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Romeo
Romeo
"Do you go to therapy with that ass?"
"Well, I’m still getting married, which means I’m still getting laid, so, it’s all good by me."
The hopelessly in love and impulsive member of House Montague who seeks to get laid. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end too well for him.Portrayed by: Alpharad
- Adaptational Badass: In most versions, Romeo has to put in a fair bit of effort before taking out Tybalt. Here, he easily defeats Tybalt, who is a fairly skilled fighter himself, with four precise strikes and barely any effort. Though to be fair, this is coming off of his best friend’s death and Tybalt was caught off guard by Benvolio’s pleas for the fight to stop.
- Adaptational Jerkass: In most other versions of Romeo and Juliet, he is usually kind-hearted and supportive, albeit extremely impulsive. Here, he literally calls Peter (House Capulet’s servant) a dog. That speaks for itself.
- Break the Cutie: He falls in love with Juliet and pays the price for it. But…
- Break the Haughty: Considering how much of a prick he acted during the first half of the play, it’s hard to say that he didn’t have this coming.
- The Casanova: Juliet, Mercutio and Peter are all attracted to Romeo, though the latter two don’t peak Romeo’s interest.
- Lovable Sex Maniac: Even though he is a bit of a prick, he is lovable and by god, is he horny as shit.
- Sell-Out: Once Mercutio dies, Romeo commemorates his death via a sonnet he wrote about Raid: Shadow Legends, which has nothing to do with Mercutio. It’s what he would’ve wanted. Trust me on this.
- You're Not My Type: He says this to Peter when he tries to flirt with him.
Mercutio
Mercutio
"This guy ain’t got no fucking game!"
"Listen, I understand how much you like feet, but you can’t open with that, Romeo."
The supportive best friend of Romeo, who just so happens to be in love with him. Portrayed by: Anthpo
- Ambiguously Gay: Yeah. “Ambiguously”.
- Back from the Dead \ Back for the Finale: He returns as a ghost during the ending musical number.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Romeo is heartbroken about Mercutio's death... at least during the scene where Mercutio actually died. After Romeo kills Tybalt to avenge him, Mercutio is pretty much forgotten, only for him to return as a ghost during the play’s ending, complete with an introduction by Prince Escolus and boisterous applause.
- Hopeless Suitor: He has a crush on Romeo, who is already in love with Juliet. He’s slightly disappointed but he doesn’t seem to mind.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Romeo and Benvolio, though this is somewhat downplayed as he has an extremely obvious crush on Romeo.
- Neutral in Name Only: Mercutio is neither a Montague nor a Capulet, and as such is able to move freely between both houses. Nevertheless, he is Romeo's best friend and thus has a stronger tie to the Montagues. This ends up getting him killed when he decides to duel Tybalt in Romeo's place.
- Shaking the Rump: He does this very briefly when fighting Tybalt.
Benvolio
Benvolio
"Dude, shut the hell up!"
"Shut up, Peter."
The level headed and pacifistic cousin of Romeo. Portrayed by: JaidenAnimations
- Adaptational Jerkass: Even more so than the rest of the characters. Whilst most of the cast abuse Peter, it is ultimately Benvolio who abuses him the most.
- Armour-Piercing Question: Delivers one to Peter as a way to dissuade him from going to the party:Mercutio: "If we’re going to invite him to the party, he’s gotta prove himself."Benvolio: "Can you read?"(Beat, Peter looks down in embarrassment as he cannot read)Benvolio: "Well…"
- Composite Character: He serves the same role as he did in the original play, but also serves as a replacement for Balthasar, Romeo’s servant, being the one to bring news of Juliet's "death".
- Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Averted. In the original play he disappears after Romeo’s exile, but in here he manages to stay right until the ending song number.
- Jerkass to One: For some reason, he absolutely hates Peter with a burning passion, berating and mocking him any chance he gets.
- The Generic Guy: Benvolio’s antics are nowhere near as memorable as Mercutio’s, Romeo’s, Tybalt’s and even Lord Capulet’s.
- Irrational Hatred: He doesn’t like Peter for some unknown reason.
Lord Montague
Lord Montague
"I am so sad! My wife just died because she was also sad and we are all white people, sad. AND NOW MY SON HAS DIED!"
"I pretend that I do not see it. It is I, Lord Montague."
The leader and patriarch of the Montagues who hates the Capulets with a burning passion. Portrayed by: Adrisaurus
- Adaptational Late Appearance: This version of Lord Montague only appears during the very end of the play, unlike the original, where he is present throughout.
