Part 2 is up on my channel!

The homeless man like becomes way funnier when you remember the homeless man is literally his brother

One line about Grace you missed, in Black Friday right at the start, Tom says he only called Emma because "Grace wasn't available" so Grace Chastity is Tim's usual baby sitter!

There's also Pete's line right before Richie says "You're fucking useless, Pete!" where Pete says "Yeah... I don't want to, though." just like what Paul says in the beginning of TGWDLM

Another callback: Grace’s chant to get rid of homecoming is the same chant to get rid of Perky’s Buds in Nightmare Time

for what feels like 5 fucking years because tgwdlm was made almost 5 years ago

The “What Do You Want Steph” moment gets even deeper if you think about the person saying it. According to the lore, Pokey is responsible for the events in TGWDLM and the “hive mind.” He saying “What Do You Want Steph,” especially in a slight melody to the “What Do You Want Paul” piece is just so perfect 😭

The homeless man thing runs deeper if you remember that the homeless man is Ted Spankofsky

With the “you’re useless” line it’s funny that the actors both get a turn at saying they to each other

Tbh I think it’d be funny if they DID do a musical in Clivesdale but nothing bad happened it was just like the most generic slice of life play U keep expecting something horrible to happen but nope. Everything’s just normal and chill, the most generic shit ever

In NPMD, Paul being in the "neighborhood watch" feels like a subtle reference to Paul's refusal to wear a watch in TGWDLM and BF

Corey has a very common theme of being surrounded or attacked/accused in each show. Not Your Seed is a song directed at him accusing him of being a bad dad before getting attacked. Feast or Famine he's surrounded and attacked by the customers Hatchet Town he's targeted and accused

'Fuck 'em straight to hell! Assholes!' is also a direct quote from Honey Queen, Paul says it after Zoey answers her question for the pageant

Interesting thing; with the exception of Wiggly, who’s placed at the end for dramatic purposes, the Lords In Black’s given order is also the order in which we the audience first see them at work. Pokotho in TGWDLM, Bliklotep in Watcher World, T’noy Karaxis in Time Bastard, and Niblenephim in Honey Queen.

the nightmare time theme originally comes from "not your seed" in gwdlm, there's a single line were she says "look what happens nightmare time"

I've never seen a whole theatre lore as tight and well done as the Hatchetfield universe, it's top notch! Thank you for compiling this!

You caught it at the end but I love that every hatchetfield musical has at least one song where Corey just yells something while the song is actively happening 😭

The “cut through Pinebrook” is so subtle and shows that they know this world they’re building in such intricate detail!!!!

i remember someone mentioning that in mr.chastity's newspaper theres a part that talks about the mama mia musical which was mentioned in tgwdlm

YOU FORGOT GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF YOUR POCKETS!

I had a dream last night where joey did tgwdlm without the mustache and i had to share that somewhere

Right after watching NMPD, I finally brought myself to watch Nightmare Time, then immediately watched the full musicals again. Oh my lord, the writing for this series is TIGHT! It's not even just references, the lore from Black Friday forward is cohesive and fairly straightforward, while still being appropriately mysterious (and when pantheons of gods are involved, that is an achievement). The only one you can poke holes it is TGWDLM, and of course, it's the first. But such care went into designing Pokey that, while still clearly a retcon, he works well enough for you to see his influence on a second viewing. Kudos to everyone involved with the writing (mostly the Langs, I believe), because they freaking knocked it out of the park.

