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* DeathByFlashback: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy all die with flashbacks of what happened that caused this situation being sung.]]
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* DeathByFlashback: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy all die with flashbacks of what happened but not before explaining the BlackComedyRape that caused would give rise to the birth of the last guy in this situation being sung.point.]]
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* AngryMobSong: "Another Dead Cow," "Christian Charity (Reprise)," parts of "Comfort and Joy," "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and "I Imagine You're Upset."
* BackFromTheDead: During the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in the show. Highlighted in "Christian Charity."
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy [[spoiler: that she is his mother]], as well as when Shelley tries to run away from Meredith, thinking that she has become like the [[spoiler: angry mob who declares the Bat Boy an abomination]].
* BigYes: Shelley when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
* BackFromTheDead: During the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in the show. Highlighted in "Christian Charity."
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy [[spoiler: that she is his mother]], as well as when Shelley tries to run away from Meredith, thinking that she has become like the [[spoiler: angry mob who declares the Bat Boy an abomination]].
* BigYes: Shelley when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
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* AngryMobSong: "Another Dead Cow," "Christian Charity (Reprise)," parts of "Comfort and Joy," "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and "I Imagine You're Upset."
Upset" has the townsfolk rally up to have Bat Boy dead.
* BackFromTheDead: During the finalnumber number, the [[spoiler: [[spoiler:dead Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in theshow.show practices the Christian faith and use it to help them fend off any evil, but it could not stop Bat Boy. Highlighted in "Christian Charity."
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy[[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that she is his mother]], as well as when Shelley tries to run away from Meredith, thinking that she has become like the [[spoiler: angry [[spoiler:angry mob who declares the Bat Boy an abomination]].
* BigYes: Shelley when her father[[spoiler: asks [[spoiler:asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
* BackFromTheDead: During the final
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in the
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy
* BigYes: Shelley when her father
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* BrokenRecord: The ensemble in act II, "Find him, Kill him"
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* BrokenRecord: The ensemble in act II, "Find him, Kill him"him".
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* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her remaining son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
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* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her [[spoiler:her remaining son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
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* DrJerk: Dr. Parker. [[spoiler: Also a DeadlyDoctor.]]
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to a Cow"
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr. Parker, forever.
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to a Cow"
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr. Parker, forever.
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* DrJerk: Dr. Parker.Parker turns out to be a SerialKiller who aims to kill Bat Boy while slaughtering others to prove Bat Boy is dangerous. [[spoiler: Also a DeadlyDoctor.]]
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to aCow"
Cow" is Bat Boy's last major song before things get worse.
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr.Parker, forever.Parker is seen in a couch after arguing with his wife Meredith over Bat Boy.
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to a
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Shelley survives the entire ordeal with her best friends dead. She is understandably grieved over Bat Boy's death, but soldiers on to begin the town's reflection over what they had learned over the past weeks.]]
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Shelley survives the entire ordeal with her best friends dear Bat Boy whom she grew attached to dead. She is understandably grieved over Bat Boy's death, but soldiers on to begin the town's reflection over what they had learned over the past weeks.]]
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* PleaseDumpMe
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* PleaseDumpMePleaseDumpMe: Bat Boy tells Shelley to leave him in the woods to keep her safe. Shelley offers her arm for Bat Boy to feast on.
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* SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics
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* SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamicsSecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics: There's a character who's a SerialKiller [[spoiler:in the form of Dr. Parker]] made by the writers of this show to kill people.
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** "Dance With Me, Darling" for Dr. Parker.
** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and Joy".
** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and Joy".
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** "Dance With Me, Darling" for Dr. Parker.Parker as he sings about his relation with Meredith.
** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort andJoy".Joy" expresses his desire to get rid of Bat Boy.
** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and
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** "Find/Kill the Bat Boy" for Dr. Parker and the townsfolk.
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** "Find/Kill the Bat Boy" for Dr. Parker and the townsfolk.townsfolk as they rally to kill Bat Boy.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: The Bat Boy and Shelley, also {{Twincest}}.]]
