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EPIC: The Musical (Theatre)
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As Troy burns behind him, Odysseus the Seafarer sets sail towards his home of Ithaca, burdened with the guilt of his actions during the long war. Little does he know that his journey is far from over, and he will face a great many challenges and difficult choices before he can reunite with his son and wife.EPIC is a musical made by Jorge Rivera-Herrans, as an adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey. Snippets of the songs were first uploaded unto TikTok, and the full songs are slowly being released on music platforms. There will be 9 sagas, containing 40 songs in total. | |
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Double Standard: Rape, Divine on Mortal | |
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Double Standard: Rape, Divine on Mortal: As always, Zeus. He brags about this by using it as a metaphor in his solo, Thunder Bringer. | |
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The Trickster | |
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The Trickster: As in most instances of the character, Odysseus. | |
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Too Good to be True | |
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Too Good to Be True: Said word-for-word by Odysseus when entering the cave the lotus-eaters directed him to. | |
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Villain Song | |
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Villain Song: Arguably for Poseidon's Big Bad status, Ruthlessness is the sea god criticizing Odysseus' attempts to be passive and empathetic on his voyage home. Calling him self-righteous and actually argues he could avoided all this trouble if he'd just killed his son–which he would've preferred–and lectures him on mercy having a price. | |
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Papa Wolf | |
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Papa Wolf: Poseidon only attacks Odysseus and his crew because they harmed his son Polyphemus. | |
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Chekhov's Gun | |
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Chekhov's Gun: The bag containing the winds of the storm given to Odysseus by Aeolus most notably comes back later in the same song, as his crew ignores his warnings and opens it, letting them out. However, he and Eurylochus manage to close it and save some of the winds, which come back later in Ruthlessness when Odysseus opens it right in Poseidon's face, blasting him to kingdom come. | |
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Ironic Echo | |
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Ironic Echo: Polyphemus's half of Survive is him repeating back a much darker version of Odysseus's opening lines. The line "Just A Man" from the song of the same name gets repeated back to Odysseus by Athena during My Goodbye to insult him. In Ruthlessness, Poseidon repeats a few of Odysseus' words against him, specifically those used against Polyphemus such as "I am your darkest moment." and "Remember me." after killing all but 43 men of his fleet. | |
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Quarreling Song | |
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Quarreling Song: My Goodbye features Athena and Odysseus arguing over their differences and going their separate ways. | |
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Guile Hero | |
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Guile Hero: Odysseus, as always, solves his problems through clever tactics rather than brute force. The song Warrior of the Mind is all about this from Athena's perspective. | |
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He Who Fights Monsters | |
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He Who Fights Monsters: Part of the Central Theme of the story is the lengths someone will go to for their goals, even if those goals are fully heroic and sympathetic, and when it has gone too far. Odysseus fears that he will become a monster, and as time goes on considers embracing it. | |
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Sadly Mythtaken | |
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Sadly Mythtaken: Neoptolemus (son of Achilles) doesn’t kill the brothers of Hector, but rather his father. | |
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Divine Intervention | |
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Divine Intervention: Athena asks Zeus to intervene to help Odysseus, and all of God Games is her trying to convince the other Olympians to give their blessings. Hermes also does this twice, in both Wouldn't You Like and Dangerous. | |
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Borrowed Catchphrase | |
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Borrowed Catchphrase: Odysseus repeats Poseidon's "Ruthlessness is mercy upon ourselves" in his song Monster, to show how his ideology becomes closer to the sea god. | |
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Gender Flip | |
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Gender Flip: Aeolus is a king in the original story, and a goddess in this musical. | |
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Concept Album | |
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Concept Album: The songs of the musical are being released in 9 concept album sagas, starting with the Troy Saga and ending with the Ithaca Saga. Each tells the story of a different part of the Odyssey. | |
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To Hell and Back | |
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To Hell and Back: For the end of Act 1, Odysseus and his remaining crew enter Hades in the fittingly named Underworld Saga to meet the prophet Tiresias. | |
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Bait the Dog | |
