Nerdy Prudes Must Die

[@kcmcyc]

"Daddy needs a little of that dirty soup" is the GROSSEST line i've ever heard and I can't get it out of my head 😭😭😭

[@dilfpickler]

I'd like to throw "tickle in my mommy spot" into the ring for the Grossest Line 😭 like nooo 😭😭 don't say *either* of these but especially don't say thaaat 😭💀🧍🏻

[@mutantsandmemes]

But the way Max sings it is the reason it's stuck in your head lol

[@jessicad8766]

My immediate reaction was to pause it and say "absolutely not"

[@JDM-is-my-name]

The entire "Dirty girl" thing made me feel grossed out, but honestly, it really works in such a weirdly uncomfortable way

[@sk70091]

Great song though

[@wren4now904]

That one audience member’s “NOOO” when Richie says “I love being alive” 😭😭😭😭😭

[@yeahitsmesofkinwhat]

As soon as he said "I love those guys" I went "Death flag" and was unsurprised.

[@forthefrogs]

Its literally the chekovs gun of loveable side characters lmao

[@greyandok]

i think that might have been me…

[@wren4now904]

@@greyandok SLAYYYY

[@Ireallycantthinkofahandle]

I thought I heard that😂

[@krekln98]

It makes a lot of sense that Grace would fall for someone with the largest God Complex I've ever seen.

[@cloudywithclouds]

About as close as she can get to God on earth I suppose

[@crispyliza7050]

something i saw being said on tumblr is the fact that Grace isn't actually in love with Max at all and only cares about his body while he on the other hand has a huge crush on her lmao

[@krekln98]

@@crispyliza7050 does he ever say he likes her for any other reason than her being "forbidden fruit" though? Yet another religious reference I might add xD

[@beekute8216]

​@@krekln98I guess they think that because at the end he's the one who asked for cuddles

[@JaraelMoonsilver]

@@crispyliza7050Calling back to the “love me like you don’t care/I won’t care about you” in Dirty Girl and the way she refers to him as a “stud to *use*” yeah that tracks

[@beans_of_2]

bro nothing is funnier than imagining Angela and will back stage just standing there aggressively moaning at eachother 😭

[@izurukamukura9095]

And with motifs from "Dirty Girl" playing over it, no less lmao.

[@Tommedian]

I like that Grace has the weakest reason for hating max, yet she is the only one okay with killing him

[@kspoo10_]

Grace is scary. Did you see the ending? She was a serial killer waiting to happen. Terrifying. Most notable is how she repeated the words that Max said to the anime guy (forgot his name). She wasn't there to hear those words. She came up with that herself. She is much more similar to Max than she could ever admit. Not dirty girl. Terrifying girl. Kinda-seems-like-she-wants-to-commit-murder girl.

[@swordsmanthegamernine7973]

I’m wondering why Max didn’t play in the Big Game. Like, dude…you’re a ghost sure but you can still touch things. So like…dude…

[@meriewanderer]

​@@swordsmanthegamernine7973 He's busying haunting nerds that's why 🫶

[@KingOfGaymes]

@@kspoo10_Pretty realistic honestly, there’s so many cases of scary overly religious Christian people like her turning into murderers 💀

[@stephaniehoyland4901]

It because she kinda psycho

[@edwinthemoose]

The fact that the plot can literally be described as: WE PRANKED A JOCK (GONE WRONG) (GONE SEXUAL?!?) is actually pretty funny

[@oliviawilliams9831]

Damn, that made me snort 😂

[@12MyNameIs]

This is so accurate tho-

[@ratboi7898]

Gone spooky

[@levitate08]

WE PRANKED OUR BULLY AT 3 AM 😨😥 (😭GONE WRONG!) (🤨🫃🏻GONE SEXUAL?😝🤭) (🧟‍♂️CAME BACK FROM THE DEAD💀☠️👻)

[@teagannam]

Dhar Mann would flip his shit

[@kaiheale8317]

Can't believe stephanie and peter were acting completely normal at the prom as if they hadn't just suffered terrible loss.. that game, fucking chemists

[@twist_ending7545]

They wanted to ignore the trauma of losing the big game

[@JohnDoe-zu2tz]

They'll get them next year.

[@Zoeeeee15]

YOU GOT ME 😂👏👏😭

[@tivthetat7067]

We’ll get em next year! Go nighthawks!

[@Zoeeeee15]

@@tivthetat7067 caw kcaw 😔✊

[@Good_luck_.]

I ADORE the fact this musical had a nerdy protagonist paired with a cool rebel and they didn’t have to “glow up”

[@twist_ending7545]

Steph likes 'em nerdy

[@michaellucejr.6374]

Oh, yeah. I did notice that. But by the end, Pete seemed less nervous around Stephanie.

[@benten2462]

Losing the bowtie and suspenders kind of did give me lowkey glow up vibes tho

[@twist_ending7545]

@@benten2462 not really

[@benten2462]

@@twist_ending7545well, his appearance did literally change, as suggested by Steph. Not much, mind you, I love this musical, but still

[@Kiki-db7rz]

Casting Angela as Grace was a fucking PHENOMENAL choice she murdered this

[@torijeri]

watch Abstinence camp if you want more Grace!

[@risottopose9970]

Also has a minor role in Perky’s Buds

[@Aisha_Luv]

im used to seeing her in smosh i frogot she was here first and i got jumpscared.

[@kytykat]

@@Aisha_Luv i couldn’t take her seriously when she was on screen at first, kept expecting her to break and to hear shayne’s laugh from behind the camera

[@TslilTapiro]

she murdered max too

[@thewoodlandcryptid]

I love how in every hatchetfield universe there’s always a few constants: Emma and Paul nearly always get together, and everyone hates fucking clivesdale

[@Halbed_Lemons]

And there’s always a man in a hurry

[@pumpkinpatch2203]

@@Halbed_Lemons and the creepy homeless guy who would snack on a dead mans face

[@moonwhale8911]

And that one guy who’s in a hurry

[@goldiegoose8975]

@@pumpkinpatch2203 While high on bath-salt zombie drugs

[@goldiegoose8975]

And Corey's main roles always die

[@blob9638]

Max using therapy-speech because he keeps being sent to anti-bullying stints and probably therapy while still deciding to be an asshole with a god complex is soooooo good. american psycho type beat

[@explodingmangos3416]

Oh my god thank you for articulating it, I had noticed but couldnt put it into words

[@MayvaAva]

He’s so unapologetically terrible all the way to the end I love it

[@LunaWitcherArt]

I mean, his dad seems to bully him at home for everything, and he probably doesn't have time to work/save money/move out since he's so great at football and that's probably his only shot at leaving for college MAYBE. Therapy can only do so much - if your environment affects you negatively you need to get away from it before actually improving. Had he lived to move out, he would probably improve a lot faster, specially with all the maturing that comes with living on your own, working and paying your own bills.

[@redscrunchie222]

Still love how he has such a high EQ but he’s in remedial algebra in senior year

[@skullman-us7wn]

@@redscrunchie222algebra is fucking hard

[@Bismuth_Squirrel]

It took Max 2 weeks to come back because he was spending all that time bedazzling his jacket.

[@twist_ending7545]

His return had to be fabulous

[@just_charmx]

he has to be as glamorous as possible

[@crispyliza7050]

"You can see I'm much improved"

[@rishnaya5884]

I can't stop laughing 😂 that's so funny

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

and coming up with good puns!!

[@sienahyde876]

“SHES BISEXUAL AND DEAD WHERE ELSE WOULD SHE BE” actually killed me 💀

[@Jaydee-wd7wr]

Guess that puts Alice off her list. Or maybe she’s deeply closeted.

[@tandnmom100]

@@Jaydee-wd7wrSeems like Grace has a low opinion of sexuality in general, actually

[@G.Paat1403]

@tandnmom100 well she Is christian So Yeah

[@s.m.2523]

​@@tandnmom100 She is a nerdy prude who goes to Abstinenece Camp(see the nightmare Time storyof the same nme folks) regulalry and proud of it. Seeing her even tempted by Max at the stat of the musical was honneslty jarring.

