History Theatre / RomeoAndJuliet

%%** Love in moderation. Extremes in anything, love or hate, can lead to tragedy.
%%** Do not jump into things you're not ready for.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Romeo is known as a "noble and well-governed youth," according to Lord Capulet. But kill someone close to him (Mercutio, then Juliet), and he will ''[[UnstoppableRage snap]]''.

* BusCrash: Lady Montague, who has an important role in the first scene, then disappears almost entirely until the last scene where Montague mentions she died offstage. Her death serves to even the death toll to two from every house -- Romeo and Lady Montague, Juliet and Tybalt, and [[HufflepuffHouse Mercutio and Paris]], who belong to the prince's family.

* CharacterFilibuster: Mercutio's "Queen Mab" speech.

* ChekhovsGunman: Balthasar, a servant who has a small appearance in the first scene, ends up indirectly causing Romeo's suicide in Act V.

** Once Romeo marries Juliet, he is tied to both houses. This makes for an awkward decision when Juliet's cousin Tybalt challenges him to a duel.

* DiedInIgnorance: One of the most famous examples in history, Romeo commits suicide by ingesting poison believing that Juliet is dead, not knowing that Juliet was only FakingTheDead as part of a plan for the both of them to finally be together. When she uncovers this, she despairs with a [[CreatorThumbprint lengthy monologue]] and kisses Romeo hoping some of the poison will still be on his lips with the ambition to be TogetherInDeath.

** The Prince and the Nurse. (Although [[AllThereInTheScript on the character list]] the prince's name is given as "Escalus", and Capulet calls the Nurse "Angelica" at one point.)

* ExactWords: When Abram, one of the Montagues' servants approaches, Sampson quibbles with Abram:

** Some productions play up this aspect between Tybalt and Benvolio as well. Again, there's not a lot of evidence for it in the text but the fact that Tybalt specifically targets Benvolio in the first brawl and even seems to single him out among all other Montagues ("Peace? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee [Benvolio]!") has garnered some speculation as to why that might be.

* ForgottenFallenFriend: Romeo is heartbroken about Mercutio's death . . . for as long as it takes him to kill Tybalt in a revenge-fueled rage. After Tybalt dies, Mercutio is forgotten, and Romeo expresses far more grief over Tybalt's death than Mercutio's.

* GardenOfLove: The iconic second encounter between Romeo and Juliet takes place in Capulet's garden.

* TheGhost: We hear ''quite'' a lot about Rosaline, Romeo's unrequited love at the start of the play, but she never makes it onscreen. According to the guest list, she attends Capulet's feast, and some productions make her a more obvious presence there.

** Tybalt, as everyone around him knows. He reacts to catching Romeo at the Capulet feast by calling for his rapier.

** Some of the archaic uses of the word "ho" become a tad awkward in this day and age. Such as "Fetch me my long sword, ho!" Even funnier because at this point in the play, his wife is trying to ''stop'' him from jumping into the fight. Or the Nurse calling for "[[INeedAFreakingDrink Aqua Vitae]], ho!", and getting a response from Lady Capulet.

** Lord Capulet to Tybalt:
--->'''Capulet:''' You are a saucy[[note]]i.e. insolent[[/note]] boy.

* TheHeroDies: Both Romeo and Juliet at the end.

* InLoveWithLove: Romeo, particularly with Rosaline, and it is implied she's just the latest girl he's crushing on.

* LaserGuidedKarma: In the final scene, the prince considers all of the tragedies that befell Capulet, Montague, and himself to be their just deserts for their failure to stop the ancient grudge:

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: By their times's standards. Romeo is the one with emotional reactions for better or worse, whereas Juliet is more practical and stages their doomed escape. Romeo kills himself with poison, which is considered a feminine way to commit suicide, whereas Juliet uses Romeo's dagger, which was a weapon used typically by men.

* MasqueradeBall: Capulet holds one, which is where Romeo and Juliet fall in LoveAtFirstSight.

