Spaceclaw and gives him the current situation of their mission. It turns out Junior sent February to the planet by herself so she would be implanted with a bug egg. That way, he could take her back to Earth and mass-produce an alien bug army. Spaceclaw, who is Junior's father, is pleased with his son's work but threatens him to return with the bug soon.
However, when Mega-Girl scans February, no alien life is detected. The Rangers make it back to the ship, but Junior quickly thinks of a way to keep the ship near the planet by telling the Rangers that the ship's warp crystals are missing, meaning they are stuck there.
Everyone goes their separate ways to rest before beginning the hunt for the crystals. Taz is still giving Up the cold shoulder, and refuses to spend time with him, saddening Up. Bug goes to Up for some advice about his situation with February, but ends up helping Up overcome his feelings of weakness.
In an attempt to protect her, Up tried to help her, but got hurt in the process, revealing his famous injury. Bug tells Up that by caring for people, it does not make one weak- it actually makes them stronger. Up convinces Bug that being himself is what is important, and so Bug decides to take February back to Bug-World to show her his true self and that not all bugs are bad. Junior overhears this and plans to go after them so he can kill Bug and re-initiate his plan of getting February implanted with a bug egg.
Junior asks Mega-Girl to keep the Rangers distracted, but she refuses because of her feelings for Tootsie. Junior removes her inhibitor chip, causing her to become what all robots are at their cores: mindless killing machines.
Meanwhile, Bug brings February back to Bug-World to try to show her his true self through bug culture. The other bugs look at the humans with disgust, but Roach explains that there is beauty in everything and try to show that to February, "Beauty". February is less than impressed with Bug-World, leading Bug to have second thoughts about revealing his secret.
February suddenly has the idea that Bug must have brought her to Bug-World to take her to his crashed starship to obtain its warp crystals. Junior follows after them, but is captured by the Mosquito brothers. Bug brings February to the crashed starship, and the two stumble upon a more complete version of the video Bug had been watching, revealing that G. February then puts the pieces together to Junior's plan, and the duo rushes back to the ship to warn the other Rangers.
As this is going on, Junior is brought to Pincer's lair, where Pincer reveals that he killed the survivors of the starship crash eighteen years before, and that Bug, who is in fact a bug, is actually working for him. Junior tells Pincer that Bug is working with the humans, so in exchange for his life, weapons, and secrets about the Overqueen and her hive, Junior forms an alliance with Pincer and promises to get him humans to eat. Bug and February return to the starship where they tell the crew about Junior's diabolical plan.
As another ship docks, the crew prepares to arrest Junior. Suddenly, Pincer and the Mosquito brothers invade the ship and Pincer coerces Bug into telling the Rangers the truth about him by threatening to kill February. Taz decides to make the Mosquito brothers follow her instead of the other rangers. Up, being very protective of Taz, runs after her. Tootsie reveals he changed his last name to Megagirl on his planet, a person's last name is what they love and affirms that he loves her even though she is a robot.
The starship is suddenly rocked by a huge crash and it is revealed that Mega-Girl has set the core to overload. Krayonder, weakened by blood loss, is badly injured as he tells the rangers to run while he distracts Pincer. While running away, an upset February accuses Bug of thinking her "too stupid" to figure it out. Up comforts her while Bug tries to defed himself, saying that he never meant for anyone to get hurt. Up becomes uncertain so Taz takes charge, saying that neither Bug nor Up can be trusted.
She sends the others off running and prepares to go back to fight the bugs to buy them more time. Up tries to hold her back, but she tells him that "an old friend" taught her to laugh in the face of danger and warns him and Bug to stay out of her way. Up follows her. Tootsie and Specs, trying to sort the core overload, are confronted by Mega-Girl. Specs attempts to liase with her, but Mega-Girl throws her away, telling Tootsie that she has to kill all the humans.
When Tootsie protests, Mega-Girl reminds him that she is a robot, a "hollow parody" of a human, and does not feel. Tootsie shouts that his name is no longer Tootsie Noodles: he has changed it to Tootsie Mega-Girl because "your second name is what you love" on Farm Planet and he loves her. Mega-Girl is uncertain but Tootsie's expression of his very real feelings for her convince her and allow her to access an new emotion - love. She expresses her love for him and they kiss. They go to help the other rangers while Specs stays to stabilise the reactor core.
Meanwhile, Taz is attacked by the Mosquito Brothers, and Up, fueled by his compassion, rips them away from her, telling them to suck his blood instead. They attack him for his blood, much to Taz's horror.
