Iolanthe

Gilbert and Sullivan opera set at some indeterminate point in English history poking considerable fun at the House Of Lords.

"Fairy Queen: Peers shall teem in Christendom/and a Duke's exalted station/Be attainable by Competitive Examination!
 * Blue Blood: All the peers.
 * Blessed with Suck: Strephon who is half a fairy. He's a fairy down to the waist, but his legs are mortal, and will eventually grow old and die.
 * British Royal Guards: Private Willis is one of these, and he sings a solo while no one's looking.
 * Cool and Unusual Punishment: The Fairy Queen's response to the Peers' intransigence

Peers NO!"


 * The Fair Folk: The fairies, of course.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: The half-fairy Strephon, the romantic lead. His top half is an immortal fairy, but below the waist he'll eventually grow old.
 * Have a Gay Old Time: "Tripping hither, tripping thither!"
 * A Fairy member - how delightful!
 * "I Am" Song: This is Gilbert and Sullivan, what did you expect?
 * Luke, I Am Your Father:
 * Not What It Looks Like: Strephon's mother looks about 17. His fiance catches the two of them embracing. Oops.
 * Patter Song: The Nightmare Song, easily the toughest such song in the whole canon.
 * Real Dreams Are Weirder: ditto ditto the above.
 * Straw Man Has a Point: Sullivan somehow made Gilbert's straw man arguments in Earl Tolloller's Blue Blood and Lord Mountararat When Britain Really ruled The Waves sound like they made sense.