Rustlers' Rhapsody: Difference between revisions

A fun good-natured little flick, particularly enjoyable for fans of old-time Westerns.

 

 

* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]: Rex tries to teach Peter how to light his cigarette by shooting the tip. Nervously, Peter cocks the revolver and fires ... only to shoot Rex's ''hat'' off his head.

** In the climactic gunfight, Rex has been wounded in his shooting arm, and his nemesis is about to finish him off. Rex raises his gun, fires, and:

'''Rex:''' [weakly] "I missed his hand." }}

* [[Affectionate Parody]]

* [[Audible Gleam]]

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Lampshades by the narrator, who notes how strange it seems to wear "raincoats in the desert."

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: The cattle baron's daughter is dragged behind a galloping horse for miles. This results in not one bruise, broken bone, or scratch, just a single smudge on her face for the hero to [[Indirect Kiss|clean off]].

* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: This is the only way Rex ever shoots at anyone. {{spoiler|Except for the one time he misses his opponent's hand. Good thing [[Evil Lawyer Joke|it was a lawyer]] he shot.}}

* [[Cool Horse]]: "I wish ''my'' horse could do that!"

* [[Contractual Genre Blindness]]: Rex.

* [[Drink Order]]: Rex tries to order a glass of milk, prompting stares from the bartender and the patrons. After changing his order a few times, he determines that this is one of those "tough bars", and orders, "A glass of warm gin served with a human hair in it." The other patrons go back to what they were doing.

* [[Evil Lawyer Joke]]

* [[Groin Attack]]: When Rex teaches Peter how to be a sidekick, one of the lessons is "jumping out of a second story window onto your horse".

* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: "Throw Another Faggot On The Fire"

* [[I Like Those Odds]]: Four [[Mook|Mooks]] stroll into Rex's camp in the middle of the night. Just to be semi-fair, Rex only uses [[Willfully Weak|one gun]].

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Not only can Rex consistently [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands|shoot the guns out of their hands]], he can do so from 100 yards away, shooting casually from the hip while mounted.

* [[In the Back]]: Blackie's mooks accidentially shoot him in the back.

* [[Parody Sue]]: Rex, naturally.

* [[Schoolmarm]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Mentioned]], but [[The Ghost|doesn't actually appear in the film]].

* [[Seen It All]]: How Rex O'Herlahan knows the future. The same thing keeps happening over and over again in every town he visits.

'''Pete:''' ''[flabbergasted]'' ''All western towns have the railroad coming through?!'' }}

* [[Technical Pacifist]]: Rex only shoots villains in the hand.

* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Rex; he has a good-sized wagon for storing all his outfits.

* [[What a Drag]]: Happens to the [[Cattle Baron]]'s daughter.

 

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