*** ''Mercurial'' itself is derived from the name of Mercury, the messenger god of the Roman pantheon. As a member of the house of Escalus, Mercutio is at least poised to serve as a messenger between the warring houses.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Friar Lawrence's well-intentioned intervention instead leads to the death of both protagonists.
* NoAntagonist: Tybalt acts as an antagonist for a while, but he dies in Act III of a five-act work. Capulet can be seen as the antagonist, as he would be when the play is a comedy, but it's ultimately implied that the feud and pointless hatred themselves were to blame for the play's conflict rather than any one person.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: Despite the grudge between the Capulet and Montague families, they have more in common than not, as pointed out in the very first line: "Two households, both alike in dignity ..."

* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Romeo kills Tybalt, Lord Montague protests that, since Tybalt had just killed Mercutio, Romeo was merely expediting justice. This, along with the fact Mercutio was [[ItsPersonal Escalus's cousin]], likely contributes to Escalus's decision to banish rather than execute him.

* PoorCommunicationKills: This is one of the major things that contributed to Romeo and Juliet's deaths. Most notably, the reason the whole play ends in tragedy rather than with a happy reunification of the lovers is that Friar Lawrence isn't able to warn Romeo that Juliet is only ''feigning'' death before he hears about it from someone else.

* ReplacementGoldfish: Juliet for the nurse's deceased daughter. Also, probably Tybalt for Capulet's deceased children, and/or the Capulets for Tybalt's dead parents. While never explicitly stated to be dead, his parents never show up, and when he dies himself, Lord and Lady Capulet do all the mourning for them.

## Mercutio: Killed defending Romeo.
## Tybalt: Killed by Romeo in a duel to avenge Mercutio.
## Romeo's mother: Died of sadness because of Romeo's banishment.
## Paris: Killed by Romeo.
## Romeo: Killed himself by ingesting poison.
## Juliet: Killed herself by stabbing herself with Romeo's knife.

* SecretRelationship: The root of the tragedy.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Gregory and Sampson, two servants of the Capulets, only appear at the very start of the play, but they rile up the feud by taunting the Montague servants, and the ensuing brawl leads Escalus to declare that further breach of the peace will be punished by death. A third nameless servant whom Lord Capulet sends to invite people to his house for supper ends up crossing paths with Romeo and Benvolio and unwittingly invites them to attend; Benvolio drags Romeo to the party in the hopes of weaning him off Rosaline (who'll be attending) but then Romeo ends up meeting Juliet...

* TagTeamSuicide: Juliet uses Romeo's dagger to kill herself after Romeo kills himself by ingesting poison.
* TakeAThirdOption: Lady Capulet demands that Romeo be executed for killing Tybalt. Lord Montague professes that since Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo was acting justly. The prince compromises by subjecting Romeo to exile from Verona with the threat of the death penalty if he comes back.

* ThreateningMediator: In Act I Scene 1, The Prince of Verona enters in the middle of a brawl that includes servants from Capulet and Montague, the hot-blooded Capulet heir Tybalt and his cronies against the Montague youths, and the heads of the houses. The prince commands them to stand down, "on pain of death." At the end of the scene, he makes it clear to the heads of the houses that if another brawl erupts, punishing their servants won't be enough: the Lords themselves will be executed.
* TogetherInDeath: Romeo and Juliet, who actually end up lying side by side (or at least sufficiently close) in the middle of the Capulet mausoleum.

* TragicHero: It has been argued that both Romeo and Juliet are this, that neither quite makes it, that they make one up together, that only Romeo is, and that only Juliet is.

* TranslationConvention: The play is set in Italy.

* UnstoppableRage: Mercutio's death imbues Romeo with so much vengeful fury that he manages to defeat MasterSwordsman Tybalt. Later, after Juliet's supposed death, Romeo kills Paris, the ''prince's cousin'', when he tries to deny Romeo entry to the tomb.

** Friar John is another unwitting instigator, although, ironically, this stems from his ''failure'' to deliver a letter. He doesn't know what it contains.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where the hell does Benvolio go after Mercutio dies? This could be explained by the first quarto, in which Lord Montague offhandedly mentions that Benvolio died. Benvolio's death could be foreshadowed by Benvolio's last line in the play, "This is the truth or let Benvolio die"-- which he says after amending the truth a little to protect the images of Mercutio and Romeo while framing Tybalt as a bully. Additionally there is the possibility that in the original production of the play, the actor playing Benvolio could have doubled for a role more critical to the second half of the action.

