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Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/IndianDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=59&ref=1 Tame Indian]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/oldrailroadworkerDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=91&ref=1 Old Railworker]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/Indian2Double-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=60&ref=1 Dead Indian]]

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Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/IndianDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=59&ref=1 Tame Indian]]; Indian]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56db1m(4:10)]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/oldrailroadworkerDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=91&ref=1 Old Railworker]]; Railworker]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x56db1m (17:40)]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/Indian2Double-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=60&ref=1 Dead Indian]]
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Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/IndianDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=59&ref=1 Tame Indian]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/oldrailroadworkerDouble-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=91&ref=1 Old Railworker]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/Indian2Double-EdgedKnife.jpg.html?sort=6&o=60&ref=1 Dead Indian]]
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* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler: American Knife takes out General Ball with just such a trope - and a knife - before he can finish Jim off.]]
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* PlayingAgainstType: [[spoiler: Leslie Nielsen, usually cast as a good guy even then, plays General Ball.]]
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* PlayingAgainstType: [[spoiler: Leslie Nielsen, usually cast as a good guy even then, plays General Ball.]]
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-->'''Artie''': "Sir, I consider ''that'' a personal affront. Tennyson?" ''(gives his hat to Tennyson, then slaps Farrell on the cheek)''\\
'''Farrell''': "Now why did you do that?"\\
'''Artie''': ''(putting up his fists)'' "Prepare to defend yourself, sir!"

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Artie speaks this way (while in disguise). The Dartmouth-educated American Knife does not.

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* ThrowingDownTheGauntlet: Artie does this in the course of picking a fight with Farrell.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Artie speaks this way (while in disguise).while disguised as a Native American. The Dartmouth-educated American Knife does not.
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* TheMole: [[spoiler:Jim's old friend General Ball, who turns out to be the brains behind the whole operation]].
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* BluffTheEavesdropper: At one point, Jim manages to get close enough to the bad guys to listen in on their conversation. Unfortunately they're aware of this and take advantage of it.

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* BluffTheEavesdropper: At one point, Jim manages to get close enough to the bad guys to listen in on their conversation. Unfortunately they're They're aware of this and attempt to take advantage of it.

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* BluffTheEavesdropper: At one point, Jim manages to get close enough to the bad guys to listen in on their conversation. Unfortunately they're aware of this and take advantage of it.



* BluffTheEavesdropper: At one point, Jim manages to get close enough to the bad guys to listen in on their conversation. Unfortunately they're aware of this and take advantage of it.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: A brief but unusual use of the trope. Artie disguises himself as a dead raider and [[PlayingPossum plays possum]] in order to lure the others into a trap.
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* GrumpyOldMan: Artie's second disguise, complete with accusing Jim of being a "young whippersnapper" with no respect for women or old men.

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Artie speaks this way (while in disguise). The Dartmouth-educated American Knife does not.
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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: Played very straight both by the actual Native Americans and the... not-so-actual ones. Braids, beads and all.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Jim and Artie have one week to resolve the situation to the government's satisfaction. Why only a week and what will happen if they don't meet the deadline? Uh... [[RuleOfDrama reasons and things]].
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Trouble is brewing along the railroad: the local Indians are demanding gold and have threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid. Jim and Artie find that things are not what they seem to be.

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Trouble is brewing along the railroad: the local Indians are killing railroad workers, five each day, and demanding gold and have threatened to kill five $500,000 from the railroad workers a day until it is paid. Jim before they'll stop. West and Artie find that Gordon are given one week to resolve the situation. The Indian chief is an educated man named American Knife whom the local authorities have been unable to bring in; after some undercover work and help from the daughter of one of the murdered men, the agents finally meet up with American Knife, but from there things are not what they seem to be.
only become more complicated...
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Trouble is brewing along the railroad: the local Indians are demanding gold and have threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid. Jim and Artie find that things are not what they seem to be.

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: Artie provokes a fight and subsequently allows himself to get rather brutally beaten, all with the object of ending up on the ground at his opponent's feet so he can steal said opponent's boot knife.
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