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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles:
** Played straight and inverted when Jasper's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life flashes in front of him]]; Jasper envisions several copies of Agnes, some of whom are played by actresses who play major characters that haven't been introduced yet. This makes Agnes a role played by multiple actresses, who play multiple roles.
** The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.
** Played straight and inverted when Jasper's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life flashes in front of him]]; Jasper envisions several copies of Agnes, some of whom are played by actresses who play major characters that haven't been introduced yet. This makes Agnes a role played by multiple actresses, who play multiple roles.
** The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.
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** Some productions cast Jasper as a female role and/or change Mister Lethe to Madam Lethe.
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** Some After some productions cast Jasper as a female role and/or change changed Mister Lethe to Madam Lethe.Lethe, Concord Theatricals released notes saying that "all roles may be played by any gender".
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* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee' or 'leeth', while here it's pronounced 'leth' (rhymes with death).
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** Gretchen is part of [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Book Club]].
-->'''Jasper:''' ''OPRAH'S DEAD!?''\\
'''Gretchen:''' No! Don’t be silly! She just transcends time and space.
-->'''Jasper:''' ''OPRAH'S DEAD!?''\\
'''Gretchen:''' No! Don’t be silly! She just transcends time and space.
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* TheGlomp: Agnes immediately does this to Jasper once her memories return and she realizes the lengths that he went to in order to save her from the Underworld.
* GrandRomanticGesture: Agnes is in love with Jasper, but Jasper thinks they should just be friends because he's afraid that a relationship between them would break apart like his parent's marriage. In an attempt to get Jasper to face his fears, Agnes tries to face one of her own fears - she goes to the lake that Jasper enjoys swimming in, and dives into it from a great height, which Jasper often did, but she was afraid to do. This quickly backfires; as Agnes isn't as good at swimming as Jasper, she ends up drowning before she can reach the shore, and Jasper gets sucked into Deadland when he tries to save her.
* GrandRomanticGesture: Agnes is in love with Jasper, but Jasper thinks they should just be friends because he's afraid that a relationship between them would break apart like his parent's marriage. In an attempt to get Jasper to face his fears, Agnes tries to face one of her own fears - she goes to the lake that Jasper enjoys swimming in, and dives into it from a great height, which Jasper often did, but she was afraid to do. This quickly backfires; as Agnes isn't as good at swimming as Jasper, she ends up drowning before she can reach the shore, and Jasper gets sucked into Deadland when he tries to save her.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: Jasper blames himself for Agnes's death, because she drowned while trying to face her fear of diving in the hopes it would convince him to face his fear of [[CommitmentIssues commitment]]. When they reunite in Deadland, [[spoiler:she has to convince Jasper it wasn't his fault]].
* IrrationalHatred: Agnes is hated by [[spoiler:her own father]], because she reminds him of how he was unable to [[spoiler:prevent the death of her mother]].
* LoveHurts: All of the main characters wind up getting hurt physically and emotionally due to love.
** Jasper is emotionally hurt by Agnes' love for him, because he [[InsecureLoveInterest doesn't think he's good enough for her]], and he's physically hurt by his own love for her when he risks his life trying to get her back from Deadland.
** Agnes is emotionally hurt by the fact that Jasper doesn't seem to reciprocate her love for him, and she physically hurts herself when she drowns while trying to face her fears, in an attempt to make him face his fear of commitment.
** Gretchen literally pulls her heart out and gives it to Jasper, but this doesn't change the fact that he cares about Agnes more than anyone else. Gretchen also can't remember her time in the Living World, so she can't even remember if anyone's loved her as much as Jasper loves Agnes, and she also knows that she can't leave Deadland anyway.
** Jasper is emotionally hurt by Agnes' love for him, because he [[InsecureLoveInterest doesn't think he's good enough for her]], and he's physically hurt by his own love for her when he risks his life trying to get her back from Deadland.
