History Theatre / HenryIVPart1

* CharacterDevelopment: Invoked by Hal. In relaity, he's a static character who enacts a duplicitous plan over the course of the play, as revealed in his monologue in the first act; the plan mimics character development in the eyes of the other characters.

In 2010, a production of ''Henry IV'' at The Globe was filmed for DVD with Roger Allam as Falstaff and Jamie Parker as Hal. Allam won an Olivier Award for his performance. In 2012, the BBC produced the play again with JeremyIrons as Henry, TomHiddleston as Hal, Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff and Joe Armstrong as Hotspur.

->My reformation, glittering o’er my fault,
->Shall show more goodly and attract more eyes

* AgentScully: Hotspur oddly ends up playing this role to his Welsh ally Glyndwr:

--> But will they come when you do call for them?

* CharacterDevelopment: Character development ''itself'' is [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] by Hal. Hal is a static character who enacts a duplicitous plan over the course of the play, as revealed in his monologue in the first act; the plan mimics character development in the eyes of the other characters.

--> Glendower: Thrice from the banks of Wye and sandy-bottomed Severn have I sent him bootless home and weather-beaten back.
--> Hostpur: Home without boots, and in foul weather too! How scapes he agues, in the devil's name?
* [[FinishingEachOthersSentences Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: Hal finishes Hotspur's dying speech.

** Falstaff is a complete fabrication (see below).

* InflationaryDialogue: Falstaff, in the aftermath of the Gad's Hill robbery.

* MeaningfulName: There are four Henrys: King Henry IV, his son Henry (Prince Hal), Henry Percy (Northumberland), and his son Henry (Hotspur). This is remarked on and used as a point of comparison in-story (Henry wishes Hal had been traded for Hotspur, for instance) and is used for lots of symbolism out-of-story.
* MomentKiller: Deliberately invoked by Hal and Doll Tearsheet who set up the sheriff to be a cockblocker in the 2012 BBC production as a way to 1. make the sheriff uncomfortable 2. give Hal a reasonable excuse for sending the sheriff and his men away without searching the house (and arresting Falstaff) and 3. make the sheriff ''extremely'' uncomfortable. It works.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted--there's a Bardolph and an unrelated Lord Bardolph. (Obviously, there are also the four Henrys[[hottip:* :Hal, Hotspur, the King, and Northumberland]] in Part One, but they're usually called different things.) This is unsurprising, given that it's based on RealLife.

* SlidingScaleLongName: Hal is cynical, Hotspur is idealistic. Only one survives.

* TooDumbToLive: Hotspur, who antagonizes an ally who claims he can summon spirits, tries to launch an attack when half of his army is absent, and, unlike everyone else in the play, honestly believes in chivalry and that they have the right to the throne, as opposed to it just being a power grab by his allies.

* [[FinishingEachOthersSentences Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: Hal finish's Hotspur's dying speech.
-->'''Hotspur:''' No Percy, thou art dust

* MomentKiller: Deliberately invoked by Hal and Doll Tearsheet who the sheriff a cockblocker in the 2012 BBC production as a way to 1. make the sheriff uncomfortable 2. give Hal a reasonable excuse for sending the sheriff and his men away without searching the house and 3. make the sheriff ''extremely'' uncomfortable. It works.

* MomentKiller: Deliberately invoked by Hal and Doll Tearsheet in the 2012 BBC production as a way to 1. make the sheriff uncomfortable 2. give Hal a reasonable excuse for sending the sheriff away and 3. make the sheriff ''extremely'' uncomfortable. It works.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Hotspur and Lady Percy. In the 2012 BBC version, it veers into SlapSlapKiss. Or smack, smack, attempted-finger-breaking, face-shove, slap, slap, fave-shove, kiss. They're very...physical.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Hotspur and Lady Percy. In the 2012 BBC version, it veers into SlapSlapKiss. Or smack, smack, pinch, face-shove, slap, kiss. They're very...physical.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Hotspur and Lady Percy. In the 2012 BBC version, it veers into SlapSlapKiss. They're very...physical.

* BelligerentSexualTension - Hotspur and Lady Percy

* KilledMidSentence: Hotspur.

* WhyAreYouNotMySon: Hal's deviant behavior upsets his father so much that Henry IV tells him to his face he wishes the valiant, honorable Hotspur were his son instead. Even if Hal's debauchery is part of a BatmanGambit long-game, that's gotta smart a bit.

* ObfuscatingStupidity - Prince Hal pretends to be a party animal, so that when he "reforms" [[BatmanGambit people will think even more highly of him]].

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheLionKing Scar]] tells [[{{Film/Thor}} Loki]] to get his shit together.

* InadequateInheritor: Henry believes Hal is this, and isn't shy about telling him so. In the 2012 BBC production, Hal's rather flippant response to his father's censure [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51KWNvbDVA4 earns him a slap in the face]]. Yup, yup, [[TheLionKing Scar]] just smacked [[{{Film/Thor}} Loki]].

* InadequateInheritor: Henry believes Hal is this, and isn't shy about telling him so. In the 2012 BBC production, Hal's rather flippant response to his father's censure [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51KWNvbDVA4 earns him a slap in the face]]. Yes, [[TheLionKing Scar]] just smacked [[{{Film/Thor}} Loki]].

* InadequateInheritor: Henry believes Hal is this, and isn't shy about telling him so. In the 2012 BBC production, Hal's rather flippant response to his father's censure [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51KWNvbDVA4 earns him a slap in the face]].

* ComingOfAgeStory: You can read this play as one of these for Prince Hal, or you can read it as Prince Hal tricking everyone into thinking it's one of these.

* BigEater: Falstaff, of course. One of his (many) failings is {{gluttony}}.

* BigEater: Falstaff, of course.
* BloodKnight: Hotspur.

* LovableCoward: Falstaff

* TheParagonAlwaysRebels: Hotspur.

* WarriorPrince: Hal.

* LawfulStupid: [[RunningGag Hotspur]].

* LeeroyJenkins: [[OverlyLongGag Hotspur]].

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[[TheStinger Hotspur.]]

A history play by WilliamShakespeare. It is the first in a duology, the second being ''HenryIVPart2''. It actually also relates to two other Shakespearean plays-- ''RichardII'' (which it follows) and ''HenryV'' (which it precedes).

Following the events in ''RichardII'', Henry Bolingroke, now King Henry IV, wishes to wage a crusade to cleanse himself of the sin of Richard's death. It is not to be, as some of his former allies plot to overthrow him-- chief among them the Percy family, whose son Harry (known as "Hotspur") is one of the greatest warriors in England.