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*** Serafimo, from the fictional opera ''[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Il muto]]'', itself a parody of ''The Marriage of Figaro''.
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*** Serafimo, from the fictional opera ''[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera ''[[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Il muto]]'', itself a parody of ''The Marriage of Figaro''.
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* FanCharacter: Each opera features at least one fan-created character.
* OriginalCharacter: Each opera features at least one fan-created character.
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* FanCharacter: Fig the waiter, Marlena the maid and Ciliegia, Dorabella and Fiordiligi’s [[BigFriendlyDog pet dog]].
* OriginalCharacter: Fig the waiter, Marlena the maid and Ciliegia, Dorabella and Fiordiligi’s [[BigFriendlyDog pet dog]].
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-> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
-> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
-> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
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-> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
->thinking?]]\\
'''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
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'''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
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** Cherubino also mentions it in the fourth act by way of a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather painful pun]].
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** Cherubino also mentions it in the fourth act by way of a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather painful pun]].{{pun}}.
* AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
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* [[DirtyOldMan Dirty,]] [[SnoopingLittleKid Snooping Old Man]]: Doctor Bartolo.
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* [[DirtyOldMan Dirty,]] [[SnoopingLittleKid Snooping Old Man]]: DirtyOldMan: Doctor Bartolo.
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* FanCharacter: Bavón, the baker’s apprentice.
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* AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:
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* AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of OriginalCharacter: Bavón, the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
baker’s apprentice.
*[[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:ShoutOut:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
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* TheCameo: MinnieMouse appears as a “[[StickyFingers collections agent for Euro Disney]]”, as well as a mortician [[spoiler: and healer]].
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* TheCameo: MinnieMouse WesternAnimation/MinnieMouse appears as a “[[StickyFingers collections agent for Euro Disney]]”, as well as a mortician [[spoiler: and healer]].
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** Ciliegia’s [[BilingualBonus name]] is a shout out to ''LuckyStar''.
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** Ciliegia’s [[BilingualBonus name]] is a shout out to ''LuckyStar''.''Manga/LuckyStar''.
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* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]: Multiple, but among the most notable:
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* [[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]: ShoutOut: Multiple, but among the most notable:
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** Fiordiligi and Dorabella seem to be involved with the [[RuleofRose Red Crayon Aristocracy]].
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** Fiordiligi and Dorabella seem to be involved with the [[RuleofRose [[VideoGame/RuleofRose Red Crayon Aristocracy]].
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** The contents of Barbarina’s picnic basket are the same as [[TheWindintheWillows Ratty’s]].
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** The contents of Barbarina’s picnic basket are the same as [[TheWindintheWillows [[Literature/TheWindInTheWillows Ratty’s]].
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** "We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates]]!"
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** "We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates]]!"
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*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “UnsettlingGenderReveal” trope)
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*** [[GuiltyGear [[VideoGame/GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “UnsettlingGenderReveal” trope)
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** “The phoenix ''does'' exist – where else would we get [[FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] from?”
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** “The phoenix ''does'' exist – where else would we get [[FinalFantasy [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] from?”
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** Figaro is [[MirrorMask a very important man – he has a tower]].
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** Figaro is [[MirrorMask [[Film/MirrorMask a very important man – he has a tower]].
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Menstrual Menace is about supernatural horrors caused by a woman\'s period. All Periods Are PMS is about women being cranky that time of the month. See this Trope Repair Shop thread for more info. Zero Context Examples will be deleted.
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* [[NoPeriodsPeriod No Periods, Period]]: Averted as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.
-->'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?
-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
-->'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.
-->'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?
-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
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* [[NoPeriodsPeriod No Periods, Period]]: Averted AllPeriodsArePMS: Used as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to haveit.
-->'''Theit.\\
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whateverfor?
-->'''Susanna:'''for?\\
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s becomerather . . . rather… emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked her if she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
-->'''Thehead.\\
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have
-->'''The
'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever
-->'''Susanna:'''
'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become
-->'''The
'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
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** [[GilbertAndSullivan ''The Gondoliers'']]
-->“Right, and I’m the king of Barataria!”
** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[Theatre/DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”
-->“Right, and I’m the king of Barataria!”
** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[Theatre/DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”
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** [[GilbertAndSullivan ''The Gondoliers'']]
-->“Right,''Theatre/TheGondoliers'' by Creator/GilbertAndSullivan:
-->''"Right, and I’m the king ofBarataria!”
