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-->'''Josh''': You're doing great. Ready?
-->'''Greg''': Are you sure? Cause I'm really just a singer who moves.
-->'''Josh''': No, but--that's really good.
-->'''Greg''': Thank you, it's a dream role.

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-->'''Josh''': You're doing great. Ready?
-->'''Greg''':
Ready?\\
'''Greg''':
Are you sure? Cause I'm really just a singer who moves.
-->'''Josh''':
moves.\\
'''Josh''':
No, but--that's really good.
-->'''Greg''':
good.\\
'''Greg''':
Thank you, it's a dream role.



-->''You have to both agree to use karate\\
Can't just be one guy using karate, you gotta have some ground rules''



-->''It's not like theatre fighting, it's not that graceful''
-->''There's not a lot of leaping, you don't have the presence of mind to leap''

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-->''It's not like theatre fighting, it's not that graceful''
-->''There's
graceful\\
There's
not a lot of leaping, you don't have the presence of mind to leap''
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* SleepyDepressive: One of the backup singers is a young woman who couldn't get out of bed for six months after losing her job triggered a depressive episode. Now that she's on meds, she's doing better and apparently has found a new job.

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* RealityEnsues: The whole song is about how real-life fights are not as cool or choreographed as fictional fights.




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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The whole song is about how real-life fights are not as cool or choreographed as fictional fights.

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!!"End of the Movie (Reprise)" (sung by Rachel Bloom)
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* DarkReprise: The original song was fairly dark, but the reprise sends up the idea:
-->''Because sometimes life decides to be annoyingly obvious''
-->''About when it wants you to make a change''
-->''And you're just supposed to be in awe like a putz and go ''
-->''"Wow, life, sometimes you're magical and strange!"''
-->''Oh, my God, this corpse is named Rebecca''
-->''So is this corpse and so is this one, too. Okay, I get it!''
-->''Oh, wait, this corpse is named Steve''
-->''But three Rebeccas is still super weird''
* RuleOfSymbolism: Rebecca correctly pinpoints that the morgue is a symbol for how she needs to make a change.



!!"End of the Movie (Reprise)" (sung by Rachel Bloom)
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* DarkReprise: The original song was fairly dark, but the reprise sends up the idea:
-->''Because sometimes life decides to be annoyingly obvious''
-->''About when it wants you to make a change''
-->''And you're just supposed to be in awe like a putz and go ''
-->''"Wow, life, sometimes you're magical and strange!"''
-->''Oh, my God, this corpse is named Rebecca''
-->''So is this corpse and so is this one, too. Okay, I get it!''
-->''Oh, wait, this corpse is named Steve''
-->''But three Rebeccas is still super weird''
* RuleOfSymbolism: Rebecca correctly pinpoints that the morgue is a symbol for how she needs to make a change.

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* RealityEnsues: The whole song is about how real-life fights are not as cool or choreographed as fictional fights.




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* RuleOfSymbolism: Rebecca correctly pinpoints that the morgue is a symbol for how she needs to make a change.



* AManIsAlwaysEager: Thankfully averted. After Rebecca goes off her meds she gets really drunk, goes over to Nathaniel and Josh's houses, and pretty much throws herself at them. Thankfully, the both realize she's in no state to consent and turn her away.
* NoMedicationForMe: Rebecca stops taking her BPD medicine, with [[RealityEnsues predictably horrible results]].

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* AManIsAlwaysEager: Thankfully averted. After CockFight: Josh and Greg get into a physical fight over their strained friendship and Rebecca.
* ContinuityNod: Josh references the time Greg has sex with a bush.
* KidsPlayMatchmaker: Madison and Chloe get over their feud and scheme to set up their parents when it becomes apparent that they like each other.
* MeetCute: Darryl meets a woman named April (Maribeth Monroe), who is also waiting for someone at the hospital. They click instantly and bond over bean dip.
* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: The girl group attempts to break Paula out of the hospital so she can take the bar exam. Despite some mishaps, they succeed!
* WakingUpAtTheMorgue: Variation.
Rebecca goes off wakes up at the hospital morgue after falling asleep due to her meds she gets really drunk, goes over to Nathaniel and Josh's houses, and pretty much throws herself at them. Thankfully, the both realize she's in no state to consent and turn her away.
* NoMedicationForMe: Rebecca stops taking her BPD medicine, with [[RealityEnsues predictably horrible results]].
new meds.
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-->''But three Rebeccas is still super weird''

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-->''But three Rebeccas is still super weird''weird''

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*AManIsAlwaysEager: Thankfully averted. After Rebecca goes off her meds she gets really drunk, goes over to Nathaniel and Josh's houses, and pretty much throws herself at them. Thankfully, the both realize she's in no state to consent and turn her away.
*NoMedicationForMe: Rebecca stops taking her BPD medicine, with [[RealityEnsues predictably horrible results]].
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* BrandX: The anti-depressants mentioned (fluoxetine, paroxetine and citalopram) are referred to by their scientific names rather than the more commonly known brands they're sold under. Everyone in the song actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this and says their lawyers forbid them from mentioning said brand names.

