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| - | [[The Brothers Chaps]] have made reference to '''[[Wikipedia:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]''' several times, be it in content or appearance.
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| - | == Appearances ==
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| - | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — The toon opens with [[Strong Sad]] watching a program about "[[why come]] Shakespeare was so awesome".
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| - | *Email [[bedtime story]] — [[Strong Bad]] says "sleep tight, sweet prince", a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Hamlet|Hamlet]]'', Act 5, Scene 2, where Horatio says "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest" to the dying Hamlet.
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| - | *[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Bubs's recommendation of "eye of newt" and "toe of frog" originated as magical ingredients in [http://www.bartleby.com/70/4141.html Act IV, Scene 1, line 16] of ''[[Wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]'', one of the most famous and influential depictions of witches in Western culture.
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| - | *[[Weclome Back]] — During her song, Marzipan appears behind a topiary tree shaped like William Shakespeare.
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| - | *Email [[love poems]] — [[Arrow'd Guy]] appears dressed as William Shakespeare and spears [[Meredith]] and [[Kimberly]]. In addition, Kimberly's line "I herly berly on gerly werly" is a reference to a line spoken by the second witch in ''Macbeth'', "When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won."
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| - | [[Category:Entertainment running gags]]
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Revision as of 01:40, 28 April 2010
