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14	->''"Brush up your Shakespeare\
15	Start quoting him now\
16	Brush up your Shakespeare\
17	And the women you will wow!"''
18	-->-- ''Theatre/KissMeKate''
19
20	Using a phrase or character from [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespeare's]] work. Often a LiteraryAllusionTitle.
21
22	[[UndeadHorseTrope This trope has been done to death, yet it continues to thrive]]. For one thing, Shakespeare wrote some really good lines. For another, reaching back to the Western past keeps Western authors grounded and helps maintain a cultural vocabulary for sharing ideas. It could be argued that a good deal of the English language is a shout out to Shakespeare, considering the amount of [[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-sayings-shakespeare.html idioms]] and [[http://www.rhymezone.com/g/shakespeare/coinages// coinages]] he's responsible for. There's also the simple fact that Shakespeare's words and works have become so ingrained within Western culture that many creators may end up quoting and referencing it [[OlderThanTheyThink without even realising that they're doing so]].
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24	Besides naming things after lines from Shakespeare, [[{{Epigraph}} books may begin with a quote by Shakespeare or some other source that lends an aura of erudition]]; [[AsTheGoodBookSays another common source of these is the Bible]]. Or they might just [[ShakespeareInFiction use him as a character]].
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26	GoodNightSweetPrince and AlasPoorYorick are subtropes. When an entire work is adapted from a Shakespearean source, see TheBardOnBoard. See also [[LiteraryAllusionTitle/WilliamShakespeare Literary Allusion Title.William Shakespeare]] and JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples. For characters speaking in quotes of other authors or sources, see SpeaksInShoutOuts.
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29	[[foldercontrol]]
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31	!!Examples
32
33	[[index]]
34	* ''ReferencedBy/AsYouLikeIt''
35	* ''ReferencedBy/{{Hamlet}}''
36	* ''ReferencedBy/HenryV''
37	* ''ReferencedBy/JuliusCaesar''
38	* ''ReferencedBy/KingLear''
39	* ''ReferencedBy/{{Macbeth}}''
40	* ''ReferencedBy/TheMerchantOfVenice''
41	* ''ReferencedBy/AMidsummerNightsDream''
42	* ''ReferencedBy/{{Othello}}''
43	* ''ReferencedBy/RomeoAndJuliet''
44	* ''ReferencedBy/TheTempest''
45	* ''ReferencedBy/TitusAndronicus''
46	[[/index]]
47
48	[[folder:All's Well That Ends Well]]
49	* [[Webcomic/{{Narbonic}} Helen B. Narbon]] is named after Helen de Narbon, who likewise is the daughter of a notable doctor and has inherited their skills. The Shakespearean version isn't a MadScientist, though.
50	[[/folder]]
51
52	[[folder: Antony and Cleopatra]]
53	* In "The Duchess and the Devil" from ''Series/HoratioHornblower'', delirious Archie quotes an extract from ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra''. He later says to Horatio that his friend Duchess may be Cleopatra or Gertrude, Lady Macbeth, Beatrice, but she's no Duchess. She's an actress named Katherine Cobham.
54	[[/folder]]
55
56	[[folder:The Comedy Of Errors]]
57	* The terminal text in the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity'' secret level "Two for the Price of One" is lifted verbatim from Dromio of Ephesus' speech in Act 4, Scene 4.
58	[[/folder]]
59
60	[[folder:Coriolanus]]
61	* ''Series/{{Succession}}'': Logan Roy's toady Frank recites an apropos line from ''Theatre/{{Coriolanus}}'', which confuses Logan. When Frank explains the reference, Logan rolls his eyes and makes a derogatory comment about Frank having a library card. This is one of many indications that the Roys, in spite of being media and entertainment moguls, are utterly disdainful of art.
62	[[/folder]]
63
64	[[folder: Henry IV Part 1]]
65	* In the ProfessionalWrestling {{Documentary}} ''Film/BeyondTheMat'', Wrestling/SpikeDudley, a former teacher, is asked what his favorite Shakespeare quote is, and he says, "I shall, I do." While bleeding.
66	[[/folder]]
67
68	[[folder: Henry IV Part 2]]
69	* In ''Theatre/{{Icebound}}'' the Judge says "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" to Ben after Ben is given sole control of the Jordan family estate.
70	* ''Literature/MenAtArms'' borrows the gag of the former herald (or town crier, in this case) with NoIndoorVoice signing on to a militia.
71	* In ''Film/OnlyAngelsHaveWings'', the camp doctor tells Geoff (in Spanish), "A man can only die but once."