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Bait the Dog: Poseidon tells Odysseus that he will spare him and his men if he apologizes for maiming Polyphemus. Immediately after Odysseus does so, the ocean god mocks him for being naive and murders all but a handful of his men. | |
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Would Hurt a Child | |
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Would Hurt a Child: Played for Drama, Zeus tells Odysseus that the infant child of Hector will soon grow to avenge and kill Odysseus and his family. While initially hesitant, he mournfully kills the child to protect his family. | |
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Big "WHAT?!" | |
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Big "WHAT?!": In "Ruthlessness", Poseidon exclaims an outraged "What?!" when Odysseus escapes him by using the bag of wind. | |
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Honey Trap | |
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When Circe attempts to seduce Odysseus to lower his guard, he rejects her advances and explains that he has a wife whom he desperately misses and wishes to return to. This expression of genuine love and honest vulnerability manages to touch Circe's heart and alleviate her distrust, and she willingly helps him. | |
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Wham Line | |
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Wham Line: When the suitors are under attack by an unknown assailant in the dark, they plan to make use of their knowledge of the palace to even the playing field, right before the assailant appears and lets them know just who they're dealing with. | |
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Implied Rape | |
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Implied Rape: Antinous and the suitors are implied to be planning this for Penelope in the song Hold Them Down. It's only alluded to without actually saying the word, instead using squicky euphemisms. | |
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Disproportionate Retribution | |
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Disproportionate Retribution: Polyphemus is rightfully angered and saddened to see that intruders have broken into his home and killed his favorite sheep, but even after Odysseus tries to explain that they hadn't intentionally wronged him and were willing to compensate him for their actions, he decides the best course is to eat them alive. | |
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Brought Down to Badass | |
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Brought Down to Badass: The flower Odysseus ate means Circe can’t just delete him on the spot, but he admits in his part of the song that she’s still on par with a highly skilled Greek warrior. | |
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Classical Cyclops | |
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Classical Cyclops: The second saga heavily features the cyclops Polyphemus, son of Poseidon, and Trope Maker. | |
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Restored My Faith in Humanity | |
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Restored My Faith in Humanity: Telemachus's friendship, kindness, and pure heart convinces Athena to rescue Odysseus, even though the two never truly make up. | |
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Intelligence Equals Isolation | |
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Intelligence Equals Isolation: Odysseus calls out the god of wisdom Athena for being alone in My Goodbye, and Athena herself shows this by believing her path to be better than Odysseus, and as such choosing to leave him behind and be by herself. | |
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Lotus-Eater Machine | |
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Lotus-Eater Machine: Odysseus and Polites encounter the Lotus Eaters during the song Open Arms, with them both nearly falling victim to it. | |
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Adaptation Distillation | |
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Adaptation Distillation: The Cyclops Saga cuts out a few parts while still preserving the overall story. Namely that the wine Odysseus offers Polyphemus was made by one of Dionysus' sons and was exceptionally potent (instead Odysseus laces it with lotus) and that Odysseus had fully realised that the cave was inhabited and insisted that they wait to give the owner a gift as compensation for eating his food, rather than being caught in the act. | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg | |
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Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Odysseus is a Guile Hero and accomplished warrior, but he's ultimately just a man and the gods simply exist on a scale beyond him. Even though he has the bravado to go as far as calling them out on occasion, whenever the gods actively impose their will on him, he's quickly reduced to powerlessly begging for their mercy. Instead of making him seem pathetic, it's incredibly humanizing. When Zeus tells him that it is the will of the gods that he either kill Hector's infant son or else allow the boy to one day grow into a grave threat who will destroy his home and family, Odysseus literally gets down on his knees and begs for an alternative. He doesn't get one. Poseidon manages to very effectively reduce him to this with a few words. | |
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Central Theme | |
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Central Theme: What are we willing to do for those we love, and when have we gone too far? Odysseus is fundamentally just a man who wants to be kind and avoid hurting people as much as possible, but circumstances keep forcing his hand, and he often has to chose between cruel brutality and losing his wife and son. The very first song establishes this, as Zeus presents him with the dilemma in a very literal way; Kill the infant son of Hector and ensure that he will never come after Odysseus for revenge, or spare him, and face the inevitable consequences of the sacking of Troy. | |
