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* AntiAdvice: Subverted, with General Custer suspecting that Jack will lie and provide him false intel, thus leading to walking straight into the Battle of Little Bighorn.
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* BlackComedyRape: Old Lodge Skins, when learning of Crabb's white wife's "pleasant enthusiasm when [Crabb] mounts her", casually explains that when he tried a white woman, "she didn't show any enthusiasm at all."
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* ArmyScout: Jack serves as a scout to General Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn.
* BigDamnReunion: This happens several times to Jack, with his captive wife Ogla (who has now remarried and doesn't recognize him), Louise Pendrake, Old Lodge Skins, and with Younger Bear on three occasions.
* BlackComedyRape: Old Lodge Skins, when learning of Crabb's white wife's "pleasant enthusiasm when [Crabb] mounts her", casually explains that when he tried a white woman, "she didn't show any enthusiasm atall."all".
* BigDamnReunion: This happens several times to Jack, with his captive wife Ogla (who has now remarried and doesn't recognize him), Louise Pendrake, Old Lodge Skins, and with Younger Bear on three occasions.
* BlackComedyRape: Old Lodge Skins, when learning of Crabb's white wife's "pleasant enthusiasm when [Crabb] mounts her", casually explains that when he tried a white woman, "she didn't show any enthusiasm at
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-->'''Crabb:''' *internal narration* I had him.
-->'''Crabb:''' General, you go down there.
-->'''Custer:''' You're advising me to go into the Coulee?
-->'''Crabb:''' Yes, sir.
-->'''Custer:''' There are no Indians there, I suppose.
-->'''Crabb:''' I didn't say that. [[SarcasticConfession There are]] ''[[SarcasticConfession thousands]]'' [[SarcasticConfession of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain.]] This ain't the Washita River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve.
-->'''Custer:''' Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there!
-->'''Crabb:''' General, you go down there.
-->'''Custer:''' You're advising me to go into the Coulee?
-->'''Crabb:''' Yes, sir.
-->'''Custer:''' There are no Indians there, I suppose.
-->'''Crabb:''' I didn't say that. [[SarcasticConfession There are]] ''[[SarcasticConfession thousands]]'' [[SarcasticConfession of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain.]] This ain't the Washita River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve.
-->'''Custer:''' Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there!
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-->'''Crabb:''' *internal narration* ''[internal narration]'' I had him.
-->'''Crabb:'''him.\\
'''Crabb:''' General, you go downthere.
-->'''Custer:'''there.\\
'''Custer:''' You're advising me to go into theCoulee?
-->'''Crabb:'''Coulee?\\
'''Crabb:''' Yes,sir.
-->'''Custer:'''sir.\\
'''Custer:''' There are no Indians there, Isuppose.
-->'''Crabb:'''suppose.\\
'''Crabb:''' I didn't say that. [[SarcasticConfession There are]] ''[[SarcasticConfession thousands]]'' [[SarcasticConfession of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain.]] This ain't the Washita River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve. \n-->'''Custer:''' \\
'''Custer:''' Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there!
-->'''Crabb:'''
'''Crabb:''' General, you go down
-->'''Custer:'''
'''Custer:''' You're advising me to go into the
-->'''Crabb:'''
'''Crabb:''' Yes,
-->'''Custer:'''
'''Custer:''' There are no Indians there, I
-->'''Crabb:'''
'''Crabb:''' I didn't say that. [[SarcasticConfession There are]] ''[[SarcasticConfession thousands]]'' [[SarcasticConfession of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain.]] This ain't the Washita River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve.
'''Custer:''' Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there!
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Children, even newborns, don't fare well under attacks by the Pawnee tribe and the US army]]
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Children, [[spoiler:Children, even newborns, don't fare well under attacks by the Pawnee tribe and the US army]]army.]]
* DebtDetester: Jack saves the life of his enemy Younger Bear. Years later, Younger Bear saves Jack's life at the Little Big Horn. He then tells Jack that he's planning to kill Jack the next time they meet.