* BurnTheWitch: The townspeople do this to Bat Boy because he's different.
* BurnTheWitch: The townspeople do this to Bat Boy because he's different.
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* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: The Bat Boy and Shelley, also {{Twincest}}.Shelley are actually [[{{Twincest}} twins born at around the same time]].]]
* BurnTheWitch: The townspeople do this to Bat Boy because he'sdifferent.different and he's supposedly killing their cows.
* BurnTheWitch: The townspeople do this to Bat Boy because he's
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* DeathByFlashback: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy.]]
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* DeathByFlashback: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy.Boy all die with flashbacks of what happened that caused this situation being sung.]]
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* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: During Shelley and Meredith's verse of "Comfort and Joy".
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* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: During Shelley and Meredith's verse of "Comfort and Joy".Joy", Meredith tells Shelley to imagine the revival attendants "in their underwear".
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". In the town of Hope Falls, West Virginia, three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. The kid injures Ruthie but the three manage to subdue it and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker, returns home. Meredith and later Shelley try to tame the creature whom Meredith names Edgar, but when the town of Hope Falls suddenly discover their cows mysteriously dying, eventually blaming Bat Boy, and Dr. Parker planning to put the creature down, any effort Shelley and Meredith take to dispel the fears surrounding Bat Boy and integrate it into society may be easier said than done...
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". In the town of Hope Falls, West Virginia, three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. The kid injures Ruthie but the three manage to subdue it and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's girlfriend), Parker, who agree to keep him until Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker, returns home. Meredith and later Shelley try to tame the creature whom Meredith names Edgar, but when the town of Hope Falls suddenly discover their cows mysteriously dying, eventually blaming Bat Boy, and Dr. Parker planning to put the creature down, any effort Shelley and Meredith take to dispel the fears surrounding Bat Boy and integrate it into society may be easier said than done...
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->''He has suffered, and now it's your turn. / You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
Hear his ungodly shriek, / Watch what they put him through!\\
Heed the tale of a filthy freak- / -who's just like you!\''
Hear his ungodly shriek, / Watch what they put him through!\\
Heed the tale of a filthy freak- / -who's just like you!\''
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->''He has suffered, and now it's your turn. / You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
Hear his ungodlyshriek, / shriek; Watch what they put him through!\\
Heed the tale of a filthyfreak- / -who's freak--who's just like you!\''you!\\
And you!\\
And YOU!''
You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
Hear his ungodly
Heed the tale of a filthy
And you!\\
And YOU!''
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith dies when Dr. Parker stabs her. Bat Boy also gets stabbed at the same time.]]
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her own son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her own son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith [[spoiler:Meredith dies when Dr. Parker Parker, who had mere seconds earlier slashed his own throat, stabs her. Bat Boy also gets stabbed at the same time. Shelley is thus the only Parker who emerges from the ordeal alive.]]
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: herown remaining son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her
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* HospitalSurprise: [[spoiler: Ruthie]]
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* HospitalSurprise: [[spoiler: Ruthie]]Ruthie is given a lethal injection as Act 1 ends.]]
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* ComingAndGoing
* CringeComedy
* CringeComedy
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* ComingAndGoing
*ComingAndGoing: The musical has plenty of deaths to link up the sex moments in this show...
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. The kid injures Ruthie but the three manage to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith and later Shelley try to tame the creature whom Meredith names Edgar, but when the town of Hope Falls suddenly discover the mysterious deaths of their cows, eventually blaming Bat Boy, and Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker, planning to put the creature down, any effort Shelley and Meredith to dispel the fears surrounding Bat Boy and integrate it into society may be easier said than done...
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three In the town of Hope Falls, West Virginia, three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. The kid injures Ruthie but the three manage to subdue the creature it and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker can get Parker, returns home. Meredith and later Shelley try to tame the creature whom Meredith names Edgar, but when the town of Hope Falls suddenly discover the mysterious deaths of their cows, cows mysteriously dying, eventually blaming Bat Boy, and Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker, Parker planning to put the creature down, any effort Shelley and Meredith take to dispel the fears surrounding Bat Boy and integrate it into society may be easier said than done...
