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[[WMG: Brian will go to Heaven.]]
The shot at the end of the credits pans way up into heaven, implying this. Brian was a good person, and didn't deserve any of the crap heaped on him, so God decided to cut him some slack, and give him a nice afterlife. Or Brian just snuck in at the same time His son entered through the Pearly Gates.
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[[WMG: Brian became immortal because of his contact the aliens, and…]]
After some more or less wacky hijinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more of a messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgain" moment but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.
* As a possible epilogue, the anachronism at the end of ''Holy Grail'' was actually due to a weird TimePortal similar to what was going on in the "Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers" sketch. Brian/Arthur was thus dumped into the 1970's once the police took everyone back to the police station. He escaped, and now it branches off:
** He decides he's seen quite a lot of silly things in his life, and decides to cash on it. He shaves himself, and, to create a comedy troop, creates the alias of Graham Chapman.
** He keeps switching identities, confronted with a world that is as mad as ever, and slowly loosing his sanity himself; every Chapman character in ''Flying Circus'' was actually him. (Except maybe the Colonel and other such 'composition' roles.)

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[[WMG: Brian became immortal because of his contact the aliens, and…]]
aliens.]]
After some more or less wacky hijinx and a few weeks on the cross without dying, probably with a few weeks, more wacky hijinks along the way, Brian finally got unties himself untied from the dang cross. Since Unfortunately for him, this was earning him is more of a messiahist following proof than ever, he fled ever to his followers that he's the country. Throughout Messiah, but he's ''still'' not the following centuries, Messiah; he just unwittingly got some alien medical thing, which isn't the same thing. An exasperated Brian is WalkingTheEarth, flees the country and eventually starts WalkingTheEarth.\\
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Centuries later, Brian
finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's emerges and holds aloft Excalibur, signifying by divine providence that Brian, now dubbed Arthur, was to become King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. of the Britons. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgain" moment but, moment, but this time, he just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why along. Then God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding appears to Brian/Arthur and tasks him to find the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God Grail, choosing him specifically because he "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He him" -- he thinks Brian might be the only being in human who could understand how much God hates it. Thus, as you might guess, we get to the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit events of ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.\\
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Brian/Arthur can use his experience from WalkingTheEarth to his advantage -- for instance, this
is when how he found those coconuts that were puzzling so puzzled the French Knights knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.
* As a possible epilogue,
the anachronism at film. But he's totally unprepared for the end of ''Holy Grail'' was actually due to film's ending, an AnachronismStew caused by a weird TimePortal TimePortal, similar to what was going on we saw in the "Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers" sketch. This transports the policemen back to where they came from: the 1960s. Except now they have Brian/Arthur was thus dumped into with him. Poor Brian/Arthur, trying to reconcile all the 1970's once the police took everyone back to the police station. He escaped, and now it branches off:
** He decides he's seen quite a lot of
silly things in his life, and decides to cash on it. He shaves himself, and, to create he's seen, joins a comedy troop, creates troupe and adopts the alias of Graham Chapman.
** He keeps switching identities,
Creator/GrahamChapman. Except he's [[SanitySlippage slowly going insane]], confronted with a world that is as mad as ever, and slowly loosing his sanity himself; every Chapman character most of the characters "Chapman" plays in ''Flying Circus'' was ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' are actually him. (Except maybe the Colonel and other such 'composition' roles.)
how Brian/Arthur now sees himself.



After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "ascended".

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After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Earth. They can detect Brian from his earlier encounter with their friends, and they take him Brian up into their spaceship - thus Brian "ascended".
spaceship. That's how he "ascended" from Earth.



A.k.a. Brian's father. He forced a laugh when Brian said his name to hide his surprise at having been called out.

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A.k.a. In other words, he's Brian's father. He forced He's so stunned at being confronted by his bastard son that he forces a laugh when Brian said his name to hide his surprise at having been called out.
and is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial insistent that nobody like that could possibly exist]].



... is that most of these quotes are from the Sermon on the Mount. Even though Brian involuntarily missed most of it, he was clearly interested in hearing it, so he got someone else to repeat it for him later. That person was actually one of Jesus' disciples, and insisted on recounting some of Jesus' other teachings, like the Parable of the Talents.

[[WMG: During the "what have the Romans ever done for us" scene...]]
... when the one activist adds "And the wine," he doesn't mean that the Romans introduced wine. He means that they brought ''good'' wine — kosher wine being the butt of jokes in Western countries, the actual Israeli wine industry notwithstanding.
* Given the Romans' penchant for adding ''lead'' to the wine...

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... is that most of these quotes are from the Sermon on the Mount. Even though Brian involuntarily missed most of it, he was clearly interested in hearing it, so he got someone else to repeat it for him later. That person was actually one of Jesus' disciples, and insisted on recounting some of Jesus' other teachings, like the Parable of the Talents.

[[WMG: During The People's Front of Judea is suffering from lead poisoning.]]
It's from
the "what have wine, which the Romans ever were known to lace with lead, and which at least one person is keen to list as one of the many things that "the Romans have done for us" scene...]]
... when the one activist adds "And the wine," he doesn't mean that the Romans introduced wine. He means that
us". Before then, they brought ''good'' wine — just had kosher wine being wine, which was the butt of jokes in Western countries, the West for centuries (the actual Israeli wine industry notwithstanding.
* Given the Romans' penchant for adding ''lead'' to the wine...
notwithstanding).



He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students and political dissidents equally - writing lines with the gentle threat of physical punishment if they try to shirk out of it. He is also the Roman equivalent of a DrillSergeantNasty and the absolute terror of his legion.

