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''Disco Inferno'' is a [[The Seventies|1970s]]-style musical set in 1976. It features really cheesy songs written in the 1970s, including ''A Night to Remember'', ''Hot Stuff'' and the titular ''Disco Inferno'' (the one which features the memorable phrase "[[Burn, Baby, Burn]]"). The musical is loosely based on the story of [[Faust]].
''Disco Inferno'' is a [[The Seventies|1970s]]-style musical set in 1976. It features really cheesy songs written in the 1970s, including ''A Night to Remember'', ''Hot Stuff'' and the titular ''Disco Inferno'' (the one which features the memorable phrase "[[Burn, Baby, Burn]]"). The musical is loosely based on the story of [[Faust]].


The story follows [[Every Man]] Jack, who has a great life — a girlfriend who loves him and a good job in a nightclub called [[Prophetic Name|Disco Inferno]]. But he dreams of being a singer. One night, he makes a [[Deal With the Devil]] and signs his soul away for a life of fame and popularity. At first it seems as if all his dreams have come true, but things swiftly fall apart. Due to his arrogance, he loses his girlfriend and eventually kills his best friend. Jack repents in front of the entire funeral congress, just as his rival, Heathcliffe, shoots him with a gun given to him by the devil. Jack wakes up in the nightclub and finds out that everything has gone back to the way it was before he [[Magically Binding Contract|signed the contract]]. It turns out that there was a get-out clause that, because Jack repented before he died, the contract was void.
The story follows [[Every Man]] Jack, who has a great life — a girlfriend who loves him and a good job in a nightclub called [[Prophetic Name|Disco Inferno]]. But he dreams of being a singer. One night, he makes a [[Deal with the Devil]] and signs his soul away for a life of fame and popularity. At first it seems as if all his dreams have come true, but things swiftly fall apart. Due to his arrogance, he loses his girlfriend and eventually kills his best friend. Jack repents in front of the entire funeral congress, just as his rival, Heathcliffe, shoots him with a gun given to him by the devil. Jack wakes up in the nightclub and finds out that everything has gone back to the way it was before he [[Magically-Binding Contract|signed the contract]]. It turns out that there was a get-out clause that, because Jack repented before he died, the contract was void.
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== This work includes examples of: ==
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Nick Diablo.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Nick Diablo.
* [[Attending Your Own Funeral]]: Tom's [[Meaningful Funeral]] is followed immediately by his [[Mood Whiplash|returning from Heaven to speak to Jack and]] ''[[Refuge in Audacity|alter his own gravestone]]''.
* [[Attending Your Own Funeral]]: Tom's [[Meaningful Funeral]] is followed immediately by his [[Mood Whiplash|returning from Heaven to speak to Jack and]] ''[[Refuge in Audacity|alter his own gravestone]]''.
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* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Because it might just come true.
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Because it might just come true.
* [[Camp Gay]]: Lily, the Camp Barman.
* [[Camp Gay]]: Lily, the Camp Barman.
* [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]: Par for the course in a story about a [[Deal With the Devil]].
* [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]: Par for the course in a story about a [[Deal with the Devil]].
* [[Chastity Couple]]: Tom and Maggie, the [[Beta Couple]] who have been together six years and never kissed. Purely because of Maggie, however.
* [[Chastity Couple]]: Tom and Maggie, the [[Beta Couple]] who have been together six years and never kissed. Purely because of Maggie, however.
* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: Tom's sarcastic comment that "Elvis popped round for a game of [[Monopoly]]" comes back to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|haunt him]] when he dies, goes to heaven, and discovers that it actually ''happens''.
* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: Tom's sarcastic comment that "Elvis popped round for a game of [[Monopoly]]" comes back to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|haunt him]] when he dies, goes to heaven, and discovers that it actually ''happens''.
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]
* [[The Devil Is a Loser]]: Duke is an ex-hippy washed-up rocker now running a nightclub.
* [[The Devil Is a Loser]]: Duke is an ex-hippy washed-up rocker now running a nightclub.