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Rick]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Rick]]Rick Taylor who threatened to kill Bat Boy during the first few minutes of the musical. No tears are shed when Bat Boy attacks him and Dr. Parker gives him a lethal injection.]]
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith]]
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* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith]]Meredith dies when Dr. Parker stabs her. Bat Boy also gets stabbed at the same time.]]
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* LastWords: "I am not a boy. I'm an animal!" [[spoiler:Bat Boy]] to Shelley.
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* LastWords: "I am not a boy. I'm an animal!" ''animal''!" [[spoiler:Bat Boy]] to Shelley.
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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Dr. Parker.]]
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* SerialKiller: [[spoiler:Dr. Parker.Parker kills off a couple of characters in the show.]]
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* SniffSniffNom: Bat Boy attemps to eat chicken, stew, a couch, and a book.
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort and Joy".
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort and Joy".
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* SniffSniffNom: Bat Boy attemps attempts to eat chicken, stew, a couch, and a book.
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort andJoy".Joy" is only an expression of nearly everyone's hopes as the revival draws near and right before everything hits the fan in the second act.
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort and
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->''Don't deny your beast inside!''
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No more need to hide!\\
Know your Bat Boy, love your Bat Boy\\
Don't deny your beast inside!''
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[JustInTime when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[CreepyCrossdresser Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[JustInTime when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[CreepyCrossdresser Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at The kid injures Ruthie and bites her. They managed but the three manage to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith and later Shelley try to tame the creature whom Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, but when the town of Hope Falls suddenly discover the mysterious deaths of their cows, eventually blaming Bat Boy, and leaves Meredith's husband, veterinarian Dr. Parker, planning to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing put the creature down, any effort Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either dispel the chicken or stew she gives him.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that thefears surrounding Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for integrate it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[JustInTime when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[CreepyCrossdresser Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
society may be easier said than done...
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
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* BackFromTheDead: Durring the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
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* BackFromTheDead: Durring During the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
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* BlackSheep: Bat Boy
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* BlackSheep: Bat BoyBoy is treated as not part of the town; the fact that he was accused of nearly everything that goes wrong doesn't help either.
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Shelley
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bat Boy at the end.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bat Boy at the end.]]
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* HerHeartWillGoOn: Shelley
[[spoiler:Shelley survives the entire ordeal with her best friends dead. She is understandably grieved over Bat Boy's death, but soldiers on to begin the town's reflection over what they had learned over the past weeks.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bat Boy is stabbed by Dr. Parker at the end.]]
* TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bat Boy is stabbed by Dr. Parker at the end.]]
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* LastWords: [[spoiler: Bat Boy]] to Shelley.
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* LastWords: [[spoiler: Bat "I am not a boy. I'm an animal!" [[spoiler:Bat Boy]] to Shelley.
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Comfort and Joy"
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* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Comfort and Joy"Joy" has Dr. Parker resolving to save his marriage with Meredith by killing Bat Boy, Shelley and Meredith planning to show the townsfolk that Bat Boy is not to be feared, the townsfolk expressing their hopes of the cattle receiving a cure during the revival.
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* PlotArmor: Shelley. She need to sing the last number.
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* PlotArmor: Shelley. Shelley survives throughout the musical despite facing situations that could have killed her. She need needs to sing the last number.
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* GaveUpTooSoon: The institute man arrives to take the Bat Boy moments after [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll everyone dies]]]].
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* GaveUpTooSoon: The institute man arrives to take the Bat Boy moments after [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll [[EverybodyDiesEnding everyone dies]]]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point the Greek god, Pan appears in the forest and sings “Children, Children” with a load of woodland creatures to Bat Boy and Shelley before disappearing.
