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Line 1: {{trope}} [[File:~~Elvish_Impersonators~~Elvish Impersonators.jpg\|link=Magic: ~~the~~The Gathering\|frame\|Uh-Huh.]] "Elvis" sounds a lot like "elvish" or "elves", making for a comedically useful stock pun. The incongruity between [[Our Elves Are Better\|the decidedly ethereal and long-lived elves]] and the earthy and [[Elvis Has Left the Planet\|very much mortal]] and [[Sex, Drugs and Rock ~~And~~and Roll\|hedonistic]] [[Elvis Presley]] arguably just makes it funnier. Sometimes they're actually [[The Rock Star\|fusions of the two concepts]]. Sometimes they're just [[Incredibly Lame Pun~~\|Incredibly Lame Puns~~]]s.▼ ▲"Elvis" sounds a lot like "elvish" or "elves", making for a comedically useful stock pun. The incongruity between [[Our Elves Are Better\|the decidedly ethereal and long-lived elves]] and the earthy and [[Elvis Has Left the Planet\|very much mortal]] and [[Sex, Drugs and Rock And Roll\|hedonistic]] [[Elvis Presley]] arguably just makes it funnier. Sometimes they're actually [[The Rock Star\|fusions of the two concepts]]. Sometimes they're just [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Incredibly Lame Puns]]. {{examples}} == [[Advertising]] ==▼ ▲== Advertising == * An advert for Yellow Pages had a man at a fancy dress party dressed as an elf, surrounded by other people dressed as Elvis. He mentions that "[his] invitation definitely said ''elves'', OK?" Line 15 ⟶ 13: == [[Literature]] == * One of the earliest examples is [[Emma Bull]]'s ''[[War for ~~The~~the Oaks]]'', where the rock band has Elvish lead guitar and bass players, and a faerie roadie. * In ''[[~~Discworld (Literature)/~~Soul Music (novel)\|Soul Music]]'', everyone keeps asking Buddy (a parody of every dead rock star, ever, but especially [[wikipedia:Buddy Holly\|Buddy Holly]]){{spoiler\|as, you know, Buddy's real name "Imp y Celyn" translates as "Bud of the Holly."}} if he's elvish. (Which is worrisome for Buddy in certain kinds of company, because dwarves and trolls have a standing blood feud against elves.) At the end of the book, {{spoiler\|after he's saved from an alternate universe in which he dies in a carriage accident,}} someone comments that there's a new guy working in the chip shop, and she could ''swear'' [[wikipedia:~~Therechr(27)~~There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears ~~Hechr(27)~~He's Elvis\|he looks elvish]]. ** In the [[Animated Adaptation]], he looks and dresses like Elvis. * In ''[[The Dresden Files]]'', Harry Dresden once went on a tangent on how more than one Elvis could be worded as ''Elvises'' and then noted how that sounded like he was talking like [[The Lord of the Rings\|Gollum]] trying to say "Elves." * The short story "The Return of the King" by Susan Wade and Don Webb. * In ''[[Quantum Gravity]]'', [[Our Elves Are Better\|Zal]] does just about every genre of music, but is referred to as a rock star. And the incongruity earns him little love back home. === [[~~Live Action TV~~Magazines]] === * ''[[Mad Magazine]]'' had a comic in which [[Santa Claus]] put out a Help Wanted ad for new elves, but it was misspelled and he ended up with a bunch of Elvis impersonators instead.