Barataria!"''
**“[[SuckMyRose "[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[Theatre/DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”Rosenkavalier]]!"
-->“Right,
-->''"Right, and I’m the king of
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** “We "We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates]]!”inmates]]!"
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--> '''Inverted-Jabberwocky:''' A guy whose name is [[spoiler: only a few letters away from being “Figaro” ''and'' who used to be a barber is flirting with a snarky maid]] . . . we haven’t accidentally wandered into [[TheMarriageOfFigaro the wrong opera]], have we?
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--> '''Inverted-Jabberwocky:''' A guy whose name is [[spoiler: only a few letters away from being “Figaro” ''and'' who used to be a barber is flirting with a snarky maid]] . . . we haven’t accidentally wandered into [[TheMarriageOfFigaro [[Theatre/TheMarriageOfFigaro the wrong opera]], have we?
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** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”
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** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier [[Theatre/DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier]]!”
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*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from ''DerRosenkavalier''.
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*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from ''DerRosenkavalier''.''Theatre/DerRosenkavalier''.
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* {{Angrish}}: Ferrando.
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* {{Angrish}}: Ferrando.Ferrando [[spoiler: after it's revealed Guglielmo slept with his fiance.]]
** Similarily, Guglielmo [[spoiler: after Ferrando reveals he's done the same with ''his'' fiance.]]
** Similarily, Guglielmo [[spoiler: after Ferrando reveals he's done the same with ''his'' fiance.]]
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*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “[[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget on Him]]” trope)
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*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the “[[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget on Him]]” “UnsettlingGenderReveal” trope)
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* ThemeNaming: Fiordiligi – whose name literally translates as “lily flower” – is given a series of flower-related nicknames by Ferrando.
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* ThemeNaming: Fiordiligi – whose name literally translates as “lily “loyal flower” – is given a series of flower-related nicknames by Ferrando.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: “I can’t carry a tune to save my life – not even one that has handles . . . oh, what a shame this is ''Così fan tutte'' and not ''Xerxes'' – then I could’ve said something like, “not even one that has Handels”!”
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-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked if her she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
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-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked if her if she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
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* AnAesop[=/=]SpoofAesop
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Smoperators team member [=SuperMimbles360=] may be a budding example of this, expressing a desire to wear a kodona outfit instead of the dress she’s in.
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* [[EpilepticTrees Epileptic Bushes]]
* LadyLooksLikeADude: Smoperators team members [=WitchChao=] and [=NatureTheZafara=] express confusion regarding Marlena’s gender when she first appears.
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--> ‘‘‘Fiordiligi:’’’ After acquiring all the necessary accoutrements, I must be sure to cut my hair, rename myself “Ping” and then . . . where does one even ''find'' a dragon? Is there a store?
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--> ‘‘‘Fiordiligi:’’’ '''Fiordiligi:''' After acquiring all the necessary accoutrements, I must be sure to cut my hair, rename myself “Ping” and then . . . where does one even ''find'' a dragon? Is there a store?
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* ViewerGenderConfusion: Smoperators team members [=WitchChao=] and [=NatureTheZafara=] express confusion regarding Marlena’s gender when she first appears.
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--> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
--> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
--> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
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* {{Fanservice}}: Barbarina claims disguising Cherubino as a girl serves only “to appease the silly [[YuriFan audience members]] who like this [[YuriGenre ‘yoo-ree’ stuff]]”.
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* MemeticMutation: The fourth act’s alternate title: ‘‘I think Marriage is a pretty cool guy. eh confuses counts and doesnt afraid of anything.’’
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Bavón attempts to poison Barbarina after Cherubino agrees to marry her.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Bavón attempts to poison Barbarina after Cherubino agrees to marry her.]]
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* PanderingToTheBase: Barbarina claims disguising Cherubino as a girl serves only “to appease the silly [[YuriFan audience members]] who like this [[YuriGenre ‘yoo-ree’ stuff]]”.
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** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier!]]”
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** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier!]]”Rosenkavalier]]!”
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** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates!]]”
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** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates!]]”inmates]]!”
