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Riding out into the Sunset
The Duel at High Noon
Stage Coach Robberies
Hangin' Judges (the mundane ones)
Poker Tournaments
Cattle Drives
Wagon Trails
Train Robberies
Cattle stampedes
Ghost towns
Tumbleweeds.
Old grizzled prospectors
Claimjumpin'
A plucky sidekick
The school marm
The loyal soiled dove
The sheriff turned bad
The outlaw trying to escape his past
The corrupt politician
The enterprising muckraker
The kindly but judgmental preacher
The slimy snake oil salesman
Map of a hidden miner's fortune
A public hanging
Standard enemies: outlaws, Indians, Mexicans, etc.
Forming into a posse and being deputized
Helping the railroads move through hostile territory
Fastest draw/shot/gun in the West
Hiring ornery outlaws for a job
Saloon fights
Bank robberies
Bastards have brothers.
Good guy shoot the guns outta peoples hands.
Piano player stops playing when the bad guy enters.
The saloon mirror always gets shot.
They never like your kind here.
The sheriff never just let the lynch mob drag off his prisoners.
School marms are always single.
And it's always imperative to tell the saloonkeeper how long you've been riding without a drink of whiskey.
The little kid being pulled out from in front of a charging stagecoach
The little kid sneaking up on the tense nervous heroes and going bang and scaring them half to death
The little kid asking the strangers what they are doing in town
The railroad is coming through this town
The town paper is owned by a young idealist that sold everything to buy a press
The town drunk
The old man pointing as _______ rides in to town
Man getting shot on a 2nd story window ledge etc. falling in a water trough
The pretty but asexual school marm
Slimy big shots in string ties.
Earnest settlers in covered wagons.
"Mongo"-types (i.e. big, dumb and stupid thugs who suddenly respect the hero after being knocked out.
Church congregations singing "We'll all gather at the river."
Sliding drinks along the bar
Mesas that look suspiciously like they are in Monument Valley.
Nameless evil extras taking up positions on rooftops behind false fronts with rifles.
Said nameless evil extras getting shot (usually with a pistol!) and falling with outthrown hands.
Upon arriving in town, people stare at the stranger from every window, door, balcony and street corner.
An undertaker is always lurking nearby.
Gotta wear spurs!
Bunches of hot peppers hanging somewhere.
Just can't have a drink in peace.
Piano player continues playing during the bar fight.
Someone has to fall from a balcony and through a table.
Informants that know all about someone, something, or someplace.
Somebody's wife takes an interest in the hero.
The street clears, window shades are drawn, and closed signs are put up when a gun-fight is about to go down.
Matches are lit from either a holster rig, or someone's face
Shifty eyes.
Fanning a number of toughs down.
Good guys always get the hell stomped out of them before they take out all the bad guys.
Rides off alone, always leaving someone behind.
Six Shooters that have 7 or 8 shots?
Whisky bottles being shattered over people's heads.
Seeing the bad guy's boots behind the swinging doors but not the top half.
Bartenders contently cleaning the same shot glass.
Jail cells with bared windows that can be yanked out of the stone wall by tying it a horse and pulling.
Breaking the glass with your pistol before shooting out of said window
The poor bastard who always gets to slide across the bar in the middle of a fight.
And let's not forget the dim-witted yet well-meaning deputy!
The good guy shooting the villain's holster so it spins around.
Hats with Indian arrows sticking out of them.
Hats with the fronts turned up.
Hats with bullet holes in them.
Tall, dark undertakers.
A ranch with the name 'U-Bar'.
People being thrown/dropped/tossed/dunked into horse troughs.
Creaking boards in front of stores.
Spittoons
The doors to the saloon only creak when the hero or villain enters
Everyone dirty after a brawl except the hero
Showdowns always take place (or at least start) at high noon in the middle of main street
The good guy always has until sundown to get out of town.
Never trust the gambler.
Wells Fargo stages
Black hat shoots wildly while white hat hides behind something. When black hat uses up all shots, white hat steps out and says, "Mister, yer empty."
Whenever a black hat tries this, he always miscounts so the white hat still has one shot left.
While hiding behind something, the white hat puts said hat on a stick or similar and sticks it up to be seen. The black hats use up all their shots on the hat. They always fall for this.
