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* CounterfeitCash: The haunted house is hideout for a gang of counterfeiters. At least one of them works at the bank, and the bank president realizes that someone has been mixing counterfeit money in with the real stuff.
* DevilsPitchfork: While Keaton is unconscious, he has a dream that he descends to Hell and is poked in the rear by a devil with a fiery pitchfork.
* DressingAsTheEnemy: After Keaton realizes the ghosts are phony, he dresses in a white sheet and blends in with the crooks.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: As soon as we see Creator/BusterKeaton, he immediately falls down as he is exiting an automobile. This establishes him as TheKlutz.
* FrameUp: The leader of the counterfeiters deflects blame onto Keaton, who is then pursued by the authorities.
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* TheKlutz: Creator/BusterKeaton performs his usual schtick as a clumsy fool. Among other follies, his carelessness has him accidentally spilling glue around his workplace, making a huge mess.
* MuggedForDisguise: Keaton uses a vase to knock out one of the crooks, then strips him of his bed sheet disguise in order to infiltrate the outlaw gang.
* NearDeathExperience: Keaton is knocked unconscious by the gang's leader, then as he is lying on the floor he has a vision of Heaven and Hell.
* NearDeathExperience: Keaton is knocked unconscious by the gang's leader, then as he is lying on the floor he has a vision of Heaven and Hell.
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* ScoobyDooHoax: Employed by the counterfeiters to protect their hideout. They dress as [[BedsheetGhost Bed Sheet Ghosts]] and skeletons to trick the locals into thinking the house is haunted, so the locals will stay away from their hideout.
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* StickySituation: The bank teller carelessly spreads glue on the bank notes and all around his workplace. The bank notes get stuck on the hands of several customers, and the whole mess is difficult to tidy up.
* SurpriseSlideStaircase: The outlaws have a switch rigged to a staircase to transform it into a slide. Keaton falls down the slide several times.
* TheStoic: Creator/BusterKeaton shows his usual expressionless face throughout the film, a staple of his performances. Even though his character finds himself chased by police, surrounded by ghosts, held at gunpoint, or faced with the Devil, his face shows very little emotion.
* TrapDoor: Inside the haunted house, there is at least one trap door in the floor. The outlaws use it to capture the bank president's daughter.
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In this 1921 short, BusterKeaton plays a bank teller who is accused of passing {{counterfeit cash}} and attempted {{bank robbery}}. While fleeing the law, he stumbles across the real culprits' hideout, a [[ScoobyDooHoax phony haunted house]]. HilarityEnsues.
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In this 1921 short, BusterKeaton Creator/BusterKeaton plays a bank teller who is accused of passing {{counterfeit cash}} and attempted {{bank robbery}}. While fleeing the law, he stumbles across the real culprits' hideout, a [[ScoobyDooHoax phony haunted house]]. HilarityEnsues.
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-->''The bank cashier and his band of counterfeiters have a strong reason for making people believe this house is haunted.''
-->-- '''intertitle'''
In this 1921 short, BusterKeaton plays a bank teller who is accused of passing {{counterfeit cash}} and attempted {{bank robbery}}. While fleeing the law, he stumbles across the real culprits' hideout, a [[ScoobyDooHoax phony haunted house]]. HilarityEnsues.
This movie is available in its entirety at [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3103572883050130476# Google video.]]
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!!"The Haunted House" provides examples of:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: How the bank teller establishes that the satanic-looking gent is not the Devil.
* BankRobbery: Attempted.
* BavarianFireDrill: The teller starts blowing a whistle and directing the "ghosts" like a traffic cop -- and they obey.
* BedsheetGhost
* BookcasePassage
* ClearMyName
* CounterfeitCash
* DressingAsTheEnemy
* HelpImStuck
* ImprovisedWeapon: A tossed vase.
* TheKlutz
* ManOnFire: Twice, neither time serious.
* LeParkour: Motivated by terror, the teller performs some impressive climbing and vaulting.
* PluckyGirl: The bank president's daughter tracks the chief villain to his lair.
* ProducePelting
* ScoobyDooHoax: Employed by the counterfeiters to protect their hideout.
* StairwayToHeaven
* StickySituation
* SurpriseSlideStaircase
* TheStoic
* TrapDoor
-->''The bank cashier and his band of counterfeiters have a strong reason for making people believe this house is haunted.''
-->-- '''intertitle'''
In this 1921 short, BusterKeaton plays a bank teller who is accused of passing {{counterfeit cash}} and attempted {{bank robbery}}. While fleeing the law, he stumbles across the real culprits' hideout, a [[ScoobyDooHoax phony haunted house]]. HilarityEnsues.
This movie is available in its entirety at [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3103572883050130476# Google video.]]
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!!"The Haunted House" provides examples of:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: How the bank teller establishes that the satanic-looking gent is not the Devil.
* BankRobbery: Attempted.
* BavarianFireDrill: The teller starts blowing a whistle and directing the "ghosts" like a traffic cop -- and they obey.
* BedsheetGhost
* BookcasePassage
* ClearMyName
* CounterfeitCash
* DressingAsTheEnemy
* HelpImStuck
* ImprovisedWeapon: A tossed vase.
* TheKlutz
* ManOnFire: Twice, neither time serious.
* LeParkour: Motivated by terror, the teller performs some impressive climbing and vaulting.
* PluckyGirl: The bank president's daughter tracks the chief villain to his lair.
* ProducePelting
* ScoobyDooHoax: Employed by the counterfeiters to protect their hideout.
* StairwayToHeaven
* StickySituation
* SurpriseSlideStaircase
* TheStoic
* TrapDoor