History Main / ElvishPresley

* An installment of Moother Goose and Grimm

* ''Roleplay/DorfQuest'' Feature's "Presley", the Shadar-Kai bard.

* In ''QuantumGravity'', [[OurElvesAreBetter Zal]] does just about every genre of music, but is referred to as a rock star. And the incongruity earns him little love back home.

* Literature/{{Discworld}}''

* In ''Discworld/SoulMusic'', everyone keeps asking Buddy (a parody of every dead rock star, ever, but especially [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Holly Buddy Holly]])[[spoiler:as, you know, Buddy's real name "Imp y Celyn" translates as "Bud of the Holly."]] if he's elvish. (Which is worrisome for Buddy in certain kinds of company, because dwarves and trolls have a standing blood feud against elves.) At the end of the book, [[spoiler:after he's saved from an alternate universe in which he dies in a carriage accident,]] someone comments that there's a new guy working in the chip shop, and she could ''swear'' [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_a_Guy_Works_Down_the_Chip_Shop_Swears_He%27s_Elvis he looks elvish]].
** In the AnimatedAdaptation, he looks and dresses like Elvis.

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

* If "Elvis" were a Latin noun, it would probably be in the third declension; therefore, the nominative plural would indeed be "Elves."
** Pronounced "el-waze", though.

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* For one of his early TV appearances in 1956, Elvis Presley was mistakenly referred to as "Elvin Presley." Some viewers might well have misinterpreted that as "Elven."

* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', one April Fools joke introduced the Bard class - a new hero class which would attack enemies via ''VideoGame/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.
** [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Sig_Nicious Sig Nicious]] is an actual in-game bard of sorts, being the rhythm guitarist of the {{Warcraft}} mascot band Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain.

* ''[VideoGame/[MySims My Sims Kingdom]]''. Forest Of The Elves. One is your classic wood elf, the other IS A ROCK STAR!!!

* ''[[MySims My Sims Kingdom]]''. Forest Of The Elves. One is your classic wood elf, the other IS A ROCK STAR!!!

* Larry's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGYXwPWmLw silly song]] in ''WesternAnimation/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 ''Elvish Impersonator!''"

* ''[[Series/MuppetsTonight 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.

* Larry's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGYXwPWmLw silly song]] in ''WesternAnimation/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!''"

* In ''Literature/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." Gentleman Johnny Marcone was more than slightly bemused and confused after hearing this particular tangent.

* ''[MySims My Sims Kingdom]]''. Forest Of The Elves. One is your classic wood elf, the other IS A ROCK STAR!!!

* [[http://www.wowpedia.org/Sig_Nicious Sig Nicious]] is an actual in-game bard of sorts, being the rhythm guitarist of the {{Warcraft}} mascot band Level 90 Elite Tauren Chieftain.

* 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.

* In ''Discworld Noir'', Lewton will say "Thank you very much" with an Elvis accent when a wizard informs him that glamours are "an elvish thing".
* In Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, the player can grow Elvish Parsley.

* MySims Kingdom. Forest Of The Elves. One is your classic wood elf, the other IS A ROCK STAR!!!
* Serious Sam II has planet Ellenier, populated by Elvians. [[http://www.gameslave.co.uk/imageviewer.cfm?img=4211&title=Serious-Sam-2 Just look at their King!]].
* In a bonus level in ''{{Gex}} 3: Deep Cover Gecko'', there's a poster of a Christmas elf resembling Elvis named Elfis.

* DorfQuest Feature's "Presley", the Shadar-Kai bard.

The incongruity between the decidedly ethereal and long-lived elves and the earthy and [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet very much mortal]] and [[SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll hedonistic]] ElvisPresley arguably just makes it funnier. Of course, [[OurElvesAreBetter some versions of elves]] ''are'' earthy and hedonistic, in which case it makes an awful lot of sense. And sometimes this is [[{{Glamour}} all an act]] designed to let them steal human children, which just proves the MoralGuardians were [[TheNewRockAndRoll right about that hip-thrusting Lothario the whole time]].

For some reason, no-one ever makes these jokes about ElvisCostello.

* ElfQuest included one reference to "Elfis" at some point in a parody version of itself.
* The Elvis Impersonator from ''GoldDigger'' isn't an elf, but his music is MagicallyDelicious to women.

* 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." Gentleman Johnny Marcone was more than slightly bemused and confused after hearing this particular tangent.

* ''[[MuppetsTonight 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.

* Magazine/{{MAD}} 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.

* In TheLordOfTheRings Chilean parody [[http://ladrillos.tripod.com/ "El Señor de los Ladrillos"]], the Elves became "the Elvis".

* ''TheMarkAndBrianRadioProgram'' gives us [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeJm9JFPrO4 Elfis]].

* The ''MagicTheGathering'' card [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9669 Elvish Impersonators]]. ("Elvish Impersonators" is also an ''{{Everquest}}'' guild, though it's unclear if there's any causal connection between the two.)

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' has [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Elvish_sunglasses "Elvish Sunglasses"]]. Among other things, they give you the "Rock Out" ability while you're wielding a musical instrument. The [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Mysterious_Island_Arena#If_advertised_with_rock_band_flyers Mysterious Island Arena]] also gives you the Elvish effect for 20 adventures if you choose the option Try To Get Into The Music.

* 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.

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

His immortal supernatural heritage may be used to explain [[ElvisHasLeftThePlanet his "disappearance"]]; that is, [[MenInBlack Elvis is not dead, he just went]] to [[TheLordOfTheRings the Undying Lands]].

* The ''MagicTheGathering'' card "Elvish Impersonators". ("Elvish Impersonators" is also an ''{{Everquest}}'' guild, though it's unclear if there's any causal connection between the two.)

Sometimes they're actually [[TheRockStar fusions of the two concepts]]. Sometimes they're just {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.

"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 {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.

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