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* AffectionateParody

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* AxeCrazy: Captain Kirk, after getting his hands on a lightsaber and getting brained by a replica Borg cube.
* BizarroFiction
* BringMyBrownPants
* CelebrityParadox: Batted all over the place like a kitten with a ping-pong ball.
* DecoyGetaway: Creator/WilliamShatner has Bob Chaplin (see ImYourBiggestFan, below) distract the deranged Captain Kirk while Shatner himself skedaddles.
* DoppelgangerCrossover: of William Shatner.
* DramaticPause: Shatner talks like this all the time.
* FanBoy: Lots of these.

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%% * AxeCrazy: Captain Kirk, after getting his hands on a lightsaber and getting brained by a replica Borg cube.
%% * BizarroFiction
%% * BringMyBrownPants
%% * CelebrityParadox: Batted all over the place like a kitten with a ping-pong ball.
* DecoyGetaway: Creator/WilliamShatner William Shatner has Bob Chaplin (see ImYourBiggestFan, below) distract the deranged Captain Kirk while Shatner himself skedaddles.
* DoppelgangerCrossover: of William Shatner.
Shatner and all his characters appear in this story.
* DramaticPause: Shatner talks like this with potent pauses all the time.
%% * FanBoy: Lots of these.



* HumanoidAbomination: All the Shatners are aware on some level that they "shouldn't" exist in this world, but only Animated!Kirk really gets it.

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* HumanoidAbomination: All the Shatners are aware on some level that they "shouldn't" exist in this world, but only Animated!Kirk animated Kirk really gets it.



* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[Literature/{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].

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* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[Literature/{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].Wilkes of ''Literature/{{Misery}}''.



* InherentlyFunnyWords: When you repeat [[Creator/WilliamShatner any phrase]] [[OverlyLongGag enough times]], it loses all meaning. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} William Shatner! William Shatner! William Shatner!]] [[MadnessMantra William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Several of the Shatners, including Shatner Prime and SNL!Shatner.
* LudicrousGibs: Rick vs. a Fiction Bomb.
* MagicCountdown
* MesACrowd
* OhCrap: "Oh shit, Captain Kirk's got a lightsaber!"
* PaperPeople: Animated!Kirk.

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* InherentlyFunnyWords: When you repeat [[Creator/WilliamShatner any phrase]] [[OverlyLongGag enough times]], it loses all meaning. [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} William Shatner! William Shatner! William Shatner!]] [[MadnessMantra Shatner! William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner!]]
Shatner! Might become PokemonSpeak or MadnessMantra.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Several of the Shatners, including Shatner Prime and SNL!Shatner.
%% * LudicrousGibs: Rick vs. a Fiction Bomb.
%% * MagicCountdown
%% * MesACrowd
%% * OhCrap: "Oh shit, Captain Kirk's got a lightsaber!"
%% * PaperPeople: Animated!Kirk.



* RealPersonFic: Duh.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: All the Shatners.
* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of Creator/WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Film/EvilDead2 cut off their right hands]].
* ShoutOut: To lots of Shatner's acting roles.

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* RealPersonFic: Duh.
Real life William Shatner is featured in this story.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: All the Shatners.
Shatners escape from their fictional worlds into the real one.
* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of Creator/WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Film/EvilDead2 cut off their right hands]].
hands, ''Film/EvilDead2'' style.
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* ShoutOut: To lots of Shatner's acting roles.



* TeethFlying

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* VillainousBSOD: Animated!Kirk is the most aware that he and the other Shatners shouldn't exist in this world. The knowledge has crippled him to the point that he begs for death.

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* VillainousBSOD: Animated!Kirk Animated Kirk is the most aware that he and the other Shatners shouldn't exist in this world. The knowledge has crippled him to the point that he begs for death.


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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[Series/TJHooker William Shatner]], [[Series/BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.

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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[Series/TJHooker William Shatner]], [[Series/BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} [[UsefulNotes/EsperantoTheUniversalLanguage William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.



* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Literature/Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].

