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After his father is shot for refusing to sell the deed to his land in Paradise Valley to an evil coal-mining magnate, Daniel Hackett (Stahl) goes on the run trying to keep the deed from falling into the mining company's hands. He is saved from two outlaws by [[Badass]] cowboy Pecos Bill ([[Patrick Swayze]]). After explaining the situation, Pecos offers to help Daniel, but not before seeking out the help of his old friend, legenday lumberjack Paul Bunyan ([[Oliver Platt]]). The trio heads to [[Hilarious in Hindsight|Liberty City]], where they encounter John Henry ([[The District|Roger Aaron Brown]]), the steel-driving man. The group continues to battle there way back to Paradise Valley against the mining company's hired guns. All the way, Daniel learns about courage and what it means to be a real man.
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* [[Achilles in His Tent]]: Paul Bunyan has become a recluse after the logging industry was modernized.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: Right before a shoot-out with the [[Big Bad]] and his mooks, Daniel loses consciousness and wakes up back in his bed. {{spoiler|Subverted, when he learns that the coal company has already begun mining, and Pecos, Bunyan, and Henry show up to help stop them.}}
* [[Arc Words]]/[[Phrase Catcher]]: "The Code of the East/North/South/West"
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* [[Badass Boast]]: Pecos' introductory (and parting) words. The latter is said while he's ''[[Crazy Awesome|lassoing a tornado]].''
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* [[Bar Brawl]]: It happens right after some tough guy pushes Pecos Bill's...
* [[Berserk Button]]: Insulting Texas.
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'''Pecos:''' I do have that honor, sir!
'''Tough Guy:''' I though I spelled something funny in here!! ''[laughs along with his gang]]''
'''Pecos:''' [[Tranquil Fury|Mister, are you insulting the great state of Texas?]]
'''Tough Guy:''' You mean the "great state of two-bit whores"?
'''Pecos:''' Mister, you can insult me, and you can insult my friends. Hell, you can even insult my mother, or my horse. But mister don't you ''ever'' insult the great state of Texas! }}
* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: Pecos prefers shooting off the "trigger finger" as opposed to killing.
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* [[Cool Horse]]: "Widowmaker" Pecos' stallion.
** [[Cool Horse|Cool Blue Ox:]] Babe, Paul Bunyan's mount.
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* [[Jerk
* [[Large Ham]]: Swayze and Platt
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Pecos Bill is this ''in-universe''.
* [[Not His Sled]]: John Henry actually '''loses''' his legendary contest with the steel-driving machine, though at the end he mentions looking into a rematch.
** Well, since he would have died during his introduction if it had followed the original story...
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* [[Stout Strength]]: [[Paul Bunyan]] in this movie is not a giant, just "Three Hundred Pounds of Raging ''Fury''!''
* [[Tall Tale]]: Natch.
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