- Adaptational Jerkass: It borderlines on Adaptational Villainy thanks to how much he neglects his son (presumably). He even says this gem:
"Now I am happy! Because who cares about my son?! *Unintelligable*"
- Ambiguously Evil: Whilst Lord Montague does say that no one cares about his son, it is unknown if he is truly neglectful towards his son, or if it’s just a case of his late appearance.
- Dating Catwoman: He goes from being Lord Capulet’s arch-nemesis to his husband thanks to Romeo and Juliet’s respective deaths.
- Demoted to Extra: Lord Montague may have not been the most prominent character in the original, but he still played a relatively active role in Romeo’s life. Here, he only appears in one scene at the very end.
- Minor Major Character: He is the father of Romeo, the uncle of Benvolio and the arch-nemesis of Lord Capulet, but he only appears in one scene at the very end.
- Satellite Love Interest: Lord Montague’s main function in the play is to marry Lord Capulet and conclude the feud between the two houses.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears very briefly during the end, but he is the sole cause for the two houses to end their feud and Lord Capulet’s Heel–Face Turn.
House Capulet
Juliet
Juliet
"Bitch, hold on!"
"Did you really just fucking say that?"
The starstruck lover of Romeo who is being forced into marrying Paris by her parents. Portrayed by: Deanna Gowland
- Adaptational Badass: Name one version of Juliet that wields Cloud’s Bust Sword from Final Fantasy VII. NAME. ONE.
- Deuteragonist: She is the second most prominent character of the play, right behind Romeo.
- Fille Fatale: Whilst her actress is an adult, in the play, she is 13 years old. However, she is fairly seductive despite this.
- Male Gaze: She shows her ass to Romeo when he makes a comment about it.
- Ms. Fanservice: Deanna Gowland surprisingly plays up Juliet’s seductive tendencies despite the character being 13 years old.
Lord Capulet
Lord Capulet
"Now that’s pretty poggers, I must say."
"A funeral? BALLOONS, A BOUNCE HOUSE, SOME PARTY MUSIC! LET’S DO IT!"
The patriarch of the Capulet Family, with an immense obsession with partying and drinking Portrayed by: Family Jules
- Adaptational Badass: Since Prince Escolus never fines him in this version, Lord Capulet is far richer than his original counterpart, who had a limited budget to work with. In addition, Lord Capulet is able to lift Lord Montague in the air without a sweat, whilst most versions are portrayed as weak and elderly.
- Adaptational Dumbass: So in order to compensate for his newfound physical strength and wealth, Lord Capulet is a dimwitted alcoholic who doesn’t know what messengers are despite the fact that he owns a Fitbit.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Lord Capulet in the original was a strict, abusive, no nonsense aristocrat who threatens to hit and disown her daughter just because she didn’t want to marry Paris. Here, he is affable and charismatic without a single hateful bone in his body. On the other hand…
- Adaptational Villainy: He lacks the anti-villainous traits of the original. OG Lord Capulet wanted Juliet to marry Paris thanks to the Capulets’ being essentially broke because of Prince Escalus’ fine. Here, whilst he still wants the money, he ultimately wants to be rid of Juliet and kick her out of the household entirely because he can’t be bothered to raise her properly. At one point, he says that marriage is not about love, and literally cheats on his wife with Lord Montague during the ending (though Lady Capulet doesn’t mind).
- Adaptational Wimp: He is a bumbling, dimwitted, incompetent alcoholic party dad who doesn’t know what a messenger is. Fierce and wrathful this Capulet ain’t.
- Affably Evil: He is kind and friendly to everyone he interacts with.
- Alcoholic Dad: Considering the way he acts almost exactly like a drunk, but is never seen indulging in any beverages, it’s implied to be the case.
- Ambiguously Gay: It’s implied at one point that he has no attraction to his wife whatsoever, implying a forced marriage of some sort. His gayness is outright confirmed when he flirts with Lord Montague and becomes his husband.
- Badass Cape: He wears a short but shiny purple cape.
- Berserk Button: It’s less so an actual berserk, more so a mental breakdown, but any time he sees Juliet’s corpse, he just instantly bursts into tears.
- Big Bad: Lord Capulet’s plot to forcibly marry Juliet to Paris is by far the biggest source of conflict in the play, and serves as the largest obstacle standing in the way of Romeo and Juliet’s love life.
- Big "NO!": See Villainous Breakdown and Despair Event Horizon below.
- Bumbling Dad: He is extremely stupid and neglectful, being far more focused on his parties than his own daughter’s wants and needs. The reveal that he actually wants to kick Juliet out of his house as soon as she’s married to Paris despite being 14 doesn’t help things. In fact, it makes him a downright abusive parent.