* BigYes: Shelley when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
* BigYes: Shelley when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
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* BigYes: Shelley when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: At one point the Greek god, Pan appears in the forest and sings “Children, Children” with a load of woodland creatures to Bat Boy and Shelley before disappearing.
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* [[spoiler: ChildByRape]]: Shelley and Batboy. [[spoiler: (Different rapists, same night, really awkward fraternal twins.)]]
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* [[spoiler: ChildByRape]]: Shelley ChildByRape: [[spoiler:Shelley and Batboy. [[spoiler: (Different rapists, same night, really awkward fraternal twins.)]]
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* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: Bat Boy
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* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: Bat BoyTheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Bat Boy at the end.]]
* LooksLikeOrlok: Bat Boy with his bald head, pale skin and PointyEars.
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* [[spoiler: MurderSuicide]]: Parker [[spoiler: slashes his own throat and then stabs Bat Boy and Meredith]].
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* [[spoiler: MurderSuicide]]: Parker [[spoiler: MurderSuicide: [[spoiler:Parker slashes his own throat and then stabs Bat Boy and Meredith]].
* RaisedByWolves: Bat Boy was raised by bats.
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* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]: Dr. Parker
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* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]: Dr. ParkerSerialKiller: [[spoiler:Dr. Parker.]]
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* BlackComedy
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* BlackComedyBlackComedyRape: After testing an experimental pheromone, [[spoiler: Meredith's rape by Thomas]] is treated dramatically but a flock of bats raping her later is played for laughs.
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** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and Joy" .
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** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and Joy" .Joy".
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* VillainSong: "Dance With Me, Darling" for Dr. Parker.
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* VillainSong: VillainSong:
** "Dance With Me, Darling" for Dr. Parker.
** "Dance With Me, Darling" for Dr. Parker.
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** [[spoiler: "I Imagine You're Upset" is partly an AngryMobSong for the townsfolk, and Dr. Parker has a VillainousLament towards the end]].
**"Whatcha Wanna Do Tonight?" for Rick.
**"Mrs. Taylor's Lullaby" for Mrs. Taylor, who sings Ruthie to sleep promising her to kill Edgar.
**"Whatcha Wanna Do Tonight?" for Rick.
**"Mrs. Taylor's Lullaby" for Mrs. Taylor, who sings Ruthie to sleep promising her to kill Edgar.
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** [[spoiler:"Apology to a Cow" for Edgar, where he vows to get revenge on those who've hurt him.]]
** "Find/Kill the Bat Boy" for Dr. Parker and the townsfolk
** "Find/Kill the Bat Boy" for Dr. Parker and the townsfolk
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** Dr. Parker's parts in "Comfort and Joy" .
** [[spoiler:"Apology to a Cow" for Edgar, where he vows to get revenge on those who've hurthim.]]
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** "Find/Kill the Bat Boy" for Dr. Parker and thetownsfolktownsfolk.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] Ruthie]], are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Subverted, when [[spoiler: Ron]] dies people at first are relieved because they think the Bat Boy is dead, but quickly turns to horror when they find it was [[spoiler: Ron]]Ron]].
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* GaveUpTooSoon: The institute man arrives to take the Bat Boy moments after [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll everyone dies]]]]dies]]]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Meredith and Dr. Parker don't reveal [[spoiler: that Meredith is Edgar's biological mother]] until the climax of the story. Their motivations for keeping this secret are more sympathetic than most examples of the trope, but if that information had been revealed earlier, the ending Meredith fantasizes about in "Three Bedroom House" [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have actually happened.]]
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Meredith and Dr. Parker don't reveal [[spoiler: that Meredith is Edgar's biological mother]] until the climax of the story. Their motivations for keeping this secret are more sympathetic than most examples of the trope, but if that information had been revealed earlier, the ending Meredith fantasizes about in "Three Bedroom House" [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have actually happened.]]happened]].