[@sienahyde876]

@@s.m.2523 literaly!! I was actually flabbergasted when she was attracted to it because of abstinence camp.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

You know, I don’t think Grace Chastity is really the kind of girl Bill would want Alice to date.

[@lisbet_estelle]

true but she is nice to him at church so 🤷‍♀️

[@maem7462]

This is explains why her name sounded familiar

[@crispyliza7050]

what is this refrencing?

[@Jaydee-wd7wr]

@@crispyliza7050, Grace Chastity only exists as a character for a joke in TGWDLM, Bill wants his daughter to date somebody nicer than Deb, “like Grace Chastity”, the response to which was, “No! Grace Chastity is a nerdy prude!”, Alice then implies what we now know, that’s she’s indefensible. It’s kinda a plot hole because I think he says she goes to Clivesdale.

[@corinneeaglebridge]

@@Jaydee-wd7wrI think it could be seen as a plothole, but I think the way it’s meant by Bill is “why don’t you try dating someone at your own high school in Clivesdale, [someone who’s] like Grace Chasity”. Alice definitely took it like dating Grace Chasity though. (To which Bill responds: “I said someone *like* her.”)

[@houselemuellan8756]

Imagine being extremely Christian, and then all of a sudden you meet 5 whole gods that you've never heard of lmao

[@justaspoon9827]

then immediately turning to them for power in exchange for killing people. it’s wonderful

[@ellesmith1801]

I’m high and rewatching this, so I’m just gonna answer your question Honestly tho, as a former Grace Chasity, I can completely understand how easy it was for her to shift. She’s used to trusting what a book tells her, but THIS time, she can see actual evidence that the book is telling the truth. Not only that, but the gods stand in front of her, undeniable. Best of all, these gods will lend her their powers for a righteous mission she’s been preparing for her entire life. That sounds a lot better than the shit that made her so afraid and disgusted at her natural sexual thoughts that she literally kind of killed someone over it.

[@scmontgomery]

​@@ellesmith1801 honestly yeah. From her perspective her god ignored he when she begged for help with the cops but the second she reached out to the lords in black they answered immediately, followed through on their promise and then gave her the power of the book.

[@ScribbleScribbles]

666th like 😭

[@HenryLarson-wq2xp]

​@@ellesmith1801 I'm very curious, did you see any indubitable evidence yourself?

[@arthurroseart]

ruth singing the most heart wrenching song about loneliness and anxiety then immediately getting killed in the most stupid way possible is emotional whiplash

[@asheeboo]

Fr 😭

[@quokka_yt]

Also at ‏‪2:11:03‬‏ (although I won't spoil it, watch it yourself)

[@PalomasMusic666]

Why did that look so cruel and evil, I'm thinking it's just a wedgie

[@surprisedsock]

@@PalomasMusic666 it was a wedgie, just so intense it literally split her in half-

[@TuxedoMasc]

Her "I used to dance," part was literally too real to life and I started to tear up - and then she got split in two so yaknow.... that's life I guess.

[@Dead-or-Alive1985]

"GET your hands out of your pockets! PUT your hands down! HE'S GOING FOR A GUN." fucking KILLS me every time

[@HHSDaily]

Everytime the "We're Cops" theme played when the red/blue lights came up I smiled.

[@noodletheq]

@@HHSDailysame! and when paul was talking and you heard the “inevitable” leitmotif. had me giggling and kicking my feet

[@madisonhallman8702]

"Kills me every time." Babe, it was released today.

[@Dead-or-Alive1985]

@@madisonhallman8702 I literally bought the digital ticket more than seven months ago

[@madisonhallman8702]

@@Dead-or-Alive1985 Sorry homie, I just wanted to do a funny bit. I bet a ton of us are watching and rewatching over and over again. I know I am. I meant no disrespect.

[@lindseyb2777]

Max literally boos her performance when he enters to kill Ruth. He is a ghost. And he says boo.

[@RozehKakes]

idk why i adore this little detail as much as i do but its so very uwu

[@yowchhhh]

OH MY GOSH I JUST REALIZED 😭😭😭😭

[@ilyte1]

Ghost max is straight up a comic book villain. Unashamedly evil and unashamedly campy.

[@yourshoulderdevil5229]

​@@ilyte1 went from Disney channel villain to comic book villain after he died.

[@urgae9125]

@@yourshoulderdevil5229He has the perfect mix of both, but able to cuss. I’d consider that stoner humor, actually.

[@akisorax]

One of my favorite details here is how almost everyone Max kills tries to reason with him by saying they're not a nerdy prude and he only kills nerdy prudes so he can't kill them. Because Max himself said that he decides who's a nerd and who's not. There's never any reason with bullies, you can make up a million reasons to why you're a loser but ultimately, bullies pick on people because they want to.

[@tylerbarnes972]

That’s brilliant. I didn’t understand why Ruth was murdered since she’s anything but a prude, but that makes so much more sense. Thank you

[@krekln98]

Also another small detail: there's a line in Literal Monster that says "you're not him you're a looser." Meaning he in his very obvious God Complex can see litteraly anyone BUT himself as a "nerdy prude"

[@LaRomaBella]

And the one actual person that can be considered a nerdy prude? Grace, for whom he goes out of his way to be nice to (**nice for him, anyway) and for whom he literally goes to a permanent hell. Bonus? He even says it's worth it.

[@crit7514]

Well it's to show character development, a change of mind. In the beginning they had accepted that they were the bottom of the barrel, but at the end they died standing up for themselves against the bully that had put them down to begin with

[@sagegreeeeeeen]

And he said “nerdy prudes must die” but the only character who’s been called that was grace chasity. And did max wanna kill grace? No. He refused to, actually.

[@MetaNiteFM]

“You fucking Judas!” “SO YOU DO KNOW THE BIBLE.” Fucking KILLED me 😂

[@CXP3D]

Tell me abt it

[@Cre8ivBookworm]

Killed Max too

[@theemployer-pj4iv]

​@Cre8ivBookworm I wonder was the lords are doing to him

[@DamTheAbsolute]

I'm glad to see them return to their roots - musicals about horny nerds in highschool.

[@JaraelMoonsilver]

I half-expected Pete’s dick to gain sentience and start singing

[@thebugthatruinsyourpicnic]

with Joey Richter as a main character

[@AlinaAniretake]

@@thebugthatruinsyourpicnic imagine if they exist in the same universe, though.

[@Lolzyhahas]

​@@AlinaAniretakeThe Trail To Oregon as a show exists in the Hatchetfield universe. It was performed at the Starlight once.

[@bboleyngirl]

Be More Chill and Heathers.

[@MasenVerse]

"AND SUDDENLY I'M DEFENDING GRACE CHASTITY OF ALL PEOPLE!!"

[@kytykat]

AND I DONT EVEN LIKE GRACE CHASTITY!!! (edit OK FUCK after watching i gotta admit as an ex(ish)church-goer she’s fucking FUNNY if nothing else)

[@Kloeeistired]

“You just want to hang out with grace chastity!” AND I SAY “WELL AT LEAST SHES NICE TO ME AT *C H U R C H.”*

[@constrictedconstitution6451]

I like how Bill implores Alice to date Grace but Grace being a full on Christian would never go out with another female (tbf she'd never go out with anyone regardless of gender (except 1 👀) but it would be doubly worse if the person was in the lgbtqia+ community)

[@cheese3123]

⁠@@constrictedconstitution6451to be fair he said date someone LIKE grace chastity

[@kytykat]

@@constrictedconstitution6451 oh i always took it that they are saying the two don’t have to be mutually exclusive

[@meamhax8831]

" I have been waiting for what feels like five fucking years and I still haven't recieved my hot chocolate!" is one of the most genius jokes Starkid has ever made

[@yuarentlucky]

I LOVED SEEING HIM AGAIN.

[@annaxxxx99]

If it's only funny for people who saw a musical they did a few musicals ago, then it's not a very good joke.

[@PS-dm1dq]

This currently has 420 likes, so imma leave the like button alone 😆

[@spicybacon1696]

@@yuarentluckybut it wasn’t the same actor

[@user-gv3mr9jw7r]

@@annaxxxx99 its almost like thats the Point of the joke

[@cody3588]

when he sings "who will pray for me" its so raw and powerful

[@Sara-io6uc]

Its a reflection to himself he had noone to pray for him when he died so its like a angry cry

[@pegasoltaeclair0611]

Will's entire performance is to be described by such words. Magnificent.