The only thing I can think of is that Gerald is who was on the phone with Linda during all of Black Friday, who couldn’t enter a Cinnabon. He says “Linda, call my lawyer” just like Linda tells him to call hers when the store opened in Black Friday

Fun fact about the Hatchet Town cameos, they're different in the soundtrack version. The one I remember is instead of accusing Gerald, she accuses Jerry, who immediately accuses Girl Jeri

A few others I appreciated: -The tradition of Lauren's character lying face-down on the floor (or in Ruth's case, some chairs). Not Hatchetfield specific, but she's done it in 4 other shows, so I'm sure it was a deliberate callback. -Grace and Jason's "Kiss me?" "Ok!" at the end, like Emma and Paul's lines in TGWDLM -Just like the first two Hatchetfield installments, there's an in-universe work of fiction that gets a related song; Workin' Boys, Santa Claus is Goin' to High School, and now Barbeque Monologues

It would of been kinda cool to have Deb make a cameo. Like in the pro shot with hatchet town she could of been one of the accused

I’m not sure it was a reference, but the “what are you???” when he was getting pulled away by the Lords in Black reminded me of “what are youuuuuu?” from Trail to Oregon with The Watchers

"Waiting for what feels like five...years" is also a little callback to how long it's been since TGWDLM! 2018-2023:)

Another thing is that in the prologue scene, one of the cops mentions an officer named Sweetly, which is Sam's last name. Also, Max's "Smoke Club" dance is identical to the one in Califor M I A.

i really love the use of their own iconic music in scenes, like when spooky stuff happens the "look what happens, nightmare time" or when peep make an appearance the "america is great again" theme plays, i think there are others i just dont have them off the top of my head

Reminder that nerdy prudes must die was actually made before tgwdlm. Like the script was written before and the storylines. This means those all are technically callbacks to npmd

Fun Fact; Matt Dahn has confirmed he loves using the Show Me Your Hands riff

Zeke the fighting Night Hawk is a reference to Ezekiel the Night Hawk in Perky’s Buds.

You missed "Jan's a car" completely with the ritual where the patient is invoking the names in that order, and a reference of the Black Book is also in this story

Emmas scream in that scene is, I think, meant to relate to Linda’s scream in Black Friday where she grabs the doll. Also, every time the cops say something along the lines of I’m a cop or do something drastic, lol.

The nightmare time theme is also the start of tgwdlm. It plays whenever things start to go wrong.

If you listen to the version of hatchettown thats on the cast recording, you would know that Jon's caracter is boy jerry from abstinance camp

Steph’s phone and the pictures on it being “what she cherishes most” is a reference to the same sentiment from Zoey Chambers, a character from Honey Queen played by the same actor. The smoking mime Jagerman does when mentioning the Smoke Club could be considered a reference to Ethan and Hannah doing the same during CaliforMIA. Added layer to “What do you want [NAME]”; Pokotho was the one who was possessing Paul’s Boss for that song (and possessing all the infected for the whole of TGWDLM).

its a blink and you'll miss it moment, but the newspaper curt is holding as grace's dad has some fun references, including one headline about how hatchetfield has "its foot on the gas", the iconic opening line to jane's a car

The homeless guy reference is pointing to Time Bastard because Pete looks like his older brother!

There's also melody callbacks between Hatchet-town and Ax Man. But something unrelated I noticed while watching this ... Mayor Lauter mentions he got the black book 15 years ago. Since the kids this show are seniors in the class of 2021 and its homecoming, it must be 2020, making 15 years ago 2005. What else was in 2005? Hannah Foster's birth. Coincidence? I think not!

Also throughout npmd there are multiple times when the cop played by Curt says lines that reference "show me your hands" such as in the scene in beanies where Grace chasity is hiding. Curt says get your hands outta your pockets and then out your hands down.

6:03 it’s also like almost perfectly timed, like the dolls being shown and names said is perfectly timed 😮

Jon finally got back at Joey for the “you’re f**king useless” joke

You got the "Grace being called a dirty girl" reference, but you didn't mention that the scene where Max calls her a dirty girl is almost word perfect to when Boy Jerry calls Girl Jeri a dirty girl. Jerry/Max: Dirty girl Jeri/Grace: Don't call me that. Jerry/Max: But that's what you are

Pretty sure they play cup of roasted coffee instrumentals during the beenie’s scenes, also they play one specific section of not your seed at random transitions and stuff

I love the Hatchetfield series, every one stands perfectly well by itself but it really rewards you for being a fan by just being chockablock full of call backs, forshadowing, and running jokes

The fact Barry (the man in a hurry) is called by name in the song calls back to "Daddy" where Barry was first refered to by name.

