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* [[Evil Is Bigger]]: Keaton, who was five-and-a-half feet tall, often cast much larger actors as his rivals or nemeses. |
* [[Evil Is Bigger]]: Keaton, who was five-and-a-half feet tall, often cast much larger actors as his rivals or nemeses. |
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* [[Fake Rabies]]: Buster Keaton runs frantically from a dog that ate a cream pie in "The Scarecrow." |
* [[Fake Rabies]]: Buster Keaton runs frantically from a dog that ate a cream pie in "The Scarecrow." |
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* [[Frame-Up]] |
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* [[It Got Worse]] |
* [[It Got Worse]] |
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* [[The Klutz]] |
* [[The Klutz]] |
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* [[Large and In Charge]]: See [[Evil Is Bigger]], above. |
* [[Large and In Charge]]: See [[Evil Is Bigger]], above. |
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* [[Le Parkour]] |
* [[Le Parkour]] |
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* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]] |
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* [[Love Triangle]] |
* [[Love Triangle]] |
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* [[Memetic Outfit]]: The Hat. The title-page and chapter-heading illustrations of his "as-told-to" autobiography, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-World-Slapstick-Capo-Paperback/dp/0306801787/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282462115&sr=1-1 My Wonderful World of Slapstick,]'' are a drawing of his eyes and The Hat. '''Just''' his eyes and The Hat. |
* [[Memetic Outfit]]: The Hat. The title-page and chapter-heading illustrations of his "as-told-to" autobiography, ''[http://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-World-Slapstick-Capo-Paperback/dp/0306801787/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1282462115&sr=1-1 My Wonderful World of Slapstick,]'' are a drawing of his eyes and The Hat. '''Just''' his eyes and The Hat. |
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=== Buster Keaton [[Shout |
=== Buster Keaton [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in fiction: === |
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* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'': Buster Keaton played the role of the blind old man Erronius in the screen version. It was one of his last movie roles. He was dying of cancer. He did his own stunts. He was Awesome. |
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'': Buster Keaton played the role of the blind old man Erronius in the screen version. It was one of his last movie roles. He was dying of cancer. He did his own stunts. He was Awesome. |
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* Several [[Jackie Chan]] movies imitate Keaton's stunts almost shot for shot. |
* Several [[Jackie Chan]] movies imitate Keaton's stunts almost shot for shot. |
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* The eponymous character played by Peter Boyle in ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" is named after a writer/director who worked with [[Buster Keaton]] (and committed suicide with a gun he'd borrowed from Keaton), while Detectives Cline and Havez are references to other Keaton collaborators, writer/director/actor Edward F. Cline and writer Jean C. Havez. |
* The eponymous character played by Peter Boyle in ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose" is named after a writer/director who worked with [[Buster Keaton]] (and committed suicide with a gun he'd borrowed from Keaton), while Detectives Cline and Havez are references to other Keaton collaborators, writer/director/actor Edward F. Cline and writer Jean C. Havez. |
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* In [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Special_Series_Vol_1_15 DC Specials Series #15,] the story "Death Strikes at Midnight and Three" is about a race between the [[Batman]] and the Gotham mob to find a blind accountant willing to testify against the gangster who employed him. The accountant's hiding place -- a theater showing [[Buster Keaton]] films (he reasoned that no one would look for a blind man at a silent movie). |
* In [http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/DC_Special_Series_Vol_1_15 DC Specials Series #15,] the story "Death Strikes at Midnight and Three" is about a race between the [[Batman]] and the Gotham mob to find a blind accountant willing to testify against the gangster who employed him. The accountant's hiding place -- a theater showing [[Buster Keaton]] films (he reasoned that no one would look for a blind man at a silent movie). |
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* Hatabō ("Flag Boy"), a recurring character in [[Himitsu no Akko-chan|Fujio Akatsuka]]'s manga series ''[ |
* Hatabō ("Flag Boy"), a recurring character in [[Himitsu no Akko-chan|Fujio Akatsuka]]'s manga series ''[[wikipedia:Osomatsu-kun|Osomatsu-kun,]]'' is based on [[Buster Keaton]]. |
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* Bleu Finnegan, the main character of ''[[Blue Monday]],'' is a [[Buster Keaton]] fan. |
* Bleu Finnegan, the main character of ''[[Blue Monday]],'' is a [[Buster Keaton]] fan. |
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* ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'': In the episode "Emperor Joker!", one of [[The Joker]]'s [[Mook|mooks]] is a huge, muscular version of Keaton (the overall effect, given Keaton's square-jawed, unsmiling face, is a bit like a caricature of [[Boris Karloff]] as the [[Frankenstein 1931|Frankenstein]] monster.) |
* ''[[Batman the Brave And The Bold (Animation)|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'': In the episode "Emperor Joker!", one of [[The Joker]]'s [[Mook|mooks]] is a huge, muscular version of Keaton (the overall effect, given Keaton's square-jawed, unsmiling face, is a bit like a caricature of [[Boris Karloff]] as the [[Frankenstein 1931|Frankenstein]] monster.) |
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