TV Tropes Symphony Orchestra - Television Tropes & Idioms

A similar idea to the Trope Pantheons, except for the fact that it is with all the fictional characters who play musical instruments all put into one place. No singers please, unless they play an instrument, and no real life examples (there are way too many of those).

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Pianists, Keyboardists etc.

Marge and Homer Simpson - Piano
Edith Bunker - Piano
Haruka Tenoh - Piano
Rei Hino - Piano
Anyone played by Chico Marx - Piano
Anyone played by Groucho Marx - Piano
Bertie Wooster - Piano ~~and banjolele~~
Gregory House - Piano
Lois and Peter Griffin - Piano
Rowlf - Piano
Benjamin Sisko - Piano
Tamaki Suoh - Piano
Doremi and Pop Harukaze - Piano
Lt. Benning - Piano
Ash Williams - Piano
Bugs Bunny - Piano
Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse - Piano
Jill Valentine and Rebecca Chambers - Piano
Chun-Li - Piano
Evan and the Happy Mask Salesman - Piano
Warriors of Light - Piano
Warriors of Light - Piano
Karen Minakami - Piano
Megumi "Nodame" Noda - Piano
Jason White *
Superman's son
- Piano
Micah Sanders - Piano
Jack Shephard, David Shephard and Daniel Faraday - Piano
Todd in the Shadows - Piano
The Nostalgia Chick - Piano
Charlie Harper - Piano
Sheldon Cooper - Piano
Sam Beckett - Piano
Alex Fletcher - Piano
Scallion #3 - Piano
John Egbert - Piano
Lance Sweets - Piano
Douglas Fargo and Trevor Grant - Piano
Faceman - Piano
Berlioz and Toulouse - Piano
Valkenhayn R. Hellsing - Piano (if Carl's CS gag reel is to be believed)
Eugene "Skull" Skullovitch - Piano
Rodney McKay - Piano
Dr. Stu Price - Piano
Artie Nielsen - Piano
Tarou Mitsuki - Piano
Yuri - Piano
Arthur Reed - Piano
Soul Eater - Piano
Peter Bretter - Piano
Austria - Piano
Spike - Piano
Shun Gon - Piano with chopsticks
The Fabulous Baker Boys - Dueling Pianos
Sakura and Juli Mizrahi - Piano Duet (on the same piano)
The Librarian - Piano and Pipe Organ
Neclord - Organ
Damon Gant- Organ
Phantom of the Opera - Pipe Organ
Cpt. Davy Jones - Pipe Organ
Link - Pipe Organ
Ganondorf - Pipe Organ
The Tenth Doctor - Pipe Organ
Motzand, Banjo and Kazooie - Pipe Organ
Anton Arcane - Pipe Organ
Prime Evil - Pipe Organ
Unamed Tuxedoed Man - Mouse Organ
Schroeder - Toy Piano
Harold - Keyboard
Veronica Lodge - Keyboard
Tsumugi Kotobuki - Keyboard
Dr. Teeth - Keyboard
Gord Brody - Keyboard (additional sausages are also available)
The Cheat, Pom Pom, Teenage Strong Bad and Terry Palaroncini *
Teenage Strong Bad is an Imagine Spot brought on by Strong Bad's 'doodle memory'
- Keyboard
Ross Geller - Keyboard
Sonia - Keyboard
So and So - Keyboard
The Spoony One - Keyboard
Keyboard Cat - Keyboard
Pierce Hawthorne - Keyboard
Señor Chang - Keytar
Bubs - Keytar
Soundwave and Ratbat - Keytar

