Line #7 Main/CharlieChaplinShoutOut


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2	[[caption-width-right:236:The original and his imitation.]]
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4	As one of the most universally recognizable people of all time, Creator/CharlieChaplin has been part of popular culture for over a hundred years now. Since he first appeared on screen in 1914, countless media references have been made to his "Little Tramp" character. Usually the shout-outs consist of one or more of these elements:
5	* IconicOutfit: Bowler hat, [[GodwinsLawOfFacialHair toothbrush moustache]], baggy pants, big shoes, wooden cane.
6	* SillyWalk: A character will be seen twirling a cane and wiggling his nose. He will wobble around in a manner that seems to be a cross between a drunk and a penguin. Usually he will balance on one leg while holding on to his hat before taking a U-turn. Often combined with [[RidingIntoTheSunset walking into the sunset]].
7	* A parody of a famous Chaplin scene. Can be EatingShoes (''Film/TheGoldRush''), getting stuck between large factory wheels (''Film/ModernTimes'') or sitting next to a little child (''Film/{{The Kid\|1921}}'') or a dog (''Film/ADogsLife'') on a doorstep.
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9	Compare ShirleyTemplate, a character also based on an iconic 20th century film star, in this case, Shirley Temple.
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11	!!Examples can be found in:
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16	* The original advertising for the IBM PC (circa 1980-1984) featured just such a character, explicitly licensed from the Chaplin estate and performed by a professional mime Billy Scudder and modeled on Chaplin's classic movies.
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20	* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'' is a AlternateHistory MassiveMultiplayerCrossover. Here Adenoid Hynkel from ''Film/TheGreatDictator'' was behind World War II rather than Adolf Hitler.
21	* ''ComicBook/ThePowerpuffGirls'' story "Drama-O-Rama" (DC, issue #48) has Sedusa staging a reality TV show in Townsville so she can rob the city blind while everyone hams it up for the cameras. A bank of TV monitors shows a number of Townsville notables doing their thing for the cameras; Charlie Chaplin is on one of the monitors.
22	* ''ComicBook/DeKiekeboes'':
23	** In ''Kies Kiekeboe'' a clip from ''Film/ADogsLife'' is shown on TV. Konstantinopel seats himself next to his dog and says: "I like a Chaplin movie more than [watching a political advertisement]."'
24	** In ''Een Dagje Dédé'' while Balthazar talks to the prison warden a photo of Chaplin in prison outfit can be seen on the wall. This is a reference to the Chaplin short ''Film/TheAdventurer'' (1917).
25	* A silent film star named Archie Maplin appears in the ''Comicbook/DoctorWhoIDW'' storyline "The Final Sacrifice". He looks exactly like Chaplin, except he has a handlebar moustache and wears a top hat, he works for [[Creator/UnitedArtists United Actors]], and his films include ''[[Film/ModernTimes Future Times]]'' and ''[[Film/TheGreatDictator The Great Oppressor]]''. (He was originally intended to ''be'' Chaplin, until the creators realised that, while they didn't need permission to use a HistoricalDomainCharacter, they ''did'' need permission to use the Little Tramp. Since it was too late to redraw everything so that Chaplin was out of costume, they settled for altering the costume and making him a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version.)
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29	* In the film ''Film/BennyAndJoon'', Creator/JohnnyDepp's character, a silent film enthusiast and CloudCuckoolander, reenacts the 'bread roll dance' Chaplin does with his forks in ''Film/TheGoldRush'', among a few more of Chaplin's routines and mannerisms.
30	* ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' briefly features a zombie Chaplin cosplayer once the main characters reach Hollywood.
31	* ''Film/ShanghaiKnights'': The titular characters meet a little boy in 19th-century London who introduces himself as Charlie Chaplin. Near the end of the film, he travels along with them to the United States and puts a fake Chaplinesque moustache under his nose.
32	* ''Film/MisterLonely'': One of the lookalikes is dressed up like Chaplin.
33	* One of the celebrities Mathilda dresses up as in ''Film/TheProfessional'' is Chaplin. [[PopCulturalOsmosisFailure Leon doesn't get the reference]].