* DidTheyOrDidntThey: Many productions take Lady Capulet's [[ExcessiveMourning disproportionate grief]] over Tybalt's death to imply that the two have been romantically involved. After all, the two are closer in age than Lord and Lady Capulet, and the LoveTriangle can justify some of the malice between Lord Capulet and Tybalt, Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet, and Lord Capulet and Juliet when she disobeys him.
** The Hong Kong Ballet version of the play has them outright having an affair.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Juliet wakes up from her potion ''right'' on schedule. If she'd woken up five minutes later, then the Capulets and Montagues would have discovered her alive in time to comfort her. If she'd woken up five minutes ''earlier,'' Romeo would have come upon her awake. It's because he didn't get the message that he doesn't know about the potion.

** Lord Capulet as well. He chides the "saucy" Tybalt for his [[HairTriggerTemper dramatic reaction]] to Romeo's infiltration of the feast, yet explodes in an even more dramatic fashion when Juliet declines the marriage, he arranged for her.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Where the hell does Benvolio go after Mercutio dies? This could be explained by the first quarto, in which Lord Montague offhandedly mentions that Benvolio died. Benvolio's death could be foreshadowed by Benvolio's last line in the play, "This is the truth or let Benvolio die"-- which he says after ammending the truth a little to protect the images of Mercutio and Romeo while framing Tybalt as a bully. Additionally there is the possibility that in the original production of the play, the actor playing Benvolio could have doubled for a role more critical to the second half of the action.

** Even between the Nurse and Friar Lawrence, this trope is applicable -- although in a darker way. Friar Lawrence sets about making tons of risky plans that, although well-intentioned, have a thousand ways to go wrong. The Nurse tells Juliet to be sensible and marry Paris, and give up Romeo for dead because it involves less risk and heartache. She's also looking after Juliet's well-being, because if she was impregnated by Romeo, she may pass the child as Paris'.

* CompositeCharacter: Many adaptations such as the 2013 film , have Benvolio take the role of Balthasar in the final acts since otherwise, he disappears without explanation.

* PaperThinDisguise: Romeo, Benvolio, Mercutio, and the other Montague revelers waltz into their arch-enemy's ball-wearing masks. No one is recognized save Romeo, and then only because he talks.

* GenderedInsult: When Romeo is weeping after he's sentenced to exile and then says he'll kill himself over it, Friar Lawrence rebukes him, saying "Art thou a man? Thy form declares thou art-thy tears are womanish!"

* GoneHorriblyRight: Juliet wakes up from her potion ''right'' on schedule. If she'd woken up five minutes later, then the Capulets and Montagues would have discovered her alive in time to comfort her. If she'd woken up five minutes ''earlier,'' Romeo would have come upon her awake. It's because he didn't get the message that he doesn't know about the poison.

** When Romeo asks who Juliet the Nurse's answer ends with her saying "he that can lay hold of her shall have the chinks." What she means is that whoever marries Juliet (gets hold of her) would be rich and have fancy porcelain, which is what "chinks" is referring to. But nowadays it's only seen as a racial slur against east Asians.

* IdleRich: Romeo, is the heir of a rich merchant family. Mercutio is a noble, as well.

** Tybalt/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS Tybert/Tibert]] is the name of the hot-blooded prince of cats from the folk tales of Reynard the Fox. Tybalt is frequently made fun of for this and is indeed hot-blooded.

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Has been adapted for the silver screen numerous times, perhaps most famously by the Italian director Creator/FrancoZeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann's zany 1996 adaptation which moved the story to a modern setting.

