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''Also Sprach Zarathustra'' (''Thus Spake Zarathustra'') is a tone poem composed by Richard Strauss in 1896 (named after the book by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]). The melody of the "Sunrise" movement is undeniably ''[[Crowning Music of Awesome|epic]]'', so it's a perfect way to tell the audience, "This is where you're supposed to be impressed."

 

Any resemblance to [[The Three Stooges]]' "Hello... hello... hello! Hello," is probably coincidental. Not to be confused with the third game in the ''[[Xenosaga]]'' trilogy, also titled ''Also Sprach Zarathustra.'' (All 3 games are titled after Nietzsche's works.)

 

* Used in a radio ad for a hardware store in Montreal.

* Rogers commercials tend to use this as well.

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* Used for Master Builders Australia radio advertisements.

 

== [[Film]] ==

* Used in ''[[WALL-E]]'', when the Captain becomes the first human in centuries to {{spoiler|[[Pixar/Awesome|stand up]]}}.

* ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'', complete with a giant bar of chocolate of similar dimensions taking the place of [[The Monolith]].

** Which fall immediately after the melody is finished.

* Used in ''[[Magnolia]]'' to introduce [[Tom Cruise]]'s character. In this case, it is diegetic sound, chosen by his pompous character.

* ''[[Zoolander]]'' used it in comedy homage to 2001 when Derek and Hansel were trying to figure out how to turn on Mugatu's computer. As the computer's workings confound them, their behavior grows increasingly ape-like, culminating in Hansel grabbing an appropriately-shaped bone that just happened to be nearby to smash the machine.

** May possibly double as a subtle [[Actor Allusion]] hearkening back to Sellers' arguably most famous role(s) in ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'', directed by Mr. Stanley '2001' Kubrick himself.

* Parodied in ''[[Spaceballs]]'' (of course): "''Spaceball One has become...'' [cut to kettle-drum player, who plays the obligatory measures] ''Mega Maid''"

* Parodied near the beginning of ''[[History of the World, Part I]]'' (1981).

* Used early on in ''[[Planet 51]]'' when Charles Baker touches down from his spacecraft. He even ''[[Medium Awareness|hums]]'' it. And then [[Record Needle Scratch|he steps on a rubber ducky...]]

 

== [[Literature]] ==

 

* ''[[Doctors]]'' used it when Karen, who had been making efforts to eat healthily, finally snapped and tucked into a burger at a [[Greasy Spoon]] cafe.

* In ''[[Frasier]]'' Roz suggests using it in her space documentary, Frasier suggests a different tune saying Also Sprach Zarathustra is too commonplace or ''a bit on the nose'' as Frasier puts it.

== Music ==

* [[Ray Stevens]]' "Thus Cacked Henrietta" is this song done entirely in [[Everything's Better with Chickens|chicken clucks]].

* Rush used it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayrCSagPXkw as their intro tape] during their tours for Counterparts and Test For Echo.

* [[Dream Theater]] used it for intro music in at least one of their live shows, such as several gigs of the "Chaos In Motion" (the promotional tour for ''Systematic Chaos'') tour.

* And let's not forget about the man who predated them all: [[Elvis Presley]], who used it as his entrance music starting around 1972.

* The motif is inserted into [[Doctor Steel]]'s song "Spaceboy."

* 70s artist Deodato made a [http://www.lastfm.de/music/Deodato/_/Also+Sprach+Zarathustra funked up and jazzed up version] of this using the classical recording.

* In 1998, Blackout did a dance remix titled "Gotta Have Hope"

 

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

** Causing wrestling fans to have an urge to [[Memetic Mutation|WOOOOOOOOOOO]] every time they hear this song in any medium.

 

* Used on [[Howard Stern]]'s [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tx4MnMaSmY show] to announce the entrance of a 600-pound woman.

 

== [[Tabletop Games]] ==

 

== [[Theater]] ==

* ''[[Spore]]:'' At the end of the Creature stage, your creature gains sentience, and a general parody of the entire scene from 2001 occurs (although the stick falls back down and hits your creature on the head)

* ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]:'' A similar theme accompanies the final boss as he descends from the heavens.

* It is also the subtitle of the third ''[[Xenosaga]]'' game. Ironically, the Song itself doesn't appear in the game.

* Reese Worthington hums the tune in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Skateboarding]]''.

* Used in the eighth mission of ''[[Army Men]] [[RTS]]'', substituting a standing [[Mundane Made Awesome|PS2]] for [[The Monolith]]. To the Army Men, it's the equivalent of an infinite power source.

* It plays in ''[[Civilization]] II'', when the player gets the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y47nxo_uvA space ending].

* The source mod ''[[Shotgun Sunrise]]'' uses this when lowering a keg of booze you need to retrieve.

{{quote|'''Alien:''' GREE-TINGS, HU-MANS. WE COME FROM SPACE-SPACE TO TEACH YOU HOW TO BUILD PYRAMIDS.

'''Narrator Strong Bad''': (to the tune of Also Sprach Zarathustra) Deeeead, deeeead, deeead, DEAD-DEEEAD! Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead...

(A monolith falls on the girl you chose)

'''Teen Girl''': So artistic and boring! }}

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

{{quote|"And now, here it comes, the line you've all been waiting for..."}}

* Performed at the end of the [[The Nostalgia Critic]] review of Garbage Pail Kids. [[Crowning Music of Awesome|By Doug himself.]]

* Parodied by [[Little Kuriboh]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpRHhIgnups here].

 

* Used in ''[[Daria]]'' as the soundtrack to Charles "Upchuck" Ruttheimer III's bizarre multimedia project.

* Used in the "Monolith" segements of ''[[The Electric Company]]'' revealing a letter dipthong or small word, subsequently pronounced by a deistic voice, directly referencing ''2001''.

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{{quote|Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum-Bum...}}

 

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