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'''Judith:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, Jase]]. I made this storm happen, because I’m an [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} X-Man]] now.

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'''Judith:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, Jase]]. I made this storm happen, because I’m an [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsStorm X-Man]] now.
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* HasTwoMommies: Jase occasionally mentions his mother'''s''', and that he also has "One brother, older, who is married and living in Palm Springs with his husband and my niece."
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* AshesToCrashes: Jase's grandmother's urn breaks when one of the shelves he installed fails.


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* MysteriousPast: It's implied that Judith's past involved bluffing her way out of some sort criminal allegations.


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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder:
-->'''Jase:''' Do you know what you’ve done? [...]\\
'''Judith:''' Let's see if I remember. If I recall correctly, I gave you a fake name when we met and I continued to use that name while we dated and then as we got married-\\
'''Jase:''' More than just a ''fake name''. You think I care about a fake name!?\\
'''Judith:''' [[BluntYes Yes]].\\
'''Jase:''' ...[[WillNotTellALie Well, you're right]]. I do.
* RomanticCandlelitDinner: Invoked by Judith, in an attempt to create a "hopeful" mood.
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* AmbiguousEnding: The story ends with Jase and Judith finishing the 36 questions in person [[spoiler:after spending ''years'' apart, but there is no explanation as to if they got back together eventually.]]


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* FirstEpisodeTwist: It starts with a few quick voice memos that establish that the main character is named Natalie, she is engaged to her fiancé Jase, and she occasionally uses her phone to record audio from moments of her life she wants to remember. Then we get a time-skip, followed by "Natalie" revealing that her name is actually Judith Ford, and she has been lying to Jase about her identity from the moment they met.


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* InventedIndividual: The plot starts when Jase learns that "Natalie Cook" is nothing but a lie.


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* LiarRevealed: The plot gets into motion when Natalie is forced to admit that everything she's told her husband for the past two years, including her name, is a lie.


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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Jase and Judith meet up after spending years apart, they finish The 36 Questions in person, follow through with the final step of staring into each other's eyes, and then we're left with no real hint as to what happened afterwards.]]


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* TwoActStructure: In the first half, Judith's plan to stop her husband leaving seems to go well, with Jase agreeing to answer the 36 Questions, learning more about Judith's past, getting DistractedByTheSexy, sharing a BeachKiss, before finally ending up at a motel...where the fall happens, [[spoiler:as Jase still doesn't forgive Judith for lying to him. The second half of the musical proceeds to depict Judith and Jase learning to handle their split.]]
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The show can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Bandcamp.com.

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The show can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Bandcamp.com.com, as well as [[https://twoupproductions.com/36-questions/podcast the official website]], where sheet music and transcripts can be found.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"I am going on the record here to make this right"]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I am going on the record here to make this right"]]
right."]]
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''36 Questions -- The Podcast Musical'' is a 3-Act AudioPlay created by Ellen Winter and Chris Littler, starring Jessie Shelton and Creator/JonathanGroff

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''36 Questions -- The Podcast Musical'' is a 3-Act AudioPlay created by Ellen Winter and Chris Littler, starring Jessie Shelton and Creator/JonathanGroff
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The show can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Bandcamp.com

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The show can be listened to on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or Bandcamp.comcom.
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''36 Questions - The Podcast Musical'' is a 3-Act AudioPlay created by Ellen Winter and Chris Littler, starring Jessie Shelton and Creator/JonathanGroff

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''36 Questions - -- The Podcast Musical'' is a 3-Act AudioPlay created by Ellen Winter and Chris Littler, starring Jessie Shelton and Creator/JonathanGroff
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* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Jase just finds a duck outside his house, and proceeds to keep it as pet. Some of the last scenes imply that [[spoiler:Henry is ''still'' Jase's pet after almost a decade]].

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* AllAnimalsAreDomesticated: Jase just finds a duck outside his house, and proceeds to keep it as a pet. Some of the last scenes imply that [[spoiler:Henry is ''still'' Jase's pet after almost a decade]].
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-->''Well, it’s definitely a poetic gesture. You and I fell in love when we did the 36 Questions two years ago. Why wouldn't it work twice?''

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-->''Well, ->''Well, it’s definitely a poetic gesture. You and I fell in love when we did the 36 Questions two years ago. Why wouldn't it work twice?''



* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained who or what saved Judith when she drowned.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: It's never explained who or what saved Judith when she drowned.drowned.
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* Foil: While Judith and Jase initially don't seem that different, it gradually becomes apparent that Jase WillNotTellALie (as opposed to Judith's life of an InventedIndividual), and Judith refuses to give up on trying to fix her relationship with Jase (whereas Jase declared ScrewThisImOuttaHere at the beginning). [[spoiler:Averted later in the story, when Judith and Jase both get a better grip of their lives]].

