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While working as the assistant of small-town blacksmith Joe Roberts, [[Buster Keaton]] wreaks havoc and woos Virginia Fox.

''[[The Blacksmith]]'' can be watched at [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8139102461760449395# Google Video.]

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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Each Longfellow quote (see [[Epigraph]], below) is followed by shots that contradict or satirize the poem.
* [[Agony of the Feet]]
* [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]]: The horse shopping for shoes.
* [[All Girls Like Ponies]]
* [[Amusing Injuries]]
* [[The Blacksmith]]
* [[Covered in Gunge]]: Buster and the horse.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Shoeing a horse looks remarkably like selling lady's footwear.
* [[Double Take]]
* [[Epigraph]]: [http://books.google.com/books?id=NyECAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+Village+Blacksmith&hl=en&ei=nXd-TJD9FoS8lQfdvZDtAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false "The Village Blacksmith,"] by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
* [[Literal Ass-Kicking]]
* [[No Peripheral Vision]]: It takes a long time for anyone to spot the [[Selective Magnetism|giant magnet]] over the smithy's doors.
* [[Selective Magnetism]]
* [[The Sheriff]]: A blustery but well meaning example.
* [[Slapstick]]
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]: Buster and the equestrienne, especially when he's [[Covered in Gunge]].
* [[Stout Strength]]
* [[Tap on the Head]]
* [[Two-Faced]]: One side of a white horse is splashed and smeared with grease.

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