[@EveTheRaviolo]

"or is this the eternal dark without a dawn?" sent chills down my spine

[@MisterCynic18]

I'm here purely cause of a clip of that song

[@faina_yevheniia]

​@@MisterCynic18 same! Watched Mouthwashing animation with that song and now here I am

[@AgonusLastname]

It’s crazy to me that there’s people who don’t think this show has a moral/lesson. Like it’s obviously “Listen To Peter Spankoffski When He Comments On The Structural Integrity Of A Building.”

[@BowsandAros]

I thought it was "Nothing Truly Dies in the old Waylon Place"

[@Starbean89]

I’d like to add “make sure Grace NEVER keeps the Magic/curse thing”

[@ladylucyofNewEngland]

This musical is OSHA propaganda

[@Starbean89]

@@ladylucyofNewEngland Is that a bad thing tho? I would say it’s pretty nice they remind us to be safe in cursed dilapidated places. Don’t wanna get impaled then have ya nips cut off

[@KingOfGaymes]

No it’s “Don’t ever follow Grace Chastity’s plans”

[@dannyphantom2530]

I love how when he died he gained the ability to not only teleport, move through walls, and disappear at will, but he also got really good at puns

[@ThatOneArchivist]

He's so silly!!

[@nutelasaur9453]

it was mentioned by Grace that he's "a nerd in disguise"

[@astoroidea6502]

So you can say he could, *walk through walls disappear and fly and is much more unique than the other guys?*

[@wedran9225]

And beatboxing! Don't forget beatboxing!

[@jasonparker3925]

Not to mention his force choke he did on Richie

[@RedHoundArt]

"I have been waiting what feels like 5 FUCKING years and I still have not received my damn hot chocolate" absolutely killed me

[@Varalynnta]

It’s even funnier knowing that The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals came out five years before this

[@LunaWitcherArt]

​@@Varalynntait's insane how it feels like too long ago and not that long ago at the same time. Seems like I've been waiting for this forever but then Black Friday only came out like 2-3 years ago or something.

[@georgia2992]

@@Varalynnta that’s why they did it

[@cornnflaek6234]

@@Varalynntathat’s the joke

[@twinswords79dualblade84]

I kinda wished as soon as he got his Hot Chocolate he goes: “Finally…I have very low blood sugar…”

[@M00N.WITH.XTRA.STARZZ]

dude the way max jagerman says "skeleton" is everything😭🤚 "OH SHIT, IT'S A SKELE'ON!!OH FUCK I'M SO FUCKING SCARED" 😭🤚

[@twist_ending7545]

He's a weirdo 💀 If he didn't play football he'd be considered a "nerd" too

[@paolar836]

The way it sounds like he either shortened it to "skeleh" or he combined "skeleton" and "in" to "i didn't think thered be a skele-in here" 😂😂🤌🏻

[@ArchivistByDay]

I used to call it a Skele-in as a kid 😭 my logic was that the skele was in you. So it’s a skele in.

[@twist_ending7545]

@@ArchivistByDay solid logic for a kid lol

[@chriswelter3859]

Funniest part in the entire musical is when he's initially scared of the ghost and then he's like "it time to stop running" and chugs his beer. It was SUCH bad luck for the nerds that it was hilarious.

[@ZzzMeep]

The fact that we all cheered with the audience when the lords of darkness arrived is like we're part of a cult.

[@LaPalmeritaFeliz]

Linda would be so proud

[@milogrey7323]

we are >:)

[@AnimeLover930]

Time stamp for the lord of darkness?

[@robo1513]

@@AnimeLover930 2:00:36

[@briannafreak6382]

Mind as well be I would GLADLY buy a wiggly

[@gobglob2201]

I just realized that Grace takes a bath in a bathing suit, not only because Angela obviously can’t be naked on stage, but because in Abstinence Camp Grace mentioned that she always baths in a swim suit!

[@redscrunchie222]

Continuity is a great thing!

[@averageshortking7949]

As a family rule lol

[@urgae9125]

@@averageshortking7949they abhor nudity to the degree they can’t even SPEAK to their daughter through the bathroom door without there being some sort of clothing on

[@cheshirerick9771]

IT WAS A BIRTHDAY SUIT TOO AND NO ONE IS MENTIONING IT

[@sunnydayzz0]

The fact that they made Jon Matteson, a full grown man, say “waifu” and “anime” multiple times, single handedly made this the best musical out of the Hatchetfield trilogy. (/lh)

[@sapphire26]

And the "NANIIIIIII??"

[@yuarentlucky]

​@@sapphire26And "Body pillow."

[@gwenmorgan8696]

“I know I’ll never hold the real Rei, or Asuka in my arms”

[@ic236]

the fact that this man played a disgruntled 9-5 working class Paul is bewildering, man's got range

[@Noikar]

Honestly it's sad how many full grown men actually DO say those things.

[@novamochi2291]

Max kicking his feet and giggling in the black and white hearing Grace quote him

[@hollowhorizon7196]

fr that went so hard

[@GarnetHeartIllustrations]

Like “aww we both intimidate the same way, we have so much in common!!”

[@thegrimmestreaper44]

Wait where is that? I think I missed it ​@@GarnetHeartIllustrations

[@GarnetHeartIllustrations]

@@thegrimmestreaper44 no, that didn’t happen in the show, we’re just joking

[@circeeldritchworkaholicwitch13]

@@GarnetHeartIllustrations Oh it does; it's her version of "Nerdy Prudes Must Die" - "Dirty Dudes Must Die" I'm rewatching the show so I'll see if there's any more parallels

[@luxury_nightmare]

To summarize (no spoilers) grace has one sexual fantasy. Three dead, Six traumatized

[@beepboopstrawberry]

and a newfound lust for blood!

[@liladuvendack9931]

5 dead actually . . . . . . . . Max, Richie, Ruth, Mayor and his secretary

[@maddi_b_123]

Who are the 6 traumatized? Grace, Steph, Peter, Detective from Chicago are the ones I can think of

[@user-xn7vs4tp9s]

I mean getting murdered is pretty traumatising. But uh that could just be me /j.

[@sparkybaker]

ms mulberry didn't seem to handle finding ruth very well, i assume that's another one@@maddi_b_123

[@emma-katemarie5050]

The fact that Pete is canonically the hot chocolate guy is my favorite thing ever

[@midnightfandoms8960]

It’s honestly my favourite scene! I wonder if the role of Pete was meant to go to Rob because of this

[@pr0bablyph0enix]

@@midnightfandoms8960 it probably was, but i believe he's taking a bit of a break due to past controversies that were briefly mentioned on his starkid wiki page. if he came back sooner i fully believe he would have played pete! (on the other hand having pete played by joey makes sense for the relation to ted but i digress)

[@bxzarie_]

@@pr0bablyph0enixi’m pretty sure bc of his actions (sa towards a staff member at starkid) there was something about him taking action to reconcile and build trust with the team again it was mentioned in like an instagram story if u google rob manion controversy

[@jackofhearts5542]

​@@pr0bablyph0enixI don't think Robert is coming back. He allegedly was sexually harrassing one of the members and after being temporarily kicked, has gone on to talk a lot of bad things about Starkid on his instagram. And Jeff Blim is playing Professor Hidgeons now in Working Boys, which was formally played by Robert, so he's probably not coming back to Starkid.

[@torijeri]

@@pr0bablyph0enix joey was cast as peter before NPMD for nightmare time (abstinence camp) so i think it was supposed to go to joey because peter is ted’s brother.

[@selectedshipper8282]

Max’s letterman jacket being bedazzled after he comes back adds so much to his character

[@fishfoo]

this is the skin of a killer bella

[@thedotintheletteri]

@@fishfoothis was so out of nowhere and made me laugh way harder than it should have, thank you

[@theearmuffs1046]

@@fishfooI said the same thing when I saw him!!! 😂

[@EK_Beast]

@@fishfoonot the comment we needed… but the comment we deserved 😂

[@Acorn905]

I just saw it and wow it's so *razzle dazzle!*

[@kellivannattasumrall1037]

The "I took off my WWJD bracelet when we were dismembering the body" is a grossly underrated line

[@dawngrove7053]

Grace Chasity is like if Frollo was reborn as a modern day teenage girl.