He drops to the floor and Taz grieves, chastising his huge heart. However, he is still alive and he is able to raise his heart rate to force more blood on the mosquitoes than they can handle, killing them. He is particularly happy because he was literally able to "kill with his heart" even though Bug meant the advice figuratively. Taz hugs him and tells him that he's the true proof that you don't need balls to be tough, not her.
She hops on his back and they run away together to save the others. While escaping to safety, February is captured by Pincer, but Bug rescues her, stabbing Pincer. Pincer is forced out into the airlock, but Bug is dragged with him. He tells February to open up the outer airlock doors so that Pincer will be sucked out into space and die.
February is hesitant because it will kill Bug too. She asks why he lied, and he explains his love for her and his lifelong desire to be a starship ranger. But he accepts that he is really a bug and selflessly chooses to live by their saying, "the needs of the many bugs outweigh the few bugs".
Taz and Up arrive and Up tells him that he is an amazing starship ranger, even if he is a bug. Bug expresses his love once more for February. She opens the airlock doors and he is sucked away with Pincer. Bug wakes up back on the planet, in his real body, and is greeted by a terrified Roach, who tells him that a human is attacking the hive.
Bug realises it must be Junior, and promises to stop him and save the Overqueen. Junior shows up, with his pot, shooting everywhere. As he finds the Overqueen, Bug turns up and tries to talk him out of killing the bugs and taking the Overqueen. He refuses, primarily because he wants to use the Overqueen to earn him money back on Earth so he can buy weed.
He eventually shoots Bug, but Bugette leaps in front, taking the blast for him, saving his life at the expense of her own. In her final moments, she admits that she did it not because she is brave, but because she loves him, and she asks him to sing to her. He agrees but she dies before he can begin singing.
Her sacrifice is not in vain - as Junior is about to kill Bug, Bugette's larvae emerge from her sack of dung and "devour the nearest mammal for nourishment". They eat Junior, killing him. The Hive mourns Bugette's death and the Overqueen gives Bug a new job - the ambassador to the Hive to help keep the peace between the Hive and alien visitors.
Before accepting the position, Bug leaves to find the starship rangers so he can apologise. After landing on the planet's surface, the rangers, unaware of his survival, mourn Bug's death. As they pay their respects, Bug shows up. The rangers don't realise who he is at first, but are delighted to discover that he survived.
February tells him she loves him and they kiss. Inspired by the love in the air, Tootsie proposes to Mega-Girl and Up officiates their marriage. They also kiss. Bug teaches February how to say "I love you" in the bug language. The bugs and the humans accept the differences and similarities between their species and learn to see the beauty in all of their lives Beauty Reprise.
The opening video sequence in Starship includes cameos from several other members of StarKid, including:. Production on Starship began before Darren Criss landed his role on Glee. The original concept for the show came from Joseph Walker , who suggested to Criss a musical parody of Starship Troopers. Criss then expanded the concept, referring to it as " The Little Mermaid meets Aliens ". Darren Criss wrote all the music for Starship while he was in L. He was also originally supposed to play Tootsie Noodles in the show, however his role on Glee made it impossible to do so.
Joey Richter was in his last semester at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and had to commute to Chicago to rehearse and perform as Bug. Joey spent four days per week in Chicago during the production. StarKid made a deal with the school so he could take so much time away from class and still graduate on time, which he did on the day of the YouTube release.
A cast recording of the production was released on April 30th, alongside the YouTube premiere of the musical through iTunes and Amazon. All of the songs featured on stage are present on the recording. The album debuted at No. The album also reached No. Team StarKid Wiki Explore. Team StarKid. Recent blog posts Forum.
Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Edit source History Talk 0. Categories Shows Starship Musicals Add category. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. Julia Albain. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 9. Top cast Edit. Joey Richter Bug as Bug. Brant Cox Roach as Roach …. Denise Donovan February as February …. Julia Albain Specs as Specs ….
Richard Campbell Alien as Alien uncredited. Matt Lang. More like this. Storyline Edit. Did you know Edit. Up Joe Walker winks at him in the audience when he delivers the line, "Damn that G.
It's distinct from other Team StarKid shows because the performance, which took place in Chicago, charged for the tickets, and a DVD of the performance was later released through their online store. An as-yet unproduced script for a sequel, Starship: Requiem was presented at a reading in And no, they did not build this city on rock and roll.
Community Showcase More. Follow TV Tropes. You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account. And they're here to get the job done. Up: Well then, who is it? Bug: It's February. Up: Oh February! She's an idiot.
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