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* FanPreferredCouple: Based solely on the very brief descriptions from the Kickstarter cast list, fans decided to ship PluckyGirl Emma and ShrinkingViolet Charlotte, even giving the ship the [[PunnyName punny]] PortmanteauCoupleName "Emmalatte". This was {{Jossed}} instantly as a CrackPairing when Nick Lang revealed more about the plot, leading to a brief backlash (that, now that people have actually seen the show, has been almost completely forgotten).
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** This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
'''You'd Expect''': She would listen. This is a matter of basic safety. Or that Paul would help hold her steady.\\
'''Instead''': Emma leans back and takes a long time trying to thank the helicopter pilot for saving them, without fastening her seatbelt. Paul does nothing but tries to call out to the pilot.\\
'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbelts.
** Paul realizes that he and Emma are stuck in Hatchetfield. Either they can find a way back to the mainland, or try and defeat the HiveMind. Emma tells him IWillOnlySlowYouDown and he should try to destroy the meteor to save everyone rather than get offshore.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Paul would override her and point out that her theory is only a theory, and she's going to bleed out without medical attention. Escaping together is the more viable option and warning the mainland.\\
'''Instead''': He listens to her, and refuses to give her a kiss goodbye when their AlmostKiss results in her spitting blood all over him.\\
'''The Result''': While Paul makes it to the theater, the aliens start affecting his mind as well. They point out his close proximity to the spores means that he is susceptible, as he has to fight himself from joining in on the musical number and [[spoiler: instead he pulls the grenade. It turns out his successful detonation of the meteor backfires; due to dying in front of them, he gives them a new body by which to sing. Emma's theory was wrong and she finds herself as the SoleSurvivor of humanity while a brainwashed Paul sings at her to join them. All Emma can do is scream and beg the audience for help. [[SuddenDownerEnding The end]].]]
** This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
'''You'd Expect''': She would listen. This is a matter of basic safety. Or that Paul would help hold her steady.\\
'''Instead''': Emma leans back and takes a long time trying to thank the helicopter pilot for saving them, without fastening her seatbelt. Paul does nothing but tries to call out to the pilot.\\
'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbelts.
** Paul realizes that he and Emma are stuck in Hatchetfield. Either they can find a way back to the mainland, or try and defeat the HiveMind. Emma tells him IWillOnlySlowYouDown and he should try to destroy the meteor to save everyone rather than get offshore.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Paul would override her and point out that her theory is only a theory, and she's going to bleed out without medical attention. Escaping together is the more viable option and warning the mainland.\\
'''Instead''': He listens to her, and refuses to give her a kiss goodbye when their AlmostKiss results in her spitting blood all over him.\\
'''The Result''': While Paul makes it to the theater, the aliens start affecting his mind as well. They point out his close proximity to the spores means that he is susceptible, as he has to fight himself from joining in on the musical number and [[spoiler: instead he pulls the grenade. It turns out his successful detonation of the meteor backfires; due to dying in front of them, he gives them a new body by which to sing. Emma's theory was wrong and she finds herself as the SoleSurvivor of humanity while a brainwashed Paul sings at her to join them. All Emma can do is scream and beg the audience for help. [[SuddenDownerEnding The end]].]]
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: In "La Dee Dah Dah Day", Paul escapes into a side alley after being freaked out by the infected singing in the street. A homeless guy asks for some change, which Paul gently turns down... Only for the homeless guy to stand up and sing about how happy he is to be homeless.
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** The moment where [[spoiler:Emma convinces Paul to leave her in the helicopter wreckage because she's got a pole impaled through her leg and only he can blow up the asteroid. She then tries to confess that she knows he was coming to Beanie's to see her, but can't find the words as Paul tells her to save her strength]].
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* AccidentalAesop:
** You don't need a singular goal or want to succeed. Paul remains immune to the Hive's machinations because he's content with his life, and his heroics are done to rescue Emma or inspired by her.
** Protect yourself with the right equipment when going to face a NighInvulnerable foe. [[spoiler:Paul might have avoided inhaling the spores from the meteorite if he had worn a mask to keep himself from inhaling them]].
