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The NFB has it up on their Youtube channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGHv2VAESE&t=82s See it here]].

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The NFB has it up on their Youtube [=YouTube=] channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGHv2VAESE&t=82s com/watch?v=qUGHv2VAESE See it here]].



* AristocratsAreEvil: The rich passengers pay the poor passengers to give up all their belongings as fuel to stoke the engine and keep the train from falling off the broken bridge. And how do they repay them? By detaching their car and letting them slide down the cliff. And taking the money back while they’re at it.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The Captain and the rich passengers all died when the train crashes. Although the Captain dies when he accidentally falls into the furnace when the train tips over on the tracks.]]

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* AristocratsAreEvil: The rich passengers pay the poor passengers to give up all their belongings as fuel to stoke the engine and keep the train from falling off the broken bridge. And how do they repay them? By detaching their car and letting them slide down the cliff. And taking the money back while they’re they're at it.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The Captain and the rich passengers all died die when the train crashes. Although the Captain dies when he accidentally falls into the furnace when the train tips over on the tracks.]]



* BlackComedyBurst: The scene where the Fireman was throwing everything in the furnace, including furniture and clothes from the passengers, also included him throwing a baby in the furnace.
* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: Everyone on the train, with the exception of the cow and the dog, ends up dying when the train crashes.]]

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* BlackComedyBurst: The scene where the Fireman was is throwing everything in the furnace, including furniture and clothes from the passengers, also included includes him throwing a baby in the furnace.
* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: Everyone [[spoiler:Everyone on the train, with the exception of the cow and the dog, ends up dying when the train crashes.]]



* [[spoiler: EverybodyDiesEnding: Every character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]

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* [[spoiler: EverybodyDiesEnding: Every [[spoiler:Every character, except the dog and the cow, all died die in the ending when the train crashes.]]



* MisterMuffykins: The Rich Lady’s dog is a yappy, annoying little thing. It biting the Captain is what sets the plot in motion.

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* MisterMuffykins: The Rich Lady’s Lady's dog is a yappy, annoying little thing. It biting the Captain is what sets the plot in motion.
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* RailCarSeparation: First the caboose breaks away, taking all the engineers except the captain and the fireman with it. Then, after the car with the poor people is stripped bare to provide fuel for the engine, the rich detach it, leaving the poor passengers to their fate.

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* AristocratsAreEvil: The rich passengers pay the poor passengers to give up all their belongings as fuel to stoke the engine and keep the train from falling off the broken bridge. And how do they repay them? By detaching their car and letting them slide down the cliff. And taking the money back while they’re at it.


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* BillionsOfButtons: The engine has thousands of levers and dials, as can be seen in the page image. It makes it that much harder for the fireman to take back control of the train.


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* MisterMuffykins: The Rich Lady’s dog is a yappy, annoying little thing. It biting the Captain is what sets the plot in motion.


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* RunawayTrain: The train running into a cow causes it to go out of control, with the fireman desperately trying to stop it — and then try to get it running before it rolls back down a gorge.

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The Captain and the rich passengers all died when the train crashes. Although the Captain dies when he accidentally falls into the boiler when the train tips over on the tracks.]]

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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The Captain and the rich passengers all died when the train crashes. Although the Captain dies when he accidentally falls into the boiler furnace when the train tips over on the tracks.]]


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* BlackComedyBurst: The scene where the Fireman was throwing everything in the furnace, including furniture and clothes from the passengers, also included him throwing a baby in the furnace.
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* [[spoiler: EverybodyDiesEnding: Everyone character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]

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* [[spoiler: EverybodyDiesEnding: Everyone Every character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]
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[[spoiler: * EverybodyDiesEnding: Everyone character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]

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* [[spoiler: * EverybodyDiesEnding: Everyone character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]
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[[spoiler: * EverybodyDiesEnding: Everyone character, except the dog and the cow, all died in the ending when the train crashes.]]

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* LaughingMad: Most of the Captain's dialogue contains him constantly laughing between sentences or laughing for long periods of time.

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* EffortlessAmazonianLift: When the Rich Lady's dog bites the Captain, the Rich Lady lifts up the Captain and carries him to the other cart to tend to his injury.
* LaughingMad: Most of the Captain's dialogue contains has him constantly laughing between sentences or laughing for long periods of time.time.
* OnlySaneMan: The Fireman is the only person who is aware of the train going out of control and he's the only one who's trying to prevent the train from crashing. The rich lady is also this to a lesser extent.
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* BeautyEqualGoodness: The lady is the only rich passenger who is not obsessed with greed and she falls in love with the fireman. She is also very beautiful.

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* BeautyEqualGoodness: BeautyEqualsGoodness: The lady is the only rich passenger who is not obsessed with greed and she falls in love with the fireman. She is also very beautiful.
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* BeautyEqualGoodness: The lady is the only rich passenger who is not obsessed with greed and she falls in love with the fireman. She is also very beautiful.
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: The Captain and the rich passengers all died when the train crashes. Although the Captain dies when he accidentally falls into the boiler when the train tips over on the tracks.]]


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* LaughingMad: Most of the Captain's dialogue contains him constantly laughing between sentences or laughing for long periods of time.

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A train runs into a cow on the tracks; with the captain nowhere to be found, the fireman is forced to desperately improvise in order to keep the train going.



* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: Everyone on the train ends up dying when the train crashes.]]

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* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: Everyone on the train train, with the exception of the cow and the dog, ends up dying when the train crashes.]]
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''Runaway'' is a 2009 animated short film (9 minutes) by Creator/CordellBarker. It was produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.

The NFB has it up on their Youtube channel. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUGHv2VAESE&t=82s See it here]].

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* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs [[spoiler: Everyone on the train ends up dying when the train crashes.]]
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