Holy Musical Batman/YMMV

"Robin: I’ve been with my fair of wealthy billionaires throughout the years. It’s always the same song and dance with you types. They think it’s fun to take in a young acrobat for a while, but after the novelty wears off, I’m back on the streets."
 * Alternative Character Interpretation: Batman and Robin's relationship is treated more as a brotherly relationship than the father-son one it was in canon.
 * Badass Adorable: Robin is usually Adorkable, keetish and pretty wimpy. But he does
 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: While Batman and Robin beating up some bad guys during the 'Dynamic Duet' sequence. Robin needs to run into the corner and cry hysterically for a few moments, before continuing to sing with Batman. This is never explained or mentioned again.
 * Crosses the Line Twice: Nearly ALL the times Batman ends up injuring innocent civilians.
 * Does This Remind You of Anything?: Alfred 'buys' Robin for Batman from the Classifieds in a newspaper Later Robin says:

"One shot, two shots in the night and they're gone
 * Plus Robin
 * Ear Worm: Well, it's StarKid, so it's a given. Still, the end of "Dark, Sad, Lonely Knight" deserves mention for crawling into your brain and refusing to leave.
 * Foe Yay: "To Be a Man" is this in song form.
 * Fridge Brilliance: Alfred says while he shielded Batman from all the bad things in the world, he accidentally kept all the good things away from him too, "Like the birds and the sun..." When Batman and Robin sing about their newly formed friendship, what is one of the things Batman refers to Robin as? His morning bird.
 * Similarly, Superman is strongly linked to the sun so it could refer to Robin and Superman
 * When the reporters are asking Commissioner Gordon about information on the Batman, one of the reporters, played by Brian Holden, is wearing a white button down shirt, a red tie, and thick framed glasses. These are the same glasses Batman uses to try to expose Superman's secret identity later in Act 1. Clark Kent was trying to find out more about Batman.
 * Fridge Horror: If one isn't acquainted with the original comics, it can be somewhat disturbing to find out that in canon, Robin was essentially Batman's adopted, 12-ish year old son, considering how much Ho Yay there is in this musical
 * Ho Yay: It's a parody musical of Batman that has the adoption of Robin as its main story. Does more really need to be said? ...Yes, actually, because much of the rest of the play consists of attractive men running around in tights and underwear.
 * Batman also has some very... 'close' moments with nearly every male main character in the cast. Viewers have commented they almost expected Batman and Superman to kiss at one least one point
 * They also rip off each other's underwear during 'To Be a Man'
 * 'The Dynamic Duet' Up to Eleven. In addition to featuring Batman and Robin dancing around in spandex and singing about how much they care about each other, Robin having an interesting reaction to Batman touching his cheek, the song ends with Robin jumping into Batman's arms and kissing him on the forehead
 * When Alfred gives Batman advice on  he tells him a story from when he was in the war about a man who had to make a similar decision
 * Batman refers to Robin as his 'life partner' at one point. Although this could refer to their position as Heterosexual Life Partners, it's not uncommon for people in Real Life to use it to refer to spouses in a same-sex marriage.
 * When Evil-Sherlock Holmes is shot in the knees by Batman he laments that he will "Never be able to walk Evil-Watson down the aisle!"
 * Tear Jerker: The show's opening lines.

And he's all left alone, he's just

One boy, two dead at his feet and the blood stains the street

And there's nothing, no there's nothing he can do"


 * Theiss Titillation Theory: Robin is a rare male example considering through 80% of the musical he is running around wearing only underwear.
 * Wangst: As is to be expected from a Batman parody, Batman gets a good deal of it, especially before he meets Robin. Superman also gets quite a bit of it regarding his lack of popularity.