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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* Parodied in the film version of ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]] and the Prisoner of Azkaban''. The fat lady tries to sing high enough to break a glass, when she fails, she just shatters it against her frame: |
* Parodied in the film version of ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]] and the Prisoner of Azkaban''. The fat lady tries to sing high enough to break a glass, when she fails, she just shatters it against her frame: |
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{{quote|'''Fat Lady:''' It's amazing! And just with my voice!}} |
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* In ''[[Victor Victoria]]'', Julie Andrews' character does this with the high note at the end of her stage act (her voice also pops a champagne cork). |
* In ''[[Victor Victoria]]'', Julie Andrews' character does this with the high note at the end of her stage act (her voice also pops a champagne cork). |
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* In ''[[Splash]]'', Madison saying her real name [[Starfish Language|in her native language]] causes all the TV screens on a department store to shatter. |
* In ''[[Splash]]'', Madison saying her real name [[Starfish Language|in her native language]] causes all the TV screens on a department store to shatter. |
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* There was a ''[[Spitting Image]]'' sketch in which [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s voice was so high it could shatter the glass in people's spectacles, until she was coached to speak more deeply. (The sketch ended with her sounding like [[Adolf Hitler]].) |
* There was a ''[[Spitting Image]]'' sketch in which [[Margaret Thatcher]]'s voice was so high it could shatter the glass in people's spectacles, until she was coached to speak more deeply. (The sketch ended with her sounding like [[Adolf Hitler]].) |
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* In one episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', special guest Ethel Merman shows Miss Piggy and Kermit what note you need to hit to shatter a glass. |
* In one episode of ''[[The Muppet Show]]'', special guest Ethel Merman shows Miss Piggy and Kermit what note you need to hit to shatter a glass. |
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{{quote|'''Kermit:''' Did you also double as an air-raid siren during The War?}} |
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** A series of newspaper comics had Piggy trying to do it herself. Her first attempt cracked the ''table''. |
** A series of newspaper comics had Piggy trying to do it herself. Her first attempt cracked the ''table''. |
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* [[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerated]] in an episode of ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'', where [[Mariah Carey]]'s ultrasonic voice shattered the arena's lights, made nearby dogs suffer and caused [[Jim Carrey]]'s [[Your Head Asplode|head to explode]]. |
* [[Exaggerated Trope|Exaggerated]] in an episode of ''[[Celebrity Deathmatch]]'', where [[Mariah Carey]]'s ultrasonic voice shattered the arena's lights, made nearby dogs suffer and caused [[Jim Carrey]]'s [[Your Head Asplode|head to explode]]. |