Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' rewritten as a comedy, the first in a series of retooled Shakespeare plays by Tropers/{{Shrikecatcher}}.

Can be read [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3536407/1/The_Comedy_of_Romeo_and_Juliet here]]
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!! Tropes
%%* AnachronismStew: Used deliberately per RuleOfFunny.
%%* BettyAndVeronica: Or Paris and Romeo, in this case.
%%* BloodyHilarious
%%* BreakingTheFourthWall: Frequently.
%%* BrickJoke
* BusCrash: Lady Montague.
--> "Alas, my liege," Montague wept. "My wife is dead tonight."
--> [[MoodWhiplash Nearby, someone on the drums made a]] RimShot [[BrickJoke and cymbal crash]].
* CaptainErsatz: No, Mercutio isn't dressed as WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck for the costume party, [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial what are you talking about?]]
--> "Who are you supposed to be?" [the security guard] asked Mercutio. "Donald Duck?"
--> "Of course not, good fellow," Mercutio laughed. "I don't want to be sued."
--> "[[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.
--> "[[OhCrap Uh-oh]]," Mercutio said, [[RunningGag which wasn't as]] incriminating [[RunningGag as it sounded]].
%%* ChekhovsGunman: Balthasar.
%%* DeathByDespair: Lady Montague.
%%* TheDitz: Juliet.
%%* DrivenToSuicide: Romeo and Juliet, of course.
%%* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Music/{{Prince}} and the Nurse.
%%* FauxDeath: Juliet.
* FeatheredFiend: A gull flies through the roof and attempts a GroinAttack on a post-coital Romeo because [[RunningGag he doesn't like birds]].
%%* FeudingFamilies: The Capulets and the Montagues, of course.
%%* FirstPersonSmartass: Benvolio, our narrator.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Lampshaded, of course.
--> ''[[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?
* FootnoteFever: Act III, Scene iii: Look, a footnote! And Act IV, Scene iv:
--> 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]]
%%* ForegoneConclusion: Romeo and Juliet are going to die.
%%* TheGhost: Rosaline.
* GrammarNazi: Invoked.
--> By the way, grammar Nazis, there's a double negative mocking you ruthlessly at the beginning of this paragraph.
%%* GroinAttack
* HaveAGayOldTime: The use of the word "ho" is exploited for all its worth.
%%* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood
* HopeSpot: While Romeo is visiting her tomb, Juliet sneezes every so often, indicating life, but of course he doesn't notice.
* 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.
%%* LampshadeHanging
%%* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Mercutio after having his arm cut off by Tybalt.
%%* MasqueradeBall: And at this costume party, everyone is dressed up as something else.
%%* TheMoreYouKnow: A RunningGag, combined with CaptainObvious.
%%* OfCorsetHurts: The outfit the Nurse dresses Juliet in after Lady Capulet barges in post wedding-consummation. PlayedForLaughs.
%%* OffWithHisHead: Poor Tybalt.
%%* OnlyAFleshWound
%%* PluckyGirl: Juliet.
%%* PoorCommunicationKills
* PrecisionFStrike: Lampshaded; we're only allowed two f-bombs in this story. [[spoiler: We get three. The FCC isn't too happy about that.]]
* PretentiousPronunciation: The costume party is referred to as a par-tay.
--> 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.
%%* RapidFireComedy
%%* RomanticFalseLead: Paris.
%%* RuleOfFunny
%%* RunningGag: ''Tons.''
%%* SecretRelationship
%%* SelectiveObliviousness: Pretty much everyone.
%%* SerialRomeo
%%* SassyBlackWoman: The Nurse.
* ShoutOut: [[ReferenceOverdosed Many]], starting with the {{Tagline}}:
--> [[Music/AvrilLavigne He was a boy. She was a girl. Can I make it any more obvious?]]
* SophisticatedAsHell: Dialogue alternates between the original Shakespearean and more modern conversation.
* 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]].
--> [[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]].
%%* SoulBrotha: Friar Lawrence.
* 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.
%%* StarCrossedLovers
%%* TheStoner: Friar Lawrence.
%%* StopBeingStereotypical: Lady Capulet's reaction to the Nurse, and later, Romeo to Friar Lawrence.
%%* TagTeamSuicide
%%* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Any of the deaths, really.
%%* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: The Nurse, and to a lesser extent, Friar Lawrence.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: Two stoner teenagers who hang out and get high with Friar Lawrence at the church.
%%* TogetherInDeath: Romeo and Juliet.
%%* TooDumbToLive: Everybody.
%%* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Balthasar.
%%* WhereDaWhiteWomenAt: Friar Lawrence.
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