History Main / GreekChorus

* While ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' itself does not use this trope, the in-universe web forum PHO is frequently [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into acting as a Greek Chorus for fanfics as a FandomSpecificPlot.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash's friends will frequently take the role of a Greek Chorus during battle scenes between Ash and another trainers, commenting on the 'surprising' nature of certain moves or counter-attacks.

* Johnny Gomez and Nick Diamond in ''WesternAnimation/CelebrityDeathmatch'' are rare main character examples, as their purpose is to provide humorous commentary on the death matches which are the real focus of the series. While Nick would sometimes get involved in a death match himself, Johnny only ever got into one over the course of the series, and even then he mostly just provided commentary on his own fight.

* [=C3P0=] and R2-D2 in ''Franchise/StarWars'', who get to introduce the characters and plot. While Threepio can be counted on to fret about why people are doing something and what's going wrong.

* Crystal, Chiffon and Ronnette in ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'' are an interesting example, going back and forth between standing outside the action and commenting on it to the audience, and interacting with the other cast members using no special out-of-character knowledge. In some productions (and the film version), you can keep track by the costumes; when they're characters the girls wear worn-down clothing appropriate to residents of Skid Row, and when they're a Greek Chorus they've changed into sparkly dresses.

* The ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' anime features segments with online chatrooms with unidentified people casually discussing various events and rumors related to the plot. This seems to function as a Greek Chorus, except for the fact that over time, the audience will realize that several main characters are the participants in these conversations, and some of the conversations are spoken in [[{{GIRL}} deliberately misleading]] voices to keep you guessing as to who's who.

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]:'' While no new stages with similar functions were added, all previous functions return. Palutena's Guidance adds new conversations for the base roster's newcomers, as well as the DLC roster from the previous game and veterans absent from the previous game. Some conversations from the previous game are also edited, while others have been completely revamped.

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]:'' While no new stages with similar functions were added, all previous functions return, and fighters added in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]'' and ''Ultimate'' have new Palutena's Guidance conversations recorded (except for ones added via ''Ultimate''[='=]s DLC packs), as well as fighters who were present in ''Melee'' or ''Brawl'' but absent in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]''[[note]]Ice Climbers, Mewtwo, Pichu, Young Link, Pokémon Trainer, Snake, Wolf[[/note]]. Robin also got a new conversation, as the one he had in ''for Wii U'' no longer made logical sense[[note]]In ''for Wii U'', [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]] made a cameo complaining about how he wasn't chosen to be a playable character, but in ''Ultimate'', he was added to the roster.[[/note]]

* Cain and Abel were brothers who hosted the "Mystery" line of comics for DC in the 60s and 70s. They were brought back by Neil Gaiman for ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' and provide some commentary about Morpheus and his realm.

%%* The ''[[ComicBook/ArchieComics Little Archie]]'' story "The Long Walk" gives this role to three of Betty's toys: a naive panda teddy, a conceited sailor figure, and a wise witch doll.

* ''LightNovel/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'': Every episode ends with a snippet of an IM conversation between various ''New World Online'' players talking about what insane thing the LethalJokeCharacter protagonist did this week. There's also periodic appearances by the dev team, who introduce several patches just to nerf her personally for game balance until she turns herself into a {{kaiju}} in the last episode and they give up entirely because her sheer game-breaking nonsense is becoming a selling point for the game.

* In Breaking Bad, real life band Los Cuates de Sinaloa are this, exactly once. The oddity of it braces the viewer for the next phase of Walter's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.

[[caption-width-right:232:"Nothing could be worse when critics sing in verse."]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:These guys are just walking around town, singing a ballad about the next scene. Probably because it's a small town and there isn't much else to do.]]

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosForNintendo3DSAndWiiU for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U]]'': In the Wii U version, Snake's codec calls are replaced with Palutena's Guidance where, on the Palutena's Temple stage, Pit can contact characters from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' (and some other games) to converse about other fighters. Given the nature of the ''Kid Icarus'' setting, this would make it an almost literal Greek Chorus. Fighters added via DownloadableContent, however, do not have new calls recorded, Palutena shocked that she doesn't have any data on them and Viridi concluding that they're intruders from another dimension.
** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]:'' While no new stages with similar functions were added, all previous functions return, and fighters added in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]'' and ''Ultimate'' have new Palutena's Guidance conversations recorded (except for ones added via ''Ultimate''[='=]s DLC packs), as well as fighters who were present in ''Melee'' or ''Brawl'' but absent in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]''[[note]]Ice Climbers, Mewtwo, Pichu, Young Link, Pokémon Trainer, Snake, Wolf[[/note]]. Robin also got a new conversation, as the one he had in ''for Wii U'' no longer made logical sense[[note]][[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Chrom]] made a cameo complaining about how he wasn't chosen to be the fighter, but in ''Ultimate'', he was added.[[/note]]

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]:'' While no new stages with similar functions were added, all previous functions return, and fighters added in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]'' and ''Ultimate'' have new Palutena's Guidance conversations recorded (except for ones added via ''Ultimate''[='=]s DLC packs), as well as fighters who were present in ''Melee'' or ''Brawl'' but absent in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]''[[note]]Ice Climbers, Mewtwo, Pichu, Young Link, Pokémon Trainer, Snake, Wolf[[/note]].

