History Theatre / AlmostMaine

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Steve, in addition to his [[FeelNoPain congenital analgesia]] seems to have some sort of learning disability. Marvalyn lampshades this, pointing out he's never gotten an official diagnosis from a doctor and his brother Paul may have [[DomesticAbuse ulterior motives]] for treating him the way he does.

* ShipperOnDeck: According to Dave, nearly everyone in town is rooting for him and Rhonda to get together. [[spoiler: TheyDo.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: The end of each "Her Heart", "Sad and Glad", "This Hurts", "They Fell" and "Where it Went" are all ambiguous to if the characters get together. [[spoiler: Though all of them but the last seem to be heading in the direction that TheyDo.]]

* CoitusEnsues: [[spoiler: The implied ending of "Seeing the Thing."]]

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Marvalyn and Steve take turns getting walloped with the ironing board.

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[spoiler: Part of the MagicRealism of the show is Steve's "congenital analgesia" mysteriously curing itself when he falls in love with Marvalyn -- raising the question of whether he ever really had it.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Phil and Marci are fairly realistic depictions. Neither one really comes across as a terrible person, and while they're not the only characters to argue with each other, they're scene is still almost entirely just them arguing. Because of that, this trope rears it's head, even if both are given a sympathetic view.

* TheUnfairSex: Glory's ex Wes stepping out on her is portrayed negatively in "Her Heart", as the reason her heart broke, while Marvalyn cheating on Eric is a positive thing in "This Hurts". Of course, it's heavily implied that Eric is a BastardBoyfriend while nothing in the text portrays Glory as a bad partner.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are nineteen total characters in this short play, designed to be played by four actors taking LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles. [[spoiler: Technically there are twenty, including Suzette, [[WalkingSpoiler Danny's wife]], who appears only as TheVoice.]]

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Both Steve’s parents are nowhere to be seen. He lives with his brother Eric and often remarks that “everyone leaves him”, but we never know the specifics of what happened

* AmbiguouslyAbsentParents: Steve’s parents are nowhere to be seen. He lives with his brother Eric and often remarks that “everyone leaves him”, but we never know the specifics of what happened

* DrowningMySorrows: Jimmy in "Sad and Glad". Seemingly [[EnforcedTrope enforced]] by the bar he's at, the Moose Paddy, which advertises a special: "Drink free if you're sad."

* MaybeEverAfter: The end of each "Her Heart", "Sad and Glad", "This Hurts", "They Fell" and "Where it Went" are all ambiguous to if the characters get together.

* MrExposition: Light shades of this with East. He explains the story behind the not-quite-town of Almost to Glory, and as "Her Heart" is chronologically the first scene, he's providing backstory for the audience too.

* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler: Chad and Randy, possibly, at the end of "They Fell". Same goes for Rhonda and Dave in "Seeing the Thing".]]

* ShipperOnDeck: Nearly everyone in town is rooting for Dave and Rhonda to get together. [[spoiler: TheyDo.]]

* TheUnfairSex: Glory's ex Wes stepping out on her is portrayed negatively in "Her Heart", as the reason her heart broke, while Marvalyn cheating on Eric is a positive thing in "This Hurts".

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Randy talking about his ex-girlfriend's former boyfriend.
-->'''Randy:''' He's about as small as she is. ''*he and Chad laugh*''
-->[[{{Beat}} *beat*]]
-->'''Chad:''' [[DelayedReaction OOOOOOH!]] ''*laughs even harder*'''

** Jimmy meets Villian while he's at a bar after a breakup. What really makes this one is that he recently accidentally got an EmbarrassingTattoo of her name.

* InterfaceSpoiler: The script instructs producers that in order to avoid this, if they have a dramatis personae in the program, they should credit Villian in "Sad and Glad" as "Waitress", Danny in "Story of Hope" as "Man", and to not mention the existence of Suzette in "Story of Hope" at all.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are nineteen total characters in this part play, designed to be played by four actors taking LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles. [[spoiler: Technically there are twenty, including Suzette, [[WalkingSpoiler Danny's wife]], who appears only as TheVoice.]]

* SchoolPlay: ''Almost, Maine'' is an extremely popular school production, thanks to its flexibility in terms of casting and staging and its mostly OH-rated content.

** [[spoiler: We get a minor CallBack to this with Danny's wife rudely demanding why he's letting a stranger hang out on their doorstep in "The Story of Hope".]]

* TheReveal: The one that ends the final vignette "Seeing the Thing" and the play as a whole. [[spoiler: The painting Rhonda has been trying so hard to identify turns out to be a simple drawing of a heart.]]

* VisualPun: In "Where It Went." Phil and Marci have just finished ice skating and are changing out of their skates, but Marci can't find one of her shoes. As the scene progresses, they have a vicious argument that leads to them realizing, and admitting out loud, the failed state of their marriage... and then Marci's shoe falls from the sky. [[DontExplainTheJoke Yes, the other shoe literally drops.]] Notably, this doesn't make the scene any less of a [[TearJerker huge bummer.]]

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are nineteen total characters in this part play, designed to be played by four actors taking LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles. [[spoiler: Technically there are twenty, including Suzette, [[WalkingSpoiler Danny's wife]], who appears only as The Voice.]]