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6	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/The_Love_Nest_9071.jpg]]
7	[[caption-width-right:350:Getting there is half the fun]]
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9	In this 1923 short, Creator/BusterKeaton decides the best cure for a broken heart is a sailing trip around the world. HilarityEnsues.
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11	Not to be confused with the 1970s television show ''Series/TheLoveBoat.''
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13	A version of "The Love Nest" can be seen at [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3588930884297641302# Google Video.]][[note]]Previously "lost" footage has been edited into the film as it has been discovered, and different home video releases contain different intertitles.[[/note]]
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15	!!"The Love Nest" contains examples of:
16	%%* AllJustADream
17	%%* AmusingInjuries
18	%%* BadBoss
19	%%* BeardOfSorrow
20	%%* BinocularShot
21	%%* ChaseScene
22	%%* ClothingDamage
23	%%* TheDanza
24	%%* DisproportionateRetribution
25	%% * EyeTake: Buster, after another crewmember goes overboard for something Buster did.
26	%% * FadeToBlack: Used to indicate the passage of time.
27	%% * {{Irony}}: The boats' names.
28	%% ** Buster starts his trip on the ''Cupid.''
29	%% ** The whaling vessel ''Love Nest'' is anything but.
30	* KlingonPromotion: Subverted -- after Buster (accidentally) sends the Captain overboard, he dons the captain's hat and starts issuing orders, but it turns out the Captain is {{not quite dead}}.
31	%% * LargeAndInCharge: Joe Roberts as the Captain.
32	%% * LiteralMinded: Buster's interpretations of "All hands on deck" and "All hands to port."[[note]]The "port" intertitle does not appear in the video linked above.[[/note]]
33	%%* NonFatalExplosions
34	%%* NotQuiteDead
35	* OutsideRide: Buster spends a night on the gangway.
36	%% * RunningGag: The crew roster; the funeral wreaths.
37	%%* {{Slapstick}}
38	* WaterIsAir: Simultaneously played straight and subverted -- Buster is able to walk into the water without any breathing gear and shoot a fish with an ordinary rifle, but the gunsmoke travels to the water's surface in a bubble.
39	%%* YouHaveFailedMe

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