FIRST TIME WATCHING: Black Friday...Starkid does it again! 

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they did not have to go so hard on the santa goes to high school thing, that song IS A BOP

you guys MUST do Nerdy Prudes Must Die, its perfect for october & if you loved the guy who didn’t like musicals and black friday this is the next musical length installment of the series!

Ok so, The ending is open to interpretation, but it's widely accepted that the plane sound was Russia Retaliating to the nuking of Moscow

Fun fact: when they announced this musical, it was like March or April and it was trending on Twitter and everyone who didn't know starkid didn't understand why Black Friday was trending and thought that it was an April fools or something like that and they were freaking out lol

Fun fact! Lauren (who plays Linda) was actually sick during the recording which makes her performance even more impressive

The things that Hannah said: "Bad blood" - Ethan coughing up blood as he is beaten. "Black and white" - the space with Wiggly in "Two doors not one" - the Russian portal I love this show so much. So cleverly done and I appreciate how they've made a mystery across the shows. I love hearing peoples different speculations on what is going on!

Pretty sure the reason Becky missed the needle is because Hannah is wearing the hat that's supposed to protect her.

Wiggly is voiced by Jon Matteson who plays Paul

While a lot more 'cinematic' in it's camera work, you do lose a lot of the performance because of it. Especially in a Starkids' production where there's always three things going on on stage, the main focus, the background performance, and whatever Jeff Blim is doing.

Man Joey is so good as a bad guy. He's played a lot of lighthearted silly characters, but lately he's been getting more villain roles. Its weird, he has the best goofy smiles. But also look so sinister

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Starkid had Lauren Lopez sing a song telling everyone to worship her, knowing full well that the fandom will absolutely do it (and already does)

So, the third musical is called Nerdy Prudes Must Die. That is NOT the same story as Nightmare Time. Nightmare Time is something they did over Zoom, because they couldn't perform Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Nightmare Time have (as of now) three episodes. Each episode consists of two stories. They all take place in Hatchetfield and contains characters from the Guy Who didn't like musicals and Black Friday (such as Paul, Emma, Ted, Bill, Tom, Hannah, Ethan, Lex, man in a hurry and the homeless guy) I would highly recommend you to watch them! The stories are amazing and eye-opening!

I love that little "and then flash..." moment. Normally, an incomplete motif would be a bad thing, but here, the flash, bang, ETC represents Tom's PTSD gained from his wife's death. The flash without the bang indicates that Tom has finally managed to MOVE ON from that night. The trauma is still there, the trigger still hits him (hence "Flash"), but he's moved on and coped at last, and can resist flashing back or breaking down, hence the lack of "bang".

As far as I'm informed was the girl who played hannah only 14 when they performed black friday and when they filmed it. I think it's really impressive that she has such a sound to her voice at that age. I wish I would have such a great voice xD

I absolutely love the fact that they use the tunes of the songs from Tgwdlm in the background, like how general McNamara's introduction has the tune of "we're great again" in the background.

PEIP is one tie-in throughout the Hatchetfield musicals. As General McNamara states, PEIP stands for "Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, and Inter-dimensional Phenomena." They covered Extraterrestrial in TGWDLM and Inter-dimensional in Black Friday. The next musical (Nerdy Prudes Must Die) is supposedly about Paranormal Phenomena. Another tie-in is the characters who don't appear on stage. In TGWDLM, Emma talks about how her sister Jane died in a car crash, and Black Friday focuses on the family Jane left behind. The character Grace is also briefly mentioned in both musicals. Tom mentions that Grace was too busy to babysit Tim in Black Friday, and in TGWDLM, Ted says that Alice called Grace Chastity a "nerdy prude." Given the title of the third musical, it's safe to assume that we haven't heard the last of Grace.

The vocals and acting in this show are some of favorites, even if it's not my favorite overall show. "take me back" in particular is just a peak musical theatre duet.