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* BrandX: The anti-depressants mentioned (fluoxetine, paroxetine and citalopram) are referred to by their scientific names rather than the more commonly known brands they're sold under.under[[note]]Prozac, Paxil, and Celexa[[/note]]. Everyone in the song actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this and says their lawyers forbid them from mentioning said brand names.

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* AffectionateParody: Of ''Film/LaLaLand'', specifically the numbers "Another Day of Sun" and "Someone in the Crowd."
* BrandX: The anti-depressants mentioned (fluoxetine, paroxetine and citalopram) are referred to by their scientific names rather than the more commonly known brands they're sold under. Everyone in the song actually [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this and says their lawyers forbid them from mentioning said brand names.
* TheCameo: Several minor characters from the show's past seasons appear as back-up singers/dancers: Josh's sister Jayma with her husband and child, the Hispanic mover from the pilot and Ally the grocery clerk.
* CrowdSong: Done to emphasize to Rebecca how common it is for people to be on therapeutic medication like anti-depressants.
* {{Leitmotif}}: The signature four-note melody from "West Covina" plays briefly when Rebecca puts on her tap shoes.
* SarcasmMode: When everybody refers to the stigma against analeptic drugs and how historically not everyone was medicated, Dr. Akopian snarks how witch trials and the Crusades also sounded like fun.

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-->''So is this corpse and so is this one, too''
-->''Okay, I get it!''

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-->''So is this corpse and so is this one, too''
-->''Okay,
too. Okay, I get it!''
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* DarkReprise: The original song was fairly dark, but the reprise sends up the idea:
-->''Because sometimes life decides to be annoyingly obvious''
-->''About when it wants you to make a change''
-->''And you're just supposed to be in awe like a putz and go ''
-->''"Wow, life, sometimes you're magical and strange!"''
-->''Oh, my God, this corpse is named Rebecca''
-->''So is this corpse and so is this one, too''
-->''Okay, I get it!''
-->''Oh, wait, this corpse is named Steve''
-->''But three Rebeccas is still super weird''
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!!"End of the Movie (reprise)" (sung by Rachel Bloom)

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!!"End of the Movie (reprise)" (Reprise)" (sung by Rachel Bloom)
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* SlapStick: Greg and Josh's actual fighting, in which they repeatedly injure themselves in the course of trying to inflict damage on each other. Whenever they do hurt each other, they are genuinely concerned that they've actually hurt each other.

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* SlapStick: Greg and Josh's actual fighting, in which they repeatedly injure themselves in the course of trying to inflict damage on each other. Whenever they do hurt each other, they are genuinely concerned that they've actually hurt each other.other.

!!"End of the Movie (reprise)" (sung by Rachel Bloom)
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* DanceBattler: Greg and Josh in a fantasy sequence. Lampshaded in the lyrics:

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* DanceBattler: Greg and Josh in a ''Theatre/WestSideStory''-style fantasy sequence. Lampshaded in the lyrics:


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* ImprovisedWeapon: Josh wields a tongue depressor threateningly at Greg. Combined with DisproportionateRetribution in that Greg responds by picking up a ''scalpel''. They all immediately realise that that's going too far.
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Rebecca realises that she's not sure what her dream is; Paula's hospital stay threatens to interfere with her ability to take the bar exam; Nathaniel, Josh and Greg are forced to spend time in quarantine after being coughed on by a boy with squirrel flu.

!Songs:
!!"Anti-Depressants Are So Not A Big Deal" (sung by Michael Hyatt, Rachel Bloom and company)
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!!"Real-Life Fighting Is Awkward" (sung by Adam Schlesinger)
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* AffectionateParody: Of "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas.
** Also, of movie fight scenes in general.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: After the choreographer gives them a few hints.
-->'''Josh''': You're doing great. Ready?
-->'''Greg''': Are you sure? Cause I'm really just a singer who moves.
-->'''Josh''': No, but--that's really good.
-->'''Greg''': Thank you, it's a dream role.
* BruceLeeClone: Josh gets to be one of these, delivering a roundhouse kick to Greg's head in a fantasy sequence; parodied in real life, where Greg just grabs his leg and tickles him behind his knee.
* CreatorCameo: Features an appearance by the show's choreographer Kathryn M. Burns as herself, running through the moves with the guys.
* DanceBattler: Greg and Josh in a fantasy sequence. Lampshaded in the lyrics:
-->''It's not like theatre fighting, it's not that graceful''
-->''There's not a lot of leaping, you don't have the presence of mind to leap''
* SlapStick: Greg and Josh's actual fighting, in which they repeatedly injure themselves in the course of trying to inflict damage on each other. Whenever they do hurt each other, they are genuinely concerned that they've actually hurt each other.

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