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* AdaptationalDiversity: The first record of this trope in a Kenneth Branagh film, beating his Hercule Poirot series by seventeen years, and perhaps the first major case of this in a Shakespeare production, the film features a gender flipped Holofernes, renamed Holofernia and a black Maria and Dumaine.
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* AdaptationalDiversity: The first record of this trope in a Kenneth Branagh film, beating his Hercule Poirot series by seventeen years, and perhaps the first major case of this in a Shakespeare production, the film features a gender flipped Holofernes, renamed Holofernia Holofernia, and a black Maria and Dumaine.
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* AdaptationalDiversity: The first record of this trope in a Kenneth Branagh film, beating his Hercule Poirot series by seventeen years, and perhaps the first major case of this in a Shakespeare production, the film features a gender flipped Holofernes, renamed Holofernia and a black Maria and Dumaine.
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!!As the play is OlderThanSteam and most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now [[ItWasHisSled widely known]], all spoilers on this page are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].
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There was a film adaptation in 2000, directed by and starring Creator/KennethBranagh as well as Nathan Lane, Allesandro Nivolla, Alicia Silverstone, Creator/TimothySpall, and Adrian Lester.
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There was a film adaptation in 2000, directed by and starring Creator/KennethBranagh as well as Nathan Lane, Allesandro Nivolla, Alicia Silverstone, Creator/TimothySpall, and Adrian Lester. The film reinterpreted the play as a 1920-style screwball musical.
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* EngagementChallenge: The play ends with these. The Princess and her court will be in mourning for her father for a year and a day, so she asks Ferdinand to spend that time in a hermitage living in true privation. If he still loves her after that, she will marry him. Rosaline sets a challenge to Berowne to spend his year in a hospital, using his wit and humor to cheer up the sick. Although he initially says it's an impossible task, he agrees to do so.
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* StylisticSuck: The "Nine Worthies" isn't exactly Tony-award material. The men trying to play the roles get lines wrong and repeat themselves.
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* StylisticSuck: The "Nine Worthies" isn't exactly Tony-award material. The men trying to play the roles get lines wrong and repeat themselves.themselves and are heckled throughout by their audience.
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* FailedASpotCheck: As Berowne points out, the male courtiers have just signed a pledge to shun female society on the very eve of an extremely important visit from the French princess during which the ownership of Aquitaine is to be discussed. Ferdinand had quite forgotten it.
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* FailedASpotCheck: DidntThinkThisThrough: As Berowne points out, the male courtiers have just signed a pledge to shun female society on the very eve of an extremely important visit from the French princess during which the ownership of Aquitaine is to be discussed. Ferdinand had quite forgotten it.
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* InLoveWithLove: Ferdinand and his gentlemen give the impression that they're enjoying the agonies of being lovestruck against their oath a ''bit'' more than the actual companies of the ladies they're trying to woo. This leads the Princess and her ladies to treat it as a big game, and she confesses her surprise that they were actually ''serious'' when Ferdinand proposes in earnest.
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* InLoveWithLove: Ferdinand and his gentlemen give the impression that they're enjoying the agonies of being lovestruck against their oath a ''bit'' more than the actual companies of the ladies they're trying to woo. This leads the Princess and her ladies to treat it as a big game, and she confesses her surprise that they were actually ''serious'' when Ferdinand proposes in earnest.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Costard does not know what "remuneration" means, thinking it's a specific value.
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* {{Malaproper}}: Costard does not know what "remuneration" means, thinking it's a specific value. He earlier believes that "emolument" is another way to say "three farthings" because that was the amount of the emolument that Armado gave him.
* TheMatchmaker: Boyet gleefully enters into the mischief by helping the French ladies woo, spy on, and trifle with the affections of the king and his men
* MathematiciansAnswer: Boyet's responses to Longaville's queries about Maria. When Longaville says he desires the lady's name, Boyet says that she's already using it. When asked whose daughter she is, he replies "her mother's, I hear."
* TheMatchmaker: Boyet gleefully enters into the mischief by helping the French ladies woo, spy on, and trifle with the affections of the king and his men
* MathematiciansAnswer: Boyet's responses to Longaville's queries about Maria. When Longaville says he desires the lady's name, Boyet says that she's already using it. When asked whose daughter she is, he replies "her mother's, I hear."