The guy playing Uncle Wiley (Joey Richter) and the woman Linda (Lauren Lopez) are engaged in real life & the guy who plays President Goodman (Curt Mega) and the redhead Becky Barnes (Kim Whalen) are married irl. Also the girl playing Hannah and Tim (Kendall Nicole) was only 13 years old during these performances. Oh and the one playing Ethan/Santa (Robert Manion) is Australian irl

The “sequel” explains a lot and yeah, alternate universes, with a different inter dimensional monster trying to break in to each. The idea was the very last show would tie it all together and humanity would finally completely “win,” but who knows if that will happen now.

As far as how they connect, most say that hatchetfield is like a twilight zone type of thing where the timeline “resets” or whatever. So TGWDLM, Black Friday, and the nightmare time stories all feature the same town and characters but don’t necessarily line up with each other, which is how everyone in hatchetfield can die from singing zombies in TGWDLM and be fine at the start of Black Friday

"Friday is black for me, only my ashes will see the sea" just omfg

So from what I understand of the last song is that Hatchetfeild is in some weird time loop/dimension thing where they keep redoing the Black Friday. Hannah seems to remember the last few times they redid the day at the end which is why she sings "Tomorrow won't come, Tomorrow will come today." Because the next day is coming but its also the repeat of Black Friday. Its interesting but we probably won't understand it fully until Nerdy Prudes Must Die. Which i personally think is going to follow Alice (Bills Daughter) or Grace Chastity just from things said in The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals. I also don't know if you caught it by General McNamara does explain what the acronym for P.E.I.P is. Which is Paranormal, Extraterrestrial, Inter-demensional, Problems or something very close to that. We've seen Aliens and Inter-demensional beings so the big fan theory is that we are getting Paranormal next! Anyway sorry for the long post. Really love you guys and im so excited to see you guys enjoying Starkid so much.

So the voice of Wiggly is Jon, the actor who played Paul in TGWDLM and many characters in this musical

Clicking on your guys videos is just another excuse for me to watch SK shows again👀😅

My theory is that Hatchetfield is caught in some type of loop. Different apocalypse events happen and destroy the town, then the next day everything goes back to normal. "Tomorrow will come. Tomorrow won't come."

Coming back to say I hope you guys will look into the newest musical ‘Nerdy Prudes Must Die’ it’s their third and newest musical in the Hatchetfield series and is fantastic! :)

Nerdy Prudes Must Die is now on RU-vid! I hope you guys release a reaction to that one too eventually 😁

I WASNT THIS EARLY SINCE ROBERT STAYED ALIVE THE ENTIRE MUSICAL

I love whenever James gets absolutely shocked by the cast’s high notes

Definitely watch Spies are forever (joey richter, lauren lopez, joe walker, brian rosenthal - shortly all great starkid actors plus some newcomers) ... songs are amazing, story is perfect balance between comedy, spy theme and serious topics

As a Mom, I was wholly invested the minute I heard "What Tim Wants," and by "If I Fail You" I was bawling.

I'm so glad you guys liked the music as much as I did. It's probably not my favorite musical from them, but it's definitely up there and the music is a big part of that. I feel like Jeff really outdid himself this time, especially in writing for Dylan. He really gave Dylan a chance to show off.

Okay I haven’t finished yet but I wanted to get this out before I forgot lmao. My friend was at one of the shows they filmed and at the end of Act 1 she texted me and was saying it was good but she wasn’t sure about the Christmas decorations. Then after the show was over she goes NVM IT ALL MADE SENSE lmao. In the digital ticket you can see the Sniggles waving around the garland too which really makes it look like Wiggly was talking, it’s great!

Now that the newest instalment of the hatchet field saga Nerdy Prudes Must Die has been released you guys have to check it out! I’ve been obsessed since my first listen!

You guys gonna do "Nerdy Prudes Must Die"? It's back onstage, and you DO see Gerald finally. And, of course, it's really freaking good!!!

the set design with the tinsel remains one of my all time favorite theatre design choices

Weird stuff happens in Hatchetfield. On different timelines and dimensions. And Becky Barnes climbed a tree.