** You don't need a singular goal or want to succeed. Paul remains immune to the Hive's machinations because he's content with his life, and his heroics are done to rescue Emma or inspired by her.
** Protect yourself with the right equipment when going to face a NighInvulnerable foe. [[spoiler:Paul might have avoided inhaling the spores from the meteorite if he had worn a mask to keep himself from inhaling them]].
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* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in a full-length version of ''Workin' Boys'', as difficult as that might be to fit into continuity.
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* AssPull: Professor Hidgens's [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn where he drugs Emma and Ted, ties them up, and plans to commit SuicideByCop by letting the Hive zombies into his compound. Before, he was established as the most competent of the survivors, shooting a brainwashed Charlotte and Sam at point-blank before they could kill Ted. Why is it? He claims that if the survivors stop the apotheosis, then the world will return to what it was with wars and famines. There's not much foreshadowing of it, and his actions ensure Paul commits a HeroicSuicide on a theory ultimately proven false, rather than flee to the mainland with Emma. Even Emma is aghast that Hidgens would betray their tiny group after he seemingly had rewarded her faith in him]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees that Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in a full-length version of ''Workin' Boys'', as difficult as that might be to fit into continuity.
* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees that Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in a full-length version of ''Workin' Boys'', as difficult as that might be to fit into continuity.
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* BrokenBase: Is ''America is Great Again'' a hilarious moment that uses real life events to give the audience chills? Or is it an overly anvilicious song that has no reason to exist? [[TakeAThirdOption Or is it a great song that doesn't fit into the musical?]]
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* BrokenBase: BrokenBase:
** Is ''America is Great Again'' a hilarious moment that uses real life events to give the audience chills? Or is it an overly anvilicious song that has no reason to exist? [[TakeAThirdOption Or is it a great song that doesn't fit into the musical?]]
** Is ''America is Great Again'' a hilarious moment that uses real life events to give the audience chills? Or is it an overly anvilicious song that has no reason to exist? [[TakeAThirdOption Or is it a great song that doesn't fit into the musical?]]
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* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Many of Paul's heroic actions are inspired by TheDulcineaEffect; while he is nice to his friends and sympathetic to Charlotte's plight, the first awesome action he takes is saving Emma from her zombified coworkers and getting her to a safe alleyway. Emma even admits that she knows he wasn't coming to the coffeeshop for singing or plain black coffee. Later installments establish Paul and Emma as an OfficialCouple, including the ''Nightmare Time'' iteration where [[spoiler:Robot!Emma falls for Clone!Paul and insists that her original Emma would have done the same in due time]].
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** In the climax, the zombies point out to Paul that [[spoiler:if he blows them up with the grenade, he won't get away from the blast long enough to survive. They ask him what he wants. Paul hesitates before saying it doesn't matter what he wants. He thought of the implications that doing this means he'll never have a chance of reuniting with Emma, or truly living]].
** Doubling as NightmareFuel, Emma breaks down at the show's conclusion when [[spoiler:Paul reveals that he didn't survive blowing himself up along with the meteorite. Instead, the Hive ended up reviving and using him as their new leading man, to lure Emma into a false sense of security. Emma tearfully says, "Get away from me! You're not Paul, you're one of ''them''!" It's implied the Hive will keep her alive to witness her horror at seeing the man she loved brainwashed into becoming the thing he hates, along with her former friends, coworkers and acquaintances]].
** In the climax, the zombies point out to Paul that [[spoiler:if he blows them up with the grenade, he won't get away from the blast long enough to survive. They ask him what he wants. Paul hesitates before saying it doesn't matter what he wants. He thought of the implications that doing this means he'll never have a chance of reuniting with Emma, or truly living]].
** Doubling as NightmareFuel, Emma breaks down at the show's conclusion when [[spoiler:Paul reveals that he didn't survive blowing himself up along with the meteorite. Instead, the Hive ended up reviving and using him as their new leading man, to lure Emma into a false sense of security. Emma tearfully says, "Get away from me! You're not Paul, you're one of ''them''!" It's implied the Hive will keep her alive to witness her horror at seeing the man she loved brainwashed into becoming the thing he hates, along with her former friends, coworkers and acquaintances]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
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** This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
** This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
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'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbelts
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'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbeltsseatbelts.