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*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the [[DroppedABridgetOnHim “Dropped a Bridget on Him”]] trope)
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*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the [[DroppedABridgetOnHim “Dropped “[[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped a Bridget on Him”]] Him]]” trope)
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*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from DerRosenkavalier.
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*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from DerRosenkavalier.''DerRosenkavalier''.
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** “The signal will be . . . [[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} ‘pulsating prunes’]]!”
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** “The signal will be . . . [[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} ‘pulsating prunes’]]!”‘[[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} pulsating prunes]]’!”
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* WaxingLyrical: With ''Loch Lomond'', ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''Oh! Susanna''.
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* WaxingLyrical: With ''Loch Lomond'', ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' ''[[Music/{{Queen}} Bohemian Rhapsody]]'' and ''Oh! Susanna''.
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->‘‘Opera for dummies, by dummies.’’
Essentially TheAbridgedSeries for {{opera}} in written form, [[http://smooth-operators.deviantart.com Smooth Operators]] parodies gently poke fun at both specific operas and operatic tropes in general.
The Smooth Operators team have so far abridged:
*''[[http://inverted-jabberwocky.deviantart.com/art/Cosi-fan-tutte-parody-act-1-214690207 Così fan tutte]]''
*''[[http://inverted-jabberwocky.deviantart.com/art/Figaro-parody-act-1-269777889 The Marriage of Figaro]]''
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!!This series provide examples of:
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* AnachronismStew: Frequently lampshaded.
* AuthorAvatar: The series’ four creators appear as characters in their own right.
* TheCameo: MinnieMouse appears as a “[[StickyFingers collections agent for Euro Disney]]”, as well as a mortician [[spoiler: and healer]].
* EitherOrTitle: Each opera has multiple alternate titles that change with each act. Sometimes veers into ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle.
* FanCharacter: Each opera features at least one fan-created character.
* FramingDevice: Each parody begins with the Smooth Operators team attending the opera.
* PlotInducedStupidity: Whenever a character is hit by the [[IdiotBall Opera Character Intelligence-Sapping Ray]].
* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: “Smoperators”.
* PunnyName: Smooth '''Opera'''tors.
* TradeSnark: Each time the Opera Character Intelligence-Sapping Ray is mentioned.
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[[folder:Così fan tutte]]
->“[[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} The maid in the chapel with the revolver.]] Goodness, I think Lorenzo da Ponte would be most surprised to discover he’d written ''that''.”
* {{Angrish}}: Ferrando.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Don Alfonso]].
* BetaCouple: Despina [[spoiler: and Fig]].
* CanonForeigner: It’s revealed that [[spoiler: Fig is the very same Figaro from the Beaumarchais plays (and related operas)]].
** This is (unwittingly) {{lampshaded}} fairly early on:
--> '''Inverted-Jabberwocky:''' A guy whose name is [[spoiler: only a few letters away from being “Figaro” ''and'' who used to be a barber is flirting with a snarky maid]] . . . we haven’t accidentally wandered into [[TheMarriageOfFigaro the wrong opera]], have we?
* ChewingTheScenery: Done quite literally by Despina early in the second act.
* [[EpilepticTrees Epileptic Bushes]]
* FanCharacter: Fig the waiter, Marlena the maid and Ciliegia, Dorabella and Fiordiligi’s [[BigFriendlyDog pet dog]].
* FunetikAksent: Despina, when disguised as a doctor.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''O'''rder for the '''P'''rotection of '''E'''arnest '''R'''ock '''A'''ppreciators.
* GratuitousGerman: Despina, as the doctor.
* ManipulativeBastard: Don Alfonso, by his own admission.
*[[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]: Multiple, but among the most notable:
** “The phoenix ''does'' exist – where else would we get [[FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] from?”
** “[[Theatre/{{Rigoletto}} They are as fickle as a feather in the breeze!]]”
** Ciliegia’s [[BilingualBonus name]] is a shout out to ''LuckyStar''.
** Fiordiligi and Dorabella seem to be involved with the [[RuleofRose Red Crayon Aristocracy]].
** ''[[Disney/{{Mulan}} Mulan]]'':
--> ‘‘‘Fiordiligi:’’’ After acquiring all the necessary accoutrements, I must be sure to cut my hair, rename myself “Ping” and then . . . where does one even ''find'' a dragon? Is there a store?
* StrawFeminist: Marlena has shades of this.
