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15[[caption-width-right:225:A Chanteuse in Chartreuse. C'est hilarant!]]
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17A stock character in anything even very loosely inspired by FilmNoir, and often the first thing that comes to mind when people hear the word "FemmeFatale".
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19Every lounge will have a sultry female singing a sultry song (or TorchSong). Her favorite outfit is a [[PimpedOutDress long evening gown]] with a [[SexySlitDress slit up the side,]] [[EverythingsSparklyWithJewelry pearl necklace]], and more than likely [[HighHeelPower high heels]] and [[HighClassGloves opera gloves]]. At some point, she will probably be seen SittingSexyOnAPiano. If she becomes a named character, she will often be the Veronica in a BettyAndVeronica romantic subplot. She could also just be there in the background because every lounge that has anything approaching a FilmNoir feel must have this trope.
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21She is always surrounded by [[BrokenBird an air of melancholy]]. This could be because she herself is [[FourTemperamentEnsemble melancholic]], or because the lonely male hero experiences a connection with her while she is singing but cannot have her. She tends to be out of the main hero's reach perhaps because she is a dangerous FemmeFatale, because she is already involved with someone else (usually a villain), or simply because she is so aloof. This character can be very useful for highlighting a feeling of loneliness, because her sultry songs will often create a feeling of a connection between the singer ([[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench which it means in French]]) and the listener, but circumstances will prevent that feeling from becoming a true connection. For that reason, this trope is a favorite of FilmNoir, a genre that thrives on a feeling of melancholy and stoic loneliness.
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23The rarely seen [[SpearCounterpart male version]] is known as a ''chanteur''. It's also possible for a male {{Crossdresser}} to play the role in drag; in such cases, he's likely to be CampGay, and (unless it's played for laughs) [[AttractiveBentGender attractive]] when made up as a woman. A full-blown DragQueen probably isn't a straight example, but may often want to invoke the trope's imagery in his own performances.
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25A saloon singer may fill a similar role in [[TheWestern Westerns]], and a comely barmaid singing Irish ballads and sentimental songs may take the role in an Irish pub (be it in Ireland or, at least as often, [[UsefulNotes/TheIrishDiaspora abroad]]) Compare GlamorousWartimeSinger, LoungeLizard.
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32* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'': Downplayed and subverted: Jelavic becomes ThePianoPlayer along with MsFanservice to [[DistractedByTheSexy distract a group of guards from their posts]] allowing the students to get through to the upper floors of the hotel undetected.
33* Sylvie from ''Literature/{{Baccano}}''.
34* Gina in ''Anime/PorcoRosso'' is a very clean and straight-laced example, but she does have the glamour (with lingering shots of her large earrings slowly turning as she sings), the loneliness, and the romantic melancholy. She is both the owner of her hotel and the singer in its bar, who in her opening scene sings a melancholy-sounding French song. It's later revealed that she's a widow three times over, with all of her husbands being pilots.
35* Oruha from Outo Country in ''Manga/TsubasaChronicle'', and in her original series ''Manga/{{Clover}}''.
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39* During ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977'', an alien once mistakes Leia for a renowned chanteuse and ropes her into dressing up and performing.
40* In ''ComicBook/DCComicsBombshells'', ComicBook/BlackCanary is a chanteuse in her civilian identity, and works the American troops in Honolulu, Hawaii.
41* Years before meeting ComicBook/{{Diabolik}}, Eva Kant sang for a living, and as a cover for her actual job as an industrial spy.
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45* Burma in ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates'' (it was her original career).
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49* Sasha from ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'' 2, though she was just doing it for a prize in order to feed a young boy named David.
50* Miss Kitty from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest'' is this by profession, but is never actually shown singing. She makes Tanya her protege and Tanya is shown singing at a cat bar.
51* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMysteryOfTheBatwoman'' has an unnamed singer at the Penguin's club swaying from side to side and winking while singing a song with the lyrics "Betcha never thought we'd get this far. Betcha never, never ever, betcha never thought you'd touch my heart." The unnamed singer who performs [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GoPZBYCHDd0 "Betcha Neva" in the Iceberg Lounge]] is actually an InkSuitActor of French pop star Cyndi Almouzni.
52* ''{{WesternAnimation/Coco}}'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr1Vw63B1MI Imelda Rivera, during this song.]]
53* Zigzagged with Miss Kitty, the mouse showgirl/singer in the BadGuyBar sequence in ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective''. She starts off as the Chanteuse, then switches costume and song-style for a livelier, jauntier, more burlesque performance halfway through the song.