** Paul realizes that he and Emma are stuck in Hatchetfield. Either they can find a way back to the mainland, or try and defeat the HiveMind. Emma tells him IWillOnlySlowYouDown and he should try to destroy the meteor to save everyone rather than get offshore.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Paul would override her and point out that her theory is only a theory, and she's going to bleed out without medical attention. Escaping together is the more viable option and warning the mainland.\\
'''Instead''': He listens to her, and refuses to give her a kiss goodbye when their AlmostKiss results in her spitting blood all over him.\\
'''The Result''': While Paul makes it to the theater, the aliens start affecting his mind as well. They point out his close proximity to the spores means that he is susceptible, as he has to fight himself from joining in on the musical number and [[spoiler: instead he pulls the grenade. It turns out his successful detonation of the meteor backfires; due to dying in front of them, he gives them a new body by which to sing. Emma's theory was wrong and she finds herself as the SoleSurvivor of humanity while a brainwashed Paul sings at her to join them. All Emma can do is scream and beg the audience for help. [[SuddenDownerEnding The end]].]]
** Paul realizes that he and Emma are stuck in Hatchetfield. Either they can find a way back to the mainland, or try and defeat the HiveMind. Emma tells him IWillOnlySlowYouDown and he should try to destroy the meteor to save everyone rather than get offshore.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Paul would override her and point out that her theory is only a theory, and she's going to bleed out without medical attention. Escaping together is the more viable option and warning the mainland.\\
'''Instead''': He listens to her, and refuses to give her a kiss goodbye when their AlmostKiss results in her spitting blood all over him.\\
'''The Result''': While Paul makes it to the theater, the aliens start affecting his mind as well. They point out his close proximity to the spores means that he is susceptible, as he has to fight himself from joining in on the musical number and [[spoiler: instead he pulls the grenade. It turns out his successful detonation of the meteor backfires; due to dying in front of them, he gives them a new body by which to sing. Emma's theory was wrong and she finds herself as the SoleSurvivor of humanity while a brainwashed Paul sings at her to join them. All Emma can do is scream and beg the audience for help. [[SuddenDownerEnding The end]].]]
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* {{Tearjerker}}: Bill discovering his daughter has been infected, and she sings a song rubbing in his face about how he should have fought harder to keep her. It affects him so greatly he almost kills himself. And then is just killed by his "daughter" anyways.
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** Bill discovering his daughter has been infected, and she sings a song rubbing in his face about how he should have fought harder to keep her. It affects him so greatly he almost kills himself. And then is just killed by his "daughter"anyways.anyways.
** Ted's reaction when it sinks in that Charlotte is dead, Bill died, and Professor Hidgens nearly got him and Emma killed. He tries to apologize to Paul and Emma, saying that he's sorry for being a jerk and will try to do better. [[spoiler:Then he tries to ditch them to save his own skin]].
** Bill discovering his daughter has been infected, and she sings a song rubbing in his face about how he should have fought harder to keep her. It affects him so greatly he almost kills himself. And then is just killed by his "daughter"
** Ted's reaction when it sinks in that Charlotte is dead, Bill died, and Professor Hidgens nearly got him and Emma killed. He tries to apologize to Paul and Emma, saying that he's sorry for being a jerk and will try to do better. [[spoiler:Then he tries to ditch them to save his own skin]].
