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* ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} averts this in ''ComicBook/TheSandman1989'' -- several characters remark on how very good he is. (It doesn't hurt that he knows things like the songs Music/ColePorter only ever played for close personal friends and such.)
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* Jeremy and Ian from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle''.
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* Lorne from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (not quite an [[IncrediblyLamePun actual lizard]], but a green scaly demon) turns out to be a subversion. He sings in a club, and dresses the part, but while he at times makes some questionable/dated choices of songs, he is actually quite a good singer (and "Spin the Bottle" shows he can play the piano as well) who at one point has a fairly successful career in Las Vegas (he had huge numbers of fans, even if he did end up being [[spoiler:kidnapped and imprisoned]]) and has released at least one album. He's also a NiceGuy who isn't really smarmy or sleazy and is much more intelligent than first impressions might suggest. Also, no facial hair. Even the ImpossiblyTackyClothes are downplayed. During performances, he often wears something painfully sparkly, but the rest of the time he tends to wear suits that wouldn't be too bad if not for the overly bright colors. (Like this: [[https://dvdbash.com/2013/10/03/angel-2013-gallery-4-lorne-faith-misc-photos/angel-2013-lorne-andy-hallett-dvdbash8/]]) They tend not to have the cheap, ill-fitting look of more stereotypical examples.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltWZpXgcPro One of these]] (wearing a [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes truly awful suit]]) sings during the opening credits of ''Series/TheFastShow''.

* ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} averts this in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' -- several characters remark on how very good he is. (It doesn't hurt that he knows things like the songs Music/ColePorter only ever played for close personal friends and such.)

* ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'': One of the victims of [[spoiler:Joker's tainted blood]] is a lounge singer named Johnny Charisma. Although we never actually hear him sing, [[spoiler:as Joker hijacks his show with a hallucination]], [[InformedFlaw he's apparently godawful]].

* Dimitri in VideoGame/SlyCooper... Literally.

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'''Greg Proops:''' There's no time for that! The temperature's getting too hot! Can't you see?\\

[[caption-width-right:330:Thank God you don't have to hear him.]]

* ''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry'' is built on this trope. The first game is literally named "''VideoGame/LeisureSuitLarry1InTheLandOfTheLoungeLizards''."

* Avant-Garde Jazz/Rock outfit The Lounge Lizards (headed by John Lurie of ''Film/DownByLaw'' fame) are named after this term but have absolutely nothing to do with it otherwise.

* In ''Film/DemolitionMan'' the Taco Bell has a guy singing the "Jolly Green Giant" song.

* ''Series/ItsALiving'' was about the wait staff at a restaurant and also one of these, Sonny.

Now according to SturgeonsLaw, some were better at this than others.

'''Colin Mochrie:''' ''[puts on smarmy face]'' Have you ever felt it as hot as this. It's amazing, isn't it? And where are you from?\\

* In ''Film/LostInTranslation'', Bob nearly hooks up with a female lounge singer.

* ''Film/MarsAttacks'' ends with Music/TomJones singing "It's Not Unusual" in his stage-act garb.

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* ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} averts this in ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' - several characters remark on how very good he is. (It doesn't hurt that he knows things like the songs Music/ColePorter only ever played for close personal friends and such.)

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* Jeremy and Ian from ''WesternAnimation/BarbieAndTheDiamondCastle''.

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* Lorne from ''Series/{{Angel}}'' (not quite an [[IncrediblyLamePun actual lizard]], but a green scaly demon) turns out to be a subversion. He sings in a club, and dresses the part, but while he at times makes some questionable/dated choices of songs, he is actually quite a good singer (and "Spin The Bottle" shows he can play the piano as well) who at one point has a fairly successful career in Las Vegas (he had huge numbers of fans, even if he did end up being [[spoiler: kidnapped and imprisoned]]) and has released at least one album. He's also a NiceGuy who isn't really smarmy or sleazy and is much more intelligent than first impressions might suggest. Also, no facial hair.
** Even the ImpossiblyTackyClothes are downplayed. During performances, he often wears something painfully sparkly, but the rest of the time he tends to wear suits that wouldn't be too bad if not for the overly bright colours. (Like this: [[https://dvdbash.com/2013/10/03/angel-2013-gallery-4-lorne-faith-misc-photos/angel-2013-lorne-andy-hallett-dvdbash8/]]) They tend not to have the cheap, ill-fitting look of more stereotypical examples.

-->'''Ryan''': "[[LyricalDissonance Iiii passed a stone today...]]"
-->'''Chip''': "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Cannibaliiiismmmm...]]"

* Even Music/TheBeatles got into this, with John Lennon and Paul [=McCartney=] suddenly adopting sleazy nightclub personae about a third of the way through "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)".

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* Creator/AndyKaufman's AlterEgoActing character Tony Clifton is a particularly repellent version. Since Andy always presented/claimed him as a separate person, Tony engendered true hatred from audiences who didn't know he was a character (which was Kaufman's goal).
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* The ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' episode "The Uncrashable Hindentanic" was a pastiche of 1970s disaster films, complete with an actual lizard being a lounge lizard.
* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife'', where Filburt turns out to be a fairly good singer -- though he ''is'' a turtle, not a lizard.
** Played straight with his idols, who are actual lizards.

In the world of fiction, not only does that 90% rule apply, but it seems that lounges give this job almost exclusively to people (sometimes {{Casanova Wannabe}}s) who are not only [[SmugSnake insufferably smarmy]], but their [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes fashion sense]] (particularly a TackyTuxedo) seems to have a bet with their [[DreadfulMusician singing]] and [[PornStache facial hair]] to see which can be [[StylisticSuck more godawful]].

* Johnny Crawfish from ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' is a lobster who is this. He wears a tuxedo, plays keyboard and is the lead singer in a good amount of the show's songs. However, he has a good voice and is considered to be a superstar.

* Johnny Crawfish from ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' is a lobster who is this. He wears a tuxedo, has a deep voice, plays keyboard and is the lead singer in a good amount of the show's songs.

* Johnny Crawfish from ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' is inspired by lounge lizards. He plays keyboard and is the lead singer in a good amount of the show's songs.

* Johnny Crawfish from ''WesternAnimation/TheNoddyShop'' is inspired by lounge lizards. He plays keyboard and is the lead singer in a good amount of the show's songs.

* Another literal example is the Cantina lounge keyboardist in the first ''VideoGame/SpyFox'' game, who becomes crucial to the plot when you need to [[ItMakesSenseInContext swap sheet music with a cruise ship orchestra]].

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** Even the ImpossiblyTackyClothes are downplayed. During performances he often wears something painfully sparkly, but the rest of the time he tends to wear suits that wouldn't be too bad if not for the overly bright colours. (Like this: [[https://dvdbash.com/2013/10/03/angel-2013-gallery-4-lorne-faith-misc-photos/angel-2013-lorne-andy-hallett-dvdbash8/]]) They tend not to have the cheap, ill-fitting look of more stereotypical examples.

* "Music/RichardCheese and Lounge Against the Machine" is a band that plays many types of songs, including rock and metal, as if they're lounge music. It's all done [[RuleOfFunny for the lulz]], of course.

* Pat Boone released a 1997 album titled "In A Metal Mood: No More Mr Nice Guy," in which he covered metal songs in his signature style.

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* In ''VideoGame/TheSims'', a level in the Music career track is Lounge Singer. The work outfit for [[TheChanteuse women]] is a tight, [[LadyInRed shiny red dress]], and for men it's a cheesy blue tux.

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