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* AloofBigBrother: [[spoiler: That's how Diana invisions how Gabe would be towards Natalie if he was alive at 17.]]
* BigBrotherBully: He seems to like picking Natalie, as stated in an interview of Aaron Tveit.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While Gabe likes to tease Natalie, however during "I'm Alive", she is obviously hurting, and [[spoiler: getting high off her mom's pills]] while their parents do nothing, he says "I'll hurt you" directed towards Dan, and he says "I'll heal you" directed towards Natalie.
* BigBrotherBully: He seems to like picking Natalie, as stated in an interview of Aaron Tveit.
* BigBrotherInstinct: While Gabe likes to tease Natalie, however during "I'm Alive", she is obviously hurting, and [[spoiler: getting high off her mom's pills]] while their parents do nothing, he says "I'll hurt you" directed towards Dan, and he says "I'll heal you" directed towards Natalie.
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* Protagonist: Diana's mental state is the driving force of the plot.
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* Deuteragonist: The plot revolves around Diana's worsening mental condition, but the show focuses just as much on Dan trying to keep the family together and his head above water.
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* TheUnFavourite: [[spoiler:To a brother that's ''dead.'' Ouch.]]
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* TheUnFavourite: [[spoiler:To a brother that's ''dead.that ''died before she was even born.'' Ouch.]]
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* DrFeelgoodActingForTwo: Both Dr. Fine and Dr. Madden are played by the same actor. Partially because Dr. Fine only appears for about 2 scenes and possibly to show how they all seem the same to Diana.
* DrFeelgood: Dr. Fine from Diana's perspective.
* DrFeelgood: Dr. Fine from Diana's perspective.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Henry says that the Natalie he fell in love with is "somewhere in her", during "Hey #1".
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* BadassNormal
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* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:It's revealed halfway into the first act that Diana is just Hallucinating him, out of grief from his death 16 years prior]].
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* IJustWantToBeLovedIJustWantToBeLoved: "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" shows that she hates the way her mother only seems to care about her brother, [[spoiler:who isn't even alive]].
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* OnlySaneManOnlySaneMan: It's to be expected - Diana's insanity has a deep impact on every other character, excepting Henry, who's TheStoner.
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-->'''Diana''': Honey, you need to slow down. Take some time for yourself. I'm going to have sex with your father!
-->'''Natalie''': Great, [[SarcasmMode thanks, I'm so glad I know that]].
-->'''Natalie''': Great, [[SarcasmMode thanks, I'm so glad I know that]].
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-->'''Diana''': Honey, you need to slow down. Take some time for yourself. I'm going to have sex with your father!
-->'''Natalie''':father!\\
'''Natalie''': Great, [[SarcasmMode thanks, I'm so glad I know that]].
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'''Natalie''': Great, [[SarcasmMode thanks, I'm so glad I know that]].
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* HatesBeingAlone: The song "I've been" makes it clear that Dan is afraid of Diana leaving. [[spoiler:Which is exactly what happens in the end]].
-->'''Dan:''' She's been hurt. And how! But I can't give up now! 'Cause I've never been alone... I could never be alone.
-->'''Dan:''' She's been hurt. And how! But I can't give up now! 'Cause I've never been alone... I could never be alone.
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* IJustWantToBeNormalIJustWantToBeNormal: The song "It's Gonna Be Good", which is possibly the happiest song in the soundtrack, is essentially Dan celebrating the fact that his family is beginning to seem like a normally family after sixteen years. The reprise of "It's Gonna Be Good", on the other hand, is [[spoiler:a rather creepy song about Dan desperately trying to get to Diana to stop trying to think about their dead son in fear of returning to the insane life they had before]].
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* WhatTheHellDad: When Dan smashes Diana's music box when he will not [[spoiler: name Gabe to Diana]].
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-->''"And you graduate early, you're gone as of May! And there's nothing your paranoid parents say."''
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-->''"And you graduate early, you're gone as of May! And there's nothing your paranoid parents can say."''