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Triumphant Reprise | |
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Triumphant Reprise: The final motes of the show is the same as the first notes of Just a Man, in a more peaceful context. | |
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Sunken City | |
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Sunken City: Poseidon threatens to drown all of Ithaca in Get In The Water. | |
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The Lancer | |
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The Lancer: Eurylochus serves this role to Odysseus, being his second-in-command and frequently disagreeing with Odysseus in choice of method. | |
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Sacrificial Lamb | |
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Sacrificial Lamb: Polites is established early on as a friend of Odysseus, yet is the very first to die in the crew, marking the start of the Dwindling Party. | |
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Ocean of Adventure | |
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Ocean of Adventure: Especially because it based on the Trope Codifier. On his way back home to Ithaca from Troy, Odysseus and his crew face giants, sea monsters, witches, and gods. | |
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Jerkass Has a Point | |
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Jerkass Has a Point: While several of the gods are cruel and tend to focus on their own interests, they're not always wrong when pointing out Odysseus' flaws. For example, while Poseidon's act of revenge against Odysseus was excessive, wiping out all but 43 of his men in one go, he's right in pointing out Odysseus' hypocrisy in trying to be a good man but committing horrific acts, and how leaving the cyclops alive but blinded and humiliated was far more cruel than just killing him. | |
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Jerkass Gods | |
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Jerkass Gods: Poseidon. He slaughters Odysseus's fleet in front of him, to make him feel complete despair before he kills him, even though the majority of those men had nothing to do with Polyphemus's mutilation. He deliberately waits until Odysseus is on the shores of Ithaca before threatening to drown the entire kingdom, if Odysseus doesn't sacrifice himself. "Get in the Water" implies that he isn't even trying to avenge his son, much of worship comes from fear, so if he knowingly lets an attack on his family slide, he weakens his position as a god. Aeolus also deserves a mention. While initially appearing to be helpful and granting Odysseus' wish by trapping a storm in a bag, this came with the catch that the bag must never be opened. This by itself wouldn't be so bad, as such conditions or tests are common enough and this one is pretty reasonable, except that as soon as Odysseus returned to his crew, who asked what is the bag he was now carrying, Aelous (or one of her servants) immediately claimed it was treasure before running off. When Odysseus tried to explain what the truth of the matter, the crew were now skeptical, leaving him to stay awake for nine days straight so that they wouldn't open it out of greed or curiousity, which they did when he inevitably fell asleep, leading to the events of Ruthlessness. Many of Aelous' lines in Keep Your Friends Close implies they knew this would happen the entire time, deliberately setting Odysseus up to fail. | |
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Action Prologue | |
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Action Prologue: The musical starts off with Odysseus inside the Trojan Horse right as they plan to defeat the Trojans after 10 years of war. | |
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EmotionsVersusStoicism | |
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Emotions Versus Stoicism: What Odysseus and Athena argue over, and what ultimately drives them to go their separate ways: Athena wants her ideal Warrior of the Mind to be completely logical, and even ruthless when necessary. Odysseus, however, is ultimately driven by his emotions, be that his desire to see his family again, or his care for his men, and frequently acts on those emotions. Act 2 reverses these roles, with Odysseus being more ruthless and goal oriented at the cost of his crew, whereas Athena challenges her entire pantheon to save Odysseus because of her friendship with his son, Telemachus. | |
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Pre-Mortem Catchphrase | |
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Pre-Mortem Catchphrase: Polites both gets introduced and dies saying "Captain." The same screaming of "Captain" for all but 43 of Odysseus' men after Poseidon's wrath in Ruthlessness. Technically, this becomes a post-mortem catchphrase, as it gets repeated in The Underworld. | |
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Trojan Horse | |
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Trojan Horse: Odysseus is first introduced giving orders inside the Trope Namer. | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero! | |
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: As detailed in the poems, Odysseus's decision to reveal his name to Polyphemus in a fit of vindictive hubris allows the cyclops to identify his attacker to his father, Poseidon, whose wrath will prolong Odysseus' journey home another 10 years and lead to the deaths of many of his crew. The fact that Odysseus chooses to do this over Athena's objections further costs him her friendship and patronage, leaving him without her divine favor for the trials ahead. | |
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Scylla and Charybdis | |