Black Friday isn't my favourite starkid musical, but it has the greatest songs

I only just realized now on my 3rd viewing the parallels between Lex's situation and Tom's -- her mother is drowning so much in her own problems that she can't take care of her own kids, and Tom is close to doing the same thing with his kid, when all their kids really want is for them to be around. The fact that Lex serves as the wake-up call for Tom in the end becomes even better narrative-wise when you take that into account. GOD this show is so cleverly done. Also if you guys plan on doing any more Starkid musicals in the future, I'd recommend Firebringer and Starship!

Trail to Oregon is SO GOOD and then SO BAD immediately after, it'll be interesting to see what you guys think.

Got to see this one live on opening night, Halloween 2019, and it might have been my favorite theatergoing experience. Some of the blood effects were shot in isolation after they finished the performance on the night they filmed, because several angles for shots they had would've been impossible to get during a normal performance without ruining the audience's experience. They just took advantage of that by doing some blood effects they couldn't do as easily live. They were supposed to put out another Hatchetfield musical, "Nerdy Prudes Must Die," in Fall 2020, but obviously that didn't happen. They still intend on staging it as their first post-everything-closing show, and in the meantime have put out more material set in Hatchetfield in a series called "Nightmare Time" that they produced over Zoom calls last year, with another batch supposedly coming soon.

Starkid cast in terms of the Potter musicals: Darren Criss - Harry Potter Joey Richter - Ron Weasley Dylan Saunders - Dumbledore Lauren Lopez - Draco Malfoy Jaime Lynn Beatty - Ginny Weasley/Rita Skeeter Brian Holden - Remus Lupin Joe Walker - Voldemort/Umbridge Joe Moses - Snape Jim Povolo - Goyle/Firenze Nick Lang - Mama Umbridge/Scarfy/Sorty/Arthur Weasley Brian Rosenthal - Quirrell/Seamus Finnigan Corey Dorris - Yaxley Nicholas Joseph Strauss-Matathia - Sirius Black Devin Lytle - Cho Chang Lily Marks - Molly Weasley Tyler Brunsman - Lucius Malfoy/Cedric Diggory Britney Coleman - Bellatrix Lestrange/Dean Thomas Bonnie Gruesen - Hermione Granger (only appears in the first two Potter musicals) Other members of the cast include Meredith Stepien, AJ Holmes, Denise Donovan, Chris Allen, Jeff Blim, Robert Manion, Mariah Rose Faith, Jon Matteson and Rachael Soglin

Just loved your reaction! Both of you sitting there open-mouthed during the last part was literally me. I basically agree with all your end comments. BF is the best thing Starkid has done yet!!! Lex singing while she is being choked to death is just heartbreakingly poignant. Here are a few points I picked up during rewatches: - Becky misses with the hypodermic because Hannah is wearing Ethan's magic hat - Uncle Wiley is Colonel Wilbur Cross, MacNamara's mentor, who went into the Black & White 13 years ago. - All of the characters from TGWDLM make an appearance during the finale - The Langs based the story on H. P. Lovecraft's horror stories. Wiggly is Cthulhu

Nerdy Prudes Must Die comes out TODAY!! Y'all gotta watch it!!

I loved the awestruck looks on your faces during Wiggle (Linda’s song near the end) because SAME. The cool camera work combined with Lauren’s natural magnetism (I literally can never take my eyes off her when she’s on screen) makes the whole number almost hypnotic. I showed this musical to one of my friends, and when Linda died he yelled “NO!” And I had to remind him that she was the villain. Idk how Lauren can make her characters both so hilarious and so mesmerizing all at the same time but it’s fantastic.

there is a common “ground-hog day” type theory with apocalyptic events in these variations of the town (hatchetfeild) :)

pairing dylan and kim together for the beltiest duet known to man was such a fucking power move

James and lauren did amazing with making choreo

"He's eating an apple, he has to be bad"

With the release of nerdy prudes, coming back around here for another watch, would love to see you guys react to the new musical from the hatchetfield series

About the Zoom performances (Nightmare Time)… At first I was skeptic too, but they really pulled it off. And the songs in those performances are great as well and just having more stories from that universe is a lot of fun. Also loved the confusion at the end cause my first time watching it I just sat in silence for 5 minutes not knowing what just happened either.

starkid musicals start like 'quirky prop, funny songs' and then they hit you with 'capitalism and consumerism are a hell we are stuck at and its sucking the humanity of humans into a black hole'

I never caught that they have the other characters in their costumes from The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals at the end! That's such a cool touch! I've been following Starkid for at least a decade, and they just keep getting better. I love seeing new people get introduced to their shows and loving them. I'm looking forward to your next Starkid reactions.

waltzing in years later to add my comment to the pile of others asking y'all to react to their 3rd installment in the hatchetfield series, nerdy prudes must die (been out for a month or so now)-- awesome show and I really think you guys would get a kick out of it!

