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* [[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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* [[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.
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* [[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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* [[Impaled with 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 with 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.
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* [[Lampshade Hanging]]
* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: Mercutio after having his arm cut off by Tybalt.
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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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