** Agnes is emotionally hurt by the fact that Jasper doesn't seem to reciprocate her love for him, and she physically hurts herself when she drowns while trying to face her fears, in an attempt to make him face his fear of commitment.
** Gretchen literally pulls her heart out and gives it to Jasper, but this doesn't change the fact that he cares about Agnes more than anyone else. Gretchen also can't remember her time in the Living World, so she can't even remember if anyone's loved her as much as Jasper loves Agnes, and she also knows that she can't leave Deadland anyway.
* TheMagicTouch: Jasper restores the lost memories of any Dead citizen he touches, as a side-effect of entering Deadland while still being alive.
* TheNeedless: The corpses in Deadland still need to drink water (or at least they ''choose'' to drink water), however it's implied that they don't need food or sleep, and they also don't need blood or organs.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Gretchen gives Jasper bottled water in the hopes of clearing his head and delaying "The Forgetting", [[spoiler:while being unaware that the water in Deadland is what ''causes'' "The Forgetting"]].
* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland, being an equivalent to Tartarus where wretched souls perform tedious, meaningless tasks for all eternity.
* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland, being an equivalent to Tartarus where wretched souls perform tedious, meaningless tasks for all eternity.
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* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland, being an equivalent to Tartarus where wretched souls perform tedious, meaningless tasks for all eternity.
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* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland, NoSelfBuffs: Because Jasper entered Deadland while still being an equivalent alive, his presence inadvertently causes the dead citizens to Tartarus where wretched souls perform tedious, meaningless tasks for all eternity.begin remembering their time in the Living World. This doesn't affect him though, as he slowly loses his memories the same way that everyone else does, even triggering a ThirdPersonFlashback shortly after [[spoiler:forgetting ''all'' of his memories]].
* OminousCrack: The first act ends with [[spoiler:the glass bridge over the Great Gulf]] cracking a few seconds before shattering, [[spoiler:sending Jasper and Agnes plummeting into the wasteland]].
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* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: "The Trade" is a short goodbye song between Jasper and Agnes as he [[spoiler:chooses to stay in Deadland so she can return to the Living World]].
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* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: "The Trade" is a short goodbye song between Jasper and Agnes as he [[spoiler:chooses to stay in Deadland so she can return to the Living World]].
* PronouncingMyNameForYou:
-->'''Ammut:''' "My name is Ammut. Like 'Dammit'."
* RealJokeName: Shown during a flashback of Jasper meeting Agnes:
-->'''Jasper:''' "Agnes"? What's your real first name? Oh, it's Agnes - holy shit, sorry, I'm new in town.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The opening is a montage of everyone in Jasper's life lambasting him for a different reason.
* PronouncingMyNameForYou:
-->'''Ammut:''' "My name is Ammut. Like 'Dammit'."
* RealJokeName: Shown during a flashback of Jasper meeting Agnes:
-->'''Jasper:''' "Agnes"? What's your real first name? Oh, it's Agnes - holy shit, sorry, I'm new in town.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: The opening is a montage of everyone in Jasper's life lambasting him for a different reason.
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* SexualEuphemism: Gretchen refers to sex as "tappin' it", Beatrix Portinari refers to sex as "bada-bing" or "being boned", Agnes calls it "You know...", and Jasper [[spoiler:after losing his memory]] uses the phrase "bang one out". Jasper and Agnes also use a variety of euphemisms right before TheirFirstTime.
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** Mr Lethe calls Agnes "The Film/NormaRae of the Underworld".
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* SnowballFight: Happens midway through the song "One More Day of Snow".
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* SurvivalMantra: Jasper repeats the phrase "Stroke by Stroke" in certain situations.
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* TurningIntoYourParent: Jasper thinks he and Agnes are BetterAsFriends because he's afraid that a relationship between them would fall apart the same way his parents' relationship failed.
