Basic Trope: Non-British characters (particularly ancient Greeks and Romans) speak with British accents.
- Straight: In Roman Tropes, Big Bad Emperor Tropeus speaks with a Received Pronunciation accent, as do his servants, while the commoners speak with working-class accents.
- Exaggerated: Everyone speaks with British accents, even in places outside of Europe, including China and America.
- Downplayed:
- While Emperor Tropeus has an RP accent, it's subtle, and various other characters across social classes, even the refined, have the actors' natural accents.
- Emperor Tropeus speaks with an American accent.
- Justified:
- Roman Tropes is a Show Within a Show set in Britain.
- The characters are not really Roman, but museum exhibits with this mindset inflicted by visitors.
- Inverted: Everyone in Britain speaks in an Italian accent, despite not living in Italy.
- Subverted: Scenes set in Emperor Tropeus's youth have him speaking an American accent...
- Double Subverted: ...only to gain an RP accent once he becomes emperor.
- Parodied: The Romans play up the British traits beyond the accents, and even use British sayings and anachronistically drink Earl Grey.
- Zig Zagged: Some characters have RP accents, others do not. However, some American-accented characters grow up into speaking RP later on.
- Averted:
- The characters speak in their (non-British) actors' native accents.
- The Roman characters speak actual Latin, with a period-appropriate accent.
- Enforced:
- Roman Tropes was made in Britain, and law dictates that many British actors be added to the project.
- Roman Tropes was made for an international audience in a country where English lessons are primarily focused on British English.
- Roman Tropes was made for an international audience in a country where The BBC provides the dominant English speaking TV-channels.note
- Lampshaded: "Our accents are super formal and professional. We need to talk the way we do"
- Invoked: Someone dresses up as a Roman soldier for Halloween, complete with British accent to sell the look.
- Exploited:
- A spy enters into Rome and knowing the people speaking a British accent, uses one himself to blend in
- A time traveler travels to Ancient Rome knowing he doesn't need to know the language as everyone just speaks English with a British accent.
- Defied: Someone acts as a Roman and decides to speak the accent.
- Discussed: "Why does everyone speak in a British accent despite not being anywhere near Britain?"
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: ???
- Reconstructed: ???
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