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* EatTheDog: Or the horse named Dobbin. Or the goose filled with the Holy Spirit. Or the goat filled with the Holy Spirit. Or an actual dog, if you're Aztec.
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* GassyGastronomy: The "Real-Life Cowboys" song, in a likely ShoutOut to ''Blazing Saddles'', includes a verse with the cowboys eating beans at a campfire and farting, culminating in one of the cowboys performing a brief "solo" comprised entirely of farts.
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** The '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMp_xGeQ2v0 Victorian Names]]' sketch includes a pop up after ''every single name'' just to reassure us that they're real, and given that they include names like "Never" and "Baboon" this is entirely justified.
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** The '[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMp_xGeQ2v0 Victorian Names]]' sketch includes a pop up (as well as a disclaimer beforehand) after ''every single name'' just to reassure us that they're real, and given that they include names like "Never" and "Baboon" this is entirely justified.
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* TheAbridgedHistory: Each episode is an anthology of sketches about different historical eras painted in a comedical tint.
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* TheAbridgedHistory: Each episode is an anthology of sketches about different historical eras painted in a comedical comedic tint.
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* AGodAmI: In Alexander's song, he upgrades his monicker from "the Great" to "the Greatest", and ''then'' decides that's too boring, and opts for "the Living God".
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* AGodAmI: In Alexander's song, he upgrades his monicker moniker from "the Great" to "the Greatest", and ''then'' decides that's too boring, and opts for "the Living God".
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** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X07qnxXmeQ0 Joan of Arc song]], Joan is pronouced "guilty of heresy - and wearing men's trousers!"
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** In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X07qnxXmeQ0 Joan of Arc song]], Joan is pronouced pronounced "guilty of heresy - and wearing men's trousers!"
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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Used in the 'Plague Comes North' sketch, in which a raiding party from plague-free Scotland heads gleefully out to ransack the plague-weakened English, only to hastily backtrack -- too late -- when they realise the glaring flaw in this strategy. Then -- too late -- they realize the problem with hurrying home...
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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Used in the 'Plague Comes North' sketch, in which a raiding party from plague-free Scotland heads gleefully out to ransack the plague-weakened English, only to hastily backtrack -- too late -- when they realise realize the glaring flaw in this strategy. Then -- too late -- they realize the problem with hurrying home...
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* BeingGoodSucks: Elagabalus finds that giving only good lottery prices to people of Roman gets "boring"
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* BeingGoodSucks: Elagabalus finds that giving only good lottery prices to people of Roman gets "boring""boring".
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played with in a sketch in which a softspoken monk manages to bring the Viking assault on his monastery to a dead halt simply by asking what on ''earth'' they're doing there, which completely baffles them -- for about a minute. "Oh yeah, 'cos violence is fun!". Cue the monk running for his life.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played with in a sketch in which a softspoken soft-spoken monk manages to bring the Viking assault on his monastery to a dead halt simply by asking what on ''earth'' they're doing there, which completely baffles them -- for about a minute. "Oh yeah, 'cos violence is fun!". Cue the monk running for his life.
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* GratuitousFrench: In many sketches dealing with France, most noticably the Joan of Arc song.
* GraveRobbing: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKoKVR6ilg cheery song]] about the gruesome activities of historical grave robbers Burk and Hare.
* GraveRobbing: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKoKVR6ilg cheery song]] about the gruesome activities of historical grave robbers Burk and Hare.
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* GratuitousFrench: In many sketches dealing with France, most noticably noticeably the Joan of Arc song.
* GraveRobbing: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKoKVR6ilg cheery song]] about the gruesome activities of historical grave robbersBurk Burke and Hare.
* GraveRobbing: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyKoKVR6ilg cheery song]] about the gruesome activities of historical grave robbers
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* ShootTheMessenger: The trailer for the ''Pausanias'' movie has the messenger Pausanias sends to King Xerxes wonder why none of the other messengers Pausanias has sent to Xerxes have ever returned. He discovers the message is full of treasonous offers, and ends with an instruction to kill the messenegr after reading the message.
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* ShootTheMessenger: The trailer for the ''Pausanias'' movie has the messenger Pausanias sends to King Xerxes wonder why none of the other messengers Pausanias has sent to Xerxes have ever returned. He discovers the message is full of treasonous offers, and ends with an instruction to kill the messenegr messenger after reading the message.
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->''Gory, ghastly, mean and cruel,'
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->''Gory, ghastly, mean and cruel,'cruel,''
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->''Hope you enjoyed...'' HORRIBLE HISTORIES!
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->''Hope you enjoyed...'' HORRIBLE HISTORIES!HISTORIES!
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->''Stuff they don't teach you at school!''
->''The past is no longer a mystery''
->''Hope you enjoyed...'' HORRIBLE HISTORIES!
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* PrincelingRivalry: This is a common pastime among the various royal families. Cleopatra murders most of her siblings to facilitate her rise to power. Royal cousins Stephen and Matilda fight over the crown of England in the Anarchy. Tudor siblings Edward, Mary, and Elizabeth (as well as their cousins Jane Grey and Mary Stuart) vie to succeed Henry VIII.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Sir Arthur Aston's Stupid Death. As he explains, he fell off his horse while showing off for some young women, and broke his leg, which turned septic. Much to Death's initial disappointment, though, that wasn't what killed him... however, the grim reaper is more than satisfied when he learns that the wooden leg Arthur acquired as a result was used, during a battle some years later, to ''beat him to death''.
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* ThrowTheBookAtThem: In the Shouty Man's ad for 'New Emperor Statue', the bookworm emperor kills the warrior emperor by hitting him over the head with a massive tome.
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* AncientGrome: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] for the most part. However, at least one sketch has Caligula state he wants to go to war with ''Poseidon'', rather than Neptune.
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** Giovanni Borgia is seen commiserating with his siblings over the death of Rodrigo. In reality, he pre-deceased his father by six years by getting brutally stabbed and thrown into the Tiber- quite possibly murdered by Ceasare or Geoffrey.
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** In one of the Ready, Steady, Feast sketches, the guest brings along weird food such as an elephant's trunk and [[spoiler: the heart of King Louis XIV]]. The final item is a pound of sprouts.
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** In one of the Ready, Steady, Feast sketches, the guest brings along weird food such as an elephant's trunk and [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the heart of King Louis XIV]]. The final item is a pound of sprouts.
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* TheCameo: A truly epic one in ''We're History,'' the final song of the series. [[spoiler: Almost every single historical figure that's ever appeared on the show, from Alexander the Great to Baynton's unnamed awkward peasant, shows up by the last chorus.]]
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* TheCameo: A truly epic one in ''We're History,'' the final song of the series. [[spoiler: Almost [[spoiler:Almost every single historical figure that's ever appeared on the show, from Alexander the Great to Baynton's unnamed awkward peasant, shows up by the last chorus.]]
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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