** ''[[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Ultimate]]:'' While no new stages with similar functions were added, all previous functions return, and fighters added in ''[=for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U=]'' and ''Ultimate'' have new Palutena's Guidance conversations recorded (except for ones added via ''Ultimate''[='=]s DLC packs).

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'': In the Wii U version, Snake's codec calls are replaced with Palutena's guidance, where characters from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' (and some other games) converse about other fighters. Given the nature of the ''Kid Icarus'' setting, this would make it an almost literal Greek Chorus.

* ''LightNovel/BofuriIDontWantToGetHurtSoIllMaxOutMyDefense'': Every episode ends with a snippet of an IM conversation between various ''New World Online'' players talking about what insane thing the LethalJokeCharacter protagonist did this week. There's also periodic appearances by the dev team, who introduce several patches just to nerf her personally for game balance, until she turns herself into a {{kaiju}} in the last episode and they give up entirely because her sheer game-breaking nonsense is becoming a selling point for the game.

* In ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' the two middle Daltons William and Jack usually function as this to their brothers Joe and Averell, who are more fleshed out as individuals, commenting on the nature of their plans and the world they inhabit. Which helps to explain why even Goscinny and Morris on several occasions forgot whether William was shorter than Jack or vice versa.

* Brett and his mother in ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfTotalDramaIsland''. At the end of each "episode", they discuss it, usually briefly, sometime less so.

* [=C3P0=] and R2-D2 in ''Franchise/StarWars'', who get to introduce the characters and plot. While Threepio can be counted on to fret about why people are doing something and what’s going wrong.

* The teenage boys in ''Literature/TheVirginSuicides'', who reflect the audiences confusion about the why of the suicides, and also share some of the grief over them.

* In ‘’The Tower’’ Patrolmen Barnes and Shannon, two characters AdaptedOut of TheFilmOfTheBook, ‘’Film/TheToweringInferno’’ fill this role. They stand around outside, commenting first on the nature of the party and its VIP guests, then observing the rescue efforts from afar, commenting on how likely they look to succeed and speculating on factors related to the disaster, and about what’s its impact will be no matter how many of the people in the penthouse are saved.

* Waylon Jennings as The Balladeer in ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard’’, particularly in the one episode where he appears as a character.

* TropeNamer / TropeMaker comes from the Ancient Greeks of-course, and The Muses of Myth/ClassicalMythology - The nine goddesses of the arts - and narrators of Greek Plays. Actors portraying the Muses would start off as narrators, then slip into the play as minor back-ground characters and sing, dance, add commentary to the audiance, often in unison.

* In the tragedies of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}, Creator/{{Sophocles}} and Creator/{{Euripides}}, the choruses usually represent women or old men who do nothing except comment on what's happening. There are exceptions to this, especially ''The Suppliants'' by Aeschylus, in which the chorus represents the protagonists, and ''Theatre/TheEumenides'', also by Aeschylus, in which the chorus represents the antagonists.

* As ''Theatre/MourningBecomesElectra'' by Creator/EugeneONeill is a retelling of ''Theatre/TheOresteia'' by {{Creator/Aeschylus}} set in a 1860s New England town, the various townsfolk fill the role of a Greek chorus, commenting on the events of the play and the main characters' behavior.

* ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'': the leitmotives work as the equivalent of the Greek chorus. Advances in composition and music during the {{Romanticism}} era lead Music/RichardWagner to develop this musical technique. Wagner was a FanBoy of old Greek dramas, especially those of {{Creator/Aeschylus}}. Thus, he deviced a way to make his operas a seamless and endless flow of music, where commentary about the events happening on stage (much like in the Greek chorus of old) was done by recurring musical phrases: the leitmotives.

* In ''Esther'', Creator/JeanRacine had the Jewish girls shelthered by the titular characters serve this role, describing the plight of the Jews under Haman and their praises to the Lord.
* In ''Theatre/{{Eurydice}}'', the Stones act as a chorus that comment on the action and Eurydice's thoughts.

** Kang and Kodos from some of the later ''Treehouse of Horror'' episodes, where they appear in a final scene and give a quick remark on the preceeding story.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', the band "Love Handel" follows a delivery driver around, singing songs about everything he's doing, and near the end of the episode, they reference their transformation from "a pop metal band into a rousing Greek Chorus".

%%* This was essentially Bill Cosby's role in the live action segments of ''WesternAnimation/FatAlbertAndTheCosbyKids''.

* In Breaking Bad, real life band Los Cuates de Sinaloa are this, exactly once. The oddity of it braces the viewer for the next phase of Walter's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DPGjjCBcAg