History Main / LetsDuet

-->--WesternAnimation/GrojBand

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* Episode 2 of ''{{Mongrels}}'' has a wonderful duet about the JailbaitWait [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4p3IQS3pKI here]].

* ''{{Smash}}'''s episode 'Tech' opens with a montage of the main characters packing up and traveling to Boston for their out of town previews. We see Tom and Sam at Tom's apartment around his piano, playing around and singing 'Another Opnin', Another Show' which is the background music for the montage.

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* ''HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying'' has "It's Been A Long Day", much of which is Smitty (Frump in the reprise) narrating the complementary thoughts going on inside Finch and Rosemary's heads (Frump is the go-between for [[MsFanservice Hedy LaRue]] and Biggsley). Part of the song almost has the feel of this trope, but it's [[PlayedForLaughs played with and twisted around for laughs]].
* In Theater/Wicked, the song "What Is This Feeling?" is a duet, initially built up as love-song...except the feeling is ''loathing''.

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* ''MagicTheGathering'' had "Love Song of Night and Day", a duet poem, read by two lovers. The full piece is [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/145 here]]; snippets of the poem can be found in the flavortext of several cards across the ''Mirage'' and ''Visions'' expansions.

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* Lampshaded in ''WebVideo/CommentaryTheMusical'' at the end of "Ten Dollar Solo", which ends up... not being one.
** Don't forget ''My Eyes'' from the regular WebVideo/{{Doctor Horrible|sSingAlongBlog}}.
-->Joss pays his debt / with this cheesy duet...

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** And The Heat of the Blood from his [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder unfinished]] musical "Skullrose and Tourmaline", a seduction duet wherein the villain tries to seduce the heroine with MagicMusic, and she [[TheVillainSucksSong tries to resist.]]

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* The ''SpongebobSquarepants'' song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB1AAn23VOs "This Grill Is Not A Home"]].

* The movie ''{{Duets}}'' is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin about people singing duets]].
* ''WalkHard'' has a song about duets actually called "Let's Duet," with more than a few {{Double Entendre}}s.

* In ''{{Enchanted}}'', Giselle and Prince Edward sing "True Love's Kiss" together when they meet and fall in love in their fairy-tale world:

* [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in "The Song That Goes Like This" from ''{{Spamalot}}''.
* Mixing this with TheVillainSucksSong, "Pore Jud is Daid" in ''{{Oklahoma}}!'' is a duet sung by the hero and the villain, containing a bunch of thinly-veiled jabs the villain, who doesn't catch the insults.

* The musical episode of ''{{Scrubs}}'' has J.D. and Turk sing "Guy Love," a duet about their bond as HeterosexualLifePartners.

* ''{{Glee}}'', of course. They even had an entire episode featuring duets that played with the concept. Most of the duets were with romantic couples, but a few were fairly unique-- like Kurt's duet, [[SoloDuet which he sang by himself]], and the Mercedes/Satanna duet (they're usually enemies).

* Lamp shaded and parodied in one strip of QuestionableContent. When Marten specifically requests that their band not devolve into sappy love songs, his two bandmates (who are dating) break into spontaneous song about how they met at a mosh pit when she knocked out his tooth.
* [[Webcomic/KevinAndKell Kevin and Kell]] sing a song together in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPXG56RB3DM song]] written for Bill (the strip's creator) by Music/TomSmith. The song retells the story of how they met each other in a chat room and then agreed to see each other in person. More information is available [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/links/animation.html here]], and lyrics can be found [[http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/underneath_the_fur.htm here]].

* [[KevinAndKell Kevin and Kell]] sing a song together in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPXG56RB3DM song]] written for Bill (the strip's creator) by [[FilkSong Tom Smith]]. The song retells the story of how they met each other in a chat room and then agreed to see each other in person. More information is available [[http://www.kevinandkell.com/links/animation.html here]], and lyrics can be found [[http://www.tomsmithonline.com/lyrics/underneath_the_fur.htm here]].

* J.S. Bach's two duets (the duet from ''[[http://youtu.be/o73shN739YU?t=17m57s Bei Jesu Leben freudig sein]]'' and ''[[http://youtu.be/o73shN739YU?t=20m42s Ich furchte zwar/nicht des Grabes Finsternissen]]'') from the cantata ''Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen'' (BWV 66) are unique examples, for the two singers in each duet sing lyrics that have opposite meanings to each other. To illustrate this, here are a few lines from the duet in ''Bei Jesu Leben freudig sein'', a dialogue between Hope and Fear:

->'''Laney''': [[LampshadeHanging When people are in love, they sing duets.]]\\

** Don't forget ''My Eyes'' from the regular [[DoctorHorriblesSingALongBlog Dr. Horrible]].

* Lampshaded in ''CommentaryTheMusical'' at the end of "Ten Dollar Solo", which ends up... not being one.

* The ''SpongebobSquarepants'' song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOcwndRRqA "This Grill Is Not A Home"]].

* ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' has the song "Love is an Open Door" which is something of an AffectionateParody of when this trope is used to make characters instantly fall in love. [[spoiler: Its retroactively quite dark when you discover one half of the duet, Hans, was evil.]]

* The ''SpongebobSquarepants'' song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOcwndRRqA "Without You"]].

* ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' follows up with "I See The Light." In context, it doesn't melt into love song until Flynn starts singing though one wouldn't assume it listing to it straight.

-->WesternAnimation/GrojBand

[[SelfDemonstratingArticle Self demonstration]] out of the way, a duet is any piece of music made for two singers or instruments. They show up mainly in music-oriented media, like songs, musicals, and opera.

-->'''Laney''': [[LampshadeHanging When people are in love, they sing duets.]]\\

-->'''Laney''': [[LampshadeHanging When people are in love, they sing duets.]]//

'''''Alice:''' There’s lots of ways to show your love,''\\
''But one that can’t go wrong…''

'''''Bob:''' Is looking in your lover’s eyes,''\\
''And singing a love song!''

'''''Both:''' It’s a duet,''\\
''[[LyricalShoehorn A musical composition for two people]],''\\
''A duet,''\\
''[[RhymingWithItself There aren’t many words that rhyme with people!]]''\\
''To throw some romance in the mix,''\\
''The best way is to add lyrics,''\\
''To prove love, lovers don’t use tricks--''\\
''They do it in duet.''