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* UpToEleven: Handsome has a seven-shooter.
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* TwoByFore: Cactus Jack is on the receiving end of one of these after randomly punching people in a saloon.
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* {{Homage}}: Cactus Jack being dragged under the wagon was an homgage to Yakima Canutt's iconic stunt in ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' where he went under the stagecoach wheels and horses. This was a year before ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' paid tribute to it.

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* {{Homage}}: Cactus Jack being dragged under the wagon was an homgage to Yakima Canutt's iconic stunt in ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' where he went under the stagecoach wheels and horses. This was a year before ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' paid tribute to it.it, and [[LostInImitation effectively replaced it in the popular consciousness]].
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''The Villain'', aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Cactus Jack]]'', is a 1979 comedy directed by Hal Needham (of ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' and ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'') that parodies {{Western}} movies in general.

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''The Villain'', aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Cactus Jack]]'', is a 1979 live-action western comedy directed by Hal Needham (of ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' and ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'') that parodies {{Western}} movies in general.
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''The Villain'', aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Cactus Jack]]'', is a 1979 comedy directed by [[Film/TheCannonballRun Hal]] [[Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit Needham]] that parodies {{Western}} movies in general.

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''The Villain'', aka ''[[MarketBasedTitle Cactus Jack]]'', is a 1979 comedy directed by [[Film/TheCannonballRun Hal]] [[Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit Needham]] Hal Needham (of ''Film/TheCannonballRun'' and ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'') that parodies {{Western}} movies in general.
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* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/LonelyAreTheBrave Kirk Douglas rides a horse named Whiskey]].
** While tearing the pages of the Villains' Guidebook, one of the names Cactus Jack mentions is Doc Holliday, whom Douglas played in ''Film/GunfightAtTheOKCorral''.
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* {{Homage}}: Cactus Jack being dragged under the wagon was an homgage to Yakima Canutt's iconic stunt in ''Film/{{Stagecoach}}'' where he went under the stagecoach wheels and horses. This was a year before ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' paid tribute to it.



* VillainProtagonist: Says so right there in the title!

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* VillainProtagonist: Says so right there in the title!title!
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* OhCrap: Cactus Jack displays a pretty epic version of this as he is [[spoiler: hit by the train and plastered across its front like a bug on a windshield.]]
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* BehindAStick: Cactus Jack and Whiskey hide behind a cactus at one point.
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* TrainJob: When we first meet Cactus Jack, he's attempting one of these by leaping down onto a moving train from an overhead ledge. He of course misses completely and face-plants on the tracks.

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* EvilWearsBlack: Cactus Jack

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* EvilIsHammy: Kirk Douglas probably had a lot of fun just being as over-the-top as possible.
* EvilWearsBlack: Cactus JackJack.

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* MeaningfulName: Handsome Stranger was named after his father, whom he never met.
** Charming sort of falls into this category as well. She was named after the first thing her father said after she turned out to be a girl.

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Handsome Stranger was named after his father, whom he never met.
** Charming sort of falls into this category as well. She was named after the first thing her father said after she turned when he found out to be a girl.his wife was pregnant: "[[OhCrap Charming... just charming]]."
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* MadeOfIron: Cactus Jack survives cartoonish levels of violence and failure at different points in the movie. The guy's Kirk Douglas playing WileECoyote! Speaking of which, Mr. Douglas qualifies as a real-life example, as he was in his sixties at the time of filming and did at least some of his own stunts.

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* MadeOfIron: Cactus Jack survives cartoonish levels of violence and failure at different points in the movie. The guy's Kirk Douglas playing WileECoyote! WesternAnimation/WileECoyote! Speaking of which, Mr. Douglas qualifies as a real-life example, as he was in his sixties at the time of filming and did at least some of his own stunts.
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No relation whatsoever to the wrestler MickFoley.

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No relation whatsoever to the wrestler MickFoley.
Wrestling/MickFoley.
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* StickySituation: Yet another of Cactus Jack's schemes, which of course leads to him trying to figure out what went wrong by ''standing in a puddle of rubber cement on a railroad crossing.''

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* StickySituation: Yet another of Cactus Jack's schemes, which of course leads to him trying to figure out what went wrong by ''standing in a puddle of rubber cement on a [[RailroadTracksOfDoom railroad crossing.crossing]].''
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Cactus Jake at the end, oh so much.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Cactus Jake Jack at the end, oh so much.

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* AnimalReactionShot: Whiskey gets into this territory a few time.

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* AnimalReactionShot: Whiskey gets into this territory a few time.time, one example being his watching Cactus Jack accidentally create a deadly PowderTrail.



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* BeingGoodSucksBeingGoodSucks: See directly above.



* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Cactus Jack, after Whiskey saves him from being [[PowderTrail blown up]]. In fairness, Whiskey accomplishes this by kicking Jack out of range with his back feet.

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* ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: Cactus Jack, after Whiskey saves him from being [[PowderTrail blown up]]. In fairness, Whiskey accomplishes this by kicking [[LiteralAssKicking kicking]] Jack out of range with his back feet.



* CreatorInJoke: Needham includes a couple of ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'' references.



* InjunCountry: Its border is marked by a literal white line drawn across the desert.

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* InjunCountry: Its border is marked by a literal white line drawn across the desert. When an Indian accidentally falls across it, he hastily scrambles back to the correct side.



* MadeOfIron: Cactus Jack survives cartoonish levels of violence and failure at different points in the movie. The guy's Kirk Douglas playing WileECoyote!

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* MadeOfIron: Cactus Jack survives cartoonish levels of violence and failure at different points in the movie. The guy's Kirk Douglas playing WileECoyote!WileECoyote! Speaking of which, Mr. Douglas qualifies as a real-life example, as he was in his sixties at the time of filming and did at least some of his own stunts.



* ShoutOut: Being described as a Road Runner cartoon in live action, Jack bounces around like Daffy Duck to the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] theme when Charming Jones kisses him at the end.

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* ShoutOut: Being described Since as indicated, the flick's basically a Road Runner cartoon in live action, Jack bounces around like Daffy Duck to the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] theme when [[spoiler: Charming Jones kisses him at the end.end]]. Also the character names [[Creator/TexAvery Avery Simpson]] and [[Creator/ChuckJones Charming Jones]].
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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (he was named after his father), who is escorting Charming Jones (Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones (Creator/StrotherMartin). Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]

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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (he (yes, it's his actual name--he was named after his father), who is escorting Charming Jones (Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones (Creator/StrotherMartin). Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]

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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (that's literally his name), who is escorting Charming Jones (Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones (Creator/StrotherMartin). Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]

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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (that's literally (he was named after his name), father), who is escorting Charming Jones (Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones (Creator/StrotherMartin). Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]
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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (that's literally his name), who is escorting Charming Jones (played by Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones. Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]

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It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger as Handsome Stranger (that's literally his name), who is escorting Charming Jones (played by Creator/AnnMargret) (Creator/AnnMargret) so that she can claim money left by her father, Parody Jones.Jones (Creator/StrotherMartin). Avery Simpson (Creator/JackElam), the corrupt town boss forced to hand the money over, wants it back and so hires/conscripts an inept outlaw named Cactus Jack Slade (Creator/KirkDouglas) and Slade's [[SapientSteed super-genius horse]] Whiskey into stealing it back. What [[HilarityEnsues then unfolds]] is literally a [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadrunner live-action Roadrunner cartoon.]]

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