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30th Apr '13 6:56:08 PM TonyG

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The story is about an old [[BlueBlood ''hidalgo'']] named Alonso Quijano, [[YouWatchTooMuchX who was so into]] [[ChivalricRomance chivalric novels]] that he became insane and [[AscendedFanboy decided that he was a vagrant knight]]. [[MeaningfulRename Quijano renames himself as "Don Quixote de La Mancha"]] and decides to [[GlorySeeker win eternal fame]] through [[KnightInShiningArmor the besting of wrongdoers and general upholding of the Chivalric Code]]. Unfortunately for a lot of innocent people, his delusions [[LordErrorProne make him pick fights]] with innocent bystanders, some of whom do not fight back because Don Quixote is obviously crazy. Of course, there are strangers who are not that sympathetic, and after one of those [[HilarityEnsues delivers a brutal beating to Don Quixote]], a neighbor from his village meets the wounded Don Quixote and takes him home, where his friends and family burn out the accursed [[ChivalricRomance books of chivalry]] to try to cure him, but he soon returns to his delusion and journey. This time he manages to convince a simple farm-man, [[{{Foil}} Sancho Panza]], to become his squire and sidekick under the [[StandardHeroReward promise of a governorship in the future]]. Then they live [[{{Troperiffic}} a lot of adventures]], including the famous one where [[WindmillCrusader Don Quixote attacks some windmills]] because they might be [[WindmillPolitical giants in disguise]]. At the end of the book, [[ThoseTwoGuys Don Quixote’s friends]] trick him [[WrongGenreSavvy by making him believe he is enchanted]] and take him back to his village.

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The story is about an old [[BlueBlood ''hidalgo'']] named Alonso Quijano, [[YouWatchTooMuchX who was so into]] [[ChivalricRomance chivalric novels]] that he became insane and [[AscendedFanboy decided that he was a vagrant knight]]. [[MeaningfulRename Quijano renames himself as "Don Quixote de La Mancha"]] and decides to [[GlorySeeker win eternal fame]] through [[KnightInShiningArmor the besting of wrongdoers and general upholding of the Chivalric Code]]. Unfortunately for a lot of innocent people, his delusions [[LordErrorProne make him pick fights]] with innocent bystanders, some of whom do not fight back because Don Quixote is obviously crazy. Of course, there are strangers who are not that sympathetic, and after one of those [[HilarityEnsues delivers a brutal beating to Don Quixote]], a neighbor from his village meets the wounded Don Quixote and takes him home, where his friends and family burn out the accursed [[ChivalricRomance books of chivalry]] to try to cure him, but he soon returns to his delusion and journey. This time he manages to convince a simple farm-man, [[{{Foil}} Sancho Panza]], to become his squire and sidekick under the [[StandardHeroReward promise of a governorship in the future]]. Then they live [[{{Troperiffic}} a lot of adventures]], including the famous one where [[WindmillCrusader Don Quixote attacks some windmills]] because they might be [[WindmillPolitical giants in disguise]][[hottip:*:the band Music/TheyMightBeGiants was named after the film ''Film/TheyMightBeGiants'', which referenced the book]]. At the end of the book, [[ThoseTwoGuys Don Quixote’s friends]] trick him [[WrongGenreSavvy by making him believe he is enchanted]] and take him back to his village.

18th Mar '13 7:55:47 PM Kingault

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7th Mar '13 4:27:44 PM Gaston1991

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7th Feb '13 7:24:21 AM Thecommander236

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3rd Feb '13 6:39:06 PM EarlOfSandvich

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17th Jan '13 3:22:23 PM mlsmithca

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Fixing a few problems with grammar, punctuation, and wiki word formatting. (Even this just scratches the surface; this entire article needs a spelling and grammar check, but it's almost as large as the work of literature it explores...)

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** In any Arcadia poem, one of the various [[LoveMartyr shepherds complains about]] [[IceQueen the shepherdess that ignores him]]. Marcela and Grisostomo deconstruct this at chapter XII – XIV, where the Shepherdess IceQueen claims she is SoBeautifulItsACurse and so she had to be a shepherdess only to get her freedom, but all the {{CityMouse}}s [[FlockOfWolves that courted her decided to be shepherds too]]. If [[SpurnedIntoSuicide Grisóstomo killed himself]], [[FairForItsDay it is unjust to blame her]].
**  Deconstructed again at chapter LII from the first part, Eugenio tells the story of the beautiful Leandra, who elopes with a soldier that left her. Leandra gets LockedAwayInAMonastery while her various {{CityMouse}} admirers decided to become shepherds and make poems about how Leandra betrayed them... [[InsaneTrollLogic even when she never gave them any hope]]. Eugenio tells that all those shepherds curse Leandra’s indiscretion, and they seem so unhappy that he lampshades that Arcadia is really a living hell. Eugenio then says he has decided to follow the easier way, claim AllWomenAreLustful and become a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who hates all women.
** Parodied at the chapter LVIII of the Second Part: Don Quixote meets some beautiful shepherdesses who are part of a crew of noble and rich people who invoke this trope by retiring to a forest to play to be shepherds and shepherdesses. They are so sophisticated that they have studied two poems from Garcilaso (In Spanish) and Camoes (in Portuguese). [[{{Irony}} Only the truly rich CityMouse can afford to live in a happy Arcadia]].