72	* In ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'', Nick Fury says "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown" after giving E.D.I.T.H. to Peter Parker. He then adds that Tony Stark thought that Peter wouldn't get the reference because it wasn't from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
73	[[/folder]]
74
75	[[folder: Henry VI Part 2]]
76
77	* Music/TheEagles' song "Get Over It" contains the lyric, "The more I think about it, old Billy was right/Let's kill all the lawyers, kill them tonight".
78	[[/folder]]
79
80	[[folder:Richard II]]
81	* ''Theatre/RichardII'' is about a rather foolish king, whose final soliloquy contains the line "I wasted time, and now doth time waste me."
82
83	[[AC:Comic Books]]
84	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Issue 322 closes with a relevant quote from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/RichardII''.
85	-->''One day too late, I fear me noble lord, hath clouded all thy happy days on Earth. Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return''
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87	[[AC:Film]]
88	* ''Film/{{The Scarlet Pimpernel\|1934}}'' has Sir Percy quoting John of Gaunt's "this blessed plot/ this earth, this realm, this England" speech before going before Chauvelin's firing squad.
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90	[[AC:Music]]
91	* The Music/{{Muse}} song "Music/KnightsOfCydonia" contains the lyrics:
92	-->How can we win / when fools can be kings?/ Don't waste your time/ or time will waste you.
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94	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
95	* In the ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' story, ''[[Fanfic/LegacyTotalDrama Legacy]]'', one [[{{Epigraph}} chapter begins]] with the quote,
96	--> For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground
97	--> And tell sad stories of the deaths of kings;
98	--> Some deposed, some slain in war...
99	[[/folder]]
100
101	[[folder:Richard III]]
102	* ''Fanfic/AllTheRoofsOfUncertainty'': Jason quotes Shakespeare's ''Richard III'' in chapter 10.
103	-->''"My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, and every tongue brings forth a several tale, and every tale condemns me for a villain".''
104	* Once when Creator/StephenColbert substituted for Creator/JonStewart on ''Series/TheDailyShow'' he introduced the show;
105	-->"I'm sitting in for Jon Stewart, and here's the thing...Plots have I laid, inductions dangerous, by drunken prophecies, libels and dreams, to set Comedy Central and Jon Stewart in deadly hate, the one against the other; and if Comedy Central be as true and just as I am subtle, false, and treacherous, this day should Jon Stewart closely be mewed up."
106	* ''Film/{{Freaked}}'' has Ricky, an actor who becomes half-deformed into a "freak," recites the "Now is the winter of our discontent" speech, drawing a parallel between Richard's and his own deformity. Ricky's deformities include a pronounced and hunched shoulder.
107	* ''Film/TheGoodbyeGirl'': Elliot Garfield is forced by his director to play Richard III as if he were CampGay, which becomes StylisticSuck.
108	-->'''Elliot''': [''drunkenly reading one of his bad reviews''] "Elliot Garfield researched ''Richard III'', and discovered him to be England's first, badly dressed, interior decorator!"
109	* ''Film/JesusOfMontreal'': While Father Leclerc is talking to Daniel about the plays he's seen, he recites, "Now is the winter of our discontent."
110	* ''Film/RealityBites'': Troy answers the phone at one point by saying, "Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent."
111	[[/folder]]
112
113	[[folder:The Sonnets]]
114	* One young man in ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety'' tries to impress a girl by reciting Sonnet 18. ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?...") He goes on to claim he wrote it...
115	* ''Series/DoctorWho'' contained a veiled reference to Sonnet 57 (among many, many less subtle references, natch) in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode the episode featuring the Bard himself.]]
116	-->'''The Doctor:''' [[ItMakesSenseInContext Come on! We can have a good flirt later.]]\
117	'''Shakespeare:''' [[HoYay Is that a promise, Doctor?]]\
118	'''The Doctor:''' Oh, fifty-seven academics just punched the air.
119	* Proust's masterpiece ''In Search of Lost Time'' has been published in English under the title ''Remembrance of Things Past'', a line from Sonnet 30. ("When to the sessions of sweet silent thought...")
120	* The ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}} Infinity'' level "Poor Yorick" (itself a Shakespeare reference) has a secret terminal that consists entirely of the text from Sonnet No. 131.
121	* In an episode of ''Series/MySoCalledLife'', Mr. Katimsky's class discusses Sonnet #130 (the one that begins, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"), which leads both Brian and Jordan to make a [[EurekaMoment realization about Angela]].
122	** The name of Music/{{Sting}}'s album, "...Nothing Like the Sun", is derived from the first line of that same sonnet, and that line is also borrowed in the song "Sister Moon" (which doubles as an AlbumTitleDrop).[[note]]WordOfGod says that the inspiration for this title was a close encounter with a drunk, in which Sting quoted the sonnet in response to the drunk's importunate query, "How beautiful is the moon?"[[/note]]
123	* Kate Wilhelm's Hugo-winning novel ''Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang'', whose [[LiteraryAllusionTitle title is taken from Sonnet 73]]. ("That time of year thou mayest in me behold...")
