Theatre and Spectacle

The deities here have taken Shakespeare's famous words to heart, and shaped their entire world into the form of a stage. In addition to the most well engineered stage, the Theatre also boasts the best orchestra in the multiverse, seating that accommodate entire planetary populations, a high tech and efficient backstage management system, and the best stage ninjas. They also have a direct line with the library in the House of Knowledge, giving them access to every single play in existence. Most of the time, their performances are sold out on the first day and are forced to resort to standing room only to accommodate everyone.

The Theatre deities once attempted to do a full performance of The King in Yellow with "mixed" results. Suffice to say, the lead actor in that particular play now goes by the nickname "The Joker".

Due to the power of stories on the Pantheon as a whole, a disproportionate number of members are also members of the Main House. Tread lightly.

Please note the following, though:

Dream of the Endless, Divine Architect of Dreams comes to this house from the Hall of Dreams and Nightmares every now and then.
There is also a designated Master of the Pre-Mortem One-Liner, but due to his threat levels among lower- and equal-ranked deities, was advised not to enter this house. He currently resides in the House of War.
Hata no Kokoro, Goddess of Masks, has a small stage built for her so that she can perform her noh theatre acts here.

The following house have been divided accordingly as well:

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Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin, God of Silent Movies (Charles Chaplin, Charlot, The Little Tramp, King of Comedy)

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Intermediate God
Symbol: A silhouette of himself as The Tramp
Alignment: Neutral Good
Portfolio: Auteur License, Silent Movies, His Iconic Bowler Hat, Eating Shoes, Directing Movies He Starred In, Poking Fun of Hitler in One of His Movies, Being a Spawn of Pop-Culture References, Tramps, Being Adorkable
Domains: Film, Comedy, Slapstick, Silence
Herald: His granddaughter Oona Chaplin
High Priest: Buster Keaton
Followers: Harold Lloyd, Sam
Allies: The Three Stooges, Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, Tom and Jerry, Albert Einstein, Jackie Chan
Enemies: All Nazi deities
Conflicting Opinion towards: The House of Machinery and Technology
Commonality Connection: Tony Stark, Sherlock Holmes
When Charlie Chaplin first arrived in the Pantheon wearing his Tramp outfit and twirling his cane, the gods offered him a position as the God of Silent Movies, to which he accepted.
Chaplin gets along well with Mickey Mouse, which isn’t surprising considering the fact that Walt Disney cited him as an inspiration for the mouse himself.
- The same can be said with Tom and Jerry, whose creators cited Chaplin as a big influence on the slapstick and mostly wordless comedy in their cartoons.
He was surprised to find Felix the Cat in the Pantheon, though not so much when he was being honored for his work in the Silent Movie genre. Charlie was impressed with Felix's impersonation during one of his visits in Los Angeles.
Chaplin is critical on the House of Technology, believing that it is dehumanizing.
- At times, however, he can be seen hanging out with Tony Stark, due to one thing they have in common.
- For that same reason, he can also be seen hanging out with Sherlock Holmes.
Several gods in the Pantheon noticed similarities between the physical appearances of Chaplin and Hitler of the Downfall Bunker (most notably the toothbrush moustache). While Hitler didn't particularly like Chaplin, whom he mistakenly believed to be Jewish, he apparently owned a private copy of The Great Dictator that he watched twice. Chaplin himself had regret for that film, as he said that he wouldn't have made it had he knew about Hitler’s story.
Being one of the most universally recognizable people of all time, it’s no surprise that several gods in the Pantheon have paid tribute to him.
- The aforementioned Mickey Mouse imitated Chaplin by dressing up like him in Mickey Plays Papa (1934).
- Michael Jackson was a huge Chaplin fan and once dressed up like him for some publicity pictures. He also covered Chaplin's song "Smile".
- Homer Simpson in one Couch Gag dressed up as Chaplin, imitating Chaplin in the process.
  - Grampa once tried to imitate Chaplin's bread roll dance from The Gold Rush, but was then forced to quit on order of a lawyer acting on behalf of Chaplin's estate.
- Jackie Chan paid homage to Chaplin in Project A in which the clock stunt was inspired by Chaplin's Modern Times.
Chaplin was once pitted against fellow silent movie star, Buster Keaton, in a brutal fight to the death which ended with Chaplin being run over by a train. Despite this, he has great respect for Keaton, even giving him a cameo in Limelight.
Albert Einstein is glad to see Chaplin in the Pantheon and once recalled the time the comedian invited him as a guest of honor to attend the premiere of his film, City Lights.
It is claimed that a "time traveller" can be seen talking to a cell phone in his film, The Circus. The House of Time and Temporality denied the claim, suggesting that the mysterious individual is likely holding up an old-fashioned hearing aid.
Has a complicated relationship with Stan Laurel, currently one of the High Priests of Pieing with his friend Oliver Hardy. They went to school together, but Chaplin never forgave Laurel for impersonating him in his early days, before finding his own voice. Laurel still has incredible respect for Chaplin, however. When they meet in the pantheon Chaplin tends to ignore Laurel.

Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse, God of Toons (Michael Theodore Mouse, King Mickey, Mortimer Mouse, Stellar Sorcerer)

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Greater God
Symbol: A silhouette of his head
Theme Music: Mickey Mouse Club March; alternatively, his theme from Epic Mickey (The Sorcerer's Apprentice when using magic)
Alignment: Neutral Good
Keyblade(s): Kingdom Key D, Star Seeker, Star Cluster
Portfolio: Half Dressed Cartoon Animals, Chaste Toons, Characters Who Are Way Older Than They Look, Average Joes, Extreme Adaptability, White Gloves, Mime And Music Only Cartoons, Inept Mages (in Fantasia), Mouse counterpart of Yoda (in Kingdom Hearts)
Domains: Detectives, Adventurers, Magic, Animal, Charm, Good, Law
Superior: Walt Disney
Allies: Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Minnie Mouse (his girlfriend), Sora, Riku, Aqua, Ludwig Van Drake, Madoka Kaname, Homura Akemi, Sayaka Miki, Mami Tomoe, Kyoko Sakura, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck (both Friendly Rivals), Roger Rabbit, Kairi, Ventus, Yen Sid, Sly Cooper, Bentley Turtle, Murray Hippo, Dimitri Lousteau, Yoda, Jak, Daxter, Estonia, Ratchet, Clank, Captain Qwark, Radical Ed, Otacon, Shiena, Arthur Penhaligon.
Enemies: Pegleg Pete, Dr. XXX, Vanitas, Larxene, Wiseman, Yuuki Terumi, Penelope Mouse, The Professor, Judge Doom.
Opposes: Master Xehanort, Kyubey
Mickey is largely the great-grandfather of many animated characters. The explanations for this theory range from the nonchalant to the downright bizarre, since he is an anthropomorphic mouse, and many of his supposed offspring...are not.
He personally redecorated his throne room into a posh nightclub, which is frequented by many of his friends from his youth.
If you see him pointing something even slightly resembling a key at you, RUN! If he's wearing a blue, pointy hat, RUN FASTER, DAMN IT! If he has a paint brush, KNEEL DOWN. PICK YOUR GOD. AND PRAY.
He was more than happy to pass up being God of Mice for the position, since he never really considered himself a mouse. This coupled with his large size has alienated him from the inhabitants of Mouse World.
Enjoys skydiving with Bugs Bunny over Toontown occasionally in his spare time. The two have an ironic friendship despite being from rival companies and having extremely different personalities.
He pulled the impossible as he managed to induce a Heel–Face Turn in someone as horrifying as The Mad Doctor. His former house in the Theater Pantheon is now empty, but Mickey achieved this thanks not just to the doctor himself, but also from many that were terrified by his debut cartoon. "That's what being a hero is about."
Mickey, Donald, and Goofy are often seen together, "even when they're made of wood". The trio once got themselves lost in Paris, France, after Goofy accidentally dropped their luggage into the River Seine. They soon crashed into a party held by Dimitri Lousteau, though he forgave them since they had no idea where they were. Very fortunate that Dimitri has diving equipment since they need a diver to collect the luggage. Since then, he often takes the trio, alongside their friends, on his cruises, though swimming isn't allowed, due to a "misfortune" involving Donald and Goofy.
Vanitas's recent ascension has made him more nervous than he'd care to admit.
- Since many gods exist in the pantheon that are either pure light or pure dark, Mickey has formed a security group with the GUAG to prevent gods of the opposing elements from clashing with one another, lest resulting in them forming the χ-blade by "accident". Asides the clash between Vanitas and Ventus, the closest this has ever happened is the attempted murder of Cinderella (a Princess of Heart) by the Tremaine family (an evil family of darkness)^noteat least in the Kingdom Hearts universe.
There was one time where Mickey played Bob Cratchit in a (surprisingly not Disneyfied) adaptation of A Christmas Carol. The way he acted in that film, especially in the scene where Bob is at Tiny Tim's grave, moved even the most stoic to tears.
Is really afraid of mad scientists, as The Mad Doctor and Runaway Brain were enough to traumatize him for life (he was livid in seeing the title character of the former ascend to the Pantheon).

