Cops (film)

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F-- tha police

In this 1922 short, Buster Keaton is trying to become a successful businessman in order to woo the mayor's daughter (Virginia Fox), but unwittingly gets into a series of steadily escalating mishaps with members of the LAPD. Eventually he wanders into a policemen's parade, obliviously tosses a bomb into the crowd, and ends up chased by the entire police force.

This film is in the public domain and may be viewed in its entirety at Google Video.

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"Cops" provides examples of

• All-Natural Snake Oil: "Dr. Smith, Goat Gland Specialist"
• Angry Guard Dog
• Black Comedy: Specifically, Kafka Komedy.
• Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
• Cartoon Bomb
• Chase Scene
• Con Man
• Couldn't Find a Lighter: Buster lights his cigarette off the fuse of a bomb.
• Did Not Get the Girl
• Downer Ending
• Dressing as the Enemy
• Hot Pursuit
• Irony: "Maybe he was arrested for speeding."
• Lemming Cops
• Nobody Here but Us Statues
• Non-Fatal Explosions
• Outside Ride: Combined with a Vehicle Vanish (see below).
• Short Con
• Spurned Into Suicide (Implied)
• Suicide by Cop (Implied)
• Tap on the Head
• Under Crank: Used sporadically in the big Chase Scene.
• Vehicle Vanish: Buster grabs a passing truck with one hand. It happens in plain sight of the camera, but it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment.
• Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Buster packing a vase and a pitcher.
• Wire Fu: When Buster is launched from a seesaw.