Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 42: Crowd Song

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Yesterday's Results:
Kirby - 8
The Thing - 7
Imhotep - 4
Alex Mercer - 2
Venom - 2
Majin Buu - 2
Liv Moore - 2
Edgar the Bug - 2
No-Face - 1
Zim - 1
Blade - 1
Carnage - 1
Ron Weasley - 1
Barty Crouch Jr. - 1
Jasmine - 1
The Creeper - 1
Kha'Zix - 1

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
Fat Best Friend - Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings)
Creepy Child - Wednesday Addams (The Addams Family)
Genre Savvy - Abed Nadir (Community)
Wrong Genre Savvy - Don Quixote (Don Quixote)
Enemy Outside - Piccolo (Dragonball Z)
Ascended Extra - Harley Quinn (Batman)
Final Girl - Ellen Ripley (Aliens)
The Adjectival Man - The Illusive Man (Mass Effect)
Adaptational Hero - Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us)
Adaptational Villain - The Monster (Frankenstein)
Superpowered Evil Side - Yami Bakura (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Mad Bomber - Norman Osbourne/Green Goblin (Spider-Man)
Regretful Traitor - Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Boromir (Lord of the Rings)
Bare-Fisted Monk - Captain Falcon (Smash Bros.)
Sexy Priest - Kirei Kotomine (Fate series)
Butt Monkey - Jerry Gergich (Parks & Rec) / Luigi (Mario Bros.) / Toby Flenderson (The Office)
Eldritch Abomination - Cthuhlu (The Call of Cthuhlu) / Giygas (Earthbound)
Scapegoat - Sirius Black (Harry Potter)
The Heavy - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Gentle Giant - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter) / John Coffey (The Green Mile) / Iron Giant (The Iron Giant)
Older Than They Look - Eli (Let the Right One In)
Messianic Archetype - Aslan (Chronicles of Narnia)
Invincible Hero - Saitama (One-Punch Man)
Your Size May Vary - Bowser (Mario Bros.)
Mad Artist - The Phantom (The Phantom of the Opera)
Gentleman Thief - Joker (Persona 5)
Brilliant but Lazy - Sans (Undertale)
Monster Clown - Pennywise the Dancing Clown (IT)
The Fool - Inspector Gadget (Inspector Gadget)
Rescued from the Scrappy Heap - Wesley Wyndham-Price (Buffy/Angel)
Big Bad - Light Yagami (Death Note)
Eyes Always Shut - Brock (Pokemon)
Tomboy & Girly Girl - Chie Satonaka & Yukiko Amagi (Persona 4)
The Dragon - Darth Vader (Star Wars)
Nerd - Otacon (Metal Gear)
Innocent Flower Girl - Aeris Gainsborough (Final Fantasy)
Berserker - Guts (Berserk)
Beware the Quiet Ones - Himura Kenshin (Rurouni Kenshin)
Pint-Sized Powerhouse - Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender) / Kirby (Kirby)
Big-Lipped Alligator Moment - Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo)
Evil All Along - Matt Engarde (Ace Attorney)
Narm - All of Tommy Wiseau's "The Room"
You Are Who You Eat - Kirby (Kirby)
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Nominations
Ensemble Dark Horse
Iconic Sequel Character
Unexpected Character
Mix and Match Critters
Heterosexual Life Partners
Broken Ace
The Rival
Voluntary Shapeshifter
Milkman Conspiracy
Intelligible Unintelligible
Relationship Voice Actor
Bedlam House
Adolf Hitlarious
Crowd Song
Disposable Intern
Goth Girls Know Magic
Abandoned Hospital
And I Must Scream
Uncanny Valley
Narm
The Zeppo
Big Guy, Little Guy
Vacation Episode
Unreliable Narrator

Today's trope is the Crowd Song
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowdSong

Any time a large group of people need to sing a song in unison, two things are inevitable: One, everyone always knows all the words; two, no one is ever off-key or out of sync. In other words, no matter how spontaneous the moment is supposed to be, they sound like they rehearsed the song.

In the world of storytelling, there are untold legions of men, women and children ready to burst into song at a moments notice, they only need a nice main character or two to inspire them. Lyrics? Got em memorized. Tricky singing pieces? Not a problem. Choreography? Goes off without a hitch. Every single time.
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hey while we're on the subject
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/76789469

go nominate your votes for the crowd song ranking topic run by @Raka_Putra
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uhh

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

didn't have any ideas for Raka's ranking topic and I still don't really.
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Time Warp (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
I'm the Music Meister (Batman: The Brave and the Bold)
They Got the Mustard Out (Buffy)
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Another Day of Sun (La La Land)
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American Idiot (American Idiot: The Musical)
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet St.)
Blame Canada (South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut)

HM:
Dream a Little Harder (Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier)
Let's Generalize About Men (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend)
We're Gonna Finally Be Fine (Community)
The Greatest Show (The Greatest Showman)
Mob Song (Beauty & the Beast)
Happy Together (That 70s Show)
Welcome to Sacred Heart (Scrubs)
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Don't Stop Believing (Punny's GameStop)
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Well I guess I'll go with the safe choices since I don't want to spoil my topic lol.

Vote:
One Day More (Les Miserables)
Joseph Megamix (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
Belle (Beauty and the Beast)

mnkboy907 posted...

Don't Stop Believing (Punny's GameStop)

This is also an excellent choice.
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Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)

Absolutely has to be my first nomination. Earlier this year I played Lefou in a local production and it was an absolute blast. Cant not vote for that. I'll have to think of two more. It'll be tough. So many good ones.
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Nominate:
Tear Jerker
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Johnbobb posted...

Nominate:
Tear Jerker

Is this going to be entire works, specific moments, or both?

Because I can think if a couple things that I'd be like, "_______ as a whole, but especially this part"

Hell there are two things that I could pick six moments between the two to nominate.
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Gaston
The music meister
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We Put the Spring in Springfield (The Simpsons)
The World's Greatest Criminal Mind (Basil the Great Mouse Detective)
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
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there's definitely good examples of this where it's done with a wink and they're self-aware of the trope, but i sadly can't think of any atm,so for now:

Another Day of Sun (La La Land)
Someone in the Crowd (La La Land)
the song in Billy Madison that leads into the 3rd act (actually this is a decent self-aware one)

No-Face should have gotten more votes in the last one, I would have voted for it, oops
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Underleveled posted...

Johnbobb posted...

Nominate:
Tear Jerker

Is this going to be entire works, specific moments, or both?

Because I can think if a couple things that I'd be like, "_______ as a whole, but especially this part"

Hell there are two things that I could pick six moments between the two to nominate.

probably specific moments/scenes
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jcgamer107 posted...

there's definitely good examples of this where it's done with a wink and they're self-aware of the trope, but i sadly can't think of any atm,so for now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wi9qKURtKI" data-time="
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I mean, you can argue whether or not they're in key, but...
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

Also, is it me or does it seem wrong to include musicals in this? Or is this specifically a musical-centered trope?
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azuarc posted...

Also, is it me or does it seem wrong to include musicals in this? Or is this specifically a musical-centered trope?

I think it applies to both. Even in musicals, crowd songs are a weird situation, because while you can give potentially imagine a character singing, seeing a whole crowd of people (especially people that don't know each other) all sing together is bizarre

also another HM I'm surprised nobody's mentioned:
I Have a Dream (Tangled)
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Johnbobb posted...

up

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The Music Meister (Batman: the Brave and the Bold)
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BTW thanks a lot for the mention, JB.
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Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
One More Day (Les Mis)
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Belle (Beauty and the Beast)
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
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