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In the Disney film [[The Jungle Book (1967 film)]],<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZNWGROb3ZA</ref> Bagheera calls Baloo a 'four-flusher' when he sees that Baloo is still alive after believing that he was dead.

 

 

The phrase was used frequently by screenwriter [[John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes]] as something of a trademark. In [[National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation]], Clark refers to his boss as "four flushing" in his tirade over his corporate Christmas present; in ''[[Home Alone 2: Lost in New York]]'' it is used by the mafia boss Johnny in the fictional film ''Angels with Even Filthier Souls''; and in ''[[Uncle Buck]]'', a quite drunk Pooter the Clown calls Buck a four flusher when ordered to leave the family home, which results in Buck punching the clown right in the face.