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* NarniaTime: Implied. Gretchen claims that "Time has no meaning here", and even though Jasper and Agnes enter Deadland within a few minutes of each other, Agnes forgets her entire life, [[spoiler:including her name and becomes highly acquainted with Deadland]] before Jasper has even learns that [[GhostAmnesia he is losing his memory]].
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* NarniaTime: Implied. Gretchen claims that "Time has no meaning here", and even though Jasper and Agnes enter Deadland within a few minutes of each other, Agnes forgets her entire life, [[spoiler:including her name and becomes highly acquainted with Deadland]] before Jasper has even learns learned that [[GhostAmnesia he is losing his memory]].
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** Jasper and Gretchen are total opposites. Jasper knows nothing about Deadland (as he didn't know it existed), whereas Gretchen has been there long enough to act as a NativeGuide. Jasper is in danger of losing Agnes, his memory, and his ''life'' if he can't find Agnes and reach the Living World, whereas Gretchen has already lost her life and her memory, and shows no interest in trying to get them back. Jasper is cynical due to his awful life, whereas Gretchen is optimistic due to no longer having a life. Jasper refuses to give up on saving Agnes, no matter how many risks he has to take, whereas Gretchen leaves (or almost leaves) Jasper no less than three times.
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** Jasper and Gretchen are total opposites. Jasper knows nothing about Deadland (as he didn't know it existed), whereas Gretchen has been there long enough to act as a NativeGuide. Jasper is in danger of losing Agnes, his memory, and his ''life'' if he can't find Agnes and reach return to the Living World, whereas Gretchen has already lost her life and her memory, and shows no interest in trying to get them back. Jasper is cynical and pessimistic due to his awful life, whereas Gretchen is optimistic due to no longer having a cynical and ''optimistic'' because she can't even remember her awful life. Jasper refuses to give up on saving Agnes, no matter how many risks he has to take, whereas Gretchen leaves (or almost leaves) Jasper no less than three times.
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** The song "The Killing" explains that Jasper's parents are awful for opposite reasons - his mother is consumed by {{Greed}}, constantly wanting more and more, whereas his father is an addled addict who doesn't want to try and accomplish anything.
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** The song "The Killing" explains that Jasper's parents are awful for opposite reasons - his mother is consumed by {{Greed}}, constantly wanting more and more, whereas his father is an addled addict AddledAddict who doesn't want to try and accomplish anything.
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* {{Foil}}:
** The song "The Killing" explains that Jasper's parents are awful for opposite reasons - his mother is consumed by {{Greed}}, constantly wanting more and more, whereas his father is an addled addict who doesn't want to try and accomplish anything.
** Jasper and Gretchen are total opposites. Jasper knows nothing about Deadland (as he didn't know it existed), whereas Gretchen has been there long enough to act as a NativeGuide. Jasper is in danger of losing Agnes, his memory, and his ''life'' if he can't find Agnes and reach the Living World, whereas Gretchen has already lost her life and her memory, and shows no interest in trying to get them back. Jasper is cynical due to his awful life, whereas Gretchen is optimistic due to no longer having a life. Jasper refuses to give up on saving Agnes, no matter how many risks he has to take, whereas Gretchen leaves (or almost leaves) Jasper no less than three times.
** The song "The Killing" explains that Jasper's parents are awful for opposite reasons - his mother is consumed by {{Greed}}, constantly wanting more and more, whereas his father is an addled addict who doesn't want to try and accomplish anything.
** Jasper and Gretchen are total opposites. Jasper knows nothing about Deadland (as he didn't know it existed), whereas Gretchen has been there long enough to act as a NativeGuide. Jasper is in danger of losing Agnes, his memory, and his ''life'' if he can't find Agnes and reach the Living World, whereas Gretchen has already lost her life and her memory, and shows no interest in trying to get them back. Jasper is cynical due to his awful life, whereas Gretchen is optimistic due to no longer having a life. Jasper refuses to give up on saving Agnes, no matter how many risks he has to take, whereas Gretchen leaves (or almost leaves) Jasper no less than three times.