54* In both of the Europa movies: ''WesternAnimation/JackAndTheCuckooClockHeart'': Acacia is one [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2yWsBOCQ6M here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19IWOFk8aLs here]].
55* Lucille is one in ''WesternAnimation/AMonsterInParis'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsXvXlK4CTs&t=11s here]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hFljpXz7co here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZThmW0ZK4w&t=1s here]]. In fact, that's her actual ''job!''
56* Partially with Fairy Godmother doing "Holding Out for a Hero" in ''WesternAnimation/Shrek2''.
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60* Dorothy Vallens from ''Film/BlueVelvet''.
61* In ''Film/{{Brick}}'', Laura sings/recites a song while accompanying herself on the piano, much to the melancholic curiosity of Brendan.
62* Tallulah in ''Film/BugsyMalone''.
63* ''Film/CastADeadlySpell''. When we first see Connie Stone (Creator/JulianneMoore), she's singing a song in Harry Bordon's nightclub. You can watch her performance [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCp2-fbsm2Y#t=6m55s here.]]
64* Emma in ''Film/DarkCity1998'', [[spoiler:which is later revealed to be an implanted identity]].
65* ''Film/DestryRidesAgain'': Frenchy is the singer in the saloon; Creator/MarleneDietrich sings a couple of songs. Beyond her sultriness, Frenchy helps Kent the bar owner cheat people at cards.
66* The 1990 ''Film/DickTracy'' movie had Breathless Mahoney, classic nightclub FemmeFatale played by no less than Music/{{Madonna}}. Her performance of "Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)" actually won an Academy Award.
67* ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}'''s Lady in the Radiator could be seen as a mutated example of this.
68* Michelle Pfeiffer from ''Film/{{The Fabulous Baker Boys}}''. The movie's SittingSexyOnAPiano scene is parodied in ''Film/HotShots''.
69* There's one in the magical speakeasy scene in ''Film/FantasticBeastsAndWhereToFindThem'', although considering the singer is a goblin and/or house-elf (it's hard to tell), it plays out more as FanDisservice than anything else.
70* Creator/CaroleLombard is a sexy nightclub singer in ''Film/BriefMoment''.
71* Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe's characters in ''Film/GentlemenPreferBlondes''.
72* Francesca in ''Film/GhostShip'' is the typical sultry lounge singer, but on a luxury Italian cruiseship. She participates in the massacre on the ship and [[TheVamp uses her wiles to seduce men to their deaths]], and as a ghost [[spoiler:is serving the primary villain to lure more men to their deaths.]]
73* The title character of ''Film/{{Gilda}}''.
74* Lil Sheridan (Marilu Henner) in ''Film/JohnnyDangerously''.
75* In ''Film/LastVegas'', Diana moonlights as this at a Vegas casino, her primary job being working as a tax attorney for the owner.
76* Tornado Lou from ''Film/LemonadeJoe'', a gorgeous HookerWithAHeartOfGold who dreams of becoming a better woman. She has two melancholy songs, one of which moves all gunmen in the Whisky Saloon to tears, and one extremely cheerful number which is accompanied by a dance routine from a posse of MsFanservice girls in skimpy outfits.
77* Tina in ''Film/TheMask''. [[spoiler: Although she's not a FemmeFatale, but a DamselInDistress]].
78* Rebekah del Rio, as herself, in ''Film/MulhollandDrive'', with the twist that it's actually LoopingLines - "It is all a recording" -- and del Rio collapses toward the end of the song, which keeps playing. It's safe to say that Creator/DavidLynch loves this trope. And see below under Live Action TV for another example from his body of work.
79* The singer at the Blue Note in ''[[Film/TheNakedGun Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear]]'' played by singer Colleen Fitzpatrick a.k.a. Vitamin C.
80* A dark example: Lucia in ''Film/TheNightPorter''.
81* Joan in ''Film/ThePurchasePrice''.
82* In ''Film/RanchoNotorious'', Altar was a saloon singer before coming into the money that allowed to found Chuck-a-Luck. This provides justification for Creator/MarleneDietrich to sing several sings during the film.
83* Mae (Rebecca Ferguson) in ''Film/{{Reminiscence}}''. One of the characters even explicitly refers to her using the word ''chanteuse'', in a somewhat mocking way.
84* Creator/IdaLupino in ''Film/{{Road House|1948}}''.
