Little Big Man: Difference between revisions

* [[Aren't You Going to Ravish Me?]]: In an early scene where the narrator/protagonist is first captured by the Cheyenne, his sister is shown worrying and complaining about what all these natives might be planning for her in the strange language they're speaking and saying "They're going to rape me for sure!" As time passes and nothing happens to her, however, we see that they're planning no such thing, and that she's actually getting rather annoyed because no one's paying very much attention to her at all.

* [[Briar Patching]]: General Custer hires Jack Crabb as a scout, reasoning that because Crabb hates him and wishes to get revenge on him for killing the Cheyenne, everything he tells Custer will be a lie, thereby making him a "reverse barometer". This leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for Crabb when they get to the Little Bighorn and Custer asks if they should attack:

'''Crabb:''' I didn't say that. [[Sarcastic Confession|There are]] ''[[Sarcastic Confession|thousands]]'' [[Sarcastic Confession|of Indians down there. And when they get done with you, there won't be nothing left but a greasy stain.]] This ain't the Washite River, General, and them ain't helpless women and children waiting for you. They're Cheyenne brave, and Sioux. You go down there, General, if you've got the nerve. <br />

'''Custer:''' Still trying to outsmart me, aren't you, mule-skinner? You want me to think that you don't want me to go down there, but the subtle truth is you really ''don't'' want me to go down there! }}

* [[Hypocrite]]: Mrs. Pendrake, the wife of a fire-and-brimstone preacher, adopts Jack Crabb and tries to see to his moral and spiritual instruction. After he catches her having sex with a shopkeeper in town, he swears off religion for good and joins up with [[Snake Oil Salesman]] Mr. Merriweather. As Crabb puts it in his narration, "After Mrs. Pendrake, his honesty was downright refreshing."

* [[I Owe You My Life]]: The life-saving action of the eponymous character just amplifies Younger Bear's hatred of him, though he cannot do anything till he repays the debt.

* [[Me Love You Long Time]]: All the Indian women are played by Vietnamese women. And not a one but she's a giggling sex kitten eager to bed <s> Dustin Hoffman</s> Crabb.

* [[Mighty Whitey]]: Averted. Crabb was adopted by the Cheyenne, but he was never their best warrior or their best leader. It could be argued that he was led by the events that unfolded around him, and could do little to change their outcome, being more an observer then anything else.