124	* In ''Film/InALonelyPlace'', the drunken ClassicallyTrainedExtra who stumbles down the stairs in Steele's apartment quotes from Shakespeare's [[http://shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/29.html Sonnet 29]].
125	* The opening line of [[https://poetryarchive.org/poem/shall-i-compare-thee-to-a-summers-day-sonnet-18/ Sonnet 18]] is referenced in ''Literature/{{Mort}}'', which mentions that its titular character's honesty would never make him a poet, because if he ever compared someone to a summer's day, he would mention which day it was and whether or not it was raining.
126	[[/folder]]
127
128	[[folder:Twelfth Night]]
129
130	See also TwelfthNightAdventure.
131	* "If music be the food of love, play on" is quoted by Dr. Phibes in ''[[Film/TheAbominableDrPhibes Dr. Phibes Rises Again]].''
132	** A phrase which is equalled only by "wherefore art thou Romeo" for 'Shakespearean lines [[CommonKnowledge horribly misunderstood by the general public]]'. The original context gives it quite a different tone:
133	--> If music be the food of love, play on; \
134	[[PhlebotinumOverdose Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting \
135	The appetite may sicken, and so die]].
136	* "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." A very frequently parodied line, with "greatness" replaced with some other quality. Probably the most famous example is from ''Literature/CatchTwentyTwo'': "Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them."
137	** Used as the end title card of ''Film/TheMiracleOfMorgansCreek''.
138	** Creator/RobinWilliams on UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush in a 2002 concert: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some get it as a graduation gift, that's okay!"
139	* Film/FourWeddingsAndAFuneral: Gareth [[note]]According to a deleted scene he was a professor who was fired for writing a controversial paper about King Lear.[[/note]] encourages his friends to seek partners by quoting Sir Andrew Aguecheek (who, of course, was far from adorable).
140	--> '''Gareth''': May we all in our dotage be proud to say, "l was adored once, too."
141	* Music/EmilieAutumn's "O Mistress Mine" is based on a song from this play, and "Girls! Girls! Girls!" contains a variation on the "Some are born great..." line.
142	* In ''Film/LittleWomen2019'', Professor Bhaer goes to a performance of the play, and he notices Jo watching from the nosebleed seats.
143	* In ''Literature/LycanthropyAndOtherChronicIllnesses,'' a trans character uses "Seb" as an online handle, based on a headcanon that Sebastian is actually trans and Viola's ''identical'' twin.
144	* In ''Literature/TheNeverendingStory'' by Creator/MichaelEnde a group of knights sing a song that was introduced to Fantastica by someone named Shexpir or similar, who traveled to Fantastica like Bastian. It begins:
145	-->When that I was and a little tiny boy
146	-->With hey, ho, the wind and the rain
147	* "There is no darkness but ignorance" is quoted in ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' as the official website's substitute for a premise.
148	* In ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', Mr. Darcy misquotes or paraphrases Shakespeare by remarking "if poetry be the food of love"...
149	* ''Literature/ThankYouJeeves'' has Bertie trying to quote the "patience on a monument" speech, only to break down when he gets to the word "damask", which Jeeves both supplies and defines.
150	[[/folder]]
151
152	[[folder:The Winter's Tale]]
153	* The ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' story "Indian Summer of an Uncle" ends with Bertie and Jeeves taking off to avoid the wrath of Aunt Agatha, as Bertie utters the famous "ExitPursuedByABear" beloved of schoolboys everywhere.
154	* WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb invent Hockey Z-9, and at one point, their musical accompaniment exits, pursued by a (polar) bear.
155	* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' features a character named Perdita, whom WordOfGod (self-described "Shakespeare nut" Creator/GregWeisman) confirms is a shout-out.
156	[[/folder]]
157
158	[[folder:Various]]
159	[[AC:{{Anime}} & {{Manga}}]]
160	* ''VisualNovel/OtobokuMaidensAreFallingForMe'' is a gender flipped TwelfthNightAdventure (right down to the most powerful cast member getting the WholesomeCrossdresser) that quotes ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' ("To be, or not to be" in Japanese) and has ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' as the class play.
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162	[[AC:ComicBooks]]
163	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''; Being a narcissist who loves showing off how smart he is - or how much he perceives himself to be - the Penguin tends to quote from the Bard all the time in the comics and some animated adaptations. For instance, in one story from 1997:
164	-->'''Penguin:''' "And lilies that fester smell far worse than weeds". Shakespeare's Sonnet 94, don't you just love that Bard?\
165	'''Batman:''' Not when he's quoted by a ham like you, Cobblepot.\
166	'''Penguin:''' ''Ham?'' I'll have you know I studied Shakespeare at- - ''(Cut off as Batman belts him.)''
