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=== Tropes in this show: ===
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Regarded by most to be this to ''My Love, My Love''.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]:
* [[Bowdlerise]]: In order to make the junior version more accessable to middle and high school students, the racial divide between the [[But Not Too Black]] rich and the very dark-skinned poor is completely removed. The song relating to the history of Daniel's family is removed from the junior version because of this tension (he is the result of [[Son of a Whore|an affair between his father and a peasant woman]]). However, the song "Some Girls"
* [[Broken Aesop]]: The storytellers tell you that the story is about how love can conquer death... when the real message is "Go after a boy who doesn't really care about you -
** [[Completely Missing the Point|Yeah...]] Either that or, "Even if you are betrayed in the most horrible way possible, you should still continue to be a good person."
{{quote|"So I hope that you will tell this tale tomorrow. It will help your heart remember and relive. It will help you feel the anger and the sorrow... ''[[Tear Jerker|and forgive.]]''}}
* [[But Not Too Black]]: Daniel and the rest of the Grand Homme.
* [[Crowd Song]]: "We Dance", "Pray" and its reprise
* [[Dark Reprise]]: "Pray" is in itself something of a dark reprise (it's based in the melody of "We Dance" played in a minor key), and "Forever Yours" and "The Human Heart" both get dark reprises at the end.
** Arguably, the "Pray" reprise is slightly darker too.
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* [[Disposable Fiance]]: Inverted with Andrea.
* [[Everyone Hates Hades]]: Papa Ge is portrayed here as a pretty unpleasant guy, to say the least.
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Papa Ge.
* [[The Ingenue]]: Ti Moune.
* [["I Want" Song]]: "Waiting
* [[Jerkass Gods]]: Erzulie messes around with innocent mortals' emotions in order to show up Papa Ge, who is just as eager to prove his superiority by forcing a girl to kill her lover. Agwe has a tendency to cause storms that kill people and ruin livelihoods just because he's in a bad mood. Asaka doesn't ''do'' much in the way of jerkassery, but seems perfectly content to take part in the others' petty disputes.
* [[Love Goddess]]: Erzulie is an interesting take on this trope, as she seems genuinely hoping for Ti Moune to succeed in winning Daniel's heart, but it's more to prove a point to Papa Ge-quinessentially, she and Papa Ge are in something of a pissing contest to prove if love or death is the stronger force, and she'll resort to messing with emotions to do so.
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* [[Prince Charming]]: Daniel is this in Ti Moune's eyes.
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Daniel.
* [[Starbucks Skin Scale]]: In the song telling of Daniel's history, his skin is described as being similar to "coffee mixed with cream." ▼
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Daniel and Ti Moune.
▲* [[Starbucks Skin Scale]]: In the song telling of Daniel's history, his skin is described as being similar to "coffee mixed with cream
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