History Fridge / HorribleHistories

** Then there's the World War Cousins, gee, three family members who were friendly to eachother being thrown into these circumstances? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXmMT4sETu8 sounds like a sitcom waiting to happen!]]

* In 'The Borgia Family' song, there's a strange lighting effect across Lucrezia's eyes throughout the thing - which just so happens to be another 'Addams family' homage; this was how they lit Morticia in the films to make her look more eerie. Also from the 'Borgia Family' song. Gioffre is always looking around, presumably to highlight his character as a bored 12-year-old, but then I realized--he's not just looking around, he's looking ''over his shoulder'', checking for enemies. If you lived with [[TheMafia that family]], you'd be constantly looking over your shoulder, too. At first, it seems odd that Gioffre isn't singing along. However, this is a reference to the fact that the boy wasn't exactly fond of the rest of his family, and is a suspect in Giovanni's murder.

** Let's face it; the guy ''banned Christmas'' and put his own relatives in jail for trying to celebrate it. He pretty much did live down to the negative elements of TheFundamentalist in many ways, and that's not even getting into the stuff too dark for the series to touch (like what he did in Ireland). Whatever good things he did do on the political front, as a person, he was kind of a JerkAss.

* In 'The Borgia Family' song, there's a strange lighting effect across Lucrezia's eyes throughout the thing - which just so happens to be another 'Addams family' homage; this was how they lit Morticia in the films to make her look more eerie.
** Also from the 'Borgia Family' song. Gioffre is always looking around, presumably to highlight his character as a bored 12-year-old, but then I realized--he's not just looking around, he's looking ''over his shoulder'', checking for enemies. If you lived with [[TheMafia that family]], you'd be constantly looking over your shoulder, too.
** At first, it seems odd that Gioffre isn't singing along. However, this is a reference to the fact that the boy wasn't exactly fond of the rest of his family, and is a suspect in Giovanni's murder.

** And in that vein, why shouldn't a song about Australia be sung by a Music/KylieMinogue {{Expy}}?
*** Said song is mostly based off "I Should Be So Lucky." What is Australia frequently called? "The Lucky Country."

* In the live action version of ''Series/HorribleHistories'', there was a part where a Spartan family and an Athenian family have a "wife switch". In the scene when the Athenian wife came to the Spartan house, the Spartan husband told the Athenian wife to go hunt. The wife responded that Athenian women can only get out to meet other women and to go to a funeral. The husband then responded, "You are going to a funeral, [[DeadpanSnarker the rabbit's]]." I realized that the response was very clever because one of the few things that the Spartans were well known for was their [[DeadpanSnarker laconic humor]] (and were in fact the origin of the term "laconic"). -@/CounterBlitzkrieg

** The Luddites' literal 'rage against the machine' is given the SexPistols-esque punk treatment.

** The Viking invaders of England are a hair metal band (the ancestors of SpinalTap?).

** Cleopatra with her squicky romances and love of fashion is portrayed as a LadyGaga {{Expy}}.

* In the live action version of ''HorribleHistories'', there was a part where a Spartan family and an Athenian family have a "wife switch". In the scene when the Athenian wife came to the Spartan house, the Spartan husband told the Athenian wife to go hunt. The wife responded that Athenian women can only get out to meet other women and to go to a funeral. The husband then responded, "You are going to a funeral, [[DeadpanSnarker the rabbit's]]." I realized that the response was very clever because one of the few things that the Spartans were well known for was their [[DeadpanSnarker laconic humor]] (and were in fact the origin of the term "laconic"). -@/CounterBlitzkrieg

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** Blackbeard the pirate captain sings GilbertAndSullivan-esque operetta.

** The best example may be the song ''I'm a Greek'', which extols the virtues of Ancient Greece in the style of FlandersAndSwann. Donald Swann was a great admirer of Greek culture, and would no doubt heartily agree with the sentiments.

** And in that vein, why shouldn't a song about Australia be sung by a KylieMinogue {{Expy}}?

*** And in that vein, why shouldn't a song about Australia be sung by a KylieMinogue {{Expy}}?

* In the live action version of ''HorribleHistories'', there was a part where a Spartan family and an Athenian family have a "wife switch". In the scene when the Athenian wife came to the Spartan house, the Spartan husband told the Athenian wife to go hunt. The wife responded that Athenian women can only get out to meet other women and to go to a funeral. The husband then responded, "You are going to a funeral, [[DeadpanSnarker the rabbit's]]." I realized that the response was very clever because one of the few things that the Spartans were well known for was their [[DeadpanSnarker laconic humor]]. -@/CounterBlitzkrieg

** Who better to parody for a song about iconic Welshman Owain Gwyndwr than [[TomJones another iconic Welshman]]?

** At first, it seems odd that Gioffre isn't singing with the rest of his family. However, this is a reference to the fact that the boy wasn't exactly fond of the rest of the Borgias.

* In 'The Borgia Family' song, there's a strange lighting effect across Martha/Lucrezia's eyes throughout the thing - which just so happens to be another 'Addams family' homage; this was how they filmed Morticia in the films to make her look more eerie.

** The women of World War Two are in a girl group ("Original Girl Power!")

* Some of the musical references achieve this by matching historical ideas and figures with comparable modern day genres. For example:

* In 'The Borgia Family' song, there's a strange lighting effect across Martha/Lucrezia's eyes throughout the thing - which just so happens to be another 'Addams family' homage; this was how they filmed Morticia in the films to make her look more eerie.

* In the live action version of ''HorribleHistories'', there was a part where a Spartan family and an Athenian family have a "wife switch". In the scene when the Athenian wife came to the Spartan house, the Spartan husband told the Athenian wife to go hunt. The wife responded that Athenian women can only get out to meet other women and to go to a funeral. The husband then responded, "You are going to a funeral, [[DeadpanSnarker the rabbit's]]." I realized that the response was very clever because one of the few things that the Spartans were well known for was their [[DeadpanSnarker laconic humor]]. -@/CounterBlitzkrieg

* In the live action version of ''HorribleHistories'', there was a part where a Spartan family and an Athenian family have a "wife switch". In the scene when the Athenian wife came to the Spartan house, the Spartan husband told the Athenian wife to go hunt. The wife responded that Athenian women can only get out to meet other women and to go to a funeral. The husband then responded, "You are going to a funeral, [[DeadpanSnarker the rabbit's]]." I realized that the response was very clever because one of the few things that the Spartans were well known for was their [[DeadpanSnarker laconic humor]]. -@/CounterBlitzkrieg
* In the live action version, there was one scene where someone shouted 'Austria and Germany, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!'. Then if you have watched AxisPowersHetalia... It becomes hilarious.