* DebtDetester: Jack saves the life of his enemy Younger Bear. Years later, Younger Bear saves Jack's life at the Little Big Horn. He then tells Jack that he's planning to kill Jack the next time they meet.
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-->'''Jack Crabb''': Well, that's the story of this old Indian fighter. That's the story of the Human Beings, who was promised land where they could live in peace. Land that would be theirs as long as grass grows, wind blows, and the sky is blue.\\
'''Historian''': Mr. Crabb, I didn't know...\\
'''Jack Crabb''': Get out. Get out.
'''Historian''': Mr. Crabb, I didn't know...\\
'''Jack Crabb''': Get out. Get out.
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-->'''Jack Crabb''': Crabb:''' Well, that's the story of this old Indian fighter. That's the story of the Human Beings, who was promised land where they could live in peace. Land that would be theirs as long as grass grows, wind blows, and the sky is blue.\\
'''Historian''': '''Historian:''' Mr. Crabb, I didn't know...\\
'''JackCrabb''': Crabb:''' Get out. Get out.
'''Jack
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Mrs. Pendrake, the wife of a fire-and-brimstone PreacherMan, adopts Jack Crabb and tries to see to his moral and spiritual instruction. After he catches her having sex with a shopkeeper in town, he swears off religion for good and joins up with SnakeOilSalesman Mr. Merriweather. As Crabb puts it in his narration, "After Mrs. Pendrake, his honesty was downright refreshing."
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* {{Hypocrite}}: {{Hypocrite}}:
** Mrs. Pendrake, the wife of a fire-and-brimstone PreacherMan, adopts Jack Crabb and tries to see to his moral and spiritual instruction. After he catches her having sex with a shopkeeper in town, he swears off religion for good and joins up with SnakeOilSalesman Mr. Merriweather. As Crabb puts it in his narration, "After Mrs. Pendrake, his honesty was downright refreshing."
** Mrs. Pendrake, the wife of a fire-and-brimstone PreacherMan, adopts Jack Crabb and tries to see to his moral and spiritual instruction. After he catches her having sex with a shopkeeper in town, he swears off religion for good and joins up with SnakeOilSalesman Mr. Merriweather. As Crabb puts it in his narration, "After Mrs. Pendrake, his honesty was downright refreshing."
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* IOweYouMyLife: The life-saving action of the eponymous character just amplifies Younger Bear's hatred of him, though he cannot do anything till he repays the debt.
-->'''Younger Bear''': I have saved your life. Now, the next time we meet, I can finally kill you without becoming an evil person. YAHOO!!
-->'''Younger Bear''': I have saved your life. Now, the next time we meet, I can finally kill you without becoming an evil person. YAHOO!!
* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Jack Crabb tries to warn Custer about the Indians waiting to ambush him, urging him to go down if he's brave enough, leading to this great quote from Custer: "You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there!"
* InsaneAdmiral: George Armstrong Custer is portrayed as a monomaniac whose delusional self-confidence blinds him to the very possibility of defeat.
* IOweYouMyLife: The life-saving action of the eponymous character just amplifies Younger Bear's hatred of him, though he cannot do anything till he repays the debt.
-->'''Younger Bear:''' I have saved your life. Now, the next time we meet, I can finally kill you without becoming an evil person. YAHOO!
* InsaneAdmiral: George Armstrong Custer is portrayed as a monomaniac whose delusional self-confidence blinds him to the very possibility of defeat.
* IOweYouMyLife: The life-saving action of the eponymous character just amplifies Younger Bear's hatred of him, though he cannot do anything till he repays the debt.
-->'''Younger Bear:''' I have saved your life. Now, the next time we meet, I can finally kill you without becoming an evil person. YAHOO!
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Seventh Cavalry ride into a Cheyenne village at Washita and rape, kill, and destroy everything in their path, with the mad Custer roaring encouragement. In the background, musicians are playing the regimental march "Garryowen". Indeed, the faint distant strains of "Garryowen" are the first sign that the cavalry are coming. The next time we hear "Garryowen", the Seventh are riding to their death and destruction at the Little Big Horn.
