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* EvilIsPetty: Both Ubus tend to resort to extreme measures for the slightest of offences. Mère Ubu persuaded her husband to commit mass regicide just because she felt like becoming queen, and what won him over was the prospect of eating a lot of sausages and wearing the snazzy clothes that come with the function.
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* EvilIsPetty: Both Ubus tend to resort to extreme measures for the slightest of offences. Mère Ubu persuaded her husband to commit mass regicide just because she felt like becoming queen, and what won him over was the prospect of getting richer, eating a lot of sausages and wearing the snazzy clothes and enormous hat that come with the function.function.
* EvilPlan: PlayedForLaughs. Ubu's plan is ridiculously basic and petty: step on the King's toes, wait for him to complain, then insult him – which is the signal to dogpile and stab him to death. Yet, it works.
* FatBastard: Both Père and Mère Ubu are fat and very much evil, though they are not the only evil characters in the play.
* EvilPlan: PlayedForLaughs. Ubu's plan is ridiculously basic and petty: step on the King's toes, wait for him to complain, then insult him – which is the signal to dogpile and stab him to death. Yet, it works.
* FatBastard: Both Père and Mère Ubu are fat and very much evil, though they are not the only evil characters in the play.
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* FatBastard: Both Père and Mère Ubu are fat and very much evil, though they are not the only evil characters in the play.
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Eventually, this turns both Bordure and the people of Poland against him: the former because Ubu promised him a duchy then denied it, the latter when Ubu causes massive revolts after trying to extort more and more tax money out of Polish peasants.
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He pondered betraying his co-conspirators and turning them over to the king in the hope that he'd give him money. Eventually, this turns both Bordure and the people of Poland against him: the former because Ubu promised him a duchy then denied it, the latter when Ubu causes massive revolts after trying to extort more and more tax money out of Polish peasants.
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* HollywoodTactics: Justified because 1) it is a play, 2) Ubu is an outrageously bad tactician.
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* HollywoodTactics: Justified because 1) it is a play, where accurate portrayal of military tactics is neither necessary or practical, and 2) Ubu is an outrageously bad tactician.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mère Ubu seems to operate on that logic in the early scenes. You want to be King but there's someone else on the throne? Kill The King. You're not the King's heir? Just kill the whole family and take their place. Père Ubu soon proves that he can operate like that as well, and starts executing anyone who so much as questions his decisions.
* NothingIsScarier: The sinister-sounding "Brain-removal Machine" ("'''Machine à décerveler'''"), despite being listed among the DramatisPersonae as a full-fleged character, doesn't have a single line and is never seen.
* PoisonIsEvil: When Ubu suggests poisoning the king's lunch, [[EvenEvilHasStandards all of his co-conspirators scold him and accuse him]] of villainy and cowardice. They eventually opt for the apparently more dignified method of dogpiling the King, stabbing him until he dies, then running after his family to do the same to them.
* NothingIsScarier: The sinister-sounding "Brain-removal Machine" ("'''Machine à décerveler'''"), despite being listed among the DramatisPersonae as a full-fleged character, doesn't have a single line and is never seen.
* PoisonIsEvil: When Ubu suggests poisoning the king's lunch, [[EvenEvilHasStandards all of his co-conspirators scold him and accuse him]] of villainy and cowardice. They eventually opt for the apparently more dignified method of dogpiling the King, stabbing him until he dies, then running after his family to do the same to them.
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Mère Ubu seems to operate on that logic in the early scenes. You want to be King but there's someone else on the throne? Kill The King. You're not the King's heir? Just kill the whole family and take their place. Père Ubu soon proves that he can operate like that as well, and starts executing anyone who so much as questions his decisions.
decisions, or has money that he wants for himself.
* NothingIsScarier: The sinister-sounding"Brain-removal "Brain removal Machine" ("'''Machine à décerveler'''"), despite being listed among the DramatisPersonae as a full-fleged character, doesn't have a single line and is never seen.
