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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:Pinaforeplaybill.jpg\|thumb\|350px\|"... to seek your Captain's child in marriage, why Damme, it's too bad!" Illustration from the original 1878 playbill. From left to right foreground, are Josephine, Little Buttercup (with hat), Cousin Hebe (?), Sir Joseph (above, on bridge), Captain Corcoran with boatcloak and cat 'o nine tails, Ralph, Dick Deadeye (with blond beard). The character crouching at right is likely intended to be the Boatswain.]] ''~~HMS~~[[H.M.S. Pinafore'']], or, ''The Lass that Loved a Sailor'' (1878) is one of the most famous [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] operettas, poking fun at the British class system. The eponymous ship is awaiting the arrival of Sir Joseph Porter, [[Knight Fever\|KCB]], who has requested the hand of Captain Corcoran's daughter Josephine in marriage. However, Josephine is in love with the simple sailor Ralph Rackstraw, despite her - and her father's - great horror of feeling affection for someone so far beneath her station. After initially spurning his surprisingly eloquent declarations of love, the two decide to elope and marry on land. However, the sinister sailor Dick Deadeye refuses to believe a captain's daughter should lower herself so, Sir Joseph and the Captain insist on the marriage and the bumboat woman Little Buttercup seems to possess a dark secret relating to Ralph and the Captain... [[Hilarity Ensues]], naturally. ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== Tropes used in H.M.S. Pinafore include: ===~~ * [[All There in the Script]]: Some character names. * [[Beta Couple]]: Captain Corcoran and Little Buttercup, eventually Sir Joseph and Cousin Hebe. Line 28 ⟶ 27: ** However it is then played straight with Sir Joseph and Cousin Hebe * [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: The Royal Navy. * [[Precision F-Strike\|Precision D Strike]]: Captain Corcoran in ''HMS Pinafore'', though saying he "never swears a big, big, D" in Act 1, is driven to swear saying "why damme, it's too bad!" in Act 2 when he learns that his daughter Josephine and crewman Ralph mean to elope. The use of this trope at all is itself a parody, given that the Captain (and in fact all but one of the male characters) are sailors who never swear (well, hardly ever). ** {{spoiler\|"In uttering a reprobation/ To any British tar/ I've tried to speak with moderation,/ But you have gone too far./ I'm very sorry to disparage/ A humble foremast lad,/ But to seek your captain's child in marriage,/ Why, damme, it's too bad!}} Luckily, there is indeed a consequence for ill-advised asperity. * [[Rags to Riches]]: Played straight with Ralph and inverted with the Captain, who were accidentally switched at birth. Both are happy with this development. Line 44 ⟶ 43: [[Category:Theatrical Productions]] [[Category:H.M.S. Pinafore]] [[Category:Theatre of the 19th century‎]]