History Main / ElvishPresley

* One of the earliest examples is EmmaBull's ''WarForTheOaks'', where the rock band has Elvish lead guitar and bass players, and a faerie roadie.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry Dresden once went on a tangent on how more than one Elvis could be worded as ''Elvises'' and then noted how that sounded like he was talking like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] trying to say "Elves."

* [[http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20030205.html This]] ''Webcomic/ElfOnlyInn'' strip.

** He also once accused Thomas of dressing too much like fat end-of-his-career Elvis. Thomas is a vampire, not an elf, but White Court vampires have a similar too-pretty-to-be-human alure.

* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry Dresden once went on a tangent on how more than one Elvis could be worded as ''Elvises'' and then noted how that sounded like he was talking like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] trying to say "Elves."

* MADMagazine had a comic in which SantaClaus put out a Help Wanted ad for new elves, but it was misspelled and he ended up with a bunch of Elvis impersonators instead.

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* Larry's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGYXwPWmLw silly song]] in ''VeggieTales'''s Lord of the Rings parody had him dressed as Elvis (and emulating his style) while singing a song about being in love with a girl who speaks Elvish. The reaction from the Legolas parody? "You're not a real elf! You're an ''Elfish Impersonator!''"

* [[http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20030205.html This]] ElfOnlyInn strip.

* Melfis, the leader of the Elves in the videogame of ''Faxanadu'' was in two episodes of ''CaptainNTheGameMaster.'' He shared some facial features (not to mention the wardrobe) of the singer, but with...blue skin

* Larry's silly song in ''VeggieTales'''s Lord of the Rings parody had him dressed as Elvis (and emulating his style) while singing a song about being in love with a girl who speaks Elvish. The reaction from the Legolas parody? "You're not a real elf! You're an ''Elfish Impersonator!''"

* ''[[TheMuppetShow Muppet Classic Theater]]'': The last story is "The Elves And The Shoemaker". Rizzo the Rat exclaims "A story about Elvis?". Gonzo tries to correct him, but sure enough in the story, the elves all look and act like Elvis. And they make blue suede shoes.

* The Elvis Impersonator from GoldDigger isn't an elf, but his music is MagicallyDelicious to women.

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] once went on a tangent on how multiple Elvis could be worded as ''Elvises'' and then noted how that sounded like he was talking like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] trying to say "Elves."

* [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] once went on a tangent on how multiple Elvis could be worded as ''Elvises'' and then noted how that sounded like he was talking like [[TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]] trying to say "Elves." Yeah, Jim Butcher is OneOfUs.

* ''Murphy's Rules'' (a compendium of nonsensical rules, funny errata and other game weirdness) included Elvish Presley in a list of annoying NPCs for players to encounter (along with [[{{Spoonerism}} Sailbad the Sinner]] and [[IncrediblyLamePun Uselysses]]).

"Elvis" sounds a lot like "elvish" or "elves", making for a comedically useful stock pun. The incongruity between [[OurElvesAreBetter the decidedly ethereal and long-lived elves]] and the earthy and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet very much mortal]] and [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll hedonistic]] ElvisPresley arguably just makes it funnier. Sometimes they're actually [[TheRockStar fusions of the two concepts]]. Sometimes they're just IncrediblyLamePuns.

"Elvis" sounds a lot like "elvish" or "elves", making for a comedically useful stock pun. The incongruity between [[OurElvesAreBetter the decidedly ethereal and long-lived elves]] and the earthy and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet very much mortal and hedonistic]] ElvisPresley arguably just makes it funnier.

* In ''QuantumGravity'', [[OurElvesAreBetter Zal]] does just about every genre of music, but is referred to as a rock star.

* In the ''DueSouth'' episode "[[Recap/DueSouthS1E10GiftOfTheWheelman Gift of the Wheelman]]", where the robbery suspects were dressed as Santas, the police accidentally round up Elvis impersonators instead of Christmas elves.

* In WorldOfWarcraft, one April Fools joke introduced the Bard class - a new hero class which would attack enemies via GuitarHero minigame. Had this actually been introduced, one could have expected to find lots of Night Elf or Blood Elf [[strike:rockstars]] Bards.
** As a ShoutOut to this trope, the Bards on the World of Warcraft announcement were Blood Elves.
** In-game, Sig Nicious is the Blood Elf rhythm guitarist of the Tauren Chieftains. His name is a ShoutOut to Sid Vicious of the SexPistols.

* Larry's silly song in ''VeggieTales'''s Lord of the Rings parody had him dressed as Elvis (and emulating his style) while singing a song about being in love with a girl who speaks Elvish.
** The reaction from the Legolas parody? "You're not a real elf! You're an ''Elfish Impersonator!''"

* ''Murphy's Rules'' (a compendium of nonsensical rules, funny errata and other game weidrness) included Elvish Presley in a list of annoying NPCs for players to encounter (along with [[{{Spoonerism}} Sailbad the Sinner]] and [[IncrediblyLamePun Uselysses]]).

* [[http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/k/king_of_rock_and_roll.asp The eighth cartoon]] on this page.

* The pictured image is from the appropriately named "Elvish Impersonators" card from the MagicTheGathering Unglued series.