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News Magazine/WeeklyWorldNews regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly Shelley (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly Shelley to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
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->''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic He has suffered, and now it's your turn. / You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
Hear his ungodly shriek, / Watch what they put him through!\\
Heed the tale of a filthy freak- / -who's just like you!\]]''
->-- ''Hold Me, Bat Boy'', (1997)
Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[JustInTime when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[CreepyCrossdresser Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
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!!!Tropes associated with Bat Boy include:
* AccidentalUnfortunateGesture: Meredith is cleaning a chair rather suggestively while talking to Shelly about romantic relationships.
* ActingForTwo: The original production was done with a cast of eleven people necessitating lots of character doubling.
* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: They turned a tabloid from the Weekly World News into a musical.
* AndThatWouldBeWrong: Dr. Parker screams to the town that he will kill [[spoiler: again]], only to deflect his statement on to the Bat Boy.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Subverted, when [[spoiler: Ron]] dies people at first are relieved because they think the Bat Boy is dead, but quickly turns to horror when they find it was [[spoiler: Ron]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Rick]]
* AngryMobSong: "Another Dead Cow," "Christian Charity (Reprise)," parts of "Comfort and Joy," "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and "I Imagine You're Upset."
* BackFromTheDead: Durring the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in the show. Highlighted in "Christian Charity."
* BigYes: Shelly when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy [[spoiler: that she is his mother]], as well as when Shelley tries to run away from Meredith, thinking that she has become like the [[spoiler: angry mob who declares the Bat Boy an abomination]].
* Black Comedy:
* BlackSheep: Bat Boy
* BrokenRecord: The ensemble in act II, "Find him, Kill him"
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: the Bat Boy and Shelley, also {{Twincest}}]]
* BurnTheWitch: the townspeople do this to Bat Boy b, also Twincest ecause he's different.
* [[spoiler: ChildOfRape]]: Shelly and Batboy [[spoiler: (different rapists, same night, really awkward fraternal twins)]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Ranchers were trying to raise cows on the side of a mountain.
* ComingAndGoing:
* CringeComedy:
* CrosscastRole: Many of the characters crossdress due to the small cast and need to differentiate characters played by the same actor from one another, but the most obvious crossdressing character is Mrs. Taylor, which is always a drag role PlayedForLaughs.
* DarkReprise: "Dance With Me, Darling" (already a fairly dark song) gets two: one when Dr. Parker realizes that Meredith will never love him and only cares for the Bat Boy, and another [[spoiler: when Dr. Parker rapes Meredith]].
** Also done with the melody of "Let Me Walk Among You", which is first the Bat Boy's IWantSong, but reappears when he's [[spoiler: daring Parker to kill him]], and again when Parker and Meredith reconcile.
** "Christian Charity" gets a moderately dark reprise (the first version is about not killing the Bat Boy or turning him over to the FBI, but the reprise is a warning against his attending a big town meeting ("Don't go testing our Christian Charity").
** The London version's new tracks are an inversion: "Hey Freak," which contains a DarkReprise of the poignant "Mine, All Mine," is over a dozen songs earlier in the play.
** "A Home For You" gets a dark reprise during the end of "Apology to a Cow".
** Pretty much every song in the show. "Hold Me, Bat Boy" is also sped up for "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and as the closing of the show.
* DeathByFlashBack: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith]]
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her own son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
* DownerEnding: Meredith [[spoiler: reveals that the Bat Boy and Shelley are fraternal twins, a product of when Dr. Parker and a flock of bats raped her one night]], Dr. Parker, overcome with hatred for the Bat Boy, [[spoiler: slits his own throat so Bat Boy will kill him, and in his dying gasp stabs both Bat Boy and Meredith]] as the rest of the townspeople look on in horror.
* DrJerk - Dr. Parker. [[spoiler: Also a DeadlyDoctor.]]
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to a Cow"
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr. Parker, forever.
* FinalLoveDuet: "Inside Your Heart", sung by the Bat Boy and Shelly.
** Subverted with Parker and Meredith's duet in "I Imagine You're Upset"; Meredith is forgiving Parker for what he's done and telling him that they can renew their love and start over, while Parker is [[spoiler: basically telling Meredith his rationale for killing the Bat Boy]].
* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: "Three Bedroom House" and to some extent "Home For You".
* GaveUpTooSoon: The institute man arrives to take the Bat Boy moments after [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll everyone dies]]]]
* GreekChorus: "Hold Me Bat Boy", "Comfort and Joy", and "Hold Me Bat Boy Reprise"
* HalfHumanHybrid: Bat Boy himself.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: Shelly
* HospitalSurprise: [[spoiler: Ruthie]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: A large part of Bat Boy's character conflict, especially shown in "Let Me Walk Among You" and his part of "Comfort and Joy". To be fair, he has the whole VegetarianVampire struggle without [[CursedWithAwesome any of the traditional vampire powers]]. [[spoiler: He does not win this conflict.]]
* InstantExpert: Bat Boy goes from crouching savage to cultured dandy with a high school equivalency diploma in eight weeks. The scene is also an AffectionateParody of MyFairLady.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Children, Children" is made of this trope.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: The Bat Boy and Shelley]], as well as the other participants in the interspecies orgy during "Children, Children".
* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Durring "Three Bedroom House".
* ImNotHungry: Bat Boy will not eat the chicken or stew Meredith prepares for him.
* IWantMyMommy: Meredith after she gets [[spoiler: raped by bats]] and Ruthie after she gets bitten.
* IWantSong: "Let Me Walk Among You", sung by the Bat Boy when he wants the townspeople to accept him. Also, most of the solos in "Comfort and Joy."
* LastWords: [[spoiler: Bat Boy]] to Shelly.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Played Straight and Inverted
* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Comfort and Joy"
* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Pan gets one of these in act II when with "Children Children". He is never named and randomly shows up and sings a song that results in an interspecies orgy.
* [[spoiler: MurderSuicide]]: Parker [[spoiler: slashes his own throat and then stabs Bat Boy and Meredith]]
* PhraseCatcher: "Sweet Wounded Jesus!" to Edgar.
* PleaseDumpMe:
* PlotArmor: Shelly. She need to sing the last number.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Meredith and Dr. Parker don't reveal [[spoiler: that Meredith is Edgar's biological mother]] until the climax of the story. Their motivations for keeping this secret are more sympathetic than most examples of the trope, but if that information had been revealed earlier, the ending Meredith fantasizes about in "Three Bedroom House" [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have actually happened.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Faith healer Billy Hightower is actually one of the play's most levelheaded characters.
* SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics:
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]: Dr. Parker
* ShadowDiscretionShot: The "Revelations" scene is often performed behind a screen as a shadow play.
* SniffSniffNom: Bat Boy attemps to eat chicken, stew, a couch, and a book.
** There's also the Sheriff, who tries to protect Bat Boy, wants to avoid giving him in to an institute, and keeps telling the townsfolk not to shoot him.
* ThankYourPrey: "Apology to a Cow"
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: Bat Boy
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort and Joy".
** Inverted at the end of the song when [[spoiler: Ruthie Taylor is murdered]].
* TrainingMontage: "Show You a Thing or Two" functions as this.
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->''[[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic He has suffered, and now it's your turn. / You are here not to laugh; but to learn.\\
Hear his ungodly shriek, / Watch what they put him through!\\
Heed the tale of a filthy freak- / -who's just like you!\]]''
->-- ''Hold Me, Bat Boy'', (1997)
Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[TheStoner Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to TheSheriff, who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[AngryMobSong tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[JustInTime when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[CreepyCrossdresser Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Over the next eight weeks, the Parker family [[SmartPeopleSpeakTheQueensEnglish teaches Edgar to speak]], and he reaches a high level of culture and literacy, and becomes a devout Christian. He wishes to attend the revival that weekend, but the townspeople are scared he will attack them and kill all the cattle, and force Dr. Parker to promise that Edgar will not attend. He agrees, but when he breaks the news to Meredith they get in a fight, and he secretly vows to kill the Bat Boy. [[IWantSong Everyone declares their hopes for the revival.]] Dr. Parker sneaks into the hospital and murders Ruthie Taylor, saying he is going to blame the Bat Boy for her death.
