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Bob gets a letter from Alice, and starts to read it out loud. Then, Bob's voice fades and gives way to Alice's, even though she's in a different room/town/timezone, before fading back to Bob at the end. Bonus points if the letter is read while we see where Alice is, or where she was while writing the letter.

* A SorryILeftTheBGMOn variant in ''TopSecret''- Nick is reading a letter from his manager, who turns out to be stansing next to him talking through a tiny megaphone.

* A SorryILeftTheBGMOn variant in ''TopSecret''- Nick is reading a letter from his manager, who turns out to be sitting next to him talking through a tiny megaphone.

* [[MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Dear Princess Celestia....]]

* In TalesOfSymphonia, Collete's voice is used as the voiceover when Lloyd reads a letter from her.
** In TalesOfTheAbyss, Luke, after being separated from his friends for around a month late in the game, reads letters from Tear, Anise and Guy, and their voices describe what's been going on in their lives.

* Spoofed in the animated ''{{Aladdin}}'' TV series. The letter from Genie is being "read" in his voice, but then we cut to the other side of the shot and see that the letter is actually a mouth reading out loud.

* TheSimpsons also does the parody version, complete with LampshadeHanging from Homer

* In ''AssassinsCreed2'' all important letters are read like this.

* Used in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/PaperMario'', and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' for letters read by Princess Peach.

* Used in ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''PaperMario'', and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' for letters read by Princess Peach.

* Used in ''SuperMario64'', ''PaperMario'', and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'' for letters read by Princess Peach.

* {{Lampshaded}} in the sketch show ''Exit 57'', where Amy Sedaris's voiceover gave way to a hacking smoker's cough during the first sentence of her letter, forcing her to start over.

* Used at the beginning of both ''SuperMario64'' and ''SuperMarioGalaxy'', both letters read by Princess Peach.

* Happens with Peach's letters in ''SuperMario64'', as well as in ''PaperMario''.

Bob gets a letter from Alice, and starts to read it out loud. Then, Bob's voice fades and gives way to Alice's, even though she's in a different room/town/timezone, before fading back to Bob at the end. Bonus points if the letter is read while we see where Alice is.

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* A SorryILeftTheBGMOn variant in ''TopSecret''- Nick is reading a letter from his manager, who turns out to be sitting next to him talking through a tiny megaphone.
* ''TheCuriousCaseOfBenjaminButton'' uses this for its frame story (although it's a diary, not a letter).
* All the time in ''[[YouveGotMail You've Got Mail]]''. In her commentary Nora Ephron made it clear that she wanted to get away from the computer screens ASAP, for fear that the audience would get spooked and leave the theater.
* Played with in ''HarryPotterAndTheGobletOfFire''. Harry reads an article by Rita Skeeter, and we hear her voiceover of what it says. A few sentences in, it pisses him off so much he throws it into the fire, and Rita's voice first tries to cram in as much as possible, and then screams as the article burns.

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* All the time in ''You've Got Mail''.

* Spoofed in an episode of {{Scrubs}} where it initially looks like an example of this trope, Dr. Cox sitting reading a letter from J.D. with J.D.'s voiceover, but then the camera zooms out to show J.D. is in fact, right there, reading the letter he wrote out loud over Dr. Cox's shoulder.\

*Spoofed in an episode of {{Scrubs}} where it initially looks like an example of this trope, Dr. Cox sitting reading a letter from J.D. with J.D.'s voiceover, but then the camera zooms out to show J.D. is in fact, right there, reading the letter he wrote out loud over Dr. Cox's shoulder.