* TitleDrop: Despina supplies (and lampshades) a fairly liberal translation: “They’re ''all'' like that . . . hey, that’s a good title for an opera!”
* ThemeNaming: Fiordiligi – whose name literally translates as “lily flower” – is given a series of flower-related nicknames by Ferrando.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Smoperators team members [=WitchChao=] and [=NatureTheZafara=] express confusion regarding Marlena’s gender when she first appears.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Despina, when disguised as the doctor.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Fiordiligi, according to Dorabella.
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[[folder:The Marriage of Figaro]]
--> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
--> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Antonio thinks Bartolo is spying on Susanna and Marcellina for this reason.
** Cherubino also mentions it in the fourth act by way of a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather painful pun]].
* BilingualBonus: Cherubino’s [[GratuitousItalian song]] to the Countess.
* CallingYourAttacks: Susanna. It later helps Figaro recognise her when she is in disguise.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Countess borders on this, often lapsing into non sequitur and frequently getting distracted by her own trains of thought when speaking.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: The names of the village girls are variations on different shades of red.
* [[DirtyOldMan Dirty,]] [[SnoopingLittleKid Snooping Old Man]]: Doctor Bartolo.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Cherubino, according to the audience:
--> “Between that voice and those hips, “he’s” not fooling anyone.”
* EarlyBirdCameo: Monsieur Fal, from the third story in the ''Figaro'' trilogy, appears briefly in the third act.
* FanCharacter: Bavón, the baker’s apprentice.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Cherubino certainly seems to think so:
-->“Sometimes I dream about Godmamma, and sometimes about Barbarina, and sometimes about [Susanna] too! And sometimes, I dream about the three of you ''together''!”
* GirlyRun: Susanna instructs Cherubino how to do this when disguising him as a girl.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Cherubino; possibly Bavón.
* IWantGrandkids: Antonio becomes like this after learning Barbarina intends to marry Cherubino.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Bavón for Cherubino, whom he [[IncompatibleOrientation mistakenly believes will reciprocate]]; Cherubino promptly [[IncrediblyLamePun sets him straight]].
* MediumAwareness: Several characters appear to possess this, most notably the Countess.
* MemeticMutation: The fourth act’s alternate title: ‘‘I think Marriage is a pretty cool guy. eh confuses counts and doesnt afraid of anything.’’
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Bavón attempts to poison Barbarina after Cherubino agrees to marry her.]]
* [[NoPeriodsPeriod No Periods, Period]]: Averted as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.
-->'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?
-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked if her she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
-->'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* PanderingToTheBase: Barbarina claims disguising Cherubino as a girl serves only “to appease the silly [[YuriFan audience members]] who like this [[YuriGenre ‘yoo-ree’ stuff]]”.
*[[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:
** [[GilbertAndSullivan ''The Gondoliers'']]
-->“Right, and I’m the king of Barataria!”
** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier!]]”
** Figaro is [[MirrorMask a very important man – he has a tower]].
** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates!]]”
**Some of the alternate names suggested for Cherubino include:
*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the [[DroppedABridgetOnHim “Dropped a Bridget on Him”]] trope)
*** Serafimo, from the fictional opera ''[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Il muto]]'', itself a parody of ''The Marriage of Figaro''.
*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from DerRosenkavalier.
** The contents of Barbarina’s picnic basket are the same as [[TheWindintheWillows Ratty’s]].
** “The signal will be . . . [[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} ‘pulsating prunes’]]!”
* SafeWord: Figaro and Susanna’s is “Portugal”.
* TalksLikeASimile: [=WitchChao=]: “Our situation seems to be stickier than a melted caramel chew on a warm gingersnap . . . ”
* UnusualEuphemism: “Show you my snail collection” ultimately becomes this.
* [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Victoria’s Secret Compartment]]: The Countess stores pens and leaves of parchment down the front of her bodice.
* WaxingLyrical: With ''Loch Lomond'', ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''Oh! Susanna''.
* {{Yandere}}: Bavón.
* YaoiFangirl: At least three of the village girls ship Bavón/Cherubino.
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Essentially TheAbridgedSeries for {{opera}} in written form, [[http://smooth-operators.deviantart.com Smooth Operators]] parodies gently poke fun at both specific operas and operatic tropes in general.