[[folder:Works based on ''Romeo and Juliet'']]
* ''Roméo et Juliette'', an 1839 "dramatic symphony" in seven movements (choral and instrumental scenes) by Music/HectorBerlioz.
* ''Roméo et Juliette'', an 1867 opera by Charles Gounod.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1932 short story retelling by [[Creator/KarelCapek Karel Čapek]].
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1935 ballet with music by Sergei Prokofiev.
* ''Film/{{Romeo and Juliet|1936}}'', a 1936 film directed by Creator/GeorgeCukor that received four UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations. Featured 34-year-old Creator/NormaShearer and 43-year-old Creator/LeslieHoward playing the teenaged lovers.
* ''Romeo and Juliet'', a 1954 film directed by Renato Castellani, starring Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall in the title roles. Won a UsefulNotes/LeoneDOro.
* ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968'', a 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film starring Creator/OliviaHussey as Juliet and Leonard Whiting as Romeo.
* ''Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet'', a somewhat polarizing update directed by Creator/BazLuhrmann starring Claire Danes and Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio. It keeps Shakespeare's text but dramatically reframes it in a late-1990s setting in Mexican-influenced Southern California ("Verona Beach"). The duels and dialogue about them are retained by naming the characters' gun models after various types of bladed weapons instead (e.g., "Sword 9mm class").
* ''Film/RomeoAndJuliet2013'', a 2013 film by Carlo Carlei, and the first traditional retelling to hit screens in quite a while, starring Creator/HaileeSteinfeld and Douglas Booth in the lead roles. The dialogue was heavily rewritten, although the new dialogue was still in the Shakespearean style. The rewrites were...not well received.
* ''Anime/RomeoXJuliet'', an {{anime}} adaptation set [[RecycledINSPACE IN SPACE!]] with less GreyAndGrayMorality (the Montagues are villains who ousted and all but extinguished the rightfully ruling Capulets)
* ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', probably the most famous adaptation out there, telling the story of [[RecycledINSPACE a romance between two teens from rival gangs in the 1950s.]] Adapted into film in [[Film/WestSideStory1961 1961]] and [[Film/WestSideStory2021 2021]].
* ''Film/LosTarantos'', a 1963 Spanish take on the story.
* ''Film/RomeoMustDie'', a modern-day retelling (from 2000) moving the action to LA and changing the feud to one between rival black and Chinese gangsters.
* ''China Girl'' (1987), which could be described as ''West Side Story'' meets ''Romeo Must Die.'' It's reset in 1980s Manhattan with rival Italian and Chinese gangs.
* ''Film/TromeoAndJuliet'', a typically outrageous outing from Troma Films with a rather [[BrotherSisterIncest different]] ending.
* ''Film/ValleyGirl'' from 1982 depicts the romance of Randy, a Hollywood punk, and Julie, the titular Valley Girl. The trope is even lampshaded by a scene where the couple kisses under a marquee advertising the play. The class warfare shown in the film is rather one-sided; the Hollywood crowd doesn’t actively go seeking trouble with the Valley kids, while the Valley kids are overtly hostile towards Randy and his friend Fred. The movie’s ending also subverts the tragic ending of the source material.
* ''Literature/RomeoAndOrJuliet'' uses the story as the basis for a {{gamebook|s}} with multiple possible plot strands. One path more-or-less follows the play, but make different choices and you can end up with very different endings.
* ''Private Romeo'', a film that uses an all-male cast and the original dialogue of the play as a commentary on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Romeo is a cadet desperate to get into West Point and Juliet is the new boy to the military academy he attends. [[spoiler:Due to DADT, the school's staff finding out about the fact that the two are in love serves as their 'death;' no one actually dies in the film, but they'll both be kicked out of school and any hope of continuing their military careers (including Romeo's dream of West Point) is finished.]]
* ''Theatre/RomeoEtJulietteDeLaHaineALamour'', a French musical by Gerard Presgurvic, which has played in more or less similar format in Canada, Mexico, Japan, and various countries throughout Europe and in a much DarkerAndEdgier Hungarian adaptation.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Pocahontas}}'' depicts a highly fictionalized romance between Pocahontas and John Smith in the midst of an upcoming war. The film was actually pitched as "Romeo & Juliet in 17th century Virginia". Notably it's one of Disney's only films to have a BittersweetEnding (albeit where the lovers simply don't end up together as opposed to dying tragically).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'', which followed up the first film's LighterAndSofter African ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' with a similarly brighter version of this story. [[RecycledInSpace In Africa. With lions.]]
