History Series / TheCleopatras

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a seemingly nice, lightheaded and innocent fellow, having just been brought to the throne by happenstance because he and his siblings were the only remaining Ptolemies found alive. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven into the ground to bring enough gold to buy the Romans so that they will legitimate his throne by Senate decree; then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a loophole in said decree ended him losing Cyprus to the same Romans he had just bribed; then him being deposed by the mob, led by his own sister/wife and his eldest daughter, because said loss of Cyprus made him look incompetent and weak [[TheChainsOfCommanding have turned him rather sour about politics]]. Cue the [[KubrickStare look in his eyes]] when he finally returns on the throne of Egypt years later after having beaten his usurper daughter's army with the Roman legions; [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything his first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed on the spot]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a seemingly nice, lightheaded and innocent fellow, having just been brought to the throne by happenstance because he and his siblings were the only remaining Ptolemies found alive. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven into the ground to bring enough gold to buy the Romans so that they will legitimate his throne by Senate decree; then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a loophole in said decree ended him losing Cyprus to the same Romans he had just bribed; then him being deposed by the mob, led by his own sister/wife and his eldest daughter, because said loss of Cyprus made him look incompetent and weak [[TheChainsOfCommanding have turned him rather sour about politics]]. Cue the [[KubrickStare look in his]] when he finally returns on the throne of Egypt years later after having beaten his usurper daughter's army with the Roman legions; [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything his first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed on the spot]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a seemingly nice, lightheaded and innocent fellow, having just been brought to the throne by happenstance because he and his siblings were the only remaining Ptolemies found alive. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven into the ground to bring enough gold to buy the Romans so that they will legitimate his throne by Senate decree, then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a loophole in said decree ended him losing Cyprus to the same Romans he had just bribed, then him being deposed by the mob, led by his own sister/wife and his eldest daughter, because said loss of Cyprus made him look incompetent and weak [[TheChainsOfCommanding, has turned him rather sour about politics]]. Cue the [[KubrickStare look in his]] when he finally returns on the throne of Egypt years later after having beaten his usurper daughter's army with the Roman legions; [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything his first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed on the spot]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a nice (and rather innocent) fellow, having been brought to the throne because he and his siblings were the only living Ptolemies found alive around. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven to the ground to have the Romans bought off so that they will legitimate his throne by Senate decree, then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a legal technicality in said decree ended him losing Cyprus to said Romans, then him being deposed by the mob of Alexandria, his own sister/wife, and his own eldest daughter, because said loss of Cyprus made him look incompetent and weak, [[TheChainsOfCommanding has all turned him rather sour]]. Cue the [[KubrickStare stare]] when he finally returns to the throne of Egypt years later and gets to put back the crown of Egypt on his head. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything His first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a nice (and rather innocent) fellow, having been brought to the throne because he and his siblings were the only living Ptolemies found alive around. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven to the ground to have the Romans bought off so that they will secure his throne by Senate decree, then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a legal technicality in said decree ended him losing Cyprus to the Romans, then him being deposed by the Alexandria mob, his own sister/wife, and his eldest daughter because said loss of Cyprus made him look incompetent and week, has all turned him rather sour. Cue the [[KubrickStare stare]] when he finally returns to the throne of Egypt years later and puts back the crown of Egypt on his head. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything His first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed]].

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a nice (and rather innocent) fellow, having been brought to the throne because he and his siblings were the only living Ptolemies found alive around. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven to the ground to have the Romans bought off so that they secure his throne, then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a legal technicality ended him losing Cyprus to the Romans, then him being deposed by the Alexandria mob, his own sister/wife, and his eldest daughter, has all turned him rather sour. Cue the [[KubrickStare stare]] when he returns to the throne of Egypt years later and puts back the crown of Egypt on his head... when his first order is to have said eldest daughter dragged off the throne and executed.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Fluter starts off as a nice (and rather innocent) fellow, having been brought to the throne because he and his siblings were the only living Ptolemies found alive around. However, years of having Egypt's resources driven to the ground to have the Romans bought off so that they secure his throne, then seeing his brother being [[DrivenToSuicide driven to suicide]] because a legal technicality ended him losing Cyprus to the Romans, then him being deposed by the Alexandria mob, his own sister/wife, and his eldest daughter, has all turned him rather sour. Cue the [[KubrickStare stare]] when he returns to the throne of Egypt years later and puts back the crown of Egypt on his head... after his first order is to have said elder daughter dragged off and executed.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks with her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite him going so far as raping her in her youth after drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who admits openly his devious nature, he is the only notable Ptolemy in the series whose main wife never attempted to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks with her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite him going so far as raping her after drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who is open about his devious nature, he is the only notable Ptolemy in the series whose main wife never attempted to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks with her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite him going so far as raping her after drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who is open about his devious nature, he is the only notable Ptolemy in the series whose main wife never attempted to stab him in the back to gain the throne for her own.

