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* To sneak onto the General, Johnnie hides Annabelle in a sack and stows her in one of the baggage cars. A moment later, two burly Union soldiers come and toss a huge crate in on top of her.

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* To sneak onto the General, Johnnie hides Annabelle in a sack and stows her in one of the baggage cars. A moment later, two burly Union soldiers come and toss a huge crate in on top of after her.
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* To sneak onto the General, Johnnie hides Annabelle in a sack and stows her in one of the baggage cars. A moment later, two burly Union soldiers come and toss a huge crate in on top of her.
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* At one point, Johnny delays the pursuing Union troops by kinking the rails. Cue a bunch of Union officers standing around trying to figure out what to do next.

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* At one point, Johnny delays the pursuing Union troops by kinking the rails. Cue a bunch of Union officers standing around trying to figure out what to do next.next for several scenes...until an engineer [[MundaneSolution walks up and simply knocks it straight again with an ax.]]

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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even smaller piece for her and loses his temper when she puts it in [[SarcasmBlind without recognizing the spirit of the gesture]].

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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even smaller piece for her and loses his temper when she puts it in [[SarcasmBlind without recognizing the spirit of the gesture]]. Later, she discards a piece of firewood because it has a hole in it.



* Johnnie's absent-minded ride on the General's driveshaft as pictured.

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* At one point, Johnny delays the pursuing Union troops by kinking the rails. Cue a bunch of Union officers standing around trying to figure out what to do next.
* Johnnie's absent-minded ride on the General's driveshaft side-rod as pictured.
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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even smaller piece for her and loses his temper when she puts it in without recognizing the spirit of the gesture.

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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even smaller piece for her and loses his temper when she puts it in [[SarcasmBlind without recognizing the spirit of the gesture.gesture]].
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* Fatima's thoughts about attending a mass wedding for some of Raj's soldiers:
--> Civil Government convention was for ladies to weep when guest at other people's weddings - the ceremony had been beautiful, she had a lovely new dress - and Gerrin and Barton had promised her another present as well, fitted to the occasion. It was ''hard'' to cry under those circumstances.
* Raj to Center as he squirms through a narrow spot in a semi-squashed tunnel under the walls of a besieged city:
---> "Do ''not'' tell me how much it weighs!"
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* Johnnie creating a game identity, when he's trying to become a soldier for a war. But the people saw right through it and sent him out.

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* Johnnie creating a game fake identity, when he's trying to become a soldier for a war. But the people saw right through it and sent him out.
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--> '''Civil Government convention was for ladies to weep when guest at other people's weddings - the ceremony had been beautiful, she had a lovely new dress - and Gerrin and Barton had promised her another present as well, fitted to the occasion. It was ''hard'' to cry under those circumstances.'''

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--> '''Civil Civil Government convention was for ladies to weep when guest at other people's weddings - the ceremony had been beautiful, she had a lovely new dress - and Gerrin and Barton had promised her another present as well, fitted to the occasion. It was ''hard'' to cry under those circumstances.'''



---> '''"Do ''not'' tell me how much it weighs!"'''

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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even small piece for her and looses his temper when she puts it in without recognizing the spirit of the gesture.

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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even small smaller piece for her and looses loses his temper when she puts it in without recognizing the spirit of the gesture.
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* Fatima's thoughts about attending a mass wedding for some of Raj's soldiers:
--> '''Civil Government convention was for ladies to weep when guest at other people's weddings - the ceremony had been beautiful, she had a lovely new dress - and Gerrin and Barton had promised her another present as well, fitted to the occasion. It was ''hard'' to cry under those circumstances.'''
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* Raj to Center as he squirms through a narrow spot in a semi-squashed tunnel under the walls of a besieged city"

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** Now imagine that with Keaton's trademark stone face instead of the sarcastic face you might see if that was done in a modern film. That's why Keaton's one of the masters.
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* There's also the time when Johnnie sees his girlfriend putting in a small piece of wood in the locomotive's furnace and he sarcastically presents an even small piece for her and looses his temper when she puts it in without recognizing the spirit of the gesture.
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* [[http://drx.typepad.com/psychotherapyblog/images/2007/11/26/buster_keaton_the_general.jpg Johnnie Gray trying to fire, and later, avoid, the rail mortar]].

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