85* ''Film/TheRocketeer'': The South Seas Club singer has the PimpedOutDress and melancholic singing voice required for the role.
86* Uschi, the heroine of ''Film/DerSchuhDesManitu'', is introduced that way. The film doesn't have anything to do with the FilmNoir, though; it's just {{Troperiffic}}.
87* ''Film/ShermansMarch'': "Joyous"--that's her name--bass guitarist and singer, first introduced singing with a band in a parking lot, and later shown singing in a nightclub. She hangs out with Ross for a little while before heading to New York to advance her music career.
88* Sugar Kane in ''Film/SomeLikeItHot'', played by Marilyn Monroe. Again, this is a comedy, not film noir per se.
89* ''Film/StarTrekFirstContact'': When Picard creates the Dixon Hill night club, which is a direct reference to FilmNoir, on the holodeck it naturally includes on of these on stage.
90* Ellen Aim in ''Film/StreetsOfFire''.
91* In ''Film/ThisGunForHire'', Creator/VeronicaLake mixes it up by being a sexy chanteuse who sings sultry songs in tight dresses -- and does magic tricks.
92* Jessica Rabbit in ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' is introduced this way, working as a singer in the Ink & Paint Club. The entire (male) crowd is gobsmacked by her beauty and sensuality, and Eddie Valiant openly asks Betty Boop how ''that'' woman wound up married to a comedian like Roger.
93-->'''Betty Boop:''' Yeah... what a lucky goil.
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97* ''Literature/AutobiographyOfRed'' has a tuxedo-clad {{Bifauxnen}} version singing tango music in a bar in Argentina.
98* ''Literature/CiaphasCain'': Inquisitor Amberley Vail's first in-person appearance (she's also the books' editor InUniverse) is when she is undercover as one at a reception at the planetary governor's mansion on Gravalax. Naturally, Cain puts the moves on her, thinking to impress her by revealing the identity of the Inquisitor on the planet... the rogue trader at the reception (who ''is'' an Inquisitorial ally... but an actual rogue trader). He thinks she's quivering with fear, she's trying not to bust her gut laughing.
99* The first appearance of the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' character Ruby (later known as Sergeant Detritus's wife) is in ''Literature/MovingPictures'' as a chanteuse at a troll nightclub. Her trollish growling is translated in footnotes as "Falling in Love Again", complete with Marlene Dietrich's accent.
100* ''Literature/TheHanSoloTrilogy'': Bria once goes undercover as one in ''Rebel Dawn'' when traveling on a swanky passenger ship. Lando meets her since hes there (while [[TheGambler gambling of course]]) when she sings in a high class lounge, wearing a long dress and made up beautifully. He notes that she's far from the best singer of the type, but her passion and beauty make up for any lesser talent.
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104* Daughter Maitland in ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire''.
105* Paige pulls this off in season 5 of ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', singing "Fever" to her boyfriends Nate in vintage garb and hair (Of course she does. She's Creator/RoseMcGowan).
106* Julia is one in ''Series/CowboyBebop2021''.
107* Paula in ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend'' imagines herself as one of these as she sings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_n0DytNx5I "His Status is Preferred."]]
108* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
109** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild "The Empty Child"]] has one, also a GlamorousWartimeSinger, performing in a nightclub the Doctor enters.
110** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress "Mummy on the Orient Express"]] has the unnamed singer played by Music/{{Foxes}}, who sings [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxLR6cP1_Q8 a 20s jazz version]] of "[[Music/{{Queen}} Don't Stop Me Now]]".
111* Marty in ''Film/{{Grease}} Live!'' imagines singing "Freddy My Love" in a USO show.
112* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': Antoinette Brown is an alluring lounge singer who specializes in {{Torch Song}}s and performs in a long, glamorous evening gown, a gold necklace and high heels when she's on stage. She's the "Veronica" in the BettyAndVeronica rivalry that she has with Louis de Pointe du Lac (the "Betty") over Lestat de Lioncourt (the "Archie").
113* The season six opener of ''Series/{{NCIS}}'' had Ziva David playing this part very well, with the actress Creator/CoteDePablo actually doing her own singing. Then someone rudely left a bomb behind. (What, this is NCIS, you know!)
114* Jan Levinson makes a cameo appearance as one of these in ''Series/TheOfficeUS'' episode "Threat Level Midnight" [[ShowWithinAShow movie-within-a-movie]] possibly a [[ActorAllusion nod]] to Melora Hardin's cameo as one in ''Film/TheRocketeer'' (or maybe simply because [[TheCastShowoff she can sing]]).
115* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'': When Grace first comes from Northern Ireland to Birmingham, she gets hired at the Shelbys' pub because she's pretty and can sing Irish ballads and sentimental songs. [[spoiler:Of course, it turns out she's actually a spy working for Inspector Campbell and (indirectly) [=MI5=]]].
116* In season two of ''Series/{{Preacher|2016}}'', Jesse meets a woman named Lara who fits this trope to a T - a sexy, aloof night club singer with hints of having had a sad life. She's inadvertantly ended up in the crosshairs of some dangerous people, and Jesse have to save her. [[spoiler: Except at the end of the episode it turns out that it was all a lie - she's actually a [[AncientConspiracy Grail]] operative named Featherstone, and she was sizing Jesse up for being one of the [[MessianicArchetype potential Messiahs]] that the Grail is sworn to eliminate.]]
117* Moira Rose on ''Series/SchittsCreek'' refers to herself as a trained chanteuse, but whether she actually is one is open to debate.
118* The ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' Noir episode has Lois in this role and Lana as the FemmeFatale. While Chloe ironically is mimicking the 40s and 50s Lois Lane.
119* ''Franchise/StarTrek'':
120** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In "The Killing Game", Seven of Nine was made one in a holoprogram set in [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German-occupied France]].
121** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': In "His Way", Odo was coached in flirting by Vic Fontaine, who created for this purpose a holo-version of Kira, who fulfilled this trope. [[spoiler: She was in the end swapped for the ''real'' Kira.]]
122* In several episodes of ''Series/TwinPeaks'', Creator/JuleeCruise can be seen singing in The Roadhouse, a bar in the town.
123* Lilith, (yes, ''that'' Myth/{{Lilith}}) is referred to as this by name in a flashback story narrated as fiction by the title character of ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}''.
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127* Music/ShirleyBassey, most notably for doing several James Bond title songs.
128* Music/LanaDelRey constructed her entire musical and visual aesthetic from this trope.
129* Dutch singer Caro Emerald has this as her musical persona, often singing [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QUmPZmkr4I seductive]] and/or [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjl890_qwf4 mysterious]]-[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYNUg5j7tr0 sounding]] jazz songs that would not be out of place in a FilmNoir or a James Bond movie.
130* Music/BillieHoliday
131* Music/JulieLondon
132* Music/{{Madonna}} in her [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bgNyaAz1jg "Sooner or Later"]] performance for the 1991 Oscars.
133* Music/{{Mamamoo}}'s Solar in their "Piano Man" video is a more clean and optimistic example, donning a glamorous evening gown while seductively singing on stage at a jazz bar.
134* The video for [[https://youtu.be/zPonioDYnoY "Élan"]] by Music/{{Nightwish|Band}} depicts lead vocalist Floor Jansen performing in this manner in a working-class tavern.
135* Music/PostmodernJukebox invokes this in many of their song covers, such as their version of [[Music/TaylorSwift "Blank Space"]] InTheStyleOf a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx_0LK1DfrE 1940's cabaret number.]]
136* Music/{{Sade}}, most famously with the very noir-esque classic single [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TYv2PhG89A "Smooth Operator."]]
137* Music/SarahVaughan
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141* The self-described "mediocre-looking Literature/JamesBond", Maxwell Chicago is a lounge singer who insists on [[WrestlingDoesntPay continuing to act as such off the clock]] even when he works for Full Impact Pro, going so far as to wrestle in a Tuxedo.
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145* In ''Theatre/{{Alivestage}}'' Episode 4: WYD, the main characters, two boy bands, star in a revival of a musical that features a main character of this type. However, the character is gender-bent and played by Growth's leader Koki in the revival. He wears [[https://youtu.be/c_vPw-eoa0U?t=10 something close to the original costume]], and wears it ''very well''.
146* ''Theatre/CityOfAngels'' has Bobbi as this stock FilmNoir character. Her number, "With Every Breath I Take," is a slow minor-key torch song.
147* In ''Theatre/{{Follies}}'', Sally takes on this look for her Loveland number, "Losing My Mind".
148* Creator/MaryKateWiles plays this character in ''Theatre/SpiesAreForever'', and again in The Case Of The Gilded Lily.
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152* The unnamed background version of this trope appears in the game ''VideoGame/AliceIsDead''. She sings [[http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/361366 a song]] that is a mixture of Wonderland surrealism and an attempt to seduce the listener.
153* Shante from ''VideoGame/ArcTheLad II''.
