The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway

The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway was a 2011 theater revival of Paul Reuben's character Pee-Wee Herman, bringing the character full circle to the more adult theme of the original act. Pee-Wee is back in the playhouse with all his friends once again.

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Tropes used in The Pee-wee Herman Show on Broadway include:

• Allergic to Love: Curtis can't breathe and freaks out and runs away any time Ms. Yvonne is mentioned.
• Audience Participation: The secret word.
  • "I said 'guess what boys and girls!'"
  • "Mecca lecca hi, mecca hiney ho."
• Big No: Pee-Wee lets out one that lasts almost a minute as he runs around the stage.
• Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill: Pee-Wee sorts through the mail this way looking for his letter from the inventor's society "Junk, junk, jury duty, junk..."
• Butt Monkey: Chairry and Pee-Wee to each other.
• Buxom Is Better: Ms. Yvonne refers to the "two most important things a girl should have" and appears to point at her boobs before she lists them as fashion sense and make-up skills.
• By the Lights of Their Eyes: After the computer cord gets pulled and knocks out the electricity.
• Cannot Keep a Secret: Pee-Wee is just bursting to tell Cowboy Curtis Ms. Yvonne's secret. He did warn her though.

Ms. Yvonne: "Pee-Wee, can you keep a secret?"
Pee-Wee: "No."

• Cargo Ship: Pee wee and Chairry. The firefighter and Magic Screen.
• Catch Phrase: Pee-Wee spouts all his classics at least once.
• Chekhov's Gun: Pee-Wee's package contains the Bedazzler he's been waiting for. He uses it to bedazzle his entire suit during the film break.
• Clingy Jealous Girl: Ms. Yvonne freaks out and smears red makeup all over her face at the thought of Cowboy Curtis having a date.
• Double Entendre: "You have a cute package, Pee-Wee." "Wow, you sure have a long hose."
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Shamwow.
• Everything's Better with Sparkles: The results of Pee-Wee's new Bedazzler.
• Gag Penis: "Wow, you sure have a long hose."
• Gem-Encrusted: Pee-Wee's bedazzled suit.
• Genre Savvy/Lampshade Hanging: Pee-Wee shows this many times.

Pee-Wee:"What? You know I hate mute characters!"

• Gratuitous Spanish: with Sergio
• Hey, It's That Guy!: Phil LaMarr is Cowboy Curtis, James Myers is the Firefighter (both of Mad TV).
• I Have This Friend: Pee-Wee telling Ms. Yvonne about his sacrificing his wish.
• Incredibly Lame Pun: Tons.
  • The reception on Pee-Wee's can and string phone is "a bit tinny"
  • "It smells like updog in here."
• Informed Attribute: Ms. Yvonne is the most beautiful woman in all of Puppetland, but we never see anyone to compare her with.
• Jerkass: Pee-Wee, Randy, and Mailman Mike who spends all his time reading other people's mail.
• Karma Houdini: Mailman Mike accidentally eats horse biscuits, but his mail stealing is never truly punished.
• Last-Second Word Swap: "And her soft t-t-t-tight sweater!"
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: "That's Ms. Yvonne's music!"
• Man Child: Pee-Wee, as always.
• Mood Whiplash: The story of "Part Time Dog."
• Mr. Exposition: Magic Screen.
• Mythology Gag: Pee-Wee dances to Tequila and calls it "The Pee-Wee" in reference to Pee-wee's Big Adventure. Magic Screen sings "Connect the dots, la la la la..." from Pee-wee's Playhouse when trying to act nonchalant.
• Negative Continuity: Pee-Wee's purity ring makes no sense if the show is supposed to take place after Big Top Pee Wee.
• Onion Tears: During snack time preparation.
• Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?: "That's not the flashlight!"
• Overly Long Gag: Pee-Wee preparing for the cartoon, Pee-Wee's phone call "What, what, what, what, what, what... no, no, no, no, no... wrong number," Pee-Wee's Big No, Pee-Wee's balloon trick.
• Pimped Out Suit: Pee-Wee's Bedazzled suit.
• Running Gag: Toilet Water, "That's over here!", "Fun! Aaaahhh!" The purity ring.
• Screams Like a Little Girl: Pee-Wee when Sergio scares him. Sergio when Pee-Wee fakes his fryer burn.
• Shout-Out: A ridiculous amount. Including but not limited to: David Beckham, The Exorcist, Bumpits, Al Pacino, Jersey Shore, Kanye West, Keifer Southerland, Carrot Top, Barry Manilow, Larry King, Stephen King, Don King, BB King, Queen Latifah, Shamwow, Vibrabelt, AOL, Twitter, Thighmaster, and Betamax.
• Silent Bob: Bear gets his point across pretty well with pantomime.
• Suddenly Voiced: Bear.
• The Voiceless: Bear.