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* CounterpointDuet: First, Chad sings "Teddy Bear" to woo Miss Sandra ; then, Miss Sandra sings "Hound Dog" to show just how disinterested she is ; finally, the two of them reprise their numbers in counterpoint, backed up by Dennis and Natalie.
* DatingDoSiDo: Chad loves Sandra but [[spoiler: ends up falling for Natalie]] Meanwhile, Dennis loves Natalie, but ends up falling for [[spoiler: Sandra]]. And Jim also [[spoiler: falls in love with Sandra, but ends up loving Sylvia.]] Not to mention how Sandra loves Ed, but [[spoiler: marries Dennis]] when finding out his true identity. The only couple that didn't fall for other people the whole play were Dean and Lorraine.
* DeadpanSnarker : Sylvia tends to be this.
* DatingDoSiDo: Chad loves Sandra but [[spoiler: ends up falling for Natalie]] Meanwhile, Dennis loves Natalie, but ends up falling for [[spoiler: Sandra]]. And Jim also [[spoiler: falls in love with Sandra, but ends up loving Sylvia.]] Not to mention how Sandra loves Ed, but [[spoiler: marries Dennis]] when finding out his true identity. The only couple that didn't fall for other people the whole play were Dean and Lorraine.
* DeadpanSnarker : Sylvia tends to be this.
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* CounterpointDuet: First, Chad sings "Teddy Bear" to woo Miss Sandra ; Sandra; then, Miss Sandra sings "Hound Dog" to show just how disinterested she is ; is; finally, the two of them reprise their numbers in counterpoint, backed up by Dennis and Natalie.
* DatingDoSiDo: Chad loves Sandra but [[spoiler: ends up falling forNatalie]] Natalie]]. Meanwhile, Dennis loves Natalie, but ends up falling for [[spoiler: Sandra]].[[spoiler:Sandra]]. And Jim also [[spoiler: falls in love with Sandra, but ends up loving Sylvia.]] Not to mention how Sandra loves Ed, but [[spoiler: marries Dennis]] when finding out his true identity. The only couple that didn't fall for other people the whole play were Dean and Lorraine.
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* TheDragon: Sheriff Earl to Matilda, though only out of love, ironically.
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* EpicRocking : The arrangement of "Can't Help Falling in Love" which closes act one builds from a solo to an ensemble for the principal characters to an all-out gospel number for the entire company complete with several key changes and a big, long, high note at the end.
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* TheDragon: Sheriff Earl to Matilda, though Matilda. [[spoiler:Though only out of love, ironically.ironically]].
*EpicRocking : EpicRocking: The arrangement of "Can't Help Falling in Love" which closes act one builds from a solo to an ensemble for the principal characters to an all-out gospel number for the entire company complete with several key changes and a big, long, high note at the end.
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* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Sandra and Dennis.]]
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night stand with.]] And, depending on the version, [[spoiler: he was also black.]]
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%%zce* IAmSong: "Roustabout" for Chad.
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night stand with.]] And, depending on the version, [[spoiler: he was also black.]]
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* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Sandra [[spoiler:Sandra and Dennis.Dennis. They even skip over the dating part.]]
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night standwith.with and ended up pregnant and later single mother when he was killed in the war.]] And, depending on the version, [[spoiler: he was also black.]]
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%%zce*IAmSong: "Roustabout" for Chad.describes Chad's freestyle life riding on his motorbike through different towns.
* InsistentTerminology: Sylvia reminds Lorraine that the Honky-Tonk patrons are not "drunks" they're "alcohol enthusiasts."
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night stand
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* InsistentTerminology: Sylvia reminds Lorraine that the Honky-Tonk patrons are not "drunks" they're "alcohol enthusiasts."
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* OneOfTheBoys: Natalie takes it UpToEleven.up to eleven.
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* BlackBestFriend: Sylvia to Jim, Lorraine to Natalie (depending on whether the show chooses to cast Sylvia and Lorraine as black that is).
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* BigShutUp: [[Sheriff Earl]] gets one near the end, having ''finally'' grown sick of Mayor Matilda's nonsense.