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare, God of Theatre (He who did it First, The Troperus Maximus, The Bard of Avon, Caster of Red, the Immortal Bard, Our Will (by Jack and Annie))

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Demigod (Intermediate God as Caster of Red)
Symbol: A pair of Tragedy-and-Comedy Masks.
Alignment: True Neutral
Portfolio: Poetry, Stage Plays, Olde English, Tragedy, Comedy, Being Ahead of His Time, Rarely does any research, raunchy, lewd and dark comedy that was lost to time, Character Title, coined many words, fans of puns, First Folio
Domains: Theater, Knowledge, Craft.
Follower: Oscar Wilde (except on Uncyclopedia)
Superior to: Lady Mac beth, Macbeth, Hamlet among many, many others
Allies: Dream of the Endless, The Doctor, Jack and Annie.
Vitriolic Best Buds with: Dr. Seuss.
Enemies: Victor von Doom.
Admired by: George R. R. Martin.
Opposed by: Jeanne d'Arc.
If someone, somewhere, has used a trope idea in a popular literary work, chances are This Guy beat them to the punch a long time ago.
A great entertainer, his works have been shown daily in the Pantheon for the last three hundred years.
The only known possible challenger to his title is Sophocles, but the Greek playwright had to admit Shakespeare's had the advantage in name recognition. Today they're said to be working together on an adaptation of the Great Pantheon War.
- Aeschylus used to hold the title, and Euripides is still trying to get the role.
Jack and Annie once visited him in the past, and played as fairies in "A Midsummer's Night Dream". When William found the two in the Pantheon, he asked if they could be on hand to act in a few more plays for him. Both graciously agreed to help.
Is delighted that Romeo and Juliet were able to make it to the Pantheon, though annoyed at people not getting the meaning.
- Is a bit more apprehensive about Macbeth.
Was surprised to learn that he and Dr. Seuss engaged in a rap battle. Although Shakespeare is unhappy that Seuss let his creations do all the rapping, Dr. Seuss responds that what happened when Shakespeare accuses him of writing the Twilight books.
Banned Dr. Doom from entering his place after the time Doom's alternative kidnapped him.
Do NOT suggest that someone else wrote his plays for him under an alias. Anyone say so will have to talk Shakespeare's other versions with magical powers.
- Likewise, don't bring up the time he time-travelled to the modern day and failed a college class about analyzing his own plays. He's still rather sore about that.
Most of his characters, after hearing his ascension, has all flooded to his temples. While a lot of them are grateful that he created them, a few of the more unreasonable and villainous ones demands a rewrite. Shakespeare has avoided them ever since.
- Lady Macbeth pretends to be on good term with him but secretly plots to overthrow him to let her and her husband to have his power.
Has been glad to see the Doctor again since Shakespeare thinks his shenanigan amusing and tries to write new works based on the Doctor's adventure
George R. R. Martin is a fan of Shakespeare even though Martin doesn't like the Historical Villain Upgrade Shakespeare did to King Richard.
His playwright skills allowed him to be summoned as a Servant during a Great Holy Grail War, where he was capable of inflicting mind tragedies onto his enemies, despite his atrocious physical stats. Those who worked with him during that time are very wary that Shakespeare can be a dangerous person, because as long as he thinks it'll make an interesting story (read: TONS OF TRAGEDIES), he'll do exactly that.
- In fact, one of his victims was none other than Jeanne d'Arc, who he used his Noble Phantasm on to crush her fighting spirit during the final confrontation with Amakusa Shirou. Needless to say, she didn't like this experience and will get back at him if he tries to use First Folio on her again. This is not even getting into her reaction upon finding out about his work that made her look like a devilish witch...
- Also rumor has it that during that particular war, he wrote a new epic based on his experiences there. Unfortunately, no one has seen it on print, and Shakespeare isn't telling where he kept it, and what kind of story he wrote.

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