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* ShoutOut:
** Act 2 begins with a flashback of Jasper and Agnes talking about ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
** When Gretchen first meets Jasper, she sarcastically refers to him as "[[Series/TheMunsters Eddie Munster]]".
** Gretchen compares herself to Lucy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' at one point.
-->'''Gretchen:''' I'm a great listener! I'm like Lucy in the Peanuts; just put a nickel in the can. Chink-chink.\\
'''Jasper:''' Lucy also pulled the football out at the last minute.
** Act 2 begins with a flashback of Jasper and Agnes talking about ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''.
** When Gretchen first meets Jasper, she sarcastically refers to him as "[[Series/TheMunsters Eddie Munster]]".
** Gretchen compares herself to Lucy from ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' at one point.
-->'''Gretchen:''' I'm a great listener! I'm like Lucy in the Peanuts; just put a nickel in the can. Chink-chink.\\
'''Jasper:''' Lucy also pulled the football out at the last minute.
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* KilledOffForReal: Defied. When Jasper is given a death manifest confirming that Agnes is definitely dead, he's horrified, but ''still'' doesn't give up on finding her and getting her back to the living world.
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* LoserSonOfLoserDad: The first line of the show:
-->'''Jasper's Mother:''' Three C’s, two B’s, and an ''F'', Jasper. You wanna be a failure, like your crack-head father? Do you? Tell me!
-->'''Jasper's Mother:''' Three C’s, two B’s, and an ''F'', Jasper. You wanna be a failure, like your crack-head father? Do you? Tell me!
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Zigzagged. Early on, Gretchen implies that Jasper and Agnes will wind up suffering the same fate as Orpheus and Eurydice, [[spoiler:only to have the show pretend to go for a different DownerEnding multiple times]].
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Zigzagged. Early on, Gretchen implies that Jasper and Agnes will wind up suffering the same fate as Orpheus and Eurydice, [[spoiler:only only to have the show pretend to go for a different DownerEnding multiple times]].times. Ultimately [[spoiler:it's played straight as they both return to life, unlike Orpheus and Eurydice]].
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** The opening number is about Jasper having a near-death experience and temporarily reaching the afterlife, but it sounds more like a cheerful, excited goodbye song.
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''Jasper in Deadland'' is a pop-rock musical written by Hunter Forest and Ryan Scott Oliver, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. It was commissioned in 2011 and premiered Off-Broadway in 2014, with a CD release in 2016.
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''Jasper in Deadland'' is a pop-rock musical written by Hunter Forest Foster and Ryan Scott Oliver, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. It was commissioned in 2011 and premiered Off-Broadway in 2014, with a CD release in 2016.
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* HatesTheirParent: During "The Killing", Jasper refers to his parents are "awful people". [[spoiler:After Agnes gets all her memories back, she reveals that she also hates her father due to him being physically abusive]].
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* HatesTheirParent: During "The Killing", Jasper refers to his parents are mother and father as "awful people".people" for different reasons. [[spoiler:After Agnes gets all her memories back, she reveals that she also hates her father due to him being physically abusive]].
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* HatesTheirParent: During "The Killing", Jasper refers to his parents are "awful people". [[spoiler:After Agnes gets all her memories back, she reveals that she also hates her father due to him being physically abusive]].
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* OddNameOut: Unlike most of Deadland's residents, Gretchen doesn't share a name with any particular mythological character. [[spoiler:This is a hint that, like Jasper, she's from our world]].
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* OddNameOut: Unlike most of Deadland's residents, Gretchen doesn't share a name with any particular mythological character. [[spoiler:This is a hint that, like Jasper, she's from our world]].
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** When confessing his misdeeds, Jasper's worst confession is that it's his fault Agnes drowned.
--'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she needed me.
--'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she needed me.
