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* Music/{{Rush}} does this a lot, and not just in the studio. When the band plays live, Geddy Lee's background vocals are played through samplers.

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* Music/{{Rush}} Music/{{Rush|Band}} does this a lot, and not just in the studio. When the band plays live, Geddy Lee's background vocals are played through samplers.
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* On [[https://twitter.com/AfMediation/status/1672997584019783680 at least one occasion]], [[Music/CatStevens Yusuf Islam]] has performed "Father and Son" this way, performing the father's half of the song live while archive footage of his younger self performs the son's half.
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* ''WesternAnimation/RapunzelsTangledAdventure'': In "Rapunzel's Return", [[spoiler: Cassandra sings a reprise of "Waiting in the Wings" with her child self. In this case, since both Casses are at different ages, two different actresses are singing.]]
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': The character song "Zan" is technically a duet between Ichigo and Zangetsu, although only Ichigo is singing while Zangetsu is just speaking. There is a part during the song where Ichigo does have a duet with his Inner Hollow, meaning that Creator/MasakazuMorita is doing a duet with himself.
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* In [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]] during the song [[VillainSong 'This Is How We Will End It']] Alejandro sings a duet with a puppet version of himself being controlled by himself.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode, "Daria!", Quinn sings a duet with herself in the mirror about what she should wear to school. This being Quinn, her reflection tells her to just wear anything, she'll still look great. And, like the ''Mary Poppins'' example above, the duet with Quinn and Helen also counts in the "in production" sense, as the two share a voice actress.

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* In [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]] Tour]]'', during the song [[VillainSong 'This Is How We Will End It']] It']], Alejandro sings a duet with a puppet version of himself being controlled by himself.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Daria}}'' episode, "Daria!", Quinn sings a duet with herself in the mirror about what she should wear to school. This being Quinn, her reflection tells her to just wear anything, she'll still look great. And, like the ''Mary Poppins'' example above, the The duet with Quinn and Helen also counts in the "in production" sense, as the two share a voice actress.



* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Zoidberg sings a duet with his Hermes puppet in "The Six Million Dollar Mon", and proceeds to start harmonizing with it. [[LampshadeHanging The rest of the crew decide not to question it.]]

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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Zoidberg sings a duet with his Hermes puppet in "The Six Million Dollar Mon", and proceeds to start harmonizing with it. [[LampshadeHanging Amy points it out when it happens, twice.]] The rest of the crew decide not to question it.]]

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Merged per TRS, plus natter that also relies on weblinks, so it cannot be moved.


** If this qualifies, then the [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Sonozaki Twins']] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuqP_O_3IJg image]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0p4jTZKyI0 songs]] qualify as well, [[TalkingToHimself for obvious reasons]]



* In ''Anime/MyHime'' Fumi and Mashiro's character song is a duet with both parts sung by Creator/{{Yukana}} since she's the one who voices [[TalkingToHerself both characters]]. No such opportunities in ''Anime/MyOtome'' since Fumi's only in the back story.

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* In ''Anime/MyHime'' Fumi and Mashiro's character song is a duet with both parts sung by Creator/{{Yukana}} since she's the one who voices [[TalkingToHerself [[ActingForTwo both characters]]. No such opportunities in ''Anime/MyOtome'' since Fumi's only in the back story.



* Usually Music/{{Eminem}}'s character work involves him [[TalkingToHimself rapping as another character]] for a brief interjection of a couple of lines, but he does have some more involved songs which involve him duetting with himself.

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* Usually Music/{{Eminem}}'s character work involves him [[TalkingToHimself [[ActingForTwo rapping as another character]] for a brief interjection of a couple of lines, but he does have some more involved songs which involve him duetting with himself.
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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "L'amour Toujours" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like artificially pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.

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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "L'amour Toujours" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like artificially pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.
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* Music/BlindGuardian singer Hansi Kürsch takes this trope UpToEleven by recording [[SelfBackingVocalist vast choirs of backing vocals all by himself.]]

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* Music/BlindGuardian singer Hansi Kürsch takes this trope UpToEleven by recording records [[SelfBackingVocalist vast choirs of backing vocals all by himself.]]
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Erasing my own sinkhole lol


* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like artificially pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.

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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" "L'amour Toujours" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like artificially pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.
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** "Jimmy, Brian and Mike" is based on an unfinished song from 2000, which Eminem decided to finish in the 2020s. It's therefore opened with a guest verse from the middle-aged Slim of 2022, before proceedings are hijacked by the bratty, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''-inflected Slim of 2000.

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** "My Darling", a ''Relapse'' bonus track, is a duet between Marshall Mathers and [[EnemyWithout the real form of]] Slim Shady, in which Slim ([[EvilSoundsDeep played with a pitched-down voice]]) attempts to seduce and possess Marshall. [[TheBadGuyWins He succeeds.]]

