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Originally aired on October 19, 1997.
Joe is chosen over Damont to be the captain of their school's basketball team. Wishbone imagines himself as Prince Hal in ''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
This is the third and final episode to adapt a Shakespeare play, following "[[Recap/WishboneS1E04RosieOhRosieOh Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!]]", which adapted ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and "[[Recap/WishboneS1E32Shakespaw Shakespaw]]", which adapted ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
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!!Tropes
* AdaptationalContextChange: In both the original play and the ''Wishbone'' adaptation, Prince Hal has a soliloquy in which he justifies his [[WhatsUpKingDude familiarity with the common people]]. In the play, he's planning to eventually distance himself from his disreputable friends like Falstaff, comparing it to the sun no longer being obscured by clouds. Wishbone's Hal justifies himself using an entirely different sun analogy, arguing that, "if the sun is common, being seen every day, I too shall be common."
* BigGame: The contemporary story does, of course, climax with a basketball game. This is equated with the Battle of Shrewsbury in the play adaptation.
* DownToTheLastPlay: The game comes down to six seconds on the clock with the opposing team ahead by two points. Joe's team can only pull out a win by scoring a three-pointer before time runs out.
* FakingTheDead: Falstaff's strategy for surviving the Battle of Shrewsbury.
* InflationaryDialogue: As in the play, Falstaff keeps inflating the number of men who attacked him, only for Prince Hal to eventually reveal that he knows it was only two men because he was one of them. At this point, Falstaff declares that he KnewItAllAlong and that his apparent cowardice was due to him not wanting to harm the heir to the throne.
* LaymansTerms: In the fantasy portion of the show, Wishbone occasionally translates the Shakespearean dialogue for the benefit of the young audience at home.
-->'''Henry IV:''' Could such inordinate and low desires, such rude society as thou art matched and grafted to, accompany the greatness of thy blood, and hold their level with thy princely heart?\\
'''Wishbone as Prince Hal:''' ''[aside to the audience]'' He doesn't think I'm acting like a prince.
* {{Mascot}}: In-universe, Wishbone is the mascot of Joe's basketball team, the Bulldogs, despite him being a Jack Russell Terrier:
-->'''Ellen:''' Well, I hope Wishbone's up to it, even if he doesn't look much like a Bulldog.\\
'''Wishbone:''' And who would want to?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: King Henry IV directs one at Prince Hal, which finally convinces him to shape up. This is the scene in which Wishbone does the most translating.
* WhyAreYouNotMySon: King Henry starts off wishing that Hotspur was his son instead of Prince Hal. Note that in real life, Hotspur was actually three year older than King Henry, but Shakespeare opted to give Hotspur an AgeLift, portraying him as being Hal's age.
Joe is chosen over Damont to be the captain of their school's basketball team. Wishbone imagines himself as Prince Hal in ''Theatre/HenryIVPart1'' by Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
This is the third and final episode to adapt a Shakespeare play, following "[[Recap/WishboneS1E04RosieOhRosieOh Rosie, Oh, Rosie, Oh!]]", which adapted ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'', and "[[Recap/WishboneS1E32Shakespaw Shakespaw]]", which adapted ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
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!!Tropes
* AdaptationalContextChange: In both the original play and the ''Wishbone'' adaptation, Prince Hal has a soliloquy in which he justifies his [[WhatsUpKingDude familiarity with the common people]]. In the play, he's planning to eventually distance himself from his disreputable friends like Falstaff, comparing it to the sun no longer being obscured by clouds. Wishbone's Hal justifies himself using an entirely different sun analogy, arguing that, "if the sun is common, being seen every day, I too shall be common."
* BigGame: The contemporary story does, of course, climax with a basketball game. This is equated with the Battle of Shrewsbury in the play adaptation.
* DownToTheLastPlay: The game comes down to six seconds on the clock with the opposing team ahead by two points. Joe's team can only pull out a win by scoring a three-pointer before time runs out.
* FakingTheDead: Falstaff's strategy for surviving the Battle of Shrewsbury.
* InflationaryDialogue: As in the play, Falstaff keeps inflating the number of men who attacked him, only for Prince Hal to eventually reveal that he knows it was only two men because he was one of them. At this point, Falstaff declares that he KnewItAllAlong and that his apparent cowardice was due to him not wanting to harm the heir to the throne.
* LaymansTerms: In the fantasy portion of the show, Wishbone occasionally translates the Shakespearean dialogue for the benefit of the young audience at home.
-->'''Henry IV:''' Could such inordinate and low desires, such rude society as thou art matched and grafted to, accompany the greatness of thy blood, and hold their level with thy princely heart?\\
'''Wishbone as Prince Hal:''' ''[aside to the audience]'' He doesn't think I'm acting like a prince.
* {{Mascot}}: In-universe, Wishbone is the mascot of Joe's basketball team, the Bulldogs, despite him being a Jack Russell Terrier:
-->'''Ellen:''' Well, I hope Wishbone's up to it, even if he doesn't look much like a Bulldog.\\
'''Wishbone:''' And who would want to?
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: King Henry IV directs one at Prince Hal, which finally convinces him to shape up. This is the scene in which Wishbone does the most translating.
* WhyAreYouNotMySon: King Henry starts off wishing that Hotspur was his son instead of Prince Hal. Note that in real life, Hotspur was actually three year older than King Henry, but Shakespeare opted to give Hotspur an AgeLift, portraying him as being Hal's age.