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* WhatAnIdiot: This is one that even Paul lampshades. He and Emma have made it onboard a military helicopter, and it seems they're saved. While Emma is riding on the high that they escaped, and is being jostled around, Paul reminds her to buckle up. The ride is bumpy.\\
'''You'd Expect''': She would listen. This is a matter of basic safety. Or that Paul would help hold her steady.\\
'''Instead''': Emma leans back and takes a long time trying to thank the helicopter pilot for saving them, without fastening her seatbelt. Paul does nothing but tries to call out to the pilot.\\
'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbelts
'''You'd Expect''': She would listen. This is a matter of basic safety. Or that Paul would help hold her steady.\\
'''Instead''': Emma leans back and takes a long time trying to thank the helicopter pilot for saving them, without fastening her seatbelt. Paul does nothing but tries to call out to the pilot.\\
'''The Result"': It turns out that the pilot is a brainwashed Zoey, who pulls a gun on them. Emma's attempts to disarm her cause the helicopter to crash and she gets impaled through the leg. Paul helpfully reminds Emma that he warned her about seatbelts
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* HoYay: During one performance, Matt Lang had to sub in as Emma, and he apparently fit into her barista outfit along with a wig. The rehearsal video shows Jon Matteson [[{{Corpsing}} visibly trying to hold it together]] as Matt does the choreography for "One Cup of Coffee". They apparently did also do the AlmostKiss between Emma and Paul.
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* HoYay: During one performance, Matt Lang had to sub in as Emma, and he apparently fit into her barista outfit along with a wig. The rehearsal video shows Jon Matteson [[{{Corpsing}} visibly trying to hold it together]] as Matt does the choreography for "One Cup of Coffee". They apparently did also do the AlmostKiss between Emma and Paul.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: This was Jon Matteson's first performance with Team Starkid, and at first all he has to do is serve as the StraightMan to everyone else as the HiveMind infects his friends and coworkers. Then when he attempts to blow up the meteorite to stop the invasion, the Hive starts infecting him as well. Jon has to portray Paul being forced to sing and fighting it off to save the day. [[spoiler:Cue a terrifying finale where it seems that Paul survived, but then he starts singing to a healed Emma...and you can see the terror in brainwashed Paul's face as he's forced to belt that he wants her and she'll be happier just joining the Hive]].
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* HoYay: During one performance, Matt Lang had to sub in as Emma, and he apparently fit into her barista outfit along with a wig. The rehearsal video shows Jon Matteson [[{{Corpsing}} visibly trying to hold it together]] as Matt does the choreography for "One Cup of Coffee". They apparently did also do the AlmostKiss between Emma and Paul.
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** The Hive throughout "Inevitable". [[spoiler:Is the Hive once again trying to "convince with soliloquy" and convince Emma that joining them is a good thing, and is Paul leading the number because the Hive knows Emma trusts Paul and might listen to him? Or is the Hive just playing with its food throughout the whole song, and Paul is there to further torment Emma?]]
* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in a full length version of ''Workin' Boys'', as difficult as that might be to fit into continuity.
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** The Hive throughout "Inevitable". [[spoiler:Is the Hive once again trying to "convince with soliloquy" and convince Emma that joining them is a good thing, and is Paul leading the number because the Hive knows Emma trusts Paul and might listen to him? Or is the Hive just playing with its food throughout the whole song, and Paul is there to further torment Emma?]]
Emma? Perhaps the Hive will keep Emma alive just to torture her, since they took the time to heal her leg rather than let her bleed out]]?
* AngstWhatAngst: Emma gets one moment that even shocks the military officer that rescued her; [[spoiler:after being the SoleSurvivor of an alien invasion and learning the entire town of Hatchetfield was wiped out, Emma is more concerned about the fact that her faked death wasn't cool rather than her family and friends having been assimilated and killed, including her brother-in-law and nephew]]. Of course, shortly after this, [[spoiler: she breaks down on learning she failed and the man she loved is a zombie]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in afull length full-length version of ''Workin' Boys'', as difficult as that might be to fit into continuity.
* AngstWhatAngst: Emma gets one moment that even shocks the military officer that rescued her; [[spoiler:after being the SoleSurvivor of an alien invasion and learning the entire town of Hatchetfield was wiped out, Emma is more concerned about the fact that her faked death wasn't cool rather than her family and friends having been assimilated and killed, including her brother-in-law and nephew]]. Of course, shortly after this, [[spoiler: she breaks down on learning she failed and the man she loved is a zombie]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Even the cast pretty unanimously agrees Robert Manion as Prof. Hidgens is this, with people clamoring to see more of him in a
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* {{Narm}}: "Not Your Seed" is a TearJerker. However, close to the end, Alice's friends sing "Not your girl!" as back-up, which sounds a lot like [[{{Mondegreen}} "Nacho girl"]], sucking some of the tension out of the scene.
