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** He looks similarly embarrassed (and resigned - he's clearly used to the duke's...eccentricities) when Elizabeth discovers Anjou wearing one of her dresses.
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* De Foix's reaction when Anjou begins sleazily talking about sleeping with Elizabeth practically the second they first meet. He looks ''mortified''.

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* In the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.
* Phillip II is sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.

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* Philip II's entire character is so deranged and odd that he makes for a walking moment of funny, especially if the viewer is familiar with Spanish accents and can note how utterly alien the actor's delivery is.
** It's a true challenge not to laugh with his not any less strange way of walking, best seen when he takes his small daughter Isabella to El Escorial's balcony.
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In the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter little Isabella is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue of bishops and cardinals following her, is also weirdly hilarious.
* Phillip ** Philip II is sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.
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** "[[SarcasmMode How can I force you to do anything, gentlemen? I am a woman]]"

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** "[[SarcasmMode How can I force you to do anything, gentlemen? I am a woman]]"woman]]."



** "You speak of the sanctity of marriage...and yet you are twice divorced and now upon your third wife"
* Sir William Cecil asking the Queen's ladies-in-waiting to show him Her Majesty's sheets every morning to know all "[[BlatantLies her proper functions]]" (read: the Queen's virginity). Kat Ashley face screams "Really, sir?".

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** "You speak of the sanctity of marriage...and yet you are twice divorced and now upon your third wife"
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* Sir William Cecil asking the Queen's ladies-in-waiting to show him Her Majesty's sheets every morning to know all "[[BlatantLies her proper functions]]" (read: the Queen's virginity). Kat Ashley Ashley's face screams "Really, sir?".



* Elizabeth first meets the Spanish Ambassador in the confession box where he suggests she marries Philip of Spain (while he is still married to her sister). It's a rather shady and distressing moment for Elizabeth. So at her coronation, Sir William introduces her to the Ambassador and she responds "how could I forget?" as she lets him kiss her hand.

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* Elizabeth first meets the Spanish Ambassador in the confession box where he suggests she marries Philip of Spain (while he is still married to her sister). It's a rather shady and distressing moment for Elizabeth. So at her coronation, Sir William introduces her to the Ambassador and she responds responds, "how could I forget?" as she lets him kiss her hand.



-->'''Raleigh''': We have claimed its fertile coast and we have named it Virginia, after our Virgin Queen.
-->'''Elizabeth''': "Virginia"? And when I am married, will you rename it to "Conjugia"?

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-->'''Raleigh''': We have claimed its fertile coast and we have named it Virginia, after our Virgin Queen.
-->'''Elizabeth''':
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'''Elizabeth''':
"Virginia"? And when I am married, will you rename it to "Conjugia"?



** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.

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** How about the earlier bit when he's * Phillip II is sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.
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* Sir William Cecil asking the Queen's ladies-in-waiting to show him Her Majesty's sheets every morning to know all "[[BlatantLies her proper functions]]" (read: the Queen's virginity). Kat Ashley face screams "Really, sir?".
** All the funnier with Elizabeth having some passionate intercourse with Lord Robert right after this exchange.
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* Walter Raleigh comes to court, telling Elizabeth of his journey to the New World.
-->'''Raleigh''': We have claimed its fertile coast and we have named it Virginia, after our Virgin Queen.
-->'''Elizabeth''': "Virginia"? And when I am married, will you rename it to "Conjugia"?
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** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.

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** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.air.
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* In ''The Golden Age'' the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.
** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.

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* In ''The Golden Age'' the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.
** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.
!!Elizabeth



** Her frustration as she rehearses her first parliamentary speech.

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** Her **Her frustration as she rehearses her first parliamentary speech.



* Walsingham locking up the bishops so they won't interfere with the Act of Uniformity.
* Elizabeth first meets the Spanish Ambassador in the confession box where he suggests she marries Philip of Spain (while he is still married to her sister). It's a rather shady and distressing moment for Elizabeth. So at her coronation, Sir William introduces her to the Ambassador and she responds "how could I forget?" as she lets him kiss her hand.

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* Walsingham *Walsingham locking up the bishops so they won't interfere with the Act of Uniformity.
* Elizabeth first meets the Spanish Ambassador in the confession box where he suggests she marries Philip of Spain (while he is still married to her sister). It's a rather shady and distressing moment for Elizabeth. So at her coronation, Sir William introduces her to the Ambassador and she responds "how could I forget?" as she lets him kiss her hand.hand.

!!Elizabeth: The Golden Age
*Elizabeth getting Walsingham to eat a potato for her.
* In the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.
** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air.
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**Her frustration as she rehearses her first parliamentary speech.


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** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air. ThisTroper can't help imagining it in a contextless sense, where he's just...crying because the candle went out.

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** How about the earlier bit when he's sitting, alone, in a dark room, with a single candle, and he practically bawls his eyes out when the candle extinguishes due to gusts of air. ThisTroper can't help imagining it in a contextless sense, where he's just...crying because the candle went out.
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* In ''The Golden Age'' the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.

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* In ''The Golden Age'' the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.hilarious.
* Elizabeth gives us quite a few when she's trying to get the Act of Uniformity passed.
** "[[SarcasmMode How can I force you to do anything, gentlemen? I am a woman]]"
** "Marry whom your grace? For some say France and others Spain. And some cannot abide the idea of foreigners at all. I don't know how best to please you...unless I marry one of each?"
** "You speak of the sanctity of marriage...and yet you are twice divorced and now upon your third wife"
* Elizabeth first meets the Spanish Ambassador in the confession box where he suggests she marries Philip of Spain (while he is still married to her sister). It's a rather shady and distressing moment for Elizabeth. So at her coronation, Sir William introduces her to the Ambassador and she responds "how could I forget?" as she lets him kiss her hand.
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* In ''The Golden Age'' the way it seems like Phillip II's small daughter is scolding her father, followed by her walking away and all of his retinue following her, is weirdly hilarious.

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