Line #11 Film/TheBoat


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6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_boat_5161.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350:Amazingly, it gets worse.]]
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9	->''Eight bells and all's NOT well.''
10	-->-- '''Opening title'''
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12	Family man Creator/BusterKeaton wants to take his brood on a cruise in his homemade boat, but first he has to get it out of the basement and afloat, and then...it is all PlayedForLaughs.
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14	Long-believed lost until collector Raymond Rohauer found it amidst a cache of rare Keaton footage. Although salvaged, it shows distinct signs of decay.
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17	!!"The Boat" contains examples of:
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19	* ArtisticLicensePhysics: At one point, the river they're sailing on literally runs uphill.
20	* BrickJoke: Just before the boat is launched, we see its name painted on the prow: "Damfino." Much later, a bad situation becomes worse when Buster is asked the boat's name and his answer is misunderstood.
21	%%* BumblingDad
22	* CoolBoat: The masts and smokestack of the ''Damfino'' are collapsible, for passing under low bridges. This is actually TruthInTelevision in some parts of the world, but obviously exaggerated here for comic effect.
23	%%* CuriousAsAMonkey
24	* DeathByMaterialism: Averted -- Buster cuts the rope between his boat and his car (which is towing the boat) and lets the car fall into the harbor to save one of his sons from being crushed. He hesitates, though.
25	* DidntThinkThisThrough
26	** Getting the boat out of the basement, which has no exits large enough to accommodate it.
27	** Driving nails into the hull below the waterline.
28	** Drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out.
29	%%* DistressCall
30	%%* DoubleTake
31	* DraggedByTheCollar: Mostly the pants' seat variant.
32	* DutchAngle: Used to depict the ''Damfino'' going uphill.
33	%%* EpicFail
34	%%* FadeToBlack
35	* FakeActionPrologue: We open below decks on a storm-tossed boat -- wait, no we don't.
36	%%* GoingDownWithTheShip
37	* GrievousBottleyHarm: The wife's first attempt to christen the ''Damfino'' leaves the bottle intact and the keel dented.
38	%%* HarmlessElectrocution
39	* HelpImStuck: Buster accidentally lowers a smokestack over one of his sons.
40	* HumanLadder: Buster acts as one for his son as they're trying to climb back on board the ''Damfino.''
41	%%* HollywoodDarkness
42	* IconicItem: When The Hat floats past after the sinking of the ''Damfino,'' Buster's wife and kids bow their heads in mourning.
43	* IconicOutfit: How do we know those two boys are Buster's sons? Their hats match his.
44	* InstantConvertible: Subverted -- the ''Damfino'' was built with collapsible masts and smokestack.
45	* {{Irony}}: For a boat, it's not very good at keeping above the waterline. The same goes for the life preservers. The only part of the boat that manages to stay afloat is the anchor.
46	%%* ItWasADarkAndStormyNight
47	* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: Buster seems far more perturbed by the loss of his lifeboat (which he promptly replaces with a bathtub) than the collapse of his house.
48	* LethalChef: The pancakes are too tough to cut, and Buster uses one to patch a hole in the hull.
49	%%* MurphysBed: Actually, a Murphys Bunk.
50	%%* NotQuiteDead
51	* PaintedTunnelRealTrain: Evoked when Buster nails a seascape to the cabin wall and water begins running out from beneath.
52	* PoorCommunicationKills: When Buster radios for help and is asked the name of his boat he replies "Damfino", and the coastguard assumes it's a prank call.
53	* RibbonCuttingCeremony: Specifically, a ship christening, complete with bottle. It goes as well as everything else involving the boat.
54	%%* {{Slapstick}}
55	* TheStoic: Buster, while GoingDownWithTheShip.
56	%%* StopDrowningAndStandUp
57	* SuperDrowningSkills: The ''boat,'' at least at first. Also the life preservers.
58	* TimeSkip: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by a title card that reads ''Ten seconds later.''
59	* TogetherInDeath: Averted when the family realizes they can StopDrowningAndStandUp.
60	%%* TrashTheSet
61	* VisualPun: One of the sons pulls the plug on the family's attempt to escape drowning.
62	* WhosOnFirst: Don't name a boat after something that can be misinterpreted as a PrankCall.

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