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* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice attempts a certain note during the singing of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lbfEb8MMk All in the Golden Afternoon]]" (better known to some as "The Flowers Song"). Alice fails, and the flowers visibly cringe.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice attempts a certain note during the singing of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lbfEb8MMk All in the Golden Afternoon]]" (better known to some as "The Flowers Song"). Alice fails, and the flowers visibly cringe.cringe, and finish the rest of the song for her. (Kathryn Beaumont, the voice of Alice, has acknowledged that she is not exactly a great singer.)

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* In Music/PDQBach's oratorio ''The Seasonings'', the bass aria "Open Sesame Seeds" gives the singer a ridiculous melisma with a range of over two octaves and descending so low that a few notes will inevitably have to be faked rather than actually sung. Similarly, but with an instrument, the second movement of "Schleptet in E Flat Major" rises in pitch until it reaches a note so high a violin cannot actually play it.

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In Music/PDQBach's his oratorio ''The Seasonings'', the bass aria "Open Sesame Seeds" gives the singer a ridiculous melisma with a range of over two octaves and descending so low that a few notes will inevitably have to be faked rather than actually sung. Similarly, but with an instrument, the second movement of "Schleptet in E Flat Major" rises in pitch until it reaches a note so high a violin cannot actually play it.it.
** In the final notes of ''Iphigenia in Brooklyn'', the "bargain countertenor" [[note]]so called because the part combines the ranges of a baritone, alto, and soprano in one musician[[/note]] must sing a G[[subscript:5]] followed by a G[[subscript:2]], three octaves lower, and well out of a normal countertenor's range.
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* On that [[{{Pun}} note]], Creator/ProZD attempts to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bfAwn70NZc "nail every high note" in "Take On Me"]], but he can't ''quite'' reach the highest note[[note]]An E5, for anyone interested. Most grown men can't reach that note except in falsetto[[/note]], struggling mightily to do so.

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* On that [[{{Pun}} note]], Creator/ProZD WebVideo/ProZD attempts to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bfAwn70NZc "nail every high note" in "Take On Me"]], but he can't ''quite'' reach the highest note[[note]]An E5, for anyone interested. Most grown men can't reach that note except in falsetto[[/note]], struggling mightily to do so.
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* Music/{{Eminem}}:
** Em observes at the beginning of "Hailie's Song" that he can't sing, but he's going to sing anyway. For most of the song, his singing voice functions, but he proceeds to end every chorus with a painful falsetto in notes that do not exist.
**His ballad "Stronger Than I Was" draws attention to the shortcomings of Eminem's vocal performance with over-the-top "''uunnngh!''" adlibs.
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''[[LampshadeHanging That's awfully high for me.]]''\\

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''[[LampshadeHanging That's ''That's awfully high for me.]]''\\''\\
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* In ''Theatre/{{Carnival}}'', the puppet Marguerite boasts that she can sing "high M above L", but she struggles to hit the high note in "Beautiful Candy" and is jealous that Lili can do it. She finally belts it out at the end of the song. At least in universe, she is voiced by a man (Paul).

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* In ''Theatre/{{Carnival}}'', the puppet Marguerite boasts that she can sing "high M above L", but she struggles to hit the high note in "Beautiful Candy" "Yum Ticky" and is jealous that Lili can do it. She finally belts it out at the end of the song. At least in universe, she is voiced by a man (Paul).
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* In ''Theatre/Carnival'', the puppet Marguerite boasts that she can sing "high M above L", but she struggles to hit the high note in "Beautiful Candy" and is jealous that Lili can do it. She finally belts it out at the end of the song. At least in universe, she is voiced by a man (Paul).

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* In ''Theatre/Carnival'', ''Theatre/{{Carnival}}'', the puppet Marguerite boasts that she can sing "high M above L", but she struggles to hit the high note in "Beautiful Candy" and is jealous that Lili can do it. She finally belts it out at the end of the song. At least in universe, she is voiced by a man (Paul).
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* In ''Theatre/Carnival'', the puppet Marguerite boasts that she can sing "high M above L", but she struggles to hit the high note in "Beautiful Candy" and is jealous that Lili can do it. She finally belts it out at the end of the song. At least in universe, she is voiced by a man (Paul).
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--->'''Gordon''': If you sauté scallops in a non-stick pan, they won't stick! That's why it's called '''FUCKING NON-''STIIIIIIIICK!'''''

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--->'''Gordon''': -->'''Gordon''': If you sauté scallops in a non-stick pan, they won't stick! That's why it's called '''FUCKING NON-''STIIIIIIIICK!'''''
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* In an episode of ''Series/HellsKitchen'', Creator/GordonRamsay's voice cracks out of sheer ''disbelief'' at an incompetent contestant not using a non-stick pan and screwing up a dish, despite the recipe calling for one to be used:
--->'''Gordon''': If you sauté scallops in a nonstick pan, they won't stick! That's why it's called '''FUCKING NON-''STIIIIIIIICK!'''''

