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* ''Series/{{Guardian}}'': Bai Yu (Zhao Yunlan) and Zhu Yilong (Shen Wei) sang "时间飞行/Shí Jiān Fēi Xíng/Flight of Time".

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* Bella Ramsey, the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}, wrote and performed a song called "The Life of Hilda" which is a fun combination of this trope and a IAmSong which talks about Hilda's everyday life. While the song is released on Youtube on November 25th, the song will also be featured during the credits of a Season 2 episode. Bonus points for it being sung in her character's voice!

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* Bella Ramsey, the voice of WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}, wrote and performed a song called "The Life of Hilda" which is a fun combination of this trope and a IAmSong which talks about Hilda's everyday life. While the song is released on Youtube on November 25th, the song will also be was featured during as a stinger at the very end of the credits of a Season 2 episode."The Beast of Cauldron Island". Bonus points for it being sung in her character's voice!


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* ''WesternAnimation/TheMask'' not only has the theme performed by Rob Paulsen, but the way he sang almost sounds similar to Yakko's...
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* Ringo Andou's voice actress [[Creator/AsamiImai Asami Imai]] sings the vocal version of ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo 7]]'''s main theme song.

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* Ringo Andou's voice actress [[Creator/AsamiImai Asami Imai]] sings the vocal version of ''[[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo Puyo Puyo 7]]'''s ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7'''s main theme song.
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* Every story arc of {{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}} (usually about two-three consecutive episodes) is focused on a specific character, and comes with a separate, unique opening, sung by that character's [[AlwaysFemale voice actress]].

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* Every story arc of {{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}} (usually about two-three consecutive episodes) is focused on a specific separate character, and comes with a separate, an unique opening, sung by that character's [[AlwaysFemale voice actress]].
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* Every story arc of LightNovel/Bakemonogatari (usually about two-three consecutive episodes) is focused on a specific character, and comes with a separate, unique opening, sung by that character's [[AlwaysFemale voice actress]].

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* Every story arc of LightNovel/Bakemonogatari {{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}} (usually about two-three consecutive episodes) is focused on a specific character, and comes with a separate, unique opening, sung by that character's [[AlwaysFemale voice actress]].
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* Every story arc of LightNovel/Bakemonogatari (usually about two-three consecutive episodes) is focused on a specific character, and comes with a separate, unique opening, sung by that character's [[AlwaysFemale voice actress]].

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* The ending theme to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' is sung by Creator/EllenMcLain in character as [=GLaDOS=], complete with the electronic voice distortion and unsettling inflections of the original. Keep in mind that [=McLain=] is a trained opera singer.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'':
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The ending theme to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' ''VideoGame/Portal1'' is sung by Creator/EllenMcLain in character as [=GLaDOS=], complete with the electronic voice distortion and unsettling inflections of the original. Keep in mind that [=McLain=] is a trained opera singer.



* "Freesia", a prominent theme heard throughout ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 4'', is sung by Creator/RieTanaka, who also voices the female lead, Ciel.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', one of the fight themes is a vocal version of Noel's theme song. It was written and performed by, naturally, her voice actress Creator/KanakoKondo.

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* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** The opening theme in the original Japanese release of ''VideoGame/MegaManX5'', "Monkey", is sung by Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo, who also voiced X. Morikubo would go on to provide vocals for the opening themes of ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', "Moon Light" and "The Answer", and the ending theme of ''VideoGame/MegaManX7'', "Lazy Mind" (though the latter was replaced by an instrumental-only version for the international releases).
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"Freesia", a prominent theme heard throughout ''VideoGame/MegaManZero 4'', ''VideoGame/MegaManZero4'', is sung by Creator/RieTanaka, who also voices the female lead, Ciel.
* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', ''Franchise/BlazBlue'', one of the fight themes ("Love So Blue") is a vocal version of Noel's theme song.song "Bullet Dance". It was written and performed by, naturally, her voice actress Creator/KanakoKondo.



