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In Western musicals, the [[Cut Song]] has a similar function. [["I Want" Song]] is similar but occurs in the show.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* ''[[Digimon (Franchise)|Digimon]]'' is an extreme example in terms of sheer volume of image songs; for instance, ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' alone had one song for each of the [[Digi Destined]], one song for each of their Digimon partners, and one song where they sang together, for a total of 36 -- in ''addition'' to ensemble songs and a Christmas album. ''[[Digimon Adventure (Anime)|Digimon Adventure]]'' and ''[[Digimon Tamers (Anime)|Digimon Tamers]]'' also had songs for secondary characters and antagonists. ''[[Digimon Frontier (Anime)|Digimon Frontier]]'' and ''[[Digimon Savers (Anime)|Digimon Savers]]'' eventually leveled off on the practice, and ''[[Digimon Xros Wars (Anime)|Digimon Xros Wars]]'' and ''[[Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time (Anime)|Digimon Xros Wars the Young Hunters Leaping Through Time]]'' has none at all, but it's worth noting that ''Savers'' was years off when [[Serial Escalation|the 100th CD]] in the series was released. Tai's [[Image Song]] was used as an insert piece late in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' proper, Matt performed his in a concert in ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', and several other characters' instrumental themes seem to be derived from theirs (or vice-versa).
** ''[[Digimon Savers]]'' did eventually get an Image Song CD, but [[Demoted to Extra|Yoshi and Lalamon were missing altogether]]. Frustratingly ironic, as their [[Backstory]] is that they met after Yoshi failed in a piano recital and Lalamon ''has an attack called Sing A Song'' which does [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]. Later in the year, another CD was released that included all new songs from the five "[[The Hero|goggle boys]]" for ''Digimon'''s tenth anniversary.
* ''[[Slayers]]'' has between one to three image songs between each of the major characters (including one of the villians, [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Valgaav]]), and there is also both the infamous "Maiden's Prayer" duet by Lina and Amelia's voice actresses from the second season of the anime, and a song where the four leads all sing together. However, these are usually overshadowed by the large number of [[Anime Theme Songs]] sung by [[Megumi Hayashibara]]
* ''[[Sister Princess (Light Novel)|Sister Princess]]'' had an extensive soundtrack with solo and group songs for all 12 of the sisters.
* Similarly for ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', featuring all ''thirty'' of the girls from Negi's class, alone and [[Cast Herd|in combinations]]. Similarly, the Opening Theme for the second anime features several re-recordings by different combinations of the girls, which were then used for the actual opening of different episodes.
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* ''[[Weiss Kreuz]]'' is the poster anime for this trope. For lack of a better term, [[Takehito Koyasu]], [[Hiro Yuki]], [[Shinichiro Miki]] and [[Tomokazu Seki]] basically formed their own boy band.
* The ''[[Di Gi Charat]]'' franchise is extremely guilty of this trope, with lots and lots of discs and singles released. Somewhat [[Justified Trope|justified]] since the main characters want to be idols and the franchise itself born as an marketing strategy. There was even a crossover CD with ''[[Galaxy Angel (Anime)|Galaxy Angel]]'' featuring [[Actor Allusion|characters with the same VA]].
* ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'', thanks to its immense popularity put out 9 character albums, 4 soundtracks, 3 drama CDs, 8 combination soundtrack and drama CDs that shipped with one of the DVD versions, a live concert, an orchestral concert, followed by 7 more character albums for the 2009 re-airing from the [[Five
** Even Emiri Kimidori, who only appears in a single scene for less than three minutes, gets a CD, although this is foreshadowing her increased role in the books that hadn't yet been adapted.
** Naturally, the [[Gender Flip]] faction has redone even these image songs. And they're GOOD.
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** The juxtaposition of Akane's two song really shows her Tsundere nature. Her infamous [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XYofkxAVg7s Baka Song] shows the tsuntsun, while [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFXUospjjk Akane's Lullaby] is very deredere.
** A little in-joke for the fans was the duet by Ryouga and the Jusenkyo Guide - the two characters share the same voice actor.
* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' often mixed image songs along with traditional soundtrack themes. Although they were usually performed by [[Power Trio|Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu]], sometimes Emeraude and Eagle would get a chance to perform. Even [[Non
* Arguably, the [[Anime Theme Song|opening and ending themes]] for ''[[Slayers]]'' (sung by either Masami Okui or Megumi Hayashibara, or both) are all [[Image Song|ImageSongs]] for heroine Lina Inverse, as they tend to describe her personality directly.