I cant wait to hear the theories you guys come up with- startkid has got some pretty interesting and thought provoking ideas!

the smile that came to my face when you said "is there a purchase limit" was involuntary omg

You guys have got to watch the newest Hatchetfield musical! "Nerdy Prudes Must Die"

I haven't made it all the way through yet so you might have already said it at the end but the voice of Wiggly is Jon Matteson! He played Paul and Gary Goldstein

When you talked about it seeming out of character for "the guy who played Wiggly" - I'm pretty sure you were talking about Joey Richter, although fyi his character is technically called Uncle Wiley - to be a villain... he does that a lot actually. For me it seemed out of character to NOT have him play a villain (or general asshole), because of the order I watched the shows. I think I really fell in love with his acting when I started to see some of the sweeter roles, like Bug and Joey (MAMD.) It seems like he has two main typecasts.

Sometime after you end your marathon with Senior Year... I must recommend Nightmare Time. They record it live from their various homes, mini-stories set in Hatchetfield to keep the hype going through the pandemic. They're doing a second season this year, and hopefully next year they'll actually continue the Hatchetfield saga properly with more major stage shows... but everybody reading this comment, I must assure you, Nightmare Time is vital. It's flown under the radar but it's absolutely essential to understand the Hatchetfield timeline and lore.

2 years later: when yall gonna do Nerdy Prudes Must Die???

@White Noise Reacts Here are some clarifications and fun facts for you: 1. The ending of Black Friday is that Hatchetfield got nuked and everyone died. That's what Nick Lang said. So what we saw were the remaining inhabitants of Hatchetfield looking to the skies and what we heard was a Russian Bomber flying by and nuking the city. 2. Mariah Rose Faith (Greenpeace Girl and Bill's Daughter in "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals") was originally supposed to be in Black Friday. She was to play the role of Lex. But then she got cast in the Broadway Tour of "Mean Girls" so she had to be recast. 3. Darren Criss (Harry Potter) was originally supposed to play Santa Claus. But they said he was going to play him in a pre-recorded segment. So my guess is that, originally, "Santa Goes To High School" was, originally, supposed to be a pre-recorded thing they were going to show on a screen, but then they decided it would be better live so Darren was unable to play the role and they gave it to Robert Manion. 4. Kendall Nicole (Hannah) was 13 years old during this production. She turned 14 during the performances (yes there was more than one performance of this). 5. Both "The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals" and "Black Friday" take place in alternate realities. The original third musical of the series, "Nerdy Prudes Must Die," was to take place in a third alternate reality. 6. I highly, HIGHLY, recommend watching the three episodes of "Nightmare Time" on Starkid's RU-vid Channel if you are all invested in Hatchefield. It explains a LOT more. From what I understand, they took pieces from "Nerdy Prudes Must Die" and rewrote them for some of the Nightmare Time stories. If that is the case, my guess if they actually do "Nerdy Prudes Must Die," it will be quite different to the original version they wrote before the Pandemic. If you plan to watch "Nightmare Time," keep in mind all this is all done live over Zoom with pre-recorded footage for the songs. Also, there's, supposedly, a Season 2 of "Nightmare Time" that was supposed to come out this year, but we haven't heard anything from Team Starkid since "Nightmare Time" Season 1. The Starkid Fandom has been rampantly theorizing the true nature of the plot of the Hatchefield Series since "Nightmare Time" originally aired and I would love to hear your guys' theories. 7. I would like to officially cast my vote for: "White Noise Reacts Watches All Of Team Starkid." I think you guys are immensely entertaining and quite insightful with your reactions. I'm thoroughly enjoying your Starkid reactions. It also warms my heart to see you guys genuinely enjoying Team Starkid. I think the world could use more of that positivity so I hope you'll watch everything. Keep up the great work guys!

