Idol Singer: Difference between revisions

* Numerous characters from the various ''Macross'' series, in which Idol Singers are frequently the key to saving the day.

** Lynn Minmay from ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' (as well as the [[Macekre]]d ''[[Robotech]]''), whose songs were used as a shorthand for the cultural pollution of the Zentraedi by human culture.

** Sheryl Nome and aspiring Idol Singer Ranka Lee from ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' carry on the tradition, as well as forming two of the three sides of the inevitable [[Love Triangle]].

*** The show actually [[Deconstruction|brutally deconstructs]] the concept by showing just how easily such a singer can be replaced once the substitute is found, and how painful such a process is to the one discarded - the true power lies with the people behind the scenes {{spoiler|like Grace}}. Then [[Space Whale Aesop|magically]] [[Subverted Trope|reconstructs it back]] by the Idol Singer pair proving crucial to the plot and finally {{spoiler|uniting to defeat Grace.}}

* Primera from ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]''.

* An episode of ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' is devoted to this concept (and [[Affectionate Parody|poking fun at]] ''[[Macross]]'') when Nergal, looking to promote the most manipulable ditz they could find, decides to hold a beauty/talent competition to select a new Captain. Most of the higher-rated contestants sing idol-style although not, oddly, [[Megumi Hayashibara]]'s [[Expy]].

* Urara from ''[[Yes! Pretty Cure 5]]''.

* When [[Azumanga Daioh|Tomo]] gives up on attaining the look of anime character [[Lupin III|Fujiko Mine]], she settles for setting her sights on looking like [[Real Life]] idols [[wikipedia:Ryoko Hirosue|Ryoko Hirosue]] (in the manga) or [[wikipedia:Ayumi Hamasaki|Ayumi "Ayu" Hamasaki]] (in the anime).

** [[Played Straight]]:

*** Their first real attempt to create an Idol Singer is [[Miranda Cosgrove]] from ''[[iCarly]]''. They built an entire episode around a plot dedicated to having Carly sing Miranda's single Shakespeare. It has been reasonably successful, as Miranda has been on multiple well attended tours and achieved reasonable record sales. Her most recent tour was sold out across the country until a bus accident cut the tour short.

** [[Averted Trope|Aversions]]:

*** [[Jennette McCurdy]] signed to a rival record label because she wanted to sing [[Country Music]] rather than getting pushed into a pop career. As a result, Nick won't let her sing on ''[[iCarly]]'' or promo her music. The closest she came to singing was rapping in an ''iCarly''/''Victorious'' [[Crossover]], and the closest they came to promoting her was a short excerpt from her first single when Jennette expected the entire song. It caused her to lash out on [[Twitter]] against Miranda and Victoria by retweeting and responding to people saying she was being screwed and was a better singer than the other two girls.

** In the ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'' and ''Crystal'' versions, on the route leading to Mt. Silver, there's a cabin with a girl (using the overworld sprite for the Lass trainer class) and a Fearow in it. If you talk to her, she says that she was once an idol singer, and went to the route leading to Mt. Silver to hide form the paparazzi. She will then give you the TM Steel Wing, and says that she wore a dress inspired by the move at her first live performance.

* [[Catgirl]] Repre from ''[[Atelier Iris 3]]''...

* Dark Hero Axel from ''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]'' was one of these, but lost his fame before the game started.

* Makoto Aihara's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdGnzK5OI2s superstar persona] in ''[[Rumble Roses]] XX''.