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** "I Love the Way" contains references to mastrubation and orgasms.
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** "I Love the Way" contains references to mastrubation masturbation and orgasms.orgasms, such as "at night, alone in my bedroom, satisfying my need, the candlelight fire ignites my desire to read", "when I'm deep in the throes of impassionate prose, I could scream", and "when the phrases come together like a consummation, it's sweet elation".
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* DoubleEntendre: The song 'Bottom's Gonna Be On Top' is pretty much just a five and half minute long innuendo. As is "I Love the Way."
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* DoubleEntendre: The song 'Bottom's Gonna Be On Top' is pretty much just a five and half minute long innuendo. As is "I Love the Way."Way" is one, featuring many references to masturbation and orgasms.
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* TemptingFate: When Nick and the troupe rehearse Nigel's script for Richard II, Nick ecstatically exclaims that he's starting to think this is the Bottom Brother's first hit. Cue Lord Clapham coming in to tell them that Shakespeare is doing Richard II instead.
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* TemptingFate: When Nick and the troupe rehearse Nigel's script for Richard II, Nick ecstatically exclaims that he's starting to think this is the Bottom Brother's Brothers' first hit. Cue Lord Clapham coming in to tell them that Shakespeare is doing Richard II instead.
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* BreakTheCutie: Nigel goes through this after [[spoiler:Portia is locked the church tower by Brother Jeremiah, where she will stay until she is sent to Scotland, singing about what makes living good when life is so cruel and his destiny "is to be fortune's fool"]].
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* BreakTheCutie: Nigel goes through this after [[spoiler:Portia [[spoiler:After Portia is locked the church tower by Brother Jeremiah, where she will stay until she is sent to Scotland, Nigel goes through this, singing about not knowing what makes living good when life is so cruel and his destiny "is to be fortune's fool"]].
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* WhamLine: After Nigel refuses to help Nick write "Omelette: The Musical" since he doesn't think it feels write, Nick yells this at him which temporarily hurts their relationship.
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall" story -- because I'm still carrying you. And I'm sick of it!
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall" story -- because I'm still carrying you. And I'm sick of it!
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* WhamLine: After Nigel refuses to help Nick write "Omelette: The Musical" since he doesn't think it feels write, right, Nick yells this at him which temporarily hurts their relationship.
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall"story -- story; because I'm still carrying you. And you, and I'm sick of it!
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall"
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler:Near the end, Brother Jeremiah is on court explaining why he is trying to have Nick, Nigel, Shylock, and Nostradmus beheaded, and he says they have committed "blasphemy, treason, employment of a Jew, witchcraft, and the provocative parading of eggs."
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler:Near the end, Brother Jeremiah is on court explaining why he is trying to have Nick, Nigel, Shylock, and Nostradmus beheaded, and he says they have committed "blasphemy, treason, employment of a Jew, witchcraft, and the provocative parading of eggs.eggs]]."
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler:Near the end, Brother Jeremiah is on court explaining why he is trying to have Nick, Nigel, Shylock, and Nostradmus beheaded, and he says they have committed "blasphemy, treason, employment of a Jew, witchcraft, and the provocative parading
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler:Near the end, Brother Jeremiah is on court explaining why he is trying to have Nick, Nigel, Shylock, and Nostradmus beheaded, and he says they have committed "blasphemy, treason, employment of a Jew, witchcraft, and the provocative parading
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[spoiler:Near the end, Brother Jeremiah is on court explaining why he is trying to have Nick, Nigel, Shylock, and Nostradmus beheaded, and he says they have committed "blasphemy, treason, employment of a Jew, witchcraft, and the provocative parading
of eggs."
of eggs."
* BreakTheCutie: Nigel goes through this after [[spoiler:Portia is locked the church tower by Brother Jeremiah, where she will stay until she is sent to Scotland, singing about what makes living good when life is so cruel and his destiny "is to be fortune's fool"]].
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The show doesn't [[StealthPun shy]] away from acknowledging the rampant anti-Semitism in the Elizabethan era. Shylock even hopes that [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice the play Shakespeare plans to write about him]] will make people see him as a "really, really, nice Jew."
