History WebVideo / ChronoTriggerTheMusical

* CastingGag: A PlayedForDrama example - Queen Zeal is played by Lindsay Bolin, who previously played Toriel in ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical'', another character who was also a mother and a queen, and is using a similar voice. This makes her performance as Queen Zeal ''especially unnerving'' for people who are familiar with the previous musical.

''Chrono Trigger the Musical'' is a musical adaptation of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' created by Music/ManOnTheInternet (also the creator of ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical''). With a planned total 60 songs and a diverse cast, it follows the main events of the game.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Reptites, who on top of their desire to KillAllHumans, flat out call their war on humans a FinalSolution.

* NoblewomansLaugh: Flea is drawn holding the classic pose associated with the laugh to match the original sprite version in the group artwork in "Ozzie's Fort."

* TraitorShot: In "Manolia Cathedral", the nuns at first appear to be deep in a serene prayer... and after Crono and Lucca walk past them, they give a hint of {{Slasher Smile}}s.

** While "Robo's Theme" is pretty upbeat and optimistic, its reprise towards the end of "Prometheus Unbound" cranks the optimism up to eleven, when after defeating Mother Brain for good, Robo once again declares his loyaltly to his new friends and reaffirms his intention to help them build a better future for humanity.
** The last part of "Black Omen" is this to [[DarkReprise "Battle With Magus - Reprise"]], where Magus declares that no matter what he must go through, no matter what Queen Zeal and Lavos throw at him, nothing will stop him from his revenge.
* VillainousBreakdown: "World Revolution" has shades of this, but "Last Battle" is Lavos's breakdown in song form, as he's finally on the back foot and is utterly ''livid'' that mere "cattle" are trying to defy the destiny it set for them.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Unlike in the game, "History, Our Story" shows the protagonists are highly distraught after defeating Magus, and learning he only summoned Lavos, rather than creating him, so they have no have no idea how to go about stopping Lavos. At least, until Lucca has enough of their moping, and gives them a RousingSpeech, restoring their resolve.

** Ayla is depicted as being [[AmazonianBeauty extremely muscular]] and [[StatuesqueStunner quite tall]] in her artwork, when in-game she's not quite at that level of buffness or tallness.

** Weirdly enough, Magus during "Battle with Magus". While his lines about the weak deserving to die fits with his game characterization, he also has many lines that imply that he wants to summon Lavos to destroy the world and drive humanity to extinction. The very next song, "Lavos' Theme Reprise", subverts this as it rerails his motivations to wanting to summon Lavos to kill the monster himself for revenge, as in the game. That being said, he's been obscuring his true motivations from ''everyone'' up to this point, including his own allies, and he only drops the charade after he's defeated in battle.

* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Note that the below examples may eventually cease to be.
** The musical skips the encounter with Marle as Queen Leene being erased from history and Lucca realizing she's Princess Nadia entirely. As one of the first major plot points in the game, it's a big one. As other songs hint at this connection, it remains to be seen if this scene will be in the full script.
** As seen below, Heckran's encounter isn't adapted; this battle is important to the plot, since the heroes learn from him that there's a connection between Magus and Lavos, which prompts them to go to 600 AD in order to find Frog, restore the Masamune and seek Magus.
** "The Story So Far" directly summarizes the events between songs, including Marle's erasure and the heroes learning about Magus' connection to Lavos, so it can be presumed that any events not depicted still happen, just not on-screen, at least not until the full musical does.
* AdaptedOut: Several bosses do not appear at all in the individual videos: The Dragon Tank, the Guardian, and Heckran for the first half. Time will tell if this will apply to the full musical, however.

* BadassBoast: Many show up in the battle songs.

* ColdHam: Magus starts off this. When he starts his VillainSong, he goes full LargeHam.
** Lavos is mostly this, speaking softly, but his lyrics are the most elaborate. but breaks into LargeHam towards the end of his songs.
* ComicallySerious: Robo. As a RunningGag when the human characters hesitate to give an answer, he gives one for them with a straightforward dose of BrutalHonesty.

** Yakra XIII in "The Trial of Guardia." He boasts about how he knows all the heroes' weaknesses only to get KilledMidSentence.

* EvilIsHammy: Lavos is one of the ColdHam variety. He's mostly restrained with his volume, but all of his lyrics are littered with PurpleProse. At the end of both of his songs, however, he descends into full LargeHam as he repeats the words "We remain" with increasing volume.

* GoodMorningCrono: The story begins with the original TropeNamer, just like in the game.

* HamToHamCombat: Most of the battle soundtracks, "Battle With Magus" standing out.

* IWantSong: The running theme especially in "Peaceful Days" and "Chrono Trigger" is Crono wanting history to know his name and not be just another nobody.
* IronicEcho: "Broken Machine" has the R-Series robots belittling Robo as one. By the end, as Crono and Lucca destroy the last of them they boast that they will save the future and all they see are "broken machines."

* KickTheDog: "Lavos Reprise". After Magus' ritual is disrupted, Lavos sends everyone through time. He also makes a point of doing a reprise of his VillainSong, mocking the heroes for how all their efforts to stop him has thus far been for nothing and he will still destroy the world.

* LargeHam: [[WorldOfHam Almost everyone]], but Frog stands out even among them. "That's the hero's way!"