[@ashleylabaki2872]

🎶Like Fire, Heckfire 🎶

[@ElyOrSomething]

Best take in this comment section

[@TRNatalie48]

I was thinking that yesterday and I'm so glad to see someone else vocalize it. Repressed religious person decides to wreck vengeance upon experiencing unwanted feelings for someone? Yeah, that checks out

[@maem7462]

That is so true

[@ProclaimingProductions]

I thought that too. Except she isn’t a catholic

[@JackBongos]

48:41 Pete: "Am I reading as ghost or Lin Manuel Miranda?" 2:11:02 Max comes in as a ghost, beatboxing, and catches the bullet in slow motion. This is actually genius writing.

[@wompadillœ]

oh my god you’re right! i made the connection between the bullet slow-mo and Hamilton but forgot about the LMM line earlier in the show, that’s amazing. good catch!

[@Clasteau]

"You kinda look like that homeless guy downtown." Oh, you mean his time-tossed brother?

[@Tacticslion]

Wow. Great catch.

[@greeneyesgirl467]

My headcanon is that Max loved musicals lol

[@FloorSB]

omg... I've watched this at least 10 times, and Hamilton at least the same... How didn't I get this... haha thanks for making me love this even more :D

[@pinkstry]

still cant get over how grace has one sexual fantasy and decides to kill a man

[@akittynamedbunni]

Real

[@deebee.1542]

as one does

[@valkrose1586]

she’s so me

[@lukemckenzie0121]

Post nut clarity does that

[@jamwjaime]

Can't a gal have hobbies?

[@abbemai]

everyone coming over from that animation is making me so happy 😭

[@8bitsquip]

YES I KNOW WHAT YOU MEANN me too😭😭

[@santi0633]

ThirdChildFilms?

[@meriewanderer]

That wip made me watched the entire musical and I'm so grateful for it I don't know why I didn't know about this musical this is the best thing ever

[@abbemai]

@@meriewanderer omg im so glad! im loving seeing all the new fans this musical's bringing in :D

[@mozariahrain8363]

IM SO GLAD I GOT CALLED OUT. i had to SEARCH. i got stuck in an adhd loop from that gorgeous animation so i had to find where the source came from because it was so beautiful but driving me insane!❤ And i am NOT disappointed (I got stuck watching that animation on repeat for 2 hours 😅)

[@mollymyers4173]

the foreshadowing with max is so good!!! “i’ll only rest once i have chastity” and “i am expecting you to betray me” are the ones that caught my attention as i’m bouncing around scenes

[@sirpumpkinspice9483]

they also foreshadow the first two dead at the very start with richie & ruth

[@doomgaming592]

don't forget "literal monster" cuz. he becomes a literal monster

[@caitr21]

@@sirpumpkinspice9483i mean it’s not foreshadowing as richie literally says “im dead” so😭

[@RareFantom47]

Something I also enjoy are parallel between Max and Ruth. When Max talks to Grace, he says "Watch some porn, you'll see" and not 10 minutes later Ruth says the same thing to Pete in the Library.

[@bunnyellabell]

​@@caitr21i think they meant the positions on stage/the lighting! ruth & ritchie are both in front & bathed in red light. and ritchie saying "I'm dead" is foreshadowing! in that scene, he was in class. he meant it metaphorically. but we the audience also know he dies since the opening reveals that. ritchie as a character has not died yet. it's foreshadowing!

[@SaadTheGlad]

Goddamit the constant itch to sing "Show my your hands, show me your jazz hands" during the cop scenes was UNBEARABLE!

[@arrowslinger-xn3lf]

i really wanted to empty out all of my pockets and then not empty out all of my pockets

[@ZzzMeep]

@@arrowslinger-xn3lf I couldn't resist putting my hands up, putting my hands down, cause they're cops!

[@matthew5330]

​@@ZzzMeepand they make sense!

[@cyanuwu1864]

otho really succeded on that one ig

[@bruh_its_jad_uh]

1:24:08 not sure if anyone caught this already but they do a little jazz hands in Hatchet Town :D

[@LilyEbbs]

Can we acknowledge that A. Grace's actress has INSANE range? Between Grace Chastity and Lex Foster, two totally opposite people B. The fact that out of the trilogy, this is the only one where the world doesnt end? They actually succeeded! Someone check, was Paul wearing a watch?

[@cmdrvimes72]

I checked, Paul is still not wearing a watch.

[@EK_Beast]

Well technically… the world does end. Maybe they’ll come out with a statement but Grace using the book more and using the powers of Wiggly and his other god like court members is giving them power to control and do things in the world. So from my perspective it’s another of the story of an apocalypse. Also a few other details to be talked about with it as well.

[@raasu_raasu]

Angela is indeed amazing 😭

[@maddiewhatever441]

​@@EK_BeastThey do mention something about taking back their kingdoms or whatever in their song. I don't know what that means, but if you throw out the theory that they view the different universes as their kingdoms, that makes sense. And that's why I don't think this one is one that ends. Because it's in reference to others. Though wordplay is weird

[@cgarcia3614]

I mean... it didn't end in an apocalypse because none of the Lords in Black were actively trying to accomplish something this time. In TGWDLM, Pokey was trying to assimilate everyone. In Black Friday, Wiggly was trying to feed on everyone's wrath or something. Here, Jägerman just got revived by an old spell not intended for him and just did his own thing.

[@LyriesCornerPodcast]

The “don’t you wanna cuddle” was wild 😭😂😂

[@koreaidon4128]

FOR REAL 😭

[@urgae9125]

It makes sense for his character, bro is neglected and abused at home, him being a cuddler is realistic.

[@ThatOneBard_BritzOP]

Max is so babygirl

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

"don't you wanna cuddle a little bit??" *kicks feet in the air*

[@Plumgoblin]

If I had a nickel for every time Corey and Mariah played a father and daughter with emotional issues that unknowingly contribute to the plot of the musical, I would have two nickels. It’s not a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice

[@Trainwrecktayta]

The fact that I’ve seen this reference comment on nearly every hatchetfield musical is one of my favorite things. Really lets me know I’ve found my community

[@Trainwrecktayta]

@thegaytay4327 Honestly Jon flinging his arms down to get the costume off was my favorite part of the whole thing

[@matineeman3038]

the movie 🤨

[@allyk6920]

Mariah was originally supposed to have Angela’s role in Black Friday, and considering Our Doors Are Open, you nearly could have had three nickels!

[@GarnetHeartIllustrations]

Also for every time that, during an ensemble song where things go to shit, Corey talks at the singing mob. Two nickels, but weird it happened twice lol

[@THE_CONQUEROR_WORM]

Can we talk about John Matteson's voice these days? He mentioned he'd taken vocal lessons since TGWDLM and it totally shows!!! He sounds fantastic!

[@unknownentity7964]

For real! I was wincing when I saw he was gonna open the show but then was incredibly surprised and happy to hear how much better he sounds in this!! Suits his vocal range better too I think

[@Ryko175]

I KNOW!!! He sounded good in TGWDLM but he suffered from not being able to not warm up properly after not singing for the whole musical. I thought the sharp tone fitts pauls character as he's fighting tooth and nail to regain his body while the alien just pops OFF, but as a musical number, it could have been better. But he frickin KILLED IT In his vocal takes in this show, truly spectacular.

[@theCaptainFinch]

@@unknownentity7964LMAOOOO he really wasn’t that bad in tgwdlm 😭😭 but he really has improved so much he sounds absolutely amazing

[@abydosianchulac2]

Well it also didn't help that his songs in TGWDLM were written at and beyond the top of his range. Compare his opening solo here to either of his songs in that show and it's significantly lower. Jeff's gotten much better at writing songs to fit and show off his cast.

[@Cherlouise]

WHEN HESINGS IMOT A LOSER I FAWN EVERYTIME

[@Clasteau]

EVERYBODY. Let's be 100% clear. Will Branner just gave us the best bully performance since Biff Tannen in Back to the Future.

[@markerofthemidnight7469]

Absolutely!

