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Context Theatre / BigBad

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1	->''"And I'm just wondering why, specifically, did you cry 'wolf' on the days when there was no wolf?"''
2	->''"Well, 'cause everyone knows wolves are bad. Big and bad. You know?"''
3	-->--'''Evil Stepmother and the Boy Who Cried Wolf'''
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5	''Big Bad'' is a play written by Alec Strum and licensed by Pioneer Drama. It showcases the courtroom trial of the [[TheBigBadWolf Big Bad Wolf]], with the [[FairyGodmother Fairy Godmother]] and [[WickedStepmother Evil Stepmother]] as attorneys, and the characters of [[Literature/TheThreeLittlePigs The Three Little Pigs,]] [[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood Little Red Riding Hood,]] and [[CryingWolf The Boy Who Cried Wolf.]]
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7	There are two versions of this play: the standard version, and a musical version with six songs added in. The play also has three different endings, in which the audience gets to decide the Wolf's fate.
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9	!!This play provides examples of:
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11	* BitchAlert: In the musical, Evil Stepmother has her own ''entrance music''.
12	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Fairy Godmother.
13	* BrattyHalfPint: The Boy Who Cried Wolf, to the extreme. To the point of admittedly ''breaking the law'' for his own entertainment.
14	---> ''"Hey, can I go? I gotta go flush some live fish down the toilet."''
15	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Judge Wise Old Man.
16	* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The guilty and innocent endings are supposed to make the audience doubt their decision, so they end up fulfilling this trope.]]
17	* FairyGodmother: Ms. Fairy Godmother is an interesting example, as she's portrayed as shrill and demanding, to the point of coming off as less sympathetic than Evil Stepmother.
18	* HappilyEverAfter: [[spoiler:Inverted. In the guilty ending, the Boy Who Cried Wolf reveals he's not sure Wolf was the one who took his sheep; and in the innocent ending the Wolf decides that ''maybe'' he'll think about reforming. The closest thing to a happy ending the hung jury ending, but even then it's subverted due to being so open-ended.]]
19	* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:The hung jury ending.]]
20	* OurFairiesAreDifferent: Fairy Godmother is a lawyer, of all things.
21	* TwistEnding: [[spoiler:The guilty and innocent endings, which are written to make the audience doubt their decision.]]
22	* WickedStepmother: Naturally, Evil Stepmother is implied to be this. [[spoiler:Although it seems she's decided to change for the better, since she tells Wolf she needs to talk to her stepdaughter before the final verdict is delivered.]]

Context Theatre / BigBad