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* In an episode of ''Series/HellsKitchen'', Creator/GordonRamsay's voice cracks out of sheer ''disbelief'' at an incompetent contestant not using a non-stick pan and screwing up a dish, the scallops, despite the recipe calling for one to be used:
--->'''Gordon''': If you sauté scallops in a nonstick non-stick pan, they won't stick! That's why it's called '''FUCKING NON-''STIIIIIIIICK!'''''
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* In an episode of ''Series/HellsKitchen'', Creator/GordonRamsay's voice cracks out of sheer ''disbelief'' at an incompetent contestant not using a non-stick pan and screwing up a dish, despite the recipe calling for one to be used:
--->'''Gordon''': If you sauté scallops in a nonstick pan, they won't stick! That's why it's called '''FUCKING NON-''STIIIIIIIICK!'''''
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* In Music/PDQBach's oratorio ''The Seasonings'', the bass aria "Open Sesame Seeds" gives the singer a ridiculous melisma with a range of over two octaves and descending so low that a few notes will inevitably have to be faked rather than actually sung.

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* In Music/PDQBach's oratorio ''The Seasonings'', the bass aria "Open Sesame Seeds" gives the singer a ridiculous melisma with a range of over two octaves and descending so low that a few notes will inevitably have to be faked rather than actually sung. Similarly, but with an instrument, the second movement of "Schleptet in E Flat Major" rises in pitch until it reaches a note so high a violin cannot actually play it.
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* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue:'' Tim-Brooke Taylor had this happen to him a lot. Probably because Humphrey Littleton and Jack Dee both made him sing songs that were outside his vocal range (such as ''Meatloaf'', or ''a-ha'') ForTheEvulz. It also occasionally happens to others on the show, but Tim was the ButtMonkey.

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* ''Radio/ImSorryIHaventAClue:'' Tim-Brooke Taylor Tim Brooke-Taylor had this happen to him a lot. Probably lot, probably because Humphrey Littleton and Jack Dee both made him sing songs that were outside his vocal range (such as ''Meatloaf'', those by Meatloaf, or ''a-ha'') a-ha) ForTheEvulz. It also occasionally happens to others on the show, but Tim was the ButtMonkey.
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--->'''Pianist:''' Between you and me, you're not hitting this note without a pole vault.
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-->--''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', "The Song That Goes Like This"

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-->--''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', -->-- ''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', "The Song That Goes Like This"



* A non-comedic example appears in The Microphones’ “You’ll Be In the Air”, where Phil Elverum exceeds his vocal range in an emotionally charged bridge.

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* A non-comedic example appears in The Microphones’ “You’ll Microphones' "You'll Be In the Air”, Air", where Phil Elverum exceeds his vocal range in an emotionally charged bridge.
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->''"Now we're into E''\\

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->''"Now we're into E''\\E...''\\
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''That's awfully high for me''\\

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''That's ''[[LampshadeHanging That's awfully high for me''\\me.]]''\\
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->''"Now we're into E''\\
''That's awfully high for me''\\
''As everyone can see''\\
''We should have stayed in D."''
-->--''Theatre/{{Spamalot}}'', "The Song That Goes Like This"
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* "I Whupped Batman's Ass" by Music/WesleyWillis (who was not exactly a tuneful singer to begin with) features several voice cracks in the chorus.
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* By the time of Music/EltonJohn's 1986 "Tour De Force" concert tour promoting Leather Jackets, one in which Elton and his band would be accompanied for part of the set list by a symphony orchestra, Elton would suffer increasing vocal problems due to frequent marijuana and alcohol abuse, bulimic binging and purging and drug-fueled vocal oversinging and misuse, culminating in the recording of the concert film and live album Live in Australia, where he very clearly is struggling throughout the concert from vocal strain and laryngitis. Doctors would soon discover non-cancerous, though career-threatening, nodules in his throat. Surgery done in 1987 would prove successful, but would vocally put Elton out of commission for several months. When he returned by late 1987 at a Prince's Trust concert special, his tenor vocal range would be lowered to a baritone.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice attempts a certain note during the singing of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lbfEb8MMk All in the Golden Afternoon]]" (better known to some as "The Flowers Song"). Alice fails, and the flowers visibly cringe.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland'', Alice attempts a certain note during the singing of "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0lbfEb8MMk All in the Golden Afternoon]]" (better known to some as "The Flowers Song"). Alice fails, and the flowers visibly cringe.
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* Music/CledusTJudd's cover of Creator/TimWilson's "Ricky Tidwell's Mama" invokes this with guest vocalist Daryle Singletary, who intentionally sings notes way too deep for his vocal range (especially at the end).
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* "Seit ich hier wohne" by German comedian Mike Krüger, a SongParody of "Mama Leone" by Bino, is sung deliberately ear-rapingly terribly in the higher notes. It's about a singer who is so bad that he managed to not only chase all other tenants out of the house he is living in but even scare the garbage collectors away just by rehearsing all day. The singing becomes ''somewhat'' less horrible in the third verse after the singer has met a RecordProducer who decided to make an album with him, and he decides to sing like he has never sung before: well.
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* A non-comedic example appears in The Microphones’ “You’ll Be In the Air”, where Phil Elverum exceeds his vocal range in an emotionally charged bridge.

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