Line #106 Creator/TheITVPanto


1	{{Pantomime}} is usually for the {{theatre}}, but [[http://www.its-behind-you.com/tvpanto.html occasionally]] some productions are either filmed specifically for LiveActionTV, or TheatricalProductions are recorded so that the general populace can enjoy them.
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3	Creator/{{ITV}} is no exception. Just before the TurnOfTheMillennium they decided to record a production of "Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk" written by Simon Nye, the writer behind ''Series/MenBehavingBadly''. It did very well in the ratings, and three more production were recorded, the last in 2002. ITV now shows the repeats as a [[ChristmasSpecial regular feature over the festive period]].
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5	The productions, listed by year of broadcast, are as follows:
6	* "Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk" 25th December 1999
7	* "Literature/{{Cinderella}}" 2nd January 2000
8	* "Literature/{{Aladdin}}" 25th December 2000
9	* "Literature/DickWhittington" 1st January 2002
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11	!!Examples of tropes in these productions include:
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14	[[folder:Jack & the Beanstalk]]
15	* AbhorrentAdmirer: [[CrossCastRole Dame Dolly]] is this to Baron Wasteland
16	* ActorAllusion: At one point, Jack stomps off in a huff, saying he'll eventually be in his own place, where he'll sit around in his pants drinking beer. Bear in mind Jack is [[Series/MenBehavingBadly played by Neil Morrissey, in a panto written by Simon Nye]].
17	* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Dame Dolly and "the golden hen what lays golden heggs".
18	* ArentYouForgettingSomeone: Jack never did rescue Tim...
19	* AudienceParticipationSong: {{Invoked}} by Dame Dolly because, in her own words "[[CannotTellALie we have to fill in the next ten minutes]] [[NoFourthWall while they change the scenery around]]".
20	* AuthorityInNameOnly: Just what is Dolly a Dame ''of''?
21	* BrokeEpisode: The whole panto is this for Jack and Dolly, which is worrying as they have Baron Wasteland for a CrankyLandlord.
22	* DisappearedDad Jack's father [[YouDontWantToKnow died in childbirth]].
23	-->'''Jack:''' I keep [[PreciousPhoto a photo of him, just to remind me what he look like]]...
24	-->'''Jill:''' Jack, that's ''my'' father!
25	-->'''Jack:''' Yeah, well, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint nobody remembers what my dad looked like]]...
26	* {{Fiction500}}: The Baron and Jill are this, and Dame Dolly and Jack soon join them.
27	* FracturedFairyTale: Jack sure is keen on making Jill go up that hill with him...
28	** And Goldilocks is back to her usual house-breaking tricks...
29	%%* TheFool: Jack. It's implied he's more a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
30	* GoYeHeroesGoAndDie: The song in which the villagers sing about how incredibly brave Jack is to climb the beanstalk, while his own lines shift from a declaration that he's going to climb it [[FeetOfClay to excuses as to why he isn't]].
31	* GratuitousIambicPentameter: Goldilocks talks in this.
32	-->'''Goldilocks:''' I live next door to the Dame and son Jack/She's very hairy and he's [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion surprisingly stupid]].
33	-->'''Narrator:''' [{{beat}}, whilst looking around with a [[FlatWhat bewildered expression]] ] Well... she ''usually'' spoke in rhyme!
34	* HeelFaceTurn: The Baron's a [[{{Jerkass}} heartless jerk]], but he gets better as the panto goes on
35	* [[IneptMage Inept]] FairyGodmother: She really does need to read the instructions for that wand...
36	* InteractiveNarrator: [[Series/HaveIGotNewsForYou Paul Merton]]. He's so interactive, he has to [[{{Padding}} pad things out]] when the cast's not quite ready.
37	** The FairyGodmother ''tries'' to be this, but Merton's already given most of the narration when she arrives.
38	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Baron ''Wasteland''?!
39	* NoEndorHolocaust: The beanstalk crushed the Baron's castle when it fell... good everyone was outside, playing with a ball!
40	* PairTheSpares: The Baron and Dame Dolly. Well, [[CulturalStereotypes anything's better than living in Letchworth]]...
41	* PantomimeAnimal: The cow, [[IncrediblyLamePun Pat]].
42	* PlatonicLifePartners: Tim and the giant appear to be this
43	* RunningGag: How ''did'' [[ItMakesSenseInContext the golden hen change size when Jack went down the beanstalk]]?
44	* ShoutOut: Aside from the usual ActorAllusion, there are a few to the Ferrero Rocher ads, for some reason...
45	* StarCrossedLovers: Jack and Jill are this. Jill wants to MarryForLove, but the Baron doesn't want his daughter married to a clot, especially one as poor as Jack.
46	* TheUnreveal: The giant is only seen from the ankle down, mostly to avoid SpecialEffectsFailure
47	* WhatTheHellHero: Jack's getting kinda ticked at everyone mocking his magic beans, and the dumb schmuck takes it out on Jill. It was an OutOfCharacterMoment, and they patch things up afterwards, but still...
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50	[[folder:Cinderella]]
51	* AllegedLookalikes: The Ugly Sisters, [[InformedAttribute in spite of what they say...]]
52	* AndroclesLion: In one scene, Cinders helps out the [[FairyGodmother Good Fairy]] (who's in disguise). That apparently is what convinces him to help her.
