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* WhyAreYouNotMySon: In the opening scene, after Hotspur openly insults Henry IV at court and then stalks out, the king is impressed by Hotspur's nerve. Henry IV muses "If only he were my son." Cut to Prince Hal, passed out drunk at an Eastcheap inn.

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* WhyAreYouNotMySon: In the opening scene, after Hotspur openly insults Henry IV at court and then stalks out, the king is impressed by Hotspur's nerve. Henry IV muses "If only he were my son." Cut to Prince Hal, passed out drunk at an Eastcheap inn.inn.
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Hundred Percent Adoration Rating was renamed Universally Beloved Leader. If an example is removed it probably doesn't fit as written


* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Henry in England, after the battle of Agincourt. William points this out as well.

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* CombatBreakdown: Once the English heavy infantry unhorse the French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt, the action devolves into a frantic scrum in the mud, where the most common tactic is to knock your opponent off his feet and then stab or bludgeon him to death. Henry even uses the mud itself to kill a man, suffocating a French knight in the mire.

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Once the English heavy infantry unhorse the French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt, the action devolves into a frantic scrum in the mud, where the most common tactic is to knock your opponent off his feet and then stab or bludgeon him to death. Henry even uses the mud itself to kill a man, suffocating a French knight in the mire.



* {{Deconstruction}}: One can make the case that instead of simply being a BroadStrokes, WholePlotReference adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare and his ''Henriad'', the film is in fact this, due to its major plot change in the denouement: [[spoiler:the fact that the English cause is not as noble as it has been portrayed--but in fact all due to politiciking, plotting, propaganda, deception and driven by profiteering]]. Instead of simply letting the ambiguity and potential self-contradictions of the ''Theatre/HenryV'' story manifest (as has been done by contemporary literary and historical criticism), they in fact chose to highlight it front-and-center.

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* {{Deconstruction}}: One can make the case that instead of simply being a BroadStrokes, WholePlotReference adaptation of Creator/WilliamShakespeare and his ''Henriad'', the film is in fact this, due to its major plot change in the denouement: [[spoiler:the fact that the English cause is not as noble as it has been portrayed--but in fact all due to politiciking, politicking, plotting, propaganda, deception and driven by profiteering]]. Instead of simply letting the ambiguity and potential self-contradictions of the ''Theatre/HenryV'' story manifest (as has been done by contemporary literary and historical criticism), they in fact chose to highlight it front-and-center.
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* CombatBreakdown: It doesn't take long for the final battle to devolve from an organized charge to a disorganized scrum in the mud. Henry even suffocates a French knight in the slop.
** In the fight against Hotspur, both Henry and his opponent resort to fisticuffs and wrestling moves as they quickly tire from fighting in full plate armor.

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* CombatBreakdown: It doesn't take long for Once the final battle to devolve from an organized charge to English heavy infantry unhorse the French cavalry at the Battle of Agincourt, the action devolves into a disorganized frantic scrum in the mud. mud, where the most common tactic is to knock your opponent off his feet and then stab or bludgeon him to death. Henry even suffocates uses the mud itself to kill a man, suffocating a French knight in the slop.
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** In the fight duel against Hotspur, both Henry and his opponent resort to fisticuffs and wrestling moves grappling as they quickly they tire from fighting in full plate armor.
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* RealMenLoveJesus: Given that this is set in the middle ages, that is a given.

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* %%* RealMenLoveJesus: Given that this is set in the middle ages, that is a given.



* WarriorPrince: Hal and, to a lesser degree, Thomas.

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* %%* WarriorPrince: Hal and, to a lesser degree, Thomas.
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%%* RealMenLoveJesus: Given that this is set in the middle ages, that is a given.

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%%* * RealMenLoveJesus: Given that this is set in the middle ages, that is a given.
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%%More details please.* WarriorPrince: Hal and, to a lesser degree, Thomas.

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%%More details please.* WarriorPrince: Hal and, to a lesser degree, Thomas.
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* TheUsurper: {{Discussed}} by Catherine when speaking with Henry, as she notes that he and her family in fact both descend from them, and so legally neither of them has a better claim, contrary to everything said from both sides.

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* TheUsurper: {{Discussed}} by Catherine when speaking with Henry, as she notes that he and her family in fact both descend from them, them (historically, Henry IV overthrew the king before him, Richard II), and so legally neither of them has a better claim, contrary to everything said from both sides.

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