167	* ''ComicBook/KillShakespeare'' is a comic based around all Shakespeare characters and stories... there's no place to start.
168	* ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen: The Black Dossier'': One of Shakespeare's fictional plays (''Faerie's Fortunes Founded'') is basically the [[LiteraryWorkOfMagic minutes for the meeting]] in which the first League was founded.
169	* ''ComicBook/{{Robin\|1993}}'': As literature turns out to be Tim's worst class, because he hates reading plays which means he never quite gives enough of his very limited time to doing the homework, he ends up having to go to a "Shakespeare in the Park" production for extra credit. Later on he helps an acquaintance understand homework by quoting a bit of the Bard's poetry, which he appreciates far more than reading plays.
170	* ''ComicBook/TheSimpsons'' story "Bard Boiled" revolves around parodies of ''Theatre/AntonyAndCleopatra'', ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'', ''Theatre/HenryV'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/TheTwoGentlemenOfVerona'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'', ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus'', and ''Theatre/KingLear''.
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172	[[AC:ComicStrips]]
173	* In ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'', Jason and Marcus begin an attack on Paige with a yell of "Cry havoc, and let slip the bugs of war!" (''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' III.i) Paige corrects them, saying "It's 'dogs',"... and then they each squirt a bug at her. Jason explains that "Dogs wouldn't fit in our squirt guns." Marcus asks, "Did we shoot [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} two bees, or not two bees]]?"
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175	[[AC:Fan Works]]
176	* ''Fanfic/MuchAdoAboutShakespeareLovesLaboursWon'' has bucketloads and bucketloads of Shakespeare's quotes, puns, and allusions. The title itself refers to two Shakespeare's plays and Archie quotes so many of Shakespeare's plays and poems which he knows by heart. Several sonnets appear in full. Horatio and Archie go to a bookseller's and read lines. Horatio buys a copy of sonnets as an apology gift for Archie. Basically this fic is one large appreciation of the Bard's genius and especially Archie's love for his work. And also the fandom's appreciation of this character trait of Archie's. He paraphrases Shakespeare in canon, too, but in fandom he's a major bookworm, major theatre geek and Shakespeare's most devoted admirer. This fic runs with that idea.
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178	[[AC:{{Film}}s -- Animation]]
179	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''
180	** The poster in the old ladies' apartment reads [[ParallelPornTitles "King Leer"]].
181	** The boy in the uniforms store yells "My kingdom for a horse!".
182	** Several lines from ''Hamlet'' are quoted during the theater scene.
183	** To top it off, Oregon natives will recognize the city the titular character's family moved to as Ashland, Oregon, where the Shakespeare Festival is held annually.
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185	[[AC:{{Film}}s -- Live-Action]]
186	* ''Film/DancinItsOn'': The hotel is attended by a receptionist who makes puns out of Shakespeare quotes. He says "2B or not 2B" to a patron staying in a suite numbered 2B, and later says "wherefore art thou Romeo" while searching for a patron named Romeo in the guestbook.
187	* ''Film/JesusOfMontreal'': Rene, while narrating a documentary on outer space, quotes "the winter of our discontent" speech from ''Theatre/RichardIII'', and then later, while playing Pilate in the passion play he helps put on, quotes from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', specifically the "To be or not to be" speech.
188	* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984'': In one of the nightmare sequences in the original film, Nancy's class is analyzing ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. After Nancy starts seeing a corpse talk to her, one of the students quotes a line from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'':
189	-->"O God, I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself a king of infinite space, were it not that I have bad dreams."
190	* In the movie ''Renaissance Man'', Danny [=DeVito's=] character is assigned to teach a class of undereducated students on an Army base. To that end, he takes the novel approach of using the various works of Shakespeare to kick-start their minds.
191	* Just about every other line in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'', especially if it's said by [[BigBad General Chang]].
192	** Its very title is from ''Hamlet'': "[D]eath--the undiscovered country, from whose bourne/No traveler returns". (III.i)
193	** ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''
194	*** '''Martia:''' I thought I would assume a pleasing shape.
195	*** '''Gorkon:''' A toast. To [[TitleDrop the undiscovered country]] -- the future!
196	*** '''Chang:''' [[FacingTheBulletsOneLiner To be... or not... to be...]]
197	** ''Theatre/HenryIV, Part II''
198	*** '''Chang:''' We have not heard the chimes at midnight?
199	** ''Theatre/HenryV''
200	*** '''Chang:''' Once more unto the breach, dear friends.
