Line #66 Fanfic/TheComedyOfHamlet


1	ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Creator/WilliamShakespeare's Theatre/{{Hamlet}} rewritten as a comedy, the second in a series of genre-flipped Creator/WilliamShakespeare plays by Tropers/{{Shrikecatcher}}.
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3	Can be read [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6285886/1/The_Comedy_of_bHamlet_b here]].
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6	!!Tropes
7	%%* AffablyEvil: Claudius.
8	%%* AlasPoorYorick
9	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
10	--> Since we were cops, we already knew all the most horrible things that went down in Miami, like drug deals, murders, and the elderly moving in from up north.
11	* TheBeautifulElite: Everyone in Miami is ''[[RunningGag sexy]]''.
12	%%* BloodyHilarious
13	%%* ButtMonkey: Hamlet.
14	* CaptainObvious: Horatio puts it best in his narration:
15	--> We all called [Polonius] CaptainObvious, because that was his last name and it's only polite to address him in such a manner.
16	* CoolCar: Horatio drives a ''[[RunningGag mother-]][[{{Bowdlerization}} effin']]'' Humvee.
17	%%* CoolShades: Horatio.
18	%%* CountryMatters
19	%%* DonutMessWithACop: The opening scene takes place at a Doughnut King.
20	%%* EmoTeen: Hamlet.
21	%%* EngagingConversation: A RunningGag.
22	* EpicFail: Invoked by Polonius when his servant Reynaldo [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext fails a pop quiz]]:
23	-->'''Polonius''': "I will take a snapshot of this moment, upload it to the Internet and label it epic!"\
24	'''Reynaldo''': "No, my lord, anything but that!"
25	%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Laertes.
26	%%* EvilUncle: Claudius, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial who is totally not a Nazi]].
27	%%* FirstPersonSmartass: [[Series/CSIMiami Horatio Caine]], our narrator.
28	* FoodAsBribe: Horatio mentions in his narration that doughnuts are just as popular as illegal drugs by smugglers for their use in making many a DirtyCop.
29	%%* GetTheeToANunnery
30	* GlassesPull: Come on, this is Horatio Caine we're talking about. It only happens every other line of dialogue when he's around.
31	%%* GoodNightSweetPrince
32	* HotForTeacher: Beginning of Act I, Scene iii:
33	--> "But Horatio," you might be saying to yourself because I'm fictional you idiot, "this is ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', the MagnumOpus of English literature, and Mr. Jacobs wouldn't like you talking about [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare the Bard's]] greatest work in such a manner. ''Mmm''...Mr. Jacobs..."
34	%%* HoistByHisOwnPetard
35	%%* HurricaneOfAphorisms: Polonius.
36	%%* KillHimAlready
37	* ModernAUFic: To present-day Miami.
38	%%* MrFanservice: Laertes, complete with lots of HoYay.
39	* MsFanservice: Ophelia.
40	--> ...since she's the only attractive young female in the cast, I think it's safe to say all we really care about is the skin she was showing.
41	%%* OnlyInFlorida
42	%%** OnlyInMiami
43	* OverlyLongGag: As mentioned above, Horatio's GlassesPull.
44	* PoolScene: Ophelia's introduction in Act I, Scene iii.
45	%%* RapidFireComedy
46	* ReferenceOverdosed: Oh yes.
47	--> '''Ghost''': "I am thy father's spirit--"\
48	'''Hamlet''': "''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'' ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE!]]''"
49	%%* RuleOfFunny
50	* RunningGag:
51	** Everyone in Miami is ''sexy''.
52	** "[[EngagingConversation Okay, I'll marry him]]."
53	** Rosencrantz [[Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead bears a striking resemblance to]] Creator/GaryOldman, and is a much better actor than Guildenstern.
54	* ShoutOut: When the Ghost says he's the spirit of Hamlet's father, Hamlet responds by quoting [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Luke Skywalker's reaction to discovering the truth about]] ''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack his]]'' [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack father.]]
55	--> '''Hamlet''': ''[[BigNo NOOOOOOOOOO!!!]]'' ''That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE!''
56	* SiblingRivalry: Laertes and Ophelia have a particularly violent one.
57	* StraightEdgeEvil: Claudius. He may be a genocidal maniac, but [[EvenEvilHasStandards he won't abide by smoking]].
58	* TakeThat: ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' gets an extended one in Act II, Scene ii, when [[EmoTeen Hamlet]] reveals that he's reading it. This simple fact alone causes Claudius to pull the fire alarm and Polonius to declare him insane. The firemen fail to destroy the book with their axe, prompting someone to quip that they're going to need to call in a HAZMAT squad. When the book is torn to shreds, Polonius comments that Hamlet doesn't seem terribly distraught about this turn of events; Hamlet reveals he has a copy of ''Fifty Shades'' on his Kindle, prompting one of the firemen to call him a monster.
59	%%* TheOphelia: Guess who.
60	%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
61	%%* ThoseWackyNazis: Claudius's henchmen.
62	* UnfortunateNames: Claudius's subject, Voltemand, who is always being mistaken for [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] and thus [[FelonyMisdemeanor can never get season tickets for the Heat]].
63	%%* WaxingLyrical: Hamlet can have whatever he likes.
64	%%* YouKilledMyFather
65	* YouMonster: A firefighter who was called in to destroy Hamlet's copy of ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'' calls him a monster because Hamlet has a backup copy on his e-reader.

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