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* On [[SCTV]], Dave Thomas and Catherine O'Hara do a brilliantly caustic, chipper impression of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_igxqu3n4 Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme].
* Amy Rigby's "Cynically Yours", pretty much what it sounds like: "At the end of the day / I've got nothing good to say / But you don't suck / So I'm cynically yours".
* A possible [[Ur Example]] of this type of song was written in 1913, "And The Green Grass Grew All Around", not to be confused with the similarly titled nursery rhyme "The Green Grass Grew All Around", although it's also somewhat a spoof of the latter, which was written just a year before. The song involves little Johnny Green and little Sally Brown, starting out all innocently enough like a cute little Edwardian era love song before we see hints of what's to come. Wealthy little Johnny promises to take care of Sally and share his wealth, seeing as how he already gave her a lot of gold. The second verse is a [[
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* "Still Alive," the now-famous ending theme of ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]'', is an unusually passive-aggressive example.
* [[Played With]] in ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]: Return of Jafar.'' [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|Iago]] sings "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMrbT4Ycv1A Forget About Love]," but it's actually [[Reverse Psychology|a ploy]] to get Jasmine to forgive Aladdin for lying to her. Naturally, it's transformed into a legitimate love song between the couple by the end.
* Inverted in Disney's ''[[Hercules (1997 film)
{{quote|''At least out loud / I won't say I'm in love.''}}
* The [[Villain Song]] "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k32VKO-YZfk Don't Fall in Love] from the ''[[Beauty and the Beast]] [[Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas|The Enchanted Christmas]].''
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* "Dumped Over a Text Message" from [[Look a Vlog]].
* ''[[Rock and Rule]]'' features Omar's band singing one of these at a talent night.
* [[Fern Gully]] features a lizard singing a highly sexualised song about devouring a shrunken man. [[
* In ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' the Libram of Love Songs allows you to create love songs of Disturbing Obession, Icy Revenge, Naughty Innuendo, etc.
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