[@lydialacey]

agreed and funny enough he understudies biff in back to the future on broadway

[@yuarentlucky]

​@@lydialaceyEverything makes sense now.

[@emmurphshine]

I love how just before he died we see the bully has inner deft.

[@Clasteau]

@@emmurphshine "oooh. That was REALLY special." Cracked me up.

[@konstance13]

1:44:09 Not enough love for Peter doing a baseball motion to a lyric about football lol

[@DevilDarling21]

THAT PART IS SO FUNNY TO ME.

[@jaxonwojo]

I’m surprised more people aren’t talking about how incredible Lauren Lopez did as Ruthie AS a character in the BBQ monologues. She’s acting as a character, who is acting in another character! It honestly feels like it’s RUTHS interpretation of a Sondheim song/character and not Lauren doing the character with a funny voice- it’s genuinely incredible

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

"I'm the dude playing a dude disguised as another dude"

[@pistachiopanda]

Lauren was incredible as Linda in Black Friday but she is so endearing as Ruth. The BBQ monologues was such a turn but I fucking loved it.

[@nightowlowo149]

​​@@pistachiopanda I love ruth but I cant call her endearing given her "I JUST CUT OFF HIS NIPS" "What is she saying, WHAT THE FUCK IS SHE SAYING" The endearing part is definitely Who are you talking to? "My boyfriend 😶" "Okay my ex-boyfriend 😒" The best part (I forgor the words) "I cant believe youre actually so nice to me" "I think Im in love with you" Why are all the characters so likeable in their own way 😢❤

[@itsalladream5559]

To me it seemed like Falsettos, what sondheim show did it remind you of? :]

[@Wertherisdead]

Completely agree. Best song and scene of the musical!

[@andybomb2]

26:38 Max telling the audience to shut up while they're appluading for Peters song is beyond genius.

[@Pebbles.3]

laughed so hard at it

[@beatrixlivesey-stephens1892]

is this during peter's first "I want" song or during the reprise (or something else)?

[@echofromafar]

@@beatrixlivesey-stephens189226:42 :)

[@chesspiece4257]

and booing for Ruth’s song? great, 10/10

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

Reminds me of Joe Walker yelling directly at the band to stop playing

[@squidpigeon7048]

when richie says "I love being alive! :D" at 1:07:16 and the audience screams cuz they sorta forgot about richie inevitably dying gets me every time i love it

[@justaspoon9827]

i genuinely gasped and paused the first time i watched cuz i was so sad. i got so attached to him

[@Vittaivi]

I genuinely forgot that he was gonna die. Bc i mean it's said in the first minutes but like how was i supposed to remember that 😭

[@squidpigeon7048]

i forgot too!! like theres so much plot you forget the musical starts with him saying "i'm dead"@@Vittaivi

[@yuarentlucky]

I FORGOT HE DIED UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. JUST A "...Oh." AND THEN SADNESS. 💀

[@MoaDiarys]

LITERALLY the way they were able to make everyone (including me) forget about that part like damn.

[@chriswelter3859]

Love how Ziggy gets accused of selling drugs to kids, and they're all like, "So? Is that a crime?" Yes, Ziggy, you poor stoner. It is, in fact, a crime.

[@orishahar]

What state is hatchetfield in anyway lol?

[@genericname6505]

​@@orishaharMichigan

[@bahhumbug5813]

I love how everyone’s hair stays the same but Grace’s hairdo slowly falls apart as she does lol

[@twist_ending7545]

When I noticed that she loses hair clips as time goes on I wondered why nobody was talking about it

[@deebee.1542]

i also really liked the leitmotif for her plans get faster as she goes mad!

[@meriewanderer]

She's going insane lmao

[@soulangela7154]

@@twist_ending7545 Symbolising that the things holding her together are slowly slipping and she starts falling apart, or accident? Who knows

[@4eyesinthecorner399]

@@twist_ending7545 I'm pretty sure they actually just used footage from two different performances - one where she has 4 clips and one where she has 2 - (as well as insert shots filmed separately) as her hair would often change mid scene, though by the end she has none at all so this still stands but I thought I'd just point it out.

[@aliyah1164]

I think Alice dodged a bullet by not dating Grace Chasity. (Or someone like her.)

[@Gamergirl-.-]

I was thinking the same thing the entire time

[@Exvilness]

Alice dodged the bullet but Bill couldn't-

[@aliyah1164]

@@Exvilness FOULLLLLLL

[@chickenlord9873]

​@@ExvilnessNAHHHHH

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

​@@ExvilnessYOU DID NOT

[@pastelsparadox]

The "He's talking to Stephanie Lauter!" "NANI?" had me in TEARS. That's PAINFULLY accurate.

[@julialarsson2727]

I dont get that reference🤨

[@azureshard1873]

@@julialarsson2727 "nani" is japanese for "what", sometimes kids who really like anime use a few japanese words in conversations

[@katethevampire]

The worst part is that I know for a fact younger me would have done the same exact thing forever ago

[@iridescent28]

​@@katethevampiregurl sameee I did this when I was 11-12 🤣🤣

[@kabobchanx]

can someone send the time stamp for this part? LOL

[@Highsch9oliskillingme]

1:07:16 Richie : "I love being alive 😄" The whole audience : "nooooo😢"

[@Kerriangel]

The audience going nuts at the realisation that Pete is Hot Chocolate Boy and the appearance of Wiggly was just perfect and helps link the musicals together

[@StudyWithFai]

It was amazing, the screams at Wiggly were amazing

[@dilfpickler]

Agreed! The screaming as soon as we could see the Lords in Black made it feel soo much more otherworldly!

[@GuffawedGoomba]

Timestamp?

[@lumos_child]

Hot Chocolate Boy is 1:41:15 and Wiggly is 2:00:33

[@imthetrollman9279]

I THINK PETE IS ALSO THE CINAPLEX WORKER HAHAHAHA

[@sophie3382]

Saying "wake me up when the mean girl is more than mean" to regina george is pretty iconic

[@valentine8409]

I didn't even catch the casting gag there!

[@anasamira8147]

someone said that Jeff cant remember if it was on purpose or not kahskshsj

[@benpebbles4111]

Wheres regine george??

[@sabrinaattwood9362]

@@benpebbles4111 the girl that played Steph was Regina Gorge in the mean girls musical so the line is speculated to reference her being THE mean girl prior to this

[@TheWarriorBeaver]

@@sabrinaattwood9362 where is the line?

[@kellyrocheleau4660]

It will never not be funny that the character who devises the plan to subdue the horrible bully is not one of the people the bully tormented as their self-appointed god, but the one who just got really pissed off that the bully made them horny.

[@imtooqueerforthis]

I mean yeah but,, he harrassed Grace too he just happened to be accurate in his assumptions 💀

[@dilemmarose]

She was the only one who was really acting out of selfishness kinda

[@birdbird8364]

I am obsessed with how everything that happens is low-key all Grace's fault- like the others go along with it, but until she showed up their plans for dealing with max were: -go to the principal -do nothing??

[@wjefoiafjalfkjadfjk7045]

@@birdbird8364 Grace is an antagonist.

[@cameronsharples2544]

​@@birdbird8364no it was all jafar's fault

[@austinriley2225]

I know Jon plays both Richie and Wiggles because he is the respective actor for both, but i love the idea that Wiggly chose Richie'a face simply because it gives him a chance to fuck with them. "We hold court in your own form and tongue! Also, im gonna use your dead friend's face because it makes you uncomfortable."

[@toadstoolsandtaverns]

also the fact that blinky (lauren plays ruth) calls grace naughty is so great oml

[@austinriley2225]

​@toadstoolsandtaverns right?! So good!!!

[@siri7228]

THIS. THIS EXACTLY.

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

SO GLAD im not the only one that made that connection!!

[@ingeborgolder1102]

I love how the "if girl sexually active she must die" trope is flipped on its head! The disaster kicks off because Grace wants to protect her chastity, and then she winds up saving the day BY having sex. Just 🔥

[@Haze-xr9rc]

and then she kills people!

[@luna732]

Similarily, I also loved how they managed to subvert that trope and also subvert the trope of "intense, repressed chick just needs sex and then she'll chill", Grace ended up much more unhinged afterwards. Grace may not defy Jesus, but she sure defies tropes!