Not to be confused with {{Batman}}.
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!!!Tropes associated with Bat Boy include:
* AccidentalUnfortunateGesture: Meredith is cleaning a chair rather suggestively while talking to Shelly about romantic relationships.
* ActingForTwo: The original production was done with a cast of eleven people necessitating lots of character doubling.
* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: They turned a tabloid from the Weekly World News into a musical.
* AndThatWouldBeWrong: Dr. Parker screams to the town that he will kill [[spoiler: again]], only to deflect his statement on to the Bat Boy.
* AndThereWasMuchRejoicing: Subverted, when [[spoiler: Ron]] dies people at first are relieved because they think the Bat Boy is dead, but quickly turns to horror when they find it was [[spoiler: Ron]]
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Rick]]
* AngryMobSong: "Another Dead Cow," "Christian Charity (Reprise)," parts of "Comfort and Joy," "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and "I Imagine You're Upset."
* BackFromTheDead: Durring the final number the [[spoiler: Parkers and Bat Boy]] come back to sing.
* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Every townsperson in the show. Highlighted in "Christian Charity."
* BigYes: Shelly when her father [[spoiler: asks if she had sex with Bat Boy]].
* BigNo: When Meredith tells the Bat Boy [[spoiler: that she is his mother]], as well as when Shelley tries to run away from Meredith, thinking that she has become like the [[spoiler: angry mob who declares the Bat Boy an abomination]].
* Black Comedy:
* BlackSheep: Bat Boy
* BrokenRecord: The ensemble in act II, "Find him, Kill him"
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: the Bat Boy and Shelley, also {{Twincest}}]]
* BurnTheWitch: the townspeople do this to Bat Boy b, also Twincest ecause he's different.
* [[spoiler: ChildOfRape]]: Shelly and Batboy [[spoiler: (different rapists, same night, really awkward fraternal twins)]]
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Ranchers were trying to raise cows on the side of a mountain.
* ComingAndGoing:
* CringeComedy:
* CrosscastRole: Many of the characters crossdress due to the small cast and need to differentiate characters played by the same actor from one another, but the most obvious crossdressing character is Mrs. Taylor, which is always a drag role PlayedForLaughs.
* DarkReprise: "Dance With Me, Darling" (already a fairly dark song) gets two: one when Dr. Parker realizes that Meredith will never love him and only cares for the Bat Boy, and another [[spoiler: when Dr. Parker rapes Meredith]].
** Also done with the melody of "Let Me Walk Among You", which is first the Bat Boy's IWantSong, but reappears when he's [[spoiler: daring Parker to kill him]], and again when Parker and Meredith reconcile.
** "Christian Charity" gets a moderately dark reprise (the first version is about not killing the Bat Boy or turning him over to the FBI, but the reprise is a warning against his attending a big town meeting ("Don't go testing our Christian Charity").
** The London version's new tracks are an inversion: "Hey Freak," which contains a DarkReprise of the poignant "Mine, All Mine," is over a dozen songs earlier in the play.
** "A Home For You" gets a dark reprise during the end of "Apology to a Cow".
** Pretty much every song in the show. "Hold Me, Bat Boy" is also sped up for "Find/Kill the Bat Boy," and as the closing of the show.
* DeathByFlashBack: [[spoiler: Mr. and Mrs. Parker and Bat Boy]]
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: [[spoiler: Meredith]]
* DeathByIrony: Mrs. Taylor kills [[spoiler: her own son]] while trying to protect him from Bat Boy.
* DownerEnding: Meredith [[spoiler: reveals that the Bat Boy and Shelley are fraternal twins, a product of when Dr. Parker and a flock of bats raped her one night]], Dr. Parker, overcome with hatred for the Bat Boy, [[spoiler: slits his own throat so Bat Boy will kill him, and in his dying gasp stabs both Bat Boy and Meredith]] as the rest of the townspeople look on in horror.