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Scylla and Charybdis: Odysseus encounters the monsters themselves in Act 2, going for Scylla at first but then later on chooses Charybdis. | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni | |
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Red Oni, Blue Oni: Odysseus and Eurylochus. While Odysseus is obviously very intelligent especially in combat, he is more impulsive to save his men from Circe and face threats such as the Cyclops. On the other hand, Eurylochus argues with his impulsiveness, saying that his luck won’t last forever and that it may be safer to leave his men. | |
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Badass Boast | |
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Badass Boast: Odysseus delivers one to Polyphemus during Remember Them. Of course, this is not without consequences, as his proud declaration of who he is will cause Poseidon's hatred of him. | |
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Creepy Cave | |
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Creepy Cave: The cave of the cyclops in the second saga is frightening, with Odysseus sensing danger even before the cyclops shows up. | |
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Time Master | |
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Time Master: Athena can slow or stop time when she wants to as a show of her divine power. It generally works, though her brother Ares is unimpressed, and dismisses it as "old tricks". | |
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Big Bad | |
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Big Bad: While there are plenty of enemies that stand in Odysseus' way, by far the greatest and most powerful is Poseidon, supreme lord of the sea. | |
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"Not So Different" Remark | |
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"Not So Different" Remark: Odysseus reflects on this in the song Monster. The cyclops, Poseidon, and Circe all had people they wanted to protect at the cost of doing horrible things to him and his crew. | |
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Evil Counterpart | |
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Evil Counterpart: Ares acts as one to Athena, even having his own version of her Quickthought power. Fitting, as they are the Gods of War, with Ares' domain being the brutality of war. | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis! | |
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Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: Used frequently during fight scenes from the ensemble, such as Polyphemus' name in Survive, Eurylochus' name in Mutiny, Telemachus in Royal Wisdom Burst and Odysseus' name twice in Mutiny and King. | |
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Leitmotif | |
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Leitmotif: Athena has one played on piano whenever she appears to Odysseus, notably in Warrior of the Mind, Remember Them, and My Goodbye. | |
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Blind Seer | |
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Blind Seer: Tiresias is a blind prophet found in Hades who gives Odysseus a glimpse into his future in the song "No Longer You". | |
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Too Clever by Half | |
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Too Clever by Half: Eurylochus accuses Odysseus of this as his faith begins to wane. Odysseus is clever, sure, but his failures mean death for his crew and Odysseus's recklessness will catch up to them. | |
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Ascended Extra | |
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Ascended Extra: Polites only ever gets mentioned twice in the Odyssey, but gets more plot relevance here, as Odysseus' best friend and Morality Chain. | |
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Armor-Piercing Response | |
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Armor-Piercing Response: My Goodbye is basically Odysseus and Athena exchanging "The Reason You Suck" Speeches, but the sudden halt to the music after one line from Odysseus implies it really hit Athena hard: | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Odysseus and his crew suffer a number of these throughout the musical as various dangers reveal themselves. In Survive when Polyphemus reveals he has a club, ruining their plans to whittle him down from a distance and flipping the balance of the song from human heroes slaying a monster to the monster massacring helpless humans. Odysseus and his crew's reaction in Ruthlessness when they realize that they've incurred the wrath of Poseidon. | |
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Lord of the Ocean | |
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Lord of the Ocean: Poseidon, the God of the Seas, shows up in the musical as a reoccurring antagonist. | |
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Born Lucky | |
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Born Lucky: Discussed in Luck Runs Out. Odysseus brazenly enters challenges such as the Cyclops or Athena, and later Poseidon, Circe, and other gods and monsters, yet remains unscathed. When he wants to enter the wind god's kingdom, Eurylochus is quick to argue that his luck can easily run out and that he cannot simply rely on wit in all circumstances, leading to either his own death or the death of more crewmates. | |
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Dream Tells You to Wake Up | |
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Dream Tells You to Wake Up: Odysseus struggles to keep his crew away from the bag of winds in Keep Your Friends Close, staying awake for 9 days straight. He slowly drifts off to sleep, hearing Penelope and Telemachus' voices telling him to keep his eyes open, lamenting how he can spend time with them soon. It isn't until Penelope yells at Odysseus to wake up that they succeed, yet it is too late as the bag has been opened, and he is once again away from Ithaca. | |
