Voiceover Letter/Playing With

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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