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** "My Darling", a ''Relapse'' bonus track, is a duet between Marshall Mathers a reforming Slim and [[EnemyWithout the real form of]] Slim Shady, Monster]], in which Slim ([[EvilSoundsDeep played with a pitched-down voice]]) the Monster attempts to seduce and possess Marshall.turn Slim back to his old self. [[TheBadGuyWins He succeeds.]]
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** "Evil Twin" from ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2'' involves Eminem trading verses back and forth with Slim Shady, with increasingly subtle changes of content, delivery and voice. By the end, Eminem/Slim reveals that they were always just the same person all along.
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* Judy Collins's song "Cook With Honey" features the Judy Collins Overdub Choir.
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* Judy Collins's song "Cook With Honey" features the Judy Collins Overdub Choir.
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**In the song "On The Old Front Porch" Music/TinyTim not only sings the parts of the would-be suitor (baritone) and the fair maiden (falsetto) but speaks the part of her father {"Will that young man go home tonight or have his breakfast here?!").
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* Usually Music/{{Eminem}}'s character work involves him [[TalkingToHimself rapping as another character]] for a brief interjection of a couple of lines, but he does have some more involved songs which involve him duetting with himself.
** "Kim" is a MurderBallad duet between Marshall and Kim, where Eminem plays both the homicidal husband and the terrified, screaming woman he slits the throat of.
** "My Darling", a ''Relapse'' bonus track, is a duet between Marshall Mathers and [[EnemyWithout the real form of]] Slim Shady, in which Slim ([[EvilSoundsDeep played with a pitched-down voice]]) attempts to seduce and possess Marshall. [[TheBadGuyWins He succeeds.]]
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trope examples: fnf test and fnf tormentor

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* An unused song in ''VideoGame/FridayNightFunkin'' used to test the game's interface, fittingly known as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vleyBW12p8 "Test"]], features the player character facing off against his [[ArtShift PlayStation 1 style self from Week 6]] in a techno-funk jam that even features the two selves ''harmonizing'' with each other.


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* In Phantom Fear's VideoGame/FridayNightFunkinCorruption series, the main character [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8PPI8ebBkA&list=PLPtjMqSqi-a0R38VWeZndX26rUu8TK_rc&index=13 does a duet with his own soul]] in order to fend off the oncoming corruption.

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* Steven Sharpe Nelson of The Piano Guys has songs with him playing [[SerialEscalation 2, 4 and even 12]] seperate parts of a song simultaneously on his cello.

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* Steven Sharpe Nelson of The Piano Guys has songs with him playing [[SerialEscalation 2, 4 and even 12]] seperate separate parts of a song simultaneously on his cello.



** Also, on her ''Duets'' CD, she sings "One Less Bell To Answer/A House Is Not A Home" with herself.

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** Also, on her ''Duets'' CD, album ''Barbra Joan Streisand'', she sings "One Less Bell To Answer/A House Is Not A Home" with herself.herself.
** "Mother and Child", recorded for the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen abandoned]] ConceptAlbum ''Life Cycle of a Woman'', has her singing the parts of both the mother and child.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', the song "This Day Aria" is a DistantDuet between Princess Cadance and a mysterious shapeshifter disguised as Princess Cadance. Lampshaded by the song's title, as an aria is by definition a solo song, and technically this one is.
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* In ''Anime/MaiHime'' Fumi and Mashiro's character song is a duet with both parts sung by Creator/{{Yukana}} since she's the one who voices [[TalkingToHerself both characters]]. No such opportunities in ''Anime/MaiOtome'' since Fumi's only in the back story.

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* In ''Anime/MaiHime'' ''Anime/MyHime'' Fumi and Mashiro's character song is a duet with both parts sung by Creator/{{Yukana}} since she's the one who voices [[TalkingToHerself both characters]]. No such opportunities in ''Anime/MaiOtome'' ''Anime/MyOtome'' since Fumi's only in the back story.



* Happens in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' when you put both Ami and Mami on stage with both twins being played by Asami Shimoda. Example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb8Pb6rqGhg here.]]

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* Happens in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' ''VideoGame/TheIdolMaster'' when you put both Ami and Mami on stage with both twins being played by Asami Shimoda. Example [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb8Pb6rqGhg here.]]
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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.

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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like artificially pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.
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well, it wasn't actually himself at all


* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by D'Agostino himself: a female-like pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.

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* Gigi D'Agostino's song "[[GratuitousFrench L'amour]] [[NonAppearingTitle Toujours]]" ([[RefrainFromAssuming aka]] "I'll Fly With You") features two voices performed by D'Agostino himself: soul musician Ola Onabule: a female-like pitched voice in the first verse followed by his normal voice in the second verse.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'': "I'm Wishing" is a duet between Snow White and her own echo.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/CentralPark'', Season 1 "[[Recap/CentralParkS1E5DogSprayAfternoon Dog Spray Afternoon]]", when Helen sings the first part of "If There's a Will", she does a duet with herself by imitating Bitsy ordering her around while she calmly obliges to it.
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** One of her concert specials had her sing a duet with a teenage girl who was portraying a younger version of her, which evolved into a trio when a video recording of Streisand singing in ''Film/{{Yentl}}'' was brought out.
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* In ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'', Agnes gets hired by the Ankh-Morpork Opera House because she can sing in chorus. With herself. Among other prodigious vocal talents.

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* In ''Discworld/{{Maskerade}}'', ''Literature/{{Maskerade}}'', Agnes gets hired by the Ankh-Morpork Opera House because she can sing in chorus. With herself. Among other prodigious vocal talents.

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