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* {{Narm}}: "Not Your Seed" is a TearJerker. However, close to the end, Alice's friends sing "Not your girl!" as back-up, which sounds a lot like [[{{Mondegreen}} "Nacho girl"]], girl", sucking some of the tension out of the scene.
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** BigNameFan [[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Ranboo Ranboo]] is one of the stans who tongue-in-cheek believes "[[DracoInLeatherPants Hidgens Did Nothing Wrong]]", and a ton of the fans who arrived after he gave ''TGWDLM'' a ColbertBump on his alt Twitch account in March 2021 use his phrasing of "Hidgens apologists" to describe themselves.
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** BigNameFan [[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Ranboo Ranboo]] is one of the stans who tongue-in-cheek believes "[[DracoInLeatherPants Hidgens Did Nothing Wrong]]", and a ton of the fans who arrived after he gave ''TGWDLM'' a ColbertBump on his alt Twitch account in March 2021 use his phrasing of "Hidgens apologists" to describe themselves.
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** BigNameFan [[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Ranboo Ranboo]] is one of the stans who tongue-in-cheek believes "[[DracoInLeatherPants Hidgens Did Nothing Wrong]]", and a ton of the fans who arrived after he gave ''TGWDLM'' a ColbertBump on his alt Twitch account in March 2021 use his phrasing of "Hidgens apologists" to describe themselves.
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* EvilIsSexy:
** Charlotte undergoes one of the most dramatic transformations of any of the assimilated, coming back as an incredibly charismatic (and violent) rock star.
** Hidgens is considered a MrFanservice by some, even though he [[spoiler:betrays humanity and tries to kill the others]].
** Charlotte undergoes one of the most dramatic transformations of any of the assimilated, coming back as an incredibly charismatic (and violent) rock star.
** Hidgens is considered a MrFanservice by some, even though he [[spoiler:betrays humanity and tries to kill the others]].
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** A RunningGag among the Creator/TeamStarkid fandom, including on the [[https://starkid.fandom.com/wiki/Team_StarKid_Wiki biggest fan wiki]], is trying to identify who the ''real'' "latte hotté" Ted was talking about is if it isn't Emma. In the actual show the implication is pretty strongly that it was Zoey, but fans ended up naming ''every single character in the show'' as the "latte hotté", followed by naming every single member of Creator/TeamStarkid in RealLife.
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* ActorShipping: There was ''tremendous'' shipping for Mariah Rose Faith and Robert Manion after this show, ironically despite the fact that their characters almost never interact onstage (except for being the two backup cops in "Show Me Your Hands"). It's mainly due to Mariah and Robert being the two youngest members of the cast with among the most powerful vocal ranges, as well as their flirtatious banter on social media and the multiple duets they've done together for Website/YouTube. (And it's notably all in jest because Mariah is quite public about having a boyfriend, who also frequently shows up in her videos.) Cue massive squeeing at the prospect of the two of them playing a couple in Theatre/BlackFriday, followed by massive tears at Mariah having to bow out after being cast in the touring production of Theatre/MeanGirls.
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* ActorShipping: There was ''tremendous'' shipping for Mariah Rose Faith and Robert Manion after this show, ironically despite the fact that their characters almost never interact onstage (except for being the two backup cops in "Show Me Your Hands"). It's mainly due to Mariah and Robert being the two youngest members of the cast with among the most powerful vocal ranges, as well as their flirtatious banter on social media and the multiple duets they've done together for Website/YouTube. (And it's notably all in jest because Mariah is quite public about having a boyfriend, who also frequently shows up in her videos.) Cue massive squeeing at the prospect of the two of them playing a couple in Theatre/BlackFriday, ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', followed by massive tears at Mariah having to bow out after being cast in the touring production of Theatre/MeanGirls.''Theatre/MeanGirls''.
