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Line 1: {{~~trope~~work}} {{quote\|I thought the movies were brilliant, but they would have been so much better if they'd been a musical. If they'd have considered a sort of Baz Luhrman/Peter Jackson collaboration...\|Martin Pearson, explaining how he came up with the show.}} '''''The Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien''''' is a [[Affectionate Parody\|lovingly irreverent re-telling]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', interspersed with songs. The story sections tend to switch among pointing out the [[Lampshade Hanging\|logical inconsistencies]] and [[Plot Hole\|plot holes]] of the story, highlighting the [[Pragmatic Adaptation\|differences between the book and the movie]], and sometimes just [[~~Big Lipped~~Non ~~Alligator~~Sequitur ~~Moment~~Scene\|careening off]] [[Non Sequitur\|the rails]], depending on [[Rule of Funny\|what is funniest at the time]]. The show is performed by Martin Pearson: comedian, [[Folk Music\|folk singer extraordinaire]] and all-around nerd. A live recording of the show has been [https://web.archive.org/web/20140126005827/http://www.martinpearson.com.au/recordings released on CD]. The first half of the show is also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKit2iV1fUI up on YouTube]. A sequel, based on the Hobbit movies, has been confirmed for release "after they come out". Line 17: * [[Fantastic Racism]]: "What is this inability to put dwarves on screen?! SPECIESIST, THAT'S WHAT IT IS!" * [[I Am X, Son of Y]]: Mocked repeatedly, especially in Rohan. {{quote\| Eowyn and Eomer, son of Eomund; Theoden, son of Thengel; and Grima, son of a bitch.}} * [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: A couple stand out, even by the standards of the show. {{quote\| Merry wants them to go to war, but the Ents consider this a ''moot'' point.~~<br />~~ [[Collective Groan]] from the audience }} * [[Musical Pastiche]]: Most of the songs are parodies or use the tunes of other songs. Sometimes it makes sense, such as "Ghost Riders In The Sky" for "The Nazgul Song"; other times... less so. Line 27: * [[Running Gag]]: The second half of the show covers the third movie and has repeated references to Frodo trying to find his way to "Book Three". * [[Self-Deprecation]]: "The Ents are slow and boring, have no social skills, speak a language nobody else understands, and can't remember what women look like. Merry and Pippin immediately grasp the awful truth: ''he's a [[Folk Music\|folkie]]''! * [[Shout -Out]]: Many, including [[Dungeons and Dragons]], [[The Sixth Sense]], and [[The Quatermass Experiment]]. * [[Talking to Himself]]: Mostly averted, as the show is largely in third person, but the songs are first-person, so "The Legolas and Gimli Song" requires Martin to switch between the high, soft Legolas voice and the loud, gruff, Scot-ish Gimli voice. * [[Theme Naming]]: The songs are all called "The [Noun] Song". Line 33: {{reflist}} [[Category:Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] [[Category:The Unfinished Spelling Errors Ofof Bolkien]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Unfinished Spelling Errors of Bolkien, The}}