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The concept is fairly simple - the setting is an unspecified insane asylum built in a large manor house somewhere in America. It has all the tropes of an insane asylum - doctors, patients, orderlies, pills and therapy sessions. All relatively normal, right?
Oh, wait. All those doctors, patients and orderlies are characters from the [[Disney Animated Canon]], and pretty much all of them suffer from mental illnesses that stem from their original story, or close to it. Simba of ''[[The Lion King]]'' is suddenly not the cute little lion cub, but a young man with a foul mouth, a penchant for theft and a fierce hatred of anything to do with rules. [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|The Mad Hatter]] is a man with five different personalities, completely independent of one another, Gretel suffers from an eating disorder and [[Hercules (
Needless to say, this RP basically runs on [[Darker and Edgier]], and there's more angst, crying and emotional turmoil that you could shake a stick at. This, of course, makes the few brief moments of light even more wonderful. Probably for the best, especially when it comes inevitably crashing back down to Earth again. As well as that, there are, of course, [[Lots and Lots of Characters]]. Really, lots. Somewhere close to 40, and consistently growing, given that apparently the potential cast list numbers well past twice that.
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** [[Disney Fairies|Terrence's]] dad, too, who managed to convince his son that he was the reason his mother committed suicide.
** [[The Lion King|Kovu]], too. He's not really spoken much about it, but when your adopted father is Scar, pretty much king of the [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bastards]], this is a given.
** Then there's [[Toy Story (franchise)||Barbie]]. Although her parents weren't physically abusive, her mother's constant pressure on her to be better, prettier and skinnier is one of the major contributing factors in her eating disorder.
** It isn't just restricted to the patients, either. Nurse Lexous was the child of an affair between a king and one of his maids, and she was forced to do the same job growing up. Her father basically denies all knowledge of her, and doesn't afford any kind of care to her wellbeing, shipping her off to work at the insane asylum. Kind of subverted, given that she's actually one of the more measured characters in the roleplay.
* [[Achey Scars]]: Thumper's wrists.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Most of the characters are young adults themselves, but aside from a couple of exceptions, the doctors are largely incompetent and insensitive to the patient's needs.
* [[
* [[All Gays Are Promiscuous]]: Technically, Horny!Mad Hatter will go for any gender, but when he plays for that particular team, he certainly fits this trope.
* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]: Subverted. In the several months it's been running, there have been a total of no mentions of Freud, or his theories.
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Esmeralda]] hoarding her sleeping pills behind her mirror becomes a tragic one when it comes to Thumper's second suicide attempt.
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]:
** [[Hercules (
** In a more mundane example, Doctor Sweeney might well be a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]], but he has a strong belief in the fact that he is a doctor, and he has a responsibility, first and foremost, to his patient's welfare.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Pretty much the entire concept. It's the Disney canon with a giant dosage of real life horror.
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* [[Demoted Memories]]:
** Both invoked and subverted by the many Disney Princesses, some of which are happy to accept that they aren't who they thought they were, some who demand that they be treated with the respect affording their position.
** Entirely subverted in the case of [[Hercules (
* [[Destination Defenestration]]: [[Hercules (
* [[Destructive Romance]]: [[Disney Fairies|Terrence]] and Mirror's relationship began like this, but in the following weeks they've gotten steadily better.
* [[Dr. Feelgood]]:
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** May well be invoked with some of the NPC doctors, given that here [[Adults Are Useless]], and the medical care is largely ineffectual. Sweeney is pretty much the [[Only Sane Man]].
* [[Drama Bomb]]: Everything seemed to be going well. Relationships were springing up left, right and centre, character development was largely positive, everyone was the closest they could get to happy. Then, in one week, Flower took an accidental overdose, [[Disney Fairies|Fawn]]'s hallucinations intensified and she slit her wrists, and then [[It Got Worse]] with Thumper's genuine suicide attempt. It was pretty much a [[Wham! Episode|Wham Week]] for all involved, and things haven't improved yet.
* [[Dramatic Shattering]]: [[Hercules (
* [[Dying Declaration of Love]]: Ella pulls one of these on Thumper when he's being wheeled away after his overdose.
* [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]]: Given the cramped conditions, concentration of attractive people, even boy to girl ration, and at least three or four incredibly sexually charged patients, this was kind of inevitable.
* [[False Friend]]: Maid Ruby to [[Toy Story (franchise)||Barbie]], at least when they were discussing Herc. Actually, Maid Ruby to pretty much everybody, except a select few.
* [[Fool for Love]]: Terrence and Mirror, the two biggest [[Deadpan Snarkers]] in the entire asylum. Put them together, they're just a pair of massive softies.
* [[Fractured Fairy Tale]]: And definitely not played for comedic purposes, either.
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** Thumper, however, subverts this trope. After his genuine suicide attempt, he tells anyone who tries to talk to him about it that he wishes, and thinks, that he should be dead, however happy he may seem on the surface.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]:
** [[Hercules (
** Thumper, in the few days leading up to his suicide attempt.
** Fawn, in the few days following hers.
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* [[No Medication for Me]]: Quite a lot of the asylum.
** [[Alice in Wonderland (Disney film)|Alice]], who suffers from ADHD finds that she becomes passive and sleepy on her meds, and generally refuses to take them.
** [[Hercules (
** Thumper took anti-depressants for a while, but stopped after finding that nothing worked.
** [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Esmeralda]] suffers from almost literal [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]], so she keeps herself awake by choice. She has sleeping pills, but refuses them.
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** Hercules told Buzz that back home, there was a cartoon produced about him, with slightly unrealistic proportioning. Buzz found the whole thing much too funny for Herc's liking.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: [[The Emperor's New Groove|Kuzco.]] No one really knows who he is, and very few people genuinely like him, yet he still acts as if he's the Emperor he used to be.
* [[Snark
* [[Split Personality]]: Mad Hatter. He has five - one is an oversexed near-predator, one is a hyperactive man child, one is a complete psychopath, one is basically [[The Snark Knight]] in a top hat, and one is...actually a pretty reasonable guy.
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: [[The Little Mermaid|Prince Eric]] to [[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]. [[It Got Worse]].
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* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Practically runs on this.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]:
** Given that he's been diagnosed with psychosis, [[Hercules (
** All the characters from [[Disney Fairies|Pixie Hollow]], too.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]:
** See the Mad, Terrence and Thumper example below.
** [[Hercules (
* [[With Friends Like These...]]: A mild example in Terrence, Thumper and The Mad Hatter. One's a major depressive, one is deadly opposed to rules, and the other has five different personalities. Needless to say, the relationship between the three is rather up and down at times.
* [[Work Hard, Play Hard]]: Doc Sweeney - the most competent, dedicated doctor in the asylum, who also drinks and smokes like a sailor, rocks a karaoke machine, and used to be a street-fightin' man.
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