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* MyGodYouAreSerious: The Princess is shocked to receive a sincere proposal from Ferdinand. His courtiers' antics were so silly that she and her ladies took them for a game of flirtation rather than a serious love--which is upsetting to Ferdinand and Longaville, who felt that their words and looks did not speak of jest. However, they do consider the gentlemen as serious suitors once they do know.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Berowne is spelled "Biron" in some editions of the script, which to modern English speakers looks like it should be pronounced "by-ron" thanks to pronunciations shifting since the time Shakespeare wrote in.
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* GrammarNazi: Holofernes complains at length about silent letters, insisting on pronouncing the ''b'' in ''debt'' and the ''l'' in ''calf''.
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* GrammarNazi: Holofernes complains at length about silent letters, insisting on pronouncing the ''b'' in ''debt'' and the ''l'' in ''calf''. He also wants to do a line-by-line revision of Berowne's verses when Jaquenetta asks him to read them out (having been given them by mistake).
* InLoveWithLove: Ferdinand and his gentlemen give the impression that they're enjoying the agonies of being lovestruck against their oath a ''bit'' more than the actual companies of the ladies they're trying to woo. This leads the Princess and her ladies to treat it as a big game, and she confesses her surprise that they were actually ''serious'' when Ferdinand proposes in earnest.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Honorificabilitudinitatibus (the longest word in the play). It means "the state of being able to achieve honors". It's not used as an adjective; rather, Costard jokes that Holofernes and Sir Nathaniel might use Moth as a snack because he is ''shorter'' than the kinds of words the two windbags have been tossing around.
* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Costard's part in the Nine Worthies play--"Pompey, surname The Great."
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* UnequalPairing: Don Armado is head over heels in love with Jaquenetta who is a maid. Not a maid as in "unmarried virgin girl", but maid as in ''servant''.
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* UnequalPairing: Don Armado is head over heels in love with Jaquenetta Jaquenetta, who is a maid. Not a maid as in "unmarried virgin girl", but maid as in ''servant''.
* UnfortunateNames: The local constable introducing himself thus: "I am Dull." Never let it be said that no joke was too obvious for Shakespeare.
* UnfortunateNames: The local constable introducing himself thus: "I am Dull." Never let it be said that no joke was too obvious for Shakespeare.
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* FunnyForeigner: Don Armado, which is acknowledged in the dialogue itself. King Ferdinand describes him as a "child of fancy" and says that Armado's mannerisms and conversation will provide enough minstrelsy to compensate for otherwise being secluded for three years.
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* FunnyForeigner: Don Armado, which is acknowledged in the dialogue itself. King Ferdinand describes him as a "child of fancy" and says that Armado's mannerisms and conversation will provide enough minstrelsy to compensate for otherwise being secluded for three years. Individual performances can play this up by having his accent turn him into TheMalaproper (the 2015 RSC performance had him constantly pronouncing "peace" as ''piss'').
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Don Armado gets Jaquenetta pregnant and agrees to marry her at the end of the play, showing that he isn't ''all'' talk.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Don Armado gets Jaquenetta pregnant and agrees pledges himself to marry her at the end of the play, showing that he isn't ''all'' talk.
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* MoodWhiplash: Right at the end, with the announcement of the death of the King of France.
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* MoodWhiplash: Right at the end, with end. A messenger from France walks right into the announcement of Nine Worthies performance, prompting the death of the King of France. Princess to ask why he's interrupting their merriment. The answer is that her father has passed away.
* NoNameGiven: The French princess is never named, even in the script, as anything other than "the Princess".
* RelationshipSabotage: Armado tattles on Costard for having a dalliance with Jaquenetta because Armado wants to court Jaquenetta ''himself''.
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* UnequalPairing: Don Armado is head over heels in love with Jaquenetta who is a maid. Not a maid as in "unmarried virgin girl", but maid as in ''servant''.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Played with. The king and his courtiers dress up as Muscovites to try and woo the Princess and her ladies. The ladies, having been warned by Boyet that this will happen, disguise ''themselves'' and swap tokens with each other to misdirect each man to the wrong love interest.
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* MacGuffin: The French Princess is there to discuss the matter of Aquitaine. They ''do'' discuss it in their first meeting, but mostly, it's a way to ''force'' Ferdinand to admit a woman to his court (because he can't exactly put off or fob off a royal heir visiting to discuss a major territorial dispute).
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* TheComicallySerious: Holofernes takes himself so seriously, treating every conversation as a matter of weighty academic import, that he quickly becomes absurd.
