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* There's a specific sub-trope where two characters are already dancing to a fast song, when the music abruptly switches to something slow, and there's an awkward "Do we keep dancing or not?" moment.

** In the ''[[Bones]]'' episode "The Death of the Queen Bee," this happens to Booth and Brennan when they're undercover as a married couple at Brennan's high school reunion.

* ''[[~~ICarly~~]]'' for the Carly/Freddie [[Dance of Romance]]. Firstly, that the [[Local Hangout|Groovy Smoothie]] was playing slow music just perfect, when you'd expect pop or Top 40 music, and secondly, the fact that the other 12 customers inside all vanished within the space of the 2 minute conversation that caused both their dates to leave.

* ''[[iCarly]]'' for the Carly/Freddie [[Dance of Romance]]. Firstly, that the [[Local Hangout|Groovy Smoothie]] was playing slow music just perfect, when you'd expect pop or Top 40 music, and secondly, the fact that the other 12 customers inside all vanished within the space of the 2 minute conversation that caused both their dates to leave.

* The pilot of ''[[Freaks and Geeks]]'' contains another mid-song tempo change subversion ("Come Sail Away" by Styx).

* Played with in one episode of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]''. The slow dance ''is'' scheduled to happen as part of the Miss Mystic Falls pageant. However, Damon is ''not'' scheduled to be Elena's partner. [[Ship Tease|Cue a three minutes long]] [[UST]] [[Ship Tease|filled scene that brought millions of watchers to their knees]].