[@teamcyeborg]

Plus how she inverts it in a different way with _Dirty Dudes Must Die_

[@JohnnyKeats]

@@luna732 Agreed! To me it feels like Grace's chastity is a "canon event" in Hatchetfield like Paul and Emma's relationship, Jane dying, or Peter wearing a bowtie. When her chastity is broken, so becomes the world. It can't possibly be a good ending where Grace needed to give up her chastity.

[@karmicgal344]

Also the trope of "Boy gets horny and makes it everyone's problem" *coughJudgeFrollocough* And instead it's the girl who makes it everyone else's problem

[@ultra.violettes]

I love how so far Emma and Paul get together or show interest in each other at some point in each musical. It’s inevitable.

[@billolson8766]

INEVITABLE! sorry.

[@DragonsRuby]

It's inevitable! INEVITABLE! *INEVITABLE!*

[@joshred1571]

I love this comment section

[@alexfraze12087]

In every universe and dimension, they know they're meant to be

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

🎶INEVITABLE!🎶

[@joeywaters5559]

I am both horrified and fascinated by how Grace Chasity's character has unfolded in the Hatchetfield universe.

[@zealouschristian2428]

Remember back before Nightmare Time when we just had this show’s name and people imagined Grace as a sweet, possibly asexual girl who needed to learn how to love herself? Good times, good times.

[@joeywaters5559]

@@zealouschristian2428 Exactly. Even her first appearance in Perky's Buds had her singing on her bicycle and taking pride in being a good babysitter.

[@syra1541]

@@zealouschristian2428 WELL AT LEAST SHE’S NICE TO ME AT CHURCH

[@callme_elllllll101]

⁠​⁠@@syra1541and now, I’m defending GRACE CHASITY OF ALL PEOPLE !!

[@goldndoodlz2192]

OMG I JUST REALIZED IN TGWDLM THE DAD SAID HIS DAUGHTER SHOULD DATE GRACE CHASTITY OMGGGG

[@scardee-cat2697]

I like how Grace covers her mouth in "highschool is killing me" when everyone else cusses. I really hope these songs appear on Spotify soon so I can listen to them on the ride to work

[@RegCantMakeHandles]

It’s likely to go up around October, about a year after this has been put on KZbin! But I agree. I want it extremely badly

[@megankent-pb1pf]

She also makes the sign of the cross when they howl like wolves

[@nerdy.prudes]

it's come on spotify now!

[@arolurker3511]

Lowkey obsessed with Grace putting her hair in a ponytail for four minutes at most just to whip it loose like a horny librarian.

[@somnodaur8064]

right 💀😊

[@fransherrie8052]

Reminds me of the SNL skit with Aidy & John Cena

[@HannahIsABanana1220]

Timestamp? I don’t remember that part lol

[@abbipettit3224]

@@HannahIsABanana12202:12:30

[@em3152]

She watched some porn😂

[@zephyranthes6101]

Max literally tells us how the show is going to end in the first scene he's in "I will not rest until I taste Grace Chastity's little peach." He was right. You know what else he was right about? Grace. "I know that behind closed doors, repressed chicks are the biggest freaks." Max foretold the ending within minutes of appearing on stage, but he is such an asshole about it that it is easy to dismiss as the words of a bully and creep. Absolutely beautiful foreshadowing.

[@lewismcintosh2382]

That's exactly why he looked into the camera at 2:16:08 and why he said "WHATEVER! IT WAS FUCKING WORTH IT!!" He a had a desire and he went for it as soon as he got the opportunity, even if that meant being "sent down to Drowsy Town" for all eternity.

[@unrealviolet1833]

Also I’m pretty sure during Dirty Girl he says how he knows she will likely betray him

[@yayap9988]

@@unrealviolet1833That one might not be as true since it was Grace’s thoughts and she knew that she had to do something to stop those thoughts but I might not be thinking deep enough

[@MercuryIsDumb]

I noticed this on my second watch and I thought it was so cool

[@ArtsySmartsy577]

This isn’t the first time it’s happened either. In The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, the first song is being sung by the aliens in past tense. Instead of saying “The Guy Who Doesn’t Like Musicals” they say “The Guy Who DIDN’T Like Musicals”. Not to mention Emma is singing and dancing.

[@mimikyuindisguise]

The amount of in-universe side shows is HILARIOUS: we have Workin' boys, Santa Claus is going to high school, and THE BARBECUE MONOLOGUES. Plus some people really want to see Titty Mitty's story with the lobster

[@dehendrix1]

Honestly barbecue monologues is the one i want the most, it seems like an actual interesting show not just funny like working boys.

[@somedragonbastard]

Yeah why do they have to keep doing this to us

[@redscrunchie222]

I still want Santa Claus is going to high school, that song was a BOP

[@Pizza-Bagel184]

I want a Santa Claus is Goin to Highschool movie this needs to be a hallmark movie

[@sourwitch2340]

I THINK it was based on the V*gina Monologues@@dehendrix1 (I believe I said that before, but KZbin must have not liked me referencing reproductive organs)

[@whowhatwherewen]

"is that a... crucifix?" "everyone's got their secrets, and this one's mine! i love........ JESUS! ☺️😋"

[@twist_ending7545]

The follow up line is hilarious too

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

"but I also love... TO FUCK."

[@AlexDoge20]

Richie's death hits so hard, Jon is incredible. His face when he says 'I'm not a nerdy prude' like he's just realised it, because only with Max gone does he get the chance to be free from that minimisation. Then he says 'I'm not a loser' and he looks almost happy because he doesn't think Max can kill him now those labels don't apply to him. Breaks my heart when Max says 'of course you're not' because it's TRUE! Richie isn't - but like he said: Max decides who is and isn't cool, and he's decided that Richie has to die. One of the best scenes in the whole show.

[@wesisnotcanon]

jon said in a stream recently that that's exactly it- richie thinks he's circumnavigated max killing him, because his 'way out' is that he isn't a nerdy prude, so he thinks he'll be fine- but of course it's way too late for that, max has already made his decision. richie's death hurts me the most T_T

[@ThatDudeWithBoobs]

All after he finally gained a tiny bit of confidence enough to have pals outside of the main group we've seen, even if in just a huddle during the big game. People say Ruth hit hard, and while her death after the fantastic performance of Just For Once is sad, you just see how much this meant to Richie, to be able to be included with the "cool ones" for a brief moment. It would've stuck with him his whole life. And in a way, it did...

[@queenofthesalt5199]

It’s also adding to that idea that Max also decides who’s a nerd and who isn’t, and what that means. Clydesdale, the town of nerds, BEATS Hatchetfield in the big game, and yet everyone there is a Nerd Who Can’t Do Sports? Or does it simply mean that everyone who knows more than Max- which is most everyone in the play- is considered a nerd? Max almost seems to be actively fighting any sort of redeemable qualities. The moment he mentions any sort of bad home life, he uses it as an excuse to be a school-wide menace and horrible person, before deciding his post-mortem raison detre is to kill loads of people.

[@linnylooable]

The way Max says "skele-on" gives me LIFE.

[@unripelemon1142]

"OH FUCK! I DIDNT THINK THERE'D BE A SKELE'N HERE!"

[@twist_ending7545]

​@@unripelemon1142 "I'M SO FUCKING SCARED OF SKELE'NS!"

[@xshlol522]

LMAOAOOAOA

[@CagedWren]

It’s the way he keeps repeating it haha

[@standardhuman8675]

skele'in

[@SweenyTodd98]

"Will you pass the butt stuff?" "She's bisexual and dead, where else would she be?!" "I used to have a crush on another guy who rose from the grave. But Jesus never threw a football like you Max!" Angela is so damn good as Grace!