* PoisonIsEvil: When Ubu suggests poisoning the king'slunch, meal, [[EvenEvilHasStandards all of his co-conspirators scold him disapprove of such a lowly method]], and accuse him]] somehow find Bordure's idea of villainy and cowardice. They eventually opt for cutting the apparently (unarmed) king open with a sword much more dignified method of dogpiling the King, stabbing him until he dies, then running after his family to do the same to them.noble and brave.
* NothingIsScarier: The sinister-sounding
* PoisonIsEvil: When Ubu suggests poisoning the king's
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* VulgarHumor: Let us just say that "Merdre" (shite) figures heavily in the story, both figuratively and literally. For instance, when Ubu throws a rag full of the stuff over the table after becoming jealous of his guests complimenting his wife's cooking...
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* VulgarHumor: Let us just say that "Merdre" (shite) figures heavily in the story, both figuratively and literally. For instance, when Ubu throws a rag or broom full of the stuff over the table after becoming jealous of his guests complimenting his wife's cooking...
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* BadBoss: Ubu, full stop. Once he is in power, he mistreats his underlings and backpedals on all of his promises, executes anyone who criticises him and/or stands between him and his short-term profit, squeezes the people for the last bits of money; even when fleeing after losing against the Russians, he keeps treating his two surviving underlings so badly that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they eventually have enough and leave him]].
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* BadBoss: Ubu, full stop. Once he is in power, he mistreats his underlings and backpedals on all of his promises, executes anyone who criticises him and/or stands between him and his short-term profit, squeezes the people for the last bits of money; even when fleeing [[spoiler:fleeing after losing against the Russians, hiw war with Russia]], he keeps treating his two surviving underlings so badly that [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere they eventually have enough and leave him]].
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* {{Main/Catchphrase}}: Ubu's trademark swears "''Merdre''" and "''De par ma chandelle verte''" ("By my green candle").
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* {{Main/Catchphrase}}: CharacterCatchphrase: Ubu's trademark swears "''Merdre''" and "''De par ma chandelle verte''" ("By my green candle").
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* {{Main/Greed}}: This is undeniably the titular Ubu's Fatal Flaw. Pretty much everything he does is out of desire to earn money, or refusal to spend any – he agrees to plot against the King as long as it makes him rich, justifies his mass executions of Nobles, magistrates and financial advisers as "I've got to get richer"; it also tends to work against him, as he turns both Bordure and the people of Poland against him: the former because Ubu promised him a duchy then denied it, the latter when Ubu causes massive revolts after trying to extort more and more tax money out of Polish peasants.
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* {{Main/Greed}}: This is undeniably the titular Ubu's Fatal Flaw. Pretty much everything he does is out of desire to earn money, or refusal to spend any – he agrees to plot against the King as long as it makes him rich, justifies his mass executions of Nobles, magistrates and financial advisers as "I've got to get richer"; it also tends to work against him, as he richer".
Eventually, this turns both Bordure and the people of Poland against him: the former because Ubu promised him a duchy then denied it, the latter when Ubu causes massive revolts after trying to extort more and more tax money out of Polishpeasants.peasants.
Mère Ubu is not much better : while her husband is out [[spoiler:loosing a war]], she feels the tables are about to turn and attempts to flee the country with the royal treasure.
Eventually, this turns both Bordure and the people of Poland against him: the former because Ubu promised him a duchy then denied it, the latter when Ubu causes massive revolts after trying to extort more and more tax money out of Polish
Mère Ubu is not much better : while her husband is out [[spoiler:loosing a war]], she feels the tables are about to turn and attempts to flee the country with the royal treasure.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted. We know the details of the (arguably rather simple) plan devised by Ubu to kill the King, and it goes just as planned. Not a subversion since the play likely predates the invention of the trope itself.
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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Averted. We know the details of the (arguably rather simple) basic) plan devised by Ubu to kill the King, and it goes just as planned. Not a subversion since the play likely predates the invention of the trope itself.