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Invisible Backup Band | |
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Invisible Backup Band: Aside from being a musical, all the Olympians have backup vocals, mainly seen in God Games where the gods are introduced with their names being sung. Odysseus gets it himself while he's hunting down the suitors. | |
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Forced Transformation | |
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Forced Transformation: Circe turns members of the crew into pigs. | |
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Sadistic Choice | |
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Sadistic Choice: Odysseus is given a few of these by the cruel whims of the gods and fate. Immediately during the fall of Troy, Zeus presents Odysseus a vision of the future detailing how Hector's infant son will one day grow into a warrior who will avenge himself upon Odysseus and his family for his part in the Trojan war, and that this cannot be avoided through any means except killing the boy here and now. Forcing him to choose between having the blood of his loved ones on his hands, or that of an innocent baby's. After 10 long years of being lost at sea, right when Odysseus is within sight of his homeland of Ithaca, Poseidon completes his revenge for Odysseus maiming his son Polyphemus by demanding that Odysseus willingly walk into the sea and drown himself or else he will drown all of Ithaca, particularly Odysseus's wife and son, under the waves. | |
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Berserk Button | |
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Berserk Button: As of the Wisdom Saga, insulting Telemachus is this for Athena. The sheer outrage allows her to brute force her way out of Ares’ version of quick-thought. | |
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Dies Differently in Adaptation | |
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Dies Differently in Adaptation: It isn't mentioned when Polites dies in the original Odyssey, but he originally lived at least long enough to encounter Circe, whereas here he dies because of Polyphemus. | |
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Big "NO!" | |
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Big "NO!": Odysseus in "Keep Your Friends Close" after he wakes up and realizes his men are opening the bag of wind. For very good reason... | |
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Strong Family Resemblance | |
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Strong Family Resemblance: Ares' attitude in the song God Games, that Odysseus is too soft and should be more brutal, is notably very similar to his sister Athena's view on her chosen hero in My Goodbye. | |
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The Title Saga | |
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The Title Saga: The musical has been released on streaming services in installments called "Sagas". | |
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Knight, Knave, and Squire | |
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Knight, Knave, and Squire: The named members of Odysseus' crew form this. Odysseus is the knight, the most experienced one and fights to go back home, Eurylochus being the Knave, arguing with Odysseus in Luck Runs Out and Puppeteer to leave other men to save themselves, and Polites being the Squire, with the most optimistic outlook but also the least experience with no scenes of him specifically fighting anyone. | |
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I Will Wait for You | |
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I Will Wait for You: Penelope and Telemachus continue to wait for Odysseus even after 20 years, although we know Odysseus survives to return eventually. In "The Underworld", Odysseus sees a vision of his mother, who died in Ithaca while waiting for him to come home. Aphrodite brings this up in "God Games" and says that Odysseus dishonored her domain of love by breaking his mother's heart. | |
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Damned by Faint Praise | |
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Damned by Faint Praise: As Athena is arguing in Odysseus favour, she does provide good reasonings at first, but as Hera dismisses them one by one, she's eventually left arguing that Odysseus is kinda funny. | |
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Seen It All | |
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Seen It All: Hera is unimpressed with Athena's plea that she bless Odysseus, stating that she has seen tons of heroes come and go and Odysseus is not unique. She is equally unimpressed by Athena's pleas that Odysseus is clever, articulate, and funny, but she is convinced when she claims that Odysseus never cheated on his wife. | |
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Schmuck Bait | |
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Aeolus also deserves a mention. While initially appearing to be helpful and granting Odysseus' wish by trapping a storm in a bag, this came with the catch that the bag must never be opened. This by itself wouldn't be so bad, as such conditions or tests are common enough and this one is pretty reasonable, except that as soon as Odysseus returned to his crew, who asked what is the bag he was now carrying, Aelous (or one of her servants) immediately claimed it was treasure before running off. When Odysseus tried to explain what the truth of the matter, the crew were now skeptical, leaving him to stay awake for nine days straight so that they wouldn't open it out of greed or curiousity, which they did when he inevitably fell asleep, leading to the events of Ruthlessness. Many of Aelous' lines in Keep Your Friends Close implies they knew this would happen the entire time, deliberately setting Odysseus up to fail. | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner | |
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Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Just as Poseidon has him and his crew at his mercy, Odysseus sings "All I gotta do is just open this bag," before blasting him with the remaining winds of the storm. | |
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Two-Act Structure | |
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Two-Act Structure: The songs for the musical are grouped into two acts, with songs 1-20 (Troy to Underworld Saga) being Act 1, and songs 21-40 (Thunder to Ithaca Saga) being Act 2. | |
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Fighting Your God | |
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Fighting Your God: Odysseus frequently disagrees and even argues with the gods, notably his own patron goddess Athena to the point of insulting her, and both Zeus and Poseidon twice. | |
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Start of Darkness | |
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Start of Darkness: Despite his initial refusal, killing Hector’s child in Just a Man, as well as the death of his most of his crew proves to be the catalyst for Odysseus' slow acceptance of violence and ruthlessness. | |
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Cruel Mercy | |
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Cruel Mercy: Odysseus, believing that Polyphemus no longer poses any threat after being blinded, refuses to kill the cyclops. This is partly out of distaste for further bloodshed after the Trojan War but also because he wants to force the cyclops to live crippled and burdened with the knowledge of who he was beaten by, which is why he proceeds to taunt Polyphemus with his name. This twisted act of mercy quickly comes back to bite him, and is called out as such during Ruthlessness. | |
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Backhanded Apology | |
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Backhanded Apology: During Ruthlessness, Poseidon suggests that he may be willing to spare Odysseus and his men if he apologizes for the suffering he inflicted upon his son. | |
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Karmic Jackpot | |
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Karmic Jackpot: Odysseus's love and loyalty to his wife ultimately saves his life twice over. When Circe attempts to seduce Odysseus to lower his guard, he rejects her advances and explains that he has a wife whom he desperately misses and wishes to return to. This expression of genuine love and honest vulnerability manages to touch Circe's heart and alleviate her distrust, and she willingly helps him. When Athena takes on the challenge of convincing the other Olympians to pardon Odysseus, Hera is utterly dismissive of why she ought to care, asking what makes him special amongst thousands of other heroes. Athena replies that he never once cheated on his wife, which wins Hera over immediately. | |
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Composite Character | |
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Composite Character: Antinous gets merged with Eurymachus, as he is the only named suitor and serves as the suitors' leader. | |
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Exact Words | |
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Exact Words: In The Horse And The Infant, Zeus sends Odysseus to kill "a foe who won't run, unlike anyone you've faced before." Odysseus has no hesitation to fight whatever epic warrior of Troy this is... only to find Prince Hector's infant son. | |
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Dwindling Party | |
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Dwindling Party: Odysseus’ crew starts losing people in the song Survive, and later songs show that more and more of the crew will die. | |
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Too Good for This Sinful Earth | |
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Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Polites is introduced as the nicest character in the show, advocating for peace while the crew make their way home. He then becomes the first of the crew to die in Survive. | |
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"I Am Becoming" Song | |
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"I Am Becoming" Song: "Monster", where Odysseus contemplates Teiresias' prediction that he will have to change in order to get home and decides to become more ruthless in order to protect his crew. | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution | |
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Murder Is the Best Solution: Poseidon believes that brutality and murder is ultimately the only way to ensure no one will come after you for revenge. He even tells Odysseus that if he had just killed Polyphemos, then Poseidon wouldn't be causing him woes later. | |
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You Killed My Father | |
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You Killed My Father: Supposedly how the son of Hector would act if allowed to live. | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist | |
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Well-Intentioned Extremist: In this interpretation, Circe's primary goal is to protect the nymphs under her care (even saying that they are like daughters to her in Done For) and her turning Odysseus' men into pigs can be viewed as pre-emptive self-defense, as welcoming a previous group of strangers incurred a "heavy loss" for her family. While her goals are sympathetic, the fact she doesn't even bother to verify if Odyssess' crew had any malicious intents before transforming them is what makes her the antagonist of the Circe Saga. | |
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