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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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