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* PlaceWorseThanDeath: Mr Lethe plans on sending Pluto to Cleveland after he overthrows him.
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* SideEffectsInclude: As Mr. Lethe's secretary reports, drinking Lethe water has quite a few side effects.
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-->'''Hathaway:''' Drink Lethe water responsibly. Side effects may include burping, yodeling, involuntary snapping, jiggly leg, jazz hands, cat fights, scratchy sweater, and sausage fingers.
-->'''Hathaway:''' Drink Lethe water responsibly. Side effects may include burping, yodeling, involuntary snapping, jiggly leg, jazz hands, cat fights, scratchy sweater, and sausage fingers.
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* TwoActStructure: Jasper spends Act One searching for his lost friend Agnes, while struggling to stave off the GhostAmnesia that affects everyone in Deadland. Eventually, with the help of an AfterlifeTourguide named Gretchen, they reach the bridge to Elysium, where Jasper unintentionally [[spoiler:cures Gretchen's amnesia, causing her to realize that she is Agnes]]... only for Jasper to finally lose the rest of his memory. Then Act Two begins, and Mr Lethe's minions capture them, trapping Agnes in Mr Lethe's factory while Lethe tries to convince Jasper into returning to the surface alone.
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* TwoActStructure: Jasper spends Act One searching for his lost friend Agnes, while struggling to stave off the GhostAmnesia that affects everyone in Deadland. Eventually, with the help of an AfterlifeTourguide Afterlife Tour Guide named Gretchen, they reach the bridge to Elysium, where Jasper unintentionally [[spoiler:cures Gretchen's amnesia, causing her to realize that she is Agnes]]... only for Jasper to finally lose the rest of his memory. Then Act Two begins, and Mr Lethe's minions capture them, trapping Agnes in Mr Lethe's factory while Lethe tries to convince Jasper into returning to the surface alone.
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* GhostAmnesia: Souls who enter Deadland begin to forget their past lives, or to be more accurate, [[spoiler:the water from the River Lethe]] makes them forget.
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* TwoActStructure: Jasper spends Act One searching for his lost friend Agnes, while struggling to stave off the GhostAmnesia that affects everyone in Deadland. Eventually, with the help of an AfterlifeTourguide named Gretchen, they reach the bridge to Elysium, where Jasper unintentionally [[spoiler:cures Gretchen's amnesia, causing her to realize that she is Agnes]]... only for Jasper to finally lose the rest of his memory. Then Act Two begins, and Mr Lethe's minions capture them, trapping Agnes in Mr Lethe's factory while Lethe tries to convince Jasper into returning to the surface alone.
* 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.]]
* 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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* HakunaMatata: "Living Dead" from ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'' is about all the spirits in Deadland partying and having fun, due to the fact that they've already lost everything except for their souls.
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* HakunaMatata: "Living Dead" from ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'' is about all the spirits in Deadland partying and having fun, due to the fact that they've already lost everything except for their souls.
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* BSODSong: "Beat and Broken Spirits" has one verse where Agnes starts to accept that she's going to be trapped in Lethe's Factory forever.
-->''Now it’s real''\\
''Get in the bed you made for yourself''\\
''Fate with a seal''\\
''Here is the price and you’ve paid with yourself''
-->''Now it’s real''\\
''Get in the bed you made for yourself''\\
''Fate with a seal''\\
''Here is the price and you’ve paid with yourself''
* TheDeadCanDance: A lot of souls spend most of their time partying, dancing and just having fun. Gretchen explains that they mostly do it as a distraction to avoid going insane.
* HakunaMatata: "Living Dead" from ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'' is about all the spirits in Deadland partying and having fun, due to the fact that they've already lost everything except for their souls.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee' or 'leeth', while here it's pronounced 'leth.'
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* MistakenForGay: Gretchen assumes Jasper is gay when he insists that Agnes is just his friend.
-->'''Gretchen:''' So you're gay? You're her gay BFF.\\
'''Jasper:''' No, I'm not gay. I'm very straight, and we're ''best friends''\\
'''Gretchen:''' "Best friends" with a girl and you ain't tappin' it? That's a new one.
* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee' or 'leeth', while here it's pronounced'leth.''leth' (rhymes with death).
* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland
* ParentalAbandonment: Jasper's mom abandons him and her husband at the start of the show. Jasper later admits that he secretly blames himself for this.
-->'''Gretchen:''' So you're gay? You're her gay BFF.\\
'''Jasper:''' No, I'm not gay. I'm very straight, and we're ''best friends''\\
'''Gretchen:''' "Best friends" with a girl and you ain't tappin' it? That's a new one.
* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee' or 'leeth', while here it's pronounced
* NightmarishFactory: Mr Lethe's factory is ''easily'' the most Hellish part of Deadland
* ParentalAbandonment: Jasper's mom abandons him and her husband at the start of the show. Jasper later admits that he secretly blames himself for this.
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* TermsOfEndangerment: Little Lu[[note]]aka Lucifer[[/note]] refers to Agnes as "pretty kitty" while forcing her and several other souls to work as slaves in a NightmarishFactory.
* TogetherInDeath: Agnes suggests that she and Jasper [[spoiler:remain in Deadland and give up their memories when she realizes that her life wasn't as great as it seemed]].
* TogetherInDeath: Agnes suggests that she and Jasper [[spoiler:remain in Deadland and give up their memories when she realizes that her life wasn't as great as it seemed]].
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* YankTheDogsChain: Jasper loses his last memories at the worst possible moment.
-->'''Agnes:''' You did it! You came back for me! I knew you felt the same for me as I do for you, I knew you loved me!\\
'''Jasper:''' I'm sorry, I don't love you.\\
'''Agnes:''' What? -- Jasper don't move the glass is cracking!\\
'''Jasper:''' Jasper? Who's Jasper?
-->'''Agnes:''' You did it! You came back for me! I knew you felt the same for me as I do for you, I knew you loved me!\\
'''Jasper:''' I'm sorry, I don't love you.\\
'''Agnes:''' What? -- Jasper don't move the glass is cracking!\\
'''Jasper:''' Jasper? Who's Jasper?
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* FluffyTheTerrible: Lucifer is referred to by the nickname "Little Lu".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Gretchen explains in her first scene that "time has no meaning here", which helps explain how Agnes [[spoiler:lost all of her memories, become acquainted with most of Deadland, and became a tour-guide]] in such a short amount of time.
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* HopeSpot: Agnes regains her memory of Jasper and herself mere seconds before he forgets her and himself.
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** ''The Killing'' is an energetic song about how almost all horrible humans are because they devote their lives to things that don't matter.
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** ''The Killing'' is an energetic song about how almost all horrible humans are because of the ways they devote waste their lives to things that don't matter.lives.
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* LyricalDissonance:
** 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.
** ''The Killing'' is an energetic song about how almost all horrible humans are because they devote their lives to things that don't matter.
** 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.
** ''The Killing'' is an energetic song about how almost all horrible humans are because they devote their lives to things that don't matter.
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Jasper says this word-for-word early on and is adamant that he and Agnes are just close friends, but later on he realizes he does love Agnes romantically.
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* AncientGrome: Most of the classical mythology characters use their Greek names, but Pluto, Jupiter, and Neptune have their Roman pantheon names.
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* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-life thansk to Agnes giving him her heart, Jasper is able to have two wishes come true when in the Underworld]].
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* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-life thansk thanks to Agnes giving him her heart, Jasper is able to have two wishes come true when in the Underworld]].
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* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-life, Jasper is able to have two wishes come true when in the Underworld]].
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* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-life, half-life thansk to Agnes giving him her heart, Jasper is able to have two wishes come true when in the Underworld]].
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* MakeAWish: [[spoiler:Due to being a half-life, Jasper is able to have two wishes come true when in the Underworld]].
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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Half-lives are so filled with the love of others that being in the Underworld gives them the power to grant their own wishes]].
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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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* CrossoverCosmology: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology, Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* CrossoverCosmology: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut and Osiris from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology, Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Rhadamanthus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* BumblingHenchmanDuo: For being Norse Gods, Hel and Loki are pretty bad at the capturing-Jasper thing, and their want for bloodshed plus being easily distracted makes them fairly easy to outmaneuver.
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* BumblingHenchmanDuo: BumblingHenchmenDuo: For being Norse Gods, Hel and Loki are pretty bad at the capturing-Jasper thing, and their want for bloodshed plus being easily distracted makes them fairly easy to outmaneuver.
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* FauxHorrific: [[spoiler:Persephone's noble sacrifice to let Jasper and Agnes go back is...spending one day extra with Pluto, who's completely overjoyed and plans super fun activities]].
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* TheStarscream: Mr. Lethe is furious that he was given dominion over his namesake river and plans to overthrow the Roman pantheon, starting with his boss, Pluto.
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* TheStarscream: Mr. Lethe is furious that he was given dominion over his namesake river while the other gods got better deals and plans to overthrow the Roman pantheon, starting with his boss, Pluto.
