Line #29 Main/UnDuet


1	Duets are a brilliant way to show the relationship between two people; [[LetsDuet they may be in love]], [[DuetBonding or just discovering a beautiful relationship]], or they may be in the [[CounterpointDuet middle of a bitter argument]]...[[MusicalWorldHypotheses IN SONG!]] So what better way of showing the loss or break-up of the couple than by singing a duet alone?
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3	It works like this; Alice and Bob have rehearsed a duet, but Bob doesn't show. What does Alice do? Sing her half only. In the worse case scenario it's not even a duet and Alice was originally only to be doing the backing vocals.
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5	JustForFun/NotToBeConfusedWith SoloDuet, which is where somebody sings a duet alone, or DistantDuet, where both parts are sung "alone", but cut together.
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7	!!Examples:
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13	* In episode 13 of ''Anime/PrincessTutu'', the titular Princess Tutu dances a pas de deux (that is, a ballet intended for two people) by herself because the Prince she loves has been brainwashed by the Evil Princess and she is hoping to get through to him via the emotion in the dance.
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19	* ''Film/TenaciousDInThePickOfDestiny'': HeterosexualLifePartners JB and KG split up because they've been invited to a [[AllGuysWantSororityWomen sorority house party]]: KG wants to go, JB feels they should concentrate on TheQuest to find the eponymous pick. At the party KG's talked into playing some of the songs he & JB have written, but he only knows the words for his parts (which are backup to JB). This doesn't go over well.
20	-->across the devil's plain\
21	and his cross
22	-->climbed K2, even stopped a moving train
23	-->to
24	* ''Film/{{Elf}}'' - Jovie starts off singing an Unduet of "Baby, It's Cold Outside" in a ShowerScene. Buddy joins in, softly at first, ever slowly increasing in volume until HilarityEnsues.
25	* This gets played with, at the very least, in ''Film/{{Enchanted}}''. After Prince Edward finally finds Gisele again, he launches into a reprise of their "True Love's Kiss" duet from the start of the film, but when it comes to Gisele's part, there's silence. The prince even points out, "You're not singing." [[spoiler:This is plot relevant, as it reveals that Gisele is no longer in love with him and has also been grounded by reality.]]
26	* In ''Film/HandsomeDevil'', Conor abandons Ned before their performance of a harmonised duet in a school talent show. Ned tries to soldier on by singing only the high part; it's predictably terrible.
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32	* ''The Creator/RichardPryor Show'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdN27HzoyO4 and the Pips]] perform "Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia" without Gladys Knight.
33	* There's an episode of ''Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll'' where Clarissa wants to perform a duet, but her duet partner can't make it. She performs one half of the duet in front of Sam and he tells her she looks like she's waiting for a bus when she's not performing.
34	* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' uses this, having Steve sing half of a duet and "you" the viewer are [[NonInteractivity supposed to sing the other half]].
35	* Taken to an extreme in ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'' - Hal is in a Barbershop group, but his son Dewey points out all he does is dance around in the back and offer the occasional backing vocal. Dewey goes on to throw the AppleOfDiscord around the whole group, until they're so furious with each other they refuse to perform... so Hal gets on stage and dances around in near-complete silence doing his part of the act, until the rest of them join in out of pity.
36	* In the documentary ''Film/YoungAtHeart2007'', about a nursing home singing group who specializes in covering pop music, a duet of Music/{{Coldplay}}'s "Fix You" is planned between two of the of veterans of the group, but following [[spoiler:the death of one of them]] it has to be done as a solo.
37	* Non-musical version in ''Series/TheGoldenGirls.'' The three ladies are rehearsing a tap dance routine for a charity event, and Dorothy injures her foot. They continue to rehearse, with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXy4EdXt-b8 long awkward pauses]] where Dorothy's solo is supposed to be.
38	* In ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'', SickeninglySweethearts Marshall and Lily have a full dance-routine to go with "Don't Go Breakin' My Heart." Marshall, eager to fit in with his new co-workers, doesn't sing the song at karaoke. However, when he decides Lily's more important, he gets on stage and sings his half of the song, until Lily joins in halfway through.
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44	* "What Would We Do Without You?" from Music/StephenSondheim's ''[[Theatre/CompanySondheim Company]]'': Everyone in the cast has a tap partner to do a [[CallAndResponseSong Call and Response]] move with except Bobby--who does his move, then there's no one to follow him. Only a very brief moment in the song.
45	* In "I Can't Do It Alone" from ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'', Velma Kelly describes her act with her sister -- which can't be done anymore because her sister is dead. Instead of only doing her half, Velma goes "I'd go --" and does her part, then goes "She'd go --" and does her sister's part.
46	* Played with in ''Theatre/OnceUponAMattress''. The Minstrel, the Jester and the King perform a comic trio together, but only the first two actually sing. Since the King is TheVoiceless, his part consists of replacing obvious rhyming words with pantomimed {{Visual Pun}}s.
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52	* On Website/YouTube you'll find multiple videos that people have made of themselves singing one part of a duet to the instrumentals of that song, though these are made with the intention of the viewer singing the other part along with the video recording.
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58	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Homer & Marge are planning to sing "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" at Marge's cousin's wedding reception but for plot relevant reasons Homer doesn't show up, so Marge just sings her half.
59	-->You say potato
60	-->...
61	-->You say tomato
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63	-->Potato
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65	-->Tomato
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67	-->Let's call the whole thing off
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73	* The Cornell Lab of Ornithology recorded the [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nDRY0CmcYNU song]] of the last [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kauaʻi_ʻōʻō Kauaʻi ʻōʻō bird]] before its death in 1987. The song was from a male, singing a mating call to female that sadly, would never come. Most tragically, the recorded song was only ''half'' of the mating call: Kauaʻi ʻōʻōs mated for life and sang a duet-- the conspicuous, empty pauses in the last recording were supposed to be where the female would chime in.
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