** This doesn't prevent her from getting "normal" image songs like the rest of the main characters.
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* ''[[Hidan no Aria]]'' has a few, notably "First Contact" and "Ring a ding on, Riko-rin" for Aria and Riko
* [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] has [[Hot Blooded|Kamina]] and [[Badass|Simon]] do a duet by the name of "Break Through the Dream." It is filled with about as much [[Rated M for Manly|manliness]] as you can cram into a song.
* Seeing as ''[[Saint Beast]]'' has an [[All
* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]] has Madoka's ''See You Tomorrow'' and Kyouko's and Sayaka's duet ''And I'm Home''.
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* [[Dos Gringos]], a band comprised of [[Yanks With Tanks|United States Air Force]] fighter pilots, has a song called "Last of the Breed" that (aside from being written in a future where they're all [[Retired Badass|Retired Badasses]]) describes what modern USAF fighter pilots are like.
** "I'm A Pilot" also counts, though it's more satirical and [[Self
== Radio ==
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* ''[[F-Zero]] GX'' featured image songs for all of the characters, some with lyrics. Yes, including [[Memetic Badass|Captain Falcon]].
* ''[[Super Mario Bros]].'' combined this with [[Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics]] to create ''Super Mario Compact Disco''. Oddly enough, Peach is only mentioned ''once'' throughout the soundtrack (specifically during the "Super Mario USA" song), as the rest of it is spent playing up Daisy as Mario's [[Love Interest]].
* The ''[[Harukanaru Toki no Naka De]]'' franchise got quite a bit of these; in fact, the ''Hachiyou Shou'' anime TV series makes a point of using the ten associated character songs -- eight for [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys|the main team]] plus two for the villains -- for the [[A Day in The Limelight|character-centered episodes]]: either within the episode itself, often as a [[Theme Music Power
* ''[[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]'' is getting these; so far we have Jessica's [[Ear Worm]]-inducing "Dokkyun Heart" and Maria'a absolutely ''adorable'' "Happy Halloween MARIA." Coming up next is Beato and George. ...Wait, ''Beato and George?!?''
** The album Rokkenjima in Love (released alongside EP6) contains Image Songs for Battler, Maria, Bernkastel, Kumasawa/Virgilia, Kyrie, Beatrice, The Seven Sisters of Purgatory, Ange, and one for the EP3 myth battle between Beatrice and Virgilia. Beatrice's Image Song deserves mention, though, for being instrumentalized and used as epic BGM in EP7.
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* The two-part episode of ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' had a karaoke theme and each character had his or her own song included. Being a parody of anime, this is appropriate, although the voice actors' singing abilities are far from ''[[American Idol]]'' quality.
* "I Don't Need No Instructions (To Know How to Rock)" from ''[[Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Animation)|Aqua Teen Hunger Force]] [[The Movie|Colon Movie Film For Theaters]]'' would fit this trope for Carl down to a T if it weren't for the fact that Carl's voice actor never actually sings this in any known media.
* [[Pixar]] put out cassette tapes with corresponding songbooks including songs "sung" by the characters in ''[[A
* ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'' had "Do the Bartman" and "Deep Deep Trouble" (among others; the cast recorded an album called ''The Simpsons Sing the Blues'' which was about half these and half blues songs sung in character, but those two are the best known). The former gets referenced in later episodes occasionally in order to poke fun at the show's initial reception; in one episode, Bart sings a bit of it only to be dismissed by Ralph Wiggum --
{{quote| '''Ralph:''' That is ''so'' 1991!}}
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* Each of the ''[[Winx Club (Animation)|Winx Club]]'' girls has one of these released as part of the ''Winx Club In Concert'' CD. (However, this excludes Roxy, as the album was released before season 4.)
* While not sung by any voice actors from the cartoon adaption, there were a few songs back in ''[[My Little Pony]]'' G1 that described some ponies. The CD was based off the toy line and was European, so it makes sense they wouldn't use anyone from the American cartoons.
* The ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' episode [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)/Recap/S2 E18 A Friend in Deed|"A Friend In Deed"]] gives us Pinkie Pie's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFIs74TmfI4 "Smile Song"], which perfectly describes her personality. It bears noting that back when it was leaked onto the Internet (as an audio track with no sound effects), many fans speculated that it was meant to be a soundtrack CD exclusive.
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4By8YHOnILo Likewise, the extended version of the theme song (as seen on the DVD) can be seen as one for Twilight.]
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