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Not to be confused with [[Professional Killer]]. Also not to be confused with [[Assassins (Film)|the film of the same name]].
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* [[Acting for Two]]: In the 2004 revival, the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald were played by [[Neil Patrick Harris|the same actor.]] Many productions since have followed suit.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Characters from vastly different historical eras are seen interacting with each other.
* [[And There Was Much Rejoicing]]: Happens among the assassins at the end when Lee Harvey Oswald shoots JFK. The chorus... [[Tear Jerker|not so much]].
* [[Anti
* [[Murder Is the Best Solution|Assassination Is The Best Solution]]
* [[Assassin Outclassin]]: Naturally, the targets of the failed assassinations.
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Moore: I did? (Laughs) It's a joke. See, it's like, if I had amnesia, then I couldn't remember anything, including that I had amnesia. }}
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: John Wilkes Booth (but it doesn't stop him from being in the rest of the show).
* [[Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: The beginning of "Another National Anthem".
* [[Dying Alone]]: Booth and Zangara.
* [[The Eleven O Clock Number]]: "Another National Anthem".
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* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Near the very end of the show. The sequence labelled November 22, 1963 is where John Wilkes Booth and company convince Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate JFK.
* [[Hot Blooded]]: Booth and Zangara, in slightly different ways.
* [["I Am" Song]]: "Unworthy of your Love" is an interesting example, as it is more about Hinckley and Fromme's disturbed insecurity than about their love interests. It is essentially an [["I Am" Song]] masquerading as an [["I Want" Song]].
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Moore and Hinckley.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Sarah Jane Moore, by her own admission.
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* [[Innocent Innuendo]]: Guiteau and Moore:
{{quote| '''Guiteau:''' Show me your form.<br />
'''Moore:''' [[Big "What?"|WHAT?]]<br />
'''Guiteau:''' ...the way you shoot. }}
* [[Insane Equals Violent]]
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* [[Instant Marksman Just Squeeze Trigger]]: Set to music in "The Gun Song".
* [[Interactive Narrator]]: The Balladeer.
* [["I Want" Song]]: Dark version: "Everybody's Got the Right".
* [[Large Ham]]: Charlie Guiteau
* [[Leitmotif]]: Several. A good example would be the vamp in the opening when the proprietor tells the assassins to kill the president, a slowed down version of which appears again when Emma Goldman (possibly) does the same to Czolgosz. It also appears when the assassins try to convince Lee Harvey Oswald to kill JFK.
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* [[The Music Meister]]: The Balladeer has elements of this. Also, to a lesser extent, the proprietor.
* [[Obsession Song]]: "Unworthy of Your Love", a duet between John Hinckley and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme about their respective obsessions, Jodie Foster and Charles Manson. Both sides are of the passive type.
* [[One
** The current licensed score has him singing in two songs, however. Emma Goldman and Lee Harvey Oswald are more clear-cut examples.
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted, there are two John's (Booth and Hinckley), and two Charlie's if you count [[The Ghost|Charles Manson]]
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* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: Moore and Byck, to a lesser extent Fromme.
* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: Hinckley and Fromme. See above.
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|The Reason You Suck Song]]: The Balladeer's half of all the ballads and "Another National Anthem," mocking the gathered assassins of their aspirations, telling them they just shed a little blood each. The Balladeer is ''not'' impressed by the rhetoric of the assassins and makes that blatantly clear.
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: During "November 22,1963", "This is stupid. Up here on the sixth floor, what would I do? Throw school books at him?"
* [[Trigger Happy]]: All the protagonists, of course. In particular, Czolgosz, Booth, Moore and Guiteau sing a paean to the power of guns.
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* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Everyone except the Balladeer. {{spoiler|Also, in the revival, the Balladeer}}
* [[Villain Song]]: Ironically, in a show full of 'villains', the only song that really fits this ''might'' be "Everybody's Got the Right". Also, possibly "Another National Anthem"
* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: The aforementioned ballads.
* [[Voice Types]]: Surprisingly, almost the entire spectrum is represented, at least with the men.
** Fromme: Mezzo/pop Belter
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** Byck: Comic baritone
* [[Who Shot JFK]]: Referenced in the final scene, with the characters convincing Lee Harvey Oswald to go through with the shooting.
* [[You're Insane!]]: Lee Harvey Oswald says this when he's told to shoot the president.
* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]
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