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* BigShutUp: [[Sheriff [[spoiler:Sheriff Earl]] gets one near the end, having ''finally'' grown sick of Mayor Matilda's nonsense.
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* ForcefulKiss: [[spoiler:Sheriff Earl]] plants a big one on Mayor Matilda near the end. Exactly how forceful it is varies depending on the production, but it's always clear that Matilda doesn't have the option of backing out.
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* FemaleAngelMaleDemon: The ensemble for "Devil in Disguise."
* FollowYourHeart: "Follow That Dream."
* FollowYourHeart: "Follow That Dream."
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* JukeBoxMusical: The Featuring the songs of Elvis PresleyPresley.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: Chad skips out on town [[spoiler:unable to handle Natalie's confession and that she was "Ed." He comes back to the wedding at the end and returns her feelings after all]].
* LivingStatue: They sing backup in Sandra's "Let Yourself Go."
* LivingStatue: They sing backup in Sandra's "Let Yourself Go."
* LoveObstructingParents: Matilda for Dean and Sylvia for Lorraine.
* OffToBoardingSchool: Dean is about to be sent back to military school, but decides to run away with Lorraine.
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* QuarrelingSong: "That's All Right" becomes one between Sylvia and Lorraine, regarding Lorraine and Dean's newfound love and Sylvia's disapproval.
* TheQuietOne: Sheriff Earl.
* RunningGag: "One Night With You" (complete with a spotlight) when a character falls in LoveAtFirstSight.
* TheQuietOne: Sheriff Earl.
* RunningGag: "One Night With You" (complete with a spotlight) when a character falls in LoveAtFirstSight.
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* TheQuietOne: Sheriff Earl.UltimateAuthorityMayor: Mayor Matilda Hyde.
* WeddingsForEveryone: The ending has the weddings of [[spoiler:Sylvia to Jim, Sandra to Dennis, and Matilda to Earl]].
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* WrenchWench: Natalie.
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* WrenchWench: Natalie.
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** And when Natalie revelas her true identity, Sandra yells [[RomeoAndJuliet "Oh I am fortunes fool!"]]
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All Shook Up is a JukeBoxMusical featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, whose story is essentially a re-telling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' with a ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' subplot.
When Chad, who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely not Elvis Presley]] rolls into town, he is appalled to hear that mayor Matilda Hyde has banned anything even remotely "indecent" -- no tight pants, no public kissing, no loud music. He sets about loosening the uptight town, while getting caught up in a whopper of a LoveDodecahedron.
Notable for having a two-option script: a sub-plot can be focussed on racial segregation, or class segregation, with alternative dialogue provided for however the musical will be played.
When Chad, who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely not Elvis Presley]] rolls into town, he is appalled to hear that mayor Matilda Hyde has banned anything even remotely "indecent" -- no tight pants, no public kissing, no loud music. He sets about loosening the uptight town, while getting caught up in a whopper of a LoveDodecahedron.
Notable for having a two-option script: a sub-plot can be focussed on racial segregation, or class segregation, with alternative dialogue provided for however the musical will be played.
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When Chad, who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely not Elvis
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For a [[JukeboxMusical jukebox circus]] take on Presley, see ''Theatre/VivaElvis''.
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All Shook Up is a JukeBoxMusical featuring the songs of Elvis Presley, whose story is essentially a re-telling of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'' with a ''Theatre/TwelfthNight'' subplot.
When Chad, who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely not Elvis Presley]] rolls into town, he is appalled to hear that mayor Matilda Hyde has banned anything even remotely "indecent" -- no tight pants, no public kissing, no loud music. He sets about loosening the uptight town, while getting caught up in a whopper of a LoveDodecahedron.
Notable for having a two-option script: a sub-plot can be focussed on racial segregation, or class segregation, with alternative dialogue provided for however the musical will be played.
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!!''All Shook Up'' contains examples of:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Until the end, everyone except for Dean and Lorraine.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Chad, who professes "a love for the ladies," falls for Natalie while she's cross-dressing as Ed, decides that he loves Natalie after all, but admits that he kind of likes Ed better.
