History FanFic / SmoothOperators

*** Serafimo, from the fictional opera ''[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Il muto]]'', itself a parody of ''The Marriage of Figaro''.

* FanCharacter: Each opera features at least one fan-created character.

* FanCharacter: Fig the waiter, Marlena the maid and Ciliegia, Dorabella and Fiordiligi’s [[BigFriendlyDog pet dog]].

-> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
-> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?

** Cherubino also mentions it in the fourth act by way of a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather painful pun]].

* [[DirtyOldMan Dirty,]] [[SnoopingLittleKid Snooping Old Man]]: Doctor Bartolo.

* FanCharacter: Bavón, the baker’s apprentice.

* AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:

* TheCameo: MinnieMouse appears as a “[[StickyFingers collections agent for Euro Disney]]”, as well as a mortician [[spoiler: and healer]].

** Ciliegia’s [[BilingualBonus name]] is a shout out to ''LuckyStar''.

* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]: Multiple, but among the most notable:

** Fiordiligi and Dorabella seem to be involved with the [[RuleofRose Red Crayon Aristocracy]].

** The contents of Barbarina’s picnic basket are the same as [[TheWindintheWillows Ratty’s]].

** "We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates]]!"

*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “UnsettlingGenderReveal” trope)

** “The phoenix ''does'' exist – where else would we get [[FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] from?”

** Figaro is [[MirrorMask a very important man – he has a tower]].

* [[NoPeriodsPeriod No Periods, Period]]: Averted as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.
-->'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?
-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
-->'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!

** [[GilbertAndSullivan ''The Gondoliers'']]
-->“Right, and I’m the king of Barataria!”
** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[Theatre/DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”

** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates]]!”

--> '''Inverted-Jabberwocky:''' A guy whose name is [[spoiler: only a few letters away from being “Figaro” ''and'' who used to be a barber is flirting with a snarky maid]] . . . we haven’t accidentally wandered into [[TheMarriageOfFigaro the wrong opera]], have we?

** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”

*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from ''DerRosenkavalier''.

* {{Angrish}}: Ferrando.

*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “[[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget on Him]]” trope)

* ThemeNaming: Fiordiligi – whose name literally translates as “lily flower” – is given a series of flower-related nicknames by Ferrando.

-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked if her she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].

* [[EpilepticTrees Epileptic Bushes]]

--> ‘‘‘Fiordiligi:’’’ After acquiring all the necessary accoutrements, I must be sure to cut my hair, rename myself “Ping” and then . . . where does one even ''find'' a dragon? Is there a store?

* ViewerGenderConfusion: Smoperators team members [=WitchChao=] and [=NatureTheZafara=] express confusion regarding Marlena’s gender when she first appears.

--> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
--> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?

* MemeticMutation: The fourth act’s alternate title: ‘‘I think Marriage is a pretty cool guy. eh confuses counts and doesnt afraid of anything.’’
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Bavón attempts to poison Barbarina after Cherubino agrees to marry her.]]

* PanderingToTheBase: Barbarina claims disguising Cherubino as a girl serves only “to appease the silly [[YuriFan audience members]] who like this [[YuriGenre ‘yoo-ree’ stuff]]”.

** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier!]]”

** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates!]]”

*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the [[DroppedABridgetOnHim “Dropped a Bridget on Him”]] trope)

*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from DerRosenkavalier.

** “The signal will be . . . [[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} ‘pulsating prunes’]]!”

* WaxingLyrical: With ''Loch Lomond'', ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''Oh! Susanna''.