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "I Love the Way"
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: "I Love the Way"
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The show doesn't [[StealthPun shy]] away from acknowledging the rampant anti-Semitism in the Elizabethan era. Shylock even hopes that [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice the play Shakespeare plans to write about him]] [[TemptingFate will make people see him as a "really, really, nice Jew."
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* ForegoneConclusion: "Hamlet" isn't known as one of ''Bottom's'' greatest plays, is it?
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* ForegoneConclusion: "Hamlet" isn't known as one of ''Bottom's'' greatest plays, the great plays of Nick Bottom, is it?it? And it definitely isn't known as "Omelette: The Musical".
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* OnlySaneMan: Nigel bluntly tells Nick that Shakespeare's greatest work surely can't be about eggs. What would the public about it? [[spoiler:Unfortunately, by the time Nick realizes Nigel is right, they're being prosecuted for plagiarism]].
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* OnlySaneMan: Nigel bluntly tells Nick that Shakespeare's greatest work surely can't be a play about eggs. What would the public about it? eggs isn't a good idea, but Nick is too focused on beating Shakespeare to listen. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, by the time Nick realizes Nigel is right, they're being prosecuted for plagiarism]].
* StylisticSuck: Nick and the troupe's production of "The Black Death" is a tasteless show that turns the whole Black Death into a big joke, showing how Nick needs Nigel to write his plays.
* TemptingFate: When Nick and the troupe rehearse Nigel's script for Richard II, Nick ecstatically exclaims that he's starting to think this is the Bottom Brother's first hit. Cue Lord Clapham coming in to tell them that Shakespeare is doing Richard II instead.
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Wait, that didn't sound right''
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[[LampshadeHanging Wait, that didn't sound right''right]]''
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* WhamLine: After Nigel refuses to help Nick write "Omelette: The Musical" since he doesn't think it feels write, Nick yells this at him which temporarily hurts their relationship.
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall" story -- because I'm still carrying you. And I'm sick of it!
--->'''Nick:''' It must be so great to always "do what you feel" because you have no one else to take care of but yourself. And that's why I never wanted to write that sappy "brother who carried you from Cornwall" story -- because I'm still carrying you. And I'm sick of it!
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* MistakenForMasturbating: After they spend time together, Nigel says he has something to show Portia, before reaching into his codpiece and fiddling around, leaving her uncomfortable. Turns out he was just going to show her a letter from Shakespeare that said he read his sonnet.
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* PromotionToParent: Nick, from the age of fourteen, had to take care of Nigel after their mother died.
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* PromotionToParent: Nick, from the age of fourteen, had to take care of Nigel after their mother died.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Not exactly, but Brother Jerimiah suddenly saying [[spoiler:"God damn it!" after Portia tells him she's coming with Nigel to the New World]] is treated like one.
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** Also averted in regards to the sexism of the period: Nick's acting troupe is composed entirely of men, even for the female roles (again, TruthInTelevision), and he refuses Bea's offer help him by joining the troupe because women aren't allowed to be stage actors. Bea later expresses frustration when she tries to get a job to support their family and finds that all the "good jobs" only allow men (though she [[SweetPollyOliver finds a way around this]]).
* PrecisionFStrike: Not exactly, but Brother Jerimiah suddenlysaying exclaiming [[spoiler:"God damn it!" after Portia tells him she's coming going with Nigel to the New World]] is treated like one.
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* PromotionToParent: Nick, from the age of fourteen, had to take care of Nigel after their mother died.
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys (though he does get the impression that it's ''really'' important to get that question right). [[spoiler:They eventually decide that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they are good guys]]]].
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys (though he does get the impression that it's ''really'' important to get that question right). [[spoiler:They eventually decide that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they are good guys]]]].
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-->'''Nick:'' [[spoiler: Toby?]]\\
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-->'''Shakespeare''': ''"I know writing made me famous, but being famous is just so much more fun!"''
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-->'''Shakespeare''': ''"I I know writing made me famous, but being ''being'' famous is just so much more fun!"''fun!
