!!The musical provides examples of:

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Both the songs Never The Luck and Off To The Races come out of nowhere and add nothing to the plot, and neither does "Wages of Sin." It was just a popular song for Angela Prysock.
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome ("The Name of Love"/"Moonfall" (Reprise))
* {{Deconstruction}} [[spoiler: of {{The Soprano}} if Rosa is elected murderer.]]
* DracoInLeatherPants (Jasper--true life)

!!The book provides examples of:

* CompleteMonster: Drood.
* NightmareFuel: A fair portion of the book, but [[spoiler:the scarab Drood puts in Wilkie's chest]] and the spirits (or [[EldritchAbomination whatever]] [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness they]] [[UnreliableNarrator are]]) that live in Wilkie's house, particularly Other Wilkie, are probably the shining examples.