Line #83 Fanfic/TheComedyofRomeoandJuliet


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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