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* BungledSuicide: She [[spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath]], but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]



* BrokenBird

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%%* BrokenBird
* BrokenBirdBungledSuicide: She [[spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath]], but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]



* StepfordSmiler

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* %%* StepfordSmiler



* DoggedNiceGuy

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* %%* DoggedNiceGuy



* DeadpanSnarker

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* %%* DeadpanSnarker



* InnocenceLost: And she resents her parents for it.



* InnocenceLost: And she resents her parents for it.



* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* StepfordSnarker / StepfordSmiler: "Everything's great! Why wouldn't it be great! It's great."

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* %%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan
* StepfordSnarker / StepfordSmiler: StepfordSnarker: "Everything's great! Why wouldn't it be great! It's great."



* DoggedNiceGuy

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* %%* DoggedNiceGuy



%%* NaiveNewcomer



* StonersAreFunny: See PluckyComicRelief.



* NaiveNewcomer

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* NaiveNewcomer%%* StonersAreFunny: See PluckyComicRelief.
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* BreakTheCutie
* DawsonCasting: Averted. Natalie is stated to be sixteen, yet was played by Jennifer Damiano (who was still in high school) originally.

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* [[spoiler: NoMedicationForMe]]



* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: It's revealed halfway into the first act that Diana is just Hallucinating him, out of grief from his death 17 years prior]].
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards: Many think of Gabe as a vicious and aggressive spirit/memory trying to spite his family into remembering him, but he stops following his mother for once when she leaves his father to help him.]]

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* [[spoiler:DeadAllAlong: It's DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:It's revealed halfway into the first act that Diana is just Hallucinating him, out of grief from his death 17 years prior]].
* [[spoiler:EvenEvilHasStandards: Many EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Many think of Gabe as a vicious and aggressive spirit/memory trying to spite his family into remembering him, but he stops following his mother for once when she leaves his father to help him.]]



* ActingForTwo: Both Dr. Fine and Dr. Madden are played by the same actor. Partially because Dr. Fine only appears for about 2 scenes and possibly to show how they all seem the same to Diana.

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* %%Belongs on Trivia page* ActingForTwo: Both Dr. Fine and Dr. Madden are played by the same actor. Partially because Dr. Fine only appears for about 2 scenes and possibly to show how they all seem the same to Diana.
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* DecentIntoAddiction: In "I'm Alive", she starts to [[spoiler: steal Diana's pills, and get high off of them.]]

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* DecentIntoAddiction: DescentIntoAddiction: In "I'm Alive", she starts to [[spoiler: steal Diana's pills, and get high off of them.]]
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* DecentIntoAddiction: In "I'm Alive", she starts to [[spoiler: steal Diana's pills, and get high off of them.]]


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* {{Foil}}: Is this to Natalie, in regards to drug use. He's a FunctionalAddict, while she spirals out of control with her mother's pills.
* FunctionalAddict: He's a chronic stoner, but is this compared to Natalie.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Not as much as Diana, but he does this on occasion.
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the original production, she wears a white shirt during [[Spoiler: "I Dreamed a Dance" and "There's a World" during which Gabe coaxes her into committing suicide.]]

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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the original production, she wears a white shirt during [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: "I Dreamed a Dance" and "There's a World" during which Gabe coaxes her into committing suicide.]]
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* BungledSuicide: She [[Spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath]], but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]

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* BungledSuicide: She [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath]], but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]
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* BungledSuicide: She [[spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath, but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]

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* BungledSuicide: She [[spoiler: [[Spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath, bath]], but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]

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* BungledSuicide: She [[spoiler: [[BathSuicide slits her wrists in the bath, but is then brought into the psychiatric hospital.]]



* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the original production, she wears a white shirt during [["I Dreamed a Dance" and "There's a World" during which Gabe coaxes her into committing suicide.]]

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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the original production, she wears a white shirt during [["I [[Spoiler: "I Dreamed a Dance" and "There's a World" during which Gabe coaxes her into committing suicide.]]
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: In the original production, she wears a white shirt during [["I Dreamed a Dance" and "There's a World" during which Gabe coaxes her into committing suicide.]]
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* TherapyIsForTheWeak: He's perfectly happy

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* TherapyIsForTheWeak: He's perfectly happy getting everyone else the help they need while neglecting his own deteriorating mental health. It's only in "Light" he finally realizes he needs help, and gets a therapist recommendation from Dr. Madden.
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* TherapyIsForTheWeak: He's perfectly happy


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* HeroicBSOD: Has one during "Catch Me, I'm Falling".
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* WhiteShirtOfDeath: He wears a white tuxedo in "There's a World" and [[spoiler: tries to coax Diana into comiting suicide.]]
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: [[Spoiler: Becomes this to cope with Diana's ECT.]]

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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: [[Spoiler: Becomes this to cope with Diana's ECT.]]
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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: [[Spoiler: Becomes this to cope with Diana's ECT.]]
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* TrueBlueFeminity: In Henry's words, [[spoiler: she's a "Vision in blue," when they finally go to the dance together. In the original production, the stage lights change to blue when she appears on stage.]]

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* TrueBlueFeminity: TrueBlueFemininity: In Henry's words, [[spoiler: she's a "Vision in blue," when they finally go to the dance together. In the original production, the stage lights change to blue when she appears on stage.]]
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* TrueBlueFeminity: In Henry's words, [[spoiler: she's a "Vision in blue," when they finally go to the dance together. In the original production, the stage lights change to blue when she appears on stage.]]
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* ColorMotif: In most productions, the color of his shirt represents the family member he's trying to influence.
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