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* [[Dawson Casting]] - Mickey and Eddie are depicted from the age of seven to into their early twenties, all by the same actor. Typically, the actors are cast at the oldest end of the spectrum. The same thing applies to their mutual love interest Linda and elder brother Sammy, who are of similar ages.
* [[Dawson Casting]] - Mickey and Eddie are depicted from the age of seven to into their early twenties, all by the same actor. Typically, the actors are cast at the oldest end of the spectrum. The same thing applies to their mutual love interest Linda and elder brother Sammy, who are of similar ages.
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: The show lives off it.
* [[Dramatic Irony]]: The show lives off it.
* [[Epic Song]] - "Tell Me It's Not True".
* [[Epic Song]] - "Tell Me It's Not True".
* [[Ethereal Choir]] - Used to hauntingly beautiful effect in the Overture.
* [[Ethereal Choir]] - Used to hauntingly beautiful effect in the Overture.
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* [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - "Take A Letter, Miss Jones", a bright, upbeat, happy song sung by Mr. Lyons the factory manager as he dictates letters to his secretary, each of which fires another employee. Then he fires her.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - "Take A Letter, Miss Jones", a bright, upbeat, happy song sung by Mr. Lyons the factory manager as he dictates letters to his secretary, each of which fires another employee. Then he fires her.
* [[My Beloved Smother]] - Mrs. Lyons, as if to compensate for the fact Eddie isn't really her son. This is especially the case when it comes to Mrs. Johnstone and Mickey, who she worries are going to try to steal Eddie back.
* [[My Beloved Smother]] - Mrs. Lyons, as if to compensate for the fact Eddie isn't really her son. This is especially the case when it comes to Mrs. Johnstone and Mickey, who she worries are going to try to steal Eddie back.
* [[Oop North]] - Liverpool, to be exact.
* [[Oop North]] - Liverpool, to be exact.
* [[Opening Chorus]] - "Overture".
* [[Opening Chorus]] - "Overture".
* [[Parental Abandonment]] - Subverted in that Mrs. Johnstone wants to continue to be part of Eddie's life at first, but Mrs. Lyons won't let her.
* [[Parental Abandonment]] - Subverted in that Mrs. Johnstone wants to continue to be part of Eddie's life at first, but Mrs. Lyons won't let her.
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* [[She's All Grown Up]] - Linda
* [[She's All Grown Up]] - Linda
* [[Shotgun Wedding]] - Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, and {{spoiler|Mickey and Linda.}}
* [[Shotgun Wedding]] - Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, and {{spoiler|Mickey and Linda.}}
* [[Sibling Triangle]]
* [[Sibling Triangle]]
* [[Spirit Advisor]] - In some productions, The Narrator, though it's usually played that he is on nobody's side.
* [[Spirit Advisor]] - In some productions, The Narrator, though it's usually played that he is on nobody's side.
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]] - "Sonny's a Nazi!"
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]] - "Sonny's a Nazi!"
* [[A Touch of Class Ethnicity and Religion]] - Well, the first one anyway. The show draws very strong, very blatant parallels between the working and upper-middle class families.
* [[A Touch of Class, Ethnicity, and Religion]] - Well, the first one anyway. The show draws very strong, very blatant parallels between the working and upper-middle class families.
** [[Lampshaded]] by the [[Narrator]].
** [[Lampshaded]] by the [[Narrator]].
{{quote|And do we blame superstition for what came to pass, or could it be what we the English have come to know as class?}}
{{quote|And do we blame superstition for what came to pass, or could it be what we the English have come to know as class?}}
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