The Comedy of Hamlet: Difference between revisions

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.
Content added Content deleted
VisualWikitext
m (Mass update links)
(defaultsort)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{work}}
{{work}}
[[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 [[Tropers/Shrikecatcher|Shrikecatcher]].
[[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 [[Tropers/Shrikecatcher|Shrikecatcher]].


Can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6285886/1/The_Comedy_of_bHamlet_b here].
Can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6285886/1/The_Comedy_of_bHamlet_b here].


{{tropelist}}
=== Tropes ===
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]
* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Everyone in Miami is ''[[Running Gag|sexy]]''.
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Everyone in Miami is ''[[Running Gag|sexy]]''.
Line 10: Line 10:
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Hamlet.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Hamlet.
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Horatio puts it best in his narration:
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Horatio puts it best in his narration:
{{quote| We all called [Polonius] [[Captain Obvious]], because that was his last name and it's only polite to address him in such a manner.}}
{{quote|We all called [Polonius] [[Captain Obvious]], because that was his last name and it's only polite to address him in such a manner.}}
* [[Cool Car]]: Horatio drives a ''[[Running Gag|mother-]][[Bowdlerization|effin']]'' Humvee.
* [[Cool Car]]: Horatio drives a ''[[Running Gag|mother-]][[Bowdlerization|effin']]'' Humvee.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Horatio.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Horatio.
* [[Country Matters]]
* [[Country Matters]]
* [[Donut Mess With a Cop]]: The opening scene takes place at a Doughnut King.
* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: The opening scene takes place at a Doughnut King.
* [[Emo Teen]]: Hamlet.
* [[Emo Teen]]: Hamlet.
* [[Engaging Conversation]]: A [[Running Gag]].
* [[Engaging Conversation]]: A [[Running Gag]].
* [[Epic Fail]]: Invoked by Polonius when his servant Reynaldo [[Makes Just As Much Sense in Context|fails a pop quiz]]:
* [[Epic Fail]]: Invoked by Polonius when his servant Reynaldo [[Makes Just as Much Sense in Context|fails a pop quiz]]:
{{quote| '''Polonius''': "I will take a snapshot of this moment, upload it to the Internet and label it epic!"<br />
{{quote|'''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!" }}
'''Reynaldo''': "No, my lord, anything but that!" }}
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Laertes.
* [[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. {{spoiler|In the last act, he returns with a vengeance and kills Reynaldo.}}
* [[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. {{spoiler|In the last act, he returns with a vengeance and kills Reynaldo.}}
* [[Evil Uncle]]: Claudius, [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|who is totally not a Nazi]].
* [[Evil Uncle]]: Claudius, [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|who is totally not a Nazi]].
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: [[CSI: Miami|Horatio Caine]], our narrator.
* [[First-Person Smartass]]: [[CSI: Miami|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]].
* [[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]]
* [[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.
* [[Glasses Pull]]: Come on, this is Horatio Caine we're talking about. It only happens every other line of dialogue.
* [[Goodnight, Sweet Prince]]
* [[Goodnight, Sweet Prince]]
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]
* [[Hurricane of Aphorisms]]: Polonius.
* [[Hurricane of Aphorisms]]: Polonius.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: Even {{spoiler|Horatio}}.
* [[Kill'Em All]]: Even {{spoiler|Horatio}}.
Line 51: Line 51:
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Troper Works]]
[[Category:Troper Works]]
[[Category:The Comedy Of Hamlet]]
[[Category:The Comedy of Hamlet]]
[[Category:Fanfic]]
[[Category:Fanfic]]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Comedy of Hamlet, The}}

Latest revision as of 13:51, 28 August 2017

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.

Tropes used in The Comedy of Hamlet include:

We all called [Polonius] Captain Obvious, because that was his last name and it's only polite to address him in such a manner.

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!"

Retrieved from "https://allthetropes.org/wiki/The_Comedy_of_Hamlet?oldid=1547874"