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1	->''Glowsticks. Candy. Love. Divine Comedy.''
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3	'''[[https://www.facebook.com/byudivinecomedy BYU Divine Comedy]]''' is a sketch comedy troupe at Brigham Young University. Every semester they perform two original shows with a "Best of" at the end of the term. They take a good portion of their material from [[UsefulNotes/{{Mormonism}} Latter-Day Saint]] beliefs and culture, though they often use scenarios from everyday college life or completely different scenarios entirely. Some of their best known work includes song parodies (such as "Provo, Utah Girls" and "Firebolt") and Divine Comedy alumnus Matt Meese's [[GoodAngelBadAngel "Shoulder Angel"]] sketches.
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5	Beyond the shorter sketches, they also end each show with a longer parody of a popular movie, such as:
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7	* "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Engagement Rings]]" (plus "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheTwoTowers Deseret Towers]]" and "[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing Return of the Missionary]]")
8	* "[[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Pirates of the Cougareat]]"
9	* "[[Film/ThePrincessBride The Freshmen Bride]]"
10	* "[[Film/{{Newsies}} Zoobies]]"
11	* "[[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Zoobie and the Beast]]"
12	* "[[Franchise/StarWars DTR Wars]]"
13	* "[[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the HFAC]]"
14	* "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Back From the Future]]"
15	* "[[Franchise/IndianaJones I. J. and the Helmet of Kishkumen]]"
16	* "[[Film/TheWizardOfOz Wizard of the Wilk]]"
17	* "[[Film/TheVillage2004 The Bubble]]"
18	* "[[Theatre/LesMiserables Latter-Day Miserables]]"
19	* "[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Cougar King]]"
20	* "[[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hercules]]
21	* "[[Film/{{Avatar}} AvYtar]]"
22	* "[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheHalfbloodPrince Harry Potter and the One Where Dumbledore Dies]]"
23	* "[[Film/HarryPotter Potter]] [[Franchise/StarWars Wars]]"
24	* "[[Film/{{Inception}} Reception]]"
25	* "[[Franchise/StarTrek Pioneer Trek]]"
26	* "[[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mia Maid]]"
27	* "[[Film/XMenFirstClass X-Men: Religion Class]]"
28	* "[[Film/TheSoundOfMusic The Sound of Music and the Spoken Word]]"
29	* "[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} AladdYn]]"
30	* "[[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Phantom of the Awkward]]"
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32	In 2012, ten past and present members of the troupe formed the repertory and featured cast for ''Series/StudioC'', a sketch comedy series on [=BYUtv=]. In the first season approximately 75% of the sketches on that show were adaptations of Divine Comedy sketches written by the cast members, but the two entities are otherwise not formally affiliated with each other. However, traditionally, when extras or bit players were needed for a ''Studio C'' sketch the Divine Comedy troupe was usually the first port of call. In 2017, three new featured players were added to the ''Studio C'' troupe and, once again, all were members of Divine Comedy. However, with the original cast exodus in 2019 only one of the nine new players cast to replace them is a Divine Comedy alum.
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35	!!BYU Divine Comedy sketch provides examples of the following tropes:
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37	%% * AxeCrazy: Mal is appropriately named.
38	* TheBGrade: James in "Class Can't Handle Me" is stressed out that he can't remember the answer for ''one question'' on a test. He decides that nobody's perfect and it's okay to not get a perfect score...and then he remembers the answer and declares, "never mind, I'm the best!"
39	%% * {{Bridezilla}}: Especially apparent in "Provo, UT Girls"
40	* CannotSpitItOut: In one sketch, Jeremy plays an awkward bishop trying to give the class the chastity lesson. The class has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
41	* TheCastShowOff:
42	** Jason Gray has the following impersonations that he has used on numerous occasions: Severus Snape, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Kohor, Bill Cosby, Gandalf--and in his audition, he even impersonated Matt Meese.
43	** Matt Meese himself shows off his athletic ability as shoulder angel climbing over various people without ever touching the ground and as P 90X guy in another sketch.
44	%% * ComingOutStory: Parodied in "Mom, Dad, I'm Cuban"
45	* {{Cosplay}}: Lots of people showed up in ''Literature/HarryPotter'' gear to film the sparklers party in "Firebolt."
46	* DanceOfRomance: Mallory and Adam do one dressed as Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles. [[spoiler: Which instantly becomes {{Squick}} when they realize their sibling is behind the mask.]]
47	* DancePartyEnding: The actors often dance onstage between sketches. Also invoked in "The Sound of Music and the Spoken Word" when they realize "Climb Every Mountain" [[TakeThat is a boring ending]].
48	* DownerEnding: Sometimes they'll twist the end of the movie parodies and make it sad. Like in [[spoiler: "Aladdyn"]], Jason's character is [[ItMakesSenseInContext stuck talking like Bill Cosby forever]].
49	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: "Harry Potter and the One Where Dumbledore Dies" [[spoiler: although, in a ShoutOut to ''WebVideo/PotterPuppetPals'', a Mysterious Ticking Noise leads to [[SubvertedTrope everyone dying]] and the [[DoubleSubverted title has to be changed.]]]]
50	* FourthDateMarriage: Try barely talking to becoming engaged. With a ring-pop, no less.
51	* GoodAngelBadAngel: In the "Shoulder Angel" sketches, Matt poofs in and climbs onto the shoulder of the person he needs to help. HilarityEnsues.
52	%% * HilarityEnsues: The whole point of the group.
53	* InnerMonologue: In "Latter-Day Miserables," [=ValJean=] is caught because Javert overhears his internal monologue.
54	* LoopholeAbuse: In "Lord of the Engagement Rings: Return of the Missionary," [[spoiler: Aragorn was never released, so he's still a missionary.]]
55	* ManlyMenCanHunt: In the Zumba sketch, the elder's quorum takes a while to get into the dancing, but when they do a girl walks in and Jordan declares, "And ''that'' is how you fire a shotgun!"
56	%% * PlatoIsAMoron: Invoked in "Class Can't Handle Me".
57	* TheQuietOne: Jeremy sometimes goes through entire sketches without saying a word.
58	%% * TheRival: University of Utah.
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