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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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** Repeated in the sequels as Regina and Hubert, and later Father Virgil, accidentally get drunk onstage in Nunsense 2: The Second Coming and Nuncrackers, respectively.
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** Repeated in the sequels as Regina and Hubert, and later Father Virgil, accidentally get drunk onstage in Nunsense ''Nunsense 2: The Second Coming Coming'' and Nuncrackers, ''Nuncrackers'', respectively.
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* RecycledSet: In-universe. The show takes place on a stage set up for a student production of ''Film/{{Grease}}''.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nunsense lives and breathes on this trope--it's ''incredibly'' risque for a show about nuns. Some examples include:
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters in the scene, whose horrified reactions make the line even funnier.
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters in the scene, whose horrified reactions make the line even funnier.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nunsense lives GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and breathes on this trope--it's ''incredibly'' risque for a show about nuns. Some persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples include:
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other charactersonly until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the scene, whose horrified reactions future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the line even funnier.current definition.
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While many productions try to keep the show set in the present by updating the "camcorder and VCR" purchase, it's becoming less and less likely as time goes on that Robert Anne was in grade school prior to Vatican II.
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* SoundingItOut: Played with: During the skit where three nuns try and sell their cookbook, they read it aloud for the audience's benefit as there is no fourth wall, and they know that the audience is there. However, one of the nuns, Sister Amnesia, is a little on the slow side and has to be prodded into reading her recipe out loud.
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* SoundingItOut: Played with: During the skit where three nuns try and sell their cookbook, they read it aloud for the audience's benefit as there is no fourth wall, and they know that the audience is there. However, one of the nuns, Sister Amnesia, is a little on the slow side and has to be prodded into reading her recipe out loud.
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* KeepReading: Played with: During the skit where three nuns try and sell their cookbook, they read it aloud for the audience's benefit as there is no fourth wall, and they know that the audience is there. However, one of the nuns, Sister Amnesia, is a little on the slow side and has to be prodded into reading her recipe out loud.
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* KeepReading: SoundingItOut: Played with: During the skit where three nuns try and sell their cookbook, they read it aloud for the audience's benefit as there is no fourth wall, and they know that the audience is there. However, one of the nuns, Sister Amnesia, is a little on the slow side and has to be prodded into reading her recipe out loud.
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"As a rule of thumb, if your band example has to justify more than two types ... you're trying to fool yourself. If it isn't a Five-Man Band, it isn't a Five-Man Band."
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* [[FiveManBand Five Nun Band]]: TheHero: Reverend Mother Mary Regina
** TheLancer: Sister Mary Hubert
** TheBigGuy: Sister Robert Anne (Not in terms of size, but could be seen as this due to her Brooklyn background and street smarts.)
** TheSmartGuy: Sister Mary Leo (Doesn't really fit, but neither does she fit the others)
** TheChick: Sister Mary Amnesia
** TheLancer: Sister Mary Hubert
** TheBigGuy: Sister Robert Anne (Not in terms of size, but could be seen as this due to her Brooklyn background and street smarts.)
** TheSmartGuy: Sister Mary Leo (Doesn't really fit, but neither does she fit the others)
** TheChick: Sister Mary Amnesia
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: There is no fourth wall in the show.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: There ChekhovsGun: Sister Mary Amnesia's inability to remember who she really is no fourth wall in inevitably gets resolved at the show.eleventh hour, and inevitably turns out to have a bearing on how the nuns can solve their money troubles.
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* DeusExMachina: A textbook example. When Amnesia remembers that she's actually Sister Mary Paul, it turns out that before losing her memory she had won the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes. This has not been brought up before, and it resolves the entire plot. Like everything else, it's PlayedForLaughs
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* LethalChef: [[ShoutOut Sister Julia, Child of God]], is one, as her vichyssoise soup is responsible for the death of fifty-two sisters.
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* LethalChef: [[ShoutOut Sister Julia, Child of God]], God, is one, as her vichyssoise soup is responsible for the death of fifty-two sisters.
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* NoFourthWall: The premise of the show is that nuns are putting on a show, so they're aware of the audience and frequently invite AudienceParticipation.
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* ShoutOut: The nuns' chef is invariably referred to as "Sister Julia, Child of God", making her name a shout-out to Creator/JuliaChild.
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* KeepReading: Played with: During the skit where three nuns try and sell their cookbook, they read it aloud for the audience's benefit as there is no fourth wall, and they know that the audience is there. However, one of the nuns, Sister Amnesia, is a little on the slow side and has to be prodded into reading her recipe out loud.
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* BreakingtheFourthWall: There is no fourth wall in the show.
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* BreakingtheFourthWall: BreakingTheFourthWall: There is no fourth wall in the show.
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** Repeated in the sequels as Regina and Hubert, and later Father Virgil, accidentally get drunk onstage in Nunsense 2: The Second Coming and Nuncrackers, respectively.
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* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While many productions try to keep the show set in the present by updating the "camcorder and VCR" purchase, it's becoming less and less likely as time goes on that Robert Anne was in grade school prior to Vatican II.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: The ending number of Act One sees (a very stoned) Sister Regina attempting to join the rest of the cast in their song-and-dance routine.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Sister Regina is a master of this, frequently [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Sister Hubert.
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** Most of the recipes in "Cooking with the BVM" are this as well. (Understandably so, the book was written by Sister Julia!)
* NotSoAboveItAll: Reverend Mother claims to be the sane, sensible, and focused one of the group. She ends up being just as crazy as the rest.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Reverend Mother claims to be the sane, sensible, and focused one of the group. She ends up being just as crazy as the rest.
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* PunnyName: The show is full of them. There's Sister Mary Annette (a hand puppet), Sister Mary Myopia (the archery instructor), Sister Mary Euthanasia (the convent nurse), and more.
