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** Julia has promised her hand in marriage to the victor.
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* '''Enforced''': Julia has promised her hand in marriage to the victor.
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* '''Enforced''': Julia has promised her hand This is expected for a show set in marriage to the victor.middle ages, so off course the writers will include it.
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* '''Defied''': The three [[WishFulfillment suddenly remember]] [[OneTrueThreesome polygamy is legal in the jurisdiction]].
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* '''Defied''': '''Defied''':
** The three [[WishFulfillment suddenly remember]] [[OneTrueThreesome polygamy is legal in thejurisdiction]]. jurisdiction]].
** Marcus and Cassius realize that this is pretty damn stupid, before going on to chase a different girl in case either of them had wooed Julia beforehand.
** The three [[WishFulfillment suddenly remember]] [[OneTrueThreesome polygamy is legal in the
** Marcus and Cassius realize that this is pretty damn stupid, before going on to chase a different girl in case either of them had wooed Julia beforehand.
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* '''Double Subverted''': However, Marcus and Cassius realize that their relationship won't work due to whatever reason, and their competition for Julia is reignited.
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* '''Double Subverted''': Subverted''':
** However, Marcus and Cassius realize that their relationship won't work due to whatever reason, and their competition for Julia isreignited.reignited.
** Both Marcus and Cassius handily defeat Julia and refuse to share her.
** But she still has to get married, and in order to get rid of her unwanted suitors, her chosen man as to defeat both Marcus and Cassius.
** However, Marcus and Cassius realize that their relationship won't work due to whatever reason, and their competition for Julia is
** Both Marcus and Cassius handily defeat Julia and refuse to share her.
** But she still has to get married, and in order to get rid of her unwanted suitors, her chosen man as to defeat both Marcus and Cassius.
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** Julia, on hearing about the challenge, decides she's sick of being an object to be fought over, and...
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** Julia, on hearing about the challenge, decides she's sick of being an object to be fought over, and...and to put a stop to it once and for all...
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*** [[BestHerToBedHer challenges them both herself.]] (If they both win, they have to share her affections.)
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*** [[BestHerToBedHer [[BestHerToBedHer ...challenges them both herself.]] (If they both win, they have to share her affections.)
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* '''Justified''': Julia makes [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Helen of Troy look plain]].
** Julia [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages]], and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
** Julia [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages]], and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
** Julia makes [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Helen of Troy look plain]].
** Julia [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages]], and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and forall.all.
** Julia is a princess. Whoever gets to marry her acquires significant political power.
** Julia makes [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Helen of Troy look plain]].
** Julia [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages]], and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for
** Julia is a princess. Whoever gets to marry her acquires significant political power.
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* '''Subverted''': Marcus and Cassius [[LoveEpiphany finally realize]] their true soulmates are [[HoYay each other]], and ditch Julia forthwith.
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* '''Subverted''': '''Subverted''':
** Marcus and Cassius [[LoveEpiphany finally realize]] their true soulmates are [[HoYay each other]], and ditch Juliaforthwith.forthwith.
** Julia, on hearing about the challenge, decides she's sick of being an object to be fought over, and...
*** [[BestHerToBedHer challenges them both herself.]] (If they both win, they have to share her affections.)
*** [[DumpThemAll ...decides neither of them are worthy of her.]]
** Marcus and Cassius [[LoveEpiphany finally realize]] their true soulmates are [[HoYay each other]], and ditch Julia
** Julia, on hearing about the challenge, decides she's sick of being an object to be fought over, and...
*** [[BestHerToBedHer challenges them both herself.]] (If they both win, they have to share her affections.)
*** [[DumpThemAll ...decides neither of them are worthy of her.]]
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* '''Parodied''': The competition is framed as a pseudo-olympiad, complete with the 100-meter "my parents aren't home" dash.
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* '''Parodied''': '''Double Subverted''': However, Marcus and Cassius realize that their relationship won't work due to whatever reason, and their competition for Julia is reignited.
