YMMV / Henry IV

• Alternate Character Interpretation: Is Falstaff some kind of canny Magnificent Bastard who tests Hal, and is eventually surpassed, or just an old fat drunkard who represents the worst excesses of Hal's youth — who is eventually outgrown? Does Hal's rejection of Falstaff fall under Moment of Awesome, Necessarily Evil, or Kick the Dog? Do Falstaff and Hal even like each other?
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Falstaff. To the point that Orson Welles made a whole movie about him, and eventually Queen Elizabeth herself requested a play just about Falstaff — The Merry Wives of Windsor.

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