History Theatre / Starship

On a planet of BigCreepyCrawlies, a young bug named Bug is just another worker for the Overqueen, but he dreams of leaving Bug-World behind and joining the Starship Rangers, an elite group of humans who explore the galaxy. Bug has spent his whole life exploring the wreck of a Ranger starship that crashed many years ago, watching their video logs so often that he's even learnt the human language, but after the Overqueen decrees that Bug should become an eggplanter instead, it seems as though his dreams will never come true. That all changes when another starship arrives on Bug-World bearing a new team of Starship Rangers, among them the beautiful [[TooDumbToLive science officer February]]. It's Bug's chance to live his dream of being a Starship Ranger, but first he'll have to face off against robots, scorpions, corrupt traitors and true love in order to save his new friends and his entire world.

'''''Starship''''' is a science-fiction musical theatre comedy from Creator/TeamStarKid, the creators of ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' and ''Theatre/MeAndMyDick''. Written by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden and Joe Walker, from a pitch by Walker and Creator/DarrenCriss ("''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}''") and with music written by Criss, it was performed in early 2011 and released on DVD and Website/YouTube on April 30. Within a few days of the soundtrack's release on iTunes, it rose to #3 on the iTunes sales charts in the US, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands, #2 in Australia, Canada and Ireland, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart (beating the record set by ''Me And My Dick'', which reached #11), and even cracked Billboard's overall album sales chart, coming in at #134 after only three days of sales. It's distinct from other Team [=StarKid=] shows because the performance, which took place in Chicago, charged for the tickets, and a DVD of the performance was later released through their online store.

You can [[https://www.youtube.com/user/StarKidPotter#grid/user/C6A915952D67F112 watch the entire show on YouTube]] or [[http://teamstarkid.com/starship.html buy the DVD and the soundtrack from their website]].

An as-yet unproduced script for a sequel, ''Starship: [[Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem Requiem]]'' was [[https://www.hypable.com/team-starkid-to-perform-reading-of-starship-spin-off/ presented at a reading]] in 2014. It involves Tootsie Mega-Girl née Noodles having to meet his new bride's [[MeetTheInLaws human-hating family]].

** Invoked by pretty much everyone who commented on Junior's DarkReprise:
--->''...[[Theatre/AVeryPotterSequel Lupin]] ''can'' sing!''

** "[[Film/{{Aliens}} Game over, man! Game over!]] [[OverlyLongGag I'm talking goodbye, buddy! Hasta luego, dude!]] [[Film/TheKarateKid Konnichiwa, Daniel-san!]]"

** Someone discovering an abandonded room in a collectivist society, which he runs away from after being assigned to a job he hates, sounds a lot like ''Literature/{{Anthem}}''.

** The inhibitor chip for Megagirl was also used by the enemy of [[Franchise/SpiderMan another famous bug]].
** Bug, [[Theatre/MeAndMyDick Joey Richter]] and [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Ron Weasley]] all shop at the same place for headwear.

** [[Film/StarshipTroopers "One day somebody like me is gonna kill you and your whole f'ing race, man!"]]
** The amount of ''Franchise/StarshipTroopers'' references are mind-boggling. The opening certainly counts as one.

** The entire sequence with Bug and the Mosquito Brothers going to [[spoiler:visit Pincer]] is a direct reference to ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''.

** The "Swimming pool full of brains" is a reference to the Brain Room in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'', of which Ron was attacked by.
*** There is also one to ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows'' during I Wanna Be:
-->And I'll admit it's all in my head
-->But who says it can't be real
** Pincer's voice sounds quite a bit like [[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets Aragog's]].

** Mega-Girl's German accent, ominous FingerWag and vulnerability to being slowly lowered into a pit of lava all reference various [[{{Franchise/Terminator}} Terminators]].

* FantasticRacism

* DecompositeCharacter: February is an exaggerated {{Expy}} of the younger, more naive Ripley from Film/{{Alien}} while Taz is a CompositeCharacter of Ripley and Vasquez from Film/{{Aliens}}, lampshading the extreme degree she TookALevelInBadass (and ruthlessness) between the two movies. February's climactic moment of badassery and CharacterDevelopment is killing Pincer [[BlownOutTheAirlock the same way Ripley killed the original Xenomorph]].