* '''Parodied''':
** The competition is framed as a pseudo-olympiad, complete with the 100-meter "my parents aren't home"dash. dash.
** Julia's hand has been cut off, and Marcus and Cassius are competing for it.
* '''Parodied''':
** The competition is framed as a pseudo-olympiad, complete with the 100-meter "my parents aren't home"
** Julia's hand has been cut off, and Marcus and Cassius are competing for it.
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* '''Downplayed''': While occasionally rancorous, the arguments between Marcus and Cassius regarding Julia [[TheBroCode are rooted in a solid understanding of the understanding between them concerning her]], and never spill over into full-on violence.
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* '''Downplayed''': While occasionally rancorous, the arguments between Marcus and Cassius regarding Julia [[TheBroCode are rooted in a solid understanding of the understanding between them concerning her]], and never spill over into full-on violence.
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** Julia has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages, and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
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** Julia [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages, ages]], and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
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'''Basic Trope''': Two guys challenge each other to a competition over a girl.
* '''Straight''': Marcus and Cassius are [[LoveTriangle both enamored with]] Julia, and decide to have a contest of strength and skill to see which of them is fit to marry her.
* '''Exaggerated''': An unofficial rivalry between Marcus and Cassius for Julia's heart [[ChildhoodFriendRomance has been going on since childhood]] with no winner, and [[CockFight begins to escalate]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse into a deadly affair]] once Julia becomes of marriageable age.
* '''Downplayed''': While occasionally rancorous, the arguments between Marcus and Cassius regarding Julia [[TheBroCode are rooted in a solid understanding of the understanding between them concerning her]], and never spill over into full-on violence.
* '''Justified''': Julia makes [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Helen of Troy look plain]].
** Julia has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages, and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
* '''Inverted''': [[GenderInvertedTrope Julia and Juno argue over who gets to go out with Claudius]].
* '''Subverted''': Marcus and Cassius [[LoveEpiphany finally realize]] their true soulmates are [[HoYay each other]], and ditch Julia forthwith.
* '''Parodied''': The competition is framed as a pseudo-olympiad, complete with the 100-meter "my parents aren't home" dash.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The competition between Marcus and Cassius starts out rather lighthearted, [[FriendshipStrainingCompetition only to become more and more vicious as time goes on]] and their relationships with Julia get more intimate. Eventually, Julia is so disgusted with the display she tells them both to go and cool down and figure out what's really important: the fight with each other, or her.
* '''Averted''': Neither suitor wishes to come to blows over something as unimportant as [[BrosBeforeHoes a woman's favor]].
* '''Enforced''': Julia has promised her hand in marriage to the victor.
* '''Lampshaded''': Julia is skeptical about the contest, considering it less a fight over her than a fight to see [[MachoMasochism whether Marcus or Cassius is the bigger meathead]].
* '''Invoked''': The contest [[EngagementChallenge is both suggested and refereed by Julia's father, Augustus]], mainly to get Marcus and Cassius to stop [[SerenadeYourLover singing their awful love songs]] [[BalconyWooingScene at his daughter's window every night]].
* '''Exploited''': [[TheChessmaster Anthony]] plays the situation to his advantage by egging Marcus and Cassius into a mutually destructive competition, [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing leaving him unoccupied to woo Julia]].
* '''Defied''': The three [[WishFulfillment suddenly remember]] [[OneTrueThreesome polygamy is legal in the jurisdiction]].
* '''Discussed''': Marcus and Cassius name their weapons in the fight: lance, mace, [[ThePenIsMightier pen and paper]].
* '''Conversed''': The rules of the competition are plainly stated [[GenreSavvy to nip]] [[NoManOfWomanBorn any of]] [[ExactWords the inevitable]] [[TwinSwitch quibbles]] that may happen in the bud.
* '''Implied''': Marcus and Cassius both begin bulking up and training to compete against one another physically, and [[WarriorPoet learn as many love sonnets as possible]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The competition eventually turns lethal when Cassius is killed trying to complete a task. Although Marcus has won by default, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Julia feels responsible for Cassius's death]] by allowing the competition to continue, and, grief-stricken, refuses to return Marcus's affections.