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* OnlySaneMan: Well, there's the bipolar wife, the angsty teenage daughter, the dead-ghost son, the daughter's stoner boyfriend and the terrifying therapist. And then there's Dan.
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* OnlySaneMan: Well, there's the bipolar wife, the angsty teenage daughter, the dead-ghost [[spoiler: dead-ghost]] son, the daughter's stoner boyfriend and the terrifying therapist. And then there's Dan.
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-->''"So my son's a little shit, my husband's boring, and my daughter, though a genius, is a freak."''
-->''"I know I have to help her, but hell if I know how. And all the times that I've been told the way her illness goes, the truth of it is no one really knows."''
-->''"I'm old as time and forever young, I am every song that will stay unsung. I'll find you, remind you..."''
-->''"And you graduate early, you're gone as of May! And there's nothing your paranoid parents say."''
* FreudianExcuse: She's not evil, just rather sarcastic and angry. But she gets better, and considering how her life was before and during most of the show, it's amazing she hasn't snapped (well, more than she already has).
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* StepfordSnarker / StepfordSmiler: "Everything's great! Why wouldn't it be great! It's great."
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* TheUnFavouriteTheUnFavourite: [[spoiler:To a brother that's ''dead.'' Ouch.]]
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-->''"I might be lazy, a loner, a bit of a stoner... it's true."''
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* NiceGuy: Completely supportive and loving of Natalie.
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-->''"Oh, and one last thing! Use may be fatal..."''
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* UnfazedEveryman: Granted, he's a psychologist, so he's probably seen worse.
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* TenorBoy: An exception: he is a tenor, but is actually [[spoiler: the villain]].villain for varying degrees of villainy]].
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* TheCaretaker
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* RockstarSong: Parodied by Diana's hallucinations about Doctor Madden in "My Psychopharmacologist and I", and in Madden's cut song "Feeling Electric."
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* RockstarSong: RockStarSong: Parodied by Diana's hallucinations about Doctor Madden in "My Psychopharmacologist and I", and in Madden's cut song "Feeling Electric."
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** [[spoilers:One could argue that he was staying for his father for his whole appearance during the second act. He does reappear to Diana which tells us her treatment failed, but most of the song he sings during that appearance is directed at Dan, not Diana. And in his subsequent appearance, he is solely there for Dan.]]
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** [[spoilers:One [[spoiler:One could argue that he was staying for his father for his whole appearance during the second act. He does reappear to Diana which tells us her treatment failed, but most of the song he sings during that appearance is directed at Dan, not Diana. And in his subsequent appearance, he is solely there for Dan.]]
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** [[spoilers:One could argue that he was staying for his father for his whole appearance during the second act. He does reappear to Diana which tells us her treatment failed, but most of the song he sings during that appearance is directed at Dan, not Diana. And in his subsequent appearance, he is solely there for Dan.]]
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** While he's certainly more stable than the others, Dan is more troubled than he appears at first; a lot of his storyline throughout the musical involves him being forced to come to terms with his hopelessness about his wife's condition and his denial about [[spoiler: the loss of his son]].
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* ReplacementGoldfishReplacementGoldfish: Her mother admits to having her to replace [[spoiler: her brother, who died in infancy]].
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* FanService: In "I'm Alive" Aaron Tveit's Gabe dances around the set energetically, leading some fans to ask [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "Is he pole dancing?"]]
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* FanService: In During "I'm Alive" Aaron Tveit's Gabe dances around Alive", his rather... vigorous use of the tiered set energetically, leading some fans to ask [[CompletelyMissingThePoint "Is he definitely verges on pole dancing?"]]dancing.
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* TheCaretaker
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong]]
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* DawsonCasting: Natalie is stated to be sixteen, yet was played by Jennifer Damiano (who was still in high school) originally.
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* DawsonCasting: Averted. Natalie is stated to be sixteen, yet was played by Jennifer Damiano (who was still in high school) originally.