Strings

Michiru Kaioh - Violin
Ikuto Tsukynomi - Violin
Courtney - Violin
Sherlock Holmes - Violin
Jack Aubrey - Violin
Henrietta - Violin
Hazuki Fujiwara - Violin
Yurika Kirishima - Violin
Data - Violin
Mumbo Jumbo - Violin
Makar and Fado - Violin
Violinist of Hameln - Violin
Sakurai Yuuki - Violin
Alec Hardison - Violin
Archibald Asparagus - Violin
Leslie Winkle - Violin
Wataru Kurenai - Violin
Rose Lalonde - Violin
Mr. Krabs - The World's Smallest Violin
Frederick Frankenstein - Violin
Tippy *
from "One Man Band"
- Violin
Carl Clover - Violin
Dr. K - Violin
Medic - Violin
Larry - Fiddle
Johnny ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia") - Fiddle
The Devil - Fiddle
The Robot Devil - Fiddle
Angry Joe - Fiddle
Bugs Bunny *
in "Hillbilly Hare"
- Fiddle
Jake the Dog and Lady Rainicorn - Viola
Steven Maturin - Cello
Shinji Ikari - Cello
Lady Jane (from Patience) - Cello
Miles O'Brien - Cello
Leonard Hofstadter - Cello
Haji - Cello
Sam Carter IN AN ALTERNATE FUTURE! - Cello
Octavia - Cello
Link - Cello, Harp
Curly - Upright Bass
The Knight - Upright Bass
Jerry/"Daphne" - Upright bass
Anyone played by Harpo Marx - Harp
Link - Harp
~~That spoony bard~~ Edward - Harp
Medli and Laruto - Harp
Warriors of Light - Harp, Lute
Imp "Buddy" y Celyn - Harp, ~~Electric~~Magical guitar
Nigel Wick - Harp
Duchess - Harp
The Claw Shansheeth of the 15th Funeral Fleet - Harp
Martin Prince - Lute
Trent - Guitar
Archie Andrews - Guitar
Chip Flagston - Guitar
Madoka - Guitar
Anyone played by Groucho Marx - Guitar
Oji Tanaka - Guitar
Marten Reed - Guitar
Suzumiya Haruhi - Guitar
Yuki Nagato - Guitar, Violin
Yui Hirasawa and Azusa Nakano - Guitar
Klavier Gavin and Daryan Crescend - Guitar
Otto Mann - Guitar
Momoko Asuka - Guitar
Cpt. Teague - Guitar
Bubbles - Guitar
Dave Lister *
and his Psyren doppelgänger
- Guitar
Stephen Stills - Guitar
Marty McFly - Guitar
That Guitar Guy from Behind the Couch - Guitar
Phoebe Buffay - Guitar
Strong Bad - Guitar
Marzipan - Guitar, Ukulele
Mikau and Zora Link - Guitar
The Sad Panda - Guitar
Eliot Spencer - Guitar
Lindsey McDonald - Guitar
BentonFraser - Guitar
Harold Crick - Guitar
Johnny B. Goode - Guitar
Hit Cat - Guitar
Woody *
Character from Woody's Roundup
in the second movie, not "our" Woody]] - Guitar
Bob Kelso - Guitar
Cassie Chan - Guitar
Larry Underwood - Guitar
The Engineer - Acoustic Guitar
Sullivan's John - Guitar, resonator guitar*
also shown playing lute in non-comic art
Kakizaki - Rhythm Guitar
Harry Palaroncini - Rhythm Guitar
Scott Pilgrim - Bass Guitar
Reggie Mantle - Bass Guitar
Amir Afridi - Bass Guitar
Janice - Bass Guitar
Japas - Bass Guitar
Strong Mad and Perry Palaroncini - Bass Guitar
Charlie Pace - Bass Guitar
What's Her Face - Bass Guitar
Buttercup - Bass Guitar
Diddy Kong - Electric Guitar
Floyd - Electric Guitar
Beelzeboss - Electric Guitar
Dante - Electric Guitar
I-No - Electric Guitar
Wyld Stallyns - Electric Guitars
Lord Raptor - Electric Guitar
U-1 and Kirah - Electric Guitars
Cactus Man - Electric guitar
J.J. Jarrett - Electric guitar
Meowth - Electric guitar
Sonic the Hedgehog - Electric guitar
Driller-Killer - Electric guitar (with a drill on top)
Strong Mad, Teenage Homestar Runner and Gary Palaroncini *
Teenage Homestar is an Imagine Spot brought on by Strong Bad's 'doodle memory'
- Electric Guitar
Valhallen - Electric Guitar
Cheerleader - Electric Guitar
Achmed Khan - ~~Electric guitar~~ Heavy rocking guitar man!
Homer Simpson - Electric Guitar
Optimus Prime and Laserbeak - Electric Guitar
Blossom - Electric Guitar
Jeremy Duncan - Electric Guitar
Cam Watanabe - Electric Guitar
Shurikenger*
civilian alias unknown
- Electric Guitar
Eddie Riggs ~~Electric Guitar~~ Axe
Mistake - Electric Guitar
Ako - Bass
Mio Akiyama - Bass
Gage - Bass
Jade Harley - Bass
Billy Boss - Bass
Kermit - Banjo
Drew Ballinger and Lonnie - Banjos
Steem - Banjo
Garfield and John - Banjo
Banjo - Banjo
Fuzzy Lumpkins - Banjo
Moe Howard - Ukelele
Navin R. Johnson - Ukulele
Sugar Kane - Ukulele
Stephanie Gooch - Ukulele
Jonah Jeremiah "J.J." Jones - Ukulele
Spock - Lyre
Sheik - Lyre
Link and Zelda - Lyre
The Harpists - Guqin
Demyx - Sitar
Muriel Bagge - Sitar
Espio the Chameleon - Shamisen
Double D - Lap steel guitar
Dr. Stu Price - Acoustic guitar
Kricketune - Itself