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** When confessing his misdeeds, Jasper's worst confession is that it's his fault Agnes drowned.
--'''Jasper:'''got stuck in Deadland.
-->'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she neededme.me.
** Later, Agnes blames herself for getting ''Jasper'' stuck in Deadland, as she declares her death (and Jasper's attempt to prevent it) was her own fault.
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-->'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she needed
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* MissingMom: Jasper's mother leaves at start of the show, and Agnes's mother is dead.
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* NoteToSelf: Discussed. Gretchen mentions that she tried to hang on to her memories by writing them down in a notebook - but wound up throwing the book away because trying to think about people she'd probably never see again was more painful than just [[HappinessInMindControl letting the memories go]].
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* SafetyInIndifference: Lethe-brand water makes the citizens of Deadland forget their lives, which makes it much easier to be carefree on account of the fact that nobody has any bad memories, nor can they remember anything worth caring about.
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* WhatTheHellAreYou: When Agnes meets the supervisor of Lethe's NightmarishFactory:
-->'''Agnes:''' ''What are you?''\\
'''Little Lu:''' I'm Little Lu. And if you can believe it, I was an angel once. That's right, [[TermsOfEndangerment pretty kitty]], ''an angel''.
-->'''Agnes:''' ''What are you?''\\
'''Little Lu:''' I'm Little Lu. And if you can believe it, I was an angel once. That's right, [[TermsOfEndangerment pretty kitty]], ''an angel''.
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* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody: Gretchen rips out her own heart when she needs it to save Jasper, and is totally unfazed by the realization that she isn't getting it back.
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* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: Zigzagged. Early on, Gretchen implies that Jasper and Agnes will wind up suffering the same fate as Orpheus and Eurydice, [[spoiler:only to have the show pretend to go for a different DownerEnding multiple times]].
** Once Jasper and Agnes regain their lost memories, they realize that [[spoiler:they aren't even sure that the Living World is worth returning to, and prepare to drink more Lethe-brand Water to erase their memories again. This gets subverted when Eurydice herself arrives and convinces Jasper not to give up on life]].
** After Jasper and Agnes reach [[spoiler:Pluto, he initially refuses to give them the same offer that he gave Orpheus. Unwilling to accept Agnes' death, Jasper offers his own life in exchange for Agnes being allowed to return to the surface. Touched by this sacrifice, Persephone convinces Pluto to let them both leave]].
** Finally, [[spoiler:after being told not to look back while swimming through the River Lethe, Jasper ''almost'' makes the same mistake as Orpheus, but is saved by Eurydice again. ''Then'' when he reaches the surface, for a moment it seems like Agnes didn't make it]].
** Once Jasper and Agnes regain their lost memories, they realize that [[spoiler:they aren't even sure that the Living World is worth returning to, and prepare to drink more Lethe-brand Water to erase their memories again. This gets subverted when Eurydice herself arrives and convinces Jasper not to give up on life]].
** After Jasper and Agnes reach [[spoiler:Pluto, he initially refuses to give them the same offer that he gave Orpheus. Unwilling to accept Agnes' death, Jasper offers his own life in exchange for Agnes being allowed to return to the surface. Touched by this sacrifice, Persephone convinces Pluto to let them both leave]].
** Finally, [[spoiler:after being told not to look back while swimming through the River Lethe, Jasper ''almost'' makes the same mistake as Orpheus, but is saved by Eurydice again. ''Then'' when he reaches the surface, for a moment it seems like Agnes didn't make it]].
* AfterlifeAngst: Inverted - the corpses in Deadland are fine with the fact that they're dead, and the song "Living Dead" is about how liberating death is. By comparison, ''life'' is portrayed as a horrible ordeal, and the song "The Killing" is about how life is full of awful people.
* DamselOutOfDistress: After Loki brings her to Mr. Lethe's factory as punishment, Agnes is able to escape on her own by sabotaging the assembly lines.
