The Batterys Down

"Your life's no blast when you can't get cast 'cause... THE BATTERY'S DOWN!"

The Battery's Down is a Web series about an actor trying to get a job on Broadway. It's Better Than It Sounds. Jake Wilson plays the main character Jake Wilson. The show features several guest stars from broadway.

This work features examples of:
""This song is a lesson and a threat you bitch!""
 * A Date with Rosie Palms: "This is Your Life" hints that Jake does this while watching the Tonys
 * Also, Dr. Essajay suggests masturbation to help Jake get over his nightmares about Sutton Foster.
 * Ambiguously Gay: Jake
 * lampshaded several times
 * Author Avatar: Jake
 * Author Filibuster: An Andrew's Blog episode on Gay Marriage during the final episode
 * Bad Bad Acting: Molly at Jake's Roller Coaster Highway audition.
 * Also Jake in-universe. His improv is god awful
 * Bad Girl Song: Takin' off
 * Catch Phrase: You should be in that
 * Clip Show: "Intermission"
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Molly Black
 * Comically Missing the Point: Molly Black does this a lot.
 * The Danza: Jake Wilson.
 * The Ditz: Nuance is the LA Stoner version of this.
 * Dr. Feelgood: Dr. Essajay.
 * She gave Nuance pot.
 * For the Evulz: Why Pepe is trying to wreck Broadway
 * Fun with Acronyms: Men for Ethical Animal Treatment. Led by Jesse Tyler Ferguson
 * Hey, It's That Guy!: Way too many to count
 * "I Am" Song: "This is your life"
 * I Need a Freaking Drink: Molly's brother is Irish. Need I say more?
 * It's All About Me: Bat'ya actually sings a song called "All about me"
 * With a chorus that every broadway obsessed teenager would know.
 * Product Placement: "Roller Coaster Highway" seems like an ad for 7-up at times.
 * Running Gag: Every time Pepe drinks vodka, he will end up coughing.
 * Sassy Black Woman: Lala
 * Shout-Out: The whole series
 * Show Within a Show: "Roller Coaster Highway"
 * The Stoner: Nuance
 * Triumphant Reprise: of "This is your life" after
 * This Is All The Tropes Bitch: During "Keep It Campy"


 * Villain Song: "Down! Down! Down!"