201	*** '''Chang:''' The game's afoot.
202	** ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''
203	*** '''Chang:''' Cry havoc! And let slip the dogs of war!
204	*** '''Chang:''' I am constant as the northern star.[[note]]'''Bones:''' I'd give ''real money'' if he'd ''shut up''.[[/note]]
205	** ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''
206	*** '''Chang:''' Tickle us, do we not laugh? Prick us, do we not bleed? Wrong us, shall we not revenge?
207	** ''Theatre/RichardII''
208	*** '''Chang:''' Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the deaths of kings.
209	** ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''
210	*** '''Chang:''' Parting is such sweet sorrow.
211	** ''Theatre/TheTempest''
212	*** '''Chang:''' Our revels now are ended.
213	* ''Film/TheatreOfBlood''. GiftedlyBad actor Edward Lionheart becomes a SerialKiller and disposes of the critics who demolished his reputation via murders that are inspired by the Bard's tragedies (and he's quoted liberally throughout). In order: ''Julius Caesar'' (stabbed 22 times with knives), ''Troilus and Cressida'' (speared to death and dragged behind a horse), ''Cymbeline'' (decapitated while sleeping), ''The Merchant of Venice'' (heart cut out, serving as a "pound of flesh" here), Richard III (drowned in a barrel of wine), ''Romeo and Juliet'' (sword fight), ''Othello'' (murder of the guy's wife by himself, believing her to be unfaithful), ''Henry VI Part 1'' (burning, via electrocution here), ''Titus Andronicus'' (being fed his "children" - his dogs - in a pie, force-fed till death) and ''King Lear'' (blinded with with red-hot daggers).
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215	[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
216	* In ''Literature/AdventuresOfHuckleberryFinn'' the Duke's and King's acts are basically mashups of half-remembered lines from Shakespeare plays.
217	* In ''[[Literature/{{Blackout}} Blackout/All Clear]]'' by Creator/ConnieWillis, Polly Churchill chooses all her aliases from Shakespeare, and she falls in with a famous Shakespearean actor who constantly speaks in allusions to the Bard.
218	* ''Literature/TheCatWhoSeries'': Both Qwilleran and Polly are big Shakespeare buffs, and the series includes everything from minor Shakespeare references to entire Shakespeare plays being performed by the Pickax Theatre Club.
219	* One of the ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' books explains that Paarfli's verbose and anachronistic writing style is borrowed from the style of the popular play ''Redwreath and Goldstar Have Traveled to Deathsgate''. This page, http://www.speakeasy.org/~mamandel/Cracks-and-Shards/jokes.html#Shakespeare lists several other Shakespearean allusions as well as many allusions to other works.
220	* The villains of ''Literature/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy'' all have motivations similar to those of a Shakespeare villain; the play featuring that villain is [[{{Foreshadowing}} mentioned throughout the novel]] in Father Wolfe's class discussions. The specific connections are: Dr. Brandt and [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Claudius]], Allie Carpenter and [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Iago]], and Colonel Stone and [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar Brutus]].
221	* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames'', Katniss remembers a boy [[EvenEvilHasStandards who was]] [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident eliminated]] from one edition of the games for cannibalism. His name? Theatre/{{Titus\|Andronicus}}. There are some other minor characters with names from Shakespeare--Cressida comes to mind, for one and Lavinia, who has no tongue.
222	* ''Literature/JaineAustenMysteries'':
223	** In ''Last Writes'', Wells Dumont has a tendency to quote Shakespeare, and ultimately utters [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} "Lay on, Macduff, and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough'!"]] [[spoiler:before killing himself via taking a fatal roller coaster ride in a cart that he'd cut the brakes on]].
224	** ''Killing Bridezilla'' starts off by the book's victim hiring Jaine to write her wedding vows in the style of the balcony scene from Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet "without all the icky double suicide business". Jaine is not thrilled with the assignment, to say the least.
225	* ''Literature/TheNewHerculePoirotMysteries'': ''Closed Casket'' frequently references Shakespeare's ''Theatre/KingJohn''. A line from the play helps Poirot solve the mystery.
226	* Every one of the ''Literature/OctoberDaye'' novels is titled after a phrase from Shakespeare. Also, the three progenitors of faerie are [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Oberon, Titania]], and Maeve.
227	* In ''Literature/TheUnderlandChronicles'', Vikus and Solovet's three children are named Susannah, Hamnet, and Judith, the same as Shakespeare's children. Both sets of Hamnet and Judith are also twins.
228	* ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'': Miles Vorkosigan frequently quotes from Shakespeare, especially but not exclusively ''Theatre/RichardIII'' -- like Shakespeare's Richard, Miles is a physically deformed smooth talker with a possible but dubious claim on the throne (although a good guy).
