YMMV / Portal 2: The (Unauthorized) Musical

• Base-Breaking Character: The Core trio is either funny or obnoxious. Especially the Space Core.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment:
  • "Here in the Darkness We're Free", while a lovely song that gives insight into how the Turrets think, ultimatly doesn't move the plot along and is never mentioned again.
  • Cave Johnson visiting Black Mesa during the events of the resonance cascade also doesnt add much to the plot besides showing off more of Cave's personality. It's just there to give out the inevitable Half-Life reference. That, and to provide the perfect opportunity to do a Song Parody of Ya Got Trouble.
• Broken Base: Which version is superior, the original production or the 2017 one?
• Ensemble Dark Horse: The Aperture staff are beloved, since the crew is actually allowed to be creative with their narrative. Caroline is especially loved, since they actually treated her like a character and the game didn't do much with her.
• Nightmare Fuel: Caroline's fate, which is based on a deleted scene.
• Strangled by the Red String: The little duet that Chell and Wheatley have is clearly romantic. In the game, the characters don't express any attraction towards each other in the game, Even in the musical, there isn't much buildup to this and one could say it's just pandering, as they are a Fan-Preferred Couple. However, considering Wheatly's Adaptational Villainy combined with the Dark Reprise of "Suddenly Wheatley" in the 2017 version, the fact the the relationship comes off as forced may have been the point.

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