Percussion

Rodrick Heffley - Drums
Kim Pine - Drums
Jughead Jones - Drums
Yuki Oyama - Drums
Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham - Drums
Sakurako - Drums
Animal - Drums
Bart Simpson - Drums
Ritsu Tainaka - Drums
Darmani, Goron Link, Goron Elder and Tijo - Drums
Embrose - Drums
Manic - Drums
The Cheat, Teenage Strong Mad, Mary Palaroncini and the Blacksmith *
Teenage Strong Mad is an Imagine Spot brought on by Strong Bad's 'doodle memory'
- Drums
The Ugly One - Drums
Link - Drums, Marimba, Triangle
Bubbles - Drums
The Master's head - Drums *
Technically a mind-controlling heart beat of a Time Lord
Dr. Worm - Drums
The Ice King - Drum set
Shun Gon - Improvised Drums *
as in, the drums themselves are thrown together from housewares
The Energizer Bunny - Bass Drum
Charmy Bee - Bass Drum
Donkey Kong - Bongo Drums
Bongo Bongo - Bongo Drums
Ewoks - ~~Stormtrooper Helmets~~ Bongo Drums
Betty Cooper - Tambourine
Sally Army - Tambourine
Teenage Marzipan *
Teenage Marzipan is an Imagine Spot brought on by Strong Bad's 'doodle memory'
- Tambourine
Amigo of Samba De Amigo - Maracas
Ralph Wiggum - Triangle
Chunky Kong - Triangle
Curly - Spoons
The Seventh Doctor - Spoons
Mumbo Jumbo - Xylophone
Link - Bell
Lias "Cliff" Bluestone - Rocks

