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''Barrel Rolls and Broken Dreams'' is a stage adaptation of the video game ''Videogame/StarFox64'' performed by students at Hampshire College, and posted on Website/YouTube. It's an AffectionateParody, making all sorts of fun of the quirky characters and hammy dialogue of the game. Features an a cappella quartet singing the game's music. The play adheres mostly to the game's plot, with the notable omission of Star Wolf, and with the addition of a few subplots, all for the purpose of comedic affect. It got attention from Magazine/NintendoPower.

!!Tropes present in this work include:

* AdaptationDistillation:
** The most notable are the omissions of Star Wolf and Bill Grey, along with a few planets. [[spoiler:The biggest surprise, though, is that Peppy is actually KilledOffForReal, with Katt Monroe replacing him among the others as they run in the ending.]]
** It's actually not really much of a "distillation" since there are seven missions, the same as any one playthrough of the game would have, but the planets chosen can't possibly match any real run because there are two areas each from the potential 4th and 5th missions and none from the 3rd or 6th.
*** However, elements of Titania (namely, rescuing Slippy) have been blended into Macbeth.
%%* AmbiguousGender: Slippy, played for laughs. Later finds out for sure just what he is.
%%* ButtMonkey: Slippy as usual.
* CoconutSuperpowers: The Arwings are cardboard boxes that hang from the actors' shoulders.
%%* DoABarrelRoll: Obviously.
%%* DrugsAreBad: The moral of Falco's subplot.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: ROB is just as mean to Slippy as everyone else.
* WatchItStoned: Averted. Alcohol makes Peppy hallucinate, and cocaine makes Falco even ''more'' bipolar.
* LargeHam: General Pepper, and any other character played by that actor.
%%* PrecisionFStrike: A few times, mostly towards Slippy.
* TheWoobie: In-universe. The amount of "aws" from the audience towards Slippy is astounding.
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