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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Lucky's "think" being a major offender here.
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* ItWasHisSled: Godot never comes, considering its defining place in the post-modern movement and all.

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* ItWasHisSled: Godot never comes, considering its Considering the play's defining place in the post-modern movement and all.movement, it's well known now that Godot never comes.
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** the boy in act two is the first boy's brother,
** the messenger boy is Godot,

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** the The boy in act two is the first boy's brother,
** the The messenger boy is Godot,



** there never was a Godot.

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** there There never was a Godot.

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* ItWasHisSled: Godot never comes.

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* ItWasHisSled: Godot never comes.comes, considering its defining place in the post-modern movement and all.


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* OlderThanTheyThink: People waiting for the title character to show up, but he never does and probably never will, and the cast must decide whether or not they will take control of their own lives instead? Sounds a lot like 1935 play ''Waiting For Lefty'' by Clifford Odets. Of course Odets' play was otherwise completely different, an up-to-the-minute social drama with a large ensemble and many flashbacks.
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Moving YMMV entry to correct page

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* SpiritualSuccessor: ''Series/{{Bottom}}'', amazingly (particularly from their West End production of it). It features Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson and Christopher Ryan, who played (respectively) Rick, Vyvyan and Mike in ''Series/TheYoungOnes''. Go figure! Further screwed around with by the early '90s production with Rick and Ade... and Christopher playing Lucky!
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* MemeticMutation: "That's how it is on this bitch of an earth." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote by Pozzo that became inexplicably popular when accompanied by a {{Testosterone Poison|ing}}ed [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]].[[/labelnote]]

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* MemeticMutation: "That's how it is on this bitch of an earth." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote by Pozzo that became inexplicably popular when accompanied by a {{Testosterone Poison|ing}}ed piece of fetish art depicting an [[{{Testosterone Poisoning}} extremely muscular]] version of [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]].Luigi]]. The fanart with the caption became a common subject for parody, often juxtaposing the quote with other images of buff characters.[[/labelnote]]



* TearJerker: The end of the second act, as Vladimir begins to realize that no one remembers the day before except him, or worse - that no one ''cares'' about anything that happens - that the same is going to happen tomorrow, with little relevant to give himself or anything else any real presence. He's left begging the messenger boy to acknowledge seeing him, just to have someone affirm that he in some small way matters.

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* TearJerker: The end of the second act, as Vladimir begins to realize that no one remembers the day before except him, or worse - -- that no one ''cares'' about anything that happens - -- that the same is going to happen tomorrow, with little relevant to give himself or anything else any real presence. He's left begging the messenger boy to acknowledge seeing him, just to have someone affirm that he in some small way matters.

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* NightmareFuel: The infamous part where Didi and Gogo discuss the voices of spirits, displeased by both life and death.



* NightmareFuel: The infamous part where Didi and Gogo discuss the voices of spirits, displeased by both life and death.

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** Pozzo is actually Lucky's slave,



* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think". {{Subverted}}, as it is referenced in Act 2.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Despite many critics' interpretations, Godot is not God. [[MindScrew Probably]]. Others theorize that the play represents a kind of Hell or purgatory.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think". {{Subverted}}, as it is referenced in Act 2.
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Despite many critics' interpretations, Beckett did not intend Godot is not to represent God. [[MindScrew Probably]]. Others theorize that the play represents a kind of Hell or purgatory.



** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for Pozzo) in the play.
** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well. He admits he can't think for himself, and is so devastated at the loss of his watch that he goes blind.

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** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for Pozzo) in the play.
** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well. He admits he can't think for himself, and is so devastated at the loss of his watch that he goes blind.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think". Subverted, as it referenced later.

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think". Subverted, {{Subverted}}, as it is referenced later.in Act 2.



* NightmareFuel: The infamous part where Didi and Gogo discuss the voices of spirits, unpleased by both life and death.

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* NightmareFuel: The infamous part where Didi and Gogo discuss the voices of spirits, unpleased displeased by both life and death.



** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well. He admits he can't think for himself, and so devastated at the loss of his watch he goes blind.
** Out of the main two (Didi and Gogo) Estragon seems to be slightly more of a Woobie, mainly because he also routinely gets beaten by some unseen gang.

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** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well. He admits he can't think for himself, and is so devastated at the loss of his watch that he goes blind.
** Out of the main two (Didi and Gogo) Gogo), Estragon seems to be slightly more of a Woobie, mainly because he also routinely gets beaten by some unseen gang.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The play is on some fifth-grade reading lists because the words aren't very complicated. Even though it makes no freaking sense even to adults. In a way, this is actually worse than showing kids something violent or sexual — how do you explain to a child that she got an F on her analysis of the play because she said it was about two people waiting for Godot? They also discuss hanging themselves so they can get an erection. The only reason they don't is because the rope breaks.
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* TearJerker: The end of the second act, as Vladimir begins to realize that no one remembers the day before except him, that the same things are going to happen tomorrow, and he might not be able to remember either.