* The opening themes for ''VideoGame/MegaManX6'', "Moon Light" and "The Answer", are both sung by Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo, who also voiced X.



* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' has "Dance Through the Danger", as well as the opening song for ''Seven Sirens'', performed by the titular character's voice actress Creator/CristinaVee, who's presumably singing them in-character based on the lyrics.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'' has "Dance Through the Danger", as well as the opening song for ''Seven Sirens'', performed by the titular character's voice actress Creator/CristinaVee, [[Creator/CristinaValenzuela Cristina Vee]], who's presumably singing them in-character based on the lyrics.

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** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': The themes for OOO's seven [[MultiformBalance form changes]] are sung by lead actor Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) himself. Two of them are also duets - "Time Judged All" with Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) and "Power to Tearer" with the legendary Akira Kushida (the voice of the OOO Driver).

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** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'': The themes for OOO's seven [[MultiformBalance form changes]] are sung by lead actor Shu Watanabe (Eiji Hino) himself. Two of them are also duets - "Time Judged All" with Ryosuke Miura (Ankh) and "Power to Tearer" with the legendary Akira Kushida (the voice of the [[TransformationTrinket OOO Driver).Driver]]).


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** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' has a rare villainous example: Hiroyuki Takami, who plays series BigBad Masamune Dan, also sung his insert theme, "Justice".
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* ''Manga/{{Working}}'' is interesting in the sense that not only the female leads[[note]]Creator/KanaAsumi, Creator/SakiFujita, Creator/EriKitamura[[/note]] get to sing a theme song (the opening), but the male leads[[note]]Creator/JunFukuyama, Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/HiroshiKamiya[[/note]] too (the ending). This format is repeated in its second and third seasons as well.

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* ''Manga/{{Working}}'' ''Manga/{{Wagnaria}}'' is interesting in the sense that not only the female leads[[note]]Creator/KanaAsumi, Creator/SakiFujita, Creator/EriKitamura[[/note]] get to sing a theme song (the opening), but the male leads[[note]]Creator/JunFukuyama, Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/HiroshiKamiya[[/note]] too (the ending). This format is repeated in its second and third seasons as well.
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* The Season 3 outro of ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'' is a vocaloid remix of "Anne's Theme" performed by Brenda Song, Justin Felbinger, Bill Farmer, and Amanda Leighton, which remixed lines from past episodes including the classic, "Not the baby!" from "Marcy At The Gates".

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** The opening and 2nd ending themes of ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' are performed by all the members of in-universe GirlGroup Walkure, while the 1st ending is sung by Freyja Wion's actress, Minori Suzuki. In fact, both the opening and closing themes are sung by the cast during the events of the actual show.

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** The opening and 2nd ending themes of ''Anime/MacrossDelta'' are performed by all the members of in-universe GirlGroup Walkure, while the 1st ending is sung by Freyja Wion's actress, Minori Suzuki.Suzuki, and the 2nd ending is sung by Mikumo Guynemer's singing voice, JUNNA. In fact, both the opening and closing themes are sung by the cast during the events of the actual show.



* Creator/HalkoMomoi performs both the voice acting for Mii and the opening theme in ''Anime/{{Popotan}}''.

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* Creator/HalkoMomoi performs both the voice acting for Mii and the opening theme in ''Anime/{{Popotan}}''.''Popotan''.



* Director Creator/MikeFiggis often composes his own scores for his films.

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* Director Creator/MikeFiggis Mike Figgis often composes his own scores for his films.



** In South Korea, the opening of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoForceBrave'' is sung by five male actors.

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** In South Korea, the opening of ''Series/PowerRangersDinoForceBrave'' is sung by its five male lead actors.



* Series/MetalHeroes only has two: The opening of ''Series/BRoboKabutack'', "Kiyoku Tadashiku Kabutack," sang by Kabutack's VA, Creator/TakeshiKusao, and Ichiro Mizuki (Doctor Ben/Doctor Bio) sang the opening to ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban''.



