History YMMV / InTheHeights

** One of Lin-Manuel's early Youtube videos was him rapping about the show (before it officially debuted on Broadway) in a parody of "Bet on It" from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. He even directly calls out Kenny Ortega and the movies themselves. Cut to two years later, when who is cast but Corbin Bleu of ''HSM'' fame, in the role of Usnavi no less. Exacerbated in the Kennedy Center's 2018 production, which cast lead ''HSM'' actress Music/VanessaHudgens as [[CastingGag Vanessa]] -- opposite Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, who'd later star in the ''In the Heights'' movie.

** One of Lin-Manuel's early Youtube videos was him rapping about the show (before it officially debuted on Broadway) in a parody of "Bet on It" from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. He even directly calls out Kenny Ortega and the movies themselves. Cut to two years later, when who is cast but Corbin Bleu of ''HSM'' fame, in the role of Usnavi no less. Exacerbated even later, when the Kennedy Center's 2018 production cast lead ''HSM'' actress Music/VanessaHudgens as [[CastingGag Vanessa]] -- opposite Anthony Ramos as Usnavi, who'd later star in the ''In the Heights'' movie.

** One of Lin-Manuel's early Youtube videos was him rapping about the show (before it officially debuted on Broadway) in a parody of "Bet on It" from ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''. He even directly calls out Kenny Ortega and the movies themselves. Cut to two years later, when who is cast but Corbin Bleu of HSM fame, in the role of Usnavi no less.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: "Piragua" and its reprise.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Benny rapping about how if he won the lottery he'd go to business school, become successful and start golfing with Donald Trump as his caddy becomes harsh considering the amount of racism that Trump has allowed to bloom during his 2015-16 presidential campaign. [[note]]Trump's handling of relief efforts for Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico, caused even [[NiceGuy Lin]] to ''[[BewareTheNiceOnes snap]]'' [[RageBreakingPoint on Twitter]] and tell the President that he's going straight to hell.[[/note]] Though it also doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in hindsight, that Benny wants to become richer than Trump and bring him down a peg.

* MinorityShowGhetto: Sadly why the movie adaptation is currently in DevelopmentHell.

** "Honk your horn if ya want it!" (Pit horns and car horns: [[MostWonderfulSound BA-BA-BAH!!]])

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Chris Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda starring in this musical becomes this when considering their impact as the leading actors in ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}''.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Benny rapping about how if he won the lottery he'd go to business school, become successful and start golfing with Donald Trump as his caddy becomes harsh considering the amount of racism that Trump has allowed to bloom during his 2015-16 presidential campaign. [[note]]Trump's handling of relief efforts for Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico, caused even [[NiceGuy Lin]] to [[BewareTheNiceOnes ''snap'']] [[RageBreakingPoint on Twitter]] and tell the President that he's going straight to hell.[[/note]] Though it also doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in hindsight, that Benny wants to become richer than Trump and bring him down a peg.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Benny rapping about how if he won the lottery he'd go to business school, become successful and start golfing with Donald Trump as his caddy becomes harsh considering the amount of racism that Trump has allowed to bloom during his 2015-16 presidential campaign. [[note]]Trump's handling of relief efforts for Hurricane Maria, which devastated Puerto Rico, caused even [[NiceGuy Lin]] to [[BewareTheNiceOnes''snap'']] [[RageBreakingPoint on Twitter]] and tell the President that he's going straight to hell.[[/note]] Though it also doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in hindsight, that Benny wants to become richer than Trump and bring him down a peg.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Benny rapping about how if he won the lottery he'd go to business school, become successful and start golfing with Donald Trump as his caddy becomes harsh considering the amount of racism that Trump has allowed to bloom during his 2015-16 presidential campaign. Though it also doubles as a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome in hindsight, that Benny wants to become richer than Trump and bring him down a peg.

* SignatureSong: "96000" is one hell of a showstopper that contains some of the most hardcore, take-no-prisoners rapping in Lin's career. "Blackout" is also an amazing CrowdSong that packs in a ton of vocal talent.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Benny rapping about how if he won the lottery he'd go to business school, become successful and start golfing with Donald Trump as his caddy becomes harsh considering the amount of racism that Trump has allowed to bloom during his 2015-16 presidential campaign. Though it also doubles as a CrowningMomentOfAwesome in hindsight, that Benny wants to become richer than Trump and bring him down a peg.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Chris Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda starring in this musical becomes this when considering their impact as the leading actors in Theatre/{{Hamilton}}.

** One of Lin-Manuel's early Youtube videos was him rapping about the show (before it officially debuted on Broadway) in a parody of "Bet on It" from HighSchoolMusical. He even directly calls out Kenny Ortega and the movies themselves. Cut to two years later, when who is cast but Corbin Bleu of HSM fame, in the role of Usnavi no less.

* HilariousInHindsight: One of Lin-Manuel's early Youtube videos was him rapping about the show (before it officially debuted on Broadway) in a parody of "Bet on It" from HighSchoolMusical. He even directly calls out Kenny Ortega and the movies themselves. Cut to two years later, when who is cast but Corbin Bleu of HSM fame, in the role of Usnavi no less.

** The video also featured Jonathan Groff, who was playing Melchior in ''Theatre/SpringAwakening'' - the production of which was on Broadway when In the Heights opened. Cut to 2015, and Groff was in [[Theatre/{{Hamilton}} Miranda's next Broadway outing/smash hit at the same time as the revival of Spring Awakening.

* TearJerker: "Alabanza."
** Especially Usnavi's speech at the start of the song. "They said a combination of the stress and the heat, why she never took her medicine, I'll never understand. I like to think she went out in peace, with pieces of bread crumbs in her hand."
** And the song that follows -- "Everything I Know".
** "Inutil". It's a bit harder to understand if your one or both of your parents isn't like Kevin...from a different country...working their ass off...just so their kid can have a good future....[[{{SandInMyEyes}} 'scuse me.]]
** Believe it or not, the end of "Carnaval de Barrio". It's a very happy, celebratory song...but it ends with the Piraguero and Daniela singing "Esa bonita bandera! Contiene mi alma entera!" ("This beautiful flag, it holds the whole of my soul"). It may not seem like much, but in a country that's currently having a lot of problems with immigration and racism, a stage full of characters taking pride in their heritage moves this child-of-immigrants troper to tears.
** And "Paciencia y Fe"
** The finale for sure, especially beginning the moment Sonny and Graffiti Pete lower the grate.

** "Honk your horn if ya want it!"

** The irresistible urge to click along with "As The Sun Goes Down", which many a rude audience member did when the show was playing.
** "No pare, SIGUE SIGUE!"