I adore how every time Dylan is singing James just looks like he's in love! and same. this musical, as with tgwdlm, felt like more of a film to me, with characters and storylines that could be taken from a movie. it feels more mature and moving (even tho i still cry to all of them). being a starkid fan is just so so good. love that you're doing tto! i would also love to see your reactions to starship, holy musical batman and firebringer (some actors that haven't been in the last two will be in those!)

Gerald and Linda’s blonde boys are the only ones that had a happy ending

I really hope if StarKid does another Hatchetsfield musical they include Tom and Becky as rekindling their relationship because even though he betrays her, it's pretty obvious he's under mind control, and when they're sane they're really cute.

I highly recommend you watch nightmare time, if not for the channel on your own. It really expands on the lore of hatchetfield and the "eldritch forces" :). Ive seen some people commenting on the time loop theories, but it is explained in 1 of the nightmare time episodes that hannah has the power to see other realities through dreams, where other monsters like wiggly come to hatchetfield because somehow the town itself draws bad stuff in.

This felt like my early days of watching Starkid when I could trick friends to watching it with me. These days it’s it hard to get 30somethings to sit down for 3 hours. Watching with you was like with friends who don’t listen to my input.

I started watching you guys because of your reaction to the guy who didn't like musicals and black friday!! So I really hope that there will be a Nerdy prudes must die (Starkids latest musical) reaction in the future 🥺

i really hope they could watch nerdy prudes must die!!

God I love this ending lmao, once you figure it out it’s amazing. I get chills every time! I’m sure everyone’s already told you but those were nukes at the end - World War III. I think Hatchetfield is stuck in a loop - they’re destined to bring about the end of the world in every timeline. But hopefully in one of the following musicals someone will be able to break the loop. We know the next musical is going to be Nerdy Prudes Must Die but we don’t know beyond that. Nightmare Time is the ‘zoom call’ one. It’s short stories about Hatchetfield, all taking place in other timelines. Definitely worth a watch! It won’t be a stage play.

Are you guys going to do Nerdy Prudes Must Die? I'm bingeing Starkid reactions lol

Hatchetfield's 3rd (full) installment just dropped: Nerdy Prudes Must Die

please put firebringer on the list!!! some people don’t like the humour the MOST but the music is so so great you’ll LOVE it!

This play in particular became such an instant favorite when it first went up that I immediately bought the doll while they still had them. I never thought anything would top Twisted. Yet here we are.

You need to do Nerdy Prudes must die. It’s currently the latest in the series, and it’s one of my favorite for sure

a conspiracy about “what if tomorrow comes” is that basically the citizens of hatchetfield have been through that exact day multiple times, but only Hannah remembers it because of her powers. the theory goes like the day repeats itself forever until the citizens find a way to beat the god and kill wiggly. because they didn’t, at 12am the day resets and all their memories reset and it goes back to paul and emma making their way to toms house. the only reason they know it’s going to end again and all say goodbye during “what if tomorrow comes” is because hannah singing that song is her warning them that their current reality is ending and all this will be forgotten the next day. that’s where the lyrics “tomorrow will come, tomorrow won’t come, tomorrow come today” come from because how else would tomorrow ‘come today’ if today wasn’t going to start again tomorrow?

Interesting to see someone reacting to this one, I almost forgot about it. It is the only Starkid musical where I care way more about the characters than the songs. If anything I get frustrated when the songs interrupt the story. I hope if they do a third one they bring some of these characters back. I'm shocked there aren't more horror musicals because this one and the Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals end up being genuinely scary. Especially "Lovely Girl" in this one and the final song in the first one.

I am proud to announce that I have reached the pinnacle, where I know almost all the actors' full names

Idk how to describe it but i love the energy the "i dont know if you wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna wanna fuck with me, miss monroe" line has

Summer break is the perfect time to binge all of your videos so I’m so excited to see y’all react to starkid! I would recommend watching Ani (If you enjoy Star Wars) It’s a bit different from their other works but it’s one of my favorites!