* ''Film/ShakespeareInLove'', in which we learn the "real" story behind the production of the play.
* ''Romeo & Harriet'', a musical parody of Romeo and Juliet.
* ''Romiette and Julio'', a 2001 novel by Sharon Draper about two teenage lovers dealing with the taboos of interracial dating.
* ''Film/YouNeverDreamed'', a 1980 Soviet film.
* ''November 30'', a 1995 Swedish movie with a NonindicativeName where the OfficialCouple consists of a Peruvian immigrant and repentant neo-Nazi.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mn9Am7L4sA Romeo Va Julietta Yohud Lan'atlangan Sevgi]]'', an Uzbek film from 2006, which loosely resets the story in contemporary Toshkent.
* ''Romie O and Julie 8'', a 1979 animated TV adaptation with robots.
* ''WesternAnimation/RomeoAndJulietSealedWithAKiss'', an animated adaptation with [[AnthropomorphicAnimalAdaptation seals playing the roles]].
* ''WesternAnimation/GnomeoAndJuliet'', a 2011 CGI animated family comedy film with living garden gnomes in place of the original characters.
* Naturally, it was the subject of an episode of ''Series/{{Wishbone}}'' as well.
* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' features the "Veronaville" neighborhood, with the Montys and the Capps as major players, complete with a feud and teenagers from both families in love.
* ''Prince of Cats'', a short 2012 comic by Ron Wimberly set in a mid-Eighties Brooklyn crossed with samurai films and centered around secondary characters Tybalt and Rosalyn.
** A film adaptation has been announced, to star Lakeith Stanfield.
* ''WebVideo/RomeoAndJulieta,'' a [[InNameOnly very,]] ''[[InNameOnly very]]'' [[InNameOnly loose adaptation]] of the work starring two sentient llama piñatas. Yes, really.
* ''Literature/WarmBodies'', a novel by Isaac Marion where the Montagues and Capulets are replaced with zombies and humans. Also [[TheFilmOfTheBook made into]] a [[Film/WarmBodies film]].
* Often done as a ShowWithinAShow when a film production or SchoolPlay is needed (because it's a play that most people, even those who have ''never'' read Shakespeare, are familiar with). If at least one of the two leads is a major character, expect ShipTease. This includes an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', an episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', two episodes of ''Manga/KOn'', the second {{OVA}} to ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and an ongoing arc in the first part of Season 12 of ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}''. An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' is about auditioning for the play (and features a conjured-up version of Romeo to give Sabrina some coaching).
* Creator/DianaWynneJones used the story as a subplot in ''The Magicians of Caprona'' in which the feuding families of Casa Montana and Casa Petrocchi eventually learn that two of their younger members have fallen in love with each other.
* ''Juliet'', a 2010 novel by Anne Fortier, in which the main character discovers that her ancestor was the "real" Juliet behind the famous story.
* ''Romeo and Juliet: A [=DreamZone=] Parody'': The [[ParallelPornTitles porn version]].
* ''Film/UpsideDown'', starring Jim Sturgess and Kirsten Dunst. A science fiction retelling where the two clans are replaced with inhabitants of two planets tightly revolving around each other. Where each person is only affected by the gravity of their birth planet.
* Korean [=MMO=] ''VideoGame/{{Maplestory}}'' adapts the story for a party quest, though the characters live in a town of feuding alchemists (one more focused on nature, the other on technology) and somehow Frankenstein's monster is also involved.
* ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language tragic romance film written and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, which according to him, was a "desi adaptation" of this play.
* ''Jules and Monty'', a 2014 webseries that translates the story to a modern college setting.
* The radio drama featuring Music/AKB48, known as "Watashitachi no Monogatari", did their own version of Romeo and Juliet, with the two aces of Music/SKE48, Matsui Rena and Matsui Jurina, as the main pair. Not only do they change the characters names (basing them more on their respective members names), but they also give it a much happier end. As to be expected, this broadcast pleased lots of [=WMatsui=] fans.
* In 2018, [=AKB48=] member Kato Rena produced an original adaptation of Romeo and Juliet with TWO casts of members across the 48 group that were chosen via audition as part of her personal "Renacchi General Elections". In this adaptation, the two families actually like each other and it's Romeo and Juliet themselves who are feuding at the beginning of the play. This adaptation implements more comedic moments as well as introducing new characters, but still contains much of the drama and tragedy.