Riding out into the Sunset
The Duel at High Noon
Stage Coach Robberies
Hangin' Judges (the mundane ones)
Poker Tournaments
Cattle Drives
Wagon Trails
Train Robberies
Cattle stampedes
Ghost towns
Tumbleweeds.
Old grizzled prospectors
Claimjumpin'
A plucky sidekick
The school marm
The loyal soiled dove
The sheriff turned bad
The outlaw trying to escape his past
The corrupt politician
The enterprising muckraker
The kindly but judgmental preacher
The slimy snake oil salesman
Map of a hidden miner's fortune
A public hanging
Standard enemies: outlaws, Indians, Mexicans, etc.
Forming into a posse and being deputized
Helping the railroads move through hostile territory
Fastest draw/shot/gun in the West
Hiring ornery outlaws for a job
Saloon fights
Bank robberies
Bastards have brothers.
Good guy shoot the guns outta peoples hands.
Piano player stops playing when the bad guy enters.
The saloon mirror always gets shot.
They never like your kind here.
The sheriff never just let the lynch mob drag off his prisoners.
School marms are always single.
And it's always imperative to tell the saloonkeeper how long you've been riding without a drink of whiskey.
The little kid being pulled out from in front of a charging stagecoach
The little kid sneaking up on the tense nervous heroes and going bang and scaring them half to death
The little kid asking the strangers what they are doing in town
The railroad is coming through this town
The town paper is owned by a young idealist that sold everything to buy a press
The town drunk
The old man pointing as _______ rides in to town
Man getting shot on a 2nd story window ledge etc. falling in a water trough
The pretty but asexual school marm
Slimy big shots in string ties.
Earnest settlers in covered wagons.
"Mongo"-types (i.e. big, dumb and stupid thugs who suddenly respect the hero after being knocked out.
Church congregations singing "We'll all gather at the river."
Sliding drinks along the bar
Mesas that look suspiciously like they are in Monument Valley.
Nameless evil extras taking up positions on rooftops behind false fronts with rifles.
Said nameless evil extras getting shot (usually with a pistol!) and falling with outthrown hands.
Upon arriving in town, people stare at the stranger from every window, door, balcony and street corner.
An undertaker is always lurking nearby.
Gotta wear spurs!
Bunches of hot peppers hanging somewhere.
Just can't have a drink in peace.
Piano player continues playing during the bar fight.
Someone has to fall from a balcony and through a table.
Informants that know all about someone, something, or someplace.
Somebody's wife takes an interest in the hero.
The street clears, window shades are drawn, and closed signs are put up when a gun-fight is about to go down.
Matches are lit from either a holster rig, or someone's face
Shifty eyes.
Fanning a number of toughs down.
Good guys always get the hell stomped out of them before they take out all the bad guys.
Rides off alone, always leaving someone behind.
Six Shooters that have 7 or 8 shots?
Whisky bottles being shattered over people's heads.
Seeing the bad guy's boots behind the swinging doors but not the top half.
Bartenders contently cleaning the same shot glass.
Jail cells with bared windows that can be yanked out of the stone wall by tying it a horse and pulling.
Breaking the glass with your pistol before shooting out of said window
The poor bastard who always gets to slide across the bar in the middle of a fight.
And let's not forget the dim-witted yet well-meaning deputy!
The good guy shooting the villain's holster so it spins around.
Hats with Indian arrows sticking out of them.
Hats with the fronts turned up.
Hats with bullet holes in them.
Tall, dark undertakers.
A ranch with the name 'U-Bar'.
People being thrown/dropped/tossed/dunked into horse troughs.
Creaking boards in front of stores.
Spittoons
The doors to the saloon only creak when the hero or villain enters
Everyone dirty after a brawl except the hero
Showdowns always take place (or at least start) at high noon in the middle of main street
The good guy always has until sundown to get out of town.
Never trust the gambler.
Wells Fargo stages
Black hat shoots wildly while white hat hides behind something. When black hat uses up all shots, white hat steps out and says, "Mister, yer empty."
Whenever a black hat tries this, he always miscounts so the white hat still has one shot left.
While hiding behind something, the white hat puts said hat on a stick or similar and sticks it up to be seen. The black hats use up all their shots on the hat. They always fall for this.