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* Foil: {{Foil}}: While Judith and Jase initially don't seem that different, it gradually becomes apparent that Jase WillNotTellALie (as opposed to Judith's life of an InventedIndividual), and Judith refuses to give up on trying to fix her relationship with Jase (whereas Jase declared ScrewThisImOuttaHere at the beginning). [[spoiler:Averted later in the story, when Judith and Jase both get a better grip of their lives]].


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* InMediasRes: The songs in the second act mostly focus on Judith's past, whereas the songs in the first and third acts only focus on the present.
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* BiTheWay: In ''We Both'', Judith says she and Natalie are both "not totally straight".
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-->''Well, it’s definitely a poetic gesture. You and I fell in love when we did the 36 Questions two years ago. Why wouldn't it work twice?''
-->-- '''Jase'''

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* Foil: While Judith and Jase initially don't seem that different, it gradually becomes apparent that Jase WillNotTellALie (as opposed to Judith's life of an InventedIndividual), and Judith refuses to give up on trying to fix her relationship with Jase (whereas Jase declared ScrewThisImOuttaHere at the beginning). [[spoiler:Averted later in the story, when Judith and Jase both get a better grip of their lives]].
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'''Jase:''' And, there goes my grandmothers urn.\\

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'''Jase:''' And, there goes my grandmothers grandmother's urn.\\



* HasTwoMommies: Jase occasionally mentions his mothers.

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* HasTwoMommies: Jase occasionally mentions his mothers.mother'''s''', and that he also has "One brother, older, who is married and living in Palm Springs with his husband and my niece."



* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jase's reaction to finding out Judith had been lying to him for years was to leave without saying goodbye. [[spoiler:He ends up doing leaving twice more later in the musical]].

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jase's reaction to finding out Judith had been lying to him for years was to leave without saying goodbye. [[spoiler:He ends up doing leaving twice more later in the musical]].
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* FawlyTowersPlot: Judith only intended that live a lie for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing to lie once it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going."

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* FawlyTowersPlot: FawltyTowersPlot: Judith only intended that live a lie for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing to lie once it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going."

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* FawlyTowersPlot: Judith only intended that live a lie for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing to lie once it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going."



* SnowballLie: Judith only intended that live a lie for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing to lie once it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going".

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* SnowballLie: Judith only intended that live ** Jase has a lie for the span of "one cup of coffee"... only to end up continuing to lie once it was "Too late to backpedal, too good not to keep going".Literature/{{Trainspotting}} poster in his childhood bedroom.
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* SexySoakedShirt: Judith's shirt gets soaked as a result of the storm.

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* OppositesAttract: Jase tells the truth even when he has no real obligation, e.g. explaining that the dog he was walking didn't belong to him, even though Judith didn't ask if it was his. Judith, on the other hand, spends two years telling total lies.

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* OppositesAttract: OppositesAttract:
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Jase tells the truth even when he has no real obligation, e.g. explaining that the dog he was walking didn't belong to him, even though Judith didn't ask if it was his. Judith, on the other hand, spends two years telling total lies.lies.
** Judith refuses to give up when it comes to repairing her relationship, even if she has to drive for 27 hours or walk 10 miles. Jase, on the other hand, ''tried'' to give up on the relationship, [[spoiler:and continues to do so for the second half of the musical]].
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* IHatePastMe: Judith's explanation for why she invented "Natalie" is that she was ashamed of who she was, and wished to be someone different. In ''For The Record'', Judith says that she hates her past so much, she'd rather stick knives into her eyes than tell Jase too much about her past.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jase tries to just run from Judith a total of three times.

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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jase tries Jase's reaction to just run from finding out Judith a total of three times.had been lying to him for years was to leave without saying goodbye. [[spoiler:He ends up doing leaving twice more later in the musical]].

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* ChocolateOfRomance: Jase and Judith enjoy some Toblerone in during the motel scene. [[spoiler:Subverted in that this is where Jase leaves Judith]].

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* ChocolateOfRomance: Jase and Judith enjoy some Toblerone in during the motel scene. [[spoiler:Subverted in that this is where Jase leaves Judith]].


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Jase tries to just run from Judith a total of three times.
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* MakeUpOrBreakUp: Effectively the whole musical, as Judith tries to fix their relationship while Jase tries to assert that it is over.
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* HopeSpot: Everything seemed to be going so well at the motel scene...[[spoiler:and then Jase admits that he still can't forgive her]].
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'''Judith:''' [[Sarcasm Mode Yeah, Jase]]. I made this storm happen, because I’m an [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} X-Man]] now.

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'''Judith:''' [[Sarcasm Mode [[SarcasmMode Yeah, Jase]]. I made this storm happen, because I’m an [[ComicBook/{{Storm}} X-Man]] now.
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* BeachKiss: Jase and Judith have one suddenly at the end of ''A Better Version''.


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* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:In spite of everything, Jase admits at the end of Act 2 that he simply cannot trust Judith after she lied for so long]].

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