Probably not intentional but when Ruth says to Steph "dont bully me!" it reminded me of the "multiple webbies" scene in yellow jacket where I think theres an exchange like "whats on your face?" "my headgear, don't bully me!"

I love how many little nods that have to the rest of Hatchetfield!! I missed so many of these even though I've watched npmd no less than a million times so far

Another thing related to the Lords in Black: they’re *always* referenced in the same order when they’re mentioned together (Pokey, Blinky, Tinky, Nibbly, Wiggly). This happens on the tape recording in Jane’s a Car, the invocation that Sherman uses to become young in Daddy, and the Summoning in NPMD. As shown in the video, it’s also the order that the dolls are shown in The Witch in the Web. This is also the order of their first appearances in the Hatchetfield universe (Pokey (or at least his influence) in TGWDLM, Blinky in Watcher World, Tinky in Time Bastard, and Nibbly in Honey Queen), with the exception of Wiggly, who is saved for last as he seems to be the most important/hold the most power.

Thank you! I thought I was going crazy by how Grace pronounces "Daddy" in npmd 😭

It's not a direct reference, but Feast or Famine and Hatchet Town are definitely parallels.

"Dirty girl" "Don't call me that" "But that's what you are, isn't it? My little dirty girl" This exchange in NPMD is almost directly lifted from Abstinence Camp (Jagerman adds 'my little')

Not a reference to other starkid works, but the corny jokes made before each murder are definitly in reference to other horror slasher characters, mostly Freddy Krougar.

There was also a reference to Show Me Your Hands when the cop asks Paul to keep his arms up and then put his hands down. In the song they said to put hand in to ur pockets and then not to do that

I think the last 'reference' with Corey is just an overall running joke in the Hatchetfield musicals of his character always dying at some point in the story.

I’d like to point out another reference not tied to hatchetfield. When Max is being pulled down by the LoB, he says ‘what are you’ in the same tone as the father in trail to Oregon

The Ziggy appearance was hilarious 😂

You missed that the “axe-wielding” townsfolk who put an end to the Church of the Starry Children would be a reference to the Hatchett Men mentioned in perky’s buds as the ones who killed all the magic users in town and planted their bodies to make the Witch Wood

during that scene where Grace calls butter butt stuff etc. there's a hidden reference on the newspaper,her dad (curt) is reading, one of the news is something along the lines of "mamma mia flops at the starlight theatre"

Another funny thing is that when Pete says he’s been waiting five years for his hot chocolate, Nerdy Prudes came out five years after The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals came out

Starry... children... starkid..

I don't know if it s a reference but when Stef stopped her phone to get smashed it reminded me of when Zoe's phone got smashed in Honey Queen

In NPMD Wiggly mentions checking his Christmas list!!

so obsessed with hatchetfield’s insane lore

When Paul gets arrested in NPMD Emma screams the exact same way Linda screams at the end of Black Friday, another Callback as "Lauren Screaming"

10:44 the nightmare time motif comes from "not your seed" im tgwdlm, when Alice sings "look what happens, nightmare time"

The line "I'd have to let you go" in Cool As I Think I Am Reprise is a parallell to "I'll never let you go" in Black Friday

there’s also a tiny musical reference during the homecoming scene before Best of You- a cutesy instrumental version of Jane’s A Car plays in the background! lots of really fun details!

Nah I absolutely think the parallel between Feast or Famine and Hatchet Town was intentional. Both are a group turning on a character played by Corey, and the dialogue from him seems pretty similar

If I remember correctly, in Nerdy Prudes Must Die when Paul gets taken down by the cop, the cop quotes lines/variations of lines from Show Me Your Hands from TGWDLM.

