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{{quote|Your life's no blast when you can't get cast 'cause... THE BATTERY'S DOWN!}}

''[http://www.thebatterysdown.com/ 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 [[Author Avatar|Jake Wilson]]. The show features several guest stars from broadway.
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* [[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
** [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] several times
* [[Author Avatar]]: Jake
* [[Author Filibuster]]: An [[Character Blog|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. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVsJAGcGcMs 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 [[Modern Family|Jesse Tyler]] [[The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee|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 [[Acceptable Ethnic Target|Irish]]. Need I say more?
* [[It's All About Me]]: Bat'ya actually sings a song called "All about me"
** With a chorus that [[13|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  {{spoiler|Jake books his first Broadway show}}
* [[This Is All The Tropes Bitch]]: During "Keep It Campy"
{{quote|"This song is a lesson and a threat you bitch!"}}
* [[Villain Song]]: "Down! Down! Down!"

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