The Comedy of Hamlet

Exactly What It Says on the Tin. William Shakespeare's Hamlet rewritten as a comedy, the second in a series of genre-flipped Shakespeare plays by Shrikecatcher.

Can be read here.

"We all called [Polonius] Captain Obvious, because that was his last name and it's only polite to address him in such a manner."
 * Alas, Poor Yorick
 * The Beautiful Elite: Everyone in Miami is sexy.
 * Bloody Hilarious
 * Butt Monkey: Hamlet.
 * Captain Obvious: Horatio puts it best in his narration:

"Polonius: "I will take a snapshot of this moment, upload it to the Internet and label it epic!" Reynaldo: "No, my lord, anything but that!""
 * Cool Car: Horatio drives a mother-effin' Humvee.
 * Cool Shades: Horatio.
 * Country Matters
 * Donut Mess with a Cop: The opening scene takes place at a Doughnut King.
 * Emo Teen: Hamlet.
 * Engaging Conversation: A Running Gag.
 * Epic Fail: Invoked by Polonius when his servant Reynaldo fails a pop quiz:


 * Even the Guys Want Him: Laertes.
 * Everything's Better with Bob: He's the servant that takes a photo of Reynaldo's Epic Fail and uploads it to Failblog - and is soon thereafter fired by a confused Polonius.
 * Evil Uncle: Claudius, who is totally not a Nazi.
 * First-Person Smartass: Horatio Caine, our narrator.
 * Food as Bribe: Horatio mentions in his narration that doughnuts are just as popular as illegal drugs by smugglers for their use in making many a Dirty Cop.
 * Get Thee to a Nunnery
 * Glasses Pull: Come on, this is Horatio Caine we're talking about. It only happens every other line of dialogue.
 * Goodnight, Sweet Prince
 * Hoist by His Own Petard
 * Hurricane of Aphorisms: Polonius.
 * Kill'Em All: Even.
 * Kill Him Already
 * Miami: The logical setting to relocate this classic tragedy.
 * Oedipus Complex: Hamlet and Gertrude.
 * Only in Florida
 * Only in Miami
 * Overly Long Gag: As mentioned above, Horatio's Glasses Pull.
 * Pool Scene: Ophelia's introduction in Act I, Scene iii.
 * Rapid-Fire Comedy
 * Rule of Funny
 * Running Gag
 * Setting Update: To present-day Miami.
 * Sibling Rivalry: Laertes and Ophelia have a particularly violent one.
 * The Ophelia: Guess who.
 * Those Two Guys: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
 * Those Wacky Nazis: Claudius's henchmen.
 * Waxing Lyrical: Hamlet can have whatever he likes.
 * You Killed My Father