53	* BadImpressionists: Buttons is one.
54	* BurningWithAnger: The WickedStepmother experiences this when she realises Cinderella was the one who kissed the prince.
55	* {{Camp}}: Dandini.
56	* CannotSpitItOut: Buttons, [[TheWoobie the poor schmuck]]...
57	* ChildhoodFriends: Buttons and Cinderella are this. Once, they were picking apples, and Buttons made sure she didn't fall...
58	* ContentWarnings: Right before the Good Fairy works his magic, he warns:
59	--> There will be a few flashes, so anybody with a pacemaker may want to nip to the loo...
60	* TheEeyore: PrinceCharming is this for most of Act 1.
61	* {{Fanfare}}: Buttons does a lot of this, at point doing [[RuleOfFunny "La Cucaracha"]].
62	* FreudianExcuse: The WickedStepmother hates Cinderella,, because [[OverlyLongGag she (Cinderella) resembles her (still Cinderella's) mother, the first wife of the man who married the aforementioned]] WickedStepmother. She hates everyone else because... [[{{Jerkass}} well, she's just a right cow]].
63	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Cinderella is this... except to spiders.
64	* GratuitousIambicPentameter: The Good Fairy talks in this, but only for casting spells and exiting the stage.
65	* HangoverSensitivity: The Ugly Sisters suffered from this in Act 2. Buttons takes full advantage of this.
66	* IWasQuiteALooker: The WickedStepmother was this... briefly... from the back.
67	* InformedAttractiveness: The Ugly Sisters inform everyone else of theirs in "(I've Got) Class".
68	* {{Leitmotif}}: The WickedStepmother gets one, as a prompt for the audience to boo and hiss. Granted, the audience [[RunningGag gets covered in spit]]...
69	* LoveAtFirstSight: PrinceCharming and Cinderella experience this.
70	* [[NeverSayThatAgain Never Do That Again]]: PrinceCharming really, '''really''' doesn't want Dandini to slap his thigh again. Ever.
71	* PairTheSpares: Buttons may not get Cinders, but he will have a deep and meaningful relationship with... a horse.
72	* ParentalAbandonment: Cinderella. Her mother was [[Creator/AllanSherman eaten by a bear]] and her father died soon after remarrying.
73	* [[KingIncognito Prince Incognito]]: PrinceCharming does this, just to see [[IJustWantToBeNormal what it's like to be normal]]
74	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Dandini lapses into this quite a bit...
75	* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Cinderella ''believes'' she's this... whether she ''actually'' is depends entirely on how charitable you feel.
76	* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Buttons?]]: Buttons recommends killing Cinderella's stepmother and feeding her to the wolves. The audience was ''supposed'' to act with horror to this...
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79	[[folder:Aladdin]]
80	* ActingUnnatural: Abernazer does this when he tries to mingle with the crowd, even going "[[UnsoundEffect Mingle, mingle, mingle]]".
81	* ActorAllusion:
82	* TheCameo: Music/SClub7 show up to sing one of their songs.
83	** Don't forget Creator/LesliePhillips!
84	*** Or Trisha!
85	* ChaseScene: Aladdin and the cops get into one of these when he [[LawfulStupid talks to a princess without a license]]. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments They do stop half-way through for a breather...]]
86	* DontTryThisAtHome: The Princess tells Abernazer she'd rather stick pins in her eyes than marry him. Both of them then [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall tell the audience they really shouldn't do that]].
87	* DreadfulMusician: Quite literally; if you have a love song, it helps to have at least '''one''' of your main leads can hold a tune...
88	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Princess' name isn't actually mentioned, a fact that Aladdin {{lampshades}} a few times.
89	* GoingCommando: Abernazer, apparently.
90	** That proves to be [[GroinAttack his undoing]]...
91	* IJustWantToBeNormal: The Princess.
92	* [[IneptMage Inept]] [[GenieInABottle Genie In A Ring]]: He can magic up an omelette...
93	* InsistentTerminology: It's "''Abernazer''", not [[RunningGag "a banana"!]]
94	* LoveAtFirstSight: Aladdin and the Princess
95	* {{Padding}}: The two genies make a cake and, well...
96	-->'''Genie of the Ring:''' When you make a cake, [[{{Foreshadowing}} you have to throw yourself into it!]]
97	-->'''Genie of the Lamp:''' Yes, [[SarcasmMode thanks for that subtle hint!]]
98	* PoliceBrutality: The Police Chief really, '''really''' wants to rough up... well, [[PlayedForLaughs anyone, really]].
99	* PunnyName:
100	** Handy, the Princess' handmaiden and Wishee-Washee
101	*** That's probably why [[PairTheSpares they end up together in the last act]].
102	* TheUnfavourite: Wishee-Washee. It's doesn't help he's a {{cloudcuckoolander}}.
103	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When Aladdin, his family and the Emperor show up, they mention how they got there by [[IncrediblyLamePun Hertz Carpets]]... in spite of the fact that Aladdin still had the magic ring.
104	* WrongGenreSavvy: Aladdin tries the old OpenSesame trick. When that doesn't work, [[AsideGlance he turns to the audience]] and says [[LampshadedTrope "Wrong panto!"]]
105	* YouFool: Abernazer says this when the Princess hands him Aladdin's lamp.
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