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* [[Dramatic Curtain Toss]]: The curtain isn't just raised as the show proper begins. Most of it is ''sucked'' up and away to reveal the stage space; the remainder resting on the "floor" is then gently pulled away to reveal the water.
* [[The Everyman]]: Philemon.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[For Doom the Bell Tolls]]: As the Russian swings act nears its finish, the bell on the middle swing begins to toll as an acrobat spins the swing up and over the bar -- and a funeral procession, complete with a wagon with a coffin upon it, crosses the stage in the background. However, the music and foreground action remains cheerful, ''and'' the coffin pops open to reveal a minor female character who cheerfully waves to the audience.
* [[Gentle Giant]]: The Barrel Organ Grinder.
* [[Gorgeous Garment Generation]]: Philemon is first seen in a plain T-shirt, pants, and ball cap; once he's fully pulled into the theater's world, he wears the clothes of an adventurer from an ''Arabian Nights'' tale. (One alternate name for the character, seen on a souvenir ornament, is "Sinbad".)
* [[Homage]]: In the first sequence with the clowns on the drifting shack, Le Vieux appears in the background and "conducts" the water. "Waterspouts" rise into the air as [[The Jimmy Hart Version]] of "Night on Bald Mountain" is performed; this coincides with the shack springing a terrible leak the clowns desperately try to stopper. This is likely an affectionate reference to two segments of ''[[
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: The fire act.
* [[The Ingenue]]: Aurora.
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