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In a storybook land, Peter must rescue the beautiful Princess Gwen from her scheming fiancé.


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* StockFootage: (PlayedForLaughs) Stock footage of the Empire State building is used for the tower the princess is trapped in and the fight scene is randomly interspersed with shots from some higher-budget medieval themed production.

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* StockFootage: (PlayedForLaughs) Stock footage of the Empire State building is used for the tower the princess is trapped in and the fight scene is randomly interspersed with shots from some higher-budget medieval themed production.production.
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* Narrator: The herald who introduces Mike, Davy, Micky, and Peter and provides commentary and exposition throughout the episode.

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* Narrator: [[{{Narrator}} Narrator]]: The herald who introduces Mike, Davy, Micky, and Peter and provides commentary and exposition throughout the episode.

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* AmuletofConcentratedAwesome: Princess Gwen gives Peter one of these at the start, and he uses it in the end to defeat the bad guys.
* [[BreakingTheFourthWall Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: When Peter proposes to Princess Gwen, she rejects him by removing her wig and saying "I can't marry you, I got Phyllis and Christian, remember?" in reference to Nesmith's real life wife and son.

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* AmuletofConcentratedAwesome: AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: Princess Gwen gives Peter one of these at the start, and he uses it in the end to defeat start. It houses a fairy with a heavy New York accent, protects him from being harmed by the bad guys.
guys' swords, and grants him extreme strength in arm wrestling matches.
* [[BreakingTheFourthWall Breaking AnachronismStew: In this version of medieval Europe, one can collect unemployment checks and order out for sandwiches. Princess Gwen also makes ample use of the Fourth Wall]]: words [[{{The60s}} "hip" and "groovy"]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall:
When Peter proposes to Princess Gwen, she rejects him by removing her wig and saying "I can't marry you, I got Phyllis and Christian, remember?" in reference to Nesmith's real life wife and son.son at the time.



* DamselinDistress: PlayedforLaughs as Gwen is a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkass]].

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* DamselinDistress: PlayedforLaughs DamselInDistress: PlayedForLaughs as Gwen is a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkass]].


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* MediumAwareness: Peter is already familiar with the stories of the fairy tale characters he comes across on his journey, and tries to warn them about how their stories will end.
* Narrator: The herald who introduces Mike, Davy, Micky, and Peter and provides commentary and exposition throughout the episode.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The dragon that guards Princess Gwen's tower is a Chinese-style dragon rather than the Europeon-style dragon that would be expected in such a fairy tale.
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* CrossCastRole: Princess Gwen is played by [[Music/MichaelNesmith?from=Creator.MichaelNesmith Mike Nesmith]].

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* CrossCastRole: Princess Gwen is played by [[Music/MichaelNesmith?from=Creator.MichaelNesmith Mike Nesmith]].Music/MichaelNesmith.
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* BreakingtheFourthWall: When Peter proposes to Princess Gwen, she rejects him by removing her wig and saying "I can't marry you, I got Phyllis and Christian, remember?" in reference to Nesmith's real life wife and son.

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* BreakingtheFourthWall: [[BreakingTheFourthWall Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: When Peter proposes to Princess Gwen, she rejects him by removing her wig and saying "I can't marry you, I got Phyllis and Christian, remember?" in reference to Nesmith's real life wife and son.



* CrossCastRole: Princess Gwen is played by Music/MichaelNesmith.

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* CrossCastRole: Princess Gwen is played by Music/MichaelNesmith.[[Music/MichaelNesmith?from=Creator.MichaelNesmith Mike Nesmith]].
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* AmuletofConcentratedAwesome: Princess Gwen gives Peter one of these at the start, and he uses it in the end to defeat the bad guys.


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* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Mike plays both himself and Princess Gwen in this episode. Every time the latter is discussed in the presence of the former, Mike starts talking excitedly about how that's the "grooviest looking chick [he] ever saw" until one of the other characters shuts him up.


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* DamselinDistress: PlayedforLaughs as Gwen is a bit of a [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkass]].
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In a storybook land, Peter must rescue the beautiful Princess Gwen from her scheming fiancé.

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* BreakingtheFourthWall: When Peter proposes to Princess Gwen, she rejects him by removing her wig and saying "I can't marry you, I got Phyllis and Christian, remember?" in reference to Nesmith's real life wife and son.
* CrossCastRole: Princess Gwen is played by Music/MichaelNesmith.
* HardWorkMontage: Davy, Micky, and Mike get one of these when they forge armor and weapons for Peter. Meanwhile, Peter collects unemployment.
* StockFootage: (PlayedForLaughs) Stock footage of the Empire State building is used for the tower the princess is trapped in and the fight scene is randomly interspersed with shots from some higher-budget medieval themed production.

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