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* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Literature/Misery}} [[Literature/{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].
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* {{Badass}}: Creator/WilliamShatner.
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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[Series/BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.

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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker [[Series/TJHooker William Shatner]], [[Series/BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TwilightZone [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.
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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.

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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[BostonLegal [[Series/BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[Series/TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... Creator/WilliamShatner.
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* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of Creator/WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Franchise/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].

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* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of Creator/WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Franchise/EvilDead [[Film/EvilDead2 cut off their right hands]].
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* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].

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* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Misery}} [[{{Literature/Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].
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When Creator/WilliamShatner arrives at the first annual [=ShatnerCon=], he is confronted by hordes of his own fans, who worship his various media incarnations - and an attempted terrorist attack by the Campbellians, crazed fans of Creator/BruceCampbell. However, the attack is thwarted by a humble movie projectionist, who unwittingly summons an even more dangerous threat: every character ever played by Creator/WilliamShatner, who all arrive with a single goal in mind: Kill the real Creator/WilliamShatner.

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When Creator/WilliamShatner arrives at the first annual [=ShatnerCon=], [[FanConvention ShatnerCon]], he is confronted by hordes of his own fans, who worship his various media incarnations - and an attempted terrorist attack by the Campbellians, crazed fans of Creator/BruceCampbell. However, the attack is thwarted by a humble movie projectionist, who unwittingly summons an even more dangerous threat: every character ever played by Creator/WilliamShatner, who all arrive with a single goal in mind: Kill the real Creator/WilliamShatner.
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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... WilliamShatner.

When WilliamShatner arrives at the first annual [=ShatnerCon=], he is confronted by hordes of his own fans, who worship his various media incarnations - and an attempted terrorist attack by the Campbellians, crazed fans of Creator/BruceCampbell. However, the attack is thwarted by a humble movie projectionist, who unwittingly summons an even more dangerous threat: every character ever played by WilliamShatner, who all arrive with a single goal in mind: Kill the real WilliamShatner.

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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[TwilightZone [[Series/TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[SaturdayNightLive [[Series/SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... WilliamShatner.

Creator/WilliamShatner.

When WilliamShatner Creator/WilliamShatner arrives at the first annual [=ShatnerCon=], he is confronted by hordes of his own fans, who worship his various media incarnations - and an attempted terrorist attack by the Campbellians, crazed fans of Creator/BruceCampbell. However, the attack is thwarted by a humble movie projectionist, who unwittingly summons an even more dangerous threat: every character ever played by WilliamShatner, Creator/WilliamShatner, who all arrive with a single goal in mind: Kill the real WilliamShatner.
Creator/WilliamShatner.



* {{Badass}}: WilliamShatner.

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* {{Badass}}: WilliamShatner.Creator/WilliamShatner.



* DecoyGetaway: WilliamShatner has Bob Chaplin (see ImYourBiggestFan, below) distract the deranged Captain Kirk while Shatner himself skedaddles.

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* DecoyGetaway: WilliamShatner Creator/WilliamShatner has Bob Chaplin (see ImYourBiggestFan, below) distract the deranged Captain Kirk while Shatner himself skedaddles.



* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].

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* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like WilliamShatner, Creator/WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].



* InherentlyFunnyWords: When you repeat [[WilliamShatner any phrase]] [[OverlyLongGag enough times]], it loses all meaning. [[{{Pokemon}} William Shatner! William Shatner! William Shatner!]] [[MadnessMantra William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner!]]

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* InherentlyFunnyWords: When you repeat [[WilliamShatner [[Creator/WilliamShatner any phrase]] [[OverlyLongGag enough times]], it loses all meaning. [[{{Pokemon}} [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} William Shatner! William Shatner! William Shatner!]] [[MadnessMantra William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner!]]



* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Franchise/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].

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* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of WilliamShatner.Creator/WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Franchise/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].
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* DoppelgangerCrossover: of William Shatner.
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* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Film/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].