* Every iteration of the ThemeTune of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was written and performed by the show's stars - Joel Hodgson wrote the lyrics that appear during his five seasons on the show, and all the variations that appear during the Mike years were written by Mike Nelson himself. (Considering that Mike wrote about three out of every five songs performed on the show, this is not actually all that surprising.) The streak was broken by Season 11, with lyrics written and sung by Creator/HarMarSuperstar, albeit with part of the song being sung by Creator/FeliciaDay, who played the show's new BigBad.

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* Every iteration of the ThemeTune of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' was written and performed by the show's stars - Joel Hodgson wrote the lyrics that appear during his five seasons on the show, and all the variations that appear during the Mike years were written by Mike Nelson himself. (Considering that Mike wrote about three out of every five songs performed on the show, this is not actually all that surprising.) The streak was broken by Season 11, with lyrics written and sung by Creator/HarMarSuperstar, Har Mar Superstar, albeit with part of the song being sung by Creator/FeliciaDay, who played the show's new BigBad.



* The theme to the 1980s British sitcom ''Series/AFineRomance'' (the [[RealSongThemeTune song]] "A Fine Romance", written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields) was sung by the show's star, Dame Judi Dench.

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* The theme to the 1980s British sitcom ''Series/AFineRomance'' ''A Fine Romance'' (the [[RealSongThemeTune song]] "A Fine Romance", written by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields) was sung by the show's star, Dame Judi Dench.



* The opening theme of ''Series/BRoboKabutack'', "Kiyoku Tadashiku Kabutack," is sang by Kabutack's VA, Creator/TakeshiKusao. Also the only one of the Metal Heroes series that has this trope.



* ''Series/JikuuSenshiSpielban'': The Opening Song is sung by Ichiro Mizuki (Doctor Ben/Doctor Bio).



** The original UK version had its theme tune sung by Creator/NeilMorrissey.

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** The original UK version had its theme tune sung by Creator/NeilMorrissey.Neil Morrissey.



* "The Ghost and Molly [=McGee=]", an upcoming Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation TV show, has the theme song performed by Ashly Burch and Dana Snyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively. Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].

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* "The Ghost and Molly [=McGee=]", an upcoming Creator/DisneyTelevisionAnimation TV show, has the theme song The opening to ''WesternAnimation/TheGhostAndMollyMcGee'' is performed by Ashly Burch Creator/AshlyBurch and Dana Snyder Creator/DanaSnyder who voices Molly and Scratch respectively. Molly sings about how Scratch is stuck with her forever and [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Scratch goes on about on how it will go wrong]].
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* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'': From Series 3 onwards, the theme tune ([[RealWorldSongTune a version of "What'll I Do"]]) is sung by two of the co-stars (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson).

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* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'': From Series 3 onwards, the theme tune ([[RealWorldSongTune ([[RealSongThemeTune a version of "What'll I Do"]]) is sung by two of the co-stars (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson).
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* ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'': From Series 3 onwards, the theme tune ([[RealWorldSongTune a version of "What'll I Do"]]) is sung by two of the co-stars (Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson).
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* ''Manga/MyNeighborSeki'' has an unusual take on this- one of the characters is actually seen [[BreakingTheFourthWall ''making'' the opening]] (drawing, animating, recording), which is entirely in character for him.

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* ''Manga/MyNeighborSeki'' has an unusual take on this- one of the characters is actually seen [[BreakingTheFourthWall ''making'' the opening]] (drawing, animating, recording), which is entirely in character for him. Fittingly, the opening theme is sung by the voice actress of the girl he is recording, and the lyrics are largely in the vein of "What weird game are you playing today? It's very distracting. Stop it."
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* ''Series/ScarletHeart'': Liu Shi Shi (Zhang Xiao/Ruo Xi) sings "等你的季节/Děng Nǐ De Jì Jié/Season of Waiting".
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* The theme song for ''Series/MimpiMetropolitan'' is sung by Bambang, Alan and Prima's actors with backing vocals from the creative team (who wrote the lyrics).
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* "Ready to", the opening of ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'', is sung by Michiru's voice actress in-character.