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* DownerBeginning: The first minute of the show establishes that Jasper's life sucks for a number of reasons (most of which he gets the blame for) and the only real good thing in his life is his best friend, Agnes. [[FromBadToWorse And then Agnes drowns]] and he gets pulled into TheUnderworld when he tries to save her.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: A paperboy uses this phrase when informing other Deadland residents that Jasper has the ability to remind them of the lives they've forgotten.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: A paperboy uses this phrase when informing other Deadland residents that Jasper has the ability to remind them of the lives they've forgotten.
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* FoodChains: Lethe-brand water slowly erases the memories of anyone who drinks it. This is particularly dangerous for Jasper because after drinking it, he has to get out of Deadland with his friend Agnes before he forgets who she is or who ''he'' is.
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** The River Lethe is named after Mr Lethe, even though Lethe was a goddess in Greek Mythology.
** Some productions cast Jasper as a female role and/or change Mister Lethe to Madam Lethe.
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** The River Lethe is named after Mr Lethe, even though Lethe was a goddess in Greek Mythology.
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* HappinessInMindControl: The threat of memory-loss forces Jasper to save Agnes before he forgets his entire life, but every other person in Deadland seems to be just fine with the knowledge that they've lost their memories. [[spoiler:Agnes even suggests giving up their memories again when she starts to remember her life]].
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* HomesicknessHymn: Inverted - the song "Elysium" is about how, after spending a long time away from the Living World, [[spoiler: Agnes realizes she ''doesn't'' want to return to home to her family]].
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* ICantLookGesture: Gretchen turns away in shock when Jasper jumps into the Great Gulf [[spoiler:and onto the glass bridge in between the two cliffs]].
* InconvenientAttraction: Gretchen starts to develop feelings for Jasper, which is unfortunate because she knows [[spoiler:or at least thinks]] that she can't return to the Living World with him, and he's in love with someone else anyway.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** When confessing his misdeeds, Jasper's worst confession is that it's his fault Agnes drowned.
--'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she needed me.
* InconvenientAttraction: Gretchen starts to develop feelings for Jasper, which is unfortunate because she knows [[spoiler:or at least thinks]] that she can't return to the Living World with him, and he's in love with someone else anyway.
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** When confessing his misdeeds, Jasper's worst confession is that it's his fault Agnes drowned.
--'''Jasper:''' It’s my fault! Agnes is dead because of me! I wasn’t there for her when she needed me.
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* LivingStatue: Ammut has multiple living Blind Justices acting as her ChorusGirls.
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* LongingLook: The third verse of "Living Dead" is about Gretchen looking at Jasper this way while watching how desperate he is to find Agnes.
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* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Gretchen clearly starts falling in love with Jasper while helping him to find his lost friend Agnes. As both of them are suffering fromGhost Amnesia, neither of them realize that Gretchen ''is'' Agnes.]]
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* TwoPersonLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Gretchen clearly starts falling in love with Jasper while helping him to find his lost friend Agnes. As both of them are suffering fromGhost Amnesia, from GhostAmnesia, neither of them realize that Gretchen ''is'' Agnes.]]
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* AccidentalSuicide: Agnes winds up in Deadland after she tries to [[FaceYourFears face her fear]] of diving by leaping into the lake that Jasper often leapt into, only to drown before she can return to the shore.
* ActuallyQuiteCatchy: When Gretchen takes Jasper to every club in Deadland in the hopes of finding Agnes. At first, Jasper focuses on asking around while Gretchen joins in on the festivities, but later, they can both be seen rocking out to the music at Osiris' concert.
* AdventuresInComaland: It often seems like Deadland is a physical place, with water that Jasper and Agnes can drink, objects they can touch, clothes they can wear, and monsters that can kill them. However, it is shown at the end that Jasper and Agnes never physically entered Deadland, as their bodies are still wearing their original clothes instead of the clothes they changed into while in Deadland.