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** As of 2020, the audio clip from this show "Black coffee/I'm your coffee gal--" "NOOOOO!" has become a popular meme on Tiktok, as a stand-in for anywhere a BigNo might be appropriate.
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* FanficFuel: Starkid shows have had their fair share of fanfic in the past, notably people getting really into the jokey universe made up for Theatre/{{Starship}}, but the reveal of the Hatchetfield series as the first [[TheVerse ongoing continuity]] in a long time has gotten people ''extremely'' excited about backstory and lore, especially with how much the sequel ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' deepened the setting.
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* FanficFuel: Starkid shows have had their fair share of fanfic in the past, notably people getting really into the jokey universe made up for Theatre/{{Starship}}, ''Theatre/{{Starship}}'', but the reveal of the Hatchetfield series as the first [[TheVerse ongoing continuity]] in a long time has gotten people ''extremely'' excited about backstory and lore, especially with how much the sequel ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' deepened the setting.
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** A lot of younger audience members commented that the [[{{Minimalism}} minimalist]] set for this show -- with an abstract backdrop of light-up color-changing rectangles -- looked "like a Tiktok background". Fast forward to ''WebVideo/NightmareTime'' in 2020, whose TitleSequence literally recreates the set of TGWDLM as a GreenScreen background.
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** Like with Sam up above, there is a moment during "What Do You Want, Paul" where after Mr. Davidson calls his wife on the phone to tell her he wants her to choke him out during sex where he gets a bewildered look on his face and claims he forgot, before hanging up on her and getting back to singing. Was what was left of Mr. Davidson trying to save face in front of his employee and wife? Or perhaps trying to keep from her somehow being infected over the phone somehow? Given what Hidgens says about there being spores in the air and all it takes to be infected for some people are just hearing someone sing.
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** Like with Sam up above, there is a moment during "What Do You Want, Paul" where after Mr. Davidson calls his wife on the phone to tell her he wants her to choke him out during sex where he gets a bewildered look on his face and claims he forgot, before hanging up on her and getting back to singing. Was what was left of Mr. Davidson trying to save face in front of his employee and wife? Or perhaps trying to keep from her somehow being infected over the phone somehow? Given what Hidgens says about there being spores in the air and all it takes to be infected for some people are just hearing someone sing.sing...
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** The Hive throughout "Inevitable". [[spoiler:Is the Hive once again trying to "convince with soliloquy" and convince Emma that joining them is a good thing, and is Paul leading the number because the Hive knows Emma trusts Paul and might listen to him? Or is the Hive just playing with its food throughout the whole song, and Paul is there to further torment Emma?]]
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There's no proof that everything Alice says is true, especially given she's been assimilated by a Hive Mind with a mile-wide cruelty streak - we've also seen how the assimilated Sam seduces Charlotte, and how Paul tries to get Emma in the end, so there's plenty reason to believe that Assimilated-Alice is intentionally tormenting Bill, not that the musical is contradicting itself.
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* InformedFlaw: We’re apparently supposed to just take Alice’s word for it that Bill doesn’t pay enough attention to her when in literally every scene he’s in, his #1 concern is clearly her. In the first scene he’s in, he complains about losing her. Even some of her evidence (like letting her mom take her away) is only ever mentioned in her personal solo. In fact, every problem they have is about him being an [[OverprotectiveDad Overprotective Dad]].
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* {{Narm}}: "Not Your Seed" is a TearJerker. However, close to the end, Alice's friends sing "Not your girl!" as back-up, which sounds a lot like [[{{Mondegreen}} "Nacho girl"]], sucking some of the tension out of the scene.
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Moving misplaced tropes where they belong.
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* FanficFuel: Starkid shows have had their fair share of fanfic in the past, notably people getting really into the jokey universe made up for Theatre/{{Starship}}, but the reveal of the Hatchetfield series as the first [[TheVerse ongoing continuity]] in a long time has gotten people ''extremely'' excited about backstory and lore, especially with how much the sequel ''Theatre/BlackFriday'' deepened the setting.
* FanNickname: Robert Manion's OneSceneWonder "Hot Chocolate Boy", who Nick Lang confirmed is the HeroOfAnotherStory.
