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[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]. [[William Shakespeare]]'s [[Romeo and Juliet]] rewritten as a comedy, the first in a series of retooled Shakespeare plays by [[Tropers/Shrikecatcher|Shrikecatcher]].
 
 
Can be read [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3536407/1/The_Comedy_of_Romeo_and_Juliet here]
 
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=== Tropes ===
* [[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]]'', ''[[Kangaroo Jack (Film)|Kangaroo Jack]]'' and ''[[Epic Movie]]'' to be cinematic classics. Everyone else knows better.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]
* [[Brick Joke]]
* [[Bus Crash]]: Lady Montague.
{{quote| "Alas, my liege," Montague wept. "My wife is dead tonight."<br />
[[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?
{{quote| "Who are you supposed to be?" [the security guard] asked Mercutio. "Donald Duck?"<br />
"Of course not, good fellow," Mercutio laughed. "I don't want to be sued."<br />
"[[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 Byby Despair]]: Lady Montague.
* [[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.
{{quote| ''[[Running Gag|Now That's What I Call]] Foreshadowing!'' Featuring music by Eiffel 65, BBMak, and Macy Gray! Wait, what do you mean it's not [[Turn of the Millennium|2000]] anymore?}}
* [[Footnote Fever]]: Act III, Scene iii: <ref> Look, a footnote!</ref>
** And Act IV, Scene iv:
{{quote| Really, you can go up to your friends right now and call them all "[[Son of a Whore|whoresons]]," and no harm will be done. <ref> [[Captain Obvious|Do not do this]].</ref>}}
* [[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 Cheetah Girls (Film)|The Cheetah Girls]]) perform their hit "[[Crowning Music of Awesome|#1 Crush]]" (from [[William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet]]).
* [[The Ghost]]: Rosaline.
* [[Grammar Nazi]]: Invoked.
{{quote| By the way, grammar Nazis, there's a double negative mocking you ruthlessly at the beginning of this paragraph.}}
* [[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 Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: After Mercutio reveals he is gay (and dies), a furious Romeo impales Tybalt on his [[Anachronism Stew|motorcycle]] and twists his innards around the blade before [[Off Withwith His Head|decapitating him]]. And then Romeo slices the head in two. ''By using it as a baseball and the sword as a bat.''
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro -PAY"]]: The costume party is referred to as a par-tay.
{{quote| We were par-taying at the par-tay, almost to the point of adding a second hyphen, when we bumped into a drunk Master Capulet. }}
* [[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 Withwith His Head]]: Poor Tybalt.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]
* [[A Plague Onon Both Your Houses]]: Obviously.
* [[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.
{{quote| '''Paris''' ''(reacting to Juliet's apparent death)'': "What do we do with her body?"<br />
'''[[Spice Girls]]''': "[[Ear Worm|Slam her body down and wind it all around]]!"<br />
'''Capulet''': "Are they licensed medical practitioners?" }}
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[[Category:Troper Works]]
[[Category:The ComedyofComedy Romeoandof Romeo and Juliet]]
[[Category:Fanfic]]
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