* ActuallyQuiteCatchy: When Gretchen takes Jasper to every club in Deadland in the hopes of finding Agnes. At first, Jasper focuses on asking around while Gretchen joins in on the festivities, but later, they can both be seen rocking out to the music at Osiris' concert.
* AdventuresInComaland: It often seems like Deadland is a physical place, with water that Jasper and Agnes can drink, objects they can touch, clothes they can wear, and monsters that can kill them. However, it is shown at the end that Jasper and Agnes never physically entered Deadland, as their bodies are still wearing their original clothes instead of the clothes they changed into while in Deadland.
* BeautifulVoid: Agnes notes how peaceful it is in Elysium [[spoiler:before she suggests staying there forever]], while Jasper notes how empty it is.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious: "Saving Jasper" is sung by Agnes while Jasper is still unconscious from falling into the wasteland.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Most of the corpses in Deadland dress in dark clothes but are friendly, sociable, and way less of a problem for Jasper than anything else he encounters in Deadland.
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* DeathAmnesia: At the end of the show, upon returning to life, [[spoiler:Agnes clearly remembers nothing about Deadland. Jasper still remembers everything on account of him being OnlyMostlyDead when he entered Deadland]].
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* DeathAmnesia: At the end of the show, upon returning to life, [[spoiler:Agnes clearly remembers nothing about Deadland. Jasper still remembers everything on account of him still being OnlyMostlyDead alive when he entered Deadland]].
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: "Goodbye Jasper" is sung via a Flashback Sequence as Jasper remembers key memories of him and Agnes.
* RidiculouslyAliveUndead: The corpses in Deadland are just like normal humans. They drink bottled water, can smoke cigarettes and hookah, and even though [[YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead they can't die]], they still have functioning organs, as shown when Gretchen tears out her heart to replace Jasper's.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: Ammut is but one of many mythological characters Jasper meets and only appears in one scene, but her tearing out Jasper's heart to weigh it, and then crushing it out of spite, factors heavily into the climax.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: SmallRoleBigImpact:
** Jasper and Agnes talk about their parents in scenes that are vital to the plot and/or their character development; when Cerberus demands to know what it means to be human, Jasper describes his parents as proof that HumansAreBastards. When Ammut makes Jasper confess his greatest misdeeds, he admits he fears it was his fault that his parents got divorced. When Agnes regains her memories, [[spoiler:she remembers that her father was abusive and tells Jasper that they should stay in Deadland]]. Despite this, all of their parents combined have approximately ''a minute'' of time on stage.
** Ammut is but one of many mythological characters Jasper meets and only appears in one scene, but her tearing out Jasper's heart to weigh it, and then crushing it out of spite, factors heavily into the climax.
** Jasper and Agnes talk about their parents in scenes that are vital to the plot and/or their character development; when Cerberus demands to know what it means to be human, Jasper describes his parents as proof that HumansAreBastards. When Ammut makes Jasper confess his greatest misdeeds, he admits he fears it was his fault that his parents got divorced. When Agnes regains her memories, [[spoiler:she remembers that her father was abusive and tells Jasper that they should stay in Deadland]]. Despite this, all of their parents combined have approximately ''a minute'' of time on stage.
** Ammut is but one of many mythological characters Jasper meets and only appears in one scene, but her tearing out Jasper's heart to weigh it, and then crushing it out of spite, factors heavily into the climax.
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* SpeakInUnison: Agnes speaks in unison with several copies of herself when Jasper's life flashes before his eyes.
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* WarningSong: "Mark This" is about Cerberus warning Jasper about the GhostAmnesia that will inevitably affect him while in Deadland. Later, "The Forgetting" goes into more detail about how the memory loss happens and what it's like to realize you're fighting a futile battle to hold on to your memories.