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys. [[spoiler:They eventually decide that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they are good guys]]]].
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys.guys (though he does get the impression that it's ''really'' important to get that question right). [[spoiler:They eventually decide that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they are good guys]]]].
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* VillainProtagonist: Nick Bottom ''does'' want to plagiarize one of the world's greatest playwrights rather than put in the work to write something original. He does so with good intentions and only when he believe he has no other choice, but the show makes it quite clear that he's still in the wrong.
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* VillainProtagonist: Nick Bottom ''does'' want to plagiarize one of the world's greatest playwrights rather than put in the work to write something original. He does so with good intentions and only when he believe believes he has no other choice, but the show makes it quite clear that he's still in the wrong.
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** Nick dreams of Shakespeare bowing down to him and admitting he's better, which he then not so graciously responds to with mockery. In actuality though, the bard has just as little respect for Nick as he does for him and this never changes.
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** Nick dreams of Shakespeare bowing down to him and admitting he's better, which he then not so graciously responds to with mockery. In actuality though, the bard has just as little respect for Nick as he Nick does for him and this never changes.
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: At one point, Shakespeare asks if the Bottoms' next play will be a tragedy, a comedy, or a tragic attempt at comedy.
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* PrecisionFStrike: Not exactly, but Brother Jerimiah suddenly saying [[spoiler:"God damn it!" after Portia tells him she's coming with Nigel to the New World]] is treated like one.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Shakespeare was once a member of Nick and Nigel's troupe, only for Nick to kick him out because he was so annoying. Nick then suggested Shakespeare take up writing...
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** ShoutOutToShakespeare: Well, of course.
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* ItWasHisSled: Parodied - Nick mentions that Romeo and Juliet kill themselves at the end, absolutely devastating Clapham who hadn't seen the (at the time) new play yet.
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* ItWasHisSled: ItWasHisSled[[invoked]]: Parodied - Nick mentions that Romeo and Juliet kill themselves at the end, absolutely devastating Clapham who hadn't seen the (at the time) new play yet.
* ReferenceOverdosed: On top of the frequent references to Shakespeare's works and other cultural staples of the Renaissance, once Nostradamus discovers the musical, the script and score constantly reference musicals, most prominently in "A Musical" and "Make an Omelette."
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* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Nigel has seen Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet SIX times. Portia's seen it EIGHT!
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* RuleOfCool: Conversed. Nostradamus admits that dance breaks in musicals don't advance the plot or character, but people do it "because it's entertaining!"
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Nigel has seenTheatre/RomeoAndJuliet ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' SIX times. Portia's seen it EIGHT!
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: Nigel has seen
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys. [[spoiler:They eventually decide that they are good guys]].
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* ThoseWackyNazis: Nostradamus envisions the Nazis playing a large role in a future musical (''Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic'' or ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'') but he doesn't know whether they are good guys or bad guys. [[spoiler:They eventually decide that [[CrossesTheLineTwice they are good guys]].guys]]]].
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It's TheNineties! [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance The 1590s, that is.]] [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] is in his prime and is beloved by everyone in London. Everyone, that is, except Nick Bottom, a playwright who just doesn't understand Shakespeare's appeal and wishes he had his fame. Desperate to write a good play, he goes to see a soothsayer named Nostradamus (no, not that Nostradamus, his nephew Thomas) to find out what the future of theatre holds. Nostradamus tells him that in the future, theatre will involve singing and dancing. So, Nick and his brother/writing partner Nigel set out to write the world's first musical.
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It's TheNineties! [[UsefulNotes/TheRenaissance The 1590s, that is.]] [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare]] is in his prime and is beloved by everyone in London.{{UsefulNotes/London}}. Everyone, that is, except Nick Bottom, a playwright who just doesn't understand Shakespeare's appeal and wishes he had his fame. Desperate to write a good play, he goes to see a soothsayer named Nostradamus (no, not that Nostradamus, his nephew Thomas) to find out what the future of theatre holds. Nostradamus tells him that in the future, theatre will involve singing and dancing. So, Nick and his brother/writing partner Nigel set out to write the world's first musical.
