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In this 1920 two-reeler, [[Buster Keaton]] and Joe Roberts are farmhands and rival suitors for farmer's daughter Sybil Seely. When an incident with a threshing machine leaves Buster undressed, he steals the clothes off a scarecrow. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
This film is in the public domain and can be viewed in its entirety
Not to be confused with the [[Batman]] villain, the [[Wizard of Oz]] character, or the 1983 Soviet film ''[[Scarecrow]]''.
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* [[Accidental Marriage]]: Sybil runs across Buster as he's getting up from tying a shoe, putting him in the classic one-knee marriage proposal pose. Cue intertitle: "This is so sudden." Luckily, he wants to marry her.
* [[Amplified Animal Aptitude]]: Did that dog just climb a ladder? And descend a ladder, headfirst?
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** Sybil, after getting kissed by the "scarecrow."
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: The bathtub/sofa.
* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: Invoked by the intertitle, "He's running away to get married with your horse."
* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Buster, always. Particularly of note here when he walks on his hands and runs around and around on top of narrow walls with no trouble.
* [[Chase Scene]]
* [[Clothing Damage]]: Going through a thresher [[Fan Service|leaves Buster in his undershirt, boxers, and shoes]].
* [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]]: Buster is accidentally fed into a thresher.
* [[Cue the Sun]]: Parodied. An inter-title reading "Slowly and majestically the sun steals gradually over the hill-tops" is followed by the sun shooting straight up from the horizon and then hanging in place.
* [[Double Take]]: Buster stares at the preacher, then glances up as if wondering whether the man fell from the sky.
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* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: Specifically, a horse and a motorcycle with sidecar.
* [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: Buster momentarily pulls this on his rival and the girl's father
* [[Literal Ass
* [[Look Both Ways]]: Subverted. The preacher hit by Buster's motorcycle not only survives, he agrees to perform a marriage ceremony on the go.
* [[Love Triangle]]
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* [[Quick Nip]]
* [[Rube Goldberg Device]]
* [[Scary Scarecrows]], parodied
* [[Super Multi
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: In this case, Swiss Army '''furnishings''' -- record player/stove/oven, refrigerator/bookcase, rolltop desk/sink, bathtub/sofa, Murphy bed/piano.
* [[Synchronized Morning Routine]]
* [[Trap Door]]
* [[
* [[With This Ring]]: Buster gives her a lug nut.
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[[Category:Films of the 1920s]]
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