History Theatre / WeWillRockYou

* ShoutOut: Most notably, [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed the names of the Bohemians]], and a remarkably high proportion of the dialogue is just straight shout-outs to song lyrics. [[TheOtherWiki The Other Wiki's]] list of referenced songs reaches well into double figures.

* BadassNormal: This one goes to the biggest, baddest, meanest, nastiest, ugliest, most raging, rapping, rock and rolling, sick, punk, heavy metal, psycho bastard that ever got get down funky. They call him Britney Spears.

* TheDragon: Khashoggi

* EvilLaugh: Khashoggi in ''Flash'' and ''Seven Seas of Rhye''.

** [[spoiler: Actually, not really a DeadlyEuphemism because he does not die.]]

** Actually, not really a DeadlyEuphemism because he does not die.

* AsYouKnow: Killer Queen asks some questions for which she should actually know the answer but which give new information to the audience. For example : "And what about this shining star that is supposed to guide us?"/ "Who are these people and what do they want?"

* AsYouKnow: Killer Queen asks some questions for which she should actually know the answer but which is new to the audience. For example : "And what about this shining star that is supposed to guide us?"/ "Who are these people and what do they want?"

* AsYouKnow: Killer Queen asks some questions for which she should actually know the answer, for example : "And what about this shining star that is supposed to guide us?"/ "Who are these people and what do they want?"

* MusicalisInterruptus: Killer Queen starts to sing the opening verse ''Don't Stop Me Now'' to celebrate the defeat of The Bohemians, when she is interrupted by Commander Kashoggi, who informs her that Galileo & Scaramouche were able to escape. He, of course, pays the penalty.

* YouShallNotPass: At the end of the first act, Brit holds off Khasshogi and the Secret Police so that Galileo and Scaramouche can escape. Unfortunately for Brit, the Secret Police kills him.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Killer Queen combines this with YouHaveFailedMe when she decides to blow Khashoggi's mind. She doesn't ''kill'' him though, [[spoiler: she just wipes his mind with the orange helmets, which are implied to be his own creation]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Killer Queen to Khashoggi. She doesn't ''kill'' him though, [[spoiler: she just wipes his mind with the orange helmets, which are implied to be his own creation]]
** Could be also seen as YouHaveFailedMe.
* YouShallNotPAss: At the end of the first act, Brit holds off Khasshogi and the Secret Police so that Galileo and Scaramouche can escape. Unfortunately for Brit, the Secret Police kills him.

* NiceJobGuidingUsHero: How Khashoggi and the Secret Police find the Heartbreak Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe

** Could be also seen as YouHaveFailedMe

In Las Vegas [[spoiler:Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion, replaced Wembley Stadium in the climax]]. The Vegas-specific jokes were added, including a Bohemian named Wayne Newton, Galileo having a bad dream about Celine Dion, and a TakeThat at Creator/CirqueDuSoleil when Pop claims a Queen musical was so successful in Vegas that it ran the Cirque shows out of town. (This is now a FunnyAneurysmMoment. ''WWRY'' only lasted 18 months, and Cirque shows continue to proliferate in Vegas.) Parts of the dialogue [[spoiler: especially the songs Galileo quotes throughout the play]] are changed depending on the country or city.

* VillainSong: [[TheDragon Khashoggi's]] performance of ''The Seven Seas of Rhye'' (and "Flash" before that) is performed with all the usual candor of a Villain Song and has a background choir provided by members of La Resistance during ElectricTorture.

It first opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite and is the longest-running musical at that venue (finally closing after 12 years on May 31, 2014). Many international productions have followed the original, and ''We Will Rock You'' has been seen in Australia[[note]]first in 2003-05, , then an updated version starting in 2016[[/note]], North America[[note]]a [[CompressedAdaptation one-act version]] in Las Vegas from 04-05, a run in Canada from 07-09, then a three-country tour in 13-14[[/note]], Russia[[note]]in 14-15, with dialogue and most of the songs translated to Russian, but closing after 4 months due to [[TroubledProduction production disagreements]][[/note]], Spain[[note]]03-04, then with a new cast in 07-08[[/note]], Japan[[note]]with the Australian cast in 05, then in 06-07 with some roles recast[[/note]], South Africa[[note]]06[[/note]], Switzerland, Germany and Austria[[note]]06-07 in the former, 08 in the latter[[/note]]and also a Tour in 2014/15, Australasia[[note]]07-08, with a mix of London, Australian, and South African cast members, and visiting New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong[[/note]], Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, and at sea[[note]]aboard the cruise ship ''Anthem of the Seas''[[/note]].