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* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/CornAndPeg'' is mostly peformed by Michela Luci and Kingsley Marshall, but it has parts sung by Corn and Peg.

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* The theme tune to ''WesternAnimation/CornAndPeg'' is mostly peformed performed by Michela Luci and Kingsley Marshall, but it has parts sung by Corn and Peg. Peg.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBackyardigans'', being a musical show, has its theme tune sung entirely by its main cast (who also dance to it).
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* ''Film/{{Fame}}'''s TitleThemeTune was sung by lead actress Irene Cara(Coco Hernandez).
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** Eastwood subsequently wrote themes for his films as a director (such as ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'') and then graduated to scoring them -- apparently the likes of Lalo Schifrin, Music/JohnWilliams, Jerry Fielding and Maurice Jarre were just a warmup. He has written (and at times, sung) [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/#soundtrack songs]] or [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/#composer full-on scores]] for his movies.

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** Eastwood subsequently wrote themes for his films as a director (such as ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'') and then graduated to scoring them -- apparently the likes of Lalo Schifrin, Music/LaloSchifrin, Music/JohnWilliams, Jerry Fielding and Maurice Jarre Music/MauriceJarre were just a warmup. He has written (and at times, sung) [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/#soundtrack songs]] or [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/#composer full-on scores]] for his movies.
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* The theme to ''WesternAnimation/IHeartArlo'', which is simply an abridged version of "Beautiful Together" from the PilotMovie, is indeed performed by Arlo's voice actor Michael J. Woodard.
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* Creator/TonyLeung and Creator/AndyLau duet the ending song to Film/InfernalAffairs. Both are established and popular singers as well as actors.
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* Wrestling/KeithLee raps his own NXT theme song Limitless and his current main roster theme song Born to Bring It.

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* Wrestling/KeithLee raps his own NXT theme song Limitless "Limitless" and his current main roster theme song Born "Born to Bring It.It".
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* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'':

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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by (Iketeru Onii-san) Creator/MamoruMiyano and (Utano One-san)
Creator/NanaMizuki. The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.

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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by (Iketeru Onii-san) Creator/MamoruMiyano and (Utano One-san)
One-san) Creator/NanaMizuki. The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.

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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by Iketeru Onii-san (Creator/MamoruMiyano) and Utano One-san (Creator/NanaMizuki). The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.

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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by Iketeru Onii-san (Creator/MamoruMiyano) (Iketeru Onii-san) Creator/MamoruMiyano and Utano One-san (Creator/NanaMizuki).(Utano One-san)
Creator/NanaMizuki.
The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.
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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by Ikereru Onii-san (Creator/MamoruMiyano) and Utano One-san (Creator/NanaMizuki). The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.

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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by Ikereru Iketeru Onii-san (Creator/MamoruMiyano) and Utano One-san (Creator/NanaMizuki). The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.

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* ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'': The opening theme is sung by Hibiki voice actress Ai Fairouz and Machio voice actor Creator/KaitoIshikawa. The ending theme is sung by Ishikawa.

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* ''Manga/HowHeavyAreTheDumbbellsYouLift'': The opening theme is sung by Hibiki voice actress Ai Fairouz Creator/FairouzAi and Machio voice actor Creator/KaitoIshikawa. The ending theme is sung by Ishikawa.


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* ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan'': The opening song "ABC Taiso" is performed by Ikereru Onii-san (Creator/MamoruMiyano) and Utano One-san (Creator/NanaMizuki). The ending song "Dream on" is performed by Creator/MamoruMiyano.
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** Both theme songs of ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' are sung by the cast, including the Cat in the Hat.


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* The ''Series/ElmosWorld'' theme song is sung by Elmo himself.
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* Wrestling/KeithLee raps his own NXT theme song Limitless and his current main roster theme song.

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* Wrestling/KeithLee raps his own NXT theme song Limitless and his current main roster theme song.song Born to Bring It.

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