Woodwinds

Ray McCooney - Piccolo
Onpu Segawa - Flute
Will - Flute
Link - Flute
Flute Boy and Link - Flute
Skull Kid - Flute, Ocarina *
Three minor Skull Kid characters play flute in Ocarina of Time
. It's implied that one of them is the same as in Majora's Mask. He's in possession of the Ocarina for the first hour or two of Majora's Mask]]
Carben - Flute
Kurow Kirishima - Flute
Pokémon Trainer - Flute
The Pied Piper - Flute
Nils - Flute
Janet - Flute
Ralph Wiggum - Flute (up his nose)
The Cheat - Flute
Tayuya - Flute
Capell - Flute
Finn the Human - Flute
Kotoha Hanaori - Flute
Thomas "Tommy" Oliver - Dagger-flute
Burai - Dagger-flute
Nights - invisible/imaginary/dream? Flute
Reese Worthington - Oboe
Squidward Tentacles - Clarinet
Adrian Monk - Clarinet
Binky Barns - Clarinet
Harry Kim - Clarinet
David Mitchell and Robert Webb - Clarinet
Rael - Clarinet
Dwight Dixon - Clarinet
John Watson - Clarinet
Jalander Fazer - Clarinet
Zoot - Saxophone
Count Duckula - Saxophone
Kyosuke Kagami - Saxophone
Bleeding Gums Murphy - Saxophone
The Hornblower - Saxophone
Godot *
As seen here◊
]] - Saxophone
Shirley - Saxophone
Tiny Kong - Saxophone
Joe/"Josephine" - Saxophone
Lisa Simpson - Baritone Saxophone
Tsukasa Hiiragi - Recorder
Sheldon Cooper - Recorder
The Second Doctor - Recorder
Jean-Luc Picard - Pennywhistle
Link - Ocarina
Link and Saria *
the same Link
also appears in Majora's Mask with the same Ocarina]] - Ocarina
Tingle - Ocarina
Alex Noah - Ocarina
Melody - Ocarina
Tapion and Minotia *
From the sixteenth Non-Serial Movie, and the thirteenth one of Dragon Ball Z, Wrath of the Dragon
- Ocarina
Link - Pan Flute
Donald Duck - Fife
Groundskeeper Willie - Bagpipes
The Scotsman - Bagpipes
Montgomery Scott - Bagpipes
The Satyrs - Bagpipes
Fat Bastard - Bagpipes
The Pied Piper Of Hamelin - Pipe
Mario and Luigi - Whistle
Link - Grass Whistle
Rubee - Pungi *
snake charming instrument
Philip J. Fry - Holophonor

Brass

Gloria - Flugel horn
Louis - Trumpet
Masaru Yada - Trumpet
Lyude - Trumpet
Skull Kid - Trumpet
Scat Cat and Berlioz - Trumpet
Daisy Valero - Trumpet
Glod Glodsson - Horn
Brother Charnel*
(a felonious monk)
- Horn
Ygor - Horn
Andy - Tenor horn
Phil - Trombone
William Riker - Trombone
Lanky Kong - Trombone
Columbo - Tuba
Mumbo Jumbo - Tuba
Robert Webb - Tuba
Amy Andrews - Tuba
Larry the Cucumber - Sousaphone
The Hornblower - Buisine
General Iroh - Tsungi horn
Marie Kimble Johnson - Cornet

Conductors

Link*
Also provides musical backup, as his conductor's baton prompts the wind itself to produce musical notes to back up the musicians
Bugs Bunny
Danny
Mickey Mouse
The Tenth Doctor
The Music Meister
Shinichi Chiaki
Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse
Rihito Amagi
Babs Bunny
The Pink Panther
Dewey Largo

Other

Moe - Harmonica and various other mouth organs
Aiko Senoo - Harmonica
Harmonica - Harmonica
Charles "Trip" Tucker - Harmonica
Snufkin - Harmonica
Jacob Kell - Harmonica
Garfield - Harmonica*
As seen
in Garfield: His 9 Lives]]
Hana Makihatayama - Accordion
The Nostalgia Chick - Accordion
Wreck-Gar- Accordion
Miss Achmetha - Accordion
Peppo - Accordion
Jon Arbuckle - Accordion
Snoopy - Jew's Harp
Homsar - Theremin
Kazooie - Kazoo
Unnamed Deku Butler's Son and Deku Link *
Both the Butler and his son are unnamed
- Unnamed Instrument Resembling a Cross between a Trumpet and a Set of Pipes *
They resemble no extant instrument, being a set of five separate trumpet-pipe-things, but they sound like trumpets
Marvin Suggs - Muppaphone
Nelson Muntz - Row of Nerds Getting Wedgies
Monty Python - Explosions
Crazy Harry - Explodaphone
Marty the Rabbit Boy - Musical Blender
Torquemada - The knees and skulls of imprisoned Jews
Sonic the Hedgehog - Turntables (US commercials, some game art)
Dave Strider - Turntables
Bass and Treble *
from "One Man Band"
- Duelling one-man ~~bands~~ orchestras

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