Basic Trope: A character with few or no other lines or scenes gets a show stopping song.
- Straight: In Tropetacular!, the adventures of Alice and Bob's daily lives is briefly interrupted by Claire, a minor character, who sings a show stopping ballad about her struggles.
- Exaggerated: Danny comes out of nowhere interrupting the Slice of Life scenes to sing a song about fighting aliens. It gets a standing ovation and becomes the show's Signature Song, even though the rest of the show is nothing like it.
- Downplayed: Claire is a secondary lead with a decent amount of stage time but only gets one big song.
- Justified:
- Claire is the Hero of Another Story.
- Or she's the hero of a Show Within a Show.
- Inverted: Alice gets no songs, even though she is a lead.
- Subverted: Claire gets to sing a verse of Alice and Bob's show stopper.
- Double Subverted: But she gets to sing the finale song all by herself.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig Zagged: Claire gets part of a duet with Bob, but this is her only song.
- Averted: Claire only sings in ensemble pieces.
- Enforced: Claire is played by a big name singer.
- Lampshaded:Ethan: "Can I have a song? Claire got a song!"
- Invoked: Alice asks Claire what she's going through, giving her a chance to step into the spotlight.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Everytime Claire tries to sing, Alice cuts her off.
- Discussed:Ethan:"Hey, sometimes small characters get the best songs. So can I sing?"
- Conversed: ???
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