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He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students students, and political dissidents equally - writing -- he makes them write lines with the gentle threat of physical punishment if they try to shirk out of it. He is also the Roman equivalent of a DrillSergeantNasty and the absolute terror of his legion.
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After some more or less wacky highjinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgain" moment but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.

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After some more or less wacky highjinx hijinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more of a messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgain" moment but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.
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* Given the Romans' penchant for adding ''lead'' to the wine...
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He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students and political dissidents equally. He is also the Roman equivalent of a DrillSergeantNasty and the terror of his legion.

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He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students and political dissidents equally. equally - writing lines with the gentle threat of physical punishment if they try to shirk out of it. He is also the Roman equivalent of a DrillSergeantNasty and the absolute terror of his legion.
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[[WMG: The Centurion used to be an actual grammar school teacher.]]

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[[WMG: The Centurion who took issue with Brian's Latin used to be an actual grammar school teacher.]]
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He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students and political dissidents equally. He is also the Roman equivalent of a DrillSergeantNasty and the terror of his legion.

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... when the one activist adds "And the wine," he doesn't mean that the Romans introduced wine. He means that they brought ''good'' wine — kosher wine being the butt of jokes in Western countries, the actual Israeli wine industry notwithstanding.

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... when the one activist adds "And the wine," he doesn't mean that the Romans introduced wine. He means that they brought ''good'' wine — kosher wine being the butt of jokes in Western countries, the actual Israeli wine industry notwithstanding.notwithstanding.

[[WMG: The Centurion used to be an actual grammar school teacher.]]
He treats both disobedient soldiers, bad students and political dissidents equally.
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After some more or less wacky highjinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgainMoment" but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.

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After some more or less wacky highjinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgainMoment" "HereWeGoAgain" moment but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.
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[[WMG: Brian became immortal because of his contact the aliens, and…]]
After some more or less wacky highjinx and probably a few weeks, Brian finally got himself untied from the dang cross. Since this was earning him more messiahist following than ever, he fled the country. Throughout the following centuries, Brian is WalkingTheEarth, and eventually finds himself in front of a lake, from which the Lady of the Lake pops up; she keeps saying he's King Arthur and he is prophesied to save Britain, and she gives him Excalibur. Brian has a "HereWeGoAgainMoment" but, this time, just gives up and plays along, leading, you guessed it, to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. This is, moreover, the reason why God tasked Arthur/Brian in particular with finding the Holy Grail. We know [=HolyGrail=]!God "hates people crawling 'round on their knees and worshipping him". He thinks Brian might be the only being in the world who understands what he's been going through, and, as a consequence, trusts him a little more than most other humans. If you're still not convinced, the 'walking the Earth' bit is when he found those coconuts that were puzzling the French Knights at the beginning of ''Holy Grail''.
* As a possible epilogue, the anachronism at the end of ''Holy Grail'' was actually due to a weird TimePortal similar to what was going on in the "Elizabethan Pornography Smugglers" sketch. Brian/Arthur was thus dumped into the 1970's once the police took everyone back to the police station. He escaped, and now it branches off:
** He decides he's seen quite a lot of silly things in his life, and decides to cash on it. He shaves himself, and, to create a comedy troop, creates the alias of Graham Chapman.
** He keeps switching identities, confronted with a world that is as mad as ever, and slowly loosing his sanity himself; every Chapman character in ''Flying Circus'' was actually him. (Except maybe the Colonel and other such 'composition' roles.)
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...and is better known to history as the secret treasure of UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar.

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...and is better known to history as the secret treasure of UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar.UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar.

[[WMG: The reason Brian knows so many Jesus quotes when the crowd he's preaching to don't...]]
... is that most of these quotes are from the Sermon on the Mount. Even though Brian involuntarily missed most of it, he was clearly interested in hearing it, so he got someone else to repeat it for him later. That person was actually one of Jesus' disciples, and insisted on recounting some of Jesus' other teachings, like the Parable of the Talents.

[[WMG: During the "what have the Romans ever done for us" scene...]]
... when the one activist adds "And the wine," he doesn't mean that the Romans introduced wine. He means that they brought ''good'' wine — kosher wine being the butt of jokes in Western countries, the actual Israeli wine industry notwithstanding.
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...and is better known to history as the secret treasure of TheKnightsTemplar.

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...and is better known to history as the secret treasure of TheKnightsTemplar.UsefulNotes/TheKnightsTemplar.
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A.k.a. Brian's father. He forced a laugh when Brian said his name to hide his surprise at having been called out.

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A.k.a. Brian's father. He forced a laugh when Brian said his name to hide his surprise at having been called out.out.

[[WMG: The crashed alien space ship wound up buried under Jerusalem...]]
...and is better known to history as the secret treasure of TheKnightsTemplar.
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He's clearly stoned.

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He's clearly stoned.stoned.
[[WMG: The Centurion played by John Cleese was Naughtius Maximus.]]
A.k.a. Brian's father. He forced a laugh when Brian said his name to hide his surprise at having been called out.
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After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "ascended".

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After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "ascended"."ascended".
[[WMG: The aliens are an hallucination by the construction worker shown right before that scene.]]
He's clearly stoned.
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After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "Ascended".

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After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "Ascended"."ascended".
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[[WMG: Brian is saved by aliens!]]
After the movie ends, friends of the aliens who were shot down arrive on Earth, and detecting alien residue on Brian take him up into their spaceship - thus Brian "Ascended".

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