1 | Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' rewritten as a comedy, the first in a series of retooled Shakespeare plays by Tropers/{{Shrikecatcher}}. |
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3 | Can be read [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3536407/1/The_Comedy_of_Romeo_and_Juliet here]] |
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5 | !! Tropes |
6 | %%* AnachronismStew: Used deliberately per RuleOfFunny. |
7 | %%* BettyAndVeronica: Or Paris and Romeo, in this case. |
8 | %%* BloodyHilarious |
9 | %%* BreakingTheFourthWall: Frequently. |
10 | %%* BrickJoke |
11 | * BusCrash: Lady Montague. |
12 | --> "Alas, my liege," Montague wept. "My wife is dead tonight." |
13 | --> [[MoodWhiplash Nearby, someone on the drums made a]] RimShot [[BrickJoke and cymbal crash]]. |
14 | * CaptainErsatz: No, Mercutio isn't dressed as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for the costume party, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial what are you talking about?]] |
15 | --> "Who are you supposed to be?" [the security guard] asked Mercutio. "Donald Duck?" |
16 | --> "Of course not, good fellow," Mercutio laughed. "I don't want to be sued." |
17 | --> "[[Creator/WaltDisney Walt]] is inside, he'll be the judge of that." He opened the front door for Mercutio, and through it we all saw the partygoers going at it at the party. |
18 | --> "[[OhCrap Uh-oh]]," Mercutio said, [[RunningGag which wasn't as]] incriminating [[RunningGag as it sounded]]. |
19 | %%* ChekhovsGunman: Balthasar. |
20 | %%* DeathByDespair: Lady Montague. |
21 | %%* TheDitz: Juliet. |
22 | %%* DrivenToSuicide: Romeo and Juliet, of course. |
23 | %%* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Music/{{Prince}} and the Nurse. |
24 | %%* FauxDeath: Juliet. |
25 | * FeatheredFiend: A gull flies through the roof and attempts a GroinAttack on a post-coital Romeo because [[RunningGag he doesn't like birds]]. |
26 | %%* FeudingFamilies: The Capulets and the Montagues, of course. |
27 | %%* FirstPersonSmartass: Benvolio, our narrator. |
28 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Lampshaded, of course. |
29 | --> ''[[RunningGag Now That's What I Call]] Foreshadowing!'' Featuring music by Eiffel 65, [=BBMak=], and Macy Gray! Wait, what do you mean it's not [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000]] anymore? |
30 | * FootnoteFever: Act III, Scene iii: Look, a footnote! And Act IV, Scene iv: |
31 | --> Really, you can go up to your friends right now and call them all "[[SonOfAWhore whoresons]]," and no harm will be done. [[labelnote:*]][[CaptainObvious Do not do this.]][[/labelnote]] |
32 | %%* ForegoneConclusion: Romeo and Juliet are going to die. |
33 | %%* TheGhost: Rosaline. |
34 | * GrammarNazi: Invoked. |
35 | --> By the way, grammar Nazis, there's a double negative mocking you ruthlessly at the beginning of this paragraph. |
36 | %%* GroinAttack |
37 | * HaveAGayOldTime: The use of the word "ho" is exploited for all its worth. |
38 | %%* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood |
39 | * HopeSpot: While Romeo is visiting her tomb, Juliet sneezes every so often, indicating life, but of course he doesn't notice. |
40 | * TheImmodestOrgasm: While Juliet is getting it on with Romeo upstairs, Capulet, his wife and Paris think that's the sound of her weeping over Tybalt's death. |
41 | %%* LampshadeHanging |
42 | %%* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Mercutio after having his arm cut off by Tybalt. |
43 | %%* MasqueradeBall: And at this costume party, everyone is dressed up as something else. |
44 | %%* TheMoreYouKnow: A RunningGag, combined with CaptainObvious. |
45 | %%* OfCorsetHurts: The outfit the Nurse dresses Juliet in after Lady Capulet barges in post wedding-consummation. PlayedForLaughs. |
46 | %%* OffWithHisHead: Poor Tybalt. |
47 | %%* OnlyAFleshWound |
48 | %%* PluckyGirl: Juliet. |
49 | %%* PoorCommunicationKills |
50 | * PrecisionFStrike: Lampshaded; we're only allowed two f-bombs in this story. [[spoiler: We get three. The FCC isn't too happy about that.]] |
51 | * PretentiousPronunciation: The costume party is referred to as a par-tay. |
52 | --> We were par-taying at the par-tay, almost to the point of adding a second hyphen, when we bumped into a drunk Master Capulet. |
53 | %%* RapidFireComedy |
54 | %%* RomanticFalseLead: Paris. |
55 | %%* RuleOfFunny |
56 | %%* RunningGag: ''Tons.'' |
57 | %%* SecretRelationship |
58 | %%* SelectiveObliviousness: Pretty much everyone. |
59 | %%* SerialRomeo |
60 | %%* SassyBlackWoman: The Nurse. |
61 | * ShoutOut: [[ReferenceOverdosed Many]], starting with the {{Tagline}}: |
62 | --> [[Music/AvrilLavigne He was a boy. She was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?]] |
63 | * SophisticatedAsHell: Dialogue alternates between the original Shakespearean and more modern conversation. |
64 | * SillyReasonForWar: Late in the story, it is revealed that in this version, the families are at war because for generations, the children have sold [[CuteKitten kittens]] (Capulets) or [[PreciousPuppy puppies]] (Montagues) on opposite sides of the street, which sometimes [[AnimalJingoism doesn't end well]]. |
65 | --> [[LampshadeHanging Suddenly, Sampson's "dog of the house of Montague" comment from the very first scene is beginning to make a lot more sense, isn't it? I hope your mind = blown]]. |
66 | %%* SoulBrotha: Friar Lawrence. |
67 | * SpecialEffectFailure: In-universe, when the tomb explodes in the last act, the resulting mushroom cloud is only medium-sized because the budget is running low. |
68 | %%* StarCrossedLovers |
69 | %%* TheStoner: Friar Lawrence. |
70 | %%* StopBeingStereotypical: Lady Capulet's reaction to the Nurse, and later, Romeo to Friar Lawrence. |
71 | %%* TagTeamSuicide |
72 | %%* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Any of the deaths, really. |
73 | %%* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: The Nurse, and to a lesser extent, Friar Lawrence. |
74 | %%* ThoseTwoGuys: Two stoner teenagers who hang out and get high with Friar Lawrence at the church. |
75 | %%* TogetherInDeath: Romeo and Juliet. |
76 | %%* TooDumbToLive: Everybody. |
77 | %%* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Balthasar. |
78 | %%* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Friar Lawrence. |
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