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* TearJerker: The end of the second act, as Vladimir begins to realize that no one remembers the day before except him, or worse - that no one ''cares'' about anything that happens - that the same things are is going to happen tomorrow, and with little relevant to give himself or anything else any real presence. He's left begging the messenger boy to acknowledge seeing him, just to have someone affirm that he might not be able to remember either.in some small way matters.
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* MemeticMutation: "That's how it is on this bitch of an earth." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A quote by Pozzo that became inexplicably popular when accompanied by a {{Testosterone Poison|ing}}ed [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Luigi]].[[/labelnote]]
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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Despite many critics' interpretations, Godot is not shorthand for God. Others theorize that the play represents a kind of Hell or purgatory.

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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Despite many critics' interpretations, Godot is not shorthand for God.God. [[MindScrew Probably]]. Others theorize that the play represents a kind of Hell or purgatory.
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** the boy in act two is the first boy's brother,
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think".

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think". Subverted, as it referenced later.
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* TearJerker: The end of the second act, as Vladimir begins to realize that no one remembers the day before except him, that the same things are going to happen tomorrow, and he might not be able to remember either.

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* NightmareFuel: The infamous part where Didi and Gogo discuss the voices of spirits, unpleased by both life and death.



** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well.

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** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well. He admits he can't think for himself, and so devastated at the loss of his watch he goes blind.



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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's "Think".

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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's monologue, "Think".
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** Out of the main two (Didi and Gogo) Estragon seems to be slightly more of a Woobie, mainly because he also routinely gets beaten by some unseen gang.
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** Or, even more arguably, perhaps poor old Pozzo as well.

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Cleanup project — only use this when it happens in-universe.


* AndTheFandomRejoiced -- One Broadway version starred RobinWilliams and SteveMartin. The play still didn't make any sense, but it was incredibly funny.
** That was one of the versions of the play that the Beckett estate hated due to how much they improvised, even breaking the fourth wall. Beckett is one of those playwrights whose work is considered "beyond" any kind of "fixing", and the estate are renowned for suing people who perform the play any way other than how it's written (dating back to an early-Eighties production of Beckett's ''Endgame'' that was ''extremely'' disrespectful to the text).
** The 2009 West End version starred no less than ''PatrickStewart'' as Vladamir and ''IanMcKellen'' as Estragon ([[Film/XMen not the first time]] those two had acted opposite each other, either). It should be absolutely no surprise that their performances were critically acclaimed. Stewart was replaced by Roger Rees for the international tour.



** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for Pozzo) in the play.

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** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for Pozzo) in the play.play.

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** The play itself counts as this. Beckett's theater work became even more ''artistic'' and abstract as he went on.

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** The play itself counts as this. Beckett's theater work became even more ''artistic'' and ''more'' abstract as he went on.
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** The play itself counts as this. Beckett himself was known for doing several ''artistic'' plays, such as a play where the audience is locked out of the theater so they can only hear the play and a play in which one sentence was spoken and then the curtains closed.

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** The play itself counts as this. Beckett himself was known for doing several Beckett's theater work became even more ''artistic'' plays, such as a play where the audience is locked out of the theater so they can only hear the play and a play in which one sentence was spoken and then the curtains closed.abstract as he went on.
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** That was one of the versions of the play that the Beckett estate hated due to how much they improvised, even breaking the fourth wall. Beckett is one of those playwrights whose work is considered "beyond" any kind of "fixing", and the estate are renowned for suing people who perform the play any way other than how it's written.

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** That was one of the versions of the play that the Beckett estate hated due to how much they improvised, even breaking the fourth wall. Beckett is one of those playwrights whose work is considered "beyond" any kind of "fixing", and the estate are renowned for suing people who perform the play any way other than how it's written.written (dating back to an early-Eighties production of Beckett's ''Endgame'' that was ''extremely'' disrespectful to the text).
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You can feel sympathy for the boy. He seems scared in all his appearances.


** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for the boy) in the play.

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** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for the boy) Pozzo) in the play.

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:

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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Given how open the meanings of ''anything'' in the play are left, almost ''any'' interpretation of anything in the play can fall under this trope.



** Honestly, almost ''any'' interpretation of anything in the play can fall under this trope.
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* ItWasHisSled: Godot never comes.

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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory

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* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatoryBigLippedAlligatorMoment: Lucky's "Think".
* EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory: Despite many critics' interpretations, Godot is not shorthand for God. Others theorize that the play represents a kind of Hell or purgatory.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: Lucky's "think" being a major offender here.
** The play itself counts as this. Beckett himself was known for doing several ''artistic'' plays, such as a play where the audience is locked out of the theater so they can only hear the play and a play in which one sentence was spoken and then the curtains closed.
* TheWoobie: Poor, poor Lucky...
** Arguably, everybody (except perhaps for the boy) in the play.

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