▼ == [[~~Magazines~~Live-Action TV]] ==▼ * ''[[Muppets Tonight\|Muppet Classic Theater]]'': The last story is "The Elves And The Shoemaker". Rizzo the Rat exclaims "A story about Elvis?". Gonzo tries to correct him, but sure enough in the story, the elves all look and act like Elvis. And they make blue suede shoes. * In the ''[[Due South]]'' episode "[[Due South/Recap/S1 /E10 Gift of the Wheelman\|Gift of the Wheelman]]", where the robbery suspects are dressed as Santas, the police accidentally round up Elvis impersonators for questioning instead of Christmas elves. ▲== [[Magazines]] == ▲* [[Mad Magazine]] had a comic in which [[Santa Claus]] put out a Help Wanted ad for new elves, but it was misspelled and he ended up with a bunch of Elvis impersonators instead. ~~== Miscellaneous ==~~ * If "Elvis" were a Latin noun, it would probably be in the third declension; therefore, the nominative plural would indeed be "Elves."▼ * In [[The Lord of the Rings]] Chilean parody [http://ladrillos.tripod.com/ "El Señor de los Ladrillos"], the Elves became "the Elvis".▼ == [[Newspaper Comics]] == Line 41 ⟶ 35: == [[Tabletop Games]] == * The ''[[Magic: ~~the~~The Gathering]]'' card "Elvish Impersonators". ("Elvish Impersonators" is also an ''[[~~Ever Quest~~EverQuest]]'' guild, though it's unclear if there's any causal connection between the two.) * ''Murphy's Rules'' (a compendium of nonsensical rules, funny errata and other game weirdness) included Elvish Presley in a list of annoying NPCs for players to encounter (along with [[Spoonerism\|Sailbad the Sinner]] and [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|Uselysses]]). Line 48 ⟶ 42: * In ''Discworld Noir'', Lewton will say "Thank you very much" with an Elvis accent when a wizard informs him that glamours are "an elvish thing". * In Warhammer: Age of Reckoning, the player can grow Elvish Parsley. * In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', one April Fools joke introduced the Bard class - a new hero class which would attack enemies via [[Guitar Hero]] minigame. Had this actually been introduced, one could have expected to find lots of Night Elf or Blood Elf <s>rockstars</s> Bards. As a [[Shout -Out]] to this trope, the Bards on the World of Warcraft announcement were Blood Elves. * [[My Sims]] Kingdom. Forest Of The Elves. One is your classic wood elf, the other IS A ROCK STAR!!! * Serious Sam II has planet Ellenier, populated by Elvians. [http://www.gameslave.co.uk/imageviewer.cfm?img=4211&title=Serious-Sam-2 Just look at their King!]. * In a bonus level in ''[[Gex]] 3: Deep Cover Gecko'', there's a poster of a Christmas elf resembling Elvis named Elfis. == ~~Webcomics~~[[Web Comics]] == * [http://www.elfonlyinn.net/d/20030205.html This] ''[[~~Elf Only Inn (Webcomic)\|~~Elf Only Inn]]'' strip. == [[Web Original]] == * [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20131011170757/http://massdist.com/Massdist1/elvish/elvish%20page.htm This webpage]. * [[Dorf Quest]] Feature's "Presley", the Shadar-Kai bard. == [[Western Animation]] == * Larry's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgGYXwPWmLw silly song] in ''[[~~Veggie Tales (Animation)\|~~Veggie Tales]]'''s Lord of the Rings parody had him dressed as Elvis (and emulating his style) while singing a song about being in love with a girl who speaks Elvish. The reaction from the Legolas parody? "You're not a real elf! You're an ''Elfish Impersonator!''" * Melfis, the leader of the Elves in the videogame of ''Faxanadu'' was in two episodes of ''[[Captain N: ~~the~~The Game Master]].'' He shared some facial features (not to mention the wardrobe) of the singer, but with...blue skin. == Other Media == ▲* If "Elvis" were a Latin noun, it would probably be in the third declension; therefore, the nominative plural would indeed be "Elves." ▲* In [[The Lord of the Rings]] Chilean parody [http://ladrillos.tripod.com/ "El Señor de los Ladrillos"], the Elves became "the Elvis". == [[Real Life]] == Line 71 ⟶ 69: [[Category:Just for Pun]] [[Category:Elvish Presley]] [[Category:Elven Tropes]]