* ''Film/WithAKissIDie'', a 2018 {{lesbian vampire}} romance film based on the premise that Juliet was revived as a vampire.
* ''The Spruces and the Pines'', an [[Creator/IonTelevision ION]] Channel Christmas movie, which has two young people falling in love despite the long-running feud between their families, who happen to own rival Christmas tree farms.
* ''Manga/BoardingSchoolJuliet'', a manga-turned-anime romantic comedy that takes a Japanese high school approach to the story, with the main characters being members of the Black Doggy and White Cats houses.
* ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'' basically features "Romeo and Juliet as members of rival football supporter teams" as one of its sub-plots, with the characters of Trev Likely and Juliet Stollop. A ''lot'' of references to the play follow, though thankfully ([[EarnYourHappyEnding though it takes a lot of work to get there]]) the ending is a lot happier.
* "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E13ThePerfectPear The Perfect Pear]]", a ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode that explores the question, what if Romeo and Juliet had lived to have kids?
* ''Prince of Shadows'' a 2014 novel by Creator/RachelCaine, takes a HeroOfAnotherStory approach, with Romeo's cousin Benvolio and Juliet's cousin Rosaline as the POV characters. Also adds a layer of horror by supposing that the catastrophic ending of the play was because [[spoiler:the intensity of Romeo and Juliet's love was because the "plague on both your houses" was a backfiring ''curse'', and Mercutio's line was him trying to warn Romeo. In the final climax of the book, as soon as Romeo and Juliet both die the curse falls on Benvolio and Rosaline as the next heirs in line. Their already being in love makes the difference in their feelings very clear, and illustrates that Romeo and Juliet were indeed doomed from the start.]]
* Mercedes Lackey's ''Closer to Home'' (part of The Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar) has the plot revolve around expies of the Montagues and Capulets, told mostly from the point of view of the exasperated Heralds trying to keep them from killing each other. Provides quite a few TakeThat s at the Montague and Capulet families in general, and the Nurse to boot. [[spoiler:The Romeo expy turns out to be an unrepentant psychopath, who plans to marry the Juliet expy and kill off everyone else in their families in [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident one fell]] [[KillItWithFire horrific swoop]], so he can inherit all the wealth and property.]]
* ''[[ComicBook/MonicasGang Mônica e Cebolinha: No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta]]''[[labelnote:Rough Translation]]''Monica and Jimmy Five: In the World of Romeo and Juliet''[[/labelnote]]: A live-action adaptation of the play with costumed actors portraying Monica and Jimmy Five as the titular lovers. Like most kid-friendly adaptations, the play ends with both lovers alive and together and both families ending the rivalry for good. Was adapted into theatre in 1978, Direct-to-Video and TV in 1979, and again made a stage play in 2013 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ''Monica's Gang'' comic series.
* ''Film/{{Rosaline}}'': a 2022 comedic film retelling the story from the point of view of Romeo's jilted RomanticFalseLead, Juliet's cousin Rosaline.
* ''Theatre/AndJuliet'' is a jukebox musical showing an alternate telling of the story where Juliet decides not to take her life and her journey moving on from Romeo.
* ''Film/PizzaMyHeart'': A 2005 romantic comedy set in Verona (New Jersey, not Italy), with the Capulets and the Montagues represented by two rival pizzerias.
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* Often done as a ShowWithinAShow when a film production or SchoolPlay is needed (because it's a play that most people, even those who have ''never'' read Shakespeare, are familiar with). If at least one of the two leads is a major character, expect ShipTease. This includes an episode of ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', an episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', two episodes of ''Manga/KOn'', the second {{OVA}} to ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', and an ongoing arc in the first part of Season 12 of ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''. An episode of ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' is about auditioning for the play (and features a conjured-up version of Romeo to give Sabrina some coaching).

* ''The Spruces and the Pines'', an Creator/{{ION}} Channel Christmas movie, which has two young people falling in love despite the long-running feud between their families, who happen to own rival Christmas tree farms.

* PayEvilUntoEvil: After Romeo kills Tybalt, Lord Montague protests that, since Tybalt had just killed Mercutio, Romeo was merely expediting justice. This likely contributes to Escalus's decision to banish rather than execute him.

## Tybalt: Killed by Romeo in a duel.