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3	->''"I want the musical to show people the depths of human lows, and then to lift them back up in a really true way, past where they would normally go."''
4	-->--'''Robert Lopez''', ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon: The Testament of a Broadway Musical''
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6	Robert Lopez (born February 23, 1975) is a rather versatile and witty songwriter, who rose into prominence during the early 21st century. With help from such collaborators as BMI Workshop classmate Jeffrey Marx, ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' creators Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone, and Bobby's wife Kristen Anderson-Lopez, he has found success writing for both the stage and the screen, which helped him become the first person to achieve {{MediaNotes/The EGOT\|s}} multiple times.
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8	!!Theatre
9	* ''Theatre/AvenueQ'' (with Jeffrey Marx)
10	* ''Theatre/TheBookOfMormon'' (with Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone)
11	* ''Theatre/FindingNemoTheMusical'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
12	* ''Up Here'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
13	* ''Theatre/{{Frozen\| 2018}}'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
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15	!!TV
16	* ''WesternAnimation/WonderPets'' (with several other musicians)
17	* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' episode "My Musical" (with Jeffrey Marx)
18	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS15E11BroadwayBroDown Broadway Bro Down]]" (with Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone)
19	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "Magic Carpet Ride"
20	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' episode "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E19ATotallyFunThingBartWillNeverDoAgain A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again]]"
21	* ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return]]''
22	* ''Series/WandaVision'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
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24	!!Film
25	* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
26	* ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}''
27	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
28	** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenFever'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
29	** ''WesternAnimation/FrozenII'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez)
30	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Coco}}'' (with Kristen Anderson-Lopez for "Remember Me"; other songs written by other songwriters)
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32	!!Lopez's works provide examples of:
33	* AffectionateParody:
34	** His first two Broadway hits provided loving pastiches of ''Series/SesameStreet'' (''Avenue Q''), and musicals in general (''The Book of Mormon'').
35	** For ''[=WandaVision=]'', he and Kristen emulated {{Sitcom}} theme songs from different decades.
36	* CreatorCameo: He voices the "rumbly in [Pooh's] tumbly" in ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'', for which he and Kristen Anderson-Lopez were the songwriters.
37	* TheInternetIsForPorn: He helped write the {{Trope Nam\|er}}ing song.
38	* LyricalDissonance: Among other examples, ''The Book of Mormon'' has a jubilant-sounding CrowdSong about cursing God ("Hasa Diga Eebowai") and ''Frozen'' has a triumphant-sounding solo about running away from life's problems ("Let it Go"). The latter actually started out as a VillainSong until hearing the demo, performed by Robert and his wife Kristen, inspired a complete restructuring of the film to make Elsa much more sympathetic, a {{Deuteragonist}} rather than a villain.
39	* MusicalisInterruptus: He invoked a real-life example in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnVAsLYfhfw his second Oscar acceptance speech]] (for "Remember Me"); when it started to run overtime, the Academy's stock music started playing, but after he thanked his recently-deceased mother, the cue suddenly stopped.
40	* RhymesOnADime: In addition to his songs, he and Kristen Anderson-Lopez delivered [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbeSPgiVXGU their first Oscar acceptance speech]] (for "Let it Go") in rhyme.

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