Overwhelmed, Jeremy asks the SQUIP to shut itself off for a few minutes. Encouraging Jeremy to use an interested Brooke as a stepping stone to greater popularity, he hooks up with her, while Jake asks Christine to come to his house ("Upgrade"). She, Jeremy, and several other students wish people would see them for who they really are ("I Am (Interlude)"). Brooke gains a crush a Jeremy because of their encounter at the mall. Christine tells Jeremy about her feelings for a guy she knows, who Jeremy initially believes is himself, but who turns out to be Jake ("A Guy That I'd Kinda Be Into").Īfterward, the SQUIP informs Jeremy that Christine won't date him until his social standing drastically improves. Jeremy heads confidently to the play rehearsal ("More Than Survive (Second Reprise) / Sync Up"). Jeremy's SQUIP syncs itself with Rich's, instantly making them friends. The SQUIP delves into the inner psyche of the student body around him, giving Jeremy insight on the fears and insecurities of his fellow peers. The next day, Jeremy heads to school with renewed confidence, wondering if he might be less invisible than before. It tells him that in order for its plan to improve his social standing to work, Jeremy needs to obey every order it gives him ("Be More Chill, Pt. The girls leave, and the SQUIP lies to Jeremy and tells him that Michael has left the mall. They offer Jeremy a ride home ("Do You Wanna Ride?"), which the SQUIP demands he accept, but Jeremy declines because he does not wish to leave Michael in the mall. The SQUIP goes along with it and helps Jeremy fabricate a story in order to create empathy with the two girls. Jeremy encounters two popular girls from school, Brooke Lohst and Chloe Valentine, the latter of which mistakes the Eminem shirt for a girl's shirt.
The SQUIP orders him to go to a store to buy an Eminem shirt. The SQUIP criticizes Jeremy's appearance, personality, and behavior, telling him that everything about him is terrible ("Be More Chill, Pt. When the SQUIP activates, it causes Jeremy to have a seizure in front of Christine and Jake ("The Squip Enters"). Jeremy, as instructed, swallows it with green Mountain Dew. The two visit the mall to buy the SQUIP from a dealer at Payless ShoeSource. Jeremy assures Michael that, no matter what happens, they'll always be a team ("The SQUIP Song (Reprise) / Two-Player Game"). After an awkward conversation with his dad (still not wearing pants), Jeremy decides to check the SQUIP out. While playing video games with Michael, Jeremy tells him about Rich's offer. Rich suggests that Jeremy buy one in order to become cooler ("The SQUIP Song"). Jeremy is confronted in the bathroom by Rich, who tells Jeremy how he managed his rise to popularity: as an unpopular freshman, he took a pill called a "Super Quantum Unit Intel Processor"-a "SQUIP"-containing a computer that implants itself inside the user's brain and tells the user what to do and say. During rehearsal, Jake Dillinger, one of the popular boys, flirts with Christine, making Jeremy jealous ("More Than Survive (Reprise)"). Reyes, reveals that the school play will be A Midsummer Night's Dream set in a post-apocalyptic future, re-titled A Midsummer Nightmare (About Zombies). Jeremy wonders if someone can help him "more than survive" ("More Than Survive").Īs they wait for the first play rehearsal to begin, Christine professes her love of theater to Jeremy, because she can play different people and always knows what to say and performs ("I Love Play Rehearsal"). Jeremy's long-time crush Christine Canigula signs up for the school play, and he decides to as well.
His best friend, Michael Mell (on whose backpack Rich has written "riends"), tries to comfort Jeremy by telling him that being a loser is okay. At school, Jeremy is bullied by popular student Rich Goranski, who writes "boyf" on his backpack. He lives with his recently divorced father, who works from home and makes Jeremy uncomfortable by refusing to wear pants in the house. Jeremy Heere, a high school junior, is a social outcast.
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