* '''Reconstructed''': The real challenge to overcome is Julia's [[CommitmentIssues trepidation about starting a relationship]]. After a long courtship with both men, wherein both of them are totally honest and pour their souls out to her regarding their feelings, at last she makes her choice: [[DarkHorseVictory Quintus, her gardener]].
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* '''Straight''': Marcus and Cassius are [[LoveTriangle both enamored with]] Julia, and decide to have a contest of strength and skill to see which of them is fit to marry her.
* '''Exaggerated''': An unofficial rivalry between Marcus and Cassius for Julia's heart [[ChildhoodFriendRomance has been going on since childhood]] with no winner, and [[CockFight begins to escalate]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse into a deadly affair]] once Julia becomes of marriageable age.
* '''Downplayed''': While occasionally rancorous, the arguments between Marcus and Cassius regarding Julia [[TheBroCode are rooted in a solid understanding of the understanding between them concerning her]], and never spill over into full-on violence.
* '''Justified''': Julia makes [[SoBeautifulItsACurse Helen of Troy look plain]].
** Julia has been unwittingly stringing both men along for ages, and they're growing impatient. A competition will settle the matter once and for all.
* '''Inverted''': [[GenderInvertedTrope Julia and Juno argue over who gets to go out with Claudius]].
* '''Subverted''': Marcus and Cassius [[LoveEpiphany finally realize]] their true soulmates are [[HoYay each other]], and ditch Julia forthwith.
* '''Parodied''': The competition is framed as a pseudo-olympiad, complete with the 100-meter "my parents aren't home" dash.
* '''Zig Zagged''': The competition between Marcus and Cassius starts out rather lighthearted, [[FriendshipStrainingCompetition only to become more and more vicious as time goes on]] and their relationships with Julia get more intimate. Eventually, Julia is so disgusted with the display she tells them both to go and cool down and figure out what's really important: the fight with each other, or her.
* '''Averted''': Neither suitor wishes to come to blows over something as unimportant as [[BrosBeforeHoes a woman's favor]].
* '''Enforced''': Julia has promised her hand in marriage to the victor.
* '''Lampshaded''': Julia is skeptical about the contest, considering it less a fight over her than a fight to see [[MachoMasochism whether Marcus or Cassius is the bigger meathead]].
* '''Invoked''': The contest [[EngagementChallenge is both suggested and refereed by Julia's father, Augustus]], mainly to get Marcus and Cassius to stop [[SerenadeYourLover singing their awful love songs]] [[BalconyWooingScene at his daughter's window every night]].
* '''Exploited''': [[TheChessmaster Anthony]] plays the situation to his advantage by egging Marcus and Cassius into a mutually destructive competition, [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing leaving him unoccupied to woo Julia]].
* '''Defied''': The three [[WishFulfillment suddenly remember]] [[OneTrueThreesome polygamy is legal in the jurisdiction]].
* '''Discussed''': Marcus and Cassius name their weapons in the fight: lance, mace, [[ThePenIsMightier pen and paper]].
* '''Conversed''': The rules of the competition are plainly stated [[GenreSavvy to nip]] [[NoManOfWomanBorn any of]] [[ExactWords the inevitable]] [[TwinSwitch quibbles]] that may happen in the bud.
* '''Implied''': Marcus and Cassius both begin bulking up and training to compete against one another physically, and [[WarriorPoet learn as many love sonnets as possible]].
* '''Deconstructed''': The competition eventually turns lethal when Cassius is killed trying to complete a task. Although Marcus has won by default, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Julia feels responsible for Cassius's death]] by allowing the competition to continue, and, grief-stricken, refuses to return Marcus's affections.
* '''Reconstructed''': The real challenge to overcome is Julia's [[CommitmentIssues trepidation about starting a relationship]]. After a long courtship with both men, wherein both of them are totally honest and pour their souls out to her regarding their feelings, at last she makes her choice: [[DarkHorseVictory Quintus, her gardener]].
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Go and win fair lady's heart back at the [[CompeteForTheMaidensHand main page]].
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