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Anyone put in front of a radio mic, even if he's never seen one before, will instantly switch into a confident DJ-persona, complete with nickname, {{Catch Phrase}}s and [[DangerDeadpan a smooth baritone voice]]. Otherwise they might become an abrasive DumbassDJ. Whatever style he chooses, there won't be a second's hesitation, confusion, dead air or any other problems you might expect of a NaiveNewcomer.

* DJ Sagara in ''LiveActionTV/KamenRiderGaim'' takes this as his stage persona and mixes it with extreme close-ups for his net radio show. When we finally see him off the clock he's considerably more subdued.

* DJ Condor from ''OretachiNiTsubasaWaNai''. Voiced by none other than TomokazuSugita.

** Robert Siegel is probably NPR's hammiest host. He's not boisterous or loud, but he has a tendency to take the appropriate tone of a story and turn it up to, if not [[UpToEleven eleven]], maybe seven or eight.

** By NPR standards, Robert Siegel tends to ham it up by taking the tone you'd expect for a story (serious, light-hearted) and turning up to, if not [[UpToEleven eleven]], maybe 7 or 8.

* [[JiveTurkey Bobby Ricks]] in ''SilentHillDownpour''.

* DJ Professor K. [[JetSetRadio JET SET RADIOOOOOOOO!]]

--> --'''Three Dog''' [[hottip:*: AUUOOOOO]] DJ of GNR, ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}''

* Three Dog[[hottip:*:Aaaaoooooo!]] of Galaxy News Radio from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' is the very definition of this trope.

** And Best Friend Tabitha from VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[hottip:*:Threats all around us! Converging, like a noose! Tightening! Two-head bear people astride battle cattles!!!]] takes it [[AxCrazy one]] [[SplitPersonality step]] [[FunnySchizophrenia even]] [[UpToEleven farther]] than that.

* I'll risk the cooties by adding: There's a character like this in ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.

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* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheVinylScratchTapes'', the titular character is a radio TalkShow host. She's also a combination CloudCuckoolander, GenkiGirl and JerkWithAHeartOfGold who often makes {{Rousing Speech}}es about ThePowerOfRock... basically, a pony [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} Three Dog]].
** In ''FanFic/FalloutEquestria'', Vinyl Scratch inspired the inherited title of [=DJ PON3=], whose current holder ''is'' a pony version of Three Dog.
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** And Best Friend Tabitha from VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas [[hottip:*:Threats all around us! Converging, like a noose! Tightening! Two-head bear people astride battle cattles!!!]] takes it [[AxCrazy one]] [[SplitPersonality step]] [[FunnySchizophrenia even farther]] than that.

* Lee Jordan, the definitely-not-neutral Quidditch announcer from HarryPotter. Continues into his role as host of [[VoiceOfTheResistance Potterwatch]] in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows]]''.

* Lee Jordan, the definitely-not-neutral Quidditch announcer from HarryPotter. Continues into his role as host of [[VoiceOfTheResistance Potterwatch]] in ''DeathlyHallows''.

* Vince Fontaine in ''Film/Grease'' is an expy of the Dick Clark archetype; a radio DJ fronting a Bandstand-type programme. Nearest UK analogue would be Tony Blackburn or other Radio 1 DJs, who fronted TopofthePops.

* Vince Fontaine in Grease is an expy of the Dick Clark archetype; a radio DJ fronting a Bandstand-type programme. Nearest UK analogue would be Tony Blackburn or other Radio 1 DJs, who fronted TopofthePops.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheVinylScratchTapes'', the titular character is a radio TalkShow host. She's also a combination CloudCuckoolander, GenkiGirl and JerkWithAHeartOfGold who often makes {{Rousing Speech}}es about ThePowerOfRock... Basically a pony [[VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}} Three Dog]].
** In FanFic/FalloutEquestria, Vinyl Scratch inspired the inherited title of DJ PON3, whose current holder ''is'' a pony version of Three Dog.

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* The first episode of ''WKRP'' showed this happening ''twice'' in the first episode: Johnny's spontaneous transformation from a fairly bland top 40 DJ into "Doctor Johnny Fever, and I am ''burnin' up'' in here, fellow babies!" followed by Andy remaking Gordon Sims into "Venus Rising", which he partially forgot when he announced the new DJ to Carlson as "Venus Flytrap." Averted hard with Les Nessman, who pretty clearly would ''like'' to be this ("And now ... Les Nessman's ''Death Watch''"), but just doesn't quite have the voice to pull it off.

* In ''{{MASH}}'', the outfit obtains a mess of swing records. Radar (the normally timid type) takes the records and creates a makeshift radio station over the speakers, with him as DJ. That is, before [[spoiler:[[EarWorm Colonel Potter makes him play "Sentimental Journey" over and over and...]]]]

* Averted by {{NPR}}, which has the exact opposite reputation of its hosts being very soft-spoken. As ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' put it:

* Three Dog[[hottip:*:Aaaaoooooo!]] from ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 3}}'' is the very definition of this trope.