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* FailedASpotCheck: As Berowne points out, the male courtiers have just signed a pledge to shun female society on the very eve of an extremely important visit from the French princess during which the ownership of Aquitaine is to be discussed. Ferdinand had quite forgotten it.
* FunnyForeigner: Don Armado, which is acknowledged in the dialogue itself. King Ferdinand describes him as a "child of fancy" and says that Armado's mannerisms and conversation will provide enough minstrelsy to compensate for otherwise being secluded for three years.
* FunnyForeigner: Don Armado, which is acknowledged in the dialogue itself. King Ferdinand describes him as a "child of fancy" and says that Armado's mannerisms and conversation will provide enough minstrelsy to compensate for otherwise being secluded for three years.
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* GrammarNazi: Holofernes complains at length about silent letters, insisting on pronouncing the ''b'' in ''debt'' and the ''l'' in ''calf''.
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* CoolOldGuy: Boyet (although, like all Elizabethan [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Guys]], also something of a DirtyOldMan)
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** Some productions, however, cast a younger actor - or even a woman - in the role.
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* CoolOldGuy: Boyet (although, like all Elizabethan [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Guys]], also something of a DirtyOldMan)
**DirtyOldMan). Some productions, however, cast a younger actor - or even a woman - in the role.
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* HonorableMarriageProposal: Don Armado gets Jaquenetta pregnant and agrees to marry her at the end of the play, showing that he isn't ''all'' talk.
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* HypocriticalHumor: The sonnet-writing scene. Each man arrives to compose a love-sonnet in secret--Berowne, the King, Longaville, and Dumain, with each previous man hiding from the new arrivals. The King reveals himself first after listening to Longaville and Dumain, chastising them both for harboring secret thoughts of love in violation of their oath. Then Berowne "steps forth to whip hypocrisy." He lords it over the other three for a speech or two, and then Costard turns up to return ''Berowne's'' own sonnet to sender.
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* MilesGloriosus: Don Armado
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* MilesGloriosus: Don ArmadoArmado.
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* ServileSnarker: Moth to Don Armado.<<<<<<<<<<<
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* ServileSnarker: Moth to Don Armado.<<<<<<<<<<<
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This trope does not apply, since the ladies had been warned beforehand of the disguises.
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* PaperThinDisguise: The princess and her ladies don't believe for a second that the King and his followers are Muscovites, despite the costumes.
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** Some productions, however, cast a younger actor -or even a woman - in the role.
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* AlliterativeTitle:: '''L'''ove's '''L'''abour's '''L'''ost.
* AllThereInTheScript: Ferdinand, King of Navarre. Who's never actually called "Ferdinand" except in dialogue tags and stage directions, so you can watch the entire play and never find out his first name.
* AllThereInTheScript: Ferdinand, King of Navarre. Who's never actually called "Ferdinand" except in dialogue tags and stage directions, so you can watch the entire play and never find out his first name.
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* AlliterativeTitle:: AlliterativeTitle: '''L'''ove's '''L'''abour's '''L'''ost.
* AllThereInTheScript: Ferdinand, King ofNavarre. Who's Navarre is never actually called "Ferdinand" except in dialogue tags and stage directions, so you can watch the entire play and never find out his first name.
* AllThereInTheScript: Ferdinand, King of
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* SequelHook: the lost play ''Love's Labours Won.'' Although if ''Series/DoctorWho'' is right about it, we're better off not knowing...
* ServileSnarker: Moth to Don Armado.
* ServileSnarker: Moth to Don Armado.
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* AlliterativeTitle:: '''L'''ove's '''L''abour's '''L'''abour's '''L'''ost.
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* LoveLetterLunacy: Played for laughs. Armado sends a love letter to Jaquenetta, while Berowne sends one to Rosaline. Costard, who's tasked to deliver them, delivers Rosaline's letter to Jaquenetta.
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* MouthyKid: Moth.
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* NoLovesIntersect
* PaperThinDisguise: The princess and her ladies don't believe for a second that the King and his followers are Muscovites.
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* MouthyKid: Moth.
Moth often mouths off to the adults, and to Don Armado in particular.
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NoLovesIntersect: Each of the four ladies gets, and returns, the affection of exactly one of the four men in the King's study group.
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* StylisticSuck: The "Nine Worthies" isn't exactly Tony-award material.
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* StylisticSuck: The "Nine Worthies" isn't exactly Tony-award material. The men trying to play the roles get lines wrong and repeat themselves.