* KavorkaMan: Pot Belly is a fat, ugly man, which is an open source of derision between his family and himself. Yet it doesn't stop him from getting comfort in women, be them Greek mistresses, dancing girls, sister, niece...

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys : Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks with her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite him going so far as raping her after drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who is open about his devious nature, he is the only notable Ptolemy in the series whose main wife never attempted to stab him in the back to gain the throne for her own.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys : Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks with her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite him going so far as raping her after drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator. While Pot Belly is an unapologeticly tyrant who is open about his wicked nature, yet he is the only notable Ptolemy in the series whose main wife never attempted to stab him in the back to gain the throne for her own ends.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It really ''is'' hard to find someone to root for in this series. Not surprising, since power in the Egyptian royal family was usually passed on via incest and murder.

* DarnessInducedAudienceApathy: It really ''is'' hard to find someone to root for in this series. Not surprising, since power in the Egyptian royal family was usually passed on via incest and murder.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Several members of the family throughout several generations share the same names (which is why many family members are identified by second names or nicknames). In particular, the kings are all called Ptolemy, and the queens are almost all called Cleopatra (the series is called ''The Cleopatra'''s''''', after all).

''The Cleopatras'' is an eight-part historical miniseries produced by TheBBC in 1983 and written by Philip Mackie (whose previous historical mini-series writing credits included ''Series/TheCaesars'' for {{Granada}} in 1968). The series opens up with one of the Cleopatras (the one most familiar to us--the one who later fell in love with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony) being told the stories of all of the other Cleopatras in her family (her mothers, aunts, grandmothers and great-grandmothers) via a history lesson. After the histories of all of the past Cleopatras have been explored, the story continues to detail the life of the last of the Cleopatras, who committed suicide via asp bite after losing the Battle of Actium.

* TheAlcoholic: Pot Belly and Alexander are epic drinkers. Although Marc Antony could probably drink them both under the table.

* AssholeVictim: A great many of the family members who get bumped off during the series are these. Even the ''children'' (although that's probably only because they've been spoiled into insufferability thanks to their rank).

* TheAtoner: Pharoah Pot Belly decides to ''appear'' to become one of these later in his reign. This isn't because he's generally sorry for the things he's done. He just wants to repair his ZeroPercentApprovalRating which came about thanks to his previous "massacre people randomly to keep them in line" method of ruling.

* MeaningfulName: Averted in universe. Chick Pea was given his nickname precisely ''because'' it had no meaning (and was most likely bestowed on him by his father just to annoy him.)

* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Several members of the family throughout several generations share the same names. (Which is why many family members are identified by second names or nicknames.)

''The Cleopatras'' is an eight-part historical miniseries produced by TheBBC in 1983 and written by Philip Mackie (whose previous historical mini-series writing credits included ''Series/TheCaesars'' for {{Granada}} in 1968). The series opens up with one of the titular Cleopatras (the one most familiar to us--the one who later fell in love with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony) being told the stories of all of the other Cleopatras in her family (her mothers, aunts, grandmothers and great-grandmothers) via a history lesson. After the histories of all of the past Cleopatras have been explored, the story continues to detail the life of the last of the Cleopatras, who committed suicide via asp bite after losing the Battle of Actium.

''The Cleopatras'' is an eight-part historical miniseries produced by TheBBC in 1983 and written by Philip Mackie (whose previous historical mini-series writing credits included ''Series/TheCaesars'' for [[{{ITV}} Granada]] in 1968). The series opens up with one of the titular Cleopatras (the one most familiar to us--the one who later fell in love with Julius Caesar and Marc Antony) being told the stories of all of the other Cleopatras in her family (her mothers, aunts, grandmothers and great - grandmothers) via a history lesson. After the histories of all of the past Cleopatras have been explored, the story continues to detail the life of the last of the Cleopatras, who committed suicide via asp bite after losing the Battle of Actium.

* AssholeVictim: A great many of the family members who get bumped off during the series are these. Even the ''children'', (although that's probably only because they've been spoiled into insufferability thanks to their rank.)