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Contrast [[Irony As She Is Cast]] and subtropes.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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* A [[Filler]] episode of the ''[[Slayers]]'' anime had Lina and Amelia sing a duet together; [[Megumi Hayashibara]] (Lina) is an accomplished singer (it helps that she sings all of the show's opening and closing songs), as is the lesser-known Masami Suzuki (Amelia), who would eventually sing the opening and ending to the ''[[Tales of Phantasia (Video Game)|Tales of Phantasia]]'' OVA. Zelgadis ([[Hikaru Midorikawa]]) helps them with the "test run" of the song; his actor is also a well-known singer.
* It's in the story, but ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' deserves a mention. We all knew by that point how well [[Aya Hirano]] sings, however the dub did a translation so [[Wendee Lee]] could do her part.
** Parodied with Konata in a few of ''[[Lucky Star]]'''s endings. She has a beautiful mature singing voice when she tries, but then there's the [[So Bad
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]] A's'', [[Audio Adaptation|Sound Stage 3]]. Fate Testarossa, as voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]], who by that time had established her singing career by debuting #2 on the Weekly Singles Oricon charts with "[[Anime Theme Song|Eternal Blaze]]". [[Festival Episode|Flower-Viewing Festival]] with [[Karaoke Box|karaoke]]. Naturally, Fate gets bullied by Signum and the rest of the cast to take center stage and sing for them.
* ''[[Seikon no Qwaser]]'' has an ending theme called "Passionate squall". It contains seiyuu for characters that are extremely, extremely minor...just so they could put on a song with [[Ayumi Fujimura]] ([[Kaichou wa Maid Sama|Misaki]]), [[Aki Toyosaki]] ([[K-On!|Yui]]), [[Minori Chihara]] ([[Ga Rei Zero|Kagura]], [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Yuki]]), [[Yoko Hikasa]] ([[K-On!|Mio]]), and [[Aya Hirano]] ([[Suzumiya Haruhi|Haruhi]])...
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** Also High Top Fade Out in which Gus is reunited with 1/2 of his college quartet. Dulé and James show off their singing skills.
** In many episode "Psych-out"s the cast assembles for a song.
* ''[[
** This was also done with Krakowski a lot in ''[[Ally McBeal]]'', which make it seem it's Krakowski herself who contractually obligates shows she joins to let her sing. It is a little excessive.
*** ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' is an excellent example of this trope all together; everybody in the cast who can remotely carry a tune (and some who can't) takes the stage at the bar at least once.
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* In one episode of ''[[Black Books]]'', it is discovered that Manny has a great talent for the piano, which is exploited by Fran and Bernard who both wish to appear that they can play. Manny is played by [[Bill Bailey]], who, of course, is a very talented multi-instrumentalist. Bailey recorded all musical renditions in this episode, including those heard on the radio.
* Barney in ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' does just about anything to impress the ladies, and magic tricks are just one of those things. He even had an intervention... and magic is just one of the many talents of the great NPH.
** You can't forget the oft-gratuitous singing, either (harmonising to 'Silent Night', anyone?), and NPH is far from the only one. ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' has also showcased Jason Segal's singing and piano-playing talents with the [[Crowning Music of Awesome|totally awesome]] Slapsgiving song, and the [[So Bad
** And the 100th episode, "Girls vs. Suits" gives us NPH, Jason Segal, Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, and [[Alyson Hannigan]] singing a musical number - "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit". And it is, you guessed it, [[Catch Phrase|legendary]].
** Josh Radnor (Ted) gets his chance with his song about the "Super Date" in "Of Course". Really it's only [[Alyson Hannigan]] who (quite openly) can't sing.
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* Pretty much the entire point of the ''[[Greys Anatomy]]'' episode [[Musical Episode|"Song Beneath the Song"]]: nearly all of the characters sing at one point, but the focus is on Callie (Sara Ramirez), Bailey (Chandra Wilson) and Owen (Kevin McKidd), all of whom have excellent voices. Ramirez even has a Tony for ''[[Spamalot]]''.
* Subverted in ''[[Seinfeld]]''. We hear George's singing in which he can't hold a note to save his life. His actor, Jason Alexander, is a Broadway veteran and a very talented singer who had to be recorded singing twice as he sounded too good the first time.
* Cybill Shepherd and [[Bruce Willis (Creator)]] are both guilty of this charge, on ''[[Moonlighting]]'' and off - but especially Cybill, whose penchant for working her pipes into her projects makes Scarlett Johansson seem like Scott Speedman in ''Duets.''
* And speaking of ''Duets'', Speedman was the only major cast member in that film (not counting a dubbed Andre Braugher) who never sang a note. Gwyneth Paltrow, on the other hand... and this was ''before'' ''[[Glee]]'' and ''[[Country Strong]]''.
* ''[[Diagnosis Murder (TV)|Diagnosis Murder]]'' showcased everybody's "hidden" talents at some point: Dick Van Dyke got to dance, sing, and perform magic (although how good he was depended on the writer); Victoria Rowell had an episode in which she displayed her ballet raining (referenced once or twice before); Barry Van Dyke did some boxing.
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== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'', it's possible to prompt [[Badass Bookworm|Mordin]] [[Deadly Doctor|Solus]] into revealing a love of musicals and have him burst into a variation of the [[Major
** He does bits of this in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', including {{spoiler|right before his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.
* In the ''[[Portal (Video Game)|Portal]]'' games, the voice of GLaDOS, Ellen McLain, is an operatic singer, and sings the credits song for both games. In ''[[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Portal 2]]'', she also performs {{spoiler|an actual opera}}.
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* Over the years ''[[South Park]]'' has been used heavily as a vehicle for showcasing Trey Parker's talents and interests. Usually manifests in the form music numbers or hilarious use of horribly improper, but grammatically correct Japanese. Parker has a long relationship with music and studied Japanese in university before making it big.
** Let's Fighting Love is the combination of both of these talents.
* [[Paul Dini]] seems to enjoy writing musical parts for the cast to perform when he writes. He claims that he wrote the ''[[Batman:
** And of course, there's the famous scene in which Arleen Sorkin herself performs "Amazing Grace" on a kazoo.
** Apparently getting Batman to sing was something that they were trying to do from the beginning because the voice actor Kevin Conroy had an excellent voice. He was one of the singers for the tongue-in-cheek Batman Musical bit in ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' but it wasn't until ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' that they got Batman to sing in-character.
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* Many of the later episodes of ''[[Duckman]]'' had song and dance numbers, once again, to show off Jason Alexander's singing voice.
* An aversion in ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers]]'': In the [[DVD Commentary]], Mandell admits that he really wished he wrote an excuse for Zach (played by Jerry Orbach) to sing. He ''did'' manage it with Laura Dean (Niko) in "The Ax," though.
* Most of the [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] cast have voice doubles for songs, but Ashleigh Ball does the voice for both of her characters. It's not a coincidence that she happens to be the lead singer for band [[Hey Ocean (Music)|Hey Ocean]]. Similarly Apple Bloom has never been written as having any singing talent, but when it was discovered that her actress Michelle Creber had a great voice she was assigned as the singing double for her best friend Sweetie Belle.
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