* MedicineShow: Jack spends part of his adolescence working for Mr. Merriweather's Medicine show.
* MedicineShow: Jack spends part of his adolescence working for Mr. Merriweather's Medicine show.
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* MomentOfSilence: When [[spoiler:Sunshine dies.]]
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* MomentOfSilence: When [[spoiler:Sunshine dies.]]dies]].
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* NostalgicNarrator
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Hong Kong-born Aimée Eccles, who plays Sunshine, is of Chinese descent, while Cal Bellini (Khalid Ibrahim), born of Malay descent in Singapore, played Younger Bear.
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* PlaysGreatEthnics: Hong Kong-born Aimée Eccles, who plays Sunshine, PeacePipe: Old Lodge Skins smokes a peace pipe with Jack's older sister, under the impression that she is of Chinese descent, male. He is so embarrassed at having shared a pipe with a female that he covers his head and turns away, while Cal Bellini (Khalid Ibrahim), born the women of Malay descent in Singapore, played Younger Bear. the tipi all laugh at him.
* RaisedByNatives: Jack's homesteader family is killed by Native Americans, and he is adopted into a Cheyenne tribe. He's later taken back into white society and spends the rest of his life caught between white society and Cheyenne society.
* RaisedByNatives: Jack's homesteader family is killed by Native Americans, and he is adopted into a Cheyenne tribe. He's later taken back into white society and spends the rest of his life caught between white society and Cheyenne society.
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* ShoutOut: To any Western (including ''Three Godfathers'') that uses the hymn "Shall We Gather at the River."
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* SerialProstheses: Mr. Merriweather loses several minor body parts over the time that Jack knows him, usually to an angry mob. When Jack meets him a few years later, Merriweather comments that there isn't much more he could lose.
* ShoutOut: To any Western (including ''Three Godfathers'') that uses the hymn "Shall We Gather at theRiver." River".
* ShoutOut: To any Western (including ''Three Godfathers'') that uses the hymn "Shall We Gather at the
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Towards the end Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment massacres an entire Native American village, including the protagonist's family to the cheery strains of "Garryowen" played by the regimental band. ''Garryowen'' was (and remains to this day) the actual marching song of the 7th cavalry.
** ''Garryowen'' was also the regimental march of the British Light Brigade at the battle of Balaclava and their famous suicidal charge, making it an allusion to another famous military disaster. ''Little Big Man''[='s=] Charge into Little Big Horn is the 1936 film version of ''TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade'' shorn of all heroic pretension.
** ''Garryowen'' was also the regimental march of the British Light Brigade at the battle of Balaclava and their famous suicidal charge, making it an allusion to another famous military disaster. ''Little Big Man''[='s=] Charge into Little Big Horn is the 1936 film version of ''TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade'' shorn of all heroic pretension.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: Towards the end end, Custer's 7th Cavalry Regiment massacres an entire Native American village, including the protagonist's family to the cheery strains of "Garryowen" played by the regimental band. ''Garryowen'' was (and remains to this day) the actual marching song of the 7th cavalry.
**cavalry. ''Garryowen'' was also the regimental march of the British Light Brigade at the battle of Balaclava and their famous suicidal charge, making it an allusion to another famous military disaster. ''Little Big Man''[='s=] Charge into Little Big Horn is the 1936 film version of ''TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade'' ''Film/TheChargeOfTheLightBrigade1936'' shorn of all heroic pretension.
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* TarAndFeathers: Happens to Crabb when he's found out as a SnakeOilSalesman.
* TimeshiftedActor: While a child actor had to portray the 10-year-old Crabb, Creator/DustinHoffman wore make-up to portray the character's centenarian self. He made his voice sound old by going into his dressing room and screaming at the top of his lungs for an hour.
* TimeshiftedActor: While a child actor had to portray the 10-year-old Crabb, Creator/DustinHoffman wore make-up to portray the character's centenarian self. He made his voice sound old by going into his dressing room and screaming at the top of his lungs for an hour.