The nightmare time theme song is based off “not your seed” from TGWDLM, I’m pretty sure. In fact, the lyrics at that exact melody was “look what happened. It’s nightmare time”

In the news paper that grace's dad is reading, one of the stories actually references the production of Mamma Mia. I think it was about how it flopped

In the scene right after Richie's death, when Grace gets up you can hear "La Dee Dah Dah Day," specifically the part that plays while Paul is going "okay." There was also one or two other instances of this and it may have been the other times the Chastitys were on screen, but I'm not sure.

I have rewatched this show daily since it dropped. My mum loves it too...she's probably more relieved she finally understands what the hell i've been quoting. (I have ADHD so this show is now a hyperfixation and i have now adopted the character personalities as part if my own.) 😂😂😂 Seriously this whole show is a huge dopamine rush. Also i really want The Lords in Black plushies. They're so cute.

theres another reference to the theather in grace's dads paper, its say mama mia bombed or something lol

I've been waiting for someone to make a video like this, I love all the references and callbacks to previous Hatchetfield installments

10:38 I thought this was "Not your Seed" theme in tgwdlm? But I guess its used for Nightmare Time too...

i haven’t actually watched all of nightmare time so seeing steph, her dad, grace etc in this vid was a shock to me. might have to go back and watch the rest

Peter's ghost costume is Joey's old Yule Ball costume from AVPM XD

Also a callback in the PAul and Emma scene to 'Forever and always'. How Emma screams, you know what's really going on and the cop won't really come out there unscaved

4:05 And on Grace's house, the song playing un the background is "La Dee La Da Day" from TGWDLM

isn't Nightmare Time Theme just the theme jingle for the whole series, the start of TGWDLM and BF started with that it was also used in the songs Not Your Seed and Made In America

the fact that all the places the whalens built are all the places where bad things have taken place in tgwdlm, bf, and npmd is crazyyyy.

I'm thoroughly impressed! You caught so many & confirmed some of my suspicions. Now I really want a Lord in Black doll. Thank you!

I love how that guy is always in a hurry no matter what

One that I haven’t seen mentioned yet is Curt as the cop telling Paul “get your hands out of your pockets! put your hands down!” referencing Show Me Your Hands

Woah.. I did not catch the Starlight Theater and Lakeside Mall for the altars matching with Wiggly and Pokey. If there were other places, one is The Gazette, which I would assume is Blinky's more appropriate altar. The schoolhouse is interesting... Would that one more align with Tinky? Nibbly for the Amusement park (Or probably considered a fairgrounds of sorts for things like the Honey Queen Festival) Oh crap... One is the house... IDK. I prefer my version. No one said the Waylon house isn't outside the Fairground

everytime i heard or saw a reference i just screamed inside aaa i love stuff like this and i love how the nightmare time jingle is sprinked through the whole hatchetfield series 6:00 ALSO THIS BIT IS PERFECTLY IN SYNC OML

They also reference the smoke club in Black Friday in California-MIA when Hannah is doing the smoke club move 😂

Great video! I didn't even make some of those connections haha. I'll definitely stay on your channel

Starkid has to be the only theatre company that makes cosmic horror lore for their musicals. I’m not complaining!

The grace chasity one totally went over my head the first time i saw it

You know, I wish Alice was one of the main characters of NPMD and when they find out Max is back from the dead she carries her father's legacy and says "HE'S GONNA KICK OUR HEADS!"... am i the only one?

the way i never noticed Grace Chastity’s entire existence was a reference

I love how Lauren Lopez as Emma manages to sarcastically spit into a drink.

For someone who watched these way out of order this helped me connect so much. I saw some of them after the fact but this video is awesome!

God, this made me realize that the “nightmare time” theme has existed all the back since TGWDLM.

5:59 I’m not sure why, but I’ve noticed this pattern. In EVERY SINGLE iteration, the Lords in Black are introduced in this specific order. In the musicals, in Nightmare Time- hell, even in official merchandise! The question is, why?