It first opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite and is the longest-running musical at that venue (finally closing after 12 years on May 31, 2014). Many international productions have followed the original, and ''We Will Rock You'' has been seen in Australia[[note]]first in 2003-05, then an updated version starting in 2016[[/note]], North America[[note]]a [[CompressedAdaptation one-act version]] in Las Vegas from 04-05, a run in Canada from 07-09, then a three-country tour in 13-14[[/note]], Russia[[note]]in 14-15, with dialogue and most of the songs translated to Russian, but closing after 4 months due to [[TroubledProduction production disagreements]][[/note]], Spain[[note]]03-04, then with a new cast in 07-08[[/note]], Japan[[note]]with the Australian cast in 05, then in 06-07 with some roles recast[[/note]], South Africa[[note]]06[[/note]], Switzerland and Austria[[note]]06-07 in the former, 08 in the latter[[/note]], Australasia[[note]]07-08, with a mix of London, Australian, and South African cast members, and visiting New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong[[/note]], Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, and at sea[[note]]aboard the cruise ship ''Anthem of the Seas''[[/note]].

* CulturalTranslation: The Las Vegas version was rewritten to set the Seven Seas of Rhye in Vegas (long since flooded thanks to global warming), and [[spoiler:Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion, replaced Wembley Stadium in the climax]]. Vegas-specific jokes were added, including a Bohemian named Wayne Newton, Galileo having a bad dream about Celine Dion, and a TakeThat at Creator/CirqueDuSoleil when Pop claims a Queen musical was so successful in Vegas that it ran the Cirque shows out of town. (This is now a FunnyAneurysmMoment. ''WWRY'' only lasted 18 months, and Cirque shows continue to proliferate in Vegas.)

** Averted just once in the London production on the sixth anniversary. The Killer Queeen told Kashoggi that he'd been interrupting her for years and tonight she was going to finish the damn song. It was epic.

* VillainSong: [[TheDragon Khashoggi's]] performance of ''The Seven Seas of Rhye'' is performed with all the usual candor of a Villain Song and has a background choir provided by members of La Resistance during ElectricTorture.

It first opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite and is the longest-running musical at that venue (finally closing after 12 years on May 31, 2014). Many international productions have followed the original, and ''We Will Rock You'' has been seen in Australia[[note]]first in 2003-05, then an updated version starting in 2016[[/note]], North America[[note]]a one-act version in Las Vegas from 04-05, a run in Canada from 07-09, then a three-country tour in 13-14[[/note]], Russia[[note]]in 14-15, with dialogue and most of the songs translated to Russian, but closing after 4 months due to [[TroubledProduction production disagreements]][[/note]], Spain[[note]]03-04, then with a new cast in 07-08[[/note]], Japan[[note]]with the Australian cast in 05, then in 06-07 with some roles recast[[/note]], South Africa[[note]]06[[/note]], Switzerland and Austria[[note]]06-07 in the former, 08 in the latter[[/note]], Australasia[[note]]07-08, with a mix of London, Australian, and South African cast members, and visiting New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong[[/note]], Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Brazil, and at sea[[note]]aboard the cruise ship ''Anthem of the Seas''[[/note]].

''We Will Rock You'' (''WWRY'' or ''Rock You'' for short) is a JukeboxMusical by Music/{{Queen}} and Creator/BenElton. The musical was first produced in London by Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil [=McIntyre=] Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, with Christopher Renshaw as director, Mark Fisher as the production designer, Willie Williams as the lighting designer, Williams & Fisher as co-video directors, Tim Goodchild as the costume designer, Arlene Phillips as choreographer and Bobby Aitken as sound designer.

It first opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on May 14, 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite and is the longest-running musical at that venue. The story takes place in a tongue-in-cheek dystopian future where originality and individualism are shunned, and a lone "Dreamer" appears who can fulfill a prophecy that will enable the return of rock 'n roll.