** Lauren Lopez's unnamed teen girl character in the yellow dress is called "The Hatchetfield Bee", after a CreatorInJoke where Lauren would pretend to sting the other actors while dressed as her. (She has repeatedly denied the {{Fanon}} that the Bee is Grace Chastity.)
** Fans randomly decided Ted's last name was "Porker", a MemeticMutation from FanArt of a {{Crossover}} between TGWDLM and WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse making a CompositeCharacter of Ted and ComicBook/SpiderHam. Led to a further MemeticMutation of Nick Lang repeatedly denying that this was his last name, and people repeatedly trying to guess his actual surname.
* FanPreferredCouple: Based solely on the very brief descriptions from the Kickstarter cast list, fans decided to ship PluckyGirl Emma and ShrinkingViolet Charlotte, even giving the ship the [[PunnyName punny]] PortmanteauCoupleName "Emmalatte". This was {{Jossed}} instantly as a CrackPairing when Nick Lang revealed more about the plot, leading to a brief backlash (that, now that people have actually seen the show, has been almost completely forgotten).
* {{Fanon}}: It's become fairly established in FanArt of this show that assimilated humans develop vividly bright blue eyes (like [[Literature/{{Dune}} spice addicts]]).
* FanNickname: Robert Manion's OneSceneWonder "Hot Chocolate Boy", who Nick Lang confirmed is the HeroOfAnotherStory.
** Lauren Lopez's unnamed teen girl character in the yellow dress is called "The Hatchetfield Bee", after a CreatorInJoke where Lauren would pretend to sting the other actors while dressed as her. (She has repeatedly denied the {{Fanon}} that the Bee is Grace Chastity.)
** Fans randomly decided Ted's last name was "Porker", a MemeticMutation from FanArt of a {{Crossover}} between TGWDLM and WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse making a CompositeCharacter of Ted and ComicBook/SpiderHam. Led to a further MemeticMutation of Nick Lang repeatedly denying that this was his last name, and people repeatedly trying to guess his actual surname.
* FanPreferredCouple: Based solely on the very brief descriptions from the Kickstarter cast list, fans decided to ship PluckyGirl Emma and ShrinkingViolet Charlotte, even giving the ship the [[PunnyName punny]] PortmanteauCoupleName "Emmalatte". This was {{Jossed}} instantly as a CrackPairing when Nick Lang revealed more about the plot, leading to a brief backlash (that, now that people have actually seen the show, has been almost completely forgotten).
* {{Fanon}}: It's become fairly established in FanArt of this show that assimilated humans develop vividly bright blue eyes (like [[Literature/{{Dune}} spice addicts]]).
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*** One fan created a "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals as [[WebOriginal/{{Vine}} Vines]]" video that went viral and spawned a host of imitations and associated WebAnimation/YouTubePoop. Available [[https://youtu.be/28uLHwkkqkI here]].
*** Replying to any occurrence of the name "Greg" or the phrase "you and me" with "And Steve", "and Stu", "and Mark", "and Leighton", followed by multiple people replying "and Chad!"
*** Replying to any occurrence of the name "Greg" or the phrase "you and me" with "And Steve", "and Stu", "and Mark", "and Leighton", followed by multiple people replying "and Chad!"
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** One of the suggestions Mr. Davidson makes to Paul to become less boring in "What Do You Want, Paul?" is to "Twitch to the masses". After this show went viral, Jon Matteson, who plays Paul, has become a fairly popular Twitch streamer.
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** And then there's Paul himself. Does his apathy and passivity at the beginning of the show -- on topics from ranging from giving to the homeless to saving the planet to helping Bill with his daughter -- make him a relatable ClassicalAntihero or just a JerkAss? Is his hatred of musicals genuine or is it him protesting too much because he has the potential to love musicals more than anyone else, which might be the reason the HiveMind becomes obsessed with him [[spoiler: and possibly leads to his body becoming the new HiveQueen when the meteor is destroyed]]? In the ending, [[spoiler: has he really been completely assimilated or is he FightingFromTheInside]]?
