Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 38 (click to see context) from:
---> (from "Two Shots") ''somehow I didn't make it with my ska band / Apparently pop, punk or brass doesn't win you fans…''
to:
---> (from "Two Shots") ''somehow ''Exactly, somehow I didn't make it with my ska band / Apparently pop, punk or Apparently, pop-punk with brass doesn't win you fans…''fans''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Danner says Yasper's story is "like a rosebush blossoming from a pile of bullshit" which he takes as a compliment to his drive, not that Danner clearly knows this tale is crap.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* AsideGlance: After offering to take an inebriated Chelsea to the afterparty and her responding "Yeah sure whatever", Yasper glances at the camera since it was the [[TitleDrop name of the song he just sang.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Moved from main page
Added DiffLines:
* AutoTune: Yasper and Aniq's voices are autotuned in the chorus of "Two Shots" to create a distorted effect.
* DumbassHasAPoint: "Two Shots" mostly highlights how Yasper is in denial about losing out on his chance at musical stardom, with him nonsensically claiming that "we all get one shot [in life] twice." However, the examples he cites actually make a pretty good case for his philosophy being right:
-->Your first band, The Quarrymen, doesn't move the needle?\\
Form a second band and call it [[Music/TheBeatles The fucking Beatles]]!
* DumbassHasAPoint: "Two Shots" mostly highlights how Yasper is in denial about losing out on his chance at musical stardom, with him nonsensically claiming that "we all get one shot [in life] twice." However, the examples he cites actually make a pretty good case for his philosophy being right:
-->Your first band, The Quarrymen, doesn't move the needle?\\
Form a second band and call it [[Music/TheBeatles The fucking Beatles]]!
Added DiffLines:
* ImmediateSelfContradiction: One of the songs featured in Yasper's testimony is titled "Two Shots", which is all about how we all get one shot to make it big in life... twice. Justified in that Yasper is a FutureLoser desperate for another chance at fame.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 31 (click to see context) from:
--> (from "Two Shots") ''somehow I didn't make it with my ska band / Apparently pop, punk or brass doesn't win you fans…''
to:
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ape3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yeah, sure, whatever!"'']]
->''"I was feeling good, 'cause I knew tonight was my second shot to be a star."''
-->-- '''Yasper'''
Yasper tells Aniq that there's a secret security camera in Xavier's bedroom. Culp and Danner accidentally delete the footage, resulting in them needing to bring other people in for questioning. Yasper tells his story in the vein of TheMusical, with multiple musical numbers throughout the episode.
He had arrived at the reunion hoping to get Xavier to feature on one of his songs, and asks him when he pulls him away to give Aniq and Zoe alone time. Xavier dismissively responds with "yeah, sure, whatever", which Yasper misinterprets as agreement. He drives Aniq and Chelsea to the afterparty, where he gets a text from Xavier about the feature. Yasper heads upstairs to the recording studio, where he finds the track Xavier had mentioned. He plays a video of one of their old performances on the screens before getting distracted by the screams signifying Xavier's death.
As Aniq tries to gather everyone's handwriting samples, he realizes Jenn 2 has gone missing. The police find a flask near Xavier's body belonging to Chelsea.
----
!!Tropes:
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the "Two Shots" musical number, [[ButtMonkey Walt]] can be seen moving slightly out of sync with the rest of the background dancers and generally looking confused about what he's supposed to be doing.
* MediumAwareness: Yasper absolutely relishes the standard musical tropes of his episode and occasionally acknowledges them.
** In "Yeah Sure Whatever", he pokes fun at the inherent idea of people randomly bursting into song and meticulously choreographed dance numbers and how people who dislike the medium often cite this as unrealistic.
---> ''This dance is spontaneous''\\
''It's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally not choreographed]]''\\
''And now I'll stand up on this table and tap dance!''
** In "Three Dots From Stardom", he grows impatient with Xavier for taking over 3 minutes to type out a reply to his text.
---> ''Who the hell types for this long''\\
''The entire duration of a song?''
* MusicalEpisode: It's TheMusical's turn in the show's GenreRoulette, so important events are punctuated by song and dance numbers led by wannabe musician Yasper.
* ShoutOut:
** Yasper's name is shown in lights at the start of his flashback. The presentation is similar to the one used for the ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' logo.
** The "Two Shots" number would not be out of place in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
* TakeThat:
** During the “Two Shots” musical number, Aniq mentions that losing his chance with Zoe made him “fall apart like ''Series/TheWestWing'' after [[Creator/AaronSorkin Sorkin]] left”.
** The audience is expected to understand that Yasper and Xavier's old high school band was lousy before so much as hearing one of their songs solely on the grounds that they played {{Ska}} music.
--> (from "Two Shots") ''somehow I didn't make it with my ska band / Apparently pop, punk or brass doesn't win you fans…''
----
[[caption-width-right:350:''"Yeah, sure, whatever!"'']]
->''"I was feeling good, 'cause I knew tonight was my second shot to be a star."''
-->-- '''Yasper'''
Yasper tells Aniq that there's a secret security camera in Xavier's bedroom. Culp and Danner accidentally delete the footage, resulting in them needing to bring other people in for questioning. Yasper tells his story in the vein of TheMusical, with multiple musical numbers throughout the episode.
He had arrived at the reunion hoping to get Xavier to feature on one of his songs, and asks him when he pulls him away to give Aniq and Zoe alone time. Xavier dismissively responds with "yeah, sure, whatever", which Yasper misinterprets as agreement. He drives Aniq and Chelsea to the afterparty, where he gets a text from Xavier about the feature. Yasper heads upstairs to the recording studio, where he finds the track Xavier had mentioned. He plays a video of one of their old performances on the screens before getting distracted by the screams signifying Xavier's death.
As Aniq tries to gather everyone's handwriting samples, he realizes Jenn 2 has gone missing. The police find a flask near Xavier's body belonging to Chelsea.
----
!!Tropes:
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: During the "Two Shots" musical number, [[ButtMonkey Walt]] can be seen moving slightly out of sync with the rest of the background dancers and generally looking confused about what he's supposed to be doing.
* MediumAwareness: Yasper absolutely relishes the standard musical tropes of his episode and occasionally acknowledges them.
** In "Yeah Sure Whatever", he pokes fun at the inherent idea of people randomly bursting into song and meticulously choreographed dance numbers and how people who dislike the medium often cite this as unrealistic.
---> ''This dance is spontaneous''\\
''It's [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally not choreographed]]''\\
''And now I'll stand up on this table and tap dance!''
** In "Three Dots From Stardom", he grows impatient with Xavier for taking over 3 minutes to type out a reply to his text.
---> ''Who the hell types for this long''\\
''The entire duration of a song?''
* MusicalEpisode: It's TheMusical's turn in the show's GenreRoulette, so important events are punctuated by song and dance numbers led by wannabe musician Yasper.
* ShoutOut:
** Yasper's name is shown in lights at the start of his flashback. The presentation is similar to the one used for the ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' logo.
** The "Two Shots" number would not be out of place in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.
* TakeThat:
** During the “Two Shots” musical number, Aniq mentions that losing his chance with Zoe made him “fall apart like ''Series/TheWestWing'' after [[Creator/AaronSorkin Sorkin]] left”.
** The audience is expected to understand that Yasper and Xavier's old high school band was lousy before so much as hearing one of their songs solely on the grounds that they played {{Ska}} music.
--> (from "Two Shots") ''somehow I didn't make it with my ska band / Apparently pop, punk or brass doesn't win you fans…''
----
