History PlayingWith / HollywoodToneDeaf

* '''Subverted''': Alice lets out a horrible screech, then clears her throat, and her singing sounds nice.
* '''Double Subverted''': ...For a few seconds, only to start screeching again.

** Alice deliberately singing badly or just putting in zero effort.

* '''Subverted''': Alice lets out a horrible screech, then clears her throat, and her singing sound nice.

** Alice is told "you couldn't carry a tune if was in a bucket". She then goes on to be an excellent singer, as long as she holds her bucket with her.

** Alice is actually a good singer.

* '''Invoked''': Bob forces Alice to practice her voice directly before the big performance, to the point [[{{Sabotutor}} where she is to horse to sing]].

* '''Discussed''': 'You're a great singer, but that last guy? That voice would make Gandhi want to hit him!'
* '''Conversed''': 'No-one sings that badly in real life, right?'

* '''Invoked''': Bob forces Alice to practice her voice directly before the big performance, to the point [[{{Saboteur}} where she is to horse to sing]].

* '''Invoked''': Bob forces Alice to practice her voice directly before the big performance, to the point [[TheSaboteur where she is to horse to sing]].

* '''Straight''': Alice sings the National Anthem of Tropestan at a {{Calvinball}} game. She sings ''horrendously'' off-key.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's singing is a BrownNote that causes serious injury (or death) to everyone there and shatters glass ''miles'' away from the stadium.

** SingingVoiceDissonance, especially if CrossDressingVoices are involved.
** Alice is being {{Auto Tune}}d or lip-synching. (Bonus points if it's in a setting such as singing at church.)

* '''Invoked''': Alice, who has never sung before, is asked to sing at the Calvinball game.
* '''Exploited''': [[AlphaBitch Betty]] sets up Alice to sing in public to humiliate her.

'''Basic Trope''': A terrible singer.

* '''Subverted''': Alice lets out a horrible screech, then clears her throat.
* '''Double Subverted''': Her singing sounds nice for a few seconds, only to start screeching again.

** Alice smoked for years (whether she still does or not), and that ruined her voice.

* '''Subverted''':
** Alice sings well on her own, in the shower.
** Alice is hidden in a choir of other people.
** Alice takes voice lessons.
** Alice is a great singer.
** Alice is great at reading and playing music.
* '''Double Subverted''':
** But being in front of people makes her nervous, and that makes her voice crack.
** She gets a solo, and her solo is terrible.
** The lessons don't help much, or she hasn't been taking them long enough to hear any appreciable results or improvement.
** When she's singing the harmony, that is; when she's singing the melody, she struggles, especially if she needs to hit the high notes.
** But not singing.

* '''Downplayed''': Alice can sing when accompanied by music, but not a capella.

** Someone is trying to create an AntiSue or ParodySue, since a perfect singing voice ''is'' one of the most CommonMarySueTraits.

* '''Lampshaded''': ???

* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

Back to HollywoodToneDeaf

* '''Basic Trope''': A terrible singer

* '''Straight''': Alice sings the National Anthem of Tropestan at a {{Calvinball}} game. She sings ''horrendously'' off-key.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice's singing is a BrownNote that causes serious injury (or death) to everyone there and shatters glass ''miles'' away from the stadium.

* '''Justified''': Alice doesn't have much experience singing and does not take voice lessons.
** Alice needs accompaniment to find the right key; she can't do it on her own.

* '''Subverted''': Alice sings well on her own, in the shower.
** Alice is hidden in a choir of other people.
** Alice takes voice lessons.

* '''Double Subverted''': But being in front of people makes her nervous, and that makes her voice crack.
** She gets a solo, and her solo is terrible.
** The lessons don't help much, or she hasn't been taking them long enough to hear any appreciable results or improvement.
** When she's singing the harmony, that is; when she's singing the melody, she struggles, especially if she needs to hit the high notes.
** But not singing.
* '''Parodied''': See "Exaggerated"

* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't sing
** Alice is actually a good singer.
* '''Enforced''': RuleOfFunny
** Someone is trying to create an AntiSue or ParodySue, since a perfect singing voice ''is'' one of the most CommonMarySueTraits.

* '''Conversed''': ???