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A character sings a duet with herself/himself.
Compare other instances of [[Let's Duet]].
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== [[Advertising]] ==
* One WeightWatchers commercial has Jennifer Hudson singing a duet with herself from her ''[[American Idol]]'' days, in part to show off her changes in weight from then to now.
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* In episode 23 of ''[[
* In one episode of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', the Black Beauty Sisters duplicate themselves and sing both of their songs at once.
* The ''[[Lucky Star]]'' ending theme collection album has Konata singing a full version of "Sore ga Ai Deshou", the opening theme from ''[[Full Metal Panic!|Fumoffu]]''. First she imitates the original version and then she invites herself to sing a duet. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYemOkyAliQ "Sugoi ne, atashi?"]
* Odd example in one ''[[Ranma
** In a related occasion, the ''Character Christmas'' song is performed in character by all major anime voice actors, which includes both Megumi Hayashibara and Kappei Yamaguchi. Even Akane wonders how this is
* One of the ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' [[Image Song
** If this qualifies, then the [[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* Melfina sings a song that resembles one of the ending credits songs in one of the later episodes of [[Outlaw Star]] in a moment to herself.
* In [[
* ''[[Risky☆Safety]]'': Since Rie Iwatsubo voices both Risky and Safety in the original Japanese, she sings both sides of the duet in episode 23. (Averted in the English dub, where Risky and Safety have different voice actresses.)
== [[Film]] ==
* Disney's ''[[Mary Poppins]]'': both "in movie", when Mary Poppins sings with her reflection, and then "in production", when Julie Andrews dubbed in the robin-whistles in the same song.
* In ''[[Make Mine Music]]'', Willie the Whale has the ability to sing with multiple voices.
* There's a version of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vk4-LN-MkI Somewhere Out There]" from ''[[An American Tail]]'' on an obscure album called Fievel and Friends where Fievel sings the song himself, which was originally meant to be a duet.
* In ''[[Rock A Bye Baby]]'', Jerry Lewis sings a duet with his childhood self (played convincingly by son Gary).
* In ''[[White Christmas]]'', Rosemary Clooney sings both parts in the "Sisters" number she performs with Vera-Ellen.
== [[
* In ''[[
** 'Prodigious'... Tee hee. [[Stealth Pun|I see what you did there.]]▼
* In David Eddings's ''[[Polgara The Sorceress]]'', a young Polgara sings not just a duet, but a complete choir, all by herself - using magic to replicate her voice multiple times. The purpose is, effectively, to scare away a herd of ardent admirers that she's outgrown, in a manner both impressive and stylish.▼
* In Series 2, Episode 4 (Duets) of ''[[Glee]]'' - Kurt Hummel sings a duet from ''Viktor/Viktoria'' by himself.
** And of course, in season 1, episode 9, Kurt and Rachel have a 'diva-off' to see who will get the solo in Defying Gravity Wicked... even though it is a duet.
*** Although "Defying Gravity" is technically a duet, the other part sings briefly, so not a full duet like most of the other examples on the page.
** Similar to the above, Rachel and Kurt do the duet treatment to "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina", which Kurt singing to the Warblers while Rachel sings in an empty auditorium.
▲== [[Literature]] ==
▲* In ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Maskerade|Maskerade]]'', Agnes gets hired by the Ankh-Morpork Opera House because she can sing in chorus. With herself. Among other prodigious vocal talents.
▲** 'Prodigious'... Tee hee. [[Stealth Pun|I see what you did there.]]
▲* In David Eddings's ''[[Polgara The Sorceress]]'', a young Polgara sings not just a duet, but a complete choir, all by herself - using magic to replicate her voice multiple times. The purpose is, effectively, to scare away a herd of ardent admirers that she's outgrown, in a manner both impressive and stylish.
== [[Music]] ==
* [[Brad Paisley]]'s "Born on Christmas Day" is a "duet" between the present-day singer and a recording of him singing the song at age twelve. This one also qualifies as [[Self-Backing Vocalist]], as he sings a harmony over top the childhood vocal at the end.
* [[Bob Dylan]]'s cover of "The Boxer" is [[Soprano and Gravel|hoarse folkie Dylan singing a duet with smooth country boy Dylan]].
* Say hello to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wceKiDBjFM Nick Pitera.]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-CS2v8wcc He will definitely show you a whole new world...]
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* Aled Jones recorded a cover of "Walking in the Air" from ''[[The Snowman]]''. Over 20 years later, the now-baritone singer recorded new vocals along with his child-tenor vocals, much like the Paisley example.
== [[
* "Guido's Song" in ''[[Nine (
* Almost any stage musical in which there's more than one actor playing a single character (usually [[Timeshifted Actor|as a young child and as an adult]]) will invoke this trope at some point:
** ''Nine''
** ''Violet''
** ''Follies'': The only true
* In [[The Musical]] of ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'', Dorian sings a duet with his painting.
* ''[[Shrek]] the Musical'' has Fiona singing a solo ''trio''.
* In the musical ''[[Floyd Collins]]'', the titular character is in a cave and sings a round with his own echoes. Not magical, but still pretty awesome.
* "Hey There" from the musical ''[[
* The Confrontation, from ''[[wikipedia:Jekyll & Hyde
** Smeagol and Gollum sing at least one of their arguments in the musical version of "The Lord of the Rings."
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Final Fantasy X
* Happens in ''[[The Idolmaster (
== [[Web Original]] ==
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* On ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[Family Guy]]'', Brian does a one-man impression of a barbershop quartet.
** Don't you mean a one-dog impression?
* In [[Total Drama Island
* In the ''[[Daria]]'' episode, "Daria!", Quinn sings a duet with herself in the mirror about what she should wear to work. This being Quinn, her reflection tells her to just wear anything, she'll still look great.
** And, like the ''Mary Poppins'' example above, the duet with Quinn and Helen also counts in the "in production" sense, as the two share a voice actress.
* In the Season Two Finale of ''[[My Little Pony:
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[[Category:Score and Music Tropes]]
[[Category:Musical Number Index]]
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