History Trivia / JasperInDeadland

* ActingForTwo:
** 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.

* NamesTheSame: In a very early draft of the script, Jasper was named "Jarvis" (which later became his last name). By coincidence, there's a virtual writing assistant called ''[[https://www.jasper.ai/ Jasper.ai]] that was also originally called "Jarvis", and it's usually the first thing that shows up if you search the words "Jasper Jarvis".

** Neither Pluto nor Mr. Lethe [[GodsHandsAreTied could just send anyone]] back to the living world - they could only send someone back if another person died in their place. Persephone's trade only worked because the sudden return of winter led to a random old woman slipping and dying.

** Agnes regained her memory from reading notes that Jasper used to try and protect his memory, rather than Jasper having TheMagicTouch. Jasper never wrote any notes in the draft.

** Pluto was not only aware of Lethe's water making everyone forget, he orchestrated it because ''he'' was upset about Persephone leaving and wished he could forget.

** Neither Pluto nor Mr. Lethe [[GodsHandsAreTied could send just anyone]] back to the living world - they could only send someone back if another person died in their place. Persephone's trade only worked because the sudden return of winter led to a random old woman slipping and dying.

** Instead of having Jasper as a LoserProtagonist, ''Agnes'' was the loser, and Jasper's mother thought she was a bad influence on ''him''. The draft also stated that Jasper must be "relentlessly positive", whereas in the final script he was a pessimist faced with a situation where he couldn't accept failure.

* WordOfGod: Jasper's last name is Jarvis, a fact that isn't actually stated at any point in the show or script.

** Instead of having Jasper as a LoserProtagonist, ''Agnes'' was originally the loser, and Jasper's mother thought she was a bad influence on ''him''. The draft also stated that Jasper must be "relentlessly positive", whereas in the final script he was a pessimist faced with a situation where he couldn't accept failure.

** Little Lu replaced The Chuckster, a CanonForeigner who specifically stated that the Factories were ''not'' Hell.

** "Lifesong" was originally sung by Agnes, not Eurydice. It was never made clear if Orpheus and Eurydice even existed in the draft.

* DawsonCasting: The 5th Avenue actors (along with the Off-Broadway actors) for Jasper, Gretchen and Agnes were all roughly a decade older than the characters they were playing.

** There was no subplot about Jasper becoming "a half-life" and gaining two wishes that led to him getting captured and then escaping. Originally, the Norse gods caught him and Agnes without assistance, and he escaped from Mr Lethe because [[ChessWithDeath Agnes beat him in a game of checkers]].

** There was no subplot about Jasper becoming "a half-life" and gaining two wishes from having Gretchen's heart.

* TwoVoicesOneCharacter: Multiple actresses play Agnes during the song "Goodbye, Jasper".

* DawsonCasting: The 5th Avenue actors, along with the Off-Broadway actors, for Jasper, Gretchen and Agnes were all roughly a decade older than the characters they were playing.

* WordOfGod: Jasper's last name is Jarvis, a fact that isn't stated at any point in the show or script.

* DawsonCasting: The Broadway (and Off-Broadway) actors for Jasper, Gretchen and Agnes were all roughly a decade older than the characters they were playing.

* WordOfGod: Jasper's last name is Jarvis, a fact that isn't stated at any point in the show or script