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* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Jasper spends much of the first act looking for Agnes only to learn she's actually lost her memory and thinks she's Gretchen, the tour guide that's been helping him the whole time]].
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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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''Jasper in Deadland'' is a rock musical written by Hunter Forest and Ryan Scott Oliver, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. It premiered Off-Broadway in 2014.
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''Jasper in Deadland'' is a rock 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.
2014, with a CD release in 2016.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee', while here it's pronounced 'leth.'
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* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee', 'lee-thee' or 'leeth', while here it's pronounced 'leth.'
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology, Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* CrossoverCosmology: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology, Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: Mr. Lethe and his henchmen are never seen or mentioned once [[spoiler:Jasper makes his wish to enter Elysium]].
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* WhatHappenedTotheMouse: WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Mr. Lethe and his henchmen are never seen or mentioned once [[spoiler:Jasper makes his wish to enter Elysium]].
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology,Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology,Dante, mythology, Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Mr. Lethe takes utmost pride in being an awful person, and has seeded the living world with his drugs for years.
* ContemplateOurNavels: Cerberus is distracted talking to himself as he ponders the meaning of life.
* 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.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:When it looks like only Jasper or Agnes will be able to return to the land of the living, Persephone agrees to stay with Pluto for one more day if he agrees to let them both back.]]
* ContemplateOurNavels: Cerberus is distracted talking to himself as he ponders the meaning of life.
* 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.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:When it looks like only Jasper or Agnes will be able to return to the land of the living, Persephone agrees to stay with Pluto for one more day if he agrees to let them both back.]]
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* TheResenter: Mr. Lethe resents being given only a river for his troubles when the other gods got the heavens, seas, and Underworld.
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''Jasper in Deadland'' is a rock musical written by Hunter Forest and Ryan Scott Oliver, with music and lyrics by Ryan Scott Oliver. It premiered Off-Broadway in 2014.
In the vein of Orpheus and Eurydice, Jasper, a teen with a troubled life, journeys to the underworld of Deadland to rescue his best friend, Agnes. Deadland features a mashup of creatures and characters from many mythologies, and while Jasper encounters many dangers on his quest to rescue Agnes, in particular the sinister Mr. Lethe, the greatest obstacle both he and Agnes face is themselves.
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!!This musical contains examples of:
* AllMythsAreTrue: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology,Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
* BumblingHenchmanDuo: For being Norse Gods, Hel and Loki are pretty bad at the capturing-Jasper thing, and their want for bloodshed plus being easily distracted makes them fairly easy to outmaneuver.
* TheDevilIsALoser: Satan is portrayed as little more than a redneck factory overseer watching the punishments of Tartarus, and is quickly dispatched once the lines are stopped up.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Drinking the water of the River Lethe erases your memories the more you drink.
* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee', while here it's pronounced 'leth.'
* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Jasper's goal is to rescue his best friend, Agnes, from Deadland.
* TheStarscream: Mr. Lethe is furious that he was given dominion over his namesake river and plans to overthrow the Roman pantheon, starting with his boss, Pluto.
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In the vein of Orpheus and Eurydice, Jasper, a teen with a troubled life, journeys to the underworld of Deadland to rescue his best friend, Agnes. Deadland features a mashup of creatures and characters from many mythologies, and while Jasper encounters many dangers on his quest to rescue Agnes, in particular the sinister Mr. Lethe, the greatest obstacle both he and Agnes face is themselves.
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!!This musical contains examples of:
* AllMythsAreTrue: Deadland is host to many characters from various mythologies, including the heart-devouring Ammut from Egyptian mythology, Hel and Loki from Norse mythology,Dante, Virgil, and Beatrice from ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'', and Cerberus, Pluto, Charon, Eurydice, and Persephone from Greco-Roman mythology.
* BumblingHenchmanDuo: For being Norse Gods, Hel and Loki are pretty bad at the capturing-Jasper thing, and their want for bloodshed plus being easily distracted makes them fairly easy to outmaneuver.
* TheDevilIsALoser: Satan is portrayed as little more than a redneck factory overseer watching the punishments of Tartarus, and is quickly dispatched once the lines are stopped up.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Drinking the water of the River Lethe erases your memories the more you drink.
* NoPronunciationGuide: In mythology the River Lethe is pronounced 'lee-thee', while here it's pronounced 'leth.'
* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: Jasper's goal is to rescue his best friend, Agnes, from Deadland.
* TheStarscream: Mr. Lethe is furious that he was given dominion over his namesake river and plans to overthrow the Roman pantheon, starting with his boss, Pluto.
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