154* Trixie Trotter from ''VideoGame/BackToTheFutureTheGame''.
155* In ''VideoGame/{{Contrast}}'', Kat is a professional singer and a rising star. She gives a performance early in the game.
156* The four playable characters in ''[[VideoGame/DancinDivas Dancin' Divas]]'' are not only this, but are also capable of kicking ass in their [[KickingAssInAllHerFinery glamorous outfits]] and come with ElementalPowers.
157* Carol [=MacLaine=] in ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition''. She owns one of the bars in town, the bizarrely-named Galaxy of Terror, and frequently performs on its stage. She only has one song, which goes from being in coherent English to... not so much. It's the only thing in the game that's not subtitled, even in cutscene form.
158* Sapphire in ''VideoGame/DiscworldNoir'' is basically an {{Expy}} of Ruby in ''Moving Pictures'', with a song that includes the lines "The minute you walked through the wall, I could see you were a troll of destruction".
159* Venus in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. It's a Super Nintendo game, so her voice is just a generic "human voice" synth, and unlike ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'''s opera scene, it's not captioned. During the performance, one of the men in the audience tries to get on stage with her and is dragged off by security.
160* Magnolia in ''VideoGame/Fallout4''.
161* Julia Heartilly from the flashback sequences of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'' with the twist that she doesn't sing but play the piano.
162* Elsa Lichtmann in ''VideoGame/LANoire''.
163* In ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'' there's an [=NPC=] called Chanterelle who is a clear reference to this trope. A lengthy sidequest involves helping her recover her voice so she can sing again.
164* Red, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/{{Transistor}}''. She doesn't get much of a chance to show off her voice, though, as it's stolen right at the start of the game, but at least you can hear her sing in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9O2Rjn1azc a few pieces]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGMWL8cOeAU of the soundtrack.]]
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168* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' features Jester's mother Marion Lavorre, who is a mix of this and HighClassCallGirl.
169* ''The Royal Scandal'' Vocaloid/Utaite song series and their stage play adaptation centers around a girl named Chelsea, who is this kind of singer. She is in a love triangle, pursued by both the bartender in the club where she sings, and a prince who frequents the club. This sets the two as rivals, while the more action-oriented plot closes in on them.
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173* In the episode "Love, American Dad Style" Hayley Smith on ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' becomes this when Roger hears her singing in the shower and asks her to sing at his bar. Hayley is voiced by [=Seth MacFarlane=]'s sister Rachel, and like her brother has a great voice that's well suited to old jazz standards. In the episode she sings "Someone to Watch Over Me", "Makin' Whoopie!" and "Potato Bread".
174* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'': When Matches Malone, an amnesiac Batman, goes on an unstoppable crime spree and sends villains fleeing, he briefly occupies a supervillain lounge. Black Canary, Huntress, and Catwoman enter through the back door and find themselves onstage and pretend to be a singing group, improvising a [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything rather racy musical number.]] They're a big hit with the crowd but are unable to get through to the amnesiac Batman.
175* In the ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' episode "Operation: N.U.G.G.E.T" (which plays out like a Western goldmining story, only with ''chicken'' nuggets in place of gold ones), Numbuh 3, her sister Mushi and Numbuh 1's girlfriend Lizzie fill the role of the Saloon Singer variant.
176* One animated version of Charles Dickens' ''Cricket On The Hearth'' has a very... ''strange'' example of this trope, shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwqr6lK5DBU here]]. She appears, sings a catchy song, then leaves. [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment The movie continues on as if she never showed up in the first place]].
177* The Martian Queen becomes this in the TalentContest episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''.
178* The "Queen Hornet" episode of ''WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder'' features one, who sings the theme song from ''WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}}''.
179* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' features a Chanteur example. After fending off an onslaught of animals created by Circe, Batman suggests making an exchange for returning Dianna, who was transformed into a pig, to normal. Circe agrees only in exchange for something incredibly precious from Batman — something he's concealed and can never be regained when gone. Something soul-shattering. He pays the price by revealing a suave singing voice in a performance of "Am I Blue?" so touching it moves both Zatanna and Circe to tears.
180* Red from ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'' and other Creator/TexAvery shorts.
181* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', one is singing during a fight scene between Jack and some gangsters.
182* Bridgette on ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour'', in particular during one of the Aftermath episodes, where she sings "[[AwardBaitSong I'm Sorry]]" in this style to Geoff, and is even SittingSexyOnAPiano for part of it.
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