[@icetide9411]

I know it's everyone's favorite part, but the part in Nerdy Prudes Must Die where he has Richie repeating is SO GOOD. Not just because it sounds immaculate, but because how much Max is projecting. The man died and had his corpse defiled, and no one prayed for him when he was gone, and it was the consequence of what he's done. Actually amazing writing there

[@nyxus_s]

"The souls of the pervs makes me strong!" is such a fucking wild quote that I haven't seen appreciated enough

[@Theo-gu2tk]

It's amazing, honestly

[@ZzzMeep]

She's a femme fatale now 😅

[@TyrannoLime]

Honestly, goals

[@castlegarden2999]

I want that on EVERYTHING, shirts, mugs, posters, acrylic keychains, I'll take anything

[@K1NG0FW0LV35]

seeing pokey, blinky, tinky, nibbly, and wiggly all together singing unironically fills my heart with joy. our favorite dark overlords!

[@cirrusB612]

And the fact that they showed us their hierarchy using _high school stereotypes_

[@K1NG0FW0LV35]

@@cirrusB612 yes!

[@yoshi_auditore431]

@@cirrusB612 Okay so Wiggly = Jock Pokey= Thetre Kid Nibbly= Popular Girl Blinky= Alt Girl? Whats Tinky meant to be?

[@endercrafter5104]

​@@yoshi_auditore431He looks like a preppy kid but idk lol

[@endercrafter5104]

​@@yoshi_auditore431Actually I think he's supposed to be a science nerd because he's called the tinkerer.

[@agatacagata3277]

Help i only just realised Steph and her dads initials are 'S.Laughter', perfection

[@CrazyMindStudios]

Aren't they "Lauters"?

[@tivthetat7067]

@@CrazyMindStudioswhich makes it S.Lauter lmao

[@emackenzie]

​@@CrazyMindStudios Their last name is Lauter, the are The Lauters

[@CrazyMindStudios]

@@emackenzie Yeah, that's what i said...

[@ohcrabapples]

@@CrazyMindStudios it still reads as "Slaughter" if you look at it long enough

[@ChefJizzle1]

12:40 "Now deposit this trash in the nearest receptacle" words cannot describe how much i love this line

[@DevilDarling21]

LMAOOO

[@keienn7259]

Joey and Jon switching their lines between musicals was so subtle TGWDLM Paul: I don't want to though Ted: You're fcking useless, Paul. NPMD Pete: I don't want to though Richie: You're fcking useless, Pete!

[@Theo-gu2tk]

I love that kind of stuff so much, it's so fun!

[@fiendfriends1364]

49:40

[@NuggetsAdventures524]

dont forget "what do you want steph/paul?"

[@ihaveaplan.ijustneedmoney.9777]

When Pete took off his glasses, Steph gave him the thumbs up. A reference to the Abstinence Camp moment when Steph thought Pete looked cute without his glasses.

[@redscrunchie222]

I made this exact comment 2 days before you did, don’t copy comments pls 🙏

[@tinyrat275]

If I had a nickel for every time Corey played Mariah’s dad I’d have two nickels, which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice

[@hanonondricek411]

I think they're legally related now.

[@Firegen1]

Canonically matched

[@ic236]

For a moment I thought "of course they are the same" before remembering that Alice and Stephanie are different rebel daughters with daddy issues that care about their phone

[@SaltySweetRen]

I wanna hit the like button but its currently at 666 and i know that's not exactly a *good* number but I also don't wanna change it

[@tinyrat275]

@@SaltySweetRen satan is a real man!

[@holland7898]

ive watched this over 5 times and noticed that one of the headlines on the newspaper grace’s dad was holding, is “mamma mia disappoints at starlight theater” :(( things never work out for poor bill

[@wittyblonde6728]

Aww :((

[@redscrunchie222]

This made my day worse.

[@magsisdumb478]

This was my introduction to the hatchetfield trilogy, so I didn't think anything of it until the second watch 🤣🤣

[@sparrowskeleton1831]

I saw a fan animation of the “Who will pray for me?” part by ThirdChildFilms and it was so amazing I just had to watch the musical. I’m so glad it’s a Starkids production! Funny, dark, a little tense at times with great music, acting, and storyline. I’ll definitely rewatch this again in the near future.

[@YakyoshoO]

Same, their animation was so good that it gave me goosebumps. I hope more animations are made for this musical because the potential is huge

[@lexyshannon9428]

YES. ME TOO!

[@hiitscupid3504]

dude thats why IM here too!

[@sh4rky466]

SAME ITS HOW I FOUND THIS AND IM HYPERFIXATING SO HARD RN

[@mediatorraptor3349]

That the whole reason I started watching this.

[@codygray4473]

god whoever designed max's post-death jacket did so well that thing is a work of beauty. honestly all the costume design here is so good but the details on max's jacket are just soo good- the way it almost looks like theres bits of plastic on it is just such a nice touch i love it so much

[@keicorsac]

The Lords in Black too! I love that Pokey was dressed like a Drama student

[@emilywardle430]

@@keicorsac and that his mask is very similar to Otho's face.

[@Sina-dv1eg]

It looks really good, but it really bothers me how there's no hole through his chest. Seems like it would be so obvious to include

[@dustytheloneranger]

the bits of glitter outlining the blood, shimmering in certain shots. ugh i love it

[@Onyrooliver]

​@@Sina-dv1egI mean, they also cut him up in pieces, so I guess he's got no injuries anymore.

[@razzberry2695]

i LOVE the implication that peter was the hot chocolate boy the whole time-that’s kind of groundbreaking

[@ReezeePeezy]

THE IMPLICATIONSS

[@razzberry2695]

OH MY GOD I DIDNT THINK ABOUT THE IMPLICATIONS

[@6BlackYoshi9]

Wasn't that known beforehand? 🤔 I think it was mentioned in one if the Nightmare Times. I might be wrong though 🤷‍♂️

[@lifetoast]

as soon as i saw him in screen i was like “that’s hot chocolate boy” so good man

[@thatcher6923]

Especially because in the tgwdlm timeline, it seems like he never met Steph, because hot chocolate guy wears the suspenders and bowtie still…

[@TomNixon-fk8tn]

The idea of a whole cheerleader team singing, 'FUCK YOU CLIVESDALE!!!!!!!' is amazing.

[@ryleighwerner]

Imagen showing up to ur football game and theres an entire cheersquad and random students screaming in your face:**FUCK YOU CLIBESDALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**

[@BowsandAros]

@@ryleighwerner I mean, they hated themselves too.

[@robynnhoud]

​@@BowsandAros youre thinking of Sycamore not Clivesdale

[@BowsandAros]

@@robynnhoud oh oops

[@matt.the.viewer]

I feel really embarrassed that it took somewhere around 5 viewings to catch the detective’s “plenty of hot water for you, Grace” line around 1:36:32 . As in “in hot water”, like in trouble, because she found the bracelet and hadn’t revealed it yet.

[@meepbeep2464]

I also thought it was referencing the fact that detectives sometimes use the saliva from the cup to collect DNA samples when they don't have warrants to collect DNA with consent

[@Asconik19]

I love how this entire show is like an inverted Heathers. - Song about High School sucking - Song introducing the baddes bitch in school - Cool kids mixing with unpopular kids - Song about doing the seks - Baddest bitch in school dies - Good things start happening because of their death - The parents/townsfolk have a song for themselves - Main love interests have a song about loving each other in some way - Sex onstage (kinda) - The main love interests end up facing off each other knowing that one of them has to die - It ends in High School Musical

[@gursimarsingh7980]

Whats heathers?

[@glamgsm]

oh my god

[@slasherlovingay2488]

@@gursimarsingh7980It's a satirical movie and then musical involving high schoolers and murder

[@zoharamitai8719]

​@@gursimarsingh7980the world is HEALING

[@evermore-1574]

@@zoharamitai8719 Nah this is another person falling into the pit

[@Mackaroni22]

I had to mention this and idk how i noticed it but during "highschool is killing me" Grace covers her mouth during the "im so fucking dead" lines and shes the only one who does it bc she doesnt wanna swear. whether that was intentional or not, it was a wonderful in-character choice

[@AlyssaIsAsleep]

She also does the sign of the cross during the “I’ve been thrown to the wolves” bit. Love Angela’s acting here lol

[@1eyed_songbird]

Oh damn, I didn't even think that far. I thought she just fudged the choreo for a second lol

[@Mackaroni22]

​@@1eyed_songbird i thought that too at first lol

[@abydosianchulac2]

Reminds me of the _Spring Awakening_ performance at the Tonys - the cast was told they couldn't sing the title of "Totally F-cked" on the air without it being censored, so instead they sang the word while covering their mouths with their hands to show they were being gagged. Like them, Grace "isn't swearing" while totally swearing.

