History Series / TheCleopatras

* AffablyEvil: Fluter just wants to be a nice guy, be a good ruler and play his flute. Of course, he'll cold-bloodedly off any family members who cross him but that's pretty par for the course for an Egyptian Ruler.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Partly the reason why Cleopatra III sticks to her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite little things like drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator while seducing her (or her seducing him) [[KickTheDog and raping her immediately afterwards when she understandably changes her mind and attempts to push him off]]. Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who admits openly his devious nature, yet he is notably the only Ptolemy ruler in the series whose consort never attempts to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

* AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: Happens so often in this series, it actually starts to become mundane.
* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who was not noted for his strong ruleship until then, suddenly proclaims one [[OhCrap to the stupor of his daughter]] and the rest of the audience after learning that Thebes is in revolt to depose the whole Ptolemaic bloodline. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{Narm}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD, in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]
* BrotherSisterIncest: A hallmark of the Egyptian Royal Family.

* 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 sole bastards with the closest Ptolemy blood found nearby in Alexandria. 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]].
* IceQueen: Berenike attempts to remain one when she succeeds her father Chickpea, even when finding herself forced to marry his cousin, the sole surviving legitimate Ptolemy, by the Romans. [[AttemptedRape It]] [[AccidentalMurder didn't]] [[TorchesAndPitchforks last]] [[UndignifiedDeath long.]] [[TruthInTelevision (19 days to be exact)]]

* KavorkaMan: Pot Belly is a fat and ugly man, which is an open source of derision between his family and himself. Yet it doesn't stop him from finding a lot of comfort in women, be them Greek mistresses, dancing girls, sister, niece...
* KingOnHisDeathbed: Pot Belly, Chick Pea, and Fluter all get deathbed scenes, during which their children and prospective heirs mutter under their breaths that they wish the old man would hurry up and die.
* 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).

* UglyGuyHotWife: Pot Belly and Cleopatra III. Oddly enough in a sea of backstabbing family politics it is the only royal couple that lasts to the end.

* 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 sole bastards with the closest Ptolemy blood found nearby. 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]].

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Partly the reason why Cleopatra III sticks to her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite little things like drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator while seducing her (or her seducing him) [[KickTheDog and raping her afterwards when she changes her mind]]. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who admits openly his devious nature, he is notably the only Ptolemy ruler in the series whose main wife never attempts to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

* 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 bastards with the closest Ptolemy blood found nearby. 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 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]].

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself refused by his newlywed wife and co-ruler - ''very popular'' Queen Berenike - would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. [[TorchesAndPitchforks The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment]] [[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged]], extinguishing the sole undeniably legitimate Ptolemaic bloodline at a stroke.

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself refused by his newlywed wife and co-ruler - ''very popular'' Queen Berenike - would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment [[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged]], extinguishing the sole undeniably legitimate Ptolemaic bloodline at a stroke.

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself refused by his newlywed wife - ''very'' popular Berenike Queen of Egypt - would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment [[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged]], extinguishing the sole undeniably legitimate Ptolemaic bloodline at a stroke.

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself refused by his newlywed wife - ''very'' popular Berenike Queen of Egypt - would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment [[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged]], extinguishing the legitimate Ptolemaic bloodline by doing so.

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself refused by his newlywed wife - ''very'' popular Berenike Queen of Egypt - would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment[[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged.]]

* TooDumbToLive: Ptolemy XI Alexander II's idea of a ''pleasant rape'' when finding himself denied by his newlywed wife and co-ruler, Queen Berenike, would have made him a strong contender for a Darwin Award. The mob of Alexandria agreed with that assessment[[{{Gorn}} and gladly obliged.]]

* IceQueen: Berenike attempts to remain one when she succeeds her father Chickpea, even when finding herself forced to marry his cousin, the sole surviving legitimate Ptolemy, by the Romans. [[AttemptedRape It]] [[AccidentalMurder didn't]] [[TorchesAndPitchforks last]] [[UndignifiedDeath long.]] [[TruthInTelevision (19 days to be exact))]]

* IceQueen: Cleopatra Berenike attempts to remain one when she succeeds her father Chickpea, even when finding herself forced by the Romans to marry their sole surviving legitimate Ptolemy ward. [[AttemptedRape It]] [[AccidentalMurder didn't]] [[TorchesAndPitchforks last]] [[UndignifiedDeath long.]] [[TruthInTelevision (19 days to be exact))]]

* IceQueen: Cleopatra Berenike attempts to remain one when she succeeds her father Chickpea, even when finding herself forced by the Romans to marry their sole surviving legitimate Ptolemy ward. [[AttemptedRape It]] [[AccidentalMurder didn't]] [[TorchesAndPitchforks last]] [[UndignifiedDeath long]]

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Partly the reason why Cleopatra III sticks to her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite little things like drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator while seducing her (or her seducing him) [[KickTheDog and raping her afterwards]]. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who admits openly his devious nature, he is notably the only Ptolemy ruler in the series whose main wife never attempts to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Part of the reason why Cleopatra III sticks to her husband (and uncle) Pot Belly until his natural death, despite little things like drunkenly admitting to murdering her brother Eupator while seducing her (or her seducing him) [[KickTheDog and raping her afterwards]]. While Pot Belly is an unapologetic tyrant who admits openly his devious nature, he is notably the only Ptolemy ruler in the series whose main wife never attempts to stab him in the back to gain the throne for herself.

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

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

* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who was not noted for his strong ruleship until then, suddenly proclaims one [[OhCrap to the stupor of his daughter]] and the rest of the audience after learning that Thebes is in revolt to depose the whole Ptolemaic bloodline. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{Narm}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]

* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who was not noted for his strong ruleship until then, suddenly utters one [[OhCrap to the stupor of his daughter]] after he learns that Thebes is revolting to depose the Ptolemaic dynasty as a whole. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{Narm}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]

* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who was not noted for his strong ruleship until then, suddenly utters one [[OhCrap to the stupor of his daughter]] after he learns that Thebes is revolting to depose the Ptolemaic dynasty as a whole. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{LargeHam}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]

* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who was not noted for his strong ruleship until then, suddenly utters one [[OhCrap to the stupor of his daughter]] after he learns that Thebes is revolting to depose the Ptolemaic dynasty as a whole. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{Narm}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]

* BadassBoast: Old Chickpea, who is not noted for his strong ruleship, suddenly utters one to the stupor of his audience after he learns that Thebes is revolting to depose the Ptolemaic dynasty as a whole. He orders the city razed to the ground and its citizens massacred to a man, [[{{Narm}} for the KING is a GOD, and a MIGHTYYYY GOD! We have the BLOOD of RA, the GRRRREAT SUN-GOD in our VEEEEEINS!!!]]

* 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 of Egypt for herself.