34	* Norma Desmond does an impersonation of Chaplin in ''Film/SunsetBoulevard''.
35	* The [[AnimatedCreditsOpening animated intro]] of Film/TheReturnOfThePinkPanther has the Pink Panther imitating Chaplin as well as other famous movie stars.
36	* The climax of the fantasy film ''[[Film/LeVoyageImaginaire The Imaginary Voyage]]'' (1926) takes place in a Paris wax museum. A figure of Creator/CharlieChaplin (seen next to a figure of a [[Film/TheKid1921 child]]) comes to life.
37	* There's a brief Chaplin homage in ''Film/Paddington2''. During a prison break scene, Paddington is squeezed uncomfortably between a series of gears, much as Chaplin was in ''Film/ModernTimes'', and emerges with soot on his muzzle, resembling Chaplin's mustache.
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41	* In ''Literature/WyrdSisters'', one of Hwel's inspirations involves "a little bandy legged man walking along a road. He had a little black hat on and he walked as though his boots were filled with water". ''He'' knows this is funny, but [[ItWillNeverCatchOn can't convince anyone else]].
42	* In ''[[Literature/ApprenticeAdept Blue Adept]]'', Stile has a mime routine that is very similar to the Little Tramp.
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45	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
46	* The wheelchair patient in ''Series/LittleBritain'' is watching TV in one sketch and mentions "he loves Charlie Chaplin", though in reality he's not watching one of Chaplin's movies, but archive footage of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler.
47	* In one episode of ''Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir'', Ashley dresses up like Chaplin for a costumed ball.
48	* In the fourth ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' series, we learn that Edmund really, really hates Chaplin films, and of course, everyone else likes them. He sends Chaplin some hate mail, and the actor responds with a letter to General Melchett suggesting they have a big comedy film festival, with Edmund specifically requested for projectionist.
49	* On ''Series/SesameStreet'', Sonia Manzano created a [[http://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Maria_as_Chaplin_skits series of inserts]] in which she appeared as Chaplin.
50	* According to actor Burgess Meredith, the Penguin's waddling walk on the 1960s ''Series/Batman1966'' show was modeled after Chaplin's Tramp walk.
51	* In an episode of ''Series/PeakyBlinders''' second series, Tommy impresses Grace by introducing her to Chaplin at a party.
52	-->"Have you ever heard Charlie Chaplin speak?"
53	* On a Season 5 episode of ''[[Series/TheOfficeUS The Office]]'', Pam dresses up as Charlie Chaplin for Halloween. She realizes that if she takes the bowler hat off, she's UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler. ([[Film/TheGreatDictator Chaplin figured this out in 1940.]])
54	* The ''Series/MurdochMysteries'' episode "Murdoch and the Tramp" features Chaplin as a [[YoungFutureFamousPeople Young Future Famous Person]], before he develops his iconic character. Crabtree's appearance when weighed down with Murdoch's gadgets (including a bulletproof bowler hat) inspires him.
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58	* As early as the 1910s and 1920s, novelty songs were written about Chaplin.
59	* Music/MichaelJackson was a huge Chaplin fan and once dressed up like him for some publicity pictures. He also covered Chaplin's song "Smile".
60	* Brazilian song "O Bêbado e a Equilibrista" mentions "a drunkard in mourning clothes, reminded me of the Tramp".
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64	* Soup du Jour includes the production number "Mr. Chaplin, Wait Your Turn," which eventually culminates in a full-cast impersonation.
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67	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
68	* Ride/EuropaPark employees cosplaying as the Tramp can be seen in the park at times, and during the parades.
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72	* ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' introduced Mr. Rime, the evolution to the Ice/Psychic [[UndergroundMonkey Galarian Mr. Mime]]. Its appearance makes it look like it wears a bowler hat, a baggy tuxedo, oversized shoes, and has a mustache. It also carries a walking cane made of ice, and it walks in a clumsy tap-dancing motion (which is also reflected by one of its Abilities, Tangled Feet). It's native to the UK-based Galar region.
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75	[[folder:Web Original]]
76	* ''WebOriginal/StarsInBlack'': Palpatine plays with a huge globe-balloon, much like Chaplin did in ''Film/TheGreatDictator''.
