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* ''WesternAnimation/RazzberryJazzberryJam'': Juan from “Genre-Busters” is a living version of a one-man-band getup, a conglomeration of several instruments consisting of a cymbal, bass drum, xylophone, snare… well, it’s easier if you [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rjj12.png just look at him]].
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* The Creator/SandraBullock episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' ends with the reveal that she was behind the plotline (that the studio would explode if the ratings [[Film/Speed went below fifty]]) because she was nervous she wouldn't be a good guest and wanted to keep the ratings up. Clifford tells her people would watch her do anything, and it turns out what she ''really'' wants to do is be a one-woman band, which she's hilariously bad at and sees the ratings plummet. The final scene is her still performing to a deserted studio, as Beauregard finishes cleaning and asks her to lock up when she's finished.

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* The Creator/SandraBullock episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' ends with the reveal that she was behind the plotline main plot (that the studio would explode if the ratings [[Film/Speed [[Film/{{Speed}} went below fifty]]) because she was nervous she wouldn't be a good guest and wanted to keep the ratings up. Clifford tells her people would watch her do anything, and it turns out what she ''really'' wants to do is be a one-woman band, which she's hilariously bad at and sees the ratings plummet. The final scene is her still performing to a deserted studio, as Beauregard finishes cleaning and asks her to lock up when she's finished.
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* The Creator/SandraBullock episode of ''Series/MuppetsTonight'' ends with the reveal that she was behind the plotline (that the studio would explode if the ratings [[Film/Speed went below fifty]]) because she was nervous she wouldn't be a good guest and wanted to keep the ratings up. Clifford tells her people would watch her do anything, and it turns out what she ''really'' wants to do is be a one-woman band, which she's hilariously bad at and sees the ratings plummet. The final scene is her still performing to a deserted studio, as Beauregard finishes cleaning and asks her to lock up when she's finished.
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Of course RuleOfFunny says the more instruments the funnier -- and of course they're all badly tuned and played with no sense of melody or rhythm, prone to causing the person stuck in such an arrangement to tumble and get tangled in the resulting mess. Pretty much a DeadHorseTrope these days (except for the very occasional StreetPerformer), but a PeriodPiece or HistoricalFiction may still have them as background characters or comic relief.

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Of course RuleOfFunny says the more instruments the funnier -- and of course they're all badly tuned and played with no sense of melody or rhythm, prone to causing the person stuck in such an arrangement to tumble and get tangled in the resulting mess. Pretty much a DeadHorseTrope these days (except for the very occasional StreetPerformer), but a PeriodPiece or HistoricalFiction may still have them as background characters or comic relief.
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Of course RuleOfFunny says the more instruments the funnier -- and of course they're all badly tuned and played with no sense of melody or rhythm, prone to causing the person stuck in such an arrangement to tumble and get tangled in the resulting mess. Pretty much a DeadHorseTrope these days (except for the very occasional StreetPerformer), but a PeriodPiece or HistoricalFiction may still have them as background characters or ComicRelief.

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Of course RuleOfFunny says the more instruments the funnier -- and of course they're all badly tuned and played with no sense of melody or rhythm, prone to causing the person stuck in such an arrangement to tumble and get tangled in the resulting mess. Pretty much a DeadHorseTrope these days (except for the very occasional StreetPerformer), but a PeriodPiece or HistoricalFiction may still have them as background characters or ComicRelief.
comic relief.
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** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny did this several times in various shorts, often using his prehensile ears to play additional instruments.

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** WesternAnimation/BugsBunny did this several times in various shorts, often using his prehensile ears to play additional instruments. One great example is the ending of "My Bunny Lies Over the Sea", where Bugs walks onscreen playing a set of bagpipes with a separate instrument on each of the drones: two clarinets, a saxophone, a trumpet, and a trombone. He also has cymbals on his feet and a bass drum atop his head, with his ears holding the drumsticks.
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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]": Pinkes does this again to help Twilight fake a high-level spell in a magical duel. Even weirder, she doesn't have a mouth at this point, so how could she play all of those instruments? [[WeirdnessCoupon Because she's Pinkie Pie.]]

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** "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]": Pinkes Pinke does this again to help Twilight fake a high-level spell in a magical duel. Even weirder, she doesn't have a mouth at this point, so how could she play all of those instruments? [[WeirdnessCoupon Because she's Pinkie Pie.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': In "Zadie and the Really Big, Really Loud Noisy Thing," Zadie's Really Big, Really Loud Noisy Thing enables her to play multiple instruments at once.
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* The aptly-titled [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse2013 Paul Rudish Mickey Mouse]] short "One Man Band" is about Mickey working as a one-man band in London, while struggling to find a way to play his instruments without any interruptions. Fortunately, the Queen of England admires his dedication and declares him royalty at the end.
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-->-- '''Twilight Sparkle,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

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-->-- '''Twilight Sparkle,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]"



** Done by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Pinkie Pie]] in the episode "Swarm of the Century". Apparently, music is the best way to get rid of [[ExplosiveBreeder parasprites.]]
** She does it again later on in "Magic Duel" to help Twilight fake a high-level spell in a magical duel. Even weirder, she doesn't have a mouth at this point, so how could she play all of those instruments? [[WeirdnessCoupon Because she's Pinkie Pie.]]

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** Done by [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS1E10SwarmOfTheCentury Swarm of the Century]]": Pinkie Pie]] in the episode "Swarm of the Century". Apparently, music is the best way plays a one-horse band to get rid lure away a swarm of [[ExplosiveBreeder parasprites.]]
parasprites]].
** She "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E5MagicDuel Magic Duel]]": Pinkes does it this again later on in "Magic Duel" to help Twilight fake a high-level spell in a magical duel. Even weirder, she doesn't have a mouth at this point, so how could she play all of those instruments? [[WeirdnessCoupon Because she's Pinkie Pie.]]
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In the 2020s, digital technologies have given one man bands more options. A one man band can have MIDI triggers attached to their clothes and shoes, with the triggers causing synthesizer sounds or samples to play back through speakers. This can enable one man bands to produce a wider range of instrument sounds than their 19th century predecessors, who had to use heavy mechanical drums, strummed instruments, and wind instruments

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In the 2020s, digital technologies have given one man bands more options. A one man band can have MIDI triggers attached to their clothes and shoes, with the triggers causing synthesizer sounds or samples to play back through speakers. This can enable one man bands to produce a wider range of instrument sounds than their 19th century predecessors, who had to use heavy mechanical drums, strummed instruments, and wind instruments
instruments.
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In the 2020s, digital technologies have given one man bands more options. A one man band can have MIDI triggers attached to their clothes and shoes, with the triggers causing synthesizer sounds or samples to play back through speakers. This can enable one man bands to produce a wider range of instrument sounds than their 19th century predecessors, who had to use heavy mechanical drums, strummed instruments, and wind instruments

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