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* StrollingThroughTheChaos: The blind Cheyenne chief Old Lodge Skins believes himself to be magically ImmuneToBullets and crosses a battlefield where his people are getting cut down all around him by the U.S. Cavalry. His attitude makes the scene almost comical, despite the terrible death and destruction occurring close by.
* TarAndFeathers:Happens While Jack is apprenticed to Crabb when he's found out Mr. Merriweather, their "elixir" makes some people sick. The angry townsfolk put tar and feathers on them and ride them around the campfire on rails before kicking them out.
* ThisIsMyStory: "I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers. My name is Jack Crabb. And I am the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, uh, uh, popularly known asa SnakeOilSalesman.
Custer's Last Stand."
*TimeshiftedActor: TimeShiftedActor: While a child actor had to portray the 10-year-old Crabb, Creator/DustinHoffman wore make-up to portray the character's centenarian self. He made his voice sound old by going into his dressing room and screaming at the top of his lungs for an hour.
* TarAndFeathers:
* ThisIsMyStory: "I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers. My name is Jack Crabb. And I am the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Big Horn, uh, uh, popularly known as
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* TheTropeKid: For a while Crabb is a gunfighter known as "The Soda Pop Kid".
* UnreliableNarrator: Crabb is quite likely one of these.
* UnreliableNarrator: Crabb is quite likely one of these.
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* TranslationConvention: Jack speaks like a hick as the aged narrator and in the company of whites, but speaks in clearer, nobler sounding English when in the company of Native Americans (presumably speaking in Cheyenne).
* TheTropeKid: For awhile while, Crabb is a gunfighter known as "The Soda Pop Kid".
* UnreliableNarrator: Crabb is quite likely one of these. In the original novel by Thomas Berger, the historian who transcribes Crabb's narrative expresses the opinion that most of his supposed exploits are pure malarkey. There are hints, however, that the historian may ''himself'' be something of an unreliable narrator.
* TheTropeKid: For a
* UnreliableNarrator: Crabb is quite likely one of these. In the original novel by Thomas Berger, the historian who transcribes Crabb's narrative expresses the opinion that most of his supposed exploits are pure malarkey. There are hints, however, that the historian may ''himself'' be something of an unreliable narrator.
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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: Children, even newborns, don't fare well under attacks by the Pawnee tribe and the US army]]
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* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Sadly averted; children, even newborns, don't fare well under attacks by the Pawnee tribe and the US army]]
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Dewicking per TRS decision.
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* BiTheWay: Little Horse, the Heemaneh, which is also known as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit "two-spirit" person, considered a member of the "third gender"]], which would include men dressing as women or vice versa, or a man or woman living a lifestyle contrary to their normally assigned gender roles.
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* GetOut: After Crabb has finished his narrative, he gets fed up with the historian, criticizing his ignorance:
-->'''Jack Crabb''': Well, that's the story of this old Indian fighter. That's the story of the Human Beings, who was promised land where they could live in peace. Land that would be theirs as long as grass grows, wind blows, and the sky is blue.\\
'''Historian''': Mr. Crabb, I didn't know...\\
'''Jack Crabb''': Get out. Get out.
-->'''Jack Crabb''': Well, that's the story of this old Indian fighter. That's the story of the Human Beings, who was promised land where they could live in peace. Land that would be theirs as long as grass grows, wind blows, and the sky is blue.\\
'''Historian''': Mr. Crabb, I didn't know...\\
'''Jack Crabb''': Get out. Get out.
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Creator/DustinHoffman stars as Jack Crabb, a 121-year-old survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. But there's more to his life story than that: life as an adopted Cheyenne, a SnakeOilSalesman, an amateur gunslinger, and an attempt to go straight before he gets embroiled in the mad dreams of a general named George Armstrong Custer.
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Creator/DustinHoffman stars as Jack Crabb, a 121-year-old survivor of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. But there's more to his life story than that: life as an adopted Cheyenne, a SnakeOilSalesman, an amateur gunslinger, and an attempt to go straight before he gets embroiled in the mad dreams of a general named George Armstrong Custer. \n Creator/FayeDunaway appears as Mrs. Pendrake.