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''Nunsense'' is a comedic musical. Five of the 19 surviving Little Sisters of Hoboken, a one-time missionary order that ran a leper colony on an island south of France, discover that their cook, [[LethalChef Sister Julia]], accidentally killed the other fifty-two residents of the convent with her tainted vichyssoise soup while they were off playing bingo with another group of nuns. Upon discovering the disaster, Mother Superior had a vision in which she was told to start a greeting card company to raise funds for the burials. The greeting cards were an enormous success and, thinking there was plenty of money, the Reverend Mother bought a VCR and camcorder for the convent, leaving her with no money left to pay for the last four burials. The remaining bodies are put in the deep freezer for the time being and they decide to stage a variety show in the Mount Saint Helen's School auditorium to raise the necessary amount.
The five nuns performing are Mother Superior Mary Regina, a former circus performer who can not resist the spotlight; her competitive but dignified rival, second-in-command Sister Mary Hubert; Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise nun from Brooklyn who drives the convent car; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who wants to be the world's first ballerina nun; and wacky, childlike Sister Mary Amnesia, who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head.
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!!The musical contains examples of:
* BreakingtheFourthWall: There is no fourth wall in the show.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sister Mary Amnesia comes across as one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sister Mary Hubert, especially when paired with the Reverend Mother.
* DeusExMachina: A textbook example. When Amnesia remembers that she's actually Sister Mary Paul, it turns out that before losing her memory she had won the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes. This has not been brought up before, and it resolves the entire plot. Like everything else, it's PlayedForLaughs
* [[FiveManBand Five Nun Band]]: TheHero: Reverend Mother Mary Regina
** TheLancer: Sister Mary Hubert
** TheBigGuy: Sister Robert Anne (Not in terms of size, but could be seen as this due to her Brooklyn background and street smarts.)
** TheSmartGuy: Sister Mary Leo (Doesn't really fit, but neither does she fit the others)
** TheChick: Sister Mary Amnesia
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nunsense lives and breathes on this trope--it's ''incredibly'' risque for a show about nuns. Some examples include:
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters in the scene, whose horrified reactions make the line even funnier.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Sister Robert Anne finds something in the girls' locker room and brings it to the Reverend Mother. In the next scene, the Reverend Mother looks to see what it was that Sister Robert Anne was making a big deal of and finds that it is a little bottle labeled "Rush". After a two or three sniffs of it, she starts acting rather loopy, to the amusement of the audience.
* LethalChef: [[ShoutOut Sister Julia, Child of God]], is one, as her vichyssoise soup is responsible for the death of fifty-two sisters.
* NunsAreFunny: The entire premise of the ''Nunsense''.
* {{Ventriloquism}}: Sister Mary Amnesia does a ventriloquist act in one scene, with a dummy called [[IncrediblyLamePun Sister Mary Annette]], who says things a proper nun should not say.
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The five nuns performing are Mother Superior Mary Regina, a former circus performer who can not resist the spotlight; her competitive but dignified rival, second-in-command Sister Mary Hubert; Sister Robert Anne, a streetwise nun from Brooklyn who drives the convent car; Sister Mary Leo, a novice who wants to be the world's first ballerina nun; and wacky, childlike Sister Mary Amnesia, who lost her memory when a crucifix fell on her head.
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!!The musical contains examples of:
* BreakingtheFourthWall: There is no fourth wall in the show.
* CloudCuckoolander: Sister Mary Amnesia comes across as one.
* DeadpanSnarker: Sister Mary Hubert, especially when paired with the Reverend Mother.
* DeusExMachina: A textbook example. When Amnesia remembers that she's actually Sister Mary Paul, it turns out that before losing her memory she had won the Publisher's Clearinghouse sweepstakes. This has not been brought up before, and it resolves the entire plot. Like everything else, it's PlayedForLaughs
* [[FiveManBand Five Nun Band]]: TheHero: Reverend Mother Mary Regina
** TheLancer: Sister Mary Hubert
** TheBigGuy: Sister Robert Anne (Not in terms of size, but could be seen as this due to her Brooklyn background and street smarts.)
** TheSmartGuy: Sister Mary Leo (Doesn't really fit, but neither does she fit the others)
** TheChick: Sister Mary Amnesia
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Nunsense lives and breathes on this trope--it's ''incredibly'' risque for a show about nuns. Some examples include:
** Pretty much the entire cookbook scene. Notable recipes included "Mary Magdalene Tarts" and "Boy Scout Treats."
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' Ahem. Boy Scout Treats. First, get twelve Brownies, very hot...
** Sister Mary Amnesia, describing a clock with the Apostles substituting for numbers.
--> '''Sister Mary Amnesia:''' I always know, that when the big hand is on the John and the little hand is on the Peter, it's time for all the sisters to go down on their knees! [[BeatPanel *beat*]] And pray!
*** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by the other characters in the scene, whose horrified reactions make the line even funnier.
* IntoxicationEnsues: Sister Robert Anne finds something in the girls' locker room and brings it to the Reverend Mother. In the next scene, the Reverend Mother looks to see what it was that Sister Robert Anne was making a big deal of and finds that it is a little bottle labeled "Rush". After a two or three sniffs of it, she starts acting rather loopy, to the amusement of the audience.
* LethalChef: [[ShoutOut Sister Julia, Child of God]], is one, as her vichyssoise soup is responsible for the death of fifty-two sisters.
* NunsAreFunny: The entire premise of the ''Nunsense''.
* {{Ventriloquism}}: Sister Mary Amnesia does a ventriloquist act in one scene, with a dummy called [[IncrediblyLamePun Sister Mary Annette]], who says things a proper nun should not say.
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