History Theatre / HeathersTheMusical

!What's your tropes, Heather?:

** In the West End version, she has one ''before'' [[spoiler:Martha's suicide attempt]]. Right before the song "I Say No", it finally sinks in for her just how far gone J.D. actually is. And this is after her confrontation with Martha regarding him, which ended in her admitting that she forged the love letter from Ram[[spoiler:, which was the final straw that [[DrivenToSuicide would soon push her best friend into attempting suicide]]]].

** In the West End version, she has one ''before'' [[spoiler:Martha's suicide attempt]]. Right before the song "I Say No", it finally sinks in for her just how crazy J.D. actually is. And this is after her confrontation with Martha about him, which ended in her admitting that she forged the love letter from Ram[[spoiler:, which was the final straw that [[DrivenToSuicide would soon push her best friend into attempting suicide]]]].

* GhostSong: "Yo Girl", sung by the murdered students while Veronica life is spinning out of control.

* AgeLift: A minor case. The movie takes place at the end of Veronica's junior year. The musical takes place at the start of her senior year.

%%** Ram and Kurt: "Blue," and "Blue (Reprise)"
%%** As of the London production "You're Welcome" and the reprise of Big Fun in "Never Shut Up Again" for Kurt and Ram while "Never Shut Up Again" is one for Heather Duke.

''Heathers: the Musical'' is a rock musical adaptation of the '80s cult classic ''Film/{{Heathers}}''.

* JerkassHasAPoint: He wasn't nice about it, but Ram does admittedly have a point when he tells Martha "People wouldn't hate you so much if you acted normal." Plus, he says this when she acts like he personally invited her to the party - Ram has no idea Veronica forged a note from him, so from his perspective someone he doesn't really know or like is coming on really strong out of the blue, which would weird anyone out.

* VillainousAdviceSong: There is Don Basilio's bravura aria "La calunnia è un venticello", in which he advises Doctor Bartolo to frustrate Count Almaviva's designs on Rosina by spreading slanderous rumours about him.

* VillainousFriendship: Kurt and Ram, unlike the Heathers, are genuinely friends. They often tag-team bully the other students.

[[IfICantHaveYou for that you should be dead]].\\

Those assholes are the key,\\
they're keeping you away from me.\\

messed up your mind,\\
but I can set you free!''

** "If nobody loves me now/Someday somebody will..."

but then you melted me awake;\\

and raise our city here...''
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame:
->Yo, girl, keep it together\\
I knew you would come far;\\
Now you're truly a Heather\\
Smell how gangsta you are!\\
\\
Yo, girl, feel a bit punchy?\\
She's not looking so well;\\
Still, you've earned that red scrunchie\\
Come join Heather ''in Hell!''

they still had room to grow,\\
they could have turned out right,\\
but now we'll never know...''

-->'''Heather Chandler''': "Jesus, you're making me sound like Air Supply."

-->'''J.D.:''' ...My problems were myriad--\\
'''Veronica:''' I was having my period. [Beat]\\

'''Veronica:''' '''OH MY GOD!'''

* PainfulRhyme: Invoked. "My problems were myriad--" "I was having my period." (An intentional example, Veronica's awkward laughter and J.D.'s "uhhhh" expression afterwards make this one in-universe.)

--->'''Veronica''': You want it? ''(throws the piñata in the lake)'' Swim for it!

-->'''J.D.''': ...My problems were myriad--\\
'''Veronica''': I was having my period. [Beat] (laughs at her own unintentional rhyme for about 30 seconds) *looks at Heather's dead body* '''''OH MY GOD.'''''''

they convinced you life is war!\\
I wish you'd come with me.''\\
'''J.D.''': ''...I wish I had more TNT.''

* JerkassHasAPoint: He wasn't nice about it, but Ram does admittedly have a point when he tells Martha "People wouldn't hate you so much if you acted normal." Plus, he says this when she acts like he personally invited her to the party -Ram has no idea Veronica forged a note from him, so from his perspective someone he doesn't really know or like is coming on really strong out of the blue, which would weird anyone out.