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The High Sign

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The High Sign	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })"The High Sign" (1921) follows a drifter (Buster Keaton) whose audition a shooting gallery leads to his recruitment as both a hit man and the bodyguard of the intended victim. Hilarity Ensues.
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The High Sign / int_1ba8eb64	type	Visual Pun
The High Sign / int_1ba8eb64	comment	Visual Pun: After sipping some spiked or poisoned tea, Buster looks into the cup and sees a kicking mule. So, a drink with some kick.
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The High Sign / int_21e5b9c7	type	Failed a Spot Check
The High Sign / int_21e5b9c7	comment	Failed a Spot Check: Buster and the Nickelnursers don't notice the Blinking Buzzards entering the house.
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The High Sign / int_2311e2de	type	Accidental Aiming Skills
The High Sign / int_2311e2de	comment	Accidental Aiming Skills: Arguably. Buster can shoot a bottle off a wall — just never the one he's aiming at.
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The High Sign / int_237db06a	type	Painted Tunnel, Real Train
The High Sign / int_237db06a	comment	Painted Tunnel, Real Train Buster appears to paint a hook on the wall and then hang his hat upon it. Buster dives through a seascape that conceals a secret passage.
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The High Sign / int_6d7026fa	type	Punny Name
The High Sign / int_6d7026fa	comment	Punny Name "Dr. Pullem, Dentist" August Nickelnurser, an elderly miser.
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The High Sign / int_9a27d58c	type	Impossibly-Compact Folding
The High Sign / int_9a27d58c	comment	Impossibly Compact Folding: As Buster unfolds the newspaper, it just keeps unfolding until it's roughly the size of a bedsheet. As he tries to fold it up again, he has to stand on a bench to do so and quickly loses his balance.
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The High Sign / int_a796d2a6	type	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
The High Sign / int_a796d2a6	comment	Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: Buster, at least initially.
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The High Sign / int_a8e6393d	type	Nose Tapping
The High Sign / int_a8e6393d	comment	Nose Tapping: The Blinking Buzzards' "secret" signal.
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The High Sign / int_bcd27e37	type	Improbable Aiming Skills
The High Sign / int_bcd27e37	comment	Improbable Aiming Skills: Subverted and played straight — Buster has to fake amazing marksmanship at the shooting gallery, but manages to toss his hat onto a rack in the next room without looking.
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The High Sign / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
The High Sign / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: The Blinking Buzzards
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The High Sign / int_bf2a09c1	type	Five-Finger Discount
The High Sign / int_bf2a09c1	comment	Five-Finger Discount: How Buster acquires a newspaper and a revolver.
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The High Sign / int_c326149a	type	Hobos
The High Sign / int_c326149a	comment	Hobos: Buster, presumably, since he makes his entrance being thrown off a train.
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The High Sign / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
The High Sign / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: The man whose newspaper Buster stole unknowingly buys it back from him.
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The High Sign / int_c49d8da4	type	Portrait Painting Peephole
The High Sign / int_c49d8da4	comment	Portrait Painting Peephole: The entrance to the Blinking Buzzards' headquarters.
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The High Sign / int_c7f294da	type	Large and in Charge
The High Sign / int_c7f294da	comment	Large and in Charge: See picture. (Buster reportedly stood 5-1/2 feet tall).
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The High Sign / int_cc86a5a1	type	Ballistic Discount
The High Sign / int_cc86a5a1	comment	Ballistic Discount: A shooting gallery customer holds Buster at gunpoint and makes off with the profits.
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The High Sign / int_dbef7fa9	type	MagicBullets
The High Sign / int_dbef7fa9	comment	Magic Bullets: Or in this case, magic pellets — one shooting gallery customer uses his own double-barreled shotgun and wipes out the entire gallery with one shot.
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