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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
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* [[All-Natural Snake Oil]]: "Dr. Smith, Goat Gland Specialist"
* [[Angry Guard Dog]]{{context}}
* [[Black Comedy]]: Specifically, [[Kafka Komedy]].
* [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]]{{context}}
* [[Cartoon Bomb]]{{context}}
* [[Chase Scene]]{{context}}
* [[Con Man]]{{context}}
* [[Couldn't Find a Lighter]]: Buster lights his cigarette off the fuse of a bomb.
* [[Did Not Get the Girl]]{{context}}
* [[Downer Ending]]{{context}}
* [[Dressing as the Enemy]]{{context}}
* [[Hot Pursuit]]{{context}}
* [[Irony]]: "Maybe he was arrested for speeding."
* [[Lemming Cops]]{{context}}
* [[Nobody Here but Us Statues]]{{context}}
* [[Non-Fatal Explosions]]{{context}}
* [[Outside Ride]]: Combined with a [[Vehicle Vanish]] (see below).
* [[Short Con]]{{context}}
* [[Spurned Into Suicide]] (Implied)
* [[Suicide by Cop]] (Implied)
* [[Tap on the Head]]{{context}}
* [[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.
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