229	** In ''Literature/BrothersInArms'', he memorably recites the entire text of ''Theatre/RichardIII'' as a side effect of being hit with a TruthSerum.
230	** In ''Literature/{{Komarr}}'', when his future wife, Ekaterin, is questioned if Miles had a role in her husband's death, he mentally quotes "Was any woman in this manner wooed...", referencing Richard's famous ComfortingTheWidow scene (I.ii). This becomes something of a CerebusRetcon when Miles' political enemies help make it a widespread rumor that Miles killed Ekaterin's husband.
231	** He pretends to be rehearsing a snippet from the same scene in ''Literature/TheWarriorsApprentice'', as a hastily improvised excuse for being unchaperoned with [[ChildhoodFriendRomance Unlucky Childhood Friend]] Elena.
232	** In ''Literature/ACivilCampaign'', he needs to write Ekaterin a letter of apology. After going through several drafts, he tries one in poetry, but grumbles, "[[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing I was not born under a rhyming planet.]]"
233	** Also in ''A Civil Campaign'', he has a {{conversation\|alTroping}} with Ekaterin's son Nikki about ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', because Nikki is worried that Miles might have killed his father and that he'll have to get revenge. Miles points out that "Nobody expects you to carry out a really good revenge till you're at least old enough to shave," so, since Nikki is eleven, even if Miles did kill his father he doesn't have to worry about revenge for several more years.
234	** Cordelia and Mark have a conversation in ''Literature/MirrorDance'' that heavily references ''Theatre/TheTempest'', with Mark comparing himself to Caliban.
235	** One book also recounts how the Barrayarans made a point of holding on to Shakespeare while they were cut off from Galactic civilization. Creator/JoWalton describes what happened: [[http://papersky.livejournal.com/354458.html "Shakespeare was preserved very well, extremely well indeed, so well that when his works were compared with Galactic works after the recontact it was discovered that there were three new canonical plays."]]
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237	[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
238	* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' did this to varying extents throughout its seasons.
239	** The original series had a lot of Shakespearean references, particularly to ''Theatre/RichardIII'', given its AlternateHistory premise in which far from being killed, one of the "Princes in the Tower" grew up to be Richard IV, a psychotic BoisterousBruiser (BRIANBLESSED). The end credits even list "Additional dialogue -- Creator/WilliamShakespeare".\
240	In more detail: [[Recap/BlackadderS1E1TheForetelling the first episode]] was basically the last act of ''Richard III'' crossed with ''Macbeth'', complete with three witches whose names in the shooting script are those of the princesses from ''Theatre/KingLear''. Some of the more grandiose characters quote directly from ''Theatre/HenryV'' and ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''. (The account of the King's charge into Constantinople later in the series echoes ''Coriolanus'', but that may be a coincidence.)
241	** The second series was a ReTool, but one episode ("[[Recap/BlackadderS2E1Bells Bells]]") had Blackadder JumpingTheGenderBarrier and falling in love with [[SweetPollyOliver "Bob"]] (thus referencing ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''), and since Bob was actually named Kate, they used the line [[Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew "Kiss me, Kate.]]" In one episode Percy says "Let us sit upon the carpet and tell sad stories", (a paraphrase of John of Gaunt in ''Theatre/RichardII'': "For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings") and in the finale, Melchett says "Like private parts to the gods are we, they play with us for their sport" (a paraphrase of the Earl of Gloucester in ''Theatre/KingLear'': "As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport.") The episode "[[Recap/BlackadderS2E4Money Money]]" loosely parallels the plot of ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', and includes a mad beggar who has wandered out of ''Theatre/KingLear'' and quotes from it incessantly. The character of Nursie is a pretty clear tribute to ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''; then there are the names of several unseen characters (Romeo the Builder, Uncle Osric, etc.).
242	** The third season had [[Recap/BlackadderS3E4SenseAndSenility an episode involving]] [[Theatre/{{Macbeth}} the Scottish Play]] and its related superstitions.
243	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E2TheShakespeareCode The Shakespeare Code]]", Shakespeare's lost play, ''Love's Labours Won'', turns out to have been influenced by a trio of aliens to [[LiteraryWorkOfMagic serve as a summoning ritual]] for their species.
244	* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'':
245	** Three of the episode titles are "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E9PerchanceToDream Perchance to Dream]]" (''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''), "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E19ThePurpleTestament The Purple Testament]]" (''Theatre/RichardII'') and "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S3E15AQualityOfMercy A Quality of Mercy]]" (''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice''); Rod Serling even quotes Portia's words to Shylock at the end of the latter episode ("The quality of mercy is not strained, / It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven / Upon the place beneath: it is thrice blessed, / It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes"; ''The Merchant of Venice'', IV.i).