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** In any Arcadia poem, one of the various [[LoveMartyr shepherds complains about]] [[IceQueen the shepherdess that ignores him]]. Marcela and Grisostomo deconstruct this at chapter XII – XIV, where the Shepherdess IceQueen claims she is SoBeautifulItsACurse and so she had to be a shepherdess only to get her freedom, but all the [[CityMouse city mice]] [[FlockOfWolves that courted her decided to be shepherds too]]. If [[SpurnedIntoSuicide Grisóstomo killed himself]], [[FairForItsDay it is unjust to blame her]].
** Deconstructed again at chapter LII from the first part, Eugenio tells the story of the beautiful Leandra, who elopes with a soldier that left her. Leandra gets LockedAwayInAMonastery while her various CityMouse admirers decided to become shepherds and make poems about how Leandra betrayed them... [[InsaneTrollLogic even when she never gave them any hope]]. Eugenio tells that all those shepherds curse Leandra’s indiscretion, and they seem so unhappy that he lampshades that Arcadia is really a living hell. Eugenio then says he has decided to follow the easier way, claim AllWomenAreLustful and become a PoliticallyIncorrectHero who hates all women.
** Parodied in Chapter LVIII of the Second Part: Don Quixote meets some beautiful shepherdesses who are part of a crew of noble and rich people who invoke this trope by retiring to a forest to play to be shepherds and shepherdesses. They are so sophisticated that they have studied two poems from Garcilaso (In Spanish) and Camoes (in Portuguese). [[{{Irony}} Only the truly rich CityMouse can afford to live in a happy Arcadia]].

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-->** Part II, Chapter 70 WHICH FOLLOWS SIXTY-NINE AND DEALS WITH MATTERS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CLEAR COMPREHENSION OF THIS HISTORY 
-->** Part II, Chapter 66 WHICH TREATS OF WHAT HE WHO READS WILL SEE, OR WHAT HE WHO HAS IT READ TO HIM WILL HEAR
* JustLikeRobinHood: Deconstructed by Roque Guinart, a deconstruction of the GentlemanThief, who leads a band of [[TheHighwayman highwaymen]] at Barcelona’s CivilWar. He is an ''armed beggar'', that takes only a part of the money of his victims... ''by asking them.'' His 60 men assaults two soldiers (300 crowns), a Noblewoman (600 crowns) and some pilgrims (60 reals). That would have been 15 crowns and a real for each highwayman. Roque asks for 60 crowns for the soldiers (20%) and 80 crowns from the Noblewoman (13.6%). That’s 140 crowns. He gives 2 crowns to each highwayman and the 20 crown left he gives 10 to the pilgrims (that’s almost 100 reals) and 10 crowns to Sancho Panza in a clear attempt to BuyThemOff. The people who attacked are happy to keep most of their own money, and Roque Guinart is considered a hero. Everyone is happy! [[RealityEnsues Except for the highwaymen who were cheated of 13 crowns and a real]], but Roque manages to MakeAnExampleOfThem by murdering the one who dares to be a DeadpanSnarker.

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-->Part II, Chapter 70 WHICH FOLLOWS SIXTY-NINE AND DEALS WITH MATTERS INDISPENSABLE FOR THE CLEAR COMPREHENSION OF THIS HISTORY 
-->Part II, Chapter 66 WHICH TREATS OF WHAT HE WHO READS WILL SEE, OR WHAT HE WHO HAS IT READ TO HIM WILL HEAR
* JustLikeRobinHood: Deconstructed by Roque Guinart, a deconstruction of the GentlemanThief, who leads a band of [[TheHighwayman highwaymen]] at Barcelona’s CivilWar. He is an ''armed beggar'', that takes only a part of the money of his victims... ''by asking them.'' His 60 men assault two soldiers (300 crowns), a Noblewoman (600 crowns) and some pilgrims (60 reals). That would have been 15 crowns and a real for each highwayman. Roque asks for 60 crowns for the soldiers (20%) and 80 crowns from the Noblewoman (13.6%). That’s 140 crowns. He gives 2 crowns to each highwayman and the 20 crown left he gives 10 to the pilgrims (that’s almost 100 reals) and 10 crowns to Sancho Panza in a clear attempt to BuyThemOff. The people who attacked are happy to keep most of their own money, and Roque Guinart is considered a hero. Everyone is happy! [[RealityEnsues Except for the highwaymen who were cheated of 13 crowns and a real]], but Roque manages to MakeAnExampleOfThem by murdering the one who dares to be a DeadpanSnarker.

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