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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Family man Buster Keaton wants to take his brood on a cruise in his homemade boat, but first he has to get it out of the basement and afloat, and then...Hilarity Ensues.Long-believed lost until collector Raymond Rohauer found it amidst a cache of rare Keaton footage. Although salvaged, it shows distinct signs of decay.
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Death by Materialism
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Death by Materialism: Averted — Buster cuts the rope between his boat and his car (which is towing the boat) and lets the car fall into the harbor to save one of his sons from being crushed. He hesitates, though.
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Grievous Bottley Harm
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Grievous Bottley Harm: The wife's first attempt to christen the Damfino leaves the bottle intact and the keel dented.
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Didn't Think This Through
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Didn't Think This Through Getting the boat out of the basement, which has no exits large enough to accommodate it. Driving nails into the hull below the waterline. Drilling a hole in the bottom of the boat to let the water out.
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Cool Boat
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Cool Boat: The masts and smokestack of the Damfino are collapsible, for passing under low bridges. This is actually Truth in Television in some parts of the world, but obviously exaggerated here for comic effect.
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Fake Action Prologue
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Fake Action Prologue: We open below decks on a storm-tossed boat — wait, no we don't.
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Help, I'm Stuck!
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Help, I'm Stuck!: Buster accidentally lowers a smokestack over one of his sons.
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Dutch Angle
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Dutch Angle: Used to depict the Damfino going uphill.
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Artistic License – Physics
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Artistic License – Physics: At one point, the river they're sailing on literally runs uphill.
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Dragged by the Collar
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Dragged by the Collar: Mostly the pants' seat variant.
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Brick Joke
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Brick Joke: Just before the boat is launched, we see its name painted on the prow: "Damfino." Much later, a bad situation becomes worse when Buster is asked the boat's name and his answer is misunderstood.
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