246	** A running joke in "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S4E18TheBard The Bard]]" (in which the hack would be TV writer Julius Moomer brings Shakespeare to life and puts him to work writing for television) has Shakespeare quoting his plays, title and verse. At one point the Bard says, "To be or not to be -- that is...." looks confused, and then exits.
247	* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'':
248	** In the first episode, the apparently malfunctioning Peter Abernathy threatens Ford and Bernard saying: "By most mechanical and dirty hand I will have such revenges on you both. What they are yet I know not, but they will be the ''terrors'' of the earth." before he is shut down. The first sentence is taken from a scene in Henry IV where Pistol tells Fallstaff to take revenge for the imprisonment of Doll, a prostitute he loves. The second is King Lear rebuking his daughters.
249	** The phrase that seems to trigger sentience in the hosts is "these violent delights have violent ends" from ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
250	* Also from ''Whose Line'', a suggestion from "Scenes from a Hat" involves "Outtakes from the Hillbilly National Theater's Shakespeare Festival":
251	-->'''Greg:''' Juliet, you get down here! I love you and you're my cousin, get on down here!\
252	'''Colin:''' Oh, that this too too solid flesh would squeal like a pig!\
253	'''Wayne:''' Yea, the two revenuers from Verona approacheth... ''read a book, people''!\
254	'''Greg:''' ''[to Wayne]'' Look, Othello, we don't mind y'all movin' here, I just don't want you datin' my sister no more!
255	* In ''Series/UnbreakableKimmySchmidt'', one of the main characters goes by the StageName Titus Andromedon, and one of his acting rivals is Coriolanus Burt.
256
257	[[AC:Tabletop Games]]
258	* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'': In the sourcebook ''Reliquary'', Shakespeare's lost play ''The Witches'' serves as a [[LiteraryWorkOfMagic summoning ritual that opens a portal]] to... well, it's not a very nice place. The backstory says Shakespeare got the entire audience together after the first performance to promise that it would never be used again.
259
260	[[AC:{{Theater}}]]
261	* In ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', Robin quotes "Alas, poor ghost!" from ''Hamlet''. Also, his faithful servant Adam is named after a similar character in ''As You Like It''.
262
263	[[AC:VideoGames]]
264	* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series has got plenty of them, and I mean PLENTY:
265	** In ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', Stan S. Stanman quotes Polonius in saying, "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" (''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' I.iii).
266	** In ''VideoGame/{{Monkey Island 2\|LeChucksRevenge}}'', if the player has Guybrush examine the skull in his inventory, he says, "Alas, poor Dad", in a spoof of ''Hamlet'' (V.i).
267	** In ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'', a character decides to rewrite various Shakespeare plays to better suit the local pirates' tastes, mangling not only famous Shakespeare quotations but entire plotlines, resulting in lines such as "Wherefore art thou treasure, Romeo?", "Spot, ye blasted dog, get out of me bloomin' garbage! Out, damned spot!" and "Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him...and his two pals!", the latter spoken while juggling three skulls (one of them being Murray, of course).
268	*** Speaking of Murray, if the player tries having Guybrush use him anywhere else, he'll say, "Alas, I can't use Murray with that" (another spoof of ''Hamlet'' (V.i)).
269	** ''VideoGame/TalesOfMonkeyIsland'' has a few of the shout-outs to Shakespeare:
270	*** At the beginning of the intro to Chapter 2, the Voodoo Lady quotes England's deposed king Edward IV's words to Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (a.k.a. just Warwick), before the former is taken captive in ''Theatre/HenryVIPart3'': "What fates impose, that men must needs abide; / It boots not to resist both wind and tide" (IV.iii). Only her subtitle got it right ("needs"), while her voice got it wrong ("need").
271	*** In Chapter 4, if the player has Guybrush use one of the severed legs on the altar without dipping it in sugar water, he will quote a few lines in a spoof of "Alas, poor Yorick" from ''Hamlet'' (V.i) (this is done in the [=PS3=] version in order to net the player a "Guybrush Goes Classy" silver trophy).
272	*** Speaking of [=PS3=] trophies, there are a few trophies that are shout-outs too ("What's in a Name?" from the balcony scene of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' (II.ii), and "Adieu, Adieu..." which is a reference to Hamlet's father's written line, "Adieu, adieu, remember me," from ''Hamlet'' (I.v)).
