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* OverlyGenerousFool: In contrast to her father's cruel, tightfisted rules on the public bathroom fees, Hope Cladwell at the end takes power over the Urine Good Company and allows the people to pee for free, wherever and whenever (and with whomever) they wish. Due to the continuing water shortage, however, this causes what remains of the water to become polluted, causing the people to instead die slow, painful deaths and herself implied to get executed by the very people she tried to help.
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* TitleReadingGag: In the opening exposition scene, Sally mentions at one point that the musical has "bad subject matter" and a "bad title".
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** HeelFaceDoorSlam: Senator Fipp and Mrs. Millennium plan to leave Cladwell and go to Rio together, but the rebels murder them before they have a chance to.
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* TheUntwist: [[PlayedForLaughs Done on purpose]]. Halfway through the first act, Lockstock casually mentions offhand that the show's primary plot twist is exactly what every audience member with [[GenreSavvy the slightest familiarity with dystopian fiction]] is guessing it is ([[spoiler:that "Urinetown" is a euphemism for [[ReleasedToElsewhere throwing people off buildings]]), but adds that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the audience won't learn that]] until act II (even though [[DontExplainTheJoke they just did.]])
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The original Broadway production was directed by John Rando and featured John Cullum as Cladwell and Hunter Foster as Bobby. It opened at Henry Miller's Theatre on September 10, 2001 and closed January 18, 2004, garnering rave reviews during its tenure, as well as ten Tony nominations.
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The original Broadway production was directed by John Rando and featured John Cullum as Cladwell and Hunter Foster as Bobby. It opened at Henry Miller's Theatre on September 10, 20, 2001 and closed January 18, 2004, garnering rave reviews during its tenure, as well as ten Tony nominations.
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** Officer Lockstock's Cladwell's number one enforcer who enjoys his job too much. At the same time, he does what he does out of a defensive love for his town, he feels a level of guilt over his actions, and he's a pretty nice guy all things considered.
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** Officer Lockstock's Lockstock is Cladwell's number one enforcer who enjoys his job too much. At the same time, he does what he does out of a defensive love for his town, he feels a level of guilt over his actions, and he's a pretty nice guy all things considered.
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** Caldwell B. Cladwell is a corrupt {{Jerkass}} whose all too happy to exploit the poor with his cruel laws. Still, he genuinely believes his actions are NecessarilyEvil and in the end, [[spoiler: he's proven right.]]
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** Caldwell B. Cladwell is a corrupt {{Jerkass}} whose who is all too happy to exploit the poor with his cruel laws. Still, he genuinely believes his actions are NecessarilyEvil and in the end, [[spoiler: he's proven right.]]
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* DeathSong: "Tell Her I Love Her" for Bobby, and "We're Not Sorry (Reprise)" for Cladwell.
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* BathroomControl: The main plot point. A severe drought has led to private toilets being banned, and a monopolistic corporation controls every public toilet in town. Fee hikes have driven much of the world into poverty, and anyone caught urinating anywhere besides the public toilets will be [[DeadlyEuphemism sent to the titular penal colony, never to return.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:[[HighHeelFaceTurn Ms. Pennywise]] betrays Cladwell and joins the revolution after he gives Hope up. This is because [[LukeIAmYourFather Hope is actually her daughter.]]]]
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* HeelFaceTurn:[[spoiler:[[HighHeelFaceTurn HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:[[HighHeelFaceTurn Ms. Pennywise]] betrays Cladwell and joins the revolution after he gives Hope up. This is because [[LukeIAmYourFather Hope is actually her daughter.]]]]
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* IncrediblyLamePun:”A new age…of HOPE!”
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*IncrediblyLamePun:”A new age…of HOPE!”