* DrJerk - Dr. Parker. [[spoiler: Also a DeadlyDoctor.]]
* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Apology to a Cow"
* ExiledToTheCouch: Dr. Parker, forever.
* FinalLoveDuet: "Inside Your Heart", sung by the Bat Boy and Shelly.
** Subverted with Parker and Meredith's duet in "I Imagine You're Upset"; Meredith is forgiving Parker for what he's done and telling him that they can renew their love and start over, while Parker is [[spoiler: basically telling Meredith his rationale for killing the Bat Boy]].
* FondMemoriesThatCouldHaveBeen: "Three Bedroom House" and to some extent "Home For You".
* GaveUpTooSoon: The institute man arrives to take the Bat Boy moments after [[spoiler: [[KillEmAll everyone dies]]]]
* GreekChorus: "Hold Me Bat Boy", "Comfort and Joy", and "Hold Me Bat Boy Reprise"
* HalfHumanHybrid: Bat Boy himself.
* HerHeartWillGoOn: Shelly
* HospitalSurprise: [[spoiler: Ruthie]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: A large part of Bat Boy's character conflict, especially shown in "Let Me Walk Among You" and his part of "Comfort and Joy". To be fair, he has the whole VegetarianVampire struggle without [[CursedWithAwesome any of the traditional vampire powers]]. [[spoiler: He does not win this conflict.]]
* InstantExpert: Bat Boy goes from crouching savage to cultured dandy with a high school equivalency diploma in eight weeks. The scene is also an AffectionateParody of MyFairLady.
* IntercourseWithYou: "Children, Children" is made of this trope.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler: The Bat Boy and Shelley]], as well as the other participants in the interspecies orgy during "Children, Children".
* ImagineTheAudienceNaked: Durring "Three Bedroom House".
* ImNotHungry: Bat Boy will not eat the chicken or stew Meredith prepares for him.
* IWantMyMommy: Meredith after she gets [[spoiler: raped by bats]] and Ruthie after she gets bitten.
* IWantSong: "Let Me Walk Among You", sung by the Bat Boy when he wants the townspeople to accept him. Also, most of the solos in "Comfort and Joy."
* LastWords: [[spoiler: Bat Boy]] to Shelly.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Played Straight and Inverted
* MassiveMultiplayerEnsembleNumber: "Comfort and Joy"
* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Pan gets one of these in act II when with "Children Children". He is never named and randomly shows up and sings a song that results in an interspecies orgy.
* [[spoiler: MurderSuicide]]: Parker [[spoiler: slashes his own throat and then stabs Bat Boy and Meredith]]
* PhraseCatcher: "Sweet Wounded Jesus!" to Edgar.
* PleaseDumpMe:
* PlotArmor: Shelly. She need to sing the last number.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Meredith and Dr. Parker don't reveal [[spoiler: that Meredith is Edgar's biological mother]] until the climax of the story. Their motivations for keeping this secret are more sympathetic than most examples of the trope, but if that information had been revealed earlier, the ending Meredith fantasizes about in "Three Bedroom House" [[WhatCouldHaveBeen could have actually happened.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Faith healer Billy Hightower is actually one of the play's most levelheaded characters.
* SecondLawOfMetafictionalThermodynamics:
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller]]: Dr. Parker
* ShadowDiscretionShot: The "Revelations" scene is often performed behind a screen as a shadow play.
* SniffSniffNom: Bat Boy attemps to eat chicken, stew, a couch, and a book.
** There's also the Sheriff, who tries to protect Bat Boy, wants to avoid giving him in to an institute, and keeps telling the townsfolk not to shoot him.
* ThankYourPrey: "Apology to a Cow"
* [[spoiler: TheHeroDies]]: Bat Boy
* TheSongBeforeTheStorm: "Comfort and Joy".
** Inverted at the end of the song when [[spoiler: Ruthie Taylor is murdered]].
* TrainingMontage: "Show You a Thing or Two" functions as this.
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->''Don't deny your beast inside!''
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