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* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Film/EvilDead [[Franchise/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].
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* CelebrityParadox: Batted all over the place like a kitten with a ping-pong ball.
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No one is safe as [[Franchise/StarTrek William Shatner]], [[TJHooker William Shatner]], [[BostonLegal William Shatner]], [[TwilightZone William Shatner]], [[Series/{{Rescue 911}} William Shatner]], [[{{Esperanto}} William Shatner]], [[SaturdayNightLive William Shatner]] and [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries William Shatner]] team up to kill... WilliamShatner.

When WilliamShatner arrives at the first annual [=ShatnerCon=], he is confronted by hordes of his own fans, who worship his various media incarnations - and an attempted terrorist attack by the Campbellians, crazed fans of Creator/BruceCampbell. However, the attack is thwarted by a humble movie projectionist, who unwittingly summons an even more dangerous threat: every character ever played by WilliamShatner, who all arrive with a single goal in mind: Kill the real WilliamShatner.

Yeah, it's a [[BizarroFiction bizarro novel]]. How'd you guess?
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* AffectionateParody
* AlienBlood: The other Shatners bleed black and have film stock for entrails.
* AxeCrazy: Captain Kirk, after getting his hands on a lightsaber and getting brained by a replica Borg cube.
* {{Badass}}: WilliamShatner.
* BizarroFiction
* BringMyBrownPants
* DecoyGetaway: WilliamShatner has Bob Chaplin (see ImYourBiggestFan, below) distract the deranged Captain Kirk while Shatner himself skedaddles.
* DramaticPause: Shatner talks like this all the time.
* FanBoy: Lots of these.
* {{Gorn}}: A lot of people die in horribly violent ways.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: A handful of characters get bisected.
* HumanoidAbomination: All the Shatners are aware on some level that they "shouldn't" exist in this world, but only Animated!Kirk really gets it.
* IKnowKarate: After getting mobbed by crazed fans at a previous convention, Shatner decided to study martial arts to defend himself.
* ImYourBiggestFan: Bob Chaplin, who got reconstructive surgery so he would look and sound like WilliamShatner, and even researched all the outfits that Shatner wears to conventions so that he would pick the same one Shatner did. Shatner even compares Chaplin to [[{{Misery}} Annie Wilkes]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: One character is run through with many functional replicas of weapons Shatner has used throughout his ''Franchise/StarTrek'' career, and ultimately killed when [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill the display the weapons were on ultimately falls on her]].
* InherentlyFunnyWords: When you repeat [[WilliamShatner any phrase]] [[OverlyLongGag enough times]], it loses all meaning. [[{{Pokemon}} William Shatner! William Shatner! William Shatner!]] [[MadnessMantra William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner William Shatner!]]
* {{Jerkass}}: Several of the Shatners, including Shatner Prime and SNL!Shatner.
* LudicrousGibs: Rick vs. a Fiction Bomb.
* MagicCountdown
* MesACrowd
* OhCrap: "Oh shit, Captain Kirk's got a lightsaber!"
* PaperPeople: Animated!Kirk.
* PlanetOfSteves: All the Campbellians apparently go by "Bruce". Yes, even the women.
* RealPersonFic: Duh.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: All the Shatners.
* SeriousBusiness: In Bizarro World, Creator/BruceCampbell's fans are fanatical enough to try to kill all followers of WilliamShatner. The Campbellians even [[Film/EvilDead cut off their right hands]].
* ShoutOut: To lots of Shatner's acting roles.
* TapOnTheHead: A character tries to stop the crazed Captain Kirk by caving in the side of his head with a replica of a Borg cube. Unfortunately, this only makes him more deranged.
* TeethFlying
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: It's [=ShatnerCon=]. Of course there are going to be multiple Shatners running around trying to kill each other.
* VillainousBSOD: Animated!Kirk is the most aware that he and the other Shatners shouldn't exist in this world. The knowledge has crippled him to the point that he begs for death.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: The Fiction Bomb, which is designed to completely erase from existence (and make it never ''have'' existed) any given media within its blast range. [[spoiler:Due to the valiant efforts of Rick the Projection Guy, its power gets reversed, summoning every incarnation of Shatner in visual media to the real world.]]
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