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YMMV: History Of The World Part One
  • Acceptable Targets: The Spanish Inquisition are on the mission to convert the Jews, who are constantly abused and tortured for laughs. (Bonus points for Torquemada who is played by a Jew.)
  • Bowdlerization: AMC censorship ruins two of the film's best jokes.
    • Original joke:
    Dole Office Clerk: Occupation?
    Comicus: Stand-up philosopher.
    Dole Office Clerk: What?
    Comicus: Stand-up philosopher. I coalesce the vapors of human experience into a viable and meaningful comprehension.
    Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a *bullshit* artist!
    Comicus: *Grumble*...
    Dole Office Clerk: Did you bullshit last week?
    Comicus: No.
    Dole Office Clerk: Did you *try* to bullshit last week?
    Comicus: Yes!
    • TV version:
    Dole Office Clerk: Oh, a *bull-
    Comicus: *Grumbles*...
    Dole Office Clerk: Did you bull- last week?
    Comicus: No.
    Dole Office Clerk: Did you *try* to bull- last week?
    Comicus: Yes!
    • Original joke:
    Leader of Senate: All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?
    Entire Senate: FUCK THE POOR!
    Leader of Senate: Good.
    • TV version:
    Leader of Senate: All fellow members of the Roman senate hear me. Shall we continue to build palace after palace for the rich? Or shall we aspire to a more noble purpose and build decent housing for the poor? How does the senate vote?
    Entire Senate: (raise arms and grumble to themselves)
    Leader of Senate: Good.
  • Arguably, Bowlderization actually makes one moment funnier:
    • Original version:
    Roman Soldier: Moooove that miserable piece of SHIT!
    • TV version:
    Roman Soldier: Moooove that miserable piece of SHOOOIIIT!
  • Crowning Moment of Funny:
    • "I'm sorry Sir, I flunked flank." "Flunked flank? Get the flunk out of here!"
    • "It's DeMonet!"
      • "Hello Da Money, and don't correct me!"
    • "The Lord Jehovah has given unto you these fifteen..." * CRASH!* "Oy...Ten! Ten Commandments! For all to obey!"
    • "Could you please step on the same foot at the same time? My tits are falling off!"
    • Eunuch test, anyone?
      • "He's a eunuch." "HE'S a eunuch." "He's DEAD!"
    • Nobody mentioned the Last Supper yet? JESUS!
    • "See 'Hitler on Ice'!"
    • Cesar's Palace
    • "Oh, a bullshit artist!"
    • Moses being mugged.
    • "Your majesty you look like the piss boy!" "And you look like a bucket of shit!"
    • In fact, most of the movie.
  • Crowning Music of Awesome: The Spanish Inquisition. One listen to the whole thing and it will be stuck in your head forever.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Inverted. The narrator contrasts 'the first homo sapien marriage' with 'the first homosexual marriage' back when the idea of same-sex marriage had barely occured to most people.
  • Ho Yay: DeMonet and Bearnaise.
  • Memetic Mutation: It's good to be the king!
  • Watch It for the Meme: Some people watched the movie just to see the Spanish Inquisition.

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