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As a certified Toon Force connoisseur, I usually find one ability sticking out in a lot of my characters' profiles and that is Broadway Force. However, so often I see people slapping on the ability without really understanding what it means, so let's break it down.
So, what are some very telling signs that your ability may be Broadway Force?
I do not have any idea why Elsa and Mulan have these numbers since Elsa has only ever sung a solo song that doesn't seem to influence anyone around her and are a way for her to showcase her powers. Mulan singing Reflection is the same. Because unless specified... this is what is basically happening. Genie just barely qualifies with this, not because of Friend Like Me, which is a number just fueled by his own magic showcasing, but because of Prince Ali, where he influences a couple of citizens and even the palace guards to sing along with him.
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There needs to be regulations on whether or not this is just a part of the plot or something actually activated by the character. For example, in Disney's Enchanted, Giselle has this power because it's noted that the people miraculously know the dance moves and lyrics of the song without it being set up prior. Oddly enough, The Music Meister himself does not have this ability because it's directly stated to be hypnosis and not a spontaneous unexplainable phenomena. On the topic of toon force, many toons can do this, like Babs Bunny spontaneously influencing a courthouse to come join her musical number and inanimate objects like statues. And the most combat-applicable variation of this comes from The Mask, where his spontaneous dancing causes the cops to join in and stop attacking him. Alastor from Hazbin Hotel does not have this ability, because while he does start a musical number, the only people who join in are shadows he specifically summoned to help him out and none of the other characters besides Charlie (who does so willingly) do. He's just warping the room and giving people clothes with his demon powers, which are not powered by Broadway Force.
So, what are some very telling signs that your ability may be Broadway Force?
- It is never directly cited to be any kind of mind control or hypnosis.
- Characters will often say something like "where is that music coming from" without any speakers being present, "how are you all choreographed like this", or after the number is finished, "what was I just doing?"
- Even inanimate objects will join in.
- The visuals and reality will often change to suit the musical number - Note: This may just be an Imagine Spot unless there are signs that the effects of this number are remembered and are mentioned/last even after the song is finished.
- The characters would not have had time to properly set it up like how Doctor Doofenshmirtz sometimes does with his hired dancers.
I do not have any idea why Elsa and Mulan have these numbers since Elsa has only ever sung a solo song that doesn't seem to influence anyone around her and are a way for her to showcase her powers. Mulan singing Reflection is the same. Because unless specified... this is what is basically happening. Genie just barely qualifies with this, not because of Friend Like Me, which is a number just fueled by his own magic showcasing, but because of Prince Ali, where he influences a couple of citizens and even the palace guards to sing along with him.
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