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Bat Boy: The Musical is pretty much [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the Weekly World News regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[The Stoner|Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to [[The Sheriff]], who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.
''[[Bat Boy: The Musical]]'' is pretty much [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. It's an Off-Broadway musical loosely based on the exploits of the ''[[Weekly World News]]'' regular, "Bat Boy". Three kids, [[The Stoner|Rick, Ron, and Ruthie,]] are spelunking when they discover a deformed kid in the cave. When they try to approach it, it jumps at Ruthie and bites her. They managed to subdue the creature and bring it to [[The Sheriff]], who brings the Bat Boy to the Parker house. He hands Bat Boy over to Meredith and Shelly (Rick's Girlfriend), who agree to keep him until Dr. Parker can get home. Meredith names the Bat Boy Edgar, and leaves to make him something to eat. Rick visits and abuses Edgar, causing Shelly to break up with him and Meredith to kick him out. Meredith then tries to get Edgar to eat, but he refuses to eat either the chicken or stew she gives him.


Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[Angry Mob Song|tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[Just in Time|when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[Creepy Crossdresser|Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
Later that night, a town meeting is being held. The townspeople discuss the revival that is going to be held in the spring and the unusual deaths of the local cattle. After [[Angry Mob Song|tossing blame around]] the townspeople come to the conclusion that the Bat Boy is the cause of a plague, and start calling for it to be killed. Dr. Parker, the town veterinarian, arrives home to find Edgar passed out in the cage. He is about to inject him with a serum to put him down [[Just in Time|when Meredith runs in to stop him]]. He uses the needle to blackmail Meredith into having sex with him to try to rekindle their marriage. She agrees, and Dr. Parker promises to bring Edgar back to health. In the hospital, [[Creepy Crossdresser|Ms. Taylor]] is sitting over Ruthie's sick body, and threatens to get the Sheriff fired if he doesn't have the Bat Boy killed.
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* [[Accidental Unfortunate Gesture]]: Meredith is cleaning a chair rather suggestively while talking to Shelly about romantic relationships.
* [[Accidental Unfortunate Gesture]]: Meredith is cleaning a chair rather suggestively while talking to Shelly about romantic relationships.
* [[Acting for Two]]: The original production was done with a cast of eleven people necessitating lots of character doubling.
* [[Acting for Two]]: The original production was done with a cast of eleven people necessitating lots of character doubling.
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