* AngryMobSong : "Devil in Disguise", wherein Mayor Matilda whips the church council into an anti-Chad frenzy.
* AntiLoveSong: "I Don't Want To", where Chad desperately tries not to be in love with Ed.
* BetaCouple: Dean and Lorraine. While they do have major problems surrounding their relationship, the two are the only people who stay a consistent couple and manage to side step the LoveDodecahedron.
* BlackBestFriend: Sylvia to Jim, Lorraine to Natalie (depending on whether the show chooses to cast Sylvia and Lorraine as black that is).
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Averted with Miss Sandra, who bemoans the lack of culture in the town.
* BreakingTheFourthWall : Chad does this after kissing Ed.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Dennis to Natalie. But he ends up falling for Miss Sandra anyway]].
* CounterpointDuet: First, Chad sings "Teddy Bear" to woo Miss Sandra ; then, Miss Sandra sings "Hound Dog" to show just how disinterested she is ; finally, the two of them reprise their numbers in counterpoint, backed up by Dennis and Natalie.
* DatingDoSiDo: Chad loves Sandra but [[spoiler: ends up falling for Natalie]] Meanwhile, Dennis loves Natalie, but ends up falling for [[spoiler: Sandra]]. And Jim also [[spoiler: falls in love with Sandra, but ends up loving Sylvia.]] Not to mention how Sandra loves Ed, but [[spoiler: marries Dennis]] when finding out his true identity. The only couple that didn't fall for other people the whole play were Dean and Lorraine.
* DeadpanSnarker : Sylvia tends to be this.
* DecemberDecemberRomance: This could be Sylvia and Jim or Matilda and Earl, depending on the casting.
* TheDragon: Sheriff Earl to Matilda, though only out of love, ironically.
* EpicRocking : The arrangement of "Can't Help Falling in Love" which closes act one builds from a solo to an ensemble for the principal characters to an all-out gospel number for the entire company complete with several key changes and a big, long, high note at the end.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Lorraine and Dean. Chad points this out right before 'That's All Right'.
** Similarly everyone can see that Dennis is in love with Natalie. [[ObliviousToLove Except Natalie]].
* FalseStart: This happens to Dennis a lot.
* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Sandra and Dennis.]]
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night stand with.]] And, depending on the version, [[spoiler: he was also black.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is loaded with this.
* IAmSong: "Roustabout" for Chad.
* JukeBoxMusical: The songs of Elvis Presley
* LargeHam: Chad is this intentionally.
* TheLostLenore: Natalie's mother is this for Jim. His arc is all about getting over her death and moving on.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Practically the whole town... Natalie with Chad, Chad with Miss Sandra, Miss Sandra with Ed, Jim with Miss Sandra, Dean with Lorraine, Lorraine with Dean. This is the entire point of the song "One Night With You."
* LoveEpiphany: Sylvia has one for Jim after he kisses her.
* LoveDodecahedron:
** Dennis loves Natalie
** Natalie is in love with Chad, and dresses up as "Ed" to spend time with him.
** Chad is in love with Miss Sandra
** Miss Sandra is in love with Ed
** Jim (Natalie's Dad) is also in love with Miss Sandra
** Sylvia is in love with Jim
** Lorraine (Sylvia's daughter) is in love with Dean
** Dean is in love with Lorraine, but his mother is Matilda, the mayor who has outlawed public indecency.
** And while it is more of a knee-jerk pairing at the end of the show, [[spoiler: Earl, Matilda's (until now, SILENT) sheriff, confesses his love for Matilda.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Natalie to Dennis, Sandra to Jim, Jim to Sylvia, [[spoiler: Matilda to Earl.]]
* OedipusComplex: [[spoiler:Sheriff Earl]] confesses that he loves Matilda specifically because she reminds him of his mother.
* OneOfTheBoys: Natalie takes it UpToEleven.
* PairTheSpares: In the penultimate scene, the LoveDodecahedron gets solved neatly, with most of the pairings making some sort of sense. However [[spoiler: Dennis and Miss Sandra]], the two spares left over after all this (and who have barely even been in the same place before, let alone spoken) form an instant bond due to a love of Shakespeare.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted with Natalie. She is able to fool characters like Chad and Miss Sandra with her Ed disguise because they're both new in town and barely know her. However she isn't able to fool people who've known her her whole life, like Dennis.
* RunningGag: "One Night With You" when a character falls in LoveAtFirstSight.
** "Blue Suede!" "Don't Step on 'em!"
* SayMyName: Several scenes contain passages of dialogue which consist entirely of characters shouting or saying each others' names, normally for comedic purposes. Each of the principals also yells out the name of their beloved during "Can't Help Falling In Love".
* TheSilentBob: Sheriff Earl
* SheCleansUpNicely: Everyone in town is shocked at the sight of Natalie in a dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Chad for Dean and Lorraine. Lorraine is initially one for Dennis and Natalie.
* ShoutOut: The play makes several of these to Shakespeare's work, usually through Miss Sandra.
** "Is that a guitar I hear? Play on! Play on! Play on!"
** And when Natalie revelas her true identity, Sandra yells [[RomeoAndJuliet "Oh I am fortunes fool!"]]
* SmallTownBoredom: Natalie
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Natalie disguises herself as Ed in order to spend time with Chad. Miss Sandra promptly falls in love with this new 'guy' in town, while [[spoiler: it takes a while for Chad to develop romantic feelings for 'Ed', eventually admitting that he prefers Ed to Natalie]].
* SweetPollyOliver: Natalie, natch.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Natalie and Lorraine, Natalie and Miss Sandra.
* TheQuietOne: Sheriff Earl
* WrenchWench: Natalie
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When Chad, who is [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial absolutely not Elvis Presley]] rolls into town, he is appalled to hear that mayor Matilda Hyde has banned anything even remotely "indecent" -- no tight pants, no public kissing, no loud music. He sets about loosening the uptight town, while getting caught up in a whopper of a LoveDodecahedron.
Notable for having a two-option script: a sub-plot can be focussed on racial segregation, or class segregation, with alternative dialogue provided for however the musical will be played.
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!!''All Shook Up'' contains examples of:
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Until the end, everyone except for Dean and Lorraine.
* AmbiguouslyBi: Chad, who professes "a love for the ladies," falls for Natalie while she's cross-dressing as Ed, decides that he loves Natalie after all, but admits that he kind of likes Ed better.
* AngryMobSong : "Devil in Disguise", wherein Mayor Matilda whips the church council into an anti-Chad frenzy.
* AntiLoveSong: "I Don't Want To", where Chad desperately tries not to be in love with Ed.
* BetaCouple: Dean and Lorraine. While they do have major problems surrounding their relationship, the two are the only people who stay a consistent couple and manage to side step the LoveDodecahedron.
* BlackBestFriend: Sylvia to Jim, Lorraine to Natalie (depending on whether the show chooses to cast Sylvia and Lorraine as black that is).
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Averted with Miss Sandra, who bemoans the lack of culture in the town.
* BreakingTheFourthWall : Chad does this after kissing Ed.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: Dennis to Natalie. But he ends up falling for Miss Sandra anyway]].
* CounterpointDuet: First, Chad sings "Teddy Bear" to woo Miss Sandra ; then, Miss Sandra sings "Hound Dog" to show just how disinterested she is ; finally, the two of them reprise their numbers in counterpoint, backed up by Dennis and Natalie.
* DatingDoSiDo: Chad loves Sandra but [[spoiler: ends up falling for Natalie]] Meanwhile, Dennis loves Natalie, but ends up falling for [[spoiler: Sandra]]. And Jim also [[spoiler: falls in love with Sandra, but ends up loving Sylvia.]] Not to mention how Sandra loves Ed, but [[spoiler: marries Dennis]] when finding out his true identity. The only couple that didn't fall for other people the whole play were Dean and Lorraine.
* DeadpanSnarker : Sylvia tends to be this.
* DecemberDecemberRomance: This could be Sylvia and Jim or Matilda and Earl, depending on the casting.
* TheDragon: Sheriff Earl to Matilda, though only out of love, ironically.
* EpicRocking : The arrangement of "Can't Help Falling in Love" which closes act one builds from a solo to an ensemble for the principal characters to an all-out gospel number for the entire company complete with several key changes and a big, long, high note at the end.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Lorraine and Dean. Chad points this out right before 'That's All Right'.
** Similarly everyone can see that Dennis is in love with Natalie. [[ObliviousToLove Except Natalie]].
* FalseStart: This happens to Dennis a lot.
* FourthDateMarriage: [[spoiler: Sandra and Dennis.]]
* FreudianExcuse : Mayor Matilda justifies being the way she is because [[spoiler: Dean's father was a musician who she had a one night stand with.]] And, depending on the version, [[spoiler: he was also black.]]
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The show is loaded with this.
* IAmSong: "Roustabout" for Chad.
* JukeBoxMusical: The songs of Elvis Presley
* LargeHam: Chad is this intentionally.
* TheLostLenore: Natalie's mother is this for Jim. His arc is all about getting over her death and moving on.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Practically the whole town... Natalie with Chad, Chad with Miss Sandra, Miss Sandra with Ed, Jim with Miss Sandra, Dean with Lorraine, Lorraine with Dean. This is the entire point of the song "One Night With You."
* LoveEpiphany: Sylvia has one for Jim after he kisses her.
* LoveDodecahedron:
** Dennis loves Natalie
** Natalie is in love with Chad, and dresses up as "Ed" to spend time with him.
** Chad is in love with Miss Sandra
** Miss Sandra is in love with Ed
** Jim (Natalie's Dad) is also in love with Miss Sandra
** Sylvia is in love with Jim
** Lorraine (Sylvia's daughter) is in love with Dean
** Dean is in love with Lorraine, but his mother is Matilda, the mayor who has outlawed public indecency.
** And while it is more of a knee-jerk pairing at the end of the show, [[spoiler: Earl, Matilda's (until now, SILENT) sheriff, confesses his love for Matilda.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Natalie to Dennis, Sandra to Jim, Jim to Sylvia, [[spoiler: Matilda to Earl.]]
* OedipusComplex: [[spoiler:Sheriff Earl]] confesses that he loves Matilda specifically because she reminds him of his mother.
* OneOfTheBoys: Natalie takes it UpToEleven.
* PairTheSpares: In the penultimate scene, the LoveDodecahedron gets solved neatly, with most of the pairings making some sort of sense. However [[spoiler: Dennis and Miss Sandra]], the two spares left over after all this (and who have barely even been in the same place before, let alone spoken) form an instant bond due to a love of Shakespeare.
* PaperThinDisguise: Subverted with Natalie. She is able to fool characters like Chad and Miss Sandra with her Ed disguise because they're both new in town and barely know her. However she isn't able to fool people who've known her her whole life, like Dennis.
* RunningGag: "One Night With You" when a character falls in LoveAtFirstSight.
** "Blue Suede!" "Don't Step on 'em!"
* SayMyName: Several scenes contain passages of dialogue which consist entirely of characters shouting or saying each others' names, normally for comedic purposes. Each of the principals also yells out the name of their beloved during "Can't Help Falling In Love".
* TheSilentBob: Sheriff Earl
* SheCleansUpNicely: Everyone in town is shocked at the sight of Natalie in a dress.
* ShipperOnDeck: Chad for Dean and Lorraine. Lorraine is initially one for Dennis and Natalie.
* ShoutOut: The play makes several of these to Shakespeare's work, usually through Miss Sandra.
** "Is that a guitar I hear? Play on! Play on! Play on!"
** And when Natalie revelas her true identity, Sandra yells [[RomeoAndJuliet "Oh I am fortunes fool!"]]
* SmallTownBoredom: Natalie
* SweetOnPollyOliver: Natalie disguises herself as Ed in order to spend time with Chad. Miss Sandra promptly falls in love with this new 'guy' in town, while [[spoiler: it takes a while for Chad to develop romantic feelings for 'Ed', eventually admitting that he prefers Ed to Natalie]].
* SweetPollyOliver: Natalie, natch.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Natalie and Lorraine, Natalie and Miss Sandra.
* TheQuietOne: Sheriff Earl
* WrenchWench: Natalie
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