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79	[[folder:Western Animation]]
80	* ''WesternAnimation/FelixInHollywood'': WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat meets Chaplin in Hollywood and strikes the same pose and walks like him, all while twirling his tail like a cane.
81	* ''WesternAnimation/BalloonLand'': One of the balloons resembles Charlie Chaplin.
82	* WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts: Chaplin is seen in ''Mickey's Gala Premier'' and ''WesternAnimation/MickeysPoloTeam''.
83	** WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse imitates Chaplin by dressing up like him in ''Mickey Plays Papa'' (1934).
84	* ''WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner'': One cartoon, "Soup Or Sonic" (1980), has Wile E. Coyote wobbling to the horizon, while twirling a cane.
85	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
86	** One couch gag has Homer dressed as Chaplin, imitating him in the process.
87	** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E15OhBrotherWhereArtThou "Oh Brother Where Art Thou"]], Herb Powell sits around a campfire alongside other beggars. One of them is Chaplin eating a shoe.
88	** Grandpa imitates Chaplin's bread roll dance from ''Film/TheGoldRush'' in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E21LadyBouviersLover "Lady Bouvier's Lover"]]. He is then forced to quit on order of a lawyer acting on behalf of Chaplin's estate.
89	** Chaplin is seen again in the slums of Springfield in the episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E18TheDayTheViolenceDied "The Day the Violence Died"]]. In a deleted scene from that same episode, Homer wants beggar Chester Lampwick to eat a shoe for him.
90	** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E16MillionDollarAbie "Million Dollar Abie"]], Grampa thinks he's dead and thinks he's in Heaven. His notion is further proven when he sees a Chaplin impersonator holding an advertising sign, and is amazed that he can talk.
91	* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': In the episode "Emperor Joker!", one of the Joker's {{mook}}s is a [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/2443740.html huge, muscular version of Chaplin,]] along with others based on Creator/BusterKeaton, Creator/HaroldLloyd, and Creator/FattyArbuckle.
92	* Several WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes shorts have either caricatures of Chaplin or a character trying to imitate Chaplin (such as WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck in ''WesternAnimation/HollywoodDaffy'').
93	** In "A Star is Hatched", Charlie comes out of a dressing room with a door that's shaped like an upside down T to accommodate his large feet.
94	* [[Creator/HannaBarbera Hanna and Barbera]] have said that Chaplin was a big influence on the slapstick and mostly wordless comedy in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry''. Jerry sometimes displays the same mannerisms as Chaplin.
95	* Chaplin makes a brief cameo in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Silent Treatment", where the girls get trapped in a silent movie. His appearance is perhaps modeled after his cameo in ''WesternAnimation/FelixInHollywood''.
96	* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' episode [[Recap/FuturamaS6E5TheDuhVinciCode "The D'uh Vinci Code"]], Fry gets stuck between factory wheels, in homage to Chaplin in ''Film/ModernTimes''.
97	* ''WesternAnimation/IlEtaitUneFois'': In the series ''Once Upon A Time... Man'' in the episode about the interbellum the characters watch a Creator/CharlieChaplin movie in the film theater.
98	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': In flashbacks during the episode "Jeu Monégasque," the young Archer is dressed as Chaplin for Halloween. Except Archer and Malory both [[GeniusBonus misrember]] the costume as [[Film/TheGreatDictator Hitler]].
99	* The former segment of ''Baggy Pants & The Nitwits'' revolves around the adventures of Baggy Pants, who is basically The Tramp as a cat.
100	* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/XavierRiddleAndTheSecretMuseum'', the kids meet Charlie Chaplin, and imitate his antics later on in the episode by donning mustaches and bowler hats. The cold open of the episode also references ''The Gold Rush''.
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104	* Given the Creator/JimHenson Company Lot is the old Charlie Chaplin Studios lot, they had to homage the founder by putting up [[Franchise/TheMuppets Kermit]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a9/9c/2f/a99c2f7a543374d5e6cf502a5a66c21f.jpg dressed as The Tramp]] in the entrance.
105	* Creator/DougWalker's pet tuxedo cat is named Chaplin.
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