Basic Trope: A song in a minor key that is used in a positive context or associated with a friendly/heroic character.
- Straight:
- "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 "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 Anti-Hero, so his theme song conveys that he's not necessarily a saint.
- Justified: "Party Song" is klezmer music for a Jewish party.
- 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.)
- Dr. Atrocious, Wonderful Man's archenemy, has a leitmotif in a major key.
- Subverted: Either of the two songs starts out in a minor key, but then switches to major key and stays that way.
- Double Subverted: ???
- Parodied: "Wonderful Man's Theme" sounds downright villainous. People In-Universe can hear his theme and call him out on it.
- Zig-Zagged: The two songs jump back and forth between major and minor keys.
- Averted: None of the music in the work is in a minor key.
- 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.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked: ???
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: ???
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
Back to Merry in Minor Key.