I have a theory about why Tom is the warrior. General McNamara says that Lex has a power like her sister, where she manifest things into reality. My theory is that Tom wasn't a warrior until Lex chose him. It could have been anyone, but Lex knew and to some extent trusted Tom, and it was her powers that "woke him" from his trance.

Now that I have watched nightmare time 2 I now understand the foreshadowing of "as long as you don't cut of your finger" for shop class

returning to this video in the hopes they'll be reacting to the new Nerdy Prudes Must Die musical that's the third installment of the hatchetfield trilogy

“What is going on?!?!?” Hatchetfield. Hatchetfield is going on.

The new musical is out, i would love to see yalls reactions!!

I really hope they do NPMD but something tells me they won’t, but of course that’s their choice and they aren’t obliged to watch something if they don’t want to

The only thing that really bothered me about this version of the show is the camera work... There's so much going on on stage that we can't see because of the focus they put on certain characters... It's cool to see the closeups too, but you can tell there's a lot going on that you can't see and it would probably be really cool to see. I think some effects shots, like Linda getting shot, might have been done outside of a normal performance, for the sake of the filming, but I'm not sure.

Ethan deserved a happy ending man damn I love him so much.

Could see the gears turning in your heads pretty much the entire time with this one. Glad you enjoyed it!

You should do holy musical b@man

the diff between Ethan and professor Hidgens is hilarious I love it I love Robert

The follow ups to this are called Nightmare time, and they are creepy, dark... and more new questions about this multiverse. Seriously, react or not, you should give them a go. But I know we would all love the reactions, even though the shows are more radio drama with face cams.

I kind of like who Becky and Tom become when they want the doll, they work together in unison but are also using their own tactics, Tom is erratic and intense, while Becky is calm and collected. They work well together and sound fucking amazing. At least until Becky accidentally makes herself take a nap.

Hope you do Nerdy Prudes Must Die

i prefer the guy who didn't like musicals over black friday, but it's still such a good one. i didn't know what to think of it at first (which is exactly what I felt during the guy who didn't like musicals), but by the end i quite liked it, and the second time I watched it i actually cried a LOT more than the first which is the odd starkid effect. my favorite part was dylan, definitely, and i didn't even know it was dylan until the end (how do people recognize actors so easily, i could never tell without the fake beard and wizard hat). his voice is just.. something else. i was crying 15 minutes in

Am I the only one who thinks the music before "What Tim Wants" sounds a bit like the opening to Starry?

Basically Hatchetfield is somehow connected to the black and white and a specific group of eldritch creatures who come from there which include Wiggly, Webby, the creature responsible for the aliens in TGWDLM, as well as a few others. So the shows set in Hatchetfield are showing us all the different alternative universes where Hatchetfield is continually going through apocalypses and creepy occurrences, usually linked to this group of creatures. Some people in the town seem to have abilities connecting to them as well, such as Hannah and Lex. Over last Halloween Starkid did a series of Zoom livestreams performing short stories of other alternate universes of Hatchetfield where they reveal a lot more information on the overall lore of the town and the black and white, the series is called Nightmare Time and is on their RU-vid channel if you're interested in the lore and stuff. Also there is going to be a third full musical show set in Hatchetfield in the future called Nerdy Prudes Must Die (iirc) which I imagine will give us a lot more answers too. In the ending song when Hannah is saying "do you all see what I see? What I know?..." and referring to 'the memories' most people interpret this to mean that in those last few moments she started to remember/see all the different versions of Hatchetfield. Also whilst you're reacting to Starkid musicals you should also check out some of the shows by the Tin Can Bros which is another youtube theatre company created by several members of Starkid, their shows also have most of the same performers involved too. My favorite one of theirs is the musical Spies Are Forever which is super good and funny and on their RU-vid channel.

Can you please do nerdy prudes must die. It's the last part of the trilogy

Technically, this is an alternate universe. Hatcherfield may have been cursed to be doomed until someone stops it. At the end, the curse continues as you see BF universe & TGWDLM universe merge because they technically failed to save the town.