diff --git a/src/language-js/embed.js b/src/language-js/embed.js
index 603848fb..f182ad27 100644
--- a/src/language-js/embed.js
+++ b/src/language-js/embed.js
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function embed(path, print, textToDoc /*, options */) {
           }
 
           if (doc) {
-            doc = escapeBackticks(doc);
+            doc = escapeTemplateCharacters(doc, false);
             if (!isFirst && startsWithBlankLine) {
               parts.push("");
             }
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ function embed(path, print, textToDoc /*, options */) {
 
   function printMarkdown(text) {
     const doc = textToDoc(text, { parser: "markdown", __inJsTemplate: true });
-    return stripTrailingHardline(escapeBackticks(doc));
+    return stripTrailingHardline(escapeTemplateCharacters(doc, true));
   }
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ function getIndentation(str) {
   return firstMatchedIndent === null ? "" : firstMatchedIndent[1];
 }
 
-function escapeBackticks(doc) {
+function escapeTemplateCharacters(doc, raw) {
   return mapDoc(doc, currentDoc => {
     if (!currentDoc.parts) {
       return currentDoc;
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ function escapeBackticks(doc) {
 
     currentDoc.parts.forEach(part => {
       if (typeof part === "string") {
-        parts.push(part.replace(/(\\*)`/g, "$1$1\\`"));
+        parts.push(
+          raw
+            ? part.replace(/(\\*)`/g, "$1$1\\`")
+            : part.replace(/([\\`]|\$\{)/g, "\\$1")
+        );
       } else {
         parts.push(part);
       }
diff --git a/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index 463a6be6..fc35c26a 100644
--- a/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -1,22 +1,5 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`backticks.js - babylon-verify 1`] = `
-gql\`
-  "\\\`foo\\\` mutation payload."
-  type      FooPayload       {
-    	bar: String
-  }
-\`
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-gql\`
-  "\\\`foo\\\` mutation payload."
-  type FooPayload {
-    bar: String
-  }
-\`;
-
-`;
-
 exports[`comment-tag.js - babylon-verify 1`] = `
 const query = /* GraphQL */\`
       {
@@ -63,6 +46,93 @@ graphql\`
 
 `;
 
+exports[`escape.js - babylon-verify 1`] = `
+gql\`
+  "\\\`foo\\\` mutation payload."
+  type      FooPayload       {
+    	bar: String
+  }
+\`
+
+gql\`
+type Project {
+    "Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+    """
+    Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`
+    """
+    pattern: String
+
+	# Also: Escaping the first parentheses...
+	"Pattern: \\\`$\\{project}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+    # Or escaping the first and second parentheses...
+	"Pattern: \\\`$\\{project\\}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+}
+\`
+
+gql\`
+  """
+  - \\\`
+  - \\\\\\\`
+  - \\\\ a
+  - \\\\\\\\
+  - $
+  - \\$
+  - \\\${
+  - \\\\\\\${
+  - \\u1234
+  """
+  type A {
+    a
+  }
+\`
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+gql\`
+  "\\\`foo\\\` mutation payload."
+  type FooPayload {
+    bar: String
+  }
+\`;
+
+gql\`
+  type Project {
+    "Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+    """
+    Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`
+    """
+    pattern: String
+
+    # Also: Escaping the first parentheses...
+    "Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+    # Or escaping the first and second parentheses...
+    "Pattern: \\\`\\\${project}\\\`"
+    pattern: String
+  }
+\`;
+
+gql\`
+  """
+  - \\\`
+  - \\\\\\\`
+  - \\\\ a
+  - \\\\\\\\
+  - $
+  - \\$
+  - \\\${
+  - \\\\\\\${
+  - \\u1234
+  """
+  type A {
+    a
+  }
+\`;
+
+`;
+
 exports[`expressions.js - babylon-verify 1`] = `
 graphql(schema, \`
 query allPartsByManufacturerName($name: String!) {
diff --git a/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/backticks.js b/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/backticks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ffaa37b..00000000
--- a/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/backticks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-gql`
-  "\`foo\` mutation payload."
-  type      FooPayload       {
-    	bar: String
-  }
-`
diff --git a/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/escape.js b/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/escape.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9def4b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/multiparser_js_graphql/escape.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+gql`
+  "\`foo\` mutation payload."
+  type      FooPayload       {
+    	bar: String
+  }
+`
+
+gql`
+type Project {
+    "Pattern: \`\${project}\`"
+    pattern: String
+    """
+    Pattern: \`\${project}\`
+    """
+    pattern: String
+
+	# Also: Escaping the first parentheses...
+	"Pattern: \`$\{project}\`"
+    pattern: String
+    # Or escaping the first and second parentheses...
+	"Pattern: \`$\{project\}\`"
+    pattern: String
+}
+`
+
+gql`
+  """
+  - \`
+  - \\\`
+  - \\ a
+  - \\\\
+  - $
+  - \$
+  - \${
+  - \\\${
+  - \u1234
+  """
+  type A {
+    a
+  }
+`
diff --git a/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap b/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
index a59c8998..3dba2868 100644
--- a/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
+++ b/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/__snapshots__/jsfmt.spec.js.snap
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ markdown\`
 markdown\`
   - \\\`
   - \\\\\\\`
+  - \\\\ a
   - \\\\\\\\
   - \\$
   - \\u1234
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ markdown\`
 markdown\`
   - \\\`
   - \\\\\\\`
+  - \\\\ a
   - \\\\\\\\
   - \\\\$
   - \\u1234
diff --git a/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/escape.js b/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/escape.js
index 05567584..9f603819 100644
--- a/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/escape.js
+++ b/tests/multiparser_js_markdown/escape.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ markdown`
 markdown`
   - \`
   - \\\`
+  - \\ a
   - \\\\
   - \$
   - \u1234