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

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 Jake Wilson. The show features several guest stars from broadway.

• 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
  • lampshaded several times
• Author Avatar: Jake
• Author Filibuster: An 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. 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 Jesse Tyler 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 Irish. Need I say more?
• It's All About Me: Bat'ya actually sings a song called "All about me"
  • With a chorus that 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 Jake books his first Broadway show
• This Is All The Tropes Bitch: During "Keep It Campy"

"This song is a lesson and a threat you bitch!"

• Villain Song: "Down! Down! Down!"