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Deadland"]]
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles:
** Played straight and inverted when Jasper's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life flashes in front of him]]; Jasper envisions several copies of Agnes, some of whom are played by actresses who play major characters that haven't been introduced yet. This makes Agnes a role played by multiple actresses, who play multiple roles.
** The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.
** Played straight and inverted when Jasper's [[MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes life flashes in front of him]]; Jasper envisions several copies of Agnes, some of whom are played by actresses who play major characters that haven't been introduced yet. This makes Agnes a role played by multiple actresses, who play multiple roles.
** The ensemble plays multiple roles depending on the scene, with every actor except the mains having multiple parts.
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* DeathAmnesia: At the end of the show, upon returning to life, [[spoiler:Agnes clearly remembers nothing about Deadland. Jasper still remembers everything on account of him being OnlyMostlyDead when he entered Deadland]].
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* GriefSong: Agnes's verse of "The Trade" is her [[spoiler:preemptively grieving Jasper as he offers to stay in Deadland so she can return to the Living World]].
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* JunkieParent: One of Jasper's regrets is that he didn't hide his father's pills after he got out of rehab.
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* LittleDeadRidingHood: Agnes' IconicOutfit is a red hoodie - which she wears as she drowns near the start of the show.
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* NarniaTime: Implied. Gretchen claims that "Time has no meaning here", and even though Jasper and Agnes enter Deadland within a few minutes of each other, Agnes forgets her entire life, [[spoiler:including her name and becomes highly acquainted with Deadland]] before Jasper has even learns that [[GhostAmnesia he is losing his memory]].
* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: While in Deadland, Jasper has the ability to restore some memories from anyone who he touches.
* NewLifeInAnotherWorldBonus: While in Deadland, Jasper has the ability to restore some memories from anyone who he touches.
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* OnlySmartPeopleMayPass: Invoked. Cerberus wants to eat Jasper in the hopes that eating a live soul will give it some insight into what it means to be "alive". Jasper narrowly avoids this fate by offering to just tell Cerberus what life is like.
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* PreSacrificeFinalGoodbye: "The Trade" is a short goodbye song between Jasper and Agnes as he [[spoiler:chooses to stay in Deadland so she can return to the Living World]].
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* YouCantKillWhatsAlreadyDead: Souls who enter Deadland still have organs, but they don't need them; Gretchen is able to rip her own heart out like it's nothing, and Little Lu threatens his slaves with CessationOfExistence due to the obvious fact that they're already dead.
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* DevilButNoGod: Implied; Lucifer is a minor antagonist, and he mentions that he used to be an angel. However, he is the only character from Abrahamic religions, as the other characters are all from Egyptian, Roman and Norse myths.
* FlashbackEffects: Four notes on a glockenspiel play each time Jasper restores someone's memories.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Lucifer is referred to by the nickname "Little Lu".
* FluffyTheTerrible: Lucifer is referred to by the nickname "Little Lu".
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* FluffyTheTerrible: Lucifer is referred to by the nickname "Little Lu".
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* SnowMeansLove: The final song is about [[spoiler:Jasper and Agnes returning to the surface and promising to love their lives and each other]] as snow begins falling.
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* VillainRecruitmentSong: In "Awful People" Mr Lethe tries to get Jasper to supply the Living World with water from the river Lethe, so that he can expand his rule beyond Deadland.
* VillainSong: Ammut sings "Hungry for your Heart", a song about how she will devour Jasper's heart if he can't confess his greatest misdeed.
* VillainSong: Ammut sings "Hungry for your Heart", a song about how she will devour Jasper's heart if he can't confess his greatest misdeed.
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* OddNameOut: Unlike most of Deadland's residents, Gretchen doesn't share a name with any particular mythological character. [[spoiler:This is a hint that, like Jasper, she's from our world]].
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* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland
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* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of DeadlandDeadland, being an equivalent to Tartarus where wretched souls perform tedious, meaningless tasks for all eternity.
