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[[Exactly What It Says
Can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3536407/1/The_Comedy_of_Romeo_and_Juliet here]
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Used deliberately per [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Ass Shove]]: Friar Lawrence pulls a shotgun out of his ass and kills Balthasar with it in the last act simply because the latter proves more entertaining than him.
* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Or Paris and Romeo, in this case.
* [[Bile Fascination]]: Subverted in-universe with Capulet; he considers flops like ''[[Gigli]]'', ''[[
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Brick Joke]]
* [[Bus Crash]]: Lady Montague.
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[[Mood Whiplash|Nearby, someone on the drums made a]] [[Rimshot]] [[Brick Joke|and cymbal crash]]. }}
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: No, Mercutio isn't dressed as [[Donald Duck]] for the costume party, what are you talking about?
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"Of course not, good fellow," Mercutio laughed. "I don't want to be sued."
"[[Walt Disney|Walt]] is inside, he'll be the judge of that." He opened the front door for Mercutio, and through it we all saw the partygoers going at it at the party.<br />
"[[Oh Crap|Uh-oh]]," Mercutio said, [[Running Gag|which wasn't as]] incriminating [[Running Gag|as it sounded]]. }}
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Balthasar.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Until [[Precision F-Strike|the last act]], nobody can say the f-word because it always ends up getting drowned out by loud noises.
* [[Death
* [[The Ditz]]: Juliet.
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Romeo and Juliet, of course.
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* [[First-Person Smartass]]: Benvolio, our narrator.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Lampshaded, of course.
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* [[Footnote Fever]]: Act III, Scene iii: <ref> Look, a footnote!</ref>
** And Act IV, Scene iv:
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Romeo and Juliet are going to die.
* [[Funny Afro]]: Benvolio, and also Tybalt, who are [[The Rival|rivals]] in this regard.
* [[Garbage]]: At the costume party, they (dressed as [[
* [[The Ghost]]: Rosaline.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Invoked.
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* [[Groin Attack]]
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: The use of the word "ho" is exploited for all its worth.
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* [[Hope Spot]]: While Romeo is visiting her tomb, Juliet sneezes every so often, indicating life, but of course he doesn't notice.
* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: While Juliet is getting it on with Romeo upstairs, Capulet, his wife and Paris think that's the sound of her weeping over Tybalt's death.
* [[Impaled
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: Mercutio after having his arm cut off by Tybalt.
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* [[The More You Know]]: A [[Running Gag]], combined with [[Captain Obvious]].
* [[Of Corset Hurts]]: The outfit the Nurse dresses Juliet in after Lady Capulet barges in post wedding-consummation. [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Off
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]
* [[A Plague
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Juliet.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]
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* [[Special Effect Failure]]: In-universe, when the tomb explodes in the last act, the resulting mushroom cloud is only medium-sized because the budget is running low.
* [[Spice Girls]]: They make a cameo in Act IV while the Capulets are preparing for the wedding.
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'''[[Spice Girls]]''': "[[Ear Worm|Slam her body down and wind it all around]]!"<br />
'''Capulet''': "Are they licensed medical practitioners?" }}
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