Line #9 GenreMotif/Pop

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1	This genre is a bit hard to quantify when used for character development. Most of the music used in popular fiction is a variant of pop, since it has radio friendliness and MultipleDemographicAppeal. Generally, only manufactured pop written for tweens gets used as character development, meant to show someone as unrefined or naive. While the main character might be some high school boy that likes Red Hot Chili Peppers, you can bet his little sister listens to Hannah Montana.
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4	[[AC:Comic Books]]
5	* Pop music is associated with ComicBook/TheQuestion on a few occasions in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', which reinforces his air of [[CrazyIsCool eccentricity]].
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7	[[AC:Live-Action TV]]
8	* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
9	** Susan's EstablishingCharacterMoment is for her to be spotted secretly dancing to an instrumental pop song by (fictional) "John Smith and the Common Men", a 1960s pop group that she claims excitedly has gone from 19 to 2 in the charts. Here, it's used to illustrate that, despite being an alien, [[IJustWantToBeNormal She Just Wants To Be Normal]], especially since she's playing it on a futuristic radio and she is [[DancingWithMyself dancing alone]] - and her dancing, while not bad at all, looks very weird.
10	** Vicki's decision to use a device that allows her to view any historical event to view Music/TheBeatles performing "Ticket to Ride" on ''Series/TopOfThePops'' 1965 is used to illustrate both her youngness and her FutureImperfect view of the past... and the fact that Ian enjoys it a lot more than her shows off how much of a CoolTeacher he is.
11	** In "An Unearthly Child", Ian is able to talk pop music trivia with Susan, and when she's surprised he knows about it, he explains he's open-minded and has a wide variety of interests.
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13	[[AC:Video Games]]
14	* While the [[LegionOfDoom Dark Purveyors]] are all based around different forms of rock and funk, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' Juliet is associated with pop songs "Lollipop" by Chordettes and "Hey Mickey" by Toni Basil.
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16	[[AC:Visual Novels]]
17	* Naegi in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' informs us in his introductory narration that his favourite music is always 'whatever is at the top of the charts', stressing how much of a boring UnluckyEverydude he is. He mentions that his only trait he has that isn't insanely average is that he's [[HopeBringer a little more optimistic than most people]].
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19	[[AC:Western Animation]]
20	* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie'', the fact that Emmet's favourite song is [[StylisticSuck manufactured-pop noise]] "Everything is Awesome" is used to characterise his RidiculouslyAverageGuy personality. The robots also all love it. Wyldstyle insists she hates it, but seems to know all of the words, leading Emmet to realise her hatred of it is an affectation.

Context GenreMotif / Pop