A number of international productions have followed the original, and ''We Will Rock You'' has been seen in UsefulNotes/{{Australia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Canada}}, UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}, UsefulNotes/{{Spain}}, UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}, UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, Zurich, Vienna, UsefulNotes/NewZealand, UsefulNotes/SouthKorea, UsefulNotes/{{Singapore}}, UsefulNotes/{{Bangkok}} and UsefulNotes/HongKong. A rewritten version played in Las Vegas, Nevada for 16 months over 2004-05. As of July 2009, productions are still active in Great Britain and Germany.

A sequel is currently in the works, and as of March 2009 a draft has been completed.

The time is the future, in a place that was once called Earth. Globalisation is complete! Everywhere, the kids watch the same movies, wear the same fashions and think the same thoughts. It's a safe, happy, Ga Ga world. Unless you're a rebel. Unless you want to Rock. On Planet Mall all the musical instruments are banned. The Company Computers generate tunes and everybody downloads them. It is an age of Boy Bands and of Girl Bands. Of Boy and Girl Bands. Of Girl Bands with a couple of boys in them that look like girls anyway. Nothing is left to chance, hits are scheduled years in advance.

* [[NewAgeRetroHippie Pop]]: A [[TheSmartGuy librarian]] trying to figure out the "exact date the music died". He is believed to be named after the creation of reality television talent shows (the example given varies depending on the production, but includes Popstars, Pop Idol, The X Factor, or the relevant regional variant).

--> '''Khashoggi''' In fact [[LargeHam HURT THEM ALL!]]

* CulturePolice: Killer Queen and Globalsoft are bent on eliminating all music and, thus, free thought, on Planet Mall, aka Earth.

* CulturalTranslation: The Las Vegas version (so far, the only U.S. staging) was rewritten to set the Seven Seas of Rhye in Vegas (long since flooded thanks to global warming), and [[spoiler:Graceland, Elvis Presley's mansion, replaced Wembley Stadium in the climax]]. Vegas-specific jokes were added, including a Bohemian named Wayne Newton, Galileo having a bad dream about Celine Dion, and a TakeThat at Creator/CirqueDuSoleil when Pop claims a Queen musical was so successful in Vegas that it ran the Cirque shows out of town. (This is now a FunnyAneurysmMoment. ''WWRY'' only lasted 18 months, and Cirque shows continue to proliferate in Vegas.)
* DeadlyEuphemism: When [[spoiler:Khashoggi tells Killer Queen Gallileo and Scaramouche escaped she [[YouHaveFailedMe "Blows his mind"]] as punishment.]]

* FiveManBand: fittingly, Galileo TheHero, Scaramouche TheLancer, Brit TheBigGuy, Pop TheSmartGuy, and Meat TheChick.

* LongRunners: It's the longest running musical in the Dominion Theatre, and one of the longest running on the West End. By now, this gets lampshaded in the show: one of the characters tells the tale of a beautiful theatre where ''We Will ock ou'' ran for 150 consecutive years. (After which the subway station outside was ''still under construction''.)

* MegaCorp: Globalsoft is this, without a doubt. It owns the planet, and has renamed it Planet Mall

* NiceJobGuidingUsHero: Khashoggi and the Secret Police find the Heartbreak Hotel

* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. The Bohemians list the first two as descriptions of what rock and roll actually is, before admiting that they don't know.

*** Also on Freddie Mercury's "60th birthday" performance when McFly came onstage to sing Don't Stop Me Now.

* AnvilsThatNeededToBeDropped: The show pretty much lives of the 'Don't be like everyone else/Be yourself' aseop.
** Which is ironic, considering how easy it is to get the audience, and people in general, stomping and clapping along to the song ''We Will Rock You''.

* CutSong: Going by the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen workshop script]] quite a lot actually...
* DawsonCasting: Galileo and Scaramouche are meant to be school leaving age, and are often played by performers in their twenties.

* RomanceOnTheSet: [[HappilyMarried Tony Vincent and Aspen Miller]] met in the Las Vegas production.

* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Commander Khashoggi, the head of the Globalsoft Secret Police. An OfficerAndAGentleman with peroxide-white hair.

** In the Toronto version of the musical, he is also shown to have [[MismatchedEyes two different colored eyes]], which might explain why he wears them.