273	*** In Chapter 5, [[spoiler:Morgan]] stabs [[spoiler:[=LeChuck=]]] and calls [[spoiler:him]] a "bunch-backed toad", which is taken from the line from ''Theatre/RichardIII'', in which Queen Margaret, widow of King Henry VI, curses Queen Elizabeth (wife of King Edward IV) with: "The day will come that thou shalt wish for me / To help thee curse that poisonous bunch-backed toad" (I.iii).
274
275	[[AC:WebComics]]
276	* ''Webcomic/DeanNalaVinny'': The cat Nala is outdoors and catches what appears to be a mouse but turns out to be a shrew. The shrew (nicknamed Kate) is furious and quotes from ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'': "My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break."
277	* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=300 Bess demands more fart jokes]] in the Bard's next play.
278	* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': In the comic [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2222 "King Lear"]] Faye jokes that one of the librarians ''"either has a Shakespearean sense of humor or a toilet fetish."''
279
280	[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
281	* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'' "Ye Olde Shakespeare Dinner Theatre" is essentially made of Shakespeare quotes, which makes sense, since Dan's beef is with the terrible acting at a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Shakespeare-themed dinner theater]]. Further, the plot references the Bard multiple times: for example, Dan takes out one of the actors by pouring soda in his ear, referencing the [[ShowWithinAShow play-within-a-play]] from ''Hamlet''. Then he defeats another actor by gluing a donkey mask onto his face, referencing ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. And the trio of tech ladies working at the theatre seem to be modeled after the witches from ''Macbeth''.
282	* 1949 WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes cartoon ''WesternAnimation/AHamInARole'' features a cartoon dog who works for Looney Tunes but really wants to do Shakespeare. The dog even has a portrait of Shakespeare on his wall! Over the course of the cartoon the dog recites from ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', ''Theatre/RichardIII'', and ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''.
283	* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Rupert}}'' episode "Rupert and Algy's Misadventure" had a scene where Algy Pug tried to stall for time by quoting various works by Shakespeare, including ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and ''Theatre/RichardIII''.
284	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' ("[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E8FuneralForAFiend Funeral for a Fiend]]"), when Sideshow Bob attempts to blow the Simpson family up:
285	-->'''Sideshow Bob:''' Let's not tarry. As Shakespeare said, "If it were done--when 'tis done--then 'twere ''best'' / It were done quickly." Power on! ''[turns on the laptop as a detonator and [[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]]]'' This time I've made no mistakes.\
286	'''Lisa:''' Actually, you made one. What Shakespeare really said was, "'twere ''well'' / It were done quickly."\
287	'''Sideshow Bob:''' Yes, I'm sure you've studied the immortal bard extensively under your "Miss Hoover." ''[leaves and shuts the door]''\
288	'''Lisa:''' ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'', Act I, Scene vii. Look it up.\
289	'''Sideshow Bob:''' ''[reenters the room]'' I shall! ''[takes the laptop]'' Come on, Website/{{Wikipedia}}. Load, you unwieldy behemoth!\
290	''[the laptop explodes, and Bob falls to the ground]''\
291	'''Sideshow Bob:''' [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} "Hoist on his own petard."]]\
292	'''Lisa:''' ''[corrects him again]'' It's "[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist with his own petard]]".\
293	'''Sideshow Bob:''' Oh, get a life!
294
295	[[AC:Wrestling]]
296	* There is a ProfessionalWrestling organization called [[https://twitter.com/renrumble?lang=en Renaissance Rumble]], who perform Shakespeare-themed events and their {{Tagline}} is "No Holds Bard."
297
298	[[AC:RealLife]]
299	* In real life, the moons of Uranus include [[Theatre/TheTempest Miranda, Caliban, Sycorax, Prospero, Setebos, Stephano, Trinculo, Francisco, Ferdinand]], [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream Titania, Oberon, Puck]], [[Theatre/KingLear Cordelia]], [[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} Ophelia]], [[Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew Bianca]], [[Theatre/TroilusAndCressida Cressida]], [[Theatre/{{Othello}} Desdemona]], [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet, Mab]], [[Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice Portia]], [[Theatre/AsYouLikeIt Rosalind]], [[Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing Margaret]] [[Theatre/TheWintersTale Perdita]], and [[Theatre/TimonOfAthens Cupid]]. In fact, according to Website/{{Wikipedia}}, Ariel was one of the few moons of Uranus that ''wasn't'' initially named after a Shakespeare character--the first four were Titania and Oberon (after ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'') and Ariel and Umbriel (after Alexander Pope's ''Literature/TheRapeOfTheLock''). It just so happened that when they started finding more moons, Pope only got one more shout-out (Belinda) and Shakespeare got a couple dozen or so, with ''The Tempest'' alone receiving nine, ten if you include Ariel as a Tempest shout-out as well.
300	[[/folder]]

Context ReferencedBy / WilliamShakespeare