The Smooth Operators team have so far abridged:
*''[[http://inverted-jabberwocky.deviantart.com/art/Cosi-fan-tutte-parody-act-1-214690207 Così fan tutte]]''
*''[[http://inverted-jabberwocky.deviantart.com/art/Figaro-parody-act-1-269777889 The Marriage of Figaro]]''
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!!This series provide examples of:
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[[folder:General tropes]]
* AnachronismStew: Frequently lampshaded.
* AuthorAvatar: The series’ four creators appear as characters in their own right.
* TheCameo: MinnieMouse appears as a “[[StickyFingers collections agent for Euro Disney]]”, as well as a mortician [[spoiler: and healer]].
* EitherOrTitle: Each opera has multiple alternate titles that change with each act. Sometimes veers into ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle.
* FanCharacter: Each opera features at least one fan-created character.
* FramingDevice: Each parody begins with the Smooth Operators team attending the opera.
* PlotInducedStupidity: Whenever a character is hit by the [[IdiotBall Opera Character Intelligence-Sapping Ray]].
* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: “Smoperators”.
* PunnyName: Smooth '''Opera'''tors.
* TradeSnark: Each time the Opera Character Intelligence-Sapping Ray is mentioned.
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[[folder:Così fan tutte]]
->“[[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} The maid in the chapel with the revolver.]] Goodness, I think Lorenzo da Ponte would be most surprised to discover he’d written ''that''.”
* {{Angrish}}: Ferrando.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Don Alfonso]].
* BetaCouple: Despina [[spoiler: and Fig]].
* CanonForeigner: It’s revealed that [[spoiler: Fig is the very same Figaro from the Beaumarchais plays (and related operas)]].
** This is (unwittingly) {{lampshaded}} fairly early on:
--> '''Inverted-Jabberwocky:''' A guy whose name is [[spoiler: only a few letters away from being “Figaro” ''and'' who used to be a barber is flirting with a snarky maid]] . . . we haven’t accidentally wandered into [[TheMarriageOfFigaro the wrong opera]], have we?
* ChewingTheScenery: Done quite literally by Despina early in the second act.
* [[EpilepticTrees Epileptic Bushes]]
* FanCharacter: Fig the waiter, Marlena the maid and Ciliegia, Dorabella and Fiordiligi’s [[BigFriendlyDog pet dog]].
* FunetikAksent: Despina, when disguised as a doctor.
* FunWithAcronyms: '''O'''rder for the '''P'''rotection of '''E'''arnest '''R'''ock '''A'''ppreciators.
* GratuitousGerman: Despina, as the doctor.
* ManipulativeBastard: Don Alfonso, by his own admission.
*[[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]: Multiple, but among the most notable:
** “The phoenix ''does'' exist – where else would we get [[FinalFantasy Phoenix Down]] from?”
** “[[Theatre/{{Rigoletto}} They are as fickle as a feather in the breeze!]]”
** Ciliegia’s [[BilingualBonus name]] is a shout out to ''LuckyStar''.
** Fiordiligi and Dorabella seem to be involved with the [[RuleofRose Red Crayon Aristocracy]].
** ''[[Disney/{{Mulan}} Mulan]]'':
--> ‘‘‘Fiordiligi:’’’ After acquiring all the necessary accoutrements, I must be sure to cut my hair, rename myself “Ping” and then . . . where does one even ''find'' a dragon? Is there a store?
* StrawFeminist: Marlena has shades of this.
* TitleDrop: Despina supplies (and lampshades) a fairly liberal translation: “They’re ''all'' like that . . . hey, that’s a good title for an opera!”
* ThemeNaming: Fiordiligi – whose name literally translates as “lily flower” – is given a series of flower-related nicknames by Ferrando.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Smoperators team members [=WitchChao=] and [=NatureTheZafara=] express confusion regarding Marlena’s gender when she first appears.
* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Despina, when disguised as the doctor.
* YouNeedToGetLaid: Fiordiligi, according to Dorabella.
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[[folder:The Marriage of Figaro]]
--> '''Susanna: ''' Madame, [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering could you be thinking what I’m thinking?]]
--> '''The Countess:''' I think so, but really, why should it matter whether Idamante is played by a [[TenorBoy tenor]] or a [[CrosscastRole mezzo-soprano]]?
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Antonio thinks Bartolo is spying on Susanna and Marcellina for this reason.
** Cherubino also mentions it in the fourth act by way of a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather painful pun]].
