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* NothingIsTheSameAnyMore: Throughout both this play and ''Henry IV 1'', Hal repeatedly promises the lowlifes and criminals he's spending time with that once he's king, he'll grant them all noble ranks and turn England into a paradise for them. But when he actually ''is'' crowned, he immediately rejects Falstaff and the other crooks, claiming he doesn't know them and having them all dismissed from his sight. It absolutely devastates the criminals, and they realize that there's no going back to the way things used to be.

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Throughout both this play and ''Henry IV 1'', Hal repeatedly promises the lowlifes and criminals he's spending time with that once he's king, he'll grant them all noble ranks and turn England into a paradise for them. But when he actually ''is'' crowned, he immediately rejects Falstaff and the other crooks, claiming he doesn't know them and having them all dismissed from his sight. It absolutely devastates the criminals, and they realize that there's no going back to the way things used to be.be.
** Subverted, however, in the case of the Lord Chief Justice. See MilhollandRelationshipMoment.



* WhatTheHellHero: Henry has one of these moments when he thinks Hal is so eager for the crown that he stole it from Henry's deathbed before Henry was actually dead. Hal protests that he genuinely thought his father was dead. It's up to the director and actors to decide how sincere Hal is about it.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Henry has one of these moments when he thinks Hal is so eager for the crown that he stole it from Henry's deathbed before Henry was actually dead. Hal protests that he genuinely thought his father was dead.dead, and only picked up the crown in contemplation . It's up to the director and actors to decide how sincere Hal is about it.
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!!As the play is OlderThanSteam and based on historical events, and as most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now [[ItWasHisSled widely known]], all spoilers on this page are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].
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-->'''Falstaff''': Away, you scullion! you rampallian! you fustilarian! [[AssShove I'll tickle your catastrophe!]]

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-->'''Falstaff''': -->'''Falstaff:''' Away, you scullion! you rampallian! you fustilarian! [[AssShove I'll tickle your catastrophe!]]
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Since the epilogue is Breaking The Fourth Wall it may not apply, since Oldcastle may not exist in the world of the play.


* ExpyCoexistence: The closing speech assures the audience that John Falstaff is ''not'' [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed the same person as John Oldcastle]], "for Oldcastle died martyr, and this is not the man.

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