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** "Generic Party Song" is in the key of A Minor, and it's meant to be a fun song that's conducive to dancing.

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** "Generic Party "Party Song" is in the key of A Minor, and it's meant to be a fun song that's conducive to dancing.



** The party in which "Generic Party Song" is played has a bittersweet tone. It's meant to be a celebration, but something sad happened just prior to the party.

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** The party in which "Generic Party "Party Song" is played has a bittersweet tone. It's meant to be a celebration, but something sad happened just prior to the party.



* '''Justified''': ???

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* '''Justified''': ???"Party Song" is klezmer music for a Jewish party.



* '''Subverted''': ???

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* '''Subverted''': ???Either of the two songs starts out in a minor key, but then switches to major key and stays that way.



* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???
"Wonderful Man's Theme" sounds downright villainous. People InUniverse can hear his theme and call him out on it.
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???The two songs jump back and forth between major and minor keys.



* '''Enforced''': ???

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* '''Enforced''': ???"Wonderful Man's Theme" was originally supposed to be in D Major, but the composer changed it to D Minor to make it sound more unique and powerful.
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'''Basic Trope''': A song in a minor key that is used in a positive context or associated with a friendly/heroic character.
* '''Straight''':
** "Generic Party Song" is in the key of A Minor, and it's meant to be a fun song that's conducive to dancing.
** "Wonderful Man's Theme," the theme of the superhero Wonderful Man, is in D Minor, conveying his boldness and bravery.
* '''Exaggerated''':
* '''Downplayed''':
** The party in which "Generic Party Song" is played has a bittersweet tone. It's meant to be a celebration, but something sad happened just prior to the party.
** Wonderful Man is an AntiHero, so his theme song conveys that he's not necessarily a saint.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Dr. Atrocious, Wonderful Man's archenemy, has a {{leitmotif}} in a major key.
*** Wonderful Man's theme is in a major key. (May be too common to trope.)
*** Dr. Atrocious's theme is in a minor key. (May be too common to trope.)
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* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': ???
* '''Averted''': None of the music in the work is in a minor key.
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
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* '''Conversed''': ???
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