* BilingualBonus: Cherubino’s [[GratuitousItalian song]] to the Countess.
* CallingYourAttacks: Susanna. It later helps Figaro recognise her when she is in disguise.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Countess borders on this, often lapsing into non sequitur and frequently getting distracted by her own trains of thought when speaking.
* ColourfulThemeNaming: The names of the village girls are variations on different shades of red.
* [[DirtyOldMan Dirty,]] [[SnoopingLittleKid Snooping Old Man]]: Doctor Bartolo.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Cherubino, according to the audience:
--> “Between that voice and those hips, “he’s” not fooling anyone.”
* EarlyBirdCameo: Monsieur Fal, from the third story in the ''Figaro'' trilogy, appears briefly in the third act.
* FanCharacter: Bavón, the baker’s apprentice.
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: Cherubino certainly seems to think so:
-->“Sometimes I dream about Godmamma, and sometimes about Barbarina, and sometimes about [Susanna] too! And sometimes, I dream about the three of you ''together''!”
* GirlyRun: Susanna instructs Cherubino how to do this when disguising him as a girl.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: Cherubino; possibly Bavón.
* IWantGrandkids: Antonio becomes like this after learning Barbarina intends to marry Cherubino.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Bavón for Cherubino, whom he [[IncompatibleOrientation mistakenly believes will reciprocate]]; Cherubino promptly [[IncrediblyLamePun sets him straight]].
* MediumAwareness: Several characters appear to possess this, most notably the Countess.
* MemeticMutation: The fourth act’s alternate title: ‘‘I think Marriage is a pretty cool guy. eh confuses counts and doesnt afraid of anything.’’
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Bavón attempts to poison Barbarina after Cherubino agrees to marry her.]]
* [[NoPeriodsPeriod No Periods, Period]]: Averted as part of the Countess’ plot to fool her husband:
-->'''Susanna:''' Sir, someone in the kitchen told me you had some chocolate . . . I wondered if I might be able to have it.
-->'''The Count:''' Chocolate? At this hour? Whatever for?
-->'''Susanna:''' It’s for her ladyship – she’s become rather . . . emotional. It’s quite distressing, actually – when I asked if her she was feeling all right, [[MenstrualMenace she screamed that she hated me and threw a chair at my head]].
-->'''The Count:''' Wretched woman! She does this every month!
* PanderingToTheBase: Barbarina claims disguising Cherubino as a girl serves only “to appease the silly [[YuriFan audience members]] who like this [[YuriGenre ‘yoo-ree’ stuff]]”.
*[[ShoutOut Shout-Out]]:
** [[GilbertAndSullivan ''The Gondoliers'']]
-->“Right, and I’m the king of Barataria!”
** “[[SuckMyRose Suck my]] [[DerRosenkavalier Rosenkavalier!]]”
** Figaro is [[MirrorMask a very important man – he has a tower]].
** “We should turn that into a song, the kind that [[TheShawshankRedemption someone in prison would lock himself into the superintendent’s office to play to the other inmates!]]”
**Some of the alternate names suggested for Cherubino include:
*** [[GuiltyGear Bridget]] (specifically referencing the [[DroppedABridgetOnHim “Dropped a Bridget on Him”]] trope)
*** Serafimo, from the fictional opera ''[[ThePhantomOfTheOpera Il muto]]'', itself a parody of ''The Marriage of Figaro''.
*** Mariandel, a reference to Octavian from DerRosenkavalier.
** The contents of Barbarina’s picnic basket are the same as [[TheWindintheWillows Ratty’s]].
** “The signal will be . . . [[WesternAnimation/{{SuperTed}} ‘pulsating prunes’]]!”
* SafeWord: Figaro and Susanna’s is “Portugal”.
* TalksLikeASimile: [=WitchChao=]: “Our situation seems to be stickier than a melted caramel chew on a warm gingersnap . . . ”
* UnusualEuphemism: “Show you my snail collection” ultimately becomes this.
* [[VictoriasSecretCompartment Victoria’s Secret Compartment]]: The Countess stores pens and leaves of parchment down the front of her bodice.
* WaxingLyrical: With ''Loch Lomond'', ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' and ''Oh! Susanna''.
* {{Yandere}}: Bavón.
* YaoiFangirl: At least three of the village girls ship Bavón/Cherubino.
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