[@Stylezzz]

noticed this too!

[@lilac_reed]

The moral of the story is that sexual repression will drive you insane, stay safe out there kids

[@thea-castille]

me when spring awakening

[@yuarentlucky]

Can confirm, as someone with a lot of packaged trauma.

[@RXYALEKXR0M1]

Pete’s line “wake me up when the mean girl’s more than mean” in ‘If I Loved You’ is funny knowing that Mariah played Regina George on Broadway lol

[@R5ForeverXx]

Angela’s jump from Lex, a rebellious stoner, to Grace, an insane religious goody two shoes is my favourite thing in the world.

[@scrambled_eggo]

and grace is the crazy evil one, lex literally saves the world lol

[@R5ForeverXx]

@@scrambled_eggoYES! That’s the funniest thing

[@zayatoon]

One who communicates with Webby the Queen in White and the other who communicates with the Lords in Black. Really polar opposites!

[@kieransaul2711]

I LITERALLY DIDNT RECOGNIZE HER

[@laurastevens8154]

I love that they're so different you can't really tell it's the same actor

[@BoyTheVodyanoy]

“Plenty of hot water for you, Grace” is such an underrated line. The writing of this show is fucking phenomenal, even in its subtleties.

[@orishahar]

ohhh shoot it’s her dirty girl soup!

[@sarahhenry1845]

Yeah, plenty of hot water that Grace was in the entire time.

[@TheTaiylorWallace]

Holy wow, I did NOT catch that. God, every time I watch this and read the comments, I catch new things

[@sakurasensations4786]

I didn’t catch that the first time I watched, but I picked up on it the second time-so good!

[@vi_as_in_vinyl]

I’m sure it’s been said, but I’ll say it again: I love that during The Summoning, when Wiggly is explaining that one of the teens will have to give up what they “treasure above all else”, his gaze moves from Stephanie to settle on Grace by the end of his sentence. He already knows 😁 he’s just toying with Steph and Pete for shits and giggles

[@moonlaney]

nice catch, i didn't notice that!

[@deadberrry]

that makes sense cause he probably knows that max can just. stop them from killing each other. so that trade isnt very possible

[@6BlackYoshi9]

I mean even Blinky says they've been watching Grace. It's probably not just a reference to Blinkys eye-theme.

[@SmudgedSketch]

Omg I didn’t notice that that’s so cool

[@paperlacejane]

Oh my god! It's also because it's the best outcome for him! He's got his eyes on the prize. If Steph were to kill Pete, Wiggly would only get one body. Steph or Pete aren't likely to want to keep using the book if they had to kill the other. But the Lords in Black have been watching Gracie. They've seen how quickly she turns to extreme methods, how devoted and outspoken she can be in service to the divine. And arguably it's her giving up her chastity that dials Grace's existing vendetta against promiscuity to eleven. That's what drives her to invoking the names, repeatedly, to kill all the 'dirty dudes' at the end. With Grace's sacrifice there's a delayed bloody pay-off, but it's a much higher kill count. Wiggly wants his wrath. The Lords in Black know what they're doing, holy shit.

[@briannaharris7641]

"don't point your fingers at me point them at your neighbors." Oh mass hysteria. Lovely

[@HauntingYourLocalIkea]

Your friendly reminder that the Lords in Black are canonically male/masc (they are always referred to in a masculine sense) and yet Nibbly and Blinky just decided to present to the gang femininely with luscious locks and pretty clothes and definitely would have swallowed the kneecaps of anyone who told them they couldn’t

[@HHSDaily]

Huge Candy vibes from Nibbly but Kim's teeth wowza!!!

[@Jan-jt9jl]

Someone else pointed out that their human forms represent different highschool archetypes and honestly what group of stereotypes would be complete without a preppy cheerleader and the weird girl outsider

[@owenshirrell1150]

“how I look with he/him in my bio” and it’s just an image of Kim as Nibbly

[@s.m.2523]

@@Jan-jt9jl ... Okay I can see these two and Wiggly as sme kind of preppy class president but I'm not seeing what Pokey (the blue guy) and Tinky (yellow) are supposed to be as highschooler type then.

[@lunavixrn5651]

@@s.m.2523 there is no way that pokey isn't the theatre kid. and tinky... hmmm like the rebel maybe? isn't he wearing a motorcycle jacket? maybe he rides a skateboard.

[@lovelyaristotle4983]

Holy shit max makes a ton of religious references before the Judas line, forbidden fruit, breaking bread etc

[@lovelyaristotle4983]

Bring light to darkness as well

[@milodoesntknow2090]

might be a stretch but "the eternal dark before the dawn", the empty void before god said let there be light

[@emilywhite542]

True but I don't think they were in earshot of Grace till the Judas line. And the other examples are at least more well known sayings that people may not always link to the religion, whereas Judas can't not be.

[@vanguardiris3232]

I like to imagine that Max spent a lot of time in extra-curricular activities because his parents didn't want to deal with him, and many church-run things are free or very cheap, so he's probably heard plenty of sermons in his time

[@cyanuwu1864]

its crazy how this musical is 1h long and richie is part of the team and he doesn't die the most heartbreaking way and everyone is happy forever and ever

[@scrambled_eggo]

i know! shame it ends on a cliffhanger though, i’d love to know if they won the big game (sure they did and everything was fine though)

[@Middleman0000]

​@@scrambled_eggodon't worry, if they didn't they'll get em next time

[@cyanuwu1864]

@@scrambled_eggo of course they won! they had richie on the team! their most important asset!

[@scrambled_eggo]

@@cyanuwu1864oh absolutely! he’s so confident in himself too, so glad he’s finally feeling happy and welcomed :)

[@lluviapacifica9601]

Yeah, he might never have a real Rei or Asuka, but... he got someting better, friendship.

[@TigerTigerII]

Underrated moment: When Ruth says "I lose my spot when they don't stick to the script!", the subtitles read, "I lose my PLACE when they don't stick to the script!" (emphasis mine) Love the meta lol

[@grantkeppel6770]

Hatchet Town is probably the greatest example of “they know they ate that” in musical theater history

[@Lolzyhahas]

It looks so fun to perform

[@LRofKynthos]

FOR REAL.

[@yhd_skeetsy]

@@Lolzyhahas FR I can't wait to see these musicals and their future ones be available to license!!!!!

[@gramps3351]

I don't think enough people are talking about nor appreciating the way they pulled off SUCH a good flip during The Summoning, the way the Lords in Black went from singing mid-conversation about magic and space to singing about something as real as Stephanie finding a gun and shooting Peter in the head with such cartoonish and child-like enthusiasm was genuinely ominous and honestly mad creepy The seamless switch from "We dance around the pentagram and take all our kingdoms back!" to so blatantly "STEPHANIE HAS GOT A GUN TRA LA LA LA!" was EXTREMELY impressive!

[@bumblerbree]

the whole of the summoning is on another level - the fast carnival tune cutting in and out so abruptly is genuinely creepy, esp since it isn't one complete song so it didn't fit at all to the usual format and the music's so loud that it feels almost like a jumpscare. the music, the quick dancing, the outfits and the playground way they sing makes it really overwhelming and it's so perfect for these godlike beings !!

[@begaydocrime5719]

it was an extremely good scene i wish we had more distant wide shots of it

[@jewishunicorn7489]

God it really helped it feel otherworldly and eldritch too. All the abruptness and jumpiness

[@annah7793]

@@begaydocrime5719same! I wish there were more shots of each of the lords in black doing each others dance moves

[@rexyggor6417]

I like the scene overall, but I do wish they matched the slow somber dialogue bits at least once.

[@bstrgold]

there are so many great things about this musical and one of those is the way max says the word skeleton as “skele’n”

[@mutantsandmemes]

The way he becomes stereotypically British just to say 'skeleton' was my favourite thing 😂

[@rachelperry9139]

"Hatchet Town" doesn't get enough credit for it's arrangement and everyone's harmony signing together. That and the perfectly timed jokes. It's been rent free in my head for days