Setting-Off Song

The characters in the story are all rearing and ready to go! They need something to keep their spirits up, something to heighten the moment: A MUSICAL NUMBER! This is the number that everyone sings when they set off on their adventure. A "let's get ready and go" kind of number. Something jaunty and fun.

Often crosses over with the I Want Song, and may be an Ear Worm. Compare Wanderlust Song.

Film

 * "City of Light" from The Brave Little Toaster.
 * "Adventuring" from The Land Before Time: The Great Longneck Migration.
 * "Get Up and Go" from Little Golden Book Land.
 * "Gonna Take You There" from The Princess and The Frog.
 * "Never Say Never" from An American Tail.
 * "Way Out West" from Fievel Goes West
 * "The Apple Song" from Melody Time.
 * "A Girl Worth Fighting For" from Mulan..
 * "An Actor's Life For Me" from Pinocchio.
 * "The Virginia Company" and its reprise from Pocahontas.
 * "Movin' Right Along" from The Muppet Movie.
 * "Sailing For Adventure" from Muppet Treasure Island.
 * "Have You Been to Baia?" from The Three Caballeros.
 * The reprise of "When Will My Life Begin?" from Tangled.
 * "(We're Off on the) Road to Morocco" from Road to Morocco.
 * "We're Off to See the Wizard" from The Wizard of Oz.
 * Non-musical example: "The Submarine" from Atlantis the Lost Empire, especially when we see the Ulysses finally descend into the ocean.

Theatre

 * "New York, New York" from On the Town.
 * "One Foot, Other Foot" from Allegro.
 * "I'm On My Way" from Paint Your Wagon.
 * "A Weekend In The Country" from A Little Night Music.
 * "Into The Woods" from Into the Woods.
 * "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" from Hello Dolly.
 * "There's A Hill Beyond A Hill" from Music in the Air.

Western Animation

 * Parodied in the Billy and Mandy Christmas Special.