- Despair Event Horizon: "MY GODDAMN DAUGHTER IS DEAD! NO! NOHOHOHOHOHOHOHO!"
- The Ditz: He is single handedly the dumbest character in the entire play. Examples of his stupidity include not knowing what a messenger is, failing to deduct that the man who’s abs he complimented was Romeo despite the latter’s Paper-Thin Disguise (not to mention Tybalt literally telling that fact to his face) and forgetting about the main purpose of Paris’ wedding.
- Evil All Along: For the first two acts, he just acts as a goofy side character, albeit with hidden ulterior motives. Once Tybalt is taken out of the picture however, it’s revealed that he wants Juliet to marry Paris so that he can become immensely wealthy and kick her out of the family entirely due to her supposedly “freeloading” (even though she’s fourteen).
- Fratbro: Despite being an aristocrat, he acts like a college student in his 20s, throwing parties like no tomorrow and having sexual themed banter with his friends. Unfortunately, that sex fuelled banter is actually about Juliet, and how Paris plans to sleep with her once married.
- Friendly Enemy: Being the mastermind of Juliet’s forced wedding and the source of Juliet’s misery, you’d be surprised to see that he is extremely kind to Romeo during their first and only proper encounter. Justified, since Lord Capulet doesn’t know that he’s talking to the one person who could potentially ruin his plans.
- The "Fun" in "Funeral": The moment that the Nurse suggests that they should throw a funeral for his daughter, he states the following:
"BALLOONS, A BOUNCY HOUSE, SOME PARTY MUSIC, LET’S DO IT!"
- Foolish Husband, Responsible Wife: He has this dynamic with Lady Capulet, who is a lot smarter than he is.
- Hidden Depths: Despite his bombastic personality and neglect towards Juliet, he ultimately does care for her. See Despair Event Horizon above and Villainous Breakdown below.
- Large Ham: In every sense of the term.
- Life of the Party: He literally suggests that they should have party music and a bounce house at his daughter’s funeral.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: That outfit is stylish as hell.
- Non-Action Big Bad: Even though he wields a battle axe at all times, he never participates in any actual combat. Most likely, he’s just wielding that axe for show.
- Plucky Comic Relief: He manages to be the most comedic character in the entire play, which is already extremely comedic by nature.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The extravagant and boisterous Red Oni to Lady Capulet’s calm and collected Blue.
- Refuge in Audacity: "Then let us warmth each other, with sad and lonely feelings or something."
- Unknown Rival: Due to Romeo not knowing that he is forcing Juliet to get married to Paris. Oh, and planning to kick Juliet out from his house after the wedding.
- Villainy-Free Villain: While Lord Capulet isn't really evil, he's the primary source of Juliet’s misery, and he has a clearly unhealthy influence on those around him. Then it’s revealed that he actually wants to kick Juliet out of the house once married to Paris despite being 14 years old, making this a somewhat subverted trope.
- Villainous Breakdown: And a pretty nasty one at that. Once he sees his daughter’s corpse, he goes absolutely ballistic and bursts into an incoherent sobbing mess. The worst part is, he has two of them, both times when he sees Juliet’s corpse.
- Villain with Good Publicity: With the exception of Juliet, he is shown to have a good relationship with everyone he interacts with. Even Lady Capulet, despite not really loving him at all, is on good terms with him, even after Lord Capulet marries Lord Montague in front of her.
Lady Capulet
Lady Capulet
"No, but really, fuck Romeo."
"He would just be lovely for you. He’s smart and he’s strong and he’s rich."
The matriarch of House Capulet and the greedy and manipulative wife of Lord Capulet who seeks Paris’ fortune. Portrayed by: Tori Gowland
Tybalt
Tybalt
"RO-MAY-O!"
"Ro-may-o! It is I, Tybalt. Here for my big scene and also to kill you."
The blood thirsty and sadistic rival of Romeo who seeks revenge upon him after being humiliated by him twice. Portrayed by: Cristina Vee
- Adaptational Weapon Swap: This version of Tybalt forgoes the usual sword that most versions of him wield for a battle axe. The very same type of axe that Lord Capulet wields funnily enough.
- Adaptational Wimp: He is pathetically taken out by Romeo within seconds of their encounter and doesn’t even get the chance to fight him properly.
- Big Bad: Since Lord Capulet’s plans are put to the wayside until the beginning of the second half, Tybalt is effectively the main villain of the first half of the play. However…
- Big Bad Wannabe: Tybalt’s influence on the story ultimately pales in comparison to Lord Capulet’s plot to forcibly wed Juliet and Paris together so that he can kick the former out of his house.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Once the opportunity to battle Romeo finally comes around, he chooses to talk about restarting the fight directly after Mercutio’s death. As such, he is Killed Mid-Sentence. Twice.
- Blood Knight: Downplayed, but he still manages to show plenty of sadism when involved in conflict.
- Catchphrase: "Ro-may-o!" As seen in the image quote.
- Chewing the Scenery: You can tell Christina Vee was having a ball with her performance.
- Climax Boss: His death causes Prince Escolus to banish Romeo from Verona, which kicks of the entire third act of the play.
- Disk-One Final Boss: He initially serves as the primary villain of the play until he is killed off by Romeo midway through. After that, Lord Capulet reveals himself as the true main villain.
- Final Boss: At least, from Romeo’s perspective, since the Capulets and Paris don’t antagonise Romeo at all in this version. This causes the latter half of his plot line to have No Antagonist. Downplayed, as the Capulet’s and Paris are still the villains in Juliet’s part of the story.
- Genius Ditz: Granted, he isn’t the smartest person out there, but Tybalt does manage to display a few notable moments of intelligence. He easily manages to deduce that Romeo is wearing a Paper-Thin Disguise by recognising his voice and goes for the killing blow when Mercutio challenges Tybalt to a dance battle in the middle of a battle to the death. However, for every intelligent moment Tybalt has, he manages to screw it up during said moments of intelligence by being terrible at long term planning. He tries to provoke Romeo into fighting him in spite of the fact that the two are in a public area, not to mention that the Prince is also at the party and, since Lord Capulet doesn’t know who Romeo is or that a Montague is at his party, would try to break up the fight as quickly as possible. As such, Tybalt is swiftly kicked out of the party by Lord Capulet.
- Another example occurs during his final battle. Instead of trying to fight Romeo head on when he has the chance, he instead states his reasoning why he should restart the fight directly after Mercutio’s death, completely unaware of the fact that Romeo was busy mourning the loss of his best friend. He also gives Romeo ample time of monologue about Raid: Shadow Legends instead of killing him then and there, though that could be due either waiting for a proper fight, or Honour Before Reason.
- Large Ham: Less so than Lord Capulet, but still.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: In spite of being a mostly incompetent villain, he does manage to hold his own in both fights against Mercutio, and ultimately succeeds in killing him.
- Pet the Dog: After he kills Mercutio, he allows Romeo to perform his sonnet without interruption. He also high-fives Romeo after killing one of his henchmen, acknowledging this as badass. But, he almost instantly takes the high-five back.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over: He wears a red long coat with black leggings and undershirt, and is by far the most detestable character in the entire play.
- Team Rocket Wins: He only wins his second fight with Mercutio because he decides to challenge Tybalt to a dance battle in the middle of a fight.
- Knight of Cerebus: ZigZagged. On the one hand, he is just as comically over the top as most of the characters in the play. On the other hand, whenever Tybalt arrives on screen, the play develops an air of danger usually not present.
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: In comparison to every other antagonist in the play, Tybalt is the only one who can be considered a true villain, as all of the other antagonists have redeeming traits, don’t perform any heinous deeds and are just morally grey (albeit greedy and manipulative) characters whose goals just so happen to oppose the protagonists’. Tybalt on the other hand is evil to the bone, with little to no redeeming qualities to his character whatsoever.
Nurse
Nurse
"Can I get anything for you my lady?"
"What you're gonna do first, is lay it down on my girl."
The nurse and personal manservant of Lady Capulet, who helps Romeo improve his relationship with Juliet. Portrayed by: Caleb Swindell
Gregory & Sampson
Mercutio: "You sons of bitches."
Romeo: "I fucking murdered a person today."
Homicidal members of House Capulet who challenged Mercutio and Benvolio to a fight. Portrayed by: Johnny Manchild (left) and RubberRoss (right)
- Co-Dragons: Presumably served this role to Tybalt, until Romeo killed one of them.
- Demoted to Extra: Not like these two had a major role to begin with, but at least they had lines. Here, they’re just background supporters of Tybalt.
- The Dividual: We have no clue who is Gregory or who is Sampson. It’s very difficult to tell them apart.
- Starter Villain: Excluding Lord Capulet (who was just monologuing) and Tybalt (who was also there), they are the first villains encountered in the play.
Other
Prince Escolus
Prince Escolus
"I am Prince Escolus."
"For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and Romeo."
The prince and de-facto ruler of Verona, and Mercutio's uncle. Portrayed by: 8illy
- Adaptational Name Change: Downplayed, but his name is spelled Escolus in this version, rather than Escalus.
- Character Catchphrase: "I am Prince Escolus."
- Da Chief: As always, he fulfils this role, in no small part of him being the ruler of Verona.
Paris
Paris
"As I was saying, I think it would be a phenomenal idea, Friar, if… you could marry us."
"Is it that time of the month? Uh, Juliet?"
An aristocrat and the primary suitor of Juliet, who is arranged to marry her on Wednesday (formerly Thursday). Portrayed by: PointCrow
- Accidental Murder: How he dies. Since his final fight with Romeo was removed from this version, he attempts to ask Romeo how he could’ve prevented Juliet’s death. Unfortunately, when Romeo approaches Paris, he was still holding a sword, causing Paris to get stabbed and die from his stab wound.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Whilst Paris was never truly that villainous to begin with, he still attempted to sleep with a 13 year old (the original version was in his mid-20s, mind you) and tried to kill Romeo. Here, he’s been reduced to Nominal Villain status, since his age has been reduced to 13 and his final duel with Romeo has been reduced to a Black Comedy Accidental Murder. Other than that, he’s practically the same character as the original.
- Adaptational Wimp: This version is by far one of the weakest versions of Paris to date, as he lacks the swordsmanship skills of his original counterpart and the connections to Prince Escolus (aside from dancing with him during the party) which granted him political power in every other version.
- Greater-Scope Villain: A bit iffy on the villain side, but he still qualifies. The only reason the marriage plot was concocted in the first place (aside to kick Juliet out of the house for “freeloading”) was to inherit his vast fortune. It’s also implied that he is far more wealthy than the Capulets, and he is shown to have some degree of control over the family. Despite this, Lord Capulet is still the mastermind behind the marriage plot, leaving him to be the direct Big Bad.
- No Social Skills: Downplayed. He is charismatic enough to woo Lord and Lady Capulet and weasel his way onto their side (though that’s mostly because of the wealth he possesses), but whenever he tries to flirt with Juliet, all of his social skills are thrown out the window to make way for some absolutely potent Cringe Comedy.
- Nominal Villain: He is only the Greater-Scope Villain out of being the reason why the marriage is going through. Other than that, he is a surprisingly kind person who even asks Romeo for advice on how he could’ve prevented Juliet’s death.
- Prince Charmless: He acts less like an aristocratic figure and more like an incel without any sort of charisma or tact.
- Unknown Rival: Romeo has zero clue about the arranged marriage between Paris and Juliet. In fact, Paris doesn’t interact with Romeo at all until the very end, and even then, Romeo tries to console Paris about losing his bride-to-be. Before getting stabbed by Romeo of course.
- Villainous Breakdown: As soon as he finds Juliet’s corpse, he turns into a blubbering, incoherent mess, lamenting how he could’ve prevented this tragedy and even asks Romeo for advice on the matter. Unfortunately, he dies before he can hear it.
Friar Lawrence
Friar Lawrence
"I think I did a little too much trolling."
"Alright, I’ll help you lay pipe."
The neutral friar of Verona who helps various different characters with their troubles. Portrayed by: Altrive Plus
The Apothecary
The Apothecary
Click here to see the Apothecary without his mask
Romeo: "I need to travel the land to find the Apothecary- oh holy shit."
The mysterious apothecary who sells Romeo a poison for 5 dollars, although Romeo overpays for it. Portrayed by: Johnny Manchild
- Ambiguously Evil: Is the Apothecary a neutral character that just so happened to stumble across Romeo during his Despair Event Horizon, or is he an actively malevolent opportunist who willingly tries to find people down on their luck so that he can convince them to buy his products and make a profit?
- Greater-Scope Villain: Most of the actions that occur during the final act are solely because of his meddling in affairs.
- Small Role, Big Impact: He only appears for around 30 seconds, but he is the sole cause of Juliet’s suicide since he sold the poison to Romeo in the first place.
- Knight of Cerebus: While not above the comical tone the play has, him selling the poison to Romeo directly links him to the darkest scene in the entire play; the scene where Romeo commits suicide, with Juliet following suit.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: By selling Romeo the poison in the first place, he inadvertently led to the suicide of Juliet and the ending of the feud of the two houses.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Just like the Party Goer before him, he only has one scene before leaving without a trace.
Unnamed Party Goer
Party Goer
"Talk less next time, but that was great."
Romeo: "Who are you?"
An unnamed party goer who helps Romeo out with his first interaction with Juliet. Portrayed by: Johnny Manchild
- Badass Cape: His cape is fairly stylish.
- Canon Foreigner: The Party Goer is an entirely new character created specifically for this version of the play. Hell, not even the main characters know who he is. Lampshaded by Romeo himself (see quote above).
- We Hardly Knew Ye: He has one scene before disappearing from the play entirely.
