Line #3 Film/SteamboatBillJr


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3	[[WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie Doo-doodoo-doo]]... [[ParodyDisplacement Oh, right.]]
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5	One of Creator/BusterKeaton's most famous films, this silent movie from [[TheRoaringTwenties 1928]] stars Keaton as a steamboat owner's son, who hasn't seen his father since he was very young. Bill Jr. is clumsy, sloppy, and likes a girl named Kitty King who is the daughter of a rival steamboat captain. Eventually his father gets fed up and tells him to return to UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}. As he's about to go, his father's steamboat is condemned and his father arrested in a situation instigated by the rival. He tears up the train ticket to Boston, and breaks his father out of jail. There's a big storm, and things blow around that really shouldn't blow around. Eventually, he manages to save his father, the rival, and the daughter from the storm.
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7	Buster Keaton's last film as an independent filmmaker. It did poorly at the box office. After this film he signed a contract with [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]], which led to the loss of his artistic independence and soon the ruin of his career.
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9	!!This film provides examples of:
10	* ActorAllusion: During the hat-buying sequence, Keaton's character is handed a copy of his trademark pork pie hat, which he instantly flings away in disgust.
11	* BlatantLies: "[[JailBake That]] must have happened when the dough fell in the tool chest."
12	* ByWallThatIsHoley: The TropeMaker. As Buster is standing in front of a building, the whole front facade of the building falls down on Buster--but fortunately the open window neatly fits over the spot where Buster is standing.
13	* TheDandy: Bill Jr., who arrives at his father's steamboat in a beret, an ornate suit, and a ridiculous pencil mustache. His rough, tough father is horrified.
14	* DrowningPit: Bill Sr. drowning in his cell, after the cyclone blows the jail cabin into the river.
15	* IconicOutfit: The famous porkpie hat is used for a gag. Bill Sr., horrified at Bill Jr.'s dumb beret, takes him to a hat shop. He tries on a succession of hats that are almost but not quite identical to his standard porkpie. When he finally gets the porkpie, he quickly throws it away.
16	* {{Irony}}: the rival claims that Bill's steamboat should be condemned because the first strong wind will sink it. Guess what is the only structure to survive the storm.
17	* JailBake: Instead of the traditional file-in-a-cake, it's tools in a loaf of bread, but same principle.
18	* NoPeripheralVision: Bill Jr. hides by crouching and by lying down on a board.
19	* ParentalMarriageVeto: Both fathers do this, with the implication they would prefer an ArrangedMarriage.
20	* ShoppingMontage: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] -- Bill Sr. makes his son try on a dozen hats (including Buster's signature flat porkpie) in an attempt to replace his beret, only for the hat to blow off almost immediately.
21	* SleepingDummy: For Bill Jr. to escape from his father and meet his girlfriend.
22	* StarCrossedLovers: Bill Jr.'s father and Kitty's father are owners of rival steamboats.
23	* AStormIsComing: So says the local newspaper. Sure enough, a cyclone comes and wrecks the town.
24	* TrashTheSet: Much of the town is destroyed in the climactic storm.
25	* WrongfulAccusationInsurance: Breaking someone out of jail is a crime no matter how trumped up the charges.

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