Voiceover Letter/Playing With

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    Basic Trope: A letter's contents are spoken by its sender, despite being far away.

    • Straight: Alice gets a letter from Bob, who lives in the next state, and his voice speaks the words on the page as Alice reads them.
    • Exaggerated: Alice gets a letter written by Bob, Carol, and Daniel, and their voices all speak in union.
    • Downplayed: Only the last few words are spoken.
    • Justified: The paper used is an experimental type that lets you record your voice.
    • Inverted: Alice reads a letter from Bob, despite him being right next to her.
    • Subverted: It turns out Bob was standing right behind Alice the whole time.
    • Double Subverted: ... and then it turns out that was an imposter of Bob.
    • Parodied: Bob's words do not at all match up with the letter.
    • Zig Zagged: Though letters appear often in the series, not all of them are read by the sender.
    • Averted: The letter isn't read by Bob.
    • Enforced: "We need a device to make sure the audience understands the message!"
    • Lampshaded: "Where is that voice coming from?"
    • Invoked: ???
    • Exploited: ???
    • Defied: ???
    • Discussed: "Oh, a letter from Bob! I wonder when his voice will start talking..."
    • Conversed: "You ever wonder why letters on TV shows are always read by their senders?"

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