* [[Did We Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?|Have We Just Been Singing With Satan?]]
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?|Have We Just Been Singing With Satan?]]
* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: Nick Diablo is the Devil's fashion expert.
* [[Evil Is Stylish]]: Nick Diablo is the Devil's fashion expert.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Implied for Heathcliffe. [[Played for Laughs]], as it happens...
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Implied for Heathcliffe. [[Played for Laughs]], as it happens...
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* [[Flaming Devil]]: Nick Diablo.
* [[Flaming Devil]]: Nick Diablo.
* [[Horny Devils]]: Lady Marmalade may or may not be an example of this. If she is, she's a pretty ineffectual one.
* [[Horny Devils]]: Lady Marmalade may or may not be an example of this. If she is, she's a pretty ineffectual one.
* [[Hot As Hell]]: Lady Marmalade
* [[Hot as Hell]]: Lady Marmalade
* [[The Ingenue]]: Maggie probably counts. It takes her over six years in a steady relationship to have her first kiss.
* [[The Ingenue]]: Maggie probably counts. It takes her over six years in a steady relationship to have her first kiss.
* [[Jukebox Musical]]: sort of.
* [[Jukebox Musical]]: sort of.
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* [[Prophetic Name]]: The nightclub is called [[Title Drop|Disco Inferno]]. And, sure enough, it turns out to be owned by the Prince of Hell.
* [[Prophetic Name]]: The nightclub is called [[Title Drop|Disco Inferno]]. And, sure enough, it turns out to be owned by the Prince of Hell.
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: The Disco Inferno ''Nightclub'' is owned by [[Satan|Duke]].
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]]: The Disco Inferno ''Nightclub'' is owned by [[Satan|Duke]].
* [[Shout Out]]: To many things, including ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
* [[Shout-Out]]: To many things, including ''[[The Muppet Show]]''
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Nick Diabolo
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Nick Diabolo
* [[Spirit Advisor]]/[[Dead Person Conversation]]: Tom returns from heaven to offer Jack advice. And crack the odd joke.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]/[[Dead Person Conversation]]: Tom returns from heaven to offer Jack advice. And crack the odd joke.
* [[The Vamp]]: Both Lady Marmalade and Kathy
* [[The Vamp]]: Both Lady Marmalade and Kathy
* [[Villain Song]]: Every villain gets a song, although not all count as proper [[Villain Song|Villain Songs]]. Heathcliff's rendition of ''Saturday Night's All Right'' is probably the best example.
* [[Villain Song]]: Every villain gets a song, although not all count as proper [[Villain Song]]s. Heathcliff's rendition of ''Saturday Night's All Right'' is probably the best example.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Tom continually accidentally says lines of Beatles songs right after they have broken up. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Maggie gets more and more hysterical and Tom keeps making things worse.
* [[Waxing Lyrical]]: Tom continually accidentally says lines of Beatles songs right after they have broken up. [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Maggie gets more and more hysterical and Tom keeps making things worse.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Back to The Eighties]]'' meets ''[[Faust]]''.
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Back to The Eighties]]'' meets ''[[Faust]]''.

Latest revision as of 23:35, 28 June 2016

Disco Inferno is a 1970s-style musical set in 1976. It features really cheesy songs written in the 1970s, including A Night to Remember, Hot Stuff and the titular Disco Inferno (the one which features the memorable phrase "Burn, Baby, Burn"). The musical is loosely based on the story of Faust.

The story follows Every Man Jack, who has a great life — a girlfriend who loves him and a good job in a nightclub called Disco Inferno. But he dreams of being a singer. One night, he makes a Deal with the Devil and signs his soul away for a life of fame and popularity. At first it seems as if all his dreams have come true, but things swiftly fall apart. Due to his arrogance, he loses his girlfriend and eventually kills his best friend. Jack repents in front of the entire funeral congress, just as his rival, Heathcliffe, shoots him with a gun given to him by the devil. Jack wakes up in the nightclub and finds out that everything has gone back to the way it was before he signed the contract. It turns out that there was a get-out clause that, because Jack repented before he died, the contract was void.

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