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The genre seems to be more popular in movies than in any other source: Thor: Ragnarok, Enchanted, Shazam, Midnight in Paris, Ghostbusters, Robin Hood: Men in Tights.

Written in 1882, Vice Versa by F. Anstey is considered to be one of the first, if not the first, comedic fantasy novel ever

Even Shakespeare wrote comedic fantasy! A Midsummer Night’s Dream is an early example of comedic fantasy.

Examples of children’s comedic fantasy: “Hoodwinked,” A.A. Milne’s Pooh books, and some of Pratchett’s Discworld series.

The genre frequently overlaps with lots of other fantasy subgenres such as horror fantasy, high fantasy, and historical fantasy. This makes it sometimes difficult to pin down.

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Monty Python and the Grail

Police influence in Monty Python and contrast of lawlessness vs. controlled

Princess Bride

Technological and medical advances (The medicine man) (Supposed to be portrayed as insane)

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From Michele on Parody, “it is essential reflexivity, it's capacity to reflect critically back upon itself…” (Michele 113).

So the work makes fun of one thing and itself as well.

What does this mean for Monty Python? It can be counted as a critique for stories about King Arthur and his table. As well as how medieval society is portrayed

Critique takes place in foil characters

Foil characters are supposed to reflect the opposites of each other to highlight differences.

King Arthur and followers (film):

Unwise- Miscounting for the holy hand grenade

Goofy- The coconuts and the horses

Lawless- Police interference and shutting down of the film

King Arthur and followers (in the classical stories)

Follows a code of honor- Present in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (chivalry and honoring/mourning of Gawain's mistake).

Wise- Influence of Merlin and Merlin's investment in him (Book 1).

Serious- Treatment and sentence of Lanval for messing with his queen.

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Parody on the traditional roles in fairy tales -- “prince to the rescue” “damsel in distress” “completely evil villain” and “fantastic land”

Presented firmly with “tongue in cheek” style

Uses parody and slapstick comedy -- ie. ‘the storming of the castle’ scene

“The Prince then sarcastically responded, ‘Well, why don’t we just begin our letter with ‘divine Westley and appeal to his sense of modesty?’” (Goldman 429).

Goldman uses both his role as the editor and writer to bring fairy tales to new light --  ridicule the traditional literary structure.

Intentionally adding in annotations that would normally be part of an editing process, but are included in The Princess Bride to mock tropes of other fairy tales.

“105 pages where nothing happens” (Goldman, 94).

Goldman satirizes both the literary process and the standard fairy tale itself.

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Good Omens: the nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch

Neil Gaiman uses irony, sarcasm, and mockery in Good Omens

Since the topic of the book is unconventional there is also an element of shock that adds to the comedy in the novel

“Pollution removed his helmet and shook out his long white hair. He had taken over when Pestilence, muttering about penicillin, had retired in 1936.”

“Voodoo is a very interesting religion for the whole family, even those members of it who are dead.”

“Agnes was the worst prophet that's ever existed. Because she was always right. That's why the book never sold.”

When we went to see the end of the world by Downie Morningside, age 11 ¼

Apocalypse narrated by a young girl who is unimpressed and unsurprised by the horrors happening around her - lack of a reaction creates the humor

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Pratchett mocks the traditional in Guards! Guards!

Repeated mockery of common fairy tale tropes

“How does the ability to slay dragons make you fit for kingship in this day and age?” (Pratchett 198)

Vimes an alcoholic (i.e. placing humor in dark contexts)

Filled with the absurd, such as an orangutan as librarian and human convinced he’s a dwarf

Pratchett is also known for the Discworld series, as well as Small Gods and Good Omens.

Discworld: fantasy world created by Pratchett

Wrote Good Omens with Neil Gaiman.

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Shrek by Andrew Adamson (Movie)

Discworld series by Terry Pratchett

A Knight’s Tale by Brian Helgeland

The End of The World… by Neil Gaiman

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Main Focus:

Monty Python by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones (Movie)

Good Omens by Neil Gaiman

Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

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- Often very satirical
- Filled with contrasts
- Knows norms and deviates from them "let's pretend"
- Filled with parody and meant to attract humor from the audience

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Works where fantastic elements and humor play equal parts through concepts such as parody, mockery, contrast, and satire --  all to bring attention to and/or question the real, in a way that’s lighthearted and entertaining.