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* [[Love Triangle]]
* [[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.
** Played with in ''[[Steamboat Bill, Jr.]]'': Steamboat Bill (Sr.) is looking for his son, Willie (played by Buster), whom he hasn't seen in years, at the train station, with only the information that Willie will be wearing a white carnation. He goes up to a man bent down to fiddle with his luggage, such that only the hat and a white carnation is visible, whom he assumes to be his son, only to find that the man is black. The second time is when he's having Willie try on new hats at the haberdasher's. '''Every other hat''' that Willie tries on is a variation of the similar-looking boater (larger, and typically straw), which his father continues to veto. One hat that gets vetoed harder than the rest by his father is a miniature derby, placed rakishly on Willie's head a la [[Charlie Chaplin]]. When the trademark porkpie hat ''does'' appear, Buster sees it in the mirror and quickly ditches it, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_DiaL8ETDw as seen here].
** In ''[[Our Hospitality]]'', Keaton plays an early-1800s dandy - riding an early, bumpy train, he keeps hitting the ceiling and crushing his top hat down past his eyes. He finally takes it off and replaces it with his usual flat hat.
* [[Mistaken Identity]]
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=== Buster Keaton [[Shout-Out
* ''[[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.
* Several [[Jackie Chan]] movies imitate Keaton's stunts almost shot for shot.
* Most instances of [[By Wall That Is Holey]] are based on Keaton's famous stunt in ''[[Steamboat Bill, Jr.]]''
** There's a good one in the episode "The One Where They Build a House" of ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', in which the character involved [[Named After Somebody Famous|is actually named Buster]] (and looks a little bit like Keaton, as well).
** ''[[The Goodies]]'' did an episode that was part silent-film parody, including an ersatz Buster. When the Goodies have a wall fall on them and are saved by the window, they don't even notice and leave -- then the Buster lookalike comes into the scene, looks around, and takes out a small notebook to write a note to himself before leaving.
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