officers rush in from all sides.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: There is one at the parade who throws a bomb that lands beside Buster. The latter is then MistakenForTerrorist.
* CartoonBomb: The cartoonish bomb that kicks off the chase.
* ConMan: Buster is being had by one.
* CouldntFindALighter: Buster lights his cigarette off the fuse of a bomb.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: At the end the girl refuses to hook up with Buster. Well, she was asking for him to become a business man, not a police officer.
* DownerEnding: See SpurnedIntoSuicide.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Buster manages to dress as a police officer at the end. But it doesn't help his cause.
* EscalatingChase / EveryoneChasingYou / HotPursuit: At first Buster chased by a squad of police men but ends up pursued by what looks like a few hundreds of them.
* ExtendoBoxingGlove: This film provides what is quite possibly the UrExample. Buster improvises an ingenious device to signal a left turn with a boxing glove on a pantograph. It works quite well, until he encounters a traffic cop at an intersection, clocking him twice as he makes a u-turn.
%%* HotPursuit
* {{Irony}}: "Maybe he was arrested for speeding."
* LemmingCops: At the end, they all rush into the precinct station like lemmings, enabling Buster to lock them up.
%%* NobodyHereButUsStatues
* NonFatalExplosions: The cops experience ClothingDamage when the bomb goes off at the parade, but nobody seems to have been harmed otherwise.
* OutsideRide: Combined with a VehicleVanish (see below).
* PercussivePickpocket: Early on, Buster steals the rich man's wallet while trying to help him up but then making both of them fall down on top of each other.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide / SuicideByCop: Implied at the end. After initially escaping the cops and then being rejected by the girl again, he commits suicide by turning himself in to the angry mob of cops.
%%* TapOnTheHead
* {{Undercrank}}: Used sporadically in the big ChaseScene.
* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Buster packing a vase and a pitcher.
* WireFu: When Buster is launched from a seesaw.
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[[quoteright:324:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BusterKeatonCops_1638.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:324:Fuck tha police!]]
In this 1922 short, Creator/BusterKeaton is trying to become a successful businessman in order to woo the mayor's daughter (VirginiaFox), but unwittingly gets into a series of steadily escalating mishaps with members of the LAPD. Eventually he wanders into a policemen's parade, obliviously tosses a bomb into the crowd, and ends up chased by the entire police force.
This film is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEac6g6KpsM Youtube]].
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!!"Cops" provides examples of
* TheAllegedSteed: The deaf, denture-wearing horse.
* AllNaturalSnakeOil: "Dr. Smith, Goat Gland Specialist"
%%* AngryGuardDog
* BaitAndSwitch: A stealthy joke. Buster takes his horse in to visit the goat gland specialist[[note]](a quack that specialized in boosting mens' libido)[[/note]] and she perks up quite a bit. Buster then glances at the miracle worker's sign and pauses for a few seconds before walking back inside in a suspicious manner -- but his intentions are innocent. He's only retrieving his hat.
* BlackComedy: Specifically, KafkaKomedy.
* BlindAlley: Buster is able to hide in a doorway when police officers rush in from all sides.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: There is one at the parade who throws a bomb that lands beside Buster. The latter is then MistakenForTerrorist.
* CartoonBomb: The cartoonish bomb that kicks off the chase.
* ConMan: Buster is being had by one.
* CouldntFindALighter: Buster lights his cigarette off the fuse of a bomb.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: At the end the girl refuses to hook up with Buster. Well, she was asking for him to become a business man, not a police officer.
* DownerEnding: See SpurnedIntoSuicide.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Buster manages to dress as a police officer at the end. But it doesn't help his cause.
* EscalatingChase / EveryoneChasingYou / HotPursuit: At first Buster chased by a squad of police men but ends up pursued by what looks like a few hundreds of them.
* ExtendoBoxingGlove: This film provides what is quite possibly the UrExample. Buster improvises an ingenious device to signal a left turn with a boxing glove on a pantograph. It works quite well, until he encounters a traffic cop at an intersection, clocking him twice as he makes a u-turn.
%%* HotPursuit
* {{Irony}}: "Maybe he was arrested for speeding."
* LemmingCops: At the end, they all rush into the precinct station like lemmings, enabling Buster to lock them up.
%%* NobodyHereButUsStatues
* NonFatalExplosions: The cops experience ClothingDamage when the bomb goes off at the parade, but nobody seems to have been harmed otherwise.
* OutsideRide: Combined with a VehicleVanish (see below).
* PercussivePickpocket: Early on, Buster steals the rich man's wallet while trying to help him up but then making both of them fall down on top of each other.
* SpurnedIntoSuicide / SuicideByCop: Implied at the end. After initially escaping the cops and then being rejected by the girl again, he commits suicide by turning himself in to the angry mob of cops.
%%* TapOnTheHead
* {{Undercrank}}: Used sporadically in the big ChaseScene.
* WhyWeCantHaveNiceThings: Buster packing a vase and a pitcher.
* WireFu: When Buster is launched from a seesaw.
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* TheAllegedSteed: The deaf, denture-wearing horse.
* BaitAndSwitch: A stealthy joke. Buster takes his horse in to visit the goat gland specialist[[note]](a quack that specialized in boosting mens' libido)[[/note]] and she perks up quite a bit. Buster then glances at the miracle worker's sign and pauses for a few seconds before walking back inside in a suspicious manner -- but his intentions are innocent. He's only retrieving his hat.
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* DownerEnding: See SpurnedIntoSuicide.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: Buster manages to dress as a police officer at the end. But it doesn't help his cause.
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This film is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-851776878828492363 Google Video]].[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEac6g6KpsM Youtube]].
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In this 1922 short, BusterKeaton Creator/BusterKeaton is trying to become a successful businessman in order to woo the mayor's daughter (VirginiaFox), but unwittingly gets into a series of steadily escalating mishaps with members of the LAPD. Eventually he wanders into a policemen's parade, obliviously tosses a bomb into the crowd, and ends up chased by the entire police force.