** The Robot War was apparently fought against [[Film/TheMatrix Sentinals]], [[Franchise/MetalGear Metal Gears]], [[Franchise/{{Gundam}} Gundam Wing Zeroes]], and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Autobots]] led by Optimus Prime. According to Up, they were powered by [[VideoGame/MetroidPrime Phazon]].

An as-yet unproduced script for a sequel, ''Starship: [[Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem]]'' was [[https://www.hypable.com/team-starkid-to-perform-reading-of-starship-spin-off/ presented at a reading]] in 2014. It involves Tootsie Mega-Girl née Noodles having to meet his new bride's [[MeetTheInLaws human-hating family]].

** Mega-Girl's German accent, ominous FingerWag and vulnerability to being slowly lowered into a pit of lava all reference various [[Franchise/Terminator Terminators]].
** In general, this show comes off as a CanonWelding of the most famous works of Creator/JamesCameron, mashing up the plot of Film/Aliens, the backstory of Franchise/Terminator (the "Robot Wars of Earth") and the central plot device of Film/Avatar.

And no, they did not [[IThoughtItMeant build this city]] [[Music/{{Starship}} on rock and roll]].

** The inhibitor chip for Megagirl was also used by the enemy of [[Franchise/{{Spider-Man}} another famous bug]].

'''''Starship''''' is a science-fiction musical theatre comedy from TeamStarKid, the creators of ''Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical'' and ''MeAndMyDick''. Written by Matt Lang, Nick Lang, Brian Holden and Joe Walker, from a pitch by Walker and Creator/DarrenCriss ("''Disney/TheLittleMermaid'' [[XMeetsY meets]] ''Film/{{Aliens}}''") and with music written by Criss, it was performed in early 2011 and released on DVD and Website/YouTube on April 30. Within a few days of the soundtrack's release on iTunes, it rose to #3 on the iTunes sales charts in the US, the UK, Denmark and the Netherlands, #2 in Australia, Canada and Ireland, debuted at #1 on Billboard's Top Cast Albums chart (beating the record set by ''MeAndMyDick'', which reached #11), and even cracked Billboard's overall album sales chart, coming in at #134 after only three days of sales. It's distinct from other TeamStarKid shows because the performance, which took place in Chicago, charged for the tickets, and a DVD of the performance was later released through their online store.

* ActorAllusion: [[MeAndMyDick The universe seems to like giving Joey Richter the one thing he could ever love and then taking it away.]]

* TheCameo: Many of the TeamStarKid regulars show up in bit roles during the pre-recorded segments. Tyler Brunsman, Brian Rosenthal, Britney Coleman, Arielle Goldman, Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia, Devin Lytle ([[CreatorInJoke as a]] SouthernBelle!) and Lily Marks all cameo as Starship Rangers in the opening ad, Richard Campbell is a blue-headed alien, and A.J. Holmes is the captain of the crashed starship.

* ShoutOut: Common in TeamStarKid shows.

** Bug, [[MeAndMyDick Joey Richter]] and [[Theatre/AVeryPotterMusical Ron Weasley]] all shop at the same place for headwear.

--->''...[[AVeryPotterSequel Lupin]] ''can'' sing!''

* AManIsNotAVirgin
** Tootsie when attempting to talk to Megagirl for the first time; she says that she is not a woman, and he responds by [[NoIndoorVoice yelling]] that not many people regard him as a man as he [[TooMuchInformation has never slept with a woman.]]
** Also [[AvertedTrope averted]] for ''every'' member of the Starship Rangers, who all thought that they were going to die virgins when captured by Mr. Spider.

* BadassMustache: Up has one. When it becomes apparent to Taz that he isn't the BadAss he once was, she rips it off and puts it on herself... only for Up to take out another one from one of his pouches and slap it on.

* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Up smokes cigarettes because he's {{Badass}}. [[spoiler:Junior starts smoking pot.]]

** Someone discovering an abandonded room in a collectivist society, which he runs away from after being assigned to a job he hates, sounds a lot like ''{{Anthem}}''.

* DeadlyEuphemism: One of the hive's most prominent job titles is "Nourishment". Any bug assigned that job is immediately devoured by the Overqueen.

* TooDumbToLive: A lot of the Humans seem to come across as not working with a full deck of cards.

* ActingForTwo: Brian Holden, Nick Lang, Lauren Lopez, Jim Povolo and Dylan Saunders. In fact, except for Joey Richter, everyone plays at least one major character and miscellaneous ensemble parts.