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* '''Straight''': No one sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' before Bob, having snapped after being unable to save his sister Alice, begins weepily singing her favorite ballad ad infinitum.
* '''Exaggerated''': The only time any character in ''Legends of Troperia'' sings is after losing their minds or at least becoming mentally unstable.

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* '''Straight''': No one sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' before Bob, having snapped after being unable to save his sister Alice, begins weepily singing her favorite ballad ad infinitum.
* '''Exaggerated''': The only time any character in ''Legends of Troperia'' ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' sings is after losing their minds or at least becoming mentally unstable.



* '''ZigZagged''': ''Legends of Troperia'' is a non-musical work. Bob weepily singing his dead sister Alice's favorite ballad incessantly is a sign that he's snapped; Charlie singing a ballad during the DarkestHour [[MusicForCourage is encouraging]]; young orphan Eva singing a silly kid's song has nothing to do with sanity either way.

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* '''ZigZagged''': ''Legends of Troperia'' ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' is a non-musical work. Bob weepily singing his dead sister Alice's favorite ballad incessantly is a sign that he's snapped; Charlie singing a ballad during the DarkestHour [[MusicForCourage is encouraging]]; young orphan Eva singing a silly kid's song has nothing to do with sanity either way.



* '''Averted''': Nobody, sane or insane, sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' at all.

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* '''Averted''': Nobody, sane or insane, sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'' at all.

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* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': The author knows this trope has been successfully used to show insanity before and sees no reason to change it.

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* '''ZigZagged''': ''Legends of Troperia'' is a non-musical work. Bob weepily singing his dead sister Alice's favorite ballad incessantly is a sign that he's snapped; Charlie singing a ballad during the DarkestHour [[MusicForCourage is encouraging]]; young orphan Eva singing a silly kid's song has nothing to do with sanity either way.
* '''Parodied''': ???
Even a child singing "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is considered a sign of insanity.
* '''Averted''': ???
Nobody, sane or insane, sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' at all.
* '''Enforced''': The author knows this trope has been successfully used to show Initially, Bob's insanity before isn't indicated by a song, but the original test audiences didn't understand the ThousandYardStare and sees no reason the producers insist on another sign to change it.indicate that Bob has gone off the deep end.



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???An assassin, sent by Emperor Evulz to kill Bob, can track him easily by following the "singing."


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* '''Implied''': Charlie comes out of a room where Bob is weepily singing Alice's favorite ballad. He asks Dracone if he could ride to the sanatorium and have them send a cart back.
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'''Basic Trope''': Singing as a sign of insanity in a non-musical work.
* '''Straight''': No one sings in ''Legends of Troperia'' before Bob, having snapped after being unable to save his sister Alice, begins weepily singing her favorite ballad ad infinitum.
* '''Exaggerated''': The only time any character in ''Legends of Troperia'' sings is after losing their minds or at least becoming mentally unstable.
* '''Downplayed''': Bob begins weepily singing Alice's favorite ballad after failing to save her. He never fully recovers but over time becomes more functional.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''': When Bob begins to sing Alice's favorite ballad, [[SurvivalMantra it's a sign he's healing]].
* '''Subverted''': ???
* '''Double Subverted''': ???
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': The author knows this trope has been successfully used to show insanity before and sees no reason to change it.
* '''Lampshaded''': ???
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
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''[[TunelessSongOfMadness Little lost page, little lost page, wandering midst the links...]]''
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