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Fanfic / The Comedy Of Hamlet

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Exactly What It Says on the Tin. William Shakespeare's Hamlet rewritten as a comedy, the second in a series of genre-flipped William Shakespeare plays by Shrikecatcher.

Can be read here.


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  • Epic Fail: Invoked by Polonius when his servant Reynaldo fails a pop quiz:
    Polonius: "I will take a snapshot of this moment, upload it to the Internet and label it epic!"
    Reynaldo: "No, my lord, anything but that!"
  • Food as Bribe: Horatio mentions in his narration that doughnuts are just as popular as illegal drugs by smugglers for their use in making many a Dirty Cop.
  • Glasses Pull: Come on, this is Horatio Caine we're talking about. It only happens every other line of dialogue when he's around.
  • Hot for Teacher: Beginning of Act I, Scene iii:
    "But Horatio," you might be saying to yourself because I'm fictional you idiot, "this is Hamlet, the Magnum Opus of English literature, and Mr. Jacobs wouldn't like you talking about the Bard's greatest work in such a manner. Mmm...Mr. Jacobs..."
  • Ms. Fanservice: Ophelia.
    ...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.
  • You Monster!: A firefighter who was called in to destroy Hamlet's copy of Fifty Shades of Grey calls him a monster because Hamlet has a backup copy on his e-reader.

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