* TheCameo: All over the place in the background in "The Millennial Fair" with easily spotted ones being [[VideoGame/HotelMario Mario Luigi]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones Ephraim and Eirika]].

All of the musical's currently-available songs can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-TFjG0qugDt0qSNyhaKHnfbo8oi-5gJ here.]] In early February 2019, the project was put on break due to scheduling conflicts and resumed with new songs on April 1, 2021. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIAaFtow4g video]] of all songs has been released with the full musical [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn2Vu_R-KKc to be released on December 16, 2022]].

All of the musical's currently-available songs can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-TFjG0qugDt0qSNyhaKHnfbo8oi-5gJ here.]] In early February 2019, the project was put on break due to scheduling conflicts and resumed with new songs on April 1, 2021. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIAaFtow4g video]] of all songs has been released with the full musical [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoyugMpDswk to be released soon]].

All of the musical's currently-available songs can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-TFjG0qugDt0qSNyhaKHnfbo8oi-5gJ here.]] In early February 2019, the project was put on break due to scheduling conflicts and resumed with new songs on April 1, 2021. A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkIAaFtow4g video]] of all songs has been released but not the full musical yet.

''Chrono Trigger the Musical'' is a musical adaptation of ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' created by [[Creator/ManOnTheInternet Man on the Internet]] (also the creator of ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical''). With a planned total 60 songs and a diverse cast, it follows the main events of the game.

** Lucca's father, Taban, has a smaller build, darker skin, black hair, facial hair, and a CoolHat.

--> '''Schala:''' The future remains, and refuses--
--> [[AC:'''[[VoiceOfTheLegion Lavos:]]''' '''''CHAAAAAANGE!''''']]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: The Epoch itself. Although Robo rams it into Lavos in "Lavos Beckons," Lucca mentions having repaired it by the time of "Epilogue/Moonlight Parade" to allow the musical to follow the game's ending where the Epoch is not destroyed in the crash.

* ShutUpHannibal: The R series robots in "Broken Machine" open up by singing about how Robo was defective and needed to be reset. Crono and Lucca's opening lyrics in response ''No more games, go down in flames'', showing they don't care what the robots have to say, they are going to kill them.

* OhCrap: Crono's reaction to Ayla wanting to face off in a DrinkingContest for the Dreamstone.

All of the musical's currently-available songs can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU-TFjG0qugDt0qSNyhaKHnfbo8oi-5gJ here.]] In early February 2019, the project was put on break due to scheduling conflicts and resumed with new songs on April 1, 2021.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Marle's name is initially pronounced "Meryl" but only in her introduction.

* CassandraTruth: Azala, when he examining the Gate Key, asks the main characters what it is. Robo explains it opens portals through time, and Azala [[RefugeInAudacity assumes]] he's lying, [[DramaticIrony believing nobody would ever willingly give up information like that]].

** Battle with Yakra" has Yakra boasting how, thanks to Magus, the Fiends/Mystics are going to take over the world and destroy humanity, with Crono, Lucca and Frog claiming that they'll put an end to his and Magus' plans.

* IronicEcho: "Broken Machine" has the R-Series robots belittling Robo as one. By the end, as Crono and Lucca destroy the last of them they boast that they will save the future and they see are "broken machines."

* AmazonianBeauty: Ayla already had shades of this in the game's official artwork, but in the accompanying artwork within her songs she's depicted as much larger and more muscular than her original art/sprite.

* AdaptationalExpansion: A number of characters get more fleshed out due to the musical numbers giving them more dialogue in a scene. Crono most notably gets a personality instead of being a HeroicMime.

** "The future refuses to change" for everything related to Lavos.

* CassandraTruth: Azala, when he examining the Gate Key, asks the main characters what it is. Robo explains it opens portals through time, and Azala assumes he's lying, [[DramaticIrony believing nobody would ever willing give up information like that]].
* CastingGag: A serious example - Queen Zeal is played by Lindsay Bolin, who previously played Toriel in ''WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical'', another character who was also a mother and a queen, and is using a similar voice. This makes her performance as Queen Zeal ''especially unnerving'' for people who are familiar with the previous musical.

* ComicallySerious: Robo. As a RunningGag when the human characters hesitate to give an answer, he gives one for them with a dose of BrutalHonesty.

* DeathSeeker: Implied for [[spoiler:Magus after his failure to defeat Lavos, which gets Crono killed,]] based on the lyrics to his reprise. Frog's decision to [[spoiler:SheathYourSword during their battle]] comes from realizing that [[spoiler:Magus wants a SuicideByCop]].

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:"Lavos Awakens"]] features a reprise of "Chrono Trigger" as [[spoiler:Crono prepares to face down Lavos by himself... Right before Lavos kills him.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: [[BigBad Lavos]], much like in the game. Its appearance comes with a VillainSong where it is causing the apocalypse, gloating about the devastation it's wreaking on the world.

* RoyalWe: Lavos refers to itself as "we," while also speaking with the VoiceOfTheLegion.

** Lavos. [[EvilIsHammy We remain. We remain! WE REMAIN!]]

--> '''[[VoiceOfTheLegion Lavos:]]''' '''''CHAAAAAANGE!'''''

* VillainousBreakdown: "World Revolution" has shades of this, but "Last Battle" is Lavos' breakdown in song form, as he's finally on the back foot and is utterly ''livid'' that mere "cattle" are trying to defy the destiny it set for them.