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** And then there's Paul himself. Does his apathy and passivity at the beginning of the show -- on topics from ranging from giving to the homeless to saving the planet to helping Bill with his daughter -- make him a relatable ClassicalAntihero or just a JerkAss? Is his hatred of musicals genuine or is it him protesting too much because he has the potential to love musicals more than anyone else, which might be the reason the HiveMind becomes obsessed with him [[spoiler: and possibly leads to his body becoming the new HiveQueen when the meteor is destroyed]]? In the ending, [[spoiler: has he really been completely assimilated or is he FightingFromTheInside]]?
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** The ending. There are at least four interpretations one can take. Jon Matteson said he had a specific idea in mind when he performed it, but has kept mum about what it is, leaving everyone else to wonder...
*** The most straightforward interpretation: [[spoiler:Paul has been completely assimilated by the hive, has lost all autonomy and his sense of self, and will now forcibly assimilate or murder Emma, and then help spread the infection until they take over the world.]] For the record, this is the one Lauren Lopez believes.
*** A more optimistic interpretation is that [[spoiler:Paul has ''not'' assimilated, and is merely faking it so he can fool the hive, and some of his lyrics in "Inevitable" are actually him dropping hints to Emma that he's still himself, and she needs to play along, so they can live to fight another day.]]
*** Some believe [[spoiler:he ''was'' assimilated, but still has enough of his original personality left to be FightingFromTheInside. If this is true, it raises some questions about the autonomy of other assimilated characters, most notably Alice.]]
*** For a ''very'' depressing interpretation, [[spoiler:there's also the possibility that Paul hasn't been assimilated (at least not completely)... ''yet''. However, having seen the infection spread outside Hatchetfield, he realized there was no stopping it, and thus crossed the DespairEventHorizon, choosing to give in and join the hive, because there's no point in resisting anymore. Thus, "Inevitable" is encouraging Emma to stop fighting a hopeless cause and just give in, Paul telling her "it's inevitable for us."]]
*** The most straightforward interpretation: [[spoiler:Paul has been completely assimilated by the hive, has lost all autonomy and his sense of self, and will now forcibly assimilate or murder Emma, and then help spread the infection until they take over the world.]] For the record, this is the one Lauren Lopez believes.
*** A more optimistic interpretation is that [[spoiler:Paul has ''not'' assimilated, and is merely faking it so he can fool the hive, and some of his lyrics in "Inevitable" are actually him dropping hints to Emma that he's still himself, and she needs to play along, so they can live to fight another day.]]
*** Some believe [[spoiler:he ''was'' assimilated, but still has enough of his original personality left to be FightingFromTheInside. If this is true, it raises some questions about the autonomy of other assimilated characters, most notably Alice.]]
*** For a ''very'' depressing interpretation, [[spoiler:there's also the possibility that Paul hasn't been assimilated (at least not completely)... ''yet''. However, having seen the infection spread outside Hatchetfield, he realized there was no stopping it, and thus crossed the DespairEventHorizon, choosing to give in and join the hive, because there's no point in resisting anymore. Thus, "Inevitable" is encouraging Emma to stop fighting a hopeless cause and just give in, Paul telling her "it's inevitable for us."]]
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** The ending (our leading man tries one last-ditch attempt to defeat the horrifying villain and fails fantastically, leaving the villainous force to take over the world) is very similar to Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors.
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** In hindsight, while TGWDLM is unquestionably one of the best Starkid shows in their oeuvre according to pretty much every fan you ask, TGWDLM's popularity very much led to Starkid fandom becoming a BrokenBase between two "generations" of fans, the pre-Hatchetfield and post-Hatchetfield fandom, with sharply diverging tastes and attitudes between the two. There's been a mild backlash from older fans at seeing this show generally topping everyone's "favorites" list -- and the song "Showstoppin' Number" and the performer Robert Manion specifically -- to the exclusion of everything else in Starkid's 10-year history. This became much more of a BrokenBase with the release of the sequel, ''Theatre